SOLICITATION NOTICE
B -- India - CESC Smart Grid Project Feasibility Study
- Notice Date
- 4/13/2012
- Notice Type
- Combined Synopsis/Solicitation
- NAICS
- 541690
— Other Scientific and Technical Consulting Services
- Contracting Office
- United States Trade and Development Agency, USTDA, USTDA, 1000 Wilson Boulevard, Suite 1600, C/O US TDA 1000 Wilson Boulevard, Suite 1600, Arlington, Virginia, 22209-3901
- ZIP Code
- 22209-3901
- Solicitation Number
- 2012-31013A
- Archive Date
- 6/15/2012
- Point of Contact
- Anthony O'Tapi, Phone: 703-875-4357
- E-Mail Address
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aotapi@ustda.gov
(aotapi@ustda.gov)
- Small Business Set-Aside
- N/A
- Description
- POC Anthony O'Tapi, USTDA 1000 Wilson Boulevard, Suite 1600 Arlington, VA 22209-3901 Tel: (703) 875-4357 Fax: (703) 875-4009 ***Please do not contact contracts office*** Proposal Submission Place: Mr. Aniruddha Basu Vice President CESC Limited CESC House, Chowringhee Square Kolkata- 700 001 India Phone: +91 33 2225 6040 Fax: +91 33 2236 5433 Email: aniruddha.basu@rp-sg.in http://www.cescltd.com/ The CESC Limited (CESC) (the "Grantee") invites submission of qualifications and proposal data (collectively referred to as the "Proposal") from interested U.S. firms that are qualified on the basis of experience and capability to complete a feasibility study that will develop requirements and specifications for a smart grid implementation roadmap for CESC as well as a smart grid pilot that will be designed as part of the study. The project is will provide for greater system integration with distributed generators as well as to help provide application models for other distribution networks in India. India's ongoing economic expansion continues to face risks related to inadequate and irregular supply of electric power. India's energy demand is predicted to more than double by 2030, requiring significant investment in generation, transmission and distribution capacity, and potentially increasing the frequency of power outages even in urban areas. Indian utilities face unprecedented challenges from a growing demand for high-quality, reliable electricity, increasingly stringent regulation, environmental concerns, and rising customer expectations, which require utilities to transform traditional electricity generation, transmission and delivery systems. Smart grid technologies are seen to provide a solution to this set of challenges, providing the ability to improve the quality and reliability of service, reduce technical and commercial power losses, integrate consumer use with peak and off-peak demand periods, and take advantage of distributed generation potential. The private sector utility CESC shares these challenges with other Indian power utility companies, and currently suffers from transmission and distribution losses of approximately 13 percent. Transmission and distribution losses range up to 40 percent for public sector utilities in India. Nevertheless, CESC hopes to achieve transmission and distribution loss levels of 6 percent or less, which is more in line with international utility standards. The feasibility study will provide a roadmap for the development of a comprehensive implementation plan for a smart grid rollout in its distribution system. The study includes a design of smart grid pilot activities as part of the study and would assess the technological, economic, regulatory and financial viability of implementing smart grid projects in the CESC network. It will also focus on a review and analysis of the requirements and recommend a pilot project and system-wide upgrades including distribution system automation, telecommunications upgrades, IT system plans, integrating smart meters, home area networks and other relevant smart grid interactive communication technologies and management systems into the CESC distribution and management system. CESC has already initiated certain small trials with Ring Monitoring Units (RMU) and several hundred automated meter reading (AMR) applications. CESC anticipates that the smart grid project and technology solutions would immediately help it in its ongoing quest to improve the quality and reliability of service while reducing technical and commercial power losses. The objective of this FS is to provide recommendations for improving the efficiency and reliability of CESC's 2.5 million customer distribution system in Kolkata, India. The project will address a range of needed improvements and investments including the integration of smart meters and automated meter reading into CESC's distribution system. In addition, the study will develop requirements and specifications for a Smart Grid implementation roadmap as well as the design of a Smart Grid pilot project. This initiative is expected to provide for greater system integration with other power generators in India as well as to help provide application models for other electricity distribution networks throughout the country. The U.S. firm selected will be paid in U.S. dollars from a US$618,860 grant to the Grantee from the U.S. Trade and Development Agency (USTDA). A detailed Request for Proposals (RFP), which includes requirements for the Proposal, the Terms of Reference, and portions of a background definitional mission/desk study report are available from USTDA, at 1000 Wilson Boulevard, Suite 1600, Arlington, VA 22209-3901. To request the RFP in PDF format, please go to: https://www.ustda.gov/businessopps/rfpform.asp Requests for a mailed hardcopy version of the RFP may also be faxed to the IRC, USTDA at 703-875-4009. In the fax, please include your firm's name, contact person, address, and telephone number. Some firms have found that RFP materials sent by U.S. mail do not reach them in time for preparation of an adequate response. Firms that want USTDA to use an overnight delivery service should include the name of the delivery service and your firm's account number in the request for the RFP. Firms that want to send a courier to USTDA to retrieve the RFP should allow one hour after faxing the request to USTDA before scheduling a pick-up. Please note that no telephone requests for the RFP will be honored. Please check your internal fax verification receipt. Because of the large number of RFP requests, USTDA cannot respond to requests for fax verification. Requests for RFPs received before 4:00 PM will be mailed the same day. Requests received after 4:00 PM will be mailed the following day. Please check with your courier and/or mail room before calling USTDA. Only U.S. firms and individuals may bid on this USTDA financed activity. Interested firms, their subcontractors and employees of all participants must qualify under USTDA's nationality requirements as of the due date for submission of qualifications and proposals and, if selected to carry out the USTDA-financed activity, must continue to meet such requirements throughout the duration of the USTDA-financed activity. All goods and services to be provided by the selected firm shall have their nationality, source and origin in the U.S. or host country. The U.S. firm may use subcontractors from the host country for up to 20 percent of the USTDA grant amount. Details of USTDA's nationality requirements and mandatory contract clauses are also included in the RFP. Interested U.S. firms should submit their Proposal in English directly to the Grantee by 12pm NOON local time India, May 31, 2012 at the above address. Evaluation criteria for the Proposal are included in the RFP. Price will not be a factor in contractor selection, and therefore, cost proposals should NOT be submitted. The Grantee reserves the right to reject any and/or all Proposals. The Grantee also reserves the right to contract with the selected firm for subsequent work related to the project. The Grantee is not bound to pay for any costs associated with the preparation and submission of Proposals.
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