SOLICITATION NOTICE
A -- RETROFITTABILITY ASSESSMENT OF GREENHOUSE GAS (GHG) MITIGATION TECHNOLOGIES FOR
- Notice Date
- 12/2/2010
- Notice Type
- Presolicitation
- NAICS
- 541330
— Engineering Services
- Contracting Office
- CPODUS Environmental Protection AgencyCincinnati Procurement OperationsDivision26 West Martin Luther King DriveCincinnatiOH45268USA
- ZIP Code
- 00000
- Solicitation Number
- SOL-CI-11-00007
- Response Due
- 12/15/2010
- Archive Date
- 1/14/2011
- Point of Contact
- Kathleen Rechenberg
- E-Mail Address
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rechenberg.kathleen@epa.gov
(Rechenberg.Kathleen@epa.gov)
- Small Business Set-Aside
- N/A
- Description
- The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Office of Research and Development, NRMRL, APPCD located in Research Triangle Park, NC seeks sources to provide retrofittability assessment of greenhouse gas (GHG) mitigation technologies for coal-fired power plants. The objectives of the proposed project are to evaluate the technical feasibility of retrofitting GHG technologies to coal-fired power plants and to provide quantitative assessment of space requirement, parasitic energy consumption, boiler modification, heat integration, cooling tower load, flue gas purification (additional SOx, NOx, Hg, and particulate reduction), waste handling, and secondary emissions of the most promising GHG mitigation technologies. The candidate mitigation technologies should include post-combustion (e.g., amine and chilled ammonia processes), oxy-fuel combustion, and pre-combustion (e.g., integrated gasification combined cycle or IGCC). The solicitation number SOL-CI-11-00007 will be solicited under full and open competition with the NAICS code designation for the acquisition being 541330. It is anticipated that a Fixed-Price contract will result from the award of this solicitation. It is expected that the need for the possible services will be required over a 12 month period beginning in December 2010. Statement of Work 1. Background APPCD?s Air Pollution Technology Branch is responsible for conducting research to investigate potential GHG mitigation technologies for coal-fired power plants. The purpose of this project is to gain a better understanding of issues related to retrofitting Greenhouse Gas (GHG) mitigation technologies to existing coal-fired power plants in the United States. The current fleet of U.S. coal-fired power plant has a capacity of 332 GW, supplies around 50% of the nation?s electricity. Collectively, coal-fired electricity generation represents 33% of total U.S. CO2 emissions. Due to the relatively low cost and long lifespan, it is expected that those power plants are going to continue to operate for decades. Thus, an effective strategy for achieving significant and cost effective reductions in CO2 emissions requires the deployment of GHG mitigation technologies to retrofit existing coal plants and reduce their CO2 emissions. Traditional R&D efforts focused on the development of innovative and exploratory GHG technologies. The full-scale application of those mitigation technologies to existing coal-fired power plants involves significant and practical issues yet to be addressed. The objectives of the proposed project are to evaluate the technical feasibility of retrofitting GHG technologies to coal-fired power plants and to provide quantitative assessment of space requirement, parasitic energy consumption, boiler modification, heat integration, cooling tower load, flue gas purification (additional SOx, NOx, Hg, and particulate reduction), waste handling, and secondary emissions of each GHG mitigation technology. 2. Period of Performance Award through December 15, 2011. 3. Description of Tasks The contractor shall assess the retrofittability of the most promising GHG mitigation technologies for coal-fired power plants. The candidate mitigation technologies shall include post-combustion (e.g., amine and chilled ammonia processes), oxy-fuel combustion, and pre-combustion (e.g., integrated gasification combined cycle or IGCC). The major issues to be investigated shall include space requirement, parasitic energy consumption, boiler modification, heat integration, water consumption, cooling tower load, flue gas purification (additional SOx, NOx, Hg, and particulate reduction), waste handling, and secondary emissions of each GHG mitigation technology. Task 1: The contractor shall identify the potential units in the USA that are candidates for model plant evaluations. The candidate plants shall be categorized and reviewed based on their existing facility, size, age, location, and proximity to sequestration site. A representative plant from each category shall be selected and used for evaluation as a model plant. Task 2: The contractor shall evaluate GHG mitigation technology retrofit issues focusing on each model plant. The retrofit issues shall include but are not limited to: - Upgrade of existing air pollution control systems such as selective catalytic reduction (SCR) and wet flue gas desulfurization (FGD) to provide adequate flue gas quality for GHG mitigation. - Secondary discharge (multimedia) and treatment required once GHG mitigation process is installed. - Balance of plant impacts especially focused on auxiliary power consumption and opportunities for improved thermal integration of the retrofit option. - Natural resource requirements such as additional plot space required and increased water consumption. Task 3: The contractor shall conduct detailed engineering analysis to assess the retrofit potential, critical parameters and their uncertainties. An appropriate basis consisting of relevant metrices (e.g., age, size, natural resource requirement) shall be developed to determine fractions of utility boiler population that can be retrofitted with specific controls. Task 4: Develop quality assurance documentation as required in Appendix #1 to this Statement of Work. Work involving environmental data shall not commence until the quality assurance documentation has received official approval from the EPA Quality Assurance staff via the Project Officer. 4. Inspection and Acceptance Criteria The draft final report must be peer-reviewed by EPA and the contractor must respond to all the EPA peer-reviewers? comments before the final report is accepted. 5. Reporting Requirements and Deliverables Meetings with the Project Officer: Monthly conference call meetings will be held the first week of each month after purchase order. Progress Reports: The contractor shall prepare and publish a quarterly progress report after purchase order. Draft and Final Reports: The contractor shall prepare and submit a draft final report 10 months after purchase order. All the reports shall be submitted the project officer in electronic form (two CDs documented with Microsoft Word). 6. Schedule of Milestones and Deliverables Deliverables Due Project kickoff meeting (conference call) One week after Award Submittal of progress reports Quarterly after Award Submittal of draft final report Ten months after Award Submittal of final report One month after receipt of EPA?s comments The deliverables shall be sent to the Project Officer EVALUATION FACTORS The Government intends to issue a single purchase order to the responsible offeror whose proposal represents the best overall value to the government based on technical approach, relevant experience and expertise, education and training, past performance and price. PLEASE NOTE THAT AWARD MAY NOT NECESSARILY BE MADE TO THE LOWEST PRICE OFFEROR. In accordance with 13.106-2(b)(2), the Government will conduct comparative evaluations of all offerors in response to this requirement based on the following criteria: (A) The Government will award a contract resulting from this solicitation to the responsible offeror whose offer conforming to the solicitation will be most advantageous to the Government, price and other factors considered. The following factors shall be used to evaluate offers:1.TECHNICAL APPROACH Offeror shall provide a detailed technical approach outlining a plan for fulfilling each task identified in the Statement of Work paragraphs 1-5. 2.PAST PERFORMANCE The Government will consider the following areas under past performance: (1) quality of products or service, (2) cost control, (3) timeliness of performance, (4) business relations. The offeror shall provide reference information for at least three projects completed or currently ongoing, which are similar to this requirement. The name, phone number, and e-mail address for the customer=s primary technical contact point (project officer) shall be provided. 3.DEMONSTRATED QUALIFICATIONS OF PROPOSED PERSONNEL Offeror shall provide detailed information regarding any formal education and training of key personnel related to the work required in the Statement of Work. (B) Responses to the above factors shall be evaluated on the following scale: Superior: Exceeds the Government's minimum requirements.Acceptable: Meets the minimum requirements of the SOW.Unacceptable: Does not meet all requirements of the SOW.(C) A written notice of award or acceptance of an offer, mailed or otherwise, furnished to the successful offeror within the time for acceptance specified in the offer, shall result in a binding contract without further action by either party. Before the offer?s specified expiration time, the Government may accept an offer (or part of an offer), a written notice of withdrawal is received before award.A copy of the specifications (Adobe Acrobat pdf) can be emailed to offerors who request a copy from the POC rechenberg.kathleen@epa.gov or 513-487-2853. The following provisions of FAR apply: (The full text of a clause may be accessed electronically at this address: http://www.arnet.gov/far): 52.212-1 Instructions to Offerors - Commercial Items, FAR 52.212-3 Offeror Representations and Certifications - Commercial Items (complete Online Representations and Certifications Application (ORCA)http://orca.bpn.gov), and FAR 52.212-4 Contract Terms and Conditions - Commercial Items, apply to this acquisition. The Clause at FAR 52.212-5, Contract Terms and Conditions Required to Implement Statutes or Executive Orders-Commercial Items, applies to this acquisition. Under FAR 52.215-5 paragraph (b), the following additional clauses apply to this acquisition: FAR 52.222-21, Prohibition of Segregated Facilities; FAR 52.222-26 Equal Opportunity; FAR 52.222-35, Equal Opportunity for Special Disabled Veterans and Veterans of the Vietnam Era; FAR 52.222-36 Affirmative Action for Workers with Disabilities; FAR 52.222-37 Employment Reports on Disabled Veterans and Veterans of the Vietnam Era; FAR 52.225-1, Buy American Act--Balance of Payments Program - Supplies; and FAR 52.232-34, Payment by Electronic Funds Transfer - Other than Central Contractor Registration. Any firm that believes it is capable of meeting EPA's requirement stated herein may submit a quote, which if received by the response date of this announcement will be considered. Responses to this solicitation must be in writing. The quote shall include a breakdown of the total price that may includes shipping, installation, acceptance testing, warranties, and training. All quotes received in response to this posting will be evaluated based on Best Value. Shipping will be to: US EPA, National Exposure Research Laboratory, 4930 Old Page Road, Durham, NC 27703. Quotes are due 4:30 PM, EST, December 13, 2010. Submit quote via email to: rechenberg.kathleen@epa.gov with subject line: ?SOL-CI-11-00007 ". Telephone requests for information will not be honored.
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