SOLICITATION NOTICE
B -- Brazil - New Guandu Water Treatment Plant Value Engineering Review
- Notice Date
- 2/10/2015
- 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
- 2015-51002A
- Archive Date
- 4/28/2015
- Point of Contact
- Jennifer Van Renterghem, Phone: 703-875-4357
- E-Mail Address
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RFPQuestions@ustda.gov
(RFPQuestions@ustda.gov)
- Small Business Set-Aside
- N/A
- Description
- Proposal Submission Place: Gustavo Tannure Companhia Estadual de Águas e Esgotos (CEDAE) Avenida Presidente Vargas, 2655 Rio de Janeiro, RJ Brazil 20210-030 Tel: 55-21-2332-3228 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 provide technical assistance to the Companhia Estadual de Águas e Esgotos (CEDAE) (Grantee) and review an existing preliminary design for a major water treatment facility. CEDAE is the primary water supplier and wastewater collection and treatment company in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. CEDAE's water division operates and maintains over 75 water treatment plants (WTPs) including the Guandu WTP, which is the largest in the world. Due to the growth of the Rio de Janeiro service area, the Guandu WTP needs to be expanded, and CEDAE is planning to construct a New Guandu WTP which will have a design capacity of over 548 million gallons per day (MGD), constructed in two phases of 274 MGD each. The New Guandu WTP project will benefit about nine million people in 12 cities inside the Rio de Janeiro metropolitan area. CEDAE has recently completed a Base Phase 1 Study that includes preliminary designs, support calculations, a number of preliminary plans, and an estimate of the number of pumps, unit operations, etc. to be included in the design of the New Guandu WTP. However, CEDAE senior management would like more advanced state-of-the-art technology to be appropriately considered for inclusion in the Base Phase 1 Study, and they have requested a thorough process review of the report. The U.S. firm will conduct a Value Engineering Review to assess the existing design report and make recommendations to CEDAE for U.S.-sourced technologies and equipment that could improve the new water treatment plant's overall cost-effectiveness and efficiency. Specifically, the Value Engineering Review will evaluate the recommendations provided in the existing preliminary design study, conduct analysis on the base flow and load characteristics for the new facility, complete detailed technical analysis of major systems, and determine alternative state-of-the-art systems and technologies. The objective of this analysis is to produce a comprehensive list of U.S. sources of supply that CEDAE can consider in its development process. The U.S. firm selected will be paid in U.S. dollars from a $199,760 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 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 and in Portuguese. Offerors should submit one copy in English, one copy in Portuguese, and an electronic copy of both versions on a flash drive directly to the Grantee by 4pm, April 13, 2015 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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