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POC Evangela Kunene, USTDA, 1000 Wilson Boulevard, Suite 1600, Arlington, VA 22209-3901, Tel: (703) 875-4357, Fax: (703) 875-4009. PLEASE DO NOT CONTACT CONTRACT'S OFFICE; PROPOSAL SUBMISSION PLACE:
Mr. Mohamed M. Zaki, Operations Manager, Egyptian Styrenics Production Company, 6 Elnabawy Elmohandes St., Hay Elsefarat, Nasr City, Cairo, Egypt, P.O. Box : 9550 SOS, Children Village, Cairo 11787, Tel : 202 22719320, Fax : 202 22739023 Cairo, Tel.:203 2020888, Fax : 203 2020777 Alexandria, EMAIL: mzaki@estyrenics.com
Alexandria Styrene Plant Feasibility Study. The Grantee invites submission of qualifications and proposal data (collectively referred to as the "Proposal") from interested U.S. firms which are qualified on the basis of experience and capability to develop a feasibility study for an Alexandria Styrene Plant.
A feasibility study is required to investigate the technical, economic and marketing feasibility of implementing a styrene plant in Alexandria, Egypt. The styrene plant would be built in parallel with a polystyrene plant that is currently under design. This study will examine two styrene production capacities of 300,000 metric tons annually (MTA) and 600,000 MTA. The Grantee would like to construct a styrene plant sized to provide all the necessary feedstock for the polystyrene plant, which would reduce feedstock costs and provide a secure supply. Accordingly, the contractor shall show the effect of constructing a styrene/polystyrene complex as an integrated project based on economical indicators for the following feedstock scenarios:
totally and partially imported ethylene and benzene,
local ethylene and imported benzene, and
local ethylene and benzene.
The feasibility study will consider styrene/polystyrene markets for both Egyptian domestic consumption and export. The basis for costs and economics used in the study shall be transparent and clearly described by the Contractor.
The Egyptian Styrenics production company (E-Styrenics) is a part of the Egyptian petrochemical integrated plan. The company employs more than 40 people in their main office. This number is expected to grow to be 200 employees at a full capacity production state. E-Styrenics has more than US$ 300 million of total assets, US$ 260 million of polystyrene production capacity, and US$ 46.8 million of revenues. E-Styrenics is one of Egypt s largest petrochemical concerns. The company s products include DVD cases, plastic drins bottles, sterile medical devices, biological contact materials and institutional feeding systems.
E-Styrenics is asking the U.S. Trade and Development Agency (USTDA) to fund the proposed feasibility study, i.e., the pre-FEED, for the Phase II styrene plant that will investigate the technical, economic, and marketing feasibility of manufacturing 300,000 (MTA) to 600,000 MTA of styrene as part of an integrated complex with the Phase I polystyrene plant. The feasibility study for the complex will gather information, and expand and analyze data to enable E-Styrenics to:
Determine the techno-economic viability of the project as a business investment opportunity.
Establish market viability.
Generate interest in management, shareholders, and financial institutions for debt financing.
The U.S. firm selected will be paid in U.S. dollars from a $434,268 grant to the Grantee from USTDA.
A detailed Request for Proposals (RFP), which includes requirements for the Proposal, the Terms of Reference, and 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/USTDA/FedBizOpps/RFP/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 12:00 p.m. NOON, August 8, 2008 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.
