Presolicitation Notice SPARC Extracts SOW Section L and M.pdf

PRESOLICITATION SPARC EXTRACTS FROM DRAFTS: SOW, SECTION L AND

SECTION M – ALL INFORMATION SUBJECT TO CHANGE

DRAFT SECTION C – Extract from Statement Of Work for PreSolicitation Notice

C.1 TITLE

The title of this contract is the USAID Securing Power, Advancing Resilience & Connectivity Activity (SPARC) (“program” or “activity”).

C.2 PURPOSE AND THEORY OF CHANGE

The principal purpose of this contract is to provide strategic technical and procurement assistance to the Government of Ukraine (GOU), focusing on enhancing the resilience, reliability, affordability, and security of the electricity, natural gas, and district heating sectors. This includes addressing the challenges posed by the current war, as well as preparing for future post-war reconstruction in Ukraine. This contract aligns with the standards set forth by the European Union’s (EU) Energy Acquis Communautaire (https://www.energy-community.org/legal/acquis.html), which entails incorporating measures that promote market integration with competitive European energy markets, thereby fostering private sector-driven investments.

C.3 COMPONENTS

All activities and interventions conducted within the components below must be approved by COR and are subject to the COR’s direction.

C.4.1 Component 1: Enhanced Energy Supply

The sub-objective of this component is to provide all required technical assistance to the Ukrainian government and related entities to meet and exceed the requirements for EU integration and mobilize private sectors-led investments. The Contractor must strive to achieve the following results:

1. Ukraine is able to meet demand and deliver energy to its energy customers with an adopted plan for short- and mid-term needs;

2. Implementation of an adopted plan for the removal of all non-market mechanisms, including those governing renewable energy development;

3. Facilitation of a minimum of $1 billion in energy investments, primarily sourced from the private sector, for energy generation and delivery to Ukrainian energy customers.

Sub-component 1.1 Energy Generation and Supply Sub-component 1.2 Energy Delivery and Storage Sub-component 1.3 Legal and Regulatory Measures Sub-component 1.4 Financial and Economic Analyses Sub-component 1.5 Investment Planning and Promotion

C.4.2 Component 2: Improved Demand-Side Management

The sub-objective of this component is to mobilize energy efficiency investments in the commercial and industrial entities, lower energy intensity of these sectors, and facilitate investments. The Contractor must support initiatives that reduce energy consumption through conservation and technological advancements that will lead to decreased demand for energy supply, ultimately leading to lower costs for all energy consumers. The Contractor must actively engage in the preparation and

SPARC (RFP) No. xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx adaptation process of the Ukraine's Energy and Climate Change plan, should it not already been adapted. The Contractor must strive to achieve the following results:

1. Ukraine meets or exceeds the annual targets for the municipalities and industrial customers for at least two years during the implementation of the activity, as described in 2.1 below;

2. Facilitation of a minimum of $1 billion in demand-side management investments, primarily sources from the private sector.

Sub-component 2.1 Energy Demand Projection and Identification of Interventions Sub-component 2.2 Reduction of Energy Intensity of Industrial Customers Sub-component 2.3 Reduction of Energy Intensity of Municipal Utilities

C.4.3 Component 3: Strengthened Energy Markets

The sub-objective of this component is to create an enabling business environment in energy markets by providing confidence to all market participants and investors in the Ukrainian energy sector. The Contractor must provide assistance towards the advancement of Ukraine’s energy markets. This must include coupling the electricity market with Europe, increasing energy market competition, and the establishment of a gas hub in Ukraine. All market development activities must result in affordability for Ukrainian energy consumers. The Contractor must strive to achieve the following results:

1. The international fora, such as the Energy Community Secretariat Ukraine Market Observatory (https://www.energy-community.org/Ukraine/observatory.html) acknowledge that Ukrainian energy markets have successfully achieved EU requirements for competition, and completed electricity market coupling with Europe;

2. A minimum of 15% of spot electricity market executed trades are done through market coupling trades.

Sub-component 3.1 Energy and Natural Gas Market Competition Sub-component 3.2 Impact of Energy Markets Coupling with Europe Sub-component 3.3 Continued Energy Markets Development Sub-component 3.4 Gas Hub Development

C.4.4 Component 4: Procurement Agent

The sub-objective of this component is to provide both program implementation-required and wartime and post wartime-needed procurements. The Contractor must procure through this activity a range of energy sector equipment for regular program implementation and in response to current wartime needs in Ukraine. These procurements will address priorities identified by the GOU in support of its energy sector stabilization, restoration, and modernization efforts. Equipment needs may include but are not limited to hardware/software for system operators, the electricity market operator, energy regulator or other government stakeholders; construction equipment and materials;

and highly technical energy equipment such as auto-transformers, power transformers, power generators, and cogeneration units which may need to be imported into Ukraine.

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https://www.energy-community.org/Ukraine/observatory.html

DRAFT SECTION L – Extract from RFP Instructions for PreSolicitation Notice

L.1 GENERAL INSTRUCTIONS

USAID/Ukraine will be using a voluntary down-select mechanism for this acquisition, which means the proposal evaluation process will take place in two phases.

L.2 PHASE ONE: INSTRUCTIONS FOR PREPARATION OF THE PHASE ONE

PROPOSAL

No more than one Phase One proposal per prime Offeror may be submitted. The Phase One proposal must be written in English and be submitted in MS PDF readable/searchable format to the email by the date and time noted in the Cover Letter. Late proposals will not be considered. Total email size cannot exceed 10 MB. Multiple emails may be sent to accommodate the proposal size and content.

OFFERORS MUST NOT SUBMIT ZIPPED FILES. Offerors are reminded that they are responsible for ensuring that submissions are viewable, accessible, and/or legible by the Government..

Offerors must submit an initial Phase One proposal via email addressing the following elements:

Cover Page: Including (1) the RFP name and number, (2) the name of the Offeror, (3) the Offeror’s address, (4) Name, title, and signature of the authorized representative, (5) date of submission, and

(6) the Offeror’s UIE number. The cover page must not list the names of non-major subcontractors or other resource partners.

A. CORPORATE EXPERIENCE

The Offeror must describe its corporate institutional experience in performing the services listed in Section C either in Ukraine or in a context similar to Ukraine. The Offeror must specifically address its experience (or the experience of a proposed first-tier Subcontractor/Subgrantee) in adaptively advancing energy sector reforms and integrating transition countries into European Union competitive energy markets as well as “end-to-end” procurement of similar goods and equipment.

L.3 PHASE TWO: INSTRUCTIONS FOR THE PREPARATION OF THE PHASE TWO

TECHNICAL PROPOSAL

A. STRENGTHS, WEAKNESSES, OPPORTUNITIES, AND THREATS (SWOT)

ANALYSIS

The Offeror must provide a comprehensive SWOT analysis of the energy sector in Ukraine over the next five years. This analysis must discuss:

1. Current state of circumstances in the Ukrainian energy sector;

2. Potential positive and negative developments within and outside of Ukraine, and;

3. An assessment of priority technical areas for USAID to address, and explain how they directly lead to the success of the activity. The Offeror must provide a minimum of five items for each of the four SWOT categories in a prioritized order.

B. DRAFT YEAR-ONE ANNUAL WORK PLAN (AWP) AND LONG-TERM RESULTS

A draft Year 1 Annual Work Plan must include a description of the activities the Offeror intends to implement during the first year of the contract and the long-term. The AWP must include: 1) major technical and management activities to be undertaken, 2) the rationale behind these activities, 3) the anticipated results of these activities and how they will be measured; 4) the type and projected cost of commodities to be procured based on the most likely scenario, and 5) a timeframe for all activities. The Draft AWP must cover the first 12 months of implementation. It must also include a discussion of the long-term results, overall and by component, that the Offeror anticipates to achieve by the end of the contract’s period of performance. Offerors should not include staff mobilization plans in this AWP but focus on technical interventions. Long-term results may be incorporated into the contract after award.

C. MANAGEMENT APPROACH

The Management Approach must demonstrate the Offeror’s capacity to rapidly mobilize and operate efficiently and effectively to address the requirements detailed in Section C of the Statement of Work. The Offeror must describe its proposed staffing plan with a detailed organizational chart and the plans and processes required to ensure the contract is organized and staffed appropriately in alignment with contract requirements.

Where not predefined in Section F under “Key Personnel”, the Offeror must also propose Key Personnel roles, responsibilities, and minimum position qualifications of all key personnel positions and explain the rationale for the proposed composition of the key personnel team. Additionally the Offeror must describe specifically the procurement management approach for goods and services, and quality control procedures to ensure high quality standards. It must also explain how the Offeror would scale up and be in conformance with contract requirements in the event USAID pursues infrastructure activities under this award. No Key Personnel candidates, resumes, or Biodata Form 1420 are required as they will not be evaluated prior to award. Key Personnel candidates will be approved after award.

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DRAFT SECTION M – Extract from RFP Evaluation Factors for PreSolicitation Notice

M.1 PHASE ONE

CORPORATE EXPERIENCE:

The Offerors will be evaluated based on the relevancy and the appropriateness of the corporate experience and how likely the presented corporate experience will lead to successful performance of Sections C.4 and C.6 while applying the operating principles referenced in Section C.5.

M.2 ADVISORY NOTIFICATION

Following completion of Phase One, each Offeror will receive an Advisory Notification. The Advisory Notification will inform the Offeror that either:

● It will be invited to participate in Phase Two; or

● Based on the information submitted, it is unlikely to be a viable competitor.

The intent of this distinction is to minimize proposal development costs for those vendors with little or no chance of receiving an award.

M.3 PHASE TWO

STRENGTHS, WEAKNESSES, OPPORTUNITIES, AND THREATS (SWOT) ANALYSIS:

The Offerors will be evaluated based on the quality of the SWOT and how likely the SWOT will lead to successful performance of Sections C.4 and C.6 while applying the operating principles referenced in Section C.5.

DRAFT YEAR-ONE ANNUAL WORK PLAN (AWP) AND LONG-TERM RESULTS: The Offerors will be evaluated based on the quality of the draft Year 1 Work Plan, including the feasibility, innovativeness, and ambitiousness of proposed AWP activities and long-term results, in achieving successful performance of Sections C.4 and C.6 while applying the operating principles referenced in Section C.5.

MANAGEMENT APPROACH: The Offerors will be evaluated based on the quality of the proposed management approach and how likely it will lead to successful performance of Sections C.4 and C.6 while applying the operating principles referenced in Section C.5, including the responsiveness and feasibility of mobilization, appropriateness of the staffing plan, Key Personnel minimum position requirements, and procurement and infrastructure management approach.

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