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REQUEST FOR PROPOSAL – Financial Modelling Training for the Natural Gas Sector – Tanzania

Funding Agency:

U.S. Agency for International Development

Implementing Agency:

United States Energy Association

RFP Closing Date:

March 4th, 2021

Questions Due Date:

February 18th, 2021

The United States Energy Association (USEA) is inviting prospective organizations or individuals through this Request for Proposal (RFP) to submit proposals for conducting a program on “Financial Modelling for the Natural Gas Sector” for the Ministry of Energy and Minerals (MEM), the Tanzania Development Corporation (TPDC), and other sector stakeholders in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania. This is an activity implemented by USEA under the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) Power Africa Initiative.

Proposals are due by 17:00 hours EST of the closing date. Please forward your proposal in soft copy (PDF form) to Ms. Marjorie Jean-Pierre, Program Director, at [email protected].

As this is a USAID-funded program, the RFP follows USAID Procurement Regulations and Laws. All bidder details will be kept confidential.

RFP Financial Modelling for Gas Training Tanzania Feb 21.pdf

RFP Financial Modelling for Gas Training Tanzania Feb 21 Q&A.pdf

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Background and Scope

Introduction:

The U.S. Energy Association (USEA) USEA serves as a resource and voice for the American energy industry. Internationally, USEA helps expand energy access in developing countries with the U.S. Federal Government. Headquartered in Washington, DC, USEA is an association of public and private energy-related organizations, corporations, and government agencies.

Through a cooperative agreement with the USAID Bureau for Economic Growth, Education and Environment (E3), USEA implements the Energy Utility Partnership Program (EUPP), available to all USAID-assisted countries and USAID Missions. EUPP supports the efforts in USAID-assisted developing countries to increase environmentally sustainable energy production and to improve the operational efficiency and increased financial viability of their utilities and related institutions, with the goal of increasing the access of these countries to environmentally sound energy services.

USEA conducts several activities under the EUPP mechanism for Power Africa - a U.S. Government-led partnership to increase Sub-Saharan Africa’s access to energy. Power Africa uses a wide range of U.S. government tools to support investment in Africa’s energy sector. From policy and regulatory best practices to pre-feasibility studies and capacity building, to long-term financing, insurance, guarantees, credit enhancements and technical assistance, Power Africa provides coordinated support to help African partners expand their generation capacity and access.

Background:

Tanzania has an estimated 57 trillion cubic feet (tcf) of natural gas reserves offshore in the south of the country. Since discovery in 2010, production was initially limited but has since increased to 0.8 billion cubic feet (bcf) per day. The Government of Tanzania plans to generate revenue through exporting liquefied natural gas; plans for the Tanzania LNG project are in the early stages.

Tanzania Development Corporation Overview: Tanzania Petroleum Development Corporation (TPDC) is the National Oil Company of Tanzania through which the Ministry of Energy and Minerals implements its petroleum exploration and development policies. TPDC employs about 400 and is organized into seven Directorates and three Units, namely: Directorate of Upstream, Directorate of Downstream, Directorate of Finance, Directorate of Legal Services, Directorate of Cooperate Strategy and Planning, Directorate of Corporate Management, Directorate of Internal Audit, Communication Unit, Procurement Unit and Risk Management Unit. TPDC was established through the Government Notice No.140 of 30th May 1969 under the Public Corporations Act No.17 of 1969. The Corporation began operations in 1973. TPDC is a wholly owned Government parastatal, with all its shares held by the Treasurer Registrar.

Scope of Work:

The purpose of this RFP is to solicit proposals from various candidate organizations, conduct a fair evaluation, and select the organization deemed most suitable to conduct the training course.

USEA plans to arrange a single ten (10) day virtual training course for 10 mid-level delegates to take place at a specific location in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania. The training will focus on financial modelling for the natural gas sector to provide participants with the knowledge and tools to work with and interpret models. Participants will be armed with strategies to understand a variety of models they may be presented.

The training should be a mix of theoretical and practical hands-on instruction with non-proprietary modelling software (including Excel) including but not limited to the following topics:

Best practices in financial modelling
Finance basics
Data collection, management, and integrity
Coding of data
Model design
How to interpret and analyze models (such as those presented by IOCs)
Gas and LNG pricing
Demand forecasting

Participants will be from several different departments that encompass all levels of the natural gas value chain (up-, mid- and downstream) and will have beginning to intermediate knowledge of modelling.

At the end of the course, the participants should be able to demonstrate solid understanding of main concepts of modelling for natural gas including model analysis.

The training course will include pre-training and post-training exams administered to all participants. A pre-training exam will be designed to assess participants’ baseline knowledge and competencies and to identify knowledge gaps and weak areas, so that the course can be modified as necessary. A post-training/skill assessment exam will be designed to measure participating trainees’ progress. A program evaluation instrument will also be developed to measure the overall effectiveness of the program, as well as to identify areas for improvements for future capacity building programs.

SCHEDULE

The virtual training course is scheduled to take place Monday to Friday from 9:00 am to 5:00 pm (East Africa Time Zone (EAT) for two (2) consecutive weeks for a total of 10 (10) days.

Statement of Work:

Subcontract Agreement Management and Oversight

A subcontract agreement between USEA and the Consultant shall be subject to all USAID Special Terms and Conditions, including all mandatory FAR Flow-Down clauses, where applicable, and the provisions included in 2CFR200 and 2CFR700. All bidders are strongly encouraged to review these provisions prior to submitting a proposal.

Standard Provisions for U.S. Nongovernmental Organizations: https://www.usaid.gov/sites/default/files/documents/1868/303maa.pdf
2CFR200: https://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/CFR-2014-title2-vol1/pdf/CFR-2014-title2-vol1-part200.pdf
2CFR700: https://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/CFR-2015-title2-vol1/pdf/CFR-2015-title2-vol1-part700.pdf

Subcontract agreement management, oversight and payment will be carried out by USEA.

Reporting

The contractor will report to USEA.

Implementation and Deliverables

Deliverables:

The following deliverables are anticipated:

Financial Modelling Training outline with contents specified in Section II;
Pre-training and post-training exams;
An overall program evaluation instrument;
Final training curriculum, including manuals and all other training materials distributed to the participants;
Conduct training program in Dar es Salaam for ten (10) days;
Final report to include the following:

Summary of major outcomes of the training program;
Challenges encountered and knowledge/skills acquired by participants;
Summaries of the administered pre-training and post-training surveys, and an overall program evaluation instrument;
Recommendations for additional training as appropriate.

USEA will be responsible for all logistical arrangements, including:

Finalizing arrangements for hosting the training in Dar es Salaam at a qualified facility;
Meeting logistics for the local participants;
Training venue, equipment, and meals for the local participants.

Proposal Preparation:

The proposal must contain the following components. Exclusion of any of the required items will impact the proposal’s scoring.

A cover letter to the proposal, including a bidder’s current Data Universal Numbering System (D-U-N-S) number and proof of a current registration in the System of Award Management (SAM).

Note regarding SAM registration: USEA will accept a proposal if it includes proof that the company is in the process of obtaining a SAM registration. A PDF copy of an email from “[email protected]” to the bidder stating that the bidder “successfully submitted the entity registration for NAME OF COMPANY in the U.S. Government’s System for Award Management (SAM)” is the only form of acceptable proof. Please note that SAM registration is a 10-step process. Please refer to this guide for more information. Proposals without a DUNS number or proof of SAM registration will not be considered.

A technical proposal outlining the proposed work plan and methodology.

A financial proposal, including:

Detailed justification (i.e., line-item budget), including direct and indirect costs (printing, administrative supplies, etc.).
Anticipated labor costs, broken down by the number of man-hours and fully loaded daily rate for each employee proposed for this project. All salary information will be kept confidential.

Short CVs/bio sketches of proposed trainers.
Summary of the work to be performed by each employee proposed for this project;
Completed USAID Contractor Employee Biographical Data Sheet forms for each employee proposed for this project (https://www.usaid.gov/forms/aid-1420-17).

Timeframe and Submission

Evaluation Criteria:

Selection of an offer for a subcontract award will be based on an evaluation of proposals against qualifications, technical merit and budget justification. Proposals shall first be evaluated from a technical standpoint based on the training proposal without regard to proposed budget justification. For those proposals determined to be technically acceptable, budget justification will be evaluated.

Evaluation Criteria:
   50%:   Qualifications (experience with similar projects and subject matter expertise)
   30%   Technical approach
   20%:   Cost

QUESTIONS AND CLARIFICATIONS

All questions and clarification requests related to this RFP should be submitted via email to Ms. Marjorie Jean-Pierre, Program Director, at [email protected], no later than February 18, 2021. All questions and answers will be posted on USEA’s website. Please see our responses to the submitted questions here.

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