REQUEST T FOR EXP PRESSION OF INTER REST AND STATEMENT OF QUAL LIFICATION NS

1. Th heRegulatory y&Superviso oryBureaufortheWatera andElectricity ySectorintheEmirateof Dubai(theRSB B)wishestopre p qualifyconsultantswh ohavethere equisitequalificationsand ex xperiencetobeconsideredforconsulti ingassignme ntsforit. heRSBwasestablishedby yaresolutionofDubaisEx xecutiveCoun ncilin2010andworksclosely 2. Th with w DubaisSupremeCoun ncilofEnergytodeliverth eemiratesin ntegratedene ergystrategy yby developingand dimplementi ingappropria ateregulatory yframeworks sandapproac chesforDuba ais mationonthe eRSBcanbef foundatwww w.rsbdubai.go ov.ae. energysector.Moreinform hisExpression nofInterest(EoI) ( relatesto t twoareaso oftheRSBsw workforwhic chconsultanc cy 3. Th ad dvicemayberequired:Dis strictCoolingandthemar rketforEnerg gyServiceCom mpanies(ESC COs). ConsultantsmaysubmitanEoIinrespec ctofeitheror rbothofthes seareasofwo ork. 4. Th hosewishingtosubmitan nEoIshoulddo d sonolater thanMonda y11February y2013in electronicform mtoZaineb.alamin@rsbdu ubai.gov.ae.A nsregardingt thisrequestshould Anyquestion sbdubai.gov.a ae. besenttoGraeme.sims@rs hefollowinginformationisnotintende edtorepresen ntadetailedscopeofwor rkthatmight 5. Th co onstitutethebasisforare equestforpro oposalbutisp providedino ordertoassist tthosesubmi itting an nEoItodisclo osetheirrelevantexperien nce.

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6. DistrictCooling g(DC)involve estheprovisionofcooling gservicestoo oneormoreb buildingsfrom ma ce entralizedchi illingplantby ymeansofachilled c water pipenetwork k.DChasbee enused ex xtensivelyinDubaiandisconsideredto ooffersignific cantadvanta gesoverconventionalcoo oling so olutions.The eDCmarketis snotcurrentl lysubjecttos sectorspecifi icregulation,exceptinres spect of ftheuseofth hermalenerg gystorageand ddesalinated dwaterincoo olingtowers. 7. Th heRSBmayseek s theservicesofasuita ablyqualified consultantin ndevelopingaregulatory re egimeforDC. .Thescopeof o sucharegim mewouldbe oneofthem mainissuestobeaddressedby aconsultingas ssignmentbuttheissuestobeexamine edwouldbelikelytoinclude:technical tandardsforthe t provisionofDC;theintegrationofD DCintourban nplanning;ch hargingand st pricing,includi ingtherelatio onshipbetwe eenDCprovid ders,buildingdevelopersa andproperty ow wnersandtenants;billingandmetering;andstanda ardsofservic ce.Thedelive erablesforsuchan
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as ssignmentcouldtherefore eincludethedevelopment tofsuitablet technicalcodesandstanda ards, financialandeconomic e mod delsofDCsys stems,anddr raftlicences,regulationsa andlegislation nto gi iveeffecttoany a proposed dregulatoryre egimeandth husrequireac combinationofengineerin ng, ec conomicandlegalexpertis se. ESCOs 8. Dubaihassetambitious a tar rgetstoimpro ovetheefficie encyofenerg gyuseintheemirate,aimi ing fo ora30%impr rovementby2030.ESCOs s,orEnergySe erviceCompa anies,aresee enasapotent tially va aluablewayof o deliveringenergy e saving gs.Thedistin ctivefeature eofESCOsist thattheyoffe er p performancecontracting, ,thatistheyassumesome eriskforthedeliveryofth heenergysav ving measures m they yproposetoaclient.Anu umberoffirm msalreadyoffe erESCOservi icesinDubaibutit is sawidelyheld dviewthatth hereisuntappedmarketp potential.The eRSBiscurre entlyexamining whether w itmay yperformauseful u roleinimprovingth econfidence eofparticipan ntsinthismarket, sp pecificallypot tentialclients s,financialins stitutionsand dtheESCOsthemselves.P Preliminary an nalysisanddi iscussionssug ggestarolefo ortheRSBin thefollowing gareas:accre editationofESCOs; developmentof o standardcontractforms s;disputeres solution;enfo orcementofa anappropriat te measurement m andverificationstandard; ;andawaren essraisingam mongststakeholdersinDu ubai. heRSBmaythereforeseektheservices sofasuitable equalifiedco onsultantto:e examinetheE ESCO 9. Th market m inDubai;makereco ommendation nsastoasuit tableregulato oryapproach;and,tothe ex xtentnecessa ary,developan a accreditati ionregimean ndsuitableco ontractualandother documentation. Expressio onsofInterest ndESCOsand eparateEoIsshould s besub bmittedinres spectofDistr rictCoolingan dshould,asa 10. Se minimum, m includethefollowing: a. Nameoforganization ,positionand dcontactinfo ormationofp ersonsubmit ttingtheEoI b. Name, c. Summaryinformati iononscaleand a natureof ffirmsactivit tiesatagloba al,GCCandU UAE level sofrelevantassignments a carriedoutin nthepastfive eyearsinthe eareasforwh hich d. Details theEo oIissubmitted d office e. Details sofstaffwith hqualification nsandexpert tiserelevantt totheEoI,inc cludingtheiro locatio on(CVsmaybe b appendedtotheEoI) f. Ifanapplicantcons sidersthatitmay m wishtop partnerwitha anotherorganizationinor rder toprovidetherelev vantexpertise ethenitshou uldidentifyth hespecificorganisationor r
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organi isationswithwhichitwouldproposeto ocollaborate, ,summariset theirrelevant t experience,andpro ovidedetailsofpreviousa assignmentsw withthoseorg ganisations and/oraletterfrom mthoseother rorganisation nsconfirming gtheirwillingnesstoconsider suchacollaboration. 11. Su uccessfulprequalification nshouldnotbe b takenasim mplyinganycommitmento onthepartofthe RSBtoseekarequest r forpr roposalforei itherofthea reasofworkabove.Nord doespre qualificationguaranteethatafirmwillbe b judgedelig gibletorespo ndtosucharequest.Any y ventualprocu urementproc cessmayinvo olveotherche ecksofafirm mssuitabilityt thatarenotp part ev of fthisprequa alificationexe ercise. hecontentsof o thisreques stareconfidentialtotheR RSBandmayn notbeusedo orreferredto oin 12. Th an nyformwitho outtheRSBs spriorwritten napproval. heRSBhasth hesolediscretiontoprequalifysome,a allornoneof fthefirmsres spondingtot this 13. Th re equest.

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