Energy and Security Group
Small Business Capability Statement
Clean Energy IDIQ for Non-Critical Priority Countries
In association with:
Black & Veatch
DAI
Greengate, LLC
Navigant Consulting, Inc.
NRECA International, Ltd.
Sheladia Associates, Inc.
The Regulatory Assistance Project
Training Resources Group, Inc.
United States Energy Association
Winrock International
Strategic Partners: Nexant Inc. and 3-Tier
Contact: Judy Siegel, IDIQ Manager • Energy and Security Group, LLC
1950 Roland Clarke Place, Suite 310 • Reston, Virginia, USA • Tel. + 703-786-2465
[email protected] • www.energyandsecurity.com
June, 2013
Executive Summary
Despite billions of dollars of energy investment,
more people today are without electricity than
there were two decades ago: over 1.6 billion people
in developing countries lack modern energy and the
economic and social benefits it offers, and many
more are underserved. The International Energy
Agency projects that, by 2030, these numbers will
only grow under business-as-usual scenarios.
Yet technologies exist to meet these needs in an
environmentally sustainable, cost-effective manner
that builds on locally available energy resources and
institutions. Through the Clean Energy Indefinite
Delivery Indefinite Quantity Contract for NonCritical Priority Countries (Clean Energy IDIQ for
Non-CPCs), the U.S. Agency for International
Development (USAID) seeks to accelerate the
transition to low-carbon energy sources and reduce
energy poverty throughout the developing world.
Established in 2002, the Energy and Security Group
(ESG), a small, woman-owned professional services
company, serves U.S. government, industry, finance,
and international development agency clients in the
U.S. and overseas. ESG is pleased to be selected as
one of the small business contractors. ESG brings
three main assets to USAID as prime contractor for
the Clean Energy IDIQ:
1. The technical leadership of a prime contractor
that has been promoting increased access to
clean energy since 2002 and that is headed by
an authority in the field, ESG President Judy
Siegel, with the support of Senior Technical
Advisor, Matthew Mendis.
Each of these
individuals brings over 30 years experience in all
aspects of clean energy technologies,
particularly renewable energy and energy
efficiency.
2. A team of subcontractors that combined,
provide technical depth across all of the themes
and activities in the IDIQ contract.
3. The management experience and resources to
implement USAID programs effectively in
virtually any developing country—conflict, postconflict, and post-natural-disaster environments.
ENERGY AND SECURITY GROUP: SMALL IN SIZE,
BIG IN STATURE. ESG offers the experience,
capabilities, and capacity to manage the Clean
Energy IDIQ. The firm’s technical leadership in clean
energy is demonstrated by its ability to assemble a
team of the top organizations in the field.
ESG’s mission is to expand the use of clean energy
technologies and practices to enhance economic
performance, promote energy security, improve
quality of life, and advance resource sustainability,
with a focus on developing countries. The firm’s
work spans clean energy policy development,
market development, finance facilitation, modeling
and analysis, training and capacity building, and
communications, outreach, and public awareness.
ESG has conducted 200 clean energy projects
worldwide for clients at USAID and other U.S.
Government agencies (including the US Department
of Energy, US Department of State, Commerce
Department, Environmental Protection Agency, and
US Department of Defense), the World Bank and
other multilateral development institutions, regional
development
organizations,
nongovernmental
organizations, and private firms. Virtually 100
percent of ESG’s clients have returned for repeat
work. Among the projects for which ESG is best
known are the initial design, development, and
implementation of the Global Village Energy
Partnership (USAID was one of the original
sponsors of GVEP) and support for the World Bank
Lighting Africa program to provide 250 million
Africans with improved lighting by 2030.
THE ESG TEAM: CORPORATE/INSTITUTIONAL
CAPABILITY. ESG’s team covers all of the technical
and management requirements for the IDIQ while
offering distinctive capabilities of special importance
for advancing clean energy programs in the nonCPCs.
DAI (major subcontractor) integrates clean
energy programming into USAID mission
programs serving broader social, economic, and
governance objectives.
Black & Veatch, now ranked first in the U.S. in
power sector design engineering by Engineering
New Record, is the team’s main resource for
energy engineering and science across all IDIQ
themes and activities.
Winrock International has been delivering
technical assistance and capacity-building
support for clean energy development for the
past 20 years and has experience in more than
70 countries worldwide.
Navigant offers specialized expertise in energy
sector enabling environments, privatization, and
regulatory and market reform.
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OUR PROPOSED TECHNICAL APPROACH:
IMPLEMENTATION FOR RESULTS. The ESG Team’s
ESG Clean Energy IDIQ Manager, Judy Siegel, with representatives of
the Liberia Ministry of Mines, Lands, and Energy and the Rural and
Renewable Energy Agency at the Financial, Planning, and Budget
Training Course supported by USAID under the Liberia Energy Sector
Support Project (LESSP).
Training Resources Group (TRG) provides
expertise in training methodologies, institutional
capacity building, and facilitation.
Sheladia assists in developing activity designs
through front-end feasibility study expertise and
in implementing projects through local partners.
With Greengate LLC, the ESG Team has
especially strong capabilities in financial analysis
and investment mobilization—including the
ability to offer debt and equity capital and
carbon finance for investments in clean energy
projects.
The United States Energy Association
(USEA) provides access to the broad U.S.
energy community and a distinctive peer-topeer capacity-building approach.
The Regulatory Assistance Project makes
available advisory services in energy sector
regulatory reform from leading practitioners.
NRECA International, Ltd. (NRECA) has
developed and implemented many of the most
successful rural electrification programs in
developing countries worldwide.
Finally, resource partner 3Tier provides resource
assessments and geographic information system
(GIS) mapping for solar, wind, and hydrocarbon
technologies. Nexant, Inc., a global leader in
technological, commercial, and economic aspects of
energy efficiency, demand-side management (DSM)
incentives, capacity building, and energy service
company (ESCO) development is available to
support the ESG Team on specific task orders.
approach recognizes that the resolution of any clean
energy development issue will have five dimensions:
the market; policies and the enabling environment;
finance;
institutions
(governmental,
nongovernmental, private); and public awareness.
Each task order must therefore consider all five
dimensions, regardless of the task order’s focal
point. Recognizing the importance of financial
viability to sustainability, our approach emphasizes
attention to clean energy project financing. In
general, for promoting a low-carbon development
trajectory, we consider the principal challenges to
be practical, not theoretical: how to foster sectoral
reform and increase electricity access in a way that
is transparent, free from political favoritism, broadly
acceptable to the general public, and potentially
attractive to investors.
The ESG Team offers USAID proven technical
assistance and thought-leadership for the provision
of improved, accelerated clean energy services in
non-CPC countries worldwide. To give USAID the
full breadth and depth of coverage needed under
this IDIQ, members of the ESG Team have been
selected for their complementary skills, technical
excellence, and ability to contribute to Task Order
requests.
Team Introduction
As highlighted in the table on the next page, our
team offers technical excellence in a range of
thematic and activity areas—and has distinctive
technical capabilities that may not be available to
USAID through other holders of the Clean Energy
IDIQ. We are prepared to bid in response to set
aside or unrestricted task orders.
Under the Financial Inclusion for Rural Micro-Enterprises Project in
Kenya, DAI is supporting innovative financial services in clean
energy.
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ESG Team Member Overview
Team Member
DAI
Technical Contribution to Team
Energy project development; cross-sector fertilization
Forty years of experience in development assistance program implementation; operates in 75+ countries.
Capabilities include: governance, economic development, and public administration in energy and environment.
Prime contractor for 18 USAID IQCs. Major subcontractor.
Black & Veatch
Clean energy project development and implementation
Leading engineering/consulting company, active in clean energy ranging from turnkey construction and
outsourced operations and maintenance (O&M) to technical, economic, and financial feasibility studies;
technologies include hydro (50,000 MW), bioenergy (200 projects), solar (300 MW photovoltaics (PV); 50 solar
thermal projects), wind (10,000 MW), geothermal, natural gas, energy efficiency, etc. Offers 100 offices
worldwide to support IDIQ.
Greengate, LLC
Financial advisory and transaction structuring
Financial management firm advising project finance and structured finance transactions. Since launch in 2005,
has supported transactions of over $300 billion.
Navigant Consulting, Inc.
Regulatory and market analysis; privatization
Global management consulting firm focused on industries undergoing regulatory or structural change, including
energy. Advises on business planning, performance improvements, benchmarking, pricing, and financing.
Technologies: renewable energy (RE), energy efficiency (EE), demand-side management (DSM), energy storage,
and smart grids.
NRECA International, Ltd.
Electrification programs in peri-urban and rural areas
Designs and implements programs providing power to 100 million households/businesses. Developed many of
the world’s most successful rural electrification programs; trains local institutions in utility
operations/management.
Regulatory Assistance Project
Regulatory reform, enabling environment analysis
Global non-profit team of experts providing technical and policy assistance to government officials.
Sheladia Associates, Inc.
Feasibility and engineering analysis
Multidisciplinary firm experienced in implementing development projects globally. Conducted feasibility studies,
planning, and program design in 40 countries, and infrastructure development in 70.
Training Resources Group, Inc.
Training/instructional methodologies, organizational reform
Designs and implements training and performance improvement programs, provides institutional strengthening,
and enhances human resources development in 100+ countries.
United States Energy Association
Peer exchanges and U.S. energy industry representation
U.S. Member, Committee of World Energy Council; represents U.S. interests in energy abroad.
Winrock International
Policy and capacity-building for renewables development
Implementing 100+ projects globally. Brings experience in over 70 countries and has offices in 31 countries.
Contributed to installation of 70,000 renewable energy systems, leveraging USAID funding with private
resources.
3Tier (Strategic Partner)
Energy resources assessment and forecasting
Solar, wind, and hydro resource mapping; site analysis and assessment.
Nexant, Inc. (Strategic Partner)
Energy Efficiency
Premier provider of energy efficiency services globally. Projects completed in over 70 counties; honored as
one of the Top 100 clean tech companies in the world in 2011 and 2012. Nexant is available to support
relevant Task Orders on a case-by-case basis.
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Team Experience
Representative project experience of the team is
provided below by theme. We also identify in italics
one of the eight IDIQ activity areas addressed by
each project (though others may apply).
CLEAN ENERGY
The ESG Team has special capabilities in integrating
assistance for clean energy development within
broader economic growth and political stabilization
programs in conflict, post-conflict, post-disaster,
and other developing countries. For example:
NRECA programs have resulted in hundreds of
megawatts (MW) of installed power from small
hydro, biomass, solar PV, and wind powered
systems. [Developing Strategies and Activity
Designs]
Navigant co-authored a landmark, multi-client
study exploring innovation in rural energy
delivery to increase modern energy access. The
report has been used by small and medium
enterprises (SMEs) worldwide to develop
innovations in solar entrepreneurship, policy,
intervention approaches, delivery, and funding
mechanisms. [Creating Enabling Environments and
Energy Sector Reform]
In Haiti, DAI is in discussions with BSH Protos
to develop a public-private partnership on a
cook stove design using any type of plant oil as
fuel. It serves as an environmentally friendly
substitute for traditional charcoal and wood
based stoves. [Fostering Private Sector Participation]
In Papua New Guinea, Greengate provided
analysis, negotiation, and advice on an $18+
billion integrated liquefied natural gas and gas
production, processing, and transportation
project. [Facilitating Innovative Finance Approaches]
For USAID, ESG developed a series of
informational brochures on energy issues in
programs whose objectives were primarily in
other sectors: agriculture, water, health, and
gender. These materials were used for USAID
training programs, and sent to missions and
clients to increase their awareness/support for
integrated energy programs. [Increasing Human
Resource Capacity Related to Energy Services]
Nexant, Inc. is prime contractor for the $35
million USAID Africa Infrastructure Program,
expected to add 1 gigawatt (GW) new
generation capacity and leverage $1 billion in
new investment to increase energy access in
Africa. Activities in over 10 countries. [Fostering
Private Sector Participation and Investment]
Sheladia is supporting the Ranoli Hydropower Project in Pakistan.
Sheladia is also developing a pilot project using municipal waste to
generate 20 MW of electricity in Karachi.
CLIMATE CHANGE
The ESG Team has been advancing sustainable
development of renewable energy and energy
efficiency technologies to promote low-emissions
development, aiming to limit potential increases in
greenhouse gases (GHGs). We have also been
helping countries take advantage of carbon markets
and maximize local value capture. Examples include:
Winrock
supported the ECO-Asia Clean
Development Program which promoted policy
and market transformation leading to GHG
emission reductions. [Developing Strategies and
Activity Design]
DAI helped design policies on emission
reductions and energy efficiency for national and
local governments. DAI authored clean energy,
climate change adaptation, and sustainable
landscapes materials for USAID’s senior
environment and natural resource management
course under the Capitalizing Knowledge,
Connecting Communities project. [Incorporating
Climate Change into Mission Programs]
With the International Electric Utility
Partnership Program, USEA supports a fund to
provide grants to members conducting feasibility
studies for GHG emission reduction projects.
USEA also sponsors forums and conferences on
global climate change. [Fostering Private Sector
Participation and Investment]
For the Private Infrastructure Development
Group, Greengate is helping develop a Currency
Liquidity Facility—a financial product to mitigate
foreign exchange risk, thus promoting access to
foreign debt markets for projects that do not
earn foreign exchange (e.g., renewable energy
projects serving domestic markets exclusively).
Greengate helped structure the facility, focusing
on Southeast Asia and Sub-Saharan Africa.
[Facilitating Innovative Financing Approaches]
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ENERGY POVERTY
Lack of access to electricity impedes economic and
social development, contributes to poverty, and can
have a destabilizing effect on economies. Our team
brings project experience in increasing access to
electricity to achieve broad stability and political
transition objectives, consistent with USG policy for
these countries.
ESG was responsible for the initial design,
development, and implementation of the Global
Village Energy Partnership, which is aimed at
increasing energy access in developing countries
while
enhancing
economic
and
social
development and reducing poverty. ESG also
supports the World Bank/IFC Lighting Africa
program, which is mobilizing the private sector
to build safe, affordable off-grid lighting.
[Developing Strategies and Activity Designs]
In Bangladesh, NRECA has been the principal
consultant to the Rural Electrification Board
(REB). In recent years, the USAID/NRECA role
for REB has shifted from program expansion to
refining rural access strategies, improving quality
of service, and providing energy security to rural
communities. [Increasing Human Resources and
Institutional Capacity to Provide Energy Services]
DAI participated in a project to integrate
infrastructure development with economic and
social enhancement in the Mekong Region —
Cambodia, Laos, Vietnam, and Thailand.
[Fostering Private Sector Participation and
Investment]
In East Africa and Latin America, Navigant
assessed the performance of off-grid solar
photovoltaic projects from technical, financial,
institutional, and operational perspectives and
provided recommendations for enhancing
performance. [Increasing Human Resource
Capacity related to Energy Services]
Prevention, Preparedness, and Response Plans
and provided training to local government and
civil society groups. Upon completion, 17
municipalities had standing disaster management
bodies and 38 municipalities produced allhazards planning documents. [Improving Disaster
Preparations, Responses, and Recovery]
Under the SARI/E Small Grants Program,
Winrock improved local capacity to train energy
and associated sector specialists in issues of
regional energy cooperation. The program
supported 38 grants totaling $896,000 to over
60 local NGOs and academic institutions for
development of regional resource centers,
capacity-building
and
training
programs,
exchange programs, and replication of successful
models. [Increasing Human Resource Capacity
Related to Energy Services]
ENERGY SECURITY
ESG Team members have conducted analyses,
developed strategies, and implemented assistance
programs that address energy security from a
variety of angles.
For USAID in the Democratic Republic of
Congo, Sheladia experts advised on the potential
for small hydroelectric systems to serve rural
areas. [Designing Strategies and Activity Designs]
In Colombia, Greengate supported the
privatization of financially distressed municipal
electric distribution, telephone, and water
companies,
including
restructuring
an
independent
power
producer
purchase
agreement. [Fostering Private Sector Participation
and Investment]
ENERGY SECTOR GOVERNANCE
The ESG Team has worked in the non-CPCs on
programs to foster accountability and transparency
in governmental institutions. Activities include:
In Haiti, for the World Bank, NRECA provided
oversight to the Electricité d’Haiti Technical
Department as an extension of their postearthquake
response.
This
included
recommendations for an improved fuel
management
program
in
Port-au-Prince.
[Developing Strategies and Activity Designs]
Under the USAID/Serbia Preparedness, Planning,
and Economic Security Program, DAI helped
municipal
governments
develop
Crisis
USEA brought delegates of the South Asia Women in Energy
Network to examine the 1500 watt PV modules coupled with an
AC submersible pump installed in a dug well at the National
Agricultural Research Centre in Pakistan. Evaluation of the
pump efficiency is in process.
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ENERGY SECTOR REFORM
Energy sector reform in the non-CPCs is a practical
issue involving not just how theoretically to best
restructure the sector, but, more importantly, how
to implement restructuring in a way that is
transparent, free from political favoritism, broadly
acceptable to the public, and attractive to potential
investors—domestic or foreign.
For USAID, Sheladia provided advisory services
for engineering, construction, management, and
procurement to the Bangladesh Rural
Electrification Board. Its work included technical
assistance in improved system design,
procurement services for system components,
construction
management,
and
training.
[Developing Strategies and Activity Designs]
Under contract to the Vietnam Ministry of
Finance, Greengate was contracted to assess key
issues and policy drivers for infrastructure
investment in the country. Greengate also
developed investment, operating, and financial
policies for local development investment funds
incorporating global best practices. [Fostering
Private Sector Participation and Investment]
Also in Vietnam, DAI is working with the
Ministry of Finance and the National Assembly
on a proposed Environmental/Carbon Tax and
Emissions Gas Fee and the associated
Environmental Fund and Fund for Cleaner
Production under the USAID Support for Trade
Acceleration Project. [Incorporating Climate
Change into Mission Programs]
Management Experience
ASSEMBLING, DEPLOYING, AND SUPPORTING
TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE TEAMS. As the prime
contractor, ESG is responsible for meeting all IDIQ
contract objectives and performance requirements
and will be the focal point for USAID contact. We
will marshal appropriate resources for each IDIQ
contract, providing one-stop project support to the
Bureau for Economic Growth, Education, and the
Environment (E3) and USAID bureaus and missions.
ESG Team’s established relationships will allow for
easy management and real intellectual collaboration.
meet short- and long-term technical assistance
requirements, as well as drawing on the capabilities
of its team members in identifying appropriate
candidates for staffing USAID requirements. For
example, the combined staff resources of our larger
subcontractors—DAI, Black & Veatch, NRECA, and
Navigant—bring access to more than 60,000
specialists in a variety of disciplines related to the
IDIQ contract: project management, energy sector
restructuring, energy markets, regulatory analysis,
energy efficiency and demand-side management,
renewable energy, SME development, utility
management, legal advice, financial analysis,
engineering,
environmental
analysis,
gender
advancement, and more.
ESG works with our partners to ensure that
selected team members are deployed in a timely
manner and with all necessary support. This will be
facilitated by immediate access to team members’
permanent in-country offices.
ABILITY
TO
BUILD HOST-COUNTRY CAPACITY.
ESG recognizes that success rests on building local
capacity so that Team results continue long after
the project offices close. To the extent practical, we
will leverage local consultants for short-term and
long-term assistance whenever possible. ESG Team
offices worldwide allow us to identify local talent
quickly and maintain relationships with regional
experts.
ESG Team members have substantial experience in
building capacity in developing countries. We use a
range of human and institutional capacity-building
tools and techniques, such as mentoring programs,
peer-to-peer
collaborations,
workshops,
conferences, site visits, study tours, e-learning
courses or self-directed learning modules, and trainthe-trainer programs.
Approaches will vary
depending on the particular capacity need, the
number of participants, and the budget.
ESG implements task orders using integrated
project teams including personnel from any or all
team members. While each consortium member
has a technical focus, all subcontractors will be able
to provide candidates for positions; the best in
terms of skills and expertise will get the role.
ESG takes advantage of its in-house recruitment
resources, consultant rosters, and networks to
NRECA is implementing the Caracol Community Electrification
Program with support of USAID and the NRECA International
Foundation to increase electricity access in Northern Haiti.
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Past Performance
Sample projects recently performed by ESG and some of our Team members are provided below.
Company
Winrock International
and Energy and Security
Group
Contract #
Prime USAID Contract
No.: 669-C-10-00-005900
ESG Subcontract No.:
6291-11-02
Start & End Dates
10/2010 – 10/2014
Obligated Amount
$18,961,947
Client
USAID
Reference (Name,
Email, Phone)
Danijel Dasic, COTR
Tel: +231 (0)776 77 0000
ext. 7312
[email protected]
“ESG has been doing an excellent job in developing a
needs assessment and training plan for senior
management at the recently formed Liberia RREA. This
training is critical in helping the agency maximize its
efficiency and effectiveness in working with the private
sector, financiers, and others in the delivery of modern
energy to rural areas of our country.” Augustus Goanue,
Executive Director, Liberia RREA
Company
USEA
Contract #
386-A-00-04-00195-00USEA
Start & End Dates
8/04 – 9/12
Obligated Amount
$6,789,880
Client
USAID/India American
Embassy, Chanakyapuri
New Delhi - 110 021
Reference (Name,
Email, Phone)
S. Padmnanaban
Tel: +91-11-24198671
[email protected]
Company
NRECA International, Ltd.
Contract #
4013-001-NRECA
Start & End Dates
9/2010 – 9/2013
Obligated Amount
$9,921,401
Client
International Resources
Group, funded by USAID
Reference (Name,
Email, Phone)
Ewa Szajner
Tel: +202-289-0100
[email protected]
Liberia Energy Sector Support Program
(LESSP),
USAID,
2010-2014.
Winrock
International and subcontractor ESG are supporting
USAID/Liberia in its efforts to increase access to
affordable renewable energy services in rural and
urban areas in order to foster economic, political,
and social development. Winrock is supporting the
establishment
of
seven
renewable
energy
infrastructure projects to include hydropower,
biomass generation, and photovoltaics.
ESG is
conducting activities to strengthen the Government
of Liberia’s capacity to implement rural electrification,
working with the government and stakeholders to
develop an energy law for Liberia, create an action
plan for establishing an Electricity Regulatory Board,
enhance capacity of the Rural and Renewable Energy
Agency (RREA) to facilitate rural clean energy project
development and energy access, and prepare
operating guidelines for a new Renewable Energy
Fund (REFUND). These latter activities are aimed at
improving enabling conditions for private sector
participation in the energy sector.
South Asia Regional Energy Partnership II
(SAREPP 2). SAREPP 2 assists South Asian energy
utilities, regulatory agencies, media, and energy
parliamentarians to learn from their U.S. counterparts.
SAREPP 2 provides valuable assistance in the
establishment of harmonized regulatory regimes in the
energy sector, more efficient production and use of
electricity, improved financial performance of utilities,
reduced environmental pollution, and workable power
sector regulation.
Pakistan Power Distribution Program (PDP).
NRECA is providing electric distribution utility
expertise to work as an integral part of the PDP
team, providing general management, commercial
management, financial and accounting, engineering,
and overall electric utility performance improvement
expertise to Pakistan’s distribution companies.
NRECA has been assigned overall technical leadership
on the design and oversight of the distribution
company operational audit process, and engineering
leadership of the Operational Audits and
Performance Improvement Action Plans.
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Women trainees from Maguindanao learn to install a solar PV panel on a makeshift roof as part of their practical training on solar PV
operation and maintenance organized by the USAID-funded and Winrock-implemented AMORE Program in the Philippines, conducted
in partnership with the Asian Development Bank.
Company
Winrock International
Contract #
I: 492-A-00-02-00006-00;
II: 492-A-00-04-0040-00;
III: 492-A-00-04-0040
Start & End Dates
I: 2/2002 – 3/2005;
II: 9/2004 – 11/2009;
III: 10/2009 – 9/2013
Obligated Amount
I: $8,018,361;
II: $10,400,000;
III: $6,000,000
Client
USAID
Reference (Name,
Email, Phone)
Enrique Gallardo, AOR
Tel: +632 552-9800
[email protected]
Company
DAI
Contract #
GEG-I-00-04-00001-00/05
Start & End Dates
9/29/2006 – 10/31/2010
Obligated Amount
$13,587,261
Client
USAID
Reference (Name,
Email, Phone)
Nguyen Thi Bich Thuy,
COTR
Tel: +(84-4) 3935-1251
[email protected]
“Extraordinary—in many respects responsible for
exceptional growing partnership with USG/GVN on
trade/investment, economic and broader governance
reform and legal system transformation.” Score “5” for
Quality of Product/Service. STAR II, September 2008
Interim Contractor Performance Report.
Alliance for Mindanao Off-Grid Renewable
Energy (AMORE I, II, and III). AMORE provides
modern rural-energy services via public-private
partnerships to off-grid rural communities, or
barangays, using commercially viable solar and micro
hydro. AMORE has enhanced the economic and
social development of participating communities
through support for productive livelihood activities
and investment in social infrastructure such as school
electrification and water, sanitation, and hygiene.
Results: 22,000 households with access to energy;
electricity and distance education for 370 schools;
access to safe water for 30,000 households; and
investment of $5 million from private sector and $4
million from the government.
Vietnam Support for Trade Acceleration,
Trade Adjustment and Reform (STAR II),
USAID, 2006-2010. Following the successes of the
DAI-implemented STAR I project, STAR II was the
next phase in a strategy to improve the investment
climate and environment for doing business in
Vietnam. DAI worked directly with the Vietnamese
public sector to strengthen its ability to oversee and
guide regulatory reforms in the following areas: trade
in goods and services, commercial dispute settlement,
intellectual property rights protection, and,
development of foreign direct investment. In the
energy sector, DAI worked with the Ministry of
Finance and the National Assembly on proposed
environment protection and emissions legislation.
This project component served as a valuable case
study for applying environmental regulatory bestpractices to Vietnam.
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Key Personnel
To be fully responsive
to USAID, a small
business must make
this contract its top
priority.
For
this
reason, Ms. Judy Siegel,
President of ESG,
serves
as
IDIQ
Contract Manager.
JUDY SIEGEL,
CLEAN ENERGY IDIQ MANAGER
Ms. Siegel is eminently qualified for this position as a
recognized authority in clean energy technology,
finance, and programming in developing countries.
Given her supervisory role at ESG, and her
technical
expertise,
she
provides
overall
management and technical leadership for the
contract, while turning to Matthew Mendis, Senior
Technical Advisor, for expert advice in technical and
management areas that complement her experience
and capabilities.
Ms. Siegel has 20 years of work experience
managing and administering programs similar to the
Clean Energy IDIQ and more than 30 years of
experience in the clean energy field overall. She has
worked in more than 60 countries during her
career, among them developing and energychallenged countries in Asia, Africa, and Latin
America. She has been in continuous demand by US
Government clients as well as international
organizations
including
the
World
Bank,
Organization of American States, Asia Pacific and
Economic Cooperation, UN agencies, and others in
the areas of clean energy program design,
development, and implementation, with a focus on
rural development and environmental sustainability.
Ms. Siegel’s management qualifications are
demonstrated in part by having led for the past 10
years a prospering, growing small business with a
solid diversified client base. It is also shown by her
tenures as Deputy Director of the World Bank’s
Asia Sustainable and Alternative Energy Program
(ASTAE); Managing Director of Winrock’s Clean
Energy Group where, among other responsibilities,
Ms. Siegel managed the USAID Cooperative
Agreement on the Increased Use of Renewable
Energy Resources; and President of the US Export
Council for Renewable Energy.
Ms. Siegel is an active member of the international
clean energy community, holding or having held
board or related positions with a number of
prestigious organizations: American Council on
Renewable Energy; International Institute for Energy
Conservation; Institution for Sustainable Power;
Business Council for Sustainable Energy; Ex-Im Bank
Renewable Energy Exports Advisory Committee;
G8 Renewable Energy Advisory Group; Quality
Assurance Group, World Bank Energy-GenderPoverty Project; and Global Village Energy
Partnership. She holds a B.S. in economics and a
master’s degree in public administration (M.P.A.).
Senior
Technical
Advisor
Matthew
Mendis has primary
responsibility for all
technical aspects of
contract performance.
Prior
to
joining
Nexant, he worked at
ESG to support a
Green House Gas
Emissions
Analysis
project; he served as
Founder and Managing
Director
of C-Quest
MATTHEW MENDIS,
Capital, LLC, providing
CLEAN ENERGY
advice on clean energy
IDIQ SENIOR
programs in developing
TECHNICAL ADVISOR
countries, clean energy
technologies, private and public financing, and
carbon finance.
He has over a quarter century of experience in
development, financing, and implementation of
alternative energy and energy efficiency projects,
with extensive ongoing experience in Asia. He has
advised and assisted USAID and other international
donor agencies, multilaterals, governments, and
private companies in financial engineering of clean
energy investments with an aggregate value of more
than $500 million. With IRG, he managed USAID’s
Energy IQC II and other USAID projects. He holds
an M.A. in natural resource economics and a B.S. in
environmental engineering.
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DAI
Keith Forbes,
Senior Global
Practice Specialist
Black & Veatch
John Whippen
Climate Change.
Tim Tougas
COP, Program Manager.
Christian Decker
Infrastructure Needs Program 1 (INPI),
West Bank/Gaza, Value $69M. INP2,
Bank/Gaza, (ongoing), value $150M.
NRECA
International
Daniel B. Waddle,
Senior VP
James
VanCoevering,
Director of
Engineering
Myk Manon,
Rural
Electrification
Team Leader
Sheladia
Associates
Ajoy Karki
US Energy
Association
John Hammond,
Senior Director
COP. Managed the AIRP and KHPP
programs in Afghanistan. Also, Task
Order Manager for other companies.
COP: Electrification for Sustainable
Development, Bolivia.
COP, Aba
Power. COP, Enugu DISCO due
diligence, Nigeria.
COP, Low Cost Rural Electrification
Strategy, Tanzania. COP, Technical
Assistance
for
Philippine
Rural
Electrification
Distribution
Improvement, and Financing.
COP, Pilot Project for Sustainable
Electricity Distribution, Haiti. COP,
Caracol Community Electrification
Project, Haiti. COP, S. Sudan RE.
Team Leader for the Hydropower
team, USAID LESSP Project.
Manager of USEA Energy Partnership
Program, supported by USAID.
Winrock
International
Bikash Pandey,
Director, EE/RE
Robert Foster
Manages USAID Leader with Associates
agreement. Team Leader, CDM
Capacity Building, Pakistan. Global
Director, Clean Energy Group.
DCOP Afghanistan.
Horst Meinecke
COP Georgia, DCOP Mongolia.
Nexant, Inc.
Dick Edwards,
Vice President
COP for 3-year, $25M USAID debt
swap project in Philippines.
Officer-in-Charge of 5-year, $20M
USAID PACE-D project in India.
Peter du Pont,
Vice President
COP for 5-year, $16M USAID ECOAsia project in Bangkok, including the
Private Finance Advisory Network
(PFAN) component.
COP for EE component of the $18M
USAID Egyptian Environmental Energy
Policy program in Cairo.
Emad Hassan,
Principal
Gender
Disaster
Management
Environmental
Assessment
Innovative
Financing
Managed multi-million dollar and smaller projects
in developing countries over the last 20+ years.
Worked in 60 countries. Clients: USAID, other
USG agencies, donors, World Bank, UN, etc.
Managing Director at C-Quest Capital LLC,
responsible for financial operations worldwide.
Senior VP at IRG and Manager of Energy-II
IQC. Managed multiple projects for USAID,
donors, and private sector clients in
Asia/LAC/Africa. RE/EE Project Manager at the
World Bank.
14 years experience supporting climate change
mitigation & GHG inventory efforts at SAIC for
clients – USAID, Bank of America, USEIA-DOE,
EPA, state and local governments.
Responsible for client interface and in-country
expat staff (80) and CCN staff (>100) for
construction/procurement efforts. AIRP program
value at $500M and KHPP value at $266M.
Wadi Ma’in, Zara and Mujib Water Treatment
and Conveyance Project – Jordan.
Country Manager Brunei, Singapore, Abu Dhabi
Businesses (60 staff each). Technical Director,
Amman Jordan Utility (1,700 staff). Regional
Managing Director Middle East Africa/India (7
legal entities, 60 staff each).
Managed and participated in rural energy projects
in
30
developing
countries.
Manages
approximately 50 staff and consultants assigned
to various NRECA projects.
Oversees rural electrification project design,
implementation, performance monitoring, rural
utility management in 20 countries. Led
numerous institutional reform and development
initiatives. Manages 15 staff and consultants.
Expertise in design and construction of rural
electric distribution systems in over 15 countries.
Manages approximately 30 staff and consultants
working on the PPSELD project.
Deputy Team Leader on ADB funded
“Management and Supervision of Ranolia
Hydropower Project”, Pakistan.
25 years of experience managing contracts up to
$10M in the areas of electric power sector
reform, environmental technology transfer, and
economic development in 40 developing
countries.
EEREP: Kenya, Macedonia, Jordan, Nepal,
Bangladesh, South Sudan, Pakistan ($7M Core,
$10M Associate Awards 12 staff); CDM Capacity
Building ($450K): Global Director WI – 50 staff.
Director/Manager positions in 15 international
projects: Kenya, Mexico, Dominican Republic,
Honduras, Nicaragua, Brazil, Afghanistan.
20 years public/private sector management of
multi-million projects: Bosnia and Herzegovina,
Czech Republic, East Timor, Germany, Georgia,
Hungary, India, Kazakhstan, Kenya, Mongolia,
Nigeria, Thailand, Poland.
Senior energy/environment manager with 30
years experience in USAID, NGO (WWF,) and
private sector. As a foreign service officer,
managed USAID’s largest energy/climate/disaster
management program, focus on Asia/Middle East.
Managed large teams of clean energy specialists
for many donor funded projects across Asia in
past 25 years. Leader EE & clean energy finance.
Co-chair, USAID/ADB Asia Clean Energy Forum.
Managed global EE/DSM programs for 30 years;
long-term in Middle East. Managed Nexant’s
DSM programs in California. Global experience in
EE policy, market deployment and delivery,
performance contracting, and finance.
HR Capacity
Matthew Mendis,
Sr. Technical
Advisor
Managed Winrock USAID Cooperative
Agreement on Increased Use of
Renewable Energy Resources.
Key
Personnel, Sr. Policy Specialist, Liberia.
Managed IRG Energy IQC II project
(over $500M).
Management Experience Summary
Climate Change
ESG
Judy Siegel,
IDIQ Manager
Chief of Party (COP) Experience/
Senior USAID Experience
Enabling
Environments
Company/ Key
Personnel
Strategy/Activity
Design
Energy and Security Group − Team Personnel Highlights
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