LIME FOUNDATION REPORT

Country:

Canada

City/Locality:

National Capital Region

Notice/Contract Number:

can:153612

Publication Date:

Jul 5, 2008

Deadline:

Jul 25, 2008

Buyer:

Environment Canada / Environnement Canada

Original Language:

English

Address:

Suzanne Laflèche
1040 Saint-Joseph Blvd
Gatineau , QC J8Z 1T3
Canada

Telephone:

819-953-8235

Fax:

819-953-8235

Email:

Click here

Web Site:

mailto:suzanne.lafleche@ec.gc.ca

73200000 - Research and development consultancy services

LIME FOUNDATION REPORT

SOLICITATION K2A84-08-0011

LIME FOUNDATION REPORT

All enquiries concerning this solicitation must be submitted in writing to the contracting authority named below as early as possible within the bidding period. Enquiries should be received by the contracting authority no later than five (5) working days prior to the bid closing date specified herein to allow sufficient time to provide a response.

INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY

The Crown has determined that any new intellectual property arising from the performance of the Work under the Contract will vest in Canada, on the following grounds:

6.4 Where the main purpose of the Crown Procurement Contract, or of the deliverables contracted for, is:

6.4.1 To generate knowledge and information for public dissemination

REQUIREMENT STATEMENT

Environment Canada has a requirement for consulting and professional services. Under the guidance of the Contract Authority, the contractor is required conduct a study on “Lime Foundation Report”. The study will consist of a written report which will:

• Provide an overview of the lime manufacturing sector
• Provide a description of current manufacturing processes
• Compile emissions data for the year 2006,
• Compile and assess relevant environmental rules of Canadian and international jurisdictions as they apply to emissions from the lime manufacturing sector,
• Evaluate and recommend best available techniques (BAT) and best environmental practices (BEP) for existing facilities and for new facilities,
• Evaluate the emission reduction techniques in conjunction with standards of other jurisdictions to derive a set of recommended achievable emission limits for existing and new facilities, and
• Develop cost estimates for implementing the recommended achievable emission limits if applied to existing facilities.

This report shall be provided in electronic form and three (3) hard copies.

BACKGROUND INFORMATION

The lime manufacturing sector along with other major industrial source categories is included in the federal government’s Turning The Corner Regulatory Agenda

On October 21, 2006 the Government of Canada published a Notice of Intent to develop and implement regulations and other measures to reduce air emissions (the Notice of Intent) in Canada Gazette I. The Notice of Intent identified primary air pollutants and greenhouse gases, and set out a plan to reduce their emissions from Canadian sources. Listed in Schedule One of the Canadian Environmental Protection Act, 1999 (CEPA 1999), the Federal Government has the authority to regulate these emissions, including NOx, SOx, PM, and carbon dioxide (CO2).

Consistent with planned actions identified in the Notice of Intent, on April 26, 2007, the Government of Canada announced Turning the Corner: An Action Plan to Reduce Greenhouse Gases and Air Pollution. This Regulatory Framework calls for the implementation of regulations that set mandatory and enforceable reduction targets for emissions of greenhouse gases and air pollutants from major industrial sources, including the Canadian lime manufacturing sector. This framework may be found at: www.ec.gc.ca/doc/media/m_124/p2_eng.htm#c.

In addition, this study shall address other pollutants of concern where synergism of process techniques and pollution prevention/emission control techniques applied to the pollutants of direct interest may result in multi-pollutant benefits or increase the emissions of other pollutants of concern.

In Canada, the lime industry is divided into merchant producers and captive producers. Merchant lime production is destined for a variety of customers and industrial processes whereas captive production is a specific sub process of other industrial operations. Lime for the merchant market is produced at 11 plants in six provinces (New Brunswick, Quebec, Ontario, Manitoba, Alberta, and British Columbia). Captive production is confined to two plants in Ontario and one in Alberta.

In 2006, Canadian captive and merchant lime producers shipped 2.21 million tonnes of quicklime and hydrated lime valued at $271.7 million, based on preliminary data.

This study shall include an overview of both captured and merchant lime but will primarily focus on only merchant lime manufacturing facilities for most of the tasks.

STATEMENT OF WORK

TASKS:

1. Project Initiation
The Contractor will be required to attend a kick off meeting in person or by teleconference.
The project initiation meeting will be held to:
• address the administrative requirements of the contract,
• confirm the process and roles of the contractor and Environment Canada,
• establish the priorities,
• clarify the tasks identified in the Tasks and expectations,
• discuss assumptions and other issues, and
• develop a schedule for progress reporting and key milestones.
The contractor shall submit a work plan identifying key milestones, responsibilities and progress reporting for approval by the Technical Authority prior to commencing work.

2. Industry Profile
Provide an overview of the sector in regards to Canadian facilities, location, type of lime produced, applications for the lime produced, lime production capacity, types of feedstocks, types of fuels and quantities consumed, energy consumption, principle economic data such as employment and value of goods produced, and product prices. In addition, provide information regarding worldwide production and trade of lime and how this compares to lime manufacturing in Canada.

3. Manufacturing Process Description
Provide a description of current production processes at each facility, plant production capacity, raw materials and products, current emission abatement techniques, and any other facility information/data of relevance.

4. Emissions
Emissions data for 2006 shall be compiled for each facility to include the following pollutants:
• Carbon dioxide (CO2)
• Nitrogen oxides (NOx),
• Sulphur oxides (SOx),
• Particulate matter (PM), and
• Other pollutants of interest such as toxic organic and inorganic compounds and toxic metals.

Emissions shall be compiled for point sources within each facility. For PM, the information shall distinguish between point and fugitive emissions. Vehicle engine emissions shall be excluded from this study.
Emissions data shall be compiled so as to show facility mass emissions, emission intensities, pollutant concentration.

5. Emissions Standards
Information shall be compiled on emission limits specified in operating permits, rules, guidelines, regulations, and legislation of Canadian provincial jurisdictions in which lime manufacturing facilities are located, including the regional air management jurisdiction of Metro Vancouver; US federal and selected state jurisdictions; and of selected international jurisdictions.

6. Best Available Techniques
The contractor shall identify and document the best available techniques (i.e. pollution prevention techniques, process technologies, operating practices, add-on control technologies, and environmental management practices that minimize pollutant releases for each unit process and unit operation. Each BAT recommendation shall be clearly referenced as to its source.

Each BAT shall have the emission performance documented where appropriate in relation to percent pollutant reduction capability, and pollutant concentration and emission or loading factor (i.e. mass of pollutant per unit of process feed or product) capability.
Based on BAT considerations and in conjunction with emissions limits established in rules of other jurisdictions, the contractor shall develop two sets of BAT: one for existing plants and one for new plants. The intent is to have clear and separate sets of information that delineate the BAT relevant to existing plants versus new plants or reconstructed plants.

Synergism of process techniques, pollution prevention and emission control techniques applied to the pollutants of direct interest may result in multi-pollutant reduction benefits or in some cases may increase the emissions of other pollutants of concern. The contractor shall address this aspect in the recommended BAT measures.

Capital investment and operating costs in a generic context shall be documented for each of the BAT measures. Also, BAT costs associated with air pollution controls shall be presented in terms of cost-effective values (i.e. annualized capital and operating costs per unit tonne of pollutant removed), and these shall be placed in context of whether they exceed or are below the cost-effective criteria established in BAT criteria of international jurisdictions.

7. Cost Estimates for the Application of BAT
Estimates of total annualized costs (mean, low and high estimate) of capital and operating costs shall be developed for applying the recommended set of BAT to each facility.

The emission reductions resulting from the application of BAT shall be estimated for each pollutant.

With respect to CO2, emission standards per se are likely not to be found in established standards. In this case, the contractor shall evaluate reasonably achievable reductions and the associated annualized costs.

SELECTION CRITERIA

Proposals will be evaluated based on:
(a) Understanding of Project Scope and Objective
(b) Description of technical approach and methodology (workplan) to meet Project Objective
(c) Familiarity and/or knowledge of the Canadian lime manufacturing sector
(d) Recognition of possible problems and solutions proposed

Proposals will be evaluated in accordance with the requirements listed in the terms of reference. Proposals that do not obtain a minimum of 75 cumulative points will be rejected. The contract will be awarded to the firm with the best proposal (highest overall score).

PROJECT COST:

Environment Canada has established funding for this project at a maximum amount of $60,000.00 excluding GST and broken down as follows

Administrative Expenses: Up to a maximum cost of $500.00 excluding GST

Total value of contract not to exceed $60,000.00 (excluding GST) No travel is anticipated for this work.

This covers the period from date of award to October 31, 2008

Estimated value: $50,001 to $100,000
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