procurement notice

5656-GPN-9639

The following notice refers to goods, works and services to be procured through tendering for a projects financed by the Bohunice International Decommissioning Support Fund which is administered by the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD). Potential tenderers desiring additional information on the procurement in question or the projects in general should contact Slovenska elektrizacna prenosova sustava, a.s. (SEPS, a.s.) and not the EBRD.

The Bohunice International Decommissioning Support Fund (BIDSF), administered by the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development, was established in November 2001 to finance and/or co-finance selected projects over a period of approximately 10 years amounting to approximately EUR 170 million. Slovenska elektrizacna prenosova sustava, a.s. (SEPS, a.s.) is undertaking a programme of measures in the electricity transmission system which are consequential to the decision taken by the Slovak Republic to final shutdown Bohunice Nuclear Power Plant, Units 1 and 2 (Bohunice V1 NPP) to be financed and/or co-financed with the resources of the Fund. Approval of the projects financing is subject to the decision of the Assembly of Contributors of the BIDSF. The Assembly may modify the contents of the projects.

The General Procurement Notice draws attention to the following procurement activities for services, works and goods in an environmentally safe and cost effective manner:

• Project Management and Engineering Consultancy Services to support the Project Management Unit of SEPS, a.s. in the management, co-ordination and monitoring of the projects and in the procurement of goods, works and services financed and/or co-financed from the BIDSF.

• Supply of the main and auxiliary electrical and instrumentation and control equipment and related works and services as required for the reconstruction measures of the electric stations, transformation stations, overhead transmission lines and all related facilities to adapt the electricity transmission system to the conditions after final shutdown of Bohunice V1 NPP.

Tendering for the above-mentioned activities is expected to begin in the first half of 2008. Tendering will be open to firms that qualify under the Procurement Policies and Rules of the EBRD and the BIDSF. *

Interested suppliers, contractors and consultants for SEPS, a.s. should contact:

Mr Juraj Dosek
Head of Project Management Unit (PMU)
Slovenska elektrizacna prenosova sustava, a.s. (SEPS, a.s.)
Mlynske Nivy 59/A, 824 84 Bratislava
Slovak Republic
Fax: + 421 2 5069 2319
email: Dosek_Juraj@sepsas.sk

* The eligible countries as at 1 December 2006 are: the European Union member states, Switzerland and the EBRD's countries of operations.