procurement notice

5666-GPN-17149

The projects announced within this procurement notice will be partially financed from the Kozloduy International Decommissioning Support Fund, established in 2001 for supporting the decommissioning of units 1-4 of the Kozloduy Nuclear Power Plant. One of the purposes of this Fund is to finance or co-finance the preparation and implementation of selected projects that aim the necessary restructuring, upgrading and modernisation in the energy sector and improving energy efficiency.

This General Procurement Notice draws attention to the forthcoming tenders for technical specification, supply of the materials and work installation. The purpose of the project is improvement of the energy efficiency by rehabilitation of the 1/3 of the heating pipelines network, reducing energy losses. This includes the replacement of 11 km of over 20 years old steel pipes, insulated with glass wadding and laid in concrete ducts with pre-insulated steel pipes for direct bedding. The pipeline replacement concerns about 1/3 of the heat distribution network of the district heating network for heat transmission and distribution pipelines of DN 50 to DN 500.

The rehabilitation process will be provided over three years, during spring and summer periods, in order to minimize the heat supply interruption in Varna city. The first phase is planned to start in 2008, with the renewal of 4 km of pipelines, in the area of Mladost.
The main area to be tendered under the EBRD PPR for the KIDSF financing is the supply of the pre-insulated pipe and additional material.

Overall Budget for the project is €2.0 million, from which €0.4 million will be funded from the Kozloduy International Decommissioning Support Fund.

The invitation for tenders are expected in the first quarter of 2008. The invitations will be open to firms that qualify under the Procurement Policies and Rules of the EBRD and the KIDSF.

The eligible countries as at 1 July 2007 are: EU member states, Switzerland, all so-called PHARE countries and the EBRD's Countries of Operations. The proceeds of the grant shall not be used for the purpose of any payment to persons or entities, or for any import of goods, if such payment or import is prohibited by a decision of the United Nations Security Council taken under Chapter VII of the Charter of the United Nations or under a law or official regulation of the purchaser's country.

Interested contractors should contact:

Mr. Ilia Nikolaev
Toploficatsia Varna, (Dalkia Varna)
Director of the board

Janosh Huniadi Blvd
9020 Varna, P.O. Box 26
Bulgaria

Office tel: +359 52 500 670
Fax: +359 52 750 358
e-mail: inikolaev@dalkia.bg