procurement notice

5742-GPN-17149

The project 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General Procurement Notice draws attention to the forthcoming tender for supply of equipment for the replacement of outdated 20/0,4 kV power transformers with new transformers of higher efficiency.

Overall Budget for the project is EURO 3,84 million from which EURO 0.76 million will be financed from the Kozloduy International Decommissioning Support Fund.

The replacement of the power transformers is planned to start by the end of 2008.

The invitation for tender is expected in the third quarter of 2008. The invitation will be open to firms that qualify under the Procurement Policies and Rules of the EBRD and the KIDSF. The eligible countries as of 1 February 2008 are: EU member states, Switzerland, all so-called PHARE countries and the EBRD's Countries of Operations.

Interested firms should contact:

Mr. Atanas Dandarov
Director management of the company
CEZ Razpredelenie Bulgaria AD
330, Tzar Simeon Street
1309 Sofia, Bulgaria
Office tel: +35928053403
Fax: +35929862805
e-mail: atanas.dandarov@cez.bg