procurement notice

5744-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 goods and installation of equipment for the construction of a modern biomass fired heating plant and the related district heating network in town Triavna.

The tendering includes:
1. Supply of loading machine and specialised wood transporting track;
2. Supply of district heating network pipes;
3. Supply and installation of heating substations for customer sites.

Overall Budget for the project is EURO 4 million, from which EURO 0.8 million will be finanaced from the Kozloduy International Decommissioning Support Fund.
The invitations for tenders are expected in the third 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 of 1 May 2008 are: EU member states, Switzerland, all so-called PHARE countries and the EBRD's Countries of Operations.

Interested firms should contact:

Mr. Svetlozar Todorov
Investor's representative
BioEnergia Triavna OOD
4 Trapezitsa str, entr. 4, fl. 4
Sofia 1000, Bulgaria
Email: anton.ivanov@yahoo.co.uk
Telephone/Telefax: +359 2 989 89 50