procurement notice

5744-GPN-R1-17149

GENERAL PROCUREMENT NOTICE

This is the extension of the General Procurement Notice published on the EBRD website on 14 May 2008 (5744-GPN-17149).

The project announced within this procurement notice will be partially financed from the Kozloduy International Decommissioning Support Fund (KIDSF), 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 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/s 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 the town of Triavna.

The tendering includes:

1. Supply of loading machine and specialised wood transporting truck;
2. Supply of district heating network pipes;
3. Supply and installation of heating substations to customer sites.
Overall budget for the project is Euro 4 million, from which Euro 0.8 million will be financed from KIDSF.

The tendering for the above contract/s is expected to begin in the third quarter of 2009.

Tendering for contracts to be financed from grants from KIDSF will be in line with the EBRD Procurement Policies and Rules and will be open to firms from eligible countries as of 1 May 2009: EU member states, Switzerland and the EBRD's countries of operation.

Potential tenderers interested in the project should contact:

Mr. Svetozar Todorov
Investor’s representative
BioEnergia Triavna OOD
4 Trapezitsa str., entr. 4, fl. 4
Sofia 1000, Bulgaria
e-mail: svetozart@abv.bg
Telephone/Telefax: +359 2 989 89 50

This notice refers to goods, works, or consultancy services to be procured through open and competitive tendering for projects financed through funds which are administered by the EBRD. Potential tenderers desiring additional information on the procurement in question or the project in general should contact the Project Management Unit and not the EBRD.