Mr Guntars Levans Or Mr Bengt Moreau, Ministry of Finance, 1 Smilsu Street, Riga Lv-1919, Latvia

99 -- LATVIA: SOL EBRD PROCUREMENT OPPORTUNITIES, MARCH 1995. DUE 060295 POC Tel +371 2 229693 3712-229693 FAX +371 2 221893 3712-221893 90281 energy Sector emergency investment program supply of industrial gas meters - Latvia this invitation for tenders follows the General procurement notice for this Project which was published in procurement opportunities, issue number 4, dated July 1992 the government of the Republic of Latvia has received a loan from the European Bank for reconstruction and Development (ebrd) for a Project to assist in improving efficiency in the supply and consumption of energy in the Public and domestic sectors on behalf of the latvian State enterprise latvijas gaze, referred to as ''the purchaser'', the Project implementation unit in the Ministry of Finance now invites sealed tenders from suppliers of gas meters for the following contracts to be funded from part of the proceeds of the loan meter design meter sizes (in quantity lot pressure inches) a 10 Or 16 bar 1 5'' - 10'' 199 B 10 Or 16 bar 12'' and 16'' 16 C 10 Or 16 bar 20'' and 28'' 2 D 55 bar 1 5'' - 6'' 38 industrial gas meters shall be delivered complete with instrumentation, flow computer equipment and, where necessary, upstream filters, etc training and supervision services will also be included delivery in Latvia from 24 to 38 weeks after contract award and opening of the letter of credit lots contract award will be based on the combination of responsive tenders which is most favourable to the purchaser proceeds of a loan from the European Bank is open to firms from all countries 1995, from the address below upon payment of a non- refundable fee of one hundred US dollars Or equivalent in any freely-convertible currency (if requested, the documents will be promptly despatched by air mail, but no liability can be accepted for loss Or late delivery ) only parties that purchase the tender documents will be considered eligible to submit tenders all tenders must be accompanied by a tender security not less than three percent of the tender value Or its equivalent in a convertible currency, and must be delivered to the address below on Or before 12 00 a M. local time on 2 May 1995. Tenders will be opened in the presence of those tenderers' representatives who choose to attend at the below- mentioned office at 14 00PM local time on 2 May 1995 a pre-tender meeting has been scheduled for 27 March 1995 prospective tenderers May obt ain further information from, and inspect and acquire the tender documents at the following office Ministry of Finance ebrd Project implementation office (room 412) head of unit Mr Guntars Levans Or senior procurement adviser Mr Bengt Moreau 1 Smilsu Street Riga Lv-1919, Republic of Latvia potential tenderers desiring additional information on the above procurement should contact the Project agency and not the European Bank except, of course, where the Bank is the contact listed for information on how to do business with the Bank, U S. office, European Bank for reconstruction and Development, one exchange square, London EC2A 2EH, UK Tel: 44-71-338-7532, fax: 44-71-338-6487. 98-4033 Refer to 105 Please send a copy of your response to: Commercial Section (FCS-TOP), American Embassy, London, Psc 801 Box 33, FPO AE 094..(0066)

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