Departamento de Licitaciones, Ande--Admin.Nacional de Electricidad, Av. Espana 1268, Asuncion, Paraguay

99 -- PARAGUAY: SOL LICITACION PUBLICA ANDE-KFW (SEE COMMENTS) DUE 050495 POC FAX 595/21/200513 S1623 provide goods and services, including design and construction, to implement the chaco electrification project no 992/94. Ande--administracion Nacional de Electricidad is the national electric utility the chaco electrification project includes (a) one overhead transmission line, 220 kv, 210 kilometers, one circuit steel lattice structures, including a 1,000 meter span over the Paraguay river; (B) two transformer stations, 220/66/23 kv, located at each end of the transmission line, 30 mva transforming capacity, 220 kv reactors W/ 20 mvar, including a control/protection/communications system; (C) distribution lines, 66 and 23 kv tender is to be financed with funds from a loan granted to Paraguay by the kreditanstalt fur wiederaufbau (kfw), of Germany this tender, while directed exclusively to bidders located in Germany, is being submitted for the benefit of German subsidiaries of U S. firms. Specifications cost guaranies 600,000 or Dm500; each additional set costs guaranies 360,000 or Dm300 the present free floating exchange rate is approx guaranies 1,945 per U S. dollar. Interested parties should purchase specifications from the Ande address only Please send a copy of your response to: Commercial Section (TOP), American Embassy, Asuncion, APO Aa 34036-0001, Refer to T0051.. (0067)

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