Stasys Labutis, General Director, State Enterprise '' Lithuanian Railways'', 2604 Vilnius, Lithuania

99 -- UNITED KINGDOM: SOL EBRD PROCUREMENT OPPORTUNITIES, MAY DUE 071095 POC Tel 370 2 660 041 FAX 370 2 618323 7302 requires railway track renewal materials and maintenance equipment - Lithuania. This invitation for tenders follows the General procurement notice for this project which was published in procurement opportunities, number 26, dated May 1994 the republic of Lithuania has received a loan from the European Bank for reconstruction and Development (''the European Bank'') and from the export-import Bank of Japan (''J-exim'') towards the cost of a transport project the ministry of transport in the republic of Lithuania now invites sealed tenders from suppliers for the following contracts to be funded from part of the proceeds of the loan - railway track materials ( for approximately 115 km F track renewal ) lot 1: 60KG/mrails, each 25M long. Quantity 13,800 tonne lot 2: 140,000 prestressed concret railway sleepers lot 3: elatic track fastenings sufficient for 192,000 concrete sleepers lot 4: 66,400 cubic metres of Stone ballast for railway track - railway track maintenance equipment lot 5 one high capacity ballast cleaning machine, which comes under the category of heavy machines, and training of Lithuanian railway personnel for operating and maintaining the machine; lot 6 one continuous action rail tamping machine, which also comes under the category of heavy machines, and training of Lithuanian Railways personnel for operating and maintaining the machine; lot 7 miscellaneous railway track maintenance small power and hand tools (rail cutting machines, rail drilling machines, rail profile grinding machines, coachscrewing and fishbolt fastening machines, hydraulic track jacks) proceeds of a loan from the European Bank and J-exim is open to firms from all countries tenderers are permitted to tender for one or more lots tenders for more than one lot May offer discounts and such discounts will be considered in the evaluation of May be obtained from the address below upon payment of a non-refundable fee of ECU 25 or equivalent in US dollars for the foreign tenderers to account N0 07080434 with State Commercial Bank of Lithuania, basanaviciaus street 7, Vilnius, Lithuania, and for the local tenderers the counter value of the fee in Lithuanian litas, as of the day of payment, to account no 1345417 with the sodu branch office of street 15A, Vilnius, Lithuania 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 of not less than three per cent of the tender value or its equivalent in a convertible currency, and must be delivered to the address below on or before 10 00 hours local time on 10 July 1995, at which time they will be opened in the presence of those prospective tenderers May obtain further information from, and inspect and acquire the tender documents at, the following office Mr Stasys Labutis General Director State Enterprise '' Lithuanian Railways'' 12/14 mindaugo street 2604 Vilnius Lithuania 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. Supplement 1995 Please send a copy of your response to: Commercial Section (FCS-TOP), American Embassy, London, Psc 801 Box 33, FPO AE 09498-4033, Refer to 133.. (0138)

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