TITLE: NUCLEAR CONTAINMENT PROJ
SUBJECT COUNTRY(IES): UKRAINE
POST OF ORIGIN: UKRAINE
SERIES: INTERNATIONAL MARKET INSIGHT (IMI)
ITA INDUSTRY CODE: ACE
DATE OF REPORT (YYMMDD): 990405
DELETION DATE (YYMMDD): 200405
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INTERNATIONAL COPYRIGHT, U.S. & FOREIGN COMMERCIAL SERVICE AND
U.S. DEPARTMENT OF STATE, 1999. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED OUTSIDE OF
THE UNITED STATES.
SUBJECT: ALERT REPORT: UKRAINE: CHORNOBYL SHELTER IMPLEMENTATION
PROJECT - PROCUREMENT OPPORTUNITIES FOR U.S. POWER COMPANIES.
1. SUMMARY: Post is reporting on the Call for Interest as
published by the European Bank for Reconstruction and
Development (EBRD) for the Chornobyl Shelter Implementation
Plan. The project/plan is an EBRD funded project. The total
estimated cost of the procurement for this project will amount
to 40 million US dollars equivalent. The source of this
information is Gene Harris, Senior Commercial Officer for the
EBRD/United Kingdom. Tenders are expected to be received by the
end of the second quarter - into the third quarter of 1999.
Tender announcement information for the open tenders will be
published locally in Uriadovy Kurier and Holos Ukrainy
newspapers, and internationally in the EBRD Procurement
Opportunities Supplement. The Project Managing Unit will conduct
the tendering process. All contact information is provided at
the end of this cable.
2. EBRD announced the Call for Interest for the Chornobyl
Shelter Implementation Plan, this call follows the general
procurement notice for this project as published in the EBRD
Procurement Opportunities Supplement dated February 1998. The
National nuclear energy generating company ENERGOATOM (the
client) intends to use the proceeds of the Chernobyl Shelter
Fund for the procurement of the following goods, and work
contracts, over the next twelve months:
computer hardware and software equipment
management support equipment
civil engineering
operations and monitoring
emergency systems
fuel containing material
radiation protection and monitoring equipment and services
support facilities and utilities
The procurement of the above contracts has a total estimated
cost of approximately 40 million US dollars equivalent.
3. The Project Managing Unit (PMU) which ensures that the
Shelter Implementation Plan (SIP) is completed on time, within
budget limits and within the defined quality standards, will
conduct the tendering process. Tendering for the above
contracts is expected to begin at the end of the second quarter
and into the third quarter of 1999, pending the project
implementation schedule and the schedule of goods and services
delivery contract. Contracts to be financed from the proceeds
of a grant will be open to the companies from the eligible
countries under the Chernobyl Shelter Fund. The eligible
countries as of January 31, 1999 are as follows: Austria,
Belgium, Canada, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Greece,
Ireland, Italy, Japan, Kuwait, Luxembourg, Netherlands, Norway,
Portugal, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, UK, USA, and EBRD's
countries of operations.
Interested suppliers, contractors and consultants should
mail/fax their Expression of Interest to:
Mr. Valentin Kupny
Deputy Director General, Shelter Object
Chernobyl Nuclear Power Station
Information Center and Representative Office
Apt 715
26, Lesy Ukrainky Blvd, Kyiv 252133, Ukraine
Tel: (380-44) 934 3922, fax: (380-44) 792 6204
4. Subscription information for EBRD procurement opportunities
and an updated list of EBRD publications (and order information)
may be obtained by contacting the following:
EBRD Subscription Department
82 84 Peckham Rye
London SE15 4HB
United Kingdom
Tel: (44 171) 639 0333, fax: (44 171) 358 9568
E-mail address: procopporsub@compuserve.com
EBRD website: http ://www.ebrd.com
For additional information on the EBRD and project
opportunities, readers are referred to the following sources:
1/ the U.S. National Trade Data Bank (NTDB), NTDB website -
http://stat usa.doc.gov, tel: (202) 482 1986;
2/ the Electronic Bulletin Board (EBB) operated by the US
Department of Commerce, tel: (202) 482 1986;
3/ the Eastern Europe Business Information Center, (EEBIC),
EEBIC website - http://www.mac.doc.gov/eebic, tel: (202) 482
2645, fax: (202) 482 4473;
4/ the Business Information Service for the Newly Independent
States (BISNIS), BISNIS website - http://www.mac.doc.gov/bisnis,
tel: (202) 482 4655, fax: (202) 482 2293.
For information on other Multilateral Development Bank funded
projects, contact the Multilateral Development Bank office, U.S.
Department of Commerce, Washington, D.C., tel: (202) 482 3399.
For general trade information call: 1 800 USA TRADE.
EBRD contacts are:
1/ Gene R. Harris, Senior Commercial Officer
Office of the U.S. Executive Director, EBRD
One Exchange Square
London EC2A 2EH, United Kingdom
Tel: (44-171) 588-4027/28 or 338-7490
Fax: (44-171) 588-4026 or 338-6487
E-mail: harrisg@ebrd.com
2/ Olexander Slavis, In-country Monitor, Chornobyl Shelter
project
EBRD/Kyiv Office
Kyiv 252001, Ukraine
27/23 Sofiyvska St.
Tel: (380-44) 464-0132, fax: (380-44) 464-0813.
5. For information on the power sector in Ukraine, please
contact:
Victoria Sergeeva, Commercial Specialist
Commercial Service
7, Kudriavsky Uzviz, Kyiv 254053, Ukraine
Tel: (380-44) 417-1413, 417-2669
Fax: (380-44) 417-1419
E-mail: vsergeeva@cs.doc.gov
(USFCS/KIEV/VSERGEEVA/BBABUS/ABIHUN)
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Source: U. S. Department of Commerce - National Trade Data Bank, June 21, 2000
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