Manuel P. Clasara, Administrator, Light Rail Transit Authority, Administration Bldg., Lrta Compound, Aurora Blvd., Pasay City, Metro Manila, Philippines

99 -- PHILIPPINES: SOL BID NO.: N/A S1629 heavy construction the government of the republic of the Philippines has received a loan from the overseas economic cooperation fund (oecf) of Japan under its 19TH yen credit package for the implementation of the lrt line I capacity expansion project lrt line 1 is a 15-kilometer entirely elevated line running along the Taft-rizal corridor from baclaran in Pasay City to monumento in kalookan City the system has 32 trains, each of which consists of two double articulated, permanently coupled Light Rail vehicles (lrvs). The lrt line 1 capacity expansion project aims to expand the capacity of the line by 50 per cent the government of the republic of the Philippines, through the Light Rail Transit Authority (Lrta), intends to prequalify interested local contractors (I.E., classified as quote large a unquote by and registered with the inter-agency committee on registration and classification of contractors); and foreign contractors of similar standing, to bid for the above-mentioned project the prequalification documents will be available between January 15 and February 15, 1995 from the Lrta Administrator Administration building Lrta Compound, Aurora Boulevard Pasay City, Metro Manila, Philippines eligible applicants May obtain the prequalification documents upon payment of a non-refundable fee of Philippine peso 1,000 00 Or US dollars 40.0 and upon submission of a letter of intent to the above address foreign remittances shall be in the form of a Bank draft drawn in favor of Lrta bidding for the project is expected to be conducted within the second semester of 1995, using the international competitive bidding (icb) method in accordance with the oecf quote guidelines for Procurement unquote they are not included in the regular government tender file (tnyymmdd.TOP) because of their size. This separate file is provided as a convenience to users who do not want to download Japan tenders in the regular tender file 00000003 leads for today 0814HRS 01/11/95 Please send a copy of your response to: Commercial Section (FCS TOP), American Embassy, Manila, APO Ap 96440, Refer to T0024.. (0011)

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