Dr. Makram Obeid, Syrian Telecommunication Establishment (Ste), Sa'Adallah Jabri St., Damascus, Syria

99 -- SYRIA: DUE 052595 POC Tel 963-11-222-1101; OR 222-1102 FAX 963-11-224-2000 Telex 411015 SY 9912901 supply and installation of a fiber optic cable. The Syrian Telecommunication Establishment (Ste), national telecommunications organization (arento) of Egypt, and the ministry of Post and telecommunications (L-mpt) of Lebanon are soliciting bids for the supply and installation of fiber optic submarine cables, tartus (Syria) - Alexandria (Egypt), and a cable, tartus - tripoli and beirut (Lebanon) the bid bond varies as follows - USD 75,000 if the bidding company makes its offer to L-mpt in Lebanon - USD 300,000 if the bidding company makes its offer to Ste in Syria - USD 300,000 if the bidding company makes its offer to arento in Egypt performance bond is 10 percent of contract value department, or the other partner buyers for USD 500 time of execution is 14 months as of the receipt of the commencement order offer validity required is 180 days note many Syrian tenders contain language unacceptable under U S. antiboycott compliance law, although in many cases the Syrian government accepts alternative language from U S. companies responding to Syrian tenders that is permissible under U S. law. Embassy is unable to obtain gratis copies of tender documents from tendering authorities once interested parties obtain tender documents, they would be well advised to obtain competent advice regarding the antiboycott regulations before proceeding one source of such advice is the U S. department of commerce office of antiboycott compliance - telephone advice line (202) 482-2381 Post contact/prepared by S. atassi 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 0000003 leads for today 0757HRS 02/16/95 Please send a copy of your response to: Commercial Section (TOP), American Embassy, Damascus, Dept of State, Washington DC 20521-6110, Refer to T0027.. (0047)

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