Mr. Stuart Huckwell, General Manager: Technical Planning & Development, The Airports Company Limited, The Maples Riverwoods, 24 Johnson Road, Bedfordview 2008 Johannesburg, South Africa. Telephone: 27 11 453 9116; Fax: 27 11 453 9354

C -- JOHANNESBURG INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT LOGISTICS PROJECT POC POC Ms. Carol Stillwell, USTDA, Room 309, SA-16, Washington, D C. 20523-1602. Telephone: (703) 875-4357, FAX: (703) 875-4009 The Grantee invites submission of qualifications and proposal data (collectively referred to as the ''Proposal") from interested U.S. firms which are qualified on the basis of experience and capability to carry out a feasibility study for the Airports Company Limited on the development of appropriate mass transit linkages necessary to facilitate the anticipated increased traffic between the Johannesburg International Airport and the greater Johannesburg metropolitan area. The Airports Company Act was passed in April, 1993 and a few months later assets of state airports were transferred to the commercially chartered Airports Company Limited. While still a government agency, Airports Company Limited must operate as a for profit organization and provide a return on assets for the shareholders. Johannesburg International Airport is South Africa's largest airport and is currently handling approximately 8 million passengers annually. The passenger traffic is projected to grow to 12 million by 2005 and to in excess of 40 million in the next thirty years. It is proposed to expand the airport capacity by building a satellite terminal on the other side of the runway, in stages. The improvement of mass transit linkages is necessary to accommodate the anticipated increased traffic from and to the airport. The selected contractor will be required to: 1) review existing studies and previous work, 2) perform a cost/benefit analysis comparing transit alternatives, determining at what passenger volumes the rail alternative becomes viable, and develop a project financing structure, 3) identify principle environmental areas of concern which should be addressed in the project development, 4) prepare an implementation strategy, 5) prepare a final report summarizing the conceptual design work, economic and environmental impacts, and 6) assist the Grantee in moving the adopted projects to implementation by assisting in the preparation of presentation material for the governing authorities. The U.S firm selected will be paid in U.S dollars from a joint fund of $227,300, consisting of a grant to the Grantee from the U.S. Trade and Development Agency (TDA) of $150,000 and direct funding by the Grantee of $77,300. A detailed Request for Proposals (RFP), which includes requirements for the proposal, the Terms of Reference, and a background definitional mission report are available from TDA, at Room 309, SA-16, Washington D.C. 20523-1602. Requests for the RFP should be faxed to the IRC, TDA at 703-875-4009. In the fax, please include your firm's name, contact person, address and telephone number. Some firms have found that RFP materials sent by U.S. mail do not reach them in time for preparation of an adequate response. Firms that want TDA to use an overnight delivery service should include the name of the delivery service and your firm's account number in the request for the RFP. Firms that want to send a courier to TDA to retrieve the RFP should allow one hour after faxing the request to TDA before scheduling a pick-up. Please note thatno telephone requests for the RFP will be honored. Please check your internal fax verification receipt. Because of the large number of RFP requests, TDA cannot respond to requests for fax verification. Requests for RFPs received before 4:00 PM will be mailed the same day. Requests received after 4:00 PM will be mailed the following day. Please check with your courier and/or mail room before calling TDA. Only U.S. firms and individuals may bid on this TDA financed activity. Interested firms, their subcontractors and employees of all participants must qualify under TDA's nationality requirements as of the due date for submission of qualifications and proposals and, if selected to carry out the TDA-financed activity, must continue to meet such requirements throughout the duration of the TDA-financed activity. All goods and services to be provided by the selected firm shall have their nationality, source and origin in the U.S. or host country. The U.S. firm may use subcontractors from the host country for up to 20 percent of the TDA grant amount. Details of TDA's nationality requirements and mandatory contract clauses are also included in the RFP. Interested U.S. firms should submit their Proposal in English directly to the Grantee at the above address. Evaluation criteria for the Proposal are included in the RFP. Price will not be a factor in contractor selection, and therefore, cost proposals should NOT be submitted, The Grantee reserves the right to reject any and/or all Proposals. The Grantee also reserves the right to contract with the selected firm for subsequent work related to the project. The Grantee is not bound to pay for any costs associated with the preparation and submission of Proposals. (0091)

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