Contact:Mr. Vasile Olievschi,Vice President,Romanian National Railways (SNCFR),B-dul Dinicu Golescu Nr. 38, 78123 Bucuresti,Romania; Tel:011-40-1-222-3480;Fax:011-40-1-312-3200

C -- ROMANIA-INTERMODAL TRANSPORTATION FEASIBILITY STUDY POC Evangela Kunene, USTDA, Room 309, SA-16, Washington, D.C. 20523-1602, Tel: (703) 875-4357, Fax: (703) 875-4009 The Romanian National Railways ("SNCFR") 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 conduct a feasibility study for an intermodal transportation infrastructure, which includes a container terminal at the Port of Constantza, rail car ferry operations in the Black Sea by the SNCFR, container on flat-car shipments by rail, and truck-trailer on flat car (piggy back) services. SNCFR is the state owned national railways of Romania. The railway owns two rail car ferries which are contemplated for service between Samsun, Turkey and Constantza, Romania. A terminal is operated by SNCFR for docking and loading/unloading operations. The rail car ferries are capable of roll-on/roll-off operations for trucks and other types of road vehicles. An area near the rail car ferry terminal in Constantza is being planned as a new container terminal. The feasibility study will include the following tasks: (1) Provide a review of past and current activities; (2) Prepare a detailed inventory of current facilities; (3) Prepare traffic forecasts; (4) Determine specific components of new intermodal facilities; (5) Determine communications and navigational aids requirements; (6) Prepare master plan; (7) Provide economic and financial forecasts; (8) Conduct environmental impact assessment; (9) Determine personnel requirements; (10) Determine MIS requirements; (11) Identify institutional structure. The U.S. firm selected will be paid in U.S. dollars from a $450,000 grant to the SNCFR from the U.S. Trade and Development Agency ("TDA"). A detailed Request for Proposals (RFP), which includes requirements for the Proposal, the Terms of Reference, and a background definitional mission/desk study report are available from TDA, at Room 309, SA16, Washington, D.C. 205231621. Requests for the RFP should be faxed to the IRC, TDA at 7038754009. 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 (e.g. Federal Express) 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 pickup. Please note that no telephone requests for the RFP will be honored. 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 TDAfinanced activity, must continue to meet such requirements throughout the duration of the TDAfinanced 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 SNCFR by 4:00 pm, September 2, 1997 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. SNCFR reserves the right to reject any and/or all Proposals. SNCFR also reserves the right to contract with the selected firm for subsequent work related to the project. SNCFR is not bound to pay for any costs associated with the preparation and submission of Proposals. (0192)

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