Contact: Contact: Mr. Taskin Gorunmez, Secretary General, Antalya Municipal Government; Antalya, Turkey; Telephone: 90 242-241-9895, Fax: 90 242-248-9458.

B -- TURKEY-ANTALYA LIGHT RAIL FEASIBILITY STUDY POC Evangela Kunene, USTDA, 1621 N. Kent Street, Suite 300, Arlington, VA 22209-2131, Tel: (703) 875-4357, Fax: (703) 875-4009 Antalya Light Rail Feasibility Study. 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 develop a feasibility study for a light rail project in Antalya, Turkey. The city is experiencing a rapid population growth and a sizable increase in the number of tourists to its beaches. Available transportation resources are unable to meet projected need and the city is experiencing traffic congestion. The city of Antalya is considering a light rail mass transit project to solve these problems. The feasibility study will identify the transit components for the mass transit project. It will evaluate the financial and economic costs and benefits associated with the proposal as well as prepare a business project implementation plan suitable for negotiations with potential project financiers. Specific tasks for the study include: (1) Document Review and Data Collection; (2) Traffic Flow, Ridership, and Revenue Forecasts; (3) Engineering Evaluation; (4) Transit System Requirements and Costs; (5) Economic and Financial Cost/Benefit Forecasts; (6) Identify Institutional Structure of Transit System Operation; (7) Environmental Impacts; and (8) Project Implementation Plan. The U.S. firm selected will be paid in U.S. dollars from a $345,000 grant to the Grantee from the U.S. Trade and Development Agency (TDA). It is anticipated that the feasibility study will cost an estimated $445,000 to complete. In addition to the TDA grant of $345,000, it is expected that the selected contractor will provide $100,000 covering expenses and/or in-house costs in order to complete the estimated $445,000 feasibility study. 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 1621 N. Kent Street, Suite 300, Arlington, VA 22209-2131. 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 that no 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 bidon 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 Request For Proposal. Interested U.S. firms should submit their Proposal in English directly to the Grantee by 4:00 PM local time, May 13, 1998, 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. (0085)

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