Contact: Major General Pilot Abd El-Fatah M. Kato, Chairman, Egyptian Civil Aviation Authority, ECAA Building, Cairo Airport Road, Cairo, Arab Republic Of Egypt, Phone: 20-2-244-7143 / 265-3060, Fax: 20-2-247-0351.

B -- EGYPT -- ASYUT AIRPORT EXPANSION AND MODERNIZATION FEASIBILITY STUDY POC Evangela Kunene, USTDA, 1621 N. Kent Street, Suite 300, Arlington, VA 22209-2131, Tel: (703) 875-4357, Fax: (703) 875-4009 Asyut Airport Expansion And Modernization 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 the expansion and modernization of the Asyut Airport in Asyut, Egypt. Located along the Nile, 200 miles south of Cairo, Asyut is the major population center for the central El-Sa'eed region. The airport was built in the Seventies as a training facility for Egypt Air, but recently commercial passenger service has been introduced to serve the air transport needs of the Egyptian labor force currently working in the Gulf states (i.e., Asyut-Cairo-Gulf). The ECAA upgraded the domestic airport to an international airport in October 1997, and flights to and from Kuwait are now regularly scheduled. In the first three months of operation as an international facility, Asyut airport had 444 aircraft operations and 5,087 passengers. These numbers are expected to increase significantly as the Egyptian government begins to relocate Egyptian citizens to the area west of the Nile Valley. The expansion and modernization of the airport is considered to be a catalyst for the development of this project. The goal of the Asyut airport project is to fully upgrade the airport as an international airport with a two-level passenger terminal with a capacity of 2,500 passenger/hour. The plan also includes a second parallel runway, improved utilities (water, electric, and communication), and land for a cargo terminal. It is anticipated that local developers and investors would participate in the commercialization of certain functions at the airport, particularly the cargo terminal. The total cost of the airport project is estimated at $60 million. The objective of this project is to develop the permanent facilities required for the region's only commercial airport. Tasks examined in the Study will include data collection and facility inventory for the existing Asyut airport, air traffic forecasts, airspace plans, airport demand/capacity and current conditions analysis, airport requirements, airport conceptual planning, environmental overview, airport development plan, schedule of airport development, and financial and economic analysis. The TDA-funded Study will also include recommendations for equipment and services to suit the determinations of the Study. The U.S. firm selected will be paid in U.S. dollars from a $400,000 grant to the Grantee from the U.S. Trade and Development Agency (TDA). The remaining $76,300 of the $476,300 estimated to be the cost of the complete Study will be borne by the selected U.S. firm. A detailed Request for Proposals (RFP), which includes requirements for the Proposal, the Terms of Reference, and a background desk study 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 bid on this TDA financed activity. Interested firms, their subcontractorsand 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 by 4:00 pm, Monday, June 22, 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. (0126)

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