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 -- BORG EL-ARAB AIRPORT CONVERSION 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 Borg El-Arab Airport Conversion 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 Borg El-Arab Airport near Alexandria, Egypt. Located just west of Alexandria, this military airport will replace the existing civilian airport, Al-Nuzha, which sits downtown, only three miles from the harbor and four miles from the citys center. The present site is entirely landlocked by urban encroachment which has limited the airports expansion as well as the size of aircraft that can use the airport. As air traffic through Alexandria is expected to grow at a rate of 8% annually (307,698 passengers -- 1997), an agreement has been reached between the Ministries of Transport and Defense to close Al-Nuzha in five years and to move the airport to another location with adequate space for expansion. It was decided that the ECAA will build the new civilian airport at the airbase at Borg El-Arab (joint civilian and military use). Late last year, domestic commercial airlines started to use the airport and other foreign airlines have since applied for landing rights for scheduled flights. To accommodate this traffic, the ECAA constructed a provisional passenger terminal with separate access from the main road and parking area of the airbase. This temporary civilian terminal as well as the site of the planned permanent facility are located on the opposite side of the runway from the military airbase. Additionally, planned cargo and retail facilities as well as access to the terminal will all be developed independent of the military base. The project will enhance the prospects of the city and the region by 1) removing the current restraints to the growth of air traffic, 2) vacating prime urban space for much-needed residential/commercial mixed-use development within Alexandria, 3) vitalizing an otherwise unutilized part of Alexandria -- in the direction of future growth to the west, 4) inducing growth in sectors of the economy that are directly affected by airport activity (e.g., tourism, cargo-dependent and service industries), and 5) alleviating negative environmental impacts associated with the existing airport site (e.g., traffic congestion, aircraft noise, emissions, etc.) For these reasons, the Council of Ministers, the Egyptian Department of Defense, and the Egyptian Department of Transportation have declared this project to be a national priority. The total cost of the project is estimated at $100 million. The objective of this feasibility study project is to develop the permanent facilities required for the regions only commercial airport. Tasks examined in the Feasibility Study will include data collection and facility inventory for both the existing Al-Nuzha airport and the Borg El-Arab military airport, air traffic forecasts, airspace plans, airbase/airport demand/capacity and current conditions analysis, airport requirements, airport conceptual planning, environmental overview, airport master plan and development program, schedule of airport development, and financial and economic analysis. The TDA-funded Feasibility Study will include the 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 $85,550 of the $485,550 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 firms 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 subcontractors and employees of all participants must qualify under TDA'snationality 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 12:00 pm, Monday, August 17, 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. Posted 07/01/98. (0182)

Loren Data Corp. http://www.ld.com (SYN# 0014 19980706\B-0006.SOL)