Contact: The Slovak Electricity Company, Tibor Gasparik, Hranicna 12, 827 36 Bratislava, The Slovak Republic, Tel: (421) 7 5069 3226, Fax: (421) 7 5341 7533, (421) 7 5341 7525, E-mail: Gasparik_Tibor@hq.seas.sk

R -- THE SLOVAK REPUBLIC: NOVAKY POWER PLANT REPOWERING FEASIBILITY STUDY POC Evangela Kunene, USTDA, 1621 N. Kent Street, Suite 300, Arlington, VA 22209-2131, Tel: (703) 875-4357, Fax: (703) 875-4009. Novaky Repowering Project 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 on repowering the Vojany Power Plant in the Slovak Republic. Slovak Electric (SE), the state electricity company, would like to build on its earlier rehabilitation efforts with a major repowering of the (strikethrough: 576.8 MW) Novaky Fossil Power Plant (NPP). The capacity of the Novaky Power Plant was originally (strikethrough: 578.8MW) 618.8 MW (14 boilers and 12 steam turbines); currently the capacity is 522.4 MW (10 boilers and 7 steam turbines; the other steam turbines will be decommissioned). SE wants to increase the regulating capacity of the power system and enhance the economic effectiveness of the NPP by repowering with gas turbines and HRSG (heat recovery steam generator). SE has identified the need to determine the extent of the repowering project. The feasibility study will require the completion of eleven primary tasks: (1) Preparing a Work Plan for the Feasibility Study; (2) Outlining the Project Sponsors Responsibilities; (3) Performing a Plant Audit; (4) Performing Engineering Analysis; (5) Performing Economic and Financial Analysis; (6) Preparing Two Optimal Repowering Designs; (7) Evaluating Fuel Supply Interface; (8) Performing Environmental Assessment; (9) Performing Electrical System Impact Studies; (10) Preparing a Project Finance Memorandum; and (11) and Writing a Final Report containing all Deliverables. The U.S. firm selected will be paid in U.S. dollars from a $330,000 grant to the Grantee from the U.S. Trade and Development Agency (TDA). The estimated cost for the completion of the entire Feasibility Study is U.S. $407,000 dollars. This Feasibility Study will be competed among U.S. power companies and would include an implied cost share of $77,000. 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 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'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 p.m. Central European Time, January 29, 1999 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 12/15/98 (I-SN280327). (0349)

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