Ing. Antonio Castillet, PDVSA, Gerencia de Infraestructura y Servicios, Desarollo Armonico de Oriente, Av. Libertador, Edif. PDVSA Sur, piso 2, Caracas, Venez., Phone: 011-582-706-6658, Fax: 011-582-706-6770

B -- MATURIN AIRPORT PROJECT IN VENEZUELA POC Evangela Kunene, USTDA, 1621 N. Kent Street, Suite 300, Arlington, VA 22209-2131, Tel: (703) 875-4357, Fax: (703) 875-4009 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 proposed Maturin Airport Project in Venezuela. The proposed Maturin Airport Project in Venezuela is a construction/expansion project for the city of Maturin, in the State of Monagas, Venezuela. The existing Maturin International Airport has outgrown its current capacity, and has little room for expansion. Petrsleos de Venezuela S.A. (PDVSA) has been given the mandate from the Venezuelan Government to take the lead in developing concession terms for this new airport initiative in Maturin. The selected Contractor will carry out a number of activities including the following: 1. Review of existing data and facilities. 2. Provide a forecast of demand for passengers and cargo. 3. Development of facilities requirements for the existing airport or the new one. 4. Determine the environmental impacts of the project. 5. Develop capital costs and investment requirements. 6. Development of economic and financial viability of private sector participation. The U.S. firm selected will be paid in U.S. dollars from a $300,000 grant to the Grantee from the U.S. Trade and Development Agency (TDA). The feasibility study is estimated to cost a total of U.S. $395,000, made up of two (2) phases, each with an approximate total cost of $197,500. TDA has provided a grant of U.S. $300,000 to Petrsleos de Venezuela S.A. (PDVSA). At the completion of Phase I, the Contractor will present the Phase I Report to PDVSA and TDA. TDA will decide whether to make TDA Grant funding (US$ 150,000) available for Phase II. Any authorization to move forward to Phase II with TDA funding requires written TDA approval . In the event TDA decides not to make its funding available for Phase II, then TDA shall have no obligation to provide any funds beyond the Phase I TDA funding (US$ 150,000). The selected U.S. firm will be responsible for ensuring that the selected U.S. firm and/or its subcontractors provide at least U.S. $95,000 of direct labor and/or other direct costs to complete the full Terms of Reference. 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 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 three (3) copies of their Proposal in English directly to the Grantee by 4:00 P.M. February 22, 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 01/20/99 (I-SN289685). (0020)

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