Contact: Joo, Soo Young, President, National Institute of Environmental Research, 613-2, Bulkwang-dong, Eunpyung-ku, Seoul, Republic of Korea. Tel: (822) 389-6711, 389-8723. Fax: (822) 389-8712.

F -- KOREA -- REMEDIATION OF GOLD MINE AND IRON DRESSING WORKS POC Evangela Kunene, USTDA, 1621 N. Kent Street, Suite 300, Arlington, VA 22209-2131, Tel: (703) 875-4357, Fax: (703) 875-4009. Korea -- Remediation Of Gold Mine And Iron Dressing Works. 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 remediation of a contaminated former gold mine and ore dressing works in Choonchungnam-do, about 170 km south of Seoul. The 1 hectare site is confirmed to be contaminated by lead, mercury, cadmium, arsenic, and cyanide. Korean data indicate that groundwater contamination by heavy metals has spread at least one kilometer from the site. Contamination threatens drinking water wells, irrigation water sources, and surface water. The Feasibility Study will include the following tasks: 1 -- Assessment of Remediation Options -- Using economic and environmental data already available or gathered onsite, the contractor will develop a conceptual recommendation for remediation of soil contamination and groundwatercontamination. 2 -- Feasibility Study of Recommended Options -- The contractor will prepare a feasibility study of the recommended option for soil remediation and groundwater remediation. This will include conceptual design, preliminary equipment lists, sources, services associated with the equipment, services to construct the project, and staffing. 3 -- Development of Financial Plan -- The contractor will develop a financial plan for presentation to U.S. or multilateral export lending institutions. This will include costs of equipment, cost of services, total cost of project completion, annualized cost of operation and maintenance, and personnel costs. The contractor will compute investment needs and plans for amortizing debt if funds are to be borrowed. The U.S. firm selected will be paid in U.S. dollars from a $205,000 grant to the Grantee from the U.S. Trade and Development Agency (TDA). 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 1:00 pm, March 1, 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 01/21/99 (I-SN289961). (0021)

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