**UZBEKISTAN:  CREDIT ADVISORY SERVICES -**

**INVITATION FOREXPRESSION OF INTEREST**

 

INTERNATIONALCOPYRIGHT, U.S. AND FOREIGN COMMERCIAL

SERVICE AND U.S.DEPARTMENT OF STATE, 2000.  ALLRIGHTS

RESERVED OUTSIDE OFTHE UNITED STATES.

 

1.   IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE CONCLUDEDLOAN AGREEMENT

DATED ON 1 DECEMBER,1999, THE EUROPEAN BANK FOR

RECONSTRUCTION ANDDEVELOPMENT (EBRD) IS EXTENDING A

CREDIT LINE TO THEUZPROMSTROYBANK (UZBEK JOINT STOCK

COMMERCIALINDUSTRIAL CONSTRUCTION BANK) FOR SMALL AND

MEDIUM ENTERPRISES INUZBEKISTAN.  UZPROMSTROYBANK

INTENDS TO HIRE ASENIOR CREDIT ADVISOR TO ASSIST IN THE

IMPLEMENTATION OFTHE PROJECT.

 

2.   THE MAIN OBJECTIVES OF THEASSIGNMENT ARE:

-  TO REVIEW EACH LOAN SUBMITTED UNDER THECREDIT LINE;

-  TO PROVIDE ON-THE-JOB TRAINING INCREDIT ASSESSMENT

  TECHNIQUES AND METHODOLOGIES TO CREDITOFFICERS;

-  TO ENSURE THAT EBRD'S PROPOSED CREDITLINE CONTRIBUTES

  TO A SOUND PORTFOLIO OF LOANS TOCREDITWORTHY CLIENTS.

THE SENIOR CREDITADVISOR TO BE HIRED BY UZPROMSTROYBANK

SHOULD HAVESIGNIFICANT EXPERIENCE IN THE FIELD OF

EVALUATION, CREDITANALYSIS AND MONITORING OF INVESTMENT

PROJECTS, AND ISEXPECTED TO BE ON SITE DURING MOST OF

THE TERM OFASSIGNMENT.  THE ASSIGNMENT ISEXPECTED TO

START IN MARCH 2000AND LAST ABOUT 3 YEARS.

 

3.   THE CONTRACT WILL BE FINANCED FROMTHE PROCEEDS OF

THE EBRD LOAN TOUZPROMSTROYBANK AND/OR FROM

'UZPROMSTROYBANK'S'OWN FUNDING RESOURCES.  CONSULTING

FIRMS FROM ALLCOUNTRIES ARE ELIGIBLE FOR SHORTLISTING

AND SELECTION.  THE CONTRACT WILL BE BETWEEN

UZPROMSTROYBANK ANDTHE CONSULTANT.

 

4.   INTERESTED FIRMS ARE INVITED TOSUBMIT EXPRESSION OF

INTEREST.  A SHORT LIST OF QUALIFIED FIRMS WILL BE

FORMALLY INVITED TOSUBMIT PROPOSALS FOLLOWING THIS

INVITATION. IN ORDERTO DETERMINE THE CAPABILITY AND

EXPERIENCE OFCONSULTING FIRMS SEEKING TO BE SHORTLISTED,

THE INFORMATIONSUBMITTED SHOULD INCLUDE THE FOLLOWING:

 

-  COMPANY PROFILE, ORGANIZATION ANDSTAFFING;

-  DETAILS OF EXPERIENCE OR SIMILARASSIGNMENTS UNDERTAKEN

  IN THE PREVIOUS FIVE YEARS, INCLUDINGTHEIR LOCATIONS;

-  C.V.'S OF STAFF WHO COULD BE AVAILABLETO WORK ON THE

  ASSIGNMENT.

 

THE ABOVE REQUESTEDINFORMATION IN ENGLISH AND/OR RUSSTAN

SHOULD BE SUBMITTEDTO THE ADDRESS BELOW, AND DELIVERED

NOT LATER THAN 1FEBRUARY 2000.

 

5.   FURTHER INFORMATION MAY BEOBTAINED FROM:

MR. JAMOL NORBOYEV,HEAD OF SME SECTOR

UZPROMSTROYBANK-EBRD'SCREDIT LINE SECTOR

3, SHAHRISABZ STREET

TASHKENT, UZBEKISTAN7OOOOO

TEL: (998-71) 133-16-74

FAX: (998-71) 133-59-41

E-MAIL:[email protected]

 

6.   THE U.S. COMMERCIAL SERVICEOFFERS A WIDE RANGE OF

ADVISORY SERVICESAND LOGISTICAL SUPPORT TO ASSIST U.S.

COMPANIES PURSUINGCOMMERCIAL ACTIVITY IN THIS EMERGING

MARKET.  FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ABOUT HOWTHE

COMMERCIAL SERVICECAN HELP YOUR BUSINESS, OR FOR ANSWERS

TO SPECIFICQUESTIONS, PLEASE DIRECT INQUIRIES TO:

 

MS. BARBARA CATES,ACTING SENIOR COMMERCIAL OFFICER

MR. MUROD MAJIDOV,COMMERCIAL ASSISTANT

TELEPHONE: [998](71)120-67-05 OR 120-67-06

FAX: [998](71) 120-66-92OR 120-66-76

E-MAIL: MUROD[email protected] (ALL LOWERCASE)

 

INTERNATIONALMAILING ADDRESS:

41 BUYUK TURONSTREET, 3RD FLOOR,

TASHKENT 7OOOOO

UZBEKISTAN

 

U.S. MAILINGADDRESS:

U.S. EMBASSYTASHKENT - COMMERCIAL SERVICE

U.S. DEPARTMENT OFSTATE, BOX 7110

WASHINCTON, DC,20521-7110

 

FOR GENERALINFORMATION ABOUT DOING BUSINESS IN

UZBEKISTAN AND OTHERPARTS OF THE FORMER SOVIET UNION,

VISIT THE U.S.DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE'S BUSINESS

INFORMATION SERVICEFOR THE NEWLY INDEPENDENT STATES

(BISNIS) WEBSITE AT:HTTP//WWW.BISNIS.DOC.GOV.  (ALL

LOWERCASE)

 

NOTE: BECAUSE OF THEDIFFICULT COMMERCIAL ENVIRONMENT,

THE COMMERCIALSERVICE ADVISES U.S FIRMS TO PROCEED

CAUTIOUSLY ANDEXERCISE APPROPRIATE DUE DILLIGENCE BEFORE

DOING BUSINESS INUZBEKISTAN

 

(USFCS/MAJIDOV/CATES)PRESEL

 

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