**INTERNATIONALMARKET INSIGHT (IMI): PROCUREMENT**

**OPPORTUNITIES,DECEMBER (SUPPLEMENT) 1999, GEORGIA, GEORGIAN**

**RAILWAYS LIMITED**

** **

29 DEC 99

SOURCE US EMBASSYLONDON

SUMMARY: THIS CABLEANNOUNCES A TENDER FOR AN APPROVED EBRD

FUNDED PUBLIC SECTORAND TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE PROJECT IN

GEORGIA - ASSISTANCEWITH IMPLEMENTING RESTRUCTURING MEASURES

FOR GEORGIANRAILWAYS LIMITED - INVITATION FOR EXPRESSIONS OF

INTEREST.  END SUMMARY.

 

INTERNATIONALCOPYRIGHT U.S. & FOREIGN COMMERCIAL SERVICE AND

U.S. DEPARTMENT OFSTATE, 1999.  ALL RIGHTS RESERVEDOUTSIDE

OF THE UNITEDSTATES.

 

NOTE: COMPLETECONTACT INFORMATION PROVIDED AT END OF REPORT.

 

POST OF ORIGIN:EUROPEAN BANK FOR RECONSTRUCTION AND

DEVELOPMENT (EBRD)

 

COUNTRY: UNITEDKINGDOM

 

AUTHOR: GENE R.HARRIS, SENIOR COMMERCIAL OFFICER

 

 ASSISTANCE WITH IMPLEMENTINGRESTRUCTURING MEASURES FOR

GEORGIAN RAILWAYSLIMITED

 CONSULTANCY SERVICES

INVITATION FOREXPRESSIONS OF INTEREST

 

 THIS NOTICE FOLLOWS THE GENERALPROCUREMENT NOTICE (UPDATED)

FOR THIS PROJECTPUBLISHED ON THE EBRD WEBSITE, 26 OCTOBER

1999.

 

 GEORGIAN RAILWAYS LIMITED (GRL) HASRECEIVED A LOAN FROM THE

EUROPEAN BANK FORRECONSTRUCTION AND DEVELOPMENT (EBRD) TO

FINANCE RAILWAYINFRASTRUCTURE IMPROVEMENTS ALONG THE MAIN

TRANS-CAUCASIANRAILWAY LINE. THE LOAN INCLUDES MEASURES TO

COMMERCIALISE THERAILWAYS.

 

 GRL INTENDS USING TECHNICAL COOPERATIONFUNDS FOR ASSISTANCE

IN IMPLEMENTINGREQUIRED RESTRUCTURING MEASURES.

 

 THE MAIN OBJECTIVE OF THE ASSIGNMENTSHALL BE TO ASSIST GRL IN

ITS TRANSFORMATIONTO A COMMERCIALLY FOCUSED ORGANISATION,

ESTABLISHED ON ASOUND FINANCIAL BASIS. THE PRINCIPAL OUTPUTS

WILL BEIMPLEMENTATION OF: (A) A NEW ORGANISATIONAL STRUCTURE;

(B) BUSINESSPLANNING AND INTERNATIONAL ACCOUNTING; AND (C)

TRAINING.

 

 THE ASSIGNMENT IS EXPECTED TO START INMAY 2000 AND LAST ABOUT

12 MONTHS. THEESTIMATED COST IS EUR 500,000.

 

 INTERESTED FIRMS ARE HEREBY INVITED TOSUBMIT EXPRESSIONS OF

INTEREST. NOELIGIBILITY RESTRICTIONS APPLY, BUT SHORTLISTING

AND SELECTION WILLBE SUBJECT TO THE AVAILABILITY OF DONOR

FUNDING. A SHORTLISTOF QUALIFIED FIRMS WILL BE FORMALLY

INVITED TO SUBMITPROPOSALS FOLLOWING THIS INVITATION.

 

 IN ORDER TO DETERMINE THE CAPABILITY ANDEXPERIENCE OF

CONSULTING FIRMSSEEKING TO BE SHORTLISTED, THE INFORMATION

SUBMITTED SHALLINCLUDE THE FOLLOWING:

 

COMPANY PROFILE,ORGANISATION AND STAFFING;

 

DETAILS OFEXPERIENCE OR SIMILAR ASSIGNMENTS UNDERTAKEN IN THE

PREVIOUS

FIVE YEARS,INCLUDING THEIR LOCATIONS;

 

CVS OF STAFF WHOCOULD BE AVAILABLE TO WORK ON THE ASSIGNMENT

 

THE ABOVE INFORMATIONSHOULD NOT EXCEED 10 PAGES, EXCLUDING

CV'S.

 

THREE COPIES OF THEABOVE INFORMATION IN ENGLISH AND RUSSIAN

SHOULD BE SUBMITTEDTO THE ADDRESS BELOW IN AN ENVELOPE MARKED

"EXPRESSION OFINTEREST FOR ASSISTANCE WITH IMPLEMENTING

RESTRUCTURINGMEASURES FOR GEORGIAN RAILWAYS LIMITED", FOR

DELIVERY NOT LATERTHAN 17 JANUARY 2000.

 

ANGELA LEVITSKY

 

THE EUROPEAN BANKFOR RECONSTRUCTION AND DEVELOPMENT

ONE EXCHANGE SQUARE

LONDON EC2A 2JN

UNITED KINGDOM

TEL: 44-171 338 6363

FAX: 44-171 338 7451

 

 

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FOR ADDITIONALINFORMATION ON THE EBRD AND PROJECT

OPPORTUNITIES,READERS ARE REFERRED TO THE U.S. COMMERCIAL

LIAISON OFFICE, EBRDCONTACT: GENE R. HARRIS, SENIOR

COMMERCIAL OFFICER,OFFICE OF THE U.S. EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR,

EBRD, ONE EXCHANGESQUARE, LONDON, EC2A 2EH, UNITED KINGDOM.

TEL: 44-171-588-4027/28OR 338-7490, FAX: 44-171-588-4026 OR

338-6487. EMAIL:LONDON.EBRD.OFFICE.BOX#MAIL.DOC.GOV OR

MCKAINN#EBRD.COM.

 

NOTE: DOWNLOAD EBRDPROCUREMENT OPPORTUNITIES FROM

WWW.EBRD.COM/ENGLISH/PROCURE/OPPORTUNITIES/MAIN.HTM.  AN UPDATED LIST

OF EBRD PUBLICATIONSCAN ALSO BE FOUND ON THE MAIN WEBSITE,

WWW.EBRD.COM.

 

FOR GENERALINFORMATION ON DOING BUSINESS IN THE CEE/NIS AND

EXPORT ANDINVESTMENT OPPORTUNITIES WORLD WIDE, READERS ARE

REFERRED TO THEFOLLOWING SOURCES: THE U.S. NATIONAL TRADE

DATA BANK (NTDB),(NTDB WEBSITE: HTTP://STAT-USA.DOC.GOV)

TEL: &(202) 482-1986;THE ELECTRONIC BULLETIN BOARD (EBB)

OPERATED BY THE USDEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE,

TEL: &(202) 482-1986;CENTRAL EASTERN EUROPE BUSINESS

INFORMATION CENTER,(CEEBIC), (CEEBIC WEBSITE:

HTTP://WWW.ITAIEP.DOC.GOV/EEBIC/CEEBIC.HTML)TEL: &(202) 482-

2645,

FAX: &(202) 482-3898,AND THE BUSINESS INFORMATION SERVICE FOR

THE NEWLYINDEPENDENT STATES, (BISNIS), (BISNIS WEBSITE:

HTTP://WWW.BISNIS.DOC.GOV)

TEL: &(202) 482-4655,FAX: &(202) 482-2293.  FORINFORMATION

ON OTHERMULTILATERAL DEVELOPMENT BANK FUNDED PROJECTS,

CONTACT THEMULTILATERAL DEVELOPMENT BANK OFFICE, US

DEPARTMENT OFCOMMERCE, WASHINGTON, D.C. TEL: &(202) 482 3399.

FOR GENERAL TRADEINFORMATION CALL: 1-800-USA-TRADE