FOREIGN GOVERNMENT TENDER

UNCLAS ASUNCION 000468 SIPDIS USDOC FOR 3310/USFCS/EPS SECSTATE FOR EB/CLP/AWHITE E.O. 12958: N/A TAGS: BTIO PA SUBJECT: FOREIGN GOVERNMENT TENDER ¶1. 353/01/T0009 ¶2. 040506 ¶3. P.O'Reilly ¶4. 353 ¶5. N 6A. Contact -- 6B. Unidad Central de Inversion Publica 6C. Ministerio de Hacienda Calle Presidente Franco 173, Piso 7 Asuncion, Paraguay Fax: (595-21) 442743 ¶7. Refer to: (see comments) ¶8. Bid Deadline: 050205 09:00 AM ¶9. 201 10A. S8742 Preselection of consulting firms to audit the accounting and management of the state- owned telecommunications utility, COPACO. ¶11. Comments. Refer to: Licitacion Publica Internacional LPI MH/UCIP No. 06/2005. The Ministerio de Hacienda is the government's Ministry of Finance. Tender is to be financed with funds from the IDB--Interamerican Development Bank loan No. 1143/OC-PR. Bidders must be from IDB member countries, and must participate only thru their duly registered local agents. Tender specifications can be viewed on the web pages http://www.contratacionesparaguay.gov.py and www.undp.org.py. Specs cost Guaranies 200,000 deposited in the UNDP account PNUD No. 1-0003544/1 at Interbanco, Asuncion. The present free floating exchange rate is approx. Guaranies 6,250 per U.S. Dollar. Interested parties must purchase specs through a note on company letterhead, enclosing the bank deposit slip, and addressed to Proyecto PAR/02/010 Programa de Preinversion, at the Ministerio de Hacienda address, or the UNDP address: PNUD, Av. Mariscal Lopez y Saravi, Asuncion, Paraguay, Fax (595-21) 611980. ¶12. Prep: FSN/BSchaerer - Appr: FSO/PO'Reilly. KEANE