FOREIGN GOVERNMENT TENDER

UNCLAS ASUNCION 000647 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/T0010 ¶2. 051305 ¶3. P.O'Reilly ¶4. 353 ¶5. N 6A. Contact -- 6B. Unidad Coord. de Programa (UCP/BID) 6C. Ministerio Salud Publica y B. Social Callejon San Carlos 916 y EE.UU. Asuncion, Paraguay Fax: (595-21) 204715, 447126 ¶7. Refer to: (See comments) ¶8. Bid deadline: 060205 10:30 AM ¶9. 201 10A. S1623 Radiocommunications project, turn key. 10B. S4812 Radiocommunications project, turn key. 10C. S8748 Radiocommunications project, turn key. ¶11. Comments. E-Mail: ucpbid(at)uninet.com.py. Refer to: Licitacion Publica Internacional No. 01/2005. The Ministerio de Salud Publica y Bienestar Social (MSPBS) is the government Dept. of Public Health and Social Welfare. Tender is to be financed with funds from the IDB--Interamerican Development Bank loan No. 1006/OC-PR. Foreign bidders must be from IDB member countries, and must participate only through their duly registered local agents or representatives. Specifications cost Guaranies 250,000, previously deposited in account No. 490/Otros Recursos, at the Banco Central del Paraguay, and can be viewed at the web sites http://www.contratacionesparaguay.gov.py and http://www.mspbs.gov.py/uoc/contratacion.php. The present free floating exchange rate is approx. Guaranies 6,230 per U.S. Dollar. Interested parties must purchase specs from the MSPBS address only, thru a note on company letterhead, with full information on the firm and its local legal agent/ representative, plus copy of the bank deposit slip. ¶12. Prep: FSN/BSchaerer - Appr: FSO/PO'Reilly. KEANE