FOREIGN GOVERNMENT TENDER

UNCLAS ASUNCION 000976 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/T0014 ¶2. 080205 ¶3. P.O'Reilly ¶4. 353 ¶5. N 6A. Contact -- 6B. Organo Regional de Compras 6C. Itaipu Binacional Calle De La Residenta 1075, Piso 1 Asuncion, Paraguay Fax: (595-21) 248-1714 ¶7. Refer to: (see comments) ¶8. Bid deadline: 090205 09:00 AM ¶9. 201 10A. 850490 Cores, two-part, with secondary windings, 28 ea, for current transformers. Cables, lugs, terminals, accessories, and special tools for the erection and maintenance of the cores. 10B. S1623 Quality control tests and inspections, and supervision services related to the erection, commissioning, and placement in service of the supplies called for in this tender. ¶11. Comments. Refer to: Licitacion Publica Internacional INS No. 019/2005-R1. Itaipu Binacional is the organization in charge of the joint Brazilian-Paraguayan Itaipu hydroelectric dam. Foreign bidders must participate only through their duly registered local agents or representatives. Specifications cost Guaranies 120,000, and can be viewed on the Itaipu web site, http://www.itaipu.gov.py. The present free floating exchange rate is approximately Guaranies 6,000 per U.S. Dollar. To purchase specifications interested parties must submit a note on company letterhead, including name and address of the foreign firm's authorized agent in Paraguay, to the Itaipu Binacional address in Asuncion, Paraguay. ¶12. Prep: FSN/BSchaerer - Appr: FSO/PO'Reilly. KEANE