European Bank Tenders, Construction of High Pressure Gas Pipeline and Automatic Gas Regulation Station in Silistra, Bulgariaomatic

Bulgartransgaz EAD, hereinafter referred to as “the Employer”, intends using part of the proceeds of a grant from the Kozloduy International Decommissioning Support Fund (KIDSF), administered by the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (the Bank) under Grant Agreement No. 14В, for Construction of High Pressure Gas Pipeline and Automatic Gas Regulation Station in Silistra.

Bulgartransgaz EAD now invites sealed tenders from tenderers (Legal Entities or Joint Ventures/Consortiums/Associations-JVCA) for the following project to be funded partially from the proceeds of KIDSF and Bulgartransgaz EAD own financial sources:

Construction of “High pressure gas pipeline to, and automatic gas regulation station within Silistra” with length of 80 km, working pressure of 6.4 MPa and diameter of DN 300(14”), a branch from the existing Bulgarian gas pipeline transmission system, providing natural gas to customers of town Silistra and of the Silistra region.

Tender Documents are available in English language (Bulgarian translation is also available) and may be obtained from the address below, every working day from 09:30 to 12:00 and from 13:00 to 16:30 local time, upon payment of a non-refundable fee of 800 Bulgarian leva (BGN eight hundred), VAT inclusive or €400 (EURO four hundred) VAT inclusive to the Employer’s bank accounts:

Bulgartransgaz EAD

IBAN in Euro: BG 88 UNCR 7630 1476 0610 42,

IBAN in Bulgarian leva: BG 52 UNCR 7630 1078 4357 01,

BIC code: UNCRBGSF,

UNICREDIT BULBANK AD

Headquarters, 7, St. Nedelya sq., Sofia 1000, Republic of Bulgaria,

The payment shall be certified by presenting of a receipt (payment order).

Upon request, the documents will be dispatched promptly by courier on Tenderer’s account, but no liability can be accepted for loss or late delivery. The receipt for payment of the fee to the bank account shall be attached to the request for the Tender Documents.

For acquaintance with tender conditions Bulgartransgaz EAD will organize a pre-tender meeting on 27/09/2011.

All Tenders must be accompanied by a Tender Security in an amount of €70’000 (EUR seventy thousand).

Tenders must be delivered at the address below at or before 27/10/2011, 14:00 local Bulgarian time, when they will be opened in the presence of those Tenderers or authorized representatives, who decide to attend.

A register of potential Tenderers, who have purchased the Tender Document may be inspected at the address below.

Prospective Tenderers may obtain further information from, and also inspect about the tender and acquire the Tender Documents at, the following office:

Contacts

Contact name: Mrs. Virginia Encheva

Employer: “Bulgartransgaz” EAD

Address: 66, P. Vladigerov Blvd., Lyulin 2, 1336 Sofia, Bulgaria

Tel: +3592 939  62 16

Fax: +3592 925 00 63

For more details visit European Bank website www.rebd.com