Stejaru Hydro Power Project Rehabilitation - Romania

17/08/2011    S156    European Bank for Reconstruction and Development - Supply contract - Prior Information Notice - Prior information or periodic indicative notice

RO-Bucharest: EBRD - Stejaru HPP Rehabilitation Project

2011/S 156-260403

GENERAL PROCUREMENT NOTICE

Project name: Stejaru HPP Rehabilitation Project

Country: Romania

Business sector: Power & Energy

Project ID: 6410-GPN-40034

Funding source: EBRD

Type of contracts: Goods, Works and Services

Type of notice: General Procurement Notice

Issue date: 28 July 2011

Closing date: 28 July 2012

S.C. Hidroelectrica S.A. ("Hidro") intends using the proceeds of a loan from the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (the "Bank") to fund the rehabilitation and modernization of Stejaru hydro power plant (the "Project").

The Project, which has a total estimated cost of around EUR 110 million, will require the procurement of the goods, works and services to be used to:

• Replace of the electromechanical equipment for the 6 units, i.e. turbines, generators and related auxiliary systems;

• Rehabilitate or replacing the hydro-mechanical equipment and penstocks;

• Upgrade the electrical equipment, instrumentation and control system, SCADA of the power plant;

• Rehabilitate the 110 kV and 220 kV substations; and

• Consulting services to support the Project Implementation Unit

and is aimed at:

• obtaining a complex development, able to operate under good conditions for at least another 30 years;

• increase of electric power production and the volume of the ancillary services that can be provided by the power plant (spinning reserve, the capacity reserve for the secondary regulation, operation in synchronous compensator regime, etc.)

• improve the environmental impact, reliability and operation costs of the power plant by installing new state-of-the-art generation equipment (turbine, generator) and transmission equipment (switchyard);

• elimination of the deficiencies found during over 48 years of development operation

• availability and high viability in operation of equipment and installations

• implementation of a monitoring system of equipment and installations operation pertaining to the power plant, to permit the operation of the development without permanent personnel, with remote control and supervision

• updating the equipment to the technical level imposed by de safety and viability demands necessary for connecting to UCTE (Union for the Coordination of Transmission of Electricity)

• reducing the own technological consumptions

• decreasing to minimum the period of plant unavailability;

Tendering for the above contracts is expected to begin in the third quarter of 2010.

Contracts to be financed with the proceeds of a loan from the Bank will be subject to the Bank's Procurement Policies and Rules and will be open to firms from any country. The proceeds of the Bank's loan will not be used for the purpose of any payment to persons or entities, of for any import of goods, if such payment or import is prohibited by a decision of the United Nations Security Council taken under Chapter VII of the Charter of the United Nations or under a law of official regulation of the Purchaser's country.

Interested suppliers, contractors and consultants should contact:

Aurel COCIORAN, Gabriela RUSU, S.C. HIDROELECTRICA S.A., Bucharest, 3 Constantin Nacu Street, Sector 2, 020995 Romania. Telephone: +4021 3032541. Mobile: +40 729 700 170. Fax: +4021 3032573. Email: aurel.cocioran@hidroelectrica.ro gabriela.rusu@hidroelectrica.ro