procurement notices

The following notice refers to goods, works, or consultancy services to be procured through Tendering for open and competitive projects financed by the Ignalina International Decommissioning Support Fund which is administered by the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD). Potential tenderers desiring additional information on the procurement in question or the project in general should contact the Decommissioning Project Management Unit (DPMU) and not the EBRD.

Republic of Lithuania

State Enterprise Ignalina Nuclear Power Plant

Ignalina Decommissioning Support Projects

The State Enterprise Ignalina Nuclear Power Plant (INPP) is undertaking a programme of decommissioning projects. The Ignalina International Decommissioning Support Fund (IIDSF), administered by the European Bank for Development and Reconstruction (EBRD), was established in 2001 for a period of approximately 10 years to grant finance and/or co-finance selected decommissioning projects and measures in the energy sector which are consequential to the final shutdown of INPP. Approval of the project financing is subject to the decision of the Assembly of Contributors of the IIDSF. The contents of the projects may be modified by the Assembly. 

INPP intends to use proceeds from the IIDSF for the procurement of the following services, works and goods in an environmentally safe and cost effective manner.

• Engineering and licensing documentation, including planning and procedures for dismantling activities in: (i) building 117/1 (high pressure sub-system of emergency core cooling system); and (ii) building G1 (turbine building)

• Tools and Equipment for Radiological Characterisation

• Reactive Power Compensation at INPP Power Junction

• Free Release Measurement Facility

Tendering for Contracts for the above-mentioned services, works and goods is expected to begin in the second half of 2005. 

Tendering will be open to firms that qualify under the Procurement Policies and Rules of the EBRD and the IIDSF. * 

Interested suppliers, contractors and consultants should contact:

Contracts Manager
Ignalina Nuclear Power Plant
c/o Decommissioning Project Management Unit
LT-31500 Visaginas
Republic of Lithuania
Fax: +370 386 33 600
Tel: +370 386 32 321
Email: pmu@ent.lt

* The eligible countries as at 1 July 2005 are: Austria, Belgium, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Spain, Slovak Republic, Slovenia, Sweden, Switzerland, UK, all so-called PHARE countries and the EBRD's Countries of Operations.