National Hydromet Modernization Project

GENERAL PROCUREMENT NOTICE

Loan No. 4769-0 RU

Project ID No. P082239

The Russian Federation has received financing in the amount of US$ 80 million equivalent from the World Bank toward the cost of the National Hydromet Modernization Project, and it intends to apply part of the proceeds to payments for goods, works, related services and consulting and training services to be procured under this project.

The project will include the following components:

Lot #	Description
	Component A. Modernization of Computing, Archiving and Telecommunications Facilities
A1a	Supply and installation of high performance information systems for World Meteorological Center in Moscow and Regional Meteorological Centers in Khabarovsk and Novosibirsk
A1b	Supply and installation of high performance information systems for Main Geophysical Observatory in St.-Peterburg
A3a	Supply and installation of the Complex archive system
A3b	Supply and installation of the Management complex of system of rewriting of magnetic tapes and storages of the information
A3c	Supply and installation of the Complex of release of information production on paper carriers
A4a	Roshydromet’ departmental distributed communication network
A4b	Application Systems for information transmission
	Component B. Upgrading of the Observation Networks
B1a	Supply and installation of the equipment of a surface meteorological network
B1b	Supply and installation of the Mobile automated testing laboratories
B1c	Supply and installation of the Stationary testing laboratories
B1d	Supply and installation of the hydrological "lotok" (trough)
B2a	Supply and installation of the Upper Air Sounding Network
B2b	Supply and installation of the hydrogen generators
B3a	Supply and Installation of Meteorological Radars
B4a	Supply and Installation of Satellite Receiving  Systems
B4b	Supply and installation of Visualization Systems
B4c	Supply and installation of the equipment for operative and predictive subdivisions
B5a	Upgrading of the hydrological posts.
B5b	Supply and installation of mobile hydrological laboratories
B5c	Modernization of hydrological posts of a river basin Kuban
B5e	Modernization of hydrological posts of a river basin Oka
B6b	Development of hydrological model and training
	Component C: Institutional Strengthening, Improvements in the Dissemination of Information and Emergency Preparedness
	Procurement of Goods, Consulting and Training Services

Procurement of contracts financed by the World Bank will be conducted through the procedures as specified in the World Bank’s Guidelines: Procurement under IBRD Loans and IDA Credits (edition of May, 2004), and is open to all eligible bidders  as defined in the guidelines. Consulting services will be selected in accordance with the World Bank’s Guidelines: Selection and Employment of Consultants by World Bank Borrowers (edition of May, 2004).

Specific procurement notices for contracts to be bid under the World Bank’s international competitive bidding (ICB) procedures and for contracts for consultancy services will be announced, as they become available, in UN Development Business and dgMarket and on the WEB site of Bureau Economic Analysis Foundation www.beafnd.org/en/ .

Interested eligible bidders who wish to be included on the mailing list to receive invitations to bid under ICB procedures, and interested consultants who wish to receive a copy of advertisement requesting expressions of interest for consultancy contracts, or those requiring additional information, should contact the address below.

Foundation “Bureau of Economic Analysis”

Attn. Mr. Sergey N. Lavrov, Executive Director

27/26, bld 3, Zubovsky blvd, Moscow, 119021, Russia

Tel: (+7-495) 937-6750

Fax: (+7-495) 937-6753

E-mail: procurement@beafnd.org

Web site: www.beafnd.org/en/