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CTS朇OMPANHIA DE TRANSPORTE DE SALVADOR and CBTU-COMPANHIA BRASILEIRA DE TRENS URBANOS, implementing agencies for the loan the Federative Republic of Brazil has received from the International Bank for Reconstruction and Development, equivalent to US$ 118 million, for the Salvador Urban Transport Project, intend to apply part of the proceeds of this loan to payments under the contract and now invite eligible consultants to indicate their interest in providing the below-mentioned Services:

OBJECT: Project Management Consultant Services in respect of technical assistance in the development of project planning, follow-up and control activities, providing propitious conditions for its development and assuring proper accordance with the chronogram, costs and specifications.

Consultants interested in these Services must provide information indicating that they are qualified to perform them, and may form joint ventures to enhance their qualifications.

The expression of interest must be submitted by correspondence and must include the following information on the firm: (a) name of firm; (b) address; (c) telephone/fax/electronic address; (d) director in charge; (e) in the case of a foreign firm, representative in Brazil, with complete address. Deed of formation, bylaws or articles of incorporation in force, with the most recent contract change duly registered in the case of commercial societies and, in the case of limited companies, accompanied by the documents of election of their administrators must be also attached to the correspondence.

The following documents must be also included for each firm: (a) certificates and/or statements of the main services carried out preferably in the last ten years, compatible with the activities related to the Services object of that expression of interest, on behalf of the interested firm, on letterhead paper signed by the employer; (b) data sheet containing a list of the services presented in (a) and related beginning and closing dates, values of services in dollars, sites of services, institution which financed those services (if any) and contracting parties; (c) brief curriculum vitae of the main technicians in charge and professionals who have exercised compatible activities to the areas of activity in which the firm is interested to perform these Services; (d) statement of the number of university degree personnel permanently employed, with emphasis on those who have graduated ten years earlier and the number of professionals with experience in activities compatible with the object of that expression of interest; (e) demonstration of the company financial soundness, by presenting the last annual audited financial statements; and (f) in the case of a joint venture, a letter of intent to form the joint venture, including specification of the leading firm and other members.

Interested firms will become part of a long list and a consultant will be selected in accordance with the procedures set out in the World Bank抯 Guidelines: Selection and Employment of Consultants by World Bank Borrowers, January 1997, (revised January 1999).

Interested consultants may obtain further information at the address: CANTEIRO DE OBRAS DO METR?DE SALVADOR NA R覶ULA DO ABACAXI, CEP: 40.330-600, SALVADOR/BAHIA/BRASIL, TEL: 55 71 3327 1155, CTS/DIRETORIA DE PLANEJAMENTO, from 0900 to 1100 hours and from 1400 to 1600 hours. Firms must submit expressions of interest and their attachments in Portuguese or English which must be delivered to CTS - COMPANHIA DE TRANSPORTE DE SALVADOR by December 5, 2005 at the address below.

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Contact: CTS - Companhia de Transporte de Salvador.
Diretoria Administrativa.
Rua Agnelo de Brito, NR 201, Federa玢o.
Salvador/Bahia, CEP: 40. 170 -100, Brazil.
Tel: (55-71) 3203-2900.
E-mail: cts@gov.com.br
Notice Number: WB3344-668/05