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RR RUEHJO
DE RUEHTO #0872 2551116
ZNR UUUUU ZZH
R 111116Z SEP 08
FM AMEMBASSY MAPUTO
TO RUCPDOC/USDOC WASHDC
RUEHSA/AMEMBASSY PRETORIA 6083
RUEHJO/AMCONSUL JOHANNESBURG 0803
RUEHTN/AMCONSUL CAPE TOWN 0451

UNCLAS MAPUTO 000872

INFO SECSTATE WASHDC
SOUTHERN AFRICAN DEVELOPMENT COMMUNITY
CIMS NTDB WASHDC
MILLENIUM CHALLENGE CORPORATION

SIPDIS

USDOC FOR 3131/ANESA
USDOC FOR 3140/ITA/CS/ODO
USDOC FOR 4510/ITA/MAC/OA
DEPT PLS PASS AID/AFR/SA AND G/EGAD/BD
DEPT PLS PASS EXIM BANK, TDA, AND OPIC
JOHANNESBURG FOR FCS
CAPE TOWN ALSO FOR FCS

E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: BEXP ETRD ECON MZ
SUBJECT: FB REF: IMOPETRO/CACL/02/2008 FOR THE SUPPLY AND SHIPMENT
OF REFINED PETROLEUM PRODUCTS - INVITATION FOR BIDS

1. 787/09/T009

2. 09/04/08

3. RDOUGHTEN

4. 787 MOZAMBIQUE

5. -

6A. REPLY TO:

6B. Att: The Managing Director
IMOPETRO
Rua da Imprensa, 256 - 4th Floor Suite 403/406
P.O. 1412
Maputo, Mozambique
Tel: (258 21) 301 847/302 190
Fax: (258 21) 302 278
E-mail: imopetro@teledata.mz

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Trade Opportunity Information
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7. Importadora Mocambicana de Petroleos (IMOPETRO), acting under
the terms of the Decree n. 63/2006 dated December 26, 2006 as the
procurement agent for the oil distributing companies in Mozambique,
invites sealed bids from eligible bidders for the supply of
approximately 18,000 metric tons of Liquified Petroleum Gas (LPG).
Bidding shall be conducted according to the international
competitive public bidding procedures similar to those specified in
the World Bank's Guidelines: Procurement under BIRD Loans and IDA
Credits, and is open to all bidders from eligible source countries
as defined in the referred guidelines.

8. Interested eligible bidders may obtain further information from
IMOPETRO's office address provided in ITEM 6B. A complete set of
bidding documents, in English, may be purchased by interested
bidders on the submission of an application and upon payment of a
non refundable fee of USD 1,000. Bid documents to bidders having no
representative offices in Mozambique will be sent by express mail,
for which an additional amount of USD 100 shall be paid. In case of
dispatching by mail or any other mode, IMOPETRO cannot be held
responsible for non-receipt of the documents by the bidder.

9. Bids must be delivered to the above mentioned address at or
before 10:00 hours (local time) on September 26, 2008. All bids
must be accompanied by a bid security of USD 100,000. Late bids
will be rejected. Bids will be opened at 10:15 hours on September
26, 2008 at IMOPETRO's office in the presence of the bidder's
representatives who choose to attend.

10. For more information on this or other trade and investment
matters in Mozambique, please contact us at:

Political/Economic Officer Robert Doughten, or
Economic/Commercial Assistant Elizabeth Filipe

Political/Economic Section
U.S. Embassy - Maputo 2330
Department of State
Washington, DC 20521-2330

Tel.: 258-21-49-27-97 or
Fax: 258-21-49-38-57
E-mail: filipeec@state.gov
Or Embassy website: http://maputo.usembassy.gov/

CHAPMAN

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