The Administracion Nacional de Puertos, Montevideo, Uruguay, will enter into one or more contracts for the design, construction and delivery of the following marine equipment:

Item 1 . . . A self-propelled preferably split-hull trailing suction hopper dredge of 3,000 cubic meter capacity.

Item 2 . . . One tug for port and offshore services approximately 4000 H.P. One tug for port services of approximately 2400 H.P. One tug for towing services of approximately 700 H.P.

Item 3 . . . A floating grab dredge of 6 cubic meter capacity.

Item 4 . . . Three split-hull nonpropelled hopper barges of 600 cubic meter capacity.

Funds for the procurement are available from a loan awarded to A.N.P. by the World Bank. Proposals will be accepted from prequalified bidders, from countries which are members of the World Bank. Equipment supplied under this procurement must originate from countries which are members of the World Bank or Switzerland or Taiwan.

Expressions of interest and requests for prequalification questionnaires are invited from shipbuilders with previous experience in the construction of similar equipment and should be addressed to:

Administracion Nacional de Puertos Edificio Portuario Montevideo, Uruguay

with copies to:

Gahagan and Bryant Associates P. O. Box 18505 Tampa, Florida 33679

Requests for Questionnaires should be received no later than June 15, 1981.