Ministry of Defense to announce modernization tenders worth zl.1.5 billion

The Ministry of Defense will hold a tender in the fourth quarter of this year for contractors for modernization of 2 navy bases, 5 fuel facilities and 7 airports, intended to adapt them to NATO standards. Modernization work valued at zl.1.5 billion will commence in the middle of 2002. Consulting companies selected by the Defense Ministry will elaborate preliminary estimates of expenses and technical documentation for modernizing the military facilities. Those companies include American NATO Expansion together with Polish shareholder Prokor, responsible for analyzing adaptation of airports to NATO standards; German Weidleplan in charge of assessing fuel facilities; and Mostostal Warszawa with Turkish Unitek undertaking analysis of navy bases. When the NATO Main Headquarters in Brussels approves the documentation, selection of contractors will begin. Tenders will likely be finalized at the end of the second and beginning of the third quarters of 2002. Eighty percent of the cost of implementing the modernization plans will be paid by NATO and the rest by Poland. (Puls Biznesu, p. 6) M.T.