SUPPLY CONTRACT FORECAST

Implementation of the Birds and Habitats Directives

Location – Ministry of Environment, ANKARA, Turkey

1. Publication reference

EUROPEAID/116247/D/S/TR

2. Procedure

International Open

3. Programme

The national pre-accession financial assistance programme for Turkey -2002

4. Financing

Joint co-financing
EC Contribution – Budget Line B7-050 (75%) and National Contribution (25%)

5. Contracting authority

Central Financing and Contracting Unit (CFCU) on behalf of the Republic of Turkey

6. Contract description

Purchasing of various, satellite imagery, processed image, GIS operating systems, software, hardware, training on GIS and Software application image processing equipment, four wheel drive vehicles to assist the Turkish Government to enable to meet its obligations to implement the Habitats and Birds directives including CORINE Land Cover and CORINE Biotope applications, and the EEA (European Environment Agency) and EIONET (Environmental Information Network) by establishing/improving the institutional and technical framework.

7. Number and titles of Lots

Lot 1 SATELLITE IMAGES and OTHER DATA SOURCES
Lot 2 Hardware (PCs and Network Stations, digitizer, plotters, scanners, GPS, digital cameras, video projectors, photocopy machine, fax machine) and Software (operating systems, service softwares, GIS)
Lot 3 VEHICLES (four-wheel-drive)

8. Intended timing of publication

Second quarter of 2003

 

9. Additional information

The award of this contract is subject to the accreditation of the CFCU by the European Commission and adoption of the necessary legislation by the Government of Turkey to join the European Environmental agency".

10. Legal basis

Council Regulation No. (EC) 2500/2001 of 17 December 2001 concerning pre-accession financial assistance to Turkey and amending regulations (EEC) No. 3906/89, (EC) 1267/1999, (EC) No. 1268/1999 and (EC) No. 555/2000.
 
Remarks:
There must be a minimum period of 30 calendar days between the publication of this contract forecast and the publication of the corresponding procurement notice.
No applications or requests for further information should be sent at this stage.