Uzbekistan Railways Telecommunications Systems Modernization Project (Final and Interim Reports):Export trade information

摘要

This Final Report signifies the conclusion of services under the contract signed on July 29, 2003 (nearly 12 months after proposals were submitted) between Uzbek Railways and Harral Winner Thompson Shxarp and Lawrence, Inc. (HWTSL) to prepare a feasibility study and provide procurement technical advisory services for the Railways Telecommunication System Modernization Project in Uzbekistan. The reportprovides a compendium of the main documents produced under the project reporting the key findings and developments made by the HWTSL consultingteam, and also describes preferences and achievements made by UTY after and owing to HWTSL's involvement in the project. This summary plus the Appendices attached hereto (including Appendix 5, comprising the Final Report for Part II of the project), constitute the full Final Report provided under the contract. The HWTSL role was comprised of two distinct, but overlapping parts: Part I supported Uzbekistan Railways (UTY) as necessary in the process of tendering for the fiber optics and transmission system for the 650-km Keles-Tashkent-Samarkand-Bukhara (KTSB) line funded under the Asian Development Bank's (second) loan for Railway Modernization, to ensure that preparation and implementation of the tender were in line with ADB guidelines and encouraged widespread, fair, and open international competition on a level playing field. Part II assessed the strategic development options for the new fiber optic communications system, including potential extensions beyond the segmentso far financed by ADB, and also included a pre-feasibility study for extending the telecom network to the section Navoi-Uchkuduk-Miskent- Nukus-Karakalpakiya (NUMNK), an extension of the project beyond the Terms of Reference covered by the US grant.