Taipower opens tender for 630k tons of coal

TAIWAN POWER COMPANY
ANNOUNCEMENT
INVITATION TO BID

Invitation To Bid No.: TPC9301-S
Date: September 10, 2003

TAIWAN POWER COMPANY intends to procure the following commodity through open tender. The firms including foreign coal mine owners, foreign coal producers, foreign and local agents and trading companies, if interested in this tender, may obtain from this company the bidding documents and submit their bids to this company on or before the time as specified hereunder.

Description of Commodity	Procurement Area	Period of obtaining Bidding Documents	Deadline for receiving Bids	Time for opening TECHNICAL & COMMERCIAL PROPOSALS
630,000 Metric Tons of bituminous coal for TPC?s thermal power plant	Worldwide Countries and districts abroad	Office hours from September 10, 2003 to October 1, 2003 (Taipei time)	4:30 PM October 1, 2003 (Taipei Time)	10:00 AM October 2, 2003 (Taipei time)

(1) The above 630,000 Metric Tons of bituminous coal shall be shipped by ten (10) Panamax Size vsls.

(2) Panamax Size vessel: 63,000 Metric Tons plus/minus 10%.

(3) Offeror may offer one or more than one shipment.

(4) Bid bond: US$63,000 or NT$2,142,000 per shipment.

(5) Delivery period: January through March 2004.

(6) Minimal requirements of quality specifications:
Gross Calorific Value (A/R*1) 5,000 Kcal/Kg min.
Total Moisture (A/R) 28% max.
Ash Content (A/D*1) 4% max.
Sulfur Content (A/D) 0.2% max.
Volatile Matter (A/D) 28% min.
Fixed Carbon (A/D) 60% max.
Grindability (H.G.I.) 45 min.,
Ash Fusion Temperature (under reducing condition, H=W) 1,150 oC min.,
Size 50 x 0 mm, Size above 50 mm 5% max., Size Fines under 2 mm 30%max.,
Na2O in Ash 2% max.*2
*1.A/R means As Received Basis, A/D means Air Dried Basis.
*2.If both (a) CaO+MgO>Fe2O3 and (b) CaO+MgO+Fe2O3>20% are met, then Na2O in Ash can be raised to 5.0% max.

(7) Bidding documents can be: (i) obtained at Taipower?s web-site address: http://203.69.131.3/material/009TPC9301.doc or (ii) provided by Taipower, at the request of interested entity by fax or E-mail, to the E-mail address as advised

If you have any question, please contact the following:
Address: 9th Floor 242 Roosevelt Road Section 3 Taipei 100 Taiwan R.O.C.
Telephone: 886-2-23666752/886-2-23667399
Facsimile: 886-2-23670597/886-2-23678593
E-mail address: d00904@taipower.com.tw
Attention: Director of Fuel Department, Taiwan Power Company