The Asian Development Bank (ADB) and Islamic Development Bank (IDB) have approved financing to the Government of Bangladesh towards the cost of the Power System Efficiency Improvement Project. The project will address two key areas in the electricity supply industry in Bangladesh which suffers from acute power shortages: (i) replacing energy-inefficient thermal power plants; and (ii) expanding renewable energy, and will help Bangladesh to embark on a program of energy efficiency, source diversification, and reduced dependence on imported fuels. The procurements of the project will be conducted through international competitive bidding (ICB) procedures which includes 4 turnkey packages: (i)replacing five aging generating units with a combined capacity of 274 megawatts (MW) at Ashuganj power station with an efficient combined cycle power plant (CCPP) of 450 MW using natural gas as the fuel source; (ii)installing a 5 MW solar photovoltaic system connected to the national grid at Kaptai; (iii)installing a hybrid wind (1 MW)–solar photovoltaic (1 MW)–diesel (5.5 MW) generating system in Hatiya; (iv)installing or retrofitting streetlights that use photovoltaic and light-emitting diode (LED) technology in the cities of Barisal, Chittagong, Dhaka, Khulna, Rajshahi, and Sylhet. All procurements will follow ADB's Procurement Guidelines (2010, as amended from time to time). For package (i), as the procurement will be conducted jointly by ADB and IDB, the list of eligible countries will be expanded to cover all countries eligible under ADB’s Procurement Guidelines (2010) and IDB’s Guidelines for Procurement of Goods and Works under IDB Financing (2009). Specific procurement notices for procurements and consulting services contracts will be announced, as they become available, in ADB's Business Opportunities. Interested bidders from eligible countries who wish to obtain additional information may contact: Ashuganj Power Station Co., Ltd. (APSCL) Managing Director, Telephone: +880-8528-74004 Fax: +880-8528-74044 E-mail: APSCLbd@yahoo.com Bangladesh Power Development Board (BPDB) A. H. M. Kamal Director, Renewable Energy and Research & Development Telephone: +880-2-9512425 Fax: +880-2-9552623 E-mail: dir.rernd@bpdb.gov.bd Ministry of Power, Energy and Mineral Resources (MPEMR) Power Division Syed Mahbubur Rahman Executive Engineer Telephone: +880-2-9513411 Fax: +880-2-7164744 E-mail: mahbubmop@yahoo.com