General Director, Dr. M. Khaddour, Syrian Petroleum Company (Spc), AL-Fardus, Mutanabi St., P.O. Box 2849, Damascus, Syria

99 -- SYRIA: DUE 022595 POC Tel 963-11-222-7095; OR 222-7126; FAX 963-11-222-5648 Telex 411031 SY. S9915301 horizontal drilling of 10 oil Wells the Syrian Petroleum company is soliciting bids for horizontal drilling of 10 oil Wells offers should be accompanied by a USD 28,000 bid bond according to the tender book the successful bidder must Post a Bank performance guarantee of five percent of contract value before the L/C will be opened department for USD 50 note many Syrian tenders contain language unacceptable under U S. antiboycott compliance law, although in many cases the Syrian government accepts alternative language from U S. companies responding to Syrian tenders that is permissible under U S. law. Embassy is unable to obtain gratis copies of tender documents from tendering authorities once interested parties obtain tender documents, they would be well advised to obtain competent advice regarding the antiboycott regulations before proceeding one source of such advice is the U S. department of commerce office of antiboycott compliance - telephone advice line (202) 482- 2381 Post contact/prepared by S. atassi Please send a copy of your response to: Commercial Section (TOP), American Embassy, Damascus, Dept of State, Washington DC 20521-6110, Refer to T0027.. (0018)

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