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Request For Information (RFI) For Landing Platform Dock (LPD) Project
 
 
(Source: Turkish Undersecretariat for Defense Industries (SSM); issued April 6, 2007)
 
   
 
 This is to inform you that 1 (one) Landing Platform Dock (LPD) together with:  
 
- 4 (four) Landing Craft Mechanics (LCM),  
- 27 (twenty seven) Amphibious Assault Vehicles (AAV),  
- 2 (two) Landing Craft Personnel Vehicles (LCVP),  
- 1 (one) Commander Boat and  
- 1 (one) RHIB (Rubber Hull Inflated Boat),  
 
will be procured by Undersecretariat for Defense Industries (SSM) to meet the Turkish Naval Forces Command's requirements.  
 
In this frame, Request for Information is issued to gather administrative, financial and technical information from related companies who may be willing to participate for the project activities.  
 
The companies who are willing to reply to the RFI may request the RFI document by sending an e-mail including their company name and detailed contact address to lpd@ssm.gov.tr. Then, the RFI document will be sent to the related companies by e-mail.  
 
Deadline for requesting the RFI document from SSM is 04 May 2007. Companies should send their responses to the addresses referenced in the RFI.  
 
We encourage you to respond and thank you in advance for your interest.  
 
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Turks seeking LPD and new submarines
Turkey has issued a request for
proposals for a Landing Platform
Dock (LPD) together with four
medium landing craft.
It is believed to be seeking a ship
of some 15,000 tons which will be
capable of moving a mechanised
battalion group. The request
includes two LCVPs and 27
amphibious assault vehicles and a
response is required by May 5.
Ankara also wants Landing
Ships Tank (LSTs) to replace the
53-year-old Terrebonne Parish
class ships acquired from the
United States in the early 1970s. It
is also seeking eight replacements
for the Landing Craft, Tank (LCT)
force with a view to updating its
amphibious capability by 2012.
The Turks are also likely to
launch a $2.5 billion competition
for six submarines in the near
future after five companies
responded to a request for
information on March 6. The
companies are Armaris,
Fincantieri, HDW, Navantia and
Lockheed Martin and the first boat
is to enter service in 2013.