It is intended that the on-land portion of the natural gas pipeline be constructed along or within the Baku-Tbilisi-Ceyhan (BTC) pipeline and the South Caucasus Gas Pipeline corridor. The pipeline is to cross the Caspian Sea in the territorial waters of Kazakhstan and Azerbaijan. The feasibility study includes tasks to develop net-back prices for anchor gas suppliers in Kazakhstan, which are to be based on European gas purchase prices less transportation costs. The study will develop transportation tariffs for the Trans-Caspian Natural Gas Pipeline from the Kazakhstan supplier interface points to its terminus point within or at the border of Turkey. Tariffs from the terminus point to the European point of purchase are to be estimated, based on information gathered by the contractor from studies undertaken by the transmission system developers, European governments, the TACIS INOGATE Program, the World Bank, and other multilateral agencies. It is intended that the crude oil pipeline will parallel the land and sub-Caspian Sea route of the Trans-Caspian Natural Gas Pipeline described above. The study will include tasks to develop the design and total installed cost of the Trans-Caspian Crude Oil Pipeline as well as to develop the economics, tariffs, and potential environmental impacts of such a system. The design basis shall be 2m brl/d of Kazakhstan crude oil unless otherwise set by the Kazakhstan oil producers and /or the BTC operators. The US firm selected for this task will be paid in US dollars from a $1,700,000 grant to SOCAR from the US Trade and Development Agency (USTDA). A detailed request for proposals (RFP), which includes requirements for the proposal, the terms of reference, and a background report are available from USTDA on its site at https://www.ustda.gov/businessopps/rfpform.asp. The USTDA points out that only US firms and individuals may bid on this project, and all goods and services provided by the selected contractor must have their origin either in the US, or in Azerbaijan, Kazakhstan, Georgia, or Turkey. The US contractor, however, may use subcontractors from Azerbaijan, Kazakhstan, Georgia, or Turkey for up to 20% of the grant amount. Interested US firms need to submit their proposal directly to SOCAR by 4 January.