Article: Czech Republic: UPDATE 1-Czech CEZ says 3 bid for Temelin nuclear tender.

Byline: kusumv03

Three companies have placed preliminary bids to build upto five nuclear reactors for Czech power firm, CEZ said on Tuesday, in what is expected to be the country's biggest-ever procurement deal.

CEZ Chief Executive Martin Roman confirmed that Russia's Atomstroyexport, the Westinghouse Electric unit of Toshiba Corp and France's Areva were the only bidders.

"We can confirm that no one else has bid apart from firms that declared they would bid," Roman said. CEZ is expected to receive final bids toward the end of 2010 with a decision in late 2011 for the deal, which analysts say may be worth around 500 billion crowns ($27.93 ...

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