PROJECTS

CENTRAL TELECOM REGION

INTRODUCTION

CTR comprising the districts of Kasur, Nankana Sahib, Okara, Pakpattan, Sahiwal and Sheikhupura has 37 towns and an un-served population of 3.3 Million. USF plans to establish an estimated 215 EBCs and 57 CBCs in CTR.

Auction Detail:

Region ID:

Broadband CTR-1/2009

Advertised On:

14^th September 2009

Bidders Registered:

Pakistan Telecommunication Company Ltd
Wateen Telecom (Pvt) Ltd
Worldcall Telecom Ltd
Great Bear International Services (Pvt) Ltd.
Link Direct International (Pvt.) Ltd.
Wi-tribe Pakistan Ltd.

Opening of Qualification & Services Proposals:

Following three registered bidders submitted their Qualification & Services Proposals on 15^th December 2009;

Pakistan Telecommunication Company Ltd
Wateen Telecom (Pvt) Ltd
Worldcall Telecom Ltd

Financial Bid Opening of Technically Qualified Bidders

All three bidders were declared Technically Qualified and their Financial Bids were opened on 09^th February 2010. Subsidy requested by each bidder, based on 100% target, is as follows:

		Proposed Subsidy (PKR) per District
S/No	Districts	PTCL	Wateen	Worldcall
1	Kasur	370,578,000	226,500,000	339,453,000
2	Nankana	97,844,000	-	101,371,000
3	Okara	281,828,000	192,978,000	314,722,000
4	Pakpattan	139,092,000	125,500,000	132,115,000
5	Sahiwal	167,638,000	137,500,000	193,953,000
6	Sheikhupura	487,007,000	362,457,000	566,911,000

Note: Lowest Bids are presented in bold.

Result

Worldcall being 2nd lowest in three districts. i.e. Kasur, Nankana and Pakpattan, was offered to match the respective lowest bidders, however they did not opt to enter into SSA. In case of Nankana there was no other Bidder left except PTCL. In case of Kasur and Pakpattan, the option was given to the next lower applicant (PTCL), as per clause 48.4.b of RFA.
After the process of matching lowest subsidy and selection of targets (as per USF Broadband Bidding documents – RFA clauses 47, 48, 50 and 51), the contracts that have been signed with the two bidders after necessary approval of Board of Directors, are summarized below.

Bidder	Presence	Target No. of Broadband Connections	Target No. of EBCs	Target No. of CBCs	Subsidy Amount (PKR)	Contract Signed on
PTCL	All 6 Districs	48,000	102	26	512,772,000	28-04-2010
Wateen	5 Districts	53,500	113	31	524,717,500	28-04-2010

EBC=Educational Broadband Center CBC=Community Broadband Center

Current Status

	PTCL
	Contracated	Provided	Audited
Broadband Connections	48,000	80,524	48,000
EBC	102	85	85
CBC	26	24	24
Cities and Towns Covered	Contracted = 36 Covered= 36

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PTCL

Technical Audit	Offer Date	Audit Start Date	Audit Completion Date
TA of Milestone 1 (25% work)	19-Dec-2011	20-Nov-2014	21-Feb-2015
TA of Milestone 2 (50% work)	19-Dec-2011	20-Nov-2014	21-Feb-2015
TA of Milestone 3 (75% work)	28-Jun-2013	20-Nov-2014	22-Mar-2015
TA of Milestone 4 (100% work)	05-Dec-2013	20-Nov-2014	22-Mar-2015

WATEEN

Technical Audit	Offer Date	Audit Start Date	Audit Completion Date
TA of Milestone 1 (25% work)
TA of Milestone 2 (50% work)
TA of Milestone 3 (75% work)
TA of Milestone 4 (100% work)

Information Package

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