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MULTAN TELECOM REGION Map

MULTAN TELECOM REGION

INTRODUCTION:

Multan Telecom Region (MTR) consists of the following districts:

1. Bahawalnagar
2. Bahawalpur
3. D.G. Khan
4. Khanewal
5. Leyyah
6. Lodhran
7. Multan
8. Muzaffargarh
9. Rahim yar khan
10. Rajan pur
11. Vehari

MTR, as a whole, has a total area of about 100,000 Sq Kms, a total population (rural + urban) of around 24 M (i.e. 14% of Total Population of Pakistan) and a population density of 240 Persons/SqKms. This project targets an urban population of 4.4M in 37 Cities/Towns of MTR (excluding the city of Multan).

Apart from providing broadband services, the project includes establishment of Educational Broadband Centres in 327 high-schools and colleges and 85 Community Broadband Centres in MTR.

 Narrow band (dial-up) Internet services are available through multiple operators in all the districts, either through Narrowband Pops or Virtual Pops, via fixed line dialup as well as narrowband wireless technologies.

 

Auction Detail:  

 

Region ID:

 Broadband MTR-1/2009 

Advertised On:

 2nd March 2009

Bidders Registered:

   1.  Multinet Pakistan Pvt. Ltd.

   2.  Pakistan Telecommunication Company Limited (PTCL)

   3.  Wateen Telecom Pvt. Ltd.

   4.  Wi-Tribe Pakistan Ltd.

   5.  Worldcall Telecom Ltd

Opening of Qualification & Services Proposals: 

 

Following three registered bidders submitted their Qualification & Services Proposals on  4th May 2009;

   1.   Pakistan Telecommunication Company Limited (PTCL)

   2.   Wateen Telecom Pvt. Ltd.

   3.   Worldcall Telecom Ltd. 

Financial Bid Opening of Technically Qualified Bidders

Following bidders were declared Technically Qualified and their Financial Bids were opened on 18th May 2009. Subsidy requested by each bidder, based on 100% target,  is as follows;

 

   

 Proposed Subsidy (PKR) per District

S/No

Districts

PTCL

Wateen

Worldcall

1

Bahawalnagar

284,200,000

468,441,000

313,687,000

2

Bahawalpur

494,600,000

501,448,000

728,782,000

3

D.G.Khan

155,800,000

197,666,000

147,140,500

4

Khanewal

262,500,000

441,429,500

288,431,000

5

Leyyah

101,200,000

142,712,000

92,755,000

6

Lodhran

160,000,000

224,754,500

139,519,000

7

Multan

53,500,000

106,152,000

46,854,000

8

Muzaffargarh

264,500,000

427,026,000

301,130,500

9

RahimYarKhan

386,200,000

373,868,000

493,241,500

10

Rajanpur

123,100,000

174,893,000

107,969,500

11

Vehari

247,075,000

395,871,500

246,197,000

 

 Note: Lowest Bids are presented in bold: 

 

 

Result

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 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 11 Districts

63,000

206

58

1,161,044,000

25th June 2009

Worldcall

9 Districts (Excluding Bahawalnagar and Rahim Yar Khan)

38,500

121

27

785,721,250

28th July 2009

EBC=Educational Broadband Center
CBC=Community Broadband Center

 

Note: LOI was sent to Wateen Telecom Pvt. Ltd. however Wateen surrendered Rahimyar Khan and Bahawalpur districts hence  their bid bond was forfeited.

 

Current Status

 

PTCL

Worldcall

Contracated

Provided

Audited

Contracated

Provided

Audited

Broadband Connections

63,000

70,590
 

63,000

38,500

43,788

38,500
 

EBC

206

186

186

121

121

119

CBC

58

57

57

27

27

27

Cities and Towns Covered

Contracted = 37                Covered= 37

 
For details regarding selection of Technical Auditor click here

PTCL

Technical Audit

Offer Date

Audit Start Date

Audit Completion Date

TA of Milestone 1 (25% work)

04-May-2011

31-May-2011 

18-Aug-2011

TA of Milestone 2 (50% work)

29-Dec-2011

01-Feb-2012 

29-Jan-2014

TA of Milestone 3 (75% work)

31-July-2012

10-Mar-2015 

26-May-2015 

TA of Milestone 4 (100% work)

20-Jan-2015 

10-Mar-2015 

26-May-2015 

WORLDCALL

Technical Audit

Offer Date    

Audit Start Date

Audit Completion Date

TA of Milestone 1 (25% work)

24-Mar-2011

17-Apr-2011

25-May-2011

TA of Milestone 2 (50% work)

30-Jun-2011

06-Jan-2012

24-May-2012

TA of Milestone 3 (75% work)

30-Sep-2011 
 

01-May-2012 
 

15-Jun-2012 
 

TA of Milestone 4 (100% work)

30-Sep-2011 
 

01-May-2012 
 

15-Jun-2012 

Pre-Bid Information Package

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