PROJECTS

SOUTHERN TELECOM REGION - I

INTRODUCTION:

This project is a step towards initating provision of broadband in the un-served urban areas of Sindh. Southern Telecom Region-I (STR-I) consists of the following districts:

1. Badin
2. Dadu
3. Hyderabad
4. Jamshoro
5. Mirpur Khas
6. Sanghar
7. Tharparkar
8. Thatta
9. Umerkot

STR-I, as a whole, has a total area of about 86,500 Sq Kms, a total population (rural + urban) of around 20 M (i.e.11.7% of Total Population of Pakistan) and a population density of 231 Persons/SqKms. This project targets an urban population of 2.3M in 77 Cities/Towns of STR-I (excluding the city of Hyderabad).

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. 82 Educational Broadband Centres and 43 Community Broadband centres will be established through this project along with providing 23,500 broadband connections.

Auction Detail:

Region ID:

Broadband STR I-1/2009

Advertised On:

2^nd 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 two registered bidders submitted their Qualification & Services Proposals on 1^st June 2009;

1. Pakistan Telecommunication Company Limited (PTCL)

2. Wateen Telecom Pvt. Ltd.

Financial Bid Opening of Technically Qualified Bidders:

Following bidders were declared Technically Qualified and their Financial Bids were opened on 5^th June 2009. Subsidy requested by each bidder, based on 100% target, is as follows;

		Proposed Subsidy (PKR) per District
S/No	Districts	PTCL	Wateen
1	Badin	147,756,608	291,141,000
2	Dadu	214,147,662	405,503,000
3	Hyderabad	189,776,980	435,160,000
4	Jamshoro	71,065,070	115,315,000
5	MirpurKhas	190,723,936	386,558,000
6	Sanghar	198,610,368	531,352,000
7	Tharparkar	17,826,212	59,841,000
8	Thatta	70,217,872	192,116,000
9	UmerKot	69,369,900	192,292,000

Note: Lowest Bids are marked in bold.

Result

After the process of matching lowest subsidy and selection of targets (as per USF Broadband Bidding documents – RFA & SSA), the contract that has been signed with PTCL is 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 9 Districts	23,500	82	43	549,555,618	25^th June 2009

EBC=Educational Broadband Center
CBC=Community Broadband Center

Current Status

	PTCL
	Contracated	Provided	Audited
Broadband Connections	23,500	56,393	20,146
EBC	82	82	82
CBC	43	43	43
Cities and Towns Covered	Contracted = 77 Covered= 77

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)	27-Jan-2011	18-Feb-2011	14-Mar-2011
TA of Milestone 2 (50% work)	27-Jan-2011	18-Feb-2011	27-Feb-2011
TA of Milestone 3 (75% work)	27-Jan-2011	18-Feb-2011	13-Jun-2011
TA of Milestone 4 (100% work)	12-Mar-2012	18-Apr-2012	10-Apr-2014

Pre-Bid Information Package

Information Package can be downloaded from here.

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