Rawalpindi Telecom Region -1

Introduction
This project aims at provision of Broadband services in unserved urban areas of Rawalpindi Telecom Region.

Rawalpindi Telecom Region (RTR) consists of the following districts:

1. Attock
2. Chakwal
3. Jhelum
4. Rawalpindi

This project targets an urban population of 1.5M in 4 districts and 26 Cities/Towns of RTR.

Auction Detail
Region ID: RTR-I-/2013
Advertised On: 29th Mar 2013
Bidders Registered:
1. Multinet Pakistan (Pvt.) Ltd.
2. Pakistan Telecommunication Company Ltd.
3. Witribe Pakistan Ltd.
4. Worldcall Telecom Ltd.
Opening of Qualification & Services Proposals:
Only following two registered bidders submitted their Qualification & Services Proposals on 18th April 2013;
1. Pakistan Telecommunication Company Ltd.
2. Worldcall Telecom Ltd.
Financial Bid Opening of Technically Qualified Bidders:
Both bidders were declared Technically Qualified and their Financial Bids were opened on 8th May 2013. Subsidies requested by the bidders, based on 100% target, are as follow;

S/No	USF Area (Districts)	PTCL	Worldcall
1	Attock	359,992,000	458,748,000
2	Chakwal	137,997,500	206,711,500
3	Jhelum	283,994,000	397,806,000
4	Rawalpindi	531,989,000	671,294,000
Total		1,313,972,500	1,734,559,500

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 which 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 Districts	27,500	130	16	1,391,972,000	11-12-2013

Current Status

	PTCL
	Contracted	Provided	Audited
Broadband Connections	27,500	42,630	20,625
EBC	130	130	98
CBC	16	16	13
Cities & Towns Covered	Contracted= 26 Covered=26

Technical Audit	Offer Date	Audit Start Date	Audit Completion Date
TA of Milestone 1 (25% work)	16 Feb 2015	2-March-2015	22-June-2015
TA of Milestone 2 (50% work)	13-May -2015	25-June-2015	17-July-2015
TA of Milestone 3 (75% work)	13-May-2015	25-June-2015	29-Oct-2015
TA of Milestone 4 (100% work)

Information Package

Information package in WINRAR format.