Projects of Telecom, Broadband and Fiber Optics in Pakistan

Introduction

Dadu Lot roughly covers 14% of the total area of Sindh and lies from South-Central region to North-West of Sindh. This lot is bounded by Larkana District in the North, Naushahro Feroze, Nawabshah, Sanghar and Mirpur Districts in the East, Tharparkar District in the South-East, Arabian Sea in the South, and Malir, Lasbela and Khuzdar Districts in the West.

This lot has 4 districts (Badin, Dadu, Hyderabad and Thatta) and 12 tehsils. Badin District has rich fertile soil and is known for its production of Basmati Rice. However, some of the areas of this district are swampy. These areas are near and part of Rann of Kutch, which marks international boundary between Pakistan and India.

Universal Service Fund and PTCL entered in the contract to provide basic telephony and data services to the mass population in un-served areas of Dadu on July 25, 2008. A subsidy of Rs. 250 Million is being provided to PTCL for this rural telecom project.

Auction Detail

Lot ID:	RTeS/Lot08-Dadu/2008
Advertised On:	11th March 2008
Bidders Registered:	1. Pakistan Mobile Communication Ltd. (PMCL) 2. Pakistan Telecommunication Company Limited (PTCL) 3. Telenor Pakistan Pvt. Ltd. 4. Warid Telecom Pvt. Ltd.
Opening of Qualification & Services Proposals:	Following registered bidders submitted their Qualification & Services Proposals on 25th June 2008; 1. Pakistan Mobile Communication Ltd. (PMCL) 2. Pakistan Telecommunication Company Limited (PTCL) 3. Telenor Pakistan Pvt. Ltd.
Financial Bid Opening of Technically Qualified Bidders:	Following bidders were declared Technically Qualified and their Financial Bids were opened on 08th July 2008. Subsidy requested by each bidder is as follows;
	1.	PMCL	Pak Rs. 618,000,000/-
	2.	PTCL	Pak Rs. 250,000,000/-
	3.	Telenor	Pak Rs. 528,776,489/-

Result:	M/s Pakistan Telecommunication Company Limited was declared as the lowest qualified bidder and contract, worth Pak Rs. 250,000,000/-, was signed with PTCL on 25th July 2008.

Current Status

Technical Audit	Offer Date	Audit Start Date	Audit Completion Date
TA of Milestone 1 (25% Work)	25-05-2009	03-06-2009	15-06-2009
TA of Milestone 2 (50% Work)	13-07-2009	23-07-2009	30-07-2009
TA of Milestone 3 (75% Work)	13-07-2009	31-07-2009	12-08-2009
TA of Milestone 4 (100% Work)	16-10-2009	28-10-2009	13-11-2009

Comments:	Delivery of the 4th project implementation milestones was delayed by the SP due to which penalty amounting to Rs.7,569,839 was deducted from the overall subsidy amount.
Summary Regarding Deduction of Penalties:	65 Muza's where service affecting snags were removed 83 days beyond Final Implementation Date LD @ .5% per week, as per Service Subsidy Agreement (SSA), for 11.86 weeks for 65 muzas @ PKR 585,480.09 per muza, Totals Rs. 2,256,189. 69 Muza's where service affecting snag were removed 119 days after Final Implementation Date LD @ .5% per week, as per Service Subsidy Agreement (SSA), for 17 weeks for 06 muzas @ PKR 585,480.09 per muza, Totals Rs. 3,433,841. 31 Muza's where service affecting snag were removed 145 days after Final Implementation Date LD @ .5% per week, as per Service Subsidy Agreement (SSA), for 20.71 weeks for 31 muzas @ PKR 585,480.09 per muza, Totals Rs. 1879,809.

Information Package

Information Package can be downloaded from here.

For WinZip Format click here.

For WinRaR Format Click here

(If you don't have WinZip, please download from here)
(If you don't have WinRaR, please download from here)