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| GTR comprising the districts of Gujranwala, Gujrat, Mandi Bahauddin, Narowal, Hafizabad and Sialkot has 46 towns and an un-served population of 3.1 Million. USF plans to establish an estimated 336 EBCs and 68 CBC’s in GTR.
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Region ID:
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Broadband GTR-1/2009
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Advertised On:
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28th August 2009
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Bidders Registered:
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- Pakistan Telecommunication Company Ltd
- Wateen Telecom (Pvt) Ltd
- Worldcall Telecom Ltd
- Great Bear International Services (Pvt) Ltd.
- Wi-tribe Pakistan Ltd
- Link Direct International (Pvt.) Ltd.
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Opening of Qualification & Services Proposals:
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Following five registered bidders submitted their Proposals on 12th November 2009;
- Pakistan Telecommunication Company Ltd.
- Wateen Telecom (Pvt) Ltd.
- Worldcall Telecom Ltd.
- Great Bear International Services (Pvt) Ltd.
- Wi-tribe Pakistan Ltd.
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Financial Bid Opening of Technically Qualified Bidders
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Following bidders were declared Technically Qualified and their Financial Bids were opened on 25th November 2009. Subsidy requested by each bidder, based on 100% target, is as follows;
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Proposed Subsidy (PKR) per District
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S/No
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Districts
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PTCL
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GBIS
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Wateen
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Wi-Tribe
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Worldcall
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1
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Gujranwala (Excluding Gujranwala City)
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10,800
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10,500
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10,500
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77,688
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9,600
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2
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Gujrat
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10,700
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11,400
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9,999
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48,394
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10,800
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3
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Hafizabad
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21,000
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20,000
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14,900
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77,406
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19,914
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4
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Mandi Bahauddin
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26,000
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20,000
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14,900
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77,353
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19,914
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5
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Narowal
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26,000
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20,000
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14,900
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77,872
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17,069
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6
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Sialkot
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10,900
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8,400
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9,999
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49,196
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7,000
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Note: Lowest Bids are presented in bold. Witribe being the highest bidder in all districts was eliminated.
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Result
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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 three* bidders are summarized below.
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Bidder
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Presence
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Target No. of Broadband Connections
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Target No. of EBCs
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Target No. of CBCs
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Subsidy Amount (PKR)
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Contract Signed on
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PTCL
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All 6 Districs
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41,000
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19
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7
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394,283,250
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22-03-2010
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Worldcall
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All 6 Districts
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46,250
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85
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18
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481,415,250
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30-03-2010
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Wateen
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5 Districts
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21,250
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50
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9
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244,869,250
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13-04-2010
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EBC=Educational Broadband Center CBC=Community Broadband Center
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* M/s Great Bear International Services (Pvt.) Ltd. (GBIS) accepted the Letter of Intent but failed to furnish Performance Guarantee. Therefore their Bid Bond was confiscated. Targets assigned to GBIS will be offered to the remaining bidders if they accept to match the lowest subsidy bid.
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| | Contracts have been signed with following three service providers;
- Pakistan Telecommunication Company Ltd
- Wateen Telecom (Pvt) Ltd
- Worldcall Telecom Ltd
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