PROJECTS

FAISALABAD TELECOM REGION

INTRODUCTION:

Faisalabad Telecom Region (FTR) consists of the following districts:

1. Faisalabad
2. Jhang
3. Sargodha
4. Toba Tek Singh
5. Khushab
6. Bhakkar
7. Mianwali

FTR has a total area of 44,275 Sq Kms, a total population of approx 19.4M (i.e. 12.1% of Total Population of Pakistan) and a population density of 440 Persons/SqKms. Faisalabad is the largest district of the said region, it is considered the industrial hub of Pakistan. The Cellular Tele-density for the Region is approx 53%. Narrow band Internet services are available through multiple operators in all the districts, either through Narrowband Pops or Virtual Pops. Broadband coverage is available at the central areas of the city of Faisalabad, the rest of the region has no broadband availability. Through this project, initially 72,500 broadband connections will be provided by PTCL and 16,500 by Wateen Telecom. A major highlight of this project will be establishment of more than 250 Educational Broadband Centres in all the High Schools and Colleges in these towns and cities, besides more than 105 community broadband centres will be set up which will provide broadband to those who cannot afford their own computers.

Auction Detail:

Region ID:

Broadband FTR-1/2008

Advertised On:

Bidders Registered:

     1. Great Bear International Services Pvt. Ltd (Diallog)
     2. Pakistan Telecommunication Company Limited (PTCL)
     3. Wateen Telecom Pvt. Ltd

Opening of Qualification & Services Proposals:

Following two registered bidders submitted their Qualification & Services Proposals on 21^st November 2008;

Pakistan Telecommunication Company Limited (PTCL)
Wateen Telecom Pvt. Ltd.

Financial Bid Opening of Technically Qualified Bidders

Following bidders were declared Technically Qualified and their Financial Bids were opened on 18^th December 2008. Subsidy requested by each bidder, based on 100% target, is as follows;

		Proposed Subsidy (PKR) per District
S/No	Districts	PTCL	Wateen
1	Bhakkar	89,500,000	235,780,000
2	Faisalabad	193,800,000	334,780,000
3	Jhang	405,000,000	673,100,000
4	Khushab	151,100,000	417,320,000
5	Mianwali	119,300,000	325,780,000
6	Sargodha	546,700,000	469,040,000
7	Toba Tek Singh	195,800,000	432,320,000

Note: Lowest Bids are marked in bold.

Result

After the process of matching lowest subsidy and selection of targets by the bidders (as per USF Broadband Bidding documents – RFA & SSA), 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 7 Districts	72,500	200	75	1,191,620,000	27th April 09
Wateen	1 District (Sargodha)	16,500	50	30	239,140,000	27th April 09

EBC=Educational Broadband Center
CBC=Community Broadband Center

Current Status

	PTCL			Wateen
	Contracated	Provided	Audited	Contracated	Provided	Audited
Broadband Connections	72,500	110,613	72,500	16,500	16,609	16,500
EBC	200	194	194	50	49	49
CBC	75	64	64	30	30	30
Cities and Towns Covered	Contracted = 56 Covered= 56

WATEEN

Technical Audit	Offer Date	Audit Start Date	Audit Completion Date
TA of Milestone 1 (25% work)	12-Oct-2010	01-Nov-2010	21-Dec-2010
TA of Milestone 2 (50% work)	10-July-2013	30-May-2014	18-Jun-2014
TA of Milestone 3 (75% work)	24-Mar-2014	30-May-2014	18-Jun-2014
TA of Milestone 4 (100% work)	18-Jun-2014	22-Sep-2014	10-Oct-2014

PTCL

Technical Audit	Offer Date	Audit Start Date	Audit Completion Date
TA of Milestone 1 (25% work)	28-Apr-2010	21-May-2010	12-Jun-2010
TA of Milestone 2 (50% work)	23-Oct-2013	17-Jun-2014	01-Dec-2014
TA of Milestone 3 (75% work)	23-Oct-2013	17-Jun-2014	01-Dec-2014
TA of Milestone 4 (100% work)	23-Oct-2013	17-Jun-2014	01-Dec-2014

Pre-Bid Information Package

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Schedule C Summary

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