SOLICITATION NOTICE
B -- SBB Fiber-Optic Backbone Feasibility Study
- Notice Date
- 8/5/2003
- Notice Type
- Solicitation Notice
- Contracting Office
- United States Trade and Development Agency, TDA, USTDA, C/O US TDA 1000 Wilson Boulevard, Suite 1600, Arlington, VA, 22209-3901
- ZIP Code
- 22209-3901
- Solicitation Number
- Reference-Number-0370025A
- Response Due
- 9/15/2003
- Archive Date
- 9/30/2003
- Point of Contact
- Evangela Kunene, Procument Data Manager, Phone 703-875-4357, Fax 703-875-4009,
- E-Mail Address
-
ekunene@tda.gov
- Description
- POC: Evangela Kunene, Procurement Data Manager, USTDA, 1000 Wilson Boulevard, Suite 1600, Arlington, VA 22209. Tel: 703-875-4357; Fax: 703-875-4009; email: ekunene@tda.gov. PLEASE DO NOT CONTACT THE CONTRACTS OFFICE. PROPOSAL SUBMISSION PLACE: Dragan Solak, General Manager, Serbia Broadband- Srpske Kablovske Mreze d.o.o., ul. Kralja Petra 45, 6th floor, 11000 Belgrade, Serbia, Serbia & Montenegro, Phone: +381-11-631-125, Fax: +381 11 186 041. The Grantee invites submission of qualifications and proposal data (collectively referred to as the "Proposal") from interested U.S. firms which are qualified on the basis of experience and capability to develop a feasibility study for the installation of a nation-wide fiber-optic backbone infrastructure in Serbia. At present, Serbia Broadband (SBB), the Grantee, does not have a wide-area fiber-optic transmission infrastructure to link its headends in the various cities and towns. Instead SBB leases telecommunications links between its various headends. This means that SBB does not yet possess its own high bandwidth (throughput) system for delivering telecom services to its various disparate systems. SBB believes that the development of such a nation-wide backbone network could be the next logical step in expanding its reach and unifying and consolidating its operations, and also in positioning the company to offer telecoms/media services (either directly to end users or as a ?wholesaler? or ?carrier?s carrier?) on a nation-wide scale, particularly after market liberalization in mid-2005. SBB has been in discussions with providers of alternative infrastructure (e.g. electric and gas-pipeline utilities, railways) regarding the development of their Rights of Way (ROW) for this purpose. SBB also believes that availability of a nation-wide backbone network would yield benefits in terms of the internal operations and administration of the company (e.g., by enabling better inventory management, and hence responsiveness to customers; reducing costs of implementing Call Centers, etc.). With the availability of relatively inexpensive (compared to leased lines) and larger capacity for internal uses, the company will be able to share information in real time to allow for better management and customer response. The U.S. firm selected will be paid in U.S. dollars from a $325,936 grant to the Grantee from the U.S. Trade and Development Agency (USTDA). A detailed Request for Proposals (RFP), which includes requirements for the Proposal, the Terms of Reference, and a background definitional mission report are available from USTDA, at 1000 Wilson Boulevard, Suite 1600, Arlington, VA 22209-3901. Requests for the RFP should be faxed to the IRC, USTDA at 703-875-4009. In the fax, please include your firm?s name, contact person, address, and telephone number. Some firms have found that RFP materials sent by U.S. mail do not reach them in time for preparation of an adequate response. Firms that want USTDA to use an overnight delivery service should include the name of the delivery service and your firm's account number in the request for the RFP. Firms that want to send a courier to USTDA to retrieve the RFP should allow one hour after faxing the request to USTDA before scheduling a pick-up. Please note that no telephone requests for the RFP will be honored. Please check your internal fax verification receipt. Because of the large number of RFP requests, USTDA cannot respond to requests for fax verification. Requests for RFPs received before 4:00 PM will be mailed the same day. Requests received after 4:00 PM will be mailed the following day. Please check with your courier and/or mail room before calling USTDA. Only U.S. firms and individuals may bid on this USTDA financed activity. Interested firms, their subcontractors and employees of all participants must qualify under USTDA's nationality requirements as of the due date for submission of qualifications and proposals and, if selected to carry out the USTDA-financed activity, must continue to meet such requirements throughout the duration of the USTDA-financed activity. All goods and services to be provided by the selected firm shall have their nationality, source and origin in the U.S. or host country. The U.S. firm may use subcontractors from the host country for up to 20 percent of the USTDA grant amount. Details of USTDA's nationality requirements and mandatory contract clauses are also included in the RFP. Interested U.S. firms should submit their Proposal in English directly to the Grantee by 4:00 PM, SEPTEMBER 15, 2003 at the above address. Evaluation criteria for the Proposal are included in the RFP. Price will not be a factor in contractor selection, and therefore, cost proposals should NOT be submitted. The Grantee reserves the right to reject any and/or all Proposals. The Grantee also reserves the right to contract with the selected firm for subsequent work related to the project. The Grantee is not bound to pay for any costs associated with the preparation and submission of Proposals
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- SN00392953-W 20030807/030805214226 (fbodaily.com)
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