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NEPAL DOORSANCHAR COMPANY LIMITED (Nepal Telecom) BIDDING DOCUMENT for Supply, Delivery, Installation and Commissioning of 4G LTE (EUTRAN) - Network II International Competitive Bidding (ICB) IFB No. NDCL/CTO/ICB/03/074-75 Issued on: November 08, 2017 Invitation for Bids No.: NDCL/CTO/ICB/03/074-75 ICB No.: NDCL/CTO/ICB/03/074-75 Purchaser: Nepal Doorsanchar Company Limited (Nepal Telecom) Office of Chief Technical Officer Nepal Telecom, Central Office, Bhadrakali Plaza, Kathmandu, Nepal Tel: 977 1 4210105, Telephone: 977 1 4210215, 4210105 Facsimile Number: 977 1 4210199, 4210200 Electronic Mail Address: [email protected] Website: http://www.ntc.net.np, http://eproc.ntc.net.np Abbreviations BDS...................... Bid Data Sheet BD ....................... Bidding Document DCS...................... Delivery and Completion Schedule DP ……………… Development Partner EQC ..................... Evaluation and Qualification Criteria GCC ..................... General Conditions of Contract GoN ..................... Government of Nepal ICC....................... International Chamber of Commerce IFB ....................... Invitation for Bids Incoterms.............. International Commercial Terms ITB ....................... Instructions to Bidders LGRS ................... List of Goods and Related Services PAN …………….. Permanent Account Number NT ...................... Nepal Telecom (Nepal Doorsanchar Company Limited) PAC ………….. Provisional Acceptance Certificate PAT ………….. Provisional Acceptance Test PO …………… Purchase Order PoC …………… Proof of Compliance PPMO ………… Public Procurement Monitoring Office SBD...................... Standard Bidding Document SBQ...................... Schedule of Bidder Qualifications SCC……………. Special Conditions of Contract SMU ................. Support, Maintenance and Upgrade SOR …………… Schedule of Requirement SS ......................... Schedule of Supply TS......................... Technical Specifications TDS …………… Tax Deducted at Source UNCITRAL …. United Nations Commission on International Trade Law VAT …………… Value Added Tax WCC ………… Warranty Completion Certificate i IFB No. NDCL/CTO/ICB/03/074-75, 4G LTE (EUTRAN) - Network II Table of Contents Invitation for Bids (IFB) PART 1 – Bidding Procedures Section I. Instructions to Bidders (ITB) ............................................................................. 1-1 Section II. Bid Data Sheet (BDS) ...................................................................................... 2-1 Section III. Evaluation and Qualification Criteria (EQC) ................................................. 3-1 ii IFB No. NDCL/CTO/ICB/03/074-75, 4G LTE (EUTRAN) - Network II Invitation for Bid (IFB) IFB No. NDCL/CTO/ICB/03/074-75, 4G LTE (EUTRAN) - Network II 1 Invitation for Bids (IFB) Nepal Doorsanchar Company Limited (Nepal Telecom) Office of Chief Technical Officer Invitation for Bids for the Supply, Delivery, Installation and Commissioning of 4G LTE (EUTRAN) – Network II International Competitive Bidding (ICB) Contract Identification No. NDCL/CTO/ICB/03/074-75 Date of publication: 2017/11/08 1. This project is intended to deploy 4G network interworking with IMS and EPC core network that will be supplied, installed through separate Bid. The bidder shall guarantee the interoperability of their offered equipment with equipment/products manufactured by different vendors as per 3GPP, GSMA, ESTI, IETF etc. standard specifications. The bidder shall be fully responsible and guarantee the integration of eNodeB supplied under this tender with IMS Core and EPC that will be supplied through separate tender. Nepal Telecom (Nepal Doorsanchar Company Limited) has been providing various telecom services including value added services (VAS) to its mobile as well as fixed line customers via different networks- PSTN, GSM/UMTS, CDMA/IPCDMA, WiMAX Internet and broadband networks. Currently, NT provides service to around 16 Million mobile (GSM/UMTS and CDMA) subscribers and around 700K fixed line (PSTN/NGN and IMS) subscribers throughout Nepal. Around 8 Million subscribers use mobile data (2G, 3G, 4G/LTE and EVDO) which is 50% of total mobile subscribers. Nepal Telecom has implemented Convergent Real Time Billing (CRTB) system with ultimate goal of real time call/session credit control, rating, charging and billing of all prepaid and postpaid subscribers connected with GSM, IPCDMA, WiMAX technologies. NT has implemented Convergent Customer Support system to converge various OSS/BSS systems to provision for customer care (fault handling, maintenance), billing, payment collections and revenue sharing/invoicing facilities. The CRTB&CS is capable of real time charging and credit control for prepaid and postpaid subscribers. NT has common billing mediation platform for all NT networks and one Interconnect System for billing / settlement with all partners. In next three years, it is presumed that the mobile subscriber base will reach 20 million whereas fixed line customer base will reach 2 million. IFB No. NDCL/CTO/ICB/03/074-75, 4G LTE (EUTRAN) - Network II 2 Nepal Telecom intends to deploy LTE-Advanced network in Eastern Development Region (EDR), Western Development Region (WDR) and Far Western Development Region (FWDR) for 3.24Million number of 4G subscribers. The 4G network shall be deployed in overlay mode with existing 2G and 3G network. For this purpose Nepal Telecom invites sealed bids for the IFB No. NDCL/CTO/ICB/03/074- 75 for Supply , Delivery, Installation and commissioning of 4G LTE (EUTRAN) - Network II. The Bidders, who meets the Qualification Criteria, mentioned in Section III can participate in this bid. Therefore, before purchasing the Bidding Document, Bidders are requested to read carefully. 2. Eligible Bidders may obtain further information and inspect the bidding documents at the following office or may visit Nepal Telecom's website http://eproc.ntc.net.np. Nepal Doorsanchar Company Limited (Nepal Telecom), Bhadrakali Plaza, Kathmandu, Nepal. Tel. No. : 977 -1- 4210105 Fax No. : 977- -1 4210199 E-mail : [email protected] 3. Bidding documents may be purchased from the office mentioned in the Clause No. 2 of this section on the submission of a written application, along with the copy of company/firm registration certificate, and upon payment of a non-refundable fee of NRs. 90,000.00 (In Words Nepali Rupees: Ninety Thousand only) or US$ 900.00 (In Words United States Dollar : Nine Hundred only) or Euro 750.00 (In Words European Euro : Seven Hundred Fifty only). The format of written application shall be as per Sample form "Application for Purchase of Bidding Document" under section IV: Bidding forms. 4. If so requested, the Bidding Documents can also be sent by post/courier services upon payment of additional cost of NPR. 10,000.00 (In Words: Nepali Rupees: Ten Thousand Only) or USD 100.00 (In Words: United States Dollar: One Hundred Only) or EUR 90.00 (In Words: EURO: Ninety Only). However, the Employer will not be responsible for delay or non-delivery of the documents so sent. 5. Pre-bid meeting shall be held at Nepal Telecom, Central Office, Bhadrakali Plaza, and Kathmandu, Nepal at 11:00 AM on December 06, 2017. 6. Bids shall be opened in the presence of Bidders' representatives who choose to attend at 12:00 Noon on December 26, 2017 at the Nepal Telecom, Central Office, Bhadrakali Plaza, Kathmandu Nepal. Bids must be valid for a period of 120 days counting from the day of bid opening and must be accompanied by bid security, amounting NPR 258,196,000.00 (Nepalese Rupees: Two hundred Fifty Eight million One Hundred Ninty Six Thousand only) or US$ 2,513,600.00 (US Dollars: Two Million Five Hundred Thirteen Thousand and Six hundred only) or Euro 2,157,200.00 (Euro: Two Million One Hundred Fifty Seven Thousand and Two hundred only) which shall be valid for minimum 30 days beyond the bid validity period ( i.e. valid at least up to May 25, 2018. IFB No. NDCL/CTO/ICB/03/074-75, 4G LTE (EUTRAN) - Network II 3 7. The account details of the Purchaser for depositing the Cash for Document purchase and Bid Security is as follows: Currency For NPR For USD For EURO Name of Standard Chartered Bank Standard Chartered Bank Everest Bank Bank: Nepal Limited, Nepal Nepal Limited, Nepal Limited A/C No.: 02041562601 01041562652 01401102200049 Bidders are requested to deposit sufficient amount including respective bank charges so that the net amount as mentioned above in the Clause No. IFB 3 and IFB 6 shall be deposited in account of purchaser. 8. If the last date of purchasing, submission and opening falls on a government holiday, then the next working day shall be considered the last day. In such case, the bid validity and bid security validity shall be recognized with effect from the original bid submission deadline. 9. The Purchaser reserves the right to accept or reject, wholly or partly any or all the bids without assigning reason, whatsoever. End of Invitation for Bids (IFB) IFB No. NDCL/CTO/ICB/03/074-75, 4G LTE (EUTRAN) - Network II 4 NEPAL DOORSANCHAR COMPANY LIMITED (Nepal Telecom) Supply, Delivery, Installation and Commissioning of 4G LTE (EUTRAN) - Network II PART 1 – Bidding Procedures International Competitive Bidding (ICB) IFB No. NDCL/CTO/ICB/03/074-75 Issued on: 2017/11/08 Purchaser: Nepal Doorsanchar Company Limited (Nepal Telecom) IFB No. NDCL/CTO/ICB/03/074-75, Section I: Instruction to Bidder (ITB) – 4G LTE (EUTRAN) - Network II 0 - 1 Section I. Instructions to Bidders (ITB) IFB No. NDCL/CTO/ICB/03/074-75, Section I: Instruction to Bidder (ITB) – 4G LTE (EUTRAN)