SOLICITATION NOTICE
B -- Afghanistan - Telecommunications Development Fund Technical Assistance Project
- Notice Date
- 1/25/2007
- Notice Type
- Solicitation Notice
- NAICS
- 541690
— Other Scientific and Technical Consulting Services
- Contracting Office
- United States Trade and Development Agency, USTDA, USTDA, 1000 Wilson Boulevard, Suite 1600, C/O US TDA 1000 Wilson Boulevard, Suite 1600, Arlington, VA, 22209-3901, UNITED STATES
- ZIP Code
- 00000
- Solicitation Number
- Reference-Number-0781009A
- Response Due
- 2/28/2007
- Archive Date
- 3/15/2007
- Description
- POC Evangela Kunene, USTDA, 1000 Wilson Boulevard, Suite 1600, Arlington, VA 22209-3901, Tel: (703) 875-4357, Fax: (703) 875-4009. PLEASE DO NOT CONTACT CONTRACTS OFFICE; PROPOSAL SUBMISSION PLACE: Mr. Zakaria Hassan, Chairman, Afghanistan Telecommunications Regulatory Authority, Ministry of Communications Bldg, 10th floor, Mohd. Jan Khan St., Kabul, Afghanistan, Phone: (+93 20) 210 1179 Afghanistan: Telecommunications Development Fund Technical Assistance Project. 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 technical assistance to help the Afghanistan Telecommunications Regulatory Authority utilize the newly created Telecommunications Development Fund to improve rural telecommunications access. This technical assistance will ensure that initiatives at the local/rural level can properly integrate and interoperate with systems at the district and national levels and examine mechanisms to incentivize both existing operators and new entrants to participate in rural development. The objective of this technical assistance is to assist the Afghanistan Telecommunications Regulatory Authority to effectively utilize the Telecommunications Development Fund to increase Afghan rural telecommunications access. This would be accomplished through the following tasks: A survey and assessment of Rural Telecommunications Development (RTD) initiatives; an initial visit and assessment of the current situation in Afghanistan; a legal/policy/regulatory review; an evaluation of key RTD technological solutions, architectures, and their attendant economics and risks/benefits; an identification of U.S.-based suppliers and development impact assessment; a review and evaluation of RTD business and funding models; the development of recommendations on optimum utilization of TDF; an elaboration of strategies and mechanisms for incentivization of RTD; an in-country presentation and workshop; and the production of draft and final reports. The U.S. firm selected will be paid in U.S. dollars from a $404,500 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. To request the RFP in PDF format, please go to: https://www.ustda.gov/USTDA/FedBizOpps/RFP/rfpform.asp. Requests for a mailed hardcopy version of the RFP may also 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, February 28, 2007 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.
- Record
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