Contact:Mr. H.N.L. Maepa,PrEng,PE,Chairman,South African Telecommunications Regulatory Authority (SATRA),2nd Floor,West Tower, P.O. Box 85553,Sandton,2146,South Africa(tel:011-27-11-282-5656;fax:011-27-11-282-5767)

D -- SOUTH AFRICA SPECTRUM MONITORING AND MANAGEMENT TENDER SUPPORT PROJECT POC POC J. Michael Newell, USTDA, 1621 N. Kent St., Suite 309, Arlington, VA 22209-2131, Tel: (703) 875-4357, Fax: (703) 875-4009 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 analyze spectrum needs, quantify the spectrum market and develop a tender for the South African Regulatory Authority (SATRA), South Africa's independent telecommunications regulatory authority. SATRA requires technical support to analyze existing methodologies and procedures for spectrum monitoring and management, and to assess the current market for radio licenses. SATRA additionally requires support to professionally prepare a tender for analyzing, managing, monitoring and evaluating advanced radio spectrum management systems. The Terms of Reference include but is not limited to the following twelve tasks: 1. Reviewing existing legal/regulatory statutes; 2. Review existing methodology and procedures; 3. Assess market requirements; 4. Develop database requirements; 5. Develop analysis requirements; 6. Describe the general computer requirements and database management system; 7. Determine hardware and software required to accomplish spectrum management objectives; 8. Review existing South Africa frequency monitoring capabilities and determine the requirements for an efficient nationwide monitoring system; 9. Evaluate equipment type testing processes; 10. Develop Implementation Plan; 11. Prepare Tender Documents; 12. Prepare a Final Project Report. The U.S. firm selected will be paid in U.S. dollars from a $250,000 grant to the Grantee from the U.S. Trade and Development Agency (TDA). A detailed Request for Proposals (RFP), which includes requirements for the Proposal, the Terms of Reference, and a background definitional mission/desk study report are available from TDA, at 1621 N. Kent Street, Suite 309, Arlington, VA 22209-2131. The RFP package will be available after July 28, 1997. Requests for the RFP should be faxed to the IRC, TDA 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 TDA 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 TDA to retrieve the RFP should allow one hour after faxing the request to TDA 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, TDA cannot respond to requests for fax verification. Requests for RFP's 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 TDA. Only U.S. firms and individuals may bid on this TDA financed activity. Interested firms, their subcontractors and employees of all participants must qualify under TDA's nationality requirements as of the due date for submission of qualifications and proposals and, if selected to carry out the TDA-financed activity, must continue to meet such requirements throughout the duration of the TDA-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 TDA grant amount. Details of TDA's nationality requirements and mandatory contract clauses are also included in the RFP. Interested U.S. firms should submit four (4) copies and one original proposal in English for performing the work and services described. Proposals will be competitively evaluated and scored as follows: Hands-on experience assessing international and domestic telecommunications spectrum infrastructures (legal/technical), assessing and quantifying spectrum market requirements, developing database,software and hardware product, service and management requirements, reviewing existing frequency monitoring capabilities and determining nationwide monitoring systems, and developing an implementation plan (up to 35%); Hands-on experience drafting international tender documents, particularly as they apply to spectrum monitoring and management projects (up to 20%); The use of local consultants from the historically disadvantaged communities of South Africa so as to develop their capacity in these types of studies (up to 20%); Experience working internationally (preferably in Africa), with at least one team member showing expertise and/or experience working with regional telecommunications policy and commercial issues (up to 15%); Experience preparing project reports and interfacing with multi-disciplinary telecommunications managers and offices (up to 10%); The criteria have been tailored to the requirements of this particular solicitation. Offerors should note that these criteria (a) serve as the standard against which all technical proposals will be evaluated (b) serve to identify the significant matters which offerors should address in their technical proposals, and will constitute 100% of the total technical evaluation criteria. The South African evaluation committee reserves the right to reject any and/or all proposals. The South African government is not bound to pay for any costs associated with the preparation and submission of proposals. Offerors should be aware that the firm contracted to conduct this Project may not pursue any followon activities directly related to this Project. The South African government intends to issue a fixed-price contract. Firms agree by their response to this announcement to abide by the procedures established for this procurement. Contact point: Mr. J. Michael Newell, Country Manager, USTDA, 1621 N. Kent Street, Suite 309, Arlington, VA 22209-2131, telephone: 703-875-4357 for additional information including the June 1997 South Africa Spectrum Monitoring and Management Tender Support Project Desk Study report. (0206)

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