Telecommunications Tender – AfricaConnect Connectivity
Delivery of Advanced Network Technologies to Europe (DANTE), on behalf of the Ubuntunet Alliance and European National Research and Education Networks, is coordinating procurement efforts under the AfricaConnect project.
United Kingdom-Cambridge: Telecommunications services
2014/S 195-344877
Contract notice
Services
Directive 2004/18/EC
Section I: Contracting authority
I.1)Name, addresses and contact point(s)
Delivery of Advanced Network Technology to Europe Limited
City House, 126-130 Hills Road
Contact point(s): procurement@dante.net
For the attention of: Procurement Manager
CB2 1PQ Cambridge
UNITED KINGDOM
Telephone: +44 1223371300
E-mail: procurement@dante.net
Fax: +44 1223371371
Internet address(es):
General address of the contracting authority: www.dante.net
Further information can be obtained from: The above mentioned contact point(s)
Specifications and additional documents (including documents for competitive dialogue and a dynamic purchasing system) can be obtained from: The above mentioned contact point(s)
Tenders or requests to participate must be sent to: The above mentioned contact point(s)
I.2)Type of the contracting authority
I.3)Main activity
I.4)Contract award on behalf of other contracting authorities
The contracting authority is purchasing on behalf of other contracting authorities: yes
MAREN
University of Malawi Central Office, Box 278, Zomba
Blantyre
MALAWI
MoRENet
Ministry of Science and Technology of Mozambique, 770 Patrice Lumumba Avenue
Maputo
MOZAMBIQUE
X-net
Ministry of Education Government Office Park, Luther Street
Windhoek
NAMIBIA
RwEdNet
Kigali Institute of Science, Technology and Management
Kigali
RWANDA
SomaliREN
Industrial Road, Simad University Main Campus
Mogadishu
SOMALIA
SUIN
Information Technology & Networks Administration (ITNA) University of Khartoum
Khartoum
SUDAN
TERNET
P.O. Box 95062. Kawawa Road
Dar es Salaam
TANZANIA
RENU
DICTS Network Operations Centre, Faculty of Computing & Information Technology, Block A, Makerere University, P.O. Box 350069
Kampala
UGANDA
ZAMREN
University of Zambia, Great East Road Campus, School of Education Building, P.O. Box 32379
Lusaka
ZAMBIA
UbuntuNet Alliance
P.O. Box 2550
Lilongwe
MALAWI
TENET
House Vincent, 10 Ebenezer Road
7800 Wynberg
SOUTH AFRICA
iRENALA
Ministry of Higher Education and Scientific Research – Fiadanana
101 Antananarivo
MADAGASCAR
Eb@ale
Avenue de la Democratie No 44
Kinshasa/Gombe
DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF THE CONGO
EthERNet
c/o ICT Center of Excellence, Ground Floor of International Leadership Institute Building, Madagascar Street
Addis Ababa
ETHIOPIA
KENET
P.O. Box 30244 00100
Nairobi
KENYA
Section II: Object of the contract
II.1.1)Title attributed to the contract by the contracting authority:
II.1.2)Type of contract and location of works, place of delivery or of performance
Service category No 5: Telecommunications services
NUTS code
II.1.5)Short description of the contract or purchase(s)
Delivery of Advanced Network Technologies to Europe (DANTE), on behalf of the Ubuntunet Alliance and European National Research and Education Networks, is coordinating procurement efforts under the AfricaConnect project. The project, funded by the European Commission Development and Cooperation-Europe Aid directorate (http://ec.europa.eu/europeaid/index_en.htm), aims to establish a high-capacity network for research and education in Southern and Eastern Africa (ESA) region, and to connect this network to the worldwide community of Research and Education Networks through GÉANT, the pan-European Research and Education Network operated by DANTE.
The beneficiaries of AfricaConnect are the NRENs under the UbuntuNet Alliance, the regional research and Education Network for the ESA region. The Alliance currently has membership drawn from 14 countries namely:
— The Democratic Republic of Congo,
— South Africa,
— Ethiopia,
— Kenya,
— Madagascar,
— Malawi,
— Mozambique,
— Namibia,
— Rwanda,
— Somalia,
— Sudan,
— Tanzania,
— Uganda
— Zambia.
The project has European partners comprising the National Research and Education Networks (NREN) of Germany, Ireland, Italy, the Netherlands and Portugal – who respectively represent the GÉANT community. DANTE seeks data links from UbuntuNet Alliance PoP in Nairobi to Port Sudan and Amsterdam and from the UbuntunNet Alliance PoP in Lusaka to London. Connectivity will be required at a minimum of STM-1 to Sudan and STM-4 from Lusaka. Pricing is required for 1, 3, 5 and 10 year terms subject to commercial considerations and overall affordability of the total solution.
Bidders should note that both submarine and terrestrial routing options are acceptable.
To access the Pre-Qualification Questionnaire suppliers must first register an account on the DANTE eProcurement portal at www.dante-procurement.net
II.1.6)Common procurement vocabulary (CPV)
64200000, 32560000, 32562200
II.1.7)Information about Government Procurement Agreement (GPA)
II.1.8)Lots
Tenders may be submitted for one or more lots
II.1.9)Information about variants
II.2.1)Total quantity or scope:
II.2.2)Information about options
II.2.3)Information about renewals
II.3)Duration of the contract or time limit for completion
Information about lots
Lot No: 1Lot title: Nairobi-Port Sudan (landing station)
1)Short description
2)Common procurement vocabulary (CPV)
64200000, 32560000, 32562200
Lot No: 2Lot title: Lusaka-London (via Capetown — Bree Street)
1)Short description
2)Common procurement vocabulary (CPV)
64200000, 32560000, 32562200
Lot No: 3Lot title: Nairobi-Amsterdam with a drop in Port Sudan
1)Short description
2)Common procurement vocabulary (CPV)
64200000, 32560000, 32562200
Section III: Legal, economic, financial and technical information
III.1.1)Deposits and guarantees required:
III.1.3)Legal form to be taken by the group of economic operators to whom the contract is to be awarded:
III.1.4)Other particular conditions
III.2.2)Economic and financial ability
Minimum level(s) of standards possibly required: Candidates will be required to demonstrate as part of their response to the Selection questionnaire within the tender documentation they will receive that they have adequate financial resources at their disposal.
III.2.3)Technical capacity
Organisations that express interest in this tender will be required to provide this information as part of their response to the Selection questionnaire within the tender documentation they will receive.
Minimum level(s) of standards possibly required:
Candidates will be required to demonstrate as part of their response to the Selection questionnaire within the tender documentation they will receive that they have adequate technical resources at their disposal.
III.3.1)Information about a particular profession
III.3.2)Staff responsible for the execution of the service
Section IV: Procedure
IV.1.1)Type of procedure
IV.2.1)Award criteria
IV.2.2)Information about electronic auction
IV.3.2)Previous publication(s) concerning the same contract
IV.3.3)Conditions for obtaining specifications and additional documents or descriptive document
IV.3.4)Time limit for receipt of tenders or requests to participate
IV.3.6)Language(s) in which tenders or requests to participate may be drawn up
Section VI: Complementary information
VI.1)Information about recurrence
VI.2)Information about European Union funds
Reference to project(s) and/or programme(s): FED/2010/255139
VI.4.2)Lodging of appeals
VI.5)Date of dispatch of this notice: