Together with private sector involvement, the City Municipal
Broadband Network project aims to address the telecommunication needs of the
City of Johannesburg, to provide affordable community access and to ensure that
the tremendous socio-economic opportunities associated with broadband
connectivity are realised.
Request for information
It is the intent of the City, through this request for
information (RFI), to invite submissions and responses from the market in a
two-stage, competitive bidding process.The RFI is expected to be issued on
Monday, 26 February 2007.
Briefing session for RFI
A compulsory briefing session will be held on 8 March 2007 at
10am at the South African National Museum of Military History, 22 Erlswold Way,
Saxonwold, Johannesburg. A map to the venue will be posted on the
website.
Request for proposal
The RFP is the second stage in the JBNP.
The first release of the RFP, to guide the demonstration networks, will be
issued to shortlisted respondents on Monday, 03 December 2007.
The second release of the RFP,
with all sections included, will be issued on Friday, 14 December.
Briefing Session for the RFP
A compulsory briefing session for the
RFP will be held on Wednesday, 16 January 2008 at the 16th Floor,
Metropolitan Centre, Loveday Street, Braamfontein, Johannesburg
Enquiries
All enquiries for this RFP should be addressed in writing
to:
Teddy Naidoo
Email:
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Please
note: no telephonic enquires will be entertained.To ensure appropriate responses
are prepared for the briefing session, all interested parties are requested to
submit questions via email by 4pm, two working days before the briefing session.
All questions will be responded to at the briefing session and a written
response will be published on the website. Further questions can be submitted
electronically and written responses will be published on the website.Updated
information related to the RFP process will also be made available on the
website.
Tender Closing
Broadband Network Tender will close at 10:30 on 31 March 2008
and tenders will be opened in public at 11:00
The anticipated timelines for the RFP tender process are as follows:
ACTIVITY
TIME LINE
RFP: Requirements for demonstration networks issued
3rd December 2007
RFP: Requirements for Business, Technical and
other areas
14th December 2007
Compulsory RFP briefing session
16th January 2008
Closing date for RFP responses
14th April 2008
Evaluation of RFP and demonstration networks
commences
15th April 2008
Evaluation of RFP submissions and
demonstration networks
April - June 2008
Feedback of outcome to
respondents
July - August 2008
Please note that the above timelines are indicative. The City reserves the
right to change these timelines. Respondents will be advised of any changes.
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