Technical Feasibility Study for Fiber Optic Network Backbone — Ministry of Information, ICT and Postal Services, South Sudan

THE REPUBLIC OF SOUTH SUDAN

MINISTRY OF INFORMATION, COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY AND POSTAL SERVICES (MICT&PS)

The Eastern Africa Regional Digital Integration Project (EA-RDIP)

Project ID. P176181; Grant No. E1780

REQUEST FOR EXPRESSIONS OF INTEREST (REOI) FOR CONSULTING SERVICES

(FIRM SELECTION)

THE TECHNICAL FEASIBILITY STUDY ON THE FIBER OPTIC NETWORK BACKBONE AND SERVICE REQUIREMENTS AND IDENTIFICATION OF MARKET GAPS

REFERENCE NO: SS-MICT&PS-416634-CS-QCBS

• The Government of the Republic of South Sudan has received financing from the World Bank toward the cost of the Eastern Africa Regional Digital Integration Project (EA-RDIP), and intends to apply part of the proceeds for consulting services.

• The consulting services (“the Services”) include: to develop a network design, provide technical inputs to the open tender and contracting process and supervise the deployment of the infrastructure. Specially, these will include among other tasks: to assess supply (current and under construction) based on the analysis of existing FOC (Fiber Optic Cables) of all telecom operators in the country (total length of FOC for each operator in the context of cities and villages); taking into account all existing and proposed telecommunications infrastructure built, in construction or planned by telecommunications companies, railroads, power, pipelines and other utilities, if any; Conduct a market gap analysis based on existing geographic definitions and priority routes confirmed above, and describe the current supply of infrastructure and services as well as the gaps; Develop high-level coverage map at country and provincial levels; to develop technical implementation and implementation plan.

• The detailed Terms of Reference (ToR) for the assignment found at the following website: www.mictps.gov.ss/eardip-south-sudan

• The Ministry of Information, Communication Technology and Postal Services (MICT&PS) now invites eligible Consultants to indicate their interest in providing the Services. Interested Consultants should provide information demonstrating that they have the required qualifications and relevant experience to perform the Services. The short-listing criteria are:

• Core business and years in business: the firm shall have been in the Information, Communication and Technology sector within the last ten (10) years. Have delivered consultancies in the technical feasibility, design and deployment supervision for Broadband Infrastructure project;

• Relevant experience: the firm must demonstrate prior experience within the last ten (10) years and having been involved in successful execution, completed and/or ongoing, of at least two (2) assignments of broadband infrastructure deployment in similar operating environment (especially in the Horn of Africa) in the last ten (10) years. Details of the assignment - name and address of the client, scope, value, and period shall be provided; and

• Technical and managerial capability of the firm: The firm shall demonstrate as having the requisite technical capacity and managerial capacity to undertake the assignment which should be supported by detailed company profiles providing details about staff skills and their experience to undertake the assignment.

Undersecretary – Telecommunication Sector

Eastern Africa Regional Digital Integration Project (EA-RDIP)

Ministry of Information, Communication Technology and Postal Services

Email addresses: [email protected] and copy to [email protected];