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BHARAT SANCHAR NIGAM LIMITED
(A Government of India Enterprise)
MMT Section, 2nd floor, Bharat Sanchar Bhawan,
Janpath, New Delhi - 110 001

DETAILED NOTICE INVITING EXPRESSION OF INTEREST (EOI)


EOI No. CA/NWP-BB/Wi-Fi Hot spots/T-500/2015
issued on 12/02/2015

1. On behalf of Chairman and Managing Director Bharat Sanchar Nigam
Limited New Delhi, EOI are invited from the Indian Companies under
single stage bidding and two stage opening system (Techno-commercial
bid & financial bid) through the e-Tendering process for Setting up Own
and Operate Wi- Fi hot spots at Public Places through BSNL POP on Zonal
and Revenue Share basis [Project 1 (East Zone) and Project 2 (North
Zone)].


A. Introduction


2. Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited (BSNL) is having countrywide presence with
wire line & wireless telephone subscribers base of over 100 mn and
offer hosts of other services like Data communication, National long
distance, International Long Distance, Internet, Broad band, Multiplay,
Leased Line, etc.


3. BSNL intends to Set up and operate professionally managed Wi- Fi hot
spot services at Public Places through BSNL POP on Zonal and Revenue
Share basis with CAPEX and OPEX on part of the Bidders. BSNL shall
provide back haul bandwidth on best effort basis from BSNL POP, at
BSNL's cost, up to a single point at Hotspot location premises, from
where Access points are to be established. From this single point, HSSP
will extend the Bandwidth to all access points at that hotspot location
premises including all router switches, LAN cabling etc at their (HSSP)
cost.

B. Implementation Plan


4. East and North zone has been identified as an independent Project {East
(Project 1), North (Project 2)}, Bidder who shall be awarded the work
(hot-spot Service provider (HSSP)) for any zone shall Set up, Own and
Operate Wi- Fi Hot Spots at Public Places to manage Hot Spot services
through BSNL POP in that Zone with CAPEX and OPEX on part of bidder.
BSNL shall provide back haul bandwidth on best effort basis from BSNL
POP, at BSNL's cost, up to a single point at Hotspot location premises,
from where Access points are to be established. From this single point,
HSSP will extend the Bandwidth to all access points at that hotspot
location premises including all router switches, LAN cabling etc at
their (HSSP) cost. Implementation plan is as below -


|S. |Name of the Project |Zone |CIRCLE/ States |
|No | | | |
|1 |Setting up, Own and Operate|East |Bihar, Orissa, Assam, |
| |Wi- Fi Hot Spots at Public | |NE-I, NE-II, West |
| |Places through BSNL POP on | |Bengal, Kolkata TD, |
| |Revenue Share basis Project| |Jharkhand, A&N |
| |1 | | |
|2 |Setting up, Own and Operate|North |Haryana, H.P. J&K, |
| |Wi- Fi Hot Spots at Public | |Punjab, Rajasthan, |
| |Places through BSNL POP on | |UP(E), UP(W), |
| |Revenue Share basis Project| |Uttaranchal |
| |2 | | |


5. Above shall be achieved with the help of this EOI with single stage
bidding and two stage opening system (Techno-commercial bid & financial
bid) with one Technical bid and separate financial bids [One for each
zone i.e. {East (Project 1) & North (Project 2)}] through e-tendering
process. BSNL shall open and evaluate the financial bids of technically
and commercially responsive firms for each zone (Project) separately. A
Bidder can apply for both zones.


6. Since BSNL has decided to use process of e-tendering for inviting this
EOI, the physical copy of the tender would not be sold.

7. BSNL shall open and evaluate the financial bids of technically and
commercially responsive firms for each zone (Project) separately and
prepare a list of such firms arranged in decreasing order of the
revenue share offered to BSNL from the highest (i.e. H1, H2, H3 and so
on) separately for each zone (Project), for the purpose of selection of
H1 on zonal basis. Bidder is at liberty to bid for one or both the
zones (Projects) separately. Detailed award of work criterion is in the
later part of EOI document.

C. Eligibility Requirement
8. Indian Companies who are registered/ incorporated in India are eligible
to participate in the bid. The following eligibility criterion shall be
met by the bidder company who intend to participate in this EOI :-


i. The Bidder firm shall be a company registered/incorporated in India
under the Indian Companies Act, 1956.
ii. The Bidder or its parent company firm shall have minimum annual
turnover of INR 5 Crore each during last two financial years i.e.
2012-13 and 2013-14. The bidder shall submit the Annual Report/ audited
accounts certified by Auditor for the above two years to establish the
turnover.
iii. Bidder or its parent company shall have experience in Hotspot
installation & operations with minimum of 20 hotspots. This experience
requirement of 20 hotspots can be met by one or more locations. Bidder
shall submit list of the locations having these 20 hotspots. Self
certificate in this regard shall be submitted.
iv. Bidder or its parent company shall have experience of implementation &
operations of WAN network/MPLS VPN connectivity/Wi-Fi Connectivity
projects having cumulative value of minimum INR 1 Crore after 01-04-
2009. Out of these Projects, at least one project shall be of minimum
value INR 50 lakh and should have covered at least 10 locations. Client
certificate with contact details shall be submitted in this regards.
v. If the bidder is not meeting the experience criterion as at Para iii
and iv above, then the bid can be submitted through a lead bidder of a
legally bound consortium (as per the format at section 7 (D)) with a
company who or its parent company has the experience as at Para iii and
iv. However in such a case the lead bidder or its parent company shall
be in IT/Telecom/Networking business and must have executed
IT/Telecom/Networking projects worth INR 5 Crore after 1-04-2009.
Client certificate with contact details shall be submitted in this
regards.


vi. In case of bids where for the fulfillment of turnover & experience
eligibility requirements, experience and turnover of parent company
(for bidder or consortium partner) is being considered then the bidder
and consortium partner (if any) shall submit a declaration cum an
undertaking from its Parent company stating that it (The Parent
Company) shall support and take responsibility to enable its subsidiary
company (the bidder/consortium partner) to perform the contractual
obligation.
vii. The Company (Bidder) shall not be a Licensed Telecom Service Provider
to provide Basic Services/ Cellular Telephony Services/UASL Services
anywhere in India.
viii. The Company (Bidder) shall not have controlling equity stake or vice
versa, in and of any Basic Services/ Cellular Telephony Services/UASL
Services operating companies in India.
ix. In case of consortium bids, Clause no. (vii) and (viii) above, are
applicable for consortium partner as well.
x. The company (bidder) and Consortium partners if any shall have valid
PAN No.
xi. The company (bidder) and Consortium partners if any shall have Valid
Sales/ Service Tax Registration No or exemption certificate No.
xii. The bidders shall submit necessary documentary proof showing that they
meet the eligibility criteria along with their EOI bid. All documents
submitted will also be self attested by the bidder.


xiii. Condition for Consortium bids
a) In case of consortium bids, only lead bidder will interact with BSNL
for all obligations/payment.
b) A consortium member shall not participate in more than one
consortium in one project (zone).
c) The bidder is also not permitted to be a consortium member under
another bidder for same project (zone). However one consortium member
(firm) may participate in both projects (zones) with different or
same lead bidder.
d) No change in consortium members i.e. addition or dropping of a member
shall be permitted after the submission of the bid.
9. As this EOI Document shall be following the e-Tendering Process, the
Bidders may download the Detailed NIEOI along with Performa for Non
Disclosure Agreement ("NDA") from the BSNL Web site http:// bsnl.co.in.

10. (i) The EOI document for participating in E-tender shall be available
for downloading from https://www.tcil-india-electronictender.com after
signing NDA in the enclosed format from 19.02. 2015, 16:00 Hrs
onwards.

(ii) EOI document can be obtained offline also in form of CD from
13.02.2015 from the office of AGM (MMY), 2nd floor, BSB, BSNL CO.,
Janpath, New Delhi-110001 on submitting the following:
a) Payment of Rs 10000/-(Rupees Ten thousand Only), which shall be
non-refundable in the form of crossed demand draft, drawn on any
scheduled bank in New Delhi, in favour of 'Accounts Officer
(Cash), O/o BSNL Corporate Office, New Delhi'; and
b) Integrity Pact
c) Non Disclosure Agreement (NDA)








11. EOI Documen