PUBLICATION OF THE AWARD OF CONTRACT

CARIBBEAN REGIONAL COMMUNICATIONS INFRASTRUCTURE PROGRAM

Design, Supply and Installation of a Unified Communications System

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a)  Names of each Bidder who submitted a Bid

b)  Bid Prices as read out at Bid Opening

NAME OF EACH BIDDER WHO SUBMITTED A BID / READ-OUT BID PRICES
CURRENCY / AMOUNT
Columbus Communications St Lucia Ltd / XCD / 4,822,345.00
Digicel St. Lucia Limited / XCD / 4,462,327.53 OR USD 1,642,433.48
Cable & Wireless (St Lucia) Trading as LIME / XCD / 4,780,838.75 OR US$1,770,777.44

c)  Name and evaluated prices of each bid that was evaluated

BIDDER / BID PRICE
CURRENCY / AMOUNT
Digicel St. Lucia Limited / XCD / 4,572,306.79

d)  Names of bidders whose bids were rejected and the reasons for their rejection

Bidder / Reasons for Rejection of Bid
Columbus Communications St Lucia Ltd / Verification Requirements as per ITB Clause 19.2 were not met

Written confirmation authorizing the signatory to the Bid was not included. The power of attorney submitted by way of clarification was effected after the deadline date for submission of Bids.

Cable & Wireless (St Lucia) Trading as LIME / Completeness and Substantial Responsiveness requirements were not met as it relates to the following:
·  Qualifications to perform the Contract ITB Clause 6.1 b) – Manufacturers’ Authorization.
·  Qualifications to perform the Contract ITB Clause 6.1 b) – Subcontractors’ Agreements
·  Completeness of the Price Schedule as per ITB Clause 14.5 which requires that all costs incidental to the performance of the Services, as incurred by the Supplier, such as travel, subsistence, office support, communications, translation, printing of materials, etc., to be included in the price and as such the Bid price to be fixed.
·  ITB 16.1d Written confirmation accepting successful integration and interoperability of all components of the Information System in accordance with ITB 16.1 d not submitted
·  The Warranty Period (N) from the date of Operational Acceptance of the System or Subsystem not in accordance with the Warranty period specified in ITB 6.1b and GCC 29.4

e)  Name of the winning bidder, and the price it offered, as well as the duration and summary scope of the contract awarded

Name:

Digicel St. Lucia Limited

Price Offered:

Eastern Caribbean four million, four hundred and sixty-two thousand three hundred and twenty-six dollars and sixty-eight cents (XCD$4,462,326.68)

Duration

Six (6) months

Summary of Scope:

Supply, Installation and Support of an enterprise level Unified Communications Solution to be supplied, installed and configured at eight (8) key Government locations and ten (10) other smaller locations in the Castries basin. This includes an enterprise Wide Area Network throughout the city centre, Local Area Networks at each branch office and IP telephony phone systems at various offices. System includes Fibre Optic Network, Wide Area Network, Main Site UCS Subsystem, Remote Site UCS Subsystem which includes hardware, LAN Voice Switch and Training (Systems Administrators Training, Users/Operators Training, Technical Training and Supply Systems Manual), Video and Collaboration, Overall Network Testing, Operational Acceptance and Warranty.

Debriefing

Any Bidder who wishes to ascertain the grounds on which its bid was not selected, should request an explanation from the Project Coordination Unit at the address indicated below. A response in writing shall be provided explaining why such bid was not selected. If a bidder requests a debriefing meeting the bidder shall bear all the costs of attending such a debriefing meeting.

Attention: Project Coordinator

Project Coordination Unit

Caribbean Regional Communications Infrastructure Program

5th Floor, Conway Business Centre

Waterfront

Castries

Saint Lucia

Email:

Tel: 468 2413