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Call for Tenders - third GSM and UMTS provider
Section 32, Subsection 8 Act on Electronic Communications "The Office shall publish the call for submission of bids pursuant to Section 6, Subsection 4 and in one national daily press periodical in the Slovak Republic".
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Call for Tenders (the Slovak version)
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Call for Tenders (the English version) - Only the Slovak version is authentic.
Only the Slovak version is authentic.
Call for
Tenders
The Telecommunications Office of the Slovak Republic
(hereinafter „Office“) as a state administration authority and the national
regulator in the area of electronic communications pursuant to Article 6(1)(b),
Article 6(3)(a), Article 11(1)(c) of Act No. 610/2003 Coll. on electronic
communications as amended (hereinafter „Electronic Communications Act“) begins
pursuant to Article 32(6)(7)(8) of the Electronic Communications Act and in
accordance with resolution of the Government of the Slovak Republic No. 5 of 11
January 2006 on the policy of frequency spectrum use
a tender procedure
for the allocation of frequencies to set up and operate a
public electronic communications network – GSM and UMTS mobile telephone
network in the
a)
Frequency blocks
The subject of
the tender procedure is the allocation of frequencies, or frequency blocks from
the frequency bands GSM 900 MHz, GSM 1800 MHz, UMTS and FS 29 GHz, which are
published on the Internet web site of the Office
www.teleoff.gov.sk with the scope for
the whole territory of the
b)
Purpose of use, conditions, and principles for
optimum use of frequencies
The frequencies
are designed for setting up and operating a GSM, UMTS and FS 29 GHz public
mobile electronic communications network (hereinafter „mobile telephone
network“) and for providing a public mobile telephone service, date
and multimedia services in line with General Permit No. VP 1/2005 as amended and
in accordance with the Electronic Communications Act.
c)
Evaluation criteria
The Selection
Commission shall, pursuant to Article 32(15) of the Electronic Communications
Act, exclude from the tender procedure a participant in case the participant:
1. has a capital
or personal connection to another participant in the tender procedure pursuant
to this call for tenders
2. does not meet
any requirement relating to form and extent of the application and the tender
according to this call for tenders
3. does not
fulfil any requirement for the content of the application and the tender
according to this call for tenders
4. does not
fulfil the requirement of minimal one-off amount payment for the allocation of
frequency blocks
5. submits any
declaration or statement in the course of the tender procedure which turns out
to be false.
The Selection
Commission shall, pursuant to Article 32(14) of the Electronic Communications
Act, determine the ranking of participants in the tender procedure according to
the following criteria:
1. contribution
of the participant to strengthening the competitive market in the area of
electronic communications
2. preparedness
and time sequence of building the network and providing services
3. experience of
the participant with providing electronic communications services – GSM and UMTS
mobile telephone networks
4. extent of
services provided in frequency blocks pursuant to this call for tenders
5. offered
amount of one-off payment for the allocation of frequency blocks
d) Deadline for
application submission together with a tender
An application
together with a tender must be delivered to the Office not later than on 14 July
2006 by 13:30 hours, regardless of the way of delivery. An application together
with a tender must be submitted at the filing room of the Office at the address:
Telecommunications Office of the
Within the
specified deadline it is possible to change the application with the tender, and
an applicant can do so by submitting a new application with a tender. When a new
application with a tender is submitted, the offer is delivered to the Office
last will be considered.
The Office will
not consider an application with a tender delivered on 14 July 2006 after 13:30
hours.
e) Requirements
for the form and content of presented documentation to ensure comparability of
tenders
Based on this
call for tenders an applicant will submit, within the deadline stated in point
d), to the Office an Application for the Allocation of Frequencies and a Tender
with supplements.
Application for
the Allocation of Frequencies
An application
for the allocation of frequencies must be written in Slovak, in accordance with
the specimen stated in Annex No. 1 of this call for tenders
(simultaneously published on the Internet web site of the Office
www.teleoff.gov.sk) with the following supplement:
- Legal
entities will present the original or an authenticated copy of an excerpt from
the Business Register, or a similar document issued by the pertinent authority
in the country of registration of the applicant with an official translation to
Slovak, not older than 3 months
- Natural
persons will present the original or an authenticated copy of a Trade License or
a similar document issued by the pertinent authority in the country of
registration of the applicant with certified translation to Slovak, not older
than 3 months
Tender
The tender must
be drawn up in the following structure and content:
I. Form and extent of the tender
The tender must
be written in Slovak, in two printed copies and one copy in electronic form on a
CD-ROM with files in a format compatible with products of MS Office or Adobe
Reader.
The maximum
extent of the tender including supplements must not exceed 100 pages.
An application
with a tender pursuant to this call for tenders must be delivered to the Office
in a closed package. The text on the package must state:
„Výberové konanie
GSM
a UMTS
Neotvára»“
[„Tender Procedure GSM
and UMTS
Do
Not Open“]
II. Content of the Tender
The delivered
tender must contain the following information:
1. A
declaration of the applicant stating that
a) directly or
indirectly, itself or through another person or on the basis of an agreement
concluded with another person there is no capital or personal connection with a
person that is a provider of mobile telephone network in the Slovak Republic;
b) it is not in
any similar relation to persons that are directly or indirectly in capital or
personal connection to a person that is a provider of mobile telephone network
in the
An applicant
that is a provider of a mobile telephone network in the
2. Ownership
relations of the applicant
- provide a list
of persons with a capital or personal connection to the applicant together with
the size/ratio of their share and capital or personal connections of the
applicant to entities doing business in the area of electronic communications
3. Offered
amount of one-off payment for the frequency blocks
- state the sum
for the allocation of frequency blocks pursuant to this call for tenders in
Slovak koruna.
4. Experience with providing electronic
communications services – GSM and UMTS mobile telephone networks
a) Experience of
the applicant, or persons stated in point II of paragraph 2 in the area of
setting up and operating electronic communications networks and services – GSM
and UMTS mobile telephone networks in the Slovak Republic and in other
countries;
b) The number of
countries in which the applicant or persons stated in point II paragraph 2
provide services through a GSM and /sk/Vyb.konania/Vyzva/2006/gsm-umts.html UMTS
mobile telephone network (the applicant will also provide a list of these
countries);
c) The number of
active end users (SIM cards) in the mobile network of the applicant, or persons
stated in point II paragraph 2 in individual countries.
5. Extent of
services to be provided in frequency channels pursuant to this call for tenders
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specify future services to be provided to end users of
the GSM and UMTS mobile telephone network
6. Preparedness
and time sequence of building the network and providing services
a) A timetable
for building the GSM and UMTS mobile telephone network on the territory of the
SR and for providing services using the allocated frequency channels pursuant to
this call for tenders;
b) Preparedness
of the applicant to build a network and provide electronic communications
services using the GSM and UMTS mobile telephone network
Supplements to
the tender:
- Documents
confirming statements in the tender (for example a written declarations of third
parties pertaining to the level of preparedness of the applicant pursuant to
point II paragraph 6 b) of the tender, concerning national roaming, shared
infrastructure, how building the network is secured, usage of sale network,
etc.)
- Other
documents at the consideration of the applicant, which can also be in English
(such as technical specification of the network and devices)
Warning:
The Office can
use all data stated in the tender of an applicant (in particular pursuant to
points II paragraph 5 and II paragraph 6) for issuing a permit as commitments of
the applicant pursuant to Article 32(19)(f) of the Electronic Communications
Act.
f) The
amount of one-off remittance for the delimitation or allocation of frequency
blocks as an anticipated minimum bid
The minimum bid
for a one-off remittance for the allocation of frequency channels pursuant to
this tender is SKK 100 000 000.- (in words: one-hundred-million Slovak koruna).
g) Other
documentation for the tender procedure
All required
documentation is stated in part e).
In
Ing.
Chairman of the
Telecommunications Office
of the
Annex No. 1
Application for the Allocation of Frequencies
pursuant to
Article 32(3) of the Electronic Communications Act as amended,
Applicants only fill-in boxes with thick line borders
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Data
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Applicant’s Answer
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Note
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a) |
Natural
person:
Legal entity:
Entrepreneur-natural person:
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Name,
surname and address of the applicant
Trade
name and registered address
Trade
name and place of business and IČO (identification number), when it
was assigned
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Provide
also a contact address and an e-mail
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b) |
Number
and type of radio devices |
Provide
the number of base stations to be set up in the course of the first
year after license becomes valid and effective.
State
type of device and European standard, which the device complies
with, that you plan to install first.
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The devices must comply with technical requirements stated
in the call for tenders.
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c) |
Requested frequencies
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d) |
Purpose
and method of use of radio devices including their technical data |
Provide
a brief description of the purpose and method of use of radio
devices |
An
applicant will state a description of purpose and method of use of
radio devices including their technical data in the tender and its
supplements. |
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e) |
Data of
the person authorized to act on behalf of the applicant and data of
the person responsible for operating the radio device |
Data of
the person responsible for operating the first radio device.
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f) |
Presumed date when the radio device will be put into operation |
State a deadline until which you will begin operating the device and
start providing electronic communications services. |
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g) |
The
period for which the applicant requests the allocation of the
frequencies. |
State the number of years |
The
maximum is 20 years |
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