Delhi, May 24, 2024:
BSNL has issued tender for engagement of agencies from registered firms in India for Planned Maintenance work of OFC of BharatNet Phase-I & Phase-II for left out quantity in Madhya Pradesh, Uttar Pradesh (East) & Uttar Pradesh (West) on contract basis, subject to variation depending upon the actual requirement of BSNL for 1 (one) year, extendable up to 1 (one) more year on Annual basis subject to performance assessment by BSNL. The work consists of Route Survey for finalization of OFC routes (Underground) to be replaced, Localization of end points, Procurement of PLB HDPE Duct, OFC & accessories, trenching, OFC laying, E2E testing, commissioning and GIS Mapping of OFC Routes as per the TEC-GR and Engineering Instructions for faults/damages in the OFC of BharatNet Phase-I & Phase-II and/or replacement of Lossy OFC of BSNL/RailTel/PGCIL used in BharatNet Phase-I and/or laying of OFC for extending the connectivity in new buildings in the GPs. The agencies successful in this tender enquiry will be called as Planned Maintenance Agencies (PMAs).
The fiber route lenght for four packages of UP (East) is 10293Kms, for two packages of UP (West) is 3614Kms and for three packages of MP is 5908Kms.The entire Route after making available the required Optical Power at the ONT end shall be made over to the O&M agency called Fibre Maintenance Agency (FMA) in the respective Circles. According to the tendering authority, last day for receipt of queries from the bidders on tender is 31st May whereas submission of the online bid & offline documents is 14th June.
The tender restricts bidders having any kind of licenses in India for providing Basic Services/ Cellular Telephony Services/ Internet Services/ UASL/ NLD/ ILD Services or having a controlling stake or vice versa, in any of Basic Services/ Cellular Telephony Services/ Internet Services/ UASL/ NLD/ILD/IN Services operating companies in India.
According to industry sources, the interested parties for this tender include telecom infrastructure deployment companies like Aksentt Tech, Telecomversity, Sterlite and Telepacific Networks.
