Bandwidth Capacity Support

Bandwidth Capacity Support

The main objective is to avail quality and affordable bandwidth to the Digital Villages to support their operations adequately. It is hoped that all the Digital Villages will be able to obtain the required capacity for their (near) optimal operations.

Table 1: Types of Digital Villages by number of computers

Digital Village type	Number of Computers
Basic	Up to 5 Computers
Standard	5 - 10 computers, all services in basic plus
Advanced	10 to 20 plus and above

Table 2: Proposed Links to digital villages models

Digital Village type	Bandwidth In kbps
Basic	512
Standard	1024
Advanced	2048

Table 3: Pasha Centres established per year-Plan

Total Number of centers per LOT

	Year 1 (2009)	Year 1 (2010)	Year 1 (2011)	Totals

Basic	2	5	8	15
Standard	1	4	5	10
Advanced	1	2	2	5

Per year total	4	11	15	30

Table 4: Amount of bandwidth per year-Plan
Total Amount of Bandwidth per LOT in Kbps

	Year 1 (2009)	Year 1 (2010)	Year 1 (2011)	Totals
Basic	1024	2560	4096	7680
Standard	1024	5120	4096	10240
Advanced	2048	4096	4096	10240

Per year total	4,096	10,752	13,312	28,160

Table 5: Total bandwidth for all LOTS per year

	Year 1 (2010)	Year 1 (2001)	Year 1 (2011)	Totals

Basic	10,240	25,600	40,960	76,800
Standard	10,240	40,960	51,200	102,400
Advanced	20,480	40,960	40,960	102,400

Per year total in Kbps	40,960	107,520	133,120	281,600

Eligibility of Bandwidth supplier:
1.Supply of similar quantity of Internet bandwidth directly to companies or institutions under license by Communications Commission of Kenya (CCK) or other communications regulators in the East African region
2.Supplier has the required Internet bandwidth available within the required period of 10 weeks from the date contract is awarded.
3 .Supplier has experience of at least 5 years as an Internet bandwidth provider.
4.Supplier has operational service level agreements with other operators and/or customers
5.Manufacturer's Authorizations for Information Technologies - except for those technologies which the Bidder itself manufactures

Payment for International Satellite Bandwidth will be
i) 3 Month (quarterly) Advance payment for the Bandwidth
ii)3 Monthly (quarterly) payments thereafter based on the billing

Payment for Installation & Configuration Services will be:
i)Advance Payment: Ten (10) percent of the total Contract Price shall be paid within thirty (30) days of signing of the Contract against a bank guarantee for the equivalent amount and in the form provided in the bidding documents or another form acceptable to the Purchaser.
ii)On completion of the installation: Eighty (80) percent of the Total Contract Price shall be paid on completion of installation and upon submission of the documents specified in GCC Clause 13.
iii)Upon Commissioning: The remaining ten (10) percent of the Services Total Contract Price shall be paid to the Supplier within thirty (30) days after the date of the acceptance certificate for the network.

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Bandwidth Capacity Support