OPEN PUBLIC TENDER

The National Telecommunications and Post Commission of Greece (EETT) initiates an open public tender for the undertaking of a project on “Cost auditing of the Hellenic Telecommunication Organization (OTE) for the tariffs of year 2005 of voice telephony, Leased Lines, Interconnection and Local Loop Unbundling.

1. Main Objective
The main objective of the project is the Cost auditing of the Hellenic Telecommunication Organization (OTE) for the tariffs of 2005 of voice telephony, Leased Lines, Interconnection and Local Loop Unbundling and their conformity to Cost orientation or / and the reasonableness of Ote’s Tariffs. Correspondingly, the project will include the conformity of Ote’s Tariffs to Competition Rules.

2. Budget
The budget for the project shall not exceed the amount of 450,000 euros, excluding VAT. Any offer above this amount will be rejected. The final contractual fee of the undertaker is the financial offer of the candidate who will be selected as “undertaker” and sign the relevant contract. The final contractual fee includes any kind of taxes, duties, deductions etc., according to the Greek and European legislation, excluding VAT.

3. Project Duration
The project must be completed within a period of eight (8) weeks from the day the contract will be signed between the contracting parties.

4. Language
All documents relevant to the submitted offers and all reports must be written in Greek.

5. Evaluation and selection criteria
Evaluation will be made on the basis of the most advantageous, from financial point of view, offer, according to the criteria mentioned in the contract issues.

6. Prerequisites
Candidates who submit an offer (individuals, legal persons or associations) should fulfill and prove adequately the following minimum prerequisites, or will be excluded from the procedure:
i) They should prove their general experience on issues of costing and pricing telecommunications’ services, auditing and auditing of costing systems as well as competition issues.
ii) They should prove their special experience on projects with similar purpose and object with the present one, as mentioned in Annex I of the Tender Documents, during the three (3) last years before the publication of the present tender.

7. Further Information
The full tender document can be obtained from EETT’s office (Kifissias 60, Maroussi) at a fee of 100 euros. Interested parties should deposit the aforementioned fee at EETT’s account in Eurobank (account number 0026-0027310200113144, swift code EGF.B.GRAA) under the title: “ Cost auditing of the Hellenic Telecommunication Organization (OTE) for the tariffs of year 2005” and submit the receipt of the transaction to EETT’s accounting department in order to acquire the tender documents.

8. Deadline for submitting Bids
Bids to the above tender should be submitted to EETT not later than 13:00 p.m. on 19th April 2005.