OPEN PUBLIC TENDER

The National Telecommunications and Post Commission of Greece (EETT) initiates a public tender for the undertaking of a study on “The determination of the level of competition in the fixed to mobile termination market – Regulatory intervention according to the new regulatory framework of the E.U”.

Main Objective
The project has two main directions:
a) the determination of the relevant market for call termination for calls originating from a fixed network and terminating to a mobile network under current circumstances as well as in the future, and the determination of the level of competition in that market,
b) the development of an effective costing model in determining the cost of terminating a call in Greece, and recommendations for the most appropriate form of regulatory intervention.
Furthermore, the contractor will conduct two (2) seminars for EETT staff, in relation to the above mentioned topics.

Budget
The budget for the project shall not exceed the amount of 190,000 euro, excluding VAT.

Time Schedule
The project should be completed in a period of five (5) months.

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

Assessment Procedure and Selection criteria
Evaluation criterion is the best offer, as defined in paragraph 17 of the Terms of Reference Document, and the financial offer.

Prerequisites
Working experience on projects where the interconnection charges were calculated using the long run incremental cost (LRIC) model
Working experience on projects where the level of competition was determined in a telecommunications market and/or the level of market power was determined in that market.
Relevant working experience will also be taken into consideration.

More Information
The full tender document may be obtained by 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 GR8002600270000310200113144 swift code EGF.B.GRAA) under the title: for the undertaking of the study on “the determination of the level of competition in the fixed to mobile termination market – regulatory intervention according to the new regulatory framework of the E.U” and submit the receipt of the transaction to EETT’s accounting department in order to acquire the tender documents.

Deadline
Bids to the above tender should be submitted to EETT not later than 13:00 p.m. on 18th November 2002.