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ASIAN DEVELOPMENT BANK 6 ADB Avenue, Mandaluyong City

1550 Metro Manila, Philippines Tel: +63 2 632 6755 / +63 2 632 4302; Fax: +63 2 636 2577 or +63 2 631 6899

Email: iprocurement@adb.org

INVITATION TO BID ADB HEADQUARTERS INTERNET SERVICES

1. The Asian Development Bank (ADB), a multilateral development finance institution headquartered in Manila, Philippines, invites interested parties to bid for the ADB Headquarters Internet Services. 2. The Contractor shall provide ADB with the most reliable and efficient Services with the deployment of skilled personnel, appropriate tools, equipment, transportation, materials and supervision in accordance with the policies, standards and procedures established by ADB. 3. Interested Bidders are advised to send their complete contact details (i.e. name of firm, address, contact person and position, email address, telephone number) to kjamon@adb.org and ljpaterno@adb.org for future correspondences related to this bidding. Bid bulletins will only be shared to bidders who have shared their contact details. 4. The Instructions to Bidders included in this invitation is available or may be downloaded until 25 January 2017. A pre-bid meeting will be held at 2:00 P.M. on 13 January 2017 (local time in Manila, Philippines) at Room 41018NW to answer any queries from the Bidders. 5. This invitation is open to firms who meet the following mandatory minimum requirements specified in the bidding documents, including among others:

a. Have the nationality of an eligible country in accordance with Appendix 13 (List of ADB Eligible Member Countries) of the Instructions to Bidders;

b. Have not been declared ineligible by ADB;

c. Be an Internet Service Provider for mid-large enterprises for fifteen (15) years or more;

d. Be able to deliver a fully managed Internet service to ADB Headquarters. This includes the deployment of a Customer Premise Equipment (CPE), last mile link to ADB meet-me rooms, and all

other associated components for the delivery of the Internet service; e. Have an IP transit network in Manila and must have dedicated capacity and inbound/outbound

connectivity via at least two (2) cable landing sites in the Philippines to its upstream providers. Both

the cable connections must not go through the same region; f. Have a local presence in the Philippines to provide technical support and account management team

that can be reached via phone, e-mail and in-person, with expected customer standards in

accordance with ADB’s Service Level Agreement, and Support and Maintenance requirements; and

g. Commit to assign (i) a Project Manager as Single Point of Contact during the implementation of the project and throughout the duration of the Contract; and (ii) an Account Manager to arrange semi-annual meetings with ADB and share reports on the status and health of the links to ensure the SLA requirements and penalty conditions are being met (as well as credited where applicable)

6. Bids should be submitted in a sealed envelope in accordance with paragraph 16 of the Instruction to Bidders and should reach ADB not later than 3:00 p.m. (Manila time) on 25 January 2017 by hand carry, courier or airmail to the above address, attention to: Advisor, Office of Administrative Services and Unit Head, Procurement and Contracts Administration, Room 4503S. Late bids will be rejected by ADB. 7. ADB reserves the right to accept or reject any bid, and to annul the bidding process and reject all bids at any time prior to award of Contract, without thereby incurring any liability to the affected Bidder or Bidders or any obligation to inform the affected Bidder or Bidders of the grounds for ADB's action.

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8. This Invitation does not entail any commitment on the part of ADB, either financial or otherwise. All costs associated with the preparation and submission of the Application shall be borne solely by the Applicant. DAVID H. MILLER IT Procurement and Contracts Specialist Office of Administrative Services