The opening of public tender bids for the granting of four IMT2000/UMTS licences of national scope will take place next Tuesday, the 3rd of October, at 10 a.m., at the offices of the Instituto das Comunicações de Portugal (ICP), in Alto do Paimão, Barcarena.
The public tender will proceed according to the Tender Regulations, and will be conducted by the analysis committee nominated by the Government. It consists of the reception of bids in sealed envelopes and documentation and items stipulated in the specifications form, of the opening of the same, initialling by bidder and stamping of the original documents. A maximum of three representatives from each bidder may take part in the Tender.
After being accepted for the Tender, the bids will be evaluated by the above-mentioned committee, according to a published analysis grid. The committee will give points to each bidder and will formulate a proposal to grant the licences, which it will submit to the Government, who is responsible for granting them.
Bids should be submitted by 4pm the 29th September, at the headquarters of ICP, in Lisbon. Bids will be evaluated, by priority and successively, with basis on the following criteria: their contribution to the development of the information society, their contribution to efficient market competition; the quality of the technical plan; the quality of the economic-financial plan; and the contribution to the development of sustained economic activity.
The licences will be granted before the end of the year. Operators should commence trading at the beginning of 2002.
