Public document to be completed by the Contracting
Authority
INDIVIDUAL SUPPLY CONTRACT
FORECAST
Establishment
of a Data Network for the Border and Customs Committees in
Supply
of Nodal Equipment
Location -
1.
Publication reference
EuropeAid/127438/C/SUP/BY
2.
Procedure
Open
3.
Programme
TACIS
4.
Financing
CBC Action Programme 2006
5. Contracting authority
European Community, represented by the
European Commission on behalf of and for the account of the
6.
Contract description
The objective is to procure all the
terminal (nodal) transmission, data networking, power and testing equipment for
an Optical Fibre Data Network (OFDN) in the
The network equipment shall be supplied for
the benefit of the Belarusian Border Guard and Customs Services (the State
Border Committee, SBC, and State Customs Committee, SCC, of the Republic of
Belarus respectively), supporting the integrated information systems (IISs) of
the SBC and SCC along the Belarusian border with Poland, Lithuania and Latvia.
The network equipment shall be a part of a future
data network capable of supporting a wide range of simultaneous digital voice,
video and high-speed data services and is to be provided by means of two
contracts: a supply contract for the nodal equipment (which is the subject of
this tender forecast) and a related works contract for the provision of the
optical-fibre links between nodes (will be tendered separately from this
procedure).
7.
Indicative number and titles of Lots
N/A
8.
Intended timing of publication of the
procurement notice
September 2008
9.
Additional information
None
10. Legal basis
Council Regulation (EC, Euratom) No 99/2000
of 29 December 1999 concerning the provision of assistance to the partner
States in Eastern Europe and
Remarks:
There must be a minimum period of 30 calendar days
between the publication of this contract forecast and the publication of the corresponding
procurement notice.
No applications or requests for further information
should be sent at this stage.