the RFP document

FSM Telecommunications
Corporation
BID No.: BDOl-15
REQUEST FOR PROPOSALS
SATELLITE CAPACITY
LEASE
May 01, 2015
Executive Summary
The FSMTC Long Term Commitments
for satellite bandwidth
is expiring in June, 2015. The FSMTC is
setting out this Request for Proposal to solicit proposals from satellite service vendors to provide ip
links over satellite for domestic traffic between the four states of the FSM. Link to Kosrae will be
primary ip link while Chuuk and Yap will be backup links to existing satellite links.
Background
Who We Are:
We are the Federated States of Micronesia Telecommunications
Corporation,
corporation
created by the laws of the Federated States of Micronesia.
corporation,
subject to the regulations of the FSM Government.
FSMTC hereinafter.
We operate as a private
FSMTC is comprised of a Board of Directors that consists of 5 members; one representative
the four State Governments,
one from the National Government
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from each of
and an ex-officio member whom is also
the President/ CEO of the FSMTC.
The FSMTC employs 150 employees.
We are a Tier 1 Service Provider being the only service provider in
the Federated States of Micronesia.
Who We Serve:
We serve the people of the Federated States of Micronesia, from Kosrae in the far east to Yap in the far
west, an area roughly 2 million square miles. Our customers are the businesses and private
entities/individuals
and all who choose to use our services within the Federated States of Micronesia.
FSMTC Headquarters " Post Office Box 1210. Pohnpei, FM 96941
Phone 1 691 3202740. Fax 1 691 3202745. httplfwww.fsmtc.fm " customerservice@fsmtc.fm
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Our Services:
We provide telecommunications
services including but not limited to basic telephone,
internet,
mobile
cellular services and DBTV in Yap and Chuuk and Hybrid Fiber/Coax CATV in Kosrae. We own and
operate a Top Level Domain of .fm.
General Technical Information
We own and operate 4 Earth Stations for Geosynchronous
satellites and 2 Earth Stations for Low Earth
Orbit satellites.
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The location of the satellite earth stations:
Earth Station & Ant. Size & Polarization
North Latitude
East Longitude
Pohnpei 18.3 Meters (circular Pol)
4.7 Meters (linear Pol)
6.96 degrees
158.102 degrees
Kosrae 13.5 Meters (circular Po!)
4.7 Meters (linear Pol)
5.19 degrees
162.58 degrees
Chuuk 13.5 Meters (Circular Pol)
4.7 Meters (linear Pol)
7.27 degrees
151.51 degrees
Yap 13.5 Meters
(Circular Pol)
4.7 Meters (linear Pol)
9.29 degrees
138.05 degrees
Pohnpei/Kosrae
25X15 Mbps
Double talk CnC
Pohnpei/Chuuk
10XI0 Mbps
Double talk CnC
Pohnpei /Yap
10XI0 Mbps
Double talk CnC
Carrier Size Requirements:
Polarization
Preferable for West Hemi beam (RHCP/LHCP) on circular polarization
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Modems
Comtech EF Data COM 625 Modems are employed at this time.
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antennas.
Price Proposals
Proposals shall indicate the Monthly
Recurring Charges (MRC) for all the commitment
terms
proposed.
Proposals shall include link budgets and equipment
proposed.
Contact Information
Questions regarding this proposal should address to:
Nahzar Yens
Technical Superintendent
FSM Telecommunications
Phone: 691-320-2740
Corporations
Fax: 691-320-2745
e-mail: nahzar.yens@fsmtc-fm
Proposals shall be submitted
joe.johnny@fsmtc.fm.
electronically
(e-mail) to: pedra.ladore@fsmtc.fm
with a copy to
Proposals shall be titled DOMESTIC IP BACKBONE RFP and submitted
no later
than 5:00PM Pohnpei Time (GMT +11) on May 25, 2015.
The FSMTC reserves the right to reject any/or all proposals deemed as not in the best interest of its
services to its customers.
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Signed this 1 day of May, 2015:
FSM Telecommunications
Corporation
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