April 04, 2011

As part of the grant received from the International Bank for Reconstruction and Development (IBRD) dedicated to fund the Telecommunications Regulatory Capacity Building Project, the TRA has started the procurement process in order to apply part of the proceeds of this grant to payments under the contract for Part 2: "Building Capacity of the TRA on Spectrum Policy and ICT Convergence Regulatory Issues."

Following the publication of the request for Expressions of Interest notice in the Official Gazette, and both the TRA and World Bank websites, the TRA received 18 responses and concluded the short-listing process which resulted in the selection of 6 firms. The selection process was based on the experience of the firms in Spectrum Policy as well as ICT Convergence Regulatory issues.

The 6 short-listed firms are:

1. Telecommunications Management Group (TMG)
2. Joint venture of Ovum Europe Ltd and Aegis Systems Ltd
3. Joint Venture of Horus Telecom & Utilities, JIDCOM and ADETEF
4. InterConnect Communications Ltd
5. Intercai Mondiale Limited WLL
6. Joint venture of TTI Europe and Hellerstein & Associates

The TRA has dispatched today the Request For Proposals (RFP) for the " Building Capacity of the TRA on Spectrum Policy and ICT Convergence Regulatory Issues" project, including detailed Terms of Reference, to the 6 short-listed firms. In that regard, they are now invited to submit technical and financial proposals no later than the following date and time: May 10, 2011 at 3:00 p.m.

Further information may be obtained at the following link www.tra.gov.lb/Capacity-Building or by contacting the TRA at the address below.

Telecommunications Regulatory Authority, Marfaa 200 Building, Beirut Central District, Beirut, Lebanon. Main : + 961 1 964 300 Fax : + 961 1 964 341, cbtf@tra.gov.lb