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Description / Scope of Work
Pakistan State Oil Company Limited (PSO) invites quotations for the provision of Secondary Internet Services at PSO House, Clifton, Karachi, Sindh. The service sought is a 300 Mbps Committed Information Rate (CIR) fully dedicated, unshared and uncompressed internet bandwidth connection. The tender reference is IT-A4956SJ dated 7 October 2026, with quotations due by 30 October 2026. The scope includes supply of two public IP pools with 30 and 4 usable addresses respectively, BGP connectivity configuration for PSO's Autonomous System, DDoS protection on 10 public IP addresses, and provision of 10 additional public IP addresses at disaster recovery sites (LMT Korangi and Kotlakhpat). The service is required for a 36-month term.
Eligibility criteria require that the bidder hold a valid Pakistan Telecommunication Authority (PTA) license for 2026 with ability to provide nationwide services. Bidders must demonstrate resilient, self-healing network architecture on fiber medium with connectivity to at least two different international gateways in Pakistan or own gateway infrastructure. The ISP must provide Service Level Agreement documentation, redundant local loop connectivity, and dedicated Network Monitoring System with bandwidth utilization, packet loss and latency reporting capabilities. Any entity currently providing primary internet services to PSO is ineligible. Bidders using subcontractor local loop infrastructure must submit relevant PTA licenses from those subcontractors.
Bid documents are available from PSO House, Khayaban-e-Iqbal, Clifton, Karachi-75600, Pakistan (Telephone: 021-9203866-85, Fax: 021-9203796). Quotations must be submitted by 30 October 2026. The notice specifies performance requirements including packet loss less than 1 percent, average latency not exceeding 300 milliseconds, jitter maximum 30 milliseconds, and network availability exceeding 99.8 percent monthly. PSO reserves the right to conduct capability assessments and award to the lowest technically qualified bidder based on overall commercial considerations.
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PSO seeks a secondary 300 Mbps dedicated internet link with strict performance guarantees (sub-1% packet loss, 300ms latency, 30ms jitter, 99.8% uptime).
Bidders must hold active PTA licenses, demonstrate dual international gateway connectivity, provide BGP configuration and DDoS protection. The contract spans 36 months across multiple locations including Karachi and two DR sites. Notably, primary service providers are barred from bidding, creating opportunity for specialist secondary providers with robust infrastructure and compliance credentials.
Who can bid: Bidders must hold valid PTA license for 2026 and demonstrate nationwide service capability. ISP infrastructure must feature fiber-based resilient architecture with dual international gateway connectivity. Documentary evidence of SLA compliance, backend bandwidth adequacy, and PTA licensing (including subcontractor licenses if applicable) is mandatory. Typically, telecommunication service providers must also possess NTN registration and SECP compliance certification.