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[null,"Bidder's Name"]
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[null,"Links Offered by Bidder",{"$nulls":4},"Prices are in RAND Excluding VAT"]
[null,"Route Option","Route Description \n(Underground or Overhead)","RFP Number 3575/09/06/2023 - \nManaged Bandwidth links \nfor the South African National Research Network (SANReN) Backbone Extensions in the Eastern Cape Province",null,null,"Terms: 60 month payment schedule options"]
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[{"$nulls":3},"Capacity","Site A","Site B","Monthly \n(60 x payments)","Annual \n(5 x payments)","Once-off  Payment for full contract period (1 x payment)","Comments"]
[null,"Link 1",null,"10Gbps","Nelson Mandela University (Gqeberha) ","Rhodes University Struben Building (Makhanda) "]
[null,"Link 2",null,"10Gbps","University of Fort Hare (Alice) ","Rhodes University Struben Building (Makhanda)"]
[null,"Link 3",null,"10Gbps","Rhodes University AMM Building (Makhanda) ","University of Fort Hare (Bhisho) "]
[null,"Link 4",null,"10Gbps","University of Fort Hare (Bhisho) ","University of Fort Hare (East London) "]
[null,"Link 5",null,"10Gbps","University of Fort Hare (Bhisho) ","University of Fort Hare (Potsdam) "]
[null,"Link 6",null,"10Gbps","University of Fort Hare (Potsdam) ","University of Fort Hare (East London) "]
[null,"Link 7",null,"10Gbps","University of Fort Hare (East London) ","Walter Sisulu University (Butterworth) "]
[null,"Link 8",null,"10Gbps","Walter Sisulu University (Butterworth) ","Walter Sisulu University (Mthatha) "]
[null,"Link 9",null,"10Gbps","Walter Sisulu University (Mthatha) ","Teraco DB1 (eThekwini) "]
[null,"Link 10",null,"10Gbps","University of Kwazulu-Natal (Pietermaritzburg) ","University of Kwazulu-Natal (Howard College) "]
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[null,"Notes:"]
[null,"1. The bidders are hereby requested to fill-in only the cells marked in GREEN."]
[null,"2. Route description: the link is regarded as Overhead if it is NOT 100% end-to-end Underground."]
[null,"3. All payment options are independent of one another. The Monthly, Annual and Once-off payment costs are separate and will not be summed together during evaluation."]
[null,"4. CSIR reserves the right to negotiate the terms of the payment schedule, i.e. to choose which payment option to contract on."]
[null,"5. Costs to be provided for a contract term of 60 months."]
[null,"6. All pricing must be fixed and provided in Rands excluding VAT."]
[null,"7. The costs must include Service Level Costs, including monitoring, maintenance & permanent repairs."]
[null,"8. Bidders must provide all three (3) payment options. If bidders cannot provide all the payment options they must provide comments as to why they cannot do so. The actual payment schedule will be discussed during contracting."]