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Ministry of Economic Development
Male’
Rep. of Maldives
Ref No: A-13/2009 10
February 2009
Call
for Expression of Interest (EOI) by Maldives National Broadcasting Corporation
Limited (MNBC) ; For joint venture partnerships in relevant areas of broadcasting
and media industry; including Satellite Cable Network, Media Training, New
Media and Print Media.
Description of
Requirement
The Maldives National
Broadcasting Corporation (MNBC) is the state-owned public broadcasting service
provider.
MNBC, incorporated in
the
The corporate strategy
of MNBC is to deliver high quality and reliable services to the public while
maximizing the development of the corporation in order to sustain it as a
leader in the Maldivian broadcasting sector. For this reason MNBC believes
further growth could be achieved by joining with other local and international
parties and gaining assistance of sharing resources, expertise and
technologies.
Scope of
Services
MNBC is looking forward
to explore new opportunities and keep its policy open towards expanding new
areas of services through joint ventures with other potential consortiums in
the field. The aim of the partnership is to expand into new areas of services
and further improve the quality of the outputs and at the same time to increase
the profitability of the corporation.
Expression of
Interest
MNBC
is inviting both local and international entrepreneurs to submit written
Expression of Interest (EOI) to form joint ventures in developing new
businesses in areas relevant to media and the broadcasting industry
The EOI shall
consist of the following;
1. Brief introduction of the applicant including
company profile and current management details of the firm.
2. Brief concept
paper on how the firm proposes for a prospective Joint Venture with the MNBC.
Important Notice
1. The EOI does
not constitute a solicitation. The MNBC reserves the right to change or cancel
the requirement at any time during the EOI and solicitation process. Thus,
submitting a reply to an EOI does not automatically guarantee that the firm
will be considered for receipt of the solicitation when issued.
2. Parties with
potential proposals will be invited for further discussions and negotiations
for developing any prospective businesses relevant to the core business areas
of the corporation.
3. Parties
selected for solicitation will be invited for detailed discussions, to survey
the existing facilities and to shape and propose the project in detail.
4. Any queries
and clarification that the interested parties may have can be directed to the
correspondence address given below.
Time Line
Deadline
for the submission of Expression of Interest 23 February 2009
Short listing of parties to be completed by 2 March 2009
Request for Proposals sent to shortlisted parties 2 March 2009
Deadline for submission of proposals 13 April
2009
Evaluation of submitted proposals to be complete by 20 April 2009
Proposed date for signing of the MOU 4
May 2009
The EOI’s must
be submitted to:
Invest
Maldives
Ministry
of Economic Development
H.Maizan,
1st Floor,
Sosun
Magu,
Male’,
Rep.of Maldives,
Tel:
(960) 3324767, Fax (960) 3322528
Email:
[email protected],
Website:
www.investmaldives.org