Invitation for Bid for the supply and installation of a 5KW UHF Transmitter Antennae, Feeder Cable, Programme Input Equipment (PIE), Digital Video Measurement Equipment, with optional Boards and Modules

The Management of the Nigerian Television Authority (NTA) invites bids from interested, competent and reputable Contractors to bid for the supply and installation of a 5KW UHF Transmitter Antennae, Feeder Cable, Programme Input Equipment (PIE), Digital Video Measurement Equipment, with optional Boards and Modules.
The details are:

5KW UHF Transmitter and Equipment
1.1 Transmitter Specifications

• Type R&S THU9
• Output Power 5.2Kw (Sync Peak)
• RF Out EIA 15/8
• Cooling Liquid Cool
• Switching Simple Switching over to Digital
• Power Supply 220-240AC, 50Hz.

1.2. Antenna

• Type Panel
• Model ZUVP
• Polarization Vertical
• Band UHF Bandiv/v (Channels 27 through 69)
• Gain 11dB
• Return Loss Better than - 20dB

1.3 Feeder Cable

• Type Coaxial (3 ½”)
• Line Impedance 50? (fifty ohms)
• Length 1 60metres

1.4 Programme Input Equipment (PIE)

• Digital Video Measurement Equipment
• Type/Model DVM400

1.4.2 Optional Boards /Modules to be included

• DVM400-B1: MPEG Analysis Board
• DVM400-B500: RF Carrier Board and Decoder Extension
• DVM-B52: DVB-TIDVB-H Receiver Module
• DVM400-B30: Video and Audio Hardware Decoding
• DVM-K1: T8 Monitoring) activation of one channel
• DVM-K 10: In-Depth Analysis

Interested Contractors are also required to submit the following documents in respect of their companies:

• Tax Clearance Certificate for the last three (3) years.
• Evidence of Company Registration with Corporate Affairs Commission.
• Evidence of Company Registration with relevant Professional Bodies in Nigeria
• Profile of the Firm
• Having fulfilled all obligations to pay Pensions to its staff.

Closing Date
All bids must be received not later than 12.00pm on the 24th of October and shall be opened on Friday the 26th in the Post-Mortem Hall. Bidders or representatives of bidding companies are invited to attend the opening exercise.

NB: This advert had earlier been placed in some of the National Newspapers. We are placing it again because of the EIL-EL-KABIR holiday which coincided with the day of the opening of the bids.
The new date for OPENING THE BIDS is now 2ND NOVEMBER: 2012 at 10.00am at the Post Mortem Hall, NTA Headquarters, Area 11, Garki, Abuja.

Signed: Engr. Nosa osawe
Chairman Procurement Planning Committee
For: Director General