MCIT’s Notice on Selection of Consultancy Firm for providing

Package C1.2 of Afghanistan ICT Sector Development Project of MCIT

This is to inform all concerned that Grail Consulting Services of India with Office at D-58; Kaushambai; NCR;  Delhi-India; has been selected for the advertized Consultancy Assignment.

Details are given as under:-

1) Consultants who submitted their technical and financial Proposals:

   a) Avasant LLC, USA; b) Grail Consulting Services, India;

 c) Infotech Global Private Ltd., Singapore

2)  Technical scores awarded to each Consultant: Avasant LLC - 95.800 out of 100;

 Grail Consulting Services - 84.924 out of 100;  InfoTech Global Private Ltd. - 77.075 out of 100

3) Financial scores awarded to each consultant: Avasant LLC - 41.225 out of 100;

Grail Consulting Services - 100 out of 100; Infotech Global Private Ltd. 49.888 out of 100

4) Weightage to Technical Score - 80% and to Financial Score - 20%

5) Combined technical and financial scores: Avasant LLC  - 84.88 out of 100; Grail Consulting Services - 87.93 out of 100; Infotech Global Private Ltd.- 71.63 out of 100

6) Ranking of each Consultant based on combined scores: Avasant LLC  -Rank II;

Grail Consulting Services - Rank I; Infotech Global Private Ltd. - Rank - III

7) Name of the Winning Consultant: Grail Consulting Services of India

8) Contract Price: 154,838.70 US Dollars, inclusive of Taxes as applicable in Afghanistan

9) Duration of the Contract: 06 Months

10) Summary Scope of the Contract:

1. To work with MCIT, through a consultative process, to create a national ICT Policy document that defines the strategic goals for the sector to 2020 within the particular context of Afghanistan;

In this process, to define visionary yet achievable and actionable objectives, strategies and implementation mechanisms to develop the appropriate information infrastructure for the g