Definition of the relevant market for wholesale wireline high-speed transport services in Canada

Solicitation number CRTC-24-0038

Publication date

Closing date and time 2024/08/01 14:00 EDT

Last amendment date


    Description

    The CRTC requires the Contractor to:
    i. Assist CRTC staff in designing, collecting, and analyzing relevant marketplace information necessary to support a market definition exercise, as needed.

    ii. Collect and analyze information describing the products currently available that are or could be used to offer wholesale wireline high-speed transport services in Canada, including their locations, capacity and limitations in the provisions of such wholesale wireline high-speed transport services. This assessment should include, but not be limited to, the services listed in Telecom Decision 2008-17.

    iii. Conduct an in-depth analysis of the services considered in ii. above, to determine whether each would be in the relevant product market for wireline high-speed transport services, including a description and assessment of which factors and considerations were used to determine whether the services could be considered substitutes.

    iv. Provide description and assessment of telecom network configuration and competitor requirements for purchasing transport services, plus the different types of geographic markets that could be considered the smallest area where consumers would not be willing to switch supplier. Different sizes and types of geographic markets should be considered, including points of interconnection, routes, exchanges, regions, provinces.

    v. Conduct an analysis of the geographic markets considered in iv. to determine the most relevant for the defining the wholesale wireline high-speed transport services market in Canada, including a description and assessment of which factors and considerations were used to determine whether the geographic market is small enough to warrant switching.

    vi. Draft a definition of the wholesale wireline high-speed transport services market in Canada. The definition should be concise, precise, comprehensive and allow for upcoming technological changes, and include:
    a. The relevant product market, which involves an assessment of the group of products that consumers would consider to be substitutes for the service.
    b. The relevant geographic market for a product or service, which involves assessing the geographic area in which a customer purchases a service and whether or not a customer would be willing to switch from a supplier in one area to a supplier in another area.

    Contract duration

    The estimated contract period will be 5 month(s).

    Trade agreements

    • Canada-Korea Free Trade Agreement (CKFTA)

    Reason for limited tendering

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    • None

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    Contact information

    Contracting organization

    Organization
    Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission
    Address

    1 Promenade du Portage

    Gatineau, National Capital Region (NCR), K1A 0N2
    Canada
    Contracting authority
    Nicole Fortin
    Phone
    (873) 354-4832
    Email
    Approvisionnements-Procurements@crtc.gc.ca
    Address

    1 Promenade du Portage

    Gatineau, National Capital Region (NCR), K1A0N2
    Canada
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    Summary information

    Notice type
    Request for Proposal
    Language(s)
    English, French
    Region(s) of delivery
    Canada
    Region of opportunity
    Canada
    Contract duration
    5 month(s)
    Procurement method
    Competitive – Open Bidding
    Selection criteria
    Highest Combined Rating of Technical Merit and Price

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