Five telecommunications service providers bid to provide services to Dominica for the next 15 years

The Ministry of Information, Communications, & Technology through the Government of Dominica has opened the bidding process for Communications Service providers in the market to provide services to the Commonwealth of Dominica.
 
Five Telecommunications Service Providers have placed their bids to provide the service to Dominica for the next 15 years. The companies both local and international presented the relevant documents during a bidding process at the government headquarters in Roseau Friday.
 
The bidders are FLOW, Digicel, HP, CPSI and Sismil. They all made representations with the hope that they will be able to provide the service. Kelver Darroux is the Minister for ICT.

​ICT Minister Kelver Darroux
 
The bidding process will continue next week during an evaluation where all the technical areas that need to be ironed out will be brought up and addressed so that a bidder can be selected.
 
Permanent Secretary at Government of Commonwealth of Dominica Lucien Blackmoore spoke.

Permanent Secretary, Lucien Blackmoore
 
The bidding closed at 9:55 am on Friday, where the Director of Telecoms Bennett Thomas called on all bidders to keep their time, and ensure that they have all the relevant documents and personnel for the official presentation today Monday.

Director of Telecoms Bennet Thomas.