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WORLD BANK(WB) has floated a tender for Bhutan: Technical and Policy Assessment for Building Digital Resilience. The project location is Bhutan and the tender is closing on 30 Jun 2025. The tender notice number is 0002016828, while the TOT Ref Number is 120743280. Bidders can have further information about the Tender and can request the complete Tender document by Registering on the site.
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Country : Bhutan
Summary : Bhutan: Technical and Policy Assessment for Building Digital Resilience
Deadline : 30 Jun 2025
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Notice Type : Tender
TOT Ref.No.: 120743280
Document Ref. No. : 0002016828
Financier : World Bank (WB)
Purchaser Ownership : Public
Tender Value : Refer Document
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Background and contextBhutan is accelerating digitaltransformation to improve service delivery, facilitate trade, and createeconomic opportunities for youth. However, Bhutan-s digital connectivity anddata infrastructure remain vulnerable to natural disasters, which underminesBhutan-s digital aspirations.Bhutan-s internet connectivity isimpacted by its landlocked nature and constrained connectivity through India toaccess undersea cables. The two international gateways in Phuentsholing andGelephu are both connected through India-s narrow chicken neck Siliguricorridor, and the entire country can become ‘disconnected- when there arecritical service interruptions in this corridor which is also vulnerable toclimate risks. A third link to connect to Bangladesh (through India) is underpreparation which is expected to add redundancy. However, further work isneeded to assess technical and policy options to improve resilience andreliability of Bhutan-s internet connectivity, in both cross-border anddomestic networks. In addition to internet and telecommunication systems, it isalso crucial to strengthen the resilience of Bhutan-s data infrastructure toensure minimal service interruptions and data loss in the event of naturaldisasters and other exogenous shocks.The RGoB is interested in assessing technical options tobetter connect Bhutan with international connectivity (not limited to thecurrent links through India) and adoption of technological solutions such as, but not limited to, Low Earth Orbit (LEO) satellite for remote areas and fordisaster recovery. For data infrastructure, while the ACCESS program plans tostrengthen disaster recovery capabilities of the government data center (GDC), the RGoB is interested in innovative solutions to strengthen resilience, including options to utilize data centers and commercial cloud computing orvirtual resources outside of Bhutan for geographic separation and reducingdiscovery recovery time. The RGoB is also exploring a hybrid cloud s...
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