(HEAD OFFICE:: BANGALORE)
RFP FOR
"SUPPLY, INSTALLATION AND COMMISSIONING OF DESKTOPCOMPURTERS”
TENDER REFERENCE NO : RFP 01/RAN/15-16
DATE OF TENDER DOCUMENT : 02.05.2015
LAST DATE FOR SUBMISSION OF TENDER : 23.05.2015(UPTO 03.00PM)
DATE OF OPENING OF TECHNICAL BID : 23.05.2015(AT 03.30PM)
COST OF TENDER DOCUMENT : Rs.2, 000/-
EARNEST MONEY DEPOSIT/ BG IN LIEU OF EMD:Rs.2, 00,000/-
NO. OF PAGES : 63pages ======
ISSUED BY : DEPUTYGENERAL MANAGER
CANARA BANK, Circle Office,
T M Section,
Kausalya Chambers
P P Compound
RANCHI834 001
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Contact Numbers :Tel – 0651-2331682
Fax- 0651-2330286
Email:
(Manager, T M Section)
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This document can be downloaded from Bank’s website .In that event, the suppliers should pay the cost of the tender document by means of DD drawn on any scheduled Commercial Bank for Rs.2,000/- in favour of Canara Bank, payable at RANCHI and enclose the same to Technical Bid of this tender.
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Bid Details in Brief
Sl. No. / Description / DetailsRFP No. and date / RFP 01/2015-2016dated 02.05.2015
Brief Description of the RFP / Supply, Installation and Commissioning of Desktop Computers
Bank’s Address for Communication and Submission of Tender / DEPUTYGENERAL MANAGER
CANARA BANK, Circle Office,
T M Section,
Kausalya Chambers
P P Compound
RANCHI834 001
Tel – 0651-2331682
Fax- 0651-2330286
Email:
(Manager, T M Section)
Date of Issue / 02.05.2015SATURDAY
Last Date of Submission of Bids / 23.05.2015, SATURDAYup to 3.00 PM
Date and time of Opening of Technical Bid. / 23.05.2015, SATURDAY up to 3.00 PM
Date and time opening of indicative price/Commercial bid / Will be intimated at a later date.
Application Fees (Not Refundable) / Rs. 2,000/-
Earnest Money Deposit(Refundable) / Rs. 2,00,000/-
This document can be downloaded from Bank’s website . In that event, the bidders should pay the Application Fee for tender document by means of DD drawn on any scheduled Commercial Bank for the above amount in favor of Canara Bank, payable at Ranchi and submit the same along with the Bid document.
DISCLAIMER
The information contained in this Request for Proposal (“RFP”) document or information provided subsequently to bidders or applicants whether verbally or in documentary form by or on behalf of Canara Bank (or Bank), is provided to the bidder(s) on the terms and conditions set out in this RFP document and all other terms and conditions subject to which such information is provided. This RFP document is not an agreement and is not an offer or invitation by Canara Bank to any parties other than the applicants who are qualified to submit the bids (hereinafter individually and collectively referred to as “Bidder” or “Bidders” respectively). The purpose of this RFP is to provide the Bidders with information to assist the formulation of their proposals. This RFP does not claim to contain all the information each Bidder require. Each Bidder may conduct its own independent investigations and analysis and is free to check the accuracy, reliability and completeness of the information in this RFP.Canara Bank makes no representation or warranty and shall incur no liability under any law, statute, rules or regulations as to the accuracy, reliability or completeness of this RFP. The information contained in the RFP document is selective and is subject to updating, expansion, revision and amendment. It does not purport to contain all the information that a Bidder require. Canara Bank does not undertake to provide any Bidder with access to any additional information or to update the information in the RFP document or to correct any inaccuracies therein, which may become apparent.
Canara Bank reserves the right of discretion to change, modify, add to or alter any or all of the provisions of this RFP and/or the bidding process, without assigning any reasons whatsoever. Such change will be published on the Bank's Website () and it will become part and parcel of RFP.
Canara Bank in its absolute discretion, but without being under any obligation to do so, update, amend or supplement the information in this RFP. Canara Bank reserves the right to reject any or all the request of proposals received in response to this RFP document at any stage without assigning any reason whatsoever. The decision of Canara Bank shall be final, conclusive and binding on all the parties.
LIST OF CONTENTS
Clause No. / TOPIC / ClauseNo. / TOPIC
- INTRODUCTION
1 / About Canara Bank / 28 / Correction of Error in Commercial Bid
2 / Definitions / 29 / Determination of L1 Price
3 / About RFP / 30 / Bid Validity Period
4 / Objective / 31 / Proposal ownership
5 / Eligibility Criteria / 32 / Project ownership
6 / Participation Methodology / 33 / Acceptance of offer
7 / Requirement Details / 34 / Award of Contracts
8 / Scope of Work
- BID PROCESS
9 / Bid Document and Cost / 35 / Effective Date
10 / Clarification to RFP & Pre-Bid queries / 36 / Project execution
11 / Amendment to Bidding Document / 37 / Execution of Agreement
12 / Bid System Offer / 38 / Delivery, Installation & Commissioning
13 / Preparation of Bids / 39 / Pre-Dispatch Inspection
14 / Earnest Money Deposit / 40 / Penalties/Liquidated Damages
15 / Make & Models / 41 / Pricing and Payments
16 / Documentation / 42 / Payment Terms
17 / Cost & Currency / 43 / Security Deposit / PB Guarantee
18 / Erasures or Alterations / 44 / Order cancellation/termination of contract
19 / Assumptions and Presumptions / 45 / Local support
20 / Submission of Bid / 46 / Software, Drivers and Manuals
21 / Bid opening / 47 / Training
C. SELECTION OF BIDDER / 48 / Warranty
22 / Preliminary Scrutiny / 49 / Annual Maintenance Contract
23 / Clarification of Offers / 50 / Scope involved during warranty & AMC period
24 / Evaluation of Bids / 51 / Spare parts
25 / Bidders Presentation/Site Visit/POC / 52 / MTBF
26 / Normalization of Bids / 53 / Defect Liability
E.GENERAL CONDITIONS / 64 / Amendments to the Agreement
54 / intellectual Property Rights / 65 / General Order Terms
55 / Roles & Responsibility during project Implementation / 66 / Negligence
56 / Indemnity / 67 / Responsibility for completeness
57 / Inspection of Records / 68 / Responsibilities of the Bidder
58 / Assignment / 69 / Force majeure
59 / Publicity / 70 / Corrupt and Fraudulent Practices
60 / Insurance / 71 / Resolution of disputes
61 / Guarantees / 72 / Modification/Cancellation of RFP
62 / Confidentiality and Non Disclosure / 73 / Jurisdiction of the court
63 / Amendments to the Purchase Order
- ANNEXURES
- APPENDICES
F. ANNEXURES ( To be submitted with Part A- Conformity to Eligibility Criteria)
Check List
Bid Covering Letter Format
Eligibility Criteria Declaration
Applicant’s Profile
Details of Offices/Branches/Service Centres
Authorization Letter Format
Non-Disclosure agreement format
ANNEXURES( To be submitted with Part-B –Technical Proposal)
Technical Bid Covering Letter format
Technical Specifications for Desktop Computers
Undertaking of Authenticity for Supply, Installation and Commissioningof Desktop Computers
Compliance Statement
Undertaking Letter Format
Escalation Matrix
Manufacturer/Distributor in India Authorization Form
ANNEXURES( To be submitted with Part-C -Commercial Bid)
Commercial Bid Covering Letter Format
Bill of Material(Indicative)
G. APPENDICES
Instructions for Part A-Conformity to Eligibility Criteria
Instructions for Part B-Technical Proposal
Instructions for Part C-Commercial Bid
Performa Bank Guarantee for Contract Performance
Bank Guarantee Format for Earnest Money Deposit
Location Details
Business Rules and Terms & Conditions of Reverse Auction
- INTRODUCTION
1.About Canara Bank
CANARA BANK, a body Corporate and a premier Public Sector Bank established in the Year 1906 and nationalized under the Banking Companies (Acquisition and Transfer of Undertakings) Act, 1970, having its Head office at 112, J C Road Bangalore-560002 and among others is having Circle Office at Kausalya Chambers, P P Compound, and Main Road Ranchi-834001. The Bank is having pan India presence of more than 4755 branches and 42 Circle offices situated across the States. The Bank is working on Core Banking System using Flex cube solutions. The Bank is a forerunner in implementation of IT related products and services and continuously making efforts to provide the state of art technological products to its customers.
2.Definitions
2.1.‘Bank’ means unless excluded by and repugnant context or the meaning thereof, shall mean ‘Canara Bank’, described in more detail in paragraph 1 above and which has invited bids under this Request for Proposal and shall be deemed to include it successor and permitted assigns.
2.2.‘RFP’ means Request for Proposal for Supply, Installation and commissioning of Desktop Computers
2.3.‘Bidder’ means a vendor submitting the proposal in response of RFP.
2.4. ‘Contract’ means the agreement signed by successful bidder and the Bank at the conclusion of bidding process, wherever required.
2.5.‘‘Successful Bidder’/ ‘L1 bidder’ means the Bidder who is found to be the lowest bidder after conclusion of the bidding process including the reverse auction, if any, subject to compliance to all the Terms and Conditions of the RFP, etc.
3.About RFP
The Bank wishes to procure Desktop Computers from reputed vendors. In this connection, Bank invites sealed offers (‘Conformity to Eligibility Criteria’, ‘Technical Proposal’ and ‘Commercial Bid’) for Supply, Installation and Commissioning of Desktop Computers as per the Terms & Conditions, Technical Specifications and Scope of Work described elsewhere in this document.
4.Objective
The Bank proposes to procure Desktop Computers as per the Terms & Conditions, Technical Specifications and Scope of Work described elsewhere in this document.
5.Eligibility Criteria:
A vendor submitting the proposal in response to this RFP shall hereinafter be referred to as ‘Bidder’ and Supply, Installation and Commissioning ofDesktop Computers in the Bank shall hereinafter be referred as “Solution”.
Interested Bidders, who can supply, Installation and commissioning of Desktop Computers in the Bank and meeting the following Eligibility Criteria may respond:
Sl. No. / Eligibility Criteria / Documents to be submitted with this RFPThe Bidder should be a registered Company in India as per Indian Companies Act, 1956. / Copy of Certificate of Incorporation and Certificate of Commencement of business in case of Public Limited Company or Certificate of incorporation in case Private Limited Company, issued by the Registrar of Companies.
The registration no. of the firm /company along with Sales Tax no. / Valid IT Certificate /Certificate of Incorporation.
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(OR)
An authorized dealer / If the applicant is Manufacturer, they should have manufacturing and testing facilities of international standards and should enclose the details of locations where the manufacturing and testing facilities are available.
If the bidder is an Authorized Dealer, an Authorization letter from their OEM to deal/market their product in India and it should be valid for a minimum period of 6 years period.
Manufacturer / Dealer / Distributor Certificate.
The IT turnover of the Bidder should be minimum Rs.10 Crores per year during last two financial years (i.e. 2012-2013,2013-14) / 1. The Bidder must produce a certificate from the Company's Chartered Accountant to this effect.
2. Audited balance Sheet for last 2 Years (i.e. 2012-2013, 2013-14).
The applicant shall have local office in Jharkhand / The Bidders to furnish their existing service centre infrastructure details like contact details with postal address, no. of engineers, jurisdiction of the engineer etc besides Local Contact Person Name, Address, Phone No, Mobile No, Email etc.
The bidder should have supplied at least 50 Desktops each year in the last two years (up to 31/03/2014) / Proof of Orders issued by Banks, Reputed Companies & Public Sector Undertakings to be submitted. The purchase order issued by the Bank, Reputed Companies & Public Sector Undertakings should be addressed in the name of the bidder.
6.Participation Methodology:
In a tender either the Indian Agent on behalf of the Principal/OEM or Principal/OEM itself can bid but both cannot bid simultaneously for the same item/product in the same tender.
If an agent bids on behalf of the Principal/OEM, the same agent shall not submit a bid on behalf of another Principal/OEM in the same tender for the same item/product.
In the event of Agent/Representative being not able to perform the obligations as per the provisions of the contract/warranty, the principal Bidder should assume complete responsibility on behalf of the OEM/Agent for providing end-to-end solution i.e., technology, personnel, financial and any other infrastructure that would be required to meet intent of this RFP.
7.Requirement Details
Bank invite sealed offers (‘Conformity to Eligibility Criteria’, ‘Technical Proposal’ and ‘Commercial Bid’) for Supply, Installation and Commissioning of Desktop Computers for Branches of the Bank as per the Terms & Conditions, Technical Specifications and Scope of Work described elsewhere in this document. The brief description of Desktop Computers is furnished in following tables:
Sl. No. / Item details / Estimated Qty / Locations1 / Desktop Computers / 50 / The Details of the Branches where the Desktop Computers are required will be intimated at the time of placing the order.
Detailed technical specification for each of the above tables is furnished in ANNEXURE-9. All the Hardware ordered for Supply, Installation and Commissioning of Desktop Computers should have comprehensive onsite warranty of one year.
8.Scope of Work
8.1.The Scope of the work is for Supply, Installation & CommissioningDesktop Computers as per the quantity detailed under clause 7.
8.2.The scope of the Services and Maintenance is to be provided for a period of Six years from the date of acceptance by the bank.
8.3.The Bidder should maintain the hardware during warranty period of 1 Year. During the warranty period, the Bidder is bound to do all hardware spares replacement without extra cost to Bank covering all parts & labour from the date of acceptance of the hardware by the Bank at the respective locations i.e. on-site comprehensive warranty. The Bank, however, reserves the right to enter into Annual Maintenance Contract (AMC) agreement either location-wise or from a single centralized location.
8.4.For delivery location, the Bidder is expected to provide items with the related hardware, all subsystems, software drivers and manuals etc.
8.5.The Bidder should note that Desktop Computers being procured shall be delivered at location as per requirements of bank and the Bidder will be required to support all such installations. The Bank reserves the right to change location by giving prior notice.
8.6.The configuration as per the technical and other specifications of the Desktop Computers must be functional and installed from the day one.
8.7.Hardware and Software installation and configuration for the entire set up to be handled by the qualified/experienced personnel only.
8.8.During installation if the bank requires any new Software/OS/Utility, vendor has to install without any cost where the licenses of the software are with the Bank.
8.9.All necessary cables and other accessories required for successful installation of the hardware items as per the Scope of Work to be supplied by the Bidder and the cost of the same to be added along with the respective Hardware items.
8.10.The Bidder should provide the Desktop Computers with Bank logo as stickers along with installation.
8.11.Project Completion and Management
8.11.1.For smooth completion of project the Bidder should identify one or two of its representatives at Ranchias a single point of contact for the Bank.
8.11.2.Project implementation team should be conversant with local rules and conditions to resolve the issues, if any.
- BID PROCESS
9.Bid Document & Cost:
9.1.This document can be downloaded from Bank’s website In that event, the bidders should pay the Application Fee of Rs.2,000/- for tender document by means of DD drawn on any scheduled Commercial Bank for the above amount in favor of Canara Bank, payable at Ranchi and submit the same along with the Technical Bid document.
9.2.Submission of the cost of the Bid document in other than “Part-A-Conformity to the Eligibility Criteria” is liable to be rejected on grounds of non-payment of the cost of Bid document.
9.3.The Bidder shall bear all costs associated with the preparation and submission of the Bid and Bank will not be responsible for the costs, regardless of the conduct or outcome of the bidding process. The Bank is not liable for any cost incurred by the Bidder in replying to this RFP. It is also clarified that no binding relationship will exist between any of the respondents and the Bank until the execution of the contract.
10.Clarification to RFP and Pre-Bid Queries:
10.1.The bidder should carefully examine and understand the specifications, terms and conditions of the RFP and may seek clarifications, if required. The bidders in all such cases seek clarification in writing in the same serial order of that of the RFP by mentioning the relevant page number and clause number of the RFP.
10.2.All communications regarding points requiring clarifications and any doubts shall be given in writing to the Deputy General Manager, Technology Management Section, Circle Office, Ranchi by the intending bidders before 01:00 PM on 23.05.2015 (SATURDAY).
10.3.No oral or individual consultation shall be entertained.
11.Amendment to Bidding Document:
11.1.At any time prior to deadline for submission of Bids, the Bank, for any reason, whether, at its own initiative or in response to a clarification requested by prospective bidder, may modify the bidding document, by amendment.
11.2.Notification of amendments will be made available on the Bank’s website (i.e. and will be binding on all bidders and no separate communication will be issued in this regard.
11.3.In order to allow prospective bidders reasonable time in which to take the amendment into account in preparing their bids, the Bank, at its discretion, may extend the deadline for a reasonable period as decided by the Bank for the submission of Bids.
12.Bid System Offer
12.1.Bid shall have the following 3 (Three) parts:
12.1.1.Part-A - Eligibility Conformity: Indicating their compliance to Eligibility Criteria. The format for submission of Conformity to Eligibility Criteria is as per APPENDIX-A.
12.1.2.Part-B - Technical Proposal: indicating the response to the Technical and Functional requirement specification of Supply, Installation and Commissioning ofDesktop computersin our Bank. The format for submission of Technical Proposal is as per APPENDIX-B.
12.1.3.Part-C - Commercial Bid: furnishing all relevant information as required as per Bill of Material as per ANNEXURE-16. The format for submission of Commercial bid is as per APPENDIX-C.
13.Preparation of Bids:
13.1.The Bid shall be typed or written in English language with font size of 12 in indelible ink and shall be signed by the Bidder or a person or persons duly authorized to bind the Bidder to the Contract. The person or persons signing the Bids shall affix signature in all pages of the Bids, except for un-amended printed literature.
13.1.1.The three parts as stated above should be placed in three separate envelopessuper scribed with ‘Conformity to Eligibility Criteria’, ‘Technical Proposal’ and ‘Commercial Bid’ respectively and properly closed and sealed. Thereafter, all the three envelops shall be placed inside another envelope and properly closed and sealed. The final envelope should be superscribed as “Offer for Supply, Installation and Commissioning of Desktop Computers in response to RFP-01/RAN/15-16Dt.02.05.2015” (includes separately sealed ‘Conformity to Eligibility Criteria’, ‘Technical Proposal’ and ‘Commercial Bid’) on the top of the envelope.