AMENDMENT No .1

Tender no : Tender / VDR /01 Date : 19.04.2018

Sub : TENDER FOR VIRTUAL DATA ROOM (VDR) SERVICE PROVIDER FOR SECURELY HOSTING THE DOCUMENTS FOR DUE DILIGENCE IN RELATION TO THE STRATEGIC DISINVESTMENT OF AIR INDIA LIMITED

This refers to our tender no . Tender/ VDR/01 dated 05.04.2018 hosted on Air India website with the last date and time for submission of tender proposal up to 20.04.2018 at 1500 Hrs(Indian Standard Time).

The tenderers are requested to take note of following amendments and accordingly, proposal for both technical and financial bid may be forwarded to the address as mentioned in the tender and accordingly, the last date and time for submission of tender proposal is extended up to 23.04.2018 at 1500 Hrs (Indian Standard Time). Also, the due and time of opening of the technical bid proposal is extended upto 23.04.2018 at 1530 hrs (IST). In case of any tenderer have already forwarded the proposal to Us, they are allowed to revise the proposal as per the following amendments :

1.EMD :Clause 2 of Earnest Money Deposit (EMD) may be amended as follows :

a.The Bidders are required to submit an earnest money deposit (EMD) for INR 20,0000 /- ( Twenty thousand only) or USD 310 by way of Wire Transfer / RTGS / NEFT / ECS / Demand Draft / Bankers Cheque in favor of Air India Limited along with the Technical Bid, before last date and time of Bid submission. EMD may be remitted as per the details mentioned below :

NAME OF BENEFICIARY:AIR INDIA LIMITED

PAN NO. :AACCN6194P

NAME OF BANK : STATE BANK OF INDIA

ADDRESS OF BANK: STATE BANK OF INDIA

COMML.DEPTT.,

PARLIAMENT STREET

NEW DELHI-110001

INDIA

ACCOUNT NUMBER: 110842-78183

MICR CODE: 110002087

IFSC CODE: SBIN0000691

SWIFT NUMBER: SBININBB104

b.In addition to above mode of payment,MSME vendors registered with the following agencies are exempted from paying EMD as above :

District Industries Centres (DIC)

Khadi and Village Industries Commission (KVIC)

Khadi and Village Industries Board

Coir Board

National Small Industries Corporation (NSIC)

Directorate of Handicraft and Handloom

Any other body specified by Ministry of MSME.

c.MSEs participating in the tender must submit the certificate of registration with anyone of the above agencies indicating the details of the particular tendered item along with their bid, for exemption to EMD.

d.The Micro and Small Enterprises not registered for the particular trade/item for which tender is relevant, would not be eligible for exemption / preference.

e.The registration certificate issued from any one of the above agencies must be valid as on close date of the tender. The successful bidder should ensure that the same is valid till the end of the contract period.

f.The MSEs, who have applied for registration or renewal of registration with any of the above agencies/bodies, but have not obtained the valid certificate as on close date of the tender, are not eligible for exemption / preference.

2.Bid Currency :

Prices shall be expressed in Indian National Rupees (INR) only or in USD USD amount will be converted into its equivalent INR for financial bid evaluation based on the SBI TT exchange rate (USD to INR) on the date of opening of financial bid.

3.Liquidated Damages for delay / Non performance of contract execution :

There would be damages applicable under the contract with the successful Bidder. These damages would be for delays attributable to delay/non performance in executing the contract and would attract liquidated damages @ 0.5% (zero point five percent) per week or part thereof of the contract value subject to a maximum of 10% (ten percent) of the contract value

4.The following amendments of the workscope as well as Annexure-3 are to be incorporated in the tender :

Clause No. / Existing clause / Modified Clause
Sr. No. 5 of Annexure-3 / The VDR should support in browser viewing of all major business file formats like PDF, MS Office (Word, Excel and Power-point), Common image file format like JPEG, PNG, Media file format like MP4. / The VDR should support in browser viewing of all major business file formats like PDF, MS Office (Word, Excel and Power-point), Common image file format like JPEG, PNG etc. with access protection.
Sr. No.24 of Annexure-3 / IP restriction for login to particular IP address / To be deleted.

Accordingly, the technical evaluation will be carried out as per modified clause of Annexure -3.

5.Financial Bid Format ( Annxure – 8 ) :

The following amendment in the Financial bid for mat may be incorporated and financial bid evaluation will be carried out as given below :

a.Prices shall be expressed in Indian National Rupees (INR) or United States Dollar (USD)

b.USD amount will be converted into its equivalent INR for financial bid evaluation based on the SBI TT exchange rate (USD to INR) on the date of opening of financial bid.

c.Applicable Tax deduction at source as per indian income tax rules will be deducted from the payment.In case of any foreign bidder requiring Air India to make payment net of applicable indian income taxes ( Tax deduction at Source),loading for such applicable withholding tax would be loaded on the financial bid of the bidder

d.The Lowest of the aggregated costs at S.no 4 (S.no 1 to 3) of all the above elements will be computed after including the financial bid loading or payment terms and/or impact of indian taxes for awarding the contract to the Bidder.

e.For Non Resident bidders, following additional documents for the year 2018 are mandatorily required:

i. Tax residency documents issued by tax authorities of the resident country of the entity.

ii. No Permanent Establishment (PE) certificate

iii. Form-10 F as per indian income tax rules

6.In view of the above amendments to be incorporated in the tender , the last date and time for submission of tender proposal is extended up to 23.04.2018 at 1500 Hrs (Indian Standard Time). Also, the due and time of opening of the technical bid proposal is extended upto 23.04.2018 at 1530 hrs (IST).

7. The master envelope containing technical and financial bid should be submitted strictly on or before 23.04.2018 by 1500 hrs. (IST)at the following address by either courier or hand delivery.

General Manager-MM,

Materials Management Department,

Air India Ltd.,

IGI Airport , Terminal –I,

New Delhi 110 003

India

8.The above amendments supersedes and have overriding effects on the tender terms and condition of Tender /VDR/01 dated 05.04.2018 if any contrary to the meaning and interpretation of already hosted tender.All other tender terms and condition of the subject tender remains unchanged.

Thanks

Executive Director (IT)

Air India Limited