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ITI LIMITED

Regd. & Corporate Office, ITI Bhavan, Doorvaninagar, Bangalore - 560016

CORRIGENDUM-2

Ref: CRP20E001 08-06-2020 Sub: Amendment in RFP/NIT

Description Existing Revised

Selection of an Experienced IT-Networking Partner for IT Infrastructure Implementation for ERP and other Future Digital Initiatives at NMDC Locations.

Tender:

Submission Date: 11.06.2020 12 Hrs

Opening Date: 11.06.2020 15 Hrs

Tender:

Submission Date: 15.06.2020 12 Hrs

Opening Date: 15.06.2020 15 Hrs

The following have been uploaded as part of the Corrigendum on

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1) Compliance on Clarifications to vendors Technical Queries

2) Compliance on Clarification to Techno-Commercial Queries

All other terms and conditions of the Tender Enquiry No.CRP20E001/1 dated 20-05-2020 stands un-altered. Thanking you, Yours faithfully For ITI Limited Dy. General Manager (MM) & CPIO

S.No Clause No. Page

No.

Existing Condition Revised As Complian

ce

(Yes/No)

1 Firewall 56-58 OEM should be having recommended rating from NSS Lab’s Next

Generation Firewall from past 2 years

As per RFP

2 Firewall 56-58 OS should be “IPv6 Phase II Ready” certified As per RFP

3 Firewall 56-58 The VPN should be integrated with firewall and should be ICSA

Labs certified for IPSec VPN

As per RFP

4 Firewall (DR &

Perimeter) – Type 2

58-61 same as above As per RFP

5 Firewall (Perimeter) –

Type 3


6 Firewall (Server Farm) –

Type 4


7 Firewall (PLC Network)

– Type 5


It should be 300Mbps or More in 40Mhz channel

width.

Link may be required upto 15km

Data, Video and Voice all three.

PTP Radio should be carrier class Radio (based on

non Wi-Fi Chipset) with 27dB or better Tx power,

2x2 OFDM delivering 300Mbps or more

throughput with 40Mhz channel width. Should be

IP66 or better with -20 to +60degree temprature

support and ruddegdised, should have Gigabit Eth

port, channel size 5, 10,15,20, 30, 40 MHz, MTU

1700Byte, FIPS-197 128/256-bit AES IPv4/IPv6

(dual stack), Telnet, FTP, SNMPv2c, v3. should

support Govt Regulations as per GSR-1048(E).

safety standards - UL 60950

As per RFP

Power consumption should be less then 20W

hence a power supply of 30W is recommended. As

per RFP.

Integrated/ External Antenna.

Should be 23dB or better.

Each tower expect to have more then one Radio

and in high interference existance hence GPS sync

is required.

It should be 300Mbps or More in 40Mhz channel

width.

Link may be required upto 10km

Data, Video and Voice all three.

As per RFP

Integrated/ External antenna.

Should be 23dB or better.

10 Point # 122 ; Unlimited

Virtual SMP Section 2.8

Manag

ed

Service

s Page

117 of

127

As per RFP

11 Point # 155 ; VMWare

vRealize Operations

Standard

Section 2.8

Manag

ed

Service

s; Page

118 of

127;

As per RFP

Supplier Name & Address:

Phone No. & Email Id

8 Annexure VI P2P

Radio Links (for

Workshop @ Bacheli)

242

9 Annexure VI PMP Radio 243

Corrigendum 02: Dated 08/06/2020 for Tender No: CRP20E001 Tender Dated: 20-05-20

Selection of an Experienced IT-Networking Partner

For

IT Infrastructure Implementation for ERP and other Future Digital Initiatives at NMDC Locations.

12 Enterprise

Management System

(EMS) Solution (DC &

DR) Sl. No

50/127 Make & Model: Any Reputed Make CA(BroadCom)/Microfocus/IBM

13 2.1(Vi)Network Access

Control Specification..

Vi(10)

192/85 Able to build Interactive topology maps to locate the end systems

per network connectivity

Able to build Interactive topology maps to locate

the end systems per network connectivity or

equivalent solution

14 Vi(14) 192/85 Must provide interoperability with Microsoft NAP and Trusted

Computing Croup TNC.

Must provide interoperability with Microsoft NAP

15 Vi(16) 192/85 Support Manipulation of Radius Attributes for Authentication as

well as Radius Accept

As per RFP

16 Vi(17) 192/85 Must have SNMP MIB compile capability to integrate any 3rd

party snmp compliant device

Removed

17 Vi(19) 192/85 Must provide the capabilities to modify, filter, and create your

own flexible views of the network devices based on selectable

SNMP OID

As per RFP

18 Vi(21) 192/85 Must provide a utility to view and select MIB objects from a tree-

based representation

Removed

19 Vi(23) 192/85 Must provide comprehensive remote management support for all

proposed network devices as well as any SNMP MIB-I or MIB-II

manageable devices.

As per RFP

20 Vi(1) Dedicated redundant hardware Appliance or virtualized platform

and one Centralized Console. Should be supplied with 1000 AAA

(Endpoint Security) licenses.

Dedicated redundant hardware Appliance or

virtualized platform and one Centralized Console.

Should be supplied with 1000 AAA (Endpoint

Security) perpetual licenses.

21 Vi(2) Should be able to integrate with all makes of manageable network

devices which can support open standard based protocols

required for NAC operation

As per RFP

22 Vi(7) Should be able to perform posture check for compute end points

(Windows & MAC) for OS health for parameters like Registry Keys,

allowed process, AV or Firewall Enabled etc.

As per RFP

23 Vi(9) Should be able to perform VAPT check using custom built-in

scanner for network-based vulnerabilities

Should be able to perform VAPT check using built-

in or integrating with third-party scanner for

network-based vulnerabilities

24 2 91 PASSIVE RELATED : ii) Optical Fiber Cable (OFC) Cable weight less

than 180Kg/KM

PASSIVE RELATED : ii) Optical Fiber Cable (OFC)

Cable weight 180Kg/KM or more

25 19 93 v) CAT 6A Cable Fire rating: IEC 60332 v) CAT 6A Cable Fire rating: IEC 60332-3-22

26 16 93 v) CAT 6A Cable Breaking Strength 400N (Maximum) v) CAT 6A Cable Pulling Tension, Max. 11.34 Kg/ 25

lb

27 ix) 95 ix) CAT6A U/UTP MPTL Plugs CAT6A U/UTP MPTL Plugs ix) CAT6A U/UTP MPTL Plugs CAT6A U/UTP MPTL

Plugs or equivalent

28 3 95 x) CAT 6 CableThe 4 pair Unshielded Twisted Pair cable shall be UL

Listed. Cable should also be tested and verified by ERTL

x) CAT 6 CableThe 4 pair Unshielded Twisted Pair

cable shall be UL Listed. Cable should also be

tested and verified by ETL

29 7 95 x) CAT 6 Cable Dielectric Strength of cable should be 1.0KV dc x) CAT 6 Cable Dielectric Strength of cable should

be 2500V dc

30 7 96 xi) CAT6 Patch Cord (2 Meter)Jacket: PVC UL-94V-O xi) CAT6 Patch Cord (2 Meter)Jacket: LSZH

31 13 97 xii) CAT6 UTP Information OutletSurface mount box with single

RJ45 socket to terminate UTP CAT 6 Cable

xii) CAT6 UTP Information Outlet Surface mount

box should be compatible with single RJ45 socket

to terminate UTP CAT 6 Cable

32 1 97 xiii) CAT6 Jack PanelThe Cat-6 transmission performance is in

compliance with ANSI/TIA-568-

C.2, ISO/IEC 11801 Ed.2 and EN 50173-1 specification with LED

indicator at each Port

xiii) CAT6 Jack PanelThe Cat-6 transmission

performance is in compliance with ANSI/TIA-568-

C.2, ISO/IEC 11801 Ed.2 and EN 50173-1

specification

33 2 100 of 127RACKS RELATED: 24U ( Indoor and outdoor ) rack IP rated and

non IP rated both specs are same but few points vary as below

kindly confirm on the sameIP 55 rated or above

24U (Outdoor) IP 55 rated or above

34 2 100 of 12724U ( Indoor and outdoor ) rack IP rated and non IP rated both

specs are same but few points vary as below kindly confirm on

the sameIP 55 rated or above

24U (Indoor) IP 20 rated or above



the sameRacks should provide sufficient cable entry and Exit cut-

outs in top and bottom of the rack

Racks should provide sufficient cable entry and

Exit cut-outs in top or bottom of the rack



the sameRack should support static load of at least 750 KGs on

casters & Levellers

Rack should support static load of at least 750 KGs

on plinth as per the site requirement

36 13.2 108 of 127UPS RELATED :REPO ( Remote Emergency Power off ) / ROO (

remote on off ) PortProvide both onsite & remote EPO to

shutdown UPS when emergency situation happens . REPO port

with a user supplied switch

UPS RELATED :REPO ( Remote Emergency Power

off ) / ROO ( remote on off ) Port Provide onsite

EPO to shutdown UPS when emergency situation

happens .

37 Additional Query Additio

nal

Query

Varies from 300 to 600 mm depending on site

(Charges as per actual)


nal

Query

Termination at Bottom is preferred


nal

Query

As per RFP

40 xx 101 1kVA Online UPS (Accepted Makes: APC, Vertiv/ Emerson,

Numeric, Delta Power)

As per RFP

41 1 kVA : Technical

Capability , Point 2 C

209 Wide input voltage range in 110-280 VAC As per RFP

42 1 kVA : Input Voltage

Range , Point 4.2

209 80-280VAC

Range (Full Load) 175~280VAC

Range (50 ~ 100% load is required)

80~175VAC

110-280VAC

Range (Full Load) 175~280VAC

Range (50 ~ 100% load is required) 110~280VAC

43 1kVA Online UPS 4.3

Nominal Input

Frequency

209 50 Hz +/- 10 Hz As per RFP


Charger Current

211 4A extended upto 8A with internal charger

(OPTIONAL)

As per RFP


Packaging Material /

Vibration

Withstand & Drop Test

211 Recyclable (No CFC) &

1. Vibration testing as per ISTA -1G Non operational

with Packing

As per RFP

46 Input Voltage Range 212 230/400V，240/415V (3Φ4W)

Range (Full Load) 173~276 / 300~477VAC

Range (Derating to 70% Load) 132~173 /

228~300VAC

As per RFP

47 16.1 Manufaturer 216 ISO 9001: 2015, ISO 14001: 2015, ISO

18001: 2007

As per RFP

48 30kVA Online UPS :

Technology & Capability

212 i) Should have Dual Aux power design. As per RFP

49 15.4 30kVA Online UPS -

Operating Altitude

215 0 to 3000m(0 To 10000ft) As per RFP

50 15.11 30kVA Online

UPS -Packaging

Material / Vibration

Withstand & Drop Test

216 Recyclable (No CFC) &

1. Vibration testing as per ISTA -1G Nonoperational

with Packing

As per RFP

51

12 Battery Backup /

Battery Bank & Charger

Page No. 214 of 251

Blank

5212.1 Backup Required 30 minutes at 0.8 pf output

53 12.8Charger type /

Charging Method

& Charging Voltages

214 Constant Voltage Constant Current Solid

state SMPS charger

Float Charge 270V±(2V)

Boost Charge 280V±(2%V)

Constant Voltage Constant Current Solid

state SMPS charger

as per System DC voltage.

54 Storage for DC & DR

(Page No :28)

Point 4 : Capacity &

Scalability

28

Offered Storage array shall support minimum of 480 SSD’s

Offered Array shall be scalable to more than 280

numbers of SSD drives from day 1 at the time of

bidding with proposed configuration, without

clustering/ federation/ additional controllers in

future.


(Page No :29)

Point 5 : Cache

29 Offered Storage Array shall be given with Minimum of more

than 128GB cache in a single unit and shall be scalable to

more than 256GB.

Offered storage array shall be given with 256GB or

higher cache in a single array without

clustering/federation.


(Page No :29)

Point 13 : Host Ports

and

Back-end Ports

29 Offered Storage shall have minimum of 12 X 16Gb FC Ports

for host connectivity. All types of ports shall be 100%

scalable.

Offered storage shall have minimum of 16 SAS lanes running

at 12Gbps speed and shall be scalable to 32 SAS lanes

without any controller change.

Offered Storage shall have minimum of 12 X 16Gb

FC Ports

for host connectivity. All types of ports shall be

100%

scalable.

Offered storage shall have minimum of 16

SAS/PCIe lanes running

at 12Gbps speed or higher and shall be scalable to

32 SAS / PCIe lanes without any controller change.


(Page No :30)

30 Additional Point (ITEM : Vmware Integration) As per RFP

58 Disk Backup for DC &

DR (Page No : 32)

2. Disk backup

32 When fully populated, offered device shall support rated

write performance of more than 16TB per hour in native

mode

As per RFP


DR (Page No : 32)

2. Disk backup

32 When fully populated, offered device shall supported rated

write performance, when enabled with source level

deduplication, of more than 30TB/hr

As per RFP


DR (Page No : 32)

32 Suggested/Additional Clause As per RFP


DR (Page No : 32)


62 Tape Library (Page No

:33)

Point 2 : Capacity

33 Offered Tape Library shall support Native data capacity of

3.3PB (uncompressed) using LTO-8 Technology.

Shall be offered with Minimum of Four LTO-8 FC tape

drive. Drive shall support encryption, minimum 80 media

slots from day 1.

Shall be offered with 80 RW LTO-8 Cartridges and 4

Cleaning cartridges

Shall be scalable 270 cartridge slots with additional

enclosures

As per RFP

63 Page 34 of 127: Backup

Software for DC & DR

34 of

127

Suggested/Additional Clause As per RFP



34 of

127




34 of

127




34 of

127


67 1.2 DC & DR Software,

Pt.No. 7 & Page # 110

110 SUSE Linux for SAP 2Skt Unlimited Guest OS with 5 yrs support As per RFP

68 Local Server Software:

Operating System for

xMII Servers Item 1 &

Page # 111

111 SUSE Linux for SAP 2Skt Unlimited Guest OS with 5 yrs support As per RFP

69 Local Server

Software:ADS, Antivirus

& Patch Mgmt Servers

operating system Item

1 & Page # 4

4 Windows server standrad Operating System 2019 As per RFP

70 1.2. DC & DR Software,

Pt.No. 1 - Operating

System for App Servers,

Pg.No. 110

110 SUSE Linux for SAP 2Skt Unlimited Guest with HA - 10 Qty SUSE Linux for SAP 2Skt Unlimited Guest with HA -

8 No's & Latest Windows Server Datacenter

Edition - 2 No's (Refer Sizing sheet for number of

Suse and Windows and VMWare Licenses).

ITI to make changes in the BoQ accordingly

71 c) Blades for Legacy

Servers in DC, Pt.No.4

Hard disk drive with

carrier, Pg.No. 130

130 2 x 600GB SSD RAID5 2 x 600GB SSD RAID1

72 HANA Servers: Factory

Integration

Suggested Clause/additional Clause e.) - other general

specfications : Sl # 7 of Page # 18 of 127

As per RFP

73 HANA Servers:

Applliance Support



As per RFP

74 HANA Servers:

Operating System



As per RFP

75 Core Switches (DC and

DR)> Page number

39>Hardware

Specification>Point 1

39 Centralized wire capacity: switch at least 9.6 Tbps switching

bandwidth or more

Centralized wire capacity: switch at least 15 Tbps

switching bandwidth or more

76 One time Charges for

Colocation & Managed

Services / Pg.No. 248

248 Supply of 42 U, 600mm*1000mm Server Rack. (DC -10, DR-4) Supply of 42 U, 800 mm x 1200 mm Server Rack

(DC-4, DR-2)

Supply of 42U, 800 mm x 1000 mm Server Rack

(DC-6, DR-2)

ITI to make the changes in the BoQ accordingly



Services / Pg.No. 119 &

248

119 &

248

Powered On Colocation Full Rack space. 6 KVA Rated with

Bundled Power. (DC)

As per the power sizing of the proposed hardware



Services / Pg.No. 119 &

248

119 &

248

Powered On Colocation Full Rack space. 6 KVA Rated with

Bundled Power. (DR)

As per the power sizing of the proposed hardware

79 2.2. DC & DR Software:

Enterprise

Management System


DR) & Page # 157

157 Enterprise Management System (EMS) Solution (DC & DR) To be deployed HA in DC and Non HA in DR

80 1 Background and

Scope

1.1 Scope of Work :

Page no: 56

56 Implementation and commissioning of ITSM tools for Asset

management, incident,problem and change management as part

of the solution. Tool proposed should be leader in Gartner

quadrant and key stakeholders from NMDC should have access

tothe dashboards on the tool

Implementation and commissioning of ITSM tools

for Asset management, incident,problem and

change management as part of the solution. Tool

proposed should be present in Gartner quadrant

and key stakeholders from NMDC should have

access to the dashboards on the tool


Enterprise

Management System


DR) & Page # 157

157 The proposed helpdesk should have solutions like : Incident

management, Problem Management, Change Management,

Knowledge Management, Service Level Management, Service

Asset and Configuration management, Service Catalogue and

Request Fulfilment, etc. The certification copies to be submitted

As per RFP


Enterprise

Management System


DR) & Page # 157

Network Fault

Monitoring &

Performance

Management with

Reporting



Enterprise

Management System


DR) & Page # 157

Network Fault

Monitoring &

Performance

Management with

Reporting



Enterprise

Management System


DR) & Page # 157

Network Fault

Monitoring &

Performance

Management with

Reporting


85 Co-location of DC and

DR

2 Establishment of a DC and DR (on Co-Location basis at MeitY

Empaneled Service

Provider) to host the Applications of NMDC such as SAP S/4 HANA

ERP at DC,

located in Hyderabad and DR located in another city and another

seismic zone.

As per RFP

86 Integration 2 Supply, Installation, Integration, Testing, Commissioning and

Support (SiitcS) of

LAN and WAN Networks.

Migration of Legacy Application data is not in the

scope of SI

87 MPLS/VPN 2 Provide/ Upgrade of existing MPLS/ VPN at 15 locations. As per RFP

88 Internet 2 Provide / upgrade of Internet leased line at HO, Projects and

other locations.

To be accounted by the bidder and will not be

arranged separately

89 Security Breach

including Data

Theft/Loss/Corruption

37 Any incident where in system compromised or any case wherein

data

theft occurs (including internal

incidents)

These services are to be provided by DC & DR

service provide as part of managed services.

90 Data Center and DR Co

Location

57 Please add As per RFP

91 General Requirements


Services

59 Perform Due Diligence study and submit report for Migration of

legacy applications not being covered under SAP data migration

(e.g. Intranet Portal, Vigilance application etc.) at HO and Sites to

DC & DR.

Perform Due Diligence Study and submit plan for Migration and

support of legacy applications (e.g. HRMS/FAS/PMS/ IMS/Payroll

etc.) for historical reporting for statutory requirements.

Migration of legacy application is out of scope of

the RFP

92 ADC, AV, WAN

Optimizer, Link Load

Balancer etc.

62 Network diagram is having components like ADC, AV, WAN

Optimizer, LLB etc.

ADC and AV are available

93 Kirandul Network

Design/Single Line

Diagram

65 In Single Line Diagram, It is mentioned about SD-WAN

deployment.

As per RFP

94 AD, Mail, Backup &

Misc Servers

110 Blades for ADS, Mail, Backup & Misc Servers As per RFP

95 Network Components 112 Transceiver Count As per RFP

96 NOC 121 Seating arrangement to be provisioned by NMDC for 6 persons As per RFP

97 SAN Switches (DR) -24

Port

144 Minimum Dual SAN Switches shall be configured where each SAN

Switch shall be configured with 24*16Gbps FC Ports on each

switch

As per RFP

98 DC-DR Services 225 Please add As per RFP

99 Hardware Blade for

EMS

235 Blades for EMS Servers in HA 2+2 - 4 Units As per RFP

100 WLC-Guest

Authentication

241 Wireless LAN Controller for Access Points SMS Gateway required for OTP

101 Core Switch Type-2 &

30 KVA UPS

241 Need Clarification As per RFP

102 Passive Cabling and

Non-IT Infra for Data

Center & NOC

Need Clarification As per RFP

103 Raw Power Quality

Testing

Add this clause As per RFP

104 Log Retention Need Clarification As per RFP

105 Seating Space in DC for

OEM/ IP/ SI/ NMDC

119 &

248

Seating Space in DC for OEM/ IP/ SI/ NMDC As per RFP

106 Back Box Size 116 &

117

45mm x 45mm Backbox Back Box should be compatible with the proposed

Faceplate

107 Dimensions of Caping

&

Casing / PVC conduits /

HDPE pipes

246 Installation, Testing and Commissioning of

Horizontal Cable Links along with supply of requisite Caping &

Casing / PVC conduits / HDPE pipes

HDPE Pipes, PVC and all accessories required for

laying and installation needs to be quoted by the

bidder

108 Tower / Pole 242 Tower / Pole, 5m, Galvanized steel, with grouting base and

accessories

with Lightning Arrestors

Tower / Pole, 5m, Galvanized steel, with grouting

base and accessories

with Lightning Arrestors. As per industry standard,

Min. 10 cm diameter pole shall be used or as

required section wise.

109 Tower / Pole 242 Tower / Pole, 15m, Galvanized steel, with grouting base and

accessories

(some will be mounted on Wi-Fi zone towers)

Tower / Pole, 15m, Galvanized steel, with grouting

base and accessories

(some will be mounted on Wi-Fi zone towers). As

per industry standard, Min. 10 cm diameter pole

shall be used or as required section wise.

110 a) Core Switch – Type 1 180 24 Port 10G SFP Line Card, 24 Port 1G SFP Line card and 48 Port

Copper 1G/10G Ports – each or 48 port 1/10G SFP+. Switch should

support 40/100 Gbps ports

module cards scalability in same hardware from day 1.

24 Port 10G SFP Line Card, 24 Port 1G SFP Line

card and 48 port 1/10G SFP+. Switch should

support 40/100 Gbps ports module cards

scalability in same hardware from day 1.

111 vi) Network Access

Control Specification

191 Should be able to gather Detailed identity and access information

with OS and

device fingerprinting for Blackberry, Symbian, iOS, Android, OSX,

Windows and

more

Should be able to gather Detailed identity and

access information with OS and

device fingerprinting for Blackberry, iOS, Android,

OSX, Windows and

more

112 a) Access Switch – Type

1 Support

185 The OEM should provide support services 24x7 TAC with L1, L2

and L3 for 5 years free of cost. India toll free number should be

reflected in official website

of the OEM.

The OEM should provide support services 24x7

TAC (Hardware Replacement - NBD) with L1, L2

and L3 for 5 years free of cost. India toll free

number should be reflected in official website

of the OEM.

113 b) Access Switch

(Industrial Grade) –

Type 2

186 The OEM should provide support services 24x7 TAC with L1, L2

and L3 for 5 years free of cost. India toll free number should be

reflected in official website

of the OEM.

The OEM should provide support services 24x7

TAC (Hardware Replacement - NBD) with L1, L2

and L3 for 5 years free of cost. India toll free

number should be reflected in official website

of the OEM.

114 Centralized wire

capacity

146 vii) Core Switches (DC and DR) Hardware Specification switch at

least 9.6 Tbps switching bandwidth or more

vii) Core Switches (DC and DR) Hardware

Specification switch at least 15 Tbps switching

bandwidth or more

115 Per Slot Switching

Capacity

146 2.4 Tbps As per RFP

116 Storage 146 At least 1 GB SSD/Flash As per RFP

117 viii) TOR Switches for

DC & DR

Blank

118 Architecture 146 The switch should have Minimum of 1GB flash/SD

RAM/DDRAM/SSD

As per RFP

119 146 MAC Address table size of 128,000 entries As per RFP

120 v) Wireless Controller

for Access Points

Blank

121 189 The proposed WLC should support both centralized as well as

distributed

traffic forwarding architecture from day 1. It should be IPv6 ready

from day

one.

As per RFP

122 vii) OEM Element

Management System

(EMS) Specification

Blank

123 194 Must be able to download text-based (ASCII format) configuration

templates to one or more devices.

As per RFP

124 Name and model no 102/3.1 1kVA /0.9kW 1kVA /0.8kW

125 101/4.2 80-280VAC

Range (Full Load) 175~280VAC Range (50 ~ 100% load is required)

80~175VAC

110-280VAC

Range (Full Load) 175~280VAC Range (50 ~ 100%

load is required)

110~280VAC

126 Overload 103/8.1 <105% : continuous ; 105% ~ 125%: 1 minutes;

120% ~ 150%: 30 seconds; >150%: 0.5

seconds only

<105% : continuous ; 105% ~ 125%: 1 minutes;

130%: 1 seconds

127 Noise level 104/14.

6

< 40 dbA at 1 meter distance < 50 dbA at 1 meter distance

128 Output Voltage

Distortion (THDu)

106/5.7 < 1.5 % (linear load) < 2 % (linear load)

129 Maintenance Bypass 106/7.4 1.UPS should have option for manual maintenance bypass As per RFP

130 2. Maintance bypass cover removal sensing. 2. Maintenance bypass needs to be sensed and

needs to be displayed at front panel

131 3.The maintenance bypass should provide for Hot-swap of the

faulty UPS PWB for repairs / service.

3. Hot-swap should be there in the bypass system

(100% Load needs to be taken care in bypass)

132 Inverter Overload

capacity

107/9.1 ≤105 %: continuous,106% ~ ≤125%: 10 minutes; 126% ~ ≤150%: 1

minute; >150%: 1 second

≤105 %: 1 Hr;

106% ~ ≤125%: 10 minutes;

126% ~ ≤150%: 1 minute;

133 Battery Bank VAh

(Vendor to include

battery sizing

calculations with

tender)

107/12.

3

26000 or higher As per RFP

134 Battery End Cell Voltage 108/12.

11

1.75 V/cell 1.7 V/cell or above

135 B. Technical

Specification ,

Section : 2.4.

Switch,EMS

i) Core Switches for Site

Locations (a & b)Core

Switch – Type 1 &

2,Clause No.5,Feature

Availability,Page

No.180,183

Switch Should support ISSU(In Service Software Upgrade) As per RFP

136 B. Technical

Specification ,

Section : 2.4.

Switch,EMS



Switch – Type 1 &


Availability,Page

No.180,183

Should support Migration of Port Profiles or equivalent As per RFP

137 B. Technical

Specification ,

Section : 2.1. DC & DR

Hardware viii) TOR

Switches for DC & DR

1. Architecture;Clause

no.1.5;

Page No.146

MAC Address table size of 128000 entries or more. As per RFP

138 B. Technical

Specification ,

Section : 2.4.

Switch,EMS



Switch – Type 1 &


Availability,Page

No.180,183

Should support at least 24X1/10Gbps SFP and 2X10/40/100 Gbps

ports should be Ready from day 1

As per RFP

139 B. Technical

Specification ,

Section : 2.4.

Switch,EMS;

iii) Access Switches for

Site Locations b) Access

Switch (Industrial

Grade) – Type 2;Clause

7.VLAN Support

a.Minimum 1000 VLANs As per RFP

140 B. Technical

Specification ,

Section : 2.4.

Switch,EMS;

iii) Access Switches for

Site Locations iv) Access

Point (Indoor);Radio

Features-Clause

No.11;Page No.188.

Maximum conducted transmit power shall be 23 dBm on both 2.4

and 5 GHz

Maximum conducted transmit power shall be 23

dBm on both 2.4 and 5 GHz. As per WPC norms

the permissible EIRP (combination of Max

Transmit power + Antenna Gain) as per India

norms if 26dbm.

141 B. Technical

Specification ,


Hardware vii) Core

Switches (DC and

DR);Clause no.6-

Feature Availablity

;Page No.145

Switch Should support ISSU(In Service Software Upgrade) As per RFP

142 B. Technical

Specification ,


Hardware ix) 1G Switch

(DC & DR) ; 1.

Architecture;Clause

no.1.3;

Page No.148

The switch should support 2*10-Gigabit ports SFP+ loaded with

2*SR transceivers and 2* RJ-45 1/10GBASE-T ports in addition to

the above ports

As per RFP

143 B. Technical

Specification ,


Hardware vi) SAN

Switches for DC & DR ;

a) SAN Switches (DR) –

48 Ports Clause

No.5 and b) SAN

Switches (DR) – 24

Ports;Clause No.6

#5: The switch shall support different port types such as FL_Port,

F_port, E_port and EX_port

#5: The switch shall support different port types

such as FL_Port, F_port, E_port and EX_port or

equivalent.

144 B. Technical

Specification ,


Hardware; v) Backup

Solution for DC & DR;

b) Tape Library ,Clause

No.8-Encryption

device ;Page No.140

Encryption Device : Offerred Library shall be provided with a

hardware device like USB key or separate appliance etc to keep

all the encrypted keys in a redundant fashion.

As per RFP

145 B. Technical

Specification ,


Hardware; v) Backup

Solution for DC & DR;

b) Tape Library - Other

Features;Clause No.11

,Sub Clause No.5 ; ;Page

No.141.

Offerred Drives in the tape library shall optionally support both

Data path and control path failover.

As per RFP

146 B. Technical

Specification ,


Hardware ,Page

No.122,Clause 2.1 (i) (a)

4 X Intel 8276 Platinum Processor, 28 Core, 2.2 Ghz As per RFP

147 B. Technical

Specification ,


Hardware ,Page

No.124,Clause 2.1 (i) (E)

3. Clustering solution to be provided for application and HANA

Boxes

As per RFP

148 B. Technical

Specification ,


Hardware ,Page

No.124,Clause 2.1 (i)

,Point no.4,Cluster

Network

4. The heartbeat network, required to setup the HA solution,

should be separate from the actual Data and User network.

Minimum 2 nos. 24- port 1G Ethernet switches should be included

in the solution to setup the cluster and management network

between 2 HANA boxes.

As per RFP

149 B. Technical

Specification ,


Hardware ,Page

No.124,Clause 2.1 (i)

,Point no.7,Warranty &

Support

Services

5 Years 24 x 7 Support with 6hr Call to resolution. Warranty

shall be directly from OEM including Software

upgrades/updates. The OEM should have the capability to

offer lifecycle services like OS Upgrades, Patch Management

and HANA DB Upgrade.

As per RFP

150 B. Technical

Specification ,


Hardware ,Page

No.125,Clause 2.1

(ii)Application Servers

for DC & DR (a) Blade

Enclosure;

Blade Chassis

Solution to house the required number of blade servers in

smallest number of enclosures. Should support full

height and half height blades in the same enclosure, occupying a

max of 7U/1OU rack height

Solution to house the required number of blade

servers in smallest number of enclosures.

Should support full height and half height blades

in the same enclosure, occupying a max of 10 U

rack height

151 B. Technical

Specification ,


Hardware ,Page

No.125,Clause 2.1



Enclosure;

Blade Chassis

Blade Chassis backplane engineered with 14Tbps or

higher Chassis backplane bandwidth.

Blade Chassis backplane / no backplane

engineered with 14Tbps or higher Chassis

backplane / no backplane bandwidth.

152 B. Technical

Specification ,


Hardware ,Page

No.126,Clause 2.1



Enclosure;

Blade Chassis

Should support six interconnect bays to configure 3+3 redundancy Should support six interconnect bays to configure

3+3 redundancy or

Bidders supporting switchless architecture can

provision for direct access to top of rack switches.

153 B. Technical

Specification ,


Hardware ,Page

No.126,Clause 2.1



Enclosure;

Blade Chassis

Chassis should provide display port and USB port to connect

Laptop/Monitor locally

Chassis/ Solution should provide display port and

USB port to connect Laptop/ Monitor locally

154 B. Technical

Specification ,


Hardware ,Page

No.126,Clause 2.1



Enclosure;

Interconnects

support

• Should support housing of FCoE, Ethernet, FC and SAS

interconnect fabrics offering redundancy as a feature .Also should

support network switch with 25/50Gb downlinks and 1OOG uplink

to DC switch

As per RFP

155 B. Technical

Specification ,


Hardware ,Page

No.126,Clause 2.1



Enclosure;

Converged

interconnect

Redundant Interconnect modules shall be integrated within the

chassis such that uplinks from the chassis can be directly

connected to core LAN/SAN switches

As per RFP

156 B. Technical

Specification ,


Hardware ,Page

No.126,Clause 2.1



Enclosure;

Converged

interconnect

At-least 60 /36 servers should be supported per aggregation.

Layer 2 network traffic should be switched within enclosure

aggregation (without using top of the rack switch) and proVide

when multiple chassis aggregated, switching latency between

enclosures should not exceed 1.0 micro-second for Ethernet

As per RFP

157 B. Technical

Specification ,


Hardware ,Page

No.127,Clause 2.1



Enclosure;

Chassis management

capabilities:

Should provide a dedicated 1Gig/ 10 GbE or higher management

network for multi-enclosure communications, separate from data

plane

Should provide a dedicated 1Gig/ 10 GbE or higher

management network for multi-enclosure

communications, separate from data plane

158 B. Technical

Specification ,


Hardware ,Page

No.128,Clause 2.1



Enclosure;

Chassis management

capabilities:

Should support frictionless Firmware and OS Driver updates using

profile templates to monitor, flag, and remediate

As per RFP

159 B. Technical

Specification ,


Hardware ,Page

No.128,Clause 2.1 (ii)

Application Servers for

DC & DR(a) Blade

Enclousure,Point

no.7,Warranty &

Support

Services

5 Years 24x7 onsite support with commitment to resolve the

problem within 6 Hours. Support has to be provided directly

by OEM during the warranty period.

As per RFP

160 B. Technical

Specification ,


Hardware ,Page

No.129,Clause 2.1 (ii)

Application Servers for

DC & DR;(b) Server

Blade,Point

no.13,Warranty &

Support

Services

5 Years 24 x 7 Support with 6hr Call to resolution.

Warranty shall be directly from OEM including Software

upgrades/updates. The OEM should have the capability to

offer lifecycle services like OS Upgrades, Patch

Management.

As per RFP

161 B. Technical

Specification ,


Hardware ,Page

No.131,Clause 2.1 iii)

Non-SAP Serversa)

;(a)Enterprise

Management Solution

Blade Servers (DC &

DR),Point

no.4,Interfaces

Minimum of 1* internal USB 3.0 port ,1* internal SDHC card

slot and 1* external USB 3.0 port

As per RFP

162 B. Technical

Specification ,


Hardware ,Page


Non-SAP Serversa)

;(a)Enterprise

Management Solution

Blade Servers (DC &

DR),Point no.5,Bus Slots

Minimum of 2 Nos of x16 or higher PCIe 3.0 based slots

supporting Converged Ethernet, Ethernet, FC adapters and

SAS adaptors

As per RFP

163 B. Technical

Specification ,


Hardware ,Page


Non-SAP Serversa)

;(a)Enterprise

Management Solution

Blade Servers (DC &

DR),Point

no.7,Embedded

system management

Should support integration with management software to

deliver ‘composable infrastructure' with a view of resources.

This should be flexible and scalable solution providing IT

managers with the architecture to implement their

softwaredefined

data center (SDDC) and to address the changing

business needs and the challenges of today's enterprise data

centers

Should support Gigabit out of band management port to

monitor the servers for ongoing management, service alerting

and reporting

Should support UEFI to configure and boot the servers

securely

System should support RESTful API integration

System management should support provisioning servers by

discovering and deploying 1 to few servers with embedded

Provisioning tool

System should support embedded remote support to transmit

hardware events directly to OEM or an authorized partner for

automated phone home support

As per RFP

164 B. Technical

Specification ,


Hardware ,Page


Non-SAP Serversa)

;(a)Enterprise

Management Solution

Blade Servers (DC &

DR),Point no.11,Secure

encryption

System should support Encryption of the data (Data at rest) on

both the internal storage and cache module of the array

controllers using encryption keys. Should support local key

management for single server and remote key management for

central management for enterprise-wide data encryption

deployment.

As per RFP

165 B. Technical

Specification ,


Hardware; iv Storage

for DC & DR ,Clause

2.Converge/Unified

Storage;Page No.135,

• Offered Storage array shall be a true converge/ unified storage

with a single Microcode/ operating system instead of running

different Microcode/ Operating system/ Controllers for File, block

services respectively.

• Offered Storage shall be a flagship Flash array from the OEM,

should support only SSD's and shall be clearly published on their

website .

• The Server & Storage supplied should be from same OEM.

Offered Storage array shall be a true converge/

unified storage with a single Microcode/ operating

system instead of running different Microcode/

Operating system/ Controllers for File and block

services respectively

• Offered Storage shall be a flagship Flash array

from the OEM, should support only SSD's and

shall be clearly published on their website .

• The Server & Storage supplied should be from

same OEM.

166 B. Technical

Specification ,



for DC & DR ,Clause

2.Converge/Unified

Storage;Page No.135,

• Refer Sizing sheet for Capacity required for DC & DR

• DC Storage capacity should be offered with 85 TB usable

capacity using RAIDS with each drive capacity not exceeding 4 TB

SSD.

• DR Storage capacity should be offered with 48 TB usable

capacity using RAIDS with each drive capacity not exceeding 4 TB

SSD.

• All drives shall be offered with 5 years comprehensive warranty.

• Offered Storage array shall support minimum of 480 SSD's

• Offered Storage array shall support at-least 500TB Usable

capacity for file operations.

• Refer Sizing sheet for Capacity required for DC &

DR

• DC Storage capacity should be offered with 85

TB usable capacity using RAIDS with each drive

capacity not exceeding 4 TB SSD.

• DR Storage capacity should be offered with 48

TB usable capacity using RAIDS with each drive

capacity not exceeding 4 TB SSD.

• All drives shall be offered with 5 years

comprehensive warranty.

• Offered Array shall be scalable to more than 280



clustering/ federation/ additional controllers in

future.

• Offered Storage array shall support at-least

500TB Usable capacity for file operations.

167 B. Technical

Specification ,



for DC & DR ,Clause

5.Cache;Page No.136,

• Offered Storage Array shall be given with Minimum of more

than 128GB cache in a single unit and shall be scalable to more

than 256GB without any controller change.

• Cache shall be completely dynamic for read and write

operations and vendor shall not offer any additional card I

module for write cache operations.

• Cache shall be used only for Data and Control information. OS

overhead shall not be done inside cache.

Offered storage array shall be given with 256GB or

higher cache in a single array without clustering/

federation.

Cache shall be completely dynamic for read and

write operations and vendor shall not offer any

additional card I module for write cache

operations.

• Cache shall be used only for Data and Control

information. OS overhead shall not be done inside

cache.

168 B. Technical

Specification ,



for DC & DR ,Clause

10.Raid Support,

Virtualization &

No. of Volumes;Page

No.136,

• Offered Storage Subsystem shall support Raid level 1, 5,6 and

10.

• Offered storage array shall support at-least 2000 Volumes per

controller.

As per RFP

169 B. Technical

Specification ,



for DC & DR ,Clause

12.Protocols;Page

No.136,

• Offered Storage array shall support all well-known protocols like

but not limited to FC, !SCSI, SMB 3.0, NFS V4, FTP/ SFTP etc.

As per RFP

170 B. Technical

Specification ,



for DC & DR ,Clause

Host Ports and

13.Back-end Ports;Page

No.136,

• Offered Storage shall have minimum of 12 X 16Gb FC Ports for

host connectivity. All types of ports shall be 100%

scalable.

• Offered storage shall have two additional ports for the storage-

based replication.

• Offered storage shall have minimum of 16 SAS lanes running at

12Gbps speed and shall be scalable to 32 SAS lanes without any

controller change .

Offered Storage shall have minimum of 12 X 16Gb

FC Ports for host connectivity. All types of ports

shall be 100%

scalable.

• Offered storage shall have two additional ports

for the storage-based replication.

• Offered storage shall have minimum of 16 SAS/

PCIe lanes running

at 12Gbps speed or higher and shall be scalable to

32 SAS / PCIe lanes without any controller change.

171 B. Technical

Specification ,

Section : 2.4.

Switch,EMS

;VI.Network Access

Control,Clause

No.22,Page No.192

Must provide a Country wide VLAN monitoring capabilities . To be Removed

172 B. Technical

Specification ,

Section : 2.4.

Switch,EMS

;VII.Element

Management

System,Clause

No.5,Page No.193

Must be able to create correlated topology based on LLDP

,SNMP , STP connectivity hierarchy.

Must be able to create correlated topology

based on LLDP or equivalent/ SNMP/ STP

connectivity hierarchy.

173 B. Technical

Specification ,

Section : 2.4.

Switch,EMS

;VII.Element

Management

System,Clause

No.11,Page No.193

Must provide a utility to view and select MIS objects from a

tree-based representation and include a compiler for new or third-

party MIBs.

As per RFP

174 B. Technical

Specification ,

Section : 2.4.

Switch,EMS

;VII.Element

Management

System,Clause

No15,Page No.193

Must have SNMP MIS compile capability to integrate any snmp

compliant device

As per RFP

175 B. Technical

Specification ,

Section : 2.4.

Switch,EMS

;VII.Element

Management

System,Clause

No.16,Page No.193

Must be able to define policies to rate-limit bandwidth, throttle

the rate of new network connections, prioritize based on Layer 2

or Layer 3 QoS mechanisms, apply packet tags, isolate/quarantine

a particular port or VLAN, and/or trigger pre-defined actions.

As per RFP

176 B. Technical

Specification ,

Section : 2.4.

Switch,EMS

;VII.Element

Management

System,Clause

No.19,Page No.194

Must support features to interact with 3rd party network security

devices to provide automated response to security events and

thus rernediating real time threat

Must support features to interact with 3rd party

network security devices to provide automated

response to security events and thus rernediating

real time threat or equivalent solution

177 B. Technical

Specification ,

Section : 2.4.

Switch,EMS

;VII.Element

Management

System,Clause

No.23,Page No.194

When integrated with compatible WLAN it must be able to

provide granular management functionalities like systern location

and tracking, wi-fi dashboards, client search, event logs etc via

mobile devices as well such as tablet and smartphone

To be Removed

178 B. Technical

Specification ,

Section : 2.4.

Switch,EMS

;VII.Element

Management

System,Clause

No.25,Page No.194

Must provide the ability to track device attributes such as serial

number, asset tag, firmware version, CPU type and memory.

As per RFP

179 B. Technical

Specification ,

Section : 2.4.

Switch,EMS

;VII.Element

Management

System,Clause

No.43,Page No.195

Must be able to write Python scripts to integrate with loT

solutions.

Must be able to write Python scripts/REST APIs to

integrate with loT solutions.

180 B. Technical

Specification ,

Section : 2.4.

Switch,EMS

;VII.Element

Management

System,Clause

No.45,Page No.195

Should have the capability to reduce risk and ensure your network

configurations comply to HIPAA and PCI with that analyses and

assesses network configuration for compliance across your entire

wired and wireless network.

As per RFP

181 B. Technical

Specification ,

Section : 2.4.

Switch,EMS

;VII.Element

Management

System,Clause

No.46,Page No.195

Should have the ability to get actionable business insights and

speeding up troubleshooting by separating network from

application performance so you can quickly identify root-causes,

monitors shadow IT, reports maJicious or unwanted applications

and assesses security compliance.

Should have the ability to get actionable business

insights and speeding up troubleshooting by

separating network from application performance

so you can quickly identify root-causes, monitors

shadow IT/ reports malicious or unwanted

applications and assesses security compliance or

equivalent.

182 General As per RFP along with changes made in the

Correingdum based on Pre-Bid Queries

183 General As per RFP

184 2.3. Firewall

i) Firewall (DC) – Type

1;Page No.163-165

Blank

185 2 The Firewall OEM should be ICSA Labs certified for Firewall and

should be Common Criteria EAL 4 certified

As per RFP

186 3 OEM should be having recommended rating from NSS Lab's Next


As per RFP

187 6 Hardware:Should support 16 or more gigabit RJ45 interfaces As per RFP

188 Firewall Perfomance Blank

189 11 IPSec VPN throughput should be 20 Gbps or more As per RFP

190 12 NGFW throughput should be 8 Gbps with enterprise mix traffic As per RFP

191 13 Threat protection throughput should be 6 Gbps with enterprise

mix traffic

As per RFP

192 16 Should Support Virtualiation (ie Virtual Systems I Virtual

Domains). Should be having 10 or more vrrtual system license

from day one

As per RFP

193 18 Firewall FeaturesShould provide NAT functionality, including

PAT.Should support NAT 66, NAT 64, DNS 64, Static NAT"IPv4 to

1Pv6 and vice versa (VIP64 and VIP46) and 1Pv6-1Pv4 tunnelling

or dual stack.

As per RFP

194 25 Should support ISP Load balancing and Failover As per RFP

195 26 Should support multi-path intelligence based on link quality

criteria

As per RFP

196 30 VPNThe VPN should be integrated with firewall and should be

ICSA Labs certified for IPSec VPN

As per RFP

197 34 Should support Single Sign-On Bookmarks for SSL Web VPN As per RFP

198 37 Should also support PPTP and L2TP over IPSec VPN protocols. As per RFP

199 40 IPSShould have protection for 7000+ signatures As per RFP

200 46 Gateway Antivirus

Management, Log & ReportingThe Appliance should facilaitate

embedded anti-virus support

Gateway Antivirus

Management, Log & ReportingThe Appliance

should facilitate embedded anti-virus, anti-

malware support.

201 47 Gateway AV should be supported for real-time detection of

viruses and malicious code for

HTTP,HTTPS,FTP,SMTP,SMTPS,POP3 and IMAP protocols.

Gateway AV, Antimalware should be supported for

real-time detection of viruses and malicious code

for HTTP,HTTPS,FTP,SMTP,SMTPS,POP3 and IMAP

protocols.

202 2.3. Firewall

ii) Firewall (DR &

Perimeter) – Type 2--

Page No.165-168 2

The Firewall OEM should be ICSA Labs certified for Firewall and


As per RFP



As per RFP

204 10 Firewall PerfomanceShouid have Firewall throughputs of

minimum 30 Gbps or more

As per RFP


206 12 FW throughput should be 8 Gbps with enterprise mix traffic As per RFP

207 13 Threat protection throughput should be 6 Gbps with enterprise

mix traffic

As per RFP



from day one

As per RFP

209 24 Should support Active-Active as well as Active- Passive

redundancy.

As per RFP



criteria

As per RFP



As per RFP



215 40 IPS Should have protection for 7000+ signatures As per RFP

216 2.3. Firewall

iv) Firewall (Perimeter)

– Type 3-Page No.171-

174

Blank



As per RFP



As per RFP

219 10 Firewall Perfomance: Shouid have Firewall throughputs of


As per RFP


221 12 NGFW throughput should be 300 Mbps with enterprise mix traffic As per RFP

222 13 Threat protection throughput should be 250Mbps with enterprise

mix traffic

As per RFP

223 14 Must support at least 1,500,000 or more concurrent connections As per RFP

224 15 Must support at least 30,000 or more new sessions per second

processing.

As per RFP



from day one

As per RFP


redundancy.

As per RFP



criteria

As per RFP



As per RFP



232 40 IPS :Should have protection for 7000+ signatures As per RFP

233 52 Web Filtering URL database should have 200 million or more

URLs under more than 70 categories

As per RFP

234 2.3. Firewall

v) Firewall (Server

Farm) – Type 4-Page

No.174-177

Blank



As per RFP



As per RFP

237 10 Firewall PerfomanceShouid have Firewall throughputs of


As per RFP


239 12 NGFW throughput should be 1Gbps with enterprise mix traffic As per RFP

240 13 Threat protection throughput should be 800Mbps with enterprise

mix traffic

As per RFP



from day one

As per RFP


redundancy.

As per RFP



criteria

As per RFP

245 30 VPN: The VPN should be integrated with firewall and should be


As per RFP



248 40 IPS:Should have protection for 7000+ signatures As per RFP

249 52 Web Filtering: URL database should have 200 million or more


As per RFP

250 2.3. Firewall

vi) Firewall (PLC

Network) – Type 5–

Type 4-Page No.177-

180 2

The Firewall OEM should be ICSA Labs certified for Firewall and


As per RFP



As per RFP

252 9 Firewall Perfomance Should have Firewall throughputs of


As per RFP


254 12 NGFW throughput should be 200Mbps with enterprise mix traffic As per RFP

255 13 12 Threat protection throughput should be 150 Mbps with

enterprise mix traffic

As per RFP

256 Must support at least 1,000,000 or more concurrent connections As per RFP

257 Must support at least 30,000 or more new sessions per second

processing.

As per RFP



from day one

As per RFP


redundancy.

As per RFP



criteria

As per RFP



As per RFP



265 40 IPSShould have protection for 7000+ signatures As per RFP

266 52 Web Filtering URL database should have 200 million or more


As per RFP

267 Disk for Persistence

Storage

Page# 17; (2.1. - (i)- e)

At least 4 times the RAM capacity in RAID5 with persistence

storage with SSD’s.

At least 4 times the RAM capacity in RAID5 with

persistence storage with SSD’s (SAS mixed use

12Gbps)

268 High Availibilty Solution

Page# 17; (2.1. - (i)- e)

The HA solution between the two HANA boxes should be

integrated with cluster software and HANA System Replication.

As per RFP

269 Page# 18; (2.1. - (Ii)- a) Solution should have single console provisioning for compute,

storage and server-side network configuration and direct attach

storage (DAS). Direct connect midplane should deliver 14 Tbps of

bandwidth. FC SAN should be available

Solution should have single console provisioning

for compute, storage and server-side network

configuration and direct attach storage (DAS).

Direct connect midplane/no midplane should

deliver 14 Tbps of bandwidth. FC SAN should be

available

270 Page# 18; (2.1. - (ii)- a) Should provide a dedicated 10GbE or higher management

network for multi-enclosure communications, separate from data

plane

Should provide a dedicated 1G/10GbE or higher

management network for multi-enclosure

communications, separate from data plane

271 Capacity and Scalability

Page# 28; (2)

Offered Storage array shall be a true converge/ unified storage

with a single Microcode/ operating system instead of

running different Microcode/ Operating system/ Controllers for

File, block and object services respectively

Offered Storage array shall be a true converge/

unified storage with a single Microcode/ operating

system instead of

running different Microcode/ Operating system/

Controllers for File and block services respectively

272 Capacity and Scalability

Page# 28; (4)

Offered Storage array shall support minimum of 480 SSD’s Offered Array shall be scalable to more than 280



clustering/federation/additional controllers in

future.

273 Remote Replication

Page# 30; (20)

The Storage array shall also support three ways (3 Data Centers)

replication to ensure zero RPO at any site Near DR

and DR in native fashion without using any additional

replication appliance.

As per RFP

274 When fully populated, offered device shall support rated write

performance of more than 16TB per hour in native mode

As per RFP

275 When fully populated, offered device shall supported rated write

performance, when enabled with source level deduplication, of

more than 30TB/hr

As per RFP

276 Backup SW

Page# 35; (1)

Backup software licenses to be provided for the offered capacity

of SAN Storage.

As per RFP

Disk Backup

Page# 32; (2)

277 SLA

Page# 34; (6)

Availability/ Uptime of each server at DC/DR As per RFP

278 Delivery Timeline

Page# 13; (7. (iii))

Supply of DC / DR Components including hardware and Software.

6 Weeks

Supply of DC / DR Components including hardware

and Software. 8-10 Weeks

279 Brand inclusion Approved Make : HP/ Extreme /Cisco As per RFP


DR) Form Factor Pg# 38

Chassis switch with Minimum 4 usable Slots 19 Inch Rack

mountable switch with management/supervisor Engine 1+1. OEM

should provide all the hardware including fabric cards, CPU,

Power Supplies, Fan Trays etc. and software, licenses to get full

capacity of the provided chassis

As per RFP


DR) Architecture Pg# 38

Non-Blocking architecture. Must have EAL3 /NDCPP or above

common criteria certification.

As per RFP


DR) Per Slot Switching

Capacity Pg# 39

Per Slot Switching Capacity -2.4 Tbps As per RFP

283 Switch, EMS Core

Switch – Type1

Architecture Pg# 73



As per RFP

284 Switch, EMS Core

Switch – Type1 Per Slot

Switching Capacity Pg#

74

Per Slot Switching Capacity -3.2 Tbps As per RFP

285 Core Switch – Type2

Architecture Pg# 74



As per RFP

286 Name and model no 1kVA /0.9kW 1kVA /0.8kW

287

Secure

encryption

Page

25,






deployment.

As per RFP

288 Secure

encryption

Page

25,






deployment.

As per RFP

289

Disk Backup

Page

32,

Offered disk-based backup device shall also support

encryption functionality

As per RFP

290 b) Tape Library

Encryption

device

Page

33,

Offered Library shall be provided with a hardware device

like USB key, separate appliance etc. to keep all the

encrypted keys in a redundant fashion

As per RFP

291 1 Background and

Scope - 1.1 Scope of

Work - Data Center

and DR Co Location -

Page No. 57

The Data Center should be in Hyderabad and the service provider

should have his own building.

As per RFP

292 The Firewall must be appliance based As per RFP

293 As per RFP

294 As per RFP

295 New point under IPS to be added As per RFP


297 As per RFP

298 As per RFP



301 As per RFP

302 As per RFP



305 As per RFP

Firewall Type - 1, Clause

No 5

Firewall (DR &

Perimeter) 5

Firewall (Perimeter), 5

Firewall (Server Farm),

5

New Point under VPN to be added




306 As per RFP



309 As per RFP

310 As per RFP


312 WAF New Point to be added As per RFP

313 Annexure – II

B. Technical

Specification

2.1. DC & DR Hardware

ii) Application Servers

for DC & DR

b) Server Blade

Page no. 22

High Availability

Solution

As per RFP

314 Annexure – II

B. Technical

Specification


v) Backup Solution for

DC & DR

c) Backup Software for

DC & DR

Page No.35

Backup software licenses to be provided for the offered

capacity of SAN Storage.

As per RFP

315 Annexure – II

B. Technical

Specification


iii) Non-SAP Servers

c) Blades for Legacy

Servers in DC

Page No. 23 As per RFP

316 Annexure IV Point # 6. Service Level Agreements: Availability of network links As per RFP

317 Annexure I - Scope of

Work (Page 56)

Point # 1.1.h Tool proposed should be leader in Gartner Quadrant As per approved make in the corrigendum

318 Annexure I - Scope of

Work (Page 64)

General Requirements As per RFP

319 Annexure II - Technical

Specifications (Page

119)

1.9 One time charges for co-location & managed services As per RFP

320 Annexure II - Technical

Specifications (Page

121)

1.12 NOC As per RFP

321 2.8 Managed Services

(Page 219)

Cross Connect & Telco services As per RFP


(Page 225)

DC-DR Services As per RFP


(Page 226)

DC-DR Services As per RFP

324 2.8 Managed Services New addition As per RFP

325 2.8 Managed Services New addition As per RFP

326 b) 1G Switch (DC) –

Type 2 page No 151


2*SR transceivers and 2 RJ-45 1/10GBASE-T ports in addition to

the above ports

As per RFP

327 b) 1G Switch (DC) –

Type 2 page No 153

The Switch should support Link aggregation to groups together up

to 8 ports per trunk automatically using Link Aggregation Control

Protocol (LACP), or manually, to form an ultra-high-bandwidth

connection to the network backbone. The switch should provide

support up to 128 trunks

As per RFP

328 Point 2 - Page no 2 k. Managed Services. As per RFP

329 Point 7 - Page no 34 6. Service Level Agreements (SLA) - Security Incident and

Management Reporting

As per RFP

330 1.1 Scope of Work - 56 f) Supply, installation, configuration, testing and commissioning of

Security infrastructure like Next Generation Firewalls, Antivirus,

DDOS, PIM, HIPS, IDAM, DAM, IPS/IDS, Log Servers, and Web

Application Firewall etc.

As per RFP

331 Point 2 Page no 111 ADS, Antivirus & Patch Mgmt Servers operating system As per RFP


Firewall (Server Farm),

5

Firewall (PLC Network),

5


332 Point 7 - Page no 112 Centralized Management, Log and analysis license with 5 -year

support up to 100x firewall devices/administrative, supplied along

with 5 years 24 x 7 support along with hardware

As per RFP

333 Point 8 - Page no 112 Free of change training to 20-people team of Network Engireers

from NMDC to be provided by OEM at a centralized place

covering all aspects of operations and maintenance of the

firewalls

As per RFP


335 New Point under VPN to be added As per RFP



338 Point 5 - Page no 166 The Firewall must be appliance based As per RFP

339 Point 5 - Page no 166 New Point under VPN to be added As per RFP

340 Point 5 - Page no 166 New Point under VPN to be added As per RFP

341 Point 5 - Page no 166 New point under IPS to be added As per RFP

342 WAF - Page no 168 New Point to be added As per RFP

343 Point 1 - Page no 170 Firewall Type 1 for DC and DR As per RFP













356 point 28 - Page no 220 Trusted SSL Certificate Import As per RFP

357 point 28 - Page no 220 Using Load Balancer feature in Firewall

SSL,LLB

As per RFP

358 point 30 - Page no 220 Policy Verification Every Year As per RFP

359 point 31 - Page no 220 IPSEC VPN with unlimited users As per RFP

360 point 32 - Page no 220 SSL VPN with unlimited uers As per RFP

361 point 33 - Page no 220 IPSEC remote access VPN with unlimited users As per RFP

362 point 34 - Page no 220 Two factor based authentication integration As per RFP

363 Point 36 - Page no 220 OS Critical and Security Patch Management As per RFP

364 point 43 - Page no 220 System, Application and Security Log Analysis As per RFP

365 point 44 - Page no 221 Windows Server Security Management As per RFP

366 point 45 - Page no 221 Security Processes - User and Group Management As per RFP

367 point 46 - Page no 221 Security Policies and Configurations As per RFP

368 point 47 - Page no 221 Security Patches and Hot Fixes As per RFP

369 point 50 - Page no 221 File and Directory Security As per RFP

370 point 51 - Page no 221 Audit Logging As per RFP

371 point 52 - Page no 221 Windows Firewall Policy As per RFP

372 point 60 - Page no 221 Windows Server folder and File access security/ share permission

management.

As per RFP

373 point 77 - Page no 221 OS Patching As per RFP

374 point 161 - Page no 225 OS Logs, AV/AS logs, Vulnerability Assessment, Network Device

Logs, Rule Based Correlation & Risk Based Correlation

As per RFP

Point 5 - Page no 163




375 point 161 - Page no 225 OS Logs, AV/AS logs, Vulnerability Assessment, Network Device

Logs, Rule Based Correlation & Risk Based Correlation

As per RFP

376 point 162 - Page no 225 Incident Management, Log Retention for 6 Months As per RFP

377 point 163 - Page no 225 Penetration Testing (Tool based) As per RFP

378 point 164 - Page no 225 Historical Based Correlation As per RFP

379 point 165 - Page no 225 PCI DSS, FIM, Advanced Persistent Threat protection,

IPS/IDS, DDOS Protection, DDOS Reporting, Enabling DDOS

services for NMDC networks

As per RFP

380 point 166 - Page no 225 Basic web filter service As per RFP

381 point 167 - Page no 225 Application filter services As per RFP

382 point 168 - Page no 225 Automatic updates of signatures As per RFP

383 Page no 240 Firewall BoM As per RFP

384 2.2 DC & DR Software

Enterprise

Management

Solution/General

Requirement/point no

5 (Page 158)

To ensure the proposed software is secure, it should have ISO

27034 certification from a verification or certification agency

which has global recognition

As per RFP


Enterprise

Management

Solution/General


6 (Page 158)

EMS/NMS OEM must be an industry standard, enterprise grade

solution and shall be in the present in Gartner’s MQ reports for

NPMD and ITSM for last two years (2017 & 2018)

As per RFP


Enterprise

Management

Solution/General


8 (Page 158)

Proposed EMS Solutions MUST have been in operations in at least

3 or more deployments across government/public sector,

monitoring and managing at least 10,000 network nodes in each

of the cases individually. Self-certification of the OEM, along with

the customer names and proof of software delivery must be

submitted at the time of bid submission

As per RFP


Enterprise

Management

Solution/General


1 (Page 158)

The proposed EMS solution should be an integrated, modular and

scalable solution from single OEM (i.e. all Network Monitoring,

server Monitoring including application and database monitoring

and Service Management tools should be from single OEM) to

provide comprehensive fault management, performance

management, traffic analysis and business service management,

IT service desk\ help desk \trouble ticketing system & SLA

monitoring functionality

As per RFP

388 General Requirement of

IT

Service/Helpdesk/Point

No. 59 (Page 161)

The proposed helpdesk should have solutions like : Incident

management, Problem Management, Change Management,

Knowledge Management, Service Level Management, Service

Asset and Configuration management, Service Catalogue and

Request Fulfilment, etc. The certification copies to be submitted.

As per RFP

389 New Clause addition

request

Considering the current COVID situation, there will be a significant

change in the way organizations work with "Work from Home",

"Work Remotely" etc. becoming prevalent. Due to these ever-

changing landscape, self-help, self-service etc. becomes extremely

important. We request you to add this point as this will greatly

help in service fulfilment through automation

As per RFP

390 New Clause addition

request

As per RFP


Enterprise

Management

Solution/General


3 (Page 157)

The proposed EMS solution should be built on modern container

technologies and have an option to deploy on classic mode non-

containerized as well as containerized mode.

As per RFP


Enterprise

Management

Solution/General


9 (Page 158)

Solution should ensure compatibility of existing Infrastructure

with the procured infrastructure and it must fill the end

functionality of the project. Offered solution should support bi-

directional integration between the NOC and SOC to have the

single consolidated console of infrastructure and security events.

As per RFP


Enterprise

Management

Solution/General


9 (Page 158)

Server Fault Monitoring & Application Performance Management

Should provide a centralized point of control with out-of-the-box

policy-based management intelligence for easy deployment for

the servers, operating systems, applications and services for

correlating and managing all the IT infrastructure components of

a business service

As per RFP

394 V) Wireless Controller

for Access Points

IV Access Point( Indoor

)

Page No 189

The Proposed WLC must be compliant with IEEE CAPWAP or

equivalent for controller based WLANS.

As per RFP

395 Page No 189 The Proposed WLC should be 1 U , rack mountable appliance

with 2X1 G , (or better ), ethernet interface , USB support and RS-

232 Serial console interface .

As per RFP

396 Page No 190 The proposed must support coverage hole detection & correction

that can be adjusted on aper WLAN basis .

As per RFP

397 Page No 190 Should support Port based & SSID Based IEEE 802.1X

authentication .

As per RFP

398 2.5 Wi-Fi Access Point

(Outdoor )

Page No 195

Access Points proposed must include dual radios (2.4 Ghz & 5 Ghz

) , & should cover a distance of 2k.m. in open area . )

Access Points proposed must include dual radios

(2.4 Ghz & 5 Ghz ) , & should cover a distance of

150 Mtrs in open area

399 Page No 195 The Access Point have Integarted Antenna The Access Point have Integrated/ External

Antenna.

400 Page No. 112 /1.4/

Switch, Indoor Wireless,

NAC, EMS etc.

Networ

k

Compo

nents

Transceiver Count As per RFP

401 Raw

Power

Quality

Testing

Add this clause As per RFP

402 Page No. 227-230 Optical

Fiber

Laying

and

Backfilli

ng

Specification as per the clause mentioned in the Page No. 103-106

on Optical Fiber Laying and Backfilling.

As per RFP

403 151 b) 1G

Switch

(DC) –

Type 2


2*SR transceivers and 2 RJ-45 1/10GBASE-T ports in addition to

the above ports

As per RFP

404 153 The Switch should support Link aggregation to groups together up

to 8 ports per trunk automatically using Link Aggregation Control

Protocol (LACP), or manually, to form an ultra-high-bandwidth

connection to the network backbone. The switch should provide

support up to 128 trunks

The Switch should support Link aggregation to

groups together up to 8 ports per trunk

automatically using Link Aggregation Control

Protocol (LACP), or manually, to form an ultra-high-

bandwidth connection to the network backbone.

405 106/4.8 Input

Protecti

on

(Thru In-

built 1P

MCB)

Should be provided at the input of the UPS

suitable for the full rated capacity of the UPS

Input Protection (Thru In-built 3P MCB)

406 25 Financial Quote, on Supply, Installation, Integration, Testing,

Commissioning

and Support: NOC

NOC for DC & DR will be part of managed services.

Scope of Work does not includes civil, electrical &

HVAC works for in premise NOC which will be used

for managing NMDC LAN & WAN.

407 1 Provide/ Upgrade of existing MPLS/ VPN at 15 locations. As per RFP

408 Annexure-VII (UPS) BOQ- Earthing & Lightning arrestor As per RFP

409 General Requirements

for the LAN

Infrastructure

(pagePage 8 of 53) Page

62 of RFP

f. Reliability and scalability of solution, open architecture and

availability of the

business-critical applications on High availability.

g.

As per RFP, please refer Annexure for Qty

410 1.4. Switch, Indoor

Wireless, NAC, EMS etc.

(page 112)

12 Access Point (Indoor) Nos. 300 Payment will be made as per actual quantities

used.

411 1.4. Switch, Indoor

Wireless, NAC, EMS etc.

(page 112)

13 Wireless LAN Controller for Access Points, 5 year warranty &

NBD support Nos. 10

AS per RFP

412 Generic Every Radio Location required AC Power and UPS Power As per RFP

413 Fig 43 Donimalai

Distribution Switch#6

Network Diagram

Line of Sight Details

DIOM CP PLC Room to Planning Cell Server

Room to SP PLC Room (SCADA) KIOM

MTSS Room to KIOM PLC Room

Pellet Plant Admin Building to LP Mech Room

LoS exists prima facie. However, field engineering

has to be carried out by successful bidder.

Bidder(s) to include such costs and efforts if any

more foreseen, in their bids

414 Generic Wireless Radio Pole/ Tower Height LoS exists prima facie. However, field engineering

has to be carried out by successful bidder.

Bidder(s) to include such costs and efforts, if any

more foreseen, in their bids

415 2.8. Managed Services IPSEC VPN with Unlimited Users

SSL VPN with unlimited users

IPSEC remote access VPN with unlimited users

As per RFP

416 1.3 Firewall Firewall – Type 1

Firewall- Type 2

Firewall- Type 3

Firewall- Type 4

As per RFP

417 Firewalls for DC & DR Accepted Make : Fortinet / Palo Alto / Cisco As per RFP

418 Annexure-VII Desktop for NOC As per RFP

419 Annexure-VII Bill of Material (BOM) As per RFP

420 Security Management Rule Based correlation and Risk based correlation

Incident Management

As per RFP

421 Security Management Rule Based correlation and Risk based correlation

Incident Management

As per RFP

422 Firewall Services Firewall with HA setups As per RFP

423 Network Access control

specification

Network Access control specification As per RFP

424 Firewall Services Trusted SSL certificate import As per RFP

425 Firewall Services Trusted SSL certificate import As per RFP

426 2.2 The system should integrate with Helpdesk / Service desk tool for

automated

incident logging and also notify alerts or events via e-mail or SMS.

As per RFP

427 Annexture-VI Core Switches, Distribution switches, Server, storage, Firewall and

etc

As per RFP

428 Annexture-VI Supply, Installation, Testing and Commissioning of (N) 30KVA UPS

System for

Central Distributor to support core switches, Servers, WAN

Optimizers, ILL load

balancers, and other networking equipment along with 30-

minutes battery back-up

(about 40 batteries of 65AH, 12V, Lead Acid, SMF) along with

Battery rack, MCB

protection gear and all other accessories - Bacheli, Kirandul,

Donimalai, Panna and

Paloncha. UPS to be SNMP manageable. 30kVA rating. Supply

should include 3-

year on-site warranty and maintenance

As per RFP

429 1.b Supply, Installation, Integration, Testing, Commissioning and

Support (SiitcS) of LAN

and WAN Networks.

As per RFP

430 1.c Provide/ Upgrade of existing MPLS/ VPN at 15 locations. As per RFP

431 Annexture-VI SOR As per RFP

432 1.1 Intended LAN/WAN Setup for NMDC Links will be terminated on ethernet interfaces of

SD-WAN Boxes.(Firewall)

433 1.1 NMDC will have a three-tier architecture as part of its SAP System

landscape and will consist of

Development environment

Quality environment

Production environment

Disaster Recovery Environment

As per RFP

434 Annexture-VI SOR As per RFP

435 1.1 Perform Due Diligence study and submit report for Migration of

legacy applications not being covered

under SAP data migration (e.g. Intranet Portal, Vigilance

application etc.) at HO and Sites to DC &

DR.

Migration of Legacy Applications is not within the

RFP scope

436 1.1 c. Design of the MPLS network, sizing, link management and

backup link solutions for

critical applications and users.

As per RFP

437 1.1 SOW (d) pg # 58 Storage Replication between DC & DR As per RFP

438 1.1 SOW pg # 57 & pg #

109

SAP HANA Databases listed in the Diagram of "Technical

Architecture of Appln landscape"

As per RFP

439 A. BoQ 1.1 (pg # 110) Local Server HW As per RFP

440 1.2 (pg # 110) DC & DR Software As per RFP

441 B.2.1 (i) - e(1) (pg #

124)

Disk for persistence SSD storage As per RFP

442 B.2.1 (i) - e(4) (pg #

124)

2 no.s of 24 ported 1 G Network Switches As per RFP

443 B.2.1 (ii) - a(1) (pg #

125)

DAS Storage for App and DB Servers As per RFP

444 B.2.1 (ii) - a(1) (pg #

125)

Solution req: Container provisioning As per RFP

445 Brand

inclusio

n

Approved Make : HP/ Extreme /Cisco As per RFP

446 Access

Switch

– Type

1

Archite

cture

Pg# 78

Should support ITU G.8032 standard As per RFP

447 Brand inclusion Approved Make : HP/ Extreme /Cisco As per RFP

448 Page No 189 The Proposed WLC should be 1 U , rack mountable appliance

with 2X1 G , (or better ), ethernet interface , USB support and RS-

232 Serial console interface .

As per RFP

449 2.5 Wi-Fi Access Point

(Outdoor ) Page No

195

Access Points proposed must include dual radios (2.4 Ghz & 5 Ghz

) , & should cover a distance of 2k.m. in open area . )

Access Points proposed must include dual radios

(2.4 Ghz & 5 Ghz ) , & should cover a distance of

150 Mtrs in open area

450 Radio Links - Point to

Point & Point to

Multipoint

Radio link (Point to point & Point to multipoint ) Pls refer to above mentioned specification.

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per th

e list for so

lutio

n o

ffered

by th

e Bid

der. Th

is is also p

art

of th

e techn

ical requ

iremen

ts.

4C

on

sortiu

mR

equ

est you

to p

lease allow

the co

nso

rtium

(Lead + 1

) for m

ore p

articipatio

n o

f bid

der

Perm

itting co

nso

rtium

shall b

ring in

decen

t particip

ation

s of b

idd

ers

alon

g with

stron

g techn

o

com

mercial p

rop

osal th

us

ben

efiting en

d cu

stom

er

RF

P C

lause w

ill p

revail

RF

P C

lause w

ill prev

ail

55

( e)P

age No

10

Certificate fro

m Statu

tory A

ud

itor/C

A sp

ecifying

the A

nn

ual Tu

rno

ver from

ICT services d

urin

g last

three years (2

01

6-1

9).

Req

uest yo

u to

please am

men

d th

e clasue as p

er belo

w :

Certificate fro

m Statu

tory A

ud

itor/C

A sp

ecifying th

e An

nu

al Turn

over d

urin

g last three

years (20

16

-19

).R

FP

Clau

se will

prev

ailR

FP

Clau

se will p

revail

2(iv) &

2(d

)

Page N

o 3

& 8

Th

e clause is

amen

ded

as " on

e o

r mo

re pro

ject / p

rojects claim

ed

tow

ards exp

erience

mu

st cov

er on

e or

mo

re elemen

ts essen

tially fro

m

each o

f the

follo

win

g three

catagories.

Elem

ents o

f catego

ry ( 1

) b

elow

,mu

st co

ntrib

ute at least

Rs 2

4 C

rs cost fro

m

the p

roject /

pro

jects,

Th

e clause is am

end

ed as "

on

e or m

ore p

roject / p

rojects

claimed

tow

ards exp

erience

mu

st cov

er on

e or m

ore

elemen

ts essentially

from

each

of th

e follo

win

g three

catagories. E

lemen

ts of

category

(a) belo

w,m

ust

con

tribu

te at least Rs 2

4 C

rs co

st from

the p

roject /

pro

jects,

2

62

(iv)P

age No

3Th

e inten

din

g bid

der m

ust b

e an

IT/ITES/Netw

orkin

g com

pan

y, havin

g an

Experien

ce of

successfu

lly executin

g similar n

ature o

f wo

rks as

men

tion

ed in

the Sco

pe o

f Wo

rk viz. setting u

p o

f

DC

/DR

(H/w

& S/w


itches,

Man

aged Services, B

ackbo

ne

cablin

g, Setting u

p o

f Wi-Fi N

etwo

rks, laying o

f

WA

N/LA

N N

etwo

rks and

laying o

f OFC

etc. du

ring th


n 3

1st

March

’20

20

) of at least fo

llow

ing valu

e/billin

g:

On

e Pro

ject costin

g Rs 8

0 C

r OR

Two

pro

jects

costin

g Rs 5

0 C

r. each O

R Th

ree

Pro

jects costin

g Rs 4

0 C

r. each.

We h

ave executed

ICT p

rojects ab

ove 8

0cr. H

ow

ever, on

ly 3-4

of th

e abo

ve-said w

ork

streams are in

clud

ed in

the >8

0cr w

ork co

mp

letion

. We d

o h

ow

ever have citatio

ns

from

oth

er client p

rojects fo

r the rest o

f the w

ork stream

s thu

s com

pletin

g all tho

se 10

differen

t wo

rk streams. W

e wo

uld

therefo

re requ

est you

to kin

dly relax th

is con

ditio

n

by statin

g

“wh

ile it is imp

erative for b

idd

ers to p

rod

uce w

ork co

mp

letion

certificates in IC

T

Systems In

tegration

category fo

r values exceed

ing 8

0crs (o

ne o

rder), 5

0crs (tw

o

ord

ers), 40

crs (3 o

rders) as th

e case may b

e, sho

uld

such

certificate(s) no

t com

prise all

wo

rk-streams as stated

in th

e RFP

, bid

ders are allo

wed

to p

rove th

eir expertise/p

ast

track record

in all sp

ecified areas th

rou

gh co

mp

letion

certificate of o

ther go

vernm

ental

pro

jects”. .

The clau

se is

amen

ded

as " on

e

or m

ore p

roject /

pro

jects claimed

tow

ards exp

erience

mu

st cover o

ne o

r

mo

re elemen

ts

essentially fro

m each

of th

e follo

win

g

three catago

ries.

Elemen

ts of catego

ry

( 1 ) b

elow

,mu

st

con

tribu

te at least

Rs 2

4 C

rs cost fro

m

the p

roject /

pro

jects,

The clau

se is amen

ded

as " on

e

or m

ore p

roject / p

rojects

claimed

tow

ards exp

erience

mu

st cover o

ne o

r mo

re

elemen

ts essentially fro

m each

of th

e follo

win

g three

catagories. Elem

ents o

f category

(a) belo

w,m

ust co

ntrib

ute at

least Rs 2

4 C

rs cost fro

m th

e

pro

ject / pro

jects,

72

(v) (iii)A

verage An

nu

al finan

cial turn

over d

urin

g the last

3 years, en

din

g 31

March

-20

19

sho

uld

be at least

Rs. 1

00

Cr. A

ud

ited fin

ancial statem

ents fo

r the

last 3 years (2

01

6-1

7, 2

01

7-1

8, 2

01

8-1

9) to

be

enclo

sed.

Average A

nn

ual Tu

rno

ver Rs. 5

5 C

r.W

e requ

est you

to ch

ange th

e

clause as:

Average A

nn

ual fin

ancial tu

rno

ver

du

ring th

e last 3 years, en

din

g 31

March

-20

19

sho

uld

be at least R

s.

55

Cr. A

ud

ited fin

ancial statem

ents

for th

e last 3 years (2

01

6-1

7, 2

01

7-

18

, 20

18

-19

) to b

e enclo

sed.

RF

P C

lause w

ill p

revail

RF

P C

lause w

ill prev

ail

82

(iv)Th

e inten

din

g bid

der m

ust b

e an

IT/ITES/Netw

orkin

g com

pan

y, havin

g an

Experien

ce of su

ccessfully execu

ting sim

ilar

natu

re of w

orks as m

entio

ned

in th

e Scop

e of

Wo

rk viz. setting

up

of D

C/D

R (H

/w &

S/w), Firew

alls, active

Switch

es, Man

aged Services, B

ackbo

ne cab

ling,

Setting u

p o

f Wi-Fi N

etwo

rks, laying o

f WA

N/LA

N

Netw

orks an

d layin

g of O

FC etc. d

urin

g the last 7

years (as on

31

st March

’20

20

) of at least

follo

win

g value/b

illing:

On

e Pro

ject costin

g Rs 8

0 C

r OR

Two

pro

jects

costin

g Rs 5

0 C

r. each O

R Th

ree Pro

jects costin

g

Rs 4

0 C

r. each.

We req

uest yo

u to

give relaxation

in valu

e of P

O.

We req

uest yo

u to

chan

ge the

clause as:

On

e Pro

ject costin

g Rs. 2

0 C

r. Or

Two

Pro

jects costin

g Rs. 1

0 C

r. Or

Three p

rojects o

f Rs. 5

Cr.

RF

P C

lause w

ill p

revail

RF

P C

lause w

ill prev

ail

2 (ii)

Valid

CM

MI Level 3

or ab

ove certificate

kind

ly remo

ve CM

MI Level 3

or m

ake it op

tion

al C

MM

i certification

is mo

re aligned

to So

ftware D

evelop

men

t hen

ce

this clau

se sho

uld

be ap

plicab

le to

the So

ftware O

EMs. M

SI/ Bid

der

do

es no

t do

any so

ftware

develo

pm

ent h

ence th

is

certification

sho

uld

no

t be

necessarily align

ed to

the

MSI/B

idd

er.

Clau

se is remo

ved

.

Clau

se is remo

ved

.

Ad

ditio

nal Q

uery

Ad

ditio

nal Q

uery

Kin

dly allo

w atleast 3

Co

nso

rtium

Mem

ber (in

clud

ing Lead

Bid

der).

Allo

win

g Co

nso

rtium

will in

crease

com

petitiven

ess of th

e Tend

ering

Pro

cess

RF

P C

lause w

ill p

revail

RF

P C

lause w

ill prev

ail

Ad

ditio

nal Q

uery

Ad

ditio

nal Q

uery

Kin

dly allo

w at least 3

Co

nso

rtium

Mem

ber (in

clud

ing Lead

Bid

der).

Allo

win

g Co

nso

rtium

will in

crease

com

petitiven

ess of th

e Tend

ering

Pro

cess

RF

P C

lause w

ill p

revail

RF

P C

lause w

ill prev

ail

2 (v) (iii)

Average A

nn

ual fin

ancial tu

rno

ver du

ring th

e last

3 years, en

din

g 31

March

-20

19

sho

uld

be at least

Rs. 1

00

Cr. A

ud

ited fin

ancial statem

ents fo

r the

last 3 years (2

01

6-1

7, 2

01

7-1

8, 2

01

8-1

9) to

be

enclo

sed.

Average A

nn

ual Tu

rno

ver Rs. 4

0 C

r.Th

is clause is very again

st to M

SME

/ NSIC

firms to

particip

ation

in th

e

bid

wh

o h

aving h

uge exp

erience in

this typ

es of p

rojects. So

kind

ly

allow

with

min

imu

m average

ann

ual tu

rno

ver of R

s. 40

Cr.

RF

P C

lause w

ill p

revail

RF

P C

lause w

ill prev

ail

2 (ii)

Valid

CM

MI Level 3

or ab

ove certificate

kind

ly remo

ve CM

MI Level 3

or m

ake it op

tion

al N

orm

ally CM

Mi certificatio

n is

requ

ired fo

r pro

ject that are related

to so

ftware d

evelop

men

t. Since th

e

tend

er is no

t related to

any

softw

are develo

pm

ent activity, w

e

requ

est you

to rem

ove th

is clause

as the sam

e is no

t relevant fo

r this

tend

er.

Clau

se is remo

ved

.C

lause is rem

ov

ed.

10

2 (ii)

Average A

nn

ual fin

ancial tu

rno

ver du

ring th

e last

3 years, en

din

g 31

March

-20

19

sho

uld

be at least

Rs. 1

00

Cr. A

ud

ited fin

ancial statem

ents fo

r the

last 3 years (2

01

6-1

7, 2

01

7-1

8, 2

01

8-1

9) to

be

enclo

sed.

Kin

dly am

end

this clau

se as:

Average A

nn

ual fin

ancial tu

rno

ver du

ring th

e last 3 years, en

din

g 31

March

-20

19

sho

uld

be at least R

s. 60

Cr. A

ud

ited fin

ancial statem

ents fo

r the last 3

years (20

16

-17

,

20

17

-18

, 20

18

-19

) to b

e enclo

sed.

This clau

se is very Stringen

t and

restricting / d

isallow

ing fair

particip

ation

amo

ng vario

us lead

ing

IT com

pan

ies havin

g vast

experien

ce in Su

pp

ly, Installatio

n,

Testing C

om

missio

nin

g of IT

hard

ware, so

ftware, n

etwo

rking in

do

mestic / o

verseas pro

jects.

RF

P C

lause w

ill p

revail

RF

P C

lause w

ill prev

ail

9

11

2 (v) (iii)

IT Service & Secu

rity Accred

itation

s: The

inten

din

g bid

der m

ust p

ossess th

e follo

win

g

certification

s on

the d

ate of su

bm

ission

of th

e

bid

s:

(c) Valid

CM

MI Level 3

or ab

ove, certificate

Kin

dly allo

w B

idd

er with

valid ISO

certification

s on

ly.W

e recom

men

d to

inclu

de ISO

90

01

/27

00

1/ ISO

90

01

/20

08

or

CM

MI 3

. It will b

e mo

re op

en to

bid

ders.

Clau

se is amen

ded

Clau

se is amen

ded

12

Ad

ditio

nal Q

uery

Ad

ditio

nal Q

uery

Kin

dly allo

w atleast 3

Co

nso

rtium

Mem

ber (in

clud

ing Lead

Bid

der).

Co

nsid

ering th

e wid

e scop

e of w

ork,

requ

est you

to p

lease allow

con

sortiu

m fo

r flawless execu

tion

of

the P

roject.

RF

P C

lause w

ill p

revail

RF

P C

lause w

ill prev

ail

13

2 (ii)

Valid

CM

MI Level 3

or ab

ove certificate

kind

ly remo

ve CM

MI Level 3

or m

ake it op

tion

al C

MM

i certification

is generally an

ask for exp

ortin

g softw

are services

to th

e intern

ation

al market.

Mo

reover as p

er the sectio

n "5

.3

Co

mp

liance w

ith In

du

stry

Stand

ards", th

e solu

tion

is

com

plian

t as per ISO

20

00

0 (Service

Man

agemen

t) specificatio

ns. So

we

wo

uld

requ

est ITI Limited

to d

rop

this red

un

dan

t param

eter.

Clau

se is remo

ved

.C

lause is rem

ov

ed.

14

2 (v) (iii)

Average A

nn

ual Tu

rno

ver of R

s. 10

0 C

r.K

ind

ly allow

Bid

der w

ith valid

ISO certificatio

ns o

nly.

Since o

ur P

rime M

inister is very

mu

ch p

rom

otio

ng N

SIC/M

SME

firms,req

uest yo

u to

brin

g do

wn

the

turn

over to

50

Cro

re as it will b

e

very difficu

lt for a M

SME h

old

er to

furn

ish th

is kind

of Tu

rno

ver.

RF

P C

lause w

ill p

revail

RF

P C

lause w

ill prev

ail

15

Suggestio

nSu

ggestion

Kin

dly allo

w atleast 2

Co

nso

rtium

Mem

ber (in

clud

ing Lead

Bid

der).

Co

nsid

ering th

e wid

e scop

e of w

ork,

requ

est you

to p

lease allow

con

sortiu

m fo

r flawless execu

tion

of

the P

roject.

RF

P C

lause w

ill p

revail

RF

P C

lause w

ill prev

ail

16

Eligibility C

riteria (a)

8Th

e bid

der m

ust b

e, a com

pan

y registered in

Ind

ia, un

der th

e com

pan

ies Act – 1

95

6 o

r 20

13

and

sho

uld

be in

bu

siness o

f IT / ITI

ES/Netw

orkin

g for at least 5

years.

In th

e belo

w it is m

entio

ned

that o

rganizatio

n sh

ou

ld b

e 10

0C

r organ

ization

,Will yo

u

also co

nsid

er oth

er bu

siness tu

rno

ver like oil an

d gas,Lo

gistics,con

structio

n,P

rojects etc

with

min

imu

m tu

rno

ver in IT w

hich

mean

s they w

ill have m

inim

um

experien

ce in IT

,Rath

er it sho

uld

be clearly m

entio

ned

that 1

00

Cr tu

rno

ver sho

uld

be o

nly fro

m IC

T or

IT services on

ly .

Kin

dly ch

ange it to

10

0C

R IT services

or IC

T services com

pan

y

Clau

se amen

ded

. "A

verage A

nn

ual

finan

cial turn

ov

er fro

m IC

T B

usin

ess d

urin

g the last 3

y

ears, end

ing 3

1st

March

-20

19

sho

uld

b

e at least Rs. 1

00

C

r . Au

dited

fin

ancial

statemen

ts for th

e

last 3 y

ears (2

01

61

7, 2

01

7-1

8,

20

18

-19

) to b

e en

closed

. "

Clau

se amen

ded

. "Av

erage A

nn

ual fin

ancial tu

rno

ver

from

ICT

Bu

siness d

urin

g the

last 3 y

ears, end

ing 3

1st

March

-20

19

sho

uld

be at least

Rs. 1

00

Cr . A

ud

ited fin

ancial

statemen

ts for th

e last 3 y

ears (2

01

61

7, 2

01

7-1

8, 2

01

8-1

9)

to b

e enclo

sed. "

17

Eligibility C

riteria (b

)8

Average A

nn

ual fin

ancial tu

rno

ver du

ring th

e last

3 years, en

din

g 31

st March

-20

19

sho

uld

be at

least Rs. 1

00

Cr . A

ud

ited fin

ancial statem

ents fo

r

the last 3

years (20

16

17

, 20

17

-18

, 20

18

-19

) to b

e

enclo

sed.

In th

e belo

w it is m

entio

ned

that o

rganizatio

n sh

ou

ld b

e 10

0C

r organ

ization

,Will yo

u

also co

nsid

er oth

er bu

siness tu

rno

ver like oil an

d gas,Lo

gistics,con

structio

n,P

rojects etc

with

min

imu

m tu

rno

ver in IT w

hich

mean

s they w

ill have m

inim

um

experien

ce in IT

,Rath

er it sho

uld

be clearly m

entio

ned

that 1

00

Cr tu

rno

ver sho

uld

be o

nly fro

m IC

T or

IT services on

ly .

Kin

dly ch

ange it to

10

0C

R fro

m IT

services or IC

T services

Clau

se amen

ded

. "A

verage A

nn

ual

finan

cial turn

ov

er fro

m IC

T B

usin

ess d

urin

g the last 3

y

ears, end

ing 3

1st

March

-20

19

sho

uld

b

e at least Rs. 1

00

C

r . Au

dited

fin

ancial

statemen

ts for th

e last 3

years

(20

16

17

, 20

17

-18

, 2

01

8-1

9) to

be

enclo

sed. "

Clau

se amen

ded

. "Av

erage A

nn

ual fin

ancial tu

rno

ver

from

ICT

Bu

siness d

urin

g the

last 3 y

ears, end

ing 3

1st

March

-20

19

sho

uld

be at least

Rs. 1

00

Cr . A

ud

ited fin

ancial

statemen

ts for th

e last 3 y

ears (2

01

61

7, 2

01

7-1

8, 2

01

8-1

9)

to b

e enclo

sed. "

18

Eligibility C

riteria (d

)8

The p

roject/p

rojects claim

ed to

ward

s experien

ce,

mu

st con

tain o

ne o

r mo

re elemen

ts essentially

from

each o

f the fo

llow

ing th

ree categories.

Elemen

ts of C

ategory (i) b

elow

, mu

st con

tribu

te

at least 30

% co

st of th

e pro

ject.

This statem

ents d

iffers with

the eligib

ility of o

rder valu

es that are given

if som

e on

e

picks h

igher o

rder valu

e it will b

e com

pletely irrelevan

t and

also it m

ight en

cou

rage

no

n IT p

artners also

Either th

is po

int itself to

be

remo

ved o

r con

sider as Th

e

establish

men

t of D

C/D

R/Fire-w

alls/

Man

aged services /A

ctive Switch

es

& P

assive Switch

es/Ro

uters as th

is

is a com

plete D

C so

lutio

n rath

er

than

a cablin

g solu

tion

.

The clau

se is

amen

ded

as " on

e

or m

ore p

roject /

pro

jects claimed

tow

ards exp

erience

mu

st cover o

ne o

r

mo

re elemen

ts

essentially fro

m each

of th

e follo

win

g

three catago

ries.

Elemen

ts of catego

ry

( 1 ) b

elow

,mu

st

con

tribu

te at least

Rs 2

4 C

rs cost fro

m

the p

roject /

pro

jects,

The clau

se is amen

ded

as " on

e

or m

ore p

roject / p

rojects

claimed

tow

ards exp

erience

mu

st cover o

ne o

r mo

re

elemen

ts essentially fro

m each

of th

e follo

win

g three

catagories. Elem

ents o

f category

(i) belo

w,m

ust co

ntrib

ute at

least Rs 2

4 C

rs cost fro

m th

e

pro

ject / pro

jects,

19

Eligibility C

riteria (e

)

(i)

8V

alid C

MM

i Level 3 o

r abo

ve, certificate C

MM

level3 o

r abo

ve is con

sidered

wh

en th

ere is any so

ftware cu

stom

ization

develo

pm

ent is req

uired

, Kin

dly req

uest yo

u to

no

t to co

nsid

er this p

oin

t as in th

e

entire sco

pe th

ere is no

softw

are develo

pm

ent o

r custo

mizatio

n is req

uired

oth

er than

imp

lemen

tation

.

This p

oin

t is irrelevant fo

r this

pro

ject.Kin

dly rem

ove.

Clau

se is remo

ved

.C

lause is rem

ov

ed.

20

De

livery p

erio

d sh

all

be

as be

low

:

13

Sup

ply o

f DC

/ DR

Co

mp

on

ents in

clud

ing

hard

ware an

d So

ftware. T0

+ 6 W

eeks

Du

e to th

e covid

19

situatio

n m

ost o

f the p

rod

uct d

eliveries are getting d

elayedkin

dly req

uest yo

u to

increase th

e

delivery term

s to T0

+12

weeks to

14

weeks m

inim

um

R

FP

Clau

se will

prev

ailR

FP

Clau

se will p

revail

21

Ad

ditio

nal Q

uery

Ad

ditio

nal

Qu

ery

Ad

ditio

nal Q

uery

• Man

po

wer req

uirem

ent is n

ot given

in th

is RFP

,If it com

es as a differen

t RFP

NM

DC

migh

t face a challen

ge of co

ord

inatio

n b

etween

peo

ple as th

ere will n

ot b

e any

respo

nsib

ility or O

wn

ership

from

System in

tegrators o

n th

e deliverab

les of th

e peo

ple

wh

o m

ight get recru

ited fro

m a d

ifferent agen

cy or o

rganizatio

n. N

MD

C m

ight face a

pro

du

ctivity loss o

f peo

ple d

ue to

lack of co

ord

inatio

n w

hich

intu

rn w

ill make a

finan

cial loss .Id

eally Man

po

wer sh

ou

ld also

be p

art of th

is RFP

so th

at com

plete

respo

nsib

ility lies with

single co

mp

any as co

ord

inatio

n an

d o

wn

ership

will b

e with

single co

mp

any.

No

t accepted

Please

No

t accepted

Please

22

2 (a)&

2(i)

Page N

o 3

& 8

The b

idd

er mu

st be, a co

mp

any registered

in

Ind

ia, un

der th

e com

pan

ies Act – 1

95

6 o

r 20

13

and

sho

uld

be in

bu

siness o

f IT /ITES/ Netw

orkin

g

for at least 5

years.

Please clarify co

nso

rtium

is allow

ed an

d th

is clause can

be q

ualified

by an

y mem

ber o

f

the co

nso

rtium

This w

ill make th

e bid

mo

re

com

petitive.

RF

P C

lause w

ill p

revail

RF

P C

lause w

ill prev

ail

The in

tend

ing b

idd

er mu

st be an

IT/ITES/Netw

orkin

g com

pan

y, havin

g an

Experien

ce of su

ccessfully execu

ting sim

ilar

natu

re of w

orks as m

entio

ned

in th

e Scop

e of

Wo

rk viz. setting u

p o

f DC

/DR

(H/w

& S/w

),


itches, M

anaged

Services,

Backb

on

e cablin

g, Setting u

p o

f Wi-Fi N

etwo

rks,

laying o

f WA

N/LA

N N

etwo

rks and

laying o

f OFC

etc. du

ring th


n 3

1st

March

’20

20

) of at least fo

llow

ing valu

e/billin

g:

On

e Pro

ject costin

g Rs 8

0 C

r

OR

Two

pro

jects costin

g Rs 5

0 C

r. each

OR

Three P

rojects co

sting R

s 40

Cr. each

.

Please clarify co

nso

rtium

is allow

ed an

d th

is clause can

be q

ualified

by an

y mem

ber o

f

the co

nso

rtium

.

This w

ill make th

e bid

mo

re

com

petitive.

RF

P C

lause w

ill p

revail

RF

P C

lause w

ill prev

ail

The p

roject/p

rojects claim

ed to

ward

s

experien

ce, mu

st con

tain o

ne o

r mo

re

elemen

ts essentially fro

m each

of th

e follo

win

g

three catego

ries. Elemen

ts of C

ategory (a) b

elow

,

mu

st con

tribu

te at least 30

% co

st of th

e pro

ject.

Please clarify if an

y on

e of th

e each catego

ry will also

qu

alify.Th

is will m

ake the b

id m

ore

com

petitive.

(a) The estab

lishm

ent o

f DC

/DR

, Fire-walls an

d

Man

aged services.

The estab

lishm

ent o

f DC

/DR

, Fire-walls an

d M

anaged

services.

(b) A

ctive Switch

es, EMS an

d B

ackbo

ne C

ablin

g

with

associated

IT com

po

nen

ts.

Active Sw

itches, EM

S and

Backb

on

e Cab

ling w

ith asso

ciated IT co

mp

on

ents.

C) W

i-Fi, P2

P rad

io lin

ks and

Laying o

f

Un

dergro

un

d O

FC N

etwo

rks.

Wi-Fi, P

2P

radio

links an

d Layin

g of U

nd

ergrou

nd

OFC

Netw

orks.

Th

e clause is am

end

ed as "

on

e or m

ore p

roject / p

rojects

claimed

tow

ards exp

erience

mu

st cov

er on

e or m

ore

elemen

ts essentially

from

each

of th

e follo

win

g three

catagories. E

lemen

ts of

category

(a) belo

w,m

ust

con

tribu

te at least Rs 2

4 C

rs co

st from

the p

roject /

pro

jects,

23

2(iv) &

2(d

)P

age No

3

& 8

Th

e clause is

amen

ded

as " on

e o

r mo

re pro

ject /

pro

jects claimed

to

ward

s experien

ce m

ust co

ver o

ne o

r m

ore elem

ents

essentially

from

each

of th

e fo

llow

ing th

ree catago

ries. E

lemen

ts of

category

( 1 )

belo

w,m

ust

con

tribu

te at least R

s 24

Crs co

st from

th

e pro

ject / p

rojects,

24

2(d

)P

age No

8

Pro

ject-Wise, W

ork o

rder co

pies an

d co

mp

letion

certificates, dep

icting vario

us p

roject elem

ents

and

costs th

ereof, w

ith M

AF d

etails, to b

e

enclo

sed)

Please rem

ove M

AF an

d m

ake Ord

er cop

ies no

t man

datro

y if com

pletio

n certificate is

available. A

s wo

rk ord

er is un

der N

DA

in m

ost o

f the cases.

MA

F for th

e com

po

nen

ts we are

qu

otin

g will b

e attached

to th

e

techn

ical solu

tion

pro

po

sed.

MA

F is no

t requ

ired

for th

e pro

jects cited

tow

ards eligib

ility.

Ho

wever, M

AF is

requ

ired as p

er the

list for so

lutio

n

offered

by th

e

Bid

der. Th

is is also

part o

f the tech

nical

requ

iremen

ts.

MA

F is no

t requ

ired fo

r the

pro

jects cited to

ward

s eligibility.

Ho

wever, M

AF is req

uired

as

per th

e list for so

lutio

n o

ffered

by th

e Bid

der. Th

is is also p

art

of th

e techn

ical requ

iremen

ts.

25

Ad

ditio

nal Q

uery

Ad

ditio

nal

Qu

ery

Co

nso

rtium

Kin

dly allo

w C

on

sortiu

m in

the b

id as it is restrictin

g the p

articipatio

n o

f mo

re bid

ders.

This w

ill make th

e bid

mo

re

com

petitive.

RF

P C

lause w

ill p

revail

RF

P C

lause w

ill prev

ail

26

5 ( e)

Page N

o 1

0C

ertificate from

Statuto

ry Au

dito

r/CA

specifyin

g

the A

nn

ual Tu

rno

ver from

ICT services d

urin

g last

three years (2

01

6-1

9).

Please clarify if an

y of th

e con

sortiu

m m

emb

er can fu

lfill this criteria.

RF

P C

lause w

ill p

revail

RF

P C

lause w

ill prev

ail

27

2(iv)

Page N

o 3

Th

e inten

din

g bid

der m

ust b

e an

IT/ITES/Netw

orkin

g com

pan

y, havin

g an

Experien

ce of

successfu

lly executin

g similar n

ature o

f wo

rks as

men

tion

ed in

the Sco

pe o

f Wo

rk viz. setting u

p o

f

DC

/DR

(H/w

& S/w


itches,

Man

aged Services, B

ackbo

ne

cablin

g, Setting u

p o

f Wi-Fi N

etwo

rks, laying o

f

WA

N/LA

N N

etwo

rks and

laying o

f OFC

etc. du

ring th


n 3

1st

March

’20

20

) of at least fo

llow

ing valu

e/billin

g:

On

e Pro

ject costin

g Rs 8

0 C

r OR

Two

pro

jects

costin

g Rs 5

0 C

r. each O

R Th

ree

Pro

jects costin

g Rs 4

0 C

r. each.

Kin

dly m

ake it du

ring last 1

0 years.

No

t accepted

Please

No

t accepted

Please

28

13

Page N

o 1

5In

crease/ decrease/ in

qu

antity o

r alter the

locatio

n o

f installatio

n &

com

missio

nin

g with

in

NM

DC

prem

ises at any o

f its Offices / M

inin

g

Areas/Sites.

RF

P C

lause w

ill p

revail

RF

P C

lause w

ill prev

ail

29

Clau

se 13

.7P

age No

15

ITI reserves its rights to

mo

dify, ad

d/d

elete any

con

ditio

ns as d

eemed

requ

ired in

the R

FP o

n a

later stage and

such

mo

dificatio

ns,

add

ition

s/deletio

ns sh

all be b

ind

ing o

n

theb

idd

er/Sup

plier.

With

Mu

tual co

nsen

t on

ly, ITI shall m

od

ify, add

/delete an

y con

ditio

ns as d

eemed

requ

ired in

the R

FP o

n a later stage.

Please m

ake it mu

tual o

therw

ise its

no

t po

ssible to

bid

the ten

der as

Bid

der w

ou

ld b

e bid

din

g keepin

g in

min

d th

e terms an

d co

nd

ition

s of

the R

FP.

The clau

se relevant

till RFP

stage. No

po

st bid

chan

ges.Th

e clause relevan

t till RFP

stage. No

po

st bid

chan

ges.

up

to 1

0%

Increase/ d

ecrease/ in q

uan

tity or alter th

e locatio

n o

f installatio

n &

com

missio

nin

g with

in N

MD

C p

remises at an

y

of its O

ffices / Min

ing A

reas/Sites.

30

Clau

se 15

Page N

o 1

6P

IP sh

all ind

emn

ify and

ho

ld h

armless ITI an

d its

emp

loyees fro

m an

d again

st any an

d

all suits, actio

ns o

r adm

inistrative p

roceed

ings,

claims, d

eman

ds, lo

sses, dam

ages, costs,

and

expen

ses of w

hatso

ever natu

re, inclu

din

g

attorn

ey’s fees and

expen

ses, in resp

ect of

the d

eath o

r inju

ry of an

y perso

n o

r loss o

f or

dam

age to an

y pro

perty, arisin

g in co

nn

ection

with

the o

ffer of services u

nd

er this Lo

A an

d b

y

reason

of th

e negligen

ce of th

e PIP

, or

their em

plo

yees, or agen

ts, except an

y inju

ry,

death

or p

rop

erty dam

age caused

by th

e

negligen

ce of N

MD

C/ITI, its em

plo

yees, or agen

ts.

No

twith

stand

ing an

ythin

g con

tained

elsewh

ere, the aggregate liab

ility of th

e Bid

der

will b

e capp

ed to

the co

st payab

le to th

e bid

der fo

r the w

ork execu

ted in

clud

ing

ind

emn

ification

claims.

This clau

se is makin

g the liab

ility

un

capp

ed fo

r bid

der, kin

dly cap

it to

the ch

arges payab

le to th

e bid

der.

RF

P C

lause w

ill

prev

ailR

FP

Clau

se will p

revail

31

Clau

se 15

Page N

o 1

6Term

inatio

nP

lease clarify, incase o

f termin

ation

du

e to an

y reason

, the b

idd

er will b

e paid

for th

e

pro

du

cts sup

plied

and

services executed

till the d

ate of term

inatio

n o

r any exten

sion

thereafter.

Since it’s a lo

ss to b

idd

er if pro

du

cts

and

services are already su

pp

lied.

Please in

corp

orate th

is clause.

RF

P C

lause w

ill p

revail

RF

P C

lause w

ill prev

ail

32

(A) i

14

PA

YM

ENT R

ELATED

: On

Placem

ent o

f Ord

er by ITI - 2

0%

of In

voice

Valu

e.

Req

uested

paym

ent term

s 20

%

33

(A) iI

14

On

Pro

of o

f Disp

atch - 2

0%

of In

voice

Valu

e.

20

%

34

(A) iII

14

On

Receip

t of Item

s at Site - 30

% o

f Invo

ice

Valu

e

45

%

35

(A) iV

14

On

Installatio

n o

f The Eq

uip

men

t - 20

% o

f

Invo

ice Valu

e

10

%

36

(A) V

14

On

Go

-Live and

Op

eration

al Accep

tance b

y

NM

DC

- 10

% o

f Invo

ice Valu

e.

5%

37

10

24

5B

OQ

RELA

TED: H

orizo

ntal C

ablin

g -Installatio

n

and

Co

mm

ission

ing ch

arges for th

e abo

ve

Do

we n

eed to

qu

ote b

oth

places ,its alread

y covered

in p

age no

24

6

Yes

Yes

38

22

46

Installatio

n o

f Cab

le Lin

ksInstallatio

n, Testin

g

and

Co

mm

ission

ing o

f Ho

rizon

tal Cab

le Links

alon

g with

sup

ply o

f requ

isite Cap

ing &

Casin

g /

PV

C co

nd

uits / H

DP

E pip

es

sup

ply o

f material P

VC

con

du

its /casing cap

ing is it u

nd

er ITI scop

e or n

ot

No

t to IT

I Scop

e. B

idd

er sho

uld

co

nsid

er the co

st fo

r HD

PE

pip

e, D

ucts an

d all cab

le lay

ing accesso

ries in

the lay

ing co

st.

No

t in ITI Sco

pe. A

ll costs

inclu

sive in p

rice bid

.

RF

P C

lause w

ill prev

ailR

FP

Clau

se will

prev

ail

39

12

47

OFC

Laying In

stallation

(Trench

ing, cab

le pu

lling

thro

ugh

HD

PE p

ipes,

Man

ho

les every 2kM

s or 2

right an

gle ben

ds)

Testing an

d

Co

mm

ission

ing o

f Op

tical Fibre Lin

ks alon

g with

sup

ply o

f ISI

marked

/ TEC ap

pro

ved H

DP

E pip

e

sup

ply o

f HD

PE p

ipe is it u

nd

er ITI scop

e or n

ot

No

t to IT

I Scop

e. B

idd

er sho

uld

co

nsid

er the co

st fo

r HD

PE

pip

e, D

ucts an

d all cab

le lay

ing accesso

ries in

the lay

ing co

st.

No

t in ITI Sco

pe. A

ll costs

inclu

sive in p

rice bid

.

40

Ad

ditio

nal Q

uery

Ad

ditio

nal

Qu

ery

Gen

eralIs B

illing as p

er actuals su

pp

lied / in

stalled if yes p

lease clarify regardin

g wastage %

Billin

g as per

actuals su

pp

lied/

installed

.B

illing as p

er actuals

sup

plied

/ installed

.

41

1kV

A O

nlin

e UP

S 4.3

No

min

al Inp

ut

Frequ

ency

20

95

0 H

z +/- 10

Hz

As p

er stand

ard p

ractice in In

dia , 5

0 H

z +/- 5%

is main

tined

for freq

uen

cy

synch

ron

ization

. We req

uest to

kind

ly con

sider th

is fact.

RF

P C

lause w

ill p

revail

RF

P C

lause w

ill prev

ail

42

Scop

e of W

ork

56

Sup

ply, in

stallation

, con

figuratio

n, testin

g and

com

missio

nin

g of Secu

rity

infrastru

cture like N

ext Gen

eration

Firewalls,

An

tivirus, D

DO

S, PIM

, HIP

S, IDA

M, D

AM

, IPS/ID

S,

Log Servers, an

d W

eb A

pp

lication

Firewall etc.

Please m

od

ify the clau

se as -"Sup

ply, in

stallation

, con

figuratio

n, te

sting an

d

com

missio

nin

g of Se

curity in

frastructu

re like

Ne

xt Ge

ne

ration

Firew

alls, Log Se

rvers,

and

We

b A

pp

lication

Firew

all etc."

Since o

ther asked

solu

tion

com

po

nen

ts are no

t part o

f RFP

BO

Q, P

lease remo

ve the sam

e.

RF

P C

lause w

ill p

revail

RF

P C

lause w

ill prev

ail

13

Sub

missio

n o

f a detailed

design

and

dep

loym

ent

meth

od

olo

gy and

imp

lemen

tation

plan

of

executio

n o

f the p

roject an

d th

e app

roval o

f

NM

DC

is T0+1

Week

It Sho

uld

be atleast T0

+ 3-4

Week

1) A

s it requ

ried site su

rvey at

differen

t zon

es and

at mu

ltiple sites

for th

e prep

aration

of d

esign, an

d

site wise B

OQ

.

2) P

reparatio

n o

f do

cum

entatio

n

with

detailed

draw

ing.

3) It also

requ

ired ap

pro

val from

NM

DC

.

RF

P C

lause w

ill

prev

ailR

FP

Clau

se will p

revail

13

Sup

ply o

f DC

/ DR

Co

mp

on

ents in

clud

ing

hard

ware an

d So

ftware T0

+ 6 W

eeks

13

Sup

ply o

f LAN

/ WA

N C

om

po

nen

ts T0 + 6

Weeks

13

Installatio

n an

d C

om

missio

nin

g of D

C / D

R T0

+ 9

Weeks

It Sho

uld

be atleast T0

+ 13

1

) Hard

ware in

stallation

will take at

least 3 w

eeks and

app

lication

installatio

n an

d o

ptim

ization

will

take at least 4 w

eeks.

RF

P C

lause w

ill prev

ail

43

Delivery Tim

elines

RF

P C

lause w

ill p

revail

Installatio

n an

d C

om

missio

nin

g LAN

/WA

N. T0

+

15

Weeks

It Sho

uld

be atleast T0

+ 32

to 3

6 W

eeks after all clearance an

d p

ermissio

n fro

m

con

cerned

auth

ority.

1) A

s the tren

chin

g wo

rk for O

FC

laying q

ty. is very hu

ge i.e. 27

0 K

M.

2) D

epen

dan

cies on

perm

ission

s

from

differen

t-differen

t con

cerned

auth

orities.

3) D

epen

dan

cies on

site and

weath

er con

ditio

ns.

44

Clearan

ces for

Excavation

Wo

rk

22

7Th

e Executin

g Agen

cy shall b

e respo

nsib

le for

ob

tainin

g necessary clearan

ces for excavatio

n

wo

rk from

the au

tho

rities on

beh

alf of th

e Ow

ner

and

pro

vide req

uisite co

pies o

f info

rmatio

n,

map

s, survey rep

ort etc to

the au

tho

rities.

Gettin

g clearance fo

r Excavation

wo

rk, sho

uld

no

t be in

the sco

pe o

f Bid

der.

1) A

s for m

ost o

f the tim

e

perm

ission

s requ

est mad

e by

bid

der, are n

ot en

tertained

pro

perlay b

y the G

ovt.

dep

artmen

ts, wh

ich lead

to d

elay.

Hen

ce, all perm

ission

requ

ests to

any go

vernm

ent d

epartm

ent sh

ou

ld

be p

laced b

y thro

ugh

govern

men

t

chan

nel o

nly.

45

Trench

less Diggin

g

23

3Tren

chless d

igging m

ay be u

sed in

sho

rt section

for cro

ssing N

ation

al high

ways, im

po

rtant ro

ad o

r

rail crossin

gs etc., wh

ere the co

ncern

ed

auth

orities d

o n

ot p

ermit o

pen

cutm

etho

d, fo

r

wh

ich n

o ad

ditio

nal co

st shall b

e pro

vided

by th

e

Emp

loyer.

1)Tren

chless d

igging sh

ou

ld b

e perm

itted, w

here th

ere is feasibility an

d n

o issu

es of

perm

ission

s.

2) Tren

chless d

igging sh

ou

ld b

e men

tion

ed alo

ng w

ith th

e OFC

laying B

OQ

line item

s

men

tion

ed in

page n

o. 1

61

, or it can

be a sap

erate line item

It will h

elp co

mp

leting th

e OFC

laying w

ork o

n tim

e.

46

Co

ntro

lled b

lasting

22

9Fo

r excavation

in h

ard ro

ck, con

trolled

blastin

g can b

e resorted

to. Th

e Co

ntracto

r shall

ob

tain n

ecessary perm

ission

s from

the statu

tory

auth

orities fo

r blastin

g and

the u

se of exp

losives

for th

is pu

rpo

se.

It migh

t lead in

the in

flation

of th

e pro

ject costin

g..

47

Op

tical Fiber Layin

g

and

Backfillin

g

22

7 - 2

30

Specificatio

n as p

er the clau

se men

tion

ed in

the

Page N

o. 1

03

-10

6 o

n O

ptical Fib

er Laying an

d

Backfillin

g.

It migh

t lead in

the in

flation

of th

e pro

ject costin

g..

48

Man

po

wer

Dep

loym

ent List

60

1) A

list need

s to b

e pro

vided

with

resou

rces wh

o

will b

e dep

loyed

on

the p

roject alo

ng w

ith th

e

roles

and

respo

nsib

ilities of each

resou

rce.

2) List an

d n

um

ber o

f all clou

d-b

ased reso

urces

(inclu

din

g bu

t no

t limited

to servers (V

Ms),

storage,

netw

ork co

mp

on

ents an

d so

ftware co

mp

on

ents)

oth

er than

man

po

wer th

at may b

e requ

ired.

Req

uired

mo

re details o

n th

e requ

ired reso

urce Q

ualificatio

n an

d Exp

erience p

art. As

in Ten

der th

ere is no

details availab

le in th

is regard.

Req

uired

for co

nsid

ering th

e cost !!

RF

P C

lause w

ill p

revail

RF

P C

lause w

ill prev

ail

Entire cab

le laying w

ork is

with

in th

e NM

DC

Prem

ises and

hen

ce app

roval fro

m p

ub

lic

auth

orities is n

ot ap

plicab

le.

RFP

Clau

se w

ill pre

vail

RF

P C

lause w

ill prev

ail

43

Delivery Tim

elines

RF

P C

lause w

ill p

revail

En

tire cable lay

ing

wo

rk is w

ithin

the

NM

DC

Prem

ises an

d h

ence ap

pro

val

from

pu

blic

auth

orities is n

ot

app

licable.

49

OEM

Availab

ility3

2D

urin

g imp

lemen

tation

, IP sh

all ensu

re that fu

ll

time

team m

emb

er from

each O

EM is

available till th

e op

eration

al acceptan

ce of th

eir

respective B

oQ

.

Need

clarity on

the clau

se, becau

se if we n

eed to

ensu

re the fu

ll time

ph

ysical

presen

ce of O

EM team

mem

ber, it sh

ou

ld b

e the p

art of M

AF itself.

For en

surin

g the availab

ility of fu

ll

time O

EM team

mem

ber.

RF

P C

lause w

ill p

revail

RF

P C

lause w

ill prev

ail

50

Terms o

f Paym

ent (A

).

FOR

SUP

PLY ITEM

S:

14

(i). On

Placem

ent o

f Ord

er by ITI 2

0%

of In

voice

Valu

e.

(ii). On

Pro

of o

f Disp

atch 2

0%

of In

voice V

alue

(iii). On

Receip

t of Item

s at Site 30

% o

f Invo

ice

Valu

e

(iv). On

Installatio

n o

f The Eq

uip

men

t 20

% o

f

Invo

ice Valu

e

(v). On

Go

-Live and

Op

eration

al Accep

tance b

y

NM

DC

10

% o

f Invo

ice Valu

e.

(i). On

Placem

ent o

f Ord

er by ITI 2

0%

of In

voice V

alue.

(ii). On

Pro

of o

f Disp

atch 2

0%

of In

voice V

alue

(iii). On

Receip

t of Item

s at Site 40

% o

f Invo

ice Valu

e

(iv). On

Installatio

n o

f The Eq

uip

men

t 10

% o

f Invo

ice Valu

e

(v). On

Go

-Live and

Op

eration

al Accep

tance b

y NM

DC

10

% o

f Invo

ice Valu

e.

RF

P C

lause w

ill p

revail

RF

P C

lause w

ill prev

ail

3Th

e pro

ject/pro

jects claimed

tow

ards exp

erience,

mu

st con

tain o

ne o

r mo

re elemen

ts essentially

from

each o

f the fo

llow

ing th

ree categories.

Elemen

ts of C

ategory (a) b

elow

, mu

st con

tribu

te

at least 30

% co

st of th

e pro

ject.

The p

roject/p

rojects claim

ed to

ward

s experien

ce, mu

st con

tain o

ne o

r mo

re elemen

ts

essentially fro

m each

of th

e follo

win

g three catego

ries. Elemen

ts of C

ategory (a) b

elow

,

mu

st con

tribu

te at least 30

% co

st of th

e pro

ject aske

d (i.e

. 30

% o

f on

e p

roje

ct of R

s.

80

Cr o

r 30

% e

ach o

f two

Pro

jects o

f Rs. 5

0 C

r or 3

0%

each

of 3

Pro

jects o

f Rs. 4

0 C

r)

3(a) Th

e establish

men

t of D

C/D

R, Fire-w

alls and

Man

aged services.

(a) The estab

lishm

ent o

f DC

/DR

(Wh

ich co

nsist o

f Co

re Sw

itche

s, Co

re R

ou

ters, Lo

ad

Balan

cer, Se

rvers, H

igh cap

acity UP

S, Ge

nse

t etc) , Fire-w

alls and

Man

aged services.

3(b

) Active Sw

itches, EM

S and

Backb

on

e Cab

ling

with

associated

IT com

po

nen

ts.

(b) A

ctive Switch

es, EMS an

d B

ackbo

ne C

ablin

g with

associated

IT com

po

nen

ts.

3(c) W

i-Fi, P2

P rad

io lin

ks and

Laying o

f

Un

dergro

un

d O

FC N

etwo

rks.

(c) Wi-Fi, P

2P

radio

links an

d Layin

g of U

nd

ergrou

nd

OFC

Netw

orks.

52

b) 1

G Sw

itch (D

C) –

Type 2

15

1Th

e switch

sho

uld

sup

po

rt 2*1

0-G

igabit p

orts

SFP+ lo

aded

with

2*SR

transceivers an

d 2

RJ-4

5

1/1

0G

BA

SE-T po

rts in ad

ditio

n to

the ab

ove p

orts

Mo

st of th

e switch

es sup

po

rt SFP/SFP

+ Po

rts and

mo

st of th

e vend

ors are su

pp

ortin

g

that.

Kin

dly am

end

the sp

ecification

s as

"The sw

itch sh

ou

ld su

pp

ort 4

*10

-

Gigab

it po

rts SFP+ lo

aded

with

2*SR

transceivers

RF

P C

lause w

ill p

revail

RF

P C

lause w

ill prev

ail

Th

e clause is am

end

ed as "

on

e or m

ore p

roject / p

rojects

claimed

tow

ards exp

erience

mu

st cov

er on

e or m

ore

elemen

ts essentially

from

each

of th

e follo

win

g three

catagories. E

lemen

ts of

category

(a) belo

w,m

ust

con

tribu

te at least Rs 2

4 C

rs co

st from

the p

roject /

pro

jects,

51

The in

tend

ing b

idd

er

mu

st be an

IT/ITES/Netw

orkin

g

com

pan

y, havin

g an

Experien

ce of

successfu

lly executin

g

similar n

ature o

f

wo

rks as men

tion

ed

in th

e Scop

e of W

ork

viz. setting u

p o

f

DC

/DR

(H/w

& S/w

),

Firewalls, active

Switch

es, Man

aged

Services, Backb

on

e

cablin

g, Setting u

p o

f

Wi-Fi N

etwo

rks,

laying o

f WA

N/LA

N

Netw

orks an

d layin

g

of O

FC etc. d

urin

g the

last 7 years (as o

n

31

st March

’20

20

) of

at least follo

win

g

value/b

illing: O

ne

Pro

ject costin

g Rs 8

0

Cr O

R Tw

o p

rojects

costin

g Rs 5

0 C

r. each

OR

Three P

rojects

Th

e clause is

amen

ded

as " on

e o

r mo

re pro

ject / p

rojects claim

ed

tow

ards exp

erience

mu

st cov

er on

e or

mo

re elemen

ts essen

tially fro

m

each o

f the

follo

win

g three

catagories.

Elem

ents o

f catego

ry ( 1

) b

elow

,mu

st co

ntrib

ute at least

Rs 2

4 C

rs cost fro

m

the p

roject /

pro

jects,

53

Average A

nn

ual fin

ancial tu

rno

ver du

ring th

e last

3 years, en

din

g 31

st March

-20

19

sho

uld

be at

least Rs. 1

00

Cr. A

ud

ited fin

ancial statem

ents fo

r

the last 3

years (20

16

17

, 20

17

-18

, 20

18

-19

) to b

e

enclo

sed.

We are req

uestin

g you

, kind

ly chan

ge the Eligib

ility Criteria to

35

Cr as in

the p

reviou

s

RFP

,

In ligh

t of th

e imp

act of th

e Co

vid-1

9 p

and

emic o

n em

plo

ymen

t and

entrep

reneu

rship

,

we req

uest kin

dly co

nsid

er MSM

E organ

ization

s also to

particip

ate in th

is RFP

sub

ject

to m

eeting th

e qu

ality and

techn

ical specificatio

ns.

Also

, as per th

e MSM

E po

licy circulars attach

ed, M

SME registered

Co

mp

any are eligib

le

for th

e Relaxatio

n o

f No

rms fo

r Start-up

and

Micro

& Sm

all Enterp

rises in P

ub

lic

Pro

curem

ent o

n p

ast Finan

cial turn

over reco

rds n

orm

s and

we req

uest fo

r you

r kind

con

sideratio

n an

d relaxatio

n.

RF

P C

lause w

ill p

revail

RF

P C

lause w

ill prev

ail

54

The in

tend

ing b

idd

er mu

st be an

IT/ITES/Netw

orkin

g com

pan

y, havin

g an

Experien

ce of su

ccessfully execu

ting sim

ilar

natu

re of w

orks as m

entio

ned

in th

e Scop

e of

Wo

rk viz. setting u

p o

f DC

/DR

(H/w

& S/w

),


itches, M

anaged

Services,

Backb

on

e cablin

g, Setting u

p o

f Wi-Fi N

etwo

rks,

laying o

f WA

N/LA

N N

etwo

rks and

laying o

f OFC

etc. du

ring th


n 3

1st M

arch

20

20

) of at least fo

llow

ing valu

e/billin

g: On

e

Pro

ject costin

g Rs 8

0 C

r OR

Two

pro

jects costin

g

Rs 5

0 C

r. each O

R Th

ree Pro

jects costin

g Rs 4

0 C

r.

each.

We are kin

dly req

uestin

g you

to kin

dly req

uest fo

r a MSM

E relaxation

as like the last

cancelled

RFP

.

RF

P C

lause w

ill p

revail

RF

P C

lause w

ill prev

ail

55

Valid

CM

Mi Level 3

or ab

ove, certificate.

Kin

dly rem

ove th

e CM

MI certificate clau

se and

allow

MSM

E particip

ation

and

pro

mo

tion

in th

is Pan

dem

ic CO

VID

-19

Co

nd

ition

s.

We M

/S Co

nn

ectivity IT Solu

tion

s

Pvt Ltd

. We are C

ertified G

old

Partn

er to C

ISCO

. We are w

orkin

g in

man

y of th

e PSU

/Cen

tral govt/state

Go

vt for n

etwo

rking R

FPs. Fo

r the

BSFI cu

stom

er We su

pp

ly and

installed

netw

orkin

g equ

ipm

ent’s

15

00

locatio

ns in

PA

N IN

DIA

. We

are bu

ildin

g ITI Clo

ud

and

partn

er in

deliverin

g the so

lutio

ns.

Clau

se is remo

ved

.C

lause is am

end

ed

56

Clau

se 2(iv)

Page 3

The p

roject/p

rojects claim

ed to

ward

s experien

ce,

mu

st con

tain o

ne o

r mo

re elemen

ts essentially

from

each o

f the fo

llow

ing th

ree categories.

Elemen

ts of C

ategory (a) b

elow

, mu

st con

tribu

te

at least 30

% co

st of th

e pro

ject.

(a) The estab

lishm

ent o

f DC

/DR

, Fire-walls an

d

Man

aged services.

(b) A

ctive Switch

es, EMS an

d B

ackbo

ne C

ablin

g

with

associated

IT com

po

nen

ts.

(c) Wi-Fi, P

2P

radio

links an

d Layin

g of

Un

dergro

un

d O

FC N

etwo

rks.

Req

uest to

Clarify th

at the Exp

erience Segm

ents m

entio

ned

in Su

b C

ategories (a), (b

),

and

(c) are from

mu

ltiple cu

stom

ers mu

ltiple p

urch

ase Ord

ers for o

ne o

r mo

re

elemen

ts from

each o

f the catego

ries.

i.e On

e or M

ore Elem

ent fro

m each

Catego

ry (a), (b), an

d (c) fro

m M

ultip

le Cu

stom

ers

Mu

ltiple O

rders.

Th

e clause is

amen

ded

as " on

e o

r mo

re pro

ject / p

rojects claim

ed

tow

ards exp

erience

mu

st cov

er on

e or

mo

re elemen

ts essen

tially fro

m

each o

f the

follo

win

g three

catagories.

Elem

ents o

f catego

ry ( 1

) b

elow

,mu

st co

ntrib

ute at least

Rs 2

4 C

rs cost fro

m

the p

roject /

pro

jects,

Th

e clause is am

end

ed as "

on

e or m

ore p

roject / p

rojects

claimed

tow

ards exp

erience

mu

st cov

er on

e or m

ore

elemen

ts essentially

from

each

of th

e follo

win

g three

catagories. E

lemen

ts of

category

(a) belo

w,m

ust

con

tribu

te at least Rs 2

4 C

rs co

st from

the p

roject /

pro

jects,

57

An

nexu

re-VI B

OM

(P.N

os.2

48

)Fo

r all the B

OM

s It is asked th

at " Ap

plicab

le tax

rates sho

uld

be m

entio

ned

"

There is n

o co

lum

n fo

r Taxes in th

e BO

M. P

ls clarify wh

ere to m

entio

n th

e taxesP

rice bid

form

at am

end

ed. H

ow

ever

taxes will n

ot b

e co

nsid

ered fo

r ev

aluatio

n. O

nly

in

dicate cu

rrent tax

%

Price b

id fo

rmat am

end

ed.

Ho

wev

er taxes will n

ot b

e co

nsid

ered fo

r evalu

ation

. O

nly

ind

icate curren

t tax %

58

An

nexu

re – I : Scop

e

of W

ork

Page 5

7Th

e Data C

enter sh

ou

ld b

e in H

yderab

ad an

d th

e

service pro

vider sh

ou

ld h

ave his o

wn

bu

ildin

g.

Mo

st of D

C's p

layers have lo

ng lease b

uild

ings ,so

requ

est dep

t. to p

lease allow

the D

C

players w

ith lo

ng lease.

RF

P C

lause w

ill

prev

ailR

FP

Clau

se will p

revail

59

An

nexu

re – I : Scop

e

of W

ork

Page 5

9D

C &

DR

sho

uld

be fro

m sam

e service pro

vider

and

sho

uld

no

t be in

the sam

e seismic zo

ne

Can

we p

rovid

e DC

and

DR

from

differen

t service pro

viders w

ith sam

e specificatio

ns

like rated 3

and

sho

ld b

e in d

ifferent seism

ic zon

es.R

FP

Clau

se will

prev

ailC

lause is clear an

d p

revails

60

BO

QSeatin

g Space in

DC

for O

EM/ IP

/ SI/ NM

DC

Do

we also

need

to p

rovisio

n th

e seat in D

R as w

ellYES

YES

61

2. ( d

) on

p

age no

.8Eligib

ility Criteria

Req

uest to

amen

d as b

elow

:

The in

tend

ing b

idd

er mu

st have exp

erience o

f successfu

lly executin

g similar n

ature o

f

wo

rks for a to

tal value o

f Rs. 8

0 C

r or m

ore o

ut o

f wh

ich

a) The b

idd

er sho

uld

have su

ccessfully su

pp

lied an

d in

stalled sim

ilar IT Hard

ware

requ

iremen

ts for at least Th

ree (3) SA

P im

plem

entatio

n p

rojects o

f value n

ot less th

an

Rs. 1

0 cro

res each in

Ind

ia. Ou

t of w

hich

at least,

i 2 P

rojects sh

ou

ld b

e of valu

e of R

s.15

crores o

r mo

re.

ii On

e pro

ject shall b

e a SAP

HA

NA

Imp

lemen

tation

b) Th

e bid

der sh

ou

ld h

ave experien

ce in estab

lishin

g DC

-DR

installatio

ns o

f similar

natu

re for at least 2

organ

ization

s. The b

idd

er sho

uld

have exp

erience in

and

pro

vidin

g

com

plete su

pp

ort (FM

) Services for a sim

ilar DC

DR

installatio

n.

c) The b

idd

er shall h

ave experien

ce in settin

g up

of at least 2

no

s. of cam

pu

s wid

e

netw

orks co

nsistin

g of sw

itches/W

i fi access po

ints an

d W

LCs. A

t least on

e pro

ject of

WLA

N/P

oin

t to P

oin

t to R

adio

Links sh

all be co

nsid

ered.

d) Th

e bid

der co

mp

any sh

all have certified

Engin

eers in D

ata Cen

tre infrastru

cture

con

sisting o

f Servers, Storage, N

etwo

rk, Firewalls to

ensu

re Pro

per p

roject

imp

lemen

tation

shall b

e carried o

ut.

RF

P C

lause w

ill p

revail

Th

e clause is am

end

ed as "

on

e or m

ore p

roject / p

rojects

claimed

tow

ards exp

erience

mu

st cov

er on

e or m

ore

elemen

ts essentially

from

each

of th

e follo

win

g three

catagories. E

lemen

ts of

category

(i) belo

w,m

ust

con

tribu

te at least Rs 2

4 C

rs co

st from

the p

roject /

pro

jects,

62

2 ( e) i,ii,iii (o

n

page n

o.8

)IT Service &

Security A

ccreditatio

ns:

Req

uest to

amen

d as b

elow

:

i) Valid

ISO 2

00

01

,

ii)Valid

ISO 2

70

01

(OR

) CM

Mi Level 3

CM

Mi clau

se

remo

vedC

MM

i clause rem

oved

63

7 (p

age no

13

)

Delivery P

eriod

Req

uest to

amen

d as b

elow

:

In view

of th

e mu

ltiple co

mp

on

ents in

volved

, extensive geo

graph

ically distrib

uted

field

installatio

ns an

d in

view o

f curren

t lockd

ow

ns etc, th

e delivery an

d in

stallation

s may

take lon

g times an

d h

ence req

uest to

give abo

ut 1

2 w

eeks for su

pp

ly and

abo

ut

16

weeks th

ereof fo

r installatio

n fro

m th

e date o

f sup

ply.

RF

P C

lause w

ill p

revail

RF

P C

lause w

ill prev

ail

64

12

( a) (p

age no

14

)

Terms o

f Paym

ent: Fo

r Sup

ply o

f Items

Req

uest to

amen

d as b

elow

70

% P

aymen

t against D

elivery of th

e equ

ipm

ent an

d 2

0%

against In

stallation

and

10

%

on

Go

live.

RF

P C

lause w

ill p

revail

RF

P C

lause w

ill prev

ail

64

PA

ge# 2 , D

ate of

Sub

missio

n

Du

e Date fo

r Sub

missio

n o

f RFP

is 11

/06

/20

20

Cu

rrent situ

ation

of rap

id sp

read o

f coro

naviru

s, there are certain

guid

elines w

hich

have b

een issu

ed b

y the go

vernm

ent to

con

tain th

e spread

of C

OV

ID-1

9. D

ue to

this,

emp

loyees o

f ou

r com

pan

y, partn

ers and

OEM

s are wo

rking fro

m h

om

e and

have

travel restriction

s for m

eetings are in

place.W

e hereb

y sub

mit o

ur req

uest fo

r

extend

ing th

e bid

sub

missio

n d

eadlin

e from

the cu

rrent d

ate of b

id su

bm

ission

to 2

5th

Jun

e, 20

20

for p

reparatio

n an

d su

bm

ission

of tech

nical an

d co

mm

ercially respo

nsive

bid

.

RF

P C

lause w

ill p

revail

Revised

Bid

Sub

missio

n d

ates as

no

tified o

n w

eb site.

65

2, Eligib

ility Criteria,

Calu

se No

. ii

Page N

o. 3

Average A

nn

ual fin

ancial tu

rno

ver du

ring th

e last

3 years, en

din

g 31

March

-20

19

sho

uld

be at least

Rs. 1

00

Cr. A

ud

ited fin

ancial statem

ents fo

r the

last 3 years (2

01

61

7, 2

01

7-1

8, 2

01

8-1

9) to

be

enclo

sed.

Req

uest to

mo

dify th

e clause as " A

verage An

nu

al finan

cial turn

over d

urin

g the last 3

years, end

ing 3

1 M

arch-2

01

9 sh

ou

ld b

e at least Rs. 3

00

Cr. A

ud

ited fin

ancial

statemen

ts for th

e last 3 years (2

01

6-1

7, 2

01

7-1

8, 2

01

8-1

9) to

be en

closed

".

RF

P C

lause w

ill p

revail

Clau

se amen

ded

as. "Av

erage A

nn

ual fin

ancial tu

rno

ver

from

ICT

Bu

siness d

urin

g the

last 3 y

ears, end

ing 3

1st

March

-20

19

sho

uld

be at least

Rs. 1

00

Cr . A

ud

ited fin

ancial

statemen

ts for th

e last 3 y

ears (2

01

61

7, 2

01

7-1

8, 2

01

8-1

9)

to b

e enclo

sed. "

66

2, Eligib

ility Criteria,

Calu

se No

. V , C

Page N

o. 3

Valid

CM

Mi Level 3

or ab

ove, certificate

Req

uest to

mo

dify th

e clause as "B

idd

er sho

uld

be V

alid C

MM

i Level 5 certificate".

Valid

certificate mu

st be En

closed

.

CM

Mi clau

se

remo

vedC

MM

i clause rem

oved

67

2, Eligib

ility Criteria,

Calu

se No

. ii

Page N

o. 3

New

add

ition

The B

idd

er sho

uld

have at least a staff o

f 35

0 train

ed an

d skilled

man

po

wer.

Trained

and

skilled m

anp

ow

er will b

e tho

se perso

nn

el wh

o h

ave at least t a B

Tech / B

.E. Co

mp

uter Scien

ce / Info

rmatio

n Tech

no

logy/Electro

nics C

om

mu

nicatio

n

/Info

rmatio

n Scien

ce or M

CA

qu

alification

. (Declearatio

n letter sh

ou

ld b

e pro

vided

)

RF

P C

lause w

ill p

revail

RF

P C

lause w

ill prev

ail

68

3 B

id Su

bm

ission

,

Calu

se No

. i,

Page N

o.4

(i) EMD

for R

s. 2.0

Cr. w

hich

can b

e sub

mitted

in

the fo

rm o

f DD

or B

ank G

uaran

tee valid fo

r 6

mo

nth

s. Techn

ical Bid

s with

ou

t EMD

will n

ot b

e

con

sidered

.

Req

uest to

mo

dify th

e clause as "EM

D fo

r Rs. 1

.0 C

r. wh

ich can

be su

bm

itted in

the

form

of D

D o

r Ban

k Gu

arantee valid

for 6

mo

nth

s. Techn

ical Bid

s with

ou

t EMD

will n

ot

be co

nsid

ered"

RF

P C

lause w

ill p

revail

RF

P C

lause w

ill prev

ail

69

3 B

id Su

bm

ission

,

Calu

se No

. 5,

Page N

o.4

A P

BG

of 1

0%

need

s to b

e sub

mitted

by th

e

successfu

l bid

der fo

r the p

eriod

of d

elivery

and

executio

n an

d 5

% fo

r 63

Mo

nth

s thereafter.

Req

uest to

mo

dify th

e clause as "A

PB

G o

f 5%

need

s to b

e sub

mitted

by th

e successfu

l

bid

der fo

r the p

eriod

of d

elivery and

executio

n an

d 2

% fo

r 63

Mo

nth

s thereafter"

RF

P C

lause w

ill p

revail

RF

P C

lause w

ill prev

ail

70

12

. Terms o

f

Paym

ent:

(A). FO

R SU

PP

LY ITEMS:

(i). On

Placem

ent o

f Ord

er by ITI 2

0%

of In

voice

Valu

e.

(ii). On

Pro

of o

f Disp

atch 2

0%

of In

voice V

alue

(iii). On

Receip

t of Item

s at Site 30

% o

f Invo

ice

Valu

e

(iv). On

Installatio

n o

f The Eq

uip

men

t 20

% o

f

Invo

ice Valu

e

(v). On

Go

-Live and

Op

eration

al Accep

tance b

y

NM

DC

10

% o

f Invo

ice Valu

e.

Req

uest to

mo

dify th

e clause as "(A

). FOR

SUP

PLY ITEM

S:

(i). On

Placem

ent o

f Ord

er by ITI 2

5%

of In

voice V

alue.

(ii). On

Pro

of o

f Disp

atch 2

5%

of In

voice V

alue

(iii). On

Receip

t of Item

s at Site 30

% o

f Invo

ice Valu

e

(iv). On

Installatio

n o

f The Eq

uip

men

t 15

% o

f Invo

ice Valu

e

(v). On

Go

-Live and

Op

eration

al Accep

tance b

y NM

DC

5%

of In

voice V

alue.

RF

P C

lause w

ill

prev

ailR

FP

Clau

se will p

revail

71

Gen

eral Req

uirem

ent

of IT

Service/Help

desk/P

oi

nt N

o. 5

9 (P

age 16

1)

The p

rop

osed

help

desk sh

ou

ld h

ave solu

tion

s like

: Incid

ent m

anagem

ent, P

rob

lem M

anagem

ent,

Ch

ange M

anagem

ent, K

no

wled

ge Man

agemen

t,

Service Level Man

agemen

t, Service Asset an

d

Co

nfigu

ration

man

agemen

t, Service Catalo

gue

and

Req

uest Fu

lfilmen

t, etc. The certificatio

n

cop

ies to b

e sub

mitted

.

To co

ntin

uo

usly m

aintain

the h

ygiene o

f IT Service Man

agemen

t pro

du

ct we

recom

men

d to

add

" ITSM sh

ou

ld b

e ITIL 2

01

1 ce

rtified

inte

lligen

t solu

tion

that

leve

rages th

e late

st advan

cem

en

t in te

chn

olo

gy, such

as Mo

bility, A

nalytics, an

d

Au

tom

ation

to h

elp

CIO

s and

Service

Pro

vide

rs imp

rove

the

pro

du

ctivity of IT se

rvice

op

eratio

ns an

d re

du

ce th

e co

st and

com

ple

xities in

volve

d an

d it sh

ou

ld b

e atle

ast

certifie

d fo

r 12

pro

cesse

s with

Pin

k verify"

RF

P C

lause w

ill p

revail

RF

P C

lause w

ill prev

ail

72

New

Clau

se add

ition

requ

est

Co

nsid

ering th

e curren

t CO

VID

situatio

n, th

ere

will b

e a significan

t chan

ge in th

e way

organ

ization

s wo

rk with

"Wo

rk from

Ho

me",

"Wo

rk Rem

otely" etc. b

ecom

ing p

revalent. D

ue

to th

ese ever-chan

ging lan

dscap

e, self-help

, self-

service etc. beco

mes extrem

ely imp

ortan

t. We

requ

est you

to ad

d th

is po

int as th

is will greatly

help

in service fu

lfilmen

t thro

ugh

auto

matio

n

Please ad

d an

add

ition

al clause as " Th

e syste

m m

ust su

pp

ort e

nd

to e

nd

zero

tou

ch

auto

matio

n, i.e

., the

use

r can re

qu

est th

e syste

m fo

r a service

usin

g natu

ral

langu

age, an

d th

e syste

m sh

ou

ld fu

lfill the

service

req

ue

st thro

ugh

backe

nd

auto

matio

n o

rche

stration

, with

ou

t any h

um

an in

teractio

n in

volve

d"

RF

P C

lause w

ill p

revail

No

t accepted

Please

73

New

Clau

se add

ition

requ

est

Co

nsid

ering th

e curren

t CO

VID

situatio

n, th

ere

will b

e a significan

t chan

ge in th

e way

organ

ization

s wo

rk with

"Wo

rk from

Ho

me",

"Wo

rk Rem

otely" etc. b

ecom

ing p

revalent. D

ue

to th

ese ever-chan

ging lan

dscap

e, self-help

, self-

service etc. beco

mes extrem

ely imp

ortan

t. We

requ

est you

to ad

d th

is po

int as th

is will greatly

help

in service fu

lfilmen

t thro

ugh

auto

matio

n

Please ad

d an

add

ition

al clause as " Th

e so

ftware

will h

ave th

e in

tellige

nce

to

catego

rize an

d classify an

incid

en

t to th

e m

ost ap

pro

priate

catego

ry and

set its

imp

act, seve

rity and

prio

rity leve

ls auto

matically b

ased

on

learn

ings fro

m h

istorical

analysis"

RF

P C

lause w

ill p

revail

No

t accepted

Please

74

New

Clau

se add

ition

requ

est

Co

nsid

ering th

e curren

t CO

VID

situatio

n, th

ere

will b

e a significan

t chan

ge in th

e way

organ

ization

s wo

rk with

"Wo

rk from

Ho

me",

"Wo

rk Rem

otely" etc. b

ecom

ing p

revalent. D

ue

to th

ese ever-chan

ging lan

dscap

e, self-help

, self-

service etc. beco

mes extrem

ely imp

ortan

t. We

requ

est you

to ad

d th

is po

int as th

is will greatly

help

in service fu

lfilmen

t thro

ugh

auto

matio

n

Please ad

d an

add

ition

al clause as "Th

e so

ftware

sho

uld

be

able

to ro

ute

a service

req

ue

st or in

cide

nt au

tom

atically to th

e m

ost ap

pro

priate

analyst an

d w

orkgro

up

,

and

the

analyst se

lectio

n w

ill be

learn

ed

by th

e syste

m fro

m h

istorical d

ata of p

ast

reso

lved

incid

en

ts and

time

to re

solve

com

bin

ed

with

analyst skills le

vels, q

uality o

f

reso

lutio

n, cu

rren

t wo

rkload

of th

e an

alyst, criticality of th

e ticke

t."

RF

P C

lause w

ill p

revail

No

t accepted

Please

75

New

Clau

se add

ition

requ

est

Please ad

d an

add

ition

al clause as "Th

e so

ftware

mu

st sup

po

rt easy cu

stom

ization

of

the

use

r inte

rface b

y IT team

with

ou

t any n

ee

d fo

r rele

ases, in

clud

ing scrip

s and

htm

l, in o

rde

r for in

trod

ucin

g custo

m lo

gic for u

ser in

pu

t field

s and

corre

spo

nd

ing

action

s, or visu

al ele

me

nts o

n th

e u

ser in

terface

"R

FP

Clau

se will

prev

ailN

ot accep

ted P

lease

76

Co

-locatio

n o

f DC

and

DR

Page N

o.

2/Sco

pe o

f

Wo

rk/1a

Establish

men

t of a D

C an

d D

R (o

n C

o-Lo

cation

basis at M

eitY Emp

aneled

Service

Pro

vider) to

ho

st the A

pp

lication

s of N

MD

C su

ch

as SAP

S/4 H

AN

A ER

P at D

C,

located

in H

yderab

ad an

d D

R lo

cated in

ano

ther

city and

ano

ther seism

ic zon

e.

Req

uest yo

u to

please exp

lain an

d elab

orate o

n co

-locatio

n exp

ectation

and

venu

e for

the D

R Lo

cation

s

With

ou

t kno

win

g expectatio

n o

f

Co

locatio

n services it w

ill be to

ugh

for SI to

fetch th

e com

petitive

prices fro

m M

anaged

Service

pro

viders

Co

-locatio

n services

to b

e pro

vided

by

DC

/DR

service

pro

vider in

clud

es

caging, sp

ace,

Po

wer, C

oo

ling,

Ph

ysical Security etc.

DC

will b

e in

Hyd

erabad

and

DR

in

ano

ther seism

ic zon

e

from

the sam

e

service pro

vider.

Co

-locatio

n services to

be

pro

vided

by D

C/D

R service

pro

vider in

clud

ing cagin

g,

space, P

ow

er, Co

olin

g, Ph

ysical

Security etc. D

C w

ill be in

Hyd

erabad

and

DR

in an

oth

er

seismic zo

ne fro

m th

e same

service pro

vider.

77

Integratio

nP

age No

.

2/Sco

pe o

f

Wo

rk/1b

Sup

ply, In

stallation

, Integratio

n, Testin

g,

Co

mm

ission

ing an

d Su

pp

ort (SiitcS) o

f

LAN

and

WA

N N

etwo

rks.

Req

uest yo

u to

please exp

lain th

e integratio

n an

d m

igration

aspects o

f this so

lutio

n.

As in

BO

Q B

lades fo

r Legacy Servers

are asked, So

requ

est you

to p

lease

defin

e the sco

pe o

f migratio

n

activities expected

from

the b

idd

er

for existin

g services and

app

lication

s run

nin

g on

existing

hard

wares

Migratio

n o

f legacy

app

lication

is no

t in

the sco

pe o

f this

Tend

er.M

igration

of legacy ap

plicatio

n

is no

t in th

e scop

e of th

is

Tend

er.

78

MP

LS/VP

NP

age No

.

2/Sco

pe o

f

Wo

rk/1c

Pro

vide/ U

pgrad

e of existin

g MP

LS/ VP

N at 1

5

locatio

ns.

Please p

rovid

e clarification

on

the sam

e. As P

age No

. 8 it is m

entio

ned

- "The req

uired

MP

LS and

ILL con

nectivity fro

m th

e TSPs sh

all be arran

ged sep

arately and

bid

der n

eed

no

t to acco

un

t for its co

st."

Bo

th Sp

ecs are con

tradictin

g , So

please p

rovid

e clarity on

the sam

e.

Bid

der n

eed n

ot

accou

nt fo

r its cost

Bid

der n

eed n

ot acco

un

t for its

cost

79

Intern

etP

age No

.

2/Sco

pe o

f

Wo

rk/1e

Pro

vide / u

pgrad

e of In

ternet leased

line at H

O,

Pro

jects and

oth

er locatio

ns.

Please p

rovid

e clarification

on

the sam

e. As P

age No

. 8 it is m

entio

ned

- "The req

uired

MP

LS and

ILL con

nectivity fro

m th

e TSPs sh

all be arran

ged sep

arately and

bid

der n

eed

no

t to acco

un

t for its co

st."

Bo

th Sp

ecs are con

tradictin

g , So

please p

rovid

e clarity on

the sam

e.

Bid

der n

eed n

ot

accou

nt fo

r its cost

Bid

der n

eed n

ot acco

un

t for its

cost

80

Security B

reach

inclu

din

g Data

Theft/Lo

ss/Co

rrup

tion

Page N

o.

37

/Security

/9/Secu

rity

Breach

inclu

din

g

Data

Theft/Lo

ss/

Co

rrup

tion

An

y incid

ent w

here in

system co

mp

rom

ised o

r

any case w

herein

data

theft o

ccurs (in

clud

ing in

ternal

incid

ents)

Req

uest yo

u to

please rem

ove th

is clause

Since th

e asked so

lutio

n is o

f

Netw

ork Secu

rity and

no

such

too

ls,

like DLP

, End

po

int P

rotectio

n, H

ost

based

IPS, N

etwo

rk beh

avior

analysis etc h

as been

con

sidered

in

this so

lutio

n. B

idd

er will n

ot b

e able

to d

eliver these services w

itho

ut

adeq

uate secu

rity too

ls

This is p

art of th

e

Man

aged servicves

to b

e pro

vided

by

the D

C/D

R service

pro

vider.

This is p

art of th

e Man

aged

servicves to b

e pro

vided

by th

e

DC

/DR

service pro

vider.

81

Scop

e of W

ork

Page N

o.

56

/ Scop

e

of W

ork/

Po

int N

o. F

Sup

ply, in

stallation

, con

figuratio

n, testin

g and

com

missio

nin

g of Secu

rity

infrastru

cture like N

ext Gen

eration

Firewalls,

An

tivirus, D

DO

S, PIM

, HIP

S, IDA

M, D

AM

, IPS/ID

S,

Log Servers, an

d W

eb A

pp

lication

Firewall etc.

Please m

od

ify the clau

se as -"Sup

ply, in

stallation

, con

figuratio

n, te

sting an

d

com

missio

nin

g of Se

curity in

frastructu

re like

Ne

xt Ge

ne

ration

Firew

alls, Log Se

rvers,

and

We

b A

pp

lication

Firew

all etc."

Since o

ther asked

solu

tion

com

po

nen

ts are no

t part o

f RFP

BO

Q, P

lease remo

ve the sam

e.

RF

P C

lause w

ill p

revail

RF

P C

lause w

ill prev

ail

82

Scop

e of W

ork

Page N

o.

56

/ Scop

e

of W

ork/

Po

int N

o. H

Imp

lemen

tation

and

com

missio

nin

g of ITSM

too

ls

for A

sset man

agemen

t, incid

ent, p

rob

lem an

d

chan

ge man

agemen

t as part o

f the so

lutio

n. To

ol

pro

po

sed sh

ou

ld b

e leader in

Gartn

er qu

adran

t

and

key stakeho

lders fro

m N

MD

C sh

ou

ld h

ave

access to

the d

ashb

oard

s on

the to

ol.

Since ITSM

too

l is no

t men

tion

ed in

BO

Q, P

lease inclu

de th

e same in

BO

QTo

avoid

skipp

ing ch

ances o

f this

solu

tion

com

po

nen

ts by b

idd

ers,

Please m

entio

n th

e same in

BO

Q.

EMS so

lutio

n

inclu

des ITSM

solu

tion

as well.

EMS so

lutio

n in

clud

es ITSM

solu

tion

as well.

83

Data C

enter an

d D

R

Co

Locatio

n

Page N

o.

57

/Techn

ic

al

specificatio

n o

f

colo

cation

and

man

aged

services

Please ad

dR

equ

est you

to p

lease add

DR

Au

tom

ation

, Ap

plicatio

n P

erform

ance m

on

itorin

g, Data

Cen

ter Man

agemen

t & In

fra auto

matio

n etc. to

ols fo

r smo

oth

op

eration

, man

agemen

t

and

Main

tenan

ce of D

C-D

R sites

Since D

C &

DR

will b

e installed

at

two

differen

t locatio

ns , W

itho

ut

adeq

uate to

ols fo

r main

tenan

ce ,

mo

nito

ring an

d au

tom

ation

and

loo

king at th

e ho

lisitic solu

tion

, it

will h

ave som

e gaps.

As p

er RFP

.

No

t accepted

Please

84

Gen

eral

Req

uirem

ents

Co

locatio

n &

Man

aged Services

Page N

o.

59

/Po

int

No

. 9,1

0

Perfo

rm D

ue D

iligence stu

dy an

d su

bm

it repo

rt

for M

igration

of legacy ap

plicatio

ns n

ot b

eing

covered

un

der SA

P d

ata migratio

n (e.g. In

tranet

Po

rtal, Vigilan

ce app

lication

etc.) at HO

and

Sites

to D

C &

DR

.

Perfo

rm D

ue D

iligence Stu

dy an

d su

bm

it plan

for

Migratio

n an

d su

pp

ort o

f legacy app

lication

s (e.g.

HR

MS/FA

S/PM

S/ IMS/P

ayroll etc.) fo

r histo

rical

repo

rting fo

r statuto

ry requ

iremen

ts.

Since in

clause it is m

entio

ned

to p

rovid

e repo

rt /plan

for SA

P D

ata and

legacy

app

lication

migratio

n. P

lease specify th

e detailed

scop

e of w

ork.

Please sp

ecify wh

ether d

oin

g

app

lication

migratio

n is in

bid

der

scop

e or b

idd

er just h

ave to

cord

inate w

ith existin

g app

lication

vend

or.

Migratio

n o

f legacy

app

lication

is no

t in

the sco

pe o

f this

Tend

er.

Migratio

n o

f legacy app

lication

is no

t in th

e scop

e of th

is

Tend

er.

Sub

missio

n o

f a detailed

design

and

dep

loym

ent

meth

od

olo

gy and

imp

lemen

tation

plan

of

executio

n o

f the p

roject an

d th

e app

roval o

f

NM

DC

is T0+1

Week

It Sho

uld

be atleast T0

+ 3-4

Week

1) A

s it requ

ried site su

rvey at

differen

t zon

es and

at mu

ltiple sites

for th

e prep

aration

of d

esign, an

d

site wise B

OQ

.

2) P

reparatio

n o

f do

cum

entatio

n

with

detailed

draw

ing.

3) It also

requ

ired ap

pro

val from

NM

DC

.

RF

P C

lause w

ill p

revail

Sup

ply o

f DC

/ DR

Co

mp

on

ents in

clud

ing

hard

ware an

d So

ftware T0

+ 6 W

eeksR

FP

Clau

se will

prev

ail

Sup

ply o

f LAN

/ WA

N C

om

po

nen

ts T0 + 6

Weeks

RF

P C

lause w

ill p

revail

Installatio

n an

d C

om

missio

nin

g of D

C / D

R T0

+ 9

Weeks

It Sho

uld

be atleast T0

+ 13

1

) Hard

ware in

stallation

will take at

least 3 w

eeks and

app

lication

installatio

n an

d o

ptim

ization

will

take at least 4 w

eeks.

RF

P C

lause w

ill p

revail

RF

P C

lause w

ill prev

ail

85

Delivery Tim

elines

Page N

o.

13

; Po

int

No

. 7

Installatio

n an

d C

om

missio

nin

g LAN

/WA

N. T0

+

15

Weeks

It Sho

uld

be atleast T0

+ 32

to 3

6 W

eeks after all clearance an

d p

ermissio

n fro

m

con

cerned

auth

ority.

1) A

s the tren

chin

g wo

rk for O

FC

laying q

ty. is very hu

ge i.e. 27

0 K

M.

2) D

epen

dan

cies on

perm

ission

s

from

differen

t-differen

t con

cerned

auth

orities.

3) D

epen

dan

cies on

site and

weath

er con

ditio

ns.

RF

P C

lause w

ill p

revail

86

Clearan

ces for

Excavation

Wo

rk

Page N

o.

22

7, C

lause

No

.1.1

,1.2

.

1

The Execu

ting A

gency sh

all be resp

on

sible fo

r

ob

tainin

g necessary clearan

ces for excavatio

n

wo

rk from

the au

tho

rities on

beh

alf of th

e Ow

ner

and

pro

vide req

uisite co

pies o

f info

rmatio

n,

map

s, survey rep

ort etc to

the au

tho

rities.

Gettin

g clearance fo

r Excavation

wo

rk, sho

uld

no

t be in

the sco

pe o

f Bid

der.

1) A

s for m

ost o

f the tim

e

perm

ission

s requ

est mad

e by

bid

der, are n

ot en

tertained

pro

perlay b

y the G

ovt.

dep

artmen

ts, wh

ich lead

to d

elay.

Hen

ce, all perm

ission

requ

ests to

any go

vernm

ent d

epartm

ent sh

ou

ld

be p

laced b

y thro

ugh

govern

men

t

chan

nel o

nly.

Entire cab

le laying

wo

rk is with

in th

e

NM

DC

Prem

ises and

hen

ce app

roval fro

m

pu

blic au

tho

rities is

no

t app

licable.

RFP

Clau

se w

ill

pre

vail

Entire cab

le laying w

ork is

with

in th

e NM

DC

Prem

ises and

hen

ce app

roval fro

m p

ub

lic

auth

orities is n

ot ap

plicab

le.

RFP

Clau

se w

ill pre

vail

87

Trench

less Diggin

gP

age No

.

23

3, C

lause

1.7

Trench

less diggin

g may b

e used

in sh

ort sectio

n

for cro

ssing N

ation

al high

ways, im

po

rtant ro

ad o

r

rail crossin

gs etc., wh

ere the co

ncern

ed

auth

orities d

o n

ot p

ermit o

pen

cutm

etho

d, fo

r

wh

ich n

o ad

ditio

nal co

st shall b

e pro

vided

by th

e

Emp

loyer.

1)Tren

chless d

igging sh

ou

ld b

e perm

itted, w

here th

ere is feasibility an

d n

o issu

es of

perm

ission

s.

2) Tren

chless d

igging sh

ou

ld b

e men

tion

ed alo

ng w

ith th

e OFC

laying B

OQ

line item

s

men

tion

ed in

page n

o. 1

61

, or it can

be a sap

erate line item

It will h

elp co

mp

leting th

e OFC

laying w

ork o

n tim

e.

Entire cab

le laying

wo

rk is with

in th

e

NM

DC

Prem

ises and

hen

ce app

roval fro

m

pu

blic au

tho

rities is

no

t app

licable.

RFP

Clau

se w

ill

pre

vail

Entire cab

le laying w

ork is

with

in th

e NM

DC

Prem

ises and

hen

ce app

roval fro

m p

ub

lic

auth

orities is n

ot ap

plicab

le.

RFP

Clau

se w

ill pre

vail

88

Co

ntro

lled b

lasting

Page N

o.

22

9

For excavatio

n in

hard

rock, co

ntro

lled

blastin

g can b

e resorted

to. Th

e Co

ntracto

r shall

ob

tain n

ecessary perm

ission

s from

the statu

tory

auth

orities fo

r blastin

g and

the u

se of exp

losives

for th

is pu

rpo

se.

It migh

t lead in

the in

flation

of th

e pro

ject costin

g..

RF

P C

lause w

ill p

revail

Entire cab

le laying w

ork is

with

in th

e NM

DC

Prem

ises and

hen

ce app

roval fro

m p

ub

lic

auth

orities is n

ot ap

plicab

le.

RFP

Clau

se w

ill pre

vail

RF

P C

lause w

ill prev

ail

85

Delivery Tim

elines

Page N

o.

13

; Po

int

No

. 7

89

Man

po

wer

Dep

loym

ent List

Page N

o. 6

01

) A list n

eeds to

be p

rovid

ed w

ith reso

urces w

ho

will b

e dep

loyed

on

the p

roject alo

ng w

ith th

e

roles

and

respo

nsib

ilities of each

resou

rce.

2) List an

d n

um

ber o

f all clou

d-b

ased reso

urces

(inclu

din

g bu

t no

t limited

to servers (V

Ms),

storage,

netw

ork co

mp

on

ents an

d so

ftware co

mp

on

ents)

oth

er than

man

po

wer th

at may b

e requ

ired.

Req

uired

mo

re details o

n th

e requ

ired reso

urce Q

ualificatio

n an

d Exp

erience p

art. As

in Ten

der th

ere is no

details availab

le in th

is regard.

Req

uired

for co

nsid

ering th

e cost !!

Clau

se is self

explain

atory

Clau

se is self explain

atory

90

OEM

Availab

ilityP

age No

. 32

Du

ring im

plem

entatio

n, IP

shall en

sure th

at full

time

team m

emb

er from

each O

EM is

available till th

e op

eration

al acceptan

ce of th

eir

respective B

oQ

.

Need

clarity on

the clau

se, becau

se if we n

eed to

ensu

re the fu

ll time

ph

ysical

presen

ce of O

EM team

mem

ber, it sh

ou

ld b

e the p

art of M

AF itself.

For en

surin

g the availab

ility of fu

ll

time O

EM team

mem

ber.

RF

P C

lause w

ill p

revail

RF

P C

lause w

ill prev

ail

91

Terms o

f Paym

ent (A

).

FOR

SUP

PLY ITEM

S:

Page 1

4/

Clau

se 12

(i). On

Placem

ent o

f Ord

er by ITI 2

0%

of In

voice

Valu

e.

(ii). On

Pro

of o

f Disp

atch 2

0%

of In

voice V

alue

(iii). On

Receip

t of Item

s at Site 30

% o

f Invo

ice

Valu

e

(iv). On

Installatio

n o

f The Eq

uip

men

t 20

% o

f

Invo

ice Valu

e

(v). On

Go

-Live and

Op

eration

al Accep

tance b

y

NM

DC

10

% o

f Invo

ice Valu

e.

(i). On

Placem

ent o

f Ord

er by ITI 2

0%

of In

voice V

alue.

(ii). On

Pro

of o

f Disp

atch 2

0%

of In

voice V

alue

(iii). On

Receip

t of Item

s at Site 40

% o

f Invo

ice Valu

e

(iv). On

Installatio

n o

f The Eq

uip

men

t 10

% o

f Invo

ice Valu

e

(v). On

Go

-Live and

Op

eration

al Accep

tance b

y NM

DC

10

% o

f Invo

ice Valu

e.

RF

P C

lause w

ill p

revail

RF

P C

lause w

ill prev

ail

92

The p

roject/p

rojects claim

ed to

ward

s experien

ce,

mu

st con

tain o

ne o

r mo

re elemen

ts essentially

from

each o

f the fo

llow

ing th

ree categories.

Elemen

ts of C

ategory (a) b

elow

, mu

st con

tribu

te

at least 30

% co

st of th

e pro

ject.

The p

roject/p

rojects claim

ed to

ward

s experien

ce, mu

st con

tain o

ne o

r mo

re elemen

ts

essentially fro

m each

of th

e follo

win

g three catego

ries. Elemen

ts of C

ategory (a) b

elow

,

mu

st con

tribu

te at least 30

% co

st of th

e pro

ject aske

d (i.e

. 30

% o

f on

e p

roje

ct of R

s.

80

Cr o

r 30

% e

ach o

f two

Pro

jects o

f Rs. 5

0 C

r or 3

0%

each

of 3

Pro

jects o

f Rs. 4

0 C

r)

93

(a) The estab

lishm

ent o

f DC

/DR

, Fire-walls an

d

Man

aged services.

(a) The estab

lishm

ent o

f DC

/DR

(Wh

ich co

nsist o

f Co

re Sw

itche

s, Co

re R

ou

ters, Lo

ad

Balan

cer, Se

rvers, H

igh cap

acity UP

S, Ge

nse

t etc) , Fire-w

alls and

Man

aged services.

94

(b) A

ctive Switch

es, EMS an

d B

ackbo

ne C

ablin

g

with

associated

IT com

po

nen

ts.

(b) A

ctive Switch

es, EMS an

d B

ackbo

ne C

ablin

g with

associated

IT com

po

nen

ts.

Th

e clause is am

end

ed as "

on

e or m

ore p

roject / p

rojects

claimed

tow

ards exp

erience

mu

st cov

er on

e or m

ore

elemen

ts essentially

from

each

of th

e follo

win

g three

catagories. E

lemen

ts of

category

(a) belo

w,m

ust

con

tribu

te at least Rs 2

4 C

rs co

st from

the p

roject /

pro

jects,

The in

tend

ing b

idd

er

mu

st be an

IT/ITES/Netw

orkin

g

com

pan

y, havin

g an

Experien

ce of

successfu

lly executin

g

similar n

ature o

f

wo

rks as men

tion

ed

in th

e Scop

e of W

ork

viz. setting u

p o

f

DC

/DR

(H/w

& S/w

),

Firewalls, active

Switch

es, Man

aged

Services, Backb

on

e

cablin

g, Setting u

p o

f

Wi-Fi N

etwo

rks,

laying o

f WA

N/LA

N

Netw

orks an

d layin

g

of O

FC etc. d

urin

g the

last 7 years (as o

n

31

st March

’20

20

) of

at least follo

win

g

value/b

illing: O

ne

Pro

ject costin

g Rs 8

0

Cr O

R Tw

o p

rojects

costin

g Rs 5

0 C

r. each

OR

Three P

rojects

costin

g Rs 4

0 C

r. each.

Th

e clause is

amen

ded

as " on

e o

r mo

re pro

ject / p

rojects claim

ed

tow

ards exp

erience

mu

st cov

er on

e or

mo

re elemen

ts essen

tially fro

m

each o

f the

follo

win

g three

catagories.

Elem

ents o

f catego

ry ( 1

) b

elow

,mu

st co

ntrib

ute at least

Rs 2

4 C

rs cost fro

m

the p

roject /

pro

jects,

Page N

o.

3/Eligib

ility

Criteria (iv)

95

(c) Wi-Fi, P

2P

radio

links an

d Layin

g of

Un

dergro

un

d O

FC N

etwo

rks.

(c) Wi-Fi, P

2P

radio

links an

d Layin

g of U

nd

ergrou

nd

OFC

Netw

orks.

96

2.(b

)2

Eligibility C

riteria

(b). A

verage An

nu

al finan

cial turn

over d

urin

g the

last 3 years, en

din

g 31

stMarch

-20

19

sho

uld

be at

least Rs. 1

00

Crs. A

ud

ited fin

ancial statem

ents fo

r

the last 3

years (20

16

-17

, 20

17

-18

, 20

18

-19

) to

be en

closed

.

We req

uest yo

u to

amen

d th

e clause as fo

llow

s:-

Average A

nn

ual fin

ancial tu

rno

ver du

ring th

e last 3 years, en

din

g 31

stMarch

-20

19

sho

uld

be at least R

s. 10

0 2

00

Crs. A

ud

ited fin

ancial statem

ents fo

r the last 3

years

(20

16

-17

, 20

17

-18

, 20

18

-19

) to b

e enclo

sed.

RF

P C

lause w

ill p

revail

Clau

se amen

ded

as. "Av

erage A

nn

ual fin

ancial tu

rno

ver

from

ICT

Bu

siness d

urin

g the

last 3 y

ears, end

ing 3

1st

March

-20

19

sho

uld

be at least

Rs. 1

00

Cr . A

ud

ited fin

ancial

statemen

ts for th

e last 3 y

ears (2

01

61

7, 2

01

7-1

8, 2

01

8-1

9)

to b

e enclo

sed. "

97

2.(c)

2 Eligib

ility Crite

ria

(c). The b

idd

er sho

uld

be fin

ancially stro

ng h

aving

Po

sitive Net w

orth

in each

of th

e last 3 fin

ancial

years. Au

dited

Net w

orth

certificate for th

e last 3

years to b

e enclo

sed.

We req

uest yo

u to

amen

d th

e clause as fo

llow

s:-

The b

idd

er sho

uld

be fin

ancially stro

ng h

aving P

ositive N

et wo

rth o

f Rs. 2

5 C

rs in each

of th

e last 3 fin

ancial years. A

ud

ited N

et wo

rth certificate fo

r the last 3

years to b

e

enclo

sed.

RF

P C

lause w

ill p

revail

RF

P C

lause w

ill prev

ail

Th

e clause is am

end

ed as "

on

e or m

ore p

roject / p

rojects

claimed

tow

ards exp

erience

mu

st cov

er on

e or m

ore

elemen

ts essentially

from

each

of th

e follo

win

g three

catagories. E

lemen

ts of

category

(a) belo

w,m

ust

con

tribu

te at least Rs 2

4 C

rs co

st from

the p

roject /

pro

jects,

The in

tend

ing b

idd

er

mu

st be an

IT/ITES/Netw

orkin

g

com

pan

y, havin

g an

Experien

ce of

successfu

lly executin

g

similar n

ature o

f

wo

rks as men

tion

ed

in th

e Scop

e of W

ork

viz. setting u

p o

f

DC

/DR

(H/w

& S/w

),

Firewalls, active

Switch

es, Man

aged

Services, Backb

on

e

cablin

g, Setting u

p o

f

Wi-Fi N

etwo

rks,

laying o

f WA

N/LA

N

Netw

orks an

d layin

g

of O

FC etc. d

urin

g the

last 7 years (as o

n

31

st March

’20

20

) of

at least follo

win

g

value/b

illing: O

ne

Pro

ject costin

g Rs 8

0

Cr O

R Tw

o p

rojects

costin

g Rs 5

0 C

r. each

OR

Three P

rojects

costin

g Rs 4

0 C

r. each.

Th

e clause is

amen

ded

as " on

e o

r mo

re pro

ject / p

rojects claim

ed

tow

ards exp

erience

mu

st cov

er on

e or

mo

re elemen

ts essen

tially fro

m

each o

f the

follo

win

g three

catagories.

Elem

ents o

f catego

ry ( 1

) b

elow

,mu

st co

ntrib

ute at least

Rs 2

4 C

rs cost fro

m

the p

roject /

pro

jects,

Page N

o.

3/Eligib

ility

Criteria (iv)

98

2.(d

)2

Eligibility C

riteria

(d). Th

e pro

ject/pro

jects claimed

tow

ards

experien

ce, mu

st con

tain o

ne o

r mo

re elemen

ts

essentially fro

m each

of th

e follo

win

g three

categories. Elem

ents o

f Catego

ry (a) belo

w, m

ust

con

tribu

te at least 30

% co

st of th

e pro

ject.

(a) The estab

lishm

ent o

f DC

/DR

, Fire-walls an

d

Man

aged services.

(b) A

ctive Switch

es, EMS an

d B

ackbo

ne C

ablin

g

with

associated

IT com

po

nen

ts.

(c) Wi-Fi, P

2P

radio

links an

d Layin

g of

Un

dergro

un

d O

FC N

etwo

rks.

We req

uest yo

u to

amen

d th

e clause as fo

llos:-

The p

roject/p

rojects claim

ed to

ward

s experien

ce, mu

st con

tain o

ne o

r mo

re elemen

ts

essentially fro

m each

of th

e follo

win

g three catego

ries. Elemen

ts of C

ategory (a) b

elow

,

mu

st con

tribu

te at least 30

% IN

R 3

0crs in

the

cost o

f the p

roject

Th

e clause is

amen

ded

as " on

e o

r mo

re pro

ject / p

rojects claim

ed

tow

ards exp

erience

mu

st cov

er on

e or

mo

re elemen

ts essen

tially fro

m

each o

f the

follo

win

g three

catagories.

Elem

ents o

f catego

ry ( 1

) b

elow

,mu

st co

ntrib

ute at least

Rs 2

4 C

rs cost fro

m

the p

roject /

pro

jects,

Th

e clause is am

end

ed as "

on

e or m

ore p

roject / p

rojects

claimed

tow

ards exp

erience

mu

st cov

er on

e or m

ore

elemen

ts essentially

from

each

of th

e follo

win

g three

catagories. E

lemen

ts of

category

(a) belo

w,m

ust

con

tribu

te at least Rs 2

4 C

rs co

st from

the p

roject /

pro

jects,

99

2.(e)

2.Eligib

ility Crite

ria

(e).IT Service & Secu

rity Accred

itation

s: The

inten

din

g bid

der m

ust p

ossess th

e follo

win

g

certification

s on

the d

ate of su

bm

ission

of th

e

bid

s:

(a). Valid

ISO 2

00

00

Certificate

(b) V

alid ISO

27

00

0 C

ertificate

(c) Valid

CM

Mi Level 3

or ab

ove, certificate

We req

uest yo

u to

amen

d th

e clause as fo

llow

s:-

Valid

ISO 1

40

00

Certifcate o

r ISO 2

00

00

Certificate o

r Valid

ISO 2

70

00

Certificate

and

Valid

CM

Mi Le

vel 3

or ab

ove

Ce

rtifcate

Clau

se mo

dified

Clau

se mo

dified

10

02

.(i)2

.Eligibility C

riteria

(i).Bid

ders n

eed to

qu

ote fo

r on

e of th

e bran

ds o

f

the eq

uip

men

t iden

tified b

y the u

ser and

men

tion

ed in

the tech

nical sp

ecs / Bill o

f

Material. N

o o

ther b

rand

will b

e con

sidered

Req

uest yo

u to

leverage on

the b

rand

nam

e to all tech

nically co

mp

laine O

EMs, su

ch

that w

e can su

bm

it a com

mercially co

mp

etitive bid

.

RF

P C

lause w

ill p

revail

RF

P C

lause w

ill prev

ail

10

12

.(j)2

.Eligibility C

riteria

(j) The b

idd

er shall su

bm

it an u

nd

ertaking th

at

they d

o n

ot h

ave any o

ngo

ing d

ispu

tes on

statuto

ry levies like Inco

me Tax, G

ST, PF, ESI etc.

We req

uest yo

u to

delete th

e clause. O

r limit it to

con

viction

for an

y crimin

al offen

ces

wh

ich is fin

ally up

held

by th

e high

est app

ellate cou

rt.R

FP

Clau

se will

prev

ailR

FP

Clau

se will p

revail

10

22

(l)2

. Eligibility C

riteria

(l) Clau

se by C

lause co

mp

liance o

f RFP

terms &

con

ditio

ns n

eeds to

be su

bm

itted.

No

nco

mp

liance o

n tech

nical sp

ecification

s and

offers w

ith d

eviation

s are liable to

be rejected

.

We req

uest yo

u to

amen

d th

e clause as m

entio

ned

belo

w:

Clau

se by C

lause co

mp

liance o

f RFP

terms &

con

ditio

ns n

eeds to

be su

bm

itted.

No

nco

mp

liance o

n tech

nical sp

ecification

s and

offers w

ith d

eviation

s are liable to

be

rejected.

RF

P C

lause w

ill p

revail

RF

P C

lause w

ill prev

ail

10

33

(h)

3. B

id Su

bm

ission

:

No

crimin

al case sho

uld

be p

end

ing again

st the

bid

der an

ywh

ere in In

dia. Selfcertificatio

n sh

ou

ld

be p

rovid

ed to

this effect

This is co

nstu

red as crin

imal case co

nvictin

g the B

idd

er for an

y crimin

al offen

ces wh

ich

is finally u

ph

eld b

y the h

ightest ap

pellate co

urt.P

lease con

firm

RF

P C

lause w

ill p

revail

RF

P C

lause w

ill prev

ail

10

44

(g) (ii)4

. Oth

er C

on

ditio

ns:

(g)Ap

pro

ach &

Meth

od

olo

gies:

(ii). The b

idd

er need

s to in

dicate it’s cap

abilities

alon

g with

the d

etails of In

ternal train

ers to

con

du

ct on

site and

offsite train

ings to

the team

of N

MD

C en

gineers an

d reso

urces d

eplo

yed

by ITI fo

r the P

roject.

Req

uest yo

u to

clarify that h

ere capab

ilities will b

e meet if M

SI sho

ws th

eir past reco

rd

of co

nd

utin

g trainin

g.

Clau

se is self

explain

atory

Clau

se is self explain

atory

10

57

7. D

elive

ry pe

riod

shall b

e as b

elo

w:

(i). Aw

ard o

f LOI-- T0

(ii). Sub

missio

n o

f a detailed

design

and

dep

loym

ent m

etho

do

logy an

d im

plem

entatio

n

plan

of execu

tion

of th

e pro

ject and

the ap

pro

val

of N

MD

C --T0

+1W

eek

(iii). Sup

ply o

f DC

/ DR

Co

mp

on

ents in

clud

ing

hard

ware an

d So

ftware. --T0

+ 6 W

eeks

(iv). Sup

ply o

f LAN

/ WA

N C

om

po

nen

ts --T0 + 6

Weeks

(v). Installatio

n an

d C

om

missio

nin

g of D

C / D

R --

T0 + 9

Weeks

(vi). Installatio

n an

d C

om

missio

nin

g LAN

/WA

N.--

T0 + 1

5 W

eeks

Based

on

the cu

rrent scen

ario o

f CO

VID

-19

Pan

dem

ic, there h

as been

a majo

r

disru

ptio

n in

the p

rod

uctio

n cap

acities, sup

ply ch

ains o

f the O

EM's an

d P

artners.

Hen

ce, we req

uest yo

u to

mo

dify th

e timelin

e as follo

ws:

(i). Aw

ard o

f LOI-- T0

(ii). Sub

missio

n o

f a detailed

design

and

dep

loym

ent m

etho

do

logy an

d im

plem

entatio

n

plan

of execu

tion

of th

e pro

ject and

the ap

pro

val of N

MD

C --T0

+1

Week 3

we

eks

(iii). Sup

ply o

f DC

/ DR

Co

mp

on

ents in

clud

ing h

ardw

are and

Softw

are. --T0 + 6

Weeks 8

we

eks

(iv). Sup

ply o

f LAN

/ WA

N C

om

po

nen

ts --T0 + 6

Weeks 1

2 w

ee

ks

(v). Installatio

n an

d C

om

missio

nin

g of D

C / D

R --T0

+ 9 W

eeks 25

we

eks

(vi). Installatio

n an

d C

om

missio

nin

g LAN

/WA

N.-- T0

+ 15

Weeks 3

2 w

ee

ks

RF

P C

lause w

ill p

revail

RF

P C

lause w

ill prev

ail

10

68

(ii)8

(ii) Liqu

idate

d D

amage

s:

If the d

elay in co

mp

letion

is attribu

table to

the

PIP

, PIP

shall b

e liable to

pay as

Liqu

idated

dam

ages to ITI a su

m calcu

lated @

0.5

% o

f the O

ne Tim

e Co

st (sup

ply an

d

installatio

n valu

e) per w

eek of th

e delay o

r part

thereo

f sub

ject to a m

aximu

m o

f 10

% o

f

the O

TC (su

pp

ly and

installatio

n valu

e).

For o

ptim

izing o

ur B

id, w

e requ

est you

to am

end

the clau

se as follo

ws:-

If the d

elay in co

mp

letion

is attribu

table to

the P

IP , P

IP sh

all be liab

le to p

ay as

Liqu

idated

dam

ages to ITI a su

m calcu

lated @

0.5

% 0

.1%

of th

e un

de

livere

d p

ortio

n o

f

the O

ne Tim

e Co

st (sup

ply an

d in

stallation

value) p

er week o

f the d

elay or p

art thereo

f

sub

ject to a m

aximu

m o

f 10

% o

f the O

TC (su

pp

ly and

installatio

n valu

e).

RF

P C

lause w

ill p

revail

RF

P C

lause w

ill prev

ail

10

78

(iii)8

(iii). Liqu

idate

d D

amage

s:

On

ce the d

elay tou

ches th

e up

per cap

pin

g of th

e

LD (1

0%

) with

ou

t any co

gent reaso

n, it w

ill be a

reason

eno

ugh

to start th

e pro

cess of rescin

din

g

the co

ntract an

d get th

e wo

rk com

pleted

by

ano

ther so

urce/agen

cy at the risk an

d co

st of th

e

PIP

.

Req

uest yo

u to

amen

d th

e clause as Fo

llow

s

On

ce the d

elay tou

ches th

e up

per cap

pin

g of th

e LD (1

0%

) , The P

IP sh

all be in

vited fo

r

mu

tual d

iscussio

n fo

r un

derstan

din

g the reaso

ns o

f delay, If th

e delayed

activities are

du

e to an

y reason

attribu

table to

PIP

, then

the sam

e shall b

e mitigated

by an

y oth

er

Third

Party, th

en P

IP sh

all be given

an ch

ance to

nego

tiate with

the Th

ird P

arty and

assist in co

mp

leting th

e delayed

activities.R

FP

Clau

se will

prev

ailR

FP

Clau

se will p

revail

10

89

(i)9

. Ban

k Gu

arante

es:

The LO

I shall b

e issued

to th

e selected b

idd

er

(PIP

) on

sub

missio

n o

f a Ban

k Gu

arantee (B

G) fo

r

10

% o

f the to

tal con

tract value, valid

for 1

8

mo

nth

s, tow

ards su

ccessful co

mm

ission

ing o

f the

pro

ject.

As th

e men

tion

timelin

e of P

roject is 1

5 w

eeks, So in

this C

on

curren

ce with

timelin

e

the P

G valid

ation

is also fo

r a 18

we

eks p

eriod

. Req

uest yo

u to

re Loo

k at this p

eriod

.

RF

P C

lause w

ill p

revail

RF

P C

lause w

ill prev

ail

10

91

0(iii)

10

. Po

st Imp

lem

en

tation

:

(iii) PIP

shall p

rovid

e services as per th

e SLAs

defin

ed fo

r variou

s services in A

nn

exure - IV

Clau

se wise co

mp

liance to

be p

rovid

ed in

the

techn

ical bid

. SLA p

enalties if an

y levied o

n ITI b

y

NM

DC

, will b

e recovered

from

the P

IP.

We u

nd

erstand

that b

idd

er is respo

nsib

le for SLA

solely attrib

utab

le to it an

d h

ence w

ill

be p

enalsied

for th

e same. H

ence, w

e requ

est you

to am

end

the clau

se as follo

ws:-

PIP

shall p

rovid

e services as per th

e SLAs d

efined

for vario

us services in

An

nexu

re IV.

Clau

se wise co

mp

liance to

be p

rovid

ed in

the tech

nical b

id. SLA

pen

alties if any levied

on

ITI by N

MD

C, w

ill be reco

vered fro

m th

e PIP

for th

e faults so

lely attrib

uab

le to

PIP

.R

FP

Clau

se will

prev

ailR

FP

Clau

se will p

revail

11

01

2 (A

)1

2. Te

rms o

f Paym

en

t:

(A). FO

R SU

PP

LY ITEMS:

(i). On

Placem

ent o

f Ord

er by ITI --2

0%

of In

voice

Valu

e.

(ii). On

Pro

of o

f Disp

atch --2

0%

of In

voice V

alue

(iii). On

Receip

t of Item

s at Site-- 30

% o

f Invo

ice

Valu

e

(iv). On

Installatio

n o

f The Eq

uip

men

t-- 20

% o

f

Invo

ice Valu

e

(v). On

Go

-Live and

Op

eration

al Accep

tance b

y

NM

DC

-- 10

% o

f Invo

ice Valu

e.

For en

ablin

g a better w

orkin

g capital fo

r the b

idd

er, we p

rop

ose th

e follo

win

g paym

ent

terms:-

(A). FO

R SU

PP

LY ITEMS:

(i). On

Placem

ent o

f Ord

er by ITI --2

0%

of In

voice V

alue

(ii). On

Pro

of o

f Disp

atch --2

0%

of In

voice V

alue o

n p

ro-rata w

ee

kly basis.

(iii). On

Receip

t of Item

s at Site-- 30

% o

f Invo

ice Valu

e on

pro

-rata we

ekly b

asis.

(iv). On

Installatio

n o

f The Eq

uip

men

t-- 20

% o

f Invo

ice Valu

e on

pro

-rata we

ekly

basis.

(v). On

Go

-Live and

Op

eration

al Accep

tance b

y NM

DC

-- 10

% o

f Invo

ice Valu

e

RF

P C

lause w

ill p

revail

RF

P C

lause w

ill prev

ail

11

11

2(A

)O

n O

peratio

nal A

cceptan

ce:W

e un

derstan

d th

at the p

roced

ures an

d tests fo

r Op

eration

al Accep

tance sh

all be

perfo

rmed

by ITI/N

MD

C at its o

wn

cost. K

ind

ly con

firm.

Accep

tance Tests fo

r

op

eration

s,all

inclu

sive in th

e bid

.

Accep

tance Tests fo

r

op

eration

s,all inclu

sive in th

e

bid

.

11

21

2(A

)O

n O

peratio

nal A

cceptan

ce:W

e requ

est you

to d

efine th

e pro

cedu

res and

tests for O

peratio

nal A

cceptan

ce of th

e

Pro

ject.

As sp

ecified in

the

Tend

er and

stand

rads in

practice.

As sp

ecified in

the Ten

der an

d

stand

ards in

practice.

11

31

2(A

)O

n O

peratio

nal A

cceptan

ce:W

e requ

est you

to co

nfirm

wh

ether O

peratio

nal A

cceptan

ce shall b

e pro

vided

on

per

locatio

n b

asis OR

as com

pletio

n o

f pro

ject at all locatio

ns.

OA

shall b

e per

locatio

n b

asis as

app

licable as w

ell as

com

pletio

n o

f wh

ole

pro

ject.

OA

shall b

e per lo

cation

basis as

app

licable as w

ell as com

pletio

n

of w

ho

le pro

ject.

11

41

2 (C

)(C

). For R

ecurrin

g Services

(i). On

certification

of w

ork d

on

e on

qu

arterly

basis 1

00

% o

f Invo

ice value

We req

uest yo

u to

amen

d th

e clause as fo

llow

s:-

On

certification

of w

ork d

on

e: 10

0%

of In

voice valu

e Qu

arterly in

20

eq

ual

installm

en

ts.

RF

P C

lause w

ill p

revail

RF

P C

lause w

ill prev

ail

11

51

21

2. Te

rms o

f Paym

en

t:

The P

aymen

ts du

e, to P

IP sh

all be released

on

receipt fro

m N

MD

C as ab

ove, o

n b

ack to b

ack

basis

thro

ugh

an Escro

w acco

un

t arrangem

ent.

Req

uest yo

u to

clarify that th

e same p

aymen

t terms is in

con

curren

ce with

the N

MD

C

as well.

Also

, requ

est you

to sh

are the Escro

w A

greemen

t.R

FP

Clau

se will

prev

ailR

FP

Clau

se will p

revail

11

61

3.7

13

Imp

ortan

t no

tes

ITI reserves its rights to

mo

dify, ad

d/d

elete any

con

ditio

ns as d

eemed

requ

ired in

the

RFP

on

a later stage and

such

mo

dificatio

ns,

add

ition

s/deletio

ns sh

all be b

ind

ing o

n th

e

bid

der/Su

pp

lier

As th

is clause d

oesn

’t follo

w th

e CV

C n

orm

. So req

uest yo

u to

Delete th

is clause . A

lso

this clau

se pu

t the b

idd

er in H

uge risk an

d su

ch th

at it may sto

p h

im to

bid

for th

is.

The clau

se relevant

till RFP

stage. No

po

st bid

chan

ges.

The clau

se relevant till R

FP

stage. No

po

st bid

chan

ges.

11

71

7 (v)

17

. De

fect Liab

ility (Warran

ty) Pe

riod

:

(v). In ad

ditio

n, P

IP sh

all also p

rovid

e an exten

ded

warran

ty for an

y such

replaced

or rep

aired

com

po

nen

t for th

e perio

d o

f min

imu

m 1

2

mo

nth

s. Such

ob

ligation

shall b

e in ad

ditio

n to

the

defect liab

ility specified

un

der C

lause h

ereof.

Extend

ed D

LP sh

all no

t be agreed

. Please d

elete.

RF

P C

lause w

ill p

revail

RF

P C

lause w

ill prev

ail

11

82

3.3

23

. Term

inatio

n o

f Service

s//Re

scind

ing o

f

Co

ntract

23

.3. In

the even

t of Term

inatio

n an

d w

here th

e

defau

lt is attribu

table to

PIP

, PIP

will d

o

migratio

n/p

rovid

e kno

wled

ge transitio

n o

f

solu

tion

, man

aged services co

mp

on

ents to

service pro

vider ch

osen

by ITI at P

IP ’s o

wn

cost.

Req

uest yo

u to

amen

d th

e clause as:-

In th

e event o

f Termin

ation

and

wh

ere the d

efault is attrib

utab

le to P

IP, P

IP w

ill do

migratio

n/p

rovid

e kno

wled

ge transitio

n o

f solu

tion

, man

aged services co

mp

on

ents to

service pro

vider ch

osen

by ITI an

d th

e co

st will b

e b

ear b

y ITI.

RF

P C

lause w

ill p

revail

RF

P C

lause w

ill prev

ail

11

92

3.4

23

. Term

inatio

n o

f Service

s//Re

scind

ing o

f

Co

ntract

23

.4. In

add

ition

to th

e abo

ve, if the p

rogress o

f

the p

roject d

oes n

ot m

eet the agreed

timelin

es,

then

ITI has th

e right to

with

draw

this Lo

A. In

such

a case, PIP

shall p

eacefully h

and

over all th

e

executed

po

rtion

s of th

e Bo

M an

d o

ther w

orks

on

‘as is wh

ere basis’ in

clud

ing all th

e material

(hard

ware/so

ftware/licen

se), do

cum

entatio

n an

d

all the reco

rds etc. so

that im

plem

entatio

n o

f IT

infrastru

cture d

o n

ot get ad

versely imp

acted. In

such

a situatio

n, P

IP sh

all no

t be en

titled fo

r any

com

pen

sation

and

/or claim

wh

atsoever. Fo

r no

n-

perfo

rman

ce, ITI reserves the righ

t to en

-cash th

e

PB

G an

d aw

ard w

ork to

alternate ven

do

r for

com

pletio

n o

f the p

roject at risk an

d co

st of th

e

PIP

.

Req

uest yo

u to

delete th

is clause.

Becau

se in case o

f delay th

ere is separate LD

pen

alty is there.

RF

P C

lause w

ill p

revail

RF

P C

lause w

ill prev

ail

12

02

7 (c )

27

.Aw

ard o

f Co

ntract

(a). The w

ork sh

all be aw

arded

to th

e eligible an

d

qu

alified b

idd

er with

the lo

west q

uo

ted p

rice (L-

1) as p

er its price b

id.

Req

uest yo

u to

con

sider evalu

ation

meth

od

olo

gy for selectin

g the stro

ngest tech

nical

pro

po

sal at the b

est price rath

er Low

est qu

ote.

Hen

ce requ

est you

to co

nsid

er the Q

uality-cu

m-C

ost B

ased Selectio

n (Q

CB

S) R

FP

Clau

se will

prev

ailR

FP

Clau

se will p

revail

12

12

7 .A

ward

of C

on

tract

(c). ITI reserves the righ

t to n

egotiate w

ith th

e L1

bid

der in

case the q

uo

ted p

rice is

assessed to

be m

ore th

an reaso

nab

le.

As th

is is a LCB

S tend

er, so as p

er the C

VC

guid

elines th

ere sho

uld

no

t be an

y

nego

tiation

on

L-1 p

rice. Please d

elete.

RF

P C

lause w

ill p

revail

RF

P C

lause w

ill prev

ail

12

23

3A

ll the co

nsu

mab

les for th

e executio

n, testin

g,

com

missio

nin

g and

sup

po

rt for th

e pro

ject will b

e

to th

e PIP

’s accou

nt.

Req

uest yo

u to

pro

vide th

e all necessary co

nsu

man

le like Water, electricity d

urin

g full

con

tract perio

d fo

r smo

oth

executio

n o

f pro

ject. R

FP

Clau

se will

prev

ailR

FP

Clau

se will p

revail

12

33

53

5.1

. Do

cum

en

t Sub

missio

n

Ho

wever,EM

D o

f Rs 2

.0 C

rs (Ru

pees Tw

o C

rore

on

ly) in th

e form

of D

D/B

ankers C

heq

ue / B

G h

as

to b

e sub

mitted

in o

riginal o

nly an

d h

as to reach

the b

elow

men

tion

ed o

fficer/add

ress /17

:00

HR

S(IST) on

10

-06

- 20

20

.

Req

uest to

chan

ge the d

ue d

ate for EM

D o

riginal su

bm

ission

to till n

ext day o

f bid

sub

missio

n d

ate i.e 12

-06

-20

20

.

RF

P C

lause w

ill p

revail

RF

P C

lause w

ill prev

ail

12

4A

nn

exure-IV

6. Se

rvice Le

vel A

gree

me

nts (SLA

)

In case o

f 2 co

nsecu

tive Qu

arterly SLA b

reach

un

der P

oin

t c), ITI has th

e right to

invo

ke the

termin

ation

clause.

Termian

ation

link to

SLA b

reach is n

ot accep

table, yo

u can

increase th

e pen

alty.

So, R

equ

est you

to d

elete the term

inatio

n asso

caited w

ith th

e SLAR

FP

Clau

se will

prev

ailR

FP

Clau

se will p

revail

12

5A

nn

exure-IV

Secu

rity

9 Se

curity b

reach

inclu

din

g Data

The

ft/Loss/C

orru

ptio

n

For each

breach

/data th

eft, pen

alty will b

e levied

as per fo

llow

ing criteria. A

ny secu

rity incid

ent

detected

INR

5 Lakh

s. This p

enalty is ap

plicab

le

per in

ciden

t. These p

enalties w

ill no

t be p

art of

overall SLA

pen

alties cap p

er mo

nth

. In case o

f

seriou

s breach

of secu

rity wh

erein th

e data is

stolen

or co

rrup

ted, ITI reserves th

e right to

termin

ate the LO

I/Agreem

ent.

As yo

u are aw

are, in th

e increasin

gly con

nected

wo

rld w

hich

is beco

min

g high

ly

com

plex to

man

age, cyber acto

rs and

perp

etrators are co

nstan

tly on

the o

utlo

ok o

f

explo

iting vu

lnerab

ilities in th

e app

lication

s, datab

ases, op

erating system

s and

even

cause h

arm to

the system

by th

e meth

od

of so

cial engin

eering. Fu

rther, co

nsid

ering

recent rep

orts, th

e systems o

f large Mu

ltinatio

nal C

om

pan

ies, Nu

clear Po

wer P

lants

and

oth

er critical infrastru

cture w

ith state-o

f-the-art cyb

ersecurity system

s are bein

g

com

pro

mised

. Hen

ce, it po

ses an in

surm

ou

ntab

le challen

ge for th

e bid

der to

anticip

ate

all the p

oten

tial causes th

at may lead

to b

reach an

d facto

r the sam

e in its p

rop

osal.

Hen

ce we req

uest yo

u to

amen

d th

e clause as:-

For each

breach

/data th

eft, pen

alty will b

e levied as p

er follo

win

g criteria. An

y security

incid

ent d

etected IN

R 5

Lakhs 1

0,0

00

pe

r day till th

e In

cide

nt is re

solve

d fro

m th

e

date

of re

po

rting. M

aximu

m P

en

alty cap d

urin

g SLA is 5

% o

f the

Co

ntract V

alue

.

In case o

f seriou

s breach

of secu

rity wh

erein th

e data is sto

len o

r corru

pted

du

e to

reaso

ns so

lely attrib

utab

le to

PIP

, ITI reserves the righ

t to term

inate th

e

LOI/A

greemen

t.

RF

P C

lause w

ill p

revail

RF

P C

lause w

ill prev

ail

12

63

(i)3

. Bid

Sub

missio

n:

i. In th

e event o

f breach

of co

ntract, th

e entire

amo

un

t of EM

D/Secu

rity Dep

osit sh

all stand

forfeited

.

Wh

at con

stitutes a b

reach o

f the co

ntract, p

rior to

executio

n o

f the co

ntract at p

re-bid

stage wh

ich w

ou

ld en

title ITI to fo

refit the EM

D? It is co

nstu

red th

at misrep

resentatio

n

in th

e bid

do

cum

ents su

bm

itted o

r with

draw

al of th

e bid

up

on

award

of th

e con

tract

or failu

re to fu

rnish

the P

erform

ance B

ank G

uaran

tee and

execute th

e con

tract, up

on

issuan

ce of th

e LOA

to th

e bid

der- sh

all entitle N

MD

C to

forfeit to

the EM

D.

RF

P C

lause w

ill p

revail

RF

P C

lause w

ill prev

ail

12

78

(i).P

IP sh

all be req

uired

to co

mp

lete the assign

ed

wo

rks with

in th

e perio

d stip

ulated

in th

e RFP

. In

case of d

elay wh

ich m

ay occu

r du

e to th

e reason

s

beyo

nd

the co

ntro

l of P

IP, P

IP w

ou

ld ap

pro

ach ITI

with

full d

etails for exten

sion

and

time lim

it for

com

pletio

n o

f the w

ork

The fo

llow

ing even

ts shall n

ecessarily be co

nstu

red as b

eyon

d th

e reason

able co

ntro

l

of th

e Bid

der : a) C

han

ge ord

er ; b) d

elay / disru

ptio

n cau

sed b

y the o

ther co

ntracto

rs

or rep

resentatives o

f NM

DC

; c) force m

ajeure; d

) susp

ensio

n ; e)

RF

P C

lause w

ill

prev

ailR

FP

Clau

se will p

revail

12

81

1 (iv)

11

. Billin

g and

Paym

en

t:

Iv. The b

idd

er shall q

uo

te their p

rices on

FOR

destin

ation

basis. U

nlo

adin

g, Un

packin

g and

transp

ortatio

n to

the in

stallation

sites shall also

be b

orn

e by th

e PIP

.

In th

is pro

cess, the p

arties shall fo

llow

ICC

Inco

terms 2

01

0.

RF

P C

lause w

ill p

revail

RF

P C

lause w

ill prev

ail

12

91

41

4. Fo

rce M

ajeu

re

PIP

shall n

ot b

e con

sidered

in d

efault if a d

elay in

com

pletio

n o

f the w

ork o

ccurs d

ue to

cause

beyo

nd

its con

trol su

ch as acts o

f Go

d, n

atural

calamities, fire, strike, fro

st, floo

ds, rio

ts and

acts

of u

nsu

rpassed

po

wer. P

IP sh

all no

tify ITI in

writin

g with

in 1

0 d

ays from

the d

ate of su

ch

occu

rrence

Please in

crease the n

um

ber o

f days o

f no

tification

to 1

5 b

usin

ess days sin

ce the en

d o

f

the Fo

rce majeu

re event. D

oes th

e defin

ition

inclu

de all even

ts related to

weath

er &

oth

er natu

ral calamities, acts o

f govern

men

t, strikes, riots, ep

idam

ic, pan

dem

ic

(inclu

din

g any o

n-go

ing even

t), po

litical un

rest and

oth

er similar even

ts ?R

FP

Clau

se will

prev

ailR

FP

Clau

se will p

revail

13

01

71

7. D

efe

ct Liability (W

arranty) P

erio

d:

The d

efect liability p

eriod

of th

e pro

ject shall b

e

12

mo

nth

s from

the d

ate of h

and

ing o

ver of w

ork

(Op

eration

al Accep

tance).

It is con

stured

that th

e Op

eration

al Accp

etance sh

all be d

eemed

achieved

if the w

orks

are pu

t to u

se. Furth

er, the B

idd

er shall h

and

over th

e site po

st com

pletio

n o

f the

wo

rks and

the C

om

pan

y/ITI shall issu

e an O

peratio

nal A

cceptan

ce certificate with

in 1

0

days o

r shall b

e deem

ed ach

ieved o

n su

ch 1

0th

day. Th

e DLP

shall co

mm

ence fo

r the

wo

rks from

the d

ate of ach

ievemen

t of th

e Op

eration

al Accep

tance. In

case of p

artial

use, th

e DLP

for su

ch p

artial wo

rks shall co

mm

ence fro

m th

e partial o

peraito

nal

acceptan

ce.

RF

P C

lause w

ill p

revail

RF

P C

lause w

ill prev

ail

13

11

81

8. A

rbitratio

n:

Such

dem

and

for A

rbitratio

n sh

all be d

elivered to

the C

om

pan

y by th

e Bid

der / Su

pp

lier and

shall

specify th

e matters w

hich

are in q

uestio

n, d

ispu

te

or d

ifference an

d su

ch d

ispu

tes or d

ifference o

f

wh

ich th

e dem

and

has b

een m

ade an

d n

o o

ther

matter sh

all be referred

to arb

itration

.

Do

es the arb

itration

pro

ceedin

gs be in

tiated fo

r any claim

s/disp

utes o

ver the claim

s of

NM

DC

/Co

mp

any? Fu

rther, th

e arbitratio

n p

roceed

ings sh

all be co

nd

ucted

by a p

anel o

f

three arb

itrators, each

party ap

po

intin

g its no

min

ee and

the tw

o n

om

inees sh

all

app

oin

t the th

ird p

residin

g arbitrato

r.

RF

P C

lause w

ill p

revail

RF

P C

lause w

ill prev

ail

13

22

02

0. Su

b C

on

tracts

The B

idd

er / PIP

shall n

ot assign

or su

b-co

ntract

the w

ho

le or an

y part o

f the w

ork

award

ed to

it, with

ou

t the p

rior w

ritten ap

pro

val

of ITI.

We req

uest yo

u to

allow

sub

con

tracting o

f wo

rks i.e. Cab

le Laying, Tren

chin

g, Diggin

g,

Co

nfigu

ration

etc.

RF

P C

lause w

ill p

revail

RF

P C

lause w

ill prev

ail

13

32

22

2. C

on

fide

ntiality:

except th

at each P

arty may d

isclose C

on

fiden

tial

Info

rmatio

n to

its pro

fession

al adviso

rs or

aud

itors to

the exten

t necessary

The excep

tion

al perso

ns to

wh

om

the in

form

ation

may b

e disclo

sed o

n n

eed-to

-kno

w

basis sh

all inclu

de em

plo

yees, sub

con

tractors, ven

do

rs.

RF

P C

lause w

ill p

revail

RF

P C

lause w

ill prev

ail

13

42

3.4

.2

3. Te

rmin

ation

of Se

rvices//R

escin

din

g of

Co

ntract:

In ad

ditio

n to

the ab

ove, if th

e pro

gress of th

e

pro

ject do

es no

t meet th

e agreed tim

elines, th

en

ITI has th

e right to

with

draw

this Lo

A. In

such

a

case, PIP

shall p

eacefully h

and

over all th

e

executed

po

rtion

s of th

e Bo

M an

d o

ther w

orks

on

‘as is wh

ere basis’ in

clud

ing all th

e material

(hard

ware/so

ftware/licen

se), do

cum

entatio

n an

d

all the reco

rds etc. so

that im

plem

entatio

n o

f IT

infrastru

cture d

o n

ot get ad

versely imp

acted. In

such

a situatio

n, P

IP sh

all no

t be en

titled fo

r any

com

pen

sation

and

/or claim

wh

atsoever. Fo

r no

n-

perfo

rman

ce, ITI reserves the righ

t to en

cash th

e

PB

G an

d aw

ard w

ork to

alternate ven

do

r for

com

pletio

n o

f the p

roject at risk an

d co

st of th

e

PIP

.

An

y of th

e events en

titling term

inatio

n o

f the co

ntract an

d/o

r LOA

by ITI, m

ust b

e with

prio

r written

no

tice of th

e defau

lt event to

PIP

and

PIP

shall b

e given 4

5 b

usin

ess days

to rectify/rem

edy th

e breach

no

tified. If P

IP fails to

take steps to

remed

y the d

efault

no

tified, th

en th

e ITI shall h

ave write to

termin

ate with

no

tice. PIP

shall b

e entitled

to

release of p

aymen

ts tow

ards w

orks p

erform

ed u

ntil th

e effective date o

f termin

ation

.

An

y disp

uted

paym

ents sh

all be released

sub

ject to th

e resolu

tion

thro

ugh

the d

ispu

te

resolu

tion

pro

cess as per th

is Agreem

ent.

RF

P C

lause w

ill p

revail

RF

P C

lause w

ill prev

ail

13

5G

eneral

Termin

ation

P

lease con

firm th

at the P

IP sh

all have an

op

tion

to term

inate o

r susp

end

the co

ntract,

in th

e event: a) th

e ITI fails to co

mp

ly with

its ob

ligation

s un

der th

is con

tract and

act in

accord

ance th

erewith

inclu

din

g no

n p

aymen

t for th

e wo

rks perfo

rmed

; b) ITI su

spen

ds

the w

orks fo

r mo

re than

50

days fo

r any reaso

ns o

ther th

an fo

r no

tified b

reach o

f the

con

tract by P

IP as p

er Clau

se 20

.; c)beco

me sin

solven

t or th

e pro

ject stand

s cancelled

by N

MD

C. in

such

case of term

inatio

n, th

e PIP

shall b

e entitled

to p

aymen

t for w

orks

perfo

rmed

till effective date o

f termin

ation

, release of th

e securities in

cluid

ng th

e

PB

/EMD

.

RF

P C

lause w

ill p

revail

RF

P C

lause w

ill prev

ail

13

65

- EMD

BG

Form

at(i). ITI an

d/o

r its officers, em

plo

yees disclaim

all

liability fro

m an

y loss o

r dam

age, wh

ether

foreseeab

le or n

ot, su

ffered b

y any p

erson

acting

on

or refrain

ing fro

m actin

g becau

se of an

y

info

rmatio

n in

clud

ing statem

ents, in

form

ation

,

forecasts, estim

ates or p

rojectio

ns co

ntain

ed in

this d

ocu

men

t or co

nd

uct an

cillary to it w

heth

er

or n

ot th

e loss o

r dam

age arises in co

nn

ection

with

any o

missio

n, n

egligence, d

efault, lack o

f

care or m

isrepresen

tation

on

the p

art of ITI

and

/or an

y of its o

fficers, emp

loyees.

No

twith

stand

ing an

ythin

g con

tain elsew

here in

the C

on

tract, in an

y case wh

atsoever

Co

ntracto

r’s maxim

um

liability u

nd

er the C

on

tract shall n

ot exceed

5%

of C

on

tract

Price. N

either P

arties shall b

e liable fo

r any co

nseq

uen

tial losses, p

un

itive, ind

irect and

remo

te dam

ages shall b

e exclud

ed.

RF

P C

lause w

ill p

revail

RF

P C

lause w

ill prev

ail

13

7A

nn

exure-V

No

n-D

isclosu

re

Agreem

ent

(b) Th

e guaran

tee shall stan

d co

mp

letely

disch

arged an

d all righ

ts of th

e ITI un

der th

is

Gu

arantee sh

all be extin

guish

ed if n

o claim

or

dem

and

is mad

e on

us in

writin

g on

or b

efore its

validity d

ate.

the EM

D secu

rity shall exp

ire on

ce the P

BG

is given b

y the su

ccessful b

idd

er or th

e

expiry o

f bid

validity fo

r un

successfu

l bid

ders. P

lease stipu

late the exp

iry date o

f the

EMD

wh

en issu

ed.

RF

P C

lause w

ill p

revail

RF

P C

lause w

ill prev

ail

13

8A

nn

exure-V

III

No

n-D

isclosu

re

Agreem

ent

Co

mp

any is liab

le for: 2

.2.1

its loss o

r its

un

auth

orized

disclo

sure o

f Co

nfid

ential

Info

rmatio

n, an

d 2

.2.2

any lo

ss or u

nau

tho

rized

disclo

sure o

f Co

nfid

ential In

form

ation

by an

y

perso

n th

at Co

mp

any m

ay disclo

se and

has

disclo

sed C

on

fiden

tial Info

rmatio

n to

un

der th

is

Agreem

ent

The lo

ss of co

nfid

ential in

form

ation

un

der its d

irect con

trol- sh

all on

ly make th

e Bid

der

liable u

nd

er this C

lause. K

ind

ly con

firm.

RF

P C

lause w

ill p

revail

RF

P C

lause w

ill prev

ail

13

9A

nn

exure-V

III

No

n-D

isclosu

re

Agreem

ent

An

y mo

dels, co

mp

uter p

rogram

s, do

cum

ents an

d

oth

er instru

men

ts con

tainin

g Co

nfid

ential

Info

rmatio

n rem

ain X

XX

's pro

perty. C

om

pan

y

shall at its o

wn

cost retu

rn o

r destro

y any su

ch

instru

men

ts or its co

pies at X

XX

's requ

est.

The receivin

g Party sh

all retain a co

py retain

ed fo

r legal/ archival p

urp

oses

RF

P C

lause w

ill p

revail

RF

P C

lause w

ill prev

ail

14

0A

nn

exure-V

III

No

n-D

isclosu

re

Agreem

ent

This A

greemen

t termin

ates Five (5) years after

the d

ate bo

th P

arties signed

it or earlier, if it is

sup

erseded

by stip

ulatio

ns o

f any fu

ture

agreemen

t betw

een th

e Parties fo

r the P

roject o

r

if the P

arties decid

e to en

d th

e Pro

ject.

No

twith

stand

ing th

e abo

ve, the righ

ts and

ob

ligation

s set forth

in th

is Agreem

ent w

hich

have accru

ed p

rior to

termin

ation

shall su

rvive

the term

inatio

n o

r earlier expiratio

n o

f this

Agreem

ent fo

r a perio

d o

f five (5) years.

The term

of th

is Agreem

ent fo

r un

successfu

l bid

ders sh

all expire o

n th

e bid

expiry d

ate

or d

ate of aw

ard o

f issue o

f LOA

to su

ccessful b

idd

er, wh

ichever is earlier.

RF

P C

lause w

ill p

revail

RF

P C

lause w

ill prev

ail

14

1A

nn

exure-V

III

No

n-D

isclosu

re

Agreem

ent

Acco

rdin

gly, XX

X h

ereby exp

ressly waive, release

and

forego

any an

d all actio

ns o

r claims, in

clud

ing

cross claim

s, imp

leader claim

s or co

un

ter claims

against th

e Go

vernm

ent o

f Ind

ia arising o

ut o

f

this co

ntract an

d co

venan

ts no

t to su

e the

Go

vernm

ent o

f Ind

ia as to an

y man

ner, claim

,

cause o

f action

or th

ing w

hatso

ever arising o

f or

un

der th

is ND

A.

We req

uest yo

u to

delete th

e clause.

RF

P C

lause w

ill p

revail

RF

P C

lause w

ill prev

ail

14

2A

nn

exure-IX

PR

E-CO

NTR

AC

T

INTEG

RITY P

AC

T

5.3

The d

ecision

of th

e BU

YER to

the effect th

at a

breach

of th

e pro

vision

s of th

is Pact h

as been

com

mitted

by th

e IP sh

all be fin

al and

con

clusive

on

the IP

. Ho

wever, th

e IP can

app

roach

the

Ind

epen

den

t Mo

nito

r(s) app

oin

ted fo

r the

pu

rpo

ses of th

is Pact

The A

uh

tority sh

all exercises its rights u

nd

er this clau

se if the B

idd

er has failed

desp

ite

no

tification

of sh

ow

-cause fo

r the d

efault o

f the In

tegrity Pact co

mm

itted b

y it and

the

IEM h

as con

du

cted its en

qu

iry and

find

s that th

e Bid

der is at b

reach o

f the IP

.

RF

P C

lause w

ill p

revail

RF

P C

lause w

ill prev

ail

14

3A

nn

exure-IX

PR

E-CO

NTR

AC

T

INTEG

RITY P

AC

T

8 Law

and

Place o

f Jurisd

iction

8.1

This P

act is

sub

ject to In

dian

Law. Th

e place o

f perfo

rman

ce

and

jurisd

iction

is the seat o

f the B

UYER

The seat sh

all be B

engalu

ru. K

ind

ly con

firm.

As p

er Mo

U w

ith ITI.

As p

er Mo

U w

ith ITI.

14

4G

eneral

Please p

rovid

e clarity on

the EB

sup

ply availab

ility, DG

and

transfo

rmer fo

r oth

er than

DC

& D

R site.

NM

DC

shall p

rovid

e

Po

wer su

pp

ly.N

MD

C sh

all pro

vide P

ow

er

sup

ply.

14

5G

eneral

We u

nd

erstand

that u

nin

terrup

ted p

ow

er sup

ply an

d p

rop

er earthin

g greed in

side o

f

com

mu

nicatio

n ro

om

to co

nn

ect the R

acks earthlin

g bu

s bar an

d all o

ther eq

uip

men

t's

for gro

un

din

g will b

e pro

vided

by C

usto

mer. P

lease con

firm.

earthin

g and

ligthn

ing arresto

r is

with

in th

e scop

e of

this Ten

der.

Eearthin

g and

Lighten

ing

arrestor is w

ith in

the sco

pe o

f

this Ten

der.

14

6G

eneral

We u

nd

erstand

that all civil w

ork w

ill be d

on

e by cu

stom

er. Please co

nfirm

. A

s per R

FP.

As p

er RFP

.

14

7G

eneral

We u

nd

erstand

anyth

ing req

uire to

imp

lemen

t the so

lutio

n su

ch as D

NS, D

HC

P, N

TP,

SLB/G

SLB etc. w

ill be p

rovid

ed b

y Cu

stom

er else inclu

de in

BO

Q

As p

er RFP

.

As p

er RFP

.

14

8X

)6G

eneral

There is n

o an

y specificatio

n o

r requ

iremen

t fou

nd

in R

FP fo

r earthin

g pit-earth

ing strip

or Earth

ing system

. As p

er ou

r un

derstan

din

g dep

artmen

t will arran

ge the p

rop

er

earthlin

g greed till th

e insid

e of co

mm

un

ication

roo

m to

con

nect th

e Racks earth

ling

bas b

ar and

all oth

er equ

ipm

ent's fo

r grou

nd

ing. P

lease correct if o

ur u

nd

erstand

ing is

wro

ng.

earthin

g and

ligthn

ing arresto

r is

with

in th

e scop

e of

this Ten

der.

Eearthin

g and

Lighten

ing

arrestor is w

ith in

the sco

pe o

f

this Ten

der.

14

91

.5. W

iFiP

oin

t-to-M

ultip

oin

t Rad

io fo

r 5 n

etwo

rk zon

es for

Wi-Fi co

verage(75

0m

radiu

s) at Weigh

brid

ges at

KS-2

min

es (for b

ud

getary p

ricing o

nly)

We u

nd

erstand

that th

e Bo

Q asso

ciated w

ith th

e Table is fo

r bu

dgetary p

ricing an

d

shall n

ot b

e part o

f Total C

on

tract Valu

e. Kin

dly co

nfirm

.

it will n

ot b

e part o

f

con

tract value an

d

will n

ot b

e part o

f

evaluatio

n

It will n

ot b

e part o

f con

tract

value an

d w

ill no

t be p

art of b

id

evaluatio

n

15

01

.1 C

learances

The O

wn

er/Emp

loyer sh

all furn

ish all req

uired

ban

k guaran

tees and

make p

aymen

ts to th

e

con

cerned

auth

orities d

irectly based

on

the

dem

and

letter ob

tained

by th

e Co

ntracto

r from

the co

ncern

ed au

tho

rities.

We u

nd

erstand

that N

MD

C sh

all be th

e Emp

loyer . Th

e Righ

t of w

ay and

Rein

statmen

t

charges sh

all be in

the sco

pe o

f NM

DC

. Kin

dly co

nfirm

All w

orks to

be

perfo

rmed

with

in

NM

DC

Prem

ises and

hen

ce this is n

ot N

ot

Ap

plicab

le.

All w

orks to

be p

erform

ed

with

in N

MD

C P

remises an

d

hen

ce this is N

ot A

pp

licable.

15

11

.1 C

learances

the C

on

tractor sh

all pro

po

se an altern

ate rou

te,

pro

mp

tly carry ou

t the su

rvey and

sub

mit sp

ecific

survey rep

ort fo

r that an

d reap

ply fo

r clearance

after taking in

to acco

un

t the

com

men

ts/ob

jection

s of th

e auth

ority

We u

nd

erstand

that co

ntracto

r is PIP

, the variatio

n in

the sco

pe d

ue to

chan

ge of ro

ute

shall b

e treated as ch

ange o

rder an

d sh

all be reim

bu

rsed b

y NM

DC

.

Paym

ent sh

all be

mad

e as per th

e

actual q

uan

tity

con

sum

ed an

d w

ork

executed

.

Paym

ent sh

all be m

ade as p

er

the actu

al qu

antity co

nsu

med

and

wo

rk executed

.

15

21

.5 R

einstatem

ent

The Execu

ting A

gency sh

all be req

uired

to carry

ou

t reinstatem

ent o

f the excavated

area in case

the co

ncern

ed au

tho

rity requ

ires so.

Rein

statemen

t shall in

clud

e all wo

rks necessary

(such

as recon

structio

n o

f metalled

/asph

alt road

,

foo

tpath

etc) to resto

re the excavated

area to

origin

al qu

ality and

shap

e.

The estim

ation

of R

e instatem

ent in

bid

din

g stage will resu

lt in u

naccu

rate

measu

remen

ts as the estim

ation

invo

lves man

y Assu

mp

tion

s. Hen

ce, requ

est you

to

con

sider th

e cost o

f Re In

statemen

t in N

MD

C sco

pe. Th

e RI sh

all be reim

bu

rsed o

n

sub

missio

n o

f Invo

ices on

pro

rata basis.

All w

orks to

be

perfo

rmed

with

in

NM

DC

Prem

ises and

hen

ce this is n

ot N

ot

Ap

plicab

le. A

ll wo

rks to b

e perfo

rmed

with

in N

MD

C P

remises an

d

hen

ce this is N

ot A

pp

licable.

15

31

.6 U

nd

ergrou

nd

Fibre O

ptic C

able

Installatio

n

The C

on

tractor sh

all ind

emn

ify the

Ow

ner/Em

plo

yer for all th

e dam

ages and

the

Co

ntracto

r shall b

e solely resp

on

sible fo

r the

dam

ages and

losses. Th

e Ow

ner/Em

plo

yer shall

no

t be liab

le for an

y such

dam

ages.

We req

uest N

MD

C to

con

sider P

IP to

be liab

le for o

nly th

ose d

amages w

hich

are

caused

by P

IP p

erform

ance. P

IP sh

all no

t be liab

le to an

y dam

ages caused

by th

ird

party. H

ence req

uest yo

u to

amen

d th

e clause as m

entio

ned

belo

w:

The C

on

tractor sh

all ind

emn

ify the O

wn

er/Emp

loyer fo

r all the d

amages an

d th

e

Co

ntracto

r shall b

e solely resp

on

sible fo

r the d

amages an

d lo

sses ocu

ured

du

e to th

e

perfo

rman

ce of P

IP. Th

e Ow

ner/Em

plo

yer shall n

ot b

e liable fo

r any su

ch d

amages.

RF

P C

lause w

ill p

revail

RF

P C

lause w

ill prev

ail

15

4Sectio

n A

: Op

tical

Fibre Layin

g

1.2

.1

Sectio

n A

: Op

tical Fibre

Laying

1.2

.1 Excavatio

n

For excavatio

n in

hard

rock, co

ntro

lled b

lasting

can b

e resorted

to. Th

e Co

ntracto

r shall o

btain

necessary p

ermissio

ns fro

m th

e statuto

ry

auth

orities fo

r blastin

g and

the u

se of exp

losives

for th

is pu

rpo

se. No

blastin

g is perm

itted n

ear

perm

anen

t wo

rk or d

wellin

gs.

Req

uest yo

u to

amen

d th

e clause as " th

e statuto

ry clearence w

ill be p

rovid

e by N

MD

C

from

each au

tho

rities of resp

ective site ,MSI w

ill help

in all kin

d o

f do

cum

entry w

ork".

RF

P C

lause w

ill p

revail

RF

P C

lause w

ill prev

ail

15

5A

nn

exure-X

It is certified th

at ou

r firm/co

mp

any o

r any o

f ou

r

entity is n

ot b

lack listed/D

ebarred

from

do

ing

bu

siness o

r pu

t on

ho

liday list etc b

y any G

ovt.

Organ

ization

/ PSU

s for an

y reason

. Ho

wever, if

we fail to

com

plete th

e award

ed w

ork / fu

lfill the

RFP

con

ditio

ns, ITI Ltd

shall b

e free to take actio

n

/ black list o

ur firm

/ com

pan

y.”

We req

uest ITI to

amen

d th

e clause as m

entio

ned

belo

w fo

r com

petitive p

articipatio

n:

It is certified th

at ou

r firm/co

mp

any o

r any o

f ou

r entity is n

ot b

lack listed/D

ebarred

from

do

ing b

usin

ess or p

ut o

n h

olid

ay list etc by an

y Go

vt. Organ

ization

/ PSU

s for an

y

reason

. Ho

wever, if w

e fail to co

mp

lete the aw

arded

wo

rk / fulfill th

e RFP

con

ditio

ns,

ITI Ltd sh

all be free to

take action

/ black list o

ur firm

/ com

pan

y.”R

FP

Clau

se will

prev

ailR

FP

Clau

se will p

revail

15

6A

nn

exure-IX

PR

E-CO

NTR

AC

T

INTEG

RITY P

AC

T

In case an

y such

preced

ing m

iscon

du

ct on

the

part o

f such

official(s) is rep

orted

by th

e IP to

the

BU

YER w

ith fu

ll and

verifiable facts an

d th

e same

is prim

a facie fou

nd

to b

e correct b

y the B

UYER

,

necessary d

isciplin

ary pro

ceedin

gs, or an

y oth

er

action

as deem

ed fit, in

clud

ing crim

inal

pro

ceedin

gs may b

e initiated

by th

e BU

YER an

d

such

a perso

n sh

all be d

ebarred

from

furth

er

dealin

gs related to

the co

ntract p

rocess.

We req

uest yo

u to

delete th

e clause.

RF

P C

lause w

ill p

revail

RF

P C

lause w

ill prev

ail

15

7G

eneral

We req

uest yo

u to

con

firm w

heth

er Bid

der n

eeds to

sup

ply m

aterial to a cen

tral

locatio

n p

rop

sed b

y ITI/NM

DC

for in

spectio

n o

f receipt o

f materials O

R to

ind

ividu

al

site locatio

ns as p

rop

osed

by N

MD

C/ITI.

Delivery sh

all be at

Ind

ividu

al locatio

ns

and

Factory

Accep

tance Test/ P

re-

disp

atch in

spectio

n/

Insp

ection

at site will

be d

on

e as the case

may b

e and

shall b

e

discu

ssed an

d

finalised

with

Successfu

l Bid

der.

Delivery sh

all be at In

divid

ual

locatio

ns an

d Facto

ry

Accep

tance Test/ P

re-disp

atch

insp

ection

/ Insp

ection

at site

will b

e do

ne as th

e case may b

e

and

shall b

e discu

ssed an

d

finalised

with

Successfu

l Bid

der.

15

8G

eneral

We u

nd

erstand

that N

MD

C/ITI sh

all pro

vide W

areho

use w

ith Secu

rity for th

e

safekeepin

g of m

aterials. Kin

dly co

nfirm

.

Storage lo

cation

will

be p

rovid

ed at Site

stores, h

ow

ever

safety and

security

of th

e mateiral lies

with

the b

idd

er.

Storage lo

cation

will b

e

pro

vided

at Site stores, h

ow

ever

safety and

security o

f the

mateiral lies w

ith th

e bid

der.

15

9G

eneral

In o

rder to

have b

etter wo

rking cap

ital for th

e pro

ject we p

rop

ose an

Assign

men

t

clause as b

elow

to b

e inclu

ded

in th

e Paym

ent Sch

edu

le, wh

ich sh

all allow

us to

factor

the b

ill with

finan

cing in

stitutio

n, an

d th

erefore en

able u

s to m

anage o

ur fu

nd

requ

iremen

ts for execu

tion

of th

e pro

ject, we req

uest yo

u to

accept th

e same.

Assign

me

nt C

lause

(ne

w C

lause

pro

po

sed

) :

“The C

on

tractor sh

all no

t, with

ou

t the exp

ress prio

r written

con

sent o

f the Em

plo

yer,

assign to

any th

ird p

arty the C

on

tract or an

y part th

ereof, o

r any righ

t, ben

efit,

ob

ligation

or in

terest therein

or th

ere un

der, excep

t that th

e Co

ntracto

r shall b

e

entitled

to assign

either ab

solu

tely or b

y way o

f charge an

y mo

nies d

ue an

d p

ayable to

it or th

at may b

ecom

e du

e and

payab

le to it u

nd

er the C

on

tract to an

y Finan

cial

Institu

tion

(s) or B

ank(s) o

r NB

FC(s).

In th

e event th

e Co

ntracto

r assigns th

e mo

nies d

ue an

d p

ayable to

it or th

at may

beco

me d

ue an

d p

ayable to

it, un

der th

e Co

ntract, to

any Fin

ancial In

stitutio

n(s) o

r

Ban

k(s) or N

BFC

(s), the Em

plo

yer shall ackn

ow

ledge th

e intim

ation

letter it may receive

from

such

finan

cial institu

tion

(s) or B

ank(s) o

r NB

FC (s). If th

e Emp

loyer d

oes n

ot rep

ly

with

in 1

5 d

ays of th

e receipt o

f the in

timatio

n letter, it can

be co

nsid

ered as

“ackno

wled

ged b

y the Em

plo

yer”. Furth

ermo

re the Em

plo

yer will p

rovid

e an in

dicative

date b

y wh

en th

e fun

ds w

ill be released

to th

e Co

ntracto

r as a measu

re of co

mfo

rt for

the d

ecision

s of Fin

ancial In

stitutio

n(s) o

r Ban

k(s) or N

BFC

(s)”.

RF

P C

lause w

ill p

revail

No

t accepted

Please

16

0G

eneral

Please p

rovid

e fun

ction

al requ

iremen

t for N

on

-IT com

po

nen

t in th

e RFP

.A

s per R

FP.

As p

er RFP

.

16

1G

eneral

Please p

rovid

e clarity on

the EB

sup

ply availab

ility, DG

and

transfo

rmer fo

r oth

er than

DC

& D

R site.

NM

DC

shall p

rovid

e

Po

wer su

pp

ly.N

MD

C sh

all pro

vide P

ow

er

sup

ply.

16

2A

nn

exure-V

II (UP

S)G

eneral

15

Locatio

ns

We u

nd

erstand

that th

e backu

p p

ow

er sup

ply (o

nly U

PS) is asked

on

ly for 5

locatio

n i.e

Bach

eli, K

irand

ul, D

on

imalai, P

ann

a and

Palo

nch

a), p

lease clarify ho

w U

PS

requ

iremen

t for o

ther sites w

ill be ach

ieved. A

lso sp

ace, coo

ling, fu

rnitu

re, civil &

interio

r, lightin

g, security system

like CC

TV, A

ccess con

trol system

, fire detectio

n &

sup

pressio

n, an

d o

ther n

ecessary accessories if req

uired

will b

e pro

vided

by

pu

rchaser/C

usto

mer. P

lease clarify.

As p

er RFP

.

As p

er RFP

.

16

3A

nn

exure-V

II (UP

S)G

eneral

We u

nd

erstand

anyth

ing req

uire to

distrib

ute th

e po

wer w

ill be p

rovid

ed b

y Cu

stom

er

else inclu

de in

BO

Q

As p

er RFP

.

As p

er RFP

.

16

4G

eneral

We u

nd

erstand

that all civil w

ork w

ill be d

on

e by cu

stom

er. Please co

nfirm

. A

s per R

FP.

As p

er RFP

.

16

51

. Scop

e o

f Wo

rk: (i).

SiitcS of W

i-Fi zon

es (Ind

oo

r/ou

tdo

or) at H

O,

Pro

jects and

oth

er locatio

ns, to

cater to

data n

eeds o

f curren

t and

futu

re requ

iremen

ts of

NM

DC

.

We u

nd

erstand

that (In

do

or/o

utd

oo

r) RF C

overgae asp

ects is already co

nsid

ered an

d

Bid

der is n

ot rep

on

sible fo

r any co

verage issue / d

rak zon

es. Bid

der h

as to p

rop

osed

the q

ty as per SO

R o

nly., K

ind

ly con

firm?

Successfu

l bid

der

shall co

nd

uct R

F

stud

y and

pro

po

se

the co

verage

solu

tion

. Paym

ent

shall m

ade as p

er

the actu

al qu

anity

con

sum

ed an

d w

ork

perfo

rmed

.

Successfu

l bid

der sh

all con

du

ct

RF stu

dy an

d p

rop

ose th

e

coverage so

lutio

n. P

aymen

t

shall m

ade as p

er the actu

al

qu

anity co

nsu

med

and

wo

rk

perfo

rmed

.

16

61

. Scop

e o

f Wo

rk: (i).

SiitcS of W

i-Fi zon

es (Ind

oo

r/ou

tdo

or) at H

O,

Pro

jects and

oth

er locatio

ns, to

cater to

data n

eeds o

f curren

t and

futu

re requ

iremen

ts of

NM

DC

.

IP Sch

ema fo

r the W

AN

infrastru

cture w

ill be p

rovid

ed b

y the u

ser/Pu

rchaser/En

d

custo

mer

Shall b

e discu

ssed

with

Successfu

l

Bid

der.

Shall b

e discu

ssed w

ith

Successfu

l Bid

der.

16

71

.1 Sco

pe o

f wo

rkA

ny req

uired

version

/Softw

are /Hard

ware

up

grades, p

atch m

anagem

ent etc. w

ill be

sup

po

rted b

y the Im

plem

entatio

n p

artner fo

r the

entire co

ntract p

eriod

at no

extra cost to

ITI.

Kin

dly in

clud

e patch

Man

agemen

t Solu

tion

in B

OQ

line item

.

RF

P C

lause w

ill p

revail

RF

P C

lause w

ill prev

ail

16

86

. Service Level

Agreem

ents (SLA

)

In case o

f seriou

s breach

of secu

rity wh

erein th

e

data is sto

len o

r corru

pted

, ITI reserves the righ

t

to term

inate th

e LOI/A

greemen

t.

For each

breach

/data th

eft, pen

alty will b

e levied

as per fo

llow

ing criteria. A

ny secu

rity incid

ent

detected

INR

5 Lakh

s.

Req

uest to

remo

ve the term

inatio

n clau

se beacau

se the severity o

f the in

ciden

t is no

t

men

tion

ed.

Also

Kin

dly ch

ange th

e pen

alty of IN

R 5

lakhs p

er detected

incid

ent to

INR

10

,00

0 p

er

day fo

r delay in

respo

nse.

RF

P C

lause w

ill p

revail

RF

P C

lause w

ill prev

ail

16

96

. Service Level

Agreem

ents (SLA

)

95

% to

be reso

lved w

ithin

1 h

ou

rR

esovin

g 95

% secu

rity incid

ent w

ithin

an h

ou

r is practically ch

allengin

g. Req

uest yo

u to

revist the sam

e and

chan

ge it

"The critical secu

rity incid

ent sh

all be co

ntain

ed w

ithin

4 h

ou

rs after detectio

n"

RF

P C

lause w

ill p

revail

RF

P C

lause w

ill prev

ail

17

0G

eneral

We u

nd

erstand

anyth

ing req

uire to

imp

lemen

t the so

lutio

n su

ch as D

NS, D

HC

P, N

TP,

SLB/G

SLB etc. w

ill be p

rovid

ed b

y Cu

stom

er else inclu

de in

BO

Q

As p

er RFP

.

As p

er RFP

.

17

1SLA

& D

ELIVER

Y

QU

ERIES SLA

SLA

Page# 3

4;

(6)

Availab

ility/ Up

time o

f each server at D

C/D

RA

s each o

f the H

W h

as been

pro

vision

ed w

ith H

A at each

level we req

uest yo

u to

chan

ge the sp

ecs " Availab

ility/ Up

time o

f each clu

ster at DC

/DR

"R

FP

Clau

se will

prev

ailR

FP

Clau

se will p

revail

17

2D

eliveryD

elivery

Timelin

e

Page# 1

3;

(7. (iii))

Sup

ply o

f DC

/ DR

Co

mp

on

ents in

clud

ing

hard

ware an

d So

ftware. 6

Weeks

Sup

ply o

f DC

/ DR

Co

mp

on

ents in

clud

ing h

ardw

are and

Softw

are. 8-1

0 W

eeks

RF

P C

lause w

ill p

revail

RF

P C

lause w

ill prev

ail

17

3D

elivery Timelin

e

Page# 1

3; (7

. (iii))

Sup

ply o

f DC

/ DR

Co

mp

on

ents in

clud

ing

hard

ware an

d So

ftware. 6

Weeks

Sup

ply o

f DC

/ DR

Co

mp

on

ents in

clud

ing h

ardw

are and

Softw

are. 8-1

0 W

eeksR

FP

Clau

se will

prev

ailR

FP

Clau

se will p

revail

17

4P

Age# 2

, Date o

f

Sub

missio

n

Du

e Date fo

r Sub

missio

n o

f RFP

is 11

/06

/20

20

As yo

u m

ight b

e aware o

f the cu

rrent situ

ation

of rap

id sp

read o

f coro

naviru

s, there

are certain gu

idelin

es wh

ich h

ave been

issued

by th

e govern

men

t to co

ntain

the

spread

of C

OV

ID-1

9. D

ue to

this, em

plo

yees of o

ur co

mp

any, p

artners an

d O

EMs are

wo

rking fro

m h

om

e and

have travel restrictio

ns fo

r meetin

gs are in p

lace.We h

ereby

sub

mit o

ur req

uest fo

r extend

ing th

e bid

sub

missio

n d

eadlin

e from

the cu

rrent d

ate of

bid

sub

missio

n to

25

th Ju

ne, 2

02

0 fo

r prep

aration

and

sub

missio

n o

f techn

ical and

com

mercially resp

on

sive bid

.

RF

P C

lause w

ill p

revail

Date o

f sub

missio

n, as n

otified

o

n w

ebsite

17

51

. Scop

e of W

ork, P

g

2

Establish

men

t of a D

C an

d D

R (o

n C

o-Lo

cation

basis at M

eitY Emp

aneled

Service Pro

viders) to

ho

st the A

pp

lication

s of N

MD

C

We req

uest th

at the w

ord

ings o

f the clau

se be m

od

ified as

Establish

men

t of a D

C an

d D

R (o

n C

o-Lo

cation

basis B

Y M

eitY Emp

aneled

Service

Pro

viders) to

ho

st the A

pp

lication

s of N

MD

C

RF

P C

lause w

ill p

revail

Co

-locatio

n services to

be

pro

vided

by D

C/D

R service

pro

vider in

clud

ing cagin

g,

space, P

ow

er, Co

olin

g, Ph

ysical

Security etc. D

C w

ill be in

Hyd

erabad

and

DR

in an

oth

er

seismic zo

ne fro

m th

e same

service pro

vider.

The in

tend

ing b

idd

er mu

st be an

IT/ITES/Netw

orkin

g com

pan

y, havin

g an

Experien

ce of su

ccessfully execu

ting sim

ilar

natu

re of w

orks as m

entio

ned

in th

e Scop

e of

Wo

rk viz. setting

up

of D

C/D

R (H

/w &

S/w), Firew

alls, active

Switch

es, Man

aged Services, B

ackbo

ne cab

ling,

Setting u

p o

f Wi-Fi N

etwo

rks, laying o

f WA

N/LA

N

Netw

orks an

d layin

g of O

FC etc. d

urin

g the last 7

years (as on

31

st March

’20

20

) of at least

follo

win

g value/b

illing:

On

e Pro

ject costin

g Rs 8

0 C

r OR

Two

pro

jects

costin

g Rs 5

0 C

r. each O

R Th

ree Pro

jects costin

g

Rs 4

0 C

r. each.

We req

uest to

amen

d th

e clause as b

elow

The in

tend

ing b

idd

er mu

st be an

IT/ITES/Netw

orkin

g com

pan

y, havin

g an Exp

erience

of su

ccessfully settin

g up

of D

C/D

R , . d

urin

g the last 7

years (as on

31

st March

’20

20

) of

at least follo

win

g value/b

illing:

On

e Pro

ject costin

g Rs 8

0 C

r OR

Two

pro

jects costin

g Rs 5

0 C

r. each O

R Th

ree Pro

jects

costin

g Rs 4

0 C

r. each.

RF

P C

lause w

ill p

revail

Th

e clause is am

end

ed as "

on

e or m

ore p

roject / p

rojects

claimed

tow

ards exp

erience

mu

st cov

er on

e or m

ore

elemen

ts essentially

from

each

of th

e follo

win

g three

catagories. E

lemen

ts of

category

(a) belo

w,m

ust

con

tribu

te at least Rs 2

4 C

rs co

st from

the p

roject /

pro

jects,

17

62

. Eligibility C

riteria,

Pg 3

The p

roject/p

rojects claim

ed to

ward

s experien

ce,

mu

st con

tain o

ne o

r mo

re elemen

ts essentially

from

each o

f the fo

llow

ing th

ree categories

Furth

er to ab

ove am

end

men

t, we req

uest th

at bid

der sh

ou

ld b

e allow

ed to

sho

wcase

category w

ise experien

ce con

tainin

g on

e or m

ore elem

ents essen

tially from

each

men

tion

ed criteria th

rou

gh sep

arate PO

s.

Th

e clause is

amen

ded

as " on

e o

r mo

re pro

ject / p

rojects claim

ed

tow

ards exp

erience

mu

st cov

er on

e or

mo

re elemen

ts essen

tially fro

m

each o

f the

follo

win

g three

catagories.

Elem

ents o

f catego

ry ( 1

) b

elow

,mu

st co

ntrib

ute at least

Rs 2

4 C

rs cost fro

m

the p

roject /

pro

jects,

Sup

ply o

f DC

/ DR

Co

mp

on

ents in

clud

ing

hard

ware an

d So

ftware. T0

+ 6 W

eeks

Kin

dly am

end

the d

elivery / installatio

n tim

elines as

Sup

ply o

f DC

/ DR

Co

mp

on

ents in

clud

ing h

ardw

are and

Softw

are. T0 +1

2 W

eeksR

FP

Clau

se will

prev

ail

Sup

ply o

f LAN

/ WA

N C

om

po

nen

ts T0 + 6

Weeks

Sup

ply o

f LAN

/ WA

N C

om

po

nen

ts T0 + 1

2 W

eeksR

FP

Clau

se will

prev

ail

Installatio

n an

d C

om

missio

nin

g of D

C / D

R T0

+ 9

Weeks

Installatio

n an

d C

om

missio

nin

g of D

C / D

R 1

0 W

eeks after com

pletio

n o

f delivery at D

C

/ DR

RF

P C

lause w

ill p

revail

Installatio

n an

d C

om

missio

nin

g LAN

/WA

N.T0

+ 15

Weeks

Installatio

n an

d C

om

missio

nin

g LAN

/WA

N. 1

5 W

eeks po

st delivery o

f LAN

/ WA

NR

FP

Clau

se will

prev

ail

17

88

. Liqu

idated

Dam

ages, Pg 1

3

If the d

elay in co

mp

letion

is attribu

table to

the

PIP

, PIP

shall b

e liable to

pay as

Liqu

idated

dam

ages to ITI a su

m calcu

lated @

0.5

% o

f the O

ne Tim

e Co

st (sup

ply an

d

installatio

n valu

e) per w

eek of th

e delay o

r part

thereo

f sub

ject to a m

aximu

m o

f 10

% o

f the O

TC

(sup

ply an

d in

stallation

value).

We req

uest to

amen

d th

e LD clau

se as

Liqu

idated

dam

ages to ITI a su

m calcu

lated @

0.5

% o

f the O

ne Tim

e Co

st (sup

ply an

d

installatio

n valu

e) per w

eek of th

e delay o

r part th

ereof su

bject to

a maxim

um

of 5

% o

f

the O

TC (su

pp

ly and

installatio

n valu

e).

RF

P C

lause w

ill p

revail

RF

P C

lause w

ill prev

ail

On

Receip

t of Item

s at Site - 30

% o

f Invo

ice Valu

eW

e requ

est to am

end

the p

aymen

t terms fo

r follo

win

g line iitem

s as

On

Receip

t of Item

s at Site - 40

% o

f Invo

ice Valu

eR

FP

Clau

se will

prev

ail

On

Installatio

n o

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