1. STEEL AUTHORITY OF INDIA LIMITED
IISCO STEEL PLANT
BID SPECIFICATION FOR
Procurement of servers with
peripherals, storage, security, networking
components etc along with porting of
application, database migration.
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STEEL AUTHORITY OF INDIA LIMITED IISCO STEEL PLANT (ISP)
IFB, BID DATA SHEET AND SCC
Invitation for Bids (IFB) SAIL - IISCO STEEL PLANT, BURNPUR (WEST BENGAL) INDIA SALIENT FEATURES OF
THE BID Adv No: ISP/202-13/Proj/109 dated 05.09.2012
BID ENQUIRY NO. PROJECTS/C&IT-SERVERS/TN-601 dated 05.09.12.
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2. ITEM DESCRIPTION
The scope of work includes Design, engineering,
manufacture, testing at works, packaging,
transportation, supply, storage, handling at
site, erection, testing, configuration,
integration, commissioning and putting into
satisfactory operation of the "Server and
storage systems", along with associated
equipment and software on turnkey basis.
DUE DATE & TIME OF SUBMISSION 26.09.12 by 15.00 Hrs "Indian Standard Time (IST)".
PLACE OF SUBMISSION OF QUOTATION Office of the Executive Director (Projects)
PROJECT DEPARTMENT
IISCO Steel Plant,Burnpur - 713325 (W B)
DATE & TIME OF OPENING OF PART-I: COST
26.09.12 at 15.30 Hrs "Indian Standard Time (IST)".
OF BID DOCUMENT& EARNEST
MONEY DEPOSIT (EMD)/BID
SECURITY & PART-II : ELIGIBILITY
DOCUMENTS, TECHNICAL PART &
COMMERCIAL PART
EARNEST MONEY DEPOSIT Rs.5,00,000/- (Rupees Five lakh only) valid for two
months beyond bid validity period.
COMPLETION SCHEDULE Completion time: Six (6) Months from the effective date
of the Contract
VALIDITY OF BID 180 days from the date of opening of PART-I.
COST OF BID DOCUMENT (Non Rs. 5,000/- (Rupees Five Thousand only).
Refundable)
SALE / DOWNLOADING OF TENDER Start (Web Site): 05.09.2012
DOCUMENTS Start (By Hand): 06.09.2012
Close (By Hand) : 25.09.2012 at 13.00 Hrs "
Indian Standard Time (IST)"
Close (Downloading from Web-Site) : 25.09.2012
18.00 Hrs " Indian Standard Time (IST)"
Pre Bid Meeting 10:00 am on 19.09.2012 at Project Conference Room,
IISCO Steel Plant, Burnpur - 713325 (W B)
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STEEL AUTHORITY OF INDIA LIMITED IISCO STEEL PLANT (ISP)
IFB, BID DATA SHEET AND SCC
1.0 Steel Authority of India Limited, IISCO STEEL PLANT (ISP), hereinafter referred to as
"Employer", invites sealed bids from eligible Bidders for Design, engineering, manufacture,
testing at works, packaging, transportation, supply, storage, handling at site, erection, testing,
configuration, integration, commissioning and putting into satisfactory operation of the "Server
and storage systems", along with associated equipment and software on turnkey basis as
detailed in Technical Specification No. CET/03/RN/3391/TS/AU/01 R=1 and Standard Bidding
Document.
2.0 ELIGIBILITY CRITERIA
2.1 Technical requirement
2.1.1 The bidder should have successfully executed at least one project of Rs. 1(One) Crore for engineering,
supply & commissioning of servers, storage system & networking H/w along with porting/development of
application software(s) using Oracle as database in last three years as on the date of NIT.
Above mentioned scope and order value shall be fulfilled in maximum 3 (three) orders. Copy of Purchase Order or
Contract agreement along with copy of completion or commissioning certificate must be submitted in
support of the above.
2.1.2 The bidder should have technical support office in Eastern region of India. Addresses of technical
support offices located in Eastern region of India should be submitted in the support of the above.
2.1.3 The bidder should have at least Capability Maturity Model Integration (CMMI) Level- 3 certification for
software development & implementation.
Copy of the certificate is to be submitted in support of the above.
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4. 2.1.4 The bidder must be an authorized partner of the manufacturer of offered servers having direct purchase
and support agreement with them. Copy of authorization letter/document from the manufacturer of offered
servers must be submitted along with the bid.
2.1.5 The bidder must be an authorized partner of Microsoft and Oracle Corporation having direct purchase
and support agreement with them.
Copy of authorization letter/document from Microsoft and Oracle Corporation must be submitted along with the
bid.
2.1.6 The bidder should not have failed to execute / commission any project in SAIL in last three years as on
the date of NIT.
2.1.7. If case of the bidder being a consortium of two or more parties as member, either of its member or
combination of members should meet the above mentioned eligibility criteria.
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IFB, BID DATA SHEET AND SCC
2.2 Financial Requirements
Average annual turnover of the Bidder shall not be less than Rs.10 Crores (Indian Rupees Ten Crores only)
during last three (03) consecutive financial years ending 31.03.2011.
The Bidder shall also submit Audited Annual Financial Reports for last 3 (three) consecutive financial years
alternatively the Bidder shall submit a copy of chartered accountant's certificate duly notarised showing
turnover for last 3 (three) consecutive financial years in support of their meeting above stipulated financial
requirements.
3.0 Consortium Requirements
Bids may be submitted by a sole bidder or consortium as per provisions of the Standard Bidding Document (SBD).
In case the bidder is a consortium of two or more parties as members, either of its members or combination
of members, should meet the above eligibility criteria.
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5. 4. Interested Bidders may obtain further information from the office of the Executive Director (Projects);
Project Department, IISCO Steel Plant, Burnpur - 713325 (W B)
a/ Contact person: Mr. M.Banerjee
Phone no. 0341-2240341, Fax No : 0341- 2240287 Email:
pedd.project@gmail.com
b/ Contact person: Mr. Mithun Kumar
Phone no. 9434776903, 0341-2240256, Fax No : 0341- 2240287 Email:
pedd.project@gmail.com
5. a) A complete set of bidding documents may be purchased by any prospective
bidder(s) from the places listed below on submission of a written application (in duplicate) giving complete
details of Mailing Address, Telephone & Fax Nos., E-mail Address & name of Contact Person
along with cost of Tender Document.
The cost of Tender Document is Rs.5000/- (Indian Rupees five thousand only), payable by Demand
Draft/Bankers Cheque/ Cash in the name of "SAIL- IISCO STEEL PLANT" and payable at par at
Burnpur or Asansol.
Tender Documents will be available on all working days from 10.00 Hrs (IST) to 13.00 Hrs (IST) against
Cash payment, otherwise 10.00 Hrs (IST) to 16.00 Hrs (IST).
Place from where Bid Documents can be purchased:
Office of the Executive Director (Projects); Plant Engineering and Development Division (PEDD), IISCO
Steel Plant, Burnpur - 713325 (W B).
a/ Contact person: Mr. M.Banerjee
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STEEL AUTHORITY OF INDIA LIMITED IISCO STEEL PLANT (ISP)
IFB, BID DATA SHEET AND SCC
Phone no. 0341-2240341, Fax No : 0341- 2240287 Email:
pedd.project@gmail.com
Bid document will not be sent by Post.
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6. b) Entire tender documents along with detailed NIT are available in the Employer's website i.e.
https://www.sailtenders.co.in. The prospective Bidders can download the documents for the
purpose of preparation & submission of their Bids.
The Bidder shall download the "Bid Document" available in the website in totality and submit the same
duly signed on each page.
It will be presumed that the Bidder has gone through the entire Bid Document available in the website,
which shall be binding on the Bidder.
In case a bidder downloads Bid document from Employer's web site (https://www.sailtenders.co.in), bidder
shall submit non-refundable fee towards cost of the Bidding Document as mentioned above along
with their bid, as per details given in Bidding Document. For bidders downloading from SAIL
website, the instrument for cost of Bidding document shall be DD/PO/Banker's Cheque payable at
Par from a Scheduled or Nationalised Bank other than a Co-operative or Gramin Bank, drawn in
favour of "Steel Authority of India Limited- IISCO Steel Plant" payable at Burnpur or Asansol.
6. The bid will consist of three parts:
Part-I: Cost of Tender Document & EMD/ Bid Security (In original)
Part-II: Eligibility Documents, Technical Part & Commercial Part and Un
priced Price Schedule (Original + 4 copies) Part-III: Price
Bid (in original)
On the tender opening date Part-I & Part-II shall be opened. The offer received without EMD/Bid Security shall be
rejected and Part-II of such bidder shall not be opened.
Bidders are expected to submit all necessary documents in support of fulfilment of Eligibility Criteria. However, in
case any further document is found necessary for proper assessment, the Bidder shall have to furnish the
same within ten (10) days from the date of intimation, failing which the Bid will be considered as non-
responsive & ineligible and their offer will not be processed any further.
7. Bids must be accompanied by a Bid Security (Earnest Money Deposit) amounting to Rs.5,00,000/-
(Indian Rupees Five lakh only) and cost of Bid Document amounting to Rs.5000/- (Rupees five
thousand only) in the following forms :
(a) a Bank Draft/ Pay Order / Banker's Cheque towards cost of Bid Documents.
(b) a Bank Guarantee in the form provided in the bidding documents towards cost of EMD/Bid
Security.
The instruments mentioned above, shall be submitted from an Indian Scheduled or Nationalised Bank other than a
Co-operative or Gramin Bank. The DD/PO/Banker's
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7. STEEL AUTHORITY OF INDIA LIMITED
IISCO STEEL PLANT (ISP)
IFB, BID DATA SHEET AND SCC
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Cheque has to be drawn in favour of "Steel Authority of India Limited- IISCO Steel Plant" and payable at Par
at Burnpur or Asansol.
8. It shall be the responsibility of the prospective bidders to ensure that the Bids have been submitted in the
formats and as per the terms and conditions prescribed in the website and no change is made
therein. The documents placed in website along with this detailed Notice Inviting Tender (NIT) forms
the complete tender document. All the documents along with detailed NIT as placed in the website
is final including clarification, drawings, corrigendum, addendum, pre-bid meetings, if any. On
verification, at any time, whether the Bidder is successful or not, if any of the documents submitted
by the Bidder including the documents downloaded from Employer's above mentioned website /
issued are found tampered/ altered / incomplete, they are liable for rejection, cancellation &
termination of the Contract, debarring, etc. as per the rules of the Company.
It will be presumed that the Bidder have gone through the entire bidding documents available in the website
which shall be binding on them.
The Bidder shall download the "Bid Document" available in the web site in totality and submit the same duly
signed on each page.
9) SAIL, ISP reserves the right to accept or reject any bid or to annul the Bidding process and reject all
bids at any time prior to award of the Contract without assigning any reason whatsoever and without
thereby incurring any liability whatsoever to the affected Bidder(s). Mere purchase and submission
of tender document shall not mean fulfilment of requirements of eligibility of the Bidder(s).
10) Central Public Sector Enterprises (CPSEs) under Government of India are exempted from
submission of EMD/Bid Security. However in case of Bid by Consortium consisting of such CPSEs
& non-CPSEs as members are required to submit the stipulated EMD/Bid Security along with their
Bid.
11) Small Scale Industries (SSI)/ Ancillary Units and PSUs/ Govt. Undertakings and Cooperative
Societies, etc., are exempted from submission of Earnest Money as per Government Policy. For SSI
Units, the exemption from submission of Earnest Money will be granted only for the items for which
it is registered.
For getting exemption from submission of Earnest Money, the SSI unit is required to submit a notarized
copy of the registration certificate indicating clearly the item for which they are registered and the
validity of same.
12) There shall be no post Tender Price Negotiation except with L-1 (i.e. the lowest evaluated Tender) if
required.
13) Bidder to submit check list for submission of bids as per Section-D enclosed herewith and to be
submitted along with Part-II : Techno-Commercial Bid.
14) SAIL, IISCO Steel Plant takes no responsibility for delay, loss or non-receipt of documents sent by
post/ courier at any time. No financial obligation shall accrue to SAIL, ISP in such an event.
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IISCO STEEL PLANT (ISP)
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IFB, BID DATA SHEET AND SCC
15) This tender may be finalised through the process of online bidding/reverse auction. The techno-
commercially successful bidders only will participate in the Reverse Auction (RA). The format,
modality, training for participating in Reverse Auction and date will be provided to the techno-
commercially successful bidders only. The L1 bidder has to submit the revised price format based
on their L1 price.
However, in case online bidding is not conducted, SAIL, ISP reserves the right to open the sealed Price Bid
submitted along-with the bid and decide the placement of Order as per the standard tendering
process after obtaining the decreamental price from the Techno-Commercially acceptable bidders.
16) If the quoted price is less than the lower limit of the estimated price and is considered for placement
of order, the party will be asked to justify the rate quoted and will have to give Performance
Guarantee Bond in the form of Bank Draft / Bank guarantee. The amount of Performance
Guarantee Bond will be decided by SAIL - IISCO STEEL PLANT at the time of placement of order.
Earnest money of the of the tenderers who refuse to give Performance Guarantee Bond will be
forfeited and they will not be considered in re-tendering if order / contract is not finalised from the
present tender.
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IFB, BID DATA SHEET AND SCC
SECTION - B : BID DATA SHEET
The following bid-specific data for the Facilities shall amend and/or supplement the provisions in the
Invitation for Bids (IFB) and Instructions to Bidders (ITB). Whenever there is a conflict, the
provisions herein shall prevail over those in the IFB and ITB.
Language of bid ITB
Language of bid shall be in English langue. In case any document is
7.1 submitted by Bidder in other than English language, authenticated
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10. English translation of the same shall be submitted along with the
bid.
Bid CurrenciesBidder to quote in Indian Currency only.
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