Tendernotice_1 (4)
Tendernotice_1 (4)
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VISAKHAPATNAM PORT AUTHORITY
I.T.CENTRE/ R & P DIVISON
NOTICE INVITING TENDER (NIT)
Tenderers shall take note of the any amendment or corrigendum published before
submitting
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BoQ requirement for the tender: Design, Development, Implementation of Digital Asset
Register along with 3 years AMC services after Go-Live with suitable softwares/ software
tools/ databases
b. All bidders are requested to enrol in the Portal (https://etenders.gov.in), if not already
enrolled with their user ID in the new portal (https://etenders.gov.in). Those bidders
who have already enrolled in the new portal (https://etenders.gov.in) can participate in
all tenders using the existing user id and password and their Digital Signature
Certificate (DSC). New users should use the online bidders enrolment button available
in the Home page for enrolling in the portal (https://etenders.gov.in) considering
enhanced security, Digital Signature Certificate Class III is enforced for new
enrollments. Bidders are requested to use Class III certificate for using the system.
c. The participating bidders in the tender should register themselves free of cost on e-
procurement platform (http://vpttenders.gov.in). Bidders can log-in to e- procurement
platform in secure mode only by signing with the Digital signature certificates. Digital
Signature Certificates can be obtained from one of the Authorized Certifying Authority,
such has SIFY (www.safescrypt.com) / Tata Consultancy Services
(www.tcs.ca.tcs.co.in) / n code (www.ncode solutions.com) etc., The bidders, who are
desirous of participating in e-procurement shall submit their bids as per the standard
formats available at the site (vpttenders.gov.in).
d. Transaction fees / EMD to be done online only. Only those bids in which the
Transaction Fees / EMD has been remitted online will be considered for opening
and evaluation and those bids in which offline payments have been made will be
automatically rejected
e. All the eligible Bidders, who are registered with NSIC / Ministry of MSME are
exempted from payment of EMD subject to fulfilling of following conditions:-
i)The Bidder has to submit the self-certified copy of the Registration Certificate issued
by NSIC / Ministry of MSME for the works / services relevant to the“Subject Tender”.
ii)The above Registration certificate should have validity on the date of opening of the
technical bid.
iii)In case the Registration certificate issued by NSIC / Ministry of MSME is found to be
invalid (date expired) or irrelevant works or services i.e. other than the tendered
works/services, then the above Registration certificate cannot be considered for
exemption of Tender Document Cost and the Bid received will be treated as “Bid
submitted without Tender Document Cost”, which would attract disqualification.
v)The Monitory limit of the Registration Certificate shall be more than the “Amount put
to Tender”. In case the monitory limit of the above Registration Certificate is less than
the estimated cost (put to tender), then the above certificate will be treated as invalid
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f. If any of the certificates, documents etc., furnished by the tenderer are found to be
false / fabricated / bogus, the successful bidder will be suspended from participating in
tenders on e-procurement platform for a period of three years.
g. VPA will not hold any risk and responsibility for non-visibility of the scanned and
uploaded documents.
h. Documents that are uploaded online on VPA e-procurement website
(vpttenders.gov.in) will only be considered for Bid Evaluation.
i. Any other condition regarding receipt of tenders in conventional method appearing in
the tender documents may please be treated as “not applicable”.
j. The bidder shall authenticate the bid with his digital signature certificate for submitting
the bid electronically on e-procurement platform and the bids not authenticated by
digital signature certificate of the bidder will not be accepted on the e-procurement
platform.
k. The successful bidder found defaulting in submission of hard copies of uploaded
certificates / documents, within the stipulated time i.e. before concluding the
agreement or if any variation is noticed between the uploaded documents and the
hard copies submitted by the successful bidder, the successful bidder will be
suspended from participating in the tenders on e-Procurement platform for a period of
three years.
2) Even though the tenderers meet the qualifying criteria, they are liable to be
disqualified /debarred / suspended / blacklisted, if they have furnished false /
fabricated particulars in the forms, statements and / annexure submitted in proof of the
qualification requirements and/or not turned up for entering into agreement when
called upon.
Record of poor performance such as abandoning the work, not properly completing
the contract, inordinate delays in completion, litigation history or financial failures etc.
and/or participated in the previous bidding for the same work and had quoted
unreasonably high tender rates and / or even while execution of the work, if found that
the work was awarded to the Contractor based on false / fake certificates of
experience.
3) A tenderer / Bidder submitting a Tender or Bid which the tender accepting authority
considers excessive and or indicative of insufficient knowledge of current prices or
definite attempt of profiteering will render himself liable to be debarred permanently
from tendering or for such period as the tender accepting authority may decide.
4) One Tender per Tenderer: Each Tenderer shall submit only one Tender for the work.
A Tenderer who submits more than one Tender will cause dis-qualification of all the
Tenders submitted by the Tenderer.
5) Last date / time for submission of the Tenders: Tenders must be submitted not later
than the date and time specified in NIT. In the event of the specified date / time for the
submission of bids declared as holiday, the bids will be received / opened on the next
working day.
6) Tender Opening and Evaluation:
The tenderers or their authorized representatives can be present at the time of
opening of the tenders. Either the tenderer himself or one of his representative with 6
proper authorization only will be allowed at the time of tender opening. The technical
bid containing qualification requirements will be evaluated by the tender committee
and the minutes are recorded which will be signed by the tender committee.
7) Clarification on the Technical Bid:
a. The tender opening authority may call upon any Tenderer / Bidder for clarification
on the statements, documentary proof relating to the technical bid. The request for
clarification and response thereto shall be in writing and it shall be only on the
qualification information furnished by the Tenderer. The clarification called for from
the tenderers / Bidders shall be furnished within the stipulated time.
b. The tenderer / bidder if so desirous shall agree in writing to furnish the clarification
called for within the stipulated time and, for disqualification and rejection of his tender
in the event of failure to do so.
11) If any amendment or addendum will be issued before opening of the tenders and the
same may be looked in the e-tenders portal without any separate correspondence
individually and any further clarification can also obtained from Joint Director, R&P /
VPA
All the Vendor / users / BG providers is informed to the issuer bank of BG that the
unique code i.e. “VPA521470257” is to be entered by the issuer bank in the Field
of 7037 of IFIN 760COV or IFIN767COV in their portal. In turn, the issuer bank will
transmit the Bank Guarantee via SFMS to the beneficiary bank of the port digitally
The following are the details of VPA for submitting E-Bank Guarantee.
For example: In case, bidder quoted value is-28%, the additional SD to be paid by
the bidder will be 28-25 i.e., 3% of the estimate cost put to tender.
Rejection of Tender: Tenders which do not fulfil all or any of the above conditions or
incomplete in any respect, are liable for summary rejection.
12) TRANSACTION FEE: All the participating bidders shall pay a transaction fee (non-
Refundable) in on-line transaction for Rs.1500/- +18% GST Payable through online
Only
13) Earnest Money Deposit: E.M.D. Rs. Rs.1,90,000/- (Rupees One Lakh Ninty Thousand
only) Payable through online only (to be paid online only). Please refer to the
document “Online Payment Procedure” available in the Bidders Manual kit on the
home page of the e-procurement portal. TheE.M.D. paid will not carry any interest. The
Earnest Money of unsuccessful Tenderers will be refunded. Bids received without EMD will
be summarily rejected.
1. Forfeiting of EMD: Should the successful bidder failed to furnish security or refuse to
execute the work in accordance with his accepted tender, EMD will be forfeited and 8
Board may thereon award the contract to another bidder.
JOINT DIRECTOR
1. Notice Inviting Tender
Pre-qualification criteria:
JOINT DIRECTOR
Failing which, VPA may impose a penalty as per the VPA’s competent authority directions of
up to 20 % tender cost after detailed analysis of delays occurred during the project time.
Competent authority of VPA’s decision is final.
2.1.1 Specific authorization from the original manufacturer of the Software (wherever
applicable) would be required for this tender.
2.1.2 The bidder has to submit supporting documents along with the Technical bid that the
bidder is authorized to bid the Software (wherever applicable) [which are not his products]
recommended by him in the proposal.
2.1.3 Submission of proposal in response to the Tender enquiry does not bind VPA to
award a Work Order for any service or product. VPA would only deal with the successful
bidder in matters related to Technical, Commercial and Legal aspects.
2.1.4 VPA will have all rights to finalize the scope of work and other technical issues related
to scope of work, if any ambiguity will occur as per NIT during the execution of work.
2.1.5 VPA reserves the right to reject any particular bid or all the bids without assigning any
reason whatsoever. Failure to select a bidder by VPA shall not make VPA liable to pay claim.
2.1.6 The bidder acknowledges the responsibility to respond promptly in contract with VPA by
submitting the proposal against this Tender enquiry. Failure to do so shall relieve VPA of any
contractual obligation to the bidder and VPA reserves the right to select any other bidder for
the awarded work.
2.1.6 Any response or Communications whatsoever from the bidder received after the last
date/time shall be strictly treated as invalid unless called for by VPA. 10
2.1.7 No expense incurred by the bidder in the preparation of the quotation against the
present tender enquiry shall be borne by VPA. The submitted bids once opened shall not be
returned to the bidder.
2.1.8 The price quoted for all components/products/services in the proposed solution should
be competitive. VPA reserves the right to verify the same independently and rejects bids not
complying with this criterion.
2.1.9 The technical & functional specifications of all the items should comply with the criteria
given under the relevant section of this tender. VPA reserves the right to accept or reject any
tender based on deviations (as per the discretion of VPA), if any, from the technical
specifications.
2.1.10 the bidder shall responsible for successful maintenance of E-Measurement during the
project period failing which VPA may impose the penalty as per VPA’s competent authority’s
directions
2.1.11 the software and the overall system shall be supported by the successful bidder for
the entire period of AMC. The successful bidder needs to provide technical training, user
manuals and admin level manuals for VPA after go –Live of the product along with Source
code of the product. The bidder is required to submit an undertaking to this effect along with
the technical offer. Absence of the undertaking shall make the offer liable for rejection.
During the Go-Live period the successful Bidder shall provide off-line support services for
installation, configuration and deployment of digital asset register and also troubleshoot the
application even during stability period of the application and also to provide necessary
training for VPA employee. In addition to this, the Bidder shall update/upgrade the Software
and also provide any new versions released as part of warranty which are using for working
digital asset register portal as per the latest cyber security guidelines, IT act-2000 and DPDP-
2023 guidelines. During the warranty period, the vendor should be responsible to fix any
update, security patches, bug fixes..etc. in the digital asset register portal.
The bidder needs to install licensed software tools including database licenses for one year
period after Go-Live of the application and for deployment of digital asset register portal in
VPA’s premises. No extra cost will be paid by VPA. The same will be included in the quoted
cost of the total project only
(Note: VPA will provide necessary hardware resources (i.e server specifications) for the
deployment of product only)
2.3 Performance
2.4.1. PAYMENT TERMS: 100% of work order value on successful delivery scope of work
will be duly inspected and acceptance of the user, certified by Officer i/c, Invoice to be
submitted along with certified copies of completed works, videos, photos, GST paid
details / acknowledgement of IT return for immediate past 02 years, and TDS will be
deducted as per IT rules in force by Government of India.
Payment milestones
S.No Milestone Payment
1 a). Design, Development, Implementation, 80% total value of quoted
Commissioning and Maintenance of value against line item 1 of
Customized Digital Asset Register for IT & BOQ
Non-IT Assets of VPA
b) training & documentation 20% of quoted values
against line item 1 of BOQ
2 Database, OS & Other required Software 100% quoted values
Licenses-ONE YEAR against line item 2 of BOQ
3 3 Years AMC after Go-Live Every quarterly payment
against submitted invoice
quoted values against line
item 3 of BOQ
Should implement within three months from the date of acceptance of Work Order.
If the Bidder fails to effect and complete the work within the time as stipulated under the
Section: "Term of execution of work", the Bidder shall be liable to pay VPA liquidated
damages and not by way of penalty, a sum of 0.5% of the contract price for each completed
week of delay in completion of work. The Bidder‘s such liability for the delay in completing
the work shall not in any case exceed 10 % of the contract price. However, competent
authority of VPA’s decision is final on this issue
a) The bid and any contract resulting there from shall be governed by and construed
according to the Indian Laws.
b) All settlement of disputes or differences whatsoever, arising between VPA and the
Bidder out of or in connection to the construction, meaning and operation or effect of
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this bid or in the discharge of any obligation arising under this bid,whether during the
course of execution of the order or after completion and whether before or after
termination, abandonment or breach of the Agreement) shall be resolved amicably
between the VPA's representative and the Bidder's representative.
c) In case of failure to resolve the disputes and differences amicably within 30 days of
the receipt of notice by the other party, then such unsettled dispute or difference shall
be referred to arbitration by sole arbitrator mutually agreed in accordance with the
Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996. If no agreement is arrived at within 30 days
from the date of notice as to who shall be the sole arbitrator, VPA shall send to the
Bidder a panel of five names of persons who shall be presently unconnected with VPA
or the Bidder. The Bidder shall on receipt of the names as aforesaid, select any one of
persons so named to be appointed as sole arbitrator and communicate his name to
VPA within 30 days of receipt of the names. VPA shall there upon without delay
appoint the said person as the sole arbitrator. If the Bidder fails to select the person as
sole arbitrator within 30 days of receipt of the notice from panel and inform VPA
accordingly, VPA shall be entitled to appoint one of the persons from the panel as
sole arbitrator and communicate his name to the Bidder. If the person so appointed is
unable or unwilling to act or refuses his appointment or vacates his office due to any
reason whatsoever; another person shall be appointed by VPA from the above list of
persons.
d) If any legal disputes arise during the execution of work, may be resolved at
Visakhapatnam jurisdiction only.
e) The venue of the arbitration shall be at Visakhapatnam jurisdiction only and the
language of arbitration shall be in English.
f) The award of Arbitration shall be final and binding on both the parties.
Work under the contract shall be continued by the Bidder during the arbitration Proceedings
unless otherwise directed in writing by VPA, unless the matter is such that the work cannot
possibly be continued until the decision of the arbitrator is obtained. Save as those which are
otherwise explicitly provided in the contract, no payment due or payable by VPA to the
Bidder shall be withheld on account of the ongoing arbitration proceedings. If any, unless it is
the subject matter, or one of the subject matters thereof.
2.8.1 The parties shall not be liable for default or non-performance of the obligations under
the contract, if such default or non-performance of the obligations under this contract is
caused by Force Majeure.
2.8.2 For the purpose of this clause. "Force Majeure" shall mean an event beyond the control
of the parties, due to or as a result of or caused by acts of God, wars, insurrections, riots,
earthquake and fire, events not foreseeable but does not include any fault or negligence or
carelessness on the part of the parties, resulting in such a situation.
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2.8.3 In the event of any such intervening Force Majeure, each party shall notify the other
party in writing of such circumstances and the cause thereof immediately within five calendar
days. Unless otherwise directed by the other party, the party pleading
2.8.4 In such a case, the time for performance shall be extended by a period(s) not less than
the duration of such delay. If the duration of delay continues beyond a period of three
months, the parties shall hold consultations with each other in an endeavour to find a solution
to the problem.
2.8.5 Notwithstanding above, the decision of VPA shall be final and binding on the Bidder.
Any Technical issue in digital asset register portal can be resolved as follows failing which
VPA may impose penalties as mentioned in the below table.
Problem Duration Penalty(Total work order
value)
Digital asset register Portal 0-8 Hours 0%
down 8-48 Hours 0.05%
48-96 hours 0.10%
96 or above 2%
Digital asset register 0-8 Hours 0%
technical support not 8-48 Hours 0.02%
available 48-96 hours 0.05%
96 or above 0.10%
JOINT DIRECTOR
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MEMORANDUM
GENERAL DESCRIPTION
D) Work Completion period : Should implement within Four months from the date of
Acceptance of Work Order.
JOINT DIRECTOR
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ANNEXURE-1
Name of work: Design, development, Implementation of customized Digtial asset register with 3
years AMC after Go-Live
Sl.No. Module Name Marco level coverage Compliance
(Yes/No)
1. Admin Module -Registrations of employees/nodal officers of VPA
-Workflow management of each department
2. Inventory module Digital record management of inventory procured
at VPA
-SLA management of asset
3. Lifecycle management Tracking end to end movement of VPA assets from
module one location to another location
-status of asset
4. BI/MIS reports Need to obtain the following data
Note: scope of work will be taken into the consideration during requirements gathering stage with all
departments of VPA
Part- I
Schedule 1
To,
Dear Sir,
With reference to the above Notice Inviting tender having examined and
understood the instructions, terms and conditions forming part of your above inquiry, we
hereby enclose our offer for supply of the services as detailed in your above referred
inquiry.
We confirm that the offer is in conformity with the terms and conditions as
mentioned in your above referred tender and enclosures.
We also understand that VPA is not bound to accept the offer either in part or in
full. If VPA rejects the offer in full or in part, VPA may do so without assigning any
reasons thereof.
Yours faithfully,
Authorized Signatories
Date:
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Part-I
Schedule 3
2024-25
Furnish Audited Balance Sheet, P&L a/c and Annual Report for the year
2024-25
18. Name and Address of
bankers
19.
Bank a/c no - Bank
name - Branch IFSC
no. - Branch address -
*for e-payment ( kindly attach cancelled cheque)