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Aurangabad Industrial Township Limited
APPOINTMENT OF TELECOM SERVICE PROVIDERS
FOR
LEASING OF DARK FIBRE FOR OFFERING TRIPLE PLAY SERVICES
AT SHENDRA AREA OF AURIC
AURANGABAD INDUSTRIAL TOWNSHIP LIMITED (AITL)
EXPRESSION OF INTEREST (EoI)
(Ref No: AITL/SBIA/2017-18/04)
December 2017
Aurangabad Industrial Township Limited
(AITL)
Udyog Sarathi, MIDC Office, Marol Industrial Area
Andheri (East), Mumbai, Maharashtra, India – 400093
Expression of Interest (EoI) for Appointment of Telecom Service Providers for Leasing of
Dark Fibre for Offering Triple Play Services at Shendra Area of AURIC
(Ref No: AITL/SBIA/2017-18/04)
Aurangabad Industrial Township Limited (AITL), an SPV between the
Maharashtra Industrial Development Corporation (MIDC) and the Delhi Mumbai
Industrial Corridor Development Corporation (DMICDC) invites proposals against
EoI from interested Applicants for Appointment of Telecom Service Providers for
Leasing of Dark Fibre for Offering Triple Play Services at Shendra Area of AURIC
in Maharashtra. The salient features of the project, eligibility criteria and
prescribed formats for submission can be accessed in the EoI document uploaded
on the website: https://aitl.eproc.in, www.auric.city and www.dmicdc.com
Interested Applicants are requested to submit their online responses to the EoI on
or before, 2nd February 2018, 3:00 PM. Non-refundable processing fee of INR
30,000/- (Indian Rupees Thirty Thousand only) inclusive of applicable GST shall
accompany the submittals through the online portal only on AITL’s website as a
non-refundable processing fee.
SD/-
Managing Director (AITL)
AITL
Aurangabad Industrial Township Limited
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Instructions to Applicant for e-Tendering
1. Accessing/Purchasing of EoI documents
(i) It is mandatory for all the Applicants to have a class-III Digital Signature Certificate
(DSC) (with both DSC components, i.e. signing and encryption in the name of
authorized signatory who will sign the EoI) from any of the licensed Certifying
Agencies (Applicants can see the list of licensed CAs from the link
https://aitl.eproc.in to participate in e-tendering of the Client).
(ii) DSC should be in the name of the authorized signatory as authorized in Appendix 3
of the submitted Proposal. It should be in corporate capacity (that is in Applicant
capacity). Please ensure the submission of document certifying the Class III DSC.
(iii) To participate in the EoI, it is mandatory for the Applicant to register their firm with
e-tendering portal of the Client, to have user ID & password which has to be
obtained by submitting the applicable fee & necessary documents. Validity of
online registration is one year. Following may kindly be noted:
(a) Registration should be valid at least up to the date of submission of
Proposal;
(b) Proposals can be submitted only during the validity of their registration;
(c) The amendments / clarifications to the EoI document, if any, will be hosted
on the Client’s website. https://aitl.eproc.in;
(d) If the firm is already registered with e-tendering portal of Client and validity
of registration is not expired the firm / Joint Venture is not required a fresh
registration.
(iv) The complete EoI document can be viewed / downloaded from e-tender portal of
Aurangabad Industrial Township Limited, from the date & time mentioned in the
Data Sheet.
(v) To participate in EoI, Applicants have to pay through online mode an EoI
processing fee of INR 30,000 (Indian Rupees Thirty Thousand only, inclusive of
applicable GST) towards processing fee for EoI (non- refundable).
(vi) Bank details of Client required for online mode:
Beneficiary Name - Aurangabad Industrial Township Limited
Address - Udyog Sarathi, MIDC Office, Andheri (E), Mumbai - 93
Name of the Bank - ICICI Bank Ltd.
Branch address - MIDC, Andheri (E)
Type of Account - Current Account
Account No - 054405007224
IFSC Code - ICIC0000544
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2. Preparation & Submission of Proposals
The Applicant may submit his Proposal online following the instructions appearing on the
screen. A buyer manual containing the detailed guidelines for e-procurement is available
on e-procurement portal:
(i) The documents shall be prepared and scanned in different files (in PDF or JPEG
format such that file size is not more than 10 MB) and uploaded during the on- line
submission of Proposal;
(ii) Proposal must be submitted online only through e-procurement portal of the Client,
using the digital signature of authorized representative of the Applicant on or before
2nd February 2018 (up to 1500 Hours IST).
3. Modification / Substitution / Withdrawal of Proposals
(i) The Applicant may modify, substitute or withdraw its e- Proposal after submission
prior the Proposal Due Date. No Proposal shall be modified, substituted or
withdrawn by the Applicant on or after the Proposal Due Date & Time;
(ii) Any alteration / modification in the Proposal or additional information supplied
subsequent to the Proposal Due Date, unless the same has been expressly sought
for by the Client, shall be disregarded;
(iii) For modification of EoI, Applicant has to detach its old Proposal from e-tendering
portal and upload / resubmit digitally signed modified Proposal;
(iv) For withdrawal of Proposal, Applicant has to click on withdrawal icon at e-tendering
portal and can withdraw its e-Proposal;
(v) It may specifically be noted that once a proposal is withdrawn for any reason, an
Applicant cannot re-submit the e-Proposal.
4. Opening & Evaluation of Proposal
(i) Opening and evaluation of Proposal will be done through online process;
(ii) The online payment facility for the submission of registration Fee and EoI
Processing Fee, which is payable to e-tender service provider, has been enabled
on e-Tender Portal https://aitl.eproc.in. The Applicants can pay registration
Charges as applicable and Tender Processing Fees.
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Disclaimer
1. This EoI document is neither an agreement nor an offer or invitation by the Aurangabad
Industrial Township Limited (AITL) to the prospective Applicants or any other person. The
purpose of this EoI is to provide information to the interested parties that may be useful to
them in the formulation of their proposal pursuant to this EoI.
2. AITL does not make any representation or warranty as to the accuracy, reliability or
completeness of the information in this EoI document and it is not possible for AITL to
consider particular needs of each party who reads or uses this EoI document. This EoI
includes statements which reflect various assumptions and assessments arrived at by
AITL in relation to the EoI. Such assumptions, assessments and statements do not purport
to contain all the information that each Applicant may require. Each prospective Applicant
should conduct its own investigations and analyses and check the accuracy, reliability and
completeness of the information provided in this EoI document and obtain independent
advice from appropriate sources.
3. AITL will not have any liability to any prospective Telecom Service Provider Company/
Firm/ or any other person under any laws (including without limitation the law of contract,
tort), the principles of equity, restitution or unjust enrichment or otherwise for any loss,
expense or damage which may arise from or be incurred or suffered in connection with
anything contained in this EoI document, any matter deemed to form part of this EoI
document, the award of the Assignment, the information and any other information
supplied by or on behalf of AITL or their employees, any consultants or otherwise arising
in any way from the selection process for the Assignment. AITL will also not be liable in
any manner whether resulting from negligence or otherwise however caused arising from
reliance of any Applicant upon any statements contained in this EoI.
4. AITL will not be responsible for any delay in receiving the proposals. The issue of this EoI
does not imply that AITL is bound to select an Applicant or to appoint the Selected
Applicants, as the case may be, for the telecom services and AITL reserves the right to
accept/reject any or all of proposals submitted in response to this EoI document at any
stage without assigning any reasons whatsoever. AITL also reserves the right to withhold
or withdraw the process at any stage with intimation to all who submitted the EoI
Application.
5. The information given is not an exhaustive account of statutory requirements and should
not be regarded as a complete or authoritative statement of law. AITL accepts no
responsibility for the accuracy or otherwise for any interpretation or opinion on the law
expressed herein.
6. AITL reserves the right to change/ modify/ amend any or all provisions of this EoI
document. Such revisions to the EoI / amended EoI will be made available on the website
of AITL.
7. This EoI including the selection process shall be governed by, and construed in
accordance with, the laws of India and the Courts at Mumbai shall have exclusive
jurisdiction over all disputes arising under, pursuant to and/or in connection with the
Selection Process.
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8. The Client, in its sole discretion and without incurring any obligation or liability, reserves
the right, at any time, to:
a) Suspend and/or cancel the Selection Process and/or amend and/or supplement
the Selection Process or modify the dates or other terms and conditions relating
thereto;
b) Consult with any Applicant in order to receive clarification or further information;
c) Retain any information and/or evidence submitted to the Client by, on behalf of
and/or in relation to any Applicant; and/or
d) Independently verify, disqualify, reject and/or accept any and all submissions or
other information and/or evidence submitted by or on behalf of any Applicant.
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Table of Contents
VOLUME I – INSTRUCTION TO APPLICANTS .................................................................................... 1
SECTION 1. LETTER OF INVITATION ....................................................................................................................... 2
SECTION 2. INSTRUCTIONS TO APPLICANTS (ITA) AND DATA SHEET ........................................................................ 4
SECTION 3. QUALIFICATION DOCUMENTS - STANDARD FORMS .............................................................................. 29
SECTION 4. CORRUPT AND FRAUDULENT PRACTICES ........................................................................................... 41
VOLUME II – TERMS OF REFERENCE .............................................................................................. 43
1 INTRODUCTION .......................................................................................................................................... 44
2 PROJECT OBJECTIVES ............................................................................................................................... 47
3 EXISTING CONDITIONS ............................................................................................................................... 48
4 BUSINESS AND FUNCTIONAL REQUIREMENTS ................................................................................................ 56
5 SCOPE OF WORK ....................................................................................................................................... 58
6 ROLES AND RESPONSIBILITIES .................................................................................................................... 59
7 IMPLEMENTATION SCHEDULE ...................................................................................................................... 61
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VOLUME I – INSTRUCTION TO APPLICANTS
SECTION 1. LETTER OF INVITATION .................................................................................................. 2
SECTION 2. INSTRUCTIONS TO APPLICANTS (ITA) AND DATA SHEET ........................................ 4
A. GENERAL PROVISIONS ................................................................................................................................... 5
B. THE EOI DOCUMENTS .................................................................................................................................. 14
C. PREPARATION OF PROPOSALS ...................................................................................................................... 16
D. SUBMISSION, OPENING AND EVALUATION ....................................................................................................... 19
E. EOI PROCESS ............................................................................................................................................. 22
F. DATA SHEET................................................................................................................................................ 24
SECTION 3. QUALIFICATION DOCUMENTS - STANDARD FORMS ............................................... 29
SECTION 4. CORRUPT AND FRAUDULENT PRACTICES ............................................................... 41
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Section 1. Letter of Invitation
Mumbai
Date: 21st December 2017
1. Introduction
Government of India (GoI) has envisaged the development of Delhi Mumbai Industrial Corridor
(DMIC) along the alignment of proposed multi-modal high axle load Dedicated Freight Corridor
(DFC) between Delhi and Mumbai. The corridor covers approximately 1483 km and passes
through six (6) states. To tap the development potential of the proposed freight corridor, a
band spanning 150 km on both sides of the freight corridor has been identified as the ‘Influence
Region’ and is proposed to be developed as DMIC. The multi-billion dollar DMIC is one of the
largest infrastructure and economic development programs in India’s history. GoI’s national
Programme “Make-In-India” has the mandate to promote the manufacturing sector in a
comprehensive manner. The programme aims to facilitate investment, foster innovation,
enhance skill development, protect intellectual property, and build best-in-class manufacturing
infrastructure in India. Overall, the contribution of manufacturing sector to the GDP of India is
still lower as compared to that of other fast developing economies of countries like Thailand,
China, Indonesia and Malaysia. Through this “Make-In-India” Programme, GoI aims to
enhance the contribution of manufacturing sector to the country’s GDP and aims to surpass
the contribution realized in other developing economics. DMICDC with the development of
DMIC project plays a key role in realizing this GoI’s vision of Make-In-India.
Thus, what is seen is that at the national level, there is clearly an opportunity to steer industrial
corridor development in a collective and coordinated fashion.
At the state level in Maharashtra, of the seven nodes to be developed as a part of the DMIC
corridor, the Nasik Sinnar Igatpuri Investment Region (NSIIR) in Maharashtra comprises of
the Shendra–Bidkin Industrial Area. Shendra-Bidkin Industrial Area is being collectively called
as Aurangabad Industrial City (AURIC). The development of AURIC is being carried out
through Aurangabad Industrial Township Limited (AITL) a special purpose vehicle (SPV)
between the Maharashtra Industrial Development Corporation (MIDC) and the DMIC Trust.
The Shendra-Bidkin Industrial Area will spur demand for a wide array of spin-off businesses
and will offer the full array of services required for a mega-scale industrial park and the
communities located within it. As such, the Shendra-Bidkin Industrial Area is expected to
generate huge employment and to add value and exports to the Aurangabad District and
Maharashtra as a whole.
The broad vision for the Shendra-Bidkin Industrial Area is to become a ‘showcase of
Maharashtra’s leading manufacturing industries’ with the following principles:
Integrate smart growth within a new sustainable township;
Identify high-value manufactured products with high export potential;
Maintain a unique cultural heritage;
Provide a healthy quality of life.
The paradigm shift towards modern cities includes a strong need to have integrated and
connected infrastructure with a focus on citizen-centric services. The overall vision of AURIC
includes positioning of Information & Communications Technology (ICT) as the key enabler to
integrate various functions of the city development and operations, provide advanced and
affordable services to the citizens along with efficient governance and management of the city
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operations. ICT will enable creation of a sustainable eco-system of the government,
industries/businesses, social infrastructure with an overall citizen-centric development. It will
enable AITL to be an efficient and tech-savvy organization that will truly leverage ICT for its
operations and decision making. ICT will cultivate the development of a digital and connected
city which ultimately helps in promoting and sustaining economic growth and development.
This EoI is for the appointment of Telecom Service Providers (TSPs) that will lease the dark fibre
network from AITL to provide Triple Play Services at Shendra Area of AURIC in Maharashtra
(Project). The TSP shall leverage the infrastructure provided by the Client which includes fibre
optic infrastructure and co-location space at Point of Presence (POP) Rooms for providing the
services. The overall objective of this approach is to provide the resident citizens and workforce
at AURIC-Shendra with advanced, affordable and modern telecommunications services.
2. Objectives
The objective of this EoI is to invite Telecom Service Providers (TSP) that intend leasing
the dark fibre network to provide Triple Play Services (voice, video and data) at Shendra
Area of AURIC in Maharashtra under the Aurangabad Industrial Township Limited
(AITL).
3. The EoI includes the following documents:
VOLUME I: Instruction to Applicants (ITA)
Section 1: Letter of Invitation
Section 2: Instructions to Applicants
Section 3: Qualification Documents - Standard Forms
Section 4: Corrupt and Fraudulent Practices
VOLUME II: Terms of Reference (ToR)
Section 1: Introduction
Section 2: Project Objectives
Section 3: Existing Conditions
Section 4: Business and Functional Requirements
Section 5: Scope of Work
Section 6: Roles and Responsibilities
Section 7: Implementation Schedule
All clarifications / corrigendums will be published only on the Client’s website. The
official website for accessing the information related to this EoI is: https://aitl.eproc.in
(the “Official Website”).
Note: From the “Home” page access the “Tenders” section to access all the uploaded
documents related to this EoI.
Yours sincerely
MD
AITL
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Section 2. Instructions to Applicants (ITA) and Data Sheet
A. GENERAL PROVISIONS.................................................................................................................. 5
DEFINITIONS ....................................................................................................................................................... 5
1. INTRODUCTION ............................................................................................................................................ 6
2. CONFLICT OF INTEREST ................................................................................................................................ 9
3. CORRUPT AND FRAUDULENT PRACTICES ...................................................................................................... 11
4. ELIGIBILITY................................................................................................................................................ 11
5. QUALIFICATIONS OF THE APPLICANT ............................................................................................................ 12
6. SITE VISIT ................................................................................................................................................. 12
7. ACKNOWLEDGEMENT BY APPLICANT ............................................................................................................ 13
8. RIGHTS OF THE CLIENT .............................................................................................................................. 13
B. THE EOI DOCUMENTS .................................................................................................................. 14
9. EOI DOCUMENTS ....................................................................................................................................... 14
10. CLARIFICATION AND AMENDMENT OF THE EOI ............................................................................................... 15
C. PREPARATION OF PROPOSALS ................................................................................................. 16
11. GENERAL CONSIDERATIONS ....................................................................................................................... 16
12. COST OF PREPARATION OF PROPOSAL ........................................................................................................ 16
13. LANGUAGE ................................................................................................................................................ 17
14. DOCUMENTS COMPRISING THE PROPOSAL ................................................................................................... 17
15. ONLY ONE PROPOSAL ............................................................................................................................... 17
16. PROPOSAL VALIDITY .................................................................................................................................. 17
17. QUALIFICATION DOCUMENTS FORMAT.......................................................................................................... 17
18. PERIOD OF VALIDITY OF PROPOSALS ........................................................................................................... 18
19. EOI DOCUMENTS AND PROCESSING FEES .................................................................................................... 19
D. SUBMISSION, OPENING AND EVALUATION .............................................................................. 19
20. SUBMISSION, SEALING, AND MARKING OF PROPOSALS .................................................................................. 19
21. WITHDRAWAL, SUBSTITUTION AND MODIFICATION OF PROPOSALS .................................................................. 20
22. OPENING OF PROPOSALS ........................................................................................................................... 21
23. CONFIDENTIALITY ...................................................................................................................................... 21
24. RESPONSIVENESS AND ELIGIBILITY TESTS .................................................................................................... 21
E. EOI PROCESS ................................................................................................................................ 22
25. PROCESS OF EOI ....................................................................................................................................... 22
F. DATA SHEET .................................................................................................................................. 24
ANNEXURE 1: TEMPLATE FOR PRE-PROPOSAL QUERIES ......................................................... 28
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A. General Provisions
Definitions (a) “Affiliate” means, in relation to an Applicant, a person who
controls or is controlled by such Applicant, or a person who
is under the common control of the same person who
controls such Applicant.
(b) “Applicable Law” means the laws and any other
instruments having the force of law in the state of
Maharashtra / India, as they may be issued and in force
from time to time.
(c) “Applicant” means any firm/organization that submits a
Proposal pursuant to this EoI.
(d) “Data Sheet” or “DS” means the data sheet set out in Part
F of Section 2 with specific details and information to
supplement (and not override) the general provisions set
out in Part A of the ITA.
(e) “Clause” means a clause of the ITA.
(f) “Client” means Aurangabad Industrial Township Limited
(AITL), the agency that will sign the Contract (to be shared
as part of the Stage 2 - RFQ cum RFP) for the Services
with the selected Applicant.
(g) “Companies Act” means the (Indian) Companies Act, 1956
or the (Indian) Companies Act, 2013, to the extent
applicable.
(h) “Contract” means the legally binding written agreement to
be executed between the Client and the selected Telecom
Service Provider (Contract to be shared as part of Stage 2
– RFQ cum RFP).
(i) “Control” in relation to a Person, means: (i) the ownership,
directly or indirectly, of more than 50% of the voting shares
of such Person; or (ii) the power, directly or indirectly, to
direct or influence the management and policies of such
Person by operation of law, contract or otherwise. The
term “Controls” and “Controlled” shall be construed
accordingly.
(j) “Day” means a calendar day.
(k) “Eligibility Criteria” means, collectively, the financial
eligibility criteria and the technical eligibility criteria
specified in the Data Sheet and the other eligibility criteria
specified in Clauses 2, 3, 4 and 5, which an Applicant is
required to satisfy to be qualified as an eligible Applicant
for participation in Stage 2 – RFQ cum RFP.
(l) “EoI” means this, Expression of Interest dated along with
its schedules, annexures and appendices and includes
any subsequent amendment issued by the Client.
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(m) “GoI” means the Government of India.
(n) “GoM” means the Government of Maharashtra.
(o) “ITA” mean the Instructions to Applicants set out in Section
2 of the EoI that provides the Applicants with all the
information needed to prepare their Proposals.
(p) “Telecom Service Provider (TSP)” means successful
Applicant shortlisted by the Client in accordance with this
EoI and Stage 2 – RFQ cum RFP to enter into the Contract
to execute the Work.
(q) “MD” means the Managing Director of the Client.
(r) “Person” means any individual, company, corporation,
firm, and partnership, trust, sole proprietor, limited liability
partnership, co-operative society, Government Company
or any other legal entity.
(s) “Proposal” means the submissions made by an Applicant
pursuant to the EoI, which will include the Qualification
Documents.
(t) “Proposal Due Date” means the last date for submission of
the Proposals, as specified in the Data Sheet.
(u) “Qualification Documents” means the documents
submitted by the Applicant to demonstrate its eligibility in
accordance with Clause 17.
(v) “Services” means the work to be performed by the
successful Applicant i.e. the TSP pursuant to the award of
Contract (As part of Stage 2 – RFQ cum RFP), as
described in greater detail in the EoI document.
1. Introduction 1.1 The Client named in the data sheet will shortlist eligible
firms/ organizations (Telecom Service Providers), in
accordance with the method of selection specified in the
data sheet. Applicants are advised that the selection of
Eligible Applicants shall be on the basis of an evaluation
by Client through the selection process specified in this EoI
(the “Selection Process”). Applicants shall be deemed to
have understood and agreed that no explanation or
justification for any aspect of the Selection Process will be
given and that Client’s decisions are without any right of
appeal whatsoever. The Applicants shall submit the
Proposal in the form and manner specified in this EoI. The
Proposal shall be submitted as per the forms given in
relevant sections herewith. Upon selection, the successful
Applicants shall be shortlisted for participation in next
stage i.e. RFQ cum RFP process as successful TSPs for
offering Telecom Services in Shendra Area of AURIC. EoI
does not constitute a commitment to offer a Contract or a
perspective Contract.
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1.2 The Applicants are invited to submit Qualification Documents (collectively called as “the Proposal”), as specified in the Data Sheet, for the services required for the Project. The term “Applicant” refers to a single entity which shall execute the assignment. The Proposal will form the basis for shortlisting potential TSPs that will be eligible for participating in the RFQ cum RFP to provide Telecom Services in Shendra Area of AURIC. The selected Telecom Service Providers (to be selected as part of next stage i.e. RFQ cum RFP) shall carry out the Project in accordance with the Terms of Reference of this EoI. The Contract (to be presented as part of Stage 2 – RFQ cum RFP), which will be signed between the Client and the successful Applicant is for a term of as specified in Data Sheet, for which term may be extended on mutually acceptable terms and conditions.
1.3 The Client has adopted a single-stage selection process for shortlisting of the successful Applicants. Applicants who are eligible in accordance with Clauses 2, 3, 4 and 5 of the EoI are invited to submit their Proposals for providing the required Services, which will consist of one part: (a) Qualification Documents; in the format specified in Section 3.
1.4 Brief Description of the Appointment Process of Telecom Service Provider: The process adopted for appointing the TSPs for leasing of dark fibre for offering triple play services in Shendra Area of AURIC is provided below:
(a) The first stage (Stage 1 – EoI) will involve qualification of the Applicants based on evaluation of their Qualification Documents to determine compliance with the Eligibility Criteria. Only those Applicants who are found to meet the Eligibility Criteria will be qualified for the participation in the next stage (Stage 2 – RFQ cum RFP). It shall be noted that EoI shall only comprise of Qualification Documents;
(b) In the second stage (Stage 2 – RFQ cum RFP), the qualified and eligible Applicants shall be provided with the RFQ cum RFP. Based on the RFQ cum RFP, qualified and eligible Applicants shall be invited to submit their Financial Proposals for evaluation. The Proposals of the qualified Applicants will be finally ranked on the basis of who shares the maximum gross adjusted revenue of the billed amount realized from its Telecom services provided to the customers located in Shendra Area of AURIC with the Client. Note that the Client may sign Contracts with multiple Telecom Service Providers based on the gross adjusted revenue discovered as part of this process and matched by other Telecom Service Providers;
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1.5 The Applicants should familiarize themselves with the local
conditions and take them into account in preparing their
Proposals. Applicants may attend the pre-proposal
conference, which will be held on the date specified in the
Data Sheet, during which the Applicants will be free to
seek clarifications and make suggestions to the Client on
the scope of the Services or otherwise in connection with
the EoI. Attending any such pre-proposal conference is
optional and is at the Applicants’ expense.
1.6 The statements and explanations contained in the EoI are
intended to provide the Applicants with an understanding
of the scope of the Services required. Such statements
and explanations should not be construed or interpreted as
limiting in any way or manner: (i) the scope of the rights
and obligations of the Applicant, as set out in the Contract;
or (ii) the Client's right to alter, amend, change, supplement
or clarify the rights and obligations of the Applicant or the
scope of the Services or the terms of the Contract.
Consequently, any omissions, conflicts or contradictions in
the EoI are to be noted, interpreted and applied
appropriately to give effect to this intent. The Client will not
entertain any claims on account of such omissions,
conflicts or contradictions.
1.7 The Client will endeavor to provide to the Applicants, in a
timely manner and at no additional cost, the inputs,
relevant project data, responses to queries and reports
required for the preparation of the Proposals as specified
in the Data Sheet. However, for avoidance of doubt, it is
hereby clarified that the aforesaid data/ information
provided under the EoI or to be provided later, is only
indicative and solely for the purposes of rendering
assistance to the Applicants towards preparation of their
Proposals. The Applicants are hereby advised to
undertake their own due diligence (to their complete
satisfaction) before placing reliance on any such
data/information furnished or to be provided later by the
Client and/ or any of his consultants.
1.8 Applicants shall bear all costs associated with the
preparation and submission of their proposals, and their
participation in the Selection process, and presentation
including but not limited to postage, delivery fees,
expenses associated with any demonstrations or
presentations which may be required by Client or any other
costs incurred in connection with or relating to its Proposal.
The Client is not bound to accept any Proposal, and
reserves the right to annul the selection process at any
time prior to Contract award, without thereby incurring any
liability to the Applicants.
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1.9 The Client will endeavor to adhere to the timelines set out
in the Data Sheet for carrying out the EoI process.
1.10 It will be assumed that Applicants will have accounted for
all relevant factors, including technical data, and applicable
laws and regulations while submitting the Proposals.
1.11 Client requires that the TSP provides professional,
objective, and impartial advice and at all times hold
Client’s interests’ paramount, avoid conflicts with other
assignments or its own interests, and act without any
consideration for future work. The TSP shall not accept
or engage in any assignment that may place it in a
position of not being able to carry out the assignment in the
best interests of Client and the Project.
2. Conflict of
Interest
2.1 The Applicant has an obligation to disclose to the Client
any situation of actual or potential conflict that impacts its
capacity to serve the best interest of its Client. Failure to
disclose such situations may lead to the disqualification of
the Applicant or the termination of its Contract.
2.2 The Applicant is required to follow the highest level of work
ethics, if the applicant has a Conflict of Interest or indulge
in “Prohibited Practices”; it is liable to be disqualified.
Further, in the event the applicant has been barred by the
Central Government, any State Government, a statutory
authority or a public sector undertaking, as the case may
be, from participating in any project or bid, and the bar
subsists as on the date of the Proposal Due Date, it would
not be eligible to submit a Proposal.
2.3 Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, an
Applicant shall be deemed to have a conflict of interest and
shall not be eligible under the circumstances set forth
below in a part below.
2.4 An Applicant shall be deemed to have a Conflict of Interest affecting the Selection Process, if:
1. The Applicant or Associate, and any other Applicant, have common controlling shareholders or other ownership interest; provided that this disqualification shall not apply in cases where the direct or indirect shareholding or ownership interest of an Applicant, (or any shareholder thereof having a shareholding of more than 5 percent of the paid up and subscribed share capital of such Applicant, as the case may be) in the other Applicant, is less than 5 percent of the subscribed and paid up equity share capital thereof; provided further that this disqualification shall not apply to any ownership by a bank, insurance company, pension fund or a public financial institution referred to in section 4A of the Companies Act, 1956. For the purposes of
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this clause, indirect shareholding held through one or more intermediate persons shall be computed as follows: (aa) where any intermediary is controlled by a person through management control or otherwise, the entire shareholding held by such controlled intermediary in any other person (the “Subject Person”) shall be taken into account for computing the shareholding of such controlling person in the Subject Person; and (bb) subject always to sub-clause (aa) above, where a person does not exercise control over an intermediary, which has shareholding in the Subject Person, the computation of indirect shareholding of such person in the Subject Person shall be undertaken on a proportionate basis; provided, however, that no such shareholding shall be reckoned under this sub-clause (bb) if the shareholding of such person in the intermediary is less than 26 percent of the subscribed and paid up equity shareholding of such intermediary; or
2. A constituent of such Applicant is also a constituent of another Applicant; or
3. Such Applicant or its Associate receives or has received any direct or indirect subsidy or grant from any other Applicant or its Associate; or
4. Such Applicant has the same legal representative for purposes of this EoI as any other Applicant; or
5. Such Applicant has a relationship with another Applicant, directly or through common third parties, that puts them in a position to have access to each other’s information about, or to influence the Proposal of either or each of the other Applicant; or
6. The Applicant, or Associate (or any constituent thereof), and the Applicant or Concessionaire, if any, for the Project, (or any constituent thereof) have common controlling shareholders or other ownership interest; provided that this disqualification shall not apply in cases where the direct or indirect shareholding or ownership interest of an Applicant, or Associate (or any shareholder thereof having a shareholding of more than 5 percent of the paid up and subscribed share capital of such Applicant, Member or Associate, as the case may be,) in the Applicant or Concessionaire, if any, is less than 5 percent of the paid up and subscribed share capital of such Concessionaire; provided further that this disqualification shall not apply to ownership by a bank, insurance company, pension fund or a Public Financial Institution referred to in section 4A of the Companies Act,
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1956. For the purposes of this sub- clause 2.4.6, indirect shareholding shall be computed in accordance with the provisions of sub-clause 2.4. 1 above;
7. For purposes of this EoI, Associate means, in relation to the Applicant, a person who controls, is controlled by, or is under the common control with such Applicant (the “Associate”). As used in this definition, the expression “control” means, with respect to a person which is a company or corporation, the ownership, directly or indirectly, of more than 50 percent of the voting shares of such person, and with respect to a person which is not a company or corporation, the power to direct the management and policies of such person by operation of law or by contract.
a. Conflicting
relationships Relationship with the Client’s staff: an Applicant (including its
Directors, Stakeholders or Management) that has a close
business or family relationship with a professional staff of the
Client who are directly or indirectly involved in any part of (i) the
preparation of the EoI for the assignment, or (ii) the Technical
Specifications of the works or services may not be awarded a
Contract, unless the conflict stemming from this relationship has
been resolved in a manner acceptable to the Client throughout the
selection process and the execution of the Contract.
3. Corrupt and
Fraudulent
Practices
3.1 The Applicant (including its officers, employees, agents
and advisors), its Personnel and Affiliates shall observe
the highest standards of ethics during the EoI process.
Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this EoI, the
Client shall reject a proposal without being liable in any
manner whatsoever to the Applicant if it determines that
the Applicant has directly or indirectly through an agent
engaged in any corrupt practice, fraudulent practice,
coercive practice, collusive practice, undesirable practice
or restrictive practice, as defined in Section 4. The Client
will declare an Applicant ineligible, either indefinitely or for
a stated period of time, to be awarded a contract if it at any
time determines that the Applicant has engaged in corrupt
or fraudulent practices in competing for and in executing
the contract.
3.2 To this end, the Applicant shall permit and shall cause its
suppliers, contractors and sub-contractors to permit the
Client to inspect their accounts, records, and other
documents relating to the submission of the Proposal and
Contract performance and to have them audited by
auditors appointed by the Client.
4. Eligibility 4.1 A company incorporated under the Companies Act 1956
or the (Indian) Companies Act, 2013 registered in India,
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licensed for providing telecommunication services in and
around Aurangabad, Maharashtra Service Area, and
which meets the Eligibility Criteria shall be eligible to
submit a Proposal.
4.2 It is the Applicant’s responsibility to ensure that it’s
Personnel, agents (declared or not), service providers,
suppliers, contractors and sub-contractors and/or their
employees meet any eligibility requirements specified in
the EoI.
4.3 As on date of submission of the proposal, the Applicant
and its Sub-Contractors, shall not be blacklisted by any
Central or State Department (in India) in the last 5 years.
4.4 The Applicant, its contractors and sub-contractors, during
the last during the last 3 (three) years, neither failed to
perform on any agreement, as evidenced by imposition of
a penalty by an arbitral or judicial authority or a judicial
pronouncement or arbitration award against the Applicant
and its Contractors and sub-contractors, nor been expelled
from any project or agreement nor have had any
agreement terminated for breach by such Applicant and its
contractors and sub-contractors.
5. Qualifications of
the Applicant 5.1 By submission of documentary evidence in its Proposal,
the Applicant must establish to the Client’s satisfaction:
(a) That it has the financial and technical credentials
necessary to perform the Contract, meets the
qualification criteria as specified in the Data Sheet,
and has a successful performance history;
5.2 The bids submitted by a Joint Venture/Consortium, also
indicated in Bid Data Sheet, shall be automatically
rejected.
5.3 N/A.
6. Site Visit 6.1 The Applicant may wish to visit and examine the project
site or sites and obtain for itself, at its own responsibility
and risk, all information that may be necessary for
preparing the Proposal and entering into the Contract. The
costs of visiting the site or sites shall be at the Applicant’s
own expense.
6.2 The Client will arrange for the Applicant and any of its
personnel or agents to gain access to the relevant site or
sites, provided that the Applicant gives the Client adequate
notice of a proposed visit of at least seven (7) days.
Alternatively, the Client may organize a site visit or visits
concurrently with the pre-proposal conference, as
specified in the ITA Clause 10.2. Failure of an Applicant to
make a site visit will not be a cause for its disqualification.
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6.3 No site visits shall be arranged or scheduled after the
deadline for the submission of the Proposals and prior to
the selection of the Eligible Applicants pursuant of this EoI.
7. Acknowledgement
by Applicant
7.1 It shall be deemed that by submitting the Proposal, the Applicant has:
(i) made a complete and careful examination of the EoI and any other information provided by the Client under this EoI;
(ii) accepted the risk of inadequacy, error or mistake in the information provided in the EoI or furnished by or on behalf of the Client;
(iii) satisfied itself about all things, matters and information, necessary and required for submitting an informed Proposal, and performing the Services in accordance with this EoI;
(iv) acknowledged and agreed that inadequacy, lack of completeness or incorrectness of information provided in this EoI or ignorance of any matter shall not be a basis for any claim for compensation, damages, extension of time for performance of its obligations or loss of profits or revenue from the Client, or a ground for termination of the Contract;
(v) agreed to be bound by the undertakings provided by it under and in terms of this EoI and the Contract;
(vi) acknowledged that the Client and/ or its advisors/ consultants shall not be liable for any omission, mistake or error on the part of the Applicant in respect of any of the above or on account of any matter or thing arising out of or concerning or relating to EoI or the Selection Process, including any error or mistake therein or in any information or data given by the Client and/ or its consultant.
8. Rights of the
Client
8.1 The Client, in its sole discretion and without incurring any obligation or liability, reserves the right, at any time, to:
(i) suspend the EoI process and/or amend and/or supplement the EoI process or modify the dates or other terms and conditions relating thereto prior to the issuance of the RFQ cum RFP to the successful Applicants;
(ii) consult with any Applicant in order to receive clarification or further information;
(iii) retain any information, documents and/or evidence submitted to the Client by and/or on behalf of any Applicant;
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(iv) independently verify, disqualify, reject and/or
accept any and all documents, information and/or
evidence submitted by or on behalf of any
Applicant, provided that any such verification or
lack of such verification by the Client shall not
relieve the Applicant of its obligations or liabilities,
or affect any of the rights of the Client;
(v) reject a Proposal, if: (A) at any time, a material
misrepresentation is made or uncovered; or (B) the
Applicant in question does not provide, within the
time specified by the Client, the supplemental
information sought by the Client for evaluation of
the Proposal;
(vi) accept or reject a Proposal, annul the EoI process
and reject all Proposals, at any time prior to the
issuance of the letter of award to the successful
Applicant, without any liability or any obligation for
such acceptance, rejection or annulment and
without assigning any reasons whatsoever to any
Applicant.
8.2 If the Client exercises its right under this EoI to reject a
Proposals and consequently, the Applicants gets
disqualified or rejected, then the Client reserves the right
to:
(i) take any such measure as may be deemed fit in the
sole discretion of the Client, including inviting fresh
Proposals from the qualified Applicants or
annulling the entire EoI process.
B. The EoI Documents
9. EoI Documents 9.1 The contents of the EoI Documents are listed below and
should be read in conjunction with any addenda issued in
accordance with ITA Clause 10:
Volume I: Instruction to Applicants
Section 1: Letter of Invitation
Section 2: Instructions to Applicants (ITA)
Section 3: Qualification Documents – Standard Forms
Section 4: Corrupt and Fraudulent Practices
Volume II: Terms of Reference
Section 1: Introduction
Section 2: Project Objectives
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Section 3: Existing Conditions
Section 4: Business and Functional Requirements
Section 5: Scope of Work
Section 6: Roles and Responsibilities
Section 7: Implementation Schedule
10. Clarification and
Amendment of
the EoI
10.1 The Applicant may request a clarification of any part of the
EoI documents prior to the last date for submission of
queries, as indicated in the Data Sheet for ITA Clause 1.9.
Any queries or requests for additional information in
relation to the EoI documents should be submitted in
writing or by fax and email. The queries submitted sent via
email should be in excel sheet format only, along with
name and details of the organisation submitting the
queries. The template for pre-proposal queries is provided
in Annexure 1. The envelope or communication must
clearly bear the following subject line – “Request for EoI
for Appointment of Telecom Service Providers for Leasing
of Dark Fibre for Offering Triple Play Services at Shendra
Area of AURIC Queries or Request for Additional
Information" and sent to the address/number/e-mail
address as indicated in the Data Sheet for ITA 1.5.
The Client shall make reasonable efforts to respond to the
queries or request for clarifications on or before the date
specified in the Data Sheet for ITA 1.9. The Client shall not
be obligated to respond to any queries received post the
last date of submission of queries. The Client’s responses
to Applicant queries (including an explanation of the query
but without identifying its source) will be made available to
all Applicants and shall be uploaded on the Client’s
website. It shall be the Applicant's responsibility to check
the Client’s website for the responses to the queries or
requests for clarification. The Client may, but shall not be
obliged to communicate with the Applicants by e-mail,
notice or other means it may deem fit about the issuance
of clarifications. The Client reserves the right not to
respond to any query or provide any clarification, in its sole
discretion, and nothing in this EoI document shall be taken
to be or read as compelling or requiring the Client to
respond to any query or to provide any clarification. Should
the Client deem it necessary to amend the EoI document
as a result of a clarification, it shall do so following the
procedure described below:
(a) At any time prior to deadline of Proposal
Submission, the Client may, for any reason,
whether at its own initiative or in response to a
clarification requested by a prospective Applicant,
amend the EoI documents by issuing an
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amendment. The amendments shall be uploaded
on the Client’s website and will be binding on the
Client and the Applicants. The Applicants shall
update themselves by visiting the Client’s website
regularly and the Client bears no responsibility for
any Applicant's failure to do.
(b) If the amendment is substantial, the Client may
extend the Proposal Due Date to give the
Applicants reasonable time to take an amendment
into account in their Proposals.
(c) Verbal clarifications and information given by the
Client or any other Person for or on its behalf shall
not in any way or manner be binding on the Client.
10.2 When specified in the Data Sheet, the Client will
organize and Applicants are welcome to attend a pre-proposal conference at the time and place indicated in
the DS for ITA 1.5. The purpose of the conference will be
to clarify issues and answer questions on any matter that
may be raised at this stage, with particular attention to
issues related to the Terms of Reference. Applicants are
requested to submit any questions in writing to reach the
Client not later than date prescribed in Schedule of EoI
Process as per Clause 1.9 of the Data Sheet. Questions
and answers will be transmitted in accordance with ITA
Clause 10.1. Replies to Pre-Bid queries will be uploaded
on the Client’s website in a timely fashion.
10.3 The Applicant may substitute, modify or withdraw its
Proposal at any time prior to the Proposal Due Date. No
Proposal shall be substituted, withdrawn or modified after
the time specified in the Data Sheet for ITA 1.9 on the
Proposal Submission date.
C. Preparation of Proposals
11. General
Considerations
In preparing the Proposal, the Applicant is expected to examine
the EoI in detail. The EoI must be read as a whole. If any Applicant
finds any ambiguity or lack of clarity in the EoI, the Applicant must
inform the Client at the earliest to seek clarity on the interpretation
of the EoI. Material deficiencies in providing the information
requested in the EoI may result in rejection of the Proposal.
12. Cost of
Preparation of
Proposal
The Applicant shall bear all costs associated with the preparation
and submission of its Proposal, and the Client shall not be
responsible or liable for those costs, regardless of the conduct or
outcome of the selection process. The Client is not bound to
accept any Proposal, and reserves the right to annul the selection
process at any time prior to shortlisting eligible Applicants
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pursuant to this EoI, without assigning any reason and without
incurring any liability to the Applicant.
13. Language The Proposal, as well as all correspondence and documents
relating to the Proposal exchanged between the Applicant and the
Client shall be written in the language(s) specified in the Data
Sheet.
14. Documents
Comprising the
Proposal
The Proposal shall consist of only Qualification Documents.
Qualification Documents will comprise the documents and forms
listed in Clause 17.
15. Only One
Proposal
The Applicant shall submit only one Proposal. If an Applicant
submits or participates in more than one Proposal, all such
Proposals shall be disqualified and rejected.
16. Proposal Validity (a) Each Proposal must remain valid for the period specified
in the Data Sheet.
(b) During the Proposal validity period (as specified in the
Data Sheet), the Applicant shall maintain its original
Proposal without any change.
Extension of
Validity Period (a) The Client will make its best effort to complete the EoI
process and select the Eligible Applicants within the
Proposal’s validity period specified in the Data Sheet.
However, should the need arise, the Client may request,
in writing, all Applicants who submitted Proposals prior to
the Proposal Due Date to extend the Proposals’ validity.
(b) If the Applicant agrees to extend the validity of its Proposal,
it shall be done without any change in the original
Proposal.
(c) The Applicant has the right to refuse to extend the validity
of its Proposal in which case such Proposal will not be
further evaluated.
(d) In the event an Applicant agrees to extend the validity of
its Proposal, the validity of the Proposal will also be
extended for an equivalent period.
17. Qualification
Documents
Format
(a) The Qualification Documents are un-priced proposals and
shall not include any financial information. Qualification
Documents containing material related to financial
information shall be declared non-responsive.
(b) The Qualification Documents submitted by an Applicant
shall comprise the following:
(i) The Qualification Documents and Proposal
Submission Form in the form attached at Appendix
1;
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(ii) Details of the Applicant in form set out at Appendix
2;
(iii) Soft copy of online EoI processing fee paid online;
(iv) A power of attorney for Authorized Representative
in the format set out in Appendix 3 and as per
Applicable Laws;
(v) Financial qualification of the Applicant in the format
set out in Appendix 4 along with copies of duly
audited financial statements for the financial years
being considered for the purposes of evaluation of
the Applicant’s financial capacity;
(vi) Affidavit certifying that the Applicant and its sub-
contractors are not blacklisted in the format set out
in Appendix 5;
(vii) Duly certified copy of the Applicant’s certificate of
incorporation/certificate of registration issued
under its applicable laws;
(viii) Conformity in the form of Compliance Undertaking
as per the format set out in Appendix 6 that
Applicant shall provide its telecom services in
conformity with the specifications and standards as
per Department of Telecommunication (DoT)
and/or Telecom Regulatory Authority of India
(TRAI) guidelines. Further, the services provided to
the customers located at Shendra shall be subject
to Indian Telegraph Act 1885 and tariff circulars
issued by respective TSP;
(ix) Applicable and Valid ISP/TSP license from
Department of Telecommunications (DoT) during
the time of proposal submission allowing the
Applicant to establish and offer telecom wired
services in Aurangabad, Maharashtra Circle as per
the format set out in Appendix 7;
(x) Undertaking for guarantee of Revenue Share in
case of Merger/Acquisition of TSP as per the
format set out in Appendix 8.
Failure to comply with the above requirements and documents for
all points i.e. (a) and (b) including their sub-points under Clause
17 may make the Proposal non-responsive.
18. Period of Validity
of Proposals 18.1 Proposals shall remain valid, at a minimum, for the period
specified in the Data Sheet after the deadline date for EoI
submission prescribed by the Client, pursuant to ITA
Clause 20. A Proposal valid for a shorter period shall be
rejected by the Client as non-responsive. However,
Applicants are responsible for adjusting the dates in the
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Data Sheet in accordance with any extensions to the
deadline date of Proposal Submission pursuant to ITA
Clause 18.2.
18.2 In exceptional circumstances, prior to expiry of the
Proposal validity period, the Client may request that the
Applicants to extend the period of validity for a specified
additional period. The request and the responses to the
request shall be made in writing. An Applicant may refuse
the request, but in this case the Proposal will be out of the
competition for the selection. Applicant agreeing to the
request will not be required or permitted to modify its
Proposal.
19. EoI documents
and Processing
Fees
19.1 All Applicants are required to pay the amount as indicated
in the Data Sheet towards the cost of EoI documents
processing fees as follows:
(a) EoI document processing fee shall be paid online;
(b) The EoI document processing fee is non-
refundable.
Please note that the Proposal, which does not include the
EoI documents and processing fees, shall be declared as
non-responsive and accordingly, rejected.
D. Submission, Opening and Evaluation
20. Submission,
Sealing, and
Marking of
Proposals
20.1 The Applicant shall submit a signed, stamped and
complete Proposal comprising the documents specified in
Clause 17, at the address as specified in Data Sheet, no
later than time and date as specified in the Data Sheet.
20.2 The Proposal, EoI Document and Processing Fee shall be
submitted online through https://aitl.eproc.in.
The Client will not be responsible for any delays, loss or
non-receipt of Proposals. Proposals submitted by fax,
telegram or e-mail shall be rejected.
Each Proposal must be typed or written in indelible ink and
an authorized representative of the Applicant shall sign the
Proposal and physically initial all pages of the Proposal.
The authorization shall be by way of a written power of
attorney executed in the format attached as Appendix 3 or
shall be by a partner in case of a partnership firm and/or a
limited liability partnership. The name and position held by
the person signing the Proposal must be typed or printed
below the signature. PoA for the authorized representative
executed as per Applicable Laws.
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20.3 The Proposal shall contain no interlineations or
overwriting, except as necessary to correct errors made by
the Applicant. Any modifications, revisions, interlineations,
erasures, or overwriting shall be valid only if they are
signed or initialed by the authorized signatory/ person
signing the Proposal.
20.4 The Applicant shall comply with all requirements as per the
terms and conditions of Proposal Submission through
https://aitl.eproc.in. The detailed procedure for submission
of tenders online has been provided along with EoI.
20.5 The Client may, at its discretion, extend this deadline for
submission of Proposals by amending the EoI, in which
case all rights and obligations of the Client and Applicants
will thereafter be subject to the deadline as extended.
20.6 Any Proposals received by the Client after the Proposal
Submission deadline prescribed by the Client in the Data
Sheet for ITA Clause 20.1, will be rejected and returned
unopened to the Applicant.
21. Withdrawal,
Substitution and
Modification of
Proposals
21.1 The Applicant may withdraw, substitute, or modify its
Proposal after submission, provided that written notice of
the withdrawal, substitution, or modification is received by
the Client prior to the deadline prescribed for Proposal
submission. All notices must be duly signed by an
authorized representative and shall include a copy of the
authorization (the power of attorney) in accordance with
ITA Sub-Clause 20.2.
21.2 All notices of withdrawal, substitution, or modification shall:
(a) be addressed to the Client at the address named
in the Data Sheet for ITA Clause 20.1; and
(b) bear the Contract name, and the words “EoI
WITHDRAWAL NOTICE”, EoI SUBSTITUTION
NOTICE”, or “EoI MODIFICATION NOTICE”.
21.3 A notice may also be sent by electronic means such as fax
or e-mail, but in this case must include a scan of the
mailing receipt showing both the sender's and receiver's
addresses for the signed hardcopy of the notice, and a
scan of the power of attorney.
21.4 Proposals requested to be withdrawn in accordance with
ITA 21.1 shall be returned unopened to the Applicants.
Proposals withdrawal notices received after the Proposal
Submission deadline will be ignored, and the submitted
Proposals will be deemed to be a validly submitted
Proposals.
21.5 No Proposals may be withdrawn, substituted, or modified
in the interval between the Proposal Submission deadline
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and the expiration of the Proposal validity period specified
by the Applicant in the Proposal Submission Form, or any
extension thereof agreed to by the Applicant.
22. Opening of
Proposals (a) The Client shall open only those Proposals that are
submitted on or before the specified time on the Proposal
Submission Due Date.
(b) The Client shall open all Proposals in public, in the
presence of Applicant’s representatives who choose to
attend Proposal opening.
(c) Proposals that are not opened and read out at Proposal
opening shall not be considered for further evaluation,
irrespective of the circumstances. These Proposals,
including any Proposal validly withdrawn in accordance
with ITA Clause 21, will promptly be returned, unopened,
to their Applicants.
(d) The Client shall check the original PoAs at the time of
Proposal Opening. Failure to have any of these documents
in original at the time of the Proposal Opening may make
the proposal non-responsive.
23. Confidentiality (a) From the time the Proposals are opened to the time the
Eligible Applicants are selected, the Applicant should not
contact the Client on any matter related to its Qualification
Documents. Information relating to the evaluation of
Proposals and selection recommendations shall not be
disclosed to the Applicants who submitted the Proposals
or to any other party not officially involved with the EoI
process, until the publication of the shortlisted Eligible
Applicants.
(b) Any attempt by an Applicant or anyone on behalf of the
Applicant to influence improperly the Client in the
evaluation of the Proposals or selection of Eligible
Applicants may result in the rejection of its Proposal.
(c) Notwithstanding the above provisions, from the time of the
Proposals’ opening to the time of selection of Eligible
Applicants, if an Applicant wishes to contact the Client on
any matter related to the selection process, it should do so
only in writing.
24. Responsiveness
and Eligibility
Tests
(a) First, the Client’s evaluation committee shall open and
evaluate the Qualification Documents for responsiveness
and to determine whether the Applicants are eligible for
selection. At the opening of the Qualification Documents,
the following shall be read out:
the name of the Applicant;
the presence or absence of duly sealed envelopes;
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any other information deemed appropriate.
The Qualification Documents shall be considered
responsive only if:
(i) all documents specified in Clause 17 are received
in the prescribed format;
(ii) the Proposal is received by the Proposal Due Date;
(iii) it is signed, sealed and marked as specified in
Clause 20;
(iv) it contains all the information and documents
(complete in all respects) as requested in this EoI;
and
(v) it does not contain any condition or qualification.
(b) The Client's evaluation committee shall evaluate and
determine whether the Applicants who have submitted
responsive Qualification Documents satisfy the Eligibility
Criteria.
(c) If any Applicant is found to be disqualified in accordance
with the terms of the EoI or the Qualification Documents
are found to be non-responsive or the Applicant does not
meet the Eligibility Criteria, then the Proposal submitted by
such Applicant will be rejected.
(d) Upon completion of evaluation of the Qualification
Documents, the Client will notify the Applicants whether
they are qualified and eligible for selection as eligible
Applicants.
(e) If envelopes are not sealed and marked as per the
instructions, the Client assumes no responsibility for the
misplacement or premature opening of the contents of the
proposal submitted and consequent losses if any suffered
by the Applicant.
E. EoI Process
25. Process of EoI (a) Applicants who have submitted the Proposal in response
to the EoI and are found to be eligible based on the
Eligibility Criteria given in the Data Sheet, shall be invited
for participation in Stage 2 – RFQ cum RFP for
appointment of Telecom Service Provider for providing
Telecom Services in Shendra Area of AURIC. However,
Client reserves the right to release an Open RFQ cum RFP
for Appointment of Telecom Service Provider based on
feedback to this EoI.
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(b) Upon selection of the Applicants, the Client will publish the
Applicant information; and promptly notify the qualified
Applicants of the conclusion of the selection process or
upload the details of the selected Applicants on its website.
This empanelment (selected and eligible Applicants) shall
be valid for a period of 1 year from the shortlisting of the
Applicants.
(c) Selected and eligible Applicants will be invited to submit
detailed financial bids as a part of Stage 2 – RFQ cum RFP
for the leasing of dark fibre.
(d) Selected and eligible Applicant offering highest gross
adjusted revenue share to AURIC shall be declared as the
Successful TSP and will get the rights to lease dark fibre
first and the revenue % shall become a benchmark.
(e) Any other Applicant meeting Successful TSP’s gross
adjusted revenue share can also lease remaining dark
fibre for offering their services.
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F. Data Sheet
A. General
ITA Clause
Reference Description
1.1 Name of the Client: Aurangabad Industrial Township Limited (AITL)
Description of the Solution for which EoI is invited: Appointment of
Telecom Service Providers for Leasing of Dark Fibre for Offering Triple
Play Services at Shendra Area of AURIC in Maharashtra
Method of selection: Single Stage Selection based on the Eligibility
Criteria. Eligible Applicants shall be selected for Stage 2 – RFQ cum RFP.
1.2 The Contract term will be initially valid for 36 months extendable by
another 24 months and subsequently another 24 months upon discussions
with the Client post the Letter of Award (LoA) pursuant to Stage 2 – RFQ
cum RFP.
The Contract duration for all TSPs shall be based on the date when the
first TSP signs up with AITL. For example, if the first TSP signs up with
AITL on 1st March 2018 and second TSP signs up on 1st March 2019, the
maximum duration of Contract for second TSP shall be 72 Months i.e. 36
months + 24 months + 12 months.
1.5 A pre-proposal conferencewill be held: Yes
Date of pre-proposal conference: Wednesday, 10th January, 2018 Time:
11:00 AM
Address:
Conference Hall,
Udyog Sarathi, MIDC Office,
Marol Industrial Area,
Mumbai – 400093
All pre-proposal queries shall be addressed to the following in the format
prescribed in this EoI:
Address:
Jt. CEO (MIDC) & MD (AITL), and GM DMIC & Jt. MD (AITL)
Udyog Sarathi, MIDC Office,
Marol Industrial Area,
Mumbai – 400093
E-mail:
jtceodmic@midcindia.org, vikramkumar@midcindia.org
and
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gmdmic@midcindia.org
1.7 The Applicant may download the EoI for preparing of the EoI proposal
from the website:
https://aitl.eproc.in
1.9 SCHEDULE OF EoI PROCESS
The Client shall endeavor to adhere to the following schedule:
S. No. Event Description Date
1 Date of issue of EoI 21st December 2017
2 Last date of receiving
Queries
5th January 2018 by 5:00 PM
3 Pre-proposal Conference 10th January 2018 at 11:00 AM
4 Reply to pre-proposal
Queries
12th January 2018
5 Last Date of submission of
Proposals
2nd February 2018 by 3:00 PM
6 Opening of Proposals To be notified to Applicants
8 Announcement of Eligible
Applicants
15th February 2018 (Tentative)
9 Validity of Proposal 180 calendar days from the last
date of submission of proposal
5.1(a) The Applicant must meet the following qualification criteria as on the
last date of submission of this EoI:
S.
No Type Eligibility Criterion Documentary Evidence
1. Company Profile
The Applicant shall be a company incorporated under the Companies Act 1956/2013 and licensed for providing telecommunication services in and around Aurangabad, Maharashtra Circle.
Copy of certificate of Incorporation/Registration under Companies Act 1956 or latest Companies Act (for Indian companies)
2. Company Financials & Profile
Applicants (or its parent company) shall have an average annual turnover of INR 500 Crores or more in the last five (5) Financial Years (FY: 2012-13, 2013-14, 2014-15, 2015-16, and 2016-17).
Audited financial statements for last five Financial Years; OR
Statutory auditor’s certificate clearly specifying the annual turnover for the specified
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S.
No Type Eligibility Criterion Documentary Evidence
years.
3. Company Standing
As on date of submission of the proposal, the Applicant and its Sub-Contractors, shall not be blacklisted by any Central or State Department in the last 5 years.
Letter of undertaking to this
effect on the letter head,
signed by Applicant’s
authorized signatory
4. Technical Capacity
The Applicant shall have valid ISP/TSP license from Department of Telecommunications (DoT) during the time of proposal submission allowing the Applicant to offer telecom services in any 2 of the 3 Triple play services (Voice, Video, Data) in Aurangabad, Maharashtra Circle. Alternatively, as a minimum, the Applicant shall have the valid ISP license from DOT for data services.
Applicable Valid License from
the Department of
Telecommunications (DoT)
allowing Applicant to offer
telecom services in any 2 of
the 3 Triple Play Services
(Voice, Video, Data) in
Aurangabad, Maharashtra
Circle. Alternatively, the valid
ISP license from DOT for data
services.
5.2 JV/Consortium: Bids from JV/Consortium shall be rejected.
5.3 Sub-Contractors: No restrictions on sub-contracting.
If the work is sub-contracted, the sole responsibility of the work shall lie
with the partner in charge. The partner in charge shall be held responsible
for any delay/error/non-compliance etc. of its sub-contracted vendor.
B. Preparation of Proposals
13 This EoI has been issued in the English language.
Proposals shall be submitted in English Language.
All correspondence exchange shall be in English Language.
In case any supporting document or printed literature is in another language, it must be accompanied by an accurate translation of all the relevant passages in English by an approved/authorized/licensed translator1, in which case, for all purposes of interpretation of the Proposal, the translation in English shall prevail.
1Approved/authorized/licensed translator means one who is certified by Government for document translation. The registration/certification number of the translator is mandatory to mention on the translated document along with full address, phone number and mail-id.
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16(a) Proposals must remain valid for 180 (one hundred eighty) calendar days from the last date of submission of proposal.
19.1 EoI documents processing fee of INR 30,000 (Indian Rupees Thirty
Thousand Only) inclusive of applicable GST as a non-refundable
processing fee shall be paid online in favour of the Aurangabad Industrial
Township Limited (AITL). Proposals unaccompanied with the aforesaid
processing fee shall be liable to be rejected by the Client.
C. Submission, Opening and Evaluation
20.1 & 20.2 The Proposal must be submitted online and also delivered in physical
form to the following address:
Jt. MD (AITL)
Udoyg Sarathi, MIDC Office, Marol Industrial Area, Mumbai – 400 093
Email Address: gmdmic@midcindia.org
Proposal Submission deadline: 2nd February 2018, 3:00 PM
20.4 The Applicant must submit the following number of copies of the
Proposal:
(a) Qualification Documents – 1 original and 1 copy.
(b) Soft copy of (a) above in .pdf format (without any password
protection in searchable format) in a CD/DVD/USB for each section
in each envelope.
Note that in case of any discrepancy between online submission and
physical submission, the online submission will prevail.
21.2 The notice for withdrawal, substitution and modification must be
delivered in physical form to the following address:
Jt. CEO (MIDC) & MD (AITL) and GM DMIC & Jt. MD (AITL)
Udoyg Sarathi, MIDC Office, Marol Industrial Area, Mumbai – 400 093
Email Address:
jtceodmic@midcindia.org, vikramkumar@midcindia.org
and
gmdmic@midcindia.org
The notice must be submitted no later than EoI submission date and
time as specified in Data Sheet.
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ANNEXURE 1: TEMPLATE FOR PRE-PROPOSAL QUERIES
Applicant shall submit all pre-proposal queries in the following format in Excel only with the
subject capturing the name of the EoI.
S.
No.
EoI Volume,
Section
EoI Page
no.
Original Content in the
EoI Clarification sought
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Section 3. Qualification Documents - Standard Forms
APPENDIX 1: QUALIFICATION DOCUMENTS AND PROPOSAL SUBMISSION FORM ................ 30
APPENDIX 2: DETAILS OF THE APPLICANT ................................................................................... 33
APPENDIX 3: FORMAT FOR POWER OF ATTORNEY FOR AUTHORISED REPRESENTATIVE . 34
APPENDIX 4: FINANCIAL QUALIFICATION OF THE APPLICANT .................................................. 36
APPENDIX 5: FORMAT FOR AFFIDAVIT CERTIFYING THAT APPLICANT (AND IT’S
CONTRACTOR/SUB-CONTRACTOR) ARE NOT BLACKLISTED .................................................... 37
APPENDIX 6: COMPLIANCE UNDERTAKING................................................................................... 38
APPENDIX 7: APPLICABLE AND VALID ISP/TSP LICENSE ........................................................... 39
APPENDIX 8: UNDERTAKING FOR GUARANTEE OF REVENUE SHARE IN CASE OF
MERGER/ACQUISITION OF TSP ........................................................................................................ 40
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Qualification Documents
APPENDIX 1: QUALIFICATION DOCUMENTS AND PROPOSAL SUBMISSION FORM
[On the Letter head of the Applicant]
{Location, Date}
To:
Managing Director,
Aurangabad Industrial Township Limited,
Udoyg Sarathi, MIDC Office, Marol Industrial Area, Andheri (East),
Mumbai, Maharashtra, India – 400 093
Ref: EoI for Appointment of Telecom Service Provider (TSP) for [Name of the
Assignment].
Dear Sir:
We, the undersigned, offer to express our interest for Appointment for Telecom Service
Provider for Leasing of Dark Fibre for Offering Triple Play Services at Shendra Area of AURIC
in accordance with your Expression of Interest dated [Insert Date]. We are hereby submitting
our Proposal, which includes the Qualification Documents.
If negotiations are held during the period of validity of the Proposal, we undertake to negotiate
in accordance with the EoI. Our proposal is binding upon us, subject only to the modifications
resulting from negotiations in accordance with the EoI.
We hereby declare that:
(a) The Client will be relying on the information provided in the Proposal and the
documents accompanying the Proposal for the selection of the Eligible
Applicants. All the information and statements made in this Proposal are true,
nothing has been omitted which renders such information misleading and we
accept that any misinterpretation or misrepresentation contained in this
Proposal may lead to our disqualification by the Client.
(b) All documents accompanying our Proposal are true copies of their respective
originals. We will make available to the Client any additional information it may
find necessary or require to authenticate or evaluate the Proposal.
(c) Our Proposal shall be valid and remain binding upon us for the period of time
specified in the Data Sheet, Clause 16(a).
(d) We have no conflict of interest in accordance with Clause 2.
(e) We and our Affiliates are not submitting more than one or separate Proposals.
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(f) We or any of our Affiliates have not been charge-sheeted by any agency of the
government or convicted by a court of law, indicted or have had adverse orders
passed by a regulatory authority which could cast a doubt on our ability to
execute the Contract.
(g) No investigation by a regulatory authority is pending either against us or any of
our Affiliates or against our chief executive officer or any of our
directors/managers/employees.
(h) If due to any change in facts or circumstances during the EoI process, we
attract the provisions of disqualification in terms of the provisions of this EoI,
we shall inform the Client of the same immediately.
(i) We meet the Eligibility Criteria and all other requirements of the EoI and are
qualified to submit a Proposal, We have not directly or indirectly through an
agent engaged or indulged in any corrupt practice, fraudulent practice, coercive
practice, collusive practice, undesirable practice or restrictive practice as
defined in Section 4 of the ITA. We undertake to continue to abide by and
ensure that our Personnel comply with the Client’s policy with regard to corrupt
and fraudulent practices as per Clause 5 and Section 4.
(j) We or our Affiliates, suppliers, or service providers for any part of the Contract,
are not subject to any temporary suspension and have not been barred by any
government or government instrumentality in India or in any other jurisdiction
to which we or our Affiliates belong or in which we or our Affiliates conduct
business or by any multilateral funding agency, from participating in any project
or being awarded any contract or being given any funding and no such
suspension or bar subsists on the Proposal Due Date.
(k) In the last 5 (five) years, we or our Affiliates have neither been expelled from
any project or contract by any government or government instrumentality nor
have had any contract terminated by any government or government
instrumentality for breach on our part.
(l) Our Proposal is binding upon us and is subject to any modifications resulting
from the Contract (to be shared as part of Stage 2 – RFQ cum RFP)
negotiations.
(m) We have carefully analysed the EoI and all related information. We understand
that except to the extent as expressly set forth in the Contract (to be shared as
part of Stage 2 – RFQ cum RFP), we shall have no claim, right or title arising
out of any documents or information provided to us by the Client or in respect
of any matter arising out of or concerning or relating to the EoI process.
(o) We irrevocably waive any right or remedy which we may have at any stage at
law or howsoever arising to challenge the criteria for evaluation or question any
decision taken by the Client in connection with the evaluation of the Proposals,
selection of the Applicant, or in respect of this Project and the terms and
implementation thereof.
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(p) We acknowledge the right of the Client to reject our Proposal without assigning
any reason and we hereby waive, to the fullest extent permitted by applicable
law, our right to challenge the same on any account whatsoever.
(q) We acknowledge the right of the Client to cancel the EoI process and not select
any Eligible Applicants, without assigning any reason and without incurring any
liability to the Applicants and we hereby waive, to the fullest extent permitted
by applicable law, our right to challenge the same on any account whatsoever.
(r) We shall make available to the Client any additional information it may deem
necessary or require for supplementing or authenticating the Proposal.
(s) We acknowledge the right of Client to reject our application without assigning
any reason or otherwise and hereby waive our right to challenge the same on
any account whatsoever.
(t) We further certify that no investigation by a regulatory authority is pending
either against us or against our affiliates or against our CEO or any of
our Directors/ Managers/ employees.
We remain,
Yours sincerely,
Authorized Signature {In full and initials}:
Name and Title of Signatory:
Address:
Contact information (phone and e-mail):
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APPENDIX 2: DETAILS OF THE APPLICANT
(To be submitted on the letterhead of the Applicant)
[All individual firms and each partner of a Joint Venture that are submitting the EoI must complete the information in this form. Nationality information should be provided for all owners or Applicants that are partnerships or individually owned firms. Joint Ventures must also fill out in Appendix 6.] 1. (a) Name:
(b) Country of incorporation:
(c) Date of incorporation and/or commencement of business: 2. Brief description of the company including details of its main lines of business and
proposed role and responsibilities in this assignment [Note: Such description shall not exceed 5 type-written pages.]:
5. Details of individual who will serve as the point of contact/ communication for the
Client2:
(a) Name:
(b) Designation:
(c) Company:
(d) Address:
(e) Telephone Number:
(f) E-Mail Address:
(g) Fax Number: 6. Particulars of the Authorised Signatory of the Applicant:
(a) Name:
(b) Designation:
(c) Address:
(d) Telephone Number:
(e) E-Mail Address:
(f) Fax Number:
2 In the event that the authorized signatory and the point of contact are different individuals, the information for both the individuals (i.e., the authorized signatory and the point of contact) are to be furnished. The Client will send communication to both the entities.
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APPENDIX 3: FORMAT FOR POWER OF ATTORNEY FOR AUTHORISED REPRESENTATIVE
(To be executed as per Applicable Laws)
Know all men by these presents, We, [name of organization and address of the registered office] do hereby constitute, nominate, appoint and authorise Mr / Ms [name], son/ daughter/ wife of [name], and presently residing at [address], who is presently employed with/ retained by us and holding the position of [designation] as our true and lawful attorney (hereinafter referred to as the “Authorised Representative”), to do in our name and on our behalf, all such acts, deeds and things as are necessary or required in connection with or incidental to submission of our Proposal for EoI of appointment as Telecom Service Provider for [name of assignment], to be developed by the Client including but not limited to signing and submission of all applications, proposals and other documents and writings, participating in pre-bid and other conferences and providing information/responses to the Client, representing us in all matters before the Client, signing and execution of all contracts and undertakings consequent to acceptance of our proposal and generally dealing with the Client in all matters in connection with or relating to or arising out of our Proposal for the said Project and/or upon selection as shortlisted Applicant thereof to us until the entering into of the Contract with the Client.
AND, we do hereby agree to ratify and confirm all acts, deeds and things lawfully done or caused to be done by our said Authorised Representative pursuant to and in exercise of the powers conferred by this Power of Attorney and that all acts, deeds and things done by our said Authorised Representative in exercise of the powers hereby conferred shall and shall always be deemed to have been done by us.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF WE, [name of organization], THE ABOVE NAMED PRINCIPAL HAVE EXECUTED THIS POWER OF ATTORNEY ON THIS [date in words] DAY OF [month] [year in ‘yyyy’ format].
For [name and registered address of organization]
[Signature]
[Name]
[Designation]
Witnesses:
1. [Signature, name and address of witness]
2. [Signature, name and address of witness]
Accepted
[Signature]
[Name]
[Designation]
[Address]
Notes:
1. The mode of execution of the Power of Attorney should be in accordance with the procedure,
if any, laid down by the applicable law and the charter documents of the executant(s) and when
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it is so required the same should be under seal affixed in accordance with the required
procedure.
2. Wherever required, the Applicant should submit for verification the extract of the charter
documents and other documents such as a resolution/power of attorney in favour of the person
executing this Power of Attorney for the delegation of power hereunder on behalf of the Applicant.
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APPENDIX 4: FINANCIAL QUALIFICATION OF THE APPLICANT
(Applicant shall provide financial information to demonstrate that it meets the requirements
stated in the DS for ITA Clause 5.1 (a). If necessary, separate sheets shall be used to provide
complete banker information.)
Name of Applicant and partner of a Joint Venture (as Applicable):
S. No. Financial Year (FY) Annual Turnover
(INR Crore)
1. Financial Year 2012-13 (or FY 2012)
2. Financial Year 2013-14 (or FY 2013)
3. Financial Year 2014-15 (or FY 2014)
4. Financial Year 2015-16 (or FY 2015)
5. Financial Year 2016-17 (or FY 2016)
Note:
1. The Applicant shall attach copies of the balance sheets or financial statements or audited annual
reports for each of the Financial Years mentioned above to ensure the following:
(a) reflect the turnover of the Applicant;
(b) be audited by a statutory auditor;
(c) be complete, including all notes to the financial statements.
2. In case the financial year in the Applicant’s country is the calendar year, the Applicant shall submit
above financial information for years 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015 and 2016.
3. Applicant may use the financial credentials of its parent company provided it is a wholly owned
subsidiary and proof of this establishment is provided as part of the proposal.
Date:
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APPENDIX 5: FORMAT FOR AFFIDAVIT CERTIFYING THAT APPLICANT (AND IT’S
CONTRACTOR/SUB-CONTRACTOR) ARE NOT BLACKLISTED
(On Applicant Letter Head)
Affidavit
I M/s. ………………, (the name of the Applicant/Contractor/Sub-Contractor and addresses of
the registered office) hereby certify and confirm that we and our contractors, sub-contractors
and OEMs are not barred or blacklisted by any Central / State Government Department or
Central / State PSUs from participating in any project or being awarded any contract, and no
such bar or blacklisting subsists as on the Proposal Due Date.
We further confirm that we are aware our Proposal for the Telecom Service Providers for
Leasing of Dark Fibre for Offering Triple Play Services at Shendra Area of AURIC Project
would be liable for rejection in case any material misrepresentation is made or discovered with
regard to the requirements of this EoI at any stage of selection and/or thereafter during the
term of the Contract.
Dated this ……………………..Day of …………………., 201….
NAME OF THE APPLICANT/CONTRACTOR/SUB-CONTRACTOR
…………………………………………….
SIGNATURE OF THE AUTHORISED PERSON
…………………………………………….
NAME OF THE AUTHORISED PERSON
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APPENDIX 6: COMPLIANCE UNDERTAKING
[The Applicant shall submit an undertaking on company letterhead duly signed and stamped
confirming that Applicant shall provide its telecom services in conformity with the specifications
and standards as per Department of Telecommunication (DoT) and/or Telecom Regulatory
Authority of India (TRAI) guidelines. Further, the services provided to the customers located
at Shendra shall be subject to Indian Telegraph Act 1885 and tariff circulars issued by
respective TSP.]
Proposals received without Compliance Undertaking may be rejected as non-responsive.
Proposals with missing, incomplete, or ambiguous responses regarding compliance may be
deemed non-responsive. Applicants must submit fully compliant proposal with all the
requirements as defined in the document. Client reserves the right to request more information
for any or all responses listed after the EoI submission deadline during the evaluation stage.
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APPENDIX 7: APPLICABLE AND VALID ISP/TSP LICENSE
Applicant shall insert applicable and valid ISP/TSP license from Department of
Telecommunications (DoT) during the time of proposal submission allowing the Applicant to
establish and offer triple play telecom wired services in Aurangabad, Maharashtra Circle as
per the qualification criteria of this EoI.
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APPENDIX 8: UNDERTAKING FOR GUARANTEE OF REVENUE SHARE IN CASE OF
MERGER/ACQUISITION OF TSP
Applicant shall submit an undertaking on Applicant Letterhead duly signed and stamped
guaranteeing that it shall continue sharing committed revenue established as part the present
bidding process (Stage 1 i.e. EoI and Stage 2 i.e. RFQ cum RFP) in case of any
merger/acquisition of the Applicant.
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Section 4. Corrupt and Fraudulent Practices
4.1 The Applicants and their respective officers, employees, agents and advisers shall
observe the highest standard of ethics during the selection process. Notwithstanding
anything to the contrary contained in this EoI, the Client shall reject a Proposal without
being liable in any manner whatsoever to the Applicant, if it determines that the
Applicant has, directly or indirectly or through an agent, engaged in corrupt practice,
fraudulent practice, coercive practice, undesirable practice or restrictive practice
(collectively the “Prohibited Practices”) in the selection process. In such an event, the
Client shall, without prejudice to its any other rights or remedies, forfeit and appropriate
the Performance Security (To be shared as part of Stage 2 – RFQ cum RFP), if
available, as mutually agreed genuine pre-estimated compensation and damages
payable to the Client for, inter alia, time, cost and effort of the Client, in regard to the
EoI, including consideration and evaluation of such Applicant’s Proposal.
4.2 Without prejudice to the rights of the Client under Clause 4.1 hereinabove and the
rights and remedies which the Client may have under the LOA or the Contract, if a
Applicant is found by the Client to have directly or indirectly or through an agent,
engaged or indulged in any corrupt practice, fraudulent practice, coercive practice,
undesirable practice or restrictive practice during the selection process, or after the
issue of the LOA or the execution of the Contract, such Applicant shall not be eligible
to participate in any tender or EoI, RFQ cum RFP issued by the Client during a period
of 2 (two) years from the date such Applicant is found by the Client to have directly or
through an agent, engaged or indulged in any corrupt practice, fraudulent practice,
coercive practice, undesirable practice or restrictive practice, as the case may be.
4.3 For the purposes of this Clause 4.3, the following terms shall have the meaning
hereinafter respectively assigned to them:
(a) “corrupt practice” means (i) the offering, giving, receiving, or soliciting, directly
or indirectly, of anything of value to influence the action of any person
connected with the selection process (for avoidance of doubt, offering of
employment to or employing or engaging in any manner whatsoever, directly
or indirectly, any official of the Client who is or has been associated in any
manner, directly or indirectly with the selection process or the LOA or has dealt
with matters concerning the Contract or arising therefrom, before or after the
execution thereof, at any time prior to the expiry of 1 year from the date such
official resigns or retires from or otherwise ceases to be in the service of the
Client, shall be deemed to constitute influencing the actions of a person
connected with the selection process; or (ii) save as provided herein, engaging
in any manner whatsoever, whether during the selection process or after the
issuance of the LOA or after the execution of the Contract, as the case may be,
any person in respect of any matter relating to the Project or the LOA or the
Contract, who at any time has been or is a legal, financial or technical
consultant/adviser of the Client in relation to any matter concerning the
Contract;
(b) “fraudulent practice” means a misrepresentation or omission of facts or
disclosure of incomplete facts, in order to influence the selection process;
(c) “coercive practice” means impairing or harming or threatening to impair or
harm, directly or indirectly, any persons or property to influence any person’s
participation or action in the selection process;
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(d) “collusive practices” is an arrangement between two or more parties designed
to achieve an improper purpose, including to influence improperly the actions
of another party3;
(e) “undesirable practice” means (i) establishing contact with any person
connected with or employed or engaged by the Client with the objective of
canvassing, lobbying or in any manner influencing or attempting to influence
the selection process; or (ii) having a conflict of interest; and
(f) “restrictive practice” means forming a cartel or arriving at any understanding or
arrangement among Applicants with the objective of restricting or manipulating
a full and fair competition in the selection process.
3 For the purpose of this sub-paragraph, “parties” refers to participants in the procurement or selection process
(including public officials) attempting either themselves, or through another person or entity not participating in the procurement or selection process, to simulate competition or to establish prices at artificial, non-competitive levels, or are privy to each other’s bid prices or other conditions.
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VOLUME II – TERMS OF REFERENCE
1 INTRODUCTION ............................................................................................................................ 44
1.1 PROJECT BACKGROUND ............................................................................................................................. 44
1.2 POPULATION AND EMPLOYMENT PROJECTION ............................................................................................... 45
2 PROJECT OBJECTIVES ............................................................................................................... 47
2.1 OVERVIEW ................................................................................................................................................ 47
2.2 OBJECTIVES .............................................................................................................................................. 48
3 EXISTING CONDITIONS ............................................................................................................... 48
3.1 PROPOSED ICT INFRASTRUCTURE .............................................................................................................. 48
3.1.1 Overview ...................................................................................................................................... 48
3.1.2 Point of Presence ......................................................................................................................... 49
3.1.3 Fibre Optic Civil Infrastructure ...................................................................................................... 49
3.2 ONGOING INITIATIVES AT AURIC................................................................................................................. 50
3.3 CURRENT SITE CONDITIONS ....................................................................................................................... 52
4 BUSINESS AND FUNCTIONAL REQUIREMENTS ...................................................................... 56
4.1 BUSINESS REQUIREMENTS ......................................................................................................................... 56
4.2 FUNCTIONAL REQUIREMENTS ...................................................................................................................... 57
5 SCOPE OF WORK ......................................................................................................................... 58
6 ROLES AND RESPONSIBILITIES ................................................................................................ 59
6.1 TELECOM SERVICE PROVIDER .................................................................................................................... 59
6.2 CLIENT - AITL ........................................................................................................................................... 60
6.3 MASTER SYSTEM INTEGRATOR.................................................................................................................... 61
6.4 ENGINEERING, PROCUREMENT, AND CONSTRUCTION (EPC) CONTRACTOR ..................................................... 61
7 IMPLEMENTATION SCHEDULE .................................................................................................. 61
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1 Introduction
1.1 Project Background
Government of India (GoI) has envisaged the development of Delhi Mumbai Industrial Corridor
(DMIC) along the alignment of proposed multi-modal high axle load Dedicated Freight Corridor
(DFC) between Delhi and Mumbai. The corridor covers approximately 1483 km and passes
through six (6) states. To tap the development potential of the proposed freight corridor, a
band spanning 150 km on both sides of the freight corridor has been identified as the ‘Influence
Region’ and is proposed to be developed as DMIC. The multi-billion dollar DMIC is one of the
largest infrastructure and economic development programs in India’s history.
The Delhi Mumbai Industrial Corridor Development Corporation (DMICDC) acts as an
intermediary for the purposes of development and establishment of infrastructure projects and
facilities in India. It is responsible for developing and disseminating appropriate financial
instruments, negotiating loans and advances of all nature, and formulating schemes for
mobilization of resources and extension of credit for infrastructure. DMICDC undertakes
project development services for investment regions/ industrial areas/ economic regions/
industrial nodes and townships for various central agencies and state governments. The
shareholders of DMICDC include different agencies: Government of India represented through
Department of Industrial Policy and Promotion (DIPP), Ministry of Commerce and Industry,
Japan Bank for International Cooperation (JBIC), Housing and Urban Development
Corporation Limited (HUDCO), India Infrastructure Finance Company Limited (IIFCL) and Life
Insurance Corporation of India (LIC).
Maharashtra Industrial Development Corporation (MIDC) is the industrial development arm of
the Government of Maharashtra responsible for creating state-of-the-art infrastructure for
industrial development in each district of the state and assisting entrepreneurs in setting up
industrial units. Within a span of five (5) decades of its inception, MIDC has become the
premier industrial infrastructure development agency in India, a powerful engine of progress
with a trailblazing record and above all the pride of Maharashtra.
Together, DMICDC and MIDC for the development of this project have formed a Special
Purpose Vehicle (SPV) called Aurangabad Industrial Township Limited (AITL) to develop and
manage the new integrated industrial township as one of the four DMIC nodes in Maharashtra.
AITL will have 51% stake of MIDC and 49% stake of DMICDC. There are four shareholders
from Government of Maharashtra and three shareholders from Government of India. The
Board of Directors consists of three directors from the State Government: 1) Principal
Secretary – Industries, Government of Maharashtra, 2) Chief Executive Officer, MIDC, and,
3) Joint Chief Executive Officer, MIDC; and three directors from the Delhi Mumbai Industrial
Development Corporation (DMICDC): 1) CEO, DMICDC, 2) VP DMICDC, 3) Chief Financial
Officer, DMICDC. The Board is chaired by the Principal Secretary, Industries, Government of
Maharashtra. AITL will promote AURIC for development, management and operations for its
new integrated industrial township.
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Exhibit 1: Shendra-Bidkin
AURIC is strategically located near Aurangabad in Maharashtra. Besides an existing rail and
highway network that connects the new city with major cities in India, AURIC is approximately
10 minutes away from Aurangabad International Airport and approximately 30 minutes away
from downtown Aurangabad. The Jawaharlal Nehru Port Trust’s proposed dry port and
container terminal at Jalna is also approximately 40 minutes away.
AURIC is planned as an extension of the existing MIDC’s Shendra Industrial Park to the town
of Bidkin located near Aurangabad.
Development of AURIC has been divided into two (2) phases – Phase 1 is AURIC-Shendra
and Phase 2 is AURIC-Bidkin. AURIC-Shendra spreads across an area of approximately 8.45
sq.km while AURIC-Bidkin is spread across approximately 32.03 sq.km. Exhibit 1 above
shows the location map of Shendra and Bidkin areas of AURIC.
With the overall vision of developing AURIC as a smart greenfield industrial city, around sixty
(60) percent of the land-use of AURIC is intended for industrial purpose while remaining is
combination of residential, commercial, public amenities and project affected population
(PAP). The overall vision of the project includes implementation of state-of-the-art
infrastructure that will be highly reliable, available and integrated over technology.
1.2 Population and Employment Projection
Projected population is presented in Exhibit 2 below.
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Exhibit 2: SBIA-Population Projection
Source: Techno-Economic Validation for Shendra-Bidkin Industrial Area i.e. AURIC
Captive employees denote the number of working members living within the development- industrial township. Others are expected to be daily commuters to the development area. The estimated population is expected to be between 230,000 and 280,000 individuals. The population estimate shown in Exhibit 3 is based on employment dynamics. As the industrial city develops and is established as a prime location, the region is likely to witness increase in population.
Exhibit 3: SBIA-Employment Projection
Source: Techno-Economic Validation for Shendra-Bidkin Industrial Area i.e. AURIC
Indirect employment is estimated to be 50%-75% of the direct employment in the initial years, with the same increasing to about 125-130% by 2029. The total employment projection in the development is approximately 164,000 persons (cumulative of direct and indirect).
Some of the major industries that shares boundaries with AURIC include Audi India, Skoda Auto, Volkswagen, Perkins Engines and Siemens.
AITL also has an overall Program Manager and ICT Consultant for the development works at AURIC. EPC Contractors have been appointed for the civil trunk infrastructure, utilities work and its implementation at the Shendra and Bidkin areas respectively. The appointment of Master System Integrator (MSI) for implementation of the smart city ICT Components has also completed. Through an online e-Land Management System (LMS), AITL has started allocating various plots at Shendra and has successfully shortlisted candidates for allocation of 30 + major plots till date.
Cumulative Population
of approx. 75,000
Cumulative Population of approx. 230,000
Cumulative Employment
of approx. 50,000
Cumulative Employment of approx. 164,000
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2 Project Objectives
2.1 Overview
Traditionally, availability of modern and reliable voice, video and data services – termed as
triple play services, have been dependent on the availability and support of the required eco-
system from telecom service providers (TSPs)/telcos. Specifically, within the triple play
services, available and affordable data or broadband services are considered as one of the
key economic enablers. There have been various statistics around availability of broadband
being linked to the GDP. As per one of the studies conducted by World Bank, a 10% increase
in broadband penetration contributes to 1.2% increase in GDP. India had one of the slowest
average broadband speeds across in Asia Pacific with average speed at 2.5 Mbps in Q3 of
2015. Moreover, the peak average speed across in India was pegged at 18.7 Mbps. In
contrast, the global average speed was pegged at 5.1 Mbps while the peak average speed
was pegged at 32.2 Mbps. When compared to a country like South Korea which was ranked
first in this study, the average speed of broadband across South Korea was 20.5 Mbps while
the peak was at 86.6 Mbps.
Governments across the globe (including India) have taken various initiatives of implementing
the desired broadband network infrastructure to make broadband services available to citizens
at an affordable price point. Broadband is now considered as a fourth utility (after water, power
and gas) by residents and businesses, while deciding upon their preferred live or work places.
People invest in cities that offer state-of-the-art modern infrastructure. Connectivity is now a
necessity across cities for both residents and businesses. The concept of smart cities also has
a key focus on creating accessible, affordable and available broadband services across the
country.
Being a greenfield city, AURIC has an advantage of being able to implement an end-to-end fibre
optic infrastructure. As any greenfield smart city should be, AURIC is built around a philosophy
of ducting and fibre infrastructure as the number one priority to enable world class connectivity.
In the context of “Digital India”, Hon’ble Prime Minister Narendra Modi in his speech has quoted,
“Cities in the past were built on riverbanks. They are now built along highways. But in the future,
they will be built based on availability of optical fibre networks and next-generation
infrastructure”. Benefits of an optical fibre network are numerous and well established. An optical
fibre network is faster, reliable, sustainable, advanced and secure. A network of this kind will:
Improve the quality of life of end users in AURIC;
Encourage businesses of all sizes, from SMEs to large international corporations from
the high speeds of fibre optic broadband infrastructure;
Create more favorable innovation and investment opportunities in and around AURIC;
Boost the efficiency of e-government services.
Faster, reliable and secure optical fibre network will also make government data more
accessible, facilitate the development of new applications and services; reduce government
costs and the costs of accessing government services by increasing the use of e-governance
services.
The citizen today is looking at choices in terms of availability of different TSPs along with
affordable and available modern telecom services. However, the availability of TSPs in a
particular area is also dependent on the profitability index that the TSPs evaluate while
deciding to implement and operate their respective infrastructure. The biggest challenge in
achieving high and affordable broadband penetration is the lack of availability of high-quality
infrastructure. Besides, the telcos need to apply for RoWs and other permits for their
infrastructure, incur the CAPEX for their infrastructure and ultimately get a subscriber.
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To address these challenges and create a win-win for the telcos and the citizens, AITL is
investing in developing an end-to-end fibre optic infrastructure that allows for both flexibility
and growth. This will save the telcos the front end investment in trenching, conduit, cable, and
other civil infrastructure as well as the RoW. TSPs will also have the quickest access to
customers/subscribers using this option as they don’t have to wait for any setup of
infrastructure required to reach the customers. They can use the AITL provided infrastructure
to immediately provide their services. With this, the services provided by TSP can be most
advanced with best plans for the customers. Because of this, the citizens will also have the
maximum number of options in terms of TSPs and their services at price points that are
affordable and accessible.
2.2 Objectives
Before presenting the objectives, it is worth describing the current land use for AURIC Phase
1 i.e. Shendra to provide a sense of population and density mix. There will be plots that will be
owned and developed by AITL as municipal / administrative / other government offices. These
will be called as AITL plots. There will be other AITL plots owned by AITL and developed as
public amenities/utilities like shopping malls, police station, community shopping, municipal
schools, temples, point of presence, electric sub-station, effluent and waste management etc.
The remaining plots will be called as non-AITL plots and a set of that will comprise of industrial,
commercial, and residential plots that will be developed by the respective plot holders. The
other set of non-AITL plots will be project affected population (PAP) plots that will be allotted
to the existing population being affected by the project.
As part of its vision, AITL intends setting up infrastructure for telecommunication services for
Shendra by leasing out dedicated backbone and distribution fibre optic infrastructure to the
telecom service providers.
The objective of this EOI is to shortlist eligible and interested TSPs, who would later be invited
to submit detailed technical and financial proposals for the leasing of dark fibre infrastructure
for offering triple play services at Shendra area of AURIC. The ultimate aim of this EOI is:
To shortlist eligible TSPs, who would later be invited to submit financial bids for the
leasing of Dark Fibre;
Price discovery through RFQ cum RFP for shortlisted and eligible TSPs (revenue
sharing);
Delivering advanced fibre based telecom services until the Plots, adhering to the DC
Rules of AURIC.
Benchmarking the TSP services to avoid any monopoly;
Providing best services at competitive price to the customers;
Ultimately, achieve the result of obtaining the best revenue for the AURIC assets.
3 Existing Conditions
3.1 Proposed ICT Infrastructure
3.1.1 Overview
An underlying enabler of a smart city is a highly reliable and available fibre optic infrastructure.
AURIC-Shendra will be the first city of its kind that will have an end-to-end fibre optic
infrastructure with an overall FTT-X architecture for all its services. This infrastructure will be
used for both AITL and non-AITL services. It is expected that overall, fibre optic infrastructure
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will be used for connectivity to all ‘things’ being implemented as part of Shendra city and will
be the underlying enabler for connectivity.
3.1.2 Point of Presence
Point-of-Presence (POP) rooms are where all telecom services (AITL and non-AITL) will originate/terminate. This space will be shared between AITL services and tenants including Telecom Service Providers (TSP) and cellular among others. There will be five (5) POPs at geographically distributed locations across Shendra. The POPs shall have dedicated space for each of the tenant. POPs may also have the main cellular towers co-located in the same plot location with dedicated space for cellular services.
3.1.3 Fibre Optic Civil Infrastructure
The fibre optic network will be installed using the trench, manholes and handholes, and ducts being provided by AITL. Details related to each of the component of the fibre optic civil infrastructure are presented below:
Trench
The trench for the purposes of the project includes trench for backbone, distribution, and access network. The backbone and distribution trench is divided into two (2) parts (indicative):
For the backbone and distribution for 60m, 45m, 30m Right-of-Way (RoW), there will be a concrete encased trench (called the main trench) that will be provided by AITL through its EPC Contractor. The main trench shall be provided with a tray based system and shall have dedicated tray for fibre optic infrastructure for the duct installations.
For the backbone and distribution trench for less than 30m RoW, open trench will be provided by AITL on one side of the road that shall be used for installation of the fibre optic infrastructure. AITL will also provide Hume pipes for crossing to connect the other side of the roads which will be used for installing the fibre optic infrastructure.
For the last mile connectivity to the plots, access trench is provided by AITL to every plot from the main trench.
Manhole and Handhole
AITL shall provide manholes and handholes at strategic locations for fibre optic backbone and distribution infrastructure. The manholes shall be used to place the splice enclosures and connect the plots. From these manholes, there will be dedicated connectivity to the respective plots. Handholes will generally be provided at intersections for future purposes, and at other strategic locations. It is possible that the manholes for concrete encased trench may be provisioned through dedicated space inside the trench itself.
Conduits/Ducts
The fibre optic cable shall be installed inside dedicated Permanently Lubricated (PLB) High Density Polyethylene (HDPE) smooth wall configuration ducts inside the main trench. There are two (2) types of ducts for fibre optic laying to fulfill the end-to-end connectivity of the ICT infrastructure for TSPs:
4x40mm (OD) HDPE ducts inside its dedicated HDPE outersleeve for backbone and distribution infrastructure. AITL plans to dedicate single 40mm duct from each of these ducts to each TSP respectively.
7x20mm (OD) HDPE ducts with one HDPE outersleeve for connectivity to every plot. AITL plans to dedicate single 20mm duct from this to each TSP. This duct will be terminated just outside the property line of non-AITL plots from where, the TSP will
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enable the duct to the telecom room via the plot developer. For the AITL plots, AITL will provide the duct end to end until the plot MTR.
Each of these conduits will be colour coded as per EIA/TIA 598 standard to ensure ease of allocation and maintenance based on various services.
Last Mile Connectivity and OFC:
A dedicated 96 strands of fibre optic cable will be provided to each TSP for its telecom
requirements across the backbone and distribution network. This will be installed inside
dedicated 1x40mm HDPE duct allocated to each TSP.
For the last mile connectivity to the non-AITL plots that will be developed by the respective
plot developers, AITL shall provide the dedicated 20mm HDPE duct just outside the property
line on a per plot basis (using the 7x20mm architecture). At the property line, this duct shall
be stubbed out, capped and sealed. Subsequently, the plot developer shall bring his dedicated
duct infrastructure along with AITL specified OFC from inside the plot until the point where the
AITL duct has been stubbed out, and join the two ducts using industry standard grade coupler
or using a handhole. This will enable end-to-end connectivity for all non-AITL plots. The
splicing between the plot holder provided OFC and AITL provided OFC will be provided by the
plot developer/TSP under AITL’s supervision.
3.2 Ongoing Initiatives at AURIC
The overall vision of AURIC includes positioning of Information & Communications Technology
(ICT) as the key enabler to integrate various functions of the city development and operations,
provide advanced and affordable services to the citizens along with efficient governance and
management of the city operations. In addition, the Client also has an overall Program
Manager for the development of AURIC. EPC Contractors have been appointed for the civil
trunk infrastructure, utilities work and the implementation at the Shendra area. Following
infographics presents the City ICT components planned for AURIC-Shendra.
Exhibit 4: Smart city ICT Components
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Following table lists components provided by others in the area:
Component Project requirement
Smart City ICT
Components
A Master System Integrator (MSI) has been appointed by AITL for
Supply, Implementation, Integration, Operations and Maintenance of
Smart City ICT Components. This includes Fibre Optic Infrastructure,
City-Wide Wi-Fi, AURIC e-Governance and ERP (AEE), CCTV
Surveillance System including Automatic Traffic Counter and Classifier
(ATCC), Multi-Services Digital Kiosks and Emergency Communications,
ICT interface for Smart Solid Waste Management with CAD/AVL,
Environmental Sensors, Automatic Vehicle Location (AVL) System,
Other In-Facility Systems Solar Panel with Batteries, IT Infrastructure,
AURIC Control Centre (ACC).
Passive Infrastructure
for Cellular Services
A tower company will be appointed by AITL for the installation, operations
and maintenance of passive infrastructure for cellular services including
cellular towers and integrated smart poles. AITL will also provide
dedicated space to the tower company for installation of towers and co-
location of equipment (provided by cellular service providers).
ICT interface with
Power, Water and
Street Lighting
Infrastructure for
Internet of Things (IoT)
At present, EPC Contractor is implementing the civil and utilities trunk
infrastructure. The water, power and street lighting infrastructure being
provided by the EPC Contractor will be SCADA based and will be
integrated at the ACC for the purposes of monitoring and control of critical
parameters.
Hosting Services AITL will appoint a cloud service provider for meeting the hosting needs
of the Project. Part of the Project IT infrastructure in the form of servers
will be used via Infrastructure-as-a-Services (IaaS) provided by the cloud
service provider.
Civil Trench for Fibre
Optic Infrastructure EPC Contractor shall be providing the civil trench for the fibre optic
infrastructure at majority of the places for backbone and distribution
network. Details of this trench have been provided as part of this EOI.
AURIC Hall for ACC AURIC Hall EPC Contractor shall be responsible for the design-build of
the AURIC Hall building. This is the location where the ACC will be
implemented.
Solid Waste
Management
Operations Agency
AITL will appoint a dedicated agency for solid waste collection and
operations.
e-Land Management
System
AITL has implemented an e-Land Management System (e-LMS) which
is being used for land allotment and management.
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3.3 Current Site Conditions
Currently, onsite civil works by EPC Contractor are ongoing for 60m, 45m, and 30m RoW.
Trench Excavation works for HCT are in progress and the casting work of precast trenches
for HCT at 60m RoW are almost completed. Road compaction works are also partially
completed for all the roads. Sewerage line laying works, Water Supply pipe laying works, and
utility trenching works in progress at both side of road. AURIC Hall construction works are in
progress. ROB – 1 construction works and Major culvert concrete work at junction point is in
progress.
Exhibit 5: AURIC Hall Construction Progress
Exhibit 6: Laying of RCC Trench in progress
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Exhibit 7: 60m RoW - Junction next to Perkins
Exhibit 8: 45m RoW
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Exhibit 9: 30m RoW
Exhibit 10: Water supply pipe laying works at utility lane
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Exhibit 11: Construction work-in progress at ROB
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4 Business and Functional Requirements
4.1 Business Requirements
BR 1 Various telecom services including voice, video and data will be provided as part of
AURIC’s project area by the TSPs.
BR 2 TSP shall lease dark fibre optic infrastructure from AITL to offer their voice, video and
data services and shall design the best competitive plans for the customers in AURIC.
If the services and special tariff plans are customized at any time, it shall be done in
mutual understanding between TSP and AITL.
BR 3 There is no copper connectivity envisioned in the outside plant. All triple play services
must be delivered over fibre optic cable.
BR 4 TSP shall have a gross adjusted revenue share percentage with AITL on the audited
billing records of customer of TSP located at Shendra who availed Telecom Services
from the TSP.
BR 5 The availability of Fibre based backbone communications for Shendra is envisaged to
meet or exceed 99.99%. This implies that the uptime of OFC to be leased by TSPs will
be 99.99% considerable.
BR 6 For the TSPs, only the ‘bare-shell’ infrastructure with partitioned space within the POP
shall be provided as a part of this Project. The tenants shall be responsible for using
this ‘bare-shell’ infrastructure space and provide all their required actives or other
infrastructure inside their dedicated space.
BR 7 Cloud MPLS/leased line links (100 Mbps) between Shendra and CSP locations shall
be provided at market rate to the Client. This is expected from the first two (2) TSPs
awarded the dark fibre leasing by AITL.
BR 8 Internet services for all the AURIC Floors at AURIC Hall shall be provided at no cost to
the Client – 100 Mbps. This is expected from first two (2) TSPs that are awarded the
dark fibre leasing by AITL. It is expected that there will be two (2) dedicated 100 Mbps
leased line links for command and control center and two (2) dedicated 100 Mbps
leased line links at AURIC Hall floors dedicated for use of AURIC.
BR 9 24x7 Customer Care phone number shall be provided at no cost to the Client. Moreover,
Intercom facility between all AURIC Offices (10 locations) shall be provided at no cost
to the client.
BR 10 All splicing for distribution network of TSPs and other tenants shall be the responsibility
of the respective TSPs and tenants under the supervision of AITL.
BR 11 The TSP shall provide its telecom services in conformity with the specifications and
standards as per Department of Telecommunication (DoT) and/or Telecom Regulatory
Authority of India (TRAI) guidelines amended at time to time basis. Further, service
provided to the customers located at Shendra shall be subject to Indian Telegraph Act
1885 and tariff circulars issued by respective TSP at time to time basis.
BR 12 The TSP shall not be allowed to sublease any OFC strands to any other Third Party
and generate revenue.
BR 13 AITL is free to have a revenue share model with multiple telecom service providers in
Shendra at the established % discovered through this process.
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BR 14 TSP shall refer to ICT guidelines published on Client’s website and updated from time-
to-time for compliance.
4.2 Functional Requirements
FR 1 Each TSP shall get a dedicated 96 count fibre optic cable throughout Shendra. This 96
count cable will be installed inside dedicated conduit infrastructure of 40mm throughout
the backbone and distribution trench. Additionally, at two (2) ROB locations being built
by AITL, AURIC will provide conduit to each TSP at the time of signing this
arrangement.
FR 2 This 96 count fibre optic cable shall be provided between all POP locations and end-to-
end across entire project area for backbone and distribution network.
FR 3 All TSPs shall terminate their equipment inside the POPs. It is expected that the TSPs
will terminate their outside fibre in at least one POP, with conduit and interconnection
fibre provided by AITL at a designated demarcation point at the boundary of the project
area. All cost associated with bringing the outside fibre until this demarcation point shall
be borne by the TSP.
FR 4 There are two (2) types of ducts for fibre optic laying to fulfill the end-to-end connectivity
of the ICT infrastructure:
4x40mm (OD) HDPE ducts, each set of 4-40mm installed inside its dedicated
HDPE outersleeve for backbone and distribution infrastructure. AITL plans to
reserve single dedicated 40mm duct from each of these ducts for each TSP.
7x20mm (OD) HDPE ducts with one HDPE outersleeve for connectivity to
every plot. AITL plans to reserve dedicated single 20mm duct from this for each
TSP. This duct will be terminated just outside the property line of non-AITL plots
from where, the TSP will enable the duct to the telecom room via the plot
developer. For the AITL plots, AITL will provide the duct end to end until the
plot MTR.
FR 5 All the active electronics for end customer shall be supplied, installed, operated, and
maintained by the TSP. Any damage to AURIC/Third Party Infrastructure or
equipment's will have to be made good by TSP at their own costs.
FR 6 In case of unavailability of AITL fibre at a particular location during construction, the
TSP shall make arrangements for wireless/radio based interim connectivity to the
customers as required at no additional cost to the Client.
FR 7 The TSPs shall be given only bare shell space in the POP room with partition and
supplied with fibre cross connect capability to the fibre optic backbone and distribution
network within project area. The TSPs shall be responsible for any additional
infrastructure required inside their respective space, such as UPS power and air
conditioning.
FR 8 POPs shall have an access control and CCTV surveillance system for secure access
and monitoring provided by AITL.
FR 9 POP rooms shall have separate electrical feeds for power. This shall be coordinated
with the EPC contractor. Each TSP shall have separated metered power, supplied from
the main electrical panel located in the AITL suite. The TSP will setup energy meters in
its designated area and pay as per actual for its own electricity usage. TSP shall be
responsible for providing any temporary power required during construction phase. Any
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temporary power required for the POP rooms during course of construction shall be the
responsibility of the respective TSP.
FR 10 The TSP shall integrate TSP billing solution with client ERP System for transparent
revenue sharing information. The Client is implementing an SAP based system for their
ERP requirements. The details on gross bills of TSPs shall be shared with AITL at the
last day of every calendar month.
FR 11 The AITL dedicated space inside the POP will be the entry point for all outside plant
fibre optic cable. The outdoor cables will terminated on wall mounted cabinets, and be
spliced to fibre distribution frames, where the fibre connections will be distributed to
AITL equipment and TSP equipment, per fibre distribution cables to each TSP room.
FR 12 The fibre demarcation point at the plot shall be the patch panel and the dedicated
distribution frame in respective TSP room at the POP. All outside plant infrastructure
shall terminate at the AITL space at the POP and then will be cross connected to fibre
patch cables connecting each partition suite for TSPs and cellular space.
FR 13 First two (2) TSPs that lease fibre from AITL shall provide additional Cloud services via
100Mbps or better MPLS/leased line links between Shendra and CSP locations at
market rates to the Client. These links shall support requirements for e-governance and
ERP services for AITL and the resident citizens and shall support access of services
using Internet.
FR 14 The first two (2) shortlisted TSPs shall provide Internet services via dedicated 100 Mbps
or better ISP leased line links for command and control room and dedicated 100 Mbps
or better ISP leased line links for other AURIC offices at AURIC Hall at no cost to the
Client.
5 Scope of Work
Following is the scope of work for the Telecom Service Provider:
1. The TSP shall provide its telecom services in conformity with the specifications and standards as per Department of Telecommunication (DoT) and/or Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) guidelines. Further, service provided to the customers located at Shendra shall be subject to Indian Telegraph Act 1885 and tariff circulars issued by respective TSP’s;
2. The TSP shall use AITL fibre to create their network to provide triple play (Voice, Video and Data) services to the end customer;
3. The TSP shall deliver advanced fibre based telecom services until the plots, adhering to the DC Rules of AURIC.
4. The TSP shall share gross revenue % of the billed amount monthly with AURIC. At any given time, TSP shall ensure that there are no discrepancies between amount billed to customer vs information shared with AURIC and % revenue paid to AURIC. The gross revenue % payments shall be made to AITL on a quarterly basis;
5. The TSP shall integrate TSP billing solution with client ERP System (SAP) for transparent revenue sharing;
6. The TSP shall evaluate the target number of subscribers, services, and provide the revenue details projected upto 4 years, 5-9 years, and 10-15 years as part of its technical proposal in Stage 2 i.e. RFP stage;
7. The TSP shall work with AURIC to create a level play in terms of establishing plans
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that are affordable and modern for citizens;
8. The TSP shall ensure the best technology at competitive tariff plans for its customer;
9. The TSP shall use AITL provided termination panels to terminate their cable at the POP. This shall be done in coordination with the MSI;
10. The TSP shall Supply, Install, Operate, and Maintain active electronics and last mile connectivity for end customer;
11. In case of unavailability of AITL fibre at a particular location, the TSP shall make arrangements for interim connectivity to the customers during the construction phase. The TSP shall provide as a part of its technical proposal as part of Stage 2 - RFQ cum RFP, an action plan for the same;
12. The TSP shall ensure that the environmental impact of the services offered are as per the applicable regulatory standards and directives;
13. The first two (2) TSPs shall provide a 100 Mbps or better MPLS/Leased line links between Shendra and Cloud Service Provider (CSP) locations at market rates to the Client;
14. The first two (2) TSPs shall provide Internet services via 100 Mbps or better ISP leased line links for all the AURIC Floors at AURIC Hall (two links for command and control center and two for AURIC floors at AURIC Hall). This will be complimentary and will be provided at no cost to the Client;
15. The TSP shall setup 24x7 customer care phone number for AURIC including Intercom facility between AURIC Offices for entire duration of Project;
16. The TSP shall setup energy meters in its designated area and pay as per actual for its own electricity usage. TSP shall arrange and provide any temporary power required during the construction stage as needed to provide its services;
17. The TSP shall coordinate with the EPC Contractor, the MSI, the Cloud service provider, and AITL as required.
6 Roles and Responsibilities
6.1 Telecom Service Provider
Following are the responsibilities of the TSPs:
1. The cost and expenses of the entire active infrastructure including, but not limited to, all active network equipment & related accessories for provision and establishment of Telecom Services shall be borne by the TSP. The TSP shall be responsible for the operation and maintenance cost as well as for the cost of any upgradation in the active network infrastructure laid by it for provisioning the Telecom Services in Shendra;
2. TSP shall be responsible to obtaining prior approval required, if any, from Department of Telecommunication (DoT) and/or Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) or any other Statutory Authorities (and share the same with AITL) with respect to erecting active infrastructure and providing Telecom Services to its consumer located in the Shendra and shall at all time ensure to keep such approvals valid till date of expiry of this agreement;
3. TSPs shall provide design inputs to AITL and MSI for the fibre optic infrastructure;
4. TSP shall directly collect dues payable to it by the customers located at Shendra. AITL shall not in any way be liable or responsible for the non-payment or delayed payment
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of the dues to by its consumer located at Shendra;
5. TSP shall bear all capital and recurring expenses for active and passive infrastructure outside Shendra to reach the nearest POP location;
6. TSP shall be responsible for any additional infrastructure required inside their respective space, such as UPS power, air conditioning etc.;
7. TSP shall be responsible for the safety and security of its personnel;
8. TSP shall coordinate with MSI for splicing works (to be done under supervision of AITL);
9. TSP shall coordinate with CSP for the MPLS/Leased Line links;
10. POPs shall have an access control and CCTV surveillance system for secure access and monitoring. There shall be swipe access and sign in for each TSP managing access to and from the POP. TSP shall intimate the number of personnel, if any, who shall be stationed at the POP facility as and when required. All TSP personnel entering Shendra for maintenance purpose shall carry valid ID proof and follow all entry and security rules of Shendra.
11. TSP shall pay any cost associated with fibre optic infrastructure repair (owned by the Client) in case any damages caused by the Telecom Service Provider as per actuals. Client has an authorized agency responsible for O&M of the fibre optic infrastructure. The SLAs associated with this shall be provided as part of the RFP (Stage 2).
6.2 Client - AITL
1. AITL shall provide the following infrastructure and facilities as part of this arrangement:
a. Dedicated RoW to the shortlisted TSPs within Shendra Project area using the trench being provided as part of the Project area at no cost;
b. Point of Presence (POP) spaces with raw power (made available only after commissioning by EPC contractor). Payment to be made by TSP as per actual;
c. ICT Civil infrastructure including trench, cable tray, conduit, manhole, and handhole;
d. Dedicated 40mm duct with dedicated 96 strands of fibre for backbone and distribution; and
e. Dedicated 20 mm duct for last mile connectivity.
i. For AITL plots, the 20mm duct is provided till the telecom room within the plot,
ii. For non-AITL plots, the 20mm duct is provided only till the nearest manhole just outside the property line of the plot. The TSP will enable the duct to the telecom room via the plot developer.
2. AITL shall share its infrastructure with TSP to enable TSP to provide Telecom Services as agreed subject to revenue sharing by TSP with AITL;
3. The availability of Fibre based backbone communications for passive network for Shendra is envisaged to meet or exceed 99.99%;
4. AITL shall provide the required space for each TSP inside its POP rooms on a chargeable basis to ensure smooth telecom operations. The TSPs shall be given only bare shell space with partition and supplied with fibre cross connect capability to the fibre optic backbone and distribution network within Shendra. The TSPs shall be responsible for any additional infrastructure required inside their respective space, such as UPS power and air conditioning;
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5. AITL shall support to get power supply (excluding UPS), water supply, and other necessary utilities at POP for TSP to operate smoothly. All the expenses will be borne by the TSP;
6. The overall passive ‘dark fibre’ distribution infrastructure, including fibre optic connections that will connect the POP to its local subscribers (residential and commercial/ industrial plots) shall be provided by AITL through MSI;
7. Till the validity of contract, AITL shall facilitate at all time, access to authorized TSP personnel for equipment installation and maintenance;
6.3 Master System Integrator
1. MSI shall lay end to end fibre optic infrastructure throughout the project site;
2. MSI shall undertake a detailed and comprehensive network architecture design validation of smart ICT components covering all the locations in Shendra, IT and physical infrastructure in line with the overall objective and requirements of the project. MSI shall identify the space required for setting up the network infrastructure at each of the location;
3. MSI shall coordinate and validate with the Client the detailed cable routing along with locations of joints, terminations etc.;
4. MSI to coordinate with EPC Contractor for all civil requirements and ensure all design requirements are met on-site;
5. MSI shall implement access control system at POP rooms and ACC facility;
6. MSI shall be responsible for all civil, electrical and communication works required for implementing Access Control at POP rooms and ACC.
7. MSI shall install Building Management System (BMS) at POP room for integrated monitoring, control and automation of multiple building components.
6.4 Engineering, Procurement, and Construction (EPC) Contractor
1. EPC Contractor shall provide end-to-end concrete encased trench with dedicated tray for fibre for the backbone fibre optic infrastructure for all RoWs except lesser than 30m. MSI to leverage this concrete encased trench for implementing its fibre optic infrastructure;
2. EPC Contractor to provide manholes and handholes at strategic locations for connectivity to field devices across backbone and distribution network. MSI to coordinate with EPC Contractor for the manhole and handhole locations, detailed design and access. MSI to provide handholes for within AITL plots and any additional required for field level connectivity;
7 Implementation Schedule
AITL shall handover the fibre optic infrastructure to the TSP upon signing of the contract and as per actual readiness of the infrastructure. It is expected that all the telecom services including voice, video, data shall be accessible for the citizens from day 1 they start residing. The TSP shall hence deliver all telecom services at the best possible price before the citizens come in and start living. TSP shall refer to the RFQ cum RFP for the Master System Integrator to understand implementation schedules for the Smart City ICT Components.
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