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SECTION - I NOTICE FOR EXPRESSION OF INTEREST
BHARAT SANCHAR NIGAM LIMITED (A Government of India Enterprise)
O/o General Manager Telecom District Telephone Exchange Campus, Awas Vikas Road,
Haldwani, Nainital, (UKD) - 263139
NO. : OP-4/Tender/E.A./AMC/GMTD/NT/2015-16 Dated 21-01-2016.
ON BEHALF OF CHAIRMAN AND MANAGING DIRECTOR, BHARAT SANCHAR
NIGAM LIMITED, EXPRESION OF INTEREST (EOI) ARE INVITED FOR “ANNUAL
MAINTENANCE & REPAIRING” AND “COMPREHENSIVE OPERATIONS &
MAINTENANCE”(AT SELECT FEW STATIONS) OF DG SETS AND SUPPORT IF ANY TO
TELECOM INSTALLATIONS IN EXCHANGE/BTS PREMISES SPREAD ACROSS NAINITAL
TELECOM DISTRICT COVERING NAINITAL, UDHAM SINGH NAGAR AND PART OF
CHAMPAWAT DISTRICTS IN UTTARAKHAND STATE. THE COMPANIES REGISTERED IN
INDIA UNDER INDIAN COMPANY ACT 1956 OR PROPERIOTRSHIP FIRMS HAVING
REGISTERED WITH GOVERNMENT FOR CONDUCTION OF SUCH BUSINESS, HAVING
SOUND FINANCIAL CAPABILITY AND HAVING SUCCESSFULLY EXECUTED INFRA
OPERATIONS & MAINTENANCE SUCH AS BATTERY/POWER PLANTS OR DG SETS
CONTRACT WITH ANY TELECOM SERVICE PROVIDER/ INFRA OPERATORS/ ANY
OTHER GOVERNMENT OR PRIVATE COMPANIES IN INDIA, ARE ELIGIBLE TO
PARTICIPATE IN THE EOI.
BID SECURITY IN THE FORM OF BANK GUARANTEE/ DEMAND DRAFT WILL BE RS 3,25,000/-(RUPEES THREE LAC TWENTY FIVE THOUSAND ONLY). INTENDING BIDDERS MAY DOWNLOAD COPY OF THE COMMERCIAL CONDITIONS ALONG WITH RELEVANT SPECIFICATIONS FROM THE BSNL WEB SITE NO <www.tenderwizard.com or
2-www.tenderwizard.com/BSNL 3-http://www.tender.bsnl.co.in >, ON PAYMENT OF RS 2270/-
(RUPEES TWO THOUSAND TWO HUNDRED SEVENTY ONLY) NON-REFUNDABLE, WITH EFFECT FROM ---------------------- THE PAYMENT WILL BE ACCEPTED IN THE FORM OF CROSSED DEMAND DRAFT DRAWN ON ANY SCHEDULED BANK , IN FAVOUR OF ACCOUNT OFFICER (CASH), BHARAT SANCHAR NIGAM LIMITED, O/o GM TELECOM DISTRICTS PAYABLE AT HALDWANI OR CASH RECEIPT ISSUED BY ACCOUNTS OFFICER(CASH) AGAINST RECEIPT OF PAYMENT.
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(A Govt. of India Enterprise)
Office of The General Manager Telecom, Nainital H.Q. at Haldwani –263141. Notice Inviting Tender
The General Manager Telecom District, Nainital, HQ-Haldwani invites e-tender on behalf of
BSNL. for “ANNUAL MAINTENANCE & REPAIRING” AND “COMPREHENSIVE
OPERATIONS & MAINTENANCE”(AT SELECT FEW STATIONS) OF DG SETS in Nainital SSA” from
reputed concerns. The details are given below:-
SALIENT DETAILS OF BID AND SCHEDULE OF E-BIDDING PROCESS Sl. No Item Particulars
1 Name of Tender ANNUAL MAINTENANCE & REPAIRING contract including
COMPREHENSIVE OPERATIONS & MAINTENANCE(AT SELECT
FEW STATIONS) OF DG SETS AND SUPPORT IF ANY TO TELECOM
INSTALLATIONS IN EXCHANGE/BTS PREMISES SPREAD ACROSS
NAINITAL TELECOM DISTRICT
.
2 Tender Notice Nos & Dates NO. : OP-4/Tender/E.A./AMC/GMTD/NT/2015-16 Dated 21-01-
2016.
3 Estimated Cost, Bid Security
(EMD) and Bid Cost
Area of
operation
Estimated Cost
in Rs/ per Year
Bid Security
(EMD) in Rs
Cost of Bid
Document in Rs
Nainital SSA 1,30,00,000/- 3,25,000/- 2270.00
4 Availability of tender document with
downloading and processing for
bidding.
1-www.tenderwizard.com or 2-www.tenderwizard.com/BSNL
3-http://www.tender.bsnl.co.in (Only for viewing and downloading
but no processing for bidding). Download from 22-01-2016
onwards
5 Date of receipt of queries form
bidders
30-01-2016 Up to 17.00 Hrs
6 Reply of queries by BSNL 06-02-2016 Before 17.00 Hrs
7 (a)Last Date of Submission of
Tender in electronic bidding (e -
bidding)
(b)Last date for submission of
Physical Copy of original EMD
and Tender Cost and copies of
other relevant documents as
mentioned in bid document.
(a) 10-02-2016 Time : 17.00 Hrs
(b) 11-02-2016 Time : 17.00 Hrs
8 Date & Time of Opening of e-
Tender (Technical Bid only)
12-02-2016 Time : 11.30 Hrs
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Note: In case the last date of submission/opening of bid are declared as holiday, last date of
submission/opening of bid will get shifted automatically to next working day at the same scheduled time.
Any change in bid submission/opening date due to any other unavoidable reasons will be notified through
the BSNL web site and/or e-Tender Portal and/or newspapers
SECTION II
INSTRUCTIONS TO BIDDERS
INTRODUCTION
1. DEFINITIONS
(a) "The BSNL" means the Bharat Sanchar Nigam Ltd. (BSNL), New Delhi
(b) "The Bidder" means the company who participates in this EOI and submits its bid.
(c) ”The Contractor" means the company supplying the goods and services under the contract.
(d) "The Goods" means all the equipment, machinery, and/or other materials which the Supplier is required to supply to the BSNL under the contract.
(e) "The Advance Work Order" means the intention of BSNL to place the work Order on the bidder.
(f) "The Purchase Order" means the order placed by the BSNL on the Supplier signed by the BSNL including all attachments and appendices thereto and all documents incorporated by reference therein. The purchase order shall be deemed as "Contract" appearing in the document.
(g) "The Contract Price/Value" means the price payable to the Supplier under the purchase order for the full and proper performance of its contractual obligations.
(h) The Delivery & Contract Period : Delivery Period is the period of the contract in which contractor has to complete the obligation of setting up of network for delivery of services. Contract period is the overall period of contract for Managed Capacity and Managed Services.
(i) Comprehensive Operations and Maintenance (COM) means upkeep, operations, servicing, repairing and maintenance of DG sets and other telecom installations installed at the station.
(j) DG Management- DG once handed over to the contractor has to be fully managed by contractor which include servicing, preventive maintenance and, repairing including replacement of parts if any found unserviceable after handing over DG by BSNL, during contract period. BSNL may ask contractor to perform operations & day to day upkeep of DG & station under DG Management contract. Replacement of parts etc does not include self replacement /up gradation by contractor but includes replacement/up gradation as per approval of BSNL.
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(k) CPH & Energy Cost Reimbursements- CPH Means Fuel Consumption Per Hour and Energy Cost Reimbursement is reimbursement of cost of diesel & electricity by BSNL towards operations of infra at site. This also includes fixed monthly charges for provision of EB at site.
(l) "Telecom Service Provider" means any Telecom operator in India, who is licensed by the Department of Telecommunications ( DOT ), Government of India to provide telecom services to the general public or to the other DOT licensed Telecom operators. "Telecom Service Provider" also refers to any Telecom operator in other countries providing telecom services to general public of that country or to other telecom operators of the same country.
2. INTENT OF BID
On behalf of Chairman and Managing Director, Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited,
Expression of Interest are invited from eligible Indian companies, for AMC and
comprehensive operations & maintenance of Diesel Generator Sets of various
capacities starting from 10 KVA up to 63 KVAs installed at BSNL/NBSNL BTS
exchanges/stations of GSM/WCDMA network and getting EB connections (if
required) from UAL PCL, in Uttarakhand Telecom Circle. These sites are installed at
BSNL own building and/or rented land/building/houses and spread both in urban
and rural areas of Nainital Telecom Districts in Uttarakhand Telecom Circle. The
interested bidders shall have to perform:
2.1 Pre check of DG sets installed at various stations offered under contract and take
over all DG Sets in operational conditions at their optimum level. Deficiency at
minor or major levels if any found, shall be got corrected by contractor before taking
over DG Set under contract. However BSNL shall pay cost towards such
repairing/servicing.
2.2 DG sets once made over shall be under broad/ direct supervision of the contractor who shall perform all works related to routine servicing as per
schedule, perform minor repairing as per need and shall ensure that all DG Sets shall perform at optimum level.
2.3 BSNL shall ask contractor to perform operations of DG sets directly at some of designated stations. Here in this case contractor has to perform day to day support if any to station as per details given in below mentioned clauses.
2.4 Support if any to all installations at station & premises in clean and hygienic conditions including safeguarding same from approach /mishandling of intruders. This also includes escalation of alarms of infra and other
installations (not covered under maintenance contract) to designated BSNL authorities as per schedule of upkeep defined by BSNL from time to time.
2.5 BSNL, based on mutually agreed terms and conditions, may ask bidder to supply fuel (diesel & other lubricants) to operate DG sets as per need. Under these circumstances, BSNL shall reimburse cost of fuel as per Consumption
pattern and DG run hour decided at different stations. The decision on this shall be taken only after due approval from competent authority.
3. Eligibility Conditions.
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The bidder should have experience for successful execution and completion of COMPREHENSIVE
OPERATIONS & MAINTENANCE AMC OF DG SETS varying from 10 KVA to 75 KVA or more, work
contract with any Telecom service provider / Infra operators & of above related any other
Government or Private Companies in India/ ( up to period ending 31st March 2015)/ Central
Government and/or their PSUs and /or in BSNL/MTNL or in any Nationalized/Scheduled Banks
in anywhere in India as per details given below:
a. At least one similar completed work costing not less than the amount equal to 80% of
estimated cost of tender in any one financial year of last seven financial years.
OR
b. At least two similar completed works costing not less than the amount equal 50% of
estimated cost of the tender in each financial year of last seven financial years.
OR
c. At least three similar completed works costing not less than the amount equal 40% of
estimated cost of the tender in each financial year of last seven financial years.
Experience certificate should have been issued by an officer not below the rank of JAG level or
equivalent officer of Central/State Govt./PSU’s and/or by work order issuing authority of other
organizations. The experience certificate shall have clear indication of Name of Organization with
name/designation of issuing authority, complete postal address with telephone, fax/Email addresses
for verification purposes, if needed. If photocopy is being attached same should be self attested.
Any adverse comment from certificate issuing authority regarding authenticity of document
submitted by bidder, shall debar bidder for participation in tender and bidder shall be liable
for criminal proceeding as per rules in this regard.
II The bidder shall be submitted electrical licence along with bid .If electrical licence not available , at
the time of agreement bidder shall have to submit the proof of submission of request for electrical
License from state electricity board Uttarakhand and within three month after the agreement bidder
shall be submitted the electrical licence to AGM (Plg ) O/o GMTD Nainital
III Self attested Photo copy of PAN card.
IV Proof of the firm status: The self attested photo copies of:
a. in case of partnership firm authentic copy of registered Partnership deed.
b. in case of proprietor ship firm, affidavit in original from the proprietor of the firm that he is the sole
proprietor of the firm.
c. in case of company registered under Indian Companies Act copy of Certificate of Incorporation and
Memorandum of Association of the firm.
d. As the case may be for above.
V Annual financial turnover for each year during the last three years, ending 31st march of the previous
financial year, should be at least 30% of the estimated cost. Bidder shall submit Annual Audited Reports
highlighting P&L accounts and Balance Sheet in support of their turnover. Bidders with mere Charted
Accountant certificate on turn over shall be required to submit Audited Annual Reports against turn over
before signing of Agreement with BSNL, failing which their offer shall likely to be rejected & EMD shall
be forfeited irrespective of their price ranking.
VI Copy of EPF Registration certificate, if not registered, enclose an undertaking declaring that it will be
obtained on award of contract within one month from the agreement.
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VII Copy of ESI Registration certificate, if not registered, enclose an undertaking declaring that it will be
obtained on award of contract within one month from the agreement.
VIII . Copy of Service Tax registration certificate.
IX. The bidder should submit an undertaking that he has not been black listed OR debarred from
participation in Tender anywhere in BSNL/MTNL/ DOT/PSU.
X. Certificates from all Directors/Partners/Owners of the biding firm stating that none of their near
relatives are working in BSNL/BBNL .
XI . Original 'Power of Attorney' in case person other than bidder has signed the documents.
XII Cost of the Tender document.
XIII . For exemption of the EMD in case of MSMEs and NSICs, the necessary valid certificate is to be
enclosed.
XIV. Bid form, duly filled in and signed by authorized representative.
XV. Labour license for any of ongoing works, and if not available at the time of bid submission or
there are no ongoing works, enclose a declaration letter mentioning that labour license will
be obtained on award of contract within stipulated period.
XVI. Tender Document(s), in original, must be duly filled in and signed by bidder or his authorized
representative along with seal on each page. All corrections and overwriting must be signed
with date by the bidder or his authorized representative.
4. COST OF BIDDING
The bidder shall bear all costs associated with the preparation and submission of the bid. The BSNL will, in no case, be responsible or liable for these costs, regardless of the conduct or outcome of the biding process.
5. DOCUMENTS REQUIRED
5.1 The bidding procedures and contract terms and conditions are prescribed in the Bid Documents. Bid document includes :
(a) Notice Inviting EOI
(b) Instructions to Bidders
(c) General(Commercial) Conditions of Contract
(d) Special conditions of Contract
(e) Schedule of Requirements
(f) Technical Specifications
(g) Bid Form and Price Schedules
(h) Bid Security Form
(i) Performance Security Bond Form
(j) Letter of authorization to attend bid opening.
5.2 The Bidder is expected to examine all instructions, forms, terms and specifications in
the Bid Documents. Failure to furnish all information required as per the Bid
Documents or submission of the bids not substantially responsive to the Bid
Documents in every respect will be at the bidder's risk and may result in
rejection of the bid.
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6. CLARIFICATION OF BID DOCUMENTS
6.1 A prospective bidder, requiring any clarification on the Bid Documents shall notify
the BSNL in writing or by FAX addressed to AGM (P) O/o GM Telecom District, 2nd
Floor, Telephone Exchange, Awas Vikas Road, Haldwani, Nainital. The BSNL shall
respond in writing to any request for the clarification of the Bid Documents, which it
receives not later than 15 days prior to the date of opening of the EOIs. Copies
of the query (without identifying the source) and clarifications by the BSNL shall be
sent to all the prospective bidders who have received the bid documents.
6.2 Any clarification issued by BSNL in response to query raised by prospective bidders
shall form an integral part of bid documents and it may amount to an amendment
of relevant clauses of the bid documents.
7. AMENDMENT OF BID DOCUMENTS
7.1 At any time, prior to the date of submission of Bids, the BSNL may, for any reason,
whether at its own initiative or in response to a clarification requested by a
prospective bidder, modify bid documents by amendments.
7.2 The amendments shall be notified in BSNL website or in news papers writing or by
FAX to all prospective bidders on the address intimated at the time of purchase of
the bid document from the BSNL and these amendments will be binding on them.
7.3 In order to afford prospective bidders a reasonable time to take the amendment into
account in preparing their bids, the BSNL may, at its discretion, extend the deadline
for the submission of bids suitably.
8. DOCUMENTS COMPRISING THE BID
The bid prepared by the bidder shall comprise the following components:
(a) Documentary evidence established in accordance with the clause 3 & 11 that the bidder is eligible to bid and is qualified to perform the contract if his bid is accepted.
(b) Bid Security furnished in accordance with clause 13(i).
(c) Compliance as per clause 12.1 (b)
(d) A Bid form and price schedule completed in accordance with clause 9 & 10.
9. BID FORM
The bidder shall complete bid form and Price Schedule furnished in the bid documents, as per Section VII.
10. BID PRICES AND PRICE SCHEDULE
10.1 Bidder shall pay cost of bid document as Rs. 2270/- only in the form of demand
draft drawn in favour of Accounts Officer (Cash), O/o GM TD Nainital, BSNL,
payable at Haldwani or pay cost in cash to BSNL Accounts Office and submit
original copy of cash receipt issued for this purpose.
10.2 All bids whether downloaded from BSNL website or purchased from BSNL Office
shall accompany the cost of bid document in the form of BDD or original cash
receipt issued from BSNL Accounts Office, as specified in the clause above.
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10.3 The bidder shall quote total composite price per month inclusive of all Levies &
Taxes for execution of contract, as per the price schedule given in Section VII. Prices
of incidental services if required, should also be quoted. The offer shall be firm in
Indian Rupees. No Foreign exchange will be paid by BSNL.
10.4 A bid submitted with an adjustable price quotation will be treated as non –
responsive and rejected.
11. DOCUMENTS ESTABLISHING BIDDER'S ELIGIBILITY AND QUALIFICATION
11.1 The bidder shall furnish, as part of the bid documents establishing the bidder's eligibility, the following documents or which ever is required as per terms and conditions of Bid Documents.
(i) Certificate of incorporation.
(ii) Article and Memorandum of Association
(iii) Copy of Partnership registered deed indicating liabilities of bidder and his/her partner in execution of business
(iii) Valid Registration certificate from State Director of Industries or from Secretariat for Industrial Approval (SIA), Ministry of Industries, Government of India.
(iv) Latest and valid NSIC Certificate duly certified by NSIC.
11.2 The Annual Reports duly audited by Registered Charted Accountants
11.3 (i) Experience Certificate from an Officer not less than Dy GM level or JAG level Officer of Government/ State/PSUs and/or General Manager Rank Officers from Private Companies
11.4 Valid registration certificate from Service Tax Department, EPF Registration Certificate from Labour Department and Valid PAN with proof on filing Income Tax Return for 2011-12.
12. DOCUMENTS ESTABLISHING CONFORMITY TO TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS
12.1 The documentary evidences of the conformity of the Goods and Services to the EOI, may be, in the form of literature, drawings, data etc. and the Bidder shall furnish :
(a) Detailed description of goods & services required to perform the contract with essential technical and performance characteristics;
(b) The compliance of techno-commercial eligibility of the terms, conditions and technical specification is sought through the following procedure:
(i) The Bidder shall demonstrate substantive responsiveness to the Purchaser’s technical specifications and commercial terms and conditions through a process of establishing non-material deviation/exceptions, solution and product documentation. The Bidder shall furnish an undertaking to the effect that it complies fully with requirements of the all the clauses, including those of the sub-clauses, if any, of the technical specifications and commercial terms and conditions of the EOI except those specifically listed in the deviation/exception statement.
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(ii) The Bidder shall submit a deviation/exception statement clearly bringing out the extent its offer deviates/excludes from the requirements of the Purchaser’s technical specifications and commercial terms and conditions. The deviations/exceptions shall be classified under three categories. A list of such clauses detailing the extent of deviation/exception shall be submitted as under:
(a) List-1: Clauses that are partially complied together with the extent of deviation. Timelines, if any, for full compliance may also be indicated.
(b) List-2: Clauses that are not complied presently, but are in the roadmap/under development and are proposed to be complied subsequently. Commitment by way of clear timelines shall be specified.
(c) List-3: Clauses that are not complied.
(iii) The deviations/exceptions indicated in the above lists shall be dealt as per the terms and conditions of the EOI.
(iv) The Bidder shall examine each and every clause including the sub-clauses, if any, of the technical specification and commercial terms and conditions of the EOI and shall evaluate its offer before reflecting the extent of non-compliance in the deviation/exception statement. The Bidder is required to comply with the technical specification, commercial terms and conditions of the EOI Document without any material deviation/exception.
13. BID SECURITY
13.1 (i) Pursuant to clause 8, the bidder shall furnish, as part of his bid, a bid security for an amount of Rs 3,25,000-/- (Rs Three Lac Twenty five thousand) ONLY. The bidders (small scale units) who are registered with National Small Scale Industries Corporation UNDER SINGLE POINT REGISTRATION SCHEME are exempted from payment of bid security.
• A proof regarding current registration with NSIC for the EOIed items will have to be attached alongwith the bid.
• The enlistment certificate issued by NSIC will not be permanent and should be renewed within two years of its presentation.
• The unit claiming concession of NSIC is required to submit its monthly turnover in support of its claim for meeting the delivery schedule.
(ii) If a vender registered with NSIC under single point registration scheme claiming concessional benefits is awarded work by BSNL and subsequently fails to obey any
of the contractual obligation, he will be debarred from any further work/ contract by BSNL for one year from the date of issue of such order.
13.2 The bid security is required to protect the BSNL against the risk of bidder's conduct, which would warrant the forfeiture of bid security pursuant to para 13.7.
13.3 The bid security shall be in the form of a bank Guarantee issued by a scheduled bank in favour of the BSNL i.e. Accounts Officer(Cash), O/o General Manager Telecom District Nainital BSNL Uttarakhnad Telecom Circle. Payable at Haldwani valid for a period of 180 days from the date of EOI opening.
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13.4 A bid not secured in accordance with para 13.1 & 13.3 shall be rejected by the
BSNL being non-responsive at the bid opening stage.
13.5 The bid security of the unsuccessful bidder will be discharged/returned as promptly as possible, but not later than 30 days after the expiry of the period of the bid validity prescribed by the BSNL pursuant to clause 14.
13.6 The successful bidder's bid security will be discharged upon the bidder's acceptance of the advance purchase order satisfactorily in accordance with clause 27 and furnishing the performance security.
13.7 The bid security may be forfeited under following conditions:
(a) If the bidder withdraws his bid during the period of bid validity specified by the bidder in the Bid form or
(b) In the case of successful bidder , if the bidder fails :
(i) to sign the contract in accordance with clause 28 or
(ii) to furnish performance security in accordance with clause 28.2.
13.8: The Bidder shall furnish an unequivocal, unqualified and irrecoverable
undertaking along with the Bid to the effect that;
“During the Bidding process ‘or’ during the course of execution of the Contract ‘or’
at any stage thereafter, if it is found that the Bidder has fraudulently
misrepresented any of the facts about the product/services etc being offered under
the EOI/Contract, the Purchaser (BSNL) shall be free to
claim a sum equivalent to damage as assessed by it subject to a maximum of the
value of total Contracted Value from the Bidder for such misrepresentation. The
Bidder shall immediately on being told by BSNL pay such sum of money to BSNL.
Quantum of damages under this clause assessed and levied by the Purchaser
(BSNL) shall be final and not challengeable by the Bidder/Supplier”
14. VALIDITY OF BIDS
14.1 Bid shall remain valid for 180 days from the date of opening of bids prescribed by BSNL. A bid valid for a shorter period shall be rejected by BSNL being non-responsive.
14.2 In exceptional circumstances, BSNL may request consent of the bidder for an extension to the period of bid validity. The request and the response thereto shall be made in writing. The bid security provided under clause 13 shall also be suitably extended. The bidder may refuse request without forfeiting his bid security. A bidder accepting request and granting extension will not be permitted to modify his bid.
15. BIDDING FORMAT AND SIGNING OF BID
15.1 There shall be two stages of bidding. In the first stage Techno-Commercial bids of the all bidders shall be opened and evaluated for techno-commercial compliances. In the second stage Financial bids of all bidders who have been found successful in Techno Commercial evaluations shall be opened. However, in order to have ease of bidding, bidders shall be required to submit both Techno-commercial Bid and Financial Bids together as per process defined in subsequent clauses.
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15.2 (i) The bidder shall prepare one complete set for techno commercial compliance and one set for financial compliance. The bid for techno- commercial compliance shall consists of techno Commercial bid document duly signed by bidder as acceptance for compliances and Bid security (EMD) of requisite amount in ORIGINAL. All relevant documents establishing bidders techno commercial capability and experience certificate etc as per eligibility conditions are also to be submitted with techno- commercial bid ..
(ii) Financial Compliance bid shall have price quotation as per Price Schedule given in section VII of the bid and shall be placed in an independent cover indicating Financial Bid.
15.3 The Bid shall be typed or printed and all the pages numbered consecutively and shall be signed by the bidder or a person or persons duly authorized to bind the bidder to the contract. The letter of authorization shall be indicated by written power-of-attorney accompanying the bid. All pages of the original bid, except for un-amended printed literatures, shall be signed by the person or persons signing the bid. The bids submitted shall be sealed properly.
15.4 The bid shall contain no interlineations, erasures or overwriting except as necessary to correct errors made by the bidder in which case such corrections shall be signed by the person or persons signing the bid.
15.5 (I) The power of Attorney should be submitted and executed on the non-judicial stamp paper of appropriate value as prevailing in the respective states(s) and the same be attested by a Notary public or registered before Sub-registrar of the state(s) concerned.
(ii) The power of Attorney is to be executed by a person who has been authorized by Board of Directors of the bidder in this regard, on behalf of the Company/institution/Body corporate.
(iii) In case bidder being a firm, the said Power of Attorney should be executed by all the partner(s) in favour of the said Attorney.
16. SUBMISSION OF e- BID DOCUMENT
16.1 (i) Bidders intending to participate in e-bidding process shall have to register with BSNL
authorized e-Tendering agency namely M/s ITI Limited through their website
www.tenderwizard.com and selecting BSNL from their home page.
(ii) On registration with ITI bidder shall be provided access to ITI e- Tender web portal for
accessing and down loading and uploading bid document. It may please be noted that
bidder can access and down load bid document but cannot participate in tendering
process without registering themselves with ITI e- tender portal.
16.2 For participating in e -Tendering process bidder shall access e-tender document uploaded on
the portal and pay requisite tender processing fee as defined for each tender as designated
window in the portal. Normally e-tender processing fee is 0.05% of estimated cost of each
block in tender subject to minimum Rs 500 and maximum Rs 5000 plus service tax (as
applicable).
16.3 The bidder shall also be required to pay cost of bid document and bid security as defined in
NIT. The details of payment particulars are to be filled in the prescribed format given in the
bid document and made accessible to bidder as basic information sheet in the web portal. In
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case payment of bid cost and EMD are made through BG/DD, Original copies of the
payment particular as mentioned in basic information sheet shall have to be submitted to
of AGM (Plg) O/o GMTD, Nainital, 2nd Floor, Telephone Exchange, Awas Vikas Road
Haldwani, Nainital on or before defined date in NIT. Bids without submission of original
copies of payment details up to prescribed dates, shall be rejected summarily.
16.4 (i) The bidder shall also be required to fill information and other details as defined in Technical
Eligibility Sheet and made accessible to bidder in web portal.
(ii) The bidder shall be required to upload scanned copies of mandatory documents as per bid
document and shall also be required to furnish basic information of their mandatory
documents in the electronic sheet mentioned above and defined at web portal.
As e- bidding is adopted recently in SSA, bidders may find it difficult to upload all or any of
mandatory document at the web portal. Accordingly Bidders may submit copies all mandatory
documents to AGM (Plg), O/o GMTD Nainital, 2nd Floor, Telephone Exchange, Awas
Vikas Road Haldwani, on or before defined date in NIT. However in this case BSNL shall
accept only those mandatory documents for which information had been provided in Technical
Eligibility Sheet available at web portal.
(iii) Basic Information sheet and Technical Eligibility Sheet shall be part of Technical bid
document and shall be uploaded along with Technical bid and general documents.
(iv) Price/financial bid shall be uploaded separately in respective link only and bidder shall
be required to upload required information in electronic form only. No hard copy of
price bid shall be uploaded in mandatory/general document. No hard copy of price bid is
required to be submitted to BSNL office.
17. SUBMISSION OF BIDS
17.1 Bids must be received by the BSNL at the address specified under para 16.3 not later than 13:30 hrs. on due date.
17.2 BSNL may, at its discretion, extend this deadline for the submission of bids by amending Bid Documents in accordance with clause 7 in which case all rights and obligations of BSNL and bidders previously subject to the deadline will thereafter be subjected to the deadline as extended.
17.3 The bidder shall submit his bid offer against a set of bid documents purchased by him for all or some of the systems/equipment as per requirement of the bid documents.
18. LATE BIDS
Any bid received by the BSNL after the deadline for submission of bids prescribed by the BSNL pursuant to clause 16.2(e), shall be rejected and returned unopened to the bidder.
19. MODIFICATION AND WITHDRAWAL OF BIDS
19.1 The bidder may modify or withdraw his bid after submission provided that the written notice of the modification or withdrawal is received by the BSNL prior to the deadline prescribed for submission of bids.
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19.2 The bidder's modification or withdrawal notice shall be prepared, sealed, marked and dispatched as required in the case of bid submission in accordance with the provision in clause 16. A withdrawal notice may also be sent by FAX but followed by a signed confirmation copy by post not later than the deadline for submission of bids.
19.3 Subject to clause 20, no bid shall be modified subsequent to the deadline for submission of bids.
20. OPENING OF BIDS BY BSNL
20.1 The BSNL shall open bids in the presence of bidders or their authorized
representatives who chose to attend, at 11:30 hrs on 12-02-2016. The bidder's
representatives, who are present, shall sign in an attendance register. Authority
letter to this effect shall be submitted by the bidders before they are allowed to
participate in bid opening (A Format is given in section X ).
20.2 A maximum of two representatives of any bidder shall be authorized and permitted
to attend the bid opening.
20.3 The bidder's names, Bid prices, modifications, bid withdrawals and such other
details as the BSNL, at its discretion, may consider appropriate will be announced
at the time of opening.
20.4 The date fixed for opening of bids, if subsequently declared as holiday by the BSNL,
the revised date of schedule will be notified. However, in absence of such
notification, the bids will be opened on next working day, time and venue remaining
unaltered.
21. CLARIFICATION OF BIDS
To assist in examination, evaluation and comparison of bids, BSNL may, at its
discretion ask bidder for clarification of its bid. The request for clarification and
response shall be in writing. However, no post bid clarification at initiative of
the bidder shall be entertained.
22. PRELIMINARY EVALUATION
22.1 BSNL shall evaluate bids to determine whether they are complete, any
computational errors have been made, required sureties have been furnished,
documents have been properly signed and whether the bids are generally in order.
22.2 Prior to detailed evaluation, BSNL will determine substantive responsiveness of each
bid to bid Document. For purposes of these clauses, a substantially responsive bid
is one which confirms to all the terms and conditions of the bid documents without
material deviations. BSNL's determination of bid's responsiveness shall be based on
the contents of the bid itself without recourse to extrinsic evidence.
22.4 A bid, determined as substantially non-responsive will be rejected by BSNL and
shall not subsequent to the bid opening be made responsive by the bidder by
correction of the non-conformity
22.2 The financial Bids of only those technical and commercial Bids that are determined
as substantively responsive shall be opened. The financial Bids of those technical
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and commercial Bids that are determined as substantively non-responsive shall be
returned to the respective Bidders unopened.
22.2 Arithmetical errors shall be rectified on the following basis. If there is a discrepancy
between unit price and total price that is obtained by multiplying unit price and
quantity, the unit price shall prevail and total price shall be corrected by BSNL. If
there is a discrepancy between words and figures, the amount in words shall
prevail. If bidder does not accept correction of errors, his bid shall be rejected.
22.3 BSNL may waive any minor infirmity or non-conformity or irregularity in a bid which
doesn't constitute a material deviation, provided such waiver doesn't prejudice or
effect relative ranking of any bidder.
23. EVALUATION AND COMPARISON OF SUBSTANTIALLY RESPONSIVE BIDS
23.1 The BSNL shall evaluate in detail and compare the bids previously determined to be substantially responsive pursuant to clause 22.
23.2 The evaluation and comparison of responsive bids shall be done on the basis of the prices offered, as indicated in the price schedule in the Sec.VI part II of the Bid-document.
23.3 Though the prices of optional items have been separately asked for, the cost
of Optional item shall be included for evaluation of the EOI, unless otherwise specified. BSNL reserves the right to extend the contract or not.
24. PLACEMENT OF ORDER
BSNL shall consider placement of orders for execution of contract on two successful bidders at approved rates in the ratio of 60/40 % as per their price ranking starting from L-1 bidder getting 70% of the quantity. However in case of non availability of eligible bidders or no bidding, BSNL may consider to award total work to successful L-1 bidder. The order shall be placed at evaluated & approved prices in respective cluster.
25. BSNL'S RIGHT TO VARY QUANTITIES
BSNL will have the right to increase or decrease up to 25% of the total contracted quantity in each cluster without any change in the unit price or other terms and conditions at the time of award of contract.
26. BSNL'S RIGHT TO ACCEPT ANY BID AND TO REJECT ANY OR ALL BIDS
The BSNL reserves the right to accept or reject any bid, and to annul the bidding process and reject all bids, at any time prior to award of contract
without assigning any reason whatsoever and without thereby incurring any liability to the affected bidder or bidders on the grounds of BSNL's action.
27. ISSUE OF ADVANCE WORK ORDER
27.1 The issue of an Advance Purchase Order shall constitute intention of BSNL to enter
into contract with the bidders.
27.2 Bidder shall be required to submit his acceptance and performance security within
14 days after acceptance of EOI. The performance security shall be furnished in the
form of bank guarantee issued from a nationalized bank, in the name of Accounts
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Officer(Cash), BSNL O/O General Manager Telecom District, Nainital Telephone
Exchange at Haldwani , amounting to 10% of the contracted value valid for 180
days beyond contract period of one years. In case contract is extended to further one
year bidder has to extend validity of PBG beyond 180 days of extended period of
contract.
28. SIGNING OF CONTRACT AND PERFORMANCE SECURITY
28.1 The issue of Purchase order shall constitute the award of contract on the bidder.
28.2 Upon the successful bidder furnishing performance security pursuant to clause 27, BSNL shall discharge the bid security in pursuant to clause 13.
29. ANNULMENT OF AWARD
Failure of the successful bidder to comply with the requirement of clause 28 shall constitute sufficient ground for the annulment of the award and the forfeiture of the
bid security in which event the BSNL may make the award to any other bidder at the discretion of the BSNL or call for new bids.
30. While all the conditions specified in the Bid documents are critical and are to be complied, special attention of bidder is invited to the following clauses of the bid documents. Non-compliance of any one of which shall result in out right rejection of the bid.
(i) Clause 16.1 of Section II : The bids will be recorded/returned unopened if covers are not properly sealed with 'PERSONAL SEAL' of the bidder.
(ii) Clauses 13.1, 13.3 & 14.1 of Section II : The bids will be rejected at opening stage if Bid security is not submitted as per Clauses 13.1 & 13.3 and bid validity is less than the period prescribed in Clause 14.1 mentioned above.
(iii) Clause 3 & 11 of Section II : If the eligibility condition as per clause 2 of Section II is not met and/or documents prescribed to establish the eligibility as per Clause 10 of section II are not enclosed, the bids will be rejected without further evaluation.
(iv) Clause 12.1 ( b ) of Section II :
(v) (vi) Section VII Price Schedule : Prices are not filled in as prescribed in price schedule.
31. BSNL reserves the right to blacklist a bidder for a suitable period in case he fails to honour his bid without sufficient grounds.
SECTION III
GENERAL (COMMERCIAL) CONDITIONS OF CONTRACT
1. APPLICATION
The general condition shall apply in contracts made by BSNL for execution of contract on managed capacity and managed services basis.
2. STANDARDS
The goods and services covered under the contract shall conform to the standards prescribed in the Technical Specifications mentioned in section VI.
3. PATENT RIGHTS
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The supplier shall indemnify the BSNL against all third-party claims of infringement of patent, trademark or industrial design rights arising from use of the goods or any part thereof in Indian Telecom Network.
4. PERFORMANCE SECURITY
4.1 All bidders (including small scale units who are registered with the National Small Scale Industries Corporation under Single point registration scheme) shall furnish performance security to the BSNL for an amount equal to 10% of the value of work order within 14 days from the date of issue of Advance Purchase Order by the BSNL.
4.2 The proceeds of the performance security shall be payable to the BSNL as compensation for any loss resulting from the bidder's failure to complete its obligations under the contract.
4.3 The performance security Bond shall be in the form of Bank Guarantee issued by a scheduled Bank and in the form provided in 'Section XI' of this Bid Document.
4.4 The performance security Bond will be discharged by the BSNL after completion of the supplier's performance obligations under the contract.
5. INSPECTION AND TESTS
5.1 BSNL or his representative shall have the right to inspect and test the goods and services as per prescribed test schedules for their conformity to the specifications. Where the BSNL decides to conduct such tests on the premises of the bidder or its subcontractor(s), all reasonable facilities and assistance like Testing instruments and other test gadgets including access to drawings and production data shall be furnished to the inspectors at no charge to the BSNL.
5.2 Should any inspected or tested goods and/or services fail to conform to the specifications, BSNL may reject them and bidder shall either replace the rejected goods or make all alterations necessary to meet Specification requirements free of cost to the BSNL.
6. DELIVERY AND DOCUMENTS
6.1 Delivery of the documents related to contract shall be made by the bidder in accordance with the terms specified by the BSNL in its schedule of requirements and special conditions of contracts, and the goods and services offered by the bidder to complete its obligations under the contract shall remain at the risk of the bidder as per provisions defined in special conditions of contract.
6.2 The delivery of the goods, services and documents shall be completed within one month from the date of commissioning of a network in a cluster.
7. TRAINING
7.1 The bidder shall provide training for the awareness of personnel deployed at BSNL premises on operations and maintenance and also upkeep of premises/ installations free of cost, so that obligations under tender is discharged successfully and effectively.
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8. INCIDENTAL SERVICES
8.1 As contract also covers comprehensive operations & maintenance basis, bidder has to take care of all requirements in the field which may be needed in execution , operations and maintenance of the contracted project. This may include:
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(a) managing site survey for infra items installed and perform initial repairing to make all infra items operational at their optimum level.;
(b) managing contractual obligations in terms of hiring labourers for execution of contract
9. SPARES
9.1 The bidder shall maintain sufficient stock of spares so that DG performance and capacity are not compromised due to non availability of spares in field.
10. WARRANTY
10.1 As contract is on comprehensive basis. Infra items once handed over to bidder shall be under direct possession of the contractor and he shall be responsible for complete management of services from infra as defined in SLA.
11. PAYMENT TERMS
11.1 BSNL shall be making one time payment for repairing of infra items to perform at its optimum level. Thereafter it shall be monthly payment per site basis for operations and maintenance.
11.2 BSNL shall also be making payment towards energy charges as per CPH defined at the time of making over site to contractor ( if order in PO and/or later on included in scope of work)
11.3 Detailed terms & conditions are defined in clause number 13.0 of Special Conditions of Contract section IV.
12. PRICES
Prices charged by the bidder for execution of contract under the contract shall not be higher than the prices quoted by the bidder in his Bid.
13. CHANGES IN PURCHASE ORDERS
13.1 The BSNL may, at any time, by a written order given to a bidder, make changes within the general scope of the contract in any one or more of the following:
(a) change in cluster dimension or contracted capacity/quantity
(b) provisioning of more BTS in a given area of the cluster if required
13.2 If any such change causes an increase or decrease in the cost of, or the time
required for the execution of the contract an equitable adjustment shall be made in
the contract price or delivery schedule, or both, subject to provision that over all
contract period remains the same.
14. DELAYS IN THE SUPPLIER'S PERFORMANCE
14.1 Delivery of the Goods and performance of the services shall be made by the bidder in
accordance with the time schedule specified by the BSNL in its purchase order. In
case the roll out of the network is not completed in the stipulated delivery period, as
indicated in the Purchase Order, BSNL reserves the right either to short close
/cancel this purchase order and/or recover liquidated damage charges. The
cancellation/short closing of the order shall be at the risk and responsibility of the
bidder and BSNL reserves the right to get work completed by its own sources at the
risk and cost of the defaulting vendors.
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14.2 Delay by the bidder in the performance of its service delivery obligations shall render
the bidder liable to any or all of the following sanctions: forfeiture of its performance
security, imposition of liquidated damages and/or termination of the contract for
default.
14.3 (i) If at any time during the performance of the contract, the bidder encounters
condition impending timely delivery of goods and service, bidder shall promptly
notify to the BSNL in writing the fact of the delay, its likely duration and its cause(s).
As soon as practicable after receipt of the bidder's notice, BSNL shall evaluate
situation and may at its discretion extend the period for performance of the contract
(by not more than 20 weeks or as per provisions of clause 15, Section-IV) as per
provision given below :
(ii) In case extension is granted beyond 20 weeks then bidder shall submit
additional BG while seeking extension. For piecemeal items the amount of
additional BG shall be 1% of the value of balance quantity of items to be supplied
for which extension in delivery period has been sought. The additional BG shall be
valid for the period six months beyond extension of delivery period sought
(iii) If the vendor fails to deliver the pending obligations even during extended
delivery period then the PO shall be short-closed and the Performance Bank
Guarantee as well as additional BG shall be forfeited.
15. LIQUIDATED DAMAGES
15.1 The date of delivery of the goods and services stipulated in the acceptance of the EOI
should be deemed to be the essence of the contract and delivery must be completed,
not later than the dates specified therein. Extension will not be given except in
exceptional circumstances. Should, however, deliveries be made after expiry of the
contracted delivery period, without prior concurrence of the BSNL and be accepted
by the consignee, such delivery will not deprive the BSNL of his right to recover
liquidated damage under clause 15.2 below. However, when delivery is made within
21 days of the contracted original delivery period, BSNL may accept the deliverables
and in such cases the provision of clause 15.2 will not apply.
15.2 (i) Should the supplier fails to deliver the EOIed obligations in full or part thereof
within the period prescribed and agreed for delivery, the BSNL, without prejudice to
other remedies available to the BSNL shall be entitled to recover, as agreed
liquidated damages for breach of contract, a sum equivalent to 0.5% of the value of
the pending deliverables for each week of delay or part thereof for a period up to 10
(TEN) weeks, and thereafter at the rate of 0.7% of the value of the delayed supply
and/ or undelivered project for each week of delay or part thereof for another TEN
weeks of delay. Pending deliverables means capacity of contracted erlang per month
which is pending for commissioning due to vendor reasons.
(ii) DP extension beyond 20 weeks would not be generally allowed. The extension
beyond 20 weeks may be decided in most exceptional circumstances on case to case
basis, by the CGM concerned stating reasons and justifications for grant of
extension of delivery period beyond 20 weeks.
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(iii)Quantum of liquidated damages assessed and levied by the BSNL and decision of
the BSNL thereon shall be final and binding on the bidder. Further the same shall
not be challenged by the bidder either before Arbitration tribunal or before the court
and. The same shall stand specifically excluded from the purview of the arbitration
clause, as such shall not be referable to arbitration.
(iv) The total value of the liquidated damages as per above sub-clauses shall be
limited to a maximum of 12% (Twelve percent) i.e. LD shall be levied upto 20 weeks
only as per provision at para (i).
(v) Deduction of LD amount shall be done from the payable amount of the
invoices raised against SS GSM network operating under the contract. LD
percentage shall be applied keeping delay and pending deliverables into account.
16. FORCE MAJEURE
16.1 If, at any time, during the continuance of this contract, the performance in whole or
in part by either party of any obligation under this contract is prevented or delayed
by reasons of any war or hostility, acts of the public enemy, civil commotion,
sabotage, fires, floods, explosions, epidemics, quarantine restrictions, strikes,
lockouts or act of God (hereinafter referred to as events) provided notice of
happenings of any such eventuality is given by either party to the other within 21
days from the date of occurrence thereof, neither party shall by reason of such event
be entitled to terminate this contract nor shall either party have any claim for
damages against other in respect of such non-performance or delay in performance,
and deliveries under the contract shall be resumed as soon as practicable after such
an event come to an end or cease to exist, and the decision of the BSNL as to
whether the deliveries have been so resumed or not shall be final and conclusive.
Further that if the performance in whole or part of any obligation under this
contract is prevented or delayed by reasons of any such event for a period exceeding
60 days, either party may, at its option, terminate the contract.
16.2 Provided, also that if the contract is terminated under this clause, BSNL shall be at
liberty to take over from the bidder at a price to be fixed by the BSNL, which shall be
final, all unused, undamaged and acceptable materials, bought out components and
stores in course of manufacture which may be in possession of the contractor at the
time of such termination or such portion thereof as the BSNL may deem fit, except
such materials, bought out components and stores as the contractor may with the
concurrence of the BSNL elect to retain.
17. TERMINATION FOR DEFAULT
17.1 The BSNL may, without prejudice to any other remedy for breach of contract, by
written notice of default, sent to the bidder, terminate this contract in whole or in
part
a) if the bidder fails to deliver any or all of the goods and services within the time
period(s) specified in the contract, or any extension thereof granted by the BSNL
pursuant to clause15;
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b) if bidder fails to perform any other obligation(s) under the Contract; and
c) if bidder, in either of the above circumstances, does not remedy his failure within
a period of 15 days (or such longer period as the BSNL may authorize in writing)
after receipt of the default notice from the BSNL.
17.2 In the event the BSNL terminates the contract in whole or in part pursuant to clause
18.0 the BSNL may get pending work completed by its own resources and bidder
shall be liable to the BSNL for any excess cost for such similar goods. However
bidder shall continue the performance of the contract to the extent not terminated.
18. TERMINATION FOR INSOLVENCY
The BSNL may at any time terminate the Contract by giving written notice to the
bidder, without compensation to the bidder, if bidder becomes bankrupt or
otherwise insolvent as declared by the competent court provided that such
termination will not prejudice or affect any right of action or remedy which has
accrued or will accrue thereafter to the BSNL.
19. DISPUTE & ARBITRATION
19.1 Except where otherwise provided in the contract all questions and disputes relating
to the meaning of the specifications, designs, drawings and instructions herein
before mentioned and as to the quality of workmanship or materials used on the
work or as to any other question, claim, right, matter or thing whatsoever in any
way arising out of or relating to the contract, designs, drawings, specifications,
estimates, instructions, orders or these conditions or otherwise concerning the
works or the execution or failure to execute the same whether arising during the
progress of the work or after the cancellation, termination, completion or
abandonment thereof shall be dealt with as mentioned hereinafter:-
(i) If the contractor considers that he is entitled to any extra payment or
compensation in respect of the works over and above the amounts admitted as
payable by the BSNL or in case the contractor wants to dispute the validity of
any deductions or recoveries made or proposed to be made from the contract,
the contractor shall forthwith give notice in writing of his claim, in this behalf
to the GM Telecom District Nainital within 30 days from the date of
disallowance thereof for which the contractor claims such additional payment
or compensation or disputes the validity of any deduction or recovery. The
said notice shall give full particulars of the claim, grounds on which it is
based and detailed calculations of the amount claimed and the contractor
shall not be entitled to raise any claim nor shall the BSNL be in any way liable
in respect of any claim by the contractor unless notice of such claim shall
have been given by the contractor to the GM TD Nainital in the manner and
within the time as aforesaid. The contractor shall be deemed to have waived
and extinguished all his rights in respect of any claims not notified to the GM
TD Nainital in writing in the manner and within the time aforesaid.
(ii) GM TD Nainital shall give BSNL decision based on discussions and
decision taken in Network Governance Committee in writing on the claims
notified by the contractor within 30 days of the receipt of the notice thereof. If
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the contractor is not satisfied with the decision of the GM TD Nainital, the
contractor may within 15 days of the receipt of the decision of the GM TD
Nainital submit his claims to the conciliating authority named in Schedule F
for conciliation along with all details and copies of correspondence exchanged
between him and the GM TD Nainital
(iii) The party initiating conciliation shall send to the other party a written
invitation to conciliate. Conciliation proceedings shall commence when the
other party accepts in writing the invitation to conciliate. If the other party
rejects the invitation, or does not reply within thirty days from the date of
invitation, there will be no conciliation proceedings.
(iv) When it appears to the Conciliator that there exists element of a settlement
which may be acceptable to the parties, he shall formulate the terms of a
possible settlement and submit them to parties for their observation after
receiving the observations of the parties. He may reformulate the terms of a
possible settlement in the light of such observations. If the parties reach
agreement on settlement of the dispute, they may draw up and sign a written
settlement agreement. Parties may request the Conciliator to draw up or assist
them in drawing up the settlement agreement. Such settlement agreement
shall have the same status and effect as if it were an arbitral award on agreed
terms on the substance of the dispute rendered by an arbitral tribunal under
section 30 of Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996. If a settlement does not
appear possible, the Conciliator, after consultation with the parties will give a
written declaration that further efforts at Conciliation are no longer justified
and the conciliation proceedings are terminated.
(v) When conciliation proceedings have become in fructuous or have been
terminated, the party, which initiated the Conciliation shall, within a period of
30 days of termination thereof shall give a notice, in the form prescribed by
the BSNL, to the Chief General Manager Telecom, Bharat Sanchar Nigam
Limited, Uttarakhnad for appointment of an arbitrator to adjudicate the
notified claims failing which the claims of the contractor shall be deemed to
have been considered absolutely barred and waived.
(vi) Except where the decisions have become final, binding and conclusive in
terms of the contract, all disputes arising out of the notified claims of the
contractor as aforesaid and all claims of the BSNL shall be referred for
adjudication through the arbitration by the sole arbitrator appointed by the
Chief General Manager Telecom, Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited,
Uttarakhnad. It will also be no objection to any such appointment that the
arbitrator so appointed is a BSNL Employee and that he had to deal with the
matters to which the Contract relates in the course of his duties as BSNL
Employee. If the arbitrator so appointed is unable or unwilling to act or
resigns his appointment or vacates his office due to any reason whatsoever,
another sole arbitrator shall be appointed in the manner aforesaid by the said
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Chief General Manager Telecom. Such person shall be entitled to proceed with
the reference
19.2 It is a term of this contract that the party invoking arbitration shall give a list of
disputes with amounts claimed in respect of each dispute along with the notice for
appointment of arbitrator.
19.3 It is also a term of this contract that no person other than a person appointed by
such Chief General Manager Telecom, Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited or the
administrative head of the Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited as aforesaid should act as
arbitrator and if for any reasons that is not possible, the matter shall not be referred
to arbitration at all.
19.4 The conciliation and arbitration shall be conducted in accordance with the
provisions of the Arbitration & Conciliation Act 1996 or any statutory modification
or re-enactment thereof and the rules made there under and for the time being in
force shall apply to the arbitration proceeding under this clause.
19.5 It is also a term of this contract that the arbitrator shall adjudicate on only such
disputes as are referred to him by the appointing authority and give separate award
against each disputes and claim referred to him. The arbitrator shall give reasons
for the award for each dispute referred to him. It is also a term of the contract that if
any fees are payable to the arbitrator these shall be paid equally by both the parties.
19.6 It is also a term of the contract that the arbitrator shall be deemed to have entered
on the reference on the date he issues notice to both the parties calling them to
submit their statement of claims and counter-statement of claims. The venue of the
arbitration shall be such place as may be fixed by the arbitrator in his sole
discretion. The fees, if any, of the arbitrator shall, if required to be paid before the
award is made and published, be paid half and half by each of the parties. The cost
of the reference and of the award (including the fees, if any, of the arbitrator) shall
be in the discretion of the arbitrator who may direct to any, by whom and in what
manner, such costs or any part thereof, shall be paid and fix or settle the amount of
costs to be so paid.
19.7 The venue of the arbitration proceeding shall be the office of the Chief General
Manager Telecom, Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited, Uttarakhnad Circle or such other
places as the arbitrator may decide.
19.8Any party shall not use any information obtained from other party during the course
of dispute resolution process under this clause for any purpose other than to resolve
the dispute and such information shall not be used in any litigation.
20.0 TERMINATION OF CONTRACT
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If contractor does not perform satisfactorily as per SLA defined, consistently over a
period of three months, BSNL reserves the right to terminate contract in a given
cluster by giving two months notice to contractor.
On termination of contract, contractor shall be responsible for making over all infra
items to BSNL in working conditions without any cost and he shall also be
responsible for settlement of all dues towards different agencies engaged for execution
of subcontracts in that cluster. In case BSNL finds that some of infra item is not
functional then prices offered to make similar infra item functional or actual cost of
repairing for infra item to make it functional, whichever is higher, shall be recovered
from pending bills/PBG of the contractor. Further, if there are certain dues, pending
towards some agencies, these shall be retained on face value of complaint if any
received in this regard, However settlement of all dues shall be responsibility of the
contractor only. The retained amount shall be released after getting written
confirmation for receipt of dues from complainant.
21.0 SET OFF
Any sum of money due and payable to the bidder (including security deposit refundable to him) under this contract may be appropriated by the BSNL or the BSNL or any other person(s) contracting through the BSNL and set off the same against any claim of the BSNL or BSNL or such other person or person(s) for payment of a sum of money arising out of this contract or under any other contract made by the supplier with the BSNL or BSNL or such other person(s) contracting through the BSNL.
22.0 COURT JURISDICTION
(i) Any dispute arising out of the EOI/bid document/ evaluation of bids/issue of APO shall be subject to the jurisdiction of the competent court at the place from where the NIT/EOI has been issued.
(ii) Where a contractor has not agreed to arbitration, the dispute/claims arising out of the Contract/PO entered with him shall be subject to the jurisdiction of the competent Court at the place from where Contract/PO has been issued. Accordingly, a stipulation shall be made in the contract as under.
“This Contract/PO is subject to jurisdiction of Court at Nainital only”.
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SECTION IV
SPECIAL CONDITIONS OF CONTRACT
1. The special conditions of contract shall supplement the 'Instructions to the
Bidders' as contained in Section II & "General (Commercial) Conditions of the
Contract" as contained in Section III and wherever there is a conflict, the provisions
herein shall prevail over those in Section II and Section III.
2. (i) The bank guarantee for bid security or NSIC certificate for claiming exemption from
submission of bank guarantee against bid security, as prescribed in clauses 13.1 &
13.3 of Section II of the bid document. The bank guarantee so submitted shall be as
per the format given in Section XI on prescribed judicial paper with stamps of proper
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value and should contain full address of the issuing branch of the bank with its
telephone number and FAX number. This cover should be super scribed as "BID
SECURITY FOR EOI No OP-4/Tender/E.A./AMC/GMTD/NT/2015-16/1 issued
on 21-01-2016.
3. Small scale industries registered with National Small Scale Industries
Corporation(NSIC) for the EOIed item under single point registration scheme and
desirous of claiming concessions available to such units inclusive of bid security
should submit their latest NSIC certificates and documents in respect of their
monetary limit and financial capability duly certified by NSIC.
4. BSNL intends to limit the number of technically and commercially responsive
bidders to one from the list of such bidders arranged in increasing order of their
evaluated prices starting from the lowest for the purpose of ordering against this
EOI.
5. Validity of Bid & Contract:
5.1 The rates quoted in the bid shall be valid for a period of minimum 180 days from
the date of opening of bid/ submission of EOI document to BSNL.
5.2 The contract shall be valid for a period of one year from the date of signing of agreement with BSNL, extendable to further one year on
same agreed terms and conditions. However in case of exigencies BSNL may offer for extension of period upto maximum six months beyond valid contract period (one years) on the terms and conditions of existing contract .
6. Scope of Work : Scope of work broadly covers following two items:
6.1 Comprehensive repair and maintenance of Diesel Generator Sets of various
capacities and make varying from 15 KVA to 63 KVA, and general support if any to
premises including all its installations at designated BSNL stations given in Section
V.
6.2 Performing routine maintenance as per schedule and repairing for the major
breakdown or problem if encountered in DG sets under contract at any station.
6.3 These Generator sets are installed at BSNL/NBSNL Telephone Exchanges/BTS
sites in Nainital Telecom District spread in Nainital, Udhamsingh Nagar and Part of
Champawat Districts (bordering UP upto Tanakpur) of Uttarakhnad Telecom Circle .
Further broad illustrations of various methodologies under above scope of contract
are given below.
6.4 BSNL shall offer DG Sets installed at various stations on ‘as is where is basis’.
Contractor has to carry out a detailed survey for taking over DG sets and sites ( if
covered under support work) . Problems if any identified at any station in DGs and
or infra items shall be clearly listed down and shall be verified by concerned site
incharges counter signed by area DET within three weeks of date of issue of work
order.
6.5 The DG control panel installed at the station shall also be part of DG annual
maintenance contract.
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6.6 BSNL shall examine requirement at each site and shall accord approval for
repairing/ corrective actions to be taken up by contractor, within two weeks of
submission of report for each site.
6.7 Contractor shall perform repairing/corrective actions at respective site and shall
make DG Sets operational to their optimum level, maximum within four weeks from
the date of approval by BSNL at each site.
6.8 The Delay in rectification of faults identified and approved by BSNL shall invite
penal action as per provisions in penalty clause number 11.10.4, 11.10.5 & 12.3 of
Section IV.
6.9 Stations which are covered under COM & support shall be handed over to the
contractor for further operations and execution of work under the contract.
Contractor shall be solely responsible for performance of routine maintenance as per
schedule, repairing of faults if any occurred during operations of DG sets and
support at station as defined in the clauses below.
6.10 Stations which are not covered under above provisions and are covered with
maintenance and repairing contract shall continue to be operated by BSNL by its
own resources. However contractor has to perform preventive maintenance of DG
sets as per schedule and shall have a broad supervision on working of DG sets to
ensure that no unwanted faults are generated due to poor maintenance, bad upkeep
and/or bad operation practice. In case of such items are noticed, contractor shall
inform in writing to concerned site incharge of BSNL with a copy to concerned DET
and DGM (P) at Haldwani. Failure of contractor to inform BSNL designated
authorities may bring contractor’s responsibility in correcting faults without any
cost to BSNL. Further contractor has to carry out corrective action to set right
problem.
6.11 BSNL shall be supplying consumables for servicing (only lubricants but no filters or
parts etc) and diesel for operations of DG sets.
6.12 Under support work contractor has to ensure proper cleanness and hygienic
ambience in surrounding/inside campus including equipment, power, battery and
other rooms. Contractor has also to ensure safe guarding of all installations inside
the campus.
6.13 Under support contractor has to escalate alarms of infra & other items not covered
under maintenance contract, to the designated BSNL authorities as per matrix
defined by BSNL for various station.
6.14 Contractor shall also ensure that infra alarms for DG sets as defined in bid or
subsequently by BSNL are extended from each BTS location to OMCR at BSC
Locations. Accordingly contractor has to lay alarm cables and sensors for sensing
alarm of DG Sets and make arrangements for extending them through existing BTS
or alarm extension system if installed at the station. Material in this regard shall be
provided by BSNL.
6.15 Contractor shall ensure that alarms once extended shall remain operational
throughout the period of contract and failure if any, has to be set right maximum
within 24 Hrs of reporting to the contractor.
6.16 Contractor has to provide escalation matrix for escalation of various problems on
contracted items by BSNL. There shall be provision of contact persons with
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telephone number and E mail addresses where in BSNL shall escalate problems to
the contractor.
6.17 Day to day operation of DG sets and maintenance of DG sets along with associated
equipment i.e. control panel,12 V electrical charger to ensure that DG set and all
associated parts perform as per manufacturer specification.
6.18 Contractor shall also to ensure that all major repairing along with spares etc of DG
sets & associated equipment shall perform by contractor without any additional
cost.
6.19 The staff deployed foe operation may be asked to extend support to BSNL for any
other minor work if required at the station or in its service area without any
additional cost.
6.16 “Operations ”
Operations mean day to day operations of all DG sets as per operation schedule for each item, upkeep and safe guard of all installations (active & passive including tower, lights & other campus utilities) in good conditions.
Operations also include check of alarms defined at the station and raising the
same as per escalation matrix decided at the time of agreement. Further, there shall be maintenance of log books of various operations and any activity being performed at the station.
6.17 Maintenance Services”: means service, supervision, routine checks, routine
repairs, preventive maintenance, break down repair & maintenance of DG Sets at site .
6.18 “Repair Work”
The Contractor shall ensure that all DG Sets along with associated parts i.e. control panel, contactor switch etc listed are repaired as per the manufacturer’s recommendation. All the equipments are designed for long life. Contractor shall arrange for required preventive maintenance activities of DG sets during course of the contract. Any damage to the DG set due to deficiency in maintenance of the DGs shall be determined by GM TD or his designated officer and it shall attract compensation to be recovered from the contractor to make DG good or full replacement of DG set. The decision of GM TD Nainital shall be final & binding in this regard.
6.19 Where the DG sets are in comprehensive Operation & Maintenance . The work force deployed at that station by contractor have to performed any other support
required by BSNL. 7.0 Fault Escalation & Resolution Process 7.1 There shall be escalation facilities for any problem encounter at site by DG
operator and/or site upkeep persons starting from site incharge to the Head in Telecom District and Cluster Head of the contractor. Here cluster means Division Level
7.2 Fault, if any, shall be communicated through SMS/ telephone/ e-mail/fax by BSNL. Fault once communicated by any mode of communication shall be deemed
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to have registered in contractor account and time for resolution shall start immediately thereafter. However, for record purposes such faults shall be recorded in web based tool/or any other tool developed by BSNL with clear indication of time and date of previous communication if any.
7.3 The resolution team shall be accessible on mobile numbers and E- Mail.
Additionally there shall be at least one telephone line at Cluster level where fault log in can be done in case other sources are not accessible. Mobile number and email shall be available 24 hours a day on all days in a year.
7.4 The fault booking shall be done on web-based tool/ or any other mechanism
devised for this purpose which will be accessible to the Cluster Head/ BSNL Site incharges. BSNL designated officials/officers shall log fault in web booking tool which shall be accessed, attended in field and thereafter recorded in fault log system for information and acceptance of fault clearance by filed unit.
7.5 The log of web based tool/ fault log tool shall be taken as reference while
settlement of monthly bill. As such it shall be essential that
8 General assumptions and conditions 8.1 For discharging O&M activities as per defined O&M procedures Contractor should
have technical and managerial expertise in managing multi vendors Infrastructure equipment.
8.2 The intent of this document is to define the generic requirements. The generic
requirements only define a broad scope of activities. The Contractor is expected to do the detailing for all activities involved. If any activity / sub-activity is required to be performed to meet the SLA and which is not a part of the generic requirement the same shall be assumed to be covered as a part of the Contractor Scope of Work whether explicitly mentioned or not.
8.3 In this document we have provided the details of major DG infrastructure elements only. Contractor shall manage the entire major, minor and other ancillary infrastructure elements that falls under network infrastructure to meet the agreed SLAs.
8.4 The Contractor shall also be solely responsible for all statutory compliances, regular liasoning with Government bodies, for compliance of various provisions specially in respect of labour norms etc. Failure of contractor to perform its obligation shall entitle BSNL to meet entire obligations from the contractor’s
payable amount. Additionally BSNL shall also be entitle to add penalty provisions to that.
9 The infrastructure elements include but are not strictly restricted to, the following elements
i. Indoor Exchange/BTS Sites a) Diesel Generator set b) Servo stabilizers, static stabilizer, line conditioning equipment, isolation
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transformer c) Air conditioners d) Power Plants & Battery Banks (Contractor is responsible to ensure that Battery
Banks are charged to its specified values every time after discharge. Further the battery bank should not get discharged below a specified voltage )
e) Incoming EB connection, commercial main supply including energy meter, power cables, electrical panels, aviation light with its controller etc.
f) Site electrical system Site earthing system including earth pits, earthing cables,
strips Surge protection system, Lightning protection system,
g) Fire detection, alarm and fighting/suppression system
h) General upkeep of MDF Room, Switch room and Transmission room and BTS
room, surrounding and tower space ( to ensure easy accessibility & safety to each
installations including antennae mounted on towers)
10 Above list of items & their configurations may vary from Site to Site. BSNL reserves
the right to add and/or remove any equipment to / from the aforesaid list or add
additional BTS sites at its sole discretion and contractor shall be required to
continue O&M support activities.
11. Service Level Agreement
11.1Service level agreement emphasises on network availability i.e. uptime of
equipment installed at the station and maintenance of due proper ambient
environment inside & outside equipment room.
11.2 Uptime of equipment means all equipment installed at the station are powered ON
from the supply being provided through infra items installed.
11.3 Maintenance of due ambient environment means temperature inside equipment
room has to be maintained upto a level of 27 degree Celsius +/- 3 degrees on 24x7
basis.
11.4 The environment outside equipment room means contractor has to ensure proper
upkeep of the premises and safeguard all installations at the station where
equipment is installed.
11.5 Failure of contractor to respond BSNL call and escalation shall invite penal actions
as mentioned in clause number 11.10.4, 11.10.5 & 12.10.5.
11.6 Contractor has to ensure that all infra alarms as defined in the bid remain
extended to BSNL NOC through the BTSs/nodes installed at the station. They also
need to ensure that all these alarms remains functional through the contract
period on 24x7 basis.
11.7 BSNL shall generate a facility to maintain log of all infra alarms which can be
referred by contractor and BSNL as and when required. These logs shall be shared
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with contractor in each month as per schedule defined in SLA below in clause
no.11.10.2 for reconciliation of outages to be deducted from payable amount in
each month.
11.8 At stations where contractor is performing upkeep also, it shall be contractor’s
responsibility to escalate problems in network to designated authority of BSNL, not
attributable to their reasons. BSNL on receipt of such escalation shall respond to
contractor after confirmation from concerned unit. Such transaction of information
shall be in records for reconciliation of future disputes, if any.
11.9 Contractor is liable for paying compensation to BSNL on account of non
performance, partial performance, performance degradation etc which may
account to BSNL due to non/ improper delivery of services. Compensation shall
start immediately, if contractor is not meeting defined parameters within/upto
specified limits as mentioned in tables given below.
11.10 Network Availability The compensation for network availability are given
below
11.10.1 Network availability shall be measured Station wise, averaged over a month,
for which invoice is raised.
11.10.2 At stations where contractor is responsible for comprehensive operations
and maintenance and upkeep of station, contractor shall be responsible for
ensuring that there is availability of AC/DC power to equipment on 24x7
basis and there is no failure of equipment on account of non availability of AC
Power from DG sets and/or bad upkeep of station resulting breakdown of
services and/or non escalation of alarms of infra not covered under
comprehensive maintenance contract of this tender . The reasons attributable
to contractor shall only be counted while working out outage of network. A log
of monitoring data shall be maintained by BSNL which shall be shared with
contractor on weekly basis for reconciliation purposes. Reconciled log shall be
taken for calculation of monthly outage at the station.
11.10.3 At stations where contractor’s responsibility is to provide comprehensive
maintenance and repair support without operations & upkeep, contractor
shall be responsible for execution of all preventive maintenance actions as per
schedule. Repairing of faults if any, are to be performed within turnaround
time as defined in clause number 12. Failure DG power supply due to non
performance of maintenance as per schedule defined and/or non repairing of
faults, resulting outage of station equipment shall be counted under penalty
as defined in clause.. given below
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Total Network up time
achieved averaged over a
month
Total Penalty in %age on
Monthly Billed Amount
Reward in %age on per site
basis
Up to 100 % Nil 1%
99.99 % - 99.01% Nil Nil
99.00% - 98.01% 2% Nil
98.00% - 96.01% 5% NIL
96.00% - 95.01% 10% NIL
95.00% -94.01% 15% NIL
94.00%-93.01% 25% NIL
93.00%-92.01% 40% NIL
92.00%-90.01% 60% NIL
Less than 90 % 75%of monthly payable amount
NIL
11.10.4 BSNL intends to reward for good work performed by contractor and at the same
time, shall penalize for the bad performance. Accordingly network availability is graded in
terms of percentage availability ranges and BSNL expects that in none of the case average
network availability of station on account of poor or non performance of any/all infra
items under the contract shall fall below 90 % which may force BSNL to pay minimum
amount as per cap defined in the table. The parameters measured for network availability
falling under reward & penalty scheme shall be attributable to reasons on contractor
only.
11.10.5 BSNL intends to reward for good work performed by contractor and at the same
time, shall penalize for the bad performance. Accordingly network availability is graded in
terms of percentage availability ranges and BSNL expects that in none of the case average
network availability of station on account of poor or non performance of any/all infra
items under the contract shall fall below 90 % which may force BSNL to pay minimum
amount as per cap defined in the table. The parameters measured for network
availability falling under reward & penalty scheme shall be attributable to reasons on
contractor only.
11.10.6 Though for reward and penalty purposes, network availability has been
considered on station basis but contractor has to ensure that none of the station element
should remain down for continuously more than 72 hours, failing which an additional
penalty of Rs 1,000 per day ( for DG , & Battery Back Up sets) shall be levied beyond 72
hours, subject to maximum Rs 5000 per station per month.
11.10.7 In case of sustained non performance by contractor (average network availability
at a station is less than 90% due to reasons attributable to contractor) over a period of
three months consequently, BSNL reserves right to cancel work order in the cluster
without assigning further reasons.
12.0 Classification of Faults and Restoration Time
Sl. Type of Response time Remedy Restoration Remarks
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The Contractor shall adhere to following Service Level Agreement (SLA) for
restoration of fault-
12.1 Remedy- The aim is to have the system functioning at an acceptable level either by correcting the problem occurred or by making an alternate arrangement. Example- If say a DG is down, either DG is made operational or an alternate DG is placed to feed till the time faulty DG is set right.
12.2 Restoration
A restoration is the action(s) required to prevent the reoccurrence of a problem
and/or any underlying cause(s) of a problem. The aim is to have the system up and
running in the same condition that it was in before the problem occurred.
12.3 Time defined above is exclusive of time of travelling. Maximum travel time
permitted in urban area is one hour during day time and two hours during night
time and that for rural/sub urban area shall be three hours during day time and
six hours during night time. The time count shall start from the time of information
by BSNL to the representative of the contractor. Day time is counted between 07:00
Hrs to 18:00 Hrs on any day. Failure of the contractor to respond to the call of
No Fault
Urban Rural
1 Critical 60 min 120 min 30 min 72 hrs
Site is completely off
due to non performance
of DG or any other
device under contract
2 Major 90 min 180 min 60 min 72 hrs
Site is up but faults
like in DG set & other
devices under contract
which might result in
site down conditions
quickly
3 Minor-1 180 min 240 min 120 min 72 hrs
Site is up but faults
like Load on battery,
DG fail to start which
might result in site
down later
4 Minor-2 300 min 360 min 180 min 96 hrs
Low fuel alarm, DG fail
to stop, , DG Hour
meter faulty etc which
will not result in site
down condition
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BSNL as per above time line shall invite penalty @ Rs 300 for first two hours
thereafter it shall be Rs 200 per hour subject to maximum Rs 5000 per station per
month. This penalty shall be in addition to those described against network outage.
13.0 Payment Terms
13.1 Payment will be made on monthly basis after all applicable deductions , normally
within 30 days of submission of bills/invoices with requisite documents as
mentioned below;:-
(i) Printout of status of dockets, duly certified by designated BSNL Officer based on faults booked, in respective telecom district.
(ii) Outage Hour of Individual station during that month for which invoice is
generated duly certified by designated BSNL Officer based on alarm logs for BTSs under contract in the telecom district.
13.2 Reimbursement of Energy Charges (Optional subject to inclusion under scope
of work on mutual agreement)
13.2.1 Energy Charges i.e. UAL PCL Electricity Bill Charges and Fuel charges for DG
operations shall be reimbursed by BSNL for sitewise energy expenditure based
on Actual Electrical Load (Kilowatt), availability of electricity & Diesel
Consumption per hour (CPH), on monthly basis. Details of CPH & availability of
electricity shall be decided jointly within three months of award of firm work
order. After award of work, a joint inspection shall be carried out by a team
consisting of Contractor and BSNL for determination of electrical Load (Kilowatt)
of entire equipment, CPH & availability of electricity, Monthly energy charge
shall be worked out for reimbursement. No other charges shall be reimbursed.
13.2.2 The statuary charges towards Govt or its designated agencies, if any applicable
for the site, shall also be reimbursed by BSNL on actual basis.
14. Award of Work
14.1 Work shall be awarded to maximum two successful bidders ranked as L1 & L-2 on
approved rates in the ratio 60:40, after depositing required performance bank
guarantee and signing of agreement with BSNL within 14 days from the date of
issue of Advance Purchase order for its acceptance.
14.2 In case of less number of eligible bidders, BSNL reserves the right to award work
completely to L1 contractor or in case L-2 bidder refuses to accept APO,BSNL
reserve the right to award entire work to L-1 contractor at approved rates.
14.3 Performance Bank Guarantee shall be equal to 10% of total contracted value and
shall have validity for minimum 180 days beyond contract period.
14.4 If contractors to whom work are awarded, are not performing work as per SLA
defined or partially performing work, BSNL reserves the right to award work to
other eligible bidders and/or any other contractor in the market on approved rates
& terms conditions of the bid, subject to their agreement and depositing PBG.
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15. SITE HANDOVER PROCESS 15.1 Handover Process On Signing of agreement, contractor has to survey all sites
awarded to him for the optimum working of DG sets & other infra items(if any) under the contract. Deficiency if any, shall be handled as per provisions given in Clause 6 of the Section IV of the bid document.
15.2 After expiry of contract , contractor shall be responsible to make over sites & infra items to the designated BSNL authority in running conditions.
15.3 BSNL Inspections- BSNL’s technical representative shall inspect periodically maintenance of the Equipment covered hereunder. During these inspections, all discrepancies and/or irregularities in the Equipment or maintenance procedures outlined herein shall be noted by BSNL’s technical representative and forwarded, in writing, to Contractor. Upon receipt of notice thereof, Contractor shall act immediately to correct the discrepancies and/or irregularities. In no event shall
Contractor take more than three (3) calendar days to correct the discrepancies and/or irregularities designated by BSNL unless BSNL agrees to an extended period in writing. If discrepancies and/or irregularities are not corrected within such three (3) calendar days (or such other period of time previously agreed to by BSNL in writing), BSNL, at its option, may have such work done independently at the risk & cost of the contractor.
16. Punch Point clearance- 16.1 A joint inspection shall be carried out for all sites to ascertain the equipment and
conditions of equipments at the time of taking over of the infrastructure items. If a site is having some minor punch points, Contractor shall clear the punch point after approval of BSNL & submit the site take over report to BSNL and such site shall be taken over for maintenance by the Contractor. If sites having major punch points viz. site with faulty DG seizure, Contractor shall provide the detailed report to BSNL and shall clear the punch point on cost basis at a rate quoted in Table-3 of financial bid. Without punch point clearance, the site shall not be declared fit for inclusion in commercial for maintenance.
16.2 All punch point clearance and site taking over shall be completed with in 6 weeks of award of firm work order.
17.0 CONSUMABLES & SPARES:
17.1 BSNL shall be making arrangements to supply consumables only lubricants for servicing and fuel for operations. For remaining consumables required to preventive maintenance and servicing, contractor shall be responsible for procuring, maintaining, inventory management of all spares including filters etc required for the maintenance of the Equipment. Contractor shall procure the electromechanical spares from OEM. Proper records as instructed by the BSNL shall be maintained. Contractor shall report regularly on the inventory status and shall work actively for replenishment as required.
17.2 All consumables required for site upkeep (dusting materials etc), servicing of DG sets (except lubricant), etc shall be provided by contractor. As regards to consumables for cleanness such as acid, phenol etc & other items pertaining to electrical fittings etc shall be supplied by BSNL.
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18.0 Non-exclusive rights: This Agreement does not grant the Contractor exclusive
rights to perform the Services for BSNL or any other requirements of the BSNL. BSNL is free to employ any other vendor for the performance of the Maintenance Services whether covered under this Agreement or otherwise
19.0 Delivery Period & Contract Period:
19.1 The contract period for one year, extendable to further one year on the existing terms and conditions.
19.2 Contractor shall be responsible to takeover DG set under contract at all sites offered immediately maximum within two weeks of issue of firm work order and shall clear all faults within 4 weeks of approval of BSNL. An effort shall be made that all sites shall be brought in optimum operating conditions maximum within 8
weeks of firm work order date.
19.3 SLAs on services being offered shall start immediately site is taken over by contractor and all punch points are cleared. In no site shall remain out of SLA purview beyond 8 weeks of issue of PO and as such contractor has to ensure that all formalities in respect of site to operate at optimum level are completed within 8 weeks. Delay beyond this period shall invite penal action as per SLA defined.
19.4 Contract period shall start immediately after signing of agreement and issue of firm purchase order by BSNL. However for the calculation of one year of contract period, extendable to further one year, the period shall be counted w.e.f the date of issue of firm work order.
20.0 Maintenance Philosophy: The broad philosophy of maintenance covered under this contract are given below:
20.1 Contractor shall provide preventive and breakdown maintenance as required by this Agreement, to keep the DG in good operating condition within the Equipment manufacturer’s specifications along with the routine maintenance activities as mentioned under clause 9 of section-IV.
20.2 Contractor shall provide maintenance on a schedule to keep the Equipment in good operating condition within the Specifications applicable to this Agreement.
20.3 Contractor shall follow a Preventive Maintenance schedule as specified in the Equipment manufacturer's recommendations.
20.4 An appropriate log, in the format approved by BSNL, will be maintained to reflect the date, time, location and nature of such Preventive Maintenance. Contractor shall furnish monthly, the log of Preventive Maintenance calls. The emergency logs, which require further action from any of the sources, shall be escalated to
concerned BSNL representative immediately. This log shall serve as a basis for discussion of Contractor’s performance under this Agreement. The log of Preventive Maintenance shall be maintained by the Contractor and be made available to BSNL on request for a period of not less than five (5) years after the expiry or termination of this Agreement.
20.5 Contractor shall provide service required to repair any malfunctioning Equipment and return it to good operating condition within the specifications applicable to this Agreement. When repair of malfunctioning equipment is performed, Contractor shall furnish BSNL a log, in the format approved by BSNL, indicating
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what Equipment or portion of the Equipment failed and what corrective action was taken to repair such Equipment. BSNL’s technical representative may be present during any maintenance, shall sign such log-indicating acceptance of the work and shall be furnished a copy by Contractor of this signed log. This log shall also indicate the time the Equipment was reported to be defective and the time it was returned as operational and accepted by BSNL. This log shall serve as a basis for discussion of Contractor’s performance under this Agreement. The above log shall be maintained by Contractor and be made available to BSNL on request for a period of not less than two (2) years after the expiry or termination of this Agreement.
20.6 BSNL may at any time during this Agreement add/ reduce any number and type of Equipment at any of its locations. Any such addition/reduction shall be covered by this Agreement, with effect from the date of such addition/reduction, without any change in terms and conditions of the Agreement.
20.7 The Contractor shall be responsible for damages caused to any Equipment, antenna, or any other installation at the Site due to improper operations/maintenance, acts due to negligence and by adopting unsafe and unprotected methods. Any such damage shall be repaired or replaced at the sole cost, effort and risk of the Contractor. The Contractor shall provide temporary arrangement or replacement till the damages are rectified permanently.
20.8 All faulty and replaced parts need to be submitted in BSNL office along with proper tagging information giving Site name, date of replacement & fault etc
20.9 The Contractor shall purchase all electrical parts and spares required for provision of the service from the OEM.
20.10 In case any license, permit, or other permission is required to carry out the services under this Agreement and / or in connection with any matter incidental thereto from any authority under any law for the time being in force, the same shall be the exclusive responsibility of the Contractor who alone shall take necessary steps to apply for the same and obtain the necessary clearance / sanction etc. within time. In case any insurance is required for the employees of the Contractor, it shall also be the responsibility of the Contractor to get the said insurance done, and BSNL shall entertain no claim whatsoever in this regard.
21. 0 ROUTINE MAINTANANCE ACTIVIES 21. 1 Alarm Management of infra equipments: 21.1.1 Infra alarms are normally extended to the centralized OSS/OMCR. In case of
COM proper working of the infra alarms is the responsibility of the Contractor. If any infra alarm is not working/pending in any of the sites the same has to be
attended by the Contractor. However if Alarms are responsibility of some other vendor, contractor has to communicate the fault to the site incharge of BSNL for lodging it at other vendor’s fault log system.
21.1.2 The performance of the Contractor will be monitored based on the alarm/fault docket reports maintained in the web server. It’s the reasonability of the Contractor to monitor/attend the alarm/faults and ensure timely closure.
21.2 Scope related with Diesel Generator
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21.2.1 The Diesel Generators are to be serviced as per respective manufacturer specification and schedule. BSNL shall supply only lubricant and rest of consumables shall be supplied by contractor.
21.2.2 DG overhauling as per the manufacturers recommendation is also the responsibility of Contractor at the Contractor’s cost. The life of the battery provided at DG set is two years. During life period of battery the contractor shall be responsible ,beyond that BSNL shall be responsible. The battery used shall be minimum 80 AH and should be of reputed make.
21.2.3 All consumables are to be borne by the Contractor. Maintaining of the canopy to avoid leakage of rain water is the responsibility of the Contractor.
21.2.4 Servicing of the Diesel Generator should be carried out in the presence of the BSNL representative. Certificate from the SDEs in charge for having completed the service of the DG should be submitted while claiming the monthly payments. Ensure all DG in Auto working mode at Sites.
21.2.5 Periodic checking of Automatic Mains Failure panel and repair/replacement
of any faulty component is the responsibility of the Contractor. 21.2.6 In the event of Major problem in DG the Contractor must provide
Temporary DG at site at their own cost. The Contractor should ensure zero downtime of sites on account of DG failure.
21.2.7 All DG sets along with Canopy shall be maintained by the Contractor till the expiry of contract or the life time of the equipment, whichever earlier.
21.2.8 Diesel Filling in DG sets at Sites: 21.2.8.1 The Contractor shall ensure that the services from DG sets are
available on 24 hrs X 7 days basis on all days of the calendar year irrespective of Sundays and holidays.
21.2.8.2 The consumption of diesel shall be limited to CPH defined. However Contractor shall be required to submit record of Energy (KWH) generated by Diesel Engine as well as DG hour meter reading on actual basis as on 1st and last day of the month.
21.2.8.3 In case any of the metering unit is not functioning properly, the Contractor shall inform BSNL immediately failing which it shall be construed as tampering of meter for which the contractor shall be solely responsible. Further to this, the payment shall be governed on average basis of run, to be decided by GMTD Nainital in which case his decision shall be final and binding.
21.2.8.4 BSNL shall have liberty to test the quality of diesel at any time himself or from any external agency. Quality of diesel will be as per the recommendations of oil companies.
21.2.8.5 If the result of test of quality shows any kind of mixing with the diesel then Contractor shall pay compensation of Rs.2000/- per test including charges for testing. Also, the repair cost of consequential damages to DG Sets, to be decided by GMTD Nainital, would be deducted, as actual, from the Contractor’s bills.
21.2.8.6 Cleaning of DG set parts and tray, if any, of any diesel or spillage, will be done by Contractor’s immediately after topping up.
21.2.8.7 Contractor will report to BSNL any abnormal observation on DG set and its accessories at the earliest.
AC power supply 21.2.9 AC power supply should be made available by the Contractor within the
specified voltage limit as far as possible. However, interruptions in AC
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power supply shall be acceptable as per UAL PCL power supply
schedule which vary time to time, place to place and season to season. Also
care shall be taken to utilize the cheaper source of power source like EB
power over DG set power whenever possible as a measure to reduce
operational expenditure.
21.2.10 Depending upon power availability (UAL PCL or DG), a quick change-over shall be done by the contractor from UAL PCL to DG or vice-versa. BSNL is providing battery backup to take care of the change-over phase. In the event of unavoidable circumstances of this change over more than 5 to 6 times a day due to frequent power failure, the change over time need to be brought down to few minutes to protect the BSNL batteries from deep discharge. Please note that in case of power failure and BSNL equipment working on batteries, the shelter temperature goes high to create a high temperature alarm within 20 to 30 minutes.
21.2.11 In case of power failure, adequate steps should be taken so that the
temperature inside the shelter does not go beyond 35C during such interruptions. If the interruption is expected to take more time, other standby arrangement of mobile DG set should be arranged by the Contractor within the allowed time to meet network uptime of 99.97% or more.
21.2.12 While the site is run on alternate arrangement like mobile DG, the site
shall be manned by Contractor’s technicians continuously. This condition is
also applicable for any of the equipment which is run on manual mode
bypassing auto operation of the equipment.
21.2.13 When the power is restored through regular EB source or alternate
back up arrangement, power should be continuously available for at
least 10hrs to charge the batteries completely.
22 OTHER RESPONSIBILITIES OF THE CONTRACTOR 22.1 Contractor shall deploy sufficient numbers of well trained technicians/operators
and maintenance staff for successful execution of this contract. Persons so deployed shall be equipped with required tools, materials, parts, accessories, instruments and equipment to perform the Maintenance Services described in this Agreement for the Equipment all in accordance with the Specifications, as further described in Section VI.
22.2 The Contractor shall provide the following to its employees deputed to carry out the Services under this Agreement for which BSNL will not pay any extra:
a. Photo Identity Card; b. Shock proof shoes & gloves; ( power handling)
c. Tools and tackles to perform the duty 22.3 The Contractor shall be responsible for damages caused due to improper
operations / maintenance, acts due to negligence and by adopting unsafe and unprotected methods. The responsibility will be decided by the General Manager TD Nainital, Uttarakhnad Circle, BSNL.
22.4 All damages as mentioned in above shall be repaired or replaced at the cost and risk of the Contractor. The Contractor shall provide temporary arrangement or replacement till the damages are rectified permanently.
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22.5 Contractor shall also be responsible for all keys or access cards to BSNL’s premises issued to Contractor’s employees hereunder. Such keys or access cards shall not be duplicated. All keys or access cards shall be returned to BSNL upon request or upon termination of this Agreement. If the loss of keys or access cards requires changing the combination of locks or changing other access equipment, the cost of such labour and material may be charged to the Contractor at the discretion of BSNL.
22.6 LABOUR OBLIGATIONS 22.6.1 The Contractor shall be fully responsible for discharge of various obligations towards its employees deployed under this Agreement, under different statutes including Payment of Wages Act, 1936, Minimum Wages Act, 1948, Workman Compensation Act, 1923, Payment of Bonus Act, 1965, Payment of Gratuity Act, 1972, Employees State Insurance Act, 1948,
Employees Provident Fund and Misc. Provisions Act, 1952 etc., and BSNL shall have authority to check and satisfy themselves regarding compliance of the Statutory / legal obligations of the Contractor towards its employees. However, this will not make BSNL in any way liable to discharge any of the responsibilities of the Service provider under the above stated or any other Acts and the Contractor would be solely and exclusively responsible / liable to pay /discharge all such obligations / liabilities of its employees under any Act or Enactment whatsoever, in force for the time being and from time to time.
22.6.2 Notwithstanding, anything contained herein above BSNL shall have the right to send back to the Contractor any employee/representative, etc. if the said person is considered to be undesirable and the Contractor can also change any person engaged / employed by it after making suitable replacement and with prior intimation to BSNL
22.6.3 The Contractor alone will be responsible for the conduct, behavior and discipline of its employees/representatives. In case of any misconduct which may or may not involve financial loss or burden on BSNL, the Contractor alone shall take suitable action against such defaulting employees/agents and BSNL shall not be responsible and / or liable for any type of dispute arising out of such disciplinary action as and when taken by the Contractor against such defaulting person (s) employed / engaged by it.
22.7 In the event of any injury, illness or death of any employee/representative (s) or any other person by reason of any action or omission on the part of the Contractor, or any of its personnel, any liability that may arise and / or accrue shall be that of the Contractor. The Contractor shall indemnify and keep BSNL indemnified against all such claims arising from any such injury, damage and / or death and shall be liable to pay such compensation and / or any other sums for which BSNL may have to pay to any third party and the Contractor shall forthwith on demand or otherwise reimburse to BSNL, as the case may be, all money, compensation, contribution, premium paid, or liable to be paid by it on account of the action and omission of the Contractor. In the event it fails to do so BSNL shall recover any such amount or part thereof from the payments to be made to the Contractor towards its bills.
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22.8 In the event of any theft reported from any Site, the Contractor shall carry out proper internal investigation, coordinate with BSNL and other agencies and take actions so as to restore the services, if affected by the said theft. At sites where security is in the scope of the Contractor, cost of material lost due to theft would be charged to the Contractor.
22.9 The Contractor shall be responsible for movement of all spares, equipment under this Agreement from one Site to other or from the offices/warehouse of Contractor to any Site/warehouse of BSNL.
23 TOOLS & IMPLEMENTS Unless otherwise specifically provided in this Agreement, Contractor shall provide
all labour, tools and equipment ("Tools") for performance of this Agreement. Should
Contractor actually use any tools owned or rented by BSNL, Contractor
acknowledges that it accepts the Tools "as is, where is” and that Contractor shall
have risk of loss and damage to such Tools. Contractor agrees not to remove the
Tools from BSNL’s premises, to use Tools only for the Services under this
Agreement and to return the Tools to BSNL upon completion of use, or at such
earlier time as BSNL may request, in the same condition as when received by
Contractor, reasonable wear and tear accepted.
24.0 MAINTENANCE OF RECORDS AND REPORTING
24.1 The Contractor shall ensure the maintenance of all such log books / record books as may be prescribed by BSNL from time to time
24.2 The Contractor shall also be responsible for generation and distribution of
various reports, statements, MIS; etc in such formats, for such periods, to such
persons as may be conveyed by BSNL from time to time.
Section V
Detailed Technical Requirements
Broad details of infra equipment installed at various stations are as follows
1.0 Present BTS Infrastructure Specifications
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1.1 Diesel Generator Set
Item Specification
1. 25/20 KVA DG set
BTS site
Capacity 25/20 KVA (a small quantity of 22.5KVA, 30 KVA, 40KVA & 75KVA also available)
Acoustic canopy to reduce sound to 75 dB Vibration less than 20 microns on base frame Automatic operation with AMF panel
Micro processor based controller
2. 15 KVA DG set
BTS site
Capacity 15 KVA
Acoustic canopy to reduce sound to 75 dB Vibration less than 20 microns on base frame Automatic operation with AMF panel
Micro processor based controller
2.0 Schedule for Maintenance:
2.1 Preventive Maintenance: Air Conditioners: Monthly Maintenance
2.1.1 Check input / output supply of stabilizer. 2.1.2 Check for any leakage / condensation. 2.1.3 Check the room temperature as required. 2.1.4 Cleaning of air filters with mild detergent and water. 2.1.5 Check for any damage to the outdoor unit, piping, etc.
2.2 Preventive Maintenance: D.G Sets
2.2.1 Monthly Maintenance:
Check for any fuel leakage through the pipes or fuel tank.
Check coolant level when the engine is cool and top it up, if applicable.
Check Lube oil level when the engine is cool and top it up. Lube oil should be from approved supplier.
Check starter battery and its terminals for its condition. In case of low electrolyte level top it up with packed distilled water.
Check all the electrical connections for their firmness and correctness.
Run DG set for 30 minutes and note down the main parameters like voltage, frequency, GCU reading etc.
Ensure all safety devices, sensors and indications are working properly.
Clean DG set thoroughly.
2.3 Preventive Maintenance: Electrical system & Indoors
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Following items to be checked regularly and ensured:
DG set is working in Auto mode.
All alarms are working.
All switches and lights are working.
Aviation light, if provided, is functional.
Fire extinguisher is available and functionally okay (date is valid).
Earth Resistance verification on Quarterly basis to ensure it is within specified levels.
Ensure no power cable is heated up.
MCBs meant for BSNL infrastructure should be of proper rating
3.0 Breakdown Maintenance - Repair Methodology:
The following describes the indicative process to be followed by an O&M Technician at site during alarm/breakdown check call. 3.1 The O&M technician will carry out a visual inspection of the respective fault alarm. If immediate rectification is possible, the technician will carry out the operation himself and close it at the FMC.
3.2 In case of equipment breakdown; he will notify the FMC engineer and BSNL circle head. After which he will proceed with the respective rectification process.
3.2.1 DG:
The O&M technician will do a visual inspection of DG and will try to trouble
shoot the exact nature of the problem. In case of a major breakdown, the
technician has to arrange for the mobile DG to have the site running without
any downtime.
In case of fault in the AMF panel, the DG should be operated in the manual
mode and AMF panel should be rectified. During DG manual mode, the site
needs to be manned continuously.
.
SL.NO. DESCRIPTION OF WORK ACTION TO BE TAKEN
(A). ENGINE 1) Check the
foundation bolt. Proper
tightening to be done
2) Check the
torque of all fasteners.
Proper tightening to be
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done
3) Check the oil
leakages. Remove the
leakage if persists
4) Check the
alignment of all
equipment. Align the
equipment’s, if needed
5) Check the
greasing /oil greasing of
greasing at all points to
be done
Auxiliary equipment and
linkages.
6) Clean the
radiator to be done
7) Check the lube
oil level in the
sumpchange the
Oil(supp., by eng. manuf.)
at 400 hrs or top up in
between
. 8) Check the fuel
pump cleaning
to be cleaned if
required
9) Check the valve
tapet clearance
adjust if
required
10) Check the fuel
timing
adjust if
required
11) Check the belt
tension
adjust if
required
12) Check the
condition of v belt
replace if
defective
13) Check the
smoke condition
take action
for proper smoke
14) Check fuel filter
element
a) pre-filter
insert
replace at every
400 hrs run
b) fuel filter
insert
replace at every
400 hrs run
15) Check the lube
oil filter
replace at every
oil change
16) Check air
cleaner.
to be cleaned or replaced
as reqd.
17) Check bypass
filter
to be replaced if
reqd.
18) Clean the
button filter of feed pump
to be
cleaned.
19) Clean the
cylinder barrel and
to be cleaned
cylinder head fins 20) Check the
battery water level
if less add
distill water
21) Check the water
level in radiator for top
up if required water
cooled engine
23) Check CR
element and CR plate
replace if
reqd.
24) Check exhaust
pipe for leakage and
Remove
leakages and clear
Restriction
25) Check sediment
in fuel tank.clean if
required
26) Check hose
pipe. replace if
efective
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27) Check self
starter.if defective, to be
repaired
28) Check Status of
Battery if life expired
intimate incharge along
with price list of battery
for prior approval of
replacement
29 Check charging
alternator if
defective, to be
repaired
30 Check for safety trip
for (if provided)
a) for high
cylinder temperature in
air to be
adjusted if required
cooled engine.
b) for high
water temperature in
water to be
adjusted if required
cooled engine
. c) for low
lubricating oil pressure.
to be adjusted if required
d) for low level
diesel in tank.
to be
adjusted if required
Check for loss of power of engine/If replacement /overhauling is required, if due
heavy smoke or defect intimate Engineer incharge along with rates of spares
and accessories of engine and its instrument Panel complete with Part no. as per
engine manufacturer price list for prior approval.
(E). Alternator
1) Check for tightness of cable end termination. ensure proper tightening 2) Check the tightness of the coupling. tighten properly if required 3) Check the blower fan etc. ensure proper running 4) Check the carbon bush. To be replaced if worn out 5) Check slip ring holder and resistances. if defective, intimate incharge along with rate for prior approval
6) Check the greasing etc of bearings. greasing to be done 7) Check the terminal voltage on no load. adjust if needed 8) Check the terminal voltage on load. adjust if needed 9) Check the frequency on no load. adjust if needed 10) Check the frequency on load. adjust if needed 11) Check power factor on load. if pf is less than 0.85 intimate
incharge to improve the power factor of exchange load. 12) Check full load current.If load current is more than rated capacity of E/A set incharge
may be intimated to reduce the load of exchange on E/A set. 13) Check the noise level of the bearing. intimate to incharge if bearing needs replacement
along with rate as per price list
14) Check if no voltage is produced by alternator. check rotor, armature winding,field
coil and AVR if defect is found in any of them,intimate incharge along with rates of rewinding / replacement for prior approval.
15) Check ventilation of room /exhaust fan if room temperature is more than 10 c, over ambient temp the cause may be intimated to incharge to improve ventilation of room.
(F). Control panel
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1) Check the incoming switch a) for fuse if switch fuse unit. Change the fuse with correct rating if required. b) MCCB / MCB check the rating /functioning if defective, intimate incharge along
with rate as per its manufacturer price list.
2) Check wiring for contact looseness. Tighten properly. 3) Check measuring instruments of .Replace Ammeter, volt meter,
Electrical control panel of E/A set,frequency meter, if faulty
Beside above all the work which is necessary to run the DG set and site.
Note: Above items of Engine, Alternator and control panel shall be carried out as
applicable for respective makes and models.
3.2.2 Frequency of Maintenance Schedule:
Equip/System Frequency Activity
DG-set
Weekly
Check D-G set battery voltage (by DC
voltmeter on AMF panel or by multi meter)
and charging current by DC ammeter on AMF
panel).
DG-set
Weekly
Maintain record of number of hours of
running of D-G set, diesel consumed, KWH
produced, water temperature (when DG is
ON), lube oil pressure (when DG is ON) and
works done on D-G set.
DG-set
Weekly
Visual check water leakage in the canopy and for
fuel &oil leakage.
DG-set
Weekly
Check battery terminals for looseness & rust and
taking remedial action.
DG-set Weekly Top-up distilled water in battery if required.
DG-set Monthly Clean of air-filter.
DG-set
Monthly
Clean of engine, alternator, terminal box on
alternator, AVR, AMF panel interiors, canopy
interiors, air inlet/exit opening of canopy. DG-set Monthly Check lube oil level. Top up if necessary.
DG-set
Monthly
Check all terminations (on alternator, in AVR
& in AMF panel) for looseness &
overheating.
DG-set
Monthly
LED/Lamp test, if provision is available in the
AMF panel.
DG-set
Half yearly
Contactor (AMF panel) overhauling if
required. During this period, if DG power will
remain unavailable for more than 30 minutes,
arrangements to be made for making DG power
available through other means (like mobile DG
set)
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DG-set As required Diesel filling.
DG-set
As required
B-check, as per manufacturer's
recommendation, every 250hrs of running or
every 6 months, which ever is earlier. During this
period, if DG power will remain unavailable for
more than 30 minutes, arrangements to be made
for making DG power available through other
means (like mobile DG set)
DG-set As required
C-Checks as per manufactures
recommendations. During this period, if DG
power will remain unavailable for more than 30
minutes, arrangements to be made for making DG
power available through other means (like mobile
DG set)
DG-set As required
DG Set Over hauling. During this period, if DG
power will remain unavailable for more than 30
minutes, arrangements to be made for making DG
power available through other means (like mobile
DG set)
DG-set
As required
If there is no EB power failure for 15 days,
test-run the DG-set on-load for 60min.
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Section- VI
Financial Bid [Table-1]
FINANCIAL BID
NIT No: OP-4/Tender/E.A./AMC/GMTD/NT/2015-16/1 Dated : 21-01-2016
To,
The AGM (Plg) BSNL
O/O GMTD, Nainital, HQ-Haldwani.
Sub: The Annual CO&M contract of engine Alternator sets.
Sir,
With reference to your tender notice, I/ We hereby tender my / our rates for annual maintenance as per tender
specification of Engine Alternator sets installed at various exchanges. I/We have read and agree with the terms and
conditions mentioned in tender document issued to me/us for annual maintenance of E/A sets. The capacity wise rate
for Annual maintenance of E/A sets is given as below.
SL.
NO.
Capacity of
E/A set (in
KVA)
QTY Rate Per Unit per
month inclusive of
all levies and taxes
but excluding service
Tax in Rs
Total Cost
per Month
inclusive of
all levies and
taxes but
excluding
service Tax in
Rs
Any Other Cost
/ Discount
Quote/Offered
in Rs
Final Total per
month in Rs
A B C D E = C x D F G= E-F
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A. Cost of Comprehensive Operations & Maintenance including support work if any
required by BSNL(CO&M)
1 >10 KVA to
25 KVA 28
2 >25 KVA to
45 KVA 4
3 >45 KVA to
63 KVA 0
B.
Cost of Comprehensive Maintenance & Repair Support of DG Sets (AMC)
1 >10 KVA to
25 KVA 98
2 >25 KVA to
45 KVA 27
3 >45 KVA to
63 KVA 06
Note:- (1) Rates are inclusive of all levies/taxes excluding service tax.
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(2) Rates for optional items shall also be accounted while deciding price ranking of
bidders.
(3) Urban Areas are those stations which are located at District HQ/ Tehsil HQ / Sub
divisional HQ of revenue Districts. Remaining locations are called as Rural Areas
Financial Bid [Table-2]
Cluster Name-………….
Sl
No
Item
(A)
Quantity
(B)
Basic
Unit
Price per
site
excluding
service
tax in Rs.
(C)
Taxes,
Levies
and all
Other
duties
Excluding
Service
Tax in Rs.
(D)
Unit Price per site
inclusive of all
Taxes, Levies and
all other duties
excluding service
TAX in Rs.
(In figure)
(E=C+D)
Unit Price per site
inclusive of all Taxes,
Levies and all other
duties excluding
service TAX in Rs.
(In words)
(F=E)
Total Composite Price in Rs.
(G=B*E)
1.0 DG repair of
Seized DG
Sets by
Overhauling
1.01 10 KVA to 12.5
KVA
5
1,02 15 KVA 5
1.03 20 KVA to 25
KVA
5
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1.04 27.5 KVA to 35
KVA
5
1.05 37.5 KVA to 45
KVA
5
1.06 47 KVA to 55
KVA
5
1.06 56 KVA to 63
KVA
5
1.1 Lump sum
one time
Minor
Repairing
Cost where
DG is in
Operational
Condition
1.11 10 KVA to 12.5
KVA
5
1.12 15 KVA 5
1.13 20 KVA to 25
KVA
5
1.14 27.5 KVA to 35
KVA
5
1.15 37.5 KVA to 45
KVA
5
1.16 47 KVA to 55 3
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KVA
1.17 56 KVA to 63
KVA
2
1.2 One Time
Service Cost
inclusive of
Lubricants &
Consumables
1.21 10 KVA to 12.5
KVA
5
1.22 15 KVA 5
1.23 20 KVA to 25
KVA
5
1.24 27.5 KVA to 35
KVA
5
1.25 37.5 KVA to 45
KVA
5
1.26 47 KVA to 55
KVA
3
1.27 56 KVA to 63
KVA
2
Total Composite Cost= (Total Composite Cost of Table-1) + (Total Composite Cost of
Table-2)
Note: The price under Table -2 shall be applicable only for removing punch points as a one-time measure of DG,
decided during joint inspection of site before taking over for Comprehensive O&M by the bidder. However BSNL
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reserves right to use these prices to get set right of certain DG sets under the contract at any given time during
currency of the contract.
“We hereby declare that in quoting the above prices, we have taken into account the entire credit on
inputs available under the MODVAT SCHEME introduced w.e.f. 1st March 1986 and further extended on
more items till date”.
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Section VII LOG SHEET PROFORMA
No of inspection /servicing………. Date ………….
Exchange Detail Name of Exchange :…………………………… Name Of Incharge ……….…………
ExchangeTelephone no: .…………………
Hour Meter Reading .…………………
Date of Servicing: .…………………
Engine Detail Alternator Detail
Sr. no. Sr. no.
Capacity Capacity
Model Model
Control Panel Detail Safety Control of engine
Incoming
switch
TPN / MCCB /
MCB
High Cylinder
Temperature
Yes / No
Capacity LLOP Yes / No
Lack of Fuel Yes / No
Reading after Servicing
Meter No Load Load
R.p.m
Oil Pressure
Voltage
Ampere
Frequency
Hour meter
Remark of Service Engineer (List out defect found during servicing which is not covered in service contract to be charged extra)
Log book will be maintained daily basis in following format.
Sl.No, date ,time of power failure , D/G start time, power restoration time, time of D/G stop
1-
2-
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Servicing done as per Schedule in AgreementSignature of Service Engineer
Signature of Incharge
SECTION VIII: BID FORM TenderNo.OP-4/Tender/E.A./AMC/GMTD/NT/2015-16/1 Date 21-01-2016 To AGM(Plg), O/o GMTD Nainital H.Q. Haldwani main telephone exchange building Avas- Vikas P.O. Bhotia parao Haldwani Dear Sir, 1. Having examined the conditions of contract and specifications including all annexure the receipt of which is hereby duly acknowledged, we, undersigned, offer for comprehensive operation and maintenance of DG sets installed in the Nainital SSA of BSNL, Uttarakhnad Circle as per the detailed BTS locations and the miscellaneous activities mentioned in the tender for a period of three years in conformity with the terms and conditions of contract for the annual price shown in the financial bid attached herewith and made part of this Bid. 2. We undertake, if our Bid is accepted, to commence comprehensive operation and maintenance services as per your advance work order/purchase order. 3. If our Bid is accepted, we will obtain the performance guarantees of a Scheduled Bank for a sum equal to the three years’ comprehensive operation and maintenance price of all the sites in respective cluster in which work is awarded for the due performance of the contract. 4. We agree to abide by this Bid for a period of 150 days from the date fixed for Bid opening and it shall remain binding upon us and may be accepted at any time before the expiration of that period for the initial order subsequent order will be based on the performance by the bidder. 5. Until a formal work order/ purchase order of contract is prepared and executed, this Bid together with your written acceptance thereof in your notification of award shall constitute a binding contract between us. 6. Bid submitted by us is properly sealed and prepared so as to prevent any subsequent alteration and replacement. 7. We understand that you are not bound to accept the lowest or any bid, you may receive.
Dated this .............................. day of ........................ 2016 Name and Signature ------------------------ In the capacity of ----------------------
Duly authorized to sign the bid for and on behalf of .................................
Witness ......................................... Address ......................................
Signature
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SECTION IX: BID SECURITRY FORM
Whereas .................................. (hereinafter called "the Bidder") has submitted its bid dated............for the supply of ........................ vide Tender No…………………… dated............ KNOW ALL MEN by these presents that WE ....................... OF .................... having our registered office at .................(hereinafter called "the Bank") are bound unto Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited (hereinafter called "the Purchaser") in the sum of Rs.................... for which payment will and truly to be made of the said
Purchaser, the Bank binds itself, its successors and assigns by these present. THE CONDITIONS of the obligation are : 1. If the Bidder withdraws his bid during the period of bid validity specified by the Bidder on the Bid form or 2. If the Bidder, having been notified of the acceptance of his bid by the Purchaser during the period of bid validity (a) fails or refuses to execute the Contract, if required; or (b) fails or refuses to furnish the Performance Security, in accordance with the instructions to Bidders. We undertake to pay to the Purchaser up to the above amount upon receipt of its first written demand, without the purchaser having to substantiate its demand, provided that in its demand, the purchaser will note that the amount claimed by it is due to it owing to the occurrence of one or both of the two conditions, specifying the occurred condition or conditions. This guarantee will remain in force as specified in clauses 12 and 28.2 of section II of the Bid Document up to and including THIRTY (30) days after the Period of bid validity and any demand in respect thereof should reach the Bank not later than the specified date /dates. Signature of the Bank Authority. Name Signed in Capacity of Name & Signature of witness Full address of Branch Address of witness Tel No. of Branch Fax No. of Branch
Witness .........................................
Address ...................................... Signature
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SECTION X:
LETTER OF AUTHORISATION FOR BID OPENING (To be submitted to bid Opening Committee before bid opening)
To
AGM(Planning), O/o GMTD, Telephone Exchange Building Haldwani
Subject: Authorization for attending bid opening on ________________________________(date) in the Tender of _________________________________________________________.
Following persons are hereby authorized to attend the bid opening for the tender mentioned above on behalf of
______________________________________________ (Bidder) in order of preference given below.
Order of Preference Name Specimen Signatures I.
II.
Alternate Representative
Signatures of bidder
Or Officer authorized to sign the bid Documents on behalf of the bidder.
Note : 1. Maximum of two representatives will be permitted to attend bid opening. In cases where it is restricted to one, first preference will be allowed. Alternate representative will be permitted when regular representatives are not
able to attend. 2. Permission for entry to the hall where bids are opened, may be refused in
case authorization as prescribed above is not recovered.
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SECTION XI:
PERFORMANCE SECURITY GUARANTEE (BOND FORM)
1. In consideration of the GMTD Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited Nainital H.Q.
Haldwani (hereinafter called”the “BSNL”) having agreed to
exempt………………………..( hereinafter called “Bidder”) from the demand, under
the terms and conditions of an agreement/ (purchase order)
No……………dated……………made
between…………………………..and…………………………for the supply
of……………………………………..(hereinafter called “the said AGREEMENT”) of
Security Deposit for the due fulfillment by the bidder of the terms and
conditions contained in the said Agreement, on production of the Bank
Guarantee for Rs 10% of work awarded (Rs Ten percent of work awarded) only
.we, (name of the Bank)………………..(hereinafter referred to as “the Bank”) at
the request
of ……………………………(Bidder) do hereby undertake to pay to the BSNL
an amount not exceeding………………. against any loss or damage caused to or
suffered or would be caused to or suffered by the BSNL by reason of any breach
by bidder of any of the terms or conditions contained in the said agreement.
2. We (name of the Bank)…………do hereby undertake to pay the amounts due
and payable under this guarantee without any demure, merely on a demand
from the BSNL by reason of breach by the said bidder of any of terms or
conditions contained in the said agreement or by reasons of the bidder’s failure
to perform the said agreement. Any such demand made on the bank shall be
conclusive as regard the
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amount due and payable by the bank under this guarantee where the decision
of the BSNL in these counts shall be final and binding on the bank. However,
our liability under this guarantee shall be restricted to an amount not
exceeding……………………..
3. We undertake to pay to the BSNL any money so demanded not withstanding
any dispute or disputes raised by bidder in any suit or proceeding pending
before any court or tribunal relating thereto our liability under this present
being absolute and unequivocal. The payment so made by us under this bond
shall be valid discharge of our liability for payment there under and the bidder
shall have no claim against us for making such payment.
4. We (name of the Bank) …………………….. further agree that the guarantee
herein contained shall remain in full force and effect during the period that
would be taken for the performance of the said agreement and that it shall
continue to be enforceable till all the dues of the BSNL under or by virtue of the
said agreement have been fully paid and its claims satisfied or discharged or till
…………………. (office/department) BSNL certifies that the terms and conditions
of the said agreement have been fully or properly carried out by bidder and
accordingly discharges this guarantee. Unless a demand or claim under this
guarantee is made on us in writing on or before the expiry of
……………….(period as specified in PO) from the date hereof, we shall be
discharged from all liabilities under this guarantee thereafter.
5. We (name of the Bank) ………… further agree with the BSNL that the BSNL
shall have the fullest liberty without our consent and without affecting in any
manner our obligation hereunder to vary any of the terms and conditions of the
said agreement or to extend time of performance by the bidder from time to time
or to postpone for any time or from time to time any of the powers exercisable by
the BSNL against bidder and to forbear or enforce any of the terms and
conditions relating to the said agreement and we shall not be relieved from our
liability by reason of any such variation, or extension being granted to the
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bidder or for any forbearance, act or omission on the part of BSNL or any
indulgence by the BSNL to bidder or by any such matter or thing whatsoever
which under the law relating to the sureties would, but for this provision, have
effect of so relieving us.
6. This guarantee will not be discharged due to change in the constitution of the
Bank or bidder.
7. We (name of the Bank)…………………lastly undertake not to revoke this
guarantee during its currency except with the previous consent of the BSNL in
writing.
Dated the ………………………. Day of ………………
For
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(Indicate the name of bank)
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SECTION XII: MUTUAL NON-DISCLOSURE AGREEMENT
This Agreement is made as of the ___________ between Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited (A Government of India Enterprise), O/o GMTD Nainita H.Q. HALDWANI
BSNL, MAIN TELEPHONE EXCHANGE AVAS-VAKAS P.O. BHOTIA PARAO
HALDWANI 263139, having its registered office at 10th Floor, Statesman
House, B-148, Barakhamba Road, New Delhi-110001 herein after called “BSNL” which expression shall unless repugnant to the subject or the context mean and included its successors, nominees or assign and M/s …….. (Bidder), an Indian
Company incorporated and registered under the companies Act 1956, having its registered office at ……………….. herein after referred to as the “Bidder” which expression shall unless repugnant to the subject or the context mean and
include its successors, nominees or assigns. In order to pursue the mutual business purpose specified in Exhibit A (the
"Business Purpose"), BSNL and Bidder recognize that there is a need to disclose to one another certain confidential information of each party to be used only for the Business Purpose and to protect such confidential information from
unauthorized use and disclosure. In consideration of the other party's disclosure of such information, each party agrees as follows:
1. This Agreement will apply to all confidential and proprietary information
disclosed by one party to the other party, including information listed in Exhibit A and other information which the disclosing party identifies in writing as confidential before or within thirty days after disclosure to the receiving party
("Confidential Information"). 2. Each party agrees (i) to hold the other party's Confidential Information in
strict confidence, (ii) not to disclose such Confidential Information to any third parties, and (iii) not to use any Confidential Information for any purpose except for the Business Purpose. Each party may disclose the other party's
Confidential Information to its responsible employees with a bona fide need to know, but only to the extent necessary to carry out the Business Purpose. Each party agrees to instruct all such employees not to disclose such Confidential
Information to third parties, including consultants, without the prior written permission of the disclosing party.
3. Confidential information will not include information which: (i) is now, or hereafter becomes, through no act or failure to act on the part of the receiving party, generally known or available to the public:
(iii) Was acquired by the receiving party before receiving such
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Information from the disclosing party and without restriction as to use or disclosure;
(iii) Is hereafter rightfully furnished to the receiving party by a third party, without restriction as to use or disclosure: (IV) is information which the receiving party can document was independently developed by the receiving party; (v) is required to be disclosed pursuant to law, provided the receiving party uses
reasonable efforts to give the disclosing party reasonable notice of such required disclosure; or (vi) Is disclosed with the prior written consent of the disclosing party.
4. Each party agrees not to remove any of the other party's Confidential Information from the premises of the disclosing party without the disclosing
party's prior written approval. Each party agrees to exercise extreme care in protecting the confidentiality of any Confidential Information which is removed, only with the disclosing party's prior written approval, from the disclosing
party's premises. Each party agrees to comply with any and all terms and conditions the disclosing party may impose upon any such approved removal,
such as conditions that the removed Confidential Information and all copies must be returned by a certain date, and that no copies are to be making off of the premises.
5. Upon the disclosing party's request, the receiving party will promptly return to the disclosing party all tangible items containing or consisting of the
disclosing party's Confidential Information all copies thereof.
6.Each party recognizes and agrees that nothing contained in this Agreement will be construed as granting any rights to the receiving party, by license or otherwise, to any of the disclosing party's Confidential Information except as
specified in this Agreement. 7. Each party acknowledges that all of the disclosing party's Confidential
Information is owned solely by the disclosing party (or its licensors) and that the unauthorized disclosure or use of such Confidential Information would cause
irreparable harm and significant injury, the degree of which may be difficult to ascertain. Accordingly, each party agrees that the disclosing party will have the right to obtain an immediate injunction enjoining any breach of this Agreement,
as well as the right to pursue any and all other rights and remedies available at law or in equity for such a breach.
8. This Agreement will be construed, interpreted, and applied in accordance with the laws of India. Subject to terms and conditions regarding the removal of Confidential Information as set forth under Section 4, this Agreement and
Exhibit A attached hereto are the complete and exclusive statement regarding the subject matter of this Agreement and supersede all prior agreements,
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understandings and communications, oral or written, between the parties regarding the subject matter of this Agreement.
9. This Agreement will remain in effect for five years from the date of the last disclosure of Confidential Information, at which time it will terminate.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have executed this Agreement by their duly authorized officers or representatives.
Bidder Company Name Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited
Signature Signature
Printed Name Printed
Name
Title
Title
Seal
Seal
Exhibit A 1. Business Purpose:
To carry out Comprehensive Operations & Maintenance of Infrastructure
Equipments
(Reference: Tender No :…………………….) 2. Confidential Information of Bidder
3. Confidential Information of Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited (BSNL):
The equipment details including the configurations.
All information shared in oral or in written form by BSNL with Bidder
Bidder Company Name Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited
Signature Signature
Printed Name Printed
Name
Title
Title
Seal
Seal
END