TENDER DOCUMENT FOR Call Center Operation for Complaint Redressal System

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1 TENDER DOCUMENT FOR Call Center Operation for Complaint Redressal System ( OPERATION OF A DOMESTIC INBOUND CALL CENTRE FOR COMPLAINTS REGISTRATION ) Tender Fees : Rs 5,000/- Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation E-Governance Department, 1st floor, Sardar Patel Bhavan, Danapith, Ahmedabad , Gujarat Date of Submission of Bid: 15/09/2014 up to 1.00 pm Opening of Technical Bid: 15/09/2014 at 1.30 pm 1/21

2 COMPETITIVE BIDDING FOR A DOMESTIC INBOUND AND OUTBOUND CALL CENTRE SECTION I: INVITATION FOR BIDS 1. Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation invites sealed bids from eligible bidders for operations of a domestic inbound call centre for complaints registrations. 2. Actual award of contract will follow the conditions as per this document. This document is given for enabling the bidders to know the tender conditions so as to guide them in filling up the technical bid and the quoting rates. 3. Important Information NO Information Details AMC-CCRS-CALLCENTER/ Tender No: 15/ Last date and time for submission 15/09/2014 up to 1.00 PM of proposals (Technical and commercial) 3. Place, date and time for opening of 15/09/2014 at 1.30 PM technical proposals Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation. 1st Floor, E-Governance Dept., Sardar Patel Bhavan, Danapith, Ahmedabad 4. Contact person for queries info@egovamc.com Manager, E-Governance Dept., Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation 5. Address for proposals to be Tender Officer, Danapith submitted Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation 6. Place, date and time for opening of 15/09/2014 at 1.30 PM financial/commercial proposal Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation. 1st Floor, E-Governance Dept., Sardar Patel Bhavan, Danapith, Ahmedabad 7. Last date & Time for submission 15/09/2014 up to 1.00 pm of EMD& Bid Processing Fees at AMC 8. Rs.5,000/- (Rupees Five Thousand Bid processing Fee Only) 9. EMD Rs 1,00,000/- (One Lac) only 4. Technical Bids will be opened in the presence of Bidders or their representatives who choose to attend on the specified date and time. 5. In the event of the date specified for opening of bid being declared as a holiday the due date for submission of bids and opening of bids will be the following working day at the appointed times. 6. Financial bids of only those bidders who qualify on the basis of evaluation of technical bids will be opened on the same day. 2/21

3 A. INTRODUCTION SECTION II: INSTRUCTION TO BIDDERS (ITB) Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation invites bids from capable service providers for operation of a domestic inbound call centre for complaints registrations. CCRS (Comprehensive Complaint Redressal System ) is established by AMC for Citizens to register complaints with regard to services provided by AMC. 1 General Instruction The bid is non-transferable. Bidder shall submit tender in single sealed cover superscribing "TENDER FOR CALL CENTER OPERATION FOR COMPLAINT REDRESSAL SYSTEM FOR AHMEDABAD MUNICIPAL CORPORATION and Company's name, address, contact number and ID. Inside the said sealed cover; Technical Bid and Financial Bid shall be submitted separately in separate sealed covers, along with DDs for Tender Fee, EMD and other related documents. Tenders duly filled in as above mentioned will be received physically in the office of the Tender Officer, Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation, Saradar Patel Bhavan, Danapith, Ahmedabad up to 13:00 hrs. on 15/09/2014. Tender received late on account of any reason will not be considered. Telegraphic tenders will not be entertained. The incomplete Bids will be rejected without giving any reason there of. All documents submitted in response to this Tender shall be signed by an authorized person. All papers shall be initialed by the said authority. Financial bids of only technically qualified bidders will be opened. The successful bidder is required to do all prior work of recruitment and training of agents, test dialing etc. in 10 days time from the date of award of contract to them and should start the operation within this period. The Bidder shall bear all the costs associated with the preparation and submission of its bid, AMC will not be responsible or liable for these costs, regardless of conduct or outcome of bidding process. The bidders should be at least one office in Ahmedabad. The Bidder is expected to examine all instructions, forms, terms and specifications in the bidding documents. Failure to furnish all information required by the bidding documents or submission of a bid not substantially responsive to the biding documents in every respect will be at the Bidder s risk and may result in rejection of its bid. 2 Scope of Work The Call Centre will be initially started with 2 shifts. In 1 st and 2 nd shift there should be enough manpower to handle 2000 calls in first shift and 1000 calls in 2nd shift through 10 lines. 1 Manager / Supervisor for the whole system. 3/21

4 In each shift, manpower which is provided must be proficient in Gujarati/Hindi. At least one person should be proficient in English. Based upon the response and caller traffic the successful bidder will be expected to handle increased calls at a notice of 15 days. The agents appointed by the service provider must have minimum one year of experience in working in call center. Also Manager appointed must have minimum 2 years of experience in similar capacity. The Bidder will have to offer the rates for operation of the call center in both shift considering the load of the calls. Contract is for one year may be continued to another two year considering the performance of the work. Bidder has to understand the existing function and features of the CCRS call center at his own and has to perform call center operations duties accordingly which includes the data entry part of the complaint call details. ROLES AND RESPONSIBILITIES: Client s responsibilities: Premises will be provided by AMC. provided by AMC. Software & Hardware will be Successful Bidder s responsibilities: They will recruit, train (provide language and soft skills) and maintain the necessary staff in order to run the centre in full capacity at their own cost. All the agents must have minimum one year of experience in similar activity. Bidders has to understand at its own the existing functions & feature of CCRS Module The Call Centre will be initially started with 2 shifts. Shift 1: 06:00 a.m. to 02:00 p.m. Shift 2: 02:00 p.m. to 10:00 p.m. The successful bidder will have to appoint at least one supervisor who will be nodal point for coordination with Client and also supervising the performance of the agents. The supervisor must be available 24/7 on mobile. The Bidder need to sign the agreement and non disclosure agreement with Client for running the call centre. The Bidder will provide all Call Logs, other necessary details as required by AMC authorities with regards to complaints details. The agents also have to make data entry for specific software developed 4/21

5 for CCRS in AMC. All the expenditure pertaining to the man-power deployed for call center operations will be borne by the successful bidder including the salaries and other benefits of the staff. The service provider will abide by the job safety measures prevalent in India and will free Client from all demands or responsibilities arising from accidents or loss of life the cause of which is the service provider s negligence. The service provider will pay all indemnities arising from such incidents and will not hold Client responsible or obligated. The service provider is responsible for managing the activities of its personnel and will hold himself responsible for any misdemeanors. The service provider will treat all data and information about Client, as confidential obtained in the execution of his responsibilities, in strict confidence and will not reveal such information to any other party without the prior written approval of Client. AMC will not be responsible for payments to manpower of bidders. Bidders will be responsible for all Govt. laws & regulations. like minimum wages act / labor law /PF ESIC etc. 3 Eligibility Criteria 3.1 The bidder should have a prior experience of minimum 5 years (as on 31 st March 2014) of successfully running a Domestic Inbound Call Centre catering to similar large clients like Government/Institutional or private firms. The bidder must attach registration Certificate. The bidder must have to submit the work order/agreement/client certification for the same. 3.2 The bidder must have total turnover of Rs. 1 Crores in each of last three preceding years ended on 31 st March 2014 from similar activity. The bidder must attach audited accounts of last three years as supporting documents. Un-audited accounts will not be considered. The bidder must attach the certificate from their Statutory Auditor certifying the total turnover from similar activity (Call Center operations) of Rs. 1 Crore in each of during last three years. 3.3 The bidder must have valid and relevant ISO certification. The copy of the certificate must be submitted in Technical Bid. 3.4 The bidder must have experience of working with minimum 5 clients. (The copies of contract agreements/work order/project completion certificate must be submitted for the same) 3.5 The bidder should not be under a declaration of ineligibility for corrupt and fraudulent practices issued by Government of Gujarat or any of it s PSU in the State of Gujarat or any other State Government in India or Central Government for the similar kind of project for providing Electoral Roll and management programme. Certificate / affidavit mentioning that the Bidder/ Consortium Partner is not currently blacklisted by Government of Gujarat or any of it s PSU in the State of Gujarat or any other State Government in India or by the 5/21

6 4 Bid Security: Central Government due to engagement in any corrupt & fraudulent practices for the similar kind of project for providing Electoral Roll and management programme. As attached Annexure F - Self Declaration. 4.1 The bidder must submit the DD of Rs. 5000/- towards tender processing charges and Rs. 1,00,000/- towards E.M.D. in sealed cover within the given time limit. The sealed cover should super scribe as Tender for Call Center Operations Bid Processing fees & E.M.D. must be in the form of Demand Draft in the name of Municipal Commissioner, Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation payable at Ahmedabad along with the covering letter. 4.2 Any bid not containing EMD as mentioned above will be rejected by AMC as non-responsive. 4.3 Unsuccessful bidder's E.M.D. will be returned as promptly as possible 4.4 Successful bidder s EMD will be released after submission of Security Deposit & signing the contract. 4.5 The EMD shall be forfeited: If a Bidder withdraws its bid during the period of Bid validity; Or in case of a successful Bidder, if the Bidder fails: I. To sign the Contract in stipulated time, or II. To furnish the security deposit within 15 days of Letter of Intent III. The bidder is found to be involved in fraudulent practices 5 Bid Validity: 5.1 Bids shall be valid till 90 days from the date of bid opening. A Bid valid for a shorter period shall be rejected by Client as non-responsive. 5.2 Successful bidder has to submit Security Deposit (in demand draft) of 10% of the final annual contract value within 15 days from the date of issue of Letter of Intent for the duration of contract period from any nationalized/scheduled bank having branch at Ahmedabad (The draft is attached herewith). 5.3 Successful bidders will have to sign the contract upon receiving the Letter of Intent with AMC within 15 working days from the date of confirmed Letter of Intent. (The draft is attached herewith) 5.4 The rates quote shall be inclusive of all. Service tax would be applicable extra & must be mentioned separately. The prices shall strictly be submitted in the given format. 5.5 Bids will be opened in the presence of Bidder s representatives, who choose to attend. The Bidder s representatives who are present shall sign a register/attendance sheet evidencing their attendance. The representative will be held responsible for all commitments made on behalf of the bidder and that will be considered valid for all further dealings related to this tender process. In the absence of the bidder(s), the tender committee may choose to open the bids as per the prescribed schedule. 6/21

7 6 Clarification of Bids 6.1 During evaluation of bids, AMC may, at its discretion, ask the Bidder for a clarification of its bid. AMC may also ask for rate analysis of any or all items and if rates are found to be unreasonably low or high, the bid shall be treated as non-responsive and hence liable to be rejected. The request for a clarification and the response shall be in writing and no change in prices or substance of the bid shall be sought, offered or permitted. 7 Evaluation and comparison of Bids 7.1 For technical evaluation and comparison of the bids, all the bids will be evaluated against the eligibility criteria mentioned in this document. Client/AMC may scrutinize techno-commercial offers and evaluate capability of vendors through presentations, demonstration, documents. Etc if required. 7.2 Financial bids of only those bidders who qualify on the basis of evaluation of technical bids will be opened. 7.3 AMC official may visit the location of the bidder for verification if required and bidder must co-ordinate and cooperates during such visit. 8 Award Criteria 8.1 Client will award the contract to the successful bidder decided as per the evaluation procedure mentioned above. 8.2 Client reserves the right to award the contract to the Bidder whose bid may not have been determined as the lowest evaluated bid, (provided further that the Bidder is determined to be qualified to perform the contract satisfactorily.) 8.3 If the lowest evaluated bidder fails to sign the contract or fails to submit the Performance security within stipulated time or fails in any other obligations mentioned herein, Client may forfeit the EMD of lowest bidder and may award the work to L2 bidder. 9 Signing of Contract 9.1 At the same time as concerned Client notifies the successful Bidder that its bid has been accepted, Client will send the bidder the Contract Form, incorporating all the agreements between two parties. 9.2 Within 15 days of receipt of the Contract Form, the successful bidder shall sign and date the contract and return it to Client. Initially, the contract will be signed for one year and based on performance the same can be extended for further period of two years based on performance. 10 Corrupt or Fraudulent Practices Client requires that the bidders under this tender observe the highest standards of ethics during the processing and execution of such contracts. In pursuance of this policy, Client defines for the purposes of this provision, the terms set forth as follows: Corrupt practice means the offering, giving, receiving or soliciting of any thing of value to influence the action of the public 7/21

8 official in the tender process or in contract execution; and Fraudulent practice means a misrepresentation of facts in order to influence a tender process or a execution of a contract to the detriment of Client, and includes collusive practice among bidders (prior to or after bid submission) designed to establish bid prices at artificial non-competitive levels and to deprive Client of the benefits of the free and open competition; 8/21

9 SECTION III GENERAL CONDITIONS OF CONTRACT (GCC) 1 Use of Contract Documents and Information 1.1 The service provider shall not, without CLIENT s prior written consent, disclose the Contract, or any provision thereof, or any specification, plan, drawing, pattern, sample or information furnished for operations of call center or for the knowledge of agents in performance of the Contract. Disclosure to any such employed person shall be made in confidence and shall extend only so far as may be necessary for purposes of such performance. 1.2 Any document, other than the Contract itself, given to the service provider shall remain the property of Client and shall be returned (in all copies) to Client on completion of the service provider s performance under the Contract if so required by Client. 2 Security Deposit 2.1 Within 15 days of receipt of the notification of contract award, the Service provider shall furnish security deposit to Client for an amount of 10 % of the contract value, valid up to 1 year starting from the date of starting of full-fledged call center operations. 2.2 The proceeds of the security deposit shall be payable to Client as compensation for any loss resulting from the service provider s failure to complete its obligations under the Contract. 2.3 The Security deposit will be discharged by Client and returned to the service provider on completion of the service provider s performance obligations under the contract. 2.4 In the event of any contract amendment, the service provider shall, within 21 days of receipt of such amendment, furnish the amendment to the Security deposit, rendering the same valid for the duration of the Contract, as amended for further period. 3 Payment 3.1 The payment will be made on monthly basis based on the agents worked during the period. Monthly Payments will be made on submission of Bill on the basis of log sheet certified for working hours, no. of seats operated etc. by AMC/any third party appointed by AMC. 4 Termination for Default 4.1 Client may, without prejudice to any other remedy for breach of contract, by written notice of default sent to the service provider, terminate the Contract in whole or part: if the service provider fails to deliver any or all of the services within the period(s) specified in the Contract, If the service provider, in the judgment of Client has engaged in corrupt or fraudulent practices in competing for or in executing the Contract. 9/21

10 For the purpose of this Clause: Corrupt practice means the offering, giving, receiving or soliciting of any thing of value to influence the action of a public official in the tender process or in contract execution Fraudulent practice: a misrepresentation of facts in order to influence a tender process or the execution of a contract to the detriment of the Client, and includes collusive practice among Bidders (prior to or after bid submission) designed to establish bid prices at artificial non-competitive levels and to deprive Client of the benefits of free and open competition; If the Service Provider fails to conform to the quality requirement laid down/third party inspection/consultants opinion. 5 Penalty Clause 5.1 In case the Service Provider fails to provide required quality of the service for Call Center/Customer care activities penalty as mentioned below will be imposed on the Service Provider. Quality of service will be defined on monthly average basis for Average number of calls to agents per day and unattended calls per day (as per call log generated from exchanges & IVR Call distributing system) as under: Categories % Unattended Calls Penalty per month 1 Less than 4% Nil 2 4% to 6% 5% of monthly payment 3 6% to 8% 7% of monthly payment 4 8% to 10% 10% of monthly payment 5 Beyond 10% 20% of monthly payment & contract may be terminated Note: The Unattended Calls will be calculated only when the agent is available in the system. 5.2 The penalty will be deducted from the monthly payments to be made to the service provider. Successful bidder will be provided relief period of one month from the date of start of the operation during which time, the penalty mentioned here in will not be applicable. After one month the exact penalty will be decided based on the response & call statistics. If Service Provider fails to meet this criterion then payment will be made on pro rata basis for that month. The order will be given for the minimum agent positions in the beginning and subsequent orders for manning the additional seats according to traffic will be given from time to time. 5.3 Security deposit can be forfeited / en-cashed to set off claim of CLIENT for penalty. 5.4 The delay in supply of additional position/operator / supervision or falling short of agreed positions, a penalty of Rs. 500 per day will be levied from the date mentioned. 5.5 The delay in the operations of call centre and falling short of agreed performance will be liable Rs per hour. 5.6 The Service Provider shall maintain full confidentiality of the data supplied while answering CLIENT customer queries/complaints. Under no 10/21

11 circumstances the Service Provider shall divulge/reveal/share such data for the purpose other than for meeting CLIENT Customers requirement. Any violation of this confidentiality clause may result in instant termination of the contract and Service Provider shall pay liquidated damage of Rs. 10,00,000/- (Rupees Ten Lacs) to CLIENT and CLIENT shall reserve the right to blacklist the Service Provider. The decision of CLIENT shall be final in this regard and binding on the Service Provider. 5.7 CLIENT may decide and impose any other penalty on Service Provider in case of nonperformance of any other Clause of agreement. 6 Force Majeure: 6.1 Notwithstanding the provisions of Termination of Default and Penalty clauses, the service provider shall not be liable for forfeiture of its performance security, penalty or termination for default, if and to the extent that, it s delay in performance or other failure to perform its obligations under the Contract is the result of an even of Force Majeure. 6.2 Force Majeure Shall mean and be limited to the following: War / hostilities Riot or Civil commotion Earthquake, flood, tempest, lightening or other natural disaster Restrictions imposed by the Government or other statutory bodies which prevents or delays the execution of the order by the service provider. 6.3 The service provider shall advise CLIENT by a registered letter duly certified by the local statutory authorities, the beginning and end of the above causes of delay within seven (7) days of the occurrence and cessation of such Force Majeure Conditions. In the event of delay lasting over two months, if arising out of causes of Force Majeure, Client reserves the right to cancel the order. 6.4 Completion period may be extended to circumstances relating to Force Majeure by the Client. Bidder shall not claim any further extension for completion of work. Client shall not be liable to pay extra costs under any conditions. 6.5 It will be prerogative of Client to take the decision on force Majeure conditions and Client decision will be binding to the bidder. 7 Termination for Insolvency 7.1 Client may at any time terminate the Contract by giving written notice to the service provider, if the service provider becomes bankrupt or otherwise insolvent. In this event, termination will be without compensation to the service provider, provided that such termination will not prejudice or affect any right of action or remedy which has accrued or will accrue thereafter to Client. 11/21

12 ANNEXURE A: TECHNICAL BID 1. COMPANY PROFILE (Fill up the details in the format mentioned) 1 Name of the Firm 2 Year of Established 3 Address of Office 4 Telephone No. 5 Fax No. 6 Address 7 Website 8 Name of the affiliated Firms (if any) 9 Name of Promoter Name of the Authorized 10 Person/Contract person for this tender Various Certifications (ISO Certification/Six 11 Sigma/Nasscom/DOT Registered/ SEI-CMM Level) Pls. attach copy of all certifications 12/21

13 2. PROJECT EXPERIENCE (Fill up the details in the format mentioned) 3.1 DETAILS OF EXPERIENCE IN CALL CENTRE OPERATIONS Name of Types Of Type No. of agents Responsibil Approx Current Client sector Of and ity or role Value of status of (with (Govt./Pub Services supervisory of the contract (Rs) project address lic Provide staff involved Bidder in (Ongoin contact Sector/Pvt. d in the project the Project g/compl persons Sector/Inte Agen Super eted and rnational ts visor numbers clients) (Please attach contract agreements/client certificates) 13/21

14 ANNEXURE B: FINANCIAL BID The bidder must quote as mentioned below : Sr. ITEM No 1 Entire operation of call center for 2 shifts Shift1: 06:00 a.m. to 02:00 p.m. apprx 2000 calls Shift2: 02:00 p.m. to 10:00 p.m. apprx 1000 calls Rate (Rs) 2 additional charges for extra 500 call per shift in a day Signature of Bidder 14/21

15 ANNEXURE C : SECURITY DEPOSIT (To be stamped in accordance with Stamp Act) Ref: Bank Guarantee No. Date: To Name & Address of the Purchaser/Indenter Dear Sir, In consideration of Name & Address of the Purchaser/Indenter, Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation (hereinafter referred to as the OWNER/PURCHASER which expression shall unless repugnant to the context or meaning thereof include successors, administrators and assigns) having awarded to M/s. having Principal Office at (Hereinafter referred to as the SELLER which expression shall unless repugnant to the context or meaning thereof include their respective successors, administrators, executors and assigns) the supply of by issue of LoI No. Dated issued by Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation for and on behalf of the OWNER/PURCHASER and the same having been accepted by the SELLER resulting into CONTRACT for supplies of materials/equipments/services as mentioned in the said work order and the SELLER having agreed to provide a Contract Performance and Warranty Guarantee for faithful performance of the aforementioned contract and warranty quality to the OWNER/PURCHASER, having Head Office at (hereinafter referred to as the Bank which expressly shall, unless repugnant to the context or meaning thereof include successors, administrators, executors and assigns) do hereby guarantee to undertake to pay the sum of Rs. (Rupees ) to the OWNER/PURCHASER on demand at any time up to without a reference to the SELLER. Any such demand made by the OWNER/PURCHASER on the Bank shall be conclusive and binding notwithstanding any difference between Tribunals, Arbitrator or any other authority. The Bank undertakes not to revoke this guarantee during its currency without previous consent of the OWNER/PURCHASER and further agrees that the guarantee herein contained shall continue to be enforceable till the OWNER/PURCHASER discharges 15/21

16 this guarantee. OWNER/PURCHASER shall have the fullest liberty without affecting in any way the liability of the Bank under this guarantee from time to time to extend the time for performance by the SELLER of the aforementioned CONTRACT. The OWNER/ PURCHASER shall have the fullest liberty, without affecting this guarantee, to postpone from time to time the exercise of any powers vested in them or of any right which they might have against the SELLER, and to exercise the same at any time in any manner, and either to enforce to forebear to enforce any covenants contained or implied, in the aforementioned CONTRACT between the OWNER/PURCHASER and the SELLER or any other course of or remedy or security available to the OWNER/PURCHASER. The Bank shall not be released of its obligations under these presents by any exercise by the OWNER/PURCHAER of its liability with reference to the matters aforesaid or any of them or by reason or any other acts of omission or commission on the part of the OWNER/PURCHASER or any other indulgence shown by the OWNER/PURCHASER or by any other matter or things. The Bank also agree that the OWNER/PUCHASER at its option shall be entitled to enforce this Guarantee against the Bank as a Principal Debtor, in the first instance without proceeding against the SELLER and not withstanding any security or other guarantee that the OWNER/PURCHASER may have in relation to the SELLER s liabilities. Notwithstanding anything contained herein above our liability under this Guarantee is restricted to Rs. (Rupees ) and it shall remain in force up to and including and shall be extended from time to time for such period as may be desired by the SELLER on whose behalf this guarantee has been given. Dated at on this day of Signed and delivered by For & on Behalf of Name of the Bank & Branch & Its official Address 16/21

17 ANNEXURE D: CONTRACT FORM THIS AGREEMENT made the day of, 20 Between (Name of purchaser) of (Country of Purchaser) hereinafter the Purchaser of the one part and (Name of Supplier) of (City and Country of Supplier) hereinafter called the Supplier of the other part : WHEREAS the Purchaser is desirous that services viz., (Brief Description of Goods and Services) and has accepted a bid by the Supplier for the supply of those goods and services in the sum of (Contract Price in Words and Figures) hereinafter called the Contract Price in Words and Figures hereinafter called the Contract Price. NOW THIS AGREEMENT WITHNESSETH AS FOLLOWS: 1 In this Agreement words and expressions shall have the same meanings as are respectively assigned to them in the Conditions of Contract referred to. 2 The following documents shall be deemed to form and be read and construed as part of this Agreement, viz. : 2.1 the Bid Form and the Price Schedule submitted by the Bidder; 2.2 All Terms & Conditions of Tender No. 2.3 the Purchaser s Notification of Award 3 In consideration of the payments to be made by the Purchaser to the Supplier as hereinafter mentioned, the Supplier hereby covenants with the Purchaser to provide the goods and services and to remedy defects therein in conformity in all respects with the provisions of the Contract. 4 The Purchaser hereby covenants to pay the Supplier in consideration of the provision of the goods and services and the remedying of defects therein, the Contract Price or such other sum as may become payable under the provisions of the Contract at the times and in the manner prescribed by the Contract. 5 Particulars of the goods and services which shall be supplied / provided by the Supplier are as enlisted in the enclosed annexure : TOTAL VALUE: DELIVERY SCHEDULE: IN WITNESS whereof the parties hereto have caused this Agreement to be executed in accordance with their respective laws the day and year first above written. Signed, Sealed and Delivered by the Said (For the Purchaser) in the presence of Signed, Sealed and Delivered by the said (For the Supplier) in the presence of 17/21

18 ANNEXURE E: NON-DISCLOSURE AGREEMENT AGREEMENT, made effective this day of, between Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation (hereinafter "CLIENT") and (hereinafter "THE SERVICE PROVIDER"). With respect to CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION furnished by the parties to each other, the parties agree as follows: 1. That CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION is received by each party for purposes of establishing domestic inbound call centre as help desk. CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION is defined as meaning information of Client or THE SERVICE PROVIDER identified as or relating to its activities, data made available or accessible, data generated during operations, business strategies, business arrangements, computer and network operations, functions and systems architecture which may be disclosed in oral, written, graphic, machine-recognizable, and/or sample form, which is exchanged between the parties and which is clearly designated, labeled, or marked as confidential and/or proprietary or its equivalent. The disclosing party will confirm CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION, which is disclosed orally, in writing within thirty (30) days after such oral disclosure. Each party shall limit dissemination of CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION to only those Client or THE SERVICE PROVIDER employees and consultants, demonstrating and requiring a need to know. 2. That for a period of three (3) years after the execution date of this Agreement, each party shall (1) restrict dissemination of CONFI DENTIAL INFORMATION to only those employees who must be directly involved in evaluation of the CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION (2) use the same degree of care as for its own information of like importance and at least use reasonable care, in safeguarding against disclosure of CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION. 3. That each party shall not copy, transmit or otherwise communicate the CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION, in any form to anyone not having a need to know, without the prior written approval of the other party. 4. That each party will promptly return such CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION at the request of the other or certify to the destruction of such CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION. 18/21

19 5. The Service Provider shall maintain full confidentiality of the data obtained while answering queries/complaints of Client s customers. Under no circumstances the Service Provider shall divulge/reveal/share such data. Service provider shall execute appropriate confidentiality agreements with their employees to maintain confidentiality of such data. Such data collected, if any shall be the property of the client and shall be handed over to the client on expiry of the contract or when asked for during the currency of the contract. The facility should have appropriate electronic access control systems to ensure an only authorized personnel has access. 6. That nothing contained in this Agreement shall be construed as granting or conferring any rights by license or otherwise, expressly or implied, or otherwise for any patents, copyrights, trademarks, know-how or other proprietary rights of either party acquired prior to or after the date of this Agreement. 7. A waiver of any provision or breach of this Agreement must be in writing and signed by an authorized official of the Party executing the same. No such waiver shall be construed to affect or imply a subsequent waiver of the same provision or subsequent breach of this Agreement. 8. This Agreement shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of India. 9. It is understood that this Agreement does not obligate either of the Parties to enter into further or continued discussions and assumes no commitment, financial or otherwise. IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties have caused this Agreement to be executed by their duly authorized representatives and to become effective as of the date first written above. AGREED: 19/21

20 Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation By: By: (Authorized Signature) Title: Title: (Authorized Signature) ` Date: Date: 20/21

21 The , Sir/Madam, ANNEXURE F: SELF-DECLARATION Having examined the Bidding Documents including Bid No.: the receipt of which is hereby duly acknowledged, we, the undersigned, offer to provide services for We undertake, if our bid is accepted, to provide services, in accordance with the terms and conditions in the Tender document. If our bid is accepted we will obtain the guarantee of a bank for a sum equivalent to 10% of the Contract value, in the form prescribed by the purchaser. We agree to abide by this bid for a period of 90 days after the date fixed for opening of Price Bid section under the Instruction to Bidders and shall remain binding upon us and may be accepted at any time before the expiry of that period. Until a formal contract is prepared and executed, this bid, together with your written acceptance thereof and your notification of award shall constitute a binding Contract between us. We understand that in competing for (and if the award is made to us, in executing the above contract), we will strictly observe the laws against fraud and corruption in force in Gujarat namely Prevention of Corruption Act We understand that you are not bound to accept the lowest or any bid you may receive. We have not been under a declaration of ineligibility for corrupt and fraudulent practices, and / or black-listed or debarred by any Govt. Department or its PSU in Gujarat Government in the past 5 years, ending on 31st December We have not imposed any condition in conflict with the tender condition if it is found it should be treated as withdrawn. We have not been convicted for any criminal cases(s) by any Govt. Department or its PSU in Gujarat regarding any supply and contracts with our firm/company. We have not breached/violated any contractual conditions so far to any Govt. Department or its PSU in Gujarat. In case any of the above statements made by us are found to be false or incorrect, you have right to reject our bid at any stage including forfeiture of our EMD and / or PBG and / or cancel the award of contract Dated this day of 2014 Signature: (in the Capacity of) : Duly authorized to sign bid for and on behalf of 21/21