Q/Comp/885/09/2013 Ministry of External Affairs EG&IT Division TENDER NOTICE Subject: Invitation of competitive bids for supply of printer cartridges to Ministry of External Affairs. 1. Sealed competitive tenders are hereby invited for supply of printer cartridges to Ministry of External Affairs. 2. The list and detailed particulars/specifications of the items to be supplied is enclosed herewith. Rates should be quoted in figures clearly. Deviation, if any from given particulars/specifications shall not be accepted. Correction in 'Rate' column, if any, should be duly authorized. RATES MUST BE QUOTED IN THE ATTACHED PROFORMA. RATES MUST BE QUOTED FOR SINGLE CARTRIDGES NOT FOR TWIN PACK OR DOUBLE(AD). 3. Anticipated requirement of each item has been shown against the item. The actual quantitites that may be purchased by the Ministry against in the attached list may vary in each case and it shall, in no way, be binding on the Government to purchase the exact number of quantities as indicated in the list. 4. The rates quoted shall be final and valid for a period of minimum 6 months from the date of the opening of bids. The Tenderers are strictly advised to refrain from quoting unrealistic prices, at which they may not make supplies later. 5. The tender should be accompanied with an Earnest Money Deposit (EMD) of Rs 75,000/- (Rupees Seventy five thousand only) in form of a Demand Draft/Pay Order in favour of "Pay & Accounts Officer, Ministry of External Affairs, New Delhi" for safeguarding the interst of the Ministry of External Affairs in all respects. The Tender without EMD will be rejected outright EMD/Bid Security would be refunded/returned within 30 days after finalization of the contract with succuessful supplier(s). Bid security of the unsuccessful bidders would be returned to them and no claim for payment of interest on bid security would be entertained by the Ministry. EMD of a tenderer will be forfeited, if the Tenderer withdraws or amends its Tender or impairs or derogates from the tender in any respect within the period of validity of its tender. 6. An authorization certification, quoting reference of this tender, may also please be provided from OEM to quote against this tender. In case of loss sustained by the Ministry as a result of questionable quality of stores/deviation from given particulars/specifications or short delivery during the validity of the contract, the loss shall be recoverable from the Tenderer's EMD. Suppliers would be responsible for immediate replacement of items found to be defective under warranty terms and conditions of the items.
-2-7. The Tenderer/s has/have to deposit Performance Gurantee of 5% of total Contract Value at the time of delivery of goods and EMD will be returned after the deposition of Performance Gurantee. 8. The Tenderer must be registered for collecting and depositing VAT with the Sales Tax Department and a copy of registration certificate to this effect, duly signed and stamped by the authorized person of the company must be enclosed with the Tender. 9. PAN/TAN/TIN No. of the firm as applicable while submitting the Tender must be attached with attested copies. A tender lacking these will not be considered. 9. Attested copies of statement of the annual turnover of the company during the last 3 years should be at least Rs. 10 lakhs per year. 10. The contract will be bifurcated in case no bidding firm quotes lowest for all the items. 11. The items as per the given particulars specifications should be supplied within five working days after receipt of the purchase order, failing which a penalty will be imposed (equal to 1% of indent cost per day of delay, if the delay is attributable to the supplier). 12. The procurment of the above items would be purely 'on need' basis without any guarantee for any minimum quantity. Hence, the Ministry of External Affairs shall not be liable to procure any or all items included in list. 13. The payment will be made within reasonable period through a crossed Cheque payable at New Delhi, or by wire transfer if the amount exceeds Rupees five lakhs. No condition/clause with regard to interest etc. shall be entertained. 14. Details of all taxes e.g. VAT, etc. wherever applicable, should be clearly indicated separately in respect of each item. The items not quoted for, should be clearly marked 'NOT QUOTED' in bold letters against the item entry. Each page of the quotation/tender must be signed & stamped by the authorized signatory. Unsigned quotations will not be considered. 15. The quotation/tender must be submitted in a sealed envelope clearly marked "QUOTATION FOR SUPPLY OF CATRIDGES" along with all required documents & Earnest Money Deposit (EMD)/Bid Security to 'The SO(Computer), Room No 1061, JNB, Ministry of External Affairs, New Delhi" by 27-05-2013 till 11.00 AM. The Tender documents not properly sealed will not be considered. No tender after the said date and time shall be entertained under any circumstances. 16. The tender document will be opened on 27-05-2013 at 3.30 PM in Room No 1063, A wing Jawahrlal Nehru Bhawan, Ministry Of External Affairs, New Delhi-110011 17. The Minsitry of External Affairs, Govt. of India, New Delhi, reserves the right to accept or reject any or all of the bids in full or in part including the lowest, without assigning any reason thereof or incurring any liability thereby.
18. Disputes, legal matters, court matters, if any, shall be subject to New Delhi Jurisdiction only. AO(Computer) PROFORMA Items Anticipated nos. of items to be purchased Rate of a cartridge (exclusive VAT/Taxes) Rate (%) of VAT Rate of a cartridge (inclusive all VAT/Taxes) HP-388A 15 HP-12A 144 HP-13A 20 HP-15A 20 HP-36A 318 HP-53A 30 HP-49A 60 HP-78A 71 HP-6000A 6 HP-530A 5 HP-531A 6 HP-532A 5 HP-533A 5 HP-540A 4 HP-541A 5
HP-542A 5 HP543A 5 EPSON-73HN BLACK 64 EPSON-103CYAN T1033 24 EPSON-103MAGENTA T1033 35 EPSON-103CYAN T1034 24 BLACK CYAN 55 28 M 27 YELLOW 27 NOTE:- RATES MUST BE QUOTED IN ABOVE PROFORMA & RATES MUST BE QUOTED FOR SINGLE CARTRIDGES NOT FOR TWIN PACK OR DOUBLE(AD). Validity:- Six Months Date Signature & Stamp of Company