Tender Document for Procurement of Internet Bandwidth Ramanujan Computing Centre Anna University, Chennai - 600 025.
REQUEST FOR PROPOSAL OBJECTIVE OF THIS RFP This RFP (Request for Proposal) is issued as a request for the supply and installation of internet bandwidth for various Internet application services for the university. The following document, in its entirety, has been developed as both a bid specification to outline the requirements for the works to be provided, and a basis for proposal submission by the bidder also referred to as the Vendor. THE CLIENT ANNA UNIVERSITY Anna University was established on 4th September 1978 as a unitary type of University. It offers higher education in Engineering, Technology and allied Sciences relevant to the current and projected needs of the society. Besides promoting research and disseminating knowledge gained there from, it fosters cooperation between the academic and industrial communities. The University was formed by bringing together and integrating two well-known technical institutions in the city of Chennai. Currently the Ramanujan Computing Centre takes care of the high-end computational need and software support for various departments and all the network requirements of the university. Ramanujan Computing Centre established the Campus Network on 1G Backbone for the Anna University and recently upgraded to 10G backbone. A well designed network connecting all the building in the campus has been established and provides various Internet/Intranet services for all the four campus. Interconnection of these buildings is on single and multi mode Fiber optic cables and internal cabling is on cat6 UTP cable. Internet/Intranet services such as authentication service, e-mail service, DNS service, proxy service, DHCP service etc. are provided by the Ramanujan Computing Centre. Now, the Ramanujan Computing Centre wishes to upgrade the internet bandwidth used to provide these services in order to improve the performance and reliability/availability of the Internet services to the campus users. SCOPE OF THIS PROJECT Scope of this project is to supply of internet bandwidth and install the same in a way that it satisfies 100% the functional requirement given in this document. Prices quoted shall be all-inclusive and represent complete installation at the site. The Bidder shall be responsible for complete implementation and turnover for acceptance to the client. The Bidder should be a reputed company satisfying the bidder s criteria of this RFP. 2
Schedule of Requirement 3
1. ANNA UNIVERSITY MAIN CAMPUS Sl.No A Description of Work Supply, Installation and Commissioning of INTERNET BANDWIDTH at Main Campus A1 INTERNET BANDWIDTH 45 Mbps (1:1) A2 INTERNET BANDWIDTH 30 Mbps (1:1) A3 INTERNET BANDWIDTH 20 Mbps (1:1) A4 Along with required Hardware (for the above Bandwidth) 2. FUNCTIONAL REQUIREMENT 1. ISP should provide 99% uptime promising 2. ISP should provide scalability 3. ISP should provide 24x7 Customer Support 4. ISP should provide Connectivity up to the end-point at the Main Campus, Anna University, Chennai 5. ISP should provide Fast Ethernet handoff to our premises 6. ISP should provide proper maintenance of Bandwidth connectivity and also the equipments 4
Eligibility Criteria And Special Terms And Conditions 5
A. ELIGIBILITY CRITERIA FOR TENDERS: o The bidder must be a Category- A ISP license & Basic Service Operator License holder. (Provide Document) o DoT license to set up and operate International gateways. o The bidder company should be in existence for at least 10 years o The bidder should have carried out at least 2 similar projects in the last 2 years o Company should provide major client list (Should be installed and maintained Minimum 20 Mbps) o Vendor should have organization strength of at least 10 experts/specialists in this field o The Company or tenderer should have at least one Service Center in Chennai o The tenderer/tenderer s group should have a turnover of above Rs. 10 Crores in each of the last three financial years o Latest income tax clearance and sales tax clearance should be produced along with bid B. SPECIAL TERMS AND CONDITIONS: 1. Delivery Period: The delivery should be made within 15 days from the date of receipt of purchase order 2. Warranty: All items supplied by the tenderer shall be guaranteed against any defects and the tenderer should provide time-to-time operational maintenance support for a period of one year (On Site comprehensive Warranty). The said warranty should cover all Hardware products & Software. The warranty and service shall be provided directly from the manufacturer. The tenderer shall be liable to rectify any defects that may be found in the equipment supplied for free of cost. 3. Installation: The installation should be done at the Main Campus (Ramanujan Computing Centre, Anna University, Chennai) at no extra cost 4. Response Time: The response time of the tenderer to attend to any complaint upon receipt of the complaint/information from the user should not be more than 03 hours. 5. The tenderer shall necessarily quote for all the products mentioned in the schedule otherwise they will be disqualified 6. Internet Service Providers (ISPs) must submit their tender document in the given format and any deviations in the prescribed format/omissions of details called for, will automatically lead to disqualification for the offer/tender from this format will automatically disqualify the offer. 7. The Vendor should agree to supply Client revised quantity of items at the unit price as stated in the RFP regardless of quantity changes. 8. Anna University reserves the right to cancel the contract under repeated violations of the specified and mutually agreed QoS parameters. 9. Anna University is not responsible for any delay in delivery of equipment 6
Technical Specification 7
I. RELIABILITY ISSUES Mention the Redundancies incorporated into your IP network: International Media Type Capacity of Routing Number of hops and Number of hops and Partner Name the Connection Path average roundtrip delay average roundtrip delay to YAHOO to GOOGLE II. QOS ISSUES Packet Transmission Quality The ISP will designate routers in India and other key countries. The expected average roundtrip transmission delays between these designated routers are to be calibrated as bellow: Country Upper Limit on Round Trip Delay Packet Loss Percentage USA UK Singapore Hong Kong Tokyo Australia Note: 1. These benchmark timings and packet loss percentage figures will serve as reference points during the field experiments periodically conducted by Anna University team once the circuit goes live. 2. The ISP must provide a usage report like MRTG that can be accessed directly by Anna University team. 3. Anna University may conduct field experiments from time to time to ascertain if QoS levels are being maintained. Anna University reserves the right to cancel the contract under repeated violations of the specified and mutually agreed QoS parameters. III. Customers Premises Equipment (CPE) to be used (Please fill the table below): Note: Anna University prefers to have direct fibre access / Ethernet which can plug into routers/network equipment (Provided by us) over Ethernet Interface CPE will be supplied by the ISP Yes/No Media Type Single/Multi Mode Fiber /Ethernet(Choose One) 8
IV. IP ADDRESS Please fill the table below about IP addresses, IP routing, and Domain Name Service Note: IP-to-FQDN service is a must. ISPs who do not offer this facility need not apply Description Number of IP Addresses Provided per link IP Address to FQDN Reverse Mapping Provided Enabling the voice port for Video Conferencing/Multimedia applications Main Campus Minimum 256 required for 45&30 Mbps and 128 required for 20 Mbps Yes/No Yes/No V. INTERNET SERVICE a. Major PoPs in India b. Major Gateways in India c. Major PoPs in International Level d. Setup to provide fallback Internet Service e. Details of direct connectivity with Telecom Operators f. Support Service i. Normal support extent to the customer ii. Technical Support iii. Details of SLA with client g. Last mile connectivity h. National Backbone setup with details of fallback arrangement 9
Commercial Offer 10
MAIN CAMPUS Link Bandwidth port Local Loop Installation Charges Total yearly charges Capacity Charges per year charges (` ) (Exclusive of Tax) (1:1) (` ) (` ) (` ) 45 Mbps 30 Mbps 20 Mbps SERVICE TAXES Link Capacity (1:1) 45 Mbps Service Tax on port Charges (` ) Service Tax on Local Loop charges (` ) Service Tax on installation Charges (` ) Total yearly charges (Inclusive of all Taxes) (` ) 30 Mbps 20 Mbps 11
General Terms & Conditions 12
Vendor/bidder must confirm the following standards in the preparation of the Vendor s Proposal, For this tender Two Cover System Procedure as per open competitive bidding is adopted. Each bid will be treated and evaluated separately. Sealed Bid clearly marked as ORIGINAL should consists of following two separate and independent parts i.e. 1) Technical Proposal 2) Financial Proposal and should be clearly marked as Technical Proposal/Financial Proposal in bold and affixed to each envelope at a clearly visible location. Technical Proposal Technical Proposal must include the complete solution proposed by the Vendor with filled-in specification sheets marked in the compliance column. If the specification sheets ask for providing any details, those should be provided as attachment to the Technical Proposal. Financial Proposal Financial Proposal will include the prices quoted for each equipment with unit cost as per the requirement. The quoted prices must be exclusive of all taxes, delivery at the required locations at your own risk and cost. All prices to be quoted in Indian Rupees, and must clearly state all applicable taxes separately. EMD: The Bidder shall furnish Rs.50,000/- of the value towards the Earnest Money Deposit (EMD) in the form of DD from any nationalized bank drawn in the Favour of The Registrar, Anna University, Chennai-25 payable at Chennai, Valid for six months should be enclosed in a separate envelope along with technical proposal. No Bid shall be entertained without Earnest Money Deposit (EMD). Bank Guarantee: The successful tenderer should furnish to the tune of 10% of the total value of the project before releasing the purchase order. 13
It is mandatory that the Bidders provide the following documents and information with respect to its relationship with Principal Copy of the Principal s Certification (along with its validity period), authorizing the Vendor as local partner/representative in India to offer equipment and internet services. Duration (at least 3 years) and scope of association in the current capacity with the Principal Special Terms and conditions, Anna University reserves the right to reject any or all Bids/offers without assigning any reason or cancel the process at anytime. Anna University reserves the right to increase/decrease the quantity of item/scope of the work. Any Proposal or Bid received after Bid submission date and time will not be considered. The Bidder shall provide the following information Number of engineers and technical staff in Vendor s office Profile of technical staff with relevant experience Problem reporting procedure and fault response time in hours for fault rectification. Eligibility of the Bidder The bidder should have consistent minimum turnover of Rs. 10 Crores per annum for the last three Years. The bidder should have the presence for a minimum period of 10 years in the Internet Service Provider in India The Bidder must provide at least two references of installation and maintenance of internet bandwidth connectivity The bidder should have the valid sales tax / TIN / Service Tax Registration number Compliance Yes / No Remarks 14
Bidder Details: Address Contact Person E-Mail Phone Mobile FAX Date of Establishment in India Turnover in the last 3 Years (Valid Documentary evidence is mandatory) Number of similar projects executed in the last two years ( valid documentary evidence is mandatory ) Maximum 45 Mbps Note: The bidder should produce documentary support for the above. Only those who satisfy the above criteria are eligible to bid for this project and will be considered for further participation. References Two references for wireless installation and maintenance by the Bidder Sl.No Client Details Date of the Completion Copy of the Project Purchase Order Date 1 Address For verification, copies of order & Contact Person: Completion E-Mail: certificate from Phone: client are required Mobile: FAX: 2 15
CALENDAR OF EVENTS: 1. Tender Document issuing Date : 22.06.2011 2. Tender Document submission date and time : 07.07.2011 at 1.00 p.m 3. Technical Bid opening date and time : 07.07.2011 at 3.00 p.m 4. Venue : RCC, Anna University Chennai OFFICIAL CONTACT: The Director Phone: 44-2235 8003 Ramanujan Computing Centre FAX : 44 2220 1160 Anna University E-Mail: tender@annauniv.edu Chennai 600 025. 16