International Institute of Information Technology
(MIIT Mentoring Cell)
Date: 7th February 2018
Tender Reference: MIIT/41/18 for supply, installation, testing & commissioning and onsite support for installation
and setting up of Networking and Security Laboratory for Myanmar Institute of Information and Technology (MIIT)
at Mandalay in Myanmar on turnkey basis.
Following clarifications are issued in response to the queries received from Prospective bidders:
Sl no
Tender Technical
Queries
Clause as published in the
tender
01
Section 1, Clause No 2
(d), Page no 3
Self-Attested copy of VAT/
CST, Service Tax Number/
Registration certificate, GST
as applicable.
02
Section 1 Page No 4
Clause No 2 (i) & Page
No 6 Clause No 4.2,
Page no 4 & 6
The copy of Supply Orders/
Contracts/ Agreements
issued by/ signed with
Government of India
(Ministry/ Department/
Undertaking/ PSU/
Educational Institutions
such as I IT’s, NIT’s, or
other such Central
Universities/Banking
sector/lT-SEZs/Technology
parks/ Stock/Commodity
exchanges and reputed
private organizations
including educational
institutions in India) for
similar work, executed by
the bidders in last five
years ending December
31st 2017. The bidder
should also enclose the
completion certificate duly
issued by the end user. The
bidder should also enclose
the completion certificate
duly issued by the end
user. The bidder should
have completed at least
ONE similar work not less
than Rs. 1.68 Crore OR
TWO similar works not less
than Rs. 1.05 Crore each
OR THREE similar works not
Remarks/sub
mission/Justifi
cation
As GST is applicable across
nation from 1st July 2017, we
request you to kindly allow
the submission of - Self
attested copy of valid GST
Certificate & PAN Card of
Company
Please remove Private
Organizations Order/s as this
will lead to no means to verify
the claim being made by the
bidder & authenticity of order
& its completion
Clarifications/Corrigend
a/Amendment
The terms and conditions are consistent
with other tender issued for the same
project. No change.
No change.
less than 84 Lakhs each.
The similar work means
supply & installation of all/
most of the items
mentioned in this tender
document in a single
project on turn-key basis in
India/abroad.
03
Section 1 Clause No 2
(m) Page no 4
Undertaking to the effect
that a Performance Bank
Guarantee (PBG) of 10% of
the order value will be
submitted within 15
(fifteen) days of the receipt
of Supply Order from IIIT
Bangalore
Please allow submission of
10% Performance Bank
Guarantee with in 30 days
from the date of reciept of
supply order by successful
bidder as all reputed banks
have process of approval to
customer format.
No Change
04
Section II Clause No 1
page 6
Please allow minimum 180
days for the delivery &
installation at site
No change, the delivery timelines
remain unchanged.
05
Section II Clause No 6.2
page 7
Section II Clause No 4
(4.1) & - MAF page 6 &
24
NSIC/MSME exemption is
valid only for services and the
products manufactured by
registered company with NSIC
/ MSME and not for trading
items from mutli national
equipment manufacturer
products. Since product
desired are from leading
original equipment
manufacturer, such bidder
enclsoing NSIC / MSMW shall
not not qualify as MSME,
therefore we request you to
delete the clause.
As per MAF format it clearly
stated in second paragraph
that - M/s _____________
(Name of the manufacturer)
within the scope of
requirement as per the tender
mentioned above through its
authorised partner M/s
______________ (Name of
the bidder) shall provide
support & product warranty
services for a minimum period
of one year form the date of
installation and
commissioning. Please
confirm if any additional
certificate need to be
No change
06
Delivery Period / Project
Timelines The delivery and
installation at site(s) must
be completed within 70
days from the date of
placement of supply order
by IIIT Bangalore.
The bidders registered with
NSIC / MSME may claim
exemption from
submission from EMD. In
this case bidder should
submit a copy of valid
NSIC/MSME registration
certificate along with the
technical bid. If bidder
submits NSIC/MSME
certificate in lieu of EMD
then its technical
competence to participate
in the tender would be
ascertained.
The bidding agent shall
furnish an undertaking/
authorization from the
Principal/ Manufacturer for
participating in this tender
clearly mentioning that all
necessary support for
installation and
commissioning of the
tendered equipment shall
be provided by the
Principal to the bidding
agent.
The MAF Only states that OEM will
provide support post installation and
commission. Bidder needs to include
adequate documentation to outline that
OEM support would be there for the
installation and commission as well.
07
Section III 1, page 11
08
Section III & MAF
Format 6 , page 11 & 24
- MAF
09
Section III , clause 7
page 12
Bidders should quote the
prices in INR(for Indian
Bidders) or in US $(for
foreign bidders) and as per
the format given in Price
Schedule at Section – V of
this document. If the rates
are quoted in US Dollars
then for the purpose of
evaluation of price bids,
the prevailing rate of
exchange as on the date of
technical bid opening will
be taken into account for
arriving at the equivalent
rupee value of the quote.
All the items covered in the
schedule of requirements,
shall carry minimum 2
(two) years on site
comprehensive warranty
from the date of its
installation &
commissioning.
i. IIIT Bangalore shall
release 5% of the payment
upon purchase order
subject to receipt of the
performance bank
guarantee as outlined in
clause 8 below. ii. IIIT
Bangalore shall release
35% of the payment upon
dispatch of the tendered
items subject to submission
of original shipping
documents and BL. iii. IIIT
Bangalore shall release
30% of the payment upon
delivery of the tendered
items at MIIT subject to
satisfactory certificate of
receipt by Embassy of
India, Yangon and/or
MIIT/IIIT- Bangalore. iv.
Payment of 30% of the
purchase order value will
be made after physical
enclosed from OEM in our
technical bid that all
necessary support for
installation and
commissioning of the
tendered equipment shall be
provided by the Principal to
the bidding agent, although
MAF meets the requirement
for participation. Kindly clarify
Kindly allow fair technocommercial comparison
between Indian & Forigen
bidders, by allowing Indian
bidders also to quote in USD.
IIIT Bangalore may seek the
name of foreign
partner/distributor on whom
the LC shall be established
from Indian Bidder.
The terms and conditions are consistent
with other tender issued for the same
project. No change.
Please confirm if the warranty
required is minimum 2 Years
or One Year as per MAF
Format on page no 24.
Warranty would be required for 2 years.
i. IIIT Bangalore shall release
80% of the payment on
dispatch of the tendered
items against submission of
Invoice, Packing List, Copy of
Insurance & Chartered
Engineer Certificate in original
to IIIT Bangalore.
ii. Balance Payment of 20% of
the purchase order value will
be made after the satisfactory
successful installation and
commissioning of the
tendered items on
certification by MIIT/ Indian
Mission in Myanmar.
iii. In case of foreign/Indian
bidders who quoted in US $,
letter of credit(LC) will be
opened and payment would
be released as per 7(1) and
7(2). Indian bidder should
nominate distributor for
establising the LC by IIIT
The terms and conditions are consistent
with other tender issued for the same
project. No change.
verification by a Project
Monitoring Committee
(PMC). v. In case of foreign
bidders who quoted in US
$, letter of credit(LC) will
be opened and payment
would be released as per
7(1), 7(2), 7(3) and 7(4).
Bangalore / billing purposes
only. All the delivery,
installation, testing &
commissioning responsibility
of the project shall rest with
Indian bidder as per tender
terms including submission of
PBG incase of Indian bidder
decide to bid in US$.
10
Section III clause 9 page
24
MANUFACTURER
AUTHORISATION FORMAT
We request you to kindly
allow MAF as per OEM
format. Since MNC have their
own format
The change is accepted, subject to the
MAF including all aspects that are
covered in the letter as outlined in
Annexure in the tender document
11
Section - V Commercial
Schedule page 19
S. No 11 i.e. Cable Tester &
S. No 12 Crimping tool Set
Please see the revised specifications in
Annexure I
12
SECTION IV - Schedule
of Requirement Item S.
No 2 page 16, Technical
Queries
13
Section I: Invitation for
Bids (IFB), clause 2(i) ,
Page no 4 , 6
Integrated Services Router
Type II - Enhanced limited
lifetime warranty (ELLW)
with next business day
(NBD) advance hardware
replacement and 90- day
access to Cisco Technical
Assistance Center (TAC)
support
The copy of Supply Orders/
Contracts/ Agreements
issued by/ signed with
Government of India
(Ministry/ Department/
Undertaking/ PSU/
Educational Institutions
such as IIT’s, NIT’s, or other
such Central
Universities/Banking
sector/lT SEZs/Technology
parks/ Stock or commodity
exchanges and reputed
private organizations
including educational
institutions in India) for
similar work, executed by
the bidders in last five
years ending March 31st
2017. The bidder should
enclose the completion
certificate duly issued by
the end user. The bidder
should have completed at
least ONE similar work not
less than Rs. 6.4 Crore OR
TWO similar works not less
than Rs. 4 Crore OR THREE
Please confirm if the qty
required is as per the
following since Qty is not
mentioned in Commercial
Schedule: S. No 11 i.e. Cable
Tester - 5 Nos S. No 12
Crimping tool Set - 10 Nos
Please change it to OEM /
Bidder / Local Service Provider
Technical Assistance Center
(TAC) support
Please note for Private
organization its very difficult
to check authenticity of the
purchase order/payments
receipt and completion. We
therefore, request you to
delete the same from
Eligibility criteria.
No change
Please see the revised specifications in
Annexure I
14
Section II - Instruction
to Bidders , clause 1 ,
page 6
15
Section III:
Special Conditions of
Contract (SCC) , clause 7
, page 12
16
Section 1, Invitation for
Bids , clause 4
similar works not less than
Rs. 3.2 Crore. The similar
work means supply &
installation & on-site
support of all/ most of the
items mentioned in this
tender document in a
single project on turn-key
basis in India/ abroad.
Delivery Period / Project
Timelines
The delivery and
installation at site(s) must
be completed within 70
days from the date of
placement of supply order
by IIIT Bangalore.
IIIT Bangalore shall release
5% of the payment upon
purchase order subject to
receipt of the performance
bank guarantee as outlined
in clause 8 below.
ii. IIIT Bangalore shall
release 35% of the
payment upon dispatch of
the tendered items subject
to submission of original
shipping documents and
BL.
iii. IIIT Bangalore shall
release 30% of the
payment upon delivery of
the tendered items at MIIT
subject to satisfactory
certificate of receipt by
Embassy of India, Yangon
and/or MIIT/IIITBangalore.
iv. Payment of 30% of the
purchase order value will
be made after physical
verification by a Project
Monitoring Committee
(PMC).
v. In case of foreign bidders
who quoted in US $, letter
of credit(LC) will be opened
and payment would be
released as per 7(1), 7(2),
7(3) and 7(4).
Bid Submission
This is a complex integration
project. Hence it is requested
that 180 days for the delivery
& installation at Site(S).
No change
As per industry norm we do
not get credit of more than 30
days. Looking at the current
payment terms 40% against
dispatch would mean that our
payment realization cycle
would be 4-5 months for 30%
payment on delivery and
further 2 months for 30%
against installation.
The terms and conditions are consistent
with other tender issued for the same
project. No change.
We therefore request to make
it atleast 70% against dispatch
and balance 30% after
Installation & Commissioning
sign off from Embassy of
India, Yangon and / or
MIIT/IIIT- Bangalore in INR &
USD.
We also request you to kindly
extend the date of bid
submission by 15 days.
The revised bid submission is now 21st
February 2018
Annexure I
REVISED SCHEDULE OF REQUIREMENT
S. No
Item
Switch Type 1
Ports
Power Rating
Switching
Capacity
Other
requirement
Readiness
Stacking Port &
Bandwidth
Protocols
Security
Feature
1
vLAN Support
Description
Switch should have minimum 24 No’s of 10/100/1000 Base-TxPoE
ports (Duplex, Full, Half) and 4 x 1GE Uplink port.
Switch PoE power rating should be 375W or more.
Should have minimum switching capacity of 52 Gbps.
All ports on the switch should work on line rate.
Should be IPv4 and IPv6 ready from day one
The switch should support dedicated stacking port separate from
uplink ports with minimum 48 Gbps of stacking bandwidth.
Shall support IEEE 802.1s Multiple Spanning Tree Protocol and
provide legacy support for IEEE 802.1d STP and IEEE 802.1w RSTP
or equivalent technology and static routes.
Port Security to secure the access to a port based on the MAC
address of a user’s device.
The aging feature to remove the MAC address from the switch
after a specific time to allow another device to connect to the same
port.
Switch should support Port-based and 802.1Q tag-based VLANs,
MAC-based VLAN, Guest VLAN, Private VLAN Edge, also known as
protected ports, with multiple uplink
All ports should have features of auto- negotiate, flow control
(802.3x), port based network access control (802.1x), port security,
MAC filtering etc.
The switch should support IPv6 Guard, IPv6 RA-Guard, IPv6 DHCPGuard, Source-Guard features
Should be NDPP or EAL3 certified at the time of Bidding
Additional
Features
All necessary SFP's, interfaces, connectors, patch cords (if any) &
licenses must be delivered along with the switch from day one.
Power Cord
Switch should be 19" Rack mountable & the switch should be
supplied with Indian standard AC (5Amp) power cord.
Qty
3
3
Switch Type 2
Ports
Integrated
wireless
controller
capability
Siwtching
Capacity
Stacking
bandwidth
MAC Address
DRAM
Flash
vLAN IDs
Access Point
Support
Wireless Clients
WLAN Support
Virtual
Interfaces
Wireless
bandwidth
Forwarding rate
Standalone switch should have minimum 48 x 10/100/1000
Ethernet PoE+ ports with minimum 4 x 1 Gigabit Ethernet uplink
with 640 WAC power supply
Should support up to minimum 10G of wireless capacity per switch
Should support for up to 50 access points and 1000 wireless clients
on each switching entity (switch or stack)
Should support minimum 176Gbps switching capacity
Should support minimum 160Gbps Stacking bandwidth
Should support minimum 32K MAC Address
Should support minimum 4GB DRAM
Should support minimum 4GB Flash
Should support minimum 4K vLAN IDs
Should support minimum 24 access points per switch/stack
Should support minimum 950 wireless clients
Should support minimum 60 WLAN per switch
Should support minimum 1k switched virtual interfaces
Should support Up to maximum 40Gbps on 48 Port
Should support minimum 75 Mpps
Should have Port security that secures the access to an access or
trunk port based on MAC address.
Should support DHCP snooping preventing malicious users from
spoofing a DHCP server
Should support Dynamic ARP Inspection (DAI)
2
Advanced
Security
Features
Should support IP Source Guard, Unicast Reverse Path Forwarding
and Bidirectional data support on the SPAN.
Should have flexible authentication including 802.1x, MAC
authentication bypass and web authentication using a single
consistent configuration
Should support Comprehensive policy management
Should support Multi domain authentication allowing an IP Phone
and PC to authenticate on the same switch port while on voice and
data vLAN
Should support MAC Address notification for adding / removing
the user from network
Should support Mobility & Security for secure, reliable wireless
connectivity and proactive blocking of known threats (if any)
Should support TACACS+ & RADIUS authentications, Spanning Tree
Root Guard and Wireless end to end security
Resiliency
Humidity
support
Operating
Temperature
Safety
Certifications
Environmental
Compliance
Router
Form Factor
Performance
Capability
Interface & Ports
Switch Ports
Should support 5% to 96% no condensing relative humidity
Should support -5ºC to +45ºC
Should have UL 60950-1 Second Edition, CAN/CSA-C22.2 No.
60950-1 Second Edition, EN 60950-1 Second Edition, IEC 60950-1
Second Edition etc
Should be RoHS 5 complied
8
The Router shall have maximum 1RU form factor & should
support multi core process, modular architecture and high
performance architecture
Should support 500 Mbps to 100 Mbps and 1Gbps to 300Mbps.
Should support a fabric allowing high bandwidth module to
module communication without compromising routing
performance
Should support 3 onboard WAN or LAN: 10/100/1000 Ports, 2 Rj
45 based Ports, 2 SFP based Ports, 2 Low Density Port Modules, 1
internal module slot
The router shall support hosting of 3rd party & custom application
on a module which can be easily integrated into router.
Should support modular LAN Switch ports & switch ports with PoE.
Should support dedicated Data Plane & Control Plane DDR2 ECC
DRAM
Security
Should support 4GB default DDR2 ECC RAM with maximum
support up to 16GB DDR2 ECC RAM
Shall support Access Control Lists (ACLs), Extended ACLs, TimeBased Access Lists Using time ranges (ACL), advanced application
inspection and control.
Firewall feature
Shall support functionality to protect the route processor from un
necessary or malicious levels of traffic, including DoS attack
Should support secure provisioning, advanced firewall features,
Stateful firewall, Firewall Zone based policies, VRF-aware Firewall,
high availability
VPN
Shall support transparent firewall feature: SSL VPN, Access
Control & Application ACL Support
Shall support Advanced VPN features, Standard IP Security
(IPSec), IPSEC for IPv4 and IPv5, IPSec high availability, VRF-Aware
IPSEC, Stateful failover for IPSec, Digital Encryption Standard
(DES) for encryption, 3DES for Encryption, IKEv1&v2, Dead peer
detection on demand and periodic, RFC 4869
RAM
3
Should have high availability, high performance IP routing and
Superior QoS.
Additional
Features
Content Filtering
Intrusion
Prevention
System (IPS)
feature
Voice Support
Feature
4
Shall support Group Domain of Interpretation, site to site VPNs,
GRE-based IPSec VPN, dynamically established spoke to spoke
VPN capabilities over public network
Shall support Content filtering & protect against malware.
Shall support IPS functionality in software, inline IPS functionality,
VRF-aware IPS, IPS functionality in software, Multi Virtual Route
Forwarding (VRF) Customer Edge (CE) for IPS
NET Flow
Feature
Shall support Voice DSP's , Video DSP's, DSP Module Slots Ports,
Local Conferencing, Phones as a integrated Router & PBX
Shall support Collection of IP traffic information, anomaly-based
detection of DDoS attacks and mechanism for application
performance and usage pattern as security
Protocols
Shall support IPv4 , IPv4/IPv6 Dual Stack, Static Routes, OSPF,
EIGRP, BGP, BGP Router Reflector and IS-IS protocols features
Shall support for improvement of application performance and
availability, selection of best path for each application based upon
PFR
- reachability, delay, loss, jitter & mean opinion score (mos).
IPv6 features
Shall support IPv6 & IPv6 plug and play network services
Network / Server 42 U Enclosure Rack
Enclosure for low to medium density server and networking
applications that either require additional equipment clearance
space or more open space for ease of access in the rear of the
enclosure. Compact width to optimize data center space.
Description
Minimum 42U height to easily roll through doorways
Dimensions
600mm Wide x 1200mm Deep Enclosure with Sides Black
Maximum
Height
Shall have 78.39 inches maximum height
Maximum Width Shall have 23.62 inches maximum width
Maximum Depth Shall have 47.24 inches maximum depth
Minimum
Mounting Depth
Maximum
Mounting Depth
Rack Color
Vertical Post
Front Door
Rear Door
Roof
EIA Mounting
Rails
Side panels
Certification
Approvals
Shall have 7.52 minimum mounting depth
Shall have 41.26 maximum mounting depth
Shall have Black color
Shall have 16 Gauge
Shall have 16 Gauge
Shall have 18 Gauge
Shall have 18 Gauge
Shall have 14 Gauge
Shall have 18 Gauge
Shall have UL 2416, UL 60950-1
8
Compliance
Shall be RoHS, REACH: Contains No SVHCs
8-Port Multi-Platform Analog KVM
Description
Minimum: 8 Port Multi Platform Analog KVM
Input Frequency Shall support 50/60 Hz Input frequency
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
Note
Add ons
KVM Color
Operating
Environment
8
Shall include C13-C14 power cord, Configuration cable,
Documentation CD, Firmware upgrade cable, NEMA 5-15 power
cord, Rack Mounting brackets, User Manual
Should be Black color
Shall support 0 - 50 °C
Regulatory
Shall AS/NZS 3548 (C-Tick) Class A,CE,FCC Part 15 Class A,ICESApprovals
003,IEC 60950,UL 60950,VCCI
Hot Pluggable
Shall be capable to Add or remove servers without having to power
Operation
off the switch.
Multi-platform
Support
Shall support Windows, Sun, Unix and Linux compatible.
Size
Minimum 1U
Compliance
Shall be RoHS, REACH: Contains No SVHCs
Compatible KVM USB Cable
KVM PS/2 Cable for KVM
LAN Cable (1000 Meter / Roll)
Rj 45 Cat 6e Cables Connector (Boxes)
Cable Testers
Crimping tool set
1. For ease of Integration offered Switches & Routers should be of same OEM make
2. For ease of integration KVM Switch required cables should be from same OEM make.
10
10
2
20
5
10
Annexure II
REVISED COMMERCIAL SCHEDULE
S. No
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
Item
Qty
Switch Type 1
Switch Type 2
Router
Network/Server Enclosure
8 Port Multi Platform Analog
KVM
USB Cable for KVM
PS/2 Cable for KVM
Reputed LAN Cable (1000
Meter/Roll)
Connector (Boxes)
Cable Tester
Crimping tool Set
(X)
3
3
8
8
8
Rate/Unit
(INR/USD)
(A)
GST (INR)
(B)
Total
(INR/USD)
=(A+B)*X
10
10
2
20
5
10
Sub Total
Discount(if any)
Grand Total
Total Amount (In Words) :_______________________________________________________
Note
1. Do not quote optional items against the requirement mentioned in this tender.
2. The price quoted above should not be inclusive of any taxes/levies. Taxes/levies if any must be mentioned
separately along with the price bid. IIIT-Bangalore shall reimburse for these taxes/levies based on
submission of relevant documents including registration certificates at each payment stage.
3. Discount (if any) to be offered should be mentioned against in the respective cell provided above. In case it
is mentioned elsewhere it will not be considered for the purpose of price comparison.
4. If there is a discrepancy between the unit price and total price THE UNIT PRICE shall prevail.
5. The bidder must quote for all the items mentioned under Section IV – Schedule of Requirement. The lowest
price criteria shall be applied on the total composite amount of all items taken together.