REQUEST FOR PROPOSAL Telephone : 0484-2215592, 2218323 Headquarters Email – [email protected] No. 4 Coast Guard District Reply should be addressed to (Kerala & Mahe) The Commander Kalvathy Road, Kochi – 682 001 438/LP/402/16-17 09 Oct 2017 .................................... .................................... INVITATION OF QUOTATIONS FOR OUTSOURCING SUPPORT STAFF FOR CG UNDER TRAINEES IN INDIAN NAVY SCHOOLS UNDER HEADQUARTERS SOUTHERN NAVAL COMMAND AT COIMBATORE, KOCHI AND EZHIMALA Sir/Madam, 1. Bids in sealed cover are invited for supply of items listed in Part II of this RFP. Please super scribe the above mentioned Title, RFP number and date of opening of the Bids on the sealed cover to avoid the Bid being declared invalid. 2. The address and contact numbers for sending Bids or seeking clarifications regarding this RFP are given below – (a) Bids/queries to be addressed to : The Commander (b) Postal address for sending the Bids : As above (c) Name/designation of the contact personnel : The Officer-in-charge, LP Cell (d) Telephone numbers of the contact personnel:0484-2218323 (e) e-mail ids of contact personnel : [email protected] (f) Fax number : 0484-2218460 3. This RFP is divided into five Parts as follows:- (a) Part I – Contains General Information and Instructions for the Bidders about the RFP such as the time, place of submission and opening of tenders, Validity period of tenders, etc. (b) Part II – Contains essential details of the items/services required, such as the Schedule of Requirements (SOR), Technical Specifications, Delivery Period, Mode of Delivery and Consignee details. (c) Part III – Contains Standard Conditions of RFP, which will form part of the Contract with the successful Bidder. (d) Part IV – Contains Special Conditions applicable to this RFP and which will also form part of the contract with the successful Bidder. (e) Part V – Contains Evaluation Criteria and Format for Price Bids. 4. This RFP is being issued with no financial commitment and the Buyer reserves the right to change or vary any part thereof at any stage. Buyer also reserves the right to withdraw the RFP, should it become necessary at any stage. Thanking You, Yours faithfully, Sd/- (Sweta Mathew) Asst Commandant Officer-in-Charge, LP Cell for District Commander -2- Part I – General information 1. Last date and time for depositing the Bids: 1700 Hrs 30 Oct 2017 (Date to be mentioned in terms of DD MM YEAR) The sealed Bid (Commercial only) should be deposited/reach by the due date and time. The responsibility to ensure this lies with the Bidder. 2. Manner of depositing the Bids: Sealed Bids should be either dropped in the Tender Box marked as TENDER BOX(LP) or sent by registered post at the address given above so as to reach by the due date and time. Late tenders will not be considered. No responsibility will be taken for postal delay or non delivery/non-receipt of Bid documents. Bids sent by FAX or e-mail will not be considered (unless they have been specifically called for by these modes due to urgency). 3. Time and date for opening of Bids: 1000 Hrs 31 Oct 2017 (If due to any exigency, the due date for opening of the Bids is declared a closed holiday, the Bids will be opened on the next working day at the same time or on any other day/time, as intimated by the Buyer). 4. Location of the Tender Box: Unit Guard Room (Only those Bids that are found in the tender box will be opened. Bids dropped in the wrong Tender Box will be rendered invalid. 5. Place of opening of the Bids: TOC President’s Office/Guard Room. The Bidders may depute their representatives, duly authorized in writing, to attend the opening of Bids on the due date and time. Rates and important commercial/technical clauses quoted by all Bidders will be read out in the presence of the representatives of all the Bidders. This event will not be postponed due to non-presence of your representative. 6. Two-Bid system: Yes, only the Technical Bid would be opened on the time and date mentioned above. Date of opening of the Commercial Bid will be intimated after acceptance of the Technical Bids. Commercial Bids of only those firms will be opened, whose Technical Bids are found compliant/suitable after Technical evaluation is done by the Buyer. Technical bids will be evaluated by the TEC appointed by CFA taking into account parameters stated in Technical bid format. (a) The dully filled Technical Bid as per Technical bid format alongwith EMD, terms and Conditions, bidders profile and other relevant documents in connection with technical specification etc should be kept in Cover – I and superscribed as Technical Bid- Tender No. 438/LP/402/16-17 dated 09 Oct 2017 The duly filled commercial bid should be kept in Cover – II and no other documents should be enclosed with the commercial bid. The cover containing commercial bid should be sealed and superscribed as Commercial Bid -Tender No. 438/LP/402/16-17 dated 09 Oct 2017 and due date of opening is 31 Oct 2017. Both the Covers – I and II should further be kept in a master envelope sealed and super scribed as Services of support staff for Southern Naval Command, Tender No. 438/LP/402/16-17 with due date of opening is 31 Oct 2017 and to be addressed to The Commander, CGDHQ-4, Kalvathy Road, Fort Kochi – 682 001 (b) Pre Bid Conference : The standard conditions of contract should be carefully considered while preparing the bids. All clarification are to be resolved in the Pre-Bid conference at 1100 Hrs on 16 Oct 2017 at CGDHQ-4, Kalvathy Road, Kochi prior submission of bids(Contacts person Officer-in-Charge, LP Cell, CGDHQ-4, Kochi) 7. Forwarding of Bids – Bids should be forwarded by Bidders under their original memo / letter pad inter alia furnishing details like TIN number, VAT/CST number, Bank address with EFT Account if applicable, etc and complete postal & e-mail address of their office. 8. Clarification regarding contents of the RFP - A prospective bidder who requires clarification regarding the contents of the bidding documents shall notify to the Buyer in writing about the clarifications sought not later than 14 (fourteen) days prior to the date of opening of the Bids. Copies of the query and clarification by the purchaser will be sent to all prospective bidders who have received the bidding documents -3- 9. Modification and Withdrawal of Bids - A bidder may modify or withdraw his bid after submission provided that the written notice of modification or withdrawal is received by the Buyer prior to deadline prescribed for submission of bids. A withdrawal notice may be sent by fax but it should be followed by a signed confirmation copy to be sent by post and such signed confirmation should reach the purchaser not later than the deadline for submission of bids. No bid shall be modified after the deadline for submission of bids. No bid may be withdrawn in the interval between the deadline for submission of bids and expiration of the period of bid validity specified. Withdrawal of a bid during this period will result in Bidder’s forfeiture of bid security. 10. Clarification regarding contents of the Bids: During evaluation and comparison of bids, the Buyer may, at its discretion, ask the bidder for clarification of his bid. The request for clarification will be given in writing and no change in prices or substance of the bid will be sought, offered or permitted. No post-bid clarification on the initiative of the bidder will be entertained. 11. Rejection of Bids: Canvassing by the Bidder in any form, unsolicited letter and post-tender correction may invoke summary rejection with forfeiture of EMD. Conditional tenders will be rejected. 12. Unwillingness to quote: Bidders unwilling to quote should ensure that intimation to this effect reaches before the due date and time of opening of the Bid, failing which the defaulting Bidder may be delisted for the given range of items as mentioned in this RFP. 13. Validity of Bids: The Bids should remain valid till 180 days from the last date of submission of the Bids. 14. Earnest Money Deposit:– Bidders are required to submit Earnest Money Deposit (EMD) for amount of Rs. 2,82,000.00 (Rupees: Two Lakh Eighty Two Thousand Only) along with their bids. The EMD may be submitted in the form of an Account Payee Demand Draft, Fixed Deposit Receipt, Banker’s Cheque or Bank Guarantee from any of the public sector banks authorized to conduct government business as per Form DPM-16. EMD is to remain valid for a period of forty-five days beyond the final bid validity period. EMD of the unsuccessful bidders will be returned to them at the earliest after expiry of the final bid validity and latest on or before the 30th day after the award of the contract. The Bid Security of the successful bidder would be returned, without any interest whatsoever, after the receipt of Performance Security from them as called for in the contract. EMD is not required to be submitted by those Bidders who are registered with the Central Purchase Organization (e.g. DGS&D), National Small Industries Corporation (NSIC) or any Department of MoD or MoD itself. The EMD will be forfeited if the bidder withdraws or amends impairs or derogates from the tender in any respect within the validity period of their tender. 15. Transportation: CGDHQ-4 shall not make any additional payment for transportation of the personnel for travel from home to work and back.