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Tender for Implementation of Corporate email

TENDER NOTICE

Reserve Bank of India
Department of Information Technology
Central Office
Mumbai – 400 001.

Sealed tenders in duplicate are invited for supply, installation, operationalisation and implementation of Corporate e-mail and Work flow, Firewall/Proxy server, etc for the Offices of Reserve Bank of India in the country from the authorised resellers of premium brand multi-user systems like IBM, HP, Compaq, etc, who have carried out setting up of e-mail and Workflow at least in one site using Microsoft server products.

Prescribed 'Tender Document' can be obtained from the Office of the Chief General Manager-in-Charge, Department of Information Technology, Central Office, Reserve Bank of India, 14th Floor, Central Office Building, Shahid Bhagat Singh Road, Mumbai – 400 001 upto 2nd June, 2000, on all working days, on making written application containing the details of proof, previous experience, names and addresses of the applicants' Bankers and Clients.

Separate technical and commercial bids in duplicate duly sealed and addressed by name to Shri S R Mittal, Chief General Manager-in-Charge, Department of Information Technology, Central Office, Reserve Bank of India, 14th Floor, Central Office Building, Shahid Bhagat Singh Road, Mumbai – 400 001 will be received upto 15.00 hrs on 30th June, 2000.

Reserve Bank of India reserves the right to accept or reject any or all tenders in full or in part without assigning any reason thereof.

The Tender Document is also placed on Reserve Bank of India's web site at http://www.rbi.org.in for information.

Reserve Bank of India
Department of Information Technology
Central Office
Mumbai-400 001

Supply, Installation, Operationalisation of Computer Systems and implementation of Corporate e-mail and Workflow Backbone, Firewall/NAT/Proxy server, Domain Controller, Domain Name Server, Certification Server, Internet Information Server (IIS), etc for Reserve Bank of India.

Sealed QUOTATIONS are invited for Supply, Installation, Operationalisation of Computer Systems and implementation of Corporate e-mail and Workflow Backbone, Firewall/NAT/Proxy server, Domain Controller, Domain Name Server, Certification Server, Internet Information Server (IIS), etc in all the Regional Offices/locations of Reserve Bank of India.

2. Corporate e-mail and Workflow Backbone for Reserve Bank of India.

    1. Reserve Bank of India plans to implement Corporate e-mail and Workflow Backbone in all its Regional Offices/locations, connected through a wide area backbone network called Indian Financial Network (INFINET) based on VSATs, leased lines, ISDN, etc in a phased manner. In the first phase of implementation, setting up of Corporate e-mail and Workflow Backbone at Reserve Bank of India’s Central Office Building, Mumbai is already at the advanced stage of completion. In the second phase of implementation, about 22 Regional Offices/locations of Reserve Bank of India in the country connected to the VSAT hub site at the Institute for Development and Research in Banking Technology (IDRBT), Hyderabad through TDM/TDMA and Hybrid VSATs of upto 64 Kbps bandwidth will be covered. Reserve Bank of India is also having X.25 Network – BANKNET, based on the Leased Lines and Department of Non-Banking Supervision, Reserve Bank of India, World Trade Centre, Mumbai has implemented WAN using ISDN lines. All the 22 Offices of Reserve Bank of India are also being connected using leased lines. IP is the protocol used on this network. Reserve Bank of India is in the process of setting up of Local Area Networks (LANs) in all its Regional Offices/locations. Sixteen centres of Reserve Bank of India to be covered presently with the implementation of the e-mail and Workflow Backbone are given in Annexure I. Six other locations specified in Annexure I where Lotus Notes based Workflow is implemented/being implemented will be connected to the proposed Corporate e-mail and Workflow Backbone using necessary connectors.
    2. Each of the sixteen locations of Reserve Bank of India (Annexure II and III) will have an individual e-mail server, Firewall/NAT/Proxy Server, Domain Controller server, Internet Information Server, etc. Central server (e-mail) setup at IDRBT, Hyderabad forming hub and spokes architecture will act as a Gateway for routing e-mail. Internet e-mail will also be routed through this Gateway. Intra-location or inter-building e-mail will be dynamically routed through wide area backbone network based on VSAT, ISDN and X.25 network. In respect of other locations/offices of the Bank (Annexure IV), where Lotus Notes based e-mail and Workflow solutions are already implemented or being implemented, shall have a Firewall/NAT/Proxy server and connected to Reserve Bank of India’s Corporate e-mail and Workflow Backbone by using necessary connectors.
    3. The log of Intra-location/building e-mail will be maintained at the respective e-mail servers and the log of all the Inter-locations/buildings, Intra-bank and Internet e-mail, which will be routed through the Central e-mail server at hub site, IDRBT, Hyderabad will be maintained there at.
    4. Microsoft Exchange Server 5.5 on Microsoft Windows 2000 platform has been identified for implementing Corporate e-mail and Workflow Backbone at each of the Regional Offices/locations of the Bank specified in Annexure II and III. Microsoft Proxy Server on Microsoft Windows 2000 has been identified as Firewall/NAT/Proxy server for all the locations of the bank specified in Annexure I. On the Client side, Microsoft Out Look will be used either on Microsoft Windows 95/98/NT 4.0 Workstation or Windows 2000 (Prof.) workstation. Where Lotus Notes based e-mail and Workflow is being used at present, the same shall be continued to be used by using necessary connectors for connecting to Microsoft Exchange Servers.

3. Scope of Work

    1. The Local Area Network (LAN) at all the Regional Offices/locations of the Bank specified in the Annexure I is already in place or being setup and TDM/TDMA based VSATs have already been installed. A private Class B IP address (172.16.x.x) with Fixed Length Subnet Mask is used on the LAN with private Class A IP address (10.x.x.x) with Variable Length Subnet Mask (VLSM) is used on the VSAT. The Institute for Development and Research in Banking Technology (IDRBT), Hyderabad has already installed necessary hardware and software at VSAT hub site, Hyderabad for routing Intra-Bank, Inter-bank and Internet e-mail. The Corporate e-mail and Workflow Backbone for Reserve Bank of India will be implemented on INFINET and Leased lines. Reserve Bank of India is also in the process of acquiring Routers for routing WAN traffic on VSATs as well as leased lines and ISDN lines. The scope of work is to supply, install and operationalise the Computer Systems, systems software, Microsoft server products, etc., by the vendor for implementation of e-mail and Workflow Backbone, Firewall/NAT/Proxy Server, Domain Controller, Domain Name Server, Certification Server, Key Management Server, Systems Management Server, SQL Server, Site Server, SNA Server and Internet Information Server, at the sixteen Regional Offices/locations specified in Annexure II and III and Firewall/NAT/Proxy Server at the six offices/locations of the Bank specified in Annexure IV.
    2. The e-mail and Workflow Backbone setup at each Regional Office/location as the case may be, will be as under:

  1. Domain Controller: The hardware for Domain Controller server will be Pentium III based 600 MHz premium brand multi-user system as per the configuration specified in Annexure VII. Microsoft Windows 2000 will be the operating system using Microsoft Windows 2000 Std. edition. The vendor will supply the hardware and software for the Bank’s sixteen Regional Offices/locations specified in Annexure II and III, install, configure and operationalise the Domain Controller as per Reserve Bank of India’s requirement. User login accounts, Global address folder, replication of Global address folders at all locations, etc., have to be done by the Vendor with host name resolution (DNS) in consultation with Reserve Bank of India. The Secondary Domain Controller will be installed on e-mail and Workflow server.
  2. Firewall/NAT/Proxy server: The hardware for Firewall/NAT/Proxy server will be Pentium III based 600 MHz premium brand multi-user system as per the configuration details given at Annexure VII. Microsoft Proxy Server software on Microsoft Windows 2000 platform will be used for Firewall/NAT/Proxy Server using Microsoft BackOffice Suite 4.5. The vendor will supply the hardware and software at all the Regional Offices/locations given in Annexure I, install, configure, test and operationalise Firewall/NAT/Proxy server as per the requirements of Reserve Bank of India. Local Area network (LAN) will have to be integrated with INFINET, leased lines, ISDN lines and X.25 Network (IP over X.25) through Proxy Server using NAT. It should be possible to route network traffic dynamically both on the INFINET, leased lines, ISDN lines and X.25 network.
  3. e-mail and Workflow server: The hardware required for setting up of e-mail and Workflow server will be Pentium III Xeon based premium brand multi-user system as per the configuration details given in Annexure V and VI. For Offices specified in Annexure II, the server configuration shall be 2 x Pentium III (dual processor) 550 MHz Xeon server expandable to 4 processors and for Offices/locations listed in Annexure III will be 1 x Pentium III (single Processor) 550 MHz Xeon server expandable to 2 processors. Microsoft Exchange server 5.5 on Windows 2000 will be the e-mail and Workflow server software using Microsoft BackOffice Suite 4.5. The vendor will supply the hardware and software, install, configure and operationalise Microsoft Exchange server at each of the sixteen Regional Office/location of the Bank and customise as per the requirement of Reserve Bank of India. The Microsoft Exchange server 5.5 installation and setup should include creation of individual user e-mail boxes with the following features in consultation with Reserve bank of India:

    1. Public folders.
    2. Forms Management
    3. Security- Encryption and Digital Certificate support.
    4. Web connectivity.
    5. POP3 connectivity.
    6. IMAP4 Connectivity.
    7. LDAP Connectivity.
    8. Audit Trail: Log of Intra-office/location e-mail will be maintained at the respective e-mail servers.

  1. The vendor will supply, install, configure, and operationalise System Management Server for software distribution and remote help desk activities as well as hardware and software inventory on the Domain Controller server as per Reserve Bank of India’s requirement.
  2. Client machines shall be configured by the vendor for TCP/IP protocol and load Microsoft outlook and configure as required. Network login to the e-mail server from the client will have to be established, tested and operationalised for e-mail messaging as required. Similarly SMS client software is installed and configured on each client machine as per Reserve Bank of India’s requirement. The number of clients/individual users at each of the sixteen Regional Office/locations is also furnished in Annexures II and III.
  3. The vendor shall configure at each Regional Office/location, the entire setup of Domain Control Server, Firewall/Proxy Server and Exchange Server or as the case may be so that external connectivity is established with Central e-mail Microsoft Exchange server at IDRBT, Hyderabad, e-mail and Workflow Backbone setup at Reserve Bank of India’s Central Office Building, Mumbai and as also with e-mail and Workflow Backbone setup at each of the Regional Offices/locations now proposed to be setup. End-to-end connectivity between any client and any other client (local/remote) will have to be established, tested and operationalised by the vendor.
  4. The vendor should ensure inter-operability with UNIX mail, CC Mail, Lotus Notes Mail, etc.
  5. The supply, installation, configuration and operationalisation of Firewall/NAT/Proxy server at each of the six locations of the Bank specified in Annexure IV, shall also include configuration of exiting Lotus Notes Mail messaging and workflow with the Microsoft Exchange e-mail servers across the Bank both on INFINET and X.25 network.

4.0 Hardware Configuration and software:

  1. Domain Controller and Systems Management Server: Hardware required for setting up of Domain Controller server at the sixteen Regional Offices/locations of the Bank specified in Annexure II and III shall be Pentium III 600 MHz based premium brand multi-user system expandable to 2 processors. The detailed configuration is given in Annexure VII. Microsoft Windows 2000 will be the operating system, using Microsoft Windows 2000 Std. Edition. The details of software products required at each location are given at Annexure VIII.
  2. e-mail and Workflow server: Hardware configuration for setting up of e-mail and Workflow server at six Regional Offices/locations listed in Annexure II shall be 2 x Pentium III 550 MHz Xeon based premium brand multi-user system expandable to 4 processors. Hardware configuration for Regional Offices/locations listed in Annexure III shall be 1 x Pentium III 550 MHz Xeon based premium brand multi-user system expandable to 2 processors. The detailed configuration for both the systems is given in Annexure V and VI respectively. Microsoft Exchange Server 5.5 on Windows 2000 platform shall be the e-mail messaging and Workflow Backbone software (using Microsoft BackOffice Suite 4.5). The details of software products required are given in Annexure VIII.
  3. Firewall/NAT/Proxy Server: Hardware specifications for all the locations is same as Domain Controller server given in Annexure VII. Microsoft Proxy Server on Windows 2000 platform shall be Firewall/NAT/Proxy server software (using Microsoft Back Office Suite 4.5). The details of software products required is given at Annexure VIII.

    1. The computer systems, hardware and software offered by the vendor should be fully Y2K compliant.
    2. The vendor should quote only the latest versions of the Operating system and other software packages listed in Annexure VIII. Other system software bundled with the hardware should be the latest and complete and the vendor should specifically confirm this.
    3. Any other additional hardware and software products that are required for implementing the entire e-mail and Workflow backbone at each centre should be specified and quoted by the vendor.

5.0 General Instructions:

    1. The capabilities, operating characteristics and other technical details of the hardware and software offered should be furnished together with product brochures, literature, etc. The make and model of each component shall be indicated.
    2. The technical literature on architecture, scalability and high availability of the hardware quoted, giving details of the processors, memory, cache (internal/external), controllers, Network interface cards, power supply, serial and parallel ports, expandability of the systems offered, etc. should be given. The redundancy, high availability, hotswapable parts, etc. of the systems offered should be explained. Scalability and other features of the hardware offered should be explained/furnished in Annexure IX.
    3. The technical literature explaining the special features of BackOffice Suite 4.5, Windows 2000 operating system, Microsoft Server products (software products bundled in BackOffice Suite and Windows 2000 Std. Edition), etc. should be furnished along with the quotation.
    4. Infrastructural requirements including power requirements, air conditioning, dust and humidity control, etc., necessary for successful and efficient operation of the installation should be specified. Also dimensions and weight of each piece of equipment offered shall be specified with necessary power and wiring requirements.
    5. The vendor will have to co-ordinate with the Network Support Engineers at each site as also with IDRBT, Hyderabad and resolve any problem, which may be encountered in the course of installation of network connections and smooth operationalisation of e-mail and Workflow Backbone at each Regional Office/location as per Reserve Bank of India requirement.
    6. The systems will be delivered and installed at each Regional Office/location without disturbing any existing processing and other activities.
    7. Names and addresses of reference sites where similar systems and products were offered, installed and operationalised by the vendor in the recent past shall be furnished for the reference of Reserve Bank of India.
    8. If deemed necessary, the vendor is required to give presentation on the systems offered.
    9. The quotations shall be submitted strictly in conformity with the specifications given in Annexures V, VI and VII. Any deviations from the specifications and or the terms and conditions of the tender document should invariably be furnished by the vendor as per the format furnished in Annexure X, specifying the reasons and justifying such deviation.
    10. The audited TPC-C and TPC-D benchmark results of the systems offered by the vendor shall also be furnished separately along with the quotation.
    11. The Company profile shall be furnished in the format indicated in the Annexure XI.
    12. Price/cost of hardware and software offered and prices of any additional/optional hardware and software items required for setting up of e-mail and Workflow Backbone in Reserve Bank of India shall be furnished in Annexure XII. M/s Microsoft Corporation has extended special MOLP prices for Reserve Bank of India for implementing this project and the vendors’ offer for Microsoft server products including BackOffice Client Access Licenses should be priced accordingly.
    13. The tenders not supplied in the prescribed formats and incomplete in detail are likely to be rejected.
    14. The quotations received after due date and time are liable to be rejected.
    15. The Reserve Bank of India is not responsible for non-receipt of quotation within the specified date and time due to any reason including postal holidays.
    16. The Reserve Bank of India reserves the right to accept or reject any quotation without assigning any reason thereof and Reserve Bank of India’s decision in this regard is final.
    17. Reserve Bank of India reserves the right to alter or increase or decrease the hardware and software requirements as the case may be to meet Reserve Bank of India’s requirements.
    18. The company profile, past experience of the company in the area of e-mail and Workflow setup, cost of hardware and software offered, technical features of the hardware/software offered, delivery schedule, past experience of the Reserve Bank of India with the company, etc. shall be the criteria.
    19. Local presence and nature of support (direct/indirect) available at each site shall also be considered while evaluating the tenders submitted by the vendors.
    20. The successful bidder will be required to sign an agreement on required stamped paper containing the Reserve Bank of India’s terms and conditions of purchase.
    21. Vendors should submit Technical Bids and Commercial Bids separately in sealed covers and Reserve Bank of India reserves the right not to process the Commercial Bids of the vendors whose Technical Bids found to be unsuitable and not fulfill eligibility criteria specified in the Tender Notification/Tender Document.
    22. Separate Technical and Commercial Bids in duplicate duly sealed and superscribed `Quotations for Supply, Installation, Operationalisation of Computer Systems and implementation of e-mail and Workflow Backbone, Firewall/NAT/Proxy server, Domain Controller, Domain Name Server, Certification Server, Internet Information Server (IIS), System Management Server, etc for Reserve Bank of India –Technical Bids’ and `Quotations for Supply, Installation, Operationalisation of Computer Systems and implementation of e-mail and Workflow backbone, Firewall/NAT/Proxy server, Domain Controller, Domain Name Server, Certification Server, Internet Information Server (IIS), System Management Server, etc for Reserve Bank of India – Commercial Bids’ addressed to Shri S. R. Mittal, Chief General Manager-in-Charge, Department of Information Technology, Central Office, 14th Floor, Reserve Bank of India, Central Office Building, Shahid Bhagat Singh Road, Mumbai – 400 001 should reach us before 3.00 pm on 30th June 2000. Quotations submitted after due date and time and incomplete in any respect are liable to be rejected. Technical bids shall be opened at 4.00 pm on the same day.

  1. Validity of Quote:
  2. 1. All the prices, technical specifications and other terms and conditions of the offer proposed by the vendor should be valid for a minimum period 6 months.

  3. Prices:
    1. The prices quoted by the tenderer shall be in Indian Rupees, firm and not subject to any price escalation, if the order is placed within the validity period.
    2. The price quoted should be inclusive of all Central/State Government levies, taxes, sales tax, excise duty, custom duty, etc. excluding Octroi/Entry Tax, which, if any, will be paid as per actuals on production of relevant original documents.
    3. Further, subsequent to orders being placed/agreement executed, the vendor shall pass on to Reserve Bank of India all fiscal benefits arising out of reductions in Government levies viz. sales tax, excise duty, custom duty, etc.
    4. The Reserve Bank of India reserves the right to re-negotiate the prices in the event of change in the international market prices of both the hardware and software.

  4. Time Schedule:
    1. The Bank would like to have the following time schedule for completion of the activities from the date of placement of orders.

 

i. Delivery:

4 weeks.

 

ii. Installation and operationalisation:

2 weeks

The vendor should specify minimum and maximum possible period of delivery.

    1. The systems and software will be delivered and installed at each Regional Office/location of the Bank specified in Annexures II, III and IV.
    2. The delivery of the computer systems will be deemed complete when the following are received in good working condition at each Regional Office/location of the Bank.

    • Computer systems, accessories and associated documentation.
    • System software and associated documentation.
    • Microsoft server products and associated documentation.

    1. The installation will deemed to be complete, when all the hardware, systems software, Microsoft server products, etc as per the technical specifications along with the accessories, necessary to make the hardware functional are installed and all the features as per the technical specifications are demonstrated and implemented as required on the systems to the satisfaction of Reserve Bank of India. The vendor has to resolve any hardware, operating system, Microsoft server products, system software problems during successful installation of LAN and WAN of the e-mail and Workflow Backbone. In addition, supply of all associated documentation relating to the hardware, system software, Microsoft server products should have been completed.
    2. All the software (operating system, system software, Microsoft server products and other accessories/software) supplied by the vendor shall be legal and the vendor shall give indemnity to that effect in the format specified in Annexure XIII.

  1. Warranty:
    1. The warranty should be for a minimum period of one year from the date of acceptance of the systems by Reserve Bank of India. During the warranty period, the vendor will have to undertake comprehensive maintenance of the hardware, systems software, Microsoft server products and other accessories.
    2. In respect of all the software (operating system, system software, Microsoft server products, etc) the vendor should give the policy and price of supplying new versions/s, releases, upgrades, updates, etc. This should be specifically quoted by the vendor in the offer.
    3. Besides the above, the vendor will have to confirm the terms and conditions of warranty in Annexure XIV.

10. Vendors’s maintenance support during and after warranty period

    1. The information about service support available at each site shall be given in Annexure XV.

    1. The selected vendor shall ensure that services of a team of professionally qualified persons is available for hardware and software support during warranty period at each Regional Office/location. Such service support shall include reloading of Microsoft products in case of system crash/malfunctioning, corruption of data, reconfiguration of entire e-mail and Workflow backbone, if required, reconfiguring of client machines including porting of required software, etc.
    2. The selected vendors shall provide the preventive maintenance schedules per month which shall be specified in advance.
    3. In the event of system break down or failures at any stage, protection available shall be specified which would include the following.

    • Diagnostics for identification of systems failures
    • Protection of data
    • Recovery / restart facilities
    • Back-up facilities

    1. The selected vendor shall ensure that in case of a break down/malfunctioning of hardware, accessories, systems software, MS Server products, etc., provided by them, the relevant defect is attended to and rectified within 24 hours of the receipt of the complaint. The hot swappable parts should be replaced immediately for which the selected vendor should store all the critical and hot swappable spares at each site. The list of critical and hot swappable spares, the vendor proposes to stock at each site should be furnished in Annexure XVI. Further, during warranty period, proportionate penalty will be levied in case of down time of the systems, which shall include extension of warranty period to the extent of down time.
    2. The post warranty maintenance shall be at a rate not exceeding 8% of the equipment cost. This rate shall remain unchanged for the first three years.
    3. The comprehensive maintenance during warranty and post warranty would be inclusive of all spares and excluding consumables. The list of consumables and spares should be furnished.
    4. The vendor will have to guarantee the availability of spares for a period of at least 5 years.

  1. Training
    1. Officers and staff of the Bank shall be trained on the Operating System, Microsoft Exchange server, Microsoft Proxy server and other software purchased from the vendor, by Microsoft trained engineers. Training charges, if any, shall be specified by the vendor separately in the quotation. The vendor should specify a training schedule for a batch of 10 officers of the Bank at each site on Operating System, System Administration, Microsoft Exchange server, Proxy Server, etc for a minimum duration of two weeks at Microsoft Certified Training Institute/Engineers of the vendor as per Reserve Bank of India’s requirement. Clients/users (equal to the actual number Client Access Licenses to be purchased by the Reserve Bank of India) at each site should be given orientation training on the use Microsoft Outlook, send/receive e-mail, etc for a day. Such training programme/s shall be conducted by the vendor at vendor’s premises.

12. Purchase Price

    1. The cost per unit (hardware and software) shall be indicated separately. The price should be inclusive of all taxes and duties. Octroi/Entry Tax, if applicable will be paid as per actuals on production of original documents. Installation, customization, etc. charges, if any, should be quoted separately.

  1. Right to verification
    1. The Reserve Bank of India reserves the right to verify any or all statements made by the vendor in the tender document and to inspect the vendor’s facilities, if necessary to establish to its satisfaction the vendor’s capacity to perform the job.
    2. Reserve Bank of India, if deemed fit will inspect any or all of the computer systems at vendor’s manufacturing site before shipment to respective Regional Office/locations of the Bank, to verify that the computer systems shipped to Reserve Bank of India are as per the technical specification specified in the purchase agreement.

  2. Terms of payment

    1. The following will be terms of payment applicable for hardware, operating System, System Sofware, Microsoft Server products, etc.

  • 20% of the Total cost of for hardware, System Software, MS Server products, etc. on acceptance of the terms and conditions of the purchase order and execution of the agreement, against bank guarantee as per the format specified by the Bank.

  • 70% on Delivery and Successful Installation, Operationalisation and Acceptance of computer systems by the Reserve Bank of India.

  • 10% on expiry of the warranty period or against Bank Guarantee as per Reserve Bank of India’s format.

  • The vendor shall submit performance bank guarantee for performing all the obligations arising on acceptance of all the terms and conditions of purchase order and execution agreement. Such performance bank guarantee shall be to the extent of 20% of the total purchase consideration or purchase order value and such performance bank guarantee submitted by the vendor shall be in force till the completion of warranty period.

15. Indemnity to the Bank

    1. The Vendor should furnish a photocopy of the Agreement with their Principals in respect of hardware and software products offered. Further, the vendor shall indemnify Reserve Bank of India and keep indemnified against any loss or damage that the Reserve Bank of India may sustain on account of any violation of patents, trademark etc., by the vendor in respect of hardware, system software, Microsoft server products, etc. supplied.

  1. Delay in performance of the obligations by the vendor
    1. The vendor must strictly adhere to the implementation schedule, specified in the purchase agreement to be executed between the Reserve Bank of India and the vendor for performance of the obligations arising out of the purchase agreement and any delay will enable the Reserve Bank of India to resort to any or both of the following :

  • Claiming liquidated damages at 5% of the total purchase consideration.
  • Termination of the purchase agreement fully or partly and claim liquidated damages

  1. All disputes of any kind arising out of supply, commissioning, acceptance, warranty, maintenance etc., shall be referred by either party (Bank or Vendor) after issuance of 30 days notice in writing to the other clearly mentioning the nature of dispute to a single arbitrator acceptable to both the parties. The venue for arbitration shall be specified in the purchase agreement.
  2. The jurisdiction of the courts shall be specified in the purchase agreement.

Annexure I

List of RBI Regional Offices/locations where e-mail and Workflow Backbone to be implemented..

S.No.

Name of the Regional Office/Location

Remarks

1

Ahemdabad

 

2

Bangalore

 

3

Bhopal

 

4

Bhubaneswar

 

5

Calcutta

 

6

Chennai

 

7

Chandigarah

 

8

Guwahatti

 

9

Hyderabad

 

10

Jaipur

 

11

Kanpur

 

12

Mumbai Office, Mumbai

 

13

Nagpur

 

14

New Delhi

 

15

Patna

 

16

Thiruvananthapuram

 

17

RBI, National Clearing Cell - Calcutta

Using Lotus Notes based solution

18

RBI, National Clearing Cell - Chennai

Using Lotus Notes based solution

19

RBI, National Clearing Cell - Mumbai

Using Lotus Notes based solution

20

RBI, National Clearing Cell - New Delhi

Using Lotus Notes based solution

21

RBI, World Trade Centre, Mumbai

Using Lotus Notes based solution

22

RBI, Bandra-Kurla Complex, Mumbai

Using Lotus Notes based solution

Annexure II

RBI Regional Offices/locations requiring 2 x Pentium III Xeon multi-user system as e-mail server:

Hardware and software required at each centre:

  1. 2 x Pentium III Xeon 550 MHz system expandable to 4 processors for Microsoft Exchange Server 5.5 {Microsoft BackOffice Suite 4.5 (full pack)}
  2. 1 x Pentium III 600 MHz system expandable to 2 processors for Domain Controller {Microsoft Windows 2000 (Std. Edition)}
  3. 1 x Pentium III 600 MHz system expandable to 2 processors for Firewall/Proxy server {Microsoft BackOffice 4.5 (MOLP)}
  4. BackOffice Suite Client access licenses

S.No.

Name of the Centre

Number of MS BackOffice Suite Clients/user Access licenses required

Remarks

1

Bangalore

67

 

2

Calcutta

88

 

3

Hyderabad

45

 

4

Chennai

101

 

5

Mumbai

160

 

6

New Delhi

90

 

Annexure III

RBI Regional Offices/locations requiring 1 x Pentium III Xeon multi-user system
as e-mail server
:

Hardware and software required at each centre:

  1. 1 x Pentium III Xeon 550 MHz system expandable to 2 processors for Microsoft Exchange server 5.5 {Microsoft BackOffice Suite 4.5 (full pack)}
  2. 1 x Pentium III 600 MHz system expandable to 2 processors for Domain Controller {Microsoft Windows 2000 (Std. Edition)}
  3. 1 x Pentium III 600 MHz system expandable to 2 processors for Firewall/Proxy server {Microsoft BackOffice Suite 4.5 (MOLP)}
  4. BackOffice Suite Client access licenses

S.No.

Name of the Centre

No. of MS BackOffice Suite Clients/users Access licenses required

Remarks

1

Ahmedabad

54

 

2

Bhopal

30

 

3

Bhubaneswar

34

 

4

Chandigarah

28

 

5

Guwahatti

33

 

6

Jaipur

40

 

7

Kanpur

15

 

8

Nagpur

21

 

9

Patna

35

 

10

Thiruvananthapuram

37

 

Annexure IV

RBI Offices/locations where Firewall/Nat/Proxy server is to be installed

Hardware and software required at each centre:

  1. 1 x Pentium III 600 MHz system expandable to 2 processors for Firewall/Proxy server
  2. Microsoft Proxy Server {Microsoft BackOffice Suite 4.5 (full pack)}

S.No.

Name of the Centre

Remarks

1

RBI, World Trade Centre, Mumbai

 

2

RBI, Bandra Kurla Complex, Mumbai

 

3

National Clearing Cell, RBI, Calcutta

 

4

National Clearing Cell, RBI, Chennai

 

5

National Clearing Cell, RBI Mumbai

 

6

National Clearing Cell, RBI, New Delhi

 

Annexure V

SPECIFICATIONS FOR Premium brand high end MULTIUSER system
for e-mail and Workflow server

S.No.

Component

Description

1

CPU

2 x Intel Pentium III Xeon 550 MHz with 512 KB ECC L2 cache and 4 Way Symmetric Multiprocessing capable

2

Memory

512 MB 133 MHz ECC SDRAM, expandable up to 4 GB

3

Motherboard

Intel 450 NX Chipset, 4 Way Symmetric Multiprocessing capable with 133 MHz FSB.

4

Monitor

.28 dot pitched non-interlaced autosynch/multisynch 15" colour monitor supporting 1024 x 768 or higher resolution. Monitor should meet safety and ergonomics standards like tilt and swivel base, non-glare and MRP II or TCO certified..

5

Display controller

2 MB Standard SD VRAM expandable to 4/8 MB VRAM

6

Hard disk

5 x 18.2 GB 10000 rpm hot swappable hard disk drives with dual channel RAID controller providing 0 to 5 RAID protection.

7

Hard disk controller

Dual channel Wide Ultra 2 SCSI Controller

8

Floppy drive

3.5" or 1.44 MB Floppy diskette drive

9

CD ROM Drive

32x or latest CD ROM Drive

10

Keyboard

104 key keyboard

11

DLT Drive (External)

35 GB or above external DLT drive

12

Mouse

2/3 button serial mouse

13

Ports

2 serial and 1 parallel ports

14

Power supply & Fans

n+1 redundant hot swap power supply units
n+1 redundant hot swap fans

15

Ethernet card

2 x 10/100 Mbps PCI based 32/64 bit dual port NI Cards

16

Operating System

Windows 2000 server

17

System software

Specify the system software available from the OEM

 

Optional hardware components

 

18

CPU

1 x Pentium III Xeon 550 MHz processor (CPU)

19

Hard disk

1 x 18.2 GB 10000 rpm Hot swap hard disk drive

20

Power supply unit

1 x hot swap power supply unit

21

Memory

1 x 256 MB ECC SD RAM DIMM

Note: 1. All hardware and system software offered should be Y2K compliant and systems offered should be NSTL certified.

2. Vendors can offer more than one premium brand multi-user system

3. All the hardware components of the systems offered should be from the respective OEMs.

4. Prices for Optional items, if any, should be quoted separately.

5. Part numbers for hardware and system software components should be furnished.

6. System offered should be 'Rack Model'

Annexure VI

SPECIFICATIONS FOR Premium brand high end MULTIUSER system
for e-mail and Workflow server

S.No.

Component

Description

1

CPU

1 x Intel Pentium III Xeon 550 MHz with 512 KB L2 ECC cache and system expandable to 2 processors

2

Memory

512 MB 133 MHz ECC SDRAM, expandable up to 4 GB

3

Motherboard

Intel 450 NX Chipset, 2 Way Symmetric Multiprocessing capable with 133 MHz FSB

4

Monitor

.28 dot pitched non-interlaced autosynch/multisynch 15" colour monitor supporting 1024 x 768 or higher resolution. Monitor should meet safety and ergonomics standards like tilt and swivel base, non-glare and MRP II or TCO certified..

5

Display controller

2 MB Standard SD VRAM expandable to 4/8 MB VRAM

6

Hard disk

5 x 18.2 GB 10000 rpm hot swappable hard disk drives with dual channel RAID controller providing 0 to 5 RAID protection.

7

Hard disk controller

Dual channel Wide Ultra 2 SCSI Controller

8

Floppy drive

3.5" or 1.44 MB Floppy diskette drive

9

CD ROM Drive

32x or latest CD ROM Drive

10

Keyboard

104 key keyboard

11

DLT Drive (External)

35 GB or above external DLT drive

12

Mouse

2/3 button serial mouse

13

Ports

2 serial and 1 parallel ports

14

Power supply

& Fans

n+1 redundant hot swap power supply units

n+1 redundant hot swap fans

15

Ethernet card

2 x 10/100 Mbps PCI based 32/64 bit dual port NI Cards

16

Operating System

Windows 2000 server

17

System software

Specify the system software available from the OEM

 

Optional hardware components

 

18

CPU

1 x Pentium III Xeon 550 MHz processor (CPU)

19

Hard disk

1 x 18.2 GB 10000 rpm Hot swap hard disk drive

20

Power supply unit

1 x hot swap power supply unit

21

Memory

1 x 256 MB ECC SD RAM DIMM

Note:

    1. All hardware and system software offered should be Y2K compliant and systems offered should be NSTL certified.
    2. Vendors can offer more than one premium brand multi-user system
    3. All the hardware components of the systems offered should be from the respective OEMs.
    4. Prices for Optional items, if any, should be quoted separately.
    5. Part numbers for hardware and system software components should be furnished.
    6. System offered should be `Rack Model’

Annexure VII

SPECIFICATIONS FOR Premium brand high end MULTIUSER SYSTEM
for Firewall/NAT/Proxy Server and Domain Controller.

S.No.

Component

Description

1

CPU

1 x Intel Pentium III 600 MHz with 512 KB L2 ECC cache at 133 MHz FSB, supporting 2 processor expandability

2

Memory

512 MB ECC SDRAM at 133 MHz expandable upto 1 GB

3

Motherboard

PCI architecture, should support 133 MHz front side bus speed and expandable to next generation Intel Processors. Motherboard capable of expanding to 2 processors

4

Monitor

.28 dot pitched non-interlaced autosynch/multisynch 15" colour monitor supporting 1024 x 768 or higher resolution. Monitor should meet safety and ergonomics standards like tilt and swivel base, non-glare and MRP II or TCO certified.

5

Display Controller

Super VGA 64 bit or higher PCI controller supporting 1024 x 768 or higher resolutions with 2 MB VRAM and expandable to 4/8 MB.

6

Hard Disk Drives

2 x 18.2 GB 10000 rpm hot swappable hard disk drives with dual channel RAID controller providing 1 or 5 data protection and uninterrupted service for hard disk replacement or higher features. System offered should have a minimum of 6 hot swap bays for expandability for hot swap hard disk drives.

7

Hard Disk Controller

Dual channel Wide ultra 2 SCSI controller

8

Floppy Drive

3.5" or 1.44 MB Floppy diskette drive

9

CD ROM Drive

32x or higher CD ROM drive

10

DAT Drive

4/8 GB SCSI 4 mm DAT drive

11

Keyboard

104 key keyboard

12

Serial ports

2 serial and one parallel port

13

Power supply

Hot swappable

14

FANS

Hot swappable

15

Mouse

2/3 button serial mouse.

16

Ethernet cards

2 x 32/64 bit PCI10/100 Mbps autosensing dual port NI Card

17

Operating System

Windows 2000 server or latest

 

Optional hardware components

 

18

CPU

1 x Pentium III 600 MHz processor (CPU)

19

Hard disk

1 x 18.2 GB 10000 rpm Hot swap hard disk drive

20

Power supply unit

1 x hot swap power supply unit

21

Memory

1 x 256 MB ECC SD RAM DIMM

Note:

  1. All hardware and system software offered should be Y2K compliant and systems offered should be NSTL certified.
  2. Vendors can offer more than one premium brand multi-user system
  3. All the hardware components of the systems offered should be from the respective OEMs.
  4. Prices for Optional items, if any, should be quoted separately.
  5. Part numbers for hardware and system software components should be furnished.
  6. System offered should be `Rack Model’

Annexure VIII

Microsoft BackOffice Suite and Windows 2000 products

S.No.

Product name

No.of licenses per Office/Location

Total No.of units/licenses

Remarks

1.

BackOffice Suite 4.5 (full pack)

with Microsoft Windows 2000

1

22

 

2.

BackOffice Suite 4.5 (MOLP)

with Microsoft Windows 2000

1

16

 

3.

Windows 2000 (Std. edition)

1

16

 

4.

BackOffice Suite Client Access licenses

-

878

 

Note:

  1. Please specify if any other products are required for implementing the e-mail and Workflow backbone at each of the Bank’s Office/Location.
  2. Client access licenses at each site should be taken into account while quoting for Microsoft Windows 2000 or BackOffice Suite 4.5.

Annexure IX

Scalability and expandability of the computer systems/sub-systems

S.No.

Item

Offered

Maximum supported

Remarks

1.

2 x Intel Pentium III Xeon Server System

 

 

 

a. Make:

 

 

 

b. Model:

 

 

 

 

No. of Processors

 

 

 

a. Offered:

b. expandable to:

 

 

 

M.board 133 MHz FSB

 

 

 

RAM –133 MHz

 

 

 

Cache memory

 

 

 

Bus channels/controllers

 

 

 

a. Number:

b. Bandwidth:

 

 

 

No. of PCI (hot) Slots:

 

 

 

No. of 32 bit PCI slots

 

 

 

No. of 64 bit PCI slots

 

 

 

Internal Hard Disk Drives

 

 

 

No. of bays:

Hot swap HDD bays

 

 

 

Capacity of each HDD:

 

 

 

Maximum storage:

 

 

 

Data transfer rate

 

 

 

RPM:

 

 

 

RAID level supported

 

 

 

Cache size

 

 

 

RAID controller

 

 

 

a. External/integrated

b. cache

 

 

 

c. data transfer rate

 

 

 

Redundant power supply

 

 

 

Hot swap power supply

 

 

 

Redundant fans

 

 

 

Hotswapable fans

 

 

 

DLT drive (External)

 

 

 

Data buffer

Network Interface card
(Wake on LAN, Dual port, etc)

 

 

 

2.

1 x Intel Pentium III Xeon Server System

 

 

 

a. make:

 

 

 

b. model:

 

 

 

M.board 133 MHz FSB:

 

 

 

No. of Processors:

 

 

 

a. offered

b. expandable to

 

 

 

RAM 133 MHz

 

 

 

Cache memory

 

 

 

Bus channels/controllers

 

 

 

a. Number:

 

 

 

b. Bandwidth:

 

 

 

No. of PCI (hot) Slots:

 

 

 

No. of 32 bit PCI slots

 

 

 

No. of 64 bit PCI slots

 

 

 

Internal Hard Disk Drives

 

 

 

No. of bays :

 

 

 

Hot swap HDD bays:

 

 

 

Capacity of each HDD:

 

 

 

Maximum storage:

 

 

 

Data transfer rate

 

 

 

RPM:

 

 

 

RAID level supported

 

 

 

Cache size

 

 

 

RAID controller

 

 

 

a. external/integrated:

 

 

 

b. cache

 

 

 

c. data transfer rate

 

 

 

Redundant power supply

 

 

 

Hot swap power supply

 

 

 

Redundant fans

 

 

 

Hotswapable fans

 

 

 

DLT (external)

 

 

 

Data buffer

 

 

 

Network Interface card
(Wake on LAN, Dual port, etc)

 

 

 

3.

1 x Intel Pentium III Server

 

 

 

a. make:

 

 

 

b. model

 

 

 

 

No. of Processors

 

 

 

a. Offered:

 

 

 

b. expandable to:

 

 

 

M.board 133 MHz FSB

 

 

 

RAM 133 MHz

 

 

 

Cache memory

 

 

 

Bus channels/controllers

 

 

 

a. Number:

 

 

 

b. Bandwidth:

 

 

 

No. of PCI (hot) Slots:

 

 

 

No. of 32 bit PCI slots

 

 

 

No. of 64 bit PCI slots

 

 

 

Internal Hard Disk Drives

 

 

 

No. of bays :

 

 

 

Hot swap bays:

 

 

 

Capacity of each HDD:

 

 

 

Maximum storage:

 

 

 

Data transfer rate

 

 

 

RPM:

 

 

 

RAID level supported

 

 

 

Cache size

 

 

 

RAID controller

 

 

 

a. External/integrated:

 

 

 

b. cache

 

 

 

c. data transfer rate

 

 

 

Redundant power supply

 

 

 

Hotswap. power supply

 

 

 

Redundant fans

 

 

 

Hotswapable fans

 

 

 

DAT with data buffer

 

 

 

Network Interface card
(Wake on LAN, dual port, etc.)

 

 

 

Note: The above information should be furnished in respect of each of the servers offered

Annexure X

Deviations from Technical Specifications and Terms and Conditions of the Tender

S.No.

Tender Document Clause

Technical Specification in the Tender document

Deviation offered

Reasons and whether deviation adds to the operational efficiency in case of the systems

1.

 

 

 

 

2.

 

 

 

 

3.

 

 

 

 

4.

 

 

 

 

5.

 

 

 

 

6.

 

 

 

 

7.

 

 

 

 

8.

 

 

 

 

9.

 

 

 

 

10.

 

 

 

 

Note: Above information in detail should be furnished in case of each system offered separately and also in case of deviations from any of the terms and conditions.

 

Annexure XI

Company Profile

  1. Name and address of the Company:
  2. Constitution (including names of directors/partners with designation, etc.):
  3. Addresses of the manufacturing plants:
  4. Year of establishment:
  5. Year of starting computer manufacturing:
  6. Year of introduction of each of the model quoted:
  7. a.

    b.

    c.

  8. Number of computers of each model quoted
    • - on order:
    • - under installation:
    • - Actually installed and operationalised:

    1. Existing/on order e-mail and workflow solutions provided by the company:
    2. Address of at least 1 operational institution similar or nearer to Bank’s specifications with their dates of installation and operationalisation:
    3. Total workforce with the company
        1. Software engineers
        2. Hardware engineers

    4. Address/s of company’s branch/office at each of the Bank’s locations specified in the Annexure I.
    5. Workforce at each of the above branch:
        1. software engineers
        2. hardware engineers

    6. Latest balance sheet
    7. List of clients particularly in Banking sector.

    Note: Wherever the company has no representative office at any of the above Bank’s locations, specific information as to how the vendor proposes to offer service support during warranty and maintenance period in respect of each such center should be furnished.

    Annexure XII

    Price Quotation

    S.No.

    Item Description

    No. of units

    Unit price
    (in Rupees)

    Total cost
    (in Rupees)

    1.

    2 x Pentium III Xeon based servers expandable to 4 processors

    6

     

     

    2.

    1 x Pentium III Xeon based servers expandable to 2 processors

    10

     

     

    3.

    Pentium III servers expandable to 2 processors

    38

     

     

    4.

    BackOffice Suite with Windows 2000 (full pack with media and manuals)

    22

     

     

    5.

    BackOffice suite with Windows 2000 (MOLP)

    16

     

     

    6.

    Windows 2000 Std. (full pack with media and manuals)

    16

     

     

    7.

    BackOffice suite client Access licences

    878

     

     

    8.

    Microsoft server products – installation, customization charges, etc., if any:

     

     

     

    9.

    Additional/Optional Components

     

     

     

    a. Hardware

     

     

     

    b. Software

     

     

     

    10.

    Training charges, if any.

     

     

     

    a. for System Administration, etc

     

     

     

    b. for individual Client/Users

     

     

     

    Note:

    1. Please quote base price for each software product.

    2. No. of client Access licenses available with each of BackOffice Suite full pack

    (as well as MOLP) should be specified separately.

    3. Installation, customization, etc charges should be quoted separately for each site.

    4. Prices quoted should be inclusive of all taxes and duties

    (excluding octroi/entry tax)

    5. Systems offered should strictly conform to the configuration and technical

    specifications contained in respective Annexures.

    Annexure XIII

    Place:

    Date:

    The Chief General Manager-in-charge,
    Department of Information Technology,
    Central Office,
    Reserve Bank of India,
    Central Office Building,
    Shahid Bhagat Singh Road,
    Mumbai - 400 001.

    Dear Sir,

    Subject: Computer Systems for Reserve Bank of India.

    We have supplied to you computer software, on the computer systems meant for Reserve Bank of India at its various Regional Offices/Locations. We certify, that in respect of the above said computer software supplied to you, we are authors/assignees/licensees. We have produced for your inspection, copy of the letter of assignment/license given by the author of the software. We further certify that the sale of the computer software to you by us and your use thereof do not infringe any provisions of the copyright act, 1957.

    2. If any action is brought against you for infringement, of the copyright in respect of the said software supplied by us to you, we will defend the same at our cost and consequences and will indemnify you all the costs and other expenses that you may incur in this connection.

    3. Any upgrades/updates and new releases/versions of the software supplied shall be immediately incorporated on your system at cost/or no extra cost depending upon the corporate policy of our company.

    Yours faithfully,

    (signature with designation)

    Annexure XIV

    Place:

    Dated:

    The Chief General Manager-in-Charge,
    Department of Information Technology,
    Central Office,
    Reserve Bank of India,
    Central Office Building,
    Shahid Bhagat Singh Road,
    Mumbai – 400 001.

    Dear Sir,

    Subject: Computer systems for Reserve Bank of India

    This bears reference to our quotation Ref.

    Dated

    2. We warrant that everything to be supplied by us shall be brand new, free from all defects and faults in material, workmanship and manufacture and shall be of the highest grade and quality and consistent with the established standards for materials specification, drawings or samples if any, and shall operate properly. We shall be fully responsible for its efficient operation.

    3. For the preventive and correction maintenance support offered to you, both during the warranty and post warranty period we shall ensure that the downtime for the following configuration shall be less than----minutes/hours/days.

    4. Further, during the downtime, we shall provide at our cost, hardware, system software so as to keep the system working.

    Yours faithfully

    (Signatures with Designation)

    Annexure XV

    Maintenance and Service Support of the Tenderer available at each Offices/Locations of the Reserve Bank of India specified in Annexure I.

    1. Name of the Company:
    2. Whether having any Office at :

    i.

    Ahmedabad:

    yes/no

    ii.

    Bangalore:

    yes/no

    iii.

    Bhopal:

    yes/no

    iv.

    Bhubaneswar:

    yes/no

    v.

    Calcutta

    yes/no

    vi.

    Chandigarah

    yes/no

    vii.

    Chennai

    yes/no

    viii.

    Guwahatti:

    yes/no

    ix.

    Hyderabad:

    yes/no

    x.

    Jaipur:

    yes/no

    xi.

    Kanpur:

    yes/no

    xii.

    Mumbai:

    yes/no

    xiii.

    Nagpur

    yes/no

    xiv.

    New Delhi:

    yes/no

    xv.

    Patna:

    yes/no

    xvi.

    Thiruvananthapuram:

    yes/no

    3. If so status of the Office at each center:

    (Full fledged regional Office/
    Branch Office)

    4. No. of Permanent staff at each centre:

    4.1. Of which Technical staff permanently stationed at each of the above center/s

    a. Hardware engineers:

    b. Software engineers:

    4. Approximate time within which

    Breakdown call will be attended

    5. If there is no Office at any of the above centers, what is

    the arrangement the vendor propose to have for maintenance

    (Specify center wise)

    6. Arrangement to stock spares:

    (furnish details separately in Annexure XVI)

    Annexure XVI

    List of Spares which will be stored at each center by the Vendor

    S.No.

    Name of the Centre

    Part No.

    Description

    Quantity

    Remarks

    1

     

     

     

     

     

    2

     

     

     

     

     

    3

     

     

     

     

     

    4

     

     

     

     

     

    5

     

     

     

     

     

    6

     

     

     

     

     

    7

     

     

     

     

     

    8

     

     

     

     

     

    9

     

     

     

     

     

    10

     

     

     

     

     

    11

     

     

     

     

     

    12

     

     

     

     

     

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