Society for Promotion of Vocational

Society for Promotion of Vocational & Technical Education [SOVTECH]

ANDAMAN & NICOBAR ISLANDS

(Society under A & N Administration registered under the Societies Registration Act, 1860)

Regn. No. 1257 dated 21.03.2006

Dr. B.R. Ambedkar Institute of Technology Campus, Pahargaon, Port Blair – 744103.

Phone: 03192- 251693 Fax: 03192- 250587 E-Mail: sovtech@and.nic.in

Notice

No. SOV/1-28/SDC/2010(Vol II)/37 Port Blair, dated the 04^th Feb, 2011

Tender Reference No. : 1-28/IT/2008/20 dated 21^st May, 2010

Project: Appointment of an Agency for Design, Supply, Installation, Configuration, Operations and Maintenance of Physical and IT Infrastructure of State Data Centre in Andaman & Nicobar Islands” for a period of five years.

The Evaluation Committee has shortlisted following bidders for opening of the Commercial Bids based on the evaluation of Technical Bids submitted by the bidder as per the Evaluation Criteria mentioned in the RFP:-

1. M/s Tata Consultancy Services, Chennai

2. M/s Reliance Communication Infrastructure Ltd., Navi Mumbai

3. M/s Sify Technologies Ltd., Kolkata

4. M/s HCL Infosystems Ltd., Chennai

It is further informed that the Commercial bids of the above shortlisted bidders will be opened on 07^th Feb, 2011 at 3.30 PM in the Conference Hall of the Secretariat, A&N Administration, Port Blair, in the presence of the representative of the bidders, if any.

The EMD along with the un-opened Commercial Bid of the disqualified bidder(s) will be returned as promptly as possible.

Sr. System Administrator

(SOVTECH)

Notice

No. SOV/1-28/SDC/2010(Vol II)/70 Port Blair, dated the 01st Oct, 2010

Tender Reference No. : 1-28/IT/2008/20 dated 21^st May, 2010

The Evaluation Committee has short-listed following bidders for opening of the Technical Bids based on the evaluation of Pre-Qualification Bids submitted by the bidder as per the Essential Eligibility Criteria mentioned in the RFP:-

1. M/s Wipro Ltd, Chennai

2. M/s Tata Consultancy Services, Chennai

3. M/s Reliance Communication Infrastructure Ltd., Navi Mumbai

4. M/s Sify Technologies Ltd., Kolkata

5. M/s HCL Infosystems Ltd., Chennai

It is further informed that the Technical bids of the above shortlisted bidders will be opened on 05th October, 2010 at 3.00 PM in the Chamber of Principal Secretary (Finance & Planning), Secretariat, A&N Administration, Port Blair, in the presence of the representative of the bidders, if any.

The date of “Presentation on the Technical proposal” by the bidder will be informed later, if such presentations found necessary by the Evaluation Committee.

The EMD along with the un-opened Technical Bid of the disqualified bidder(s) will be returned as promptly as possible.

Member Secretary

(SOVTECH)

Andaman & Nicobar Islands

Port Blair

Corrigendum Notice-2

No. SOV/1-28/SDC/2010/32 Port Blair, dated the 26^th July, 2010

Tender Reference No. : 1-28/IT/2008/20 dated 21^st May, 2010

The last date of submission of bids and date of opening of Pre-qualification bids is extended. The revised dates are as under:-

Key Events and Revised Target Date

Last date for submission of bids : 10^th August, 2010 till 02.00 PM

Opening of Pre qualification bids : 10^th August, 2010 at 03.30 PM at the Conference Hall of the Secretariat, A&N Administration, Port Blair

Corrigendum Notice-1

No. 1-28/IT/2008/30 Port Blair, dated the 9^th July, 2010

Tender Reference No. : 1-28/IT/2008/20 dated 21^st May, 2010

Key Events and Revised Target Date

Last date for submission of bids : 27^th July, 2010 till 02.00 PM

Opening of Pre qualification bids : 27^th July, 2010 at 03.30 PM ( At the Conference Hall of the Secretariat, A & N Administration, Port Blair )

The following modifications has been made in the RFP documents published vide Notice No. 1-28/IT/2008/20 dated 21^st May, 2010.

Sl. No.	RFP Volume/ Section	Page No.	Existing Clause	Shall be read as
1	Vol. 1/ Section 4.1.2- Site Preparation	35	Site strengthening work, if any required, would be the responsibility of DCO and it would ensure floor loading capacity (superimposed live load) of minimum 500 kg / sq.ft.	Site strengthening work, if any required would be the responsibility of DCO and it would ensure floor loading capacity (superimposed live load) of minimum 500 kg / sq.mtr.
2	Vol. 1/ Section 10.2.1.3-IT Infrastructure Cost Table – Software – Schedule B2	200	Oracle 11g R2 Enterprise Edition Process Licenses - 2 Nos	Oracle 11g R2 Enterprise Edition Process Licenses - 3 Nos
2	Vol. 2/ Section 1.1.2- Bill of Materials	09	Oracle 11g R2 Enterprise Edition Process Licenses - 2 Nos	Oracle 11g R2 Enterprise Edition Process Licenses - 3 Nos
3	Vol. 2/ Section 1.1.3.4- Storage & Backup Solution – SAN Cache	14	Cache: 8 GB Total Mirrored Cache for Disk IO Operations scalable to 16 GB	Cache: 4 GB Total Mirrored Cache for Disk IO Operations scalable to 16 GB
4	Vol. 2/ Section 1.1.3.4- Storage & Backup Solution – SAN specifications	15	Storage subsystem shall support 146GB, 300GB 15K RPM disks and 400GB or higher 10K RPM Fiber channel drives & 750GB, 1TB SATA or higher SATA / equivalent drives in the same device array	Storage subsystem shall support 300GB 15K RPM disks and 400GB or higher capacity with 10K or higher RPM Fiber channel drives & 750GB, 1TB SATA or higher SATA / equivalent drives in the same device array
5	Vol. 2/ Section 1.1.3.4- Storage & Backup Solution – SAN specifications	15	The storage system should be pre-configured with at least 10 TB of raw Storage Capacity implemented out of which 4 TB shall be configured after RAID 5 implementation using Fiber Channel hard disks @ 146 GB 15 K RPM drives and 6 TB capacity after RAID 5 implementation shall be configured using 750 GB or higher SATA / equivalent drives. The Storage should have at least 16 Gbps port bandwidth for the connectivity to servers and at least 16 Gbps port bandwidth (aggregated) for disk connectivity.	The storage system should be pre-configured with at least 10 TB of raw Storage Capacity implemented out of which 4 TB shall be configured using Fiber Channel hard disks @ 300GB 15K RPM drives and 6TB capacity shall be configured using 750 GB or higher SATA / equivalent drives. The Storage should have at least 16 Gbps port bandwidth for the connectivity to servers and at least 16 Gbps port bandwidth (aggregated) for disk connectivity.
6	Vol. 2/ Section 1.1.3.6- Storage & Backup Solution – Application Switches	20	· 48 ports x 10/ 100/1000 · 4 x GBIC ports · 2 SFP Ports	48 ports, 10/ 100/1000 Base auto-sensing with 4 Nos. SFP slots populated with 2 Nos. of SFP
7	Vol. 2/ Section 2.1.4- False Ceiling	57	SIA would be required to ensure proper roof treatment to prevent water leakage before handing over the site to DCO.	DCO shall be responsible for the roof treatment and any additional requirements inside the building in order to prevent water leakage
8	Vol. 2/ Section 2.1.5- UPS Requirements & Features– Battery Requirements	60	Sealed VRLA battery shall be sized considering end cell voltage of 1.75 Volts per cell for 30 Minutes backup on full load.	Sealed VRLA battery shall be sized considering end cell voltage of 1.75 Volts per cell for 20 Minutes backup on full load.
9	Vol. 1/ Section 8.6- Authorization Letters from OEMs	149	We hereby undertake to support above mentioned equipment / software for the duration of 6 years from the date of Final Acceptance Certificate from WBEIDC.	We hereby undertake to support above mentioned equipment / software for the duration of 6 years from the date of Final Acceptance Certificate from SOVTECH.

The RFP documents published vide Notice No. 1-28/IT/2008/20 dated 21^st May, 2010 shall now be read with the above mentioned modifications.

Further the Response to the certain Pre-Bid Queries which were discussed during the Pre-Bid Meeting held on 21st June, 2010 are also made available under the link given below for information of all concerned.

Clarifications on the Pre-Bid Queries received till 10^th June, 2010

Member Secretary (i/c)

SOVTECH

Request for Proposal (RFP) for

Setting up of Andaman & Nicobar State Data Centre

No. 1-28/IT/2009/20 dated 21st May, 2010

The Society for Promotion of Vocational and Technical Education (SOVTECH), Andaman & Nicobar Islands, Port Blair, a registered Society and the State designated Nodal Agency for implementation of the various project under National e-Governance Plan (NeGP) in A&N Islands, on behalf of Andaman & Nicobar Administration invites bids for “Appointment of an Agency for Design, Supply, Installation, Configuration, Operations and Maintenance of Physical and IT Infrastructure for State Data Centre in Andaman & Nicobar Islands” for a period of five years.

The RFP documents in Volume I and II can be downloaded free of cost from the link below. However, bidder must pay document cost as the non refundable fee of Rs. 10, 000/- (Rupees Ten Thousand Only) on or before the last date for submission of bids. This fee should be paid in form of a demand draft of any nationalized / scheduled bank located in India, payable at Port Blair, drawn in favour of “SOVTECH”, Port Blair.

Key Events & Dates

Events		Dates
Estimated cost of the project	-	Rs. 27.90 Crores
Last date to send in requests for clarifications on the tender document	-	10.06.2010 till 5 P.M.
Date and Time for Pre- Bid Conference	-	21.06.2010 at 10.30 A.M.
Response to the Pre-Bid Clarifications	-	30.06.2010
Last date for submission of bids	-	15.07.2010 till 2:00 P.M.
Opening of Pre Qualification Bids	-	15.07.2010 at 3:30 P.M.

Note: Only those prospective Bidders who have submitted D.D. for the cost of bid document before the Pre Bid Conference shall be permitted to take part in the deliberations during Pre Bid Conference.

RFP Volume-I - Commercial Specifications and Bid Process

RFP Volume-II - Technical and Functional Specifications

Member Secretary

(SOVTECH)

Andaman & Nicobar Islands

Port Blair