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CORRIGENDUM
Invitation For Bids Supply of Software, Hardware,
Furniture and Miscellaneous Items
Government of Pakistan
NATIONAL INFORMATION TECHNLOLOGY BOARD (NITB)
Ministry of Information Technology and Telecommunication
Reference National Information Technology Board (NITB) advertisement (PID(I)- 3819/20) for “Supply Of
Software, Hardware, Furniture and Miscellaneous Items” dated January 21, 2021 published in national and
local newspapers, changes have been made in RFP document after Pre-Bid meeting dated January 29, 2021,
interested bidders may download updated RFP from NITB / PPRA websites. The last date for submission of
Bid is 23rd February 2021 at 11:00 a.m.
Deputy Director (Admin) National Information Technology Board (NITB)
Plot 24-B, Street 6, H-9/1, Islamabad
Phone: 051-9265063
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NATIONAL INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY BOARD (NITB)
Ministry of Information Technology & Telecommunications
REVISED INVITATION FOR BIDS
For Supply of (Hardware, Software, Furniture and
Miscellaneous items)
Tender No. NITB-4(152)/2020-21
February 05th 2021
www.nitb.gov.pk
Plot no 24-B, Street No 6, Sector H-9/1, Islamabad
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Contents Executive Summary ....................................................................................................................................... 6
General Terms & Conditions ........................................................................................................................ 6
1. Schedule of Requirements and Delivery Timeframe ........................................................................ 6
Delivery timeframe for Lot # 2,3,4,6,7 and 9........................................................................................ 6
Delivery timeframe for Lot # 1,5 and 8................................................................................................. 7
2. ABOUT BIDDERS ................................................................................................................................... 8
3. PREPARATION OF BIDS ....................................................................................................................... 13
4. Pre-Bid Meeting .................................................................................................................................. 15
5. SUBMISSION OF BIDS ......................................................................................................................... 15
6. OPENING, EVALUATION AND REJECTION OF BIDS ............................................................................ 15
7. DISQUALIFICATION AND BLACKLISTING OF SUPPLIERS AND CONTRACTORS .................................. 16
8. ACCEPTANCE OF BIDS AND AWARD OF PROCUREMENT CONTRACT ............................................... 16
9. Warranty & Support ........................................................................................................................... 17
10. PERFORMANCE SECURITY/GUARANTEE ........................................................................................ 17
11. DEBARMENT / BLACKLISTING OF FIRM ......................................................................................... 17
12. Joint Ventures ................................................................................................................................. 18
BID FORMS .................................................................................................................................................. 19
LETTER OF INTENT: BID FORM-01 ........................................................................................................... 19
DOCUMENTARY EVIDENCE: BID FORM-02 .............................................................................................. 20
FIRM’S PAST PERFORMANCE: BID FORM-03 ........................................................................................... 21
CONTRACT AWARD LETTER: BID FORM-04 ............................................................................................. 22
PERFORMANCE GUARANTEE: BID FORM-05 ........................................................................................... 23
BID ANNEXURES .......................................................................................................................................... 24
INITIAL EVALUATION CRITERIA-I (BIDDER’S STRENGTH) ANNEXURE-I ................................................... 24
Evaluation Criteria (Bidder’s strength) ................................................................................................ 24
EVALUATION CRITERIA-ANNEXURE -II .......................................................................................................... 27
(TECHNICAL EVALUATION OF PRODUCTS/SERVICES STRENGTH) - ANNEXURE-II-A ................................ 27
LOT/ITEM WISE SPECIFICATION COMPARISON ANEXURE-II-B .................... 28
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FORMAT FOR FINANCIAL BID: ANNEXURE III .................. 29
MECHANISM FOR GRIEVANCE REDRESSAL ANNEX-IV .................. 30
a) Grievance redressal committee ................................................................................................... 30
b) Receipt of grievance application .................................................................................................. 30
c) Addressing the grievance ............................................................................................................. 30
MECHANISM FOR DEBARMENT/BLACK LISTING OF THE FIRM ANNEX-V .................. 31
A. Debarment committee ................................................................................................................ 31
B. Conditions for debarment ........................................................................................................... 31
C. Meeting for debarment ............................................................................................................... 31
D. Duration of debarment ............................................................................................................... 31
MECHANISM FOR ARBITRATION OF ANY DISPUTE ANNEX-VI .................. 32
A. Discussion Period: ....................................................................................................................... 32
B. Referral to Dispute Resolution Committee.................................................................................. 32
SPECIMEN OF AGREEMENT WITH SUCCESSFUL BIDDER(S) ANNEX-VII ................. 33
DRAFT - Software/SERVICES SALE AGREEMENT ...................................................................................... 34
1. DEFINITIONS ................................................................................................................................ 34
2. SALE OF EQUIPMENT/SERVICES .................................................................................................. 35
3. PURCHASE PRICE ......................................................................................................................... 35
4. DELIVERY ..................................................................................................................................... 35
5. INSTALLATION AND ACCEPTANCE ............................................................................................... 36
6. TITLE TO AND RISK IN THE EQUIPMENT ...................................................................................... 36
7. PATENT AND COPYRIGHT INDEMNITY ......................................................................................... 37
8. ACCESS TO SITES .......................................................................................................................... 37
9. TERMINATION ............................................................................................................................. 37
10. CONFIDENTIALITY .................................................................................................................... 37
11. FORCE MAJEURE ...................................................................................................................... 38
12. PENALTY CLAUSE ..................................................................................................................... 38
13. INTEGRITY PACT....................................................................................................................... 38
14. MISCELLANEOUS ..................................................................................................................... 39
Detailed Technical Specification of Equipment/Services: Schedule I Sample Contract- Table 8.1 .............. 43
List of Staff Dedicated to the project: Sample Contract- Table 8.2 ........................................................... 122
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Deliverables: Sample Contract- Table 8.3 .................................................................................................. 123
Following deliverable plan shall be followed during this tender lifecycle. ....................................... 123
Sites of Delivery of equipment/services: Sample Contract- Schedule III ................................................... 124
Project Time Table Delivery timeframe for Lots ........................................................................................ 124
For Lot 2,3,4,6,7 & 9 .......................................................................................................................... 124
For LOT 1,5 & 8.................................................................................................................................. 124
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Executive Summary National IT Board (NITB) is an attached department of Ministry of IT & Telecom and is mandated to undertake and coordinate e-government initiatives at federal ministries/divisions and departments, provide consulting and advisory services in acquiring and implementing IT solutions as well as IT capacity building of staff of these organizations. NITB intends through this tender to purchase the following items along with installation & configuration services from the eligible bidders. After sale support and warranty and trainings with certification is also required.
SR. NO. LOT NO ITEM DETAILS
1 LOT1
WLAN Controller
Access Points
Passive Work and Cabling
2 LOT2 Furniture
3 LOT 3 Mobile Devices
4 LOT 4 Software Licenses
5 LOT 5 LAN Passive Work
6 LOT 6 LAPTOPS DESKTOPS, Printers, LED and Miscellaneous items
7 LOT 7 Oracle Licenses
8 LOT 8 Staging Server Room/Data Center Server Storage and Network Equipment
9 LOT 9 IdeaHub Pro 65 inch/higher OR Equivalent product having same/higher features Set
General Terms & Conditions
1. Schedule of Requirements and Delivery Timeframe 1.1 Supply of Hardware, Software, and Installation of equipment at Government Office in
National Information Technology Board (NITB), Islamabad.
1.2 Timeline for delivery of equipment is 8-10 weeks.
1.3 Vendors will ensure that Servers, KVM Switch, SAN, SAN Switch & Tape library should not
have compatibility issues (in case of different OEM) any additional component required will
be responsibility of vendor.
1.4 NITB may increase or decrease quantities of one or more items for all lots.
1.5 For detailed item specifications please refer to the Schedule of Requirements- Schedule II
Delivery timeframe for Lot # 2,3,4,6,7 and 9
SR. NO.
MILESTONE TIME PERIOD PAYMENT
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1. Supply and verification as per BoQ on the Client site (as conveyed by the procuring agency)
Six (06) to Eight (08) Weeks from the date of signing of contract / issuance of purchase order.
2. Installation, configuration and testing of Equipment (Hardware/Software/Other Items)
Four (04) Weeks from the date of supply.
Performance Guarantee will have to be provided to cover the warranty as applicable from the date of successful testing and acceptance. Software Assurance in case of software products.
On submission
of performance
Guarantee
Note-2
3. End of performance Guarantee Release of Performance Guarantee
Note-1: On signed delivery documents from the Client i.e., where delivery is made. Note-2: On successful verification and/or testing report signed by the procuring agency.
Delivery timeframe for Lot # 1,5 and 8.
SR. NO. MILESTONE TIME PERIOD PAYMENT
1. Supply of Sample of Active Equipment offered for POC.
One (01) Week from the declaration of preliminary qualified bidders if required by NITB
2. Supply of Passive equipment Two (02) Weeks from the date of signing of contract / issuance of purchase order.
3. Supply of Active equipment Eight (08) to Ten (10) Weeks from the date of signing of contract / issuance of purchase order.
4. Installation, configuration and testing of Equipment as per TORs and NITB requirement
Six (06) to Eight (08) Weeks from the date of signing of contract / issuance of purchase order.
Performance Guarantee will have to be provided to cover the warranty as applicable from the date of successful testing and acceptance.
5. Final Acceptance and Completion Certificate by NITB
6. End of performance Guarantee - Release of Performance
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Guarantee
Note-1: On signed delivery documents from the Client i.e., where delivery is made. Note-3: On successful verification and/or testing report signed by the procuring agency.
2. ABOUT BIDDERS 2.1. The Responding Organization (RO) must be registered with Sales Tax and Income Tax
Department and should be in possession of a valid NTN certificate. Copies of the certificates must be provided with the bid document and RO must be on the Active Taxpayer List of FBR.
2.2. The Bidder must establish a Complaint Management System portal to monitor the support during the warranty period with minimum following reports for LOT 1,5 and 8:
a) Warranty Complaints Registered
b) Resolved Complaints
c) In process Complaints
d) Pending Complaints
e) Ministry wise Reporting
Minimum following features to be included:
a) Complaint Registration
b) Escalation Resolution
2.3. The Bidder must be in relevant business /supplies at least for last three (03) years. 2.4. The Bidder must demonstrate/ undertake at least two (02) supplies of similar
equipment in past 05 years – Work/ Purchase Order along with delivery challans to be attached (details must be provided as per specimen at BID FORM-03).
2.5. The Bidder must provide following details on their letterhead: a. Name of Organization
b. Details of offices across Pakistan (Service delivery/support Office). Support Office in
Islamabad/ Rawalpindi is mandatory.
c. Location of Head office
d. Size of company (number of employees)
e. Number of years of being incorporated
f. List of certified and dedicated service Engineers/Technicians/Technical Staff.
2.6. The Bidder must have strong references and after sale support mechanism with the offered hardware / software.
2.7. The Bidder to provide information as per templates available at Annexure-I, Annexure-II, and Annexure-III.
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2.8. The Bidder shall not propose any item/equipment which is refurbished, used, end of life, expired or near to expire. Proof of import through verified channel is mandatory (where applicable).
2.9. The Bidder shall be responsible for payment of any duties/taxes etc. which are imposed by the Government of Pakistan (GOP). The bid price MUST be inclusive of all taxes. The Bidder is hereby informed that the Government shall deduct tax at the rate prescribed under the tax laws of Pakistan, from all payments for services rendered by any Bidder who signs a procurement contract with the Government.
2.10. Financial capability and yearly growth rate (business revenue) in past 03 years.
The bidder should meet the following eligibility requirements. NITB will evaluate the proposals
submitted against RFP.
For Lot 1, 5 and 8
2.11. BID FORM-03 Details must be provided as per specimen at BID FORM-03.
a. OEM presence in Pakistan and OEM Direct support shall be ensured by the
bidder.
b. OEM must have offices in Karachi, Lahore and Islamabad
c. OEM must have spare depots in Karachi, Lahore, and Islamabad
d. OEM must have in-country presence (office and depots) for the past 5 years
e. OEM must have at least Five (5) deployment references in public and defense
sectors of Pakistan.
2.12. Participating company should be register with SECP have minimum Tier-1/Gold/Premier Partnership status with manufacturer like Computing (Servers, Storage, backup solutions), Networks (Data Center Switching, Routing, and Security) Power & Cooling solutions and documentary proof required for the same for LOT 1, 5 and 8.
2.13. A single bidder or JV/ consortium of two or more companies may participate with One company should be declared as Lead bidder.
2.14. This will be a Turnkey project comprising of Staging environment, so participating company MUST be a System Integrator having expertise in data center, Computing, Switching, Security, backup etc. so that all components should be integrated by a single bidder. Five Similar Integration project references required with documentary proof in last 7 to 10 Years for LOT 1, 5 and 8.
2.15. The Company/JV must have minimum of Five successful references for Data Center design and Implementation for LOT 1,5 and 8.
2.16. Company/JV must have at-least One Certified Data Center Specialist/Expert and One Certified TIA 942 Design Consultant as full-time employee for past two years for the execution of this assignment for LOT 1,5 and 8. Offer should also include the training and certification of five staff on CDCP and CDCS.
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2.17. Company/JV should have branch offices in major cities of Pakistan like Islamabad, Lahore & Karachi. However, office is in Islamabad is mandatory.
2.18. Company/JV should have Technical team and should have certified resources on their company pay roll as permanent employees of the company. (Documentary proof required & to be submitted with the proposal). Further, company should have CDCP certified resources & documentary proof required for the same for LOT 1,5 and 8.
2.19. Company/JV should have technical resources for Computing, Oracle, Switching, Routing & Security. CVs of technical staff are to be provided with the proposals and the project must be carried out by Certified Professional Team to ensure the successful deployment. company will provide the CVs of relevant Project Team.
2.20. Company/JV should have dedicated PMP professional having experience in implementing Data Center Projects.
2.21. Company/JV must have at-least One Certified Data Center Specialist/Expert and One Certified TIA 942 Design Consultant as full-time employee for past two years for the execution of this assignment for LOT 1,5 and 8.
2.22. The areas that the company is required to cover in this project must be as per TIA-942 Data Center standard which consist of the following sections for LOT 1,5 and 8:
a. Architectural
b. Electrical
c. Mechanical
d. HVAC
e. Fire Detection, suppression & Prevention
f. Safety / Security
g. Telecommunication
h. Network Operations Center
i. Data Center Infrastructure Management System
j. Documentation
k. LAN and WLAN Setup at NITB Building
2.23. Warranty of equipment shall be for 03 Years or as per standards where applicable and Final Acceptance Certificate (FAC) will be issued by NITB after installation, configuration and integration of equipment.
2.24. Vendor has to quote DDP prices in PKR inclusive of all applicable Govt Taxes. 2.25. The Supplier shall provide warranty replacement of equipment within 30 working days
of the intimation of the fault if it has to come from foreign. 2.26. The indented items are to be provided as per specifications and 100% compliant with
specifications. 2.27. Submitted proposal must be a complete network, compute and power solution as per
the Specifications. Moreover, the company should have past experience of providing integrated solution as per network architecture defined in specifications and the details of such previous projects is to be submitted along with the proposal.
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2.28. Manufacturer Authorization from (MAF)/Manufacturer Authorization Letter (MAL) should be provided with Technical bids and these are mandatory required.
2.29. Equipment should be factory new and from latest production batch. The batch No and a certificate in this regard be submitted at time of stores delivery.
2.30. All software/ hardware licenses in the system must be of "Permanent Nature" means not for specified period/ demo version for LOT 1,5 and 8.
2.31. This is a Turnkey Project and partial bidding not allowed and will lead to disqualification for LOT 1,5 and 8.
2.32. Vendor having minimum Tier-1/Gold/Premier Partnership status with Principal of quoted brand. However, for major equipment Vendor should have Tier-1 partnership level with manufacturer. Documentary proof must be submitted with the bid.
2.33. Vendor should have done at least 03 projects of similar nature and size in past 7 to 10 years for LOT 1,5 and 8.
2.34. Vendor should have certified Technical team for Servers, Storage, Routing, Switching, Security as well as data center certified resources on their company pay roll as permanent employees (Documentary proof required & to be submitted with the bid). CVs of Technical staff along with certifications to be submitted with the bid for LOT 1, 5 and 8.
2.35. Necessary Local Trainings would also be imparted to NITB Team (12 to 15 Persons) for the offered solution. This should include the hands-on training as well.
2.36. Detailed compliance statement of Specification documents would be required Mandatory with Technical Proposal having Compliant, Non-Compliant and Partial Compliant columns followed with remarks column if any. Non- Submission of compliance statement will lead to disqualification of bid.
2.37. Provision of 02 x OEM Certified Resident Engineers for on premise round the clock support must be included in the proposal for LOT 1,5 and 8 initially for one(01) year and a dedicated consultant/Project Manager will be deployed at NITB till the completion of work/project. For Res, per annum cost should be quoted separately.
2.38. Detailed specification is the bear minimum requirement; Vendor MUST quote the compliant/better solution as per specification. Solutions not complying the minimum specification may lead to technical disqualification and vendor will not qualify for Financial opening of bids.
2.39. NITB will not return the hard drive of servers, storage and disk backup appliances to vendor during warranty claim, however required information for warranty claim may be provided or media cage can be provided. No request will be entertained for return bank of hard drive.
2.40. For Lot 3 the product should be original with standard warranty and originality should be verifiable through proper channel.
2.41. For Laptops, printers etc. the RO shall be certified partner with manufacturer. Manufacturer’s Authorization Certificate should be provided for these items.
2.42. The RO may not propose any kind of refurbished, Used, End of Life, and Near End-of-Life equipment /components in their proposals for any LOT.
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2.43. RO must be in IT business for 03 years at least. (For Laptops, Printers, LED’s i.e., LOT 6). 2.44. For LOT 2,3,4,6,7 and 9 bidders can be participating in individual but complete lots. 2.45. For Lot 7, Bidder Should comply these requirements. 2.46.
a. It is mandatory for bidder to comply with the Compliance Sheet for Lot No.7
(Annex-I).
b. The bidder should be authorized by OEM to offer licenses and renewal of annual
technical support to the procuring organization for Oracle Technology products:
Oracle Database, Oracle WebLogic, Oracle DBO (Active Data Guard, RAC,
Partitioning, Database in Memory, Advanced Compression) Oracle Enterprise
Management Packs, Oracle Security Options (Database Vault, Advanced
Security).
c. Provide supporting documents for each criteria mentioned below. No marks
will be awarded without supporting documents.
Sr.
No. Evaluation Criteria
Max
Mark
s
Evaluation Parameters Mark
s
1 Company in operation (No. of Years) 15
> 20 years 15
> 15 years 8
> 5 years 3
2
Partnership with Oracle Corporation
(No. of years). 20
> 20 years 20
> 15 years 10
> 5 years 5
3 Financial Strength 20
Annual average Sales Volume/
Revenue for last three year more
than Rs.1400 Million
20
Annual average Sales Volume/
Revenue for last three-year
Rs.1200-1400 Million
10
Annual average turnover for last
three year less than Rs.1200
Million
5
4 Experience of Implementations:
a) Oracle Databases 5 > 10 5
> 5 < 10 3
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> 2 1
b) Oracle Real Application
Cluster 5
> 5 5
> 3 < 5 3
> 2 1
c) Oracle Data Guard 5
> 5 5
> 3 < 5 3
> 2 1
d) Oracle DB Security 5
> 5 5
> 3 < 5 3
> 2 1
e) Oracle Web Logic Forms 5
> 5 5
> 3 < 5 3
> 2 1
f) Oracle Reports 5
> 5 5
> 3 < 5 3
> 2 1
g) Oracle Java App 5
> 5 5
> 3 < 5 3
> 2 1
5
Relevant Technical Strength Current
Certified resources in Pakistan
(Oracle Core Technology)
10
> 20 10
> 10 < 15 6
> 5 < 10 3
Total 100
Note:
i. The copies of contract agreements will be provided by the bidder, which shall be cross-verified by the NITB from the Principal/Oracle and Executing Agency.
ii. Any bidder who got 80 Marks will be consider as eligible and qualified bidder.
3. PREPARATION OF BIDS 3.1. As per PPRA rules, Single Stage–Two envelope procedure will be used for the said
procurement. 3.2. The bids shall be submitted in a sealed package/packages in such a manner that the
contents are fully enclosed and cannot be known until duly opened. All the documentary evidences submitted must be mentioned as per specimen given at BID FORM-02.
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3.3. Technical Proposal: Envelope for Technical Proposal shall be marked “TECHNICAL PROPOSAL” clearly in bold and legible letters to avoid confusion. It must contain two (02) hard copies (each being physically separated, sealed and labelled as “Technical Proposal”. One marked as original and the other is marked as copy). Each envelope should contain similar supporting documents.
3.4. Financial Proposal: Envelope for Financial Proposal shall be marked “FINANCIAL PROPOSAL” clearly in bold and legible letters to avoid confusion. It must contain two (02) hard copies of Financial Proposals sealed and marked separately.
3.5. Soft copies (USB) of Technical proposal must be provided along with bid envelopes in inerasable format i.e. soft copy of technical bid must be placed inside the Envelope containing Technical. In case of any difference between hard and soft copy, the hard copy and the original will prevail.
3.6. Bid Bond/Security: A Bid Bond in the shape of a Bank Draft/Pay Order in the name of Deputy Director (Admin), National Information Technology Board, equivalent to 2% (exact 2%) of the total cost of the bid must be submitted along with the proposal.
3.7. The Bid Bond to be enclosed in a SEPARATE ENVELOPE, labelled as “BID BOND”, and should be SEALED. It must be ensured by The Bidder that bid bond should not be in the envelope of financial OR technical proposal.
3.8. The Bidder should duly fill in and submit the Bid Forms (01, 02, 03, 04, 05) 3.9. The Bidder must submit an Affidavit that The Bidder is not blacklisted by any
Government/Semi Government/Autonomous organization at the time of bid (on stamp paper of Rs. 100) duly attested by Notary Public.
3.10. The bidder must submit and Affidavit that the documents/details/information submitted is true and liable to be rejected if proven false and, in that case, legal action is liable on that company (on stamp paper of Rs. 100) duly attested by Notary Public.
3.11. The currency in the bids shall only be quoted in Pakistan Rupees (PKR). 3.12. A certificate must be provided by the bidder that the bid and prices will remain valid
until 30th June, 2021 from the closing date of the submission of tender documents 3.13. The end user licenses, end user warranties and end user contracting support services
will be in the name of Customer which will be intimated by National Information Technology Board (NITB) in due course if required, for the Software.
3.14. The Bidder should clearly indicate the duration of delivery (MUST be within given timeframe i.e., schedule of delivery) of items/equipment/software/services after the award of procurement contract.
3.15. The bid prepared by the Bidder and all correspondence and documents relating to the bid exchanged by the bidder and NITB shall be written in the ‘English’ language. Any printed literature furnished by the bidder may be written in another language, provided that this literature is accompanied by an English translation, in which case, for purposes of interpretation of the bid, the English translation shall govern.
3.16. Bidder is required to stamp every page of the tender document along with signature at the required pages and submit back along with the bid.
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3.17. RO should attach an affidavit on its company letterhead stating that bid bond is attached in the financial bid. If no bid money is found in the financial bid, the RO will be disqualified from the tender process
4. Pre-Bid Meeting 4.1. A Bidders’ meeting will be held in the premises of National Information Technology
Board (NITB) on 29th Jan, 2021 at 11:00am, Plot no 24-B, Street No 6, Sector H-9/1, Islamabad. Phone: 051-9265063.
4.2. All queries relating to Tender Notice should be e-mailed to [email protected] at least three (one week) days before the meeting. (NOT APPLICABLE)
5. SUBMISSION OF BIDS 5.1. Bids shall be delivered by hand or courier in a SEALED CONFIDENTIAL COVER and must
reach to Deputy Director (Admin) National Information Technology Board (NITB), Plot no 24-B, Street No 6, Sector H-9/1, Islamabad (Phone: 051-9265063) on or before the last date indicated in Tender Notice i.e., 23rd February, 2021 11:00 a.m. The bidders must put their signatures along with time and date of submitting the bids before submitting the bids.
5.2. Bids received after the time prescribed in tender notice/documents shall not be
accepted and be returned unopened. Bids through E-mail / Fax shall not be accepted.
6. OPENING, EVALUATION AND REJECTION OF BIDS 6.1 Technical bids will be opened on the same date at NITB (above mentioned address
clause 5.1) at 11:30 AM in front of bidder or their representatives who may choose to be present.
6.2 Details of technical specifications required by NITB are attached at Annexure-II. Initial evaluation/screening will be done as per Annexure-I; whereas, technical evaluation as per Annexure- II. ROs should provide all details in required templates as provided under:
6.3 Annexure-I for Initial Evaluation. 6.4 Annexure-II for Technical Evaluation (technical proposal envelope) 6.5 Annexure-III for Financial Evaluation (financial proposal envelope). 6.6 Date and time for the opening of the Financial Bids, after thorough technical
evaluation of the bids, shall be communicated to the technically qualified bidders only, whereas the Financial bids of technically disqualified bidders shall be returned un-opened. In this connection, see PPRA Rule: 36(b).
6.7 The procuring agency shall read aloud the unit price as well as the bid amount and shall record the minutes of the bid opening. All bidders in attendance shall sign an attendance sheet.
6.8 NITB may reject all bids or proposals at any time prior to the acceptance of a bid or proposal. The procuring agency shall upon request communicate to any supplier or
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contractor who submitted a bid or proposal, the grounds for its rejection of all bids or proposals but is not required to justify those grounds.
6.9 NITB shall incur no liability, solely by virtue of its invoking rule 33 sub-rule (1) towards suppliers or contractors who have submitted bids or proposals.
6.10 In the above case notice of the rejection of all bids or proposals shall be given promptly to all suppliers or contractors that submitted bids or proposals.
7. DISQUALIFICATION AND BLACKLISTING OF SUPPLIERS AND
CONTRACTORS 7.1 NITB shall disqualify a supplier or contractor if it finds, at any time, that the
information submitted by him concerning his qualification as supplier or contractor was false and materially inaccurate or incomplete.
7.2 Suppliers and contractors who either consistently fail to provide satisfactory performances or are found to be indulging in corrupt or fraudulent practices shall face permanent or temporary bar, from participating in procurement proceedings.
8. ACCEPTANCE OF BIDS AND AWARD OF PROCUREMENT CONTRACT 8.1 Acceptance of Bid and award criteria
8.1.1. The bidder after qualifying through the given criteria in Annexure-I and Annexure-II will be called in for opening of financial proposal/bid. In financial opening the lowest bidder will be selected as per PPRA rules, if not in conflict with any other law, rules, regulations or policy of the Government of Pakistan, shall be awarded the procurement contract, within the original or extended period of bid validity.
8.1.2. Procurement will be done in completely/phases/partially against original quantities mentioned in the RFP till up to 30-june-2021. However, bidders are required to quote for total quantities mentioned in the document. Schedule of deliveries will be shared at the time of signing of contract. (Subscription/Licensing period will be started at the time of activation of the product.
8.2 Notification of Award
8.2.1. Prior to the expiration of the period of bid validity, the Procuring Agency shall notify to the successful Bidder in writing that the bid has been accepted as per BID FORM-03.
8.2.2. The notification of award shall constitute the formation of the Contract between NITB and the successful bidder after 15 days of publishing of financial evaluation result. In case of some serious complaint the award may be withheld for not more than 30 days (until the redressal of grievance-by-Grievance redressal committee (GRC) as per PPRA rule 48 as per mechanism at Annex-IV).
8.2.3. The enforcement of the Contract shall be governed by Rule 44 of the PPRA. 8.3 Signing of Contract
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8.3.1 After the notification of award, the Procuring Agency shall send the successful Bidder the Contract Form/Document (if applicable).
8.3.2 The Contract shall become effective upon affixation of signature of the Procuring Agency and the selected Bidder on the Contract document.
8.3.3 If the successful Bidder, after completion of all codal formalities shows an inability to sign the Contract then its Bid Security shall stand forfeited and the firm may be blacklisted and de-barred from future participation, whether temporarily or permanently. In such situation the Procuring Agency may award the contract to the next lowest evaluated Bidder or call for new bids.
8.3.4 The Bid bond/security submitted by the successful bidder at the time of submitting its bid shall be returned to the Bidder subject to (a) signing of contract, (b) furnishing of the bank guarantee, (c) delivery of goods.
9. Warranty & Support 9.1. The quoted hardware/software will have relevant local warranty support for a period of
no less than Three (03) Years (or unless warranty period defined otherwise as standard market practice) commencing from the date of delivery.
9.2. The bidder will be fully responsible to replace or repair the faulty items during warranty period free of cost without any obligation to NITB and without any delay.
9.3. The bidder will provide details of support available during and after warranty period clearly indicating the offered level of expertise, deliverables and the manner in which these warranty services will be delivered.
9.4. All equipment/items should be supplied through verifiable distribution channels.
10. PERFORMANCE SECURITY/GUARANTEE 10.1. The successful Bidder shall be required to deposit in the form of a Bank Guarantee as per
specimen given at BID FORM-05, a Performance Bond upon execution of the procurement contract, 10 % (Ten Percent) on the Form and in the manner prescribed by the Procuring Agency (NITB). This Bank Guarantee shall be issued by a scheduled bank operating in Pakistan and shall be kept valid from the date of issue and should cover the subscription as per period mentioned against each item in Delivery Timeframe Table of this document after all contractual obligation have been fulfilled.
10.2. Failure to provide a Performance Guarantee by the successful Bidder is a sufficient ground for annulment of the award and forfeiture of Bid Security. In such event the Procuring Agency may award the contract to the next lowest evaluated bidder or call for new bids.
11. DEBARMENT / BLACKLISTING OF FIRM 11.1. As per clause-19 of the PPRA rules 2004, NITB reserves the right of debarment ‘or’
blacklisting of a firm, association, corporation, joint venture, company, partnership or any
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other legal entity subject to any of the following acts as per mechanism attached at Annex-V.
12. Joint Ventures 12.1 Bids submitted by a joint venture of two or more companies or partners as per relevant partnership act shall comply with the following requirements:
a) The Bid, and in case of successful Bid, the Contract form, shall be signed by all so as to be legally binding on all the partners;
b) One of the partners shall be authorized to be in charge; and this authority shall be evidenced by submitting a power of attorney signed by legally authorized signatories of all the partners;
c) The partner in charge shall be authorized to incur liabilities, receive payments and receive instructions for and on behalf of any or all partners of the joint venture;
d) All partners of the joint venture shall be liable jointly and severally for the executing of the Contract in accordance with the Contract terms, and a relevant statement to this effect shall be included in the authorization mentioned above as well as in the Bid Forms and the Form of Agreement (in case of a successful Bid); and
e) A copy of the agreement entered into by the joint venture partners shall be submitted with the Bid.
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BID FORMS
LETTER OF INTENT: BID FORM-01 Bid Ref No.: ______________________
Date: Date of the Opening of Technical Bid
Name of the Tender: _________________
To,
DEPUTY DIRECTOR (ADMN)
National Information Technology Board (NITB) Plot no 24-B, Street No 6
Sector H-9/1, Islamabad
LETTER OF INTENT
Dear Sir,
Having examined the tender documents, we offer to supply and deliver the Goods/Services under the above-named tender in full conformity with the said bidding documents/rules and at the rates/unit prices described in the price schedule provided in Financial Bid (Annexure-III) or such other sums as may be determined in accordance with the terms &conditions of the said tender. The above amounts are in accordance with the Price Schedules attached herewith and are made part of this bid.
We undertake, if our Financial Bid is accepted, to deliver the Goods/Services in accordance with the delivery schedule specified in the Schedule of Requirements.
If our Financial Bid is accepted, we undertake to provide a Performance Guarantee in the form, in the amounts, and within the times specified in the tender documents.
We agree to abide by this bid, for the Bid Validity Period specified in the tender documents and it shall remain binding upon us and may be accepted by you at any time before the expiration of that period.
Until the formal final procurement contract is prepared and executed between us, this bid, together with your written acceptance of the bid and your notification of award of the contract, shall constitute a binding Procurement Contract between us.
We understand that you are not bound to accept the lowest or any Financial Bid you may receive. We undertake that, in competing for (and, if the award is made to us, in executing) the above contract, we will strictly observe the laws against fraud and corruption in force in Pakistan.
Dated This: _______________
Signed: ___________________
In the capacity of: _____________ (title or position)
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Duly authorized to sign this bid for and on behalf of: (name of Bidder)
DOCUMENTARY EVIDENCE: BID FORM-02 Name of the Firm: Bid Reference No:
Date of opening of Bid: Documentary evidence for determining eligibility of the bidders & evaluation of bids. Bidders should only initial against those requirements that they are attaching with the form. Bidders are required to mention the exact page number of relevant documents placed in the Bid. Bidders are advised to attach all supporting documents with this form in the order of the requirement as mentioned in column-2.
SR. NO.
REQUIRED DOCUMENTATION SIGNATURE OF BIDDER
SUPPORTING DOCUMENT’S NAME
PAGE NUMBER IN THE BID
1 NTN Certificate
2 GST Certificate
3 On Active Tax Payers List of FBR
4 Company’s Registration/Incorporation/Business Certificate from SECP
5 Complete Company profile
6 Operational Office in Islamabad/Rawalpindi
7 Evidence of Firm’s Last three (03) years Performance (attach POs along with delivery challans)
8 Affidavit: bidder is not blacklisted by any Federal, Provincial Public sector organization (on stamp paper of Rs. 100) duly attested by Notary Public.
9 The Bidder must be accredited having Gold or Silver membership/partner with principal of respective software Brand.
10 All bids and prices must remain valid till 30th June, 2021.
11 Compliance with schedule of requirements
12 Submission of required amount of Bid Bond / Bid Security
13 Compliance with Tech Specifications
14 Subscription period & onsite support
15 Technical brochures/data sheets of products
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16 Original Bidding documents duly signed/stamped
17 The Bidder has 05-10 local Engineers/qualified staff for the respective products.
FIRM’S PAST PERFORMANCE: BID FORM-03 Name of the Firm: Bid Reference No: _______________________
Date of opening of Bid: ___________________________________
NAME OF THE CLIENT/INSTITUTION
PURCHASE ORDER NO.
DESCRIPTION OF ORDER AND QUANTITY
VALUE OF ORDER
DATE OF COMPLETION
WORK COMPLETION CERTIFICATE BY CLIENT
Note:
1. Bidders may use additional Sheets if required.
2. All certificates are to be attached with this form
Signature: _____________________
Name: _____________________
Designation: _____________________
Official Stamp: _____________________
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CONTRACT AWARD LETTER: BID FORM-04
Bid Ref No.: ______________
Date: ______________
Name of the Tender: ______________
To,
Dear Sir/Madam,
AWARD OF CONTRACT
Having examined your technical bid for the above-mentioned tender through technical evaluation dated: ________________and evaluation of financial bid opened on ________________, NITB has decided to award the contract to your company. Draft agreement including all the terms and conditions, in this regard are being shared with you, you are advised to review it and if agreed, come to NITB for signing of the agreement.
Deputy Director (Admin)
2020
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PERFORMANCE GUARANTEE: BID FORM-05 To,
DEPUTY DIRECTOR (ADMN)
National Information Technology Board (NITB) Plot no 24-B, Street No 6
Sector H-9/1, Islamabad
Whereas [Name of Supplier] (hereinafter called “the Supplier”) has undertaken, in pursuance of Contract No.[number] dated [date] to supply [description of goods/services] (hereinafter called “the Contract”). And whereas it has been stipulated by you in the said Contract that the Supplier shall furnish you with a Bank Guarantee by a scheduled bank for the sum of Ten Percent (10 %) as a Security for compliance with the Supplier’s performance obligations in accordance with the Contract.
And whereas we have agreed to give the Supplier a Guarantee:
Therefore, we here by affirm that we are Guarantors and responsible to you, on behalf of the Supplier, up to a total of [Amount of the Guarantee in Words and Figures] and we undertake to pay you, upon your first written demand declaring the Supplier to be in default under the Contract and without cavil or argument, any sum or sums within the limits of [Amount of Guarantee]as aforesaid, without your needing to prove or to show grounds or reasons for your demand or the sum specified therein.
This guarantee is valid until the____day of_____ , 2020*.
Signature and Seal of the Guarantors/ Bank
Address: _________________
Date: _________________
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BID ANNEXURES
INITIAL EVALUATION CRITERIA-I (BIDDER’S STRENGTH) ANNEXURE-I Bids evaluation shall be subject to 100% compliance to the following criteria for Vendors qualification
for further technical evaluation:
Evaluation Criteria (Bidder’s strength)
S. NO. GENERAL TERMS AND CONDITIONS COMPLIANCE CLAUSE YES/NO
1
The Responding Organization (RO) must be registered with Sales Tax and Income Tax Department and should be in possession of a valid NTN certificate. Copies of the certificates must be provided with the bid document and RO must be on the Active Taxpayer List of FBR.
2.1
2
The Bidder shall be responsible for payment of any duties/taxes etc. which are imposed by the Government of Pakistan (GOP). The bid price MUST be inclusive of all taxes. The Bidder is hereby informed that the Government shall deduct tax at the rate prescribed under the tax laws of Pakistan, from all payments for services rendered by any Bidder who signs a procurement contract with the Government.
2.9
3 Financial capability and yearly growth rate (business revenue) in past 03 years.
2.10
4
a. OEM presence in Pakistan and OEM Direct support shall be ensured by the bidder.
b. OEM must have offices in Karachi, Lahore and Islamabad c. OEM must have spare depots in Karachi, Lahore, and Islamabad d. OEM must have in-country presence (office and depots) for the
past 5 years e. OEM must have at least Five (5) deployment references in public
and defense sectors of Pakistan f. Lead Bidder Must have deployed 3 projects of similar Size with
same OEM.
2.11
5
Participating company should be register with SECP have minimum Tier-1/Gold/Premier Partnership status with manufacturer like Computing (Servers, Storage, backup solutions), Networks (Data Center Switching, Routing, and Security) Power & Cooling solutions and documentary proof required for the same for LOT 1, 5 , 7 and 8.
2.12
6
This will be a Turnkey project comprising of Staging environment, so participating company MUST be a System Integrator having expertise in data center, Computing, Switching, Security, backup etc. so that all components should be integrated by a single bidder. Five Similar Integration project references required with documentary proof in last 7
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to 10 Years for LOT 1, 5 and 8.
7
Company/JV must have at-least One Certified Data Center Specialist/Expert and One Certified TIA 942 Design Consultant as full-time employee for past two years for the execution of this assignment for LOT 1,5 and 8. Offer should also include the training and certification of five staff on CDCP and CDCS.
2.16
8 Company/JV should have branch offices in major cities of Pakistan like Islamabad, Lahore & Karachi. However, office is in Islamabad is mandatory.
2.17
9
Company/JV should have Technical team and should have certified resources on their company pay roll as permanent employees of the company. (Documentary proof required & to be submitted with the proposal). Further, company should have CDCP certified resources & documentary proof required for the same for LOT 1,5 and 8.
2.18
10
Company/JV must have at-least One Certified Data Center Specialist/Expert and One Certified TIA 942 Design Consultant as full-time employee for past two years for the execution of this assignment for LOT 1,5 and 8.
2.21
11 Warranty of equipment shall be for 03 Years or as per standards where applicable and Final Acceptance Certificate (FAC) will be issued by NITB after installation, configuration and integration of equipment.
2.23
12
Submitted proposal must be a complete network, compute and power solution as per the Specifications. Moreover, the company should have past experience of providing integrated solution as per network architecture defined in specifications and the details of such previous projects is to be submitted along with the proposal
2.27
13 Manufacturer Authorization from (MAF)/Manufacturer Authorization Letter (MAL) should be provided with Technical bids and these are mandatory required.
2.28
14 This is a Turnkey Project and partial bidding not allowed and will lead to disqualification for LOT 1,5 and 8.
2.31
15
Vendor should have certified Technical team for Servers, Storage, Routing, Switching, Security as well as data center certified resources on their company pay roll as permanent employees (Documentary proof required & to be submitted with the bid). CVs of Technical staff along with certifications to be submitted with the bid for LOT 1, 5 and 8
2.34
16
Detailed compliance statement of Specification documents would be required Mandatory with Technical Proposal having Compliant, Non-Compliant and Partial Compliant columns followed with remarks column if any. Non- Submission of compliance statement will lead to disqualification of bid.
2.36
17 Provision of 02 x OEM Certified Resident Engineers for on premise 2.37
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round the clock support must be included in the proposal for LOT 1,5 and 8 initially for one(01) year and a dedicated consultant/Project Manager will be deployed at NITB till the completion of work/project. For Res, per annum cost should be quoted separately.
18 For Lot 7 Bidder Should comply these requirements. 2.46
19
A bid bond, in the shape of a Bank Draft/Pay Order in the name of Deputy Director (Admin), National Information Technology Board, equivalent to 2% (exact 2%) of the total cost of the bid must be submitted along with the proposal.
3.6
20 RO shall submit an Affidavit that it is not blacklisted by any Federal, Provincial Public sector organization.
3.9
21
The bidder must submit and Affidavit that the documents/details/information submitted is true and liable to be rejected if proven false and, in that case, legal action is liable on that company (on stamp paper of Rs. 100) duly attested by Notary Public.
3.10
22 RO should attach an affidavit on its company letterhead stating that bid bond is attached in the financial bid. If no bid money is found in the financial bid, the RO will be disqualified from the tender process
3.17
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EVALUATION CRITERIA-ANNEXURE -II
(TECHNICAL EVALUATION OF PRODUCTS/SERVICES STRENGTH) - ANNEXURE-II-A Bids evaluation shall be subject to 100% compliance to the following criteria for Vendor’s qualification:
SR. NO.
ITEM SPECIFICATIONS
Bidder-1 Bidder-2
Complied Non-
complied Complied
Non- complied
1
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LOT/ITEM WISE SPECIFICATION COMPARISON ANEXURE-II-B Quantities, Required Technical Specification by NITB and Comparative Statement of Technical Specification of the Quoted Items
Evaluation & Award Committee will verify the compliance with specifications mentioned below:
Lot No. Item Description Quantity Item Description & Required Specifications by NITB
Specification of the Quoted Items by the
Vendor
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FORMAT FOR FINANCIAL BID: ANNEXURE III
Lot # Items Quantity
Specification of the
Quoted Items (To be
filled by bidder)
Inclusive of all applicable taxes
Unit Price (PKR)
Total Price (PKR)
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MECHANISM FOR GRIEVANCE REDRESSAL ANNEX-IV
a) Grievance redressal committee A grievance redressal committee will be notified as under to redress any such application
received from the bidders within the 03 days of announcement of Financial evaluation by the procurement Committee: -
Executive Director -NITB Chairman
Director General Admin NITB Member
Joint Secretary (Admin), MoITT (or his rep) Member
b) Receipt of grievance application An application from any of bidder will be accepted who had submitted his bid before the closing
of the bids receiving time. Application other than the bidders will not be entertained.
c) Addressing the grievance A meeting will be notified to study the application and the applicant may also be asked to attend
the meeting and he/she will be interviewed by the committee. By the permission of the chair the proceeding can also be recorded. Committee minutes will be recorded and if deemed necessary the decision will also be submitted to procurement committee. The decisions will be conveyed to the aggrieved party within 03 days of the meeting and same decisions will also be published on NITB website. If a matter requires so the committee may decide to further probe into the matter and in this case the matter may not be prolonged to maximum to 10 days.
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MECHANISM FOR DEBARMENT/BLACK LISTING OF THE FIRM ANNEX-V
A. Debarment committee A committee will be notified as under to assess the conditions reported by the Administration Wing and decide any such debarment/blacklisting of the firm as under: -
Executive Director - NITB Chairman
Director General Admin, NITB Member
Joint Secretary (Admin), MoITT (or his rep) Member
B. Conditions for debarment I. Consistent failure to provide satisfactory performance after been serving 02 notices
on the given address in the tender document and/or in the final agreement as the case may be.
II. Contractor becomes insolvent. III. Existence of judicial decision against a contractor in respect of a corrupt or collusive
practice. IV. Submission of false and spurious documents, making false statements and
allegations to gain undue advantage. V. Commission of fraud.
VI. Contractor abandons the contract. VII. Contractor without reasonable excuse fails to commence the work ‘or’ suspends the
progress of work for 14 days. VIII. Contractor is not executing the work in accordance with the contract or is
persistently or flagrantly neglecting to carry out his obligations under the contract. IX. Commission of embezzlement, criminal breach of trust, theft, cheating, forgery,
bribery, falsification or destruction of records, receiving stolen property, false use of trademark, securing fraudulent registration with sales tax authorities, Pakistan Engineering council etc., giving false evidence, furnishing of false information of serious nature.
C. Meeting for debarment On reporting of such conditions by Admin Wing, NITB to the notified committee, the Chairman
of Committee shall call a meeting within one week of any such notice. The bidder may also be called for presenting his views on the matter to the committee and with the permission of the chair the proceeding can be recorded also. Minutes of the meeting shall be recorded and decisions will be communicated to bidder and the relevant authorities within 05 days of the meeting. If any debarment is decided it will be for a specified period or indefinite period and for NITB, MoIT or for whole Federal Government level. Forums to cancel this debarment will also be clearly written in the minutes of the meeting.
D. Duration of debarment The debarment shall be for a reasonable specified period of time, commensurate with the
seriousness of the cause. However, the debarment period shall not exceed from three years. Moreover,
NITB also reserves the right of permanent blacklisting of a contractor subject to severity of the corrupt
or fraudulent practices.
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MECHANISM FOR ARBITRATION OF ANY DISPUTE ANNEX-VI
A. Discussion Period: If any dispute of any kind whatsoever shall arise between the NITB and the successful Bidder in
connection with any opinion or specification of the provided items or services out of this Agreement,
including without prejudice to the generality of the foregoing, any question regarding its existence,
validity or termination, or the completion of the agreement (whether during or after the engagement
and whether before or after the termination, abandonment or breach of the Agreement) the Parties
shall seek to resolve any such dispute or difference -through mutual consultation.
B. Referral to Dispute Resolution Committee In case the Parties fail to reach agreement within fourteen (14) Days of the date upon which a
Party serves notice upon the other with regard to the existence of a dispute, the dispute shall then be
referred to the Dispute Resolution Committee. ED, NITB will constitute the committee comprising of two
(02) members from NITB, one (01) from Ministry of IT, and a member from the successful bidder. DRC
shall finally resolve the dispute (with representation of NITB, MolTT, and the Successful bidder) within
fourteen (14) Days of such dispute having been referred to it after giving each Party reasonable
opportunity of presenting its respective point of view. The decision of which shall be final and binding
and shall be enforceable in any court of competent jurisdiction, and the Parties hereby waive any
objection to or claims of immunity in respect of such enforcement.
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SPECIMEN OF AGREEMENT WITH SUCCESSFUL BIDDER(S) ANNEX-VII Agreement for the procurement of Software/Services for the Index to Clauses
i. Definitions
ii. Sale of Equipment
iii. Purchase Price
iv. Delivery
v. Installation and Acceptance
vi. Title to and Risk in the Equipment
vii. Warranty
viii. Patent and Copyright Indemnity
ix. Access to Sites
x. Termination
xi. Confidentiality
xii. Force Majeure
xiii. Penalty Clause
xiv. Integrity Pact
xv. Training
xvi. Miscellaneous
Schedules
SCHEDULE-I Detailed Technical Specifications of Equipment/Services
SCHEDULE-II Schedule of Requirements.
SCHEDULE-III Sites of Delivery of Equipment/Services
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DRAFT - Software/SERVICES SALE AGREEMENT This Software/Services Sale Agreement No.__________Islamabad on this_________day of
, .BY AND BETWEEN
President of Islamic Republic of Pakistan, through National Information Technology Board,
with its office at Plot No.24-B, St No.6, Sector H-9/1, Islamabad, (hereinafter referred to as the
“Purchaser”, which expression shall include its successors-in-interest and assigns) OF THE ONE PART;
AND
_________________[Selected Bidder]., a company incorporated under the Companies Ordinance,
1984, with its registered office
at
__________________________________________________________________________ [Address],
acting through its authorized representative,___________________________[representative], duly
authorized and appointed to execute, deliver and perform this Agreement pursuant to its constitutive
documents (hereinafter referred to as the “Seller”, which expression shall include its successors-in-
interest and assigns) OF THE OTHER PART.
WHEREAS
A. The Purchaser is desirous of acquiring and commissioning the Equipment (hereinafter referred
to as Schedule III) at the Site.
B. The Purchaser issued an Invitation for Bids (IFB) inviting quotations for the delivery,
installation, commissioning, and maintenance of the Equipment/services where needed and,
from amongst the quotations received in response, selected and approved the Proposal
(hereinafter referred to as Proposal); and.
C. The Seller has represented and confirmed to the Purchaser that the Seller is the authorized
distributor/ reseller of the overseas manufacturer of the Equipment/services and is fully
empowered and authorized in its own right, and not merely as an agent of the manufacturer, to
import, deliver, sell, install, commission and maintain the Equipment.
NOW, THEREFORE, the parties hereto agree as follows:
1. DEFINITIONS In this Purchase Order unless the context otherwise requires:
a. ‘ACCEPTANCE CERTIFICATE’ means the certificate to be issued by the Purchaser in accordance
with the provisions of article 5 signifying acceptance by the Purchaser of the Equipment and
Documentation;
b. 'ACCEPTANCE DATE’ means the date on which the Acceptance Certificate is issued;
c. ‘PURCHASE ORDER’ (PO) means this Purchase Order and includes the Appendix and recitals
hereto, as may be amended from time to time;
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d. 'DELIVERY DATE’ means the date falling six to eight (6-8) weeks after the date of this Purchase
Order;
e. 'DOCUMENTATION’ means the manuals and other documentation prepared by the
manufacturer and customarily provided with the Equipment describing technical and functional
specifications, operating procedures, maintenance details, any voluntary/ complimentary
literature/ information/ software from OEM and the like information in relation to the
Equipment;
f. 'EQUIPMENT’ means the items of hardware/product or software with accessories and additional
features, including the related software for operation of each of the foregoing and back-ups
thereof, identified by type, serial number, price and technical and functional specifications as set
out in Appendix I & Appendix III;
g. ‘PROPOSAL’ means the quotation dated 3rd November, 2020 submitted by the Seller in
response to the RFQ.
h. 'PURCHASE PRICE’ means the aggregate price of the Equipment (including the Documentation)
& Services set out in Appendix I; and
i. “RFQ” means the Request for Quotation issued by the purchaser; and
j. “SITES” means the location’s in the Ministries/ Divisions Islamabad where the Project will be
implemented;
2. SALE OF EQUIPMENT/SERVICES 2.1 The Seller agrees to:
I. Sell the Equipment/services; and
II. Deliver, install, and commission the equipment,
upon the terms and conditions of this Purchase Order and in consideration of the payment of
the Purchase Price by the Purchaser.
3. PURCHASE PRICE 3.1 The Purchase Price shall include:
I. The cost of delivery of the Equipment/Services and Documentation to the Site;
II. The installation, and commissioning of the equipment/Services at the site; and
III. all duties, levies, taxes and charges including customs duties, income taxes, sales taxes,
import fees, handling, shipping and clearance charges payable in respect of the import,
clearance and transportation of the Equipment/services, including duties taxes and charges
as may become payable after the date of this Purchase Order.
3.2 The Purchase Price is payable in Pakistan Rupees without reference to any rate of exchange or
currency of any other country.
3.3 The Purchase Price shall be paid by the Purchaser to the Seller as per the Delivery Timeframe Table
4. DELIVERY 4.1 The Seller shall deliver the Equipment/Services and Documentation to the Site on or before the
Delivery Date. Subject to clause 5.3, delivery shall be complete and of all items of
Equipment/Services and Documentation. Partial deliveries shall not constitute delivery for the
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purposes of this Purchase Order. Time shall be of essence in relation to the Delivery Date. Late
delivery charges at 0.05% per day with the maximum of 20 days will be deducted by NITB.
4.2 The Seller shall deliver the requisite items of Equipment/Services and Documentation directly at
the specified 10 locations at different Ministries/Divisions/departments as conveyed by NITB
against a delivery note duly signed by an authorized representative (whose name will be
communicated in writing by the undersigned), and counter-signed by a representative each of
the Seller and the Purchaser.
5. INSTALLATION AND ACCEPTANCE 5.1 The Seller shall complete the Installation of the Equipment/Services at the Sites no later than
four weeks of the Delivery Date. The time for installation shall be of essence.
5.2 Upon completion of installation and configuration of the Equipment/Services at the Sites, the
Seller shall notify the Purchaser in writing that the Equipment/Services is ready for testing for
acceptance. The Seller shall no later that three (3) days after the notification afore-said conduct
test-runs on the Equipment/Services in the presence of the Purchaser’s representative and the
Purchaser shall, subject to there being (a) Full compliance with the technical and functional
specifications set out in Appendix I, and (b) No breach of the warranties, would be allowed to all
items of procurement.
5.3 The Seller shall remove any defects and have the Equipment/Services ready for further testing if
the Equipment/Services does not pass the acceptance tests. In the event the
Equipment/Services fails to pass the acceptance tests after the third trial, the Purchaser shall be
entitled to terminate the Purchase Order whereupon all sums received by the Seller towards the
Purchase Price shall be refunded forthwith.
5.4 Notwithstanding the possession or retention of the Equipment/Services by the Purchaser at the
respective individual location(s) comprised in the Sites, or installation of Equipment/Services at
the Site by the Seller, the Purchaser shall not be deemed to have accepted the
Equipment/Services until it has passed the acceptance tests.
5.5 Upon acceptance as afore-said, the Purchaser shall issue the Acceptance Certificate.
6. TITLE TO AND RISK IN THE EQUIPMENT 6.1 The property in the Equipment/Services shall pass to the Purchaser on payment of the Purchase
Price in full to the Seller.
6.2 The Seller shall ensure that there is no restriction on transfer of the bill of lading or other
document of title to the Equipment/Services by endorsement in favor of and delivery to the
Purchaser or its nominee. The Seller shall endorse the document of title to the Purchaser or its
nominee.
6.3 Risk in the Equipment/Services shall pass to the Purchaser on the date of actual and full delivery
of the Equipment/Services at the Site. For the avoidance of doubt, delivery to a carrier shall not
constitute delivery.
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7. PATENT AND COPYRIGHT INDEMNITY The Seller will indemnify and hold harmless the Purchaser against any damages (including costs)
that may be awarded or agreed to be paid to any third Party in respect of any claim or action
that the normal operation possession or use of the Equipment/Services and/or the
Documentation by the Purchaser infringes the patent copyright registered design or trade mark
rights of the said third Party.
8. ACCESS TO SITES The Purchaser shall allow the Seller including its employee’s agents and sub-contractors such
reasonable access to the Sites as it shall from time to time require to perform its obligations
under this Purchase Order.
9. TERMINATION 9.1 Without prejudice to the rights to terminate provided elsewhere in this Purchase Order, this
Purchase Order may be terminated:
i. forthwith by the Seller if the Purchaser fails to pay any sum due hereunder within forty-five
(45) days of the due date therefore;
ii. forthwith by either party if the other commits any material breach of any term of this
Purchase Order (other than one falling within sub-paragraph (i) above) and which (in the
case of a breach capable of being remedied) shall not have been remedied within
fourteen (14) days of a written request to remedy the same; and
iii. forthwith by the Purchaser if the Seller shall convene a meeting of its creditors or if a
proposal shall be made for a voluntary arrangement or a proposal for any other
composition scheme or arrangement with (or assignment for the benefit of) its creditors
or if the Seller shall be unable to pay its debts or if a trustee, receiver, administrative
receiver or similar officer is appointed in respect of all or any part of the business or
assets of the Seller or if a petition is presented or a meeting is convened for the purpose
of considering a resolution or other steps are taken for the winding-up of the Seller or
for the making of an administration order (otherwise than for the purpose of an
amalgamation or reconstruction).
9.2 Any termination of this Purchase Order shall be without prejudice to any other rights or
remedies a Party may be entitled to hereunder or at law and shall not affect any accrued rights
or liabilities of either Party nor the coming into or continuance in force of any provision hereof
which is expressly or by implication intended to come into or continue in force on or after such
termination.
10. CONFIDENTIALITY Each of the Parties hereto undertakes to the other to keep confidential all information (written or oral)
concerning the business and affairs of the other that it shall have obtained or received as a result of the
discussions leading up to or the entering into of this Purchase Order.
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11. FORCE MAJEURE 11.1 Neither Party hereto shall be liable for any breach of its obligations hereunder resulting
from causes beyond its reasonable control including but not limited to fires strikes (of its own or
other employees) insurrection or riots embargoes inability to obtain supplies or regulations of
any civil or military authority (an "Event of Force Majeure”), provided such an event could not
have been prevented or overcome with reasonable foresight and the exercise of due diligence
or adoption of preventive or curative measures (including by way of incurring additional
expense), provided further that, under no circumstances shall an increase in the cost of
performance by a Party of its obligations hereunder constitute an Event of Force Majeure.
11.2 Each of the parties hereto agrees to give notice forthwith to the other upon becoming
aware of an Event of Force Majeure such notice to contain details of the circumstances giving
rise to the Event of Force Majeure. A Party shall resume performance immediately upon
cessation of the Event of Force Majeure.
11.3 If a default due to an Event of Force Majeure shall continue for more than three (3)
weeks, then the Party not in default shall be entitled to terminate this Purchase Order. Neither
Party shall have any liability to the other in respect of the termination of this Purchase Order as
a result of an Event of Force Majeure, provided that, a Party which has received any benefit
hereunder resulting in a reciprocal executory obligation shall remain obliged to restitute such
benefit to the other Party.
12. PENALTY CLAUSE Without prejudice to the right of the Customer to terminate this Purchase Order for delay in completion
of the Project beyond the Completion Date, the Contractor shall be liable to pay liquidated damages at
the rate of one-tenth of one percent (0.05%) of the Contract Price for each day of delay beyond the
Completion Date until completion of the Project, provided that, payment of liquidated damages shall
not relieve the Contractor of its obligation to achieve completion of the Project.
13. INTEGRITY PACT 13.1 The Seller hereby declares its intention not to obtain or induce the procurement of any
contract, right, interest, privilege or other obligation or benefit from Government of Pakistan
(GOP) or any administrative subdivision or agency thereof or any other entity owned or
controlled by it (GoP) through any corrupt business practices.
13.2 Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the Seller represents and warrants that
it has fully declared the brokerage, commission, fees etc. paid or payable to anyone and not
given or agreed to give and shall not give or agree to give to anyone within or outside Pakistan
either directly or indirectly through any natural or juridical person, including its affiliate, agent,
associate, broker, consultant, director, promoter, shareholder, sponsor or subsidiary, any
commission, gratification, bribe, finder’s fee or kickback, whether described as consultation fee
or otherwise, with the object of obtaining or inducing the procurement of a contract, right,
interest, privilege or other obligation or benefit in whatsoever form from GoP, except that which
has been expressly declared pursuant hereto.
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13.3 The Seller certifies that it has made and will make full disclosure of all POs and
arrangements with all persons in respect of or related to the transaction with GoP and has not
taken any action or will not take any action to circumvent the above declaration, representation
or warranty.
13.4 The Seller accepts full responsibility and strict liability for making any false declaration
not making full disclosure, misrepresenting facts or taking any action likely to defeat the
purpose of this declaration, representation and warranty. It agrees that any contract, right,
interest, privilege or other obligation or benefit obtained or procured as aforesaid shall, without
prejudice to any other rights and remedies available to GoP under any law, contract or other
instrument, be void able at the option of GoP.
13.5 Notwithstanding any rights and remedies exercised by GoP in this regard, the Seller
agrees to indemnify GoP for any loss or damage incurred by it on account of its corrupt business
practices and further pay compensation to GoP in an amount equivalent to ten times the sum of
any commission, gratification, bribe, finder’s fee or kickback given by the Seller as aforesaid for
the purpose of obtaining or inducing the procurement of any contract, interest, privilege or
other obligation or benefit in whatsoever form from GoP.
14. MISCELLANEOUS
14.1 WAIVER: The waiver by either Party of a breach or default of any of the provisions of
this Purchase Order by the other Party shall not be construed as a waiver of any succeeding
breach of the same or other provisions nor shall any delay or omission on the part of either
Party to exercise or avail itself of any right power or privilege that it has or may have hereunder
operate as a waiver of any breach or default by the other Party.
14.2 NOTICES: Any notice, request, instruction or other document required to be given
hereunder by any Party hereto shall be sent to the following addresses by facsimile, prepaid
recorded delivery or registered post and shall be deemed effective if sent by post at the
expiration of seventy-two (72) hours after the same was posted whether or not received and if
sent by facsimile twenty-four (24) hours after the facsimile transmission. The Parties hereto
shall notify the others of any change of address within forty-eight (48) hours of such change.
Notices to the Seller:
Mailing Address
[Selected Bidder]
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[Address including Phone numbers and official email etc]
Notices to the Purchaser:
Mailing Address: National Information Technology Board
24-B, Street no 6, Sector H-9/1, Islamabad.
Phone Number: 051-9265063
14.3 INVALIDITY AND SEVERABILITY: If any provision of this Purchase Order shall be
found by any court or administrative body of competent jurisdiction to be invalid or
unenforceable, the invalidity or unenforceability of such provision shall not affect the other
provisions of this Purchase Order.
14.4 SELLER TO BE PERSONALLY RESPONSIBLE: Notwithstanding the Seller being a licensed
agent and authorized distributor of the overseas manufacturer of the Equipment/Services, and
without prejudice to any rights of the Purchaser against the overseas manufacturer of the
Equipment/Services, the Seller confirms, agrees and undertakes to the Purchaser that:
i. it shall at all times be personally and solely responsible to perform and
discharge its obligations to the Purchaser under this Purchase Order;
ii. the Purchaser shall not be required to implead the manufacturer in any
proceedings arising out of or in connection with this Purchase Order;
iii. the Seller shall not set up in defense or in diminution of its liability any
arrangement, Purchase Order or understanding express or implied between the
Seller and its principal; and
iv. any limitations, restrictions or exclusions of liability provided in the
Documentation or terms of sale or agency between the Seller and its principal
shall not apply to the transactions contemplated under this Purchase Order, all
of which are expressly excluded, and, further, that the Seller shall at all times
provide and endorse to the Purchaser all assurances, warranties and support
undertakings as are provided by its principal to its customers in the normal
course.
14.5 ASSIGNMENT AND SUB-CONTRACTING: The Seller shall not be entitled to assign or
sub- contract the whole or part of this Purchase Order nor all or any of its rights and obligations
hereunder without the prior written consent of the Purchaser. The Seller hereby agrees that the
Purchaser may assign/ novate this Purchase Order in respect of all or any of its rights and
obligations hereunder to any other Party.
14.6 DISPUTE RESOLUTION: All disputes or differences which shall at any time hereafter
arise between the Seller and the Purchaser in respect of the construction or effect of this
Purchase Order or any matter or event connected with or arising out of this Purchase Order (a
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"Relevant Event") shall in the first instance be settled through mediation between the Parties. If
they fail to resolve either of the Party may refer the matter in dispute, within 14 days of the
decision of the Dispute resolution committee as per Annex-VI of the IFB, either to resolve the
same by Arbitration, as laid down in Arbitration act of 1940 or submit to the jurisdiction of
Pakistan. If the Parties agree for the Arbitration then Arbitration committee shall be constituted
comprising of three (3) members, each of whom shall be of eminent repute with experience in
the information technology sector of not less than ten (10) years, with one (1) member
appointed by each Party. Third member shall be Principal Secretary Law, Justice and Human
Rights Division, or his nominee. Each Party shall be responsible for the remuneration and cost in
relation to the member of the Arbitration committee. The Decision / Award passed by the
Arbitration Committee shall be final and binding on the Parties.
14.7 TAX: All payments made pursuant to this Purchase Order shall be subject to such
withholding or deduction on account of applicable duties, levies or taxes as may be provided
under the applicable law of Pakistan.
14.8 ENTIRE Purchase Order: This Purchase Order constitutes the entire Purchase Order
between the Parties hereto and supersedes all prior documentation, correspondence and
Purchase Orders in relation to the subject-matter of this Purchase Order.
14.9 HEADINGS: Headings to clauses in this Purchase Order are for the purpose of
information and identification only and shall not be construed as forming part of this Purchase
Order.
14.10 GOVERNING LAW: This Purchase Order shall be governed by and construed in
accordance with the laws of Pakistan.
14.11 DUE AUTHORIZATION: Each party represents warrants and confirms to the other that:
I. it is duly authorized under the applicable law of Pakistan and its constitutive
documents
(if any) to execute, deliver and perform this Purchase Order;
II. the person signing on its behalf is duly authorized to sign and deliver this
Purchase
Order; and
III. This Purchase Order constitutes its valid, binding and enforceable
obligations in terms hereof.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, THE PARTIES HAVE EXECUTED THIS AGREEMENT IN THE PRESENCE OF
WITNESSES ON THE DATE AND YEAR FIRST ABOVE WRITTEN.
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FOR AND ON BEHALF OF THE
PURCHASER
Full Name: ______________
ED, NITB
Address: Plot No.24-B, Street No. 6,
Sector H-9/1, Islamabad
FOR AND ON BEHALF OF THE SELLER
Full Name: _________________
Address: _________________
WITNESSES:
1. 2.
Full Name: Full
Name:
NIC No: NIC
No:
Address:
Plot No.24-B, Street No. 6, Sector H-9/1, Islamabad
Address:
Statement of Requirements Schedule I
1. The Project consists of provision, installation, configuration & necessary training on Hardware/
Software and its accessories at each Ministries/Divisions, Islamabad.
2. The Hardware/Software will comply with the functional and technical specifications set out in
Schedule I.
3. The Installation and configuration manuals shall be prepared with sufficient level of detail for
future reference. All manuals (including documentation) related to Software/Services will be delivered
to and shall be the property of the customer.
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Detailed Technical Specification of Equipment/Services: Schedule I
Sample Contract- Table 8.1
Lot No.
Items/LOTS Quantity Item Description & Required Specifications by NITB
Specification of the Quoted Items by the Vendor
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SCHEDULE OF REQUIREMENTS: Schedule II
LOT
NO.
SCHEDULE OF REQUIREMENTS
DETAIL OF EQUIPMENT QUANTITY
LOT
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Wireless Network
Wireless Controller 02 No.
Number of managed Aps ≥ 250 APs managed by a single WAC
Number of access users ≥ 4K users connected to a single WAC
Forwarding performance ≥ 5.9 Gbps Layer 3 forwarding
throughput
Port requirements 2 x 10GE optical ports and 08 x GE
electrical ports on a single WAC
Routing features Static routing, RIP-1/RIP-2, OSPF,
BGP, IS-IS, routing policy, and
policy-based routing (PBR)
Authentication and encryption MAC address authentication, 802.1X
authentication (EAP-PAP, EAP-MD5,
EAP-PEAP, EAP-TLS, and EAP-
TTLS), Portal authentication, MAC +
Portal authentication, and WAPI
authentication
WPA, WEP (WEP64/WEP128),
TKIP, and CCMP for encryption
Built-in Portal/AAA server for
Portal/802.1X authentication
PPSK authentication (A WAC can
independently allocate different PSKs
to different clients connected to the
same SSID)
IPv6 An AP can establish CAPWAP
tunnels with a WAC through the
IPv4/IPv6 dual-stack and can be
managed by the WAC
IPv6 dynamic routing protocols, such
as OSPFv3 and BGP4+, are supported
Functions/Features Smart roaming based on 802.11k and
802.11v is supported, allowing clients
with low roaming sensitivity to roam
to the optimal AP
Two WACs can communicate with
each other at Layer 2 across a Layer 3
network through a CAPWAP tunnel,
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ensuring that AP traffic can be directly
forwarded to the WAC in the DMZ
through the local AC tunnel
VIP users can be identified and
preferentially scheduled, not
controlled by any rate-limiting policy.
In addition, packets of VIP users can
be preferentially scheduled on air
interfaces.
URL filtering is supported to permit or
deny users' access to some web page
resources (with the official website
link attached). If this item is license-
controlled, the number of licenses
must be in line with that of the APs.
The antivirus function is supported
Intrusion prevention is supported to
detect and terminate intrusion
behaviors, including buffer overflow
attacks, Trojan horses, and worms
The band steering function is
supported to automatically guide dual-
band STAs to work on the 5.8 GHz
frequency band.
APs supporting dual 5G radios
automatically negotiate with each
other to switch 2.4 GHz radios to the 5
GHz radios, reducing 2.4 GHz co-
channel interference and increasing
system capacity.
The WAC supports spectrum analysis,
so that you can view the real-time FFT
chart, channel metrics, FFT duty
cycle, interference strength, and
channel quality. If this item is license-
controlled, the number of licenses
must be in line with that of the APs.
The SSID can be enabled or disabled
periodically. That is, the specified
SSID can be disabled from
transmitting signals within a specified
period of time, facilitating network
control
Reliability 1+1 or N+1 backup of ACs, and
configuration synchronization
between active and standby WACs are
supported.
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WAN authentication escape is
supported. If a CAPWAP tunnel fault
occurs, users who are originally MAC
address or 802.1X authenticated are
now authenticated locally
Supports port backup based on the
Link Aggregation Control Protocol
(LACP) or Multiple Spanning Tree
Protocol (MSTP
The WAC and APs are upgraded
separately. In addition, services are
not interrupted during the upgrade in
dual-WAC redundancy mode.
Management features Configuration management through
the CLI, web system, and SSH is
supported, and SNMPv1/v2/v3 is
supported.
Network-wide wireless performance
monitoring for WACs, APs, radios,
and STAs
The WAC supports visualized E2E
fault diagnosis, display of user, AP,
and WAC connectivity diagrams, and
display of root causes and handling
suggestions
Intelligent upgrade is supported. The
latest software is automatically
downloaded from the cloud and
upgrade is performed as planned
Support Automation with SDN
Controller
Warranty Service 3 years 24x7 NBD warranty
Wireless Access Points 15 Nos.
Protocol standards 802.11ax standard
2.4 GHz/5 GHz frequency bands
Radio The 5 GHz radio supports 802.11ax
4x4 MU-MIMO.
Triple-radio mode: 2+2+2 Or 2+2+4
The 2.4 GHz radio supports 802.11ax
2x2 MU-MIMO.
Total spatial streams: ≥ 6; device rate:
≥ 4.95 Gbps
Port 1 x 5GE auto-sensing Ethernet port +
1 x GE port
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USB port USB port for storage and external
power supply
Antenna Built-in smart antenna
BLE5.0 Built-in BLE5.0 to precisely locating
Bluetooth terminals
Remote wireless O&M through
Bluetooth console ports
IoT expansion Supporting IoT expansion such as
ZigBee, RFID, and Thread
Operating temperature Operating temperature: -10°C to
+50°C
Functions/Features APs can automatically register with
the WAC through DHCP or DNS.
In the cloud-based management mode,
the AP can switch to the
cloud mode without replacing the
hardware.
Hardware, DTLS, and IPsec
encryption supported
Warranty Service 3 years 24x7 NBD warranty
Passive & Cabling Work
23 AWG UTP CAT6 Cable Roll Ethernet Cable 5 Nos.
RJ 45 Connector 100pc box 3 Nos.
12U Network Cabinet fully configured 4 Nos.
8 Socket PDU (for Network Cabinets) 10 Nos.
Duct 16*25 (Adam Jee or equivalent) 300 Nos.
Flexible Pipe 1inch 200 feet
LC to SC OM3 Patch Cords 10GE supported
(Branded 3Com, Schneider or Equivalent)
80 Nos.
10GbE multimode SFP+ Module 850nm 80 Nos.
8 port Wall mount ODF Fully Loaded with OM3
Pigtails and Adaptors
10 Nos.
24 Port Rack Mount ODF Fully Loaded with OM3
Pigtails and Adaptors
8 Nos.
8 Core OM3 Armored Cable 10GE support 1500 meters
Patch Panel 24 port Fully Loaded (Best Quality CAT6
IO)
16 Nos.
Patch Panel 48 port Fully Loaded (Best Quality CAT6
IO)
16 Nos.
Cable Manager 32 Nos.
Cable Rings for Tagging 10000 Nos.
1-meter Ethernet Cat 6 Patch Cord (Branded 3Com,
Schneider or Equivalent)
2000 Nos.
8 port POE unmanaged Switch 120 POE Power
Budget for CCTV Cameras
10 Nos.
LOT Furniture
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2 Executive Chairs 15 Nos.
(Product Code FG050000073 or equivalent)
Upholstery should be leatherette Padded Seat & Back
(Black)
Base must be height adjustable (Gas Lift). Torsion Bar Basic
Tilt Mechanism. 360 Rotation Polish
Jacobean (Armrest) finish
Size should be 23 W x 19 D x 37 H (Inches)
Executive Desk and Side Rack 07 Nos.
(Product Code FG050001281 or equivalent)
Material type should be Walnut Wood or Veneer Polish
Size should be 70 W x 35 D x 29 H (Inches)
Staff / Employee Chairs 25 Nos.
(Product Code FG050000437 or equivalent)
Size should be 22 W x 21 D x 36 H (Inches)
Padded Back & Seat Tilt
Locking at multiple levels
Torsion Bar
Synchronized Tilting Mechanism
Height Adjustable (Gas Lift)
Staff / Employee Workstations 25 Nos.
(Product Code Lunar Grid or equivalent)
Grid Style workstations
Tabletop hole for wires
Material should be Laminate
Natural Veneer Finish
Powder Coat Metal legs in Black finish base
Partition should be Fabric or Glass
Must include detachable type under the table drawer rack
Visitors Chairs 08 Nos.
(Product Code FG050000436 or equivalent)
Leatherette padded seat & back (Black)
Polish finish: Jacobean
wooden structure
MS pipe powder coated armrest
Size should be 24 W x 23 D x 35 H (Inches)
Conference Table 01 N0s.
(Product Code FG050001099 or equivalent)
Meeting Table 8 Person Rectangular with Chairs
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Laminated Board Top Material
Natural & Brushed Oak Finish
Black Base Finish
Size should be 94 W x 47 D x 29 H (Inches)
Provision and installation of soft board. 30 feet.
LOT
3
Mobile Devices
Samsung Galaxy A71 01 No.
Galaxy Note 8 01 No.
Galaxy S10 01 No.
Galaxy S9 01 No.
Galaxy Tab S4 01 No.
Huawei P30 Pro 01 No.
Huawei Y9 Prime 2019 01 No.
HONOR S7 01 No.
HONOR 10i 01 No.
A92 01 No.
A37 01 No.
1+6 01 No.
Mi Note 10 01 No.
Vivo V17 Pro 01 No.
Zero 8i 01 No.
Rhythm RX 200 01 No.
G4 01 No.
V3 01 No.
M10 01 No.
iPhone SE 2nd GEN 01 No.
iPhone 6 PLUS 01 No.
iPad PRO 3rd Generation 02 No.
iPhone 11 PRO 01 No.
iPhone XSMAX 01 No.
Samsung Z2 01 No.
Samsung Z 01 No.
LOT
4
Miscellaneous Software
DB Forge Studio 3 Nos.
Accuntex 1 No.
Gany Motion 24 Nos.
PHP Storm Windows 5 Nos.
PHP Storm Mac 1 No.
MySQL Work Bench 6 Nos.
VM Ware workstation 3 No.
Adobe Creative Cloud All Apps 10 Nos.
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Filmorago 1 No.
Power BI 5 Nos.
Freepik flat icons 2 Nos.
AI-Powered Accessibility Widget 1 No.
ShutterStock 2 Nos.
LOT
5
Passive and Cabling Work
Network revamping / replacement of LAN 150 Nodes.
23 AWG UTP CAT6 Cable Roll Ethernet Cable
As per Actual
RJ 45 Connector 100pc box
Duct 16*25 (Adam Jee or equivalent)
Flexible Pipe 1inch (feet)
Cable Rings for Tagging
1-meter Ethernet Cat 6 Patch Cord (Branded 3Com,
Schneider or Equivalent)
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All in One PC 11 No.
11th Generation Intel Core i7, 12MB Cache, up to 4.7 GHz
Windows 10 Pro
Intel UHD Graphics with shared graphics memory
23.8-inch FHD (1920 x 1080) Anti-Glare Narrow Border
Infinity Non-Touch Display
8 GB, 2666 MHz, DDR4 (8Gx1) Notes: 2 DIMM Slots
1 TB 7200 RPM 2.5" SATA Hard Drive
1 Rear USB 2.0 Type A, 3 USB 3.1 Gen 1 Type A, 1 USB
3.1 Gen 2 Type-C, 1 RJ-45 10/100/1000, 1 SD Card Reader
3.0, 1 Microphone/Headset Jack, 1 DC Power, 1 HDMI-In,
1 HDMI-out (1.4)
MS Office 2016 or latest
Kaspersky End Point Security
3 Years comprehensive Local Warranty
Desktop CPU with LED 01 No.
11th Generation Intel Core i7, 12MB Cache, up to 4.7 GHz
(8 cores/ 16MB /16 T/2.9 GHz to 4.8 GHz
Windows 10 Pro
Intel Graphics or higher or equivalent
8 GB DDR4
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Intel compatible chipset
2 TB SATA HDD and 256 SSD
8 x DVD +/- RW 9.5 mm optical Disk Drive or equivalent
LAN Integrated 10/100/1000M Gigabit Ethernet Controller
or equivalent
High-speed Wi-fi -up to 1300Mbps Wi-Fi 802.11ac Dual
Band, Backward Compatibility or equivalent
Keyboard, Mouse, and Power cords
17-inch Display LED
MS Office 2016 or latest
Kaspersky End Point Security
3 Years comprehensive Local Warranty
MacBook Pro 02 Nos.
Space Grey
MacBook Pro 2020
2.0 GHz quad core 10th generation intel core i7 Turbo Boost
up to 3.8 GHz
Intel Iris Plus Graphics
16 GB Memory
1 TB SSD storage
13-inch Retina Display with True tone
Four Thunderbolt 3 Ports
C type to USB and HDMI convertor
Original Registered Microsoft Office (any latest model)
3 Years comprehensive Local Warranty
Carrying Bag with shoulder strap and handle
Enterprise Grade Laptop 20 Nos.
I10th Generation Core i7 (8 cores/ 16MB /16 T/2.9 GHz to
4.8 GHz)
1 TB Invidia Graphics
16 GB DDR4 RAM
Intel chipset
512 GB SSD Drive or Higher with 1TB SATA HDD
LAN Integrated 10/100/1000M Gigabit Ethernet Controller
or equivalent
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Intel Dual Band Wi-Fi 6 Ax201 ,2x2 802.11ax 160 MHz
Bluetooth 5.1 or Equivalent
or equivalent
Dual pointing Backlit US English Keyboard or equivalent
15-inch FHD Anti-Glare, Non-touch, Camera and Mic
Windows 10 Original Professional OEM
Original Registered Microsoft Office (any latest model)
Any latest Antivirus
3 Years comprehensive Local Warranty
4 Cell Battery
Carrying Bag with shoulder strap and handle
Apple iPad Air 2020 Wi-fi 04 Nos.
Space Grey
64 GB Space
10.9 inches
A14
2nd Generation
Color Printers 01 No.
Heavy Duty up to A2 paper size (3 extra tonner)
Proof of easily availability of original tonner from
Rawalpindi and Islamabad market at least three authorized
dealers or suppliers reference with documents. 3 Years
Warranty
Color Printers 03 Nos.
2 in 1 (printer + scanner), Wi-Fi and mobile eprint air print
enabled (3 extra tonner)
Proof of easily availability of original tonner from
Rawalpindi and Islamabad market at least three authorized
dealers or suppliers reference with documents. 3 Years
Warranty
Portable Disk 05 Nos.
2 TB Hard Disk Portable USB 3 compatible
Military-grade shock resistance with. Fully Compliant with
the Hi-Speed USB 3.0 specification and backwards
compatible with USB 2.0
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Advanced 3-stage shock protection system
One Touch Auto-Backup button, 256-bit AES file & folder
encryption
2 Years Warranty
DSLR Camera 750 1
Lens 24-70(2.8) 1
Tripod for camera 1
Studio Lights 2
Standoff Studio Lights 2
Wireless Mic 1
HD 1080p Conference Cam with Remote 1
CAMERA
Smooth motorized pan, tilt and zoom
260° pan
130° tilt
10x HD zoom
90° field of view
Full HD 1080p 30fps
H.264 UVC 1.5 with Scalable Video Coding (SVC)
Autofocus
3 camera presets plus home position button
Kensington security slot
Video mute/unmute LED indicator
Standard tripod thread
REMOTE CONTROL
IR 8.5 m range
CR2032 battery (included)
CABLES / POWER
AC Power adapter with regional plugs
Power cable (9.8 ft / 3 m)
MOUNT
Dual-purpose bracket works for both wall mounting and
tabletop elevation
REMOTE CONTROL
IR 8.5 m range
CR2032 battery (included)
CABLES / POWER
AC Power adapter with regional plugs
Power cable (9.8 ft / 3 m)
MOUNT
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Dual-purpose bracket works for both wall mounting and
tabletop elevation SYSTEM
REQUIREMENTS
Windows® 7, Windows 8.1 or 10
macOS 10.10 or higher
COMPATIBILITY AND INTEGRATIONS
Plug-and-play USB connectivity
Far-end control (PTZ) of other ConferenceCams (with
supported services)
Works with most any video conferencing application or
meetings service
Skype for Business certified
Cisco Jabber® and WebEx compatible
Enhanced integration with Logitech Collaboration Program
(LCP) members, including BlueJeans, Broadsoft, LifeSize
Cloud, Vidyo, and Zoom
Conference Speaker with Mic 1
Switch Extension Wires
1. 8 Socket Extension Board 2 in 1 Wall mount With 14
Feet Cable plug, Suitable for all countries' plug. 2. 8 Socket
Extension Lead with 4 USB ports
10+10
Wireless Mouse 30
Logitech M185 Compact Wireless Mouse - Grey or equal
HDMI Cables 15
Flat - High speed HDMI cableaSupports: 1080p, 3D/4K,
Audio Return Channel (ARC), HDMI w/Ethernet Channel
(HEC). 25 meter length
25
Thunder bolt Usb Connectors for Mac book 12
LED Display for Monitoring 1 Nos.
Android OS 9.0 or greater
Wide color gamut support
Display Size should be75 inches or above
Resolution must be UHD or higher
Refresh Rate should be 60Hz or higher
TV Technology should be LED Smart TV
OEM Warranty
LED Display for Monitoring 8 Nos.
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Android OS 9.0 or greater
Wide color gamut support
Display Size should be 65 inches or above
Resolution must be UHD or higher
Refresh Rate should be 60Hz or higher
TV Technology should be LED Smart TV
OEM Warranty
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ORACLE Software Licenses (Compliance Sheet
Attached) L Cores
Oracle Database Enterprise Edition (with Advance
Analytics) 12
Diagnostics Pack 12
Tuning Pack 12
Real Application Clusters 12
Partitioning 12
Advanced Security 12
Audit Vault Database Firewall 12
Oracle Linux Premier Limited Note: Only features mentioned at the last page of RFP will be applicable for this item only moreover, Compliance Sheet and Points table is not applicable on this item only.
10 Socket
Implementation of Above Software 1 Job
3 Years Onsite-Support 1 Job
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No. 8
Staging Environment
Operating Systems / Software
Microsoft Windows Server 2019 Datacenter Edition License
100 cores (2 cores license cost should be quoted separately). Quantity may increase or decreased as per requirement.
Microsoft Windows Server 2019 Standard Edition License
100 cores (2 cores license cost should be quoted separately). Quantity may increase or decreased as per requirement.
MySQL Server Enterprise Edition 4 Socket
MS SQL Server Enterprise Edition
100 cores (2 cores license cost should be quoted separately). Quantity may increase or decreased as per requirement.
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Rack Mount Server 10 Nos.
2 x Intel® Xeon® Gold 5218R 2.1G, 20C/40T, 10.4GT/s,
27.5 M Cache
Intel compatible Chipset
Memory: 512GB (8 x 64GB) upgradable to 1TB
Hard Disks
6 x 8TB 7.2K RPM NLSAS 12Gbps
2 x 480 GB (RAID 1) SSD or equivalent, M.2 SSD is preferable
2 x 1.6TB SSD SAS Mixed use 12Gbps
Connectivity
3 x Dual Port 10GbE SFP+ Adapter
2 x 10/100/1000 Mbps
RAID Controller with Min 2GB Cache to support RAID
0,1,5,6,10
Fan Kit, Rack Mount Kit, Security, Cable Management, and
other required Cables
Redundant AC Power Supply
Windows & LINUX Compatibility
3 years comprehensive 24x7x4
Relevant cables/ railings to completely implement the
solution with all aspects
3 years comprehensive 24x7x4
Storage Area Network 01 Nos.
Requirements
Unified Storage Controller Must be redundant and
Active/Active .
Available 250 TB RAW Storage
20%: 1.8TB 10K SAS Drive
80%: at least 10TB NL_SAS 7.2k Drive
Drive Capacity: Min 500 Disks or more
Cache Per Array: 128GB or above. Offered solution must
support extended cache by using SSDs with cache read &
write functionality with up to 3.84TB additional.
Offered Storage should be able to support both Hybrid and
All Flash Pools together.
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All Flash Pools should support data reduction
Offered storage should come with Data reduction license
with no capacity license cap on effective capacity.
Data at Rest Encryption using controllers.
Support for File based Retention for storing files with
compliance SEC Rule 17a-4(f). The files stored with
compliance should be protected from deletion.
File engine should be able to integrate with Microsoft
Active Directory for User based folder allocation.
Must provide a file based Anti-Virus interface that integrates
with best of breed AV solutions
Must provide end-to-end virtualization support that provides
VMware/MS Hyper-V administrators a view into storage
resources and allows storage administrators to see the virtual
server infrastructure
4 x 10GbaseT Ports per Array
4 x 8/16 Gb FC Ports per controller
SAN Hosts: 500 or more
Number of LUNs per Array: 1000 or more
LUN Size: 250 TB or More
Attached snapshots per Array (Block) 1000
Raw Capacity (Upgradable): 4 PBs or more
Management Software:
Consolidated dashboard and alerting
QOS
Cloud-based Management with Analytics based response
and alerting
OEM Based Proactive support using remote monitoring
Unified Protocols:
File
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Block
VVols
Local Protection:
Local Snapshots and Thin Clones
Application aware snapshots
Remote Protection:
Asynchronous Block & File Replication
Synchronous Block & File Replication
Zero Data Loss File replication (optional software to
automate synchronous file replication sessions)
Performance Optimization for Hybrid Arrays:
SSD Cache
Data Tiering between different Drive Types
Interface Protocols
NFSv3, NFSv4, NFSv4.1; CIFS (SMB 1), SMB 2, SMB
3.0, SMB 3.02, and SMB 3.1.1; FTP and SFTP; FC, iSCSI
Must provide all-inclusive Software Licenses for
Local/Remote File/Block replication,
Auto-Tiering, Data Reduction, and extended SSD caching
for open capacity
3 Years Mission Critical Support, Direct from OEM
KVM Switch 02 Nos.
8 Port Digital KVM
Integrated Keyboard Video Mouse
3 years comprehensive Warranty
Relevant cables/ railings to completely implement the
solution with all aspects
Tape Library 01 No.
LTO8 FC based Single Tape Library
20 x LTO8 Tape Cartridges
2 x Cleaning Tape Cartridges
8GB FC Connectivity
200 Labels
Redundant AC Power Supply
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Compatibility with Windows & LINUX
Compatibility with x86 based Servers
Backup Software and hardware should be of same brand.
Backup Server for Tape Library connectivity/backup as per
requirement with Windows OS
Relevant cables/ railings to completely implement the
solution with all aspects
03 years comprehensive Warranty
SAN Switch 02 Nos.
24 Ports Fiber Channel Switch All Active loaded with
16Gbps SFP+
16 Gbps with backward compatibility
All available standard protocols with all revisions
Class 2, Class 3, Class F (Interswitch Frames)
Adaptive Networking (Ingress Rate Limiting Traffic
Isolation, QoS)
Fabric Performance Impact (FPI) monitoring
Slow Drain Device Quarantine, (SDDQ)
Advanced Zoning ((default zoning, port/WWW zoning,
broadcast zoning, target driven zoning)
Dynamic Fabric Provisioning (DFP)
Dynamic Path Selection (DPS)
Extended Fabrics
Enhanced BB Credit Recovery
Frame Redirection
Frame based Trunking
ISL Trunking
NPIV
Reliable Commit Service (RCS)
Simple Name Server (SNS)
Read Diagnostics Parameter (RDP)
AC Power Supply
Support CLI, UI
Relevant cables/ railings to completely implement the
solution with all aspects
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3 years Mission Critical Support direct from OEM
Hyper Converged Infrastructure Software 20 Sockets
General Requirement
Total 20 CPU Sockets for All HCI Components
Must Quote 3 Years Software Upgrade & 24x7 Technical
Support
Must Quote Onsite Configuration & Installation
Must Quote Onsite Training & Product Certification For 5
Participants
Virtualization Management Software
Must Propose High Availability Redundancy for
Virtualization Management Platform
Must Support Role-Based Management with Permission
Control
Must Support HTML5 Web Management
Must Support Centralized Control & Visibility
Must Support Future Scale Out Up to 64 Nodes
Must Support to Integrate with Multiple Hypervisors
Compute Virtualization Hypervisor
Must Support High Availability Between Nodes
Must Support VM Snapshot, VM Clone, VM vMotion
Must Support VM Resources Automated Hot-Add
Must Support Distributed Resource Scheduler (DRS)
Must Support Distributed Switch by Using Cluster-Level
Network Aggregation
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Must Support Hardware Health Check to Monitor CPU,
Memory, Network Interface Card, Hard Drive and RAID
Controller
Storage Virtualization
Must Be the Same Vendor as Compute Hypervisor
Must Support 2 Copies & 3 Copies Data Redundancy
Must Support Data Striping Technology
Must Support SSD Cache
Must Support Data Disk Balancing & Data Rebuilding
Must Support to Run Above Features with Minimum 1000
Virtual Machines
Network Virtualization
Must Be the Same Vendor as Compute Hypervisor
Must Support Virtual switch-level user-mode switching
Must Support Network Quality of Service (QoS)
Must Support IP addresses and MAC addresses of user VMs
can be bound to prevent IP address and MAC address
spoofing
Must Support Single-root input/output virtualization (SR-
IOV)
Must Support to Run Above Features with Minimum 1000
Virtual Machines
Private Cloud Management Platform
Must Be the Same Vendor as Compute Hypervisor
Must Support multi-tenancy
Must Support the SNMPv2/v3 protocol
Must Support record any operation performed by O&M
personnel on the O&M system
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Must Support system logs can be collected in one-click
Must Support subscribing to alarms
Must Support different environments can be monitored and
managed on a unified portal
Must Support Virtual Private Cloud (VPC) management
VM Backup Solution
Must Support Full VM Level Backup
Must Support to Backup Minimum 1000 Virtual Machines
Must Support Incremental Backup Technology & Difference
Backup Technology
Must Support Automated Schedule Backup (Weekly, Daily
and Hourly)
Must Support Backup Repository to Internal Virtual Storage
Must Support Backup Repository to External SAN Storage
Must Support iSCSI, FC, Network File Sharing Protocol
Application Delivery Controller Virtual Appliance 01
No. 01 No.
Must Be Compatibility with Quoted Compute Hypervisor
Must Support Minimum 1Gbps L4 Throughput
Must Support Minimum 8 x Virtual Network Interface
Must Support L4 Load Balancing Algorithm of Round
Robin, Least Connections and Shortest Response
Must Support L7 Application Load Balancing of TCP, UDP,
HTTP, HTTPS and DNS
Must Support L7 Application Health-Check
Must Quote 3 Years Software Upgrade & 24x7 Technical
Support
Must Quote Onsite Configuration & Installation
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Must Quote Onsite Training & Product Certification For 5
Participants
Core Switch Technical Specifications Core Switch - Specific Requirements
(QTY - 2)
Switching capacity Switching capacity ≥ 4.2 Tbit/s
Packet forwarding rate Packet forwarding rate ≥ 1400 Mpps
Hardware
The number of main control engines must
be greater than or equal to 2. Number of
service board slots ≥ 3 with Line Cards
Supports 12*100GE QSFP28 or
12*40GE QSFP+ or 144*10GE SFP+ or
144*1GE SFP or 144*1GE RJ45
Core Switch Must have 18 40G SFPs and 18 10G SFPs. SFPs Quantity may increase or
decreased if required.
Single SFP price may be quoted separately.
Supports granular power supplies, with
more than two power slots.
The chassis (including the service board
area) uses the rear air exhaust channel to
adapt to the side-by-side deployment of
cabinets.
Vertical virtualization
To simplify management, the vertical
virtualization technology is supported.
Switches and APs can be virtualized into
one device. Two-layer subnodes are
supported. The subnodes can be stacked.
VXLAN
Supports VXLAN, Layer 2 and Layer 3
VXLAN gateways, BGP EVPN,
distributed anycast gateways, and
automatic VXLAN fabric deployment.
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MAC Supports 512K or more MAC addresses.
MAC address learning rate > 8000/s
ARP Supports at least 256K ARP entries on a
device. ARP learning rate ≥ 1000/s
WLAN Supports integrated AC management,
manages 999 APs
VLAN
Supports 4K VLANs. Supports 1:1 and
N:1 VLAN mapping.
Supports port VLAN, protocol VLAN,
and IP subnet VLAN.
Super VLAN; Voice VLAN;
Layer 2 Functions
IEEE 802.1d (STP), 802.w (RSTP), and
802.1s (MSTP)
Supports port isolation in a VLAN.
Supports 1:1 and N:1 port mirroring.
Supports traffic mirroring. Remote port
mirroring (RSPAN) Supports ERSPAN
and implements cross-domain remote
mirroring through GRE tunnels.
Supports the DHCP client, DHCP server,
and DHCP relay.
IP route
Supports at least 128K IPv4 route
forwarding FIB entries
Static routing, RIP, RIPng, OSPF,
OSPFv3, BGP, BGP4+, IS-IS, and IS-
ISv6
Routing protocol multi-instance
GR for OSPF/IS-IS/BGP
Multicast protocol
IGMP Snooping V1, V2, and V3;
Supports PIM-SM, DM, and SSM.
Supports MLD V1 and MLD V2.
Supports IGMP proxy.
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IPV6
Supports IPv6 transition technologies,
including IPv4/IPv6 dual stack, 6over4
tunnel, and 4 over6 tunnel.
Supports IPv6 DHCP SERVER, IPv6
DHCP Relay, DHCP Snooping and IPv6
source guard.
MPLS
Supports MPLS L3VPN, MPLS L2VPN
(VPLS and VLL), MPLS-TE, and MPLS
QoS.
Access control
Supports at least 256K ACL entries on
the device
Layer-2, Layer-3, and Layer-4 ACLs
Bidirectional ACL;
Supports VLAN ACL and IPv6 ACL.
Binding of IP addresses, ports, and MAC
addresses
QoS
Supports PQ, WRR, DRR, PQ+WRR,
and PQ+DRR scheduling modes.
Bidirectional CAR;
Broadcast storm suppression;
Storm control supports the delivery of
security policies for shutting down
interfaces or denying forwarding.
Supports WRED.
Supports 200 ms buffer for GE/10GE
ports
Supports five-level HQoS
Security
DHCP snooping trust is supported to
prevent unauthorized DHCP servers.
DHCP snooping binding table (DAI, IP
source guard) is supported to prevent
ARP attacks, DDoS attacks, and man-in-
the-middle attacks.
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Supports BPDU guard and root guard.
802.1X, MAC address authentication, and
Portal authentication
Reliability
Supports real-time detection of real
service flows, fast fault locating in
seconds
Supports the G.8032 standard ring
network protocol
Management and O&M
Supports SNMPv1/v2/v3, Telnet, RMON,
and SSHv2.
Supports configuration and management
through the CLI and graphical
configuration software.
Supports the Telemetry technology to
collect device data in real time and send
the data to the network analysis
component platform. The intelligent fault
identification algorithm is used to analyze
network data, accurately display the real-
time network status, demarcate faults and
fault causes in a timely manner, and
accurately guarantee user experience.
Support Automation with SDN Controller
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Big Data Security Collaboration
Switches can collect network data
through NetStream / Netflow Or
Equivalent and report the collected data
to the intelligent network security system
for network security threat event
detection and network-wide security
situational awareness. In addition, the
intelligent network security system
interworks with the SDN controller to
implement network-wide security
collaboration.
Energy-saving Supports energy-efficient Ethernet (EEE)
functions, IEEE 802.3az
Warranty Service 3 years 24x7 NBD warranty
TOR Feature/Functionality TOR Switch - Technical Specification
Requirement (QTY - 6)
Switching capacity Switching capacity ≥ 2 Tbit/s
Forwarding capacity Forwarding capacity ≥ 1000 mpps
Port
Supports 48 x 10GE SFP+ ports, 6 x
100GE QSFP28 ports or 6 x 40GE
QSFP+ ports.
TOR Switches should be fully populated with 40 G and 10 G SFPs
SFPs Quantity may increase or
decreased if required.
Single SFP price may be quoted separately.
Hardware Supports two pluggable power supplies to
improve device reliability.
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To improve the heat dissipation
performance of the device, the number of
pluggable fan trays must be greater than
or equal to 4.
Should be mentioned as DCN switch in
OEM documentations
Layer 2
Supports at least 275K MAC address
entries
Supports 4K VLANs, guest VLANs,
voice VLANs, and VLANs based on
MAC addresses, protocols, IP subnets,
policies, and ports.
Supports 1:1 and N:1 VLAN switching.
Layer 3
Static routing, RIP V1/2, and URPF
OSPF, IS-IS, BGP, RIPng, OSPFv3,
BGP4+, ISISv6
Supports at least 165K IPv4 routing
entries
Supports at least 256 IPv6 FIB (standard
mode) routing entries
WLAN Supports integrated AC management,
manages 999 APs
User management
Supports unified user management,
802.1X, MAC address authentication, and
Portal authentication, supports 10,000
online users at the same time or
equivalent
The switch must support UCL user group
mode. Users in a user group, whether
wired or wireless, have the same access
rights regardless of where they log in to
the switch or equivalent
VxLAN Supports VXLAN, BGP EVPN, and
distributed anycast gateways
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Supports at least 16,000 IPv4 VXLAN
tunnels and 4000 IPv6 VXLAN tunnels
Virtualization
Supports horizontal stacking. The number
of stacked 8 or more.
Supports vertical virtualization. As a
parent node, downstream switches and
APs are virtualized into one device for
management. Or equivalent SDN Support and Switching Fabric should be manage by single fabric/controller.
Big Data Security Collaboration
Switches can report attack events to the
intelligent network security system and
interwork with the intelligent network
security system and SDN controller to
implement network-wide security
collaboration
Switches can redirect IP and port
scanning traffic to the intelligent network
security system for deception. Switches
can work with the intelligent network
security system and SDN controller to
implement countermeasures to implement
collaborative network security protection
QOS
DRR, SP, and DRR+SP queue scheduling
algorithms
Re-marking 802.1p and DSCP priorities
of packets
Supports packet filtering based on the
source MAC address, destination MAC
address, source IP address, destination IP
address, port, protocol, and VLAN.
Management and maintenance Ethernet OAM (802.3ah and 802.1ag)
Virtual cable test
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Supports SNMPv1/v2c/v3 and RMON.
Supports the network management
system (NMS) and web-based NMS.
Supports NetStream / Netflow Or
Equivalent.
Provides open and programmable features
based on the Python language, open
editing language, and simpler operation
methods to implement intelligent O&M.
Intelligent O&M
Supports the Telemetry technology to
collect device data in real time and send
the data to the network analysis
component platform. The intelligent fault
identification algorithm is used to analyze
network data, accurately display the real-
time network status, demarcate faults and
fault causes in a timely manner, and
accurately guarantee user experience.
Cloud management
Supports local management and cloud
managed devices. Cloud-based
configuration, monitoring, and inspection
can be performed on switches through the
cloud management platform, reducing
deployment and O&M costs, reducing
network OPEX
Support Automation with SDN Controller
security Supports security features such as
DHCPv6 snooping, IP source guard
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Supports ARP attack defense, DoS attack
defense, ICMP attack defense, and CPU
attack defense.
Supports secure boot. Security measures
such as secure CPU and eFuse are used to
verify each step of the boot process
starting from the trusted hardware anchor
to ensure that the program running in
each phase is reliable
Reliability
Supports the G.8032 (ERPS) standard
ring network protocol.
Supports real-time service flow detection
to detect network faults in real time.
Warranty Service 3 years 24x7 NBD warranty
Feature/Functionality Aggregation Switch Technical
Specification Requirement (QTY - 2)
Switching capacity Switching capacity ≥ 2 Tbit/s
Forwarding capacity Forwarding capacity ≥ 1000 mpps
Port
Supports 48 x 10GE SFP+ ports, 6 x
100GE QSFP28 ports or 6 x 40GE
QSFP+ ports.
Aggregation Switches should be fully populated with 40 G and 10 G SFPs
SFPs Quantity may increase or
decreased if required.
Single SFP price may be quoted separately.
Hardware
Supports two pluggable power supplies to
improve device reliability.
To improve the heat dissipation
performance of the device, the number of
pluggable fan trays must be greater than
or equal to 4.
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Should be mentioned as DCN switch in
OEM documentations
Layer 2
Supports at least 275K MAC address
entries
Supports 4K VLANs, guest VLANs,
voice VLANs, and VLANs based on
MAC addresses, protocols, IP subnets,
policies, and ports.
Supports 1:1 and N:1 VLAN switching.
Layer 3
Static routing, RIP V1/2, and URPF
OSPF, IS-IS, BGP, RIPng, OSPFv3,
BGP4+, ISISv6
Supports at least 165K IPv4 routing
entries
Supports at least 256 IPv6 FIB (standard
mode) routing entries
WLAN Supports integrated AC management,
manages 999 APs
User management
Supports unified user management,
802.1X, MAC address authentication, and
Portal authentication, supports 10,000
online users at the same time or
equivalent
The switch must support UCL user group
mode. Users in a user group, whether
wired or wireless, have the same access
rights regardless of where they log in to
the switch or equivalent
VxLAN
Supports VXLAN, BGP EVPN, and
distributed anycast gateways
Supports at least 16,000 IPv4 VXLAN
tunnels and 4000 IPv6 VXLAN tunnels
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Virtualization
Supports horizontal stacking. The number
of stacked 8 or more.
Supports vertical virtualization. As a
parent node, downstream switches and
APs are virtualized into one device for
management. Or equivalent SDN Support and Switching Fabric should be manage by single fabric/controller.
Big Data Security Collaboration
Switches can report attack events to the
intelligent network security system and
interwork with the intelligent network
security system and SDN controller to
implement network-wide security
collaboration
Switches can redirect IP and port
scanning traffic to the intelligent network
security system for deception. Switches
can work with the intelligent network
security system and SDN controller to
implement countermeasures to implement
collaborative network security protection
QOS
DRR, SP, and DRR+SP queue scheduling
algorithms
Re-marking 802.1p and DSCP priorities
of packets
Supports packet filtering based on the
source MAC address, destination MAC
address, source IP address, destination IP
address, port, protocol, and VLAN.
Management and maintenance
Ethernet OAM (802.3ah and 802.1ag)
Virtual cable test
Supports SNMPv1/v2c/v3 and RMON.
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Supports the network management
system (NMS) and web-based NMS.
Supports NetStream / Netflow Or
Equivalent.
Provides open and programmable features
based on the Python language, open
editing language, and simpler operation
methods to implement intelligent O&M.
Intelligent O&M
Supports the Telemetry technology to
collect device data in real time and send
the data to the network analysis
component platform. The intelligent fault
identification algorithm is used to analyze
network data, accurately display the real-
time network status, demarcate faults and
fault causes in a timely manner, and
accurately guarantee user experience.
Cloud management
Supports local management and cloud
managed devices. Cloud-based
configuration, monitoring, and inspection
can be performed on switches through the
cloud management platform, reducing
deployment and O&M costs, reducing
network OPEX
Support Automation with SDN Controller
security
Supports security features such as
DHCPv6 snooping, IP source guard
Supports ARP attack defense, DoS attack
defense, ICMP attack defense, and CPU
attack defense.
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Supports secure boot. Security measures
such as secure CPU and eFuse are used to
verify each step of the boot process
starting from the trusted hardware anchor
to ensure that the program running in
each phase is reliable
Reliability
Supports the G.8032 (ERPS) standard
ring network protocol.
Supports real-time service flow detection
to detect network faults in real time.
Warranty Service 3 years 24x7 NBD warranty
Access Switch 24 Port POE Feature/Functionality Access Switch 24 Port POE Technical
Specification Requirement (QTY - 17)
Switching capacity Switching capacity ≥ 335 Gbit/s
Packet forwarding rate Packet forwarding rate ≥ 95 Mpps
Port Type
24 GE electrical ports and 4 10GE SFP+
ports
Access Switches with 4 SFPs
SFPs Quantity may increase or
decreased if required.
Single SFP price may be quoted separately.
POE
Supports 802.3at PoE+.
Supports fast PoE. When a switch is
powered on, it can supply power to PDs
in seconds.
Hardware Standard USB ports and USB flash drive-
based quick deployment
Layer 2 Functions Supports at least 16K MAC addresses.
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Supports at least 4K ARP entries
Supports 4K VLANs, voice VLAN, port-
based VLAN, MAC-based VLAN, and
protocol-based VLAN.
Smart Link
Supports 1:1 and N:1 VLAN mapping.
Layer 3 functions
Supports RIP, RIPng, OSPF, and OSPFv3
Supports at least 4K IPv4 FIB entries
Multicast
IGMP v1/v2/v3 snooping
Supports intra-VLAN multicast
forwarding and multi-VLAN multicast
replication.
Multicast load balancing on bundled
interfaces
Controllable multicast
Port-based multicast traffic statistics
collection
security
Defense against DoS attacks, ARP
attacks, and ICMP attacks
Supports port isolation, port security, and
sticky MAC.
Supports binding of IP addresses, MAC
addresses, ports, and VLANs.
CPU protection
Supports security features such as
DHCPv6 snooping, DAI, and SAVI
Supports secure boot. Security measures
such as secure CPU and eFuse are used to
verify each step of the boot process
starting from the trusted hardware anchor
to ensure that the program running in
each phase is reliable
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Reliability ERPS is supported. The fault switching
time is less than 50 ms
Virtualization
Supports vertical virtualization and zero-
touch plug-and-play (PnP) as vertical
subnodes. SDN Should be enabled and
running. OR equivalent
QOS
Limiting the rate of receiving and sending
packets on a port
Supports queue scheduling algorithms
such as SP, WRR, and SP+WRR.
Re-marking 802.1p and DSCP priorities
of packets
Management and maintenance
Supports SNMPv1/v2/v3, Telnet, and
RMON.
Supports configuration and management
through the CLI, Web, and graphical
configuration software.
Supports the Telemetry technology,
works with the network analysis
component to analyze network data using
the intelligent fault identification
algorithm, accurately displays the real-
time network status, demarcates and
locates faults in a timely and effective
manner, and discovers network problems
that affect user experience, ensuring user
experience.
The Python-based open programmable
system allows you to program switch
O&M functions using Python scripts,
implementing function innovation and
intelligent O&M.
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Cloud management
Supports local management and cloud
managed devices. Cloud-based
configuration, monitoring, and inspection
can be performed on switches through the
cloud management platform, reducing
deployment and O&M costs and network
OPEX.
Support Automation with SDN Controller
Energy saving Supports 802.3az EEE, energy saving and
environment protection.
Warranty Service 3 years 24x7 NBD warranty
Feature/Functionality
Access Switch 24 port Non POE
Technical Specification Requirement
(QTY - 9)
Switching capacity Switching capacity ≥ 335 Gbit/s
Packet forwarding rate Packet forwarding rate ≥ 95 Mpps
Port Type
24 GE electrical ports and 4 10GE SFP+
ports
Access Switches with 4 SFPs
SFPs Quantity may increase or
decreased if required.
Single SFP price may be quoted separately.
Hardware Standard USB ports and USB flash drive-
based quick deployment
Layer 2 Functions
Supports at least 16K MAC addresses.
Supports at least 4K ARP entries
Supports 4K VLANs, voice VLAN, port-
based VLAN, MAC-based VLAN, and
protocol-based VLAN.
Smart Link
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Supports 1:1 and N:1 VLAN mapping.
Layer 3 functions
Supports RIP, RIPng, OSPF, and OSPFv3
Supports at least 4K IPv4 FIB entries
Multicast
IGMP v1/v2/v3 snooping
Supports intra-VLAN multicast
forwarding and multi-VLAN multicast
replication.
Multicast load balancing on bundled
interfaces
Controllable multicast
Port-based multicast traffic statistics
collection
security
Defense against DoS attacks, ARP
attacks, and ICMP attacks
Supports port isolation, port security, and
sticky MAC.
Supports binding of IP addresses, MAC
addresses, ports, and VLANs.
CPU protection
Supports security features such as
DHCPv6 snooping, DAI, and SAVI
Supports secure boot. Security measures
such as secure CPU and eFuse are used to
verify each step of the boot process
starting from the trusted hardware anchor
to ensure that the program running in
each phase is reliable
Reliability ERPS is supported. The fault switching
time is less than 50 ms
Virtualization
Supports vertical virtualization and zero-
touch plug-and-play (PnP) as vertical
subnodes. SDN Should be enabled and running. OR equivalent
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QOS
Limiting the rate of receiving and sending
packets on a port
Supports queue scheduling algorithms
such as SP, WRR, and SP+WRR.
Re-marking 802.1p and DSCP priorities
of packets
Management and maintenance
Supports SNMPv1/v2/v3, Telnet, and
RMON.
Supports configuration and management
through the CLI, Web, and graphical
configuration software.
Supports the Telemetry technology,
works with the network analysis
component to analyze network data using
the intelligent fault identification
algorithm, accurately displays the real-
time network status, demarcates and
locates faults in a timely and effective
manner, and discovers network problems
that affect user experience, ensuring user
experience.
The Python-based open programmable
system allows you to program switch
O&M functions using Python scripts,
implementing function innovation and
intelligent O&M.
Cloud management
Supports local management and cloud
managed devices. Cloud-based
configuration, monitoring, and inspection
can be performed on switches through the
cloud management platform, reducing
deployment and O&M costs and network
OPEX.
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Support Automation with SDN Controller
Energy saving Supports 802.3az EEE, energy saving and
environment protection.
Warranty Service 3 years 24x7 NBD warranty
Feature/Functionality Access 48 port POE Technical
Specification Requirement (QTY - 6)
Switching capacity Switching capacity ≥ 400 Gbit/s
Packet forwarding rate Packet forwarding rate ≥ 130 Mpps
Port 48 GE electrical ports and 4 10GE SFP+
ports
POE
Supports 802.3at PoE+.
Supports fast PoE. When a switch is
powered on, it can supply power to PDs
in seconds.
Hardware Standard USB ports and USB flash drive-
based quick deployment
Layer 2 Functions
Supports at least 16K MAC addresses.
Supports at least 4K ARP entries
Supports 4K VLANs, voice VLAN, port-
based VLAN, MAC-based VLAN, and
protocol-based VLAN.
Smart Link
Supports 1:1 and N:1 VLAN mapping.
Layer 3 functions
Supports RIP, RIPng, OSPF, and OSPFv3
Supports at least 4K IPv4 FIB entries
Multicast IGMP v1/v2/v3 snooping
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Supports intra-VLAN multicast
forwarding and multi-VLAN multicast
replication.
Multicast load balancing on bundled
interfaces
Controllable multicast
Port-based multicast traffic statistics
collection
security
Defense against DoS attacks, ARP
attacks, and ICMP attacks
Supports port isolation, port security, and
sticky MAC.
Supports binding of IP addresses, MAC
addresses, ports, and VLANs.
CPU protection
Supports security features such as
DHCPv6 snooping, DAI, and SAVI
Supports secure boot. Security measures
such as secure CPU and eFuse are used to
verify each step of the boot process
starting from the trusted hardware anchor
to ensure that the program running in
each phase is reliable
Reliability ERPS is supported. The fault switching
time is less than 50 ms
Virtualization
Supports vertical virtualization and zero-
touch plug-and-play (PnP) as vertical
subnodes. SDN Should be enabled and running. OR equivalent
QOS
Limiting the rate of receiving and sending
packets on a port
Supports queue scheduling algorithms
such as SP, WRR, and SP+WRR.
Re-marking 802.1p and DSCP priorities
of packets
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Management and maintenance
Supports SNMPv1/v2/v3, Telnet, and
RMON.
Supports configuration and management
through the CLI, Web, and graphical
configuration software.
Supports the Telemetry technology,
works with the network analysis
component to analyze network data using
the intelligent fault identification
algorithm, accurately displays the real-
time network status, demarcates and
locates faults in a timely and effective
manner, and discovers network problems
that affect user experience, ensuring user
experience.
The Python-based open programmable
system allows you to program switch
O&M functions using Python scripts,
implementing function innovation and
intelligent O&M.
Cloud management
Supports local management and cloud
managed devices. Cloud-based
configuration, monitoring, and inspection
can be performed on switches through the
cloud management platform, reducing
deployment and O&M costs and network
OPEX.
Support Automation with SDN Controller
Energy saving Supports 802.3az EEE, energy saving and
environment protection.
Warranty Service 3 years 24x7 NBD warranty
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Feature/Functionality
Access Switch 48 Port Non POE
Technical Specification Requirement
(QTY - 8)
Switching capacity Switching capacity ≥ 425 Gbit/s
Packet forwarding rate Packet forwarding rate ≥ 130 Mpps
Port
48 GE electrical ports and 4 10GE SFP+
ports
Access Switches with 4 SFPs
SFPs Quantity may increase or
decreased if required.
Single SFP price may be quoted separately.
Hardware Standard USB ports and USB flash drive-
based quick deployment
Layer 2 Functions
Supports at least 16K MAC addresses.
Supports at least 4K ARP entries
Supports 4K VLANs, voice VLAN, port-
based VLAN, MAC-based VLAN, and
protocol-based VLAN.
Smart Link
Supports 1:1 and N:1 VLAN mapping.
Layer 3 functions
Supports RIP, RIPng, OSPF, and OSPFv3
Supports at least 4K IPv4 FIB entries
Multicast
IGMP v1/v2/v3 snooping
Supports intra-VLAN multicast
forwarding and multi-VLAN multicast
replication.
Multicast load balancing on bundled
interfaces
Controllable multicast
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Port-based multicast traffic statistics
collection
Security
Defense against DoS attacks, ARP
attacks, and ICMP attacks
Supports port isolation, port security, and
sticky MAC.
Supports binding of IP addresses, MAC
addresses, ports, and VLANs.
CPU protection
Supports security features such as
DHCPv6 snooping, DAI, and SAVI
Supports secure boot. Security measures
such as secure CPU and eFuse are used to
verify each step of the boot process
starting from the trusted hardware anchor
to ensure that the program running in
each phase is reliable
Reliability ERPS is supported. The fault switching
time is less than 50 ms.
Virtualization
Supports vertical virtualization and zero-
touch plug-and-play (PnP) as vertical
subnodes. SDN Should be enabled and running. OR equivalent
QOS
Limiting the rate of receiving and sending
packets on a port
Supports queue scheduling algorithms
such as SP, WRR, and SP+WRR.
Re-marking 802.1p and DSCP priorities
of packets
Management and maintenance Supports SNMPv1/v2/v3, Telnet, and
RMON.
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Supports configuration and management
through the CLI, Web, and graphical
configuration software.
Supports the Telemetry technology,
works with the network analysis
component to analyze network data using
the intelligent fault identification
algorithm, accurately displays the real-
time network status, demarcates and
locates faults in a timely and effective
manner, and discovers network problems
that affect user experience, ensuring user
experience.
The Python-based open programmable
system allows you to program switch
O&M functions using Python scripts,
quickly implementing function innovation
and intelligent O&M.
Cloud management
Supports local management and cloud
managed devices. Cloud-based
configuration, monitoring, and inspection
can be performed on switches through the
cloud management platform, reducing
deployment and O&M costs and network
OPEX.
Support Automation with SDN Controller
Energy saving Supports 802.3az EEE, energy saving and
environment protection.
Warranty Service 3 years 24x7 NBD warranty
Indicator NG AI Firewall Technical Specification
Requirement (QTY - 2)
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Basic Firewall
The appliance based security platform
should be a stateful NGFW, Next-
Generation IPS, malware protection, URL
protection, providing firewall, application
visibility, and IPS functionality in a single
appliance.
Hardware architecture
2 x 40GE (QSFP+) + 8 x 10GE (SFP+) +
12 x GE
Redundant AC Power Supply
Provide SSD 240GB Local Hard disk for
logs and reports
Performance requirements
Layer 3 throughput ≥40Gbps;
concurrent connections per second ≥
12,000,000; new connections per second
≥395,000;
IPSec VPN throughput (AES-256,1420
byte)≥30 Gbps
Application controlling and IPS
throughput ≥ 15 Gbps;
SSL Inspection throughput ≥5.9 Gbps
Routing
Supports static routes, policy-based
routing, and routing protocols such as
RIP, OSPF, BGP, and IS-IS;
Policy-based routing supports the
following matching conditions: source IP
address, destination IP address, service
type, application type, user/user
group/security group, inbound interface,
and DSCP priority.
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Intelligent uplink selection
Supports service-specific PBR and
intelligent uplink selection based on
multiple load balancing algorithms (for
example, based on bandwidth ratio and
link health status) in multi-egress
scenarios.
NAT
Supports full NAT functions and NAT
ALG for multiple application-layer
protocols, including ILS, DNS, PPTP,
SIP, FTP, ICQ, RTSP, MSN, and MMS.
Supports Source NAT automatic
detection and exclusion of invalid
addresses in NAT address pools.
Firewall should support NAT444, NAT66
(IPv6‐to‐IPv6) , Nat46 (IPv4‐to‐IPv6)
and DS-Lite NAT
VPN
Supports IPSec VPN intelligent uplink
selection to select the best link based on
link quality detection.
Support L2TP/GRE VPN, SSL VPN,
MPLS VPN, Providing 100 SSL VPN
User License & Client software;
Supports DMVPN or similar VPN for
full-mesh VPN, support dynamic public
IP address.
Traffic control
Supports application-layer protocol-based
traffic control policies, including setting
the maximum bandwidth, guaranteed
bandwidth, and protocol traffic priority.
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Supports bandwidth guarantee based on
users and IP addresses. Supports
maximum number of connections per IP
address or user.
Intrusion prevention and antivirus
Supports attack detection and prevention
based on over 7000 local signatures.
Supports the customization of intrusion
prevention policy templates based on
scenarios.
Supports brute-force cracking prevention
for common application services (HTTP,
FTP, SSH, SMTP, and IMAP) and
database software (MySQL, Oracle, and
MSSQL).
Supports malicious domain name-based
filtering to block C&C.
Supports antivirus for protocols such as
HTTP, FTP, SMTP, POP3, IMAP, and
NFS.
URL filtering
Provides a URL category database with
over 120 million URLs and accelerates
access to specific categories of websites,
improving access experience of high-
priority websites.
Supports DNS filtering, in which
accessed web pages are filtered based on
domain names.
Supports the SafeSearch function to filter
resources of search engines, such as
Google, to guarantee access to only
healthy network resources.
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Data security
Supports data leak prevention to identify
and filter files and content (different types
of information, such as ID cards, credit
cards, debit cards, and social security
cards) during transit.
Supports DNS filtering to improve web
page filtering performance.
Supports SafeSearch to filter out
unhealthy content returned by search
engines such as Google.
DDoS defense
Supports application-layer flood attacks
such as HTTP, HTTPS, DNS, and SIP,
supports traffic auto-learning, the setting
of the auto-learning time, and automatic
generation of anti-DDoS policies.
Supports IP reputation.
Intelligent threat prevention
Supports interworking with the local
sandbox for APT defense.
Supports interworking with the Big Data
intelligent security analysis system to
implement posture awareness, display
network-wide threats, and generate
policies to block threats.
Policy & Management
Allows users to configure security
policies based on time, user/user
group/security group, application-layer
protocol, geographical location, IP
address, port, domain name group, URL
category, access type, vlanID and content
security.
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Provides northbound interfaces such as
RESTCONF and NETCONF APIs to
connect to third-party management
platforms.
Supports the analysis of policy risks and
redundancy, and provides security policy
tuning suggestions.
Network access user authentication
Supports multiple user authentication
methods, including local, RADIUS,
TACACS, AD, and LDAP or equivalent.
The firewall supports built-in Portal and
Portal redirection functions.
Supports AD SSO, RADIUS SSO,
NTLM authentication
Supports dynamic security groups to
dynamically authorize horizontal
organizations.
License Provdes the related Full threats protection
License of 3 Years
Reliability
Supports BFD link detection and
association of BFD and VRRP/OSPF to
implement rapid active/standby
switchover.
Supports the smooth upgrade of
HA(Active/Active or Active/Standby)
Mode, the software of different versions
can be used for hot standby.
Product certification Has been listed as Leader or Challenger
in Gartner Magic Quadrant;
Warranty Service 3 years 24x7 NBD warranty
Function Category
Enterprise Infra Manager (NAC
Solution) Technical Requirements and
Specifications (QTY - 1)
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Platform architecture
The system should use technologies such
as cloud computing, SDN network, and
big data analytics to support SDN
protocols (NetConf/YANG protocols) to
implement large-scale network device
configuration automation and Telemetry
to implement device performance, alarm
data, and user data statistics and analysis.
Rights- and domain-based management
Should supports hierarchical management
of the system administrator, MSP, and
tenant. Rights- and domain-based
management is supported. Tenant
administrators can customize region
administrators to manage network
deployment and O&M by region,
reducing O&M workload. The bidder
must provide function screenshots.
LAN-WAN convergence
The provided solution should be able to
have integrate unified management of
LAN, WAN, and services, automatic
management of underlay and overlay
networks, terminal authentication, and
security policy management capabilities
if required in future.
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Simplified network deployment
Should be able to provide plug-and-play
network device deployment modes, such
as APP-based barcode scanning
deployment, DHCP-based deployment,
registration query center deployment, and
simplified email-based deployment, to
adapt to different network scenarios.
Network planning and deployment should
be implemented on GUIs, and network
provisioning can be implemented in
minutes.
Automatic provisioning of virtual network services
Should supports visualized service
configuration and GUI-based planning,
configuration, and provisioning. Should
provides topology-based virtual network
configuration and monitoring, and allows
users to view service provisioning status
in real time. Should supports automatic
VXLAN tunnel establishment based on
BGP-EVPN. Centralized and distributed
VXLAN gateway solutions are supported,
allowing flexible scalability and
efficiency.
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User management
Shouls support multiple authentication
data sources, including local accounts and
passwords, connected user identity
systems (such as the MS AD/LDAP
system), and built-in CA servers. Users
and roles can be mapped. A single
account can be bound to multiple roles,
and network access authorization
management can be performed based on
user roles.
Should be able to provide full-lifecycle
management for guests, customizes guest
account policies, and pushes customized
portal pages on demand to meet guest
access authentication requirements, such
as registration-free, self-registration,
administrator approval, SMS verification
code, and social media.
Admission certification
Should provide standard AAA
capabilities and supports 802.1X, MAC,
and Portal authentication.
The system must support two-factor
authentication, including AD+RSA,
account and password+SMS, account and
password+RSA, SSL VPN, and
TACACS.
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Free mobility
Should support Free mobility. Users
could be decoupled from IP addresses
where accounts are users. Security groups
can be authorized based on login
conditions (5W1H). Based on the UCL
policy matrix, mutual access between
users is restricted, ensuring consistent
service access rights at any time and
anywhere.
IP-group synchronization should be
supported to separate admission
authentication points and service policy
enforcement point, and free mobility is
supported on heterogeneous networks.
VIP user experience assurance
Should supports air interface scheduling
to ensure that VIP subscribers
preferentially access the network.
Should supports HQoS traffic scheduling
based on user and application conditions
to ensure the experience of VIP users' key
applications, such as video and voice
services.
Terminal identification
Should support built-in 3600+ types of
terminal fingerprints, supporting
intelligent identification of terminals
when accessing the network; network
entry anti-spoofing based on terminal
identification.
Should supports intelligent access of
massive IoT devices, automatic policy
matching, automatic delivery, and plug-
and-play of IoT devices.
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IoT compatibility
Should supports IoT card management of
APs and allows IoT devices to transmit
information to the IoT management and
O&M platform through AP signals.
Intelligent O&M
Should supports proactive problem
identification, minute-level fault locating,
and intelligent fault prediction using AI
algorithms continuously trained by
terminals, and identifies 90% potential
network problems and provides effective
rectification suggestions.
Should supports full-journey playback of
user access and draws user profiles to
help administrators quickly locate root
causes that affect user experience.
Should be able to provide refined analysis
of user access problems, root causes of
user access failures, and troubleshooting
suggestions.
Should be able to provide the intelligent
radio calibration function and uses AI
algorithms to calibrate radio resources
based on historical big data.
Capability openness
Provides RESTful-compliant northbound
APIs, including 170+ APIs for user
management, topology management,
access authentication, service
configuration, and performance
monitoring, meeting the integration
requirements of third-party systems.
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General O&M and WLAN Management
Should supports automatic identification
of network issues based on Big Data
analysis and machine learning algorithms:
connectivity, air interface performance,
roaming, and device issues. The issues
include authentication failure, weak-
signal coverage etc.
The solution should be able to provide the
WLAN topology, allows administrators to
view the deployment of APs in areas at a
site, and displays the RF heatmap based
on AP locations.
The solution should be able toimport
planning data (including buildings, pre-
deployed APs, obstacles, scales, and
background images) based on network
planning, compare data with the actual
network data, and display the differences
between the planning and actual data.
The sholution should be able to draw AP
health profiles and view the AP online
status, name, MAC address, type, IP
address, floor, and AC name.
Warranty Service 3 years 24x7 NBD warranty
Web Application Firewall Qty=02
Requirement
Solution Can Be Hardware Appliance OR Software Module
in Quoted NGFW Above
In case of HW appliance, must have
Must Have Minimum 2 x 1G Ethernet Interface
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Must Have Minimum 4 x 10G SFP+ Interface Loaded with
4 x SR Multi-Mode Transceivers (Per Device)
Must Be Listed in NSS Labs for Web Application Firewall
Must Have Minimum 20Gbps Web Application Firewall
Throughput
Must Include AI-Based Machine Learning Threat Detection,
IP Geolocation, Data Leak Prevention, Brute Force
Protection, HTTP Header Security, Custom Error Message,
Error Code Handling and Local Report Center
Must Include Application Attack Protection, OWASP Top
10 Protection, Cross Site Scripting, SQL Injection, Cross
Site Request Forgery, Session Hijacking, Built-in
Vulnerability Scanner, File Upload Scanning with Anti-
Virus and Cloud-Based Sandbox
3 Years Complete Security Features License
3 Years Software Upgrade & 24x7 Technical Support
3 Years Hardware Warranty Service If Propose Hardware
Appliance
Must Quote Onsite Configuration & Installation
Must Quote Onsite Training & Product Certification For 5
Participants
Secure Web Gateway Qty=02
Requirement
Must Be Listed in 2020 Gartner Magic Quadrant for Secure
Web Gateway
Must Have Minimum 1Gbps Live Throughput (All Features
Enabled)
Must Have Minimum 4 x 1G Ethernet Interface
Must Have Minimum 2 x 1G SFP Interface
Must Have Minimum 4 x 10G SFP+ Interface Loaded with
4 x SR Multi-Mode Transceivers (Per Device)
Must Have Minimum 4500 Concurrent Users
Must Have Minimum 1TB Storage Capacity
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Must Have Minimum 6 x 1G Ethernet Interface
Must Have Minimum 2 x 1G SFP
Must Have Minimum 2 x 10G SFP+ Interface with SR
Multi-Mode Transceivers
Must Quote 3 Years Software Upgrade & 24x7 Technical
Support
Must Quote 3 Years Hardware Warranty Service
Must Quote Onsite Configuration & Installation
Must Quote Onsite Training & Product Certification For 5
Participants
DDoS Protection/AntiDDOS Device (Qty - 2)
Up to 120 Gbps throughput
Should support 10, 40 and 100G port capacity
3*100GE QSFP28 or 3*40GE QSFP or 15*10GE SFP+
ports.
Should suppot per packet detection mechanism, and should
be able to perform both, detection and clearning
functionatlies
Must have dual control card for redundancy.
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Should suport, bypass dynamic traffic diversion and
injection, where only attack traffic is to be diverted to the
cleaning device, preventing forwarding performance from
being exhausted by processing all traffic in the case of heavy
traffic.
Defense against Land, Fraggle, Smurf, WinNuke, Ping of
Death, Teardrop, and TCP error flag attacks
Defense against SYN flood, ACK flood, FIN flood, RST
flood, TCP, fragment flood, UDP flood, UDP fragment
flood, IP flood, ICMP flood, TCP connection flood,
sockstress, TCP retransmission, and TCP empty connection
attacks
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Defense against the UDP-based reflection and amplification
attacks, such as NTP, DNS, SSDP, Chargen, TFTP, SNMP,
NetBIOS, QOTD, Quake Network Protocol, Portmapper,
Microsoft SQL Resolution Service, RIPv1, and Steam,
Protocol reflection and amplification attacks
Should have attack signature databases of RUDY,
slowhttptest, slowloris, LOIC, AnonCannon, RefRef,
ApacheKill, and ApacheBench attack signature, databases,
which are updated automatically each week
Web application protection against attacks such as HTTP
Get flood, HTTP Post flood, HTTP slow header, HTTP slow
post, HTTPS flood, SSL (renegotiation) DoS/DDoS,
WordPress amplification, RUDY, and LOIC attacks and
packet validity check
Should support management functions such as
• Account management and permission allocation
• Defense policy configuration and reports based on
Zones (tenants), at a scale of up to 100,000 Zones
• Device performance monitoring
• Source tracing and fingerprint extraction by
capturing packets
• Email, short message, and audio alarms
• Log dumping
• Dynamic baseline learning
• Policy interworking and log interworking APIs
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Should support traffic diversion scenarios of Manual traffic
diversion and automatic PBR- or BGP-based traffic
diversion
Should support traffic injection scenarios of Static route,
MPLS VPN, MPLS LSP, GRE tunnel,
Layer 2, and PBR-based injection
Should suport DNS application protection against attacks
based upon
• DNS query flood, DNS reply flood, and DNS spoofing
• Source rate limiting and domain name rate limiting
Should provide SIP application protection against attacks
such as SIP flood and SIP method flood attacks, including
register flood, deregistration flood, authentication flood, and
call flood attacks, Source rate limiting
Should support IP, TCP, UDP, ICMP, DNS, SIP, and
HTTP packet filters
Should support following IP reputation:
• Most active zombies are tracked, and the IP
reputation database is updated automatically on
a daily basis to block attacks fast.
• Local reputation records are automatically learned.
• The learning of local access IP reputations creates
dynamic IP reputation records based on local
service sessions, helping to forward service access
traffic quickly and enhance user experience.
Should support report functions such as:
• Traffic comparison before and after cleaning
• Top N traffic statistics
• Application-layer traffic comparison and distribution
• Protocol distribution
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• Traffic statistics based on the source location
• Attack event details
• Top N attack events (by duration or number of packets)
• Distribution of attacks by category
• Attack traffic trends
• DNS resolution success ratio
• Top N traffic statistics for the application layer
(by source IP address, HTTP URI, HTTP HOST, and
domain name)
• Downloading of reports in HTML, PDF, or Excel format
• Report pushing via email
• Generation of daily, weekly, monthly, and yearly reports
• Self-service portal for tenants
• Creation, deletion, updating, and viewing of Zones,
and addition and deletion of protected IP addresses
• Creation and deletion of traffic diversion policies
• Creation and deletion of blackhole routes
• Traffic and attack logs for each IP address
• Sending of logs in syslog format
3 years 24x7 NBD warranty
Cloud DDOS filtered Bandwidth Qty=01
Up to 1Gbps bandwidth
DDOS and cloud proxy protection for 1 year
LOT
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INROW Precision Temperature and Humidity Control
System Units:
2
In row Precision Air Conditioning Unit Capacity 35KW or
above with Dual input power supply, Humidifier ,Electric
Reheating and matching with ≥ 7 inch LED color Display
and air-cooled condensers
Precision In room cooling unit for UPS rooms.
4 In room precision cooling units capacity of 13KW or above
,with humidifier ,electric reheating and air-cooled
condensers
Precision Modular Un-Interruptible Power Backup System
with precision distribution from same OEM:
2 UPS: Modular 30 KW (2N) scalable to 60 KW with
precision power distribution for UPS distribution to racks
and built in utility power distribution to precision cooling
units.
Single Row HOT/COLD AISLE containment
1 with all accessories mentioned in annexure B
Data Centre IT Racks 600mmx1200x2000mm 42U with
monitoring rack Power Distribution Units -32A-1PH -
20*C13+4*C19. 6
Data Centre network rack 800mmx1200mmx2000mm 42U
with monitoring rack Power Distribution Units -32A-1PH -
20*C13+4*C19. 1
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Data Centre Environment Monitoring System and Data
center Infrastructure monitoring system.
1
The monitoring system should continuously monitor the
power supply and distribution equipment, UPS, air
conditioning, temperature and humidity, water leakage,
power supply and distribution equipment, UPS, air
conditioning, temperature and humidity, water leakage,
smoke, video surveillance, and access control devices.
DCIM through 3D layout, end to end electrical equipment
integration, work order management.
INROW Precision Temperature and Humidity Control
System Units:
Supply installation, commissioning and testing of In
row Precision Air Conditioning Unit Capacity 35KW or
above with Dual input power supply, Humidifier Electric
Reheating and matching with ≥ 7 inch LED color Display
and air-cooled condensers. The cooling unit must have
following features.
Input Voltage/Frequency : 380~415V±10% / 50/60Hz ±
3Hz
EC type FANs of indoor units
Air flow ≥ 6000 m3/h
Humidifier capacity up to 1.5kg/h
Heating capacity 3KW-4kW
Environmental temperature; -5 to 45C
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The unit could achieve stable & fast dehumidification at
min 10% low IT load and larger than 95% relative humidity
conditions, to avoid the condensation risk on IT equipment
at extremely conditions
Precision cooling unit should be equipped with PTC
electrical heater, used for heating while low temperature
conditions to improve reliability
Precision cooling unit evaporator should be equipped
with high-performance inner grooved copper pipe and blue
hydraulic aluminum fin to improve heat exchanging
capability. The evaporator should adopt “V” type design to
get better air distribution system and less air pressure drop
Precision cooling unit should be configured with surge
protection device to increase safety and reliability. No less
than 6kV ability is recommended
Precision cooling indoor unit should use high efficiency
energy saving variable speed EC fans to reduce fan power
consumption
The indoor unit should adopt swappable maintenance for
power box and control and power modules, to make the
maintenance work faster and easier
The Precision cooling unit should be configured with
minimum 7 inch LCD true color touch screen to provide
good human-computer interaction and a vivid interface The
controller should support to display max. 30 day’s
temperature & humidity color curves, and should also be
able to graphically display the operation status of the unit
components
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Precision cooling unit should have the one-key touch
function for display and collection of faulty message into a
USB disk. Precision cooling unit should have the fault
alarm function and operating logs record function. The
recorded history of alarms messages should not be less than
500, Operating logs should not be less than 200
Precision cooling unit should be accessible from both
front and back sides of the unit, and can be maintained .
Installation of Indoor & Outdoor equipment on
designated place including civil works
Supply of copper pipe with insulation, where
necessary, trunking and supports
Supply of UPVC pipe for condensate drain with
insulation where necessary, trunking and supports complete
in all respect
Supply of PPRC pipe for humidifier water supply
with valves, accessories, trunking and supports complete in
all respect
Supply of environment friendly Refrigerant gas
R410 A with circuits pressure testing, Vacuum and charging
Manufacturer must be ISO9001 certified, and the
product must be CE, REACH & RoHS certified
Technical specifications Annexure-B
Precision In room cooling unit for UPS rooms.
Supply installation, commissioning and testing of in room
cooling unit with cooling capacity 13KW or above for UPS
room 1+1. The Cooling units must comply following
features
Input Voltage/Frequency : 380~415V±10% / 50/60Hz ±
3Hz
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EC type FANs of indoor units
Total cooling capacity ≥13 kW
Air flow rate ; ≥3600 m3/h
Appearance and visual check: the surface of the cabinet
is sprayed evenly and without damage; the layout of signal
lamps, switches and measurement display devices is
reasonable
Environmental temperature; -5 to 45 ℃
The PAC can control the indoor temperature
automatically
Temperature control accuracy: ±1℃, temperature change
rate < 5℃/h
Return air adjustment range: 18~32 ℃
Humidity control range: 20%~80%
Humidity control accuracy: ±5%
Precision Air Conditioner indoor unit should be
configured with DC inverter compressor, electric expansion
valve and etc.
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A high-efficiency PAC unit has cooling capacity with
stepless adjustments between 30 percent and 100 percent.
To save energy, the cooling capacity should be adjusted
according to heat load.
PAC unit should use environmentally friendly refrigerant
R410A
PAC unit should be configured with surge protection
device to increase safety and reliability. No less than 6kV
ability is recommended
The PAC should have a humidification capacity of 3
kg/h. The PAC should use an energy saving humidifier so
that maximum humidification power consumption will be
lower than 50W.
Automatic switchover to the backup unit: When a unit in
the group is faulty, the backup unit will automatically go
into operation, improving the reliability of the air
conditioning system.
Polling: Scheduled switchover to the backup unit in order
to balance the operation time of every unit and improve unit
life.
Cascading: The number of air conditioners that run in a
unit is automatically controlled based on the heat load in the
equipment room. In this way, there is prompt response to
requirements, hot spots are eliminated, and energy saving is
achieved.
Prevention of competitive running: It prevents multiple
air conditioners in the same equipment room from running
in the opposite status (cooling/heating or
humidifying/dehumidifying), in order to achieve energy
savings.
The PAC supports convenient on-site and remote
monitoring
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To prevent coil fouling,which affects the performance
and reliability of PACs, the outdoor unit heat exchanger coil
should be made of corrugated fins instead of slotted fins.
Slotted fin coils are susceptible to fouling and are especially
unsuitable in dusty areas or where sandstorms are common,
such as the Middle East.
The fan motor, fan speed regulator, and pressure
regulator of the PAC outdoor condensing unit should have
good water resistance.
PAC condensing unit should be pressurized when
delivered, and the pipeline end should be properly sealed to
prevent the entry of any foreign matter.
Both down piping and side piping are supported
Manufacturer must be ISO9001 certified, and the product
must be CE, REACH & RoHS certified
Modular Integrated Un-Interruptible Power Backup
System:
UPS: Modular 30 KW (2N) scalable to 60 KW with
precision power distribution module for UPS distribution to
racks and utility power distribution to precision cooling
units. UPS must be of same OEM as of other DC
containment equipments.
Basic Requirements
The UPS of a single cabinet should be integrated with the
UPS, UPS input, UPS output, maintenance bypass route, IT
power distribution, air conditioner power supply, and
lighting power supply.
The UPS should be double conversion online type, with
three phase input and three phase output.
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The UPS should be modular with N+1 designed and
supports hot swappable maintenance. The rated output
power of a single module should be between 20kVA and 40
kVA. When there is a failure in the power module, the
module should shut down automatically from the system in
time without affecting other normal modules or causing
output interruption.
Display: Minimum 7-inch LCD+LED
The UPS system with a built-in maintenance bypass
route should adopt centralized bypass route. The bypass
module must be hot swappable. It also supports the self-load
function to carry out the self-test before connecting to load.
The switching time is 0ms when the power supply mode
is switched from mains to battery, battery to mains, mains to
bypass, or the bypass to mains modes.
The UPS system efficiency should reach to 96% at 50%
and 75% load under the mains mode, and should be greater
than or equal to 95% at 25% and 50% load.
The UPS bypass route can support long-term running on
135% overload (ambient temperature ≤30℃)
The case solidly coated with good spraying and no paint
peeling, corrosion, or crack, flat host surface. All signs, tags,
and text symbols should be clear, correct, and tidy. Switches
are easy, flexible, and reliable to operate. Key switches such
as bypass control switch and emergency shutdown switch
should have protection devices and warning labels.
An insulation protection is required for the power
distribution unit of cabinet.
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Ventilation and heating dissipation: The power supply
structure should be designed for good ventilation and
heating dissipation
The UPS should support man-machine interaction,
provide an multi lingual with English preference user
interface. Parameter setting and manual operation should
meet the following requirements:
Parameter setting: Support access to the monitoring
module and parameter setting function. Hierarchical
authority protection is implemented by using passwords, and
parameter settings are stored in the case of a power failure.
Manual operation: Password protection and warning are
provided for important operations. Manual intervention is
supported under abnormal conditions.
The UPS system should provide RS232 or RS485/422,
FE (SNMP communication interface), dry contact and
ambient monitoring sensor interface, and should provide
communication cables to connect the communication
interfaces and a variety of alarm signal terminals. The
system should have following main functions:
Real-time monitoring over the UPS working status:
system normal operation/battery charging status/
inverter/bypass power supply, overload, mains power
failure, power module status (normal/abnormal quit), UPS
system errors, and operation status
Real-time monitoring over the main input switch status:
UPS input switch status, UPS output switch status, UPS
maintenance bypass switch status, IT power distribution
switch status, and air conditioner power distribution switch
status
Collecting and storing system operation data:
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UPS main input voltage, UPS bypass input voltage, UPS
output voltage, UPS output current, UPS output frequency,
UPS module output current, battery voltage,
charge/discharge current.
Main input phase voltage, current, frequency, power
factor, power energy, active power, reactive power, apparent
power, load ratio, voltage-current harmonic wave ratio, bus
bar temperature
Current, power energy, and load ratio of IT and air
conditioner branch power distribution
The UPS must comply with following Operational
conditions
Protection level: IP20
Input / output voltage; 380-415V
Frequancy; 40-70 Hz
Operation Temperature: 0℃ to +40℃ (no derating)
Relative humidity: maximum 95% (20℃±5℃)
Altitude: 0–1000 m without derating. For each additional
100 m above 1000 m, the load will be reduced by 1%.
UPS cooling mode: forced air cooling (smart speed
adjustment for fans)
Output Total harmonic distortion (THD) (linear load):
THD≤ 1%
Output Total harmonic distortion (THD) (non-linear
load): THD≤ 4%
Output Power factor: 1
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Output Maximum peak factor for loads: 3:1 (in
compliance with IEC 62040-3 standard)
Battery backup Unit for 15 mins by each ups and 30
min collectively by both UPS
Single Row HOT/COLD AISLE :
Single Row HOT/COLD AISLE with following mandatory
feature
A cold aisle containment consists of the skylights, end
doors, and cabinets. The skylights are flat. The control
skylights on both ends of the aisle can be installed with the
camera, temperature and humidity sensor, smoke detector,
infrared sensor, and reserved hole for fire extinguishing
nozzles. The skylights in the middle can be fixed and rotated
(automatically controlled by the magnetic locks). Opening
skylights can activate the fire extinguishing linkage alarm
signal in the aisle. In case of fire, the magnetic locks open
and rotating skylights open automatically due to gravity
force. The design ensures that fire extinguishing gas enters
the cold aisle containment. After the skylights open, the net
height of the cold aisle containment should be at least 2.5 m
so that it does not affect routine maintenance and the safety
of maintenance personnel
2x RFID/Biometric access control system for DATA
center aisle doors integrated with DCIM
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Single-row deployment:
Adopts the modular design and features the cold or hot
aisle containment. A single module should integrate the
cabinet system, power supply and distribution system,
cooling system, management system, and cabling system.
The Single-row deployment requires all cabinets in the
module to be properly sealed. The rated power of a single
cabinet is 3-4 kW
The smart module should provide electric and extra-low
voltage (ELV) cable troughs, and support engineering-free
installation and expansion in the unit of cabinet. The cable
troughs should support cross-column, cross-cabinet row, and
cross-module installation.
Cable troughs can separate signal cables from power
cables. The positions of the partition plates can be adjusted
based on the number of cables. Material requirements: high-
intensity class A carbon cold rolled steel plates with a
thickness of no less than 1.5 mm
Optional horizontal and vertical cable management units
should be configured inside the cabinets.
Installation mode: Cable management units support
screw-free installation.
CFD simulation report: The supplier should provide the
CFD heat analysis and simulation report to optimize the
system design.
Operation and maintenance (O&M) convenience
requirement: The power distribution, cooling, and service
operation planes of the module must be on the same side for
O&M convenience
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Monitoring Data Centre Racks 42U with Intelligent rack
Power Distribution Units -32A-1PH -20*C13+4*C19.
Data Centre Environment Monitoring System and Infra
structure management system:
The monitoring system should continuously monitor the
power supply and distribution equipment, UPS, air
conditioning, temperature and humidity, water leakage,
smoke, video surveillance, and access control devices.
Must generate alarms in colors, e-mail, SMS
The smart modular DC centralized collector or
centralized controller should adopt dual-power supply
design to ensure the reliability of micro-module monitoring
In order to improve the reliability of the monitoring
system, all the intelligent node signal transmission and the
sensor power supply are all adopted by POE ring circuit
the monitoring system in the smart module is of the same
brand as the smart module
The infrastructure management system provides through
reporting and management of DC infra structure. Also
provide the 3D view of DC. The monitoring can be done in
NOC. Must have different authentication users’ options.
And give detail logs of power, cooling and environmental
conditions of DC POD.
DCIM must be provided with all perpetual licenses
including work order management licenses , Energy
management licenses
ESTIMATED FACILITY BOM
Description UNIT QTY
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1 Dismantling of Existing Structures Lot 1
2 Supply and Installation of Drywall Partition CFT 100
3
Supply and Installation of Fire Rated Double Leaf Steel Door with SS
Brushed Handle, Panic Bar, Trim Lock , Door Closer and Fire Rated
Glass Slit Nos 3
4 Supply and Installation of Glass Partition CFT 100
5 Fire Rated Paint Work Lot 1
6 Anti Static Vinyl Flooring with epoxy and grounding mesh Sq. Ft 250
7
Provision of Structural Support Pad for Condenser (Precision Cooling)
for 250 KG Weight JOB 1
8 NOC Furniture LOT 1
9 Interior Element Designing and decoration Job 1
10 Led Screens Each 4
B Mechanical
11
Supply and Installation of Comfort Cooling Units for power rooms
with sequence Controllers Each 2
12 Installation of Containment & with Accessories JOB 1
13 CRV Precision Cooling System Installation & Commissioning JOB 1
Mechanical Accessories
14
Supply and Installation of Copper Pipping Fittings & Valves for
Precision Cooling System LOT 1
15 22 mm Ø HOT Gas Discharge Pipe Muller RMTR 30
16 16 mm Ø Refrigerant Liquid Line Muller RMTR 30
17
Supply and Installation of Condensate Drain Pipping and plumbing of
required Ø LOT 1
18 Water Supply System for Humidifier along with Water Filter LOT 1
19 Vacuum Evacuation of Precision Cooling Pipping System RMTR 30
20 Refrigerant Gas filling R 410 LOT 1
21 Pressure Testing of Pipe run as per Standard JOB 1
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Cable Tray / Pathway System
22 Raceway & Cable Tray System for Data Network (Copper & Optic) RMTR 20
23 Perforated Cables Trays for Electric Cabling RMTR 20
24 Cable Tray / Pathway for Cooling & Pipping RMTR 20
C Electrical
Electrical Panels / DBs
25 Genset MDB (250 Amp) EACH 1
26 DC MDP (250 Amp) EACH 1
27 ATS Panel with MOR (250 Amp) EACH 1
28 DC-Main Distribution Board with protections (250 Amp) EACH 1
29 UPS Input DB (120 Amp) EACH 1
30 Cooling Input DB (120 Amp) EACH 1
31 ELV & Non-Critical Load DB (63 Amp) EACH 1
32
Installation, Panel Termination and Installation of Above as per
standards with all accessories JOB 1
UPS
33 UPS & Battery Banks Installation & Commissioning JOB 2
Electrical Cables
34
Supply and Installation of output cable from Genset to DC ATS Panel
(4C x 120mm PVC/PVC + 1c x70 mm Earth Flex Cable) RMTR 20
35
Supply and Installation of output cable from Utility Power /
Transformer / Building Mains to DC ATS Panel (4C x 120mm
PVC/PVC + 1c x70 mm Earth Flex Cable) RMTR 10
36
Supply and Installation of output cable from ATS to DC Mains
DB(4C x 120mm PVC/PVC + 1c x70 mm Earth Flex Cable) RMTR 10
37
Supply and Installation of DC Mains DB to UPS Input DB (4C x
70mm PVC/PVC + 1c x35 mm Earth Flex Cable) RMTR 10
38
Supply and Installation of DB for ELV & non-critical load (4C x
16mm PVC/PVC + 1c x 10 mm Earth Flex Cable) RMTR 10
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Supply and Installation of UPS Output to SPM (4C x 70mm
PVC/PVC + 1c x35 mm Earth Flex Cable) RMTR 30
40
Supply and Installation of SPM to Data Racks (4C x 16 mm PVC/Flex
+ 1c x 10 mm Earth Flex Cable) RMTR 20
41
Supply and Installation of Cooling DB to Cooling Input (4C x 16mm
PVC/PVC + 1c x 10 mm Earth Flex Cable) RMTR 20
Lightings & Wirings
42
Circuit wiring from DC-ELV DB to lighting switch board and wiring
from switch board to Sub Circuits and Electrical Sockets with 2x2.5
mm + ECC 1x2.5 mm, of Standard Colours Single-Core PVC wires in
25mm dia PVC Conduit of Standard Colour along with gang switched
and 6 Amp and 15 Amp Sockets LOT 1
43 Supply & Installation of Motion Sensors to operate lighting fixtures LOT 1
44 Supply & Installation of Lighting fixtures for maintaining LUX Level LOT 1
45
Supply & Installation of Emergency Lights Eaton or Equivalent
European Origin LOT 1
46
Supply & Installation of Emergency Signage Eaton or Equivalent
European Origin LOT 1
Miscellaneous
47 Supply & Installation of Fire Alarm System LOT 1
48
Supply and Installation of CCTV Monitoring System wit 8 Channel
NVR & 30 Days Storage at 20 FPS along with 16 port POE Switch &
55 Inch Monitoring LED completing all critical Areas LOT 1
49
Supply and Installation of Biometric Access Control System
Centralized EACH 3
50 Supply and Installation of 63 A 3 Phase Industrial Sockets Each 12
Grounding
51
Maintenance Free Earth Pit with imported inspection cover less then
0.9 OHM along with all accessories along with complete grounding
system of all metal objects EACH 3
General Supply and Services
52 Agent Based Fire Suppression System Novec for Server Room
LOT 1
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(LxWxH) (22 x 12 X 10) , UPS Room (12 x 10 x 10)
53 Addressable Fire Detection System for Server Room & UPS Room LOT 1
54 Structured Cabling LOT 1
55 EMS Installation & Commissioning LOT 1
56 DCIM Workstation with Operating System PC for Monitoring EACH 2
57 Supply and Services Miscellaneous Duct Work (16 x 38 / 40 x 40) LOT 1
58 Supply and Services Smoke Detectors LOT 1
59 CO2 Fire Extinguishers EACH 14
LOT No 9 IdeaHub Pro 65 inch/higher OR Equivalent product having
same/higher features Set
Qty. 4 Nos
Should be from any renowned brand
Specs: Codec, camera, microphone array, and speaker
Wall-mounted bracket Rolling stand Rolling stand All cables included
CPU Dual-chip [email protected] GHz + [email protected] GHz RAM 12 GB or higher
Flash 64 GB
AI 4T FLOPS Resolution 4k with multi touch Anti-reflection and glare Adaptive
brightness Camera 4K30 Auto voice tracking Auto-Framing Anti-fog, dust-proof,
and anti-flicker
2 x digital zoom
Speakers 4 with Stereo audio
Microphones 12 Sound pickup distance 8 m Echo cancellation, noise
suppression, auto gain control, and external microphones
Video input and outputs
1 x built-in camera
1 x HDMI (4K 30 fps), 1 x HDMI (4K 30 fps, external cameras)
1 x optional OPS input (4K 30 fps)
1 x embedded monitor
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1 x HDMI (1080p 60 fps)
Audio Ports
1 x built-in microphone array
1 x 3.5 mm LINE IN
1 x HD-AI
1 x OPS input (optional)
1 x HDMI (audio input, conflicted with OPS
1 x built-in speaker
1 x 3.5 mm LINE OUT
1 x HDMI (audio output)
Optional Ports 2 x USB 3.0 Type-A
1 x USB 2.0 Type-B
1 x RJ45 (10/100/1000 Mbit/s LAN)
1 x RJ45 (for Touch)
Wifi Support 2.4 GHz and 5 GHz
Regulatory compliance
CCC, CE (RoHS, REACH, and WEEE), VCCI, Network Access License of
MIIT,
and Radio Type Approval Certification
Video Support
Min. H.264 bandwidth
1080p 30 fps
720p 60 fps
720p 30 fps
Min. H.265 bandwidth
1080p 30 fps
720p 60 fps
720p 30 fps
Content Resolution 1920 × 1080 24/25/30/50/60 fps 1920 × 1200 60 fps
3840 × 2160 25/30/50/60 fps
Output:
1920 × 1080
3840 × 2160
Codec resolutions:
1080p (1920 x 1080)
1920 x 1200
4K (3840 x 2160)
Dual-stream resolutions
Video conferencing:
1080p 30 fps + 1080p 30fps
1080p 30 fps + 4K 8 fps
Data conferencing:
1080p 30 fps
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4K 8 fps
AI based Speaker tracking, Acoustic baffle,
and Auto-Framing
Languages: All popular Languages support
3 Years Brand Warranty
NOTE for (ESTIMATED FACILITY BOM)
This BOQ is for estimation. Vendor can submit additional items if required.
Finalized Vendor will conduct Surveys and submit report for approval.
Payment to the vendor will be made on as Per Actual Basis.
Installation and Commissioning
Installation, Configuration, Warranty and support, Laying of Fiber cable from server room to access data cabinets including splicing on 10GE
network
Laying of Copper Cable (CAT-6) for Access Points and other requirements of this tender
Commissioning of LAN/WLAN Switches, Access Controller
IP planning
Configuration of VLans, ACLs, inter VLan routing, port tagging and other features on switches
as per requirement of NITB
Configuration of Interfaces, Security Profiling, IPS/IDS, IPsec, Threat Protection, Anti-Malware,
Anti-Virus, Email Filtering, Web Filtering, Application Control, SSL Inspection, Cloud-Based
Sandbox on firewall as per requirement of NITB
Complete High- and Low-Level Network Diagrams along with VLan configuration, Stacking etc.
Mounting, installation and configuration of Web Security Gateway / IAM with all quoted features
enabled.
Configuration of SNMP and setting up the equipment for visibility on NMS. This includes
existing equipment as well
Configuration of MAC authentication Bypass, 802.1x, authentication of devices using open
source NAC solution
Servicing of existing data/network cabinets
Installation of rack/cabinets
Mounting and connecting Access Points
Replacement of existing LAN switches
Cable Management and Tagging of existing and new cables using cable rings
Installation, Configuration, and Integration with Existing Infrastructure will be responsibility of
Vendor
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Complete handover of installed equipment by sharing passwords, access control and complete
configuration in printed form in a sealed envelope
FLUKE Testing of existing and new copper network and removing any fluke errors in existing
network
Complete Network diagram (4 x 6 feet) as required by NITB technical team
Mounting, configuration and installation on the servers.
Installation and configuration of hyper-converged solution (with all quoted features) on the
servers
Configuration of servers for visibility on NMS
Complete handover of installed equipment by sharing passwords, access control and complete
configuration in printed form in a sealed envelope.
Complete connectivity / server diagram (4 x 6 feet) as required by NITB technical team
Installation, configuration of rack with all quoted devices/sensor
Configuration of Smart Rack visibility on NMS.
Complete handover of installed equipment by sharing passwords, access control and complete
configuration in printed form in a sealed envelope.
All active equipment (switches, firewall, access points, WLAN controllers) shall be quoted with
3-years, Next Business Day (NBD) replacement and 24x7 Technical support from the Principal
Quotation for per-annum support charges after warranty period shall also be included separately.
List of Staff Dedicated to the project: Sample Contract- Table 8.2
Sr.# Name Designation Phone No. E-mail
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
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Deliverables: Sample Contract- Table 8.3 S
r # Items
1 Product Documentation/Manuals & installation guides (Hard &Soft Copy)
2 Items mentioned in Schedule I
Following deliverable plan shall be followed during this tender lifecycle.
S.No. Milestone Ddeliverable from RO
01 Opening of tender / Project initiation
02 Pre bid meeting Queries
03 Closing of tender Complete tender document with all required attachments and annexures
04 Initial Scrutiny
05 Technical Evaluation
06 Financial Evaluation
07 Award of contract and issuance of purchase orders
08 Supply of items Delivery of items within the timeframe of 6-8 weeks
09 Planning, installation of items Configuration document after consultation and approval of NITB technical team
10 Provisional Acceptance Complete configuration document
11 Final Acceptance Submission of configuration document after removing discrepancy in PAT
12 Release of Payment
13 Warranty Period Scheduled preventive measures, upgrades, patch management services.
14 End of Warranty / Release of Performance Guarantee
15 Closure of project
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Sites of Delivery of equipment/services: Sample Contract- Schedule III All Equipment/Services will be supplied and installed as per NITB Requirement
Project Time Table Delivery timeframe for Lots
For Lot 2,3,4,6,7 & 9
SR. NO. MILESTONE TIME PERIOD PAYMENT
1. Supply and verification as per BoQ on the Client site (as conveyed by the procuring agency)
Six (06) to Eight (08) Weeks from the date of signing of contract / issuance of purchase order.
2. Installation, configuration and testing of Equipment (Hardware/Software/Other Items)
Four (04) Weeks from the date of supply.
Performance Guarantee will have to be provided to cover the warranty as applicable from the date of successful testing and acceptance. Software Assurance in case of software products.
100 %
On submission of performance Guarantee
Note-2
3. End of performance Guarantee
. Release of Performance Guarantee
Note-1: On signed delivery documents from the Client i.e. where delivery is made.
Note-2: On successful verification and/or testing report signed by the procuring agency.
For LOT 1,5 & 8
SR. NO. MILESTONE TIME PERIOD PAYMENT
1. Supply of Sample of Active Equipment offered for POC.
One (01) Week from the declaration of preminilary qualified bidders if required by NITB
2. Supply of Passive equipment Two (02) Weeks from the date of signing of contract / issuance of purchase order.
3. Supply of Active equipment Eight (08) to Ten (10) Weeks from the date of signing of contract / issuance of purchase
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order.
4. Installation, configuration and testing of Equipment as per TORs and NITB requirement
Six (06) to Eight (08) Weeks from the date of signing of contract / issuance of purchase order.
Performance Guarantee will have to be provided to cover the warranty as applicable from the date of successful testing and acceptance.
5. Final Acceptance and Completion Certificate by NITB
100 %
6. End of performance Guarantee
- Release of Performance Guarantee
Note-1: On signed delivery documents from the Client i.e. where delivery is made.
Note-3: On successful verification and/or testing report signed by the procuring agency.
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Must include the below features for oracle Linux with all Bundled features should be enabled and
available (Oracle Linux Premier Limited) in LOT 7.
Enterprise
support SLA and
Patches
Centralized
Management
Clustering
solution
Virtuali
zation
Rebootl
ess
patchin
g
Devops Clustering
solution
24x7
telep
hone
and
onlin
e
supp
ort
Around-
the-
clock
access
to
enhance
ments,
updates,
and
errata
Oracle En
terprise
Manager
for Linux
Managem
ent
Space
walk
supp
ort
High
availability
with Oracle Cl
usterware
Oracle
Linux
Virtuali
zation
Manag
er
(KVM +
oVirt)
Zero-
downti
me
patchin
g with
Ksplice
Docker
,
Kubern
etes
and
Contai
ners
Glust
er
Stora
ge
for Or
acle Li
nux
Oracle
Linux
high
availab
ility
service
s
suppor
t (Coro
sync
and
Pacem
aker)
NOTE: The successful bidder will share the 3d design of whole development center for review to NITB.
The actual work will be start after the approval of same. Vendor/bidder will ensure all the
components/equipment connectivity as per compliance/standards.