National Council Of Science Museums

NATIONAL COUNCIL OF SCIENCE MUSEUMS SECTOR-V, BLOCK-GN, BIDHANNAGAR, KOLKATA : 700 091. NOTICE INVITING E-TENDER TENDER NO. I-18012/7/19(190) On-line digitally signed e-tenders (Open) are invited for supply and installation of WIRELESS INTERACTIVE AR-VR HMD VISUALISER WITH APPLICATION FOR SCIENCE COMMUNICATION strictly as per the Council’s Technical Specifications. Vendors who have the capability of executing the order at a time may download the Tender Papers from Central Public Procurement Portal CPPP):http://eprocure.gov.in/eprocure/appor from Council’s websitewww.ncsm.gov.in as per the following schedule:- The online bid both Technical (Techno-Commercial) Bid and Financial bid duly furnished in Cover-I and Cover-II respectively should be uploaded by the due date and time as per the above schedule. The responsibility to ensure this lies with the Bidder. Off-line tenders shall not be accepted and no request in this regard will be entertained whatsoever. Online Technical (Techno-Commercial) Bid will be opened at the first instance in this office at 12 Noon on August 27, 2019 for technical evaluation as well as selection of techno-commercially acceptable offers and at the second stage, the Financial Bids of only the selected and techno-commercially acceptable equipment/offers will be opened a date to be notified later subject to completion of Technical Evaluation of the offers. Decision of the Council regarding selection of eligible and qualified vendors/firms and or equipment in particular for opening the Financial Bid shall be final and binding on the bidders. Bidders may be present during opening of tenders. NCSM reserves the right to accept or reject any or all tenders in full or part without assigning any reason whatsoever. NCSM shall also not be bound to accept merely the lowest tender but the technical suitability, capability and superiority of the equipment/system as well as after sales service including infrastructure to render such service etc. shall be of prime consideration for selection of the equipment. Bid Document Published Date August 06, 2019 Bid Document Download Start Date August 06, 2019 Bid Document Download End Date August 26, 2019 (upto 12:00 Noon) Bid Submission Start Date August 07, 2019 (from 03:00 PM) Bid Submission End Date & Time August 26, 2019 (upto 12:00 Noon) Technical (Techno-Commercial) Bid Opening Date August 27, 2019 (at 12:00 Noon) Financial Bid opening Date To be notified later Earnest Money Deposit (EMD) Rs.1,25,000.00 (Rupees one lakh twenty five thousand only) Original EMD shall be submitted by the bidder at the above address on or before August 27, 2019 at 12 Noon. General Information and Instructions 1. The instruction given herein will be strictly binding on the tenderers and deviation, if any will make the tender or tenders liable to be considered invalid. Tenders incorporating additional conditions by the tenderer are liable for rejection. 2. Bids shall be submitted online only at CPPP website: https://eprocure.gov.in/eprocure/app Manual bids shall not be accepted. 3. The instruction given in “Annexure-A” for “Instruction for Online Bid Submission” should be strictly followed during submission of the Bid. 4. Bid documents may be scanned with 100 dpi with black and white option which helps in reducing size of the scanned document. 5. Validity of Bids: The Bids should remain valid for 90 days from the date of Financial Bid opening. 6. Rejection of Bids: Canvassing by the Bidder in any form, unsolicited letter and post-tender correction may invoke summary rejection. Conditional tenders will be rejected. Non-compliance of applicable General Information and Instruction will disqualify the Bid. 7. The tenderers should have Digital Signature Certificate (DSC) for filling up the Bids. The person signing the tender documents should be authorized