Notice Inviting Tender for GST System, dt 21st Apr 2015

GOODS AND SERVICES TAX NETWORK
CIN: U72200DL2013NPL249988
Registered Office: Room No 255, North Block, New Delhi 110001
Corporate Office: 223-229, 2ND Floor, The Janpath Hotel, Janpath, New Delhi 110001
Tel: 011-23361645 Fax: 011-23361643
www.gstn.org.in
Notice Inviting Tender
REQUEST FOR PROPOSALS (RFP) FOR GST SYSTEM
GSTN (Goods And Services Tax Network) invites proposals from
qualified and suitable Managed Service Providers (MSPs) meeting the
qualifications as laid down by GSTN, for designing, developing, and
maintaining a GST system for a period of five years.
Overview: The GST System seeks to establish an IT infrastructure with
a standard interface for the taxpayer (for the core services of taxpayer
registration, filing of return and payment of tax) and a common and
shared IT infrastructure between the Central Govt. and State Govts.,
along with other bodies of Government of India e.g. RBI and Central
Government Tax authorities.
Availability of RFP: To be purchased from GSTN (Room No. 227, the
Janpath Hotel, Janpath, New Delhi 110001) on payment of Rs 50,000/through demand draft from any Commercial bank in favour of “Goods
And Services Tax Network”, payable at New Delhi (Not refundable).
 Date of Availability of RFP: 21st April, 2015 onwards
 Last date for submission of bids: 08th June, 2015 (4.30 PM)
 Date of opening of pre-qualification of bids: 08th June, 2015 (5.00
PM)
 Earnest Money Deposit (to be furnished along with bids): Rs 15
Crores only through DD/ FDR/ BG/ Bankers Cheque to be
submitted on or before 08/06/2015 (up to 4.30 PM)
PS: RFP will be issued against a Non-Disclosure Agreement (NDA),
format of which is available on the website given below.
Contact Details: [email protected]
For details please visit: www.gstn.org.in/Tenders
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GST System Project
1) Eligibility Criteria
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Parameter
Pre-qualification criteria description
1.
Legal Entity
Bidder should be
 A company incorporated in India under the Companies Act, 1956/LLP
registered under LLP Act 2008 and subsequent amendments thereto.
 Registered with the Service Tax and VAT Authorities in India
 Should have been operating for the last five years as on the date of
publishing of RFP notice (including name change/impact of mergers or
acquisitions).
Bidder should have an average annual turnover of at least INR 600 Crores in
last 3 financial years (FY 2011-12, 2012-13 and 2013-14) from IT system
integration services, software consultancy, software development and
implementation (Note: Turnover, from sales of OEM software licenses or
hardware, not sold as part of any system integration projects, to be excluded
while calculating this turnover)
For the purpose of this criterion, turnover of only the bidding entity will be
considered. Turnover of any parent, subsidiary, associated or other related
entity will not be considered.
 Bidder should be profit making (Net profit before tax) as per the audited
financial statements in at least 2 out of 3 financial years (FY 2011-12,
2012-13 and 2013-14).
 Bidder should have positive net worth of at least Rs 200 Crores as at
March 2014.
For the purpose of this criterion, profitability of only the bidding entity will
be considered. Profitability of any parent, subsidiary, associated or other
related entity will not be considered.
The Bidder should have the experience of development, implementation and
maintenance of an application or portal (includes COTS) implemented
nation-wide, state-wide or International in the last 7 years (ending last day
of month previous to the one in which
Bid applications are invited) in any domain. It excludes the cost of
procurement, deployment and maintenance of infrastructure.
2. Sales Turnover
3. Profitability
Net worth
and
4. Experience
development
maintenance
Portal
in
and
of
{(a) At least one (1) such project of value more than INR 60 Cr
OR
(a) At least two (2) such projects each of value more than INR 30 Cr
OR
(a) At least three (3) such projects each of value more than INR 20 Cr}
AND
{ (b) At least one (1) such project of value more than INR 10 Cr in the
tax/Banking, Financial services and Insurance (BFSI) domain
OR
(b) At least two (2) such projects each of value more than INR 5 Cr in the
tax/BFSI domain}
Note:
If the project cited in “any domain” sub-criteria is in tax / BFSI domain,
then the same can be used for second sub-criteria “tax/BFSI” as well.
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5. Experience in IT
SI projects (IT
infrastructure
procurement,
deployment,
maintenance and
providing IT infra
management
services including
DC/DR
environment
management) in
India
6. Certifications
7.
Blacklisting
The Bidder should have the experience of executing large IT system
integration projects that include IT infrastructure procurement, deployment
and maintenance including DC and DR environment management in the last
7 years (ending last day of month previous to the one in which Bid
applications are invited) in India:
At least one (1) such project of value more than INR 150 Cr
or
At least two (2) such projects each of value more than INR 80 Cr each
Or
At least three (3) such projects each of value more than INR 50 Cr each
Note:
For the projects cited, the IT infrastructure should have been deployed and
the project should be successfully operational (after project Go-Live) for at
least one year as on date of bidding.
Bidder should have valid CMMi level 5 Certificate at the time of submission
of bid. The bidder must have been assessed and must possess a valid ISO
9001: 2008, ISO 27001:2005, and ISO 20000 or later certificate as on the
date of submission of the bid.
Bidder should not have been blacklisted by Govt. of India/State
Government/Central PSU at the time of bid submission date.
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2) Letter Of Authorisation For Purchase of Tender Document
( To be typed on letterhead of the company )
To,
Chairman,
Goods and Services Tax Network (GSTN)
Room No – 228, The Janpath Hotel, Janpath,
New Delhi – 110001
Subject: Authorization for purchase of Tender on (dd/mm/yyyy)in the tender of
_________________________________________.
Following persons are hereby authorized to purchase the tender document mentioned above
on behalf of ……………………………………………………(bidding entity) in order of preference given
below.
Order of Preference
Name
Specimen Signatures
I.
II.
Alternate Representative
Signatures of bidder/ Officer authorized to purchase the bid Documents on behalf of the
bidder.
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[On stamp paper of INR 100 value]
CONFIDENTIALITY UNDERTAKING
We, <***>, a Company incorporated under the Companies Act, 1956, having its
registered office at <***> hereby acknowledge that any and all information disclosed or
to be disclosed to us by Goods and Services Tax Network (GSTN, a company
incorporated under the Companies Act 1956 having its corporate office at Room Nos.
223-229, the Janpath Hotel, Janpath, New Delhi- 110001) in relation to setting up the
information technology infrastructure for enabling implementation of Goods and
Services Tax in India, is confidential and proprietary in nature and we hereby agree with
GSTN and undertake (for ourselves and on behalf of our representatives, agents,
subcontractors, associates and affiliates) the following:
1. That we will treat all information provided/to be provided by GSTN in relation to
setting up the information technology infrastructure for enabling implementation of
Goods and Services Tax in India as confidential and proprietary information of GSTN
(‘Confidential Information’);
2. That we will use the Confidential Information for the sole purpose of preparation of
response to the Request for Proposal etc. issued / to be issued by GSTN;
3. That we will disclose the Confidential Information only to such of our employees,
officers, directors, agents, affiliates, subcontractors who (a) have a need to know such
information for preparing the response to the Request for Proposal etc. issued / to be
issued by GSTN; and (b) who have agreed in writing to abide by the terms and
conditions of this Confidentiality Undertaking;
4. That we will use our best efforts to protect the Confidential Information against
unauthorized disclosure and unauthorized use;
5. That we will immediately notify GSTN in the event of any loss or unauthorized
disclosure or use of any Confidential Information;
6. That nothing contained herein shall be construed as granting any property
rights, by license or otherwise, to Confidential Information;
7. That nothing contained herein shall constitute, create, give effect to or otherwise
imply any obligation on GSTN to disclose, supply or otherwise communicate any
information, general or specific, to us;
8. That our strict compliance with this undertaking is a condition of our participation in
the bidding process and a breach of our obligations may be regarded as an
infringement and we may be liable to be blacklisted and refrained from bidding;
9. That the obligations of confidentiality and proper use in this Confidentiality
Undertaking shall remain in force for a period of 5 years from the date of signing this
Confidentiality Undertaking or till the law implementing Goods and Services Tax in
India comes into force in India (whichever is earlier);
10. That we would indemnify GSTN against any and all claims, damages, losses, court
and attorney fees, etc. arising due to breach of this undertaking by us.
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Authorized Signatory’s Signature: ______________________________
Name (in block letters):_____________________
Address: _______________________
Telephone #: _____________________
Date: _______________________
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