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ITI Limited (A Govt. of India Undertaking)

Doorbhash Nagar, Raebareli – 229010, India

www.itiltd-india.com, Fax : 0535-2702454,2702589

Addendum(II)

Clarification File As Attachement

Addendum(II)Ref: EQW18H1280RL DATED: 28/08/2020

Clarifications are to be added as an attachment in our EOI No.EQW18H1280RL,

Dt. 19/08/2020, Due on dt. 04/09/2020 for selection of MoU partner

for Manufacturing, Testing & Supply of 48F & 96F Metal Free Ribbon Optical Fibre

Cable .

All other Terms and Conditions remain unaltered.

R.R. PANDEY

CM(Purchase)MPD

ITI Ltd. Doorbhashnagar

RAEBARELI(U.P) 229010

Phone: 0535-2287565

Fax: 0535-2702589,

E-mail: [email protected]

http://www.itiltd-india.com/

Sr.no. Cls no. Page no. Eligibility criteria Comments/Clarification Required Reply/Action to be taken

1 1 3 of 51 Clarification End Date

We request you to give two days

additional time to bidder to ask

queries after issuance of any

clarification. Please confirm.

Please Adhere EOI Timeline

2 1.1 7 of 51

Products :

- Smart energy meters, GPON OLT and

ONT, PCM multiplexers

- Electronic push button telephones,

Ruggedized telephones for defence

forces

- Smart cards and banking cards, Hand

held terminals for smart card

authentication

- Set top boxes, Wi-Fi equipment,

Multiple types of encryption devices for

defence

- Solar power module, Switched mode

power supply system

- Internet of things (IOT) products, Radio

modems, AN Rack hardware

- Mini personal computers, Bank

automation products,

- Optical Fibre Cable

- Permanently Lubricated HDPE

Telecom Duct

Scope will be for Supply of Optical

Fibre Cable

For Scope of Work refer

clause no. 2 of EOI

3 2 8 of 51 Scope of Work

We request you to kinldy clarify the

Project/Package name for which this

tender has been issued.

Will be inform during MOU

Agreement

Clarifications against ITIL EOI Ref: EQW18H1280RL dated 19.08.2020

4 2.5 8 of 51Bidder shall provide the Test certificate

for each consignment.

Test certificate for only supplied

cable shall be provided, please

confirm.

Yes

5 2.4 8 of 51

Arrangement of all types of raw materials

and components to produce targeted

products shall be in the scope of Bidder.

Raw material shall be from CACT

approved sources confirming to TEC GR

vide Ref: TEC/GR/TX/ORM-001/05/dec-

17 with subsequent amendments and

required product technical specification

under this EOI. The raw material shall be

sourced as G652D SM Optical Fiber

(Sterlite), PBTP (DSM India), Tube

Filling compound (Indore Gel), Water

Swellable Yarn (Madura Coats), Water

Swellable Yarn ( Indore Composite),

FRP (Indore Composite), Non Water

IGFR Yarn (Sri Venketeshwara

Polythene), Rip cord (Sunpure

Technologies), HDPE Black (BLS

Polymer).

We propose that the clasue should

be amended as "Raw material

shall be from CACT approved

sources conforming to TEC GR

:TEC/GR/ORM-001/05/Dec -17

with subsequent amendment ".

The source of Raw material

should be deleted.

Please Adhere EOI Terms



Yes Test certificate will be provided

as per agreed parameters. Please

provide details .

Bulk production testing as

per QM-331.

7 2.6 9 of 51Successful bidder shall sign a

MOU/Agreement with ITIL.

Please confirm the date in which

MOU/Agreement with ITIL to be

signed

Clause no. 2.6 is amended as

Successful bidder shall sign a

MOU/Agreement with ITIL

within two weeks from the

date of reciept of LOI.

8 2.7 9 of 51

Bidder Responsibility at their

facilities/premises:

2.7.1 Procurement of Raw material as

per the product specification from (i)

CACT approved vendors & (ii) from the

vendors as mentioned in clause no. 2.4.

2.7.2 Arrangement of Operating

Expenditure.

2.7.3 Bidder shall prepare & provide

BOM(Bill of Material) for all the

packages separately.

2.7.4 Testing of raw materials.

2.7.5 All the testing as per technical

requirement.

2.7.6 Any testing outside their

premises/facilities from NABL

accredited labs (if required).

2.7.7 Manufacturing of required OFC

product.

2.7.8 Finished goods testing as per

Customer requirement/Specification.

2.7.9 Packing as per Technical

Specification at “Annexure-4”.

2.7.10 Any other activities not defined in

this EOI which may be necessary to

perform/execute the task shall be the

responsibility of bidder. The bidder shall

For Clause no. 2.7.1: We propose the

clause should be amended as " Raw

material should be CACT approved"

and the vendors as mentioned in

clause no. 2.4 should be deteted.

For Clause no. 2.7.8: We propose,

finish good Testing as per Stage-3 of

BSNL QM-331

For Clause no. 2.7.12: We agree

For Clause no. 2.7.16: Please clarify

in details


For clause no. 2.7.1, Please

adhere EOI terms. For Caluse

no 2.7.8 finish good Testing

as per QM-331, For clause

no. 2.7.16 adhere EOI.

However Cost for updation of

ITIL certificate shall be

borne by ITIL.

9 10.2 10 of 51 Profile of the bidder.Please provide the format for

submission of profile of bidder.








borne by ITIL.

10 13 11 of 51Bid Security/Earnest Money Deposit

(EMD)

We intend to submit the EMD in the

form of Bank Guarantee, therefore

we request you to provide us the

value of Non-Judicial Stamp Paper

on which it is to be submitted.

Only 100/- (Hundred Rupee

only)

11 13.1 11 of 51

The EMD of Rs 5,00,000.00 (Rs. Five

Lac only) is to be furnished to

TENDERER office in the form of

NEFT/RTGS/DD /BG valid for 90 days

in favour of “ITI Ltd.” payable at

Raebareli at the time of submission of

bidding.

EMD validity is mentioned as 90

days while bid validity is mentioned

as 180 days from opening of

commercial Bid. We request you to

kinldy check and re-confirm the

EMD Validity.

Period of EMD validity is 90

days. However It may be

extended if needed.

12 14.2 12 of 51

The bidder should have an average

annual turnover of at least Rs. 400 crores

in the last three (3) financial years, FY

2017-18, FY 2018-19 and FY 2019-20.

The audited balance sheets / Annual

Reports for the above years should be

submitted along with the bid. For the FY

2019-20, the provisional auditors report

will be acceptable. A certificate from the

auditors of the company is also required

to be submitted in this regard.

We inform you that total estimated

tender value might be less than

Rs.200 Crores. So, asking for

average annual turnover of Rs.400

Crores is totally unjustifiable.

Therefore, we request you to bring it

down to Rs.200 Crores to make the

bid more competitive.

Please adhere EOI

13 14.8 12 of 51

The bidder must have manufacturing

facility/infrastructure for minimum

30,000 Kms per annum for Package B

and 12000 Kms per annum for package –

IAA certificate of BSNL QA will be

provided . For any specific tender

the details will be required .

Please adhere EOI

14 14.9 12 of 51

The bidder should have supplied a

cumulative of at least 50000 Km of

minimum 24F and above OFC to

Telecom Companies (Private Telecom

Operators, PSUs and Government

Telecom operators) including cumulative

of at least 7,000 Kms of minimum of 48F

and above Ribbon in India during last

three FY. (I.e. w.e.f FY 2017 -2018, FY

2018-2019, FY2019-2020).

Supply criteria asked by you is more

than 350% of tendered quantity

which is not justifiable as no where

supply criteria is more than tendered

quantity is being asked by tendering

authority. For example, Presently

BSNL has floated two tenders in

which minimum supply criteria is

16% (approx), details are as follows

a) Tender No.MM/CNP/ OFC-24F-

48F/T-688/2020 dated 06.08.2020,

total tendered quantity is 12000 Kms

in which they asked for minimum

supply criteria of 2000 Kms b) In

tender no.MM/BN-II/OFC/T-

680(R)/2020, where total tendered

quantity is 18406 Kms in which they

asked for minimum supply criteria of

3000 Kms. Therefore, we request

you to amend the clause as follows

"The bidder shall have experience

of supplying minimum 3000Km of

Optical Fibre Cable

24F/48F/96F/288F(G.652D) in any

combination to to Telecom

Companies (Private Telecom


50000 Kms may be read as

25000 Kms

15 14.9 12 of 51










2018-2019, FY2019-2020).

We request you to kinldy accept self-

attested supply statement instead of

copy of purchase order as it will

make bid/offer very bulky. Copy of

purchase order may be verified at

later stage, if required. Please

Confirm.


25000 Kms and Certificate

on company letterhead signed

by company Secretary/Tender

signing authpority as per

Power of attorney mentioning

the complete details of

supplies made in last three

financial years will be

acceptable

16 14.10 13 of 51

The bidder shall furnish IA

(Infrastructure Assessment) & TSEC

certificate issued by BSNL-QA

The Tender detail for Infrastructure

Assesment should be provied which

takes min 15-20 days for upgradation

if the requirement is TENDER

based. Also the exixsting TSEC

certificates available against

BSNL/BBNL tenders will be

provided . If new TSEC is required

against any specific Tender then 90

days will be required for Fresh

TSEC. Please provide the tender

detail against which Infra & TSEC is

required

Existing IA & TSEC of


acceptable.

17 16 14 of 51 Period of Bid Validity

We understand Bid Validity is 180

days from the date of Closing Date of

submission of tender, please confirm.

Clause no. 16 of EOI

ammended as Period of Bid

Validity is 180 days from the

date of bid due date

18 4.28 37 of 51

The Anti-rodent (Optional) test shall be

checking the uniformity of application of

glass rowing yarns around the periphery

of inner sheath. The test shall be carried

out by MahaIT QA during type testing or

can be carried out at any recognized lab

on finished cable and in addition,

manufacturer shall also give an

undertaking in this respect.

The reports shall be submitted by the

manufacturers. Termite resistance shall

be provided with an additive/without

additive in outer sheath and rodent

protection shall be provided with Glass

roving yarns around the periphery of

inner sheath and these yarns should be

spread uniformly around the periphery of

inner sheath.

The following minimum parametric tests

on Anti termite / Anti rodent dopants

shall be carried out during the TSEC

testing

- Non-toxicity

- Thermal Stability

- Long life Span / half-life

- Compatibility

- Efficacy

Rodent test will be conducted by

BSNL QA or any other Testing

Agency . Pleae clarify.

Please refer clause no.2.7.6

of EOI

19 5.1.337-38 of

51

The type of legend marking on O.F. cable

shall be as follows: a) Company Legend

b) Legend containing telephone mark &

international acceptable Laser symbol c)

Type of Fibre– G.652.D d) Number of

Fibres e) Type of cable f) Year of

manufacture g) Sequential length

marking h) User’s Identification i) Cable

ID

Please confirm marking on cable -

Company Legend and User

identification.


agreement

20 5.3.1 38 of 51

Length of optical fibre cable in each

drum shall be 2 Km ± 10% / 4Km ± 10%

/ 8Km ± 10% / 10Km ± 10% and shall be

supplied as per the order. The variation

in length of optical fibre cable, as

specified above (in each drum), shall be

acceptable.

We request you to kinldy confirm the

following:- Total order quantity

tolerance consignee wise c) Short

Length range and its

percentage/quantity of total order

qunatity as well consignee wise that

may be supplied.

Clause 5.3.1 of Annexure-4

is ammended as Length of

Optical Fiber Cable in each

Drum shall be 2.0 Km ± 5%

and varition of length as

specified in each drum shall

be acceptable.

21 6.2.6 40 of 51

The HDPE black in colour used for

sheath shall be UV stabilised.

Note: A test certificate from a recognised

laboratory or institute may be acceptable

for the UV stability of the HDPE sheath

material

CACT Certificate of HDPE Black

Colour will be provided as the

materail is UV stablised.

Please adhere EOI Terms

22 6.2.7 40 of 51

The material used in optical fibre cable

must not evolve hydrogen that will affect

the characteristics of optical fibres.


laboratory or institute may be acceptable.

Declaration/Certificate from Raw

Material Supplier

Certificate from Raw

material Supplier

23

Sub

Section

A-1.3, Sl.

No.3

40 of 51

Tube OD

for 48F Ribbon Cable: 3.4 + 0.2


Tube OD

for 48F Ribbon Cable: 3.4 ± 0.2


Agreed

24

Sub

Section

A-1.3, Sl.

No.13

41 of 51Qty. of Impregnated Glass roving (min.):

27 Kg

Qty. of Impregnated Glass roving

(min.): 27 Kg/KmAgreed

25

Sub

Section

A-1.3, Sl.

No.13

41 of 51

Cable diameter

for 48F Ribbon Cable: 16 + 1.0


Cable diameter



Agreed

26

Sub

Section

A-1.3, Sl.

No.13

41 of 51

Cable Weight

for 48F Ribbon Cable: 185 + 8%


Cable Weight

for 48F Ribbon Cable: 185 ± 8%


Agreed

27 7.2 40 of 51

All aspects of installation, operation,

maintenance and fibre splicing shall also

be covered in the handbook. The pictorial

diagrams of the accessories (with model

no. and manufacturer name) supplied

along with the cable as package shall be

also be submitted. A hard as well as soft

copy of the manuals shall be provided.

We understand this document is

required only at the time of training

and as training is not applicable to

this tender. Hence, this clause is not

applicale to this tender, please

confirm.


288 (a) Inspection

ITI reserves the right to restrict the

ordering to 2 or 3 vendors who are

capable of meeting the Quality, Delivery

and Cost requirements. Preference will

be given to the vendors with well

maintained and proven Quality

Assurance Systems.


criteria of allocation of quantity

among 2 to 3 vendors.

All other clause of Annexure

A except clause no 10 are

deleted. Annexure-B is

deleted..

S.No.Clause

No.Page No. Existing Condition Clarification Sought Reply/Action to be taken

1 2.4 8

Arrangement of all types of raw

materials and components to produce

targeted products shall be in the

scope of Bidder. Raw material shall

be from CACT approved sources

confirming to TEC GR vide Ref:

TEC/GR/TX/ORM-001/05/dec-17

with subsequent amendments and

required product technical

specification under this EOI. The

raw material shall be sourced as

G652D SM Optical Fibre (Sterlite),

PBTP (DSM India), Tube Filling

compound (Indore Gel), Water

Swellable Yarn (Madura Coats),

Water Swellable Yarn ( Indore

Composite), FRP (Indore

Composite), Non Water IGFR Yarn

(Sri Venketeshwara Polythene), Rip

cord (Sunpure Technologies), HDPE

Black (BLS Polymer).

We request you kindly amend

the clause as The raw

material shall be sourced as

G652D SM Optical Fibre (

CACT Approved

Source),FRP ( CACT

Approved Source), non

Water IGFR Yarn ( CACT

Approved Source)


and Condition

2 14.9 12




Telecom Companies (Private

Telecom Operators, PSUs and

Government Telecom operators)

including cumulative of at least

7,000 Kms of minimum of 48F and

above Ribbon India during last three

FY. (I.e. w.e.f FY 2017 -2018, FY

2018-2019, FY2019-2020).- Copy of

PO will be provided

As this tender is to be

submitted in physical copy

attaching each and every

purchase order for previous

supply will be bulky and

difficult to handle hence We

request you kindly amend the

clause as" Certificate on

company letterhead signed by

company Secretary

mentioning the complete

details of supplies made in

last three financial years"

50000 Kms may be read

as 25000 Kms and

Certificate on company

letterhead signed by

company

Secretary/Tender signing

authpority as per Power of

attorney mentioning the

complete details of



acceptable

3 4 9

RTGS after 120 days of dispatch of

the consignment. This Payment

terms shall be binding and not

negotiable.

We request you kindly amend

the clause as " 100%

payment with in 120 days of

dispatch of the consignment

against letter of credit in

mutually agreed format "


and Condition

4 Annex 4 3.8.3 25

Ribbon Material

The ribbon shall be manufactured

using single mode optical fibres

coloured with UV cured resin and

the ribbon shall be encapsulated with

a further layer of UV cured acrylate.

The fibres and the ribbons shall

confirm to the colour requirement as

per clause no. 4.4 of this GR.

Since clause 4.4 is impact

test. It should be read as

clause No. 5.4.

Please confirm

Agreed

5 Annex 43.9.3 b

3.9.9

27

28

Impregnated Glass Fibre

Reinforcement…………….

Clause No. 3.9.3 b & 3.9.9

are repeated. Kindly delete

one clause

Please Adhere

6 Annex 4 5.1.3 38The type of legend

marking…………….

Please confirm "Type of

Cable" & "User’s

Identification".

Shall we consider RIBBON

OFC as Type of Cable?

Will be inform during

MOU Agreement

7 Annex 4 5.3 38 The nominal drum length

Kindly consider short length

ranging from 500 meter to

1799 meter upto maximum

5% of total qty

Clause 5.3.1 of Annexure-

4 is ammended as Length

of Optical Fiber Cable in

each Drum shall be 2.0

Km ± 5% and varition of

length as specified in each

drum shall be acceptable.

8 Annex 4

Sub-

section A

– 1.3

40 Loose Tube OD

Kindly consider loose tube

OD as 3.4 +/- 0.2mm & 4.0

+/- 0.2mm for 48F & 96F

cable respectively

Agreed

9 Annex 4

Sub-

section A

– 1.3

41 Cable diameter

Kindly consider cable

diameter as 16 +/- 1.0 & 17.8

+/- 1.0mm for 48F & 96F

cable respectively

Agreed

10 Annex 4

Sub-

section A

– 1.3

41 Cable weight

Kindly consider cable weight

as 185 +/- 8% & 230 +/- 8%

for 48F & 96F cable

respectively

Agreed

11 3 Bide Due date-04.09.2020

As this tender is to be

submitted in physical copy ,

considering the current

COVID-19 pandemic

situation there is huge

disturbance in courier

services. We request you

kindly extend the last date of

submission of Bid at least by

4 week enabling us to

prepare the bid document and

participate in the tender


and Condition

S. No.PAGE

NO.

CLAUS

E No.

Content/Clause of the RFP requiring

clarificationClarification Sought

Clarification Add

1 8 2.4










sourced as G652D SM Optical Fibre









Polymer).

1. Please understand and appreciate

that in case of any delay in supply of

Raw Material, there shall not be any

LD on bidder as ITIL has

specificially mentioned the name of

CACT approved source of Raw

Material. Please accept.

2. In case of any bottleneck

regarding supply of raw material

from CACT apprpved source, ITIL

shall allow bidder to change other

CACT approved raw material to

ensure timely delivery of OFC.

Please accept and confirm.


2 8 2.5Bidder shall provide the Test certificate


We understand that factory test result

on finished product shall suffice the

requirement of this clause. Please

confirm.

Yes

3 9 2.7.5All the testing as per technical

requirement.

Please provide the list of all such

tests along with testing plan.

Testing will be done as per

QM-331.

4 9 2.7.6

Any testing outside their



Please confirm the following:

1. Name of Raw Materials on which

test shall be carried at outside lab.

2. List of such tests to be carried out

3. Frequency of such tests to be

carried out.

The above details are required to

consider the cost of such test,

otherwise, we request that ITIL shall

bear such cost of testing etc.


per QM-331.

5 9 2.7.8Finished goods testing as per Customer

requirement/Specification.

Please provide Quality Assurance

plan (QAP) and bulk testing

schedule plan, which is acceptable

and applicable on finished goods.


per QM-331.

6 9 2.7.14Any certification/Infra assessment

required shall be in scope of bidder.

We understand that if such

certification/Infra required in bidder

name then bidder shall bear such

cost. However, if such certification

required in ITI name then such cost

shall be bear by ITI. Kindly confirm.

Agreed

7 9 2.7.14Any certification/Infra assessment

required shall be in scope of bidder.

Please provide exact requirement of

this clause to consider the such costs,

while bidding. Refer above as clause no. 6

8 9 2.7.16The bidder to facilitate update of ITIL’s

certificate if required.

We understand that such cost shall

be directly bear by ITIL. Please

confirm.

Agreed

9 9 4

Payment terms: RTGS after 120 days of

dispatch of the consignment. This

Payment terms shall be

binding and not negotiable.

Payment terms as mentioned in

Clause No. 4 of Page No. 9 are in

contradiction with payment terms as

mentioned in Annuexue B (page

56). We understand that Annexure B

(Page 56) is not applicable. Kindly

confirm.

However, we suggest that ITI shall

give PDC of 120 days within 2 days

from the date of lot dispatch. Kindly

accept & confirm.

Please follow clause no. 4 of

Page no. 9

10 9 5

Performance Bank Guarantee (PBG) :

Successful bidder has to submit PBG of

5% of Contract

Value valid for the contract period on

award of contract/issuance of LOI.

We understand that PBG validity

shall be 1 year frrom the date of

techno-commercial PO. Please

confirm

Yes

11 9 7

TAXES & DUTIES

Bidder is liable for all taxes and duties

etc. As may be applicable from time to

time.

Please note that Taxes and Duties as

applicable, shall be directly borne by

respective parties. Please confirm.

Agreed

12 12 14.2

DOCUMENT REQUIRED:

Audited and certified balance Sheet,

Profit and Loss Account of last 3 Years

should be submitted.

All certificates duly signed by Chartered

Accountant must be submitted

We understand that only Turn Over

certificate duly signed by Chartered

Accountant is required and NO need

to get sign on each page of audited

balance sheets/annual report for FY

17-18, 18-19 & 19-20. Please

confirm


13 12 14.9










2018-2019, FY2019-2020).

We appreciate that ITIL has kept this

clause to ensure only serious and

experiance bidder shall

participateTihis also including

minimum 7000 Kms of 48F and

above Ribbon OFC in India.

Yes, we do have 7000+ Kms of 48F

and above Ribbon OFC supplied

track record in India for similar

project of Bharatnet Phase#2 in

India.

Further, we have produced and

supplied more than 12,000 Kms of

48F ribbon OFC & more than 5,000

kms of 96F ribbon OFC for a similar

project (BharatNet Ph-2)

successfully. We understand that said

supply experience shall be

considered as 50,000 Kms of 24F or

above OFC i.e. 96F Core of ribbon

Cable (5000*4 = 20,000 Kms) & 48F

Core of ribbon Cable (12000*2 =

24,000 kms) and balance 24F OFC.

Kindly confirm our understanding.


25000 Kms

14 18 Annexure -IFormat of Commercial Proposal

We understand that Packing

(including wooden drum) &

Insurance is included in this ex-

works rate (i.e. column (ii)) of

format for commercial Proposal.

Please confirm to make uniformity

for all bidders.

Packing in Wooden Dum (as

per specification) is to

included in ex-works rate

15 18 Annexure -IFormat of Commercial Proposal

We understand that Freight shall be

extra and shall not be included in

this ex-works rate (i.e. column (ii))

of format for commercial Proposal.

Please confirm to make uniformity

for all bidders.

Yes

16 40

Annexure

4

A - 1.3

Tube OD

1. for 48F Ribbon OFC - 3.4+0.2mm

2. for 96f Ribbon OFC - 4.0+0.2mm

We request tube outer dia with

negative tolerance stated below:

1. for 48F Ribbon OFC - 3.4±0.2mm

2. for 96f Ribbon OFC - 4.0±0.2mm

Agreed

17 41

Annexure

4

A - 1.3

Cable Diametre

1. for 48F Ribbon OFC - 16+1 mm

2. for 96F Ribbon OFC - 17.8+1 mm

We request Cable Diameter with


1. for 48F Ribbon OFC - 16±1 mm

2. for 96F Ribbon OFC - 17.8±1 mm

Agreed

18 41

Annexure

4

A - 1.3

Cable Weight

1. for 48F Ribbon OFC - 185+8%

2. for 96F Ribbon OFC - 230+8%

We request Cable Weight with


1. for 48F Ribbon OFC - 185±8%

2. for 96F Ribbon OFC - 230±8%

Agreed

19 53 Annexure ATENDER NO: EQW18D1194RL dated 11/04/2019

It seems that Annexure A has been

inadverantly added for some other

tender. Kindly confirm and arrange

to remove the same.

Please read tender No:

EQW18D1194RL dated

11.04.2019 as EOI no

EQW18H1280RL dated

19.08.2020.All other clause

of Annexure A except clause

no 10 are deleted. Annexure-

B is deleted.

20 53 4.b

Prices must be per unit as called for in

the enquiry and should be on F.O.R, ITI

Works basis only and inclusive of

insurance charges. In such an event,

while tabulating the offers, insurance is

not to be reckoned and should include

weather proof packing adequate to

withstand transhipment damages. Local

supplier’s offers should be on F.O.R

delivery at our Stores in our Plant.

Bidder need to quote Ex-works price

in Price schedule, therefore freight

shall be extra as actuals. This is very

much important to be clarified by

ITIL to make uniformity for all

bidders.




deleted.

21 53 4.e

In case of an order on you, the ordered

rate should be firm till the completion of

the order. In case where the market

prices of your inputs are fluctuating too

frequently, you shall clearly define price

variation clause. Please note that any

variation in price up to 5% due to

variation in FE / statutory levies will be

absorbed by the supplier. However, for

variation beyond 5% due to variation in

FE / statutory levies, the burden of price

increase / advantage of price decrease

will be shared equally between ITI and

the supplier.

This clause is not applicable as your

rquirement and time frame is very

stringent & fix. Please remove.




deleted.

22 53 4.g

In case of supply of imported items by

local dealers proof of import should be

provided. Prices quoted should indicate

clearly the Modvat relief (by way of

C.V.D), being passed on to ITI and

supplier should furnish regular invoice

indicating rate and amount of duty that is

passed on which should be proportionate

to the materials sold to ITI from the

relevant imported consignment, covered

under this appropriate Bill of Entry.

This clause is not applicable. Please

remove.




deleted.

23 53 8a







Assurance Systems.

We understand that only L-1 bidder

will be selected so this clause is not

applicable. Please remove this

clause.




deleted.

24 53 8.c

Inspection of the material at our works

will be final. ITI reserves the right to

inspect the material at any other standard

testing center authorised by us.

As per clause no. 2.7.8 & 2.7.12

(page no 9), Inspection shall be done

at bidder's permises. Please confirm.




deleted.

25 53 9

Those tendereres who have not supplied

the material against any of our earlier

orders, should submit FREE SAMPLES

clearly indicating enquiry reference. Free

samples along with your offer is

preferable. In case of a Purchase Order

on you bulk supply should commence

only after approval of samples.

This clause is not applicable because

production can be done based on ITI

raw material source. Samples can be

submitted as and when asked by ITI,

otherwise please provide the length

of sample to be submitted along with

bid. Please confirm.




deleted.

26 54 12.a

DELIVERY SHEDULE : Please indicate

minimum LEAD TIME REQUIRED,

manufacturing capacity and the quantity

that can be reserved for us.

This clause is in contradiction of

clause no 3 of Page no. 9. Please

clarify.




deleted.

27 55 14.c (ii)

Place where Income Tax Circle is

situated along with tender

documents.otherwise such tenders are

liable for rejection.

This clause is not clear. Please

clarify.




deleted.

28 55 14.e

Further Please certify that :

The know-how will not be passed on to

others.

No export will be done by you directly

without arriving at a commercial

understanding with ITI Ltd.

No supply will be made by you to any

outside agency without ITI’s prior

approval and commercial understanding.

Kits/components will not be diverted to

other orders.

Drawing if any should be returned, along

with your offer.

This clause is not applicable. Please

confirm.




deleted.

Clause

No.Existing Clause Clarification Sought Reply/Action to be taken

2.4










sourced as G652D SM Optical Fibre









Polymer).

We've the TSEC against BSNL

Tender No. CA/NOFN/OFC/T-

609/2017 Dated: 15.12.2017 and

BSNL Tender No.

CA/MMT/NOFN/Selection of PIA/T-

610/2017 Dated: 29.12.2017 , and

supplied cables against these tenders

as well as NIT No.

Mahait/CNI/001/01/2018 Dated

31/01/2018 (Maharashtra IT Net

Tender). We've TSEC with different

set of CACT approved RM source

available in the market.

Hence we request to consider our

TSEC to be eligible for bidding as

well as supply the OFC against this

tender. Please confirm.

Please adhere EOI

4.0Mechanical Characteristics and Tests on

Optical Fibre Cable:

Type Test mentioned in this clause

are not required to be perform again

during supply, considering the earlier

valid TSEC is applicable. Please

confirm.


per QM-331.

5.3.1 Length of OF Cable in each drum shall

be 2 Km ± 10% / 4Km ± 10% / 8Km ±

10% / 10Km ± 10% and shall be




acceptable.

As per options mentioned in the

clause can we consider drum length

multiple of 2Km+/-10% & 4Km+/-

10% for offer & supply? Please

confirm.







be acceptable.

6.2.8 Cable Material Compatibility:

Optical fibre, buffers/core tubes, and

other core components shall meet the

requirements of the compatibility with

buffer/core tube filling material(s) and/or

water-blocking materials that are in

direct contact with identified components

within the cable structure (This shall be

tested as per clause no. 6.3.3 of

Telecordia document GR-20-CORE issue

4, 2013.

Note: The tests may be conducted in

house (if facility exist) or may be

conducted at CACT or any other

recognized laboratory. The test certificate

may be accepted and the tests may not be

repeated subsequently, in next type

approvals, if the raw material used is of

same make and grade.

Valid TSEC as per eligibility clause

is applicable to skip the cable

material compatibility testing. Please

confirm.


per QM-331.

Sr.no. Cls no. Page no. Eligibility criteria Comments/Clarification Required Reply/Action to be taken

1 1 3 of 51 Clarification End Date

We request you to give two days

additional time to bidder to ask

queries for the clarifications issued,

if any. Please confirm.


2 2 3 of 51 Bid Due Date

We request you to kindly give

minimum 10 days time for

preparation and submission of bid

after issuance of clarifications.


3 1.1 7 of 51

Products :

- Smart energy meters, GPON OLT and

ONT, PCM multiplexers

- Electronic push button telephones,

Ruggedized telephones for defence

forces

- Smart cards and banking cards, Hand

held terminals for smart card

authentication

- Set top boxes, Wi-Fi equipment,

Multiple types of encryption devices for

defence

- Solar power module, Switched mode

power supply system

- Internet of things (IOT) products, Radio

modems, AN Rack hardware

- Mini personal computers, Bank

automation products,

- Optical Fibre Cable

- Permanently Lubricated HDPE

Telecom Duct

Scope will be for Supply of Optical

Fibre Cable

For Scope of Work refer

clause no. 2 of EOI

4 2 8 of 51 Scope of Work


Project/Package name for which this

tender has been issued.


Agreement



Test certificate for only supplied

cable shall be provided, please

confirm.

Yes

6 2.4 8 of 51










sourced as G652D SM Optical Fiber









Polymer).

We propose that the clasue should

be amended as "Raw material

shall be from CACT approved

sources conforming to TEC GR

:TEC/GR/ORM-001/05/Dec -17

with subsequent amendment ".

The source of Raw material

should be deleted.




Yes Test certificate will be provided

as per agreed parameters. Please

provide details .


per QM-331.

8 2.6 9 of 51Successful bidder shall sign a

MOU/Agreement with ITIL.

Please confirm the period/days in

which MOU/Agreement with ITIL to

be signed

Clause no. 2.6 is amended as

Successful bidder shall sign a

MOU/Agreement with ITIL

within two weeks from the

date of reciept of LOI.

9 2.7 9 of 51

Bidder Responsibility at their

facilities/premises:

2.7.1 Procurement of Raw material as

per the product specification from (i)

CACT approved vendors & (ii) from the

vendors as mentioned in clause no. 2.4.

2.7.2 Arrangement of Operating

Expenditure.

2.7.3 Bidder shall prepare & provide

BOM(Bill of Material) for all the

packages separately.

2.7.4 Testing of raw materials.

2.7.5 All the testing as per technical

requirement.

2.7.6 Any testing outside their



2.7.7 Manufacturing of required OFC

product.

2.7.8 Finished goods testing as per

Customer requirement/Specification.

2.7.9 Packing as per Technical

Specification at “Annexure-4”.

2.7.10 Any other activities not defined in

this EOI which may be necessary to

perform/execute the task shall be the

responsibility of bidder. The bidder shall

For Clause no. 2.7.1: We propose the

clause should be amended as " Raw

material should be CACT approved"

and the vendors as mentioned in

clause no. 2.4 should be deteted.

For Clause no. 2.7.8: We propose,

finish good Testing as per Stage-3 of

BSNL QM-331


For Clause no. 2.7.16: Please clarify

in details









borne by ITIL.

10 10.2 10 of 51 Profile of the bidder.Please provide the format for

submission of profile of bidder.Please use your own format

11 13 11 of 51Bid Security/Earnest Money Deposit

(EMD)

We intend to submit the EMD in the

form of Bank Guarantee, therefore

we request you to provide us the

value of Non-Judicial Stamp Paper

on which it is to be submitted.

Only 100/- (Hundred Rupee

only)

12 13.1 11 of 51

The EMD of Rs 5,00,000.00 (Rs. Five

Lac only) is to be furnished to

TENDERER office in the form of

NEFT/RTGS/DD /BG valid for 90 days

in favour of “ITI Ltd.” payable at

Raebareli at the time of submission of

bidding.

EMD validity is mentioned as 90

days while bid validity is mentioned

as 180 days from opening of

commercial Bid. We request you to

kinldy check and re-confirm the

EMD Validity.

Period of EMD validity is 90

days. However It may be

extended if needed.

13 14.8 12 of 51

The bidder must have manufacturing

facility/infrastructure for minimum

30,000 Kms per annum for Package B

and 12000 Kms per annum for package –

A.

IAA certificate of BSNL QA will be

provided . For any specific tender

the details will be required .

Please adhere EOI

14 14.9 12 of 51










2018-2019, FY2019-2020).

Supply criteria asked by you is more

than 350% of tendered quantity

which is not justifiable as no where

supply criteria is more than tendered

quantity is being asked by tendering

authority. For example, Presently

BSNL has floated two tenders in

which minimum supply criteria is

16% (approx), details are as follows

a) Tender No.MM/CNP/ OFC-24F-

48F/T-688/2020 dated 06.08.2020,

total tendered quantity is 12000 Kms

in which they asked for minimum

supply criteria of 2000 Kms b) In

tender no.MM/BN-II/OFC/T-

680(R)/2020, where total tendered

quantity is 18406 Kms in which they

asked for minimum supply criteria of

3000 Kms. Therefore, we request

you to amend the clause as follows

"The bidder shall have experience

of supplying minimum 3000Km of

Optical Fibre Cable

24F/48F/96F/288F(G.652D) in any

combination to to Telecom

Companies (Private Telecom



25000 Kms

15 14.9 12 of 51










2018-2019, FY2019-2020).

We request you to kinldy accept self-

attested supply statement instead of

copy of purchase order as it will

make bid/offer very bulky. Copy of

purchase order may be verified at

later stage, if required. Please

Confirm.


25000 Kms and Certificate

on company letterhead signed

by company Secretary/Tender

signing authpority as per

Power of attorney mentioning

the complete details of



acceptable

16 14.10 13 of 51

The bidder shall furnish IA

(Infrastructure Assessment) & TSEC

certificate issued by BSNL-QA

The Tender detail for Infrastructure

Assesment should be provied which

takes min 15-20 days for upgradation

if the requirement is TENDER

based. Also the exixsting TSEC

certificates available against


provided . If new TSEC is required

against any specific Tender then 90

days will be required for Fresh

TSEC. Please provide the tender

detail against which Infra & TSEC is

required

Existing IA & TSEC of


acceptable.

17 16 14 of 51 Period of Bid Validity

We understand Bid Validity is 180

days from the date of Closing Date of

submission of tender, please confirm.

Clause no. 16 of EOI

ammended as Period of Bid

Validity is 180 days from the

date of bid due date

18 4.28 37 of 51

The Anti-rodent (Optional) test shall be

checking the uniformity of application of

glass rowing yarns around the periphery

of inner sheath. The test shall be carried

out by MahaIT QA during type testing or

can be carried out at any recognized lab

on finished cable and in addition,

manufacturer shall also give an

undertaking in this respect.

The reports shall be submitted by the

manufacturers. Termite resistance shall

be provided with an additive/without

additive in outer sheath and rodent

protection shall be provided with Glass

roving yarns around the periphery of

inner sheath and these yarns should be

spread uniformly around the periphery of

inner sheath.

The following minimum parametric tests

on Anti termite / Anti rodent dopants

shall be carried out during the TSEC

testing

- Non-toxicity

- Thermal Stability

- Long life Span / half-life

- Compatibility

- Efficacy

Rodent test will be conducted by

BSNL QA or any other Testing

Agency . Pleae clarify.

Please refer clause no.2.7.6

of EOI

19 5.1.337-38 of

51

The type of legend marking on O.F. cable

shall be as follows: a) Company Legend

b) Legend containing telephone mark &

international acceptable Laser symbol c)

Type of Fibre– G.652.D d) Number of

Fibres e) Type of cable f) Year of

manufacture g) Sequential length

marking h) User’s Identification i) Cable

ID

Please confirm marking on cable -

Company Legend and User

identification.


agreement

20 5.3.1 38 of 51

Length of optical fibre cable in each

drum shall be 2 Km ± 10% / 4Km ± 10%

/ 8Km ± 10% / 10Km ± 10% and shall be




acceptable.

We request you to kinldy confirm the

following:- Total order quantity

tolerance consignee wise c) Short

Length range and its

percentage/quantity of total order

qunatity as well consignee wise that

may be supplied.







be acceptable.

21 6.2.6 40 of 51

The HDPE black in colour used for

sheath shall be UV stabilised.


laboratory or institute may be acceptable

for the UV stability of the HDPE sheath

material

CACT Certificate of HDPE Black

Colour will be provided as the

materail is UV stablised.


22 6.2.7 40 of 51

The material used in optical fibre cable

must not evolve hydrogen that will affect

the characteristics of optical fibres.


laboratory or institute may be acceptable.

Declaration/Certificate from Raw

Material Supplier

Certificate from Raw

material Supplier

23

Sub

Section

A-1.3, Sl.

No.3

40 of 51

Tube OD



Tube OD



Agreed

24

Sub

Section

A-1.3, Sl.

No.13

41 of 51Qty. of Impregnated Glass roving (min.):

27 Kg

Qty. of Impregnated Glass roving

(min.): 27 Kg/KmAgreed

25

Sub

Section

A-1.3, Sl.

No.13

41 of 51

Cable diameter

for 48F Ribbon Cable: 16 + 1.0


Cable diameter



Agreed

26

Sub

Section

A-1.3, Sl.

No.13

41 of 51

Cable Weight



Cable Weight



Agreed

27 7.2 40 of 51

All aspects of installation, operation,

maintenance and fibre splicing shall also

be covered in the handbook. The pictorial

diagrams of the accessories (with model

no. and manufacturer name) supplied

along with the cable as package shall be

also be submitted. A hard as well as soft

copy of the manuals shall be provided.

We understand this document is

required only at the time of training

and as training is not applicable to

this tender. Hence, this clause is not

applicale to this tender, please

confirm.


28

8 (a)

Inspectio

n







Assurance Systems.


criteria of allocation of quantity

among 2 to 3 vendors.




deleted..

29

9

(Samples

)

Those tendereres who have not supplied

the material against any of our earlier

orders, should submit FREE SAMPLES

clearly indicating enquiry reference. Free

samples along with your offer is

preferable. In case of a Purchase Order

on you bulk supply should commence

only after approval of samples.

We inform you that we have supplied

tendered item in large quantity to

BSNL, therefore we request you to

kindly waive the condition of

Sample Submission. In case you

need sample then please let us know

the length of sample and quantity of

sample required. Further, we request

you to allow to submit the samples

before opening of commercial bid

instead of alongwith the offer.




deleted..

Sl. No. Page no Clause No. Existing Clause Reply/Action to be taken

1 11 of 50 13.4

The successful Bidder’s EMD will be

retained as interest free security deposit

& shall be returned after successful

completion of the Contract/Agreement

The successful bidder's EMD

will be retained as interest

free security deposit & shall

be returned after successful

signing of the Contract and

submission of PBG.

2 15 of 50 24

ITIL will issue LOI to the successful

bidder, The bidder shall sign Contract

agreement within Thirty (30) working

days of receipt of intimation, The

successful bidder requires to sign the

Contract agreement with the

TENDERER on mutual agreed terms.

ITIL will issue LOI to the

successful bidder, The bidder

shall sign Contract agreement

within Fifteen (15) working

days of receipt of intimation,

The successful bidder requires

to sign the Contract agreement

with the TENDERER on mutual

agreed terms.

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