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KOCHI METRO RAIL LIMITED

(A Joint Venture Company of Govt. of India & Govt. of Kerala)

REQUEST FOR PROPOSAL (RFP)


FOR

Supply and Implementation of


ERPTHROUGH
Solution

RFP NO: KMRL/IT/AE(IT)2013/971


Dtae:23-06-2014

RFP for supply and Implementation of ERP at KMRL

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Tender notice
Tender Inviting Authority
Place of availability of Tender
Documents (RFPs)

Director Systems, Kochi Metro Rail Limited (KMRL)

RFP and Notice No.

KMRL/IT/AE(IT)2013/971, Dtaed18-06-2014

The contact Person

Name of the Project Work


List of Tender documents
(RFPs)
Address to send Prebid
queries

Website only http://www.kochimetro.org


Assistant General Manager(F&A)
Kochi Metro Rail Limited,
8th Floor, Revenue Tower, Park Avenue
Kochi. 682011. Kerala, India.
Phone: +91-484-2380980, +91-484-2350 355,
+91-484-2350 455, +91-484-2350955
Fax: +91-484-2380686
Email: [email protected]
Supply and Implementation of an ERP Solution at KMRL
and providing operational support for a period of three
years.
One document - RFP for Implementation of ERP
AGM(F&A), [email protected]

KMRL, Revenue Tower, 8th Floor, Park Avenue, Ernakulam


-682011
Director (System), KMRL, Revenue Tower, 8th Floor, Park
Place for submission of bids
Avenue, Ernakulam -682011
Rs.25000/-, non-refundable, to be paid with the bids,
Tender Processing fees
through demand drafts/bankers cheque favouring Kochi
Metro Rail Limited and payable at Kochi.
Rs.200000/- Refundable, to be submitted along with the
EMD
bids either as DD/Bankers Cheque or BG
Nature of bid process
Two cover system Technical and commercial proposals
Quality cum Cost Based System (QCBS) of evaluation
Proposal Evaluation Process
30:70 (30 points for technical proposals and 70 points for
commercial proposals)
Schedule of the bidding process
Place for Prebid meeting

KMRL would endeavour to adhere to the following schedule:

Event
Release of RFP
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Date deadline
23-06-2014
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Last date to receive Prebid queries

07-07-2014

Date of Prebid meeting

10-07-2014

Response to prebid queries


Last date and time for submission
of bids
Technical Bid opening

17-07-2014

Financial Bid opening


Submission of Performance Security
Signing of Agreement

02-08-2014, 1500 pm
02-08-2014, 1530 pm
Will be informed through
email.
LoI +07 days
LoI+10 days

The tender data sheet

Overview of the project

Key aspects of the


project

Validity of the Proposal


Mode of Submission
Formats for Technical
Proposal
Formats for commercial
proposal
Evaluation of Technical
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Propose an ERP solution to meet the


requirements of KMRL
Implementation of the proposed ERP
solution
Support the ERP solution at KMRL for three
years, one year mandatory and two years
of optional support.
Project management and implementation
of ERP
Training of users and data migration
Commissioning of hardware/software for
ERP
Post implementation support onsite and
offsite support, one year mandatory,
optional two years-extendable at every six
months
Setting of Center of excellence
Providing technical staff for skill
augmentation at site post implementation
180 days from the date of submission of bids
Technical proposal in one printed copy and
two non rewriteable CDs
Commercial proposals in print form
Two Sealed covers
As per Annexure
As per annexure
Evaluation of Prequalification proposal of the
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proposals
Qualification of proposed
ERP Solution
Qualification of Technical
proposal for
implementation
Location for the project

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SI
Evaluation of the proposal for ERP Solution
Evaluation of technical proposal for
implementation services
75 points out of possible 100
70 points out of possible 100
KMRL, Ernakulam, Kerala

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ABBREVIATIONS /

DEFINITIONS

KMRL means Kochi Metro Rail limited, the tendering authority


PURCHASER shall mean the KMRL.
SUPPLIER/BIDDER/SI shall mean the person; firm an incorporated entity under
provisions of companies act or corporation to whom the Purchase Order is
issued.
SYSTEM Integrator (SI) shall mean individual, firm, or corporation or company
which implements ERP for the corporation in KMRL and to whom the purchase
order is issued. Service provider (SP) also is used to mean the same thing.
ORDER shall mean the Purchase Order and its attachments and exhibits.
Proposal or Response or bid, means the Technical Proposal and the Financial
Proposal.
RFP means the Request For Proposal prepared by the Purchaser for the selection
of Bidders.
Assignment / job/project means the work to be performed by the Bidder
pursuant to the Contract.
Sub-Consultant means any person or entity to whom the Bidder subcontracts
any part of the Assignment/job.
BG means the bank Guarantee, submitted by supplier/bidder/consultant required
by KMRL
DD means Demand Draft from banks as per conditions indicated in the RFP
EMD means the Earnest Money Deposit or Bid security provided by the bidder
along with the proposal as per conditions in the RFP
IT/ICT means Information and Communication Technologies, including software
solutions
PBG means Performance Bank Guarantee, to be provided for contracting as per
conditions in the RFP
ERP, ERP solution means Enterprise Resource Planning solution or commercially
off the shelf software applications, meant for integrating the different processes
of an organization on a single software platform
OEM means the original equipment manufacturer, legal owner of the ERP
solution
Project or project services, means the supply and implementation of ERP
solution at KMRL as elaborated in the RFP document
CoE or Centre of Excellence means the mechanism and structure to manage,
develop, modify, customise or implement the ERP system, post the mandatory
support period.
LOA (letter of Acceptance) or LOI (letter of Intent) means the formal
communication sent by KMRL to successful bidder, post the completion of
evaluation and negotiation, to proceed to the next step of signing a
contract/agreement.
Contractor means the party which has signed the agreement/contract with KMRL
to execute the project.
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LLP means the limited liability Partnership firm as defined in the Companies act
Company or firm or LLP means the entity as defined in the Companies act
Statutory Auditor is An Auditor appointed under the Applicable Laws
Scheduled Bank is as specified in RBI Act, 1934

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DISCLAIMER
The information contained in this Request for Proposal document (RFP)
or subsequently provided to Bidders, whether verbally or in documentary
or any other form by or on behalf of KMRL or any of its employees or
advisers, is provided to Bidders on the terms and conditions set out in
this RFP and such other terms and conditions subject to which such
information is provided.
This RFP is not an agreement or an offer by KMRL to the prospective
Bidders or any other person. The purpose of this RFP is to provide
interested parties with information that may be useful to them in the
formulation of their Proposals pursuant to this RFP. This RFP includes
statements, which reflect various assumptions and assessments arrived
at by KMRL in relation to the ERP Implementation project. Such
assumptions, assessments and statements do not purport to contain all
the information that each bidder may require. This RFP may not be
appropriate for all persons, and it is not possible for KMRL, its employees
or advisers to consider the objectives, technical expertise and particular
needs of each party who reads or uses this RFP. The assumptions,
assessments, statements and information contained in this RFP, may not
be complete, accurate, adequate or correct. Each bidder should,
therefore, conduct its own investigations and analysis and should check
the accuracy, adequacy, correctness, reliability and completeness of the
assumptions, assessments and information contained in this RFP and
obtain independent advice from appropriate sources.
Information provided in this RFP to the Bidders may be on a wide range
of matters, some of which may depend upon interpretation of law. The
information given is not intended to be an exhaustive account of
statutory requirements and should not be regarded as a complete or
authoritative statement of law. KMRL accepts no responsibility for the
accuracy or otherwise for any interpretation or opinion on the law
expressed herein.
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KMRL, its employees and advisers make no representation or warranty


and shall have no liability to any person including any bidder under any
law, statute, rules or regulations or tort, principles of restitution or unjust
enrichment or otherwise for any loss, damages, cost or expense which
may arise from or be incurred or suffered on account of anything
contained in this RFP or otherwise, including the accuracy, adequacy,
correctness, reliability or completeness of the RFP and any assessment,
assumption, statement or information contained therein or deemed to
form part of this RFP or arising in any way in this Selection Process.
KMRL also accepts no liability of any nature whether resulting from
negligence or otherwise however caused arising from reliance of any
bidder upon the statements contained in this RFP.
KMRL may in its absolute discretion, but without being under any
obligation to do so, update, amend or supplement the information,
assessment or assumption contained in this RFP.
The issue of this RFP does not imply that KMRL is bound to select a
bidder or to appoint the selected bidder, as the case may be, for the ERP
Implementation Project and KMRL reserves the right to reject all or any of
the Proposals without assigning any reasons whatsoever.
The bidder shall bear all its costs associated with or relating to the
preparation and submission of its Proposal including but not limited to
preparation, copying, postage, delivery fees, expenses associated with
any demonstrations or presentations which may be required by KMRL or
any other costs incurred in connection with or relating to its Proposal. All
such costs and expenses will remain with the bidder and KMRL shall not
be liable in any manner whatsoever for the same or for any other costs or
other expenses incurred by a bidder in preparation or submission of the
Proposal, regardless of the conduct or outcome of the Selection Process.

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TABLE OF CONTENTS
ABBREVIATIONS / DEFINITIONS...............................................................................................
DISCLAIMER............................................................................................................................
1.

INTRODUCTION..............................................................................................................

1.1. INTRODUCTION TO KMRL...............................................................................................


1.2. THE PROJECT OF DEPLOYMENT OF ERP...........................................................................
1.3. THE STRATEGY OF THE PROJECT.....................................................................................
1.4. THE PROJECT OVERVIEW................................................................................................
1.5. PHASED IMPLEMENTATION..............................................................................................
1.6. THE PROCESS OF PROCUREMENT...................................................................................
1.7. THE REQUEST FOR PROPOSAL (RFP)..............................................................................
1.8. THE BIDDING PROCESS..................................................................................................
2.

THE SCOPE OF SUPPLY WORK AND SERVICES.................................................................

2.1. THE SCOPE OF THE ERP SOLUTION.................................................................................


2.2. THE SCOPE OF WORK FOR THE PROJECT........................................................................
2.3. THE SCOPE OF WORK FOR IMPLEMENTATION.................................................................
2.4. THE FUNCTIONAL UNITS KMRL.......................................................................................
2.5. THE USERS BASE............................................................................................................
2.6. THE SOLUTION CAPABILITIES AND BEST PRACTICES.......................................................
2.7. THE OVERVIEW OF THE IMPLEMENTATION SERVICES......................................................
2.8. THE SUPPORT SERVICES.................................................................................................
2.9. CENTRE OF EXCELLENCE................................................................................................
2.10........................................................................................................ SKILL AUGMENTATION
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3.

THE FUNCTIONS OF KMRL..............................................................................................

3.1. FINANCE AND ACCOUNTING...........................................................................................


3.2. AUDIT FUNCTION............................................................................................................
3.3. PROCUREMENT, CONTRACTS AND MATERIALS MANAGEMENT........................................
3.4. PROJECT MANAGEMENT..................................................................................................
3.5. HUMAN RESOURCE MANAGEMENT, PAYROLL AND EMPLOYEE SERVICES........................
3.6. BUSINESS ANALYTICS.....................................................................................................
3.7. ENTERPRISE INTEGRATION LAYER...................................................................................
3.8. E-PROCUREMENT............................................................................................................

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4.

THE SPECIFICATIONS FOR ERP IMPLEMENTATION...........................................................

5.1. THE ERP SOLUTION IMPLEMENTATION ACTIVITIES..........................................................


5.2. TECHNICAL ARCHITECTURE SUPPORT.............................................................................
5.3. FEEDBACK AND AUDIT....................................................................................................
5.4. SYSTEM STABILISATION SUPPORT...................................................................................
5.5. USAGE READY DEFINITION..........................................................................................
5.6. POST IMPLEMENTATION SUPPORT...................................................................................
5.7. TECHNICAL SUPPORT......................................................................................................
5.8. CENTRE OF EXCELLENCE (COE)......................................................................................
5.9. THE IMPLEMENTATION APPROACH..................................................................................
5.10..............................................................................THE IMPLEMENTATION METHODOLOGY
45
5.11..................................................................................................... PROJECT DELIVERABLES
46
5.12.................................................................................................................... PROJECT PLAN
48
5.13........................................................................................... DEPLOYMENT OF NATIVE TOOL
51
5.14..............................................MANAGEMENT OF THE PROJECT TEAM CHANGES/ATTRITION
51
4.

GUIDELINES FOR PROPOSAL PREPARATION AND SUBMISSION........................................

4.1. THE ELIGIBILITY CRITERIA FOR THE SI............................................................................


4.2. GENERAL GUIDELINES FOR THE TECHNICAL PROPOSAL.................................................
4.3. CHECK LISTS FOR THE PROPOSALS................................................................................
4.4. PATENT / INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY RIGHTS / COPY RIGHTS...........................................
4.5. CONDITIONS FOR TECHNICAL PROPOSAL.......................................................................
4.6. OUTLINE FOR THE TECHNICAL PROPOSAL FOR THE PROJECT.........................................
4.7. TECHNICAL PROPOSAL FOR ERP SOLUTION....................................................................
4.8. OUTLINE OF TECHNICAL PROPOSAL FOR IMPLEMENTATION SERVICES...........................
4.9. TECHNICAL PROPOSAL FOR SUPPORT SERVICES............................................................
4.10..........................................................................SUGGESTIONS ON THE DRAFT CONTRACT
65
4.11........................................................................GUIDELINES FOR COMMERCIAL PROPOSAL
66
4.12....................................................................COMMERCIAL PROPOSAL FOR ERP SOLUTION
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4.13................................................COMMERCIAL PROPOSAL FOR IMPLEMENTATION SERVICES
67
4.14........................................................GENERAL CONDITIONS FOR COMMERCIAL PROPOSAL
69
4.15.............................................................PAYMENT TERMS FOR IMPLEMENTATION SERVICES
70
4.16............................................................................................. PERIOD OF VALIDITY OF BIDS
71
5.

BIDDING TERMS AND CONDITIONS.................................................................................

5.1. BIDDER QUERIES / CLARIFICATIONS ON RFP...................................................................


5.2. PRE-BID CONFERENCE....................................................................................................
5.3. BID PREPARATION AND SUBMISSION..............................................................................
5.4. THE RIGHTS OF KMRL.....................................................................................................
5.5. MISCELLANEOUS............................................................................................................
5.6. CONDITIONS ON THE CONTENT OF THE PROPOSAL.......................................................
5.7. THE PROCEDURAL CONDITIONS.....................................................................................
5.8. CONFLICT OF INTEREST..................................................................................................
5.9. DISQUALIFICATION OF BIDS/PROPOSALS........................................................................
5.10.......................................................................................................... ENTIRE DOCUMENTS
85
5.11..................................AUTHENTICITY OF THE INFORMATION AND RIGHT OF VERIFICATION
86
5.12..................................................................................................... PROHIBITED PRACTICES
87
6.

EVALUATION OF PROPOSALS..........................................................................................

6.1. BID OPENING SESSIONS.................................................................................................


6.2. PROPOSAL EVALUATION PROCESS..................................................................................
6.3. CLARIFICATIONS DURING BID EVALUATION.....................................................................
6.4. SCRUTINY AND ASSESSMENT OF ELIGIBILITY.................................................................
6.5. THE PROCESS OF EVALUATION.......................................................................................
6.6. PRESENTATION OF THE PROPOSAL.................................................................................
6.7. EVALUATION OF TECHNICAL PROPOSAL..........................................................................
6.8. CLARIFICATIONS TO THE TECHNICAL PROPOSAL............................................................
6.9. SCORING OF TECHNICAL PROPOSAL FOR ERP SOLUTION...............................................
*E-PROCUREMENT WITH TENDERING FOR TWO COVER SYSTEM OF PROCUREMENT FOR
PUBLIC PROCUREMENT, AND FACILITY FOR ENCRYPTION OF BIDS AND DIGITAL
SIGNATURE INTEGRATION......................................................................................................

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6.10.......................................SCORING OF THE TECHNICAL PROPOSAL FOR IMPLEMENTATION
98
6.11...............................................................................COMMERCIAL PROPOSAL EVALUATION
99
6.12.........................................CALCULATION OF THE VALUE OF THE COMMERCIAL PROPOSAL
100
6.13................................................................................................... CORRECTION OF ERRORS
101
6.14.....................NEGOTIATION WITH THE ERP SOLUTION OEM AND SIGNING THE CONTRACT
101
6.15...................................................NOTIFICATION OF AWARD AND SIGNING THE CONTRACT
102
6.16.....................................................................................PERFORMANCE BANK GUARANTEE
103
6.17...........................................................................COMPLAINTS AND DISPUTE RESOLUTION
104
ANNEXURE I-FORMATS FOR BID RESPONSE.........................................................................
CHECK LISTS FOR BID RESPONSES......................................................................................
1.

GENERAL FORMAT AND ELIGIBILITY REQUIREMENTS....................................................

2.

CHECK LIST FOR THE PROPOSED ERP SOLUTION..........................................................

3.

CHECK LIST FOR IMPLEMENTATION SERVICES..............................................................

GENERAL FORMATS AND FORMATS FOR ELIGIBILITY CRITERIA............................................


1.

REGISTRATION TO RECEIVE THE RFP DOCUMENTS.......................................................

2.

PROPOSAL COVERING LETTER......................................................................................

3.

LITIGATION IMPACT STATEMENT....................................................................................

4.

CONFLICT OF INTEREST................................................................................................

5.

DECLARATION ON GOVERNMENT REGULATION............................................................

6.

COMPANY INFORMATION..............................................................................................

7.

THE COMMERCIAL CRITERIA.........................................................................................

8.

IMPLEMENTATION EXPERIENCE.....................................................................................

9.

IMPLEMENTATION EXPERIENCE.....................................................................................

10. COMPETENCY...............................................................................................................
11. OEM AUTHORIZATION...................................................................................................
12. QUALITY CERTIFICATE...................................................................................................
13. FORMAT FOR BID SECURITY (EMD)...............................................................................
14. REQUEST FOR CLARIFICATIONS (RFC)..........................................................................
15. AUTHORIZATION TO BE PRESENT DURING BID OPENING SESSIONS.............................

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TECHNICAL PROPOSAL FORMATS FOR ERP SOLUTION.........................................................
1.

PROPOSAL COVERING LETTER FOR ERP SOLUTION......................................................

2.

THE SOLUTION FITMENT STATEMENT FOR ERP SOLUTION............................................

3.

THE ERP SOLUTION BILL OF MATERIAL.........................................................................

4.

THE REFERENCES OF ERP DEPLOYMENT.......................................................................

5.

THE COMPLIANCE TO TECHNICAL REQUIREMENTS.......................................................

6.

THE COMPLIANCE TO STRATEGIC REQUIREMENTS........................................................

7.

THE PARTNER ECOSYSTEM...........................................................................................

8.

INDIA PRESENCE FOR DEVELOPMENT AND R&D...........................................................

9.

REFERENCE FOR INTEGRATED PLATFORM....................................................................

10. VALIDATION OF DEPLOYMENT REFERENCES.................................................................


11. IPR/SOLUTION OWNERSHIP DECLARATION....................................................................
TECHNICAL PROPOSAL FORMATS FOR IMPLEMENTATION....................................................
1.

TECHNICAL PROPOSAL COVERING LETTER...................................................................

2.

PROFILE OF PROJECT TEAM..........................................................................................

3.

TENTATIVE TEAM STRUCTURE......................................................................................

4.

RESOURCE LOADING....................................................................................................

5.

PROJECT PLAN..............................................................................................................

6.

DELIVERABLES..............................................................................................................

7.

REFERENCES FOR METRO RAIL OR TRANSPORT OR RAILWAYS......................................

8.

VALIDATION OF IMPLEMENTATION REFERENCES...........................................................

9.

DECLARATION ON IPR/PATENT RIGHTS - SI...................................................................

COMMERCIAL PROPOSAL FORMATS FOR ERP SOLUTION AND IMPLEMENTATION.................


1.

COVERING LETTER FOR ERP SOLUTION PROPOSAL......................................................

2.

COMMERCIAL PROPOSAL COVERING LETTER FOR ERP IMPLEMENTATION.....................

3.

THE COMMERCIAL BID FOR ERP SOLUTION...................................................................

4.

THE PAYMENT TERMS FOR ERP SOLUTION....................................................................

5.

THE COMMERCIAL BID FORMAT FOR IMPLEMENTATION SERVICE..................................

6.

THE PAYMENT TERMS FOR IMPLEMENTATION SERVICES...............................................

7.

FORMAT FOR BANK GUARANTEE (PBG) TOWARDS PERFORMANCE SECURITY...............

ANNEXURE II-FRS................................................................................................................
ANNEXURE III- DRAFT CONTRACT........................................................................................

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1. INTRODUCTION
1.1.

INTRODUCTION

TO

KMRL

Kochi Metro Rail Limited (KMRL) is a special purpose vehicle set up


by the Government of India and Government of Kerala with equal
equity shares for implementation of the Kochi Metro Rail Project.
KMRL is a company registered under the Companies Act. The Kochi
Metro covers a rout length of 25.6 KM from Aluva to Petta in the
first phase. The project is progressing well and is expected to be
completed in the scheduled time.
1.2.

THE

PROJECT OF DEPLOYMENT OF

ERP

1. KMRL has conceptualized the project to deploy a proven


integrated ERP (Enterprise Resource Planning) solution to
automate its operations and integrate its processes
2. The key outcome of this ERP implementation project are linked
to service delivery, operational excellence and transparency &
Compliance
3. Service delivery to stake holders
a. Multi-channel service delivery through portal, mobile devices
etc.
b. Consistent and efficient services across devices
c. Convenience to stake holders in availing the services
d. Convenience to employees of KMRL in administration and
service delivery
4. Operational excellence
a. Integration of processes finance, HR, project management,
procurement, materials etc.
b. Utilization of resources assets, financial resources and
intellectual resources for delivering the services
c. Quicker turnaround time for financial transactions, reporting,
analysis and feedback
d. Excellence in the Deployment of facilities & resources,
planning the projects, and exploiting the internal expertise
5. Transparency and compliance
a. Proactive and tighter adherence to regulation in the financial
transactions and operations of KMRL
b. Adherence to standard government norms in financial
transactions, reconciliation and reporting
c. Compliance to best practices in project management,
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customer management, and service delivery


1.3.

THE STRATEGY

OF THE

PROJECT

There are many dimensions to the strategy of the ERP deployment


project of KMRL, and they are formulated around the possibilities
offered by ERP solutions.
1. Standardization standardization of processes, records,
terminology, information exchange mechanisms
2. Proven solutions - With the scale and criticality of its activities in
mind, KMRL has identified that a proven ERP solution would
address the following.
a. There are many references of successful deployment of ERP
solutions, in organizations like metro rail corporations,
railway operations or transportation businesses
b. The integration of processes the ERP Solution will provide
an IT platform to integrate all the processes of KMRL
c. Best Practices the ERP solution will bench mark with global
best practices and processes in the areas of project
management, financial management, procurement,
materials management, government file management etc.
d. Multi-channel service Delivery the ERP solution facilitate
transactions to be carried out through multiple devices and
computer systems, thereby facilitating multi-channel service
delivery to the stake holders.
3. A platform to address the evolving needs The operational
characteristics of KMRL would evolve over a period of time, as
the project moves from construction stage to operations of
Metro. Keeping in line with this change the requirements of
KMRL from the IT system also would change. The ERP solution is
expected to act as a platform with which the multiple
requirements could be addressed effectively.
a. The automation and integration of the core business
operations
b. The requirements of asset management and maintenance
management
c. The integration with ticketing operations
d. A platform to manage some of the regulatory functions
under the Unified Metropolitan Transport Authority (UMTA)
for Kochi
6. The objective of KMRL in investing in ERP based applications is
to:
a. Achieve quality of service, achieve efficiency and practice
better control over the financial transactions & project
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activities
b. Establish uniform standards for excellence in operations,
project management, human resource management,
financial management and performance reporting
c. Adopt the global best practices in different spheres of,
procurement, materials management, human resource
management, quality management, customer service,
financial management, accounting and performance
management.
d. Phased implementation- keeping in mind the evolving nature
of operations of KMRL, it has been decided to implement the
ERP solution in two phases, with the first phase focusing on
the basic requirements of the Metro Rail system and the
second phase of the project focusing on the operational
aspects of the Metro rail.
7. The expected outcome of the project
a. With the deployment of the ERP solution, KMRL expects that
different functional modules would be seamlessly integrated
with each other so that data duplication doesnt happen and
KMRL is able to build strong foundation for decision support
system.
b. Adopting best practices offered by ERP solutions in the key
processes like finance and accounts, control, audit, asset
management, materials management, human resources
management, as applicable to the operations of a Metro Rail
project, will lead to efficiency, transparency and informed
decision making.
c. It is expected that the ERP Solution will facilitate embedding
best business practices and processes into all its operations,
doing away with non-value adding/redundant processes in
the various functions of the corporation to make them
efficient, transparent and compliant to regulations
1.4.

THE PROJECT OVERVIEW

1. The project is envisaged to be executed by a competent System


Integrator, on a turnkey basis, with responsibility for all the
aspects of the project listed in this RFP
1. The system integrator is required to assess the requirements of
KMRL as listed in the RFP and propose a proven ERP solution
from reputed OEMs, to meet the requirements of KMRL
2. Scope of work for the system integrator is to provide
implementation services & post implementation support
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services, for the proposed ERP solution


3. Sizing the hardware for ERP solution based on the requirements
of KMRL and installing/commissioning the ERP solution
4. KMRL will provision the necessary hardware as sized and
suggested by the SI
5. Options for Hosting the ERP solution will be separately
evaluated and decided by KMRL.
6. The SI is required to provide operational support for the ERP
solution, at KMRL for three years.
7. The SI is also required to institutionalize the mechanisms and
transfer the knowledge under the CoE (center of Excellence) so
that KMRL will be able to manage the incremental
improvements and future expansions of the ERP solution, on its
own.
1.5.

PHASED

IMPLEMENTATION

1. KMRL will procure the ERP solution which would best meet its
requirements and implement that in two phases.
2. Phase I of the implementation of the ERP will cover the following
functions
a. Finance and accounts
b. Asset management
c. Human Resources, Payroll management and
administration
d. Procurement and contracting Management including eprocurement
e. Materials management
f. Business analytics
g. Integration module to integrate other applications
3. Phase II of the implementation will cover the following functions
a. Real estate management
b. Project management
c. Metro operations management
d. Maintenance management
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e. Asset Maintenance
f. Government file management
1.6.

THE

PROCESS OF PROCUREMENT

1. KMRL plans to use the services of Information Technology


vendors to implement and support the ERP solution at KMRL.
2. With an understanding of the market dynamics and industry
structure, KMRL has decided to procure the ERP solution and the
ERP implementation services through competitive bidding
process.
3. KMRL expects the SI to propose an ERP solution based on the
requirements of KMRL articulated in this RFP and the deep
knowledge & expertise the SI has on different ERP solutions,
available in the market
4. The SI will propose an ERP solution along with technical and
commercial proposals for the ERP solution, from reputed OEMs
and submit the technical and commercial bids to implement the
proposed ERP solution at KMRL.
5. Each bidder can propose only one ERP solution and propose the
implementation services for that particular ERP solution only
6. KMRL will have the option to negotiate and procure the ERP
solution proposed by the SI, directly from the OEM of the ERP
solution.
7. The implementation services for the proposed ERP solution will
be contracted with the successful bidder as per the RFP.
8. The implementation services procured through this bidding
process will be applicable only for the first phase of the ERP
implementation
9. The procurement of SI for the second phase of the ERP
implementation will be done separately, through another
bidding process, after stabilizing the ERP solution implemented
in the first phase.
1.7.

THE REQUEST

FOR PROPOSAL

(RFP)

1. This Request for Proposal (RFP) is issued to procure the services


of an IT services company or System Integrator to propose an
ERP solution and provide the services for implementation of the
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proposed ERP solution at KMRL (also called as The Project, in the


subsequent sections).
2. This RFP contains the following
a.
b.
c.
d.
e.

The eligibility criteria for the System Integrator


The technical requirements for ERP solution
The scope of work for providing implementation services
The bidding terms
The response formats to provide information against
eligibility criteria for the system integrator
f. The technical proposal requirements and response formats
for the ERP solution and the implementation services
g. The commercial proposal requirements and formats for the
ERP solution and the implementation services
h. Proposal evaluation approach for the technical and
commercial proposals for ERP solution as well as the
implementation services
3. The Annexure of the RFP contains all the formats which are
required to be used by the bidders to prepare their
proposals/responses
4. For the purpose of enabling the bidders to use some of the
response formats, KMRL is circulating the soft copies of the RFP
documents. These softcopies contain both editable version and
non-editable versions. In case of any conflicts or disputes
between the content of the RFP documents, the non-editable
version of the RFP documents circulated by KMRL and kept as a
copy with the KMRL will be treated as the authentic version.
5. A draft contract with general terms and conditions to be signed
with the successful bidder is provided in Annexure. This may
undergo minor changes at the time of execution
1.8.

THE

BIDDING PROCESS

1. The bidding process for selection of the System Integrator (SI),


to propose and implement the proposed ERP solution at KMRL
consists of the following stages of bidding and bid evaluation
2. Prequalification of SI: The prequalification proposal of the SI will
be evaluated first for compliance to the conditions listed in the
RFP. The technical proposal of only those bidders who qualify in
this stage will be evaluated and scored as per the procedures
laid out in this RFP.
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3. Evaluation of the proposed ERP solution: The technical proposal


for the proposed ERP solution will be done as per the conditions
in the RFP. The technical proposal evaluation for implementation
services of a bidder will be carried out only if the ERP solution
proposed by the bidder qualifies the technical evaluation
conditions for the ERP solution as listed in the RFP
4. Evaluation of the implementation services for the proposed ERP:
The technical proposal for the implementation services for the
proposed ERP solution will be done as per the conditions in the
RFP. The commercial proposal evaluation for implementation
services of a bidder will be carried out only if the bidder qualifies
the technical evaluation for implementation services, as listed in
the RFP.
5. Selection of vendor based on combined technical and
commercial scores: The system Integrator (SI) will be selected
for providing the implementation services, by using both the
technical and commercial scores described in the RFP. The
technical scores for implementation services and commercial
bids for implementation services will be used for deciding the
successful bidder.
6. The commercial proposal for the ERP solution will be used for
price discovery purpose and to negotiate with the OEM of the
ERP solution, if required & direct procurement of the ERP
solution from the OEM.
7. Contract Finalization and Award for the ERP solution and the
implementation services

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Section 1
Technical Specifications for the Project
2. THE
2.1.

SCOPE OF SUPPLY WORK AND SERVICES

THE

SCOPE OF THE

ERP

SOLUTION

The scope and characteristics of the ERP solution to be proposed by the


bidders to meet the requirements of KMRL will cover the flowing aspects.
1. Process coverage or the functional units of KMRL
2. User base of the KMRL
3. Solution Capabilities and features
4. Process capabilities for public sector organizations and metro rail
corporations, as established by References
5. The solution Integration
6. Future expansion and future proofing
7. Strategic control over technology, usage, deployment and
support services
2.2.

THE

SCOPE OF WORK FOR THE PROJECT

The scope of ERP implementation services to be provided by the SI


would include the following.
1. Configure/customize the ERP as per requirements of KMRL
2. Integrating the ERP solution with digital signature
3. Integration for banking transactions
4. Integration of the ERP system with biometric attendance system
5. Providing implementation and project management services
6. Sizing the hardware for ERP solution and installing the ERP
solution
7. Data Migration of the materials data, project data, employee
data, etc.
8. Training the users and facilitating the adoption of the ERP
solution by the users/employees of KMRL
9. Providing application support for three years after completing
the implementation of the ERP Solution.
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10.

Setting up the center of excellence (CoE)

11. Providing skilled staff to augment the capacity of KMRL in


continuous improvement/adoption of the ERP solution.
2.3.

THE

SCOPE OF WORK FOR IMPLEMENTATION

The scope of work for implementation of the ERP solution are


defined by using all the Following areas in conjunction with each
other
1. The solution modules of the proposed ERP Solution
2. The best practices and statutory requirements as applicable to
public sector operations in India.
3. The best practices as applicable to operations of metro rail
corporation.
4. The solution features/capabilities of ERP solution
5. The functional units of KMRL
6. The processes of KMRL
7. The solution users
8. The current systems/Integration requirements
9. The implementation phases, activities, methodology and
standards of implementation of ERP
2.4.

THE

FUNCTIONAL UNITS

KMRL

The processes of the following functional units of KMRL will be part


of the ERP Solution and the implementation, with current level of
operations limited to the phase 1 modules of the ERP solutions.
1. HR and Administration
2. Finance and payroll
3. Procurement services
4. Project Management activities
5. Materials management function
2.5.

THE

USERS BASE

1. The proposed ERP solution and the implementation services are


expected to cover the following user base of the organization.
2. Similarly the solution should address the processes or operations
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as carried out by the users listed in the user base


Functions/divisions of
KMRL
The secretariat of the
MD
Finance, HR & Admin
Directorate of Projects
Directorate of Systems
Total

No. ERP
users
4

Limited Access
users *
3

10
10
10
34

3
14
12
32

*These are the users who would carry out activities like applying
leaves, checking/updating their own profiles, salary etc the
activities related themselves.
3. The total number of employees for the purpose of payroll will be
less than 100 Numbers initially.
4. The number of ERP users who are expected to use the business
analytics would be 10 Numbers.
2.6.

THE

SOLUTION CAPABILITIES AND BEST PRACTICES

1. KMRL intends to expand the usage of the ERP platform to cover


all the requirements of KMRL, in stages, the SI is expected to
propose the ERP solution with the capabilities listed in the
Annexure, as well as following key features, keeping in mind the
phase 1 and phase 2 ERP requirements.
a. The capability for managing the real estate functions of a
Metro Rail organization
b. The e-procurement feature and solution to manage the two
cover system with digital signature and encryption, for public
sector procurement in India.
c. The file management capability for managing the
government files, with work flows
d. The capability to maintain the assets like the rolling stock, of
the metro rail corporation and address the requirements of
the operations of the maintenance yard/workshop
2. The SI is expected to deploy the following during the ERP
implementation
a. The ERP solution capabilities/features listed in the annexure
b. The best practices available in ERP, especially with respect to
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some of the key requirements of the operations of a public


organization
c. The best practices as applicable to a similar metro rail
operations and project management
2.7.

THE

OVERVIEW OF THE IMPLEMENTATION SERVICES

The scope of activities and services to be provided by the SI as


part of the ERP Implementation are expected to be the following
1. Solution development and implementation services
a. Business design or blue print based on the assessment of the
operations of KMRL and the current IT applications in use
b. Configuration / customization of the ERP Solution
c. Data migration for each of the applications, functions into the
ERP solution.
d. Data Migration of project data, contract data, finance data
and employees data, etc. into the ERP solution
e. Formulation of cut over strategy and making the ERP
solution usage ready
f. Integration with other applications if required
2. Project Management services
a. KMRL intends to complete the project of implementation of
ERP and complete the solution deployment, within six months
of signing the contract for implementation. The SI is required
to organize the project to ensure these timelines.
b. Deployment of a competent team of experts in the area of
the ERP and specific functional areas.
c. Scheduling the activities so as to complete the project of
implementation and ERP deployment with all the functional
areas of KMRL within a span of six months of starting the
project.
d. Deployment of resources to ensure that the project activities
are carried out as per plan
e. Deployment of a project structure for effective monitoring,
review and risk mitigation
3. Project quality services
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a. Deployment of experts with deep knowledge of the processes


of financial operations of a government body, finance &
accounting, government file management, the specific
solution modules, for review, expert advice and quality
enhancement
b. Deployment of templates and standard accepting
mechanisms for the project deliverables
c. Use of native tool like solution manager for managing project
repository, and project activities
4. Feedback, monitoring and adoption
a. KMRL may use the services independent third party expertise
to assess, review and quality control of the project artifacts
and deliverables
b. The SI will institutionalize mechanisms to adopt the feedback
and ensure quality of work, without affecting the project
timelines
c. The SI will put together a structure and mechanism for
ensuring that all the key functional areas, users of each of
the enterprises are consulted, feedback adopted and key
differences identified, so as to facilitate standardization as
well as user adoption.
5. Training and documentation
a. Training all the users
b. Preparation of user manuals and training manuals
c. Documentation of processes
d. Training the key executives for monitoring the performance
and using the reports effectively
e. Training of KMRL core team on selected ERP solution
developmental aspects
6. Support services
a. Facilitating user adoption
b. Continuous improvement and refinement of the processes,
reports
c. Operations of help desk and refresher training.
d. Institutionalizing structures and processes for management
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of SLA, strategic control


7. Technical services
a. Sizing the hardware based on the configuration and usage
requirements & suggesting the same in the technical
proposal.
b. Provide support to KMRL to install and commission the
hardware and the ERP at the data center
2.8.

THE

SUPPORT

SERVICES

1. Help desk operations - Initial Response, Immediate telephonic


response and support for usage related and other minor
problems. Dial-in support for handling, minor bug fix.
2. Onsite support - On-site support for hand holding the users,
database recovery and data synchronization after crash,
performance tuning, bug fix, update for all critical functions.
3. Operational Support On-site operational support after
implementation
4. OEM support Ensuring the ERP Solution OEM services for
system performance, performance tuning, upgrades etc.
5. Documentation - upgrade the Documentation system on any
new releases and provide any updates of technical and
functional manuals
2.9.

CENTRE

OF EXCELLENCE

Establishment of centre of excellence (CoE) for ERP with the


following
1. Processes and structures for continuous improvement
2. Processes and structures for solution roll out
3. Skills and expertise to maintain support and continuously
improve the ERP solution
2.10.

SKILL

AUGMENTATION

1. The SI is required to deploy skilled ERP functional consultants


and technical experts to work with KMRL on a man month rate
basis, for specific functional areas, to be identified subsequently
2. These functional consultants will work as the members of the
internal team of KMRL, during the period of their deployment,
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carrying out the work as per KMRL requirements.


3. The proficiency for the functional consultants to be deployed as
part of the skill augmentation service has to be of the same
proficiency as the functional/technical consultants required for
the project team.
3. THE

FUNCTIONS OF

KMRL

These are Typical functionalities required in the ERP solution are


Indicative & not exhaustive. The SI shall ensure that the proposed ERP
solution covers all the requirements of the Generally Accepted
Accounting Practices in India, Quality standards applicable to each
functional area, statutes rules and regulations applicable to the
functions and the International best practices in each discipline.
3.1.

3.2.

FINANCE

AND

ACCOUNTING

Organization Structure
General Ledger
Accounts Receivable
Accounts Payable
Payments and Reconciliation
Costing
Cash Management
Bank transactions including reconciliation
Budgeting and variance analysis
Assets accounting, physical verification and control
Taxation, duties and levies
Banking
Fund Management
Tracking of funds Utilization
Preparation of utilization Reports
MIS Trial Balance
Insurance for materials and assets at various locations
Cost Centre Accounting
Profit Centre Accounting
Internal Order cost controlling
Project costing
MIS reports
External Consultancy
AUDIT

FUNCTION

Audit Trail
Audit of transactions

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3.3.
1.

Pre audit
Statutory audits
PROCUREMENT,

CONTRACTS

AND

MATERIALS MANAGEMENT

Procurement
Indenting
Sourcing
Tendering
Placement of Order (P.O.)
Post Order Placement Activities
Goods receipt
Procure to Pay - Purchase requisition, Purchase order, Receipt,
Invoice entry, Vendor Payment
Inspection
Consignment Management
Procurement of services
Contract Management
Scrap sale

2.

Vendor management
Vendor registration
Empanelment of vendors
Service tax registration
Income tax registration PAN,TAN,TIN etc
PF registration

3.

Materials management
Material Master
Material accounting
Inventory Management
Material storage
Material issue
MIS reports

4.

Asset Management
Asset maintenance
Asset diversion, tagging
Replacement, scrapping and decommissioning
Physical verification and reconciliation
Impairment and sale or disposal of assets.

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Business Analytics

MIS reports on dash board

Subcontracting

The subcontracting process will cover the process of creating a


subcontract purchase order to a consultant/contractor, performing
quality inspections on the finished work and finally making the
payment to the vendor. All material and financial accounting
processes will be completely integrated with the above described
subcontract process
3.4.

PROJECT MANAGEMENT
Materials supply management- Procurement and Logistics
Management consultancy services for the projects funded by
bilateral and multilateral funding (World Bank, ADB, AFD etc.)
agencies as well as those funded by local Government
Financial, business plan, advisory services (P&C)
Design, development and implementation of information system

3.5.
HUMAN RESOURCE MANAGEMENT, PAYROLL
SERVICES

AND EMPLOYEE

Employee Master Database


Recruitment
Training and Development
Retirement/ Resignation/ Termination and Death Cases
Manpower planning
Employee promotion, performance appraisal
DAR (Disciplinary Action Rules) & Vigilance
Medical facilities
Employee Transfer & Postings and promotion
Employee Leave Request, Approval & Leave Accounting
Staff Advances
Time Management (Attendance system)
Misc. staff bill processing
Self/ Company leasing
Attendance recording
Roster management
Payroll administration and accounting
PF transactions
TDS and Income tax filing
Reporting for all the statutory requirements

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3.6.

3.7.

3.8.

Performance evaluation and reporting


BUSINESS

ANALYTICS

Creation of adhoc query, reporting, analysis, dashboard, and


user-friendly information search and navigation functionality,
Installation and configuration of the BI Tool
To develop Dashboards for all the users.
To develop and implement ad-hoc reports
Set up the role based access for each BI user
ENTERPRISE INTEGRATION LAYER
Define integration scope between the ERP solution and other
application
Set-up data movement
Validation of data movement between source and target system
E-PROCUREMENT
Procurement of goods works and services
Preparation of tenders, indents
e-tendering, with electronic submission of bids
Encryption of bids, PKI
Two cover, or prequalification (three stage) system, as per
generally accepted practice of public procurement.
Tender processing, technical evaluation, commercial evaluation
and award
Banking integration for payment of processing fees or EMD,
through credit card, debit card and online banking
Vendor accounting and online return of EMD
Integration for electronic BG.
Analytical reports

4. THE SPECIFICATIONS

FOR

ERP

IMPLEMENTATION

The SI is required to deploy a comprehensive Methodology for


implementation of the ERP Solution at KMRL to ensure that the
organization is able to achieve the objectives of the project and able
to harness the capabilities of the ERP solution and the best practices,
completely. The implementation methodology should aim for
streamlining implementations and deliver faster results to all the
stakeholders of the project. At the core of the project methodology is

The ERP solution implementation activities

Post implementation support

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Implementation Approach and methodology

Project plan and structure

5.1.

THE ERP

SOLUTION IMPLEMENTATION ACTIVITIES

1. The Core implementation Activities: The methodology shall be welldefined and structured in approach. It should adhere to the globally
accepted best practices of ERP implementation and should cover
the following broad phases or work elements
a. Project Preparation
b. System Study/Business Process Design
c. Configuration/Customization
d. Integration, Testing & Acceptance
e. Data Migration
f. User and Technical training
g. Cut over and making the ERP solution usage ready
h. Post implementation support
2. Project Preparation: The project preparation will focus on creating
the project charter, interfacing mechanisms, the training, the day
to day action plan till the completion of the next immediate stage,
familiarization of the SI team with KMRL operations and the KMRL
team with the action plan of SI etc.
3. Business design and blue print: The SI is expected to formulate the
business design or blue print, which will act as the key document
for all the subsequent activities. The business design or blue print
will cover all the processes of the organizational units listed in the
RFP, and will entail detailing the processes/solution capabilities
listed in the RFP. This will be carried out through activities like
system study, workshop with the users to identify the processes to agree on the process characteristics and to formulate the
process designs, detailing the operations/processes of KMRL,
detailing the AS-IS & TO-BE processes, analysis of AS-IS and TO-BE
business processes, gaps in relation to best practices as per ERP
system, etc. The business blue print as approved by KMRL only
shall be implemented. The ERP solution provider shall also approve
the business blue print. The SI is expected to deploy standard
templates for this purpose. Some of the critical outputs of the
business design phase will be
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The master list of processes

The users to the system, the activities, access rights

The reporting requirements, the report formats

The identification of interfaces, needs for integration and the


scheme for integration

The data input requirements and formats

The outputs/formats required

The training and change management requirements

The hardware sizing

The best practices and the needs for process changes

The needs for customization to address statutory or


organization specific requirements

The SI will also ensure the following during the


implementation
o Documenting the functional specifications for
enhancement, development, interface and reporting
requirements (e.g., Layout sets, daily status reports,
reconciliation reports etc.), based on inputs
o Prioritization of the development efforts and estimates
for reporting / enhancement requirements.
o Develop detailed technical design documents for all
such development requirements including any data
operation and security issues.

4. Based on the functionalities designed, SI shall be responsible for:

Realization: The system configuration and customization


will be undertake based on the approved business design or
blue prints. The key requirement will be identification of the
processes to be configured and the processes to be
customized. After completion of configuration / customization
of the ERP solution, System Integrator shall carry out a trial
run with KMRL data, and demonstrate the processes to the
KMRL user team. If the need arises and the result is not up to
the expectation of KMRL management/KMRL user team,
further reconfiguration will be done by the System Integrator

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in order to close any gap left in meeting the desired objective.


The SI will also identify/configure the users of the system, the
activities being carried out by them and the necessary
authorization/limit to access etc. Some of the other key
activities will be
o Integration of the detailed design across modules
o Testing of configuration of Modules
o Identification of the fields that need to be captured for
the Masters and mapping of the information with the
legacy systems

Configuration: In order to minimize upgrade costs, KMRL


would like to use standard features of the ERP Solution and
the implementer is expected to make the necessary
Configuration entries in the ERP Solution to achieve the
business needs. The configuration includes small routines
using User-exits and developing screen variants as needed by
the business by setting fields attributes - to hide, display and
make them mandatory fields.

Customization: KMRL intends to implement standard ERP


Solution functionality as far as practically possible and to
adopt the business processes of the standard ERP Solution
and the leading practices available in the offered solution.
However SI is required to undertake customization that may
be needed in line with the changed, improved or specific
business processes requirement prepared during Business
blue printing phase of the implementation.

Development: In case the SI intends to develop any


application as part of the application to suite the
requirements of KMRL, such a development has to be
restricted to minimum and has to be necessarily be on the
same platform as that proposed for the ERP application. All
such applications shall be the property of KMRL.

In cases where SI recommends that the Customization is


needed through software development, KMRL reserves the
option to get Expert help to resolve the Functionality gap. In
case it is proved that the functionality gap can be taken care
through Configuration without resorting to Development
Customization, then Configuration only would be the option.

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The cost of expert help in case of erroneous


recommendations by the SI shall be deducted from the
progressive payment to the SI.
5. Testing & Acceptance: The SI shall provide standard functionality
test suites for testing the modules. For software the SI shall prepare
the test plan and shall get it approved by KMRL. Test Data for
different scenario (Test Cases) will be prepared in consultation with
the users concerned for testing the modules. The precommissioning tests shall be carried out to assess the following but
not limited to:
a. Conformance to the functional requirements,
b. Performance of the system with reference to response time
and accuracy,
c. User friendliness.
d. Simultaneously, the documentation will also be reviewed by
the user to ensure its accuracy and clarity.
6. System Testing: The System Integrator is required to prepare
procedures detailing the steps for conducting System Tests, which
are accepted by KMRL. The System Integrator shall after
development and customization/configuration of the ERP Solution,
conduct tests to demonstrate that the system meets all the
requirements (functional and technical) specifications as brought
out in this RFP and would be in accordance with the procedures
detailed in approved To-Be process document.
7. On the basis of these tests, a report would be submitted by the
System Integrator for review and approval by KMRL. The test
results and response times should be demonstrated by the SI
during the testing phases (System, integration & Stress and Load
testing) at each KMRL location in an environment/infrastructure as
mutually agreed upon by KMRL and the SI.

Developing a Test Plan to support Function Testing and


System/ Integration Testing and ensuring that the testing of
the software is comprehensive and auditable and preparing
test cases for User Acceptance Testing (UAT).

Testing of the entire new system, as part of system


integration testing. And testing of the data conversion and
migration to the new system, as part of system integration

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testing. Integration testing shall be carried out to ensure cross


function modules are integrated and transaction data is
flowing across the modules accurately.

Developing acceptance test procedures to ensure


conformance to the required process operations response
time, the integrity of the software after installation, and to
eliminate any operational bugs. This will include:
o Fine tuning of the software, ensuring all required related
component software are installed and any debugging
required.
o At the satisfactory conclusion of these Acceptance Tests
to the satisfaction of KMRL, the commissioning/
implementation of the software shall be considered to
be complete for the respective location.

8. Validation: Since the e-procurement system is the one of the most


sensitive of the ERP solution component being implemented, the SI
is required to get the processes, and the configuration validated by
a legal expert for compliance to IT act, evidence act, CVC
guidelines, contract act or any such act or guidelines which impact
public procurement.
9. Data Migration: Migration of data in the new system is
responsibility of SI. KMRL along with SI will jointly decide on what
data will be migrated and KMRL will take the responsibility of
collecting and making the data available in digitized form as per
the format suggested by the SI. A detailed plan for data migration
is expected from system implementer during the initial stages of
the project, which will include data to be migrated, templates for
upload of data and data collection/digitization/migration timelines.
Some of the key activities of data migration will be

Identification & development of the data upload/download


programs

Providing data migration tools and templates to KMRL

Populate and migrate all the legacy/ raw/new data element to


the ERP system

Training and facilitating the KMRL core team

Assistance in Checking data quality and Integrity

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Integration testing of the configured system using the


populated master and transaction data

Assist KMRL team in Master Data management

10.

The following data are expected to be migrated

All open transactions and all transactions from the start of


financial year of Usage Ready.

Standing or master data such as vendors/suppliers,


customers, all employees, material, work breakdown
structures, equipment, work specification, cost data, etc.

Transactional data for all live projects. The live project data to
be populated based on the agreed TO-BE process
requirement.

All the related Master Data and associated drawings, test


results etc. as applicable

It will be the responsibility of the SI to ensure that data


migration is complete in all aspects, within time so that the
requirements of the implementation are fulfilled

11.
Most of the data migration will be from the existing systems
for financial management and if required from the system
for HR & administration. However wherever the data has to be
captured from physical sources, that activity will be carried out and
the actual work of data entry will be executed by KMRL.
12.
End-User Training - The purpose of end user training is to
ensure that all end users are adequately prepared and able to
perform their job functions at usage ready. Training content will
depend on the function performed by the end-user; therefore
several user profiles will be established.
13.
Cut Over Strategy: The SI has to evolve & detail a
comprehensive cut over strategy including initial data take on,
sequence of data take on, set up of support helpdesk, helpdesk
procedure to minimize business impact of cut over activities.
14.
The SI is required to undertake the following to review
readiness for Usage Ready of the ERP system:
a. Facilitate in setting up central help desk for any queries
b. Review the health, usage and performance of the system till it
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stabilizes
c. Ensuring resolution / Documentation of all issues raised
during implementation
d. Final configuration/ integration, volume and stress testing
e. Switch over to production environment.
15.
Declaration of usage ready the system will be declared
Usage Ready when the following tasks/activities are
accomplished satisfactorily
a. Acceptance testing
b. Hardware commissioning
c. Data migration
d. Training
e. User creation / role identification
f. Help desk
16.
Acceptance of Complete deployment: The ERP system is
accepted as complete Deployment only after successfully
generating at least one balance sheet for the complete operations,
for one financial quarter or successfully using the system for three
months after usage ready, whichever is longer.
17.
User Adoption Support: The System Integrator shall provide
User adoption support between the period of usage ready and
declaration of complete deployment, by deputing technical and
functional consultants at the client site. During this period the SI
will address the following.
a. Hand holding the users to carry out their activities using the
ERP system
b. Facilitating the users to use the ERP system on a daily basis
c. Training the individual users with specific processes/activities
5.2.

TECHNICAL ARCHITECTURE

SUPPORT

1. The SI shall validate KMRLs existing technical infrastructure and


recommend an appropriate solution to meet KMRLs business
requirements in the implementation of the ERP system.
2. The SI shall also monitor the archiving strategy, control and
security aspects during implementation of ERP at KMRL.
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3. The SI will then recommend the IT architecture design including


hardware, and operating system for the implementation keeping in
view the geographical spread & complexity of the implementation,
communication infrastructure available in the country & at KMRL
and Data Archival & Storage requirements. The SI shall ensure that
the recommended architecture shall also provide for scalability,
disaster recovery, test and production environments.
4. The SI shall assist in providing detailed specifications for the sizing
of hardware to be procured by KMRL. The SI shall also validate the
hardware configuration to be procured by KMRL.
5.3.

FEEDBACK

AND

AUDIT

1. User feedback and internal review:


a. The SI is expected to build adequate mechanisms to get the
feedback from different users of the ERP Solution during
different stages of the project. These users/stake holders for
giving feedback will be identified by KMRL.
b. The SI is expected to deploy in this project the expertise of
experience of similar projects carried out by it earlier.
Although it is not expected that these experts will be full time
on site for the project, it is expected that all the key
deliverables will go through a review with these experts.
Similarly the SI is expected to deploy all the quality assurance
mechanisms as per international quality standards for this
project.
c. The SI should clearly indicate up front what are the
deliverables which will go through internal review, what type
of expertise will be deployed for these reviews and what are
the deliverables which will follow the quality assurance plans.
d. If any of the deliverables are not acceptable to KMRL or its
appointed experts, it will have the right to seek deployment of
experts from SI to review the deliverables.
2. Third party audit
a. KMRL may appoint third party experts to review any or all of
business design, configuration and the final system for the
adequacy of security built into the system, keeping in mind
the sensitivity of the operations of KMRL.
b. The SI is expected to provide full cooperation to the agency
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appointed by KMRL for this purpose, to carry out its job


professionally.
3. Mechanism to adopt feedback/audit findings: There are three types
of feedback for the deliverables from the third party experts hired
by KMRL, from the users/stake holders and from the internal
experts of the SI. The following is expected from the SI on these
feedbacks/audit findings.
a. All the feedback will be discussed with KMRL and based on
the guidance of KMRL will be incorporated into the project
b. Since the feedbacks/audit findings for any rework is by nature
correcting the inadequacy of quality of the work produced in
the first place, KMRL will not accept any change notice
requests for these reworks
c. SI has to build in adequate mechanisms to control the risks of
time over runs possibly due to effort required to rework bad
quality deliverables
d. SI has to indicate in the beginning and during the start of
each phase how it plans to take feedback and the
mechanisms to incorporate the feedbacks into the project
plan and deliverables.
e. SI will report to KMRL how the feedbacks have been
incorporated into the project deliverables and take a sign off
from the designated authority of KMRL.
5.4.

SYSTEM

STABILISATION SUPPORT

1. After launching of the ERP solution or making it complete


deployment, the SI will provide three months of system
stabilization services.
2. During this phase, the SI will take up the following
a. Tasks related to bug fixing (if any) in customization made in
the system
b. Maintaining back-ups of the implemented system
c. Coordinating with ERP Solution OEM for any base ERP
solution related issues.
d. Minor developments, improvements in the output and input
formats
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e. Hand holding the users


Some of the other activities in this period will include but not limited
to
a. Formulation of Post Complete deployment Support Strategy
b. Formulating the mechanisms for Post Complete deployment
Monitoring
c. Carrying out the Review of issues and activities carried out
during user adoption and system stabilization period
d. Monitoring and fine tuning system response
5.5.

USAGE READY DEFINITION

1. Usage Ready means commissioning and integration of all the


hardware including Data Center, Disaster Recovery Center-if
applicable, and all the components of the ERP solution as per the
RFP, configured, customized and used successfully by all the
intended users of KMRL for successfully executing all the intended
transactions as in this RFP and as per the SLAs and / or mutually
agreeable levels. The Usage Ready shall come into effect only on
approval by KMRL.
2. Declaration of Complete Deployment
a. The Project Managers from the KMRL and SI will jointly initiate
the notice for declaring Complete Deployment after
satisfactory completion of all of the following:
b. All the activities as listed in this RFP
c. After scrutinizing all the inspection reports, audit findings,
Contracts, licensing agreements etc.
d. Satisfactory completion of closing of accounts and generation
of complete balance sheet for one financial quarter, with the
ERP solution and approved by the head of finance and
accounts of KMRL
3. The Complete Deployment notice is submitted to the Steering
Committee of KMRL for action.
4. Within fifteen days of receiving the notice the Steering Committee
will decide on the actions to be taken on Complete Deployment.
5. The Complete Deployment event comes into effect only when the
Steering Committee approves the notice for Complete
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Deployment.
6. In the event that Steering Committee does not approve or suggest
further action, the notices are reinitiated only after the
recommended actions have been satisfactorily completed.
7. The implementation services for the ERP solution are treated as
completed and the support and maintenance services or the post
implementation services starts when the following are completed
a. Completion of the of user adoption services after the usage
ready of the ERP system
b. Completion and declaration of complete deployment by the
steering committee
c. Completion of the three months of system stabilization
support after complete deployment of the system
5.6.

POST

IMPLEMENTATION SUPPORT

1. SI shall maintain data regarding entitlement for ERP solution


upgrades, enhancements, refreshes, replacements and
maintenance.
2. If the Operating System or additional copies of Operating System
are required to be installed / reinstalled / de-installed, the same
should be done as part of ATS.
3. SI should carry out any requisite adjustments / changes in the
configuration for implementing different versions of ERP solution.
4. Updates/Upgrades/New releases/New versions. The SI shall provide
and implement from time to time the Updates/Upgrades/New
releases/New versions of the software and operating systems as
required. The SI should ensure upgrades, updates & patches of the
ERP Solution and tools to KMRL as and when released by ERP
Solution OEM.
5. SI shall ensure patches to the licensed software including the ERP
solution software, operating system, databases and other
applications.
6. Software License Management. The SI shall provide services for
ERP license management and control.
7. The post implementation support services will start after the
completion of three months of user adoption services
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8. The SI is expected to provide the mandatory support services for a


period of one year, after the declaration of Complete Deployment
9. KMRL will have the options to extend the he post implementation
support services by two more years in time buckets of six months
each
5.7.

TECHNICAL SUPPORT

1. The technical support for the ERP solution is meant to ensure OEM
support Ensuring ERP Solution OEM services for system
performance, performance tuning, upgrades etc.
2. Formulation of all policies and procedures related to Basis
technology, System Administration, Data Base Management,
applications, archives, network management & security, back up
etc.
3. Prepare requisite system landscape and procedures for smoothly
implementing the ERP. This shall also take into consideration the
phased pilots and rollouts.
4. The SI shall assist the KMRL team to perform all authorizationrelated activities (activity group, authorizations, profiles, etc.) till
the ERP system stabilizes.
5. Assist KMRL to manage the legacy data interfaces, print spools,
batch Jobs, printer configuration etc.
6. Prepare a detailed System administration manual, Data
administration manual, operational manual, User manual which
shall be used by KMRL employees to run ERP enabled production
environment. This shall also include how the various parameters
shall be monitored/ tuned in a live system.
7. Finalize the archival policies for all the functional areas. All
necessary configurations shall be done and tested.
8. Prepare requisite system configuration for disaster recovery
management and Fail Over system plan.
9. Round the clock support for trouble shooting in functional and
technical area
5.8.

CENTRE

OF

EXCELLENCE (COE)

1. Before the completion of the mandatory support and maintenance


period for the ERP solution, the SI will help to create a Center of
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Excellence for operations management of the ERP solution at


KMRL, both for technical support and maintenance of the ERP
solution
2. The bidder will hand hold KMRL in institutionalizing the CoE.
3. As a part of setting up the CoE, the SI will help KMRL in
a. Creating the right structure for the CoE, including planning for
the resources required for running it
b. Capacity building for the CoE, by training the people on the
ERP solution
c. Formulating mechanisms and designing the processes for the
CoE to function effectively.
4. The CoE when completely operational (during phase 2) is expected
to deliver and focus on the following
a. Performance analysis and reporting
b. Continuous improvement of the business processes
c. Knowledge repository for metro rail operations
d. Repository for the best practices
e. Adoption of best practices in operations of metro rail
corporation
f. Enhance the compliance and transparency of operations of
KMRL
5.9.

THE

IMPLEMENTATION

APPROACH

1. Adoption of best practices: Process Improvement will be done to


enable KMRL to adopt some of the best practices embedded in the
ERP Solution. The areas that can bring maximum benefits will be
identified by SI in close coordination with KMRL process owners. SI
will also bring in knowledge of the best practices adopted by other
retail industries organization to the KMRL implementation. Since
process improvement is a part of overall implementation plan, SI
should recommend possible places of process improvement,
detailed in the plan.
2. SI is required to capture all the processes in practice at all the
locations of KMRL at the time of business blue printing and
implementation of the ERP. Wherever possible KMRL would like to
adopt the best practices and standard processes available with the
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ERP solution, including Reports and Forms to the extent possible.


3. The below list of objects developed or changes to standard objects
shall be considered as Configuration and not as Customization or
development. The SI shall not expect or propose any additional
charges for developing these objects. It is expected that such
efforts are part of the normal effort for implementation of the ERP
solution
a. Use of ERP solution provided Customer/ User Exits to achieve
specific process requirements/ expectations
b. Configuration of Field selection and Screen Layouts
c. Definition and assignment of User Defined statuses for
various objects
d. Definition of Authorization Controls and Assignment
e. Configuration of standard Workflows
f. Seamless integration across all ERP solution modules and
engines or any other third party solutions proposed to meet
the requirements of KMRL.
g. Reports developed in the different functional area using
Report Writer/ Report painter
h. Reports and Variants based on different solution
modules/engines along with specific reports.
i. Change to ERP standard reports/ information systems to
define and enable User Specific Variants
j. Change to ERP standard forms to incorporate standard texts
and KMRL logo and formatted to address the KMRL formats.
k. Conversion Programs developed for migrating Master Data
and Open Data for usage ready from existing applications.
4. Plan for customization/development The SI should plan for
following developments as a part of the normal effort for
implementing the ERP Solution.
a. Digital signature integration
b. Integration for different types of online payments
c. Integration of the biometric attendance system
d. Banking transaction integration
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e. Input and outputs to the ERP system from pdf reports


f. Documents outputs in pdf formats
g. All the reports required by KMRL
h. The outputs/prints required for external interactions
5. Documentation: The SI shall ensure preparation of complete
documentation of all configuration settings, customized
applications, other activities, steps / stages involved in the
implementation including the source code for the customized
product developed for KMRL. The SI shall prepare the business
process document, end-user manual and training document.
6. Solution Documentation - The System Integrator will provide
detailed final system documentation for reference of KMRL. System
Integrator shall prepare the final user manual incorporating all
details of all menus and functionality provided by the system.
7. Use of the native Project management tool - The SI will use the
native project management tool to record the entire activities of the
project including but not limited to
a. The business design documents with version control review
comments
b. The minutes of the meeting
c. System documentation
d. Issue lists, resolutions
e. Training materials
5.10.

THE

IMPLEMENTATION

METHODOLOGY

1. The methodology to be deployed by the SI to implement the ERP


solution will have different work elements and activities. All these
activities and the work elements should coherently focus on
achieving the following key results

Quality of the solution deployed


Customer satisfaction while deploying and during usage
Successful implementation in terms of completeness and
timely accomplishment of the outcome

2. Critical activities of Implementation: While there are different


techniques and tools available as a part of the methodology, the
following are expected to be part of the implementation
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methodology to be adopted by the SI


a. Workshops with different stake holders for capturing business
requirements, creating awareness of best practices,
communicating the changes, building consensus on process
design, for signing off the deliverables etc. These need to be
organized at different intervals and in different places
throughout the duration of the projects as demanded by the
context.
b. Stake holder consultation other than workshops, with those
stake holders who will be identified by KMRL, for the purpose
of critical inputs, review, suggestions, process description etc.
c. Review sessions with different stake holders for signing off the
deliverables, walking through the deliverables for facilitating
quick understanding
d. Documentation of proceeding recording the developments,
discussions, deliverables, using standard methodology and
native tools available with the ERP solution
e. Work standards/practices for documentation, configuration,
testing, data migration etc.
f. Training the different stake holders, on a continuous basis
5.11.

PROJECT DELIVERABLES

1. It is expected that the project will move from one phase to the next
only when the deliverables of that phase are accepted. Some of the
key deliverables which will signal the successful completion of each
of the phases shall be as in the following table. SI is encouraged to
propose any additional deliverable/s for the sake of
comprehensiveness, based on their experience of delivering similar
projects, which can enhance the quality of work.
Major activity/Mile
stone

DELIVERABLE

Project Preparation

Business Design

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Agreed and Finalized Project Plan


Inception Report
Core team training completion report
Team profile finalization and
Mobilization Sign Off
Master list of processes
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Configuration,
customization

Training

Integration Testing

Audit and quality


control
Data Migration

Cut over and usage


ready preparation

usage ready and


support
Operations and
managed services

TO-BE Process & Gap Analysis Report


Customization Requirement Report
Master Data Structures
Legacy Systems Integration Report
Change Management Requirement
Report & Strategy
Business Design Blueprint sign off
Configuration Document
Integration and Interface specification
Authorization, Security And Access
Control Specification
Demonstration Report
Training Requirement Report
Training Curriculum
Training Schedule & Completion Report
Unit Test Report, Integration Test
Report, Full Load, Stress Test Report &
Sign-Off
Integration testing of ERP
System, User and other Manuals
Quality Audit acceptance
System Quality Assurance undertaking
Action Taken Report
Functional Specifications for Upload
programs
Data Migration Methodology &
Completion Report
Functional help manual
Cut over strategy report
Back up strategy and Disaster
Recovery Plan
Fail over system plan
Test Report
Usage ready Sign Off
Action taken report
Transition Quality Gate(s) Sign-Off
Performance Evaluation report
SLA report
Action taken report
Transition plan

2. The SI is required to provide the details of the corresponding


deliverables for each of the mile stones as well as the delivery of
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priced items at these mile stones. This mile stone to deliverables &
supply listing will be the basis for payments for the corresponding
priced items.
3. Deliverables acceptance criteria
a. The acceptance criteria for each phase is the submission and
acceptance of all deliverables specified for that phase. The
formal acceptance by KMRL of the phase deliverables
constitutes completion of the phase and approval to launch
the next phase and invoice KMRL for payment if there is a
payment attached to that milestone.
b. Acceptance criteria for each deliverable will be established in
accordance with the process described in the following
paragraphs prior to the beginning of each phase.
c. SI should provide templates of proposed deliverables. At the
onset of each phase, SI will meet with KMRL Project Manager
to review the applicable templates, tailored to accommodate
the needs of the project, and agree on the scope, format, and
content of each of the major deliverables for that phase. The
agreements made during this meeting will be captured in a
Deliverable Review Document (DRD) for each deliverable.
d. KMRL team will give a go ahead to move from one project
milestone to the other project milestone only after the
deliverables of a particular project milestone are accepted by
the concerned authority. Hence, the protocol for submission,
review, revision and acceptance will be established at the
beginning of the project. The SI is required to propose the
details of this protocol as a part of the proposal.
4. Project Standards: SI to provide Project Standards for various
activities/documentation. Following is a minimum list where
standards have to be set by the SI:
a. Test cases
b. Test scenarios
c. Business Process Design
d. Functional design specs,
e. Technical design specs
f. Transporting objects
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g. Change control
h. Reporting defects
5. Project Success Criteria: The finished ERP solution meets planned
scope and specifications
a. No issues pending at the end of support period
b. on-line transactions of all implemented modules No
backlog / offline transaction data entry during the last month
of support
c. The project is completed on time & All Users adopt the
software according to plan
6. Change Requests since this is a fixed price project with clearly
identified scope of solution and services, the SI is expected to
complete the project without raising any requests for change and
seeking the payments for them. If there is a genuine change to the
scope of work, KMRL will raise or accept change requests and pay
for them based on the efforts estimated for them and the cost of
manpower indicated by the SI in the commercial proposal. The
genuineness of the change will be established based on the
process, deliverables, solution capability and the validation of it by
the KMRL or its advisors.
5.12.

PROJECT

PLAN

1. The work Plan: Other than the management of


resources/deployment of experts and management of timeline as
explained in the next sections, the project management will focus
on The Work Plan containing a detailed set of phases, work
packages, activities, and tasks preferably from the standard ERP
solution implementation Roadmap.
2. Issue Management: An issue is a formally identified matter that
may hinder progress on a project or program and about which no
agreement has yet been reached. Often it can be difficult to
determine which questions should be documented as issues and
which can be resolved directly without impeding the project flow.
Those items that require documentation, formal investigation and
approval should be managed as issues and this Issue management
methodology has to be proposed by the SI.
3. Scope Management: Scope of the project will be managed through
a formal scope change management process. Project management
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is essential to ensure that changes to the scope of the program do


not adversely affect the program objectives. Change management
documentation of project scope and approval procedures provide a
visible decision-making process for the project and provide a clear
audit trail of scope changes and the corresponding cost benefit
appraisal and has to be proposed by the SI in the Project
Management Methodology.
4. Project structure: SI is required to propose a Project structure based
on their own experience of successfully implementing similar
solution
5. Project Steering Committee: The steering committee would form
the apex body on various issues relating to finalization of
Functional Policies and Procedures, Requirements Definition and
other policy issues. The committee will comprise of the senior
executives of KMRL. The steering committee will carry out the
following activities:
a. Mobilize the resources necessary for Project Execution
b. Standardization of processes and procedures across the
company
c. Only authority to approve deviations in Scope, Project Time
Lines and Budgets
d. Meets monthly to review project progress & resolve issues, if
any
6. Project Manager: The Project Manager assumes overall
responsibility for the assignment and ensures that all resources
required are made available and the engagement is carried out
according to agreed plans. He shall function as the primary channel
of communication for all KMRL requirements to the implementation
team.
7. Functional Consultants: The Functional Consultant shall ensure total
understanding of the business and ERP Solution modules
implementation approach. He / She shall effectively customize the
various components of ERP Solution as per user requirements and
shall also document the processes and procedures relevant to the
assignment. The SI is expected to deploy the following experts for
the project
a. Functional consultant for Project Management/contract
management
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b. Functional consultant for Materials management


c. Functional Consultant for Financial
Management/Accounting/Costing
d. Functional Consultant for Human Resource management and
Payroll administration
e. Functional consultant for public procurement and eprocurement system
f. Legal expert with knowledge of IT act, CVC guidelines,
contract act etc, as advisor for e-procurement function
g. Technical consultant for system deployment, commissioning,
testing, development/customisation
8. Development Programmers: The primary role of Development
Programmers shall be to meet the requirements as specified by the
Functional Consultants. He/she shall ensure that the developmental
activities are in conformity with the quality guidelines and
customer specifications as mentioned in the requests. He shall also
ensure thorough testing and validation of the changes proposed
and supports the functional team.
9. The minimum proficiency of the experts/resources: It is expected
that the key resources to be deployed by the SI would have the
following minimum proficiency in the role they are proposed for the
project.
a. Project Manager: MBA with Graduation in IT, Minimum 15
years of experience, experience of managing at least two
projects as project manager and proficiency across multiple
modules of the ERP solution.
b. Functional consultants: Graduates in Engineering or business
administration or commerce, Minimum 10 years of
experience in the functional and implementation of proposed
ERP solution, experience of executing at least two projects as
functional consultant for the specific functional area. In the
case of functional consultant for finance, HR & payroll,
experience of implementing the proposed ERP solution at a
public sector enterprise or government organisation.
c. Technical consultants: Graduates in science or Engineering,
Minimum 10 years of experience in the technical areas
related to the proposed ERP solution, in terms installation,
commissioning, architecting and technical developments.
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5.13.

DEPLOYMENT

OF

NATIVE TOOL

1. The SI is required to deploy and use the native tool available with
the ERP solution for managing the implementation as well for
providing application maintenance service. Some of key areas
where the native tool needs to be used are:
a. Project documentation and version control
b. Deliverables management and version control
c. Configuration management and version control
d. Issues and change request tracking
e. Providing Transparency of all software changes
2. Managing the change request
a. Full documentation of each change: link to a Change Request
and a Service Desk for each change
b. Collection of all Requests for change
c. Consolidating demands by bundling similar changes
d. Scheduling changes according to priority, category and
possible impact
e. Making changes to follow a proven workflow
5.14.

MANAGEMENT

OF THE

PROJECT TEAM CHANGES/ATTRITION

1. Since the continuity of the key members of the project team is


essential for the success of the project, KMRL shall expect the SI to
follow diligent process for ensuring this. The following persons will
be considered as key members of the project team during
implementation:
a. Project Manager
b. Functional consultant for Materials management
c. Functional consultant for e-procurement with experience in
public procurement
d. Functional Consultant for Financial
Management/Accounting/Costing
e. Functional Consultant for Human Resource management and
Payroll administration
f. Technical consultant for system deployment, commissioning,
testing, development/customisation
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2. KMRL would like to identify those persons whose profiles as listed


above will be the basis for the evaluation of the competence of SI
to carry out the implementation of the Project at the KMRL as the
Key personnel. It is the responsibility of SI to deploy these
resources either on a full time or part time basis for the activities
they have been proposed to be deployed during the entire duration
of the Project as per the response to the RFP submitted by SI. The
team will be on board only after KMRL accepts the profiles
proposed by SI
3. In the event that the KMRL identifies any personnel of SI as Key
Personnel, then SI shall not remove or replace such personnel
without the prior written consent of the KMRL, unless such removal
is the result of an unavoidable circumstance including but not
limited to resignation, termination, medical leave, etc.
4. Under any circumstances when the Key Personnel are to be
replaced or removed, SI shall put forward the profiles of personnel
being proposed as replacements. These profiles should be either
equivalent or better than the ones being replaced. However
whether these profiles are better or equivalent to the ones being
replaced will be decided by KMRL or its authorized representative.
KMRL or its authorized representative will have the right to accept
or reject these substitute profiles.
5. In the event that any Key Personnel is to be replaced for reasons
not attributed to the KMRL the substitution of such personnel shall
be accomplished pursuant to a mutually agreed upon schedule but
not later than 7 Working Days from the date of exit of such
personnel. If replacements do not take as stipulated here, KMRL will
have the option to penalize the SI for bad delivery and material
breach
6. At the project preparation stage the SI will share the profiles of the
key members with KMRL and these key profiles should meet the
specifications highlighted in the RFP as well as the proposal
submitted by the bidder. The replacement will be on board only
after KMRL accepts the replacement.

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Section 2
Guidelines for proposal preparation and bidding terms
4. GUIDELINES

FOR

PROPOSAL

PREPARATION AND SUBMISSION

1. Since the requirements of KMRL for implementation of the ERP


Solution, terms of scope of work and expertise required for
implementation are unique, KMRL intends to consider only those IT
services organizations that have the requisite capability and
competency, in terms of technical strengths, experience of carrying
out similar project and financial stability to address the
requirements of KMRL.
2. Keeping this requirement in mind KMRL has formulated the
eligibility criteria to select the IT services organizations/companies
who have the requisite experience, competence and financial
strength
3. All the bidders will be assessed against the eligibility criteria and all
the criteria listed in this section will be used for evaluation.
4. Keeping in mind the requirements laid down in the eligibility
criteria, the bidders are suggested to assess their eligibility before
submitting the bids.
5. The references provided by the SI for the ERP Solution has to be the
same as the ERP solution the SI has proposed.
6. The invitation to bid is open to all bidders who qualify the eligibility
criteria as given below.
4.1.

THE

ELIGIBILITY CRITERIA FOR THE

SI

1. The following are the eligibility criteria for qualification for


bidding in this tender for the SI and all the criteria are mandatory
for qualification of the SI.
2. The SI is required to use the formats and guidelines provided in
the annexure to provide information on the eligibility criteria.
3. Criteria related to Incorporation of the Firm, Legal entity:
a. The bidder must be a legal entity registered in India under the
Companies Act, 1956, having registered office and operations
in India.

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b. The entity should have been operational in India for at least


the last three financial years i.e. entities in existence on or
before 01-04-2011.
c. The bidder must be a single legal entity and not be a
consortium of firms.
4. Government Regulation
a. The company or the bidder should not have been barred or
black listed by the Central Government, Government of
Kerala, the subordinate organisations or public sector
undertakings of government of Kerala, a statutory authority or
the public sector undertakings of the central government, as
the case may be, from participating in any project, and the
bar subsists as on the date of the Proposal, would not be
eligible to submit a Proposal either by itself or through its
Associate
b. The bidder or its Associate should have, during the last three
years, neither failed to perform on any agreement, as
evidenced by imposition of a penalty by an arbitral or judicial
authority or a judicial pronouncement or arbitration award
against the Applicant or its Associate, nor been expelled from
any project or agreement nor have had any agreement
terminated for breach by such bidder or its Associate.
c. The company should have a Valid PAN number
d. The company should have a Valid Service tax number
5. Criteria related to financial viability.
a. The annual sales for each of the last three financial years
(2011-12,2012-13, 2013-14) should be at least Rs.100 crores
from IT services business
6. Criteria related to experience in providing services related to the
ERP Implementation and support.
a. The SI must have successfully implemented or provided
support services for the proposed ERP solution at two
different customers in India with each of the customer having
at least 100 users for the proposed ERP solution
b. The SI must have successfully implemented the proposed ERP
solution or provided ERP support services, for a Public Sector
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Company/Government Organization/government Department


in India having at least 100 users for the proposed ERP
solution, other than the services covered under clause 6(a)
above.
7. Criteria related to availability of consultants in adequate capacity
a. The SI must have a team of at least 100 ERP consultants of
the proposed ERP Solution, on its rolls having experience in
implementing all the major modules/solution components of
the proposed ERP Solution collectively.
8. The SI should have an active partnership agreement with the
OEM of the proposed ERP solution to provide implementation
services to implement the ERP solution in India.
9. The SI should have a minimum SEI-CMMi Level 5 certification as
on 31.3.2014
4.2.

GENERAL

GUIDELINES FOR THE

TECHNICAL PROPOSAL

1. The bidder must fully understand the scope of the ERP solution and
services for implementation as outlined in the RFP. The bidders are
expected to examine, understand and comply with all the
instructions, formats, terms & conditions, solution and services
requirements and other information in the RFP documents before
submitting the bids. Failure to furnish all the information required by
the RFP or submission of a proposal not substantially responsive to
the RFP in every respect will be at the bidder's risk and may result
in rejection of the proposal of the bidder.
2. The bidder is required to provide in the Technical Proposal details of
how it proposes the ERP solution as to provide the implementation
services to address all the requirements of KMRL as listed in this
RFP.
3. The bidder is expected to understand the complexity of the
requirements for an ERP solution and implementation of the
proposed ERP solution at KMRL, the complete solution and services
footprint, the processes and functions of KMRL while preparing the
Technical Proposal.
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4. The bidder is expected to bid for the project with a complete


understanding that, all services and deliverables listed in this RFP
need to be fulfilled while executing the project.
5. While the bidder has the freedom in making any assumptions about
the processes and functions of KMRL while interpreting the details
given in this RFP, such assumptions cannot be the basis for any
bargaining or different interpretation of the solution capabilities of
the proposed ERP solution or the processes of KMRL, during the
execution of the project
6. The bidder is expected to bid for the project with a complete
understanding that, all the processes and functions given in the RFP
need to be implemented using the solution components of ERP, and
deliver the services, solutions given in the RFP, at a fixed price,
without any provisions for bargaining or for a different
interpretation of the specifications in the RFP and a change in
scope, while executing the project.
7. KMRL retains the right of the final say in interpreting the
requirements of the ERP solution capabilities, the processes &
operations of KMRL, and the scope of the Project in terms of the
services and deliverables KMRL expects from the SI, as listed in this
RFP.
8. Since a process can be described in different manners, the bidder
should clearly understand that any possible variations to the
processes during the Business Design phase from the way they are
specified in the RFP should not be considered as deviations or
extensions to the original process specifications
9. The technical proposals must be complete in all respect and
should cover the entire scope of ERP solution and the project as
stipulated in the tender document.

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4.3.

CHECK

LISTS FOR THE PROPOSALS

1. The following check lists are provided in the annexure to be filled up


and submitted with the technical proposals
a. Check list for general formats/response
b. Check list for eligibility requirements and the proposal
c. Check list for technical proposal for ERP solution
d. Check list for technical proposal for ERP implementation
2. Each of these check list should be included as the top sheet of the
sections on the respective proposals
3. The bidders are also requested to indicate in the check list, against
the specific parameters of the eligibility requirements, whether the
response qualifies/meets the requirements as per the bidders own
assessment
4. The bidders are requested to indicate in the check list for the
technical proposals, the scores against the respective parameters,
as per the bidders own assessment.
4.4.

PATENT / INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY RIGHTS /

COPY RIGHTS.

5. If the bidder intends to use any third party tools or methodology or


any proprietary tools, during the Project, for the purpose of the
project, the bidder is required to confirm that there are no
infringements of any Patent or intellectual and industrial property
rights or copy rights as per the applicable laws of relevant
jurisdictions. The bidder is requested to use the Form in the
Annexure for providing patent right confirmation.
6. The OEM of the proposed ERP solution to declare that they are the
rightful owners (copyright, patent rights or Intellectual property
right, as the case may be) of the solution and have the
rights/authority to license the solution to KMRL

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4.5.

CONDITIONS

FOR TECHNICAL PROPOSAL

1. The bidder is expected to respond using the specified formats for


the response, wherever applicable. Failure to use the specified
formats may result in disqualification of the proposal.
2. The Technical Proposals must be direct, concise, and complete. Any
information not directly relevant to this RFP should not be included
in the proposal. KMRL will evaluate bidders proposal based upon its
clarity and the directness of its response to the requirements of the
project as outlined in this RFP. To assist in the preparation of
proposal, KMRL is making available an electronic version of this RFP.
3. KMRL is also open to any suggestions that the bidder may want to
render with respect to the ERP solution capabilities to be deployed,
implementation of the proposed ERP solution at KMRL, its coverage,
and the best practices to be adopted in the light of their expertise
or experience from similar assignments.
4. Wherever the customer name is asked for, for experience or
deliverables, the bidder is required to provide the name. Not
providing the name of the customer will be treated as incomplete
information and will affect the evaluation process.
5. The bidder shall number all the pages of the Technical proposal
including the annexure and other attachments
6. The technical proposal must not contain any price information.
4.6.

OUTLINE

FOR THE

TECHNICAL PROPOSAL

FOR THE

PROJECT

1. The technical proposal or the technical bid should address the


following points. The bidder is requested to use the formats
provided in the subsequent sections, wherever applicable
2. Methodology and approach for implementation of the solution in
terms of process design, solution configuration, deliverables,
formats for deliverables, the project standards, the acceptance

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criteria for the deliverables, , data migration, testing, user adoption,


cut over etc.
3. Project Plan, structure and team the project timelines, resource
loading, and expertise deployed for the project, the mechanisms for
review, feedback, risk mitigation etc.
4. Support and maintenance the approach, methodology, plan,
resource loading etc.
4.7.

TECHNICAL

PROPOSAL FOR

ERP

SOLUTION

1. The bill of materials: The Technical proposal for ERP Solution should
contain details of the solution components proposed along with how
each of the solution components would meet the requirements of
KMRL. The technical proposal should address the following:a. Functional coverage of the solution proposed
b. The complete landscape of the solution with modules,
integration points etc.
c. How the different processes of KMRL are integrated with the
solution
d. The bill of material of the ERP solution with a list of all the
modules, tools independently priced items along with metrics for
licensing (pricing) and total quantity proposed
e. The rationale for the different solution components and the
licensing metrics
f. The rationale for the sizing of the different modules of the ERP
g. How the solution components are sized and their relationship to
licensing metrics
h. The details of third party solutions if any, their description and
purpose, licensing metrics and sizing considerations
i. The bidders while proposing the ERP solution with detailed bill of
materials, as per the format provided for the Technical proposal,
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are also required to provide definitive commitment on how each


section of the processes described in the RFP are addressed by
which module/components of the bill of material
2. The solution fitment: The bidders are requested to use the following
guideline for indicating the capability of the ERP solution proposed,
against each of the features listed in the FRS as per Annexure.
Response to the each of the line item in the functional requirements
specifications need to be as per the guideline listed in the table.
Complianc
e

Guidelines

Respons
e

Standard

The specific requirement or process is a


standard feature with the ERP solution

Work
Around

The requirement can be realised by


modifying the process but without any
development

Customizati
on

The requirement can be realised by


writing a set of software codes

Third Party

The specific requirement is realised


through a third party tools

Not
Possible

The requirement is not possible or not


part of the proposed ERP solution

a. If and only if the ERP solution proposed by the bidder is capable


to support the specific functionality or the feature is a standard
feature in the ERP solution, the bidder is required to mark
Standard against the functionality/specification
b. If the specific functionality or feature could be realized by the
ERP solution proposed by the bidder by modifying the process,
i.e. the basic purpose of the process or feature could be
achieved by modifying a standard feature, but without any
customization or development, the bidder is required to mark
work around against the functionality/specification
c. If the ERP solution proposed by the bidder can be customized or
modified to support the specific functionality or the feature the

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bidder is required to mark customization against the


functionality/specification
d. If the ERP solution proposed by the bidder is not capable to
support the specific functionality or the feature is not available in
the ERP solution, the bidder is required to mark not available, not
supported against the functionality/specification
e. The bidder is required to use the functional requirement
specification in Annexure with the RFP for providing the response
on the solution fitment.
3. The licensing conditions: The bidders are requested to furnish the
details of the licensing terms, the definitions and the licensing
metrics for all the elements/modules proposed in the bill of
materials. The bidders are requested to provide a copy of the draft
licensing agreement to highlight these.
4. References: The bidders are requested to provide the references of
the deployment of the proposed ERP solution for the following types
of organisations/businesses by using the formats provided in the
Annexure. The references should be for deployment which are less
than five years old, and are currently active.
a. Deployment of the proposed ERP solution in Metro rail
organizations in India
b. Deployment of the ERP solution in Railway organizations
c. Deployment of the ERP solution in public sector organizations or
public sector enterprises, specifically for the functions of payroll,
HR and finance & accounts
5. Key technical features: The bidders are required to provide the
compliance of the proposed ERP solution to the following key
technical features, using the formats proved in the Annexure
a. Proposed application shall offer all the functionalities required as
per scope Financial Accounting, Procurement, Inventory
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Management as a single application solution covering real time


posting.
b. The Proposed ERP solution should have all the core modules with
required functions as natively integrated applications on a single
interoperable open platform.
c. The ERP Solution should provide wide range of security features
such as single sign-On (SSO), Multiple Authentication,
Authorization and Integrated User management
d. The ERP solution should provide implementation, administration
and operational tools seamlessly integrated with the product.
e. The ERP Solution should be Uni-code Compliant, support N-tier
and Internet architecture, be natively built based on 64 bit
operating system and support application and database
clustering and load balancing
f. The ERP Application shall provide an application architecture
which can be integrated with third party/ legacy applications
using the built-in integration tools
g. The ERP Application should be able to generate report output
directly in excel, PDF, text, XML, HTML or such other file types.
h. ERP Application should have single sign-on access across
applications and should be intuitive, with easy-to-use user
interface that can be accessed via the web interface.
i. ERP Application should have ability to provide concise overview
of parameters like configuration changes, infrastructure usage,
performance, required maintenance activities, potential security
issues, status of business flows and diagnostic test results
j. ERP Application should provide performance statistics for the
CPU/ Memory, database, Application servers
k. The ERP Application shall have a built in software to manage
application software backups and restore with Source Control
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and the solution shall have a built in software to manage


automated database backups and restore
l. The ERP Application should include tools/ mechanism for System,
Database and performance measurement activities
m. ERP Application / System should have tools for administration of
Configuration management, Performance tuning, System
diagnostics and Capacity planning
n. The ERP solution should support multiple levels of reporting
including transactional reporting, analytical reporting etc. It
should support reporting on excel sheets as well as format
intensive reporting, graphics and will have a facility to drill down
o. The ERP solution should come with inbuilt tools for data
migration, upgrades etc.
p. The ERP solution should have provision for handling reporting
through a data warehouse
q. The ERP Solution should provide application development tools
to support the continuous development/refinement of application
r. The ERP solution should provide a robust set of communication
and reporting tools and must be able to auto-trigger emails /
SMS communications to concerned as per business rules
configured in the system.
s. The ERP solution shall be in operation in at least one Metro or
railway organization in India and at least two central PSUs in
India.
6. Strategic requirements and business ecosystem: The bidders are
requested to provide the compliance and the characteristics of the
proposed ERP solution to the following requirements
a. The ERP solution shall be implemented and maintained by
System Integrators based out of India, without depending on
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the OEM and should have at least ten certified partners in


India for implementing and maintain ace/support of ERP.
b. The ERP solution should be able to meet the India specific
requirements on service Tax, TDS etc. and has the facility to
provide these changes for localization on a continuous basis
c. The Proposed ERP Application should support all of the
Operating Systems- Microsoft Windows, UNIX, Linux, MAC etc.
and the proposed ERP application should be capable of
supporting all standard Databases like Sybase, SQL, Oracle
and DB2
d. The ERP Solution should be supplied with the source code and
the customized source codes of the ERP solution. These Codes
should be part of deliverable without any preconditions
e. The ERP Solution OEM should have its own R&D centre in
India employing more than 1000 employees on roll doing
development
7. A platform for future expansion: The bidders are requested to
provide how the proposed ERP solution meets the following future
requirements of KMRL, with references.
a. The need for an integrated platform with e-procurement
system for public procurement as an integral part of the
proposed ERP solution, with references of deployment of the
e-procurement system along with the proposed ERP solution,
at two public sector enterprises organisations
b. The need for an integrated platform with the system for
management of government files, as an integral part of the
proposed ERP solution, with references of deployment of the
system for government file management, along with the
proposed ERP solution, at two public sector enterprises or
organisations

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4.8.

OUTLINE

OF TECHNICAL PROPOSAL FOR IMPLEMENTATION

SERVICES

1. The technical proposal should provide references of the customers


in the rail/transport sectors where the proposed ERP solution has
been implemented by the bidder as a direct contractor.
2. The technical proposal should address how the ERP solution will be
implemented to meet the requirements of KMRL.
3. Some of the key requirements of the Technical proposal on the
implementation services will be
a. Bill of services offered by the bidder during implementation
b. The details of services offered during the post implementation
support period to meet the requirements of KMRL
c. Mechanisms / support for Data migration (legacy data,
duration) and post implementation support
d. Format and structure of deliverables to be produced by the
project team.
e. Training the users and the mechanisms to ensure that all the
intended users can use the system effectively.
4. The project management and skills the bidder is required to
provide details on
a. Project structure and management
b. Project Plan and Resource loading
c. The profile of the key resources
5. Some of the other key elements of the proposal for implementation
services should include
a. Methodology for implementation
b. Best practices / Process redesign
c. Expertise of the project team to be Deployed
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d. Change control and estimation


e. Data migration services
f. The Format of Deliverables
g. Acceptance mechanisms
h. Training and project artifacts
4.9.

TECHNICAL

PROPOSAL FOR SUPPORT SERVICES

The bidder is required to furnish the following details in the Technical


Proposal on the application support services in terms of
1. The list of services to be delivered during the maintenance period
2. The mechanisms to source and monitor the services
3. The escalation mechanisms and the structure for resolution of
issues
4. The team structure and resource loading to deliver the services,
etc.
5. The resource loading for on-site and remote services
6. The mechanisms and tools to monitor the SLAs
7. The mechanism for corrective actions
8. Minor developments as continuous improvements to facilitate KMRL
to get maximum benefits out of the system
9. Mechanisms to institutionalise the centre excellence (CoE) for ERP
support at KMRL
4.10.

SUGGESTIONS

ON THE

DRAFT CONTRACT

1. A draft contract including the standard terms and all the other
terms specific to the implementation of the ERP at KMRL is included
in annexure of this RFP. It is expected that the bidder will be able to
execute this contract without any modifications, in case they are
selected for doing so.
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2. However the bidder is requested to indicate as per format


Annexure, the changes the bidder desires to have and the reason
for that. This is only a solicitation of suggestions for change and this
must be done as part of clarifications / suggestions not later.
3. However, it is neither guaranteed that these requests for changes
will be accepted in the final contract nor this process should be
construed as any commitment from KMRL to consider those
suggestions.
4. The bidder should not suggest any change to the contract that has
financial or commercial implications during the execution of the
contract and is against the basic spirit of procuring the services for
implementation of the ERP Solution.
5. The bidder is also requested not to base the commercial proposal
on the assumptions that the suggestions for changes to the draft
contract will be accepted by KMRL.
4.11.

GUIDELINES

FOR

COMMERCIAL

PROPOSAL

1. The commercial proposals for the proposed ERP solution and the
commercial proposal for implementation services will be in two
separate forms
2. The commercial proposal for the implementation services will be
signed by the authorised signatory of the SI
3. The commercial proposal for the proposed ERP solution to be signed
by the authorised signatory of the ERP solution OEM
4. The two commercial proposals will be submitted in two separate
covers
5. Both the proposals for the ERP solution and the implementation
services are expected to cost for the complete requirements of
KMRL as per this RFP.
6. Prices shall be quoted entirely in Indian Rupees.

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7. No clauses for price fluctuations due to fluctuation of the Indian


currency against any of foreign currency will be accepted during the
period of the contract.
4.12.

COMMERCIAL

PROPOSAL FOR

ERP

SOLUTION

1. The commercial proposal for the proposed ERP solution will cover all
the elements or solution components proposed in the bill of
materials for the ERP solution.
2. The commercial proposal will cover all the technical requirements,
the functional specifications and the user base of KMRL
3. All the separately and independently priced/licensed elements or
modules of the ERP solution are priced separately
4. The charges for the annual technical services or ATS also should be
clearly indicated in the commercial proposal
5. As indicated earlier, KMRL will have the right to procure the
proposed ERP solution directly from the OEM. The commercial
proposal should clearly indicate the applicable taxes, if the ERP
solution is bought directly from the OEM. It is also requested to
indicate the applicable taxes if the ERP solution bought through the
bidder.
6. It should be separately and clearly indicated how the local taxes will
be applied for selling the ERP solution by a registered entity in India
to KMRL which is headquartered at Ernakulam in the state of Kerala.
7. The payment terms for the ERP solution and the ATS should be part
of the commercial proposal.
4.13.

COMMERCIAL PROPOSAL

FOR IMPLEMENTATION SERVICES

1. This is a fixed price project without any scope for varying the price
during the contract period. The cost of any delay in execution of the
project will be borne by the bidder

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2. The quoted price must be detailed and must cover all the
requirements of KMRL and the terms and conditions laid out by
KMRL. The quoted price must be summarized as specified in this
RFP.
8. It should be separately and clearly indicated how the local taxes will
be applied for selling these services by a registered entity in India
to KMRL which is headquartered at Ernakulam in the state of Kerala.
3. The bidder is required to provide the price under three separate
headings, as given in the format for commercial proposal
a. Price for Implementation including configuration and
development, data migration etc. as per the RFP, till
usage ready and completion of three months of user
adoption services after complete deployment.
b. Price for One year support after user adoption services.
c. Price for second and third year of support
d. Cost of manpower for costing change requests
e. Cost of Man month rates for skill augmentation
4. The following elements will be used as optional elements will be
used for calculating the total value of the commercial bids. However
these are not used for contracting, and will be used as discovered
price for managing the contract.
a. Price for second and third year of support will be
applicable only if KMRL extends the period of support and
maintenance, beyond the first year.
b. Cost of manpower for costing change requests will be
used for estimating the cost of change requests, which
may arise during implementation
c. Cost of Man month rates for skill augmentation will be
applicable for the resources deployed as members of the
internal team members, as an when KMRL requests for
them. The cost of skill augmentation service will be for the
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cost of the person to work at KMRL office inclusive of all


costs of working at the KMRL premise, including employee
reimbursable expenses, if any.
4.14.

GENERAL CONDITIONS

FOR COMMERCIAL PROPOSAL

1. For the purpose of costing, the bidders are requested to take the
Head Quarters of KMRL at Ernakulam, Kerala as the project site.
2. The bidder is required to bear the cost of movement/stay of its
people from its office to the Project sites during the project
3. The bidder is required to bear the cost of client side infrastructure
of laptops/desktops required by the project team of the bidders,
during the implementation.
4. The bidder is required to ensure that the costing covers all the costs
like cost of local travel, food, stay of the project team of the bidder.
5. Expenses for all/senior executives of the bidder to attend the review
meetings or meeting of the steering committee should be borne by
the bidder.
6. All the communication costs between the project team at the
project sites and the company offices will be borne by the bidder.
7. The bidder is expected to price fully in the commercial proposal for
all the services being provided by it to KMRL. Any assumptions
about possible future recovery of the under-priced items shall be at
the risk of the bidder.
8. The bidder should provide all prices, quantities as per the
prescribed formats. The bidder should not leave any field blank. In
case the field is not applicable, bidder must indicate 0 (zero) in all
such fields.
9. It is mandatory to provide breakup of all taxes, duties and levies
wherever applicable and/or payable.

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10.

If, during the Contract Period, there is any change in the

applicable Laws in India with respect to taxes and duties quoted in


the commercial proposal which increases or decreases the cost
incurred by the Bidder in performing the Services, then such
payments, otherwise payable to the Bidder under this Contract shall
be increased or decreased accordingly. Such increase or decrease in
the contract shall be valid on the invoice submitted on or after the
date of such changes brought into force only.
11.

KMRL reserves the right to ask the bidder to submit proof of

payment against any of the taxes, duties, levies indicated. Prices


quoted in the bid must be firm and final and shall not be subject to
any change.
12.

The Commercial bid should clearly indicate the price to

be charged without any qualifications whatsoever and should


include all taxes, duties, fees, levies, works contract tax and
other charges as may be applicable in relation to the
activities proposed to be carried out. It is mandatory that such
charges wherever applicable/payable should be indicated
separately as Breakdown of Cost Components.
13.

Prices in any form or by any reason before opening the

Commercial Bid should not be revealed, failing which the offer


shall be liable to be rejected. If price change is envisaged due
to any clarification, revised Bid in a separate sealed cover
shall be submitted with prior written permission of the KMRL.
4.15.

PAYMENT

TERMS FOR IMPLEMENTATION SERVICES

1. The cost of implementation services, including the cost of support


for the ERP Solution, the training, data migration cost etc. will be
paid based on the completion of the key milestones of the project
and acceptance of the deliverables associated with the milestones,
by KMRL.

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2. The implementation service also includes three months of adoption


support after Complete deployment declaration.
3. At the completion of Project Preparation phase, 15% of the cost of
implementation services will be paid.
4. 35% of the cost of implementation services will be paid after the
completion of the Blueprint phase
5. 25% of the cost of implementation services will be paid at the
successful completion of the Realization phase
6. 25% of the cost of implementation services will be paid after one
annual quarter of successful operation and successful completion of
three months of user adoption services
7. The charges for the support services will be payable at half yearly
periods
4.16.

PERIOD

OF

VALIDITY

OF

BIDS

1. For the purpose of entering into a definitive contract for the


PROJECT services for KMRL, as proposed by the bidder, the
proposals shall be valid for a period of 6 (Six) months (one hundred
and eighty days) from the last date for submission of the proposals.
A proposal valid for a shorter period may be rejected as nonresponsive.
2. On completion of the validity period, unless the bidder withdraws its
proposal in writing, it will be deemed to be valid until such time that
the bidder formally (in writing) withdraws his proposal.
3. In exceptional circumstances, at its discretion, KMRL may solicit the
bidder's consent for an extension of the validity period. The request
and the responses thereto shall be made in writing by email.
4. On signing of the contract, the prices quoted in the commercial
proposal for different solution components will be valid for the
period of the contract, executed between the successful bidder and
KMRL.
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5.

BIDDING TERMS AND CONDITIONS

5.1.

BIDDER QUERIES / CLARIFICATIONS

ON

RFP

1. All Requests for Clarifications (RFC) on the bidding terms or the


specifications or any statement in this RFP document should be
sent in the format provided in this RFP document.
2. Only those queries sent by the designated contact person of the
bidder, as indicated while acknowledging the receipt of the RFP
documents, will be entertained. Queries sent by anybody else from
the bidder organization or its associates will be not be entertained.
3. All RFCs should be sent by email from email id of the designated
contact person of the bidder from his/her official email id to the
email id of KMRL on or before date / time specified in the RFP.
Telephone calls or in person interviews/discussions will not be
accepted/entertained. KMRL will not take the responsibility to
acknowledge the receipt of the queries by email. In no event will
KMRL be responsible for ensuring that bidders inquiries have been
received by KMRL.
4. KMRL will share the answers for the queries from each of the
bidders, with all the bidders at the Pre-bid meeting and
subsequently through an email communication to all designated
representatives of the bidders.
5. KMRL will attempt to provide reasonable response/answers to all
queries submitted by the potential bidders. However, KMRL makes
no representation or warranty as to the completeness of any
response, nor does KMRL undertake to answer all queries that have
been posed by the bidders.
6. KMRL will not be responsible for any queries which any of the
bidders claim to have sent and which did not reach the designated
email ids of KMRL.
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7. Any queries/clarifications related to the RFP should be sent to the


email id listed in the RFP with the text [The PROJECT - RFC] may
be included in the subject line.
5.2.

PRE-BID CONFERENCE

1. Pre bid of the bidders shall be convened at the designated date,


time and place. Only those bidders who have downloaded the RFP
document from the Official Website of KMRL, shall be allowed to
participate in the Pre bid Conference.
2. A maximum of three representatives of each bidder shall be allowed
to participate on production of an authority letter from the bidder.
3. The purpose of the conference is to provide bidders with
information regarding the RFP and the requirements of KMRL, and
to provide each bidder an opportunity to seek clarifications
regarding any aspect of the RFP.
4. During the course of Pre-bid Conference, the bidder will be free to
seek clarifications and make suggestions for consideration of KMRL.
KMRL shall endeavour to provide clarifications and such further
information as it may, in its sole discretion, consider appropriate for
facilitating a fair, transparent and competitive Selection Process.
5. In case of any change in the actual date, time and venue of the PreBid conference from what is indicated in this RFP, the same will be
published on the website of KMRL.
6. Representatives of the qualified bidders organization may attend
the pre-bid conference at their own cost.
7. The tentative venue for the Pre-bid conference is listed in the RFP
5.3.

BID

PREPARATION AND SUBMISSION

1. The following procedure should be followed for bid preparation and


submission.
Envelope
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1 : EMD

sealed and super scribed EMD ERP KMRL.]

and

The Technical Proposal shall be prepared in

Technical

accordance with the requirements specified in this

Proposal

RFP and in the format prescribed.


The Technical Bid should be submitted in printed
and soft copy formats - one set of printed hard
copy format and one set of a non-rewritable CD
format. The words Technical Proposal ERP
KMRL shall be written in indelible ink on the CD.
The Hard Copy or the printed copy shall have
originals of the formats/declarations signed by the
authorized signatory. The hard copy should be put
along with the CD in the envelope and sealed. The
envelope shall be super scribed Technical
Proposal ERP KMRL]
This envelope should not contain any information
about the pricing or the Commercial Proposal, in
either explicit or implicit form, in which case the
bid will be rejected.

Envelope

The Commercial Proposal shall be submitted in a

2:

sealed envelope as per the specifications in this

Commerc

RFP and the forms prescribed.

ial

The Commercial Proposal shall be submitted in the

Proposal

form of a printed Hard Copy, in two separate


covers

One cover with printed commercial proposal


for implementation services

One cover with printed commercial proposal


for ERP solution

The Hard Copy shall be signed by the authorized


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signatory on all the pages before being put in the


envelope and sealed. The envelope should also be
super scribed Commercial Proposal - ERP KMRL
(Not to be opened with the Technical Proposal) at
the top right hand corner and addressed to The
Purchaser at the address specified below in this
table.
Note: Unsigned Hard Copy of the Commercial
Proposal will lead to rejection of the bid.
Envelope

All the above envelopes along with the proposal

letter should be put in an envelope which shall be


properly sealed. The outside of the envelope must
clearly indicate the name of the project Request
for Proposal for ERP KMRL.] and addressed to
The Purchaser at the address specified. The
package should have the bidders name and
address and the names of primary and secondary
contact persons.

Address

All the sealed covers for pre-qualification of the


bid, the technical proposal and commercial
proposals (together called the bid documents)
along with the outer envelope must be addressed
to the address listed in the RFP

2. It is expected that the contents in the printed version and the


contents in the CD are same. In the event of any discrepancy
between the printed version and the contents in the CD, , the
printed version shall prevail
3. Signature: The covering letter must be signed with the bidders
name and by a representative of the bidder, who is authorized to
commit the bidder to contractual obligations and has the power of
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attorney on behalf of the bidder. All obligations committed by such


signatories are liable to be fulfilled and enforceable through
contracts.
4. The Submissions, including complete RFP documents, Proposals etc.
in original and its copy, shall be typed or written in indelible ink and
signed by the authorised signatory of the Applicant who shall initial
each page, in blue ink. In case of printed and published Documents,
only the cover shall be initialled. All the alterations, omissions,
additions, or any other amendments made to the Proposal shall be
initialled by the person(s) signing the Proposal. The Proposals must
be properly signed by the authorised representative (the
Authorised Representative) as detailed below:
a. by a partner, in case of a partnership firm and/or a limited
liability partnership; or
b. by a duly authorized person holding the Power of Attorney, in
case of a Limited Company or a corporation; or
c. A copy of the Power of Attorney certified by a notary public in
the form specified in the Appendix shall accompany the
Proposal (if required).
5. While submitting a Proposal, the bidder should attach clearly
marked and referenced continuation sheets in the event that the
space provided in the specified forms in the Appendices is
insufficient. Alternatively, bidders may format the specified forms
making due provision for incorporation of the requested
information.
6. Impact of Litigation: KMRL does not intend to deal with any bidders
who are facing litigations or enquiry of such nature which have the
potential to adversely impact the operations of the bidder and
thereby pose significant risk to the implementation of the proposed
ERP solution at KMRL, if such a bidder is selected to do so. Keeping
this in mind, KMRL requests the bidders to give an undertaking to
this effect.
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7. Acknowledgement of Understanding of Terms


a. By submitting a proposal, the bidder shall be deemed to
acknowledge that the bidder has carefully read all sections of
this RFP, including all forms, schedules and Appendices hereto,
and has fully informed itself as to all the conditions and
limitations.
b. By submitting a proposal in response to this RFP, the bidder shall
be deemed to acknowledge that the company is in agreement
with the terms and conditions of the RFP and the procedures
adopted for bidding & evaluation of the responses of the bidders.
8. Visit to KMRL and verification of information: Before submitting their
proposals, the bidders may visit the office of KMRL and ascertain for
themselves the availability of documents and other data with KMRL,
Applicable Laws and regulations or any other matter considered
relevant by them. Such requests for visits may be submitted to
KMRL by the official representative of the bidder, by highlighting the
specific points or information required. Based on the information
sought and the availability of such information. KMRL may or may
not accept such requests, and the same will be communicated to
the respective bidder
9. It shall be deemed that by submitting the Proposal, the bidder has:
a. Made a complete and careful examination of the RFP;
b. Received all relevant information requested from KMRL
c. Accepted the risk of inadequacy, error or mistake in the
information provided in the RFP or furnished by or on behalf of
KMRL or relating to any of the matters referred to in Section 8
above;
d. Satisfied itself about all matters, things and information,
including matters referred to in Section 8 herein above,
necessary and required for submitting an informed Application
and performance of all of its obligations there under;
e. Acknowledged that it does not have a Conflict of Interest; and
f. Agreed to be bound by the undertaking provided by it under and
in terms hereof.
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10.

KMRL shall not be liable for any omission, mistake or error in

respect of any of the above or on account of any matter or thing


arising out of or concerning or relating to RFP or the Selection
Process, including any error or mistake therein or in any information
or data given by KMRL.
11.

The bidder is requested to sign the proposal covering letter as

per the format to declare the understanding of the terms and


acceptance of the conditions
5.4.

THE

RIGHTS OF

KMRL

1. Rights of the content of proposals


a. All proposals and accompanying documentation submitted as
the bids against this RFP, once opened will become the property
of KMRL and will not be returned.
b. The information provided by the bidder, like the names of the
customers of the bidder or any proprietary information about the
bidder etc. will be treated as confidential information, unless
asked to disclose by the orders of the court of law or the
Information Commission (under the RTI Act)
c. KMRL is not restricted in its rights to use or disclose any or all of
the information contained in the proposal, and can do so without
compensation to the bidder. KMRL shall not be bound by any
language in the proposal indicating the confidentiality of the
proposal or any other restriction on its use or disclosure.
d. KMRL has the right to use the services of external experts to
evaluate the proposal by the bidders and share the content of
the proposal either partially or completely with the experts for
evaluation
2. Right to Terminate the Process
a. KMRL reserves the right to accept or reject any proposal, and to
annul the bidding process and reject all proposals at any time
prior to award of contract, without thereby incurring any liability
to the affected bidder or bidders or any obligation to inform the
affected bidder or bidders of the grounds for actions taken by
KMRL.
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b. KMRL may terminate the bidding process at any time and


without assigning any reason. KMRL makes no commitments,
express or implied, that this process will result in a business
transaction with anyone.
c. This RFP does not constitute an offer by KMRL. The bidders
participation in this process may result in KMRL selecting the
bidder to engage in further discussions and negotiations toward
execution of a contract. The commencement of such
negotiations does not, however, signify a commitment by KMRL
to execute a contract or to continue negotiations. KMRL may
terminate negotiations at any time without assigning any reason.
3. Amendment of Request for Proposal - At any time prior to the
deadline for submission of proposals, KMRL, for any reason, whether
at its own initiative or in response to clarifications requested by any
of the potential bidders may modify the RFP by the issuance of
Addendum/ Amendment and posting it on the Official Website by
amendment notified in writing or by facsimile or email to all bidders
who have received this RFP and such amendment shall be binding
on them.
4. Supplemental Information to the Request for Proposals - If KMRL
deems it appropriate to revise any part of this RFP or to issue
additional data to clarify an interpretation of provisions of this RFP,
it may issue supplements to this RFP. Any such supplement shall be
deemed to be incorporated by this reference into this RFP.
5. The cost of the proposal and bidding process - The bidder is
responsible for all costs incurred in connection with participation in
the bidding process, including, but not limited to, costs incurred in
participation in meetings/discussions/presentations, preparation of
proposal, in providing any additional information required by KMRL
to facilitate the evaluation process, and in finalizing a Service
Agreement or a contract or all such activities related to the bid
process.

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6. Number of Proposals: No bidder or its Associate shall submit more


than one proposal or bid against this RFP. A bidder submitting a bid
individually or as an Associate shall not be entitled to submit
another bid either individually or as a member of any consortium,
as the case may be
5.5.

MISCELLANEOUS

1. The Selection Process shall be governed by, and construed in


accordance with, the laws of India and the Courts at Kochi shall
have exclusive jurisdiction over all disputes arising under, pursuant
to and/or in connection with the Selection Process.
2. KMRL can choose not to proceed with any bidder with respect to
one or more categories of services/requirements outlined in this
RFP; and can choose to suspend the project or to issue a new RFP
for this project that would supersede and replace this RFP.
3. KMRL, in its sole discretion and without incurring any obligation or
liability, reserves the right, at any time, to:
a. suspend and/or cancel the Selection Process and/or amend
and/or supplement the Selection Process or modify the dates
or other terms and conditions relating thereto;
b. Consult with any bidder in order to receive clarification or
further information;
c. retain any information and/or evidence submitted to KMRL
by, on behalf of and/or in relation to any bidder; and/or
d. Independently verify, disqualify, reject and/or accept any and
all submissions or other information and/or evidence
submitted by or on behalf of any bidder.
4. It shall be deemed that by submitting the Proposal, the bidder
agrees and releases KMRL, its employees, agents and advisers,
irrevocably, unconditionally, fully and finally from any and all
liability for claims, losses, damages, costs, expenses or liabilities in
any way related to or arising from the exercise of any rights and/or
performance of any obligations hereunder, pursuant hereto and/or
in connection herewith and waives any and all rights and/or claims

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it may have in this respect, whether actual or contingent, whether


present or future.
5. All documents and other information supplied by KMRL or submitted
by an Bidder shall remain or become, as the case may be, the
property of KMRL. KMRL will not return any submissions made
hereunder. Bidders are required to treat all such documents and
information as strictly confidential.
6. KMRL reserves the right to make inquiries with any of the clients
listed by the bidders in their previous experience record.
7. This RFP does not commit KMRL to award a contract or to engage in
negotiations. Further, no bidder is entitled for any claims for cost
incurred in making the proposal cost may be incurred in anticipation
of award of contract.
8. Timing and sequence of events resulting from this RFP shall
ultimately be determined by KMRL.
9. No oral conversations or agreements with any official, agent, or
employee of KMRL shall affect or modify any terms of this RFP, and
any alleged oral agreement or arrangement made by a bidder with
any department, agency, official or employee of KMRL shall be
superseded by the definitive agreement that results from this RFP
process. Oral communications by KMRL to bidders shall not be
considered binding on KMRL, nor shall any written materials
provided by any person other than the authorized representative of
KMRL
10.
Neither the bidder nor any of bidders representatives shall
have any claims whatsoever against KMRL or any of their respective
officials, agents, or employees arising out of or relating to this RFP
or these procedures (other than those arising under a definitive
service agreement with the bidder in accordance with the terms
thereof).
11.
This RFP does not commit KMRL to enter into an agreement or
similar undertaking with the bidder or any other organization and
KMRL shall have the right to reject or accept any proposal or offer,
or any part thereof (e.g., any component of any proposed solution)
for any reason whatsoever.
12.
No oral communication by either party will be recognized as
official communication or a commitment. The only permitted mode
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of communication by either party will be through email id of the


respective authorized persons and only those communication will
be considered as commitments
5.6.

CONDITIONS

ON THE CONTENT OF THE PROPOSAL

1. Language of Proposals - The proposals, all correspondence and


documents enclosed as part of the proposals should be in English.
2. The Proposal with all accompanying documents (the Documents)
and all communications in relation to or concerning the Selection
Process shall be in English language and strictly on the forms
provided in this RFP. No supporting document or printed literature
shall be submitted with the Proposal unless specifically asked for
and in case any of these Documents is in another language, it must
be accompanied by an accurate translation of all the relevant
passages in English, in which case, for all purposes of interpretation
of the Proposal, the translation in English shall prevail.
3. Validity of the information
a. If the information submitted by the bidder during the RFP
process is found to be misrepresented, incorrect or false,
accidentally, unwittingly or otherwise, at any time during the
bidding process or any time during the tenure of the contract,
including the extension period if any, KMRL has the right to
terminate the contract and initiate penal action against the
bidder.
b. In case of such termination and penal actions, KMRL shall
reserve the right to seek penalty to cover the cost of damages
including the cost of implementation and opportunity loss due to
time spent on implementation.
4. Overly Elaborate Proposals - Unnecessarily elaborate brochures or
other promotional materials beyond those sufficient to present a
complete and effective proposal are considered undesirable and
may be construed as an indication of the bidders lack of cost
consciousness. KMRLs interest is in the quality and responsiveness
of the proposal.
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5. Non-Conforming Proposals - Any proposal may be construed as a


non-conforming proposal and ineligible for consideration if it does
not comply with the requirements of this RFP. Without limiting
generality of the foregoing, the failure to comply with the technical
requirements, and acknowledgment of receipt of amendments, will
be causes for holding proposals non-conforming. In addition, KMRL
will not consider for evaluation proposals that are canned
presentations of promotional materials and that do not follow the
format requested in this RFP or do not appear to address the
particular requirements of KMRL as described in different sections of
this RFP or do not appear to address the particular requirements of
KMRL to propose and implement the proposed ERP solution.
5.7.

THE

PROCEDURAL CONDITIONS

1. Late bids
a. Bids received after the due date and the specified time for any
reason whatsoever, shall not be entertained and will be rejected
without opening.
b. KMRL may, in exceptional circumstances and at its discretion,
extend the deadline for submission of proposals by intimating all
bidders who have received the bid documents from KMRL,
through email, in which case all rights and obligations of the
bidders previously subject to the original deadline will thereafter
be subject to the deadline as extended.
2. Withdrawal and modifications of Proposals
a. Modifications of any nature to proposal will not be allowed after
the deadline for proposal submission
b. In case the bidder submits the revised proposal, the revised
proposal shall strictly comply with all the terms and conditions of
this RFP.
c. No proposal submitted by the bidders may be withdrawn either
partially or fully in the interval between the deadline for
submission of proposals and the expiration of the validity period.
d. If a bidder intends to withdraw the proposal before the validity
period the bidder can do so by forfeiting the EMD
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e. The responses given by the bidders to queries from KMRL during


the evaluation will be considered as part of the proposal
5.8.

CONFLICT

OF INTEREST

1. A bidder shall not have a conflict of interest that may affect the
Selection Process or the ERP implementation project. Any bidder
found to have a Conflict of Interest shall be disqualified. In the
event of disqualification, KMRL shall appropriate the Performance
Security, if available, as mutually agreed genuine pre-estimated
compensation and damages payable to KMRL for, inter alia, the
time, cost and effort of KMRL including consideration of such
bidders Proposal, without prejudice to any other right or remedy
that may be available KMRL hereunder or otherwise.
2. The bidder shall furnish an affirmative statement as to the absence
of, actual or potential conflict of interest on the part of the bidder
due to prior, current, or proposed contracts, engagements, or
affiliations with KMRL. Additionally, such disclosure shall address
any and all potential elements, which would adversely impact the
ability of the bidder to complete the requirements as given in the
RFP.
5.9.

DISQUALIFICATION

OF

BIDS/PROPOSALS

1. The proposal submitted by the bidder is liable to be disqualified


under the following cases. Each of the conditions laid down here are
equally important, as indicated by the consequence of the violation
of the condition, which is disqualification of the entire proposal of
the bidder
2. Violation of the technical process
a. Commercial Proposal is submitted along with the Technical
proposal
b. The price information, the pricing policy or pricing mechanisms
or any document/information/file indicative of the commercial
aspects of the proposal are either fully or partially enclosed or
are part of the Technical Proposal
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c. Bidders may specifically note that while processing the Bid


documents, if it comes to KMRLs knowledge expressly or implied,
that some bidders may have compounded in any manner
whatsoever or otherwise joined to form a cartel resulting in delay
/ holding up the processing of Bid then the bidders so involved
are liable to be disqualified for this contract
d. In case any one party submits multiple Bids , the bidders are
likely to be disqualified, unless additional Bids are withdrawn
3. Noncompliance to the conditions of the bidding process
a. The Bid documents are not signed, stamped and submitted in
original as per guidelines of the RFP
b. The required EMD has not been paid as per the guidelines.
c. The Bid validity period is shorter than the required period
d. The Bid is not submitted in accordance with this document
e. During validity of the Bid, or its extended period, if any, the
bidder increases its quoted prices
f. The bidder qualifies the Bid with its own conditions which
contradicts the terms and conditions of the RFP or the draft
contract
g. Bid is received in incomplete form
h. Bid is not accompanied by all requisite documents duly signed,
stamped and submitted in original copies.
4. Non responsive Content of the proposal
a. Information submitted in Technical offer is found to be
misrepresented, incorrect or false, accidentally, unwittingly or
otherwise, at any time during the processing of the contract (no
matter at what stage) or during the tenure of the contract
including the extension period if any
b. The deliverables as given in the Technical solution should be in
consonance with the Commercial Proposal. Any deviations in the
final deliverables between Technical and Commercial proposals
shall make the Bid unresponsive and may lead to disqualification
of the Bid
5. Inability to respond in accordance with the bidding guidelines

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a. The successful bidder, invited to sign the contract qualifies the


letter of acceptance of the contract with its conditions
b. Bidder fails to deposit the Performance Bank Guarantee or fails
to enter into a contract within 15 days of the date of notice of
award of contract or within such extended period, as may be
specified by KMRL.
6. Consequences of disqualification
a. If a bid or a proposal is disqualified, the bidder will not be eligible
to participate in the bidding process initiated by this RFP.
b. If the proposal/bid is disqualified, it will not be processed further
and the same will be communicated to the bidder through
email/fax. No further correspondence from the bidder with the
KMRL will be entertained.
c. Documents submitted as a part of the proposal and which have
not been opened will be returned to the bidder.
d. Documents submitted as a part of the proposal and which have
been opened at the time of disqualification will not be returned
to the bidder.
e. If the disqualification is for the reasons of fraudulent or corrupt
practice, KMRL has the right to initiate actions to black list the
bidder as per the provisions of the relevant acts/rules
5.10.

ENTIRE DOCUMENTS

1. Entire Request for Proposal - The following constitute the entire


Request For Proposal by KMRL
a. The RFP documents supplied by the KMRL
b. The additional conditions if any, supplied by the KMRL on or
before the last date for the submission of the responses by the
bidder
c. The clarifications provided by KMRL during the pre-bid phase or
before the last date for the submission of the responses by the
bidder.
d. Minutes of the meeting of pre-bid meeting circulated to the
bidders by the KMRL

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e. Any official communication through email/fax/post by KMRL sent


to all the bidders during the bidding period or before the last
date for submission of the response by the bidder.
2. Entire proposal by the bidder the following constitute the entire
proposal by the bidder
a. The response by the bidder submitted in the soft copy format in
the e-tendering System.
b. The presentation material submitted by the bidder during the
bidder presentation sessions and the minutes of the meeting
thereof.
c. The clarifications provided by the bidder as a part of the proposal
against any queries/requests by KMRL.
d. Minutes of the meeting of the pre-bid meeting
3. The Communications
a. The communications if any exchanged between KMRL and the
bidders related to the RFP and the bidding process, through
emails/fax/post will be part of the RFP / proposal documents.
b. Only communications sent through email ids of the authorized
persons of the bidders or KMRL and letters signed by the
authorized persons will be part of the official records for the RFPs
and the proposals
5.11.

AUTHENTICITY

OF THE INFORMATION AND

RIGHT

OF

VERIFICATION

1. KMRL reserves the right to verify all statements, information and


documents, submitted by the bidder in response to the RFP. Any
such verification or the lack of such verification by KMRL to
undertake such verification shall not relieve the bidder of its
obligations or liabilities hereunder nor will it affect any rights of
KMRL there under.
2. In case it is found during the evaluation or at any time before
signing of the Agreement or after its execution and during the
period of subsistence thereof, that one or more of the eligibility
conditions have not been met by the bidder or the bidder has made
material misrepresentation or has given any materially incorrect or
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false information, the bidder shall be disqualified forthwith if not yet


appointed as the SI either by issue of the LOA or entering into of the
Agreement, and if the Selected bidder has already been issued the
LOA or has entered into the Agreement, as the case may be, the
same shall, notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained
therein or in this RFP, be liable to be terminated, by a
communication in writing by KMRL without KMRL being liable in any
manner whatsoever to the Selected bidder or SI, as the case may
be.
3. In such an event, KMRL shall forfeit and appropriate the Bid
Security, if available, as mutually agreed pre-estimated
compensation and damages payable to KMRL for, inter alia, time,
cost and effort of KMRL, without prejudice to any other right or
remedy that may be available KMRL
5.12.

PROHIBITED

PRACTICES

1. The bidders and their respective officers, employees, agents and


advisers shall observe the highest standard of ethics during the
Selection Process. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary
contained in this RFP, KMRL shall reject a Proposal without being
liable in any manner whatsoever to the bidder, if it determines that
the bidder has, directly or indirectly or through an agent, engaged
in corrupt practice, fraudulent practice, coercive practice,
undesirable practice or restrictive practice (collectively the
Prohibited Practices) in the Selection Process. In such an event,
KMRL shall, without prejudice to its any other rights or remedies,
forfeit and appropriate the Performance Security, if available, as
mutually agreed genuine pre-estimated compensation and
damages payable to KMRL for, inter alia, time, cost and effort of
KMRL, in regard to the RFP, including consideration and evaluation
of such bidders Proposal.

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2. Without prejudice to the rights of KMRL under the above Clause


hereinabove and the rights and remedies which KMRL may have
under the LOA or the Agreement, if an bidder, as the case may be,
is found by KMRL to have directly or indirectly or through an agent,
engaged or indulged in any corrupt practice, fraudulent practice,
coercive practice, undesirable practice or restrictive practice during
the Selection Process, or after the issue of the LOA or the execution
of the Agreement, such bidder shall not be eligible to participate in
any tender or RFP issued by KMRL during a period of 2 (two) years
from the date such bidder, as the case may be, is found by KMRL to
have directly or through an agent, engaged or indulged in any
corrupt practice, fraudulent practice, coercive practice, undesirable
practice or restrictive practice, as the case may be.
3. For the purposes of this condition on prohibited practices, the
following terms shall have the meaning hereinafter respectively
assigned to them as follows:
a. corrupt practice means (i) the offering, giving, receiving, or
soliciting, directly or indirectly, of anything of value to influence
the action of any person connected with the Selection Process
(for avoidance of doubt, offering of employment to or employing
or engaging in any manner whatsoever, directly or indirectly, any
official of KMRL who is or has been associated in any manner,
directly or indirectly with the Selection Process or the LOA or has
dealt with matters concerning the Agreement or arising there
from, before or after the execution thereof, at any time prior to
the expiry of one year from the date such official resigns or
retires from or otherwise ceases to be in the service of KMRL,
shall be deemed to constitute influencing the actions of a person
connected with the Selection Process; or (ii) save as provided
herein, engaging in any manner whatsoever, whether during the
Selection Process or after the issue of the LOA or after the
execution of the Agreement, as the case may be, any person in
respect of any matter relating to the Project or the LOA or the
Agreement, who at any time has been or is a legal, financial or
technical consultant/ adviser of KMRL in relation to any matter
concerning the Project
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b. fraudulent practice means a misrepresentation of facts in order


to influence a procurement process or the execution of a
contract to the detriment of KMRL, and includes collusive
practices among Bidders (prior to or after bid submission)
designed to establish bid prices at artificial, non-competitive
levels and to deprive the purchaser of the benefits of free and
open competition;
c. coercive practice means impairing or harming or threatening
to impair or harm, directly or indirectly, any persons or property
to influence any persons participation or action in the Selection
Process;
d. Unfair trade practices means supply of goods or services
(computer hardware, software, printers, networking equipment,
etc.) different from what is mentioned in the bid documents, and
includes change of parts/components, use of
refurbished/repaired/substandard/ duplicate parts instead of
genuine new parts or change the specifications and/or make of
the company for which the supply order was given by KMRL
e. undesirable practice means (i) establishing contact with any
person connected with or employed or engaged by KMRL with
the objective of canvassing, lobbying or in any manner
influencing or attempting to influence the Selection Process; or
(ii) having a Conflict of Interest; and
f. Restrictive practice means forming a cartel or arriving at any
understanding or arrangement among bidders with the objective
of restricting or manipulating a full and fair competition in the
Selection Process.

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6. EVALUATION
6.1.

OF PROPOSALS

BID OPENING SESSIONS

1. The bids will be opened on the specified date, time and address in
the presence of bidders representatives who have been authorized
to attend the Bid opening sessions.
2. In the event of the specified date of bid opening being declared a
holiday for KMRL, the Bids shall be opened at the same time and
location on the next working day.
3. KMRL will go ahead with bid opening, even if the authorized
representatives of the bidders abstain from these bid opening
sessions.
4. Opening of Commercial Proposal The commercial bids of only
those bidders who have scored more than the threshold points as
prescribed in the Technical Evaluation process will be opened.
5. The commercial bids of those who have scored less than the thresh
hold points as prescribed, will not be opened
6.2.

PROPOSAL EVALUATION PROCESS

1. Proposals will be evaluated by a Committee of Experts (the


Committee) appointed by KMRL. KMRL or such other authority
designated by KMRL as the case may be is also referred to herein as
the Committee of Experts (or Committee).
2. KMRL has the right to appoint any individual / organization as an
expert member of this committee as long as the particular person
does not have any conflict of interest in the bidding/evaluation
process.
3. KMRL has the right to share the contents of the proposals or bids
with the experts or consultants appointed for the purpose of
evaluation of the bids, as the case may be.

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4. Evaluations of bids will be only on the basis of information provided


by the bidders in the proposals, or any additional information
provided by the bidders against specific requests for clarifications
sent by KMRL during the evaluation process.
6.3.

CLARIFICATIONS

DURING BID EVALUATION

1. During the time of the evaluation of the Technical or/and Financial


Bids, KMRL may seek clarifications from the bidder on specific items
in the bids submitted by them. All such clarifications will be sent to
the contact persons indicated in the proposal either by email or
mail.
2. The primary role of clarifications in the evaluation process is to
clarify ambiguities and uncertainties arising out of the evaluation of
the bid documents. The clarifications provide the opportunity for
KMRL to state its requirements clearly and for the bidder to more
clearly state its proposal.
3. If such clarifications are oral in nature, they will only be considered
in the form of minutes of the meeting duly signed/agreed to by the
all the participants.
4. The bidder has the option to respond or not respond to these
queries. If the bidder fails to respond within the stipulated time
period, KMRL has the right to make assumptions on the Technical
or/and Financial Bids submitted by the SI and if such assumptions
lead to disqualification of the Technical or/and Financial Bids, KMRL
is not accountable for these omissions
5. All the responses to the clarifications will be part of the Technical
Proposal of the respective bidders, and if the clarifications are in
variance with the earlier information in the proposal, the
information provided in later stages will be the part of the contract
for implementation between SI and KMRL.
6. Evaluations of bids will be only on the basis of information provided
by the bidders in the proposals, or any additional information
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provided by the bidders against specific requests for clarifications


sent by KMRL during the evaluation process.
7. If any of the responses by the SI to the queries sent by KMRL has
commercial implications, these commercial aspects will not be
accommodated in the evaluation process.
8. Evaluation of the bids will be done in the following sequence
a. Scrutiny of Bid Security and adherence to general guidelines
b. Evaluation for eligibility
c. Evaluation of technical proposal for ERP solution
d. Evaluation of Technical proposal
e. Evaluation of commercial proposal
f. Determination of best value bid for implementation services
using QCBS system
6.4.

SCRUTINY

AND ASSESSMENT OF ELIGIBILITY

The following activities will be carried out as the first step in the bid
evaluation process
1. Scrutiny of the EMD/bid security
2. Scrutiny of the documents submitted as per the general guidelines
on the following
a. Proposal covering letter
b. Impact of litigation statement
c. Conflict of interest statement
3. Only those bids for which EMD has been submitted and which have
the above three documents in order will be processed further.
4. Assessment of the eligibility of against the conditions listed in the
RFP and compliance of the responses as per the respective formats
listed in the Annexure

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6.5.

THE

PROCESS OF EVALUATION

1. The prospective Bidder must comply with general qualifications


mentioned in the RFP. In case the Bidder does not fulfil the eligibility
criteria, their bids will be rejected and shall not be considered for
further evaluation.
2. The Bidder(s) will be evaluated on QCBS (Quality cum Cost Based
Selection) System. There will be 30% weightage for Technical Bid
and 70% for Commercial Bid.
3. A maximum of 100 points each will be allocated for the Technical
proposals for the ERP solution and the a maximum of 100 points for
the technical proposal for implementation services, based on the
assessment responses and compliance to the requirements of KMRL
4. If the ERP solution proposed to be implemented by the Bidders
scores less than 75 points (cut-off score) out of 100 points in the
technical evaluation, the ERP solution will not qualify and the bidder
who has proposed such ERP solution shall not be considered for the
Evaluation of the proposal for ERP implementation.
5. The Bidders scoring less than 70 points (cut-off score) out of 100
points in the technical evaluation of the ERP implementation
services shall not be considered for next stage of the evaluation
process.
6. The Bidders who are shortlisted based upon technical criteria may
be asked, if necessary, to make a presentation on their solution at
KMRL, at their own cost.
7. The individual technical scores of the technically qualified Bidders,
thereafter, will be normalized as per the formula below:

Tb
30

T max 100

( )

T n=

where:

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Tn = Normalized technical score for the Bidder under


consideration
Tb = Absolute technical score for the Bidder under
consideration
Tmax = Maximum absolute technical score obtained by any
Bidder
8. Financial Bids of those who have technically qualified only shall be
opened for further evaluation.
9. The Commercial Offer shall be the sum total of all the price
elements.
10.

The commercial scores will be calculated as per formula given

below:

F min 70

Fb
100

( )

Fn =

where:
Fn = Normalized financial score for the Bidder under
consideration
Fb = The commercial bid value of the Bidder under
consideration
Fmin = Minimum commercial Value bid
11.

The overall score will be calculated as per the formula given

below:

B n=T n+F n
where:
Bn = Overall score of the Bidder under consideration
Tn = Normalized technical score of the Bidder under
consideration
Fn = Normalized financial score of the Bidder under
consideration
12.

Final Selection of Bidder will be done based on added

individual score achieved by the Bidder in techno-commercial


evaluation. The Bidder getting the highest score (Bn) shall be
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selected for award of work. The final scores would be rounded off to
two decimals and in case of a tie, the bidder with lower financial
quote will be selected.
6.6.

PRESENTATION

OF THE

PROPOSAL

1. The committee may invite each bidder to make a presentation to


the KMRL at a date, time and venue determined by KMRL to make a
presentation of their Technical Proposal. The purpose of such
presentations would be to allow the bidders to present their
methodology, unique capabilities if any, the project structure, the
quality of the project team etc.
2. The presentation of the Technical Proposal should be made by the
proposed project manager of the bidder for this Project of KMRL,
with some of the key team members to support the project
manager as part of the presentation team, instead of the sales
representative or the senior executive of the organization.
3. The presentation of the technical proposal would also include the
demonstration of the proposed ERP solution to highlight the
technical requirements of KMRL and to validate the specific
technical specifications.
4. The bidders are expected to bear the cost of travel or any other
associated cost incurred for the purpose of making these
presentations
6.7.

EVALUATION

OF TECHNICAL

PROPOSAL

1. The technical proposal will be evaluated based on the materials


provided in the proposal by the bidders as against the general
understanding of what they should be like to meet the requirements
of the project.
2. The clarifications provided by the bidders during the evaluation
process or if any presentation was organised, the content of the
presentation also will be the basis of technical proposal evaluation.
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3. KMRL reserves the right to cross verify the documents/ credentials


of the bidder & related bodies before awarding the contract to the
successful bidder
4. The proposal will be evaluated against the following broad heading
6.8.

CLARIFICATIONS

TO THE

TECHNICAL PROPOSAL

1. During the time of the evaluation of the Technical Proposal, KMRL


may seek clarifications from the bidders on specific items in the
proposal submitted by them. All such clarifications will be sent to
the contact persons indicated in the proposal either by email for
response within a stipulated time period.
2. The bidder has the option to respond or not respond to these
queries. If the bidder fails to respond within the stipulated time
period, KMRL has the right to make assumptions on the technical
proposal submitted by the bidder and if such assumptions lead to
disqualification of the technical proposal, KMRL is not accountable
for these omissions
3. The responses by the bidders to the queries raised by KMRL will be
treated as part of the proposal by the respective bidders
4. If any of the responses by the bidders to the queries sent by KMRL
has commercial implications, these commercial aspects will not be
accommodated in the commercial evaluation process. The bidder is
expected to sign a declaration to this effect as per the format
Annexure.
6.9.

SCORING

OF TECHNICAL PROPOSAL FOR

ERP

SOLUTION

1. A maximum of 100 points will be allocated for the technical


proposal for the different parameters listed in the technical proposal
requirements for ERP solution, as per following:
Parameter

Points

The bill of material for the ERP solution


The solution fitment

5 points
25 points

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The licensing terms


The references in rail, metro and public
sector
Technical requirements
Strategic requirements
Future expansion capability for eprocurement and government file
Total Score

4 points
25 points
10 points
15 points
16 points
100 points

2. Out of a possible 100 points, a proposed ERP solution should score a


minimum of 75 points to qualify in the technical evaluation.
3. The technical proposal for implementation services of a particular
bidder will be evaluated, only if the ERP solution proposed by that
bidder qualifies in the technical evaluation
4. The bill of materials will be evaluated in terms completeness to
address all the requirements of KMRL and the clarity in terms of
mapping the requirements to specific solution elements.
5. The solution fitment of the ERP solution proposed by the bidder will
be evaluated against the response to the FRS, the references of
successful implementation and on the basis of the demonstration of
the solution in the event of organising a solution demonstration.
The following will be the basis of evaluation for this parameter.
a. KMRL is looking for ERP Solution which would need minimum
customization, if any, the solutions proposed will be rated
accordingly the solutions which need less customization
being rated better than the others.
b. The response to the FRS will be scored based on the five
types of responses readily available or standard, work
around, needs customization, not available but met through
third party tool, not available/not proposed or addressed.
c. Based on the response against the FRS, each line item in the
list of features/capabilities will be allocated a score as below:
Response
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s
Standard

Work
Around

Customizat
ion

Third Party

Not
Possible

d. The total score for each of the bid will be normalised for a
maximum possible score of 25, (the achievable maximum
score if all the requirements were standard features)
6. The licensing terms will be assessed for clarity, transparency and
ease of administration and the relationship to the bill of materials
and the metrics.
7. The points for references of deployment will be allocated as below
Response
References of Deployment in Metro rail
organizations and Railway operations*
organisations in India.
References of Deployment in public sector
organizations or public sector enterprises,
specifically for the functions of payroll, HR
and finance & accounts

Points
20 points for four
references
5 points for five
references

Total score

25 points

*For railways workshops, maintenance of rolling stocks, operational


management of trains etc.
8. The technical requirements: a maximum point of 10 will be awarded
if the response is yes against all the parameters of the technical
requirements, listed in the RFP. The score will be awarded
proportionately based on the response against each parameter.
9. The strategic requirements will be scored against the following five
parameters with each one carrying a point of 3 each.
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a. The ERP solution shall be implemented and maintained by


System Integrators based out of India, without depending on
the OEM and should have at least ten certified partners in
India for implementing and maintain ace/support of ERP.
b. The ERP solution should be able to meet the India specific
requirements on service Tax, TDS etc. and has the facility to
provide these changes for localization on a continuous basis
c. The Proposed Application should support all of the Operating
Systems- Microsoft Windows, UNIX, Linux, MAC and the
proposed integrated application should be capable of
supporting all standard Databases like Sybase, SQL, Oracle
and DB2
d. The ERP Solution should be supplied with the source code of
the solution and the customized source codes of the ERP
solution. These Codes should be part of deliverable without
any preconditions.
e. The ERP Solution OEM should have its own R&D centre in
India employing more than 500 employees on roll doing
development.
10.

The capability to address future requirements for e-

procurement and government file management will be scored


based on the references, as listed in the RFP.
Response
References of deployment of integrated eprocurement* and the proposed ERP
solution in a public sector organisation
References of deployment of integrated
government file management system and
the proposed ERP solution in a public
sector organisation
Total score

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8 points for two
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8 points for two
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*e-procurement with tendering for two cover system of


procurement for public procurement, and facility for encryption of
bids and digital signature integration.
6.10.

SCORING

OF THE TECHNICAL PROPOSAL FOR IMPLEMENTATION

1. A maximum of 100 points will be allocated for the technical


proposal for implementation services, as per following details:
Parameter

Points

Customer references from


transport/railway/metro rail sector

20 points (for four


references, five points
for each)
25 points
10 points
10 points
25 points

Profile of the project team


Project Plan and Resource Loading
Project Structure, escalation, reporting
Methodology for implementation and
Templates for the deliverables and
acceptance criteria
Support and maintenance
Farmework for setting up the CoE
Total Score

5 points
5 points
100 points

2. Out of a possible 100 points, a bidder should score a minimum of 70


points to qualify in the technical evaluation for implementation
services
3. The approach and methodology will be assessed for design clarity,
completeness, best practices, detailing, of project standards,
templates for deliverables, deliverables acceptance criteria for
details, industry standards, ease of understanding, the approach
adopted to get the best out of the proposed ERP solution, the
understanding of the requirements of KMRL by the bidders etc.
4. Profile of the Project Team: The profile of the project team should
meet the requirements in terms of experience, training and specific
project experience elaborated in the requirements of KMRL in the
RFP. Better quality of experience, training, length of stay with the
bidder etc. of the featured profiles will attract higher scores. The
presentation by the Project Team, personal interviews if any and the
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information provided in the proposal against the formats provided in


the RFP, will be used for evaluation of this parameter. Some of the
key experts will be the project manager, the, functional consultants
and the technical consultants as listed in the RFP
5. The project plan, structure and resource loading will be assessed for
details, completeness, and adequacy, the adequacy of resources,
the risk mitigation plan and intents to complete the completed in a
timely fashion. The project plan will be assessed for Details of the
activities, the resource loading, mechanisms for tracking issues, the
tools used for managing the project etc. Resource Loading for the
project with right type of people and in right numbers at the right
time and for the right duration will be critical for the success of the
project at KMRL. The resource lading parameter will be evaluated
based on type of people, the timing, numbers and duration.
6. Support and maintenance, the approach, methodology, plan,
resource loading etc. for adequacy, adherence to standard
practices, completeness etc.
7. The support services are scored based on the resources, the
approach for ensuring easy adoption, continuous improvement
mechanisms etc.
8. The proposal for CoE will be assed against the requirements in the
RFP and the expertise the bidders proposed to provide based on its
previous experience of doing so.
6.11.

COMMERCIAL

PROPOSAL EVALUATION

1. The commercial bids/proposal of only those bidders who meet the


eligibility criteria and qualify in the technical evaluation process will
be considered for commercial evaluation.
2. The commercial bids of only technically qualified bidders will be
opened.

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3. The evaluation of Commercial Proposals will be done based on the


bidders quote for the services required by KMRL and elaborated in
this RFP.
4. If any of the prices of different components or taxes for these
components are bundled together in the Commercial Proposal,
unbundling of these prices, i.e. allocating prices for individual
components during evaluation or during signing the contract, if
awarded the contract, will not be allowed.
5. If the bundling of the price of different services makes it difficult for
KMRL to use them for the purpose of signing the contract, KMRL has
the right to reject these commercial bids, as unresponsive bids.
6. If there are any errors, these will be corrected as per this RFP
a. If the price for any of the services is not explicitly mentioned or
mentioned as zero, it is assumed that the price for that particular
element is absorbed in some other service element for which a
price has been quoted, and KMRL has the right to source
services quoted as zero, at no additional price and the quoted
price i.e. at zero.
b. If taxes or any other applicable charges are not indicated
explicitly, they are assumed to be bundled within the prices
quoted and unbundling of these charges will not be entertained
either during evaluation or while signing the contract.
6.12.

CALCULATION

OF THE VALUE OF THE COMMERCIAL PROPOSAL

1. The summation of the values provided in the Format for commercial


response will be the value of the commercial proposal of the
particular bidder.
2. Each element in this Format is expected to be the summation of
each of the tables provided for breakup of the respective price
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3. The values provided in the break up forms will be used for


contracting purpose and for addressing any changes to the scope of
work during the period of contract.
4. Reconciliation between the commercial proposal tables: if there are
discrepancies between the figures in the different tables of the
commercial proposals, reconciliation/correction will be done using
the following method.
a. If any of the elements in the main response format higher
than the summation of the corresponding forms for break up,
post commercial evaluation, the lower value in the
corresponding table will be used for contracting.
b. If any of the element in response form is lower than the
summation of the breakup forms, post commercial evaluation
the value provided in the response form will be used for
contracting and the bidder will be required to readjust the
price of different elements of the corresponding table, to
reflect the value provided in response form which was used in
evaluating the value of the bid.
6.13.

CORRECTION

OF ERRORS

1. Bidders are advised to exercise adequate care in quoting the prices.


No excuse for corrections in the quoted price will be entertained
after the proposals are opened. All corrections, if any, should be
performed before submission, failing which the figures for such
items may not be considered.
2. Arithmetic errors in proposals will be corrected as follows: In case of
discrepancy between the amounts mentioned in figures and in
words, the amount in words shall govern. The amount stated in the
proposal form, adjusted in accordance with the above procedure,
shall be considered as binding, unless it causes the overall proposal
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6.14.

NEGOTIATION

WITH THE

ERP

SOLUTION

OEM

AND SIGNING THE

CONTRACT

1. KMRL will select the ERP solution proposed by the successful bidder
for ERP implementation services.
2. KMRL will open the commercial proposal of the proposed ERP
solution, only after selection of the successful bidder
3. KMRL will have the rights to negotiate with the ERP solution OEM
and sign a contract directly with the ERP solution OEM, for the
supply of ERP solution.
4. If the commercial negotiation with the ERP solution OEM fails, or the
ERP solution OEM refuses to sign the contract to supply the ERP
solution directly, KMRL will have the right to nullify the complete bid
process, without getting into contract with the successful bidder for
ERP implementation services.
6.15.

NOTIFICATION

OF

AWARD

AND SIGNING THE CONTRACT

5. KMRL reserve the right to negotiate with the bidder whose proposal
for ERP implementation services has been ranked as successful
bidder by the committee on the basis of price quoted in the
commercial proposal and also the other commercial terms and
conditions furnished in the Technical proposal
6. Award of contract for the project: After the completion of the bid
evaluation process and determination of the successful bidder, and
completion of the negotiations if any, as listed in the RFP, a Letter
of Award (the LOA) shall be issued, in duplicate, by KMRL to the
successful bidder and the successful bidder shall, within 7 (seven)
days of the receipt of the LOA, sign and return the duplicate copy of
the LOA in acknowledgement thereof. In the event the duplicate
copy of the LOA duly signed by the successful bidder is not received
by the stipulated date, KMRL may, unless it consents to extension
of time for submission thereof, cancel the LOA and the next highest
ranking bidder may be considered.
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7. The notification of award or the issue of LoA will not constitute the
formation of the contract.
8. The successful bidder who has been issued with a LOA is expected
to furnish a Performance Bank Guarantee (PBG) for an amount
which is 10% of the contract value. This Performance Bank
Guarantee has to be from any of the state banks or Nationalized
Bank or a Private Bank which is authorized to do business with
Government.
9. The contract between the successful bidder and KMRL will come
into force only upon the bidder furnishing the Performance Bank
Guarantee as per conditions laid out in this RFP and KMRL signing
the contract with the successful bidder.
10.

If the successful bidder fails to furnish the Performance Bank

Guarantee, within the specified period and subject to specified


conditions, KMRL has the right to withdraw the notification of
award/LOA
11.

If the successful bidder tries to alter the Commercial Proposal

or the Technical Proposals, with something which were not part of


the proposals and which are in variance with the basic spirit and
letters of the proposals, while signing the contract, KMRL has the
right to withdraw the notification of award and the bidder will forgo
the EMD furnished during the bidding process.
12.

If the successful bidder fails to get into a contract with KMRL

as per the Commercial Proposal and the Technical Proposal


submitted against this RFP, and all the commitments made during
the evaluation process, KMRL has the right to withdraw the
notification of award and the bidder will forgo the EMD furnished
during the bidding process.
13.

Failure of the successful bidder to agree with the Terms and

Conditions of the RFP, the terms as put forward by KMRL and/or the
failure to present the Performance Bank Guarantee within the
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stipulated period and/or non-fulfilment of the condition of executing


a contract by the successful bidder shall constitute sufficient
grounds for the annulment of the award, and forfeiture of EMD.
14.

Expenses for the Contract-The incidental expenses of

execution of agreement / contract shall be borne by the


successful bidder.
15.
Commencement of Assignment: The SI shall commence the
project within fifteen days of the date of the Agreement, or such
other date as may be mutually agreed. If the SI fails to commence
the assignment as specified herein, KMRL may invite the second
ranked SI for negotiations. In such an event, the LOA or the
Agreement, as the case may be, may be cancelled/terminated.
6.16.

PERFORMANCE BANK GUARANTEE

1. The successful bidder shall at their own expenses deposit with


KMRL, along with agreement, an unconditional and irrevocable
Performance Bank Guarantee (PBG) from a nationalized bank
acceptable to KMRL payable on demand, for the due performance
and fulfilment of the contract(s) by the bidder.
2. This Performance Bank Guarantee will be for an amount equivalent
to 10% of value of the contract(s). All incidental charges
whatsoever such as premium, commission etc. with respect to the
performance bank guarantee shall be borne by the bidder.
3. The Performance Bank Guarantee shall be valid till 3 months after
the completion of the support and maintenance period.
4. Subject to the terms and conditions in the Performance Bank
Guarantee, at the end of support and maintenance period, the
Performance Bank Guarantee will lapse. The Performance Bank
Guarantee may be discharged/ returned by KMRL upon being
satisfied that there has been due performance of the obligations of
the bidder under the contract. However, no interest shall be
payable on the performance bank guarantee.

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5. In the event of the bidder being unable to service the contract(s) for
whatever reason, KMRL would invoke the PBG. Notwithstanding and
without prejudice to any rights whatsoever of KMRL under the
contract in the matter, the proceeds of the PBG shall be payable to
KMRL as compensation for any loss resulting from the bidders
failure to perform/comply with its obligations under the contract.
KMRL shall notify the bidder in writing of the exercise of its right to
receive such compensation within 14 days, indicating the
contractual obligation(s) for which the bidder is in default.
6. KMRL shall also be entitled to make recoveries from the bidders
bills, Performance Bank Guarantee, or from any other amount due
to him, the equivalent value of any payment made to him due to
inadvertence, error, collusion, misconstruction or misstatement.
6.17.

COMPLAINTS

AND

DISPUTE RESOLUTION

1. If any of the bidders have any complaints or reservations on the


bidding/procurement process, the evaluation etc. the competent
authority to be contacted for resolution will be The Additional Chief
Secretary-Finance, Government of Kerala.
2. The decision of the competent authority on the complaints or
disputes will be final.
3. Cost of Resolution Each party will bear the cost incurred by them
for resolving the issues.
1.

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ANNEXURE I-FORMATS
CHECK

FOR BID RESPONSE

LISTS FOR BID RESPONSES

1. GENERAL

FORMAT AND

ELIGIBILITY REQUIREMENTS

General Format
Format/response
requirement

Submitted -Yes/No

RFP Page No.


wher the required
documents are
avialble for
verification

Meet the requirement


Yes/No

Registration contact
person
Proposal covering
letter
Impact of litigation
Conflict of interest
EMD
Processing fee

Eligibility Requirement
Eligibility Criteria

Submitted
-Yes/No

RFP Page No.


wher the
required
documents are
avialble for
verification

Qualification
Yes/No*

Registered in India
Three years of operations
Black listed by
governments

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Unsatisfactory performance
PAN number
Service Tax number
Financial statement
Two customers for the
proposed ERP, in India
Two customers for the
proposed ERP among public
sector/government
organisations
The size of the consulting
team for the proposed ERP
solution, on the rolls of the
bidder
Partnership with the OEM of
the proposed ERP Solution
Quality Certification
Validation of
implementation references
*to be indicated based its own assessment of the response by the bidder
2. CHECK

LIST FOR THE PROPOSED

The evaluation parameter

ERP

SOLUTION

What has been


submitted/format used

RFP Page No. wher


the required
documents are
avialble for
verification

Possible technical
score*

The bill of material


for the ERP
The solution fitment
The licensing terms
The references in
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rail, metro and


public sector
Technical
requirements
Strategic
requirements
Future expansion
capability for eprocurement and
government file
Total Score

*to be indicated based its own assessment of the response by the bidder

Format/response
requirement

Submitted -Yes/No

RFP Page No.


wher the required
documents are
avialble for
verification

Meet the requirement


Yes/No

Technical proposal
covering letter for ERP
solution
IPR /Solution
ownership declaration
Validation of ERP
solution deployment
references

3. CHECK

LIST FOR IMPLEMENTATION SERVICES

The evaluation parameter

KMRL-Confidential

What has been


submitted/format used

RFP Page No.


wher the
required
documents
are avialble
for

Possible technical
score*

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verification

Customer references from


transport/railway/metro
rail sector
Profile of the project team
Project Plan and Resource
Loading
Project Structure,
escalation, reporting
Methodology for
implementation and
Templates for the
deliverables and
acceptance criteria
Support and maintenance
Setting up the framework
for CoE
Total Score

*to be indicated based its own assessment of the response by the bidder

Format/response
requirement

Submitted -Yes/No

RFP Page No.


wher the required
documents are
avialble for
verification

Meet the requirement


Yes/No

Technical proposal
covering letter for ERP
Implementation
Declaration of IP/
partnership
Validation of ERP
solution
implementation
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references

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GENERAL

FORMATS AND FORMATS FOR ELIGIBILITY CRITERIA

1. REGISTRATION

TO RECEIVE THE

RFP DOCUMENTS

Company letter head,


[Date]
To
The Director (System),
Kochi Metro Rail Limited,
Revenue Tower, 8th Floor, Park Avenue,
Ernakulam -682011
Sub: The contact persons
Dear Sir,
This is to notify you that the following persons will be the authorized
representatives of the company for all future correspondence till the
completion of the bidding process, between KMRL and our organization.
Primary Contact

Secondary
Contact

Name:
Title:
Company Name:
Address:
Phone:
Mobile:
Fax:
E-mail:
We understand that it will be the responsibility of our organization to
keep KMRL posted of any changes in this list of authorized persons and
we fully understand that KMRL shall not be responsible for non-receipt or
non-delivery of any communication and/or any missing communication in
the event reasonable prior notice of any change in the authorized
person(s) of the company is not provided to KMRL.
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Information in the RFP, clarifications and any other processes concerning


the RFP and selection shall not be disclosed to any persons not officially
concerned with such process. We understand that misuse of confidential
information related to the process by us may result in rejection of our
proposal.
Sincerely,
(Signature)

Name and Title

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2. PROPOSAL

COVERING LETTER

(Company letter head) [Date]


To
The Director (System),
Kochi Metro Rail Limited,
Revenue Tower, 8th Floor, Park Avenue,
Ernakulam -682011
Ref:

ERP implementation at KMRL

Dear Sir,
This is to notify you that our company intends to submit a proposal in
response to the RFP for providing implementation services for the ERP
(name of the solution) at KMRL.
We confirm that the information contained in this response or any part
thereof, including its exhibits, and other documents and instruments
delivered or to be delivered to the KMRL are true, accurate, verifiable and
complete. This response includes all information necessary to ensure that
the statements therein do not in whole or in part mislead KMRL as to any
material fact in its short listing process.
We fully understand and agree to comply that on verification, if any of the
information provided here is found to be misleading the short listing
process or unduly favors our company in the short listing process, we are
liable to be dismissed from the selection process or termination of the
contract during the project, if selected to do so, for providing
implementation services to KMRL.
It is hereby confirmed that I/We are entitled to act on behalf of our
corporation/company/ firm/organization and empowered to sign this
document as well as such other documents, which may be required in this
connection.
Dated this
(Signature)
KMRL-Confidential

Day of

201
(In the capacity of)
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Duly authorized to sign the RFP Response for and on behalf of:
Sincerely,
[The Companys name]
Name
Title
Signature
Date
(Name and Address of Company)

Seal/Stamp of the Company

CERTIFICATE AS TO AUTHORISED SIGNATORIES

I, certify that I am <designation>of the <Company


Name>., and that <Name of the
Respondent> who signed the above response is
authorized to bind the corporation by authority of its governing body.

Date
(Seal here)

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3. LITIGATION IMPACT STATEMENT


(Company letter head) [Date]
To
The Director (System),
Kochi Metro Rail Limited,
Revenue Tower, 8th Floor, Park Avenue,
Ernakulam -682011
Reference: ERP implementation at KMRL
Dear Sir,
We hereby confirm that the same as may be set out in the schedule
attached to this statement, there is no litigation (including court,
arbitration and other proceedings), inquiry or order from any regulatory
authority, current or pending against us, which if adversely determined
might have material adverse impact on our ability to carry on our
business or pay our debts as they fall due or on our ability to enter into
any of the transactions contained in or contemplated in respect of
providing the ERP (name of the solution) implementation Services to
KMRL
(Signature)

(In the capacity of)

Duly authorized to sign the RFP Response for and on behalf of:
Sincerely,
Company Seal
Name
Title
Signature
Date
(Name and Address of Company)

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4. CONFLICT

OF INTEREST

(Company letter head)


[Date]
To
The Director (System),
Kochi Metro Rail Limited,
Revenue Tower, 8th Floor, Park Avenue,
Ernakulam -682011
Sir,
Sub: Undertaking on Conflict of Interest
I/We do hereby undertake that there is absence of, actual or potential
conflict of interest on our part as the bidder or any prospective
subcontractor due to prior, current, or proposed contracts, engagements,
or affiliations with KMRL.
I/We also confirm that there are no potential elements (time-frame for
service delivery, resource, financial or other) that would adversely impact
our ability to complete the requirements as given in the RFP.
We undertake and agree to indemnify and hold KMRL harmless against
all claims, losses, damages, costs, expenses, proceeding fees of legal
advisors (on a reimbursement basis) and fees of other professionals
incurred (in the case of legal fees and fees of professionals, reasonably)
by KMRL and/or its representatives, if any such conflict arises later.
Yours faithfully,
Authorized Signatory
Designation
Company Seal

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5. DECLARATION

ON

GOVERNMENT REGULATION

(To be submitted on the Letterhead of the Bidder)


(Place) (Date)
To
The Director (System),
Kochi Metro Rail Limited,
Revenue Tower, 8th Floor, Park Avenue,
Ernakulam -682011
Dear Sir,
We confirm that our company is not blacklisted in any manner
whatsoever by Government of Kerala or any organisation belonging to
Government of Kerala, or any department of Government of India or any
of the organisations, or public enterprises of Government of India
It is hereby confirmed that I/We are entitled to act on behalf of our
company/ corporation/ firm/ organization and empowered to sign this
document as well as such other documents, which may be required in
this connection.
Yours faithfully,

Authorized Signatory
Designation
Company Seal

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6. COMPANY INFORMATION
(To be submitted on the Letterhead of the Bidder)
(Place) (Date)
To
The Director (System),
Kochi Metro Rail Limited,
Revenue Tower, 8th Floor, Park Avenue,
Ernakulam -682011

Details of the Organization


Name
Nature of the legal status in India
Nature of business in India
Date of Incorporation
Date of Commencement of
Business
Address of the Registered Office in
India
PAN Number
Service Tax Number
Supporting Documents
Certificate of Incorporation from Registrar of Companies (ROC), MOA
Scanned copy of PAN card Scanned copy of Service Tax Registration
Signed by the internal auditor of the company
Designation
Company Seal

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7. THE COMMERCIAL CRITERIA


(To be submitted on the Letterhead of the Bidder)
(Place) (Date)
To
The Director (System),
Kochi Metro Rail Limited,
Revenue Tower, 8th Floor, Park Avenue,
Ernakulam -682011

Commercial Information
FY 201213

FY 201112

FY 201011

Revenue (in INR crores)


Profit Before Tax (in INR crores)
Revenue from IT Services (in INR
crores)
Signed by the auditor/Company Secretary/CFO/CEO of the company
Designation
Company Seal

8. IMPLEMENTATION EXPERIENCE
(To be submitted on the Letterhead of the Bidder)
(Place) (Date)
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To
The Director (System),
Kochi Metro Rail Limited,
Revenue Tower, 8th Floor, Park Avenue,
Ernakulam -682011
The ERP Implementation Project Information (one form for each
project reference duly certified by authorized signatory).
ERP solution implemented
The name of the solution
The Solution components implemented
The scale of deployment in terms of number of users
The operation areas, functions covered
Client Information
Name of client
Name of the person who can be referred to from Clients' side, with
name, designation, postal address, contact phone, fax number, e-mail id,
Nature of business / operations of client
Project Details
Brief description of the Project
Scope of the Project
Details of services provided
Supporting Documents attached herewith

Signed by the auditor/Company Secretary/CFO/CEO of the company


Designation
Company Seal

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9. IMPLEMENTATION EXPERIENCE
(To be submitted on the Letterhead of the Bidder)
(Place) (Date)
To
The Director (System),
Kochi Metro Rail Limited,
Revenue Tower, 8th Floor, Park Avenue,
Ernakulam -682011
Sub: the project completion declaration
We confirm that based on the internal documents, the following projects
have been completed as per the respective contracts and billed/invoiced
for the services rendered as per the respective contracts.
The referred Project and contract
reference

Completed and invoiced on

Signed by the auditor/Company Secretary/CFO/CEO of the company


Designation
Company Seal

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10. COMPETENCY
(To be submitted on the Letterhead of the Bidder)
(Place) (Date)
To
The Director (System),
Kochi Metro Rail Limited,
Revenue Tower, 8th Floor, Park Avenue,
Ernakulam -682011
Sub: The competency and expertise
We confirm that based on the internal documents, the following
competency or expertise
Certified Consultants Information
Number of the ERP Solution (name of
the ERP) Consultants in the Company
Supporting Documents
Certification by the company auditors/Company Secretary supporting the
number of consultants in the organization
Signed by the auditor/Company Secretary/CFO/CEO of the company
Designation
Company Seal

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11. OEM AUTHORIZATION


To be submitted on the Letterhead of the OEM of the proposed ERP
Solution)
(Place) (Date)
To
The Director (System),
Kochi Metro Rail Limited,
Revenue Tower, 8th Floor, Park Avenue,
Ernakulam -682011
Dear Sir,
Sub: Authorization of < SI> to Provide Services Based on Our Product(s)
Sir,
I/We confirm that <name of SI> (SI) is a certified partner to supply the
licenses and provide implementation services of our solution and have
due authorization from us to provide services, to KMRL that are based on
our product(s) listed below as per Request for Proposal (RFP) document
relating to the Project of KMRL.
Sr. No.

Product Name

Remarks

Yours faithfully,
Authorized Signatory [In full and initials]:
Designation
OEMs company name
Dated this ___ day of ___201_
Address:
Seal/Stamp of OEM

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12. QUALITY CERTIFICATE


To be submitted on the Letterhead of the System Integrator)
(Place)
(Date)
To
The Director (System),
Kochi Metro Rail Limited,
Revenue Tower, 8th Floor, Park Avenue,
Ernakulam -682011
We would like to provide/confirm the following information on the quality
certification of our organization.
Assessment Date:
The maturity level assessed for
The certification is valid till (date)
Units/Locations/business assessed
Name of the company that performed the assessment.
We have attached a copy of the certificate in support of the above
information.
Dated this ___ day of ___201_
Yours sincerely,
on behalf of Implementation Agencys Name]
Authorized Signature [In full and initials]:
Name and Title of Signatory:
Name of Firm:
Address:
Seal/Stamp of System Integrator:

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13. FORMAT

FOR

BID SECURITY (EMD)


(Demand Guarantee)

__________________________
Beneficiary: __________________________
Invitation for Bids No: ________________________________________
Date: __________________________
BID GUARANTEE No.: __________________________
Guarantor: ________________________________________________
We have been informed that __________________________ (hereinafter called
"the Applicant") has submitted or will submit to the Beneficiary its bid
(hereinafter called "the Bid") for the execution of ________________ under
Invitation for Bids No. ___________ (the IFB).
Furthermore, we understand that, according to the Beneficiarys
conditions, bids must be supported by a bid guarantee.
At the request of the Applicant, we, as Guarantor, hereby irrevocably
undertake to pay the Beneficiary any sum or sums not exceeding in total
an amount of ___________ (____________) upon receipt by us of the
Beneficiarys complying demand, supported by the Beneficiarys
statement, whether in the demand itself or a separate signed document
accompanying or identifying the demand, stating that either the
Applicant:
(a) has withdrawn its Bid during the period of bid validity set forth
in the Applicants Letter of Bid (the Bid Validity Period), or
any extension thereto provided by the Applicant; or
(b) having been notified of the acceptance of its Bid by the Beneficiary
during the Bid Validity Period or any extension thereto provided by
the Applicant, (i) has failed to execute the contract agreement, or (ii)
has failed to furnish the performance security,, in accordance with
the Instructions to Bidders (ITB) of the Beneficiarys bidding
document.
This guarantee will expire: (a) if the Applicant is the successful bidder,
upon our receipt of copies of the contract agreement signed by the
Applicant and the performance security issued to the Beneficiary in
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relation to such contract agreement; or (b) if the Applicant is not the


successful bidder, upon the earlier of (i) our receipt of a copy of the
Beneficiarys notification to the Applicant of the results of the bidding
process; or (ii) twenty-eight days after the end of the Bid Validity Period.
Consequently, any demand for payment under this guarantee must be
received by us at the office indicated above on or before that date.
This guarantee is subject to the Uniform Rules for Demand Guarantees
(URDG) 2010 Revision, ICC Publication No. 758.

_____________________________
[Signature]

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14. REQUEST

FOR

CLARIFICATIONS (RFC)

Bidders requiring specific points of clarification may communicate with


KMRL during the specified period using the following format.
Name of Organization
submitting request with Full
formal address of the
organization including phone,
fax

S.
No

Bidding
Document
Reference(s)
(section
number/ page)

Name & position of person


submitting request and email points
of contact

Content of RFP
requiring
Clarification

The clarification
required

1
2
Note:

The name of the organization and the date shall appear in each page
of such a document/email in the header or footer portion.

The clarifications to be sent only by email as specified elsewhere in


this RFP document

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15. AUTHORIZATION

TO BE PRESENT DURING BID OPENING SESSIONS

(Company letter head)


[Date]
To
The Director (System),
Kochi Metro Rail Limited,
Revenue Tower, 8th Floor, Park Avenue,
Ernakulam -682011

Sir,
Sub: Authorization for Representation at Bid Opening ERP
implementation project of KMRL
I/We declare and confirm that Mr. /Ms. __________________ has been
duly authorized by us to represent us at the opening of technical and
commercial bids. He/She will be carrying valid photo identification as per
below details:
Name as on the ID
ID Number
Designation
We undertake to furnish any additional documents that may be
requested by you in respect of the aforesaid authorization.
Yours faithfully,
Encl: Photocopy of the ID of the representative

Designated Contact Person


Designation
Company Seal

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TECHNICAL
1. PROPOSAL

PROPOSAL FORMATS FOR

COVERING LETTER FOR

ERP SOLUTION

ERP

SOLUTION

(ERP OEM, letter head) [Date]


To
The Director (System),
Kochi Metro Rail Limited,
Revenue Tower, 8th Floor, Park Avenue,
Ernakulam -682011
Ref:

Proposal for ERP solution

Dear Sir,
This is to notify you that our company intends to submit a proposal in
response to the RFP to supply the ERP (name of the solution) at KMRL.
We confirm that the information contained in this response or any part
thereof, including its exhibits, and other documents and instruments
delivered or to be delivered to the KMRL are true, accurate, verifiable and
complete. This response includes all information necessary to ensure that
the statements therein do not in whole or in part mislead KMRL as to any
material fact in its short listing process.
We fully understand and agree to comply that on verification, if any of the
information provided here is found to be misleading the short listing
process or unduly favors our company in the short listing process, we are
liable to be dismissed from the selection process or termination of the
contract during the project, if selected to do so, for providing
implementation services to KMRL.
It is hereby confirmed that I/We are entitled to act on behalf of our
corporation/company/ firm/organization and empowered to sign this
document as well as such other documents, which may be required in this
connection.
We also declare that in the event of our ERP solution, being selected for
implementation at KMRL, we are in agreement to negotiate the
commercials for the ERP solution and we will sign the contract for supply
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of the ERP solution directly to KMRL


Dated this

Day of

(Signature)

201
(In the capacity of)

Duly authorized to sign the RFP Response for and on behalf of:
Sincerely,
[The Companys name]
Name
Title
Signature
Date
(Name and Address of Company)

Seal/Stamp of the Company

CERTIFICATE AS TO AUTHORISED SIGNATORIES

I, certify that I am <designation>of the <Company


Name>., and that <Name of the
Respondent> who signed the above response is
authorized to bind the corporation by authority of its governing body.

Date
(Seal here)

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2. THE

SOLUTION FITMENT STATEMENT FOR

ERP

SOLUTION

(letter head of ERP OEM or SI) [Date]


To
The Director (System),
Kochi Metro Rail Limited,
Revenue Tower, 8th Floor, Park Avenue,
Ernakulam -682011
Ref:

Proposal for ERP solution

Dear Sir,
We the ERP solution OEM for the ERP solution (name of the proposed ERP
solution) and the partner (name of the SI) for implementation of the ERP
solution, have jointly assessed the fitment of the ERP solution against the
functional requirement statement or FRS, circulated by KMRL along with
the RFP, and in agreement with the fitment statement provided with the
technical response for the ERP solution.
Signed jointly by the authorized signatories of the SI and OEM, with
company seals

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3. THE ERP SOLUTION

BILL OF MATERIAL

(Letter head of ERP OEM) [Date]


To
The Director (System),
Kochi Metro Rail Limited,
Revenue Tower, 8th Floor, Park Avenue,
Ernakulam -682011
Ref:

Proposal for ERP solution

This is the bill of material for the ERP solution proposed to be


implemented at KMRL.
Serial
No.

Solution components

Unit of
licensing

No of units proposed

The ERP Solution


Materials
management
e-Procurement
Support functions of
finance, HR, Materials
etc
----------------------------Database
Third party tools

Signed jointly by the authorized signatories of the SI and OEM, with


company seals

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4. THE

REFERENCES OF

ERP

DEPLOYMENT

(To be submitted on the Letterhead of the ERP solution OEM)


(Place) (Date)
To
The Director (System),
Kochi Metro Rail Limited,
Revenue Tower, 8th Floor, Park Avenue,
Ernakulam -682011
The ERP Deployment Information (one form for each project
reference).
ERP solution Deployed
The name of the solution
The Solution components implemented
The scale of deployment in terms of number of users
The operation areas, functions covered
Client Information
Name of client
Name of the person who can be referred to from Clients' side, with
name, designation, postal address, contact phone, fax number, e-mail id,
Nature of business / operations of client

Signed by the auditor/Company Secretary/CFO/CEO of the company


Designation
Company Seal

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5. THE

COMPLIANCE TO TECHNICAL REQUIREMENTS

(To be submitted on the Letterhead of the ERP solution OEM)


(Place) (Date)
To
The Director (System),
Kochi Metro Rail Limited,
Revenue Tower, 8th Floor, Park Avenue,
Ernakulam -682011
Sub: the technical compliance of the ERP Solution (name of the solution)
Technical parameter

Yes or
No

The ERP solution offers all the functionalities required as per


scope Financial Accounting, Procurement, Inventory
Management as a single application solution covering real time
posting.
The ERP solution should have all the core modules with required
functions as natively integrated applications on a single
interoperable open platform.
The ERP Solution should provide wide range of security features
such as single sign-On (SSO), Multiple Authentication,
Authorization and Integrated User management
The ERP solution should provide implementation, administration
and operational tools seamlessly integrated with the product.
The ERP Solution should be Uni-code Compliant, support N-tier
and Internet architecture, be natively built based on 64 bit
operating system and support application and database clustering
and load balancing
The ERP Application shall provide an application architecture
which can be integrated with third party/ legacy applications using
the built-in integration tools
The ERP Application should be able to generate report output
directly in excel, PDF, text, XML, HTML or such other file types.
ERP Application should have single sign-on access across
applications and should be intuitive, with easy-to-use user
interface that can be accessed via the web interface.
ERP Application should have ability to provide concise overview of
parameters like configuration changes, infrastructure usage,
performance, required maintenance activities, potential security
issues, status of business flows and diagnostic test results
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ERP Application should provide performance statistics for the CPU/


Memory, database, Application servers
The ERP Application shall have a built in software to manage
application software backups and restore with Source Control and
the solution shall have a built in software to manage automated
database backups and restore
The ERP Application should include tools/ mechanism for System,
Database and performance measurement activities
ERP Application / System should have tools for administration of
Configuration management, Performance tuning, System
diagnostics and Capacity planning
The ERP solution should support multiple levels of reporting
including transactional reporting, analytical reporting etc. It
should support reporting on excel sheets as well as format
intensive reporting, graphics and will have a facility to drill down
The ERP solution should come with inbuilt tools for data migration,
upgrades etc.
The ERP solution should have provision for handling reporting
through a data warehouse
The ERP Solution should provide application development tools to
support the continuous development/refinement of application
The ERP solution should provide a robust set of communication
and reporting tools and must be able to auto-trigger emails / SMS
communications to concerned as per business rules configured in
the system

Signed by the authorised signatory


Designation
Company Seal

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6. THE

COMPLIANCE TO

STRATEGIC

REQUIREMENTS

(To be submitted on the Letterhead of the ERP solution OEM)


(Place) (Date)
To
The Director (System),
Kochi Metro Rail Limited,
Revenue Tower, 8th Floor, Park Avenue,
Ernakulam -682011
Sub: The compliance of the ERP Solution (name of the solution)
We would like to confirm the following, with respect to the ERP solution
(name of the ERP), proposed to be implemented at KMRL
The ERP solution meets the India specific requirements on service Tax,
TDS etc. and has the facility to provide these changes for localization on
a continuous basis
The ERP solution supports all of the Operating Systems- Microsoft
Windows, UNIX, Linux and the proposed integrated application should be
capable of supporting all standard Databases like Sybase, SQL, Oracle
and DB2
The ERP Solution will be supplied with the source code and the
customized source codes of the ERP solution. These Codes are part of
deliverable without any preconditions

Signed by the authorised signatory


Designation
Company Seal

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7. THE

PARTNER ECOSYSTEM

(To be submitted on the Letterhead of the ERP solution OEM)


(Place) (Date)
To
The Director (System),
Kochi Metro Rail Limited,
Revenue Tower, 8th Floor, Park Avenue,
Ernakulam -682011
Sub: The partner ecosystem of the ERP Solution (name of the solution)
We would like to confirm that the following companies registered and
operating in India are the partners to provide implementation and
support services on the ERP solution (name of the solution)
Product Name
Name of the Partner
Nature of the legal status in
India

Signed by the authorised signatory


Designation
Company Seal

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8. INDIA

PRESENCE FOR DEVELOPMENT AND

R&D

(To be submitted on the Letterhead of the ERP solution OEM)


(Place) (Date)
To
The Director (System),
Kochi Metro Rail Limited,
Revenue Tower, 8th Floor, Park Avenue,
Ernakulam -682011

We would like to declare the following information on our product


development, R&D and training services in India.
Product Name
Product Development Center
Date of Incorporation
Date of Commencement of Business
Address
Number of Employees involved in Development,
Delivery and Service Support of Solutions at the
above Center(s)
Dated this ___ day of ___201_
Yours sincerely,
on behalf of [ERP Solution OEMs Name]
Authorized Signature [In full and initials]:
Name and Title of Signatory:
Name of Firm:
Address:

Seal/Stamp of ERP Solution OEM

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9. REFERENCE

FOR INTEGRATED PLATFORM

(To be submitted on the Letterhead of the ERP solution OEM)


(Place) (Date)
To
The Director (System),
Kochi Metro Rail Limited,
Revenue Tower, 8th Floor, Park Avenue,
Ernakulam -682011

The ERP Deployment Information (one form for each project


reference).
ERP solution Deployed
The name of the solution
The Solution components implemented
The operation areas, functions covered
The scale and users for the deployment of e-procurement or government
file management (as the case may be) and integration with the core ERP
Client Information
Name of client
Name of the person who can be referred to from Clients' side, with
name, designation, postal address, contact phone, fax number, e-mail id,
Nature of business / operations of client

Dated this ___ day of ___201_


Yours sincerely,
on behalf of [ERP Solution OEMs Name]
Authorized Signature [In full and initials]:
Name and Title of Signatory:
Name of Firm:
Address:

Seal/Stamp of ERP Solution OEM

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10.

VALIDATION

OF DEPLOYMENT REFERENCES

(To be submitted on the Letterhead of the Bidder)


(Place) (Date)
To
The Director (System),
Kochi Metro Rail Limited,
Revenue Tower, 8th Floor, Park Avenue,
Ernakulam -682011
Sub: the project completion declaration
We confirm that based on the internal documents, the following projects
have been completed as per the respective contracts and billed/invoiced
for the services rendered as per the respective contracts.
The referred Project and contract
reference

Completed and invoiced on

Signed by the internal auditor


Designation
Company Seal

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11.

IPR/SOLUTION

OWNERSHIP DECLARATION

(To be submitted on the Letterhead of ERP OEM)


(Place) (Date)
To
The Director (System),
Kochi Metro Rail Limited,
Revenue Tower, 8th Floor, Park Avenue,
Ernakulam -682011
Sub: Patent Rights/copyrights confirmation
Sub: Undertaking on Patent Rights/copy rights for the ERP solution
proposed to KMRL
I/We do hereby undertake that he we are the rightful owners of the ERP
solution (name of the solution) being provided by us and is not infringing
on any patent or intellectual property rights as per the applicable laws of
relevant jurisdictions having requisite competence.
I/We also confirm that there shall be no infringement of any patent or
intellectual property rights as per the applicable laws of relevant
jurisdictions having requisite competence, in respect of the ERP solution
or any part thereof to be supplied by us. We shall indemnify KMRL against
all cost/claims/legal claims/liabilities arising from third party claim in this
regard at any time on account of the infringement or unauthorized use of
patent or intellectual property rights of any such parties, whether such
claims arise in respect of manufacture or use. Without prejudice to the
aforesaid indemnity, we shall be responsible for the completion of the
supplies of the ERP solution including upgrades as and when they are
made available and uninterrupted use of the software solution and/or
system or any part thereof to KMRL and persons authorized by RGUHS,
irrespective of the fact of claims of infringement of any or all the rights
mentioned above.
If at a later date it is found that it does infringe on patent rights, I/We
absolve and indemnify KMRL of any legal action.
Yours faithfully,

Authorized Signatory
Designation
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TECHNICAL

PROPOSAL FORMATS FOR IMPLEMENTATION

1. TECHNICAL PROPOSAL COVERING LETTER


(Company letter head)[Date]
To
The Director (System),
Kochi Metro Rail Limited,
Revenue Tower, 8th Floor, Park Avenue,
Ernakulam -682011
Dear Sir,
Ref:

Implementing the ERP Solution (name of the ERP) at KMRL

Having examined the bid document, the receipt of which is hereby duly
acknowledged, we, the undersigned, offer to provide the implementation
services for the ERP solution (name of the ERP) at KMRL as required and
outlined in the RFP.
We attach hereto the bid technical response as required by the bid
document, which constitutes our proposal.
We undertake, if our proposal is accepted, to provide all the services put
forward in this RFP or such features as may subsequently be mutually
agreed between us and KMRL or its appointed representatives.
We agree for unconditional acceptance of all the terms and conditions set
out in the bid document and also agree to abide by this bid response for
a period of six months from the date fixed for bid opening and it shall
remain binding upon us with full force and virtue, until within this period
a formal contract is prepared and executed. This bid response, together
with your written acceptance thereof in your notification of award, shall
constitute a binding contract between us and KMRL
We confirm that the information contained in this proposal or any part
thereof, including its exhibits, schedules, and other documents and
instruments delivered or to be delivered to the KMRL is true, accurate,
and complete. This proposal includes all information necessary to ensure
that the statements therein do not in whole or in part mislead KMRL as to
any material fact.
We agree that you are not bound to accept the lowest or any bid
response you may receive. We also agree that you reserve the right in
absolute sense to reject all or any of the products/ service specified in the
bid response without assigning any reason whatsoever.
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It is hereby confirmed that I/We are entitled to act on behalf of our


corporation/company/ firm/organization and empowered to sign this
document as well as such other documents, which may be required in
this connection.
Dated this

(Signature)

Day of

201

(In the capacity of)

Duly authorized to sign the Bid Response for and on behalf of:
(Name and Address of Company)

KMRL-Confidential

Seal/Stamp of bidder

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2. PROFILE

OF

PROJECT TEAM

Project Manager, the functional and technical consultants


1. Name of the person
2. Role in the Project
3. Qualification
4. Total number of years of experience
5. Number of years with the current
company (the bidder)
6. Functional area / expertise
7. Role in the Project
8. The names of customers/project for
which the person has provided
similar services
Please provide the profiles for all the key modules and functional areas
and the technical expertise required for the project like HR, finance, eprocurement etc.

3. TENTATIVE TEAM STRUCTURE


Sl.

Name of Resource

Designation

Role in this project

No
1
2

4. RESOURCE
Team
member

LOADING

Role and
expertise

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Involvement during
which activity

Expected duration
of involvement
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5. PROJECT

PLAN

Project
activity

Timelines

The experts
involved

Number of
people

Deliverable

1. Indicate all main activities of the assignment. For phased assignments


indicate activities, delivery of reports, and benchmarks separately for
each phase.
2. Duration of activities shall be indicated in the form of a bar chart.

6. DELIVERABLES
1. The list of deliverables
2. The templates for each of the deliverables
3. The acceptance criteria for the deliverables

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7. REFERENCES

FOR

METRO RAIL

OR TRANSPORT OR

RAILWAYS

The ERP version


The name of the transport, metro rail
organisation
A brief introduction to the operations of the
transport, metro rail organisation
The process of the organisation which have been
implemented
Number of users for the system
Name of the person who can be referred to from
Clients' side, with name, designation, postal
address, contact phone, fax number, e-mail id
In the year of project completion
The components of the proposed ERP
implemented

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8. VALIDATION

OF IMPLEMENTATION REFERENCES

(To be submitted on the Letterhead of the Bidder)


(Place) (Date)
To
The Director (System),
Kochi Metro Rail Limited,
Revenue Tower, 8th Floor, Park Avenue,
Ernakulam -682011
Sub: the project completion declaration for Metro rail, transportation and
Railway organisations
We confirm that based on the internal documents, the following projects
have been completed as per the respective contracts and billed/invoiced
for the services rendered as per the respective contracts.
The referred Project and contract
reference

Completed and invoiced on

Signed by the auditor/Company Secretary/CFO/CEO of the company


Designation
Company Seal

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9. DECLARATION

ON

IPR/PATENT

RIGHTS

- SI

(To be submitted on the Letterhead of the Bidder)


(Place) (Date)
To
The Director (System),
Kochi Metro Rail Limited,
Revenue Tower, 8th Floor, Park Avenue,
Ernakulam -682011
Sub: Patent Rights/copyrights confirmation
Sir,
Sub: Undertaking on Patent Rights/copy rights for the ERP project of
KMRL
I/We do hereby undertake that none of the deliverables being provided by
us is infringing on any patent or intellectual and industrial property rights
as per the applicable laws of relevant jurisdictions having requisite
competence.
I/We also confirm that there shall be no infringement of any patent or
intellectual and industrial property rights as per the applicable laws of
relevant jurisdictions having requisite competence, in respect
services/tools or any part thereof to be supplied by us. We shall
indemnify KMRL against all cost/claims/legal claims/liabilities arising from
third party claim in this regard at any time on account of the
infringement or unauthorized use of patent or intellectual and industrial
property rights of any such parties, whether such claims arise in respect
of manufacture or use. Without prejudice to the aforesaid indemnity, we
shall be responsible for the completion of the project of ERP to KMRL,
irrespective of the fact of claims of infringement of any or all the rights
mentioned above.
If at a later date it is found that it does infringe on patent rights, I/We
absolve and indemnify KMRL of any legal action.
Yours faithfully,

Authorized Signatory
Designation
Bidders corporate name
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COMMERCIAL PROPOSAL

FORMATS FOR

ERP

SOLUTION AND

IMPLEMENTATION

1. COVERING

LETTER FOR

ERP

SOLUTION PROPOSAL

Company letter Head of the ERP OEM [Date]


To
The Director (System),
Kochi Metro Rail Limited,
Revenue Tower, 8th Floor, Park Avenue,
Ernakulam -682011
Dear Sir,
Ref: Supply the ERP solution (name of the ERP) to KMRL
Having examined the Bid Document, the receipt of which is hereby duly
acknowledged, we, the undersigned, offer to provide the ERP solution
(name of the ERP) at KMRL as set out in the bid document. Following is
our quotation summarizing (as per the final figure in Table) our
commercial proposal.
(The total bid value in Indian rupees, including the optional elements and
applicable taxes)
We attach hereto the commercial proposal as required by the Bid
document, which constitutes our proposal.
We undertake, if our proposal is accepted, to provide the ERP solution to
meet all the requirements of KMRL as put forward in the RFP.
If our proposal is accepted, we will sign the contract with KMRL to supply
the ERP solution.
We agree for unconditional acceptance of all the terms and conditions in
the bid document and also agree to abide by this bid response for a
period of six months from the date fixed for opening the commercial bid
and it shall remain binding upon us, until within this period a formal
contract is prepared and executed, this bid response, together with your
written acceptance thereof in your notification of award, shall constitute
a binding contract between us.
We confirm that the information contained in this proposal or any part
thereof, including its exhibits, schedules, and other documents and
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instruments delivered or to be delivered to the KMRL is true, accurate,


and complete. This proposal includes all information necessary to ensure
that the statements therein do not in whole or in part mislead the KMRL
as to any material fact.
We agree that you are not bound to accept the lowest or any bid
response you may receive. We also agree that you reserve the right in
absolute sense to reject all or any if the products/ service specified in the
bid response without assigning any reason whatsoever.
It is hereby confirmed that I/We are entitled to act on behalf of our
corporation/company/ firm/organization and empowered to sign this
document as well as such other documents, which may be required in
this connection.
Dated this

Day of

201

(Signature)

(In the capacity of)

Duly authorized to sign the Bid Response for and on behalf of:
(Name and Address of Company)

Seal/Stamp of bidder

CERTIFICATE AS TO AUTHORISED SIGNATORIES

I, certify that I am.


of the ., and
that who signed the
above proposal is authorized to bind the corporation by authority of its
governing body.

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2. COMMERCIAL

PROPOSAL COVERING LETTER FOR

ERP

IMPLEMENTATION

Company letter Head [Date]


To
The Director (System),
Kochi Metro Rail Limited,
Revenue Tower, 8th Floor, Park Avenue,
Ernakulam -682011
Dear Sir,
Ref: Implementing the ERP solution (name of the ERP) at KMRL
Having examined the Bid Document, the receipt of which is hereby duly
acknowledged, we, the undersigned, offer to provide the implementation
services for the ERP solution (name of the ERP) at KMRL as set out in the
bid document. Following is our quotation summarizing (as per the final
figure in Table) our commercial proposal.
(The total bid value in Indian rupees, including the optional elements and
applicable taxes)
We attach hereto the commercial proposal as required by the Bid
document, which constitutes our proposal.
We undertake, if our proposal is accepted, to provide all the services as
put forward in the RFP or such modified requirements as may
subsequently be mutually agreed between us and KMRL or its appointed
representatives.
If our proposal is accepted, we will obtain and submit a performance
bank guarantee in the format given in the bid document issued by a
public sector bank in India or a private sector bank authorized to do
business with the Government of India and acceptable to KMRL for a sum
equivalent to 10% of the total price as quoted in our commercial proposal
of the bid document for the due performance of the contract.
We agree for unconditional acceptance of all the terms and conditions in
the bid document and also agree to abide by this bid response for a
period of six months from the date fixed for opening the commercial bid
and it shall remain binding upon us, until within this period a formal
contract is prepared and executed, this bid response, together with your
written acceptance thereof in your notification of award, shall constitute
a binding contract between us.
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We confirm that the information contained in this proposal or any part


thereof, including its exhibits, schedules, and other documents and
instruments delivered or to be delivered to the KMRL is true, accurate,
and complete. This proposal includes all information necessary to ensure
that the statements therein do not in whole or in part mislead the KMRL
as to any material fact.
We agree that you are not bound to accept the lowest or any bid
response you may receive. We also agree that you reserve the right in
absolute sense to reject all or any if the products/ service specified in the
bid response without assigning any reason whatsoever.
It is hereby confirmed that I/We are entitled to act on behalf of our
corporation/company/ firm/organization and empowered to sign this
document as well as such other documents, which may be required in
this connection.
Dated this

Day of

201

(Signature)

(In the capacity of)

Duly authorized to sign the Bid Response for and on behalf of:
(Name and Address of Company)

Seal/Stamp of bidder

CERTIFICATE AS TO AUTHORISED SIGNATORIES

I, certify that I am.


of the ., and
that who signed the
above proposal is authorized to bind the corporation by authority of its
governing body.

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3. THE

COMMERCIAL BID FOR

ERP

SOLUTION

Company letter Head of ERP OEM


[Date]
To
The Director (System),
Kochi Metro Rail Limited,
Revenue Tower, 8th Floor, Park Avenue,
Ernakulam -682011
The Summary of Commercial Offer for the ERP solution (name of
the solution)
No
.

ERP Solution elements

1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.

ERP solution modules


----------------------------Data base
ATS charges for one year

Unit price

No. of units

Total price

Total cost for calculating bid


value
Dated this

Day of

(Signature)

201
(In the capacity of)

Duly authorized to sign the Bid Response for and on behalf of:
(Name and Address of Company)

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4. THE

PAYMENT TERMS FOR

ERP SOLUTION

Company letter Head of ERP OEM


[Date]
To
The Director (System),
Kochi Metro Rail Limited,
Revenue Tower, 8th Floor, Park Avenue,
Ernakulam -682011
Sub: the payment terms for the ERP solution

Dated this

Day of

(Signature)

201
(In the capacity of)

Duly authorized to sign the Bid Response for and on behalf of:
(Name and Address of Company)

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Seal/Stamp of bidder

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5. THE

COMMERCIAL BID FORMAT FOR IMPLEMENTATION SERVICE

Company letter Head


[Date]
To
The Director (System),
Kochi Metro Rail Limited,
Revenue Tower, 8th Floor, Park Avenue,
Ernakulam -682011
Table C1 Summary of Commercial Offer
No
.

Service /Solution elements

1.

Implementation Services till


complete deployment, User
training and 3 month system
stabilisation service (C2)
Support services for 12 months
post implementation.
Support services for second year
(12 months) after
implementation
Manpower cost for change
requests (C3)
Manpower cost for skill
augmentation (C4)

2.
3.

4.
5.

Base
Price

Tax

Total price with


tax

Total cost for calculating bid


value
Dated this

Day of

(Signature)

201
(In the capacity of)

Duly authorized to sign the Bid Response for and on behalf of:
(Name and Address of Company)

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Table C 2- The breakup of cost of implementation services.


Price Element

1.

2.

3.

Base
price

Tax

Total Price with


tax

Implementation activities
till usage ready for all the
functions except eprocurement
Cost of services during
from usage ready till
completion of
stabilisation support
Implementation of eprocurement system

4.

Training cost

5.

Total price

Table C 3- The cost for manpower for change requests.


Price Element

1.

2.

3.

Base
price

Tax

Total Price with


tax

Blended price of 10 man


months of functional
consultant
Blended price of 10 man
months of technical
consultant
Total price

Table C 4- Man power cost for skill augmentation

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Price element

1.

2.
3.

4.
5.

Base
price

Tax

Total price with


tax

Three man month price


for finance/accounts
consultant
Three man month price
for materials consultant
Three man month price
for e
procurement/contract
management consultant
Three man month price
for technical consultant
Total price

Tables C2, C3 and C4 provide the breakup of the price for the respective
prices in the commercial proposal indicated in Table C1. KMRL reserves
the right to place item wise work orders.

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6. THE

PAYMENT TERMS FOR IMPLEMENTATION SERVICES

Company letter Head the bidder


[Date]
To
The Director (System),
Kochi Metro Rail Limited,
Revenue Tower, 8th Floor, Park Avenue,
Ernakulam -682011
Sub: the payment terms for implementation services

Dated this

Day of

(Signature)

201
(In the capacity of)

Duly authorized to sign the Bid Response for and on behalf of:
(Name and Address of Company)

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7. FORMAT FOR BANK GUARANTEE (PBG)


SECURITY

TOWARDS

PERFORMANCE

PERFORMANCE GUARANTEE
Ref. No. ______________________________

Bank Guarantee No _____

Dated _________________
To,
KMRL
Dear Sir,
1. In consideration of The Director (System) Kochi Metro Rail Limited
(KMRL), having its office at Revenue Tower, 8th Floor, Park Avenue
Ernakulam Kerla, India 682011 (hereinafter referred to as `KMRL',
which expression shall, unless repugnant to the context or
meaning thereof, include all its successors, administrators,
executors and assignees) after receipt of the LOI dated
_______________

with M/s__________________________ having its

registered/head office at ______________________(hereinafter


to

as

the

'CONTRACTOR') which expression shall,

referred

unless

repugnant to the context or meaning thereof include all

its

successors, administrators, executors and assignees) and KMRL


having agreed that the CONTRACTOR shall furnish to KMRL a
performance guarantee for Indian Rupees .............. for the faithful
performance of the entire CONTRACT.
2. We (name of the bank) ______________________________ registered under
the laws of _________ having head/registered office

at

__________________________ (hereinafter referred to as "the Bank",


which expression shall, unless repugnant to the context or meaning
thereof, include all its successors, administrators, executors and
permitted assignees) do hereby guarantee and undertake to pay
immediately on first demand in writing any /all moneys to the
extent of 10% of the contract __________ (Indian
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Rupees/)_____________________________
without

any demur, reservation, contest or protest and/or

without any

reference to the CONTRACTOR. Any such demand

made by KMRL on the Bank by serving a written notice shall be


conclusive and binding, without any proof, on the bank as regards
the amount due and payable, notwithstanding any dispute(s)
pending before any Court, Tribunal, Arbitrator or any other authority
and/or any other matter or thing whatsoever, as liability under these
presents being absolute and unequivocal.

We agree that the

guarantee herein contained shall be irrevocable and shall continue


to be enforceable until it is discharged by KMRL in writing. This
guarantee shall not be determined, discharged or affected by the
liquidation, winding up, dissolution or insolvency of the
CONTRACTOR and shall remain valid, binding and operative against the
bank.
3. The Bank also agrees that KMRL at its option shall be entitled to
enforce this Guarantee against the Bank as a principal debtor, in
the first instance, without proceeding against the CONTRACTOR
and notwithstanding any security or other guarantee that KMRL may
have in relation to the Contractors liabilities.
4. The Bank further agrees that KMRL shall have the fullest liberty
without our consent and without affecting in any manner our
obligations hereunder to vary any of the terms and conditions of the
said CONTRACT or to extend time of performance by the said
CONTRACTOR(s) from time to time or to postpone for any time
or from time to time exercise of any of the powers vested in KMRL
against the said CONTRACTOR(s) and to forbear or enforce any of the
terms and conditions relating to the said agreement and we shall
not be relieved from our liability by reason of any such variation, or
extension being granted to the said CONTRACTOR(s) or for any
forbearance, act or omission on the part of KMRL or any indulgence by
KMRL to the said CONTRACTOR(s) or any such matter or thing
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whatsoever which under the law relating to sureties would, but for this
provision, have effect of so relieving us.
5. The Bank further agrees that the Guarantee herein contained shall
remain in full force during the period that is taken for the
performance of the CONTRACT and all dues of KMRL under or by
virtue of this CONTRACT have been fully paid and its claim satisfied or
discharged or till KMRL discharges this guarantee in writing, whichever
is earlier.
6. This Guarantee shall not be discharged by any change in our
constitution, in the constitution of KMRL or that of the CONTRACTOR.
7. The Bank confirms that this guarantee has been issued with
observance of appropriate laws of the country of issue.
8. The Bank also agrees that this guarantee shall be governed and
construed in accordance with Indian Laws and subject to the exclusive
jurisdiction of the Courts of Kochi.
9. Notwithstanding anything contained herein above, our liability
under this Guarantee is limited to Indian Rs. (in figures)
______________ (Indian Rupees (in words) ____________________) and
our guarantee shall remain in force until______________________.
(indicate the date of expiry of bank guarantee) Any claim under this
Guarantee must be received by us before the expiry of this Bank
Guarantee. If no such claim has been received by us by the said date,
the rights of KMRL under this Guarantee will cease. However, if such
a claim has been received by us within the said date, all the rights
of KMRL under this Guarantee shall be valid and shall not cease
until we have satisfied that claim.
In witness whereof, the Bank through its authorized officer has set its
hand and stamp on this........ day of ........20___ at .....................
WITNESS NO. 1
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Master Data / Configuration Data Requirements
Fixed Asset Master DB
Centralized definition of fixed asset categories, description, multiple
depreciation rates etc
Ability to maintain parent-child relationship across asset classes
Ability to support different methods of depreciation like WDV, SLM etc
Payroll Masters
Ability to maintain master information of all employees - Personal
Data with Basic pay and other allowances applicable, PF no., PAN no.,
Bank account no. etc
Ability to maintain Unique master code for each employee from
inception till retirement across the enterprise even in case of
transfers, deputation etc
Ability to support configuring of various tax rules (e.g. Income tax,
Professional taxes) specifying, but not limited to items such as basis
and method of calculation, default % rates, general accounts to which
tax effects may be posted, applicable stat
Ability to configure outline pay structures at various levels and types
(such as permanent, contract employees, trainees etc)
Vendor Master
Centralized vendor master facilitating single vendor description and
automatic numbering code across the organization (supporting such
parameters as -Multiple addresses against each vendor, Contact
person for each vendor address, Bank Account (e-payment, cheque
payment), Tax details required for ensuring compliance with Indian
Tax laws considering both direct & Indirect taxes
Vendor classification (multiple parameters required to meet reporting,
preferential treatment like waiver of EMD etc. payment prioritization
and other needs) such as SSI, ANCILLARY, PSU (Spsu, Cpsu) etc. with
effective date
Centralised vendor payment details (with such details as - Default
currency for invoice/payment, Default payment term (e.g. Immediate,
30 days etc.),Payment method preferences (e.g. cheque / DD / Bank
Transfer) )
Whether vendor is also a customer; If yes, then his customer details
Default level of invoice matching (e.g. to PO, Receipt etc)
Limit maintenance / access to vendor master to specific users
Create rate master, item wise/vendor wise for repetitive items against
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Transaction / Process / Activity Requirements
GENERAL Requirements
Ability to define internal organization structure like SBUs/ LOBs/
Locations/Profit Making Units across multiple legal entities
Ability to generate complete trial balance, P & L account and Balance
Sheet at these levels
Ability to create departments/functions etc as flexible hierarchy to roll
up cost
Ability to do planning at the above two hierarchies
Ability to maintain multiple planning versions
Ability to support "Double Entry System of Accounting" on "Accrual
Basis" as required under Companies Act in general and Schedule VI
requirements in particular.
Ability to maintain and enforce for strict compliance, the Delegation
of Powers (DOP) of the Company with a facility to
update/modify/delete/add powers/grades etc.
Ability to implement Work-flow based mechanism of put up of
proposal, concurrence, re-comment, forward for approval, refer to
backward for necessary action, refer to across functions for getting
back along with comments/ remarks/ information/ attachments
Ability to generate vouchers automatically based on the work-flow
outcome as defined by the business rules.
Ability to maintain Foreign Exchange Rates centrally and apply
wherever necessary.
Ability to upload exchange rates data from excel or any other system
to ERP.
Ability to maintain the Holiday list of KMRL and that of Banks/Govt. as
applicable for determining Due Dates on various occasions or any
other purpose.
Ability to integrate the Finance Function with other functions in ERP
and other legacy systems retained.
Ability to upload and retrieve the supporting documents (soft version)
with the vouchers.
Ability to download reporting in excel and also in a format suited for
XBRL reports.
Ability to update Excise/Service Tax (ST) Registers/Records on
dispatch of goods/services
Generation of necessary TDS/TCS/VAT/ST and other statutory returns
Ability to pass necessary entries, as per defined business rules, in
case stocks dispatched to branches/stockyards
CASH/CHEQUE MANAGEMENT
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date, Amount, Approver etc)
Ability to print Payment Voucher, Receipt voucher, Cheque with preprinted stationary
Ability to print pay-in-slip (request for bankers' cheque, DD etc.),
money-receipt, deposit slip, covering letter etc. from system
Ability to have cash verification
Ability to generate cash outflow / inflow for user defined period
Receive online payment vouchers with respect to cash, bank and epayments and receipt Challans from various sections
Online verification of signatures in payment vouchers and
authorisation slips
Ability to cancel cheque in system
Adaptability to all modes of bank payments such as e-payments,
cheque, bank drafts, CMP, E- transfers etc.
Ability to throw alerts where payments are made before due date
Ability to restrict certain document types in cash/ bank book
Ability to account for the direct debits/credits in the bank accounts in
the cash book
Forecast expected date of payment to vendors based on payment
terms (linked to PO raised, expected date of delivery, receipt of
invoice, contractual terms & conditions etc)
Forecast expected date of collection from customer (distributors/CFA)
based on payment terms (linked to Sale Order date, expected date of
shipment, invoice date etc.)
Periodic forecast of receipts and payments across the unit/
Organisation.
Forecast in currencies (separately for USD, INR etc)
Ability to prepare Fund/cash flow statements from revenue and capital
budget.
1. Bank Reconciliation
Bank Master Maintenance - maintain list of approved banks
Ability to reconcile payments and collections to eliminate any
duplicate data entry
Ability to reconcile with General Ledger to consider any bank related
journal entries such as those for bank transfers etc
Ability to reconcile bank statement with payments, collections,
adjustments etc recorded in the system based on the cheque number
or such other reference number
Ability to generate bank reconciliation statement listing unreconciled
transactions
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2.1 Accounts
Option to have same or different chart of account structure across the
organization
Capture multiple dimensions (e.g. department, location, product,
project, personal no. etc) in the chart of account
Ability to record asset, liability, expense and revenue against each
dimension in the chart of account structure
Option to have centralized or decentralized maintenance of chart of
account values
Facility to put start and end date to use of specific chart of account
values, activate and deactivate as and when required
Maintain Parent-child hierarchy in chart of account values
Restrict access to specific values to specific users / units
Enable identifying inter unit account codes with auto generation of
advices
2.2 Calendar
Define calendar based on organization's accounting and reporting
requirements
Calendar periods should be able to be defined by the user
Calendar can be defined as uneven periods, adjustment periods, or to
a maximum of 366 periods
Multiple calendar definitions shall be allowed
Facility to open multiple accounting periods i.e. open the next
accounting period before closing the current accounting period
Facility to open multiple accounting years by opening periods in
multiple accounting years
Close an accounting period to prevent any entries in that period
2.3 Journals
Support manual entry of journal vouchers
Facilitate entry and approval of Journal vouchers (maker-checker)
Ability to have automatic journal numbering identifiable with section /
department etc.
Journals to have unlimited number of lines including narration for the
journal as well as each line
Look up account numbers and descriptions during journal entry
Use codes to default account combinations
Facilitate Journal Voucher Printing
Allocate overhead account balances to other accounts based on fixed
amounts or user defined base
Automatically create journal entries from allocation schedule
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Facility to link reversed journal to original journal
Ability to consolidate group company accounts on yearly / quarterly
basis.
Ability to automatically net off the expense and revenue accounts
closing balances to retained earnings account and carry the same to
the following accounting year.
Ability to carry forward assets and liabilities to following accounting
year
Capability of defining separate consolidation and final accounting
procedures for selected accounting units eg PF Trust, Foreign
subsidiaries
Ability to support provisional journal entries
Ability to pickup previous year figures in current year financial
statements and ability to regroup/reclassify previous year figures
where necessary
Ability to have different document type for memoranda provisional
entries for monthly / quarterly closing and also to facilitate auto
reversal of these entries in the immediate succeeding month.
Ability to do Segment reporting
Ability to integrate the General Ledger Accounting with:
Asset Accounting ; FI Accounts Receivable and Accounts Payable;
Costing ; Materials Management and HR
Ability to generate G/L Account Balances
Ability to generate Transaction Figure Display
PROCURE TO PAY Management
1. Invoice Processing
Ability to track invoices received not processed/paid
Enter required vendor invoice details manually for matching at
material receipt / payment level
Ability to Generate invoices automatically based on predefined
criteria (e.g. running bills, invoices based on receipt of material etc.)
Ability to record details like liquidation charges, payment against
billing schedule, chemical analysis, applicability of TDS etc. in the PO
View and match invoice to PO eliminating need for physical PO
Ability to view details of services received in Work-Order entry sheet
Ability to match services received, PO for the services and Invoice for
services
Automatic alert for non compliance of PO terms (documents, price,
delivery date, other conditions of contract)
Automatically place on hold invoices not matched to PO for specific
vendors
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master
Default tax details from vendor master (CST/OS/Service Tax/Entry Tax)
Calculate / deduct TDS / statutory taxes etc. automatically
Maintain exchange rates centrally, with payment in centralised /
decentralised way.
Restrict GL date to the open accounting period only
Automatically apply based on contract tax / freight / handling charges
across multiple invoice lines
Place invoices on hold to prevent further action at different stages like
payment etc.
Recording project invoices with details of project code, activity, task
etc.
Allocate single invoice expense line to multiple GL account with
responsibility code
Indicate vendor balance before making payment.
View and match invoice to PO, Receipt in the system at line level
eliminating need for physical PO / GRN
Automatic three way (invoice, PO and GRN) matching process after
the invoice details are entered in the system
For payment made on the basis of performance, provision should be
there to capture the performance measure against PO and actual
performance against GRN
Ability to block payment to a Vendor till such time as desired
Ability to analyse ageing of vendor balances at any given point of
time whether current or past or even future.
Ability to generate vendor account statement to be sent to the
vendors.
Ability to link payments to completion/installation details.
Ability to compute and pay discount as per the terms agreed with
vendor/supplier.
Postings in Accounts Payable to be simultaneously recorded in the
General Ledger
Ability to generate balance confirmations, account statements and
due date forecast
Ability to Manage Vendor Master data(Create Read Update and
Delete)
Ability to add details like Vendor, Cheque No. etc. in the purchase
master
Enter Debit / Credit notes against specific invoice(s) to adjust vendor
liability
Ability to generate and capture appropriate Debit / Credit memos
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unit( between procurement and marketing) accounting (VAT, CST, ED,
Excise, transfer price etc)
2. Inventory Valuation
Ability to support online valuation of Inventory
Ability to integrate costing module with inventory module to facilitate
inventory valuation
Ability to have inventory ageing report
Ability to value inventory as per accounting policy i.e. weighted
average, FIFO etc
Ability to value finished products at cost or realisable value whichever
is less
Ability to account for differences arising on account of physical
verification
Ability to account/adjust for transit loss to inventory
Ability to value issues of stores items as per defined business rules
(i.e. moving weighted average/monthly weighted average etc. as the
case may be) and ability to post to the appropriate GL Code
Ability to identify nature of issues i.e. whether free/recoverable issue
to contractors or consumption by company etc
Ability to value consumption of raw material as per defined business
rules(i.e. moving weighted average/monthly weighted average etc. as
the case may be) and ability to post to the appropriate GL code
Ability to make necessary adjustments to consumption, in case of
price revisions, where applicable
Ability to link MRV (Material receipt Voucher) raised on receipt of
materials with issue note when materials have been sent out on
repair
Ability to track materials sent out on repairs
Ability to create necessary provisions for slow moving/non moving
inventory as per business rules
Ability to arrive at landed cost of material including customs duty and
port charges, freight charges, clearing and forwarding agent charges
and other applicable charges, as the case may be
Ability to value MRV raised as per defined business rules
Ability to value Stock Adjustment/Stock Transfer Vouchers/Stores
Return Note etc as per defined business rules
Ability to do quantity reconciliation between procurement,
consumption, production, dispatch, sale, shortages and closing stocks
Ability to allocate overhead account balances to issues/consumption
and closing inventory based on proportionate conversion costs
Ability to support adjustment of VAT credit taken at the time of
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Ability to obtain details of book balances of inventory to facilitate
physical verification
Ability to update physical verification details in case of inventories for
the system to list out excess/shortage report
Ability to value shortages/excess inventory as per defined business
rules and ability to classify the same as normal/abnormal
SALES ACCOUNTING
Ability to support accrual based accounting
Ability to link sales with the respective account codes
Handling credit notes on customers for shortages, quality complaints
etc.
Handling debit notes on customers for interest on overdue payments
etc.
Ability to support overall stock reconciliation- product wise and
preparation of stock reconciliation statement for Balance Sheet
Ability to update excise register on despatch of finished goods and
accounting of excise duty at plant and CFA depot
Ability to automatically compute penalty and facilitating computation
of taxes and duties by linking it to invoice
Ability to generate ageing schedule of debtors giving details of
debtors outstanding for more than XX days, for more than XX days
but less than XXX days, for more than XXX days, etc.
All postings in Accounts Receivable are also recorded directly in the
General Ledger
Update respective G/L accounts depending on the transaction
involved (for example, receivables, down payments, and bills of
exchange).
Monitor open items, such as account analyses, alarm reports, due
date lists, and a flexible dunning program
Ability to documenting the transactions that occur in Accounts
Receivable, including balance lists, journals, balance audit trails, and
other standard report
Ability to calculate interest on customer and vendor accounts
Accounting for Customer Collections
Ability to account for receipt of cheque/DD, track whether
dishonoured or not
Ability to match export proceeds with import payments falling within
a bucket of specified no. of days
Ability to support accounting of advance received from customer and
ability to classify advance separately from amount outstanding
against invoices for balance sheet disclosure.
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advance amount
Ability to transfer balances lying to the credit of a customer against
multiple Money Receipts and multiple DOs as free balance by a single
journal (for refund or to be used for further transactions)
Ability to support accounting of collection received at location other
than where invoice is raised.
Ability to handle accounting of collection received from customers
received in e-payment mode.
Ability to adjust receipt with invoice and show net amount
outstanding
Ability to provide for doubtful debts and ability to facilitate writeoff
Customer Account Reporting
Ability to display break up of customer balance against each sales
order / invoice
Generation of customer outstanding statement on a consolidated
basis across units / regions or only with respect to individual
unit/location
Support customer ledger on gross basis (showing all debit and credit
entries) and net basis (only outstanding or unadjusted debit or credit
entries)
Ability to generate outstanding report only for one customer, only for
domestic sales, only for export sales or combination thereof.
Support generating outstanding report in foreign currency for export
sales
Ability to generate report on customer profile/customer statement of
account for a specific period and sending the same to customer.
Ability to raise debit/credit advices/notes on customers for rate
differences, sales returns, additional discounts, penalties, interest for
late payments etc.
Ability to provide for doubtful debts and ability to facilitate write off of
customer balances, where necessary
Ability to adjust customer receivables against amounts due to the
customer
Ability to handle debtors reconciliation
Ability to generate customer outstanding
WORK ORDER MANAGEMENT
Ability to track materials issued on either free-of-cost basis or
chargeable basis to contractors and account the same as per defined
business rules.
Ability to make recoveries from contractors for materials issued on
free-of-charge basis to the extent consumed in excess of applicable
norms as certified by Engineer-in-charge.
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chargeable basis.
Ability to track material which was issued to contractors on free-ofcharge basis and lying with contractor un-consumed for more than
specified period/date and to include the same into the inventory
valuation.
Interfacing invoice with work measurement
Booking of outstanding liabilities and calculation of tax on the same
SD/EMD/BG MANAGEMENT
Ability to handle EMD received in the form of cheque, BG, DD etc
Ability to record collection of EMD from vendors/service
providers/customers against the related PO/WO/ Agreement/ Contract
and to keep a track of it.
Ability to refund/adjust deposits with age-wise analysis.
Ability to convert EMD into Security Deposit for successful vendors
and to keep link between the EMD and PO/WO/ Agreement/Contract
and also vendor master.
Ability to maintain data of Bank Guarantees received from
vendors/contractors etc., including full particulars about vendor code
with a link to vendor master, related PO/WO/ Agreement/Contract
reference, Bank name with ability to link with Bank Master, BG
Ability to implement approval of PO/WO/ Agreement/Invoice subject to
receipt/confirmation of BG.
Ability to generate request letters for extension/invocation of bank
guarantees.
Automatically interface accounting entries to the GL module
ASSET MANAGEMENT
Centralized definition of fixed asset categories, description, multiple
depreciation rates, predefined residual values etc.
Centralized/ decentralized definition of location data structure
Ability to maintain parent-child relationship across asset classes.
Ability to support WDV/ straight line method of depreciation.
Automatically consolidate FA Register at units into FA Register for the
company
Prevent units from entering/updating data in any FA Register other
than their own FA Register
Categorize assets based on type such as moveable-immovable etc.
Ability to record fixed assets as either capitalized or work-in-progress
Ability to categorize assets based on various parameters like
movable, immovable, plant assets etc
Ability to decide the asset catergorisation at the time of order
placement/contract finalisation and also allow to change at a
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Ability to maintain parent - child asset relationships
Ability to differentiate between new asset and value
adjustment/upgradation to existing capacity
Record fixed assets with date placed in service in the past
Record fixed assets with date placed in service in the future
Ability to merge multiple fixed assets into one fixed asset
Provision to rectify errors in recording fixed assets in the same period
or in previous periods
Ability to record number of units against each fixed assets eg chairs 10 units
Ability to generate Fixed Assets schedule in accordance with the
Companies Act
Ability to generate asset number at the time of capitalisation of asset
Flexibility to port existing asset details where location code, complete
description etc is not available
Ability to update Fixed Asset Register upon capitalisation of asset
Provision to record manufacturer's serial number
Provision to facilitate physical verification of fixed assets by printing
fixed assets reports location-wise, employee-wise, category-wise etc
Provision to electronically upload fixed assets physical verification
data for the system to list out missing fixed assets or not at recorded
location or not with recorded employee
Ability to keep track of last physical verification data for each asset
record
Ability to reclassify individual fixed asset or a group of fixed assets
Ability to reclassification to automatically update depreciation rates
Ability to perform valuation of fixed and current assets
Support change of useful life and effective rate of depreciation
Run/ roll back depreciation multiple times
Suspend depreciation on specific or categories of fixed assets for
specified period of time
Maintain depreciation data cost centre wise
Forecast the depreciation and written down value for any user defined
periods
Calculation of depreciation for defined period on existing asset as well
as memorandum entries
Create accounting automatically for fixed assets addition,
depreciation, recategorization, revaluation, retirement, transfers etc
Facilitate drilldown facility from the GL to individual fixed asset
transaction in the fixed asset module
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1. Costing
Ability to capture and report costs against each dimension in the
chart of account structure such as unit, department, location, product,
project etc
Ability to define cost centers across the organisation
Ability to define various elements of costs for cost sheet preparation
Facility to pool costs and then allocate / reallocate costs to other cost
centers / across organisation based on predefined basis
Ability to create flexible cost objects to collect cost for specific
purpose / objective
Ability to settle such collected cost to another cost object
Ability to print various allocation schedules prior to the financial
closing of the period
Ability to allocate overheads either on a percentage basis or as
quantified by the service providing department
Ability to allocate indirect process unit costs to direct process units
based on direct cost ratio
Ability to rerun cost allocations when the underlying data changes
Ability to combine the costs for several input sources and allocate in
one allocation source through parameters
Ability to allocate common costs across departments/ products / units
based on predefined basis.
Provisions to add relevant taxes and duties (wherever applicable; e.g.Utilities ) for a cost element
Facility to reconcile costing reports with financial reports
Flexibility to accept new elements/parameters for preparation of cost
sheets
Ability to derive the costs centers or cost collectors automatically
based on the normal accounting postings
Ability to assign budget for these cost collectors
Ability to track the actual costs and budget costs on these cost
collectors
Ability to support variance analysis between budget and actual across
various periods.
Ability to set up availability control on these cost collectors and set up
warning or error messages when the budget exceeds / matches the
actual costs
Ability to create these cost collectors either as statistical or real
orders
Ability to compile the total costs in the primary cost collectors and
settle the costs to other cost collectors
Ability to create various reports about the costs collected in these

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cost collectors at various time periods and compare them with the
budgets
Ability to compute costs for inventory valuation purpose based on
defined accounting policy
Ability to support categorisation of costs into fixed/ variable costs at
process/product/element/cost centre levels.
Ability to accept costs/rates on adhoc basis, where prices have not
been finalised.
Ability to maintain mapping between chart of accounts and costing
system along with cost centre/responsibility centre system.
Ability to allocate cost in the same original GL account Head to
multiple cost centres or other cost objects
Ability to assign Fixed Assets to Cost Centres
Ability to capture depreciation for cost sheet preparation from the
fixed asset module
Ability to charge of Depreciation to assigned cost centres
automatically, while posting Depreciation entries
Facility to determine cost for any process with or without depreciation
and interest component and ability to transfer relevant amount to
subsequent process.
Ability to maintain cost sheets prepared on multiple basis for the
same period for comparison purpose.
Ability to perform Cost assessment ( plan/actual cost accounting
based on full costs. Costs are not split into fixed and proportional
costs)
Allow to calculates wage costs using the fixed hourly rates
determined in cost center planning
Allow Standard costing and Marginal Costing
Ability to do Activity based costing
Ability to collect actual Labour / factory overheads based on the
settings like activity allocations made in the system
Ability to have Cost Center Accounting and internal orders
Ability to add one or more cost centers or one or more nodes of the
standard hierarchy for Cost Center
Ability to get the break up of costs by way of different accounts
Ability to get itemisation of the standard cost estimates, where we
can get the break up of costs in the required parameters
Ability to consider the planned overhead costs in the standard cost
estimates based on cost center planning and activities
Ability to consider various overheads like material overheads,
production overheads and Admin overheads
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Ability to maintain cost estimates for materials sent on sub
contracting
Ability to estimate costs and maintain costs for previous, current and
Future period in the system
Ability to cost the subcontracting materials and the status of material
lying with Sub-contractors
Various MIS Reports based on the standard and actual costs and the
analysis of variances
Detailed Priced Stores Ledger (Based on user defined parameters)
Real-Time Integration of Costing with Financial Accounting
2. Capital Budgeting
Flexibility for preparing budgets at the department level, forward it for
approval, modification and consolidation at the unit level and then
again for approval, modification and consolidation at the company
level with appropriate approval hierarchy at ea
Ability to maintain budget at each A/c code / cost code / cost center
level
Ability to maintain capital as well as Revenue budgets
Maintain record of each version of budget during it's preparation
phase
Create multiple budgets in same year
Maintain original budget, revised budget and latest forecast for each
account
Automatically allocate an annual budget over multiple periods based
on a predefined basis.
Automatically generate a budget from previous years actual or
budget with a percentage increase or decrease
Create flexible budgets based on user defined relationships among
various accounts
Maintain current year, last year and next year budgets by period
Enable budget encumbrance
Enable online budgetary control
View budget availability / utilization on a real-time basis
Ability to re-appropriate budget across various budget heads
Ability to prepare budget based on top-down / bottoms-up approach
Ability to generate different types of variance reports (like actual v/s
budget, actuals on year to year and month to month basis etc.)
Ability to prepare flexible budget (fixed and variable)
Allow to prepare review, edit and approve various types of budgets
(such as Zero Based Budget, rolling budgets, product wise budget,
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Ability to allocate budget on different periodical basis
Ability to regulate payments in accordance with budgetary allocation
for scheme and for the user defined period
Ability to generate capital budget (revised budget) documents as per
the budgetary variable as defined by management
ASSET REVALUATION/SCRAP SALE
Ability to retire entire or part of an existing fixed asset/set of fixed
assets and update asset register on retirement of assets
Ability to record salvage value, sale proceeds, and cost of removal
Ability to Create, view, update delete relevant details in Asset
Register (disposal/retirement details)
Revalue an existing fixed asset or a group of fixed assets or all fixed
assets belonging to a category or all fixed assets in the fixed assets
register
Reclassify individual fixed asset or a group of fixed assets
Reclassification to automatically update depreciation rates
Provision to record manufacturer's serial number
Provision to record bar code number
Provision to facilitate physical verification of fixed assets by printing
fixed assets reports location-wise, employee-wise, category-wise etc
Provision to enter/ electronically upload fixed assets physical
verification data for the system to list out or alert missing fixed assets
or not at recorded location or not with recorded employee
Option to assign each fixed asset to one or multiple custodians
Record the physical location of each fixed asset
Record transfer of fixed assets from unit to unit ,one location to
another or from one employee to another etc
PAYROLL PROCESSING
2. Leave Records
Ability to maintain leave records for computation of increments/pay
revision with retrospective effect
5. Payroll Management
In addition to the standard payroll functions, the system should also
comprises the following country-specific functions:
Indirect Evaluation
Basic Increments
Dearness Allowance
Housing
Car and Conveyance
Long Term Reimbursements
Fringe benefits
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Costing, Legislation (Tax), export commercials and Payroll
Third Party Deductions
Income from Other Sources
Tax on Arrears
Exemptions
Exemption on Leave Travel Allowance
Exemption on Medical Reimbursements
Exemption on Medical Insurance
Exemption on Child Education Allowance
Exemption on Child Hostel Allowance
Exemption on Other Allowances and Reimbursements
Exemption on Leave Encashment
Previous Employment Tax Details
Professional Tax
Provident Fund
Employee State Insurance
Labour Welfare Fund
Nominations
Minimum Net Pay
Recovery of Rounding off Amounts
Loans Enhancement
One Day Salary Deduction
Mid Year
Termination Work Bench
Gratuity
Superannuation
Forms as applicable
Ability to support configuration and parameterization of different pay
components including facility to add/modify/delete pay components
Ability to maintain employee data cost centre wise
Ability to define pay structures at various levels and types (such as
permanent, contract employees, consultants, trainees etc)
Ability to support calculation of different allowances based on userdefined criteria
Ability to maintain all pay related rules (user definable) for automatic
maintenance/ updating of data.
Facility to indicate carryover and partial recovery
Ability to generate monthly balance and cumulative balance position
of various accounts related to payroll for user definable periods.
Ability to support withholding of any amount recoverable from
employee against salary, Gratuity and other dues payable to
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Costing, Legislation (Tax), export commercials and Payroll
ability to enter, administer and perform payroll for company loans,
Voluntary Deductions, Recurring Payments/Deductions and additional
payments
Ability to prorate salary and allowance payment based on employee
hire or resignation date
Provide Roster (create, edit and display rosters and roster points) for
Recruitment, promotion, transfers of employees in accordance
with the reservation policy.
Reporting staffing details to the government.
Generate correspondence letters relating to promotions, transfer,
confirmation, retirement and salary certificate
Ability to compute both annual and promotional increment through
this component.
Ability to run Payroll in addition to the regular payroll run for a
specific day and for individual employees
Ability to allow:
Pay Scale Grouping for Allowances for
Compensation structure applicable to an employee
Value of compensation for an employee
Deputation
Ability to calculate Indirect Evaluation (It is a method to calculate the
eligible amounts for some of the wage types)
Ability to Generate following :
Remuneration statement
Payroll journal
Payroll account and Wage type report
Ability to handle instances where nominees of deceased employees
opt to receive last drawn basic pay and DA, upon deposit of PF and
gratuity dues
Support retroactive accounting(Automatically recalculate payroll in
event of change in master data and time data in periods for which
payroll has been already completed
Arrears calculations shall support payroll increases with retrospective
benefit.
EDI of salary information to the bank account
6. Final Settlement
Ability to take care of final settlement process to arrive at net amount
to be paid or recovered
Ability to receive No Due Certificates from concerned departments
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Costing, Legislation (Tax), export commercials and Payroll
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COMPLIANCE WITH TAX LAWS
Ability to generate reports/forms/ statutory returns and generate as
and when required
Ability to handle credits i.e. CENVAT/VAT/ST/ Customs/CVD/Cess/ etc.
Ability to generate VAT registers and returns under the VAT rules/Act.
Ability to generate ST registers & returns under ST rules/Act.
Ability to issue certificates to entities for various tax recoveries and
remittances.
Ability to segregate labor and material portion in a contract and apply
the relevant statutory rules for the same.
Ability to support deduction of Tax on advance payments & provisions
Ability to prepare the necessary return files in the format specified by
the respective tax authorities.
File tax returns electronically and submit details requested for by tax
authorities either as attachment to the return or by email
Define payments schedules of various taxes and duties
Ability to compute recovery, remittance and filing of returns of various
taxes and duties
Ability to track various deposits with statutory authorities for different
purposes
Ability to capture invoice and dispatch data for excise duty purposes
Provision to flag / identify documents eligible for Cenvat / Service Tax
credit
Provide payment schedules of various taxes and duties and give alert
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Support VAT, CST and ET reconciliation.
Ability to record receipt of C/D/H/F forms from customers / other units
etc.
EXPENSE CLAIM
Submission of Bills/Claims by the Beneficiary/ Dept/Section
On-line approval of claims
Integration of employee claims with FI
Reporting / Document Outputs / MIS Requirements
Reports for various time periods
Sales Report
Financial statements & consolidation
Profitability report
Cashflow projection

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Costing, Legislation (Tax), export commercials and Payroll
Capital budget utilization
Financial analysis
Variance analysis
Cash Flow - (a) Actual / Cumulative (b) Projected/Cumulative
Inventory Position
Receivable Status
Analysis of Current Assets compared to Production/Sales
Non-moving/Slow Moving inventories
Ageing analysis of loans & advances
Ageing Analysis of Debtors
comparative report on Purchase orders with Capital budget
R; Cost centre wise/Business unit wise reports
Capital Budget - unit wise/Cost centre wise/business unit wise &
consolidation
Capital Budget Utilization Statement
Budgeted Expenditure Vs Actuals - month wise/ Cumulative
Status Report of Policy Claims
Unit wise premium paid towards Medical Insurance/Group Personal
Accident Policy
Asset Register, Capital Budget Utilisation Statement, Asset Pending
Commissioning, Asset Purchase/put to use - pending purchase orders
Salary Statement, Monthwise, Sectionwise Salary Summary,
Addition/Deletion Statement of Employees
Expense Analysis
Asset management reports
Status Report on Audit Observations
Costing reports
Sales Tax details report
Pending payment details report

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Master Data / Configuration Data Requirements
Employee Master
Ability to maintain and update where required following details of
employee master data:
Names and details of self, spouse, children, parents, dependants,
nominees under different schemes, PAN No. and signature
Postal Addresses - home, mailing, permanent, office, e-mail addresses
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Gender, date of birth, blood group, citizenship, marital status, religion,
caste etc.
Recruitment category like physically handicapped/ PWD/
sportsperson /ex-servicemen / specialist / SC / ST / OBC /
LDP/LAP/HS)/compassionate grounds/Others
Recent photograph
Employee medical details (prior to joining and after joining)
Qualifications should capture the details of name of the examination
passed (prior to joining and after joining) with specialization/Trade,
university/Institute, month and year of passing, percentage of marks
obtained, grade/class obtained / Duration of the course / (With
incentive / without incentive) etc.
Previous employment details like name of the organization, position
held (designation), start/end dates, reason for leaving, last salary
drawn etc.
Details of spouse in the service of the organization including name,
personnel number, unit where working, designation with provision for
automatic updation of records of the relative as and when it is
updated for him by his controlling establishment.
Details of the dependents including relationship, their month and year
of birth, studying in school/college, monthly income/pension amount,
Date of updation of data
Details of relatives in the service of the organization including name,
personnel number, unit where working, designation and relationship
with provision for automatic updation of records of the relative as and
when it is updated for him by his controlling establishment.
History of trainings attended (prior to joining and after joining) like
name of the course, name of the Institution, month and year of
training, duration of the course in days/weeks etc.
Awards received (prior to joining and after joining) by the employee
including the name of the award, year of award, in which
discipline/field and date of receipt of award and special status/
privilege, if any, to be given to him for the award.
Date of joining, probation period, date of confirmation in each grade /
post/ designation
Details of promotion from one grade / scale / discipline to another
including any re-appointment through internal selections
Full transfer history of the employee including the past and current
location, nature of transfer (self-initiated / company initiated / against
circular), tenure/Deputation, date of joining and date of relieving at
different locations, number of times cancelled but kept in abeyance
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Present place of posting including name of the department, cost
centre, division etc.
Ability to maintain / update union membership data and processing
for deduction of membership fee through pay-roll processing
History of disciplinary actions against the employee including date of
charge, nature of charge, amount of financial loss to organization,
date of punishment and nature of punishment. This must include
Vigilance/ CBI/ Criminal proceedings.
Ability to provide dynamic user defined query/ report facilities based
on the defined user login/security levels for Personnel department as
well as for other Users. Views of information on user-defined criteria
like date wise, category-wise, qualification-wise, experience-wise,
male-female, etc. Should support maintenance of statutory registers
(like Form-11, Form-12)/Establishment schedule / muster rolls etc.
Ability to change employment status from full-time to part-time, or
part-time to full-time.
Ability to send email/notification to the concerned departments like
Accounts etc. on change of employee status
Ability to update a field indicating whether the employee has taken
the home lease facility and link it to the payroll
Ability to track each employees start dates and end dates for each
position held / event during service for user-defined period.
Ability to create/ update organizational chart of all positions and
reporting relationships.
Ability to drill down facilities to access information of the employees
at various levels - to go from organization level to sub levels like Unit
level, department level and employee level
Ability to provide restricted access to different classes of employee
master data
Ability to track, calculate and trend employee participation through
Knowledge Management database.
Transaction / Process / Activity Requirements
Training
Ability to incorporate the Induction Plan (a plan of abut 3-4 weeks
during which the newly joined employees move across all
departments and understand their working)
Ability to enter the evaluation results in the system of the individual
induction reports prepared by the employees at the end of the
Induction Programme
Ability to check whether the employees have crossed the expected
benchmark score in their evaluation results by the evaluation
committee
Ability to provide a Training Needs Requirement Form to employees
online which can be filled in the system and the results can be
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Ability of the Corporate HR to prepare a comprehensive Training Plan
in the system based on inputs on training needs
Ability to perform a comprehensive skills gap analysis using Skills Gap
Form for non-executives on a periodic basis by each department
Ability to plan, maintain and track Training Schedules for executives
and non-executives
Ability to collect training feedback online
Ability to capture details of the On-the-Job trainings
Ability to automate the workflow of training requisitions, approvals etc
Ability to evaluate cost of individual trainings and validate the same
with the training budget line item
Ability to capture details of discipline (channel)-wise, program-wise
courses conducted monthly, quarterly, half-yearly, yearly and
cumulative
The system should be able to send training notices /remainders at
pre-determined time lines to participants via email/SMS etc.
Ability to maintain external certifications obtained by staff
Performance Management
Ability to capture all details of the Performance Appraisal Forms in the
system
Ability to enable workflows between Employees, evaluators and
reviewers in a step by step fashion
Ability to link promotion eligibility based on performance ratings and
disciplinary actions for employees
Ability to setup goals / performance expectations for individuals at the
beginning of the year and even in mid-year (optional)
Ability to maintain the appraisal ratings and feedback in the system
for the current year
Support to generate reminder letters/e-mail to the employees/
appraising authorities in case of non-submission of appraisal reports
etc.
The system shall store the results of the employees performance
evaluation such as Start and End Date for evaluation, Manager, Total
Score, Employee Development Information, Comment
Ability to archive appraisal ratings and feedback in the system for
previous years
Recruitment
Ability to interface with Govt. authorities for intimation of vacancies
for sanctioned strength of trainees under Apprenticeship Act
Ability to arrive at vacancies to be reserved for SC / ST / OBC /
Physically disabled categories
Ability to raise the indent / Manpower Requisition Form (MRF) in the
system
Ability to introduce workflow based approval system for the MRF /
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Ability to maintain applicant database in the system
Ability to connect the online application link (at the company website)
to the central applicant data base
Ability to conduct first level of screening in the system by matching
against key words of educational, skill requirements mentioned in the
indent
Ability to gather the list of Candidates from the Govt. Authorities
registered with KMRL
Ability to enter the details of short listed candidates who respond to
advertisement on the basis of age, qualification, experience etc.
Ability to schedule interviews of the shortlisted candidates and enter
interview results / comments in the system
Ability to generate Interview Call Letter
Ability to receive online approval from
Ability to generate Appointment Letter
Ability to update and maintain the recruitment tracker on employees
joining / not joining after appointment letter is issued
Ability to generate a report in a prescribed format to list the
receivables from Board of Apprenticeship as mentioned above
For Training & Development Scheme, an approval note on the list of
positions, job specifications, is generated. The system should support
in generating this and also have the ability to route the approval
workflow to the concerned authorities
Ability to track, calculate and trend for various categories
a)Recruitment cost incurred/employee
b)Time taken for filling up a vacancy i.e from paper ad to appointment
letter
c)No. of days taken to respond to an applicant etc.
Ability to maintain temporary posts as per requirements
Joining & Relieving
Ability to capture information of the Joining Form and transfer the data
towards maintenance of Employee master
Ability to generate unique Employee Code
Ability to apply and submit resignation online in the system
Ability to generate Dues Report for the employee and show any
outstanding amount in any category / department from the system
Ability to generate No Dues Certificate / Clearance to the employee
Ability to capture and archive relevant details from Exit Interview
Attendance & Leave Management
Ability to integrate attendance punch card system with the HR module
of the ERP
Ability to enter and modify attendance data of employees directly in
the system when punch cards are not operating
Ability to link up attendance with salary processing / financials
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Automate the leave approval workflow of the employee through the
concerned approving authorities
Ability to maintain and update the leave database for employees
Ability to scan / capture details of medical certificates with relevant
Leave Record of the employee
Ability to maintain updated leave balances against individual
employees
Ability to link wage / salary cut due to excess leave taken by
employees
Ability to record time stamp of records entered and prevent back
dated entries
LTC availing and Claim
Ability to auto verify names of dependents (from employee master)
Ability to validate the mode of travel with the employee's eligibility on
the same based on his grade / seniority etc.
Ability to route the application form through the concerned approving
authorities as a workflow
Ability to send the verification form to Finance Department on a
workflow after due approvals (may be multi-level if required) from HR
Ability to verify the submission and enter remarks / comments and
approve / reject the settlement form
Ability to capture application for advance
Ability to check and verify eligibility criteria of dependents and
prepare eligibility list online
Ability to send auto alert to concerned departments on availing of LTA
by an employee
Loans and Advances
Ability to setup loan eligibility against different employee grades
Ability to apply and send online the application for loan in the system
to HR
Ability to generate a sanction note and its approval online in the
system
Ability to intimate Accounts section on remittance of instalments after
due processing by the financial institution
Ability to introduce workflow based approval system for the housebuilding/maintenance loan
Ability to avail interest subsidy on loan as per corporate policy
Ability to process applications and necessary approvals for loans in
the system
Increments
Ability to maintain and update the scale of pay for different categories
of employees of the organization
Ability to generate list of employees due for increment (preferable one
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employees who have served for 12 months - as business rule
Ability to send auto alert/e-mail to the concerned departments on
change of pay-scale of the employee
Ability to generate increment letters for employees from the system
Leave Encashment
Ability to configure necessary business rules for leave encashment in
the system for different categories of employees
Ability to raise Leave Encashment Application in the system and this
should flow by workflow to concerned HR personnel
Ability of the approved applications to flow online to Finance /
Accounts section for suitable disbursement
Medical claim & Medical Reimbursement
Ability to maintain and update a master of approved hospitals / health
clinics/Insurer etc.
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Ability to fill up online medical reimbursement form
Promotion and Pay Fixation
Ability to configure time-based and vacancy-based promotion policies
and salary fixation
Ability to introduce a workflow based approval process if required
Ability to generate Promotion Order in the system
Ability to capture minimum attendance criteria, performance rating
and seniority and qualification criteria for vacancy-based promotion
Ability to prefer optional fixation against pay fixation online
Ability to generate a list of employees due for promotion (based on
tenure of service and any other business rule which can get updated
time to time)
Ability to generate a Pay Fixation Statement as per pre-defined
business rule, in case employee has selected Pay Fixation
Personal Accident Claim
Ability to send the form online to the Safety Officer and after approval
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certificate etc.
Ability to raise note in case of accidents which happen within the
factory premises
Ability to send the note to accounts after approval for payment and to
time office / leave function for updating leave
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Ability to raise and send Travel Forms online from different
departments
Ability to record daily trips and reconcile with contract / payment
settlement
Confirmation and Placement of Trainees
Ability to generate a confirmation note on completion of probation of
trainees
Ability of the system to generate a report / generate alerts to remind
HR about completion of probation period of trainees at least 1 day
before
Ability to generate Confirmation Letters to confirmed trainees
Ability to extend probation period of trainees if found required
Ability to generate a list of all trainees who have completed 1 year in
the organization
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Ability to process travel requisition including capture of settlement
details against the specific requisition
Reporting / Document Outputs / MIS Requirements
Report of Recoverables from salary
Report on new joinees, resignees and retirees
Reports of employees based on the categorisation of Length of
Service, Age, Qualification, etc
Attendance Report - normal, overtime, unauthorized absence, late
arrival, punch recorder output
Leave status
List of applications and processing status for availing benefits - lease,
LTC etc.
Report the number of resignations, retirements, transfers and
promotions quarterly / half-yearly / annually
Report the current stage and status of a hiring process
Report the number of applicants for each positions
Report the recruitment cost per department
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Reports on mediclaim processing - claims received and processed
Performance appraisal rating for all employees
Report on performance of an employee including ratings as captured
in the system on a need basis
Report on manpower utilisation across units
Report on LTC availment vs encashment
Report on list of vacancies
Report on employees / contract laborers engaged against a specific
indents for annual return
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- Appointment Letter
- Confirmation Letter
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Master Data / Configuration Data Requirements
Vendor Master
Ability to have centralized vendor master facilitating single vendor
description and code across the organization
Ability to capture multiple addresses against each vendor
Ability to have both manual numbering / automatically generated
numbering for vendor codes with provision for maintaining different
numbering sequences and formats for different vendor categories
Ability to record the following against each vendor:
Contact person for each vendor address
Bank Account (e-payment, cheque payment etc.)
Handling alternate payee(bank, third party)
Payment method preferences (e.g. cheque / DD / Bank Transfer etc.)
Ability to classify vendor master (multiple parameters required to
meet reporting, preferential treatment like waiver. payment
prioritization and other needs) such as SSI, ANCILLARY, PSU (Spsu,
Cpsu) etc. with effective date
Ability to enter / remove Tax details required for ensuring compliance
with Indian Tax laws considering both direct & Indirect taxes.
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Ability to configure various kinds of payment terms and indicate
default payment term (e.g. Immediate, 30 days etc.)
Ability to de-activate / activate / blacklist vendors with effective dates
and assigning status to individual vendors
Ability to check whether a vendor is also a customer and if so ability
to set-off transactions from AP and AR as per requirements
Ability to configure and allow one-time vendor
Ability to restrict access to vendor master to specific users and enable
filtered views of the vendor list for various processes as per business
rules
Ability to conduct vendor registration process and vendor
unregistration process as per predefined business rule
Ability to undertake vendor development process in the system as per
predefined vendor development protocol
Item Master
Ability to have centralized item master across the organization for all
categories of items (Raw materials, Consumables, Spares, Tools,
Components, Semi-Finished Items, Finished Items, Service Items, Work
Items etc.)
Ability to maintain bill of materials for specified items
Ability to assign unique material codes and adopt material codification
policy agreed by the organization
Ability to assign unique material name including specifications so that
there is no chance of duplicate records being maintained of the same
material
Ability to capture, maintain and track shelf life of perishable items
Service Master
Ability to identify services as per Area - works, non-works
Ability to assign name corresponding to service code
Ability to enter unit of measure of service as per the nature of service
Ability to maintain unique service item codes
Ability to assign / edit / modify description of the service /
item(activity) of service
Ability to check existence of rate contract for individual services or
service groups
Transaction / Process / Activity Requirements
Indent Management
Ability of the indents to follow a configurable workflow so that they
can be sent to the purchase organization online
Ability to raise service indents which includes service items
Ability to categorize Indent documents as Revenue Purchase Indent,
Capital Purchase indent and Proprietary Indent
For the Capital Purchase Indent, ability to capture against the indent,
the reference to budget approval document, justification for purchase,
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For Proprietary Indents, ability to capture details of Proprietary
certificates
Ability to direct the indent to the relevant approving / concurring
authority as per the indent type (Capital / Revenue) and Delegation of
Power
Ability for senior officers/approvers to evaluate the indent online and
reject / suggest modification / approve indent with detailed
comments / notes
Ability to rework and resubmit the indent for approval after necessary
modifications
Ability for the concerned purchaser to scrutinize the indent online and
enter remarks if required
Ability of the purchaser to reject a Indent if required with appropriate
comments
Ability of the system to suggest the type of tendering required based
on value of indent and DoP
Ability of the system to take online special approvals as work flow in
case there is any deviation from the DoP
Ability to generate a unique indent number.
Ability to access information on past purchase details, current
inventory status, pending orders, etc against a particular item
Ability to attach scanned docs (approved note sheets / drawings /
special requests etc).
Ability to track indent status at every approval stage
Ability for online budget monitoring and display of budget status
during indent stage and accordingly display alerts / messages on
exceeding the budget
Ability to merge/demerge indents
Tender Management
Ability of the system to support both open tendering process and
limited tendering process
In case of Open Tenders, ability to store information of the Tender
Notice, Date, Other details, Details of respondents etc.
In case of Limited Tenders, ability to store details of the enquiries and
the list of vendors to which the enquiry was sent
Ability of the system to send the Technical Reports through online
workflows for approval and to the Purchase Department
Ability to select and maintain L1 / acceptable bidder
Ability to generate Purchase orders
Ability to capture vendor / item rates with effective dates
Ability to generate enquiries only on active vendors in the vendor
master to avoid loss of effort and time
Ability to collect requirements from various departments and procure
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Ability to cancel enquiry and refloat the same enquiry with provision
for adding new vendor or change in specification by adding vendors
and generate a new enquiry and send it to the vendors.
Ability to place order without the tendering process esp for small
value items / emergency procurement requirements
Ability to provide for Lead-time alerts and tracking at every stage after
generation of indents.
Ability to escalate to higher officials if approvals are not done with in
the stipulated time
Ability to receive offers/bids into the system.
Ability to capture bid details
Ability to make comparative statement and rank the offers received
based on defined parameters
Ability to evaluate offer on-line for technical and commercial aspects
Ability to integrate with e-procurement / e-bid systems on a
prospective date
Order Management
Ability to convert the indents / enquiries to orders (Purchase / Work)
with updated terms and conditions as captured in the negotiation
phase
Ability to maintain all details of each purchase and linkage between
subsequent stages of the purchase process (indents -> enquiries ->
orders)
Ability to create amendment orders / partially close orders / terminate
orders / blanket orders
Ability to prepare a Purchase proposal for SPC committee based on
the recommendation made by evaluators / committee
Ability to revise proposal after negotiation with the vendors
Ability to follow up on the vendor for delivery by sending reminders
Ability to generate multiple Purchase orders against one contract and
track them
Ability to create a Purchase Order with staggered delivery
Ability to release schedules against a Purchase order for staggered
delivery
Ability to provide for taxes and duties for various individual items in
the Purchase order
Ability to provide for ship-to address, bill-to address, invoice-sent-to
address in the Purchase order
Ability to specify on order, shipment-from, bill-by/payment to be
released, report-to(agents),etc vendor address in PO
Ability to provide for various terms and conditions etc. in the Purchase
order
Ability to capture payment terms in distinct parametric form e.g. full /
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Ability to capture inspection requirements, acceptance criteria, etc. in
PO
Ability to check for budget allocation when generating a Purchase
order / Purchase Proposal
Ability to capture Tolerances on Quantity ordered and received.
Ability to generate Purchase order without a quotation / offer
( emergency PO / RC / Repeat Order)
Ability to generate PO with a unique number (unit / dept or other
relevant criteria)
Ability to generate purchase orders with quantity but no delivery
schedule (contracts)
Ability to compare offered rates with estimates and / or Last PO rate
and report variances
Ability to generate release orders against an open PO as and when
material is required
Ability to generate dummy Purchase Orders
Ability to distribute order quantity amongst multiple vendors against
one RFQ
Ability to capture Purchase Order acknowledgement and Planned
delivery date given by the vendor in the system
Ability to query on Purchase order history by vendor, item code, PO
number, indent no. etc.
Ability to link the Purchase orders to rate contracts for view and
analysis
Ability to generate automatic reminders to vendors for delivery on
time, expiry of L.C.
Ability to track payment / refund status against PO
Ability to track Bank Guarantee against advance and EMD against PO
in terms of value, receipt and validity and raise alerts whenever
required
Ability to amend / cancel a Purchase Order, item wise
Ability to create Rate contracts and agreements to schedule deliveries
Ability to follow-up on the vendor for order delivery
Ability to make ATs (Acceptance to Tender) with provisional rates.
Ability to create a Purchase Order and Service Order against one
Indent.
Ability to execute cash purchase (direct purchase) in case of
emergency on the basis of approved local purchase indent
Ability to generate MRR (Material Receipts) to acknowledge accepted
quantity of materials
Ability to integrate with stores functions (inward) from Purchase
Receipts
Ability to integrate with Material Testing Department functions / QA
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Ability of the Material Testing Lab to automatically receive online
intimation on requirement of sampling and testing and elimination
physical MAN (Material Arrival Note) which is prepared and sent
Ability to send alerts and reminders for delivery failure and gather
vendor feedback
Ability to view the status (Financial payments) of an order post receipt
of goods from the vendors
New Vendor Development
Ability to account for samples of materials from new vendors for
material testing (could include 3rd party inspection)
Ability to capture / communicate the test results of the materials of
the new vendor
Ability to attach the technical report with the new vendor
development record
Ability to incorporate Vendor Rating based on configurable parameters
of evaluation
Once Vendor Rating is done, the Vendor Rate should appear clearly on
the Vendor's Master Record and in all online views / reports
Purchase Receipts
Ability to record material / service receipts fully / partially against
open purchase / work orders in appropriate formats
Ability of the system to update physical stock and stock valuation as
per organizations policies on posting receipts
Ability to consider tolerance levels (+ve and -ve) to be setup for each
material / each vendor / vendor-material combination in posting
receipts
Purchase Invoice Verification
Ability to verify vendor invoices online in terms of material
specification / quality requirements, quantity, delivery schedules,
payment terms, other conditions
Ability to record the vendor liability in the books of the company by
posting the vendor invoices
Purchase Returns
Ability to reject purchased materials because of quality test results
Ability to raise debit notes
Ability to create return orders for other purposes
Budgeting
Ability to categorize revenue budgets for works/material purchase
etc.,
Ability to support purchase department budgeting activities
Ability to perform analysis of budget allocation and actual money
spent for purchase activities
Ability to capture annual requirement plan
Reporting / Document Outputs / MIS Requirements
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List of Active vendors
List of Emergency Direct and Local Purchase
List of indents raised for excess material
Details of existing rate contracts and open orders on the same
Vendor Rating Report
Possible Vendor-Item Sourcing Options
Details of existing rate contracts and open orders on the same
Vendor / Contractor / Consultant / Creditor Ageing Analysis
Purchase Order Register-current, outstanding, closed
Purchase Requisition Register - current, outstanding, closed
Material Costing / Pricing Report
Purchase Indent / Requisition
Purchase Enquiry
Purchase Tender Document Summary
Bid Comparison Sheet
Purchase Order
Work Order
Service Order
Purchase Receipts / GRN / MRR
Purchase Invoice / Bill
Purchase Return Order / Debit Note
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Master Data / Configuration Data Requirements
Item Master
Ability to group all items based on parameters like Engineering,
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Assign Unique Item code for items
Ability to regroup the items and retrieve the data as per user
requirements
Assign item name in each category
Ability to assign model, make, characteristics etc to each item
Ability to configure items viz - requiring quality check / quality check
not required
Ability to Map item code with vendor master
Ability to identify duplicate items and send alerts
Provision for traceability of materials
Provision for further scaling of coding structure
Ability to update the Bill of Materials for all the assets
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Indigenous items
Ability to identify place of inspection Receipt / In-process / Predispatch
Ability to link each item of an indent to equipment / project,
department wise
Provision for differentiating items based on criteria such as capital or
consumption
Provisions for maintaining critical characteristics like shelf life etc. for
system alerts and decision regarding material movements
Ability to configure an expiry alert date for chemicals.The system shall
generate an expiry alert 'XX' number of days before expiry as
configured
Ability to configure safety stock / economic order quantity based on
enterprise stock management policies
Ability to configure a committee for a specific department unit to
generate local purchase Indent
Indent Master
Ability to raise auto indent to items whose stock levels are at or below
ROL level or in safety stock levels
Ability to raise Indent and restrict access for certain materials to
authorized personnel (AR items by Stores only)
Ability to put following details in an indent: past purchase PO, last 3
years consumption, estimated value of purchase, estimated delivery
date, type of purchase, nature of item (consumption, capital), where
used details, total budget allocated to the dept
Ability to raise alerts when items reach the re-order level and
generate indents automatically.
Ability to suggest vendors with justifications while raising the draft
indent
Ability to forward the indent to the respective approving authority
through a defined workflow for clearance.
Ability to evaluate the indent online and reject / suggest modification /
approve indent with detailed comments / notes.
Ability to access information on past purchase details, current
inventory status, pending orders, etc required to evaluate an indent
and sorting of approved approval hierarchy.
Ability to attach scanned docs [ approved note sheets / drawings /
special requests etc] if required
Link to database for price history
Ability to create internal indent by a unit / dept / etc. on another unit /
dept.
Ability to raise indent for missing item / reject item with appropriate
auto generated reason code affixed with indent.
Ability to classify indents such as revenue / capital indents/
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Ability to rework and resubmit the indent for approval after necessary
modifications (edit after submission).
Ability to allocate funds against an indent online from department
procurement budget.
Ability to direct the indent to the relevant approving / concurring
authority as per the indent type ( Capital / Revenue) and Delegation of
Power
Ability to differentiate between approved, pending for approval and
rejected indents
Ability to link the Purchase indent with the respective Cost centre
Ability to trace the indent to the indenter, department, shop floor etc.
with the audit trail with regard to date
Ability to track on indents raised per user dept / cost centre , buyer
group/person
Ability to convert indent to a final stage by indenter, after this further
modifications by indenter is restricted.
Ability to specify whether items in the indent are proprietary or not
and accordingly link proprietary certificate for proprietary items (same
is true for Quality inspection specific items and relevant quality
certificate)
Ability to track the status of an indent from indent raising to approval,
receipt of offers, placement of order, LC status, material in transit,
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during indent stage and accordingly display alerts / messages on
exceeding the budget.
Provision to use multibudget codes for certain group of items
Without sufficient budget indents cannot be raised.
Ability to track items critical to Operation, critical to quality, insurance
spares, having shelf life, etc for stock level and raise alarm for
indenting.
Ability to raise indents automatically for items reaching re-order level
with generation of alerts.
Ability to provide a facility to the indenter for adding any
remarks/description, Special instruction on Packing req, inspection
req, sample submission (free/chargeable), legal transit needs, delivery
scheduling, test certificate req, Pre-dispatch inspect
Ability to specify whether Sample is to be submitted with offer or
after placement of order and attach sample approval criteria to the
indent.
Ability to prepare an estimate based on standard cost data, past
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Ability to identify existence of rate contracts at the indenting stage
and link it accordingly with the indent.
Ability to indent and track a free trial / paid trial item and record the
performance.
Ability to create a purchase requisition / Indent from an existing
requisition
Visibility of inventory of the items.
Ability to track Purchase requisitions at various stages of approval
hierarchy and consolidate the requirements based on material groups
or other relevant criteria.
Ability to automatically book the department budget with actual
value, upon placement of Approved Tender / Finalized contract
Ability to specify whether Sample is to be submitted with offer or
after placement of order and attach sample approval criteria to the
indent.
Service Master
Ability to identify services as per work category eg. New capital
projects,Revenue work/ consultacny/real estate or others
Generate unique service code for services.
Ability to capture Tax details for services
Provision for mapping of complex service structure such as hierarchy
of services and mapping provision for more then one similar jobs
Assign name corresponding to service code.
Mapping of service with vendor
Ability to check existence of rate contract.
Ability to maintain measurebook or equivalent for service
measurement
Ability to attach service entry sheet along with each service code.
Ability to capture vendor rating for particular service code.
Ability to make part payments without the need to enter all the line
items
Provision for revaluation of contract pricing (renegotiate L1) terms, in
case of market price fluctuation with time
Ability to interface with e-procurement module for online tendering,
goods-receipt, inspection etc.
Transaction / Process / Activity Requirements
Stock Planning & Analysis
Ability to record the inspection schedule and results of shelf life items
and generate alert.
Ability to analyze age-wise and location-wise inventory, class code
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Ability to maintain and run the Stores Ledger detailing the opening
and closing stock, receipts, issues, price and quantity
Ability to value inventory on various methods like average, weighted
average, current, etc.
Ability to revalue inventory, with tracking to revert back / to get
original value, if required. This is to facilitate cenvat credit refund to
govt at current rate or on original value.
Ability to track stocks at sub-store after it issued from main store as
"consumed (consumption posting)" for concerned department.
Physical Inventory
Ability to perform various kinds of inventory analysis like ABC analysis,
XYZ analysis, Fast/Slow/Non-moving analysis, Min-Max analysis,
etc.with alert.
Ability to post stock adjustment transactions (positive and negative
adjustments) to adjust quantity and / or value after approval
Ability to do Stock Verification based on perpetual / cycle / physical
counting or any other defined method and periodicity
Ability to perform perpetual inventory verification by group wise,
location wise, item wise etc.
Inward Receipts Management
Ability to crosscheck delivery challan against the corresponding
purchase order
Ability to register/record inward - material details unloaded
Ability to retrieve the details of Materials ordered and received with
the Purchase order number
Ability to capture such particulars as - item name, Quantity/packing,
date of receipt, inward register number, purchase order number and
name of the supplier - for the unloaded batch
Ability to qualify and tracking of items based on colour codes - yellow
(quality check pending), green(quality approved) and red (discard)
Ability to generate MAN - information captured to also include
(delivery challen details, excise invoice information, commercial
invoice information)
Ability to alert \ route MAN to the Concerned user department
Ability to notify Purchase / Accounts departments about the rejected
materials. (Ability to generate Material Rejected Note)
Ability to receive notifications from Purchase department on approvals
for returning rejected material
Ability to notify Purchase department of excess / shortfall in material
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Material Arrival Note (MAN)
Material Received Report (MRR)
Material rejection Note
Material returned to Party (MRP)
Material Rejection for Destroyal
Stored Rejection Report (SRR)
Stock available statement
Stock rejection report
Sales return on finished goods
Transfer notes
Scrap sales report
List of Insurance spares
Waste generated statement
Trend Analysis report on expiry of chemicals, rejected material
Non-moving Items report
Aging analysis report
Report of expiry of non-moving items
Total SRRs raised for a given period
List of SRRs against which the material is returned back to the party
List of pending SRRs
List of total MRNs for a given period
List of rejected material returned to the party
List of rejected material lying with stores

Technical Requirement
Reporting Capabilities
Ability to send the reports through fax or email
Ability to have access to data and report based on user
authorizations.
Ability to create custom formulas for repeated use in reporting tool.
Ability to provide standard report templates
Ability to schedule reports to run at periodic intervals
Ability to view reports through web
Ability of reporting both at Unit level, Company level and Group level
Ability to provide MIS dashboards for senior management
Ability to archive reports and use in Document management
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Ability to generate process reports like lead time between receipt of
sales order and payment from client etc.
Ability to print reports of transactional nature such as vouchers (e.g.
invoice voucher, payment voucher, GRN etc) to facilitate transaction
processing
Ability to print reports directly through networked printer
Ability to generate report output directly in excel / pdf / text/ XML or
such other file types
Ability to create ad-hoc reports using filter options / customization
options
Ability to allow users the following for creating their own views or
reports with ease:
- Select column
- Apply filters and sort orders
- Summation
- Drill down
- Averaging
Ability to use existing MS-Word/ Excel / PDF document for report
template directly
Ability to export data from reports directly to MS Excel files for further
analysis / working
Ability to customize reports over and above base reports available in
base product
Ability to develop new reports as and when required and should be
performed by the client's technical team
Integration Capabilities
Ability to support integration with third party application such as
Project Management systems like MS Projects / Primavera etc.
Ability to integrate with internal applications like attendance punching
system
Ability to exchange data with Open standard XML based business
messaging protocol
Ability to have role based portal access to the system
Ability to support and integrate with Outlook and other Email system
Audit Trail Capabilities
Ability to have Audit Trail capabilities up to the level of time and
person
Ability to provide complete trace / origin of each transaction to their
respective source documents
Security and Back up Features
Ability to support role based access control
Ability to provide multiple roles for one user
Ability to configure the number of permissible log-in attempts
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allow, Read only, Hide
Ability to provide access level security for Entry forms at Transaction
level - allow/ deny
Ability to provide access level security for reports at Transaction level
- allow/ deny
Ability to provide authorization by transaction type e.g.
update/delete/insert/modify
Ability to provide authorization by user id
Ability to define automatic time out for a transaction if not completed
with in a time frame.
Ability to define time restriction on transactions
Ability to provide user login with date range restriction
Ability to support for approval and approval thresholds
Ability to support joint approval (two or more members)
The solution software shall not clash with any other software for
functioning e.g. Anti Virus, Firewall MS-Office
The solution shall support DR with asynchronous replication of data
The system should have on line back up facility should be possible
with all clients working
The implementer should provide both on-line and off- line data
backup and restoration capabilities, appropriate archival policy and
appropriate storage solution
The solution should have in built source / application code control
program
Appropriate security architecture is to be recommended by
implementer considering authentication and authorization services,
appropriate connectivity e.g. VPN/Dialup/Internet, proxy/firewall
services, disaster recovery etc.
Ability providing access level security for Entry forms at Transaction
level - allow / deny
Ability to provide authorization by transaction type
Ability to encrypt password while data is passed on network
Ability to provide terminal soft locking facility
Ability to support 2 factor authentication for users connecting to ERP
from internet (if it is required)
Centralized repository of all identification and access control data
Single sign-on support
Support access control to individual or groups of applications.
Intrusion Detection and Prevention System (IDPS)should be used to
monitor any malicious traffic to and from internet, ERP center, WAN,
DMZ etc.
Any external connectivity to KMRL network should be connected to
KMRL through a firewall.
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Technical Requirement
Ability to enable Delegation of Power (DoP) as defined in the
organization
Ability to delegate roles and permissions in case an employee is
absent and his work (approvals / rejections in a workflow
environment) needs to be carried out
Ability to revoke roles and permissions after the original employee
joins back who role was delegated to an alternate supervisor
Maintenance
The backup solution shall support both on-line and off-line data
backup and restoration capabilities.
Ability to provide regular system upgrade
Ability to have disaster management in place.
System Accessibility
Ability to access System through Application Client.
Ability to access System through Web Browser (Without Installing
Client) in future (if required)
Ability to support Interface with Mobile devices (palm-Top, Mobile
Phones, PDA) if required in future
Data Migration
The solution shall be able to import data from various formats (text,
excel, CSV, XML etc)
The solution should be able to import data from various Databases
The solution should be able to import data from email.
The solution should be able to export data in various formats (text,
excel, CSV, XML etc.)
The solution should be able to create PDF formatted reports directly
which can be sent as attachments on email

E-Procurement
General
The system must be able to log all the activities carried out on the
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system by any user.
The administrator shall be able to make intelligent search on the log
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based on user name, time period, type of activity, etc.
Audit trail of the entire system operations shall be maintained in
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secured environment.
The E-Procurement system should adhere to stringent security norms
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like SSL, firewall and other CVC guidelines
E-Procurement system will have native integration with back-end
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functionalities for operational procurement, inventory management.
E-Procurement system will be capable to handle both materials and
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services
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The solution should have comprehensive business workflow engine to
create and manage different kind of workflow requirements triggered
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by specific events.
E-Procurement system should have comprehensive functionality for
supplier evaluation
Supplier evaluation can be done based on past purchase transactions
considering different parameter like price, quality, delivery, services
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etc. The score of these parameters could be calculated automatically
by the system or entered manually.
System will have provision to conduct supplier evaluation based on
feedback from business users through questionnaire. The
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questionnaire can be triggered on specific events automatically by the
system or by conducting a web-based survey.
It shall have standard reporting formats available. Reports shall be
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available in these standard formats at any given time.
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The system must provide detailed drilled down reports.
The system must enable user to configure/develop reports on different
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parameters for trend analysis, reports on supplier participation etc.
Management of user IDs and password and setting up hierarchy levels
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and role definitions for different users.
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System will support multiple currencies
The system must provide a supplier administration module to add,
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delete, enable or disable the suppliers or supplier group.
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The system must provide for reports in both flat file and Excel formats.
The E-Procurement system should have document collaboration
facility among purchaser, bidders and suppliers. They should be able
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to share documents in a secured manner online. The upload,
download and storage of the documents whould be folder-based and
easy-to-use.
The solution will have in-built capability to create purchasing
documents, legal contracts with clauses, terms & conditions etc and
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stored in a structured manner. The output could be PDF MS Word or
XML file.
Vendor Registration
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Facility for empanelment/registration of suppliers on the portal
Provision to create different questionnaire for different product
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categories and services
Supplier will be able to register or apply for certain product or services
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themselves over internet by entering/answering basic questions.
Based on supplier selection or application, a questionnaire can be sent
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to supplier in a secured manner to get more information
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The quotations can be categorized.
Questions can be answered through texts, checkboxes, yes/no with
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validity.
Designated person can check and review answers of the questions
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and then approve or reject the registration request.
There will be supplier directory to check different supplier with their
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services
Supplier will receive administrative login and password information so
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that they can maintain their own information online
After approval, supplier will be able to get notification for tenders,
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purchase order etc to collaborate with purchaser
Suppliers will get administrative role to create other user ids for their
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organizations to carry out different purchasing activities according to
different roles.
E-Tendering
Employees will be able to raise purchase request themselves or on the
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behalf of other employee
Solution should have the capability of team purchasing where they
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can do all the sourcing activities as a team and collaborate
The system shall be capable of handling limited tenders, open
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tenders, global tenders, rate contract, reverse auction etc.
There shall be no limit with the system in terms of interacting with
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Payment Gateways for purpose of financial transactions.
E-tendering system will support complex service procurement where
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service can be defined in a multi-level service hierarchy with defined
value limit
For each type of payment, the work flow for making payment shall be
part of the process. For example, if vendor has to make payment for
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tender form, the web page where tender forms are listed shall guide
the user to make payment. Once the vendor chooses to pay he shall
be taken to the payment gateway and payment shall be accepted.
System shall be capable for adoption for supporting different kind of
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formats of tenders, tender conditions and output reports as defined by
the purchaser
The base currency of the System must be Indian Rupees. The
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currency shall be customizable/configurable in case of global tenders.
The system must allow Users to locate tenders quickly through on-line
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search facilities in a variety of ways including tender no, generic
descriptions, etc.
The system should provide the following bid stages in the tendering
process:
(i) Pre-Qualification bid stage
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(ii) Technical bid stage
(iii) Reverse auction
(iv) Price/commercial bid stage
(v) Single stage, techno-commercial bid stage
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System should be configurable to create various types of users as
mentioned below:
i) Authorized personnel from purchaser for access and use of the
different modules of the system like NIT, Bid preparation, bid
evaluation etc.
ii) Authorized personnel from the bidder organizations
iii) System Administrators
iv) Super user to control all operations on the e-Procurement Portal;
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v) Any other user such as payment gateway providers or as per the
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Secured electronic alert facility to the registered suppliers on the


portal, whenever a new tender / corrigendum / addendum is
published.
Search facility for the tender floated on the web site category wise,
tender no wise etc.
Users shall enter the quantity required for tendering directly into the
tender based on manual inputs received by them. On receipt of indent
for a particular item, the user shall initiate the preparation of tender
document along with technical requirements, payment terms,
Schedule of requirements, price schedule etc.
The tender document shall be prepared online. These shall be a
provision to prepare each section, for example special conditions,
functional requirement if any, schedule of requirements, price
schedule, technical specification etc, separately by different users
assigned by administrator.
There shall be a work flow to get the prepared tender document
approved online by the concerned section users for the purpose of
floating the NIT by the concerned procurement wing.
The officers in the approving chain shall be able to view the tender
document and place his remarks in the space provided for the
purpose. These remarks and suggested changes shall be viewable to
the user who prepared the document. He shall be able to imbibe these
comments in to the tender document online.
There shall exist a facility to authorized personnel of supplier
organizations for - Online downloading of Complete Tender
Documents, multiple Addendum and multiple corrigendum with online
payments or offline payments received through demand drafts.
Activation of Online/Offline payments modes shall be configurable.
The GUI of the system shall have a tender designing facility. Designing
of tender documents for different types of tenders such as EOI
(expression of interest), Limited Tender, Advertised Tender, Global
Tender both for works, consultancy and supply of goods and services
shall be possible so as to include existing features of submission of
bids with complete break up indicating basic rate, excise duty, sales
tax/VAT, packing, forwarding, freight etc., with supply to multiple
consignees.
As and when addendum or corrigendum is posted, all suppliers who
have officially procured tender document online should receive
automatic online reminders through registered emails.
The relevant approving authority should get an email alert whenever
any NIT has come to him/ her for approval.

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NIT shall be visible to users of in the approval hierarchy: The NIT


approver should have the following functionalities: Approve the NIT,
Reject the NIT, Route the NIT to a specific person for review, Insert
comments
For creation of NIT there shall be a proper approval process which may
involve many users who are in a hierarchy. The transactions and
remarks of such users shall be visible to all users in the same
hierarchy. On final approval, already configured for each hierarchy,
notice/message shall go the user who initiated the process.
The NIT/Tender creator should be able to select any combination of
these stages to create a single stage or two stage or 3 stage tender.
A provision shall exist to take a print out or send mail to approved
print media addresses in a predefined format.
The System must provide the facility to publish the NIT on its web
interface for public. The link for website shall be provided in official
website also.
On publication of the tender, the system should generate an
email/SMS alert to the registered suppliers and concerned company
users..
It should be possible by configuration to have a copy of the Tender
Document for free online viewing by prospective suppliers.
The official copy of the Tender Document downloaded online after
making the necessary payment, if any, (online or offline) should have
a unique reference number such that these are not transferred to
other Suppliers
There should be facility for re-bidding for one or more bid parts
without having to re-float the whole tender.
The System must allow tenders to be tracked through their lifecycle,
providing visibility of tender status, user comments and responses,
evaluation & decision history, etc.
The system shall have pre-bid queries/clarification functionality.
The system should allow for issue of corrigendums/amendments to be
published on the E-Procurement site.
The system should be able to send an alert to the concerned vendors.
All such corrigendums/amendments shall become the part of the
tender on closing of the tender and shall be viewable accordingly.
The bids, during submission, shall be encrypted using public keys of
vendor. The opening of the submitted bids shall only be possible
through private keys of the vendor either from his remote position or
being present physically at company's location for tender opening.
The same process shall be repeated for all the bids of different
vendors.
The vendor shall be allowed to revise his bid before due submission
date of the bid as defined in the tender document. Only the last bid
submitted by the vendor shall be considered by the system.
The company users should have the facility of digitally signing the
documents while issue of clarifications or any document issued to the
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After the submission of bids, it shall not be possible to change


anything in the bid from either side. Bidder shall explain this feature in
the bid response. The same process shall also be mentioned in the
help menu of the portal.
The system shall ensure secured flow of content and delivery of the
messages with different users.
It shall be possible to submit Bids, online, in single or multiple stages
such as pre qualification, technical and financial bids as specified in
the respective tender or as per the procurement policy decisions.
The bid submission process shall be designed in such a way that all
required documents(pre configured) and bid components shall be
uploaded at the time of bid submission. In case any document is not
uploaded, the bid submission process shall not be completed. The
mandatory documents shall be indicated by the user uploading the
tender by way of marking/ on various options during the tender
preparation.
It shall be possible that all key parameters of technical bids are filled
by the bidders in a pre defined format. The system shall have
provision to allow any additional information/document that the
prospective bidder may like to submit as part of the bid submission.
For financial bids, it shall be submitted in a pre defined format. All the
mandatory fields in the financial bids shall be filled without exception.
Bidder shall not be allowed to progress further in case he/she leaves a
field unfilled.
Apart from listed items in financial bid, the vendor shall be allowed to
insert additional items which he/she wants to quote as part of bid.
Separately he/she shall also be allowed to give breakup cost of line
items if required.
It shall be possible to view the submitted bids in a consolidated
fashion to both the bidder and company in a pre defined format. The
summary of bids shall be viewable to the bidder when they are
submitting the bid and to company users when the bids are being
opened.
For the financial portion of the bid, it shall be possible to submit the
name of the product, qty offered, unit price, different taxes applicable,
discounts offered and the total price, etc.
The bidder shall be given the option to insert additional fields in the
financial bid form to insert any additional levies/taxes to cater to extra
ordinary charges/levies.
For global tenders it should be possible to submit price-bids in
prescribed Foreign currency as specified.
All the received bids shall be stored in an encrypted form in an
Electronic Secure tender box. These bids shall be time stamped and
entire process shall be highly secure. It should not be possible to open
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Facility shall be available to the authorized users to login


simultaneously within a defined period to open technical bid and price
bid. All the designated persons need to be logged in within the time
period and open the bid. Bid administrator will be able to assign
technical bid and price bid openers in a tender.
The System must not allow Users from viewing the bids before the
tender opening date & Time.
System should have the capability to involve internal and external
experts for online bid evaluation
Experts will be able to provide their score and comments online
The comparative sheet of the price bids along with the technical bid
details shall automatically get transferred to the Evaluation
Committee members, whos email id shall be predetermined and
configured in the system.
The System must automatically process and save the bid evaluation
results in a specified folder. Authorized users, including the Evaluation
Committee members shall be allowed to view and evaluate the
bidders responses against the parameters specified and attach
evaluation results to the bids with their comments. These comments
shall not be visible to users other than the evaluation committee
members. Each tender may have specific and unique evaluation
group.
For Price-bids of global tenders, it shall be possible to prepare related
comparative charts in the offered foreign currency converted to INR as
per the conversion factor defined. If the conversion factor has not
been defined earlier at the NIT stage then before opening of the
comparative chart the system shall prompt the user to enter the
necessary conversion factor.
After evaluation process is over, the bid documents shall be stored in
a secure manner with use of digital signatures etc. No tempering of
these stored bids shall be possible as they may be required to be
produced legally on a later date.
The System must support separate workflows for Pre-Qualification,
Technical, Commercial and Techno-commercial evaluation stages.
For each stage of evaluation, the approver shall have the following
functionalities: Approve the evaluation of the evaluator, Route the
Evaluation to a specific person for view and comment either within the
department or sub-department or between different departments,
Insert evaluation report
Facility shall exist to prepare the report of the evaluation committee
with the help of pre designed templates. The report shall be submitted
through an online approval process in a desired/configured hierarchy.
The facility shall exist for preparation of online contracts/P.O.s with
basic formats readily available in the system. It shall be possible to
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down menu or any other means so as to insert the same in the


contract.
Provision of awarding contract to one or more bidders based on tender
conditions after proper approval through online approval process as in
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other modules of this tender. The parameter and percentage of
quantity to each vendor shall be pre-defined at the time of NIT
preparation.
Create, approve and dispatch intimation of acceptance of tender for
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successful bidder and unsuccessful bidders.
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Create & Dispatch of purchase order to the selected single Suppliers
Create & Dispatch of split/part purchase orders to the selected
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Suppliers.
System should have provision to process tender fee. Bidders should be
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able to pay tender fee online
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Solution should be able to manage waiver of EMD or tender fee.
Reverse Auction
The system shall support wizard driven process to simplify auction
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creation and administration by an auction originator. It shall be
possible to create reverse auctions.
The system shall allow users to be assign different roles like that of
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Administrator, Super-Originator, Originator, etc. especially for this
auction module.
The system shall automatically extend the auction close time if last
bid is received during Y minutes of auction close time where Y is
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configurable by administrator before the start of auction or Y shall be
a global parameter in the system configurable globally.
The auction module shall provide the facility of allowing the originator
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to specify a Reserve Price for an auction. The Reserve Price shall
not be visible to the bidder
The originator shall be able to specify the Bid Decrement/Increment
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i.e. the minimum amount by which each succeeding bid of a bidder
shall be lower/higher.
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There shall be a facility to support proxy bidding for suppliers
The system must provide a view of auction items allowing fast and
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easy bidding by suppliers in case of multiple line items.
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The system shall support Reverse auctions.
The system shall support configuring of different auction rules like
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lowest/highest bid wins or highest/lowest quantity wins etc.
The system shall support Multi Variable Bidding, assigning weights to
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different variables and formula creation in an auction.
The system shall have capability to allow user to assign weight-ages
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to different suppliers based on their past performance and quality in
an auction as well as commercial evaluation.
During an auction event, the suppliers shall be able to see the going
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lowest price in real time.
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The system shall provide for an administrative tool which offers the
flexibility to quickly define the set business rules, including users,
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starting/stopping/modifying auctions, categories, system preferences
etc
User shall be able to auto-approve or manually approve the winner in
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the auctions.
The system shall enable an auction originator to copy a previous
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auction instead of entering all the data required for creation of an
auction again from a sample auction database.
Import capabilities to automatically create auctions from data in Excel
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spreadsheets instead of data-entry or cloning existing auctions.
Export capabilities for extraction of data from the auction system into
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a flat file or Excel spreadsheet
Email notification of auction events with customizable email
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messages.
The system shall be flexible so that:
i) Unlimited categories, sub-categories and attributes for an item can
be defined.
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ii) Auction rules shall be configurable to fit any business need.
iii) Both auto-approval and manual approval of auctions shall be
permitted, configurable.
The system shall allow Suppliers (bidders) to belong to user group(s),
which can be associated with categories and auctions. Therefore, a
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supplier shall only view and participate in auctions, which they are
allowed to bid for.
The system must allow for the auction event dashboard that would
allow user to centrally monitor the price movement in a graphical
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form, date & time of bid and name of supplier across multiple auction
events.
The system must allow user to view the list of all the suppliers who are
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logged into the auction software at any time.
The system must dynamically show the auction bid summary and
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history along with date and time stamp.
The system must allow user to send notifications and pop-up
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messages to suppliers during the auction.
The system must show in real time the time remaining for close of the
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auction up to the last second to both company users and Suppliers.
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Reverse auction cockpit should have ability to chat with bidders online
Online Vendor Collaboration
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System will provide an online collaboration platform with vendors
Vendors will be able to login through vendor portal and see open
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purchase orders
Vendor will be able to send order acknowledgement through vendor
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portal on real-time basis
Vendor will be able to register shipping notification through its portal
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which will directly be reflected in company's system
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Vendor will be able to publish its catalogue over internet which will
reflect in companys system
Vendor will be able to maintain it own information
Vendor will be able to create user ids for their own employees
Vendor will be able to get notification from purchaser
Vendor will be able to confirm service items
Vendor will be able to see changed or cancelled purchase order
Vendor will be able to reject a purchase order
Vendor will be able to partially confirm order
Vendor will be able to see delivery confirmation at purchaser site once
confirmed by the purchaser.

ANNEXURE III-

CONTRACT

AGREEMENT
Provision of Project Services for ERP Implmentation for KMRL
AGREEMENT No._________
This AGREEMENT (hereinafter called the Agreement) is made on the
_________ day of the month of ________ 2***, between, on the one hand, the
Kochi Metro Rail Limited (hereinafter called the KMRL which expression shall
include their respective successors and permitted assigns, unless the context
otherwise requires) and, on the other hand, ________________________ (hereinafter
called the System Integrator which expression shall include their respective
successors and permitted assigns).
WHEREAS
A. The KMRL vide its Request for Proposal (RFP No.----------) for appointment
of System Integrator (hereinafter called the SI) for Implmentation of
ERP Solution at Kochi Metro Rail Limited (hereinafter called the
Project);
B. The System Integrator submitted its proposals for the aforesaid work,
whereby the System Integrator represented to the KMRL that it had the
required professional skills, and in the said proposals the System
Integrator also agreed to provide the Services to the KMRL on the terms
and conditions as set forth in the RFP and this Agreement; and

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C. The KMRL, on acceptance of the aforesaid proposals of the System
Integrator, awarded the Project to the System Integrator vide its Letter of
Award dated _____________ (the LOA); and
D. In pursuance of the LOA, the parties have agreed to enter into this
Agreement.
NOW, THEREFORE, the parties hereto hereby agree as follows:
1. GENERAL
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Definitions and Interpretation

The words and expressions beginning with capital letters and defined in
this Agreement shall, unless the context otherwise requires, have the
meaning hereinafter respectively assigned to them:
(a)

Additional Costs shall have the meaning set forth in Clause 6.1.2;

(b)

Agreement means this Agreement, together with all the


Annexes;

(c)

Agreement Value shall have the meaning set forth in Clause


6.1.2;

(d)

Applicable Laws means the laws and any other instruments


having the force of law in India as they may be issued and in force
from time to time;

(e)

Confidential Information shall have the meaning set forth in


Clause 3.3;

(f)

Conflict of Interest shall have the meaning set forth in Clause 3.2
read with the provisions of RFP;

(g)

Dispute shall have the meaning set forth in Clause 9.2.1;

(h)

Effective Date means the date on which this Agreement comes


into force and effect pursuant to Clause 2.1;

(i)

Expatriate Personnel means such persons who at the time of


being so hired had their domicile outside India;

(j)

INR, Re. or Rs. means Indian Rupees;

(k)

Member, in case the System Integrator consists of a consortium


of more than one entity, means any of these entities, and
Members means all of these entities;

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(m)

Party means the KMRL or the System Integrator, as the case may
be, and Parties means both of them;

(n)

Personnel means persons hired by the System Integrator or by


any Sub-Contractors of the System integrator, as employees or
retainers and assigned to the performance of the Services the
Project or any part thereof;

(o)

Resident Personnel means such persons who at the time of being


so hired had their domicile inside India;

(p)

RFP means the Request for Proposal document in response to


which the System Integrators proposal for providing Services was
accepted;

(q)

Services means the work to be performed by the System


Integrator pursuant to this Agreement, as described in the Terms of
Reference hereto;

(r)

Sub-Contractor means any entity to which the System Integrator


sub-contracts any part of the Services in accordance with the
provisions of Clause 4.7; and

(s)

Third Party means any person or entity other than the


Government, the KMRL, the System Integrator or a Sub-contractor
of the System Integrator.
All terms and words not defined herein shall, unless the context
otherwise requires, have the meaning assigned to them in the RFP.

The following documents along with all addenda issued thereto shall be
deemed to form and be read and construed as integral part of this
Agreement and in case of any contradiction between or among them the
priority in which a document would prevail over another would be as laid
down below beginning from the highest priority to the lowest priority:
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Agreement

Annexes of Agreement

Request for proposal

The responses or proposal submitted by the SI

Letter of Award

All documents forming part of the Agreement are to be taken as mutually


explanatory of one another. In the event of any conflict, the terms of the
Agreement (including the Schedules and appendices) shall prevail over

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any other document. In case of conflict between RFP (as may be
amended) and the Proposal by the SI, the provisions mentioned in the RFP
(including its annexures, addenda and pre-bid clarifications issued for the
RFP) shall prevail over the Proposal.
2

Relation between the Parties


Nothing contained herein shall be construed as establishing a relation of
master and servant or of agent and principal as between the KMRL and
the System Integrator. The System Integrator shall, subject to this
Agreement, have complete charge of Personnel performing the Services
and shall be fully responsible for the Services performed by them or on
their behalf hereunder.

Rights and obligations


The mutual rights and obligations of the KMRL and the System Integrator
shall be as set forth in the Agreement, in particular:

(a)

The System Integrator shall carry out the Services or the Project in
accordance with the provisions of the Agreement; and

(b)

The KMRL shall make payments to the System Integrator in


accordance with the provisions of the Agreement.

Governing law and jurisdiction

This Agreement shall be construed and interpreted in accordance


with and governed by the laws of India, and the courts at Kochi /
Ernakulam shall have exclusive jurisdiction over matters arising out
of or relating to this Agreement.
5

Language

All notices required to be given by one Party to the other Party and
all other communications, documentation and proceedings which
are in any way relevant to this Agreement shall be in writing and in
English language.
6

Table of contents and headings


The table of contents, headings or sub-headings in this Agreement are for
convenience of reference only and shall not be used in, and shall not
affect, the construction or interpretation of this Agreement.

Notices

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Any notice or other communication to be given by any Party to the


other Party under or in connection with the matters contemplated
by this Agreement shall be in writing and shall:
(a)

In the case of the System Integrator, be given by facsimile or e-mail


and by letter delivered by hand to the address given and marked
for attention of the System Integrators Representative set out
below in Clause 1.10 or to such other person as the System
Integrator may from time to time designate by notice to the KMRL;
provided that notices or other communications to be given to an
address outside Kochi may, if they are subsequently confirmed by
sending a copy thereof by registered acknowledgement due, air
mail or by courier, be sent by facsimile or e-mail to the
number/address as the System Integrator may from time to time
specify by notice to the KMRL;

(b)

In the case of the KMRL, be given by facsimile or e-mail and by


letter delivered by hand and be addressed to the KMRL with a copy
delivered to the KMRL Representative set out below in Clause 1.10
or to such other person as the KMRL may from time to time
designate by notice to the System Integrator; provided that if the
System Integrator does not have an office in Kochi it may send such
notice by facsimile or e-mail and by registered acknowledgement
due, air mail or by courier; and

(c)

Any notice or communication by a Party to the other Party, given in


accordance herewith, shall be deemed to have been delivered
when in the normal course of post it ought to have been delivered
and in all other cases, it shall be deemed to have been delivered on
the actual date and time of delivery; provided that in the case of
facsimile or email, it shall be deemed to have been delivered on the
working days following the date of its delivery.

Location

The Services or the Project shall be performed at the offices of the KMRL
in accordance with the provisions of RFP and at such locations as are
incidental thereto, including the offices of the System Integrator.

The KMRL may require the personnel to spend the required man-hours at
the offices of the KMRL and the System Integrator agrees and undertakes
to provide such services on a best effort basis and without any
unreasonable delay.

Authorised Representatives

Any action required or permitted to be taken, and any document required


or permitted to be executed, under this Agreement by the KMRL or the

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System Integrator, as the case may be, may be taken or executed by the
officials specified in this Clause 1.10.
2

The KMRL may, from time to time, designate one of its officials as the
KMRL Representative. Unless otherwise notified, the KMRL Representative
shall be:
************
***********
***********
***********
Tel: ******** Fax: ********* email: *********

The System Integrator may designate one of its employees as System


Integrators Representative. Unless otherwise notified, the System
Integrators Representative shall be:
---------------------------

Tel: ------------------Mobile: -------------Fax: ------------------E-mail: --------------10

Taxes and duties


Unless otherwise specified in the Agreement, the System Integrator shall
pay all such taxes, duties, fees and other impositions as may be levied
under the Applicable Laws and the KMRL shall perform such duties in
regard to the deduction of such taxes as may be lawfully imposed on it.

2. COMMENCEMENT, COMPLETION ANDTERMINATION OF AGREEMENT


1

Effectiveness of Agreement
This Agreement shall come into force and effect on the date of this
Agreement (the Effective Date).

Commencement of Services

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The System Integrator shall commence the Services or the Project within
a period of 15 (Fifteen) days from the Effective Date, unless otherwise
agreed by the Parties.
3

Termination of Agreement for failure to commence Services


If the System Integrator does not commence the Services within the
period specified in Clause 2.2 above, the KMRL may, by not less than 1
(one) weeks notice to the System Integrator, declare this Agreement to
be null and void, and in the event of such a declaration, this Agreement
shall stand terminated and the System Integrator shall be deemed to
have accepted such termination.

Expiration of Agreement
Unless terminated earlier pursuant to Clauses 2.3 or 2.9 hereof, this
Agreement shall, unless extended by the Parties by mutual consent,
expire upon (i) expiry of a period of 60 (sixty) days after the selection of
the agency for implementation of project; (ii) the expiry of 1 (one) year
from the Effective Date, whicher is early. Upon Termination, the KMRL
shall make payments of all amounts due to the System Integrator
hereunder.

Entire Agreement

This Agreement and the Annexes together constitute a complete and


exclusive statement of the terms of the agreement between the Parties on
the subject hereof, and no amendment or modification hereto shall be
valid and effective unless such modification or amendment is agreed to in
writing by the Parties and duly executed by persons especially
empowered in this behalf by the respective Parties. All prior written or oral
understandings, offers or other communications of every kind pertaining
to this Agreement are abrogated and withdrawn; provided, however, that
the obligations of the System Integrator arising out of the provisions of
the RFP shall continue to subsist and shall be deemed to form part of this
Agreement.

Without prejudice to the generality of the provisions of Clause 2.5.1, on


matters not covered by this Agreement, the provisions of RFP shall apply.

Modification of Agreement
Modification of the terms and conditions of this Agreement, including any
modification of the scope of the Services, may only be made by written
agreement between the Parties. Pursuant to Clauses 4.2.3 and 6.1.3
hereof, however, each Party shall give due consideration to any proposals
for modification made by the other Party.

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7

Force Majeure

Definition
(a)

For the purposes of this Agreement, Force Majeure means an


event which is beyond the reasonable control of a Party, and which
makes a Partys performance of its obligations hereunder
impossible or so impractical as reasonably to be considered
impossible in the circumstances, and includes, but is not limited to,
war, riots, civil disorder, earthquake, fire, explosion, storm, flood or
other adverse weather conditions, strikes, lockouts or other
industrial action (except where such strikes, lockouts or other
industrial action are within the power of the Party invoking Force
Majeure to prevent), confiscation or any other action by
government agencies.

(b)

Force Majeure shall not include (i) any event which is caused by the
negligence or intentional action of a Party or such Partys SubContractor or agents or employees, nor (ii) any event which a
diligent Party could reasonably have been expected to both (A) take
into account at the time of the conclusion of this Agreement, and
(B) avoid or overcome in the carrying out of its obligations
hereunder.

(c)

Force Majeure shall not include insufficiency of funds or failure to


make any payment required hereunder.

2.7.2 No breach of Agreement


The failure of a Party to fulfil any of its obligations hereunder shall
not be considered to be a breach of, or default under, this
Agreement insofar as such inability arises from an event of Force
Majeure, provided that the Party affected by such an event has
taken all reasonable precautions, due care and reasonable
alternative measures, all with the objective of carrying out the
terms and conditions of this Agreement.
2.7.3 Measures to be taken
a A Party affected by an event of Force Majeure shall take all
reasonable measures to remove such Partys inability to fulfil its
obligations hereunder with a minimum of delay.
b A Party affected by an event of Force Majeure shall notify the
other Party of such event as soon as possible, and in any event
not later than 14 (fourteen) days following the occurrence of
such event, providing evidence of the nature and cause of such
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event, and shall similarly give notice of the restoration of normal


conditions as soon as possible.
c

The Parties shall take all reasonable measures to minimise the


consequences of any event of Force Majeure.

2.7.4 Extension of time


Any period within which a Party shall, pursuant to this Agreement,
complete any action or task, shall be extended for a period equal to
the time during which such Party was unable to perform such action
as a result of Force Majeure.
2.7.5 Payments
During the period of its inability to perform the Services as a result
of an event of Force Majeure, the System Integrator shall be
entitled to be reimbursed for additional costs reasonably and
necessarily incurred by it during such period for the purposes of the
Services and in reactivating the Services after the end of such
period.
2.7.6 Consultation
Not later than 30 (thirty) days after the System Integrator has, as
the result of an event of Force Majeure, become unable to perform
a material portion of the Services, the Parties shall consult with
each other with a view to agreeing on appropriate measures to be
taken in the circumstances.
8

Suspension of Agreement

The KMRL may, by written notice of suspension to the System


Integrator, suspend all payments to the System Integrator
hereunder if the System Integrator shall be in breach of this
Agreement or shall fail to perform any of its obligations under this
Agreement, including the carrying out of the Services; provided
that such notice of suspension (i) shall specify the nature of the
breach or failure, and (ii) shall provide an opportunity to the System
Integrator to remedy such breach or failure within a period not
exceeding 15 (fifteen) days after receipt by the System Integrator
of such notice of suspension.
9 Termination of Agreement

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By the KMRL

The KMRL may, by not less than 15 (fifteen) days written notice of
termination to the System Integrator, such notice to be given after
the occurrence of any of the events specified in this Clause 2.9.1,
terminate this Agreement if:
(a) The System Integrator fails to remedy any breach hereof or any
failure in the performance of its obligations hereunder, as
specified in a notice of suspension pursuant to Clause 2.8
hereinabove, within 15 (fifteen) days of receipt of such notice of
suspension or within such further period as the KMRL may have
subsequently granted in writing;
(b)The System Integrator becomes insolvent or bankrupt or enters
into any agreement with its creditors for relief of debt or take
advantage of any law for the benefit of debtors or goes into
liquidation or receivership whether compulsory or voluntary;
(c) The System Integrator fails to comply with any final decision
reached as a result of arbitration proceedings pursuant to Clause
9 hereof;
(d)The System Integrator submits to the KMRL a statement which
has a material effect on the rights, obligations or interests of the
KMRL and which the System Integrator knows to be false;
(e) Any document, information, data or statement submitted by the
System Integrator in its Proposals, based on which the System
Integrator was considered eligible or successful, is found to be
false, incorrect or misleading;
(f) As the result of Force Majeure, the System Integrator is unable to
perform a material portion of the Services for a period of not less
than 60 (sixty) days; or
(g)The KMRL, in its sole discretion and for any reason whatsoever,
decides to terminate this Agreement.
2

By the System Integrator

The System Integrator may, by not less than 30 (thirty) days


written notice to the KMRL, such notice to be given after the
occurrence of any of the events specified in this Clause 2.9.2,
terminate this Agreement if:
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The KMRL fails to pay any money due to the System


Integrator pursuant to this Agreement and not subject
to dispute pursuant to Clause 9 hereof within 45 (forty
five) days after receiving written notice from the
System Integrator that such payment is overdue;

The KMRL is in material breach of its obligations


pursuant to this Agreement and has not remedied the
same within 45 (forty-five) days (or such longer period
as the System Integrator may have subsequently
granted in writing) following the receipt by the KMRL of
the System Integrators notice specifying such breach;

As the result of Force Majeure, the System Integrator is


unable to perform a material portion of the Services for
a period of not less than 60 (sixty) days; or

The KMRL fails to comply with any final decision


reached as a result of arbitration pursuant to Clause 9
hereof.

Cessation of rights and obligations

Upon termination of this Agreement pursuant to Clauses 2.3 or 2.9


hereof, or upon expiration of this Agreement pursuant to Clause 2.4
hereof, all rights and obligations of the Parties hereunder shall
cease, except (i) such rights and obligations as may have accrued
on the date of termination or expiration, or which expressly
survives such Termination; (ii) the obligation of confidentiality set
forth in Clause 3.3 hereof; (iii) the System Integrators obligation to
permit inspection, copying and auditing of such of its accounts and
records set forth in Clause 3.5, as relate to the System Integrators
Services provided under this Agreement, and (iv) any right or
remedy which a Party may have under this Agreement or the
Applicable Laws.
4

Cessation of Services

Upon termination of this Agreement by notice of either Party to the


other pursuant to Clauses 2.9.1 or 2.9.2 hereof, the System
Integrator shall, immediately upon dispatch or receipt of such
notice, take all necessary steps to bring the Services to a close in a
prompt and orderly manner and shall make every reasonable effort
to keep expenditures for this purpose to a minimum. With respect
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to documents prepared by the System Integrator and materials


furnished by the KMRL, the System Integrator shall proceed as
provided respectively by Clauses 3.8 or 3.9 hereof.
5

Payment upon Termination

Upon termination of this Agreement pursuant to Clauses 2.9.1 or


2.9.2 hereof, the KMRL shall make the following payments to the
System Integrator (after offsetting against these payments any
amount that may be due from the System Integrator to the KMRL):

(a)

Remuneration pursuant to Clause 6 hereof for Services


satisfactorily performed prior to the date of termination;

(b)

Reimbursable expenditures pursuant to Clause 6 hereof


for expenditures actually incurred prior to the date of
termination; and

(c)

Except in the case of termination pursuant to Subclauses (a) through (e) of Clause 2.9.1 hereof,
reimbursement of any reasonable cost incidental to the
prompt and orderly termination of the Agreement
including the cost of the return travel of the System
Integrators Key personnel (only), provided, proof of
travel (Place. Air ticket, Fare etc.) is submitted to KMRL
at the time of mobilization.

Disputes about Events of Termination

If either Party disputes whether an event specified in Clause 2.9.1 or in


Clause 2.9.2 hereof has occurred, such Party may, within 30 (thirty)
days after receipt of notice of termination from the other Party, refer
the matter to arbitration pursuant to Clause 9 hereof, and this
Agreement shall not be terminated on account of such event except in
accordance with the terms of any resulting arbitral award.

3. OBLIGATIONS OF THE SYSTEM INTEGRATOR


3.1

General

3.1.1 Standards of Performance

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The System Integrator shall perform the Services and carry out its
obligations hereunder with all due diligence, efficiency and economy,
in accordance with generally accepted professional techniques and
practices, and shall observe sound management practices, and
employ appropriate advanced technology and safe and effective
equipment, machinery, materials and methods. The System Integrator
shall always act, in respect of any matter relating to this Agreement or
to the Services, as a faithful adviser to the KMRL, and shall at all
times support and safeguard the KMRL's legitimate interests in any
dealings with Sub-Contractor or Third Parties.
3.1.2 Terms of Reference or scope of work
The scope of Services or work to be performed by the System Integrator
is specified in the Terms of Reference (the TOR) at Annex-1 of this
Agreement. The System Integrator shall provide the Deliverables
specified therein in conformity with the time schedule stated therein.
3.2

Conflict of Interest

3.2.1 The System Integrator shall not have a Conflict of Interest and any breach
hereof shall constitute a breach of the Agreement.
3.2.2 System Integrator and Affiliates not to be otherwise interested in the
Project
The System Integrator agrees that, during the term of this Agreement and
after its termination, the System Integrator or any Associate thereof, as
well as any Sub-Contractor and any entity affiliated with such SubContractor, shall be disqualified from providing goods, works, services,
loans or equity for any project resulting from or closely related to the
Services or the Project and any breach of this obligation shall amount to a
Conflict of Interest; provided that the restriction herein shall not apply
after a period of three years from the completion of this assignment or to
consulting assignments or services granted by banks/ lenders at any
time; provided further that this restriction shall not apply to consultancy/
advisory services provided to the KMRL in continuation of this Project or
to any subsequent Project/ advisory services provided to the KMRL in
accordance with the rules of the KMRL. For the avoidance of doubt, an
entity affiliated with the System Integrator shall include a partner in the
firm of the System Integrator or a person who holds more than 5% (five
per cent) of the subscribed and paid up share capital of the System
Integrator, as the case may be, and any Associate thereof.
3.2.3 Prohibition of conflicting activities
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Neither the System Integrator nor its Sub Contractor nor the Personnel of
either of them shall engage, either directly or indirectly, in any of the
following activities:

(a)

during the term of this Agreement, any business or


professional activities which would conflict with the
activities assigned to them under this Agreement;

(b)

after the termination of this Agreement, such other


activities as may be specified in the Agreement; or

(c)

At any time, such other activities as have been


specified in the RFP as Conflict of Interest.

3.2.4 System Integrator not to benefit from commissions discounts, etc.


The remuneration of the System Integrator pursuant to Clause 6 hereof
shall constitute the System Integrators sole remuneration in connection
with this Agreement or the Services and the System Integrator shall not
accept for its own benefit any trade commission, discount or similar
payment in connection with activities pursuant to this Agreement or to
the Services or in the discharge of its obligations hereunder, and the
System Integrator shall use its best efforts to ensure that any SubContractor, as well as the Personnel and agents of either of them,
similarly shall not receive any such additional remuneration.
3.2.5 The System Integrator and its Personnel shall observe the highest
standards of ethics and not have engaged in and shall not hereafter
engage in any corrupt practice, fraudulent practice, coercive practice,
undesirable practice or restrictive practice (collectively the Prohibited
Practices). Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this
Agreement, the KMRL shall be entitled to terminate this Agreement
forthwith by a communication in writing to the System Integrator, without
being liable in any manner whatsoever to the System Integrator, if it
determines that the System Integrator has, directly or indirectly or
through an agent, engaged in any Prohibited Practices in the Selection
Process or before or after entering into of this Agreement. In such an
event, the KMRL shall forfeit and appropriate the Performance Security, if
any, as mutually agreed genuine pre-estimated compensation and
damages payable to the KMRL towards, inter alia, time, cost and effort of
the KMRL, without prejudice to the KMRLs any other rights or remedy
hereunder or in law.
3.2.6 Without prejudice to the rights of the KMRL under Clause 3.2.5 above and
the other rights and remedies which the KMRL may have under this
Agreement, if the System Integrator is found by the KMRL to have directly
or indirectly or through an agent, engaged or indulged in any Prohibited
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Practices, during the Selection Process or before or after the execution of
this Agreement, the System Integrator shall not be eligible to participate
in any tender or RFP issued during a period of 2 (two) years from the date
the System Integrator is found by the KMRL to have directly or indirectly
or through an agent, engaged or indulged in any Prohibited Practices.
3.2.7 For the purposes of Clauses 3.2.5 and 3.2.6, the following terms shall
have the meaning hereinafter respectively assigned to them:

(a)

corrupt practice means the offering, giving, receiving


or soliciting, directly or indirectly, of anything of value
to influence the actions of any person connected with
the Selection Process (for removal of doubt, offering of
employment or employing or engaging in any manner
whatsoever, directly or indirectly, any official of the
KMRL who is or has been associated in any manner,
directly or indirectly with Selection Process or LOA or
dealing with matters concerning the Agreement before
or after the execution thereof, at any time prior to the
expiry of one year from the date such official resigns or
retires from or otherwise ceases to be in the service of
the KMRL, shall be deemed to constitute influencing the
actions of a person connected with the Selection
Process); or (ii) engaging in any manner whatsoever,
whether during the Selection Process or after the issue
of LOA or after the execution of the Agreement, as the
case may be, any person in respect of any matter
relating to the Project or the LOA or the Agreement, who
at any time has been or is a legal, financial or technical
adviser the KMRL in relation to any matter concerning
the Project;

(b)

fraudulent practice means a misrepresentation or


omission of facts or suppression of facts or disclosure of
incomplete facts, in order to influence the Selection
Process;

(c)

coercive practice means impairing or harming, or


threatening to impair or harm, directly or indirectly, any
person or property to influence any persons
participation or action in the Selection Process or the
exercise of its rights or performance of its obligations by
the KMRL under this Agreement;

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(d)

undesirable practice means (i) establishing contact


with any person connected with or employed or
engaged by the KMRL with the objective of canvassing,
lobbying or in any manner influencing or attempting to
influence the Selection Process; or (ii) having a Conflict
of Interest; and

(e)

restrictive practice means forming a cartel or


arriving at any understanding or arrangement among
Applicants with the objective of restricting or
manipulating a full and fair competition in the Selection
Process.

Confidentiality
The System Integrator, its Sub Contractor and the Personnel of either of
them shall not, either during the term or within Three years after the
expiration or termination of this Agreement disclose any proprietary
information, including information relating to reports, data, drawings,
design software or other material, whether written or oral, in electronic or
magnetic format, and the contents thereof; and any reports, digests or
summaries created or derived from any of the foregoing that is provided
by the KMRL to the System Integrator, its Sub-Contractor and the
Personnel; any information provided by or relating to the KMRL, its
technology, technical processes, business affairs or finances or any
information relating to the KMRLs employees, officers or other
professionals or suppliers, customers, or contractors of the KMRL; and
any other information which the System Integrator is under an obligation
to keep confidential in relation to the Project, the Services or this
Agreement ("Confidential Information"), without the prior written
consent of the KMRL.
Notwithstanding the aforesaid, the System Integrator, its Sub-Contractor
and the Personnel of either of them may disclose Confidential Information
to the extent that such Confidential Information:

(a)

was in the public domain prior to its delivery to the


System Integrator, its Sub-Contractor and the Personnel
of either of them or becomes a part of the public
knowledge from a source other than the System
Integrator, its Sub-Contractor and the Personnel of
either of them;

(b)

was obtained from a third party with no known duty to


maintain its confidentiality;

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(c)

is required to be disclosed by Applicable Laws or judicial


or administrative or arbitral process or by any
governmental instrumentalities, provided that for any
such disclosure, the System Integrator, its SubConstractor and the Personnel of either of them shall
give the KMRL, prompt, prior written notice to enable
the KMRL to obtain an injunction against such
disclosure, and use reasonable efforts to ensure that
such disclosure is accorded confidential treatment;
and

(d)

is provided to the professional advisers, agents,


auditors or representatives of the System Integrator or
its Sub-Contractor or Personnel of either of them, as is
reasonable under the circumstances; provided,
however, that the System Integrator or its SubContractors or Personnel of either of them, as the case
may be, shall require their professional advisers,
agents, auditors or its representatives, to undertake in
writing to keep such Confidential Information,
confidential and shall use its best efforts to ensure
compliance with such undertaking.

Liability of the System Integrator

3.4.1 The System Integrators liability under this Agreement shall be


determined by the Applicable Laws and the provisions hereof.
3.4.2 The System Integrator shall, subject to the limitation specified in Clause
3.4.3, be liable to the KMRL for any direct loss or damage accrued or likely
to accrue due to deficiency in Services rendered by it.
3.4.3 The Parties hereto agree that in case of negligence or wilful misconduct
on the part of the System Integrator or on the part of any person or firm
acting on behalf of the System Integrator in carrying out the Services,The
Project, the System Integrator, with respect to damage caused to the
KMRLs property, shall not be liable to the KMRL:
i.
ii.

3.5

For any indirect or consequential loss or damage; and


For any direct loss or damage that exceeds the Agreement Value
set forth in Clause 6.1.2 of this Agreement

Accounting, inspection and auditing


The System Integrator shall:

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(a)

Keep accurate and systematic accounts and records in


respect of the Services provided under this Agreement,
in accordance with internationally accepted accounting
principles and standards such as Indian Accounting
Standards, GAAP, etc and in such form and detail as will
clearly identify all relevant time charges and cost, and
the basis thereof (including the basis of the System
Integrators costs and charges); and

(b)

In case required by the KMRL, the System Integrator


shall provide copies of such records up to one year from
the expiration or termination of this Agreement.

System Integrators actions requiring the KMRL's prior approval


The System Integrator shall obtain the KMRL's prior approval in writing
before taking any of the following actions:

3.7

Appointing such members of the professional personnel as are not


listed in Annex2;

Changing, replacing or removing the key personnel of the project as


listed in Annexure -2

Entering into a subcontract for the performance of any part of the


Services, it being understood (i) that the selection of the SubContractors and the terms and conditions of the subcontract shall
have been approved in writing by the KMRL prior to the execution
of the subcontract, and (ii) that the System Integrator shall remain
fully liable for the performance of the Services by the SubConstractor and its Personnel pursuant to this Agreement; or

Any other action that is specified in this Agreement.

Reporting obligations

3.7.1 The System Integrator shall submit to the KMRL the reports and
documents specified in the Agreement, in the form, in the numbers and
within the time periods set forth therein.
3.8

Documents prepared by the System Integrator to be property of


the KMRL

3.8.1 All reports and other documents (collectively referred to as Project


Documents) prepared by the System Integrator (or by the SubContractor or any Third Party)in performing the Services shall become and
remain the property of the KMRL, and all intellectual property rights in
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such Project Documents shall vest with the KMRL. Any Project Document,
of which the ownership or the intellectual property rights do not vest with
the KMRL under law, shall automatically stand assigned to the KMRL as
and when such project Document is created and the System Integrator
agrees to execute all papers and to perform such other acts as the KMRL
may deem necessary to secure its rights herein assigned by the System
Integrator.
3.8.2 The System Integrator shall, not later than termination or expiration of
this Agreement, deliver all Project Documents to the KMRL, together with
a detailed inventory thereof. The System Integrator shall not retain any of
such Project Documents. The System Integrator, its Sub-Contractor or a
Third Party shall not use these Project Documents for purposes unrelated
to this Agreement without the prior written approval of the KMRL.
3.8.3 The System Integrator shall hold the KMRL harmless and indemnified for
any losses, claims, damages, expenses (including all legal expenses),
awards, penalties or injuries (collectively referred to as Claims) which
may arise from or due to any unauthorised use of such Project
Documents, or due to any breach or failure on part of the System
Integrator or its Sub-Contractor or a Third Party to perform any of its
duties or obligations in relation to securing the aforementioned rights of
the KMRL.
3.9

Materials furnished by the KMRL


Materials made available to the System Integrator by the KMRL shall be
the property of the KMRL and shall be marked accordingly. Upon
termination or expiration of this Agreement, the System Integrator shall
furnish forthwith to the KMRL, an inventory of such materials and shall
dispose of such materials in accordance with the instructions of the KMRL.

3.10 Providing access to Project Office and Personnel


The System Integrator shall ensure that the KMRL, and officials of the
KMRL having authorisation from the KMRL, are provided unrestricted
access to the office of the System Integrator and to all Personnel during
office hours. The KMRLs official, who has been authorised by the KMRL in
this behalf, shall have the right to inspect the Services, the Project in
progress, interact with Personnel of the System Integrator and verify the
records relating to the Services or the Project for his satisfaction.
3.11 Accuracy of Documents
The System Integrator shall be responsible for accuracy of the documents
drafted and/ or vetted and data collected by it directly or procured from
other agencies/authorities, estimates and all other details prepared by it
as part of these services. Subject to the provisions of Clause 3.4, it shall
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indemnify the KMRL against any inaccuracy in its work which might
surface during implementation of the Project, if such inaccuracy is the
result of any negligence or inadequate due diligence on part of the
System Integrator or arises out of its failure to conform to good industry
practice. The System Integrator shall also be responsible for promptly
correcting, at its own cost and risk, the documents including any resurvey / investigations.
4. SYSTEM INTEGRATORS PERSONNEL AND SUB-CONTRACTOR
4.1

General
The System Integrator shall employ and provide such qualified and
experienced Personnel as may be required to carry out the Services.

4.2

Deployment of Personnel

4.2.1 The designations, names and other particulars of each of the System
Integrators Key Personnel required in carrying out the Services are
described in Annex-2 of this Agreement. The estimate of Personnel costs
and manday rates are specified in Annex-3 of this Agreement.
4.2.2 Adjustments with respect to the estimated periods of engagement of
Personnel set forth in the aforementioned Annex-3 may be made by the
System Integrator by written notice to the KMRL, provided that (i) such
adjustments shall not alter the originally estimated period of engagement
of any individual by more than 30% (thirty per cent), and (ii) the
aggregate of such adjustments shall not cause payments under the
Agreement to exceed the Agreement Value set forth in Clause 6.1.2 of this
Agreement by more than 25% (twenty five per cent) thereof. Any other
adjustments shall only be made with the written approval of the KMRL.
4.2.3 If additional work is required beyond the scope of the Services or the
Project specified in the Terms of Reference, the estimated periods of
engagement of Personnel, set forth in the Annexes of the Agreement may
be increased by agreement in writing between the KMRL and the System
Integrator, provided that any such increase shall not, except as otherwise
agreed, cause payments under this Agreement to exceed the Agreement
Value set forth in Clause 6.1.2.
4.3

Approval of Personnel

4.3.1 The Key Personnel listed in Annex-2 of the Agreement are hereby
approved by the KMRL. No other Key Personnel shall be engaged without
prior approval of the KMRL.
4.3.2 If the System Integrator hereafter proposes to engage any person as
Professional Personnel, it shall submit to the KMRL its proposal along with
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a CV of such person in the form provided at AppendixI (Form-11) of the
RFP. The KMRL may approve or reject such proposal within 14 (fourteen)
days of receipt thereof. In case the proposal is rejected, the System
Integrator may propose an alternative person for the KMRLs
consideration. In the event the KMRL does not reject a proposal within 14
(fourteen) days of the date of receipt thereof under this Clause 4.3, it shall
be deemed to have been approved by the KMRL.
4.4

Substitution of Key Personnel


The KMRL expects all the Key Personnel specified in the Proposal to be
available during implementation of the Agreement. The KMRL will not
consider any substitution of Key Personnel except under compelling
circumstances beyond the control of the System Integrator and the
concerned Key Personnel such as incapacity or due to health. Such
substitution shall be ordinarily be limited to one, but in exceptional
circumstances in the opinion of the KMRL, substitution limited to not
more than two Key Personnel subject to equally or better qualified and
experienced personnel being provided to the satisfaction of the KMRL.

4.5

Working hours, overtime, leave, etc.


The Personnel shall not be entitled to be paid for overtime nor to take
paid sick leave or vacation leave except as specified in the Agreement,
and the System Integrators remuneration shall be deemed to cover these
items. All leave to be allowed to the Personnel is excluded from the mandays of service set forth in Annex-3. Any taking of leave by any Personnel
for a period exceeding 7 days shall be subject to the prior approval of the
KMRL, and the System Integrator shall ensure that any absence on leave
will not delay the progress and quality of the Services.

4.6

Project Manager
The person designated as the Project Manager (the Project Manager)
of the System Integrators Personnel shall be responsible for the
coordinated, timely and efficient functioning of the Personnel. In addition,
the System Integrator shall designate a suitable person as Project
Management System Integrator who shall be responsible for day to day
performance of the Services.

4.7

Sub-Contractors of the System Integrator

The System Integrator may, with prior written approval of the KMRL,
engage additional Sub-Contractors or substitute existing Sub-Contractors.
The hiring of Personnel by the Sub-contractors shall be subject to the

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same conditions as applicable to Personnel of the System Integrator
under this Clause 4.
5. OBLIGATIONS OF THE KMRL
5.1

Assistance in clearances etc.


Unless otherwise specified in the Agreement, the KMRL shall make best
efforts to ensure that the Government:

5.2

(a)

Provides the System Integrator, its Sub-Contractors and Personnel


with work permits and such other documents as may be necessary
to enable the System Integrator, its Sub-Contractors or Personnel to
perform the Services;

(b)

Facilitates prompt clearance through customs of any property


required for the Services; and

(c)

Issues to officials, agents and representatives of the Government all


such instructions as may be necessary or appropriate for the
prompt and effective implementation of the Services.

Access to land and property

The KMRL warrants that the System Integrator shall have, free of
charge, unimpeded access to the site of the project in respect of
which access is required for the performance of Services; provided
that if such access shall not be made available to the System
Integrator as and when so required, the Parties shall agree on (i)
the time extension, as may be appropriate, for the performance of
Services, and (ii) the additional payments, if any, to be made to the
System Integrator as a result thereof pursuant to Clause 6.1.3.
5.3

Change in Applicable Law

If, after the date of this Agreement, there is any change in the
Applicable Laws with respect to taxes and duties which increases or
decreases the cost or reimbursable expenses incurred by the
System Integrator in performing the Services, by an amount
exceeding 2% (two per cent) of the Agreement Value specified in
Clause 6.1.2, then the remuneration and reimbursable expenses
otherwise payable to the System Integrator under this Agreement
shall be increased or decreased accordingly by agreement between
the Parties hereto, and corresponding adjustments shall be made to
the aforesaid Agreement Value.

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All service tax and other taxes other than income tax, as may be
applicable from time to time, on the payment of the professional
fees to the System Integrator.
5.4

Payment

In consideration of the Services performed by the System


Integrator under this Agreement, the KMRL shall make to the
System Integrator such payments and in such manner as is
provided in Clause 6 of this Agreement.
6. PAYMENT TO THE SYSTEM INTEGRATOR

Cost estimates and Agreement Value

An abstract of the cost of the Services payable to the System


Integrator is set forth in Annex-5 of the Agreement.

Except as may be otherwise agreed under Clause 2.6 and subject to


Clauses 4.2.2 and 6.1.3, the payments under this Agreement shall
not exceed the agreement value specified herein (the Agreement
Value). The Parties agree that the Agreement Value is Rs. .
(Rs. .), which does not include the Optional Costs
specified in Annex-5(the Optional Costs).

Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in Clause 6.1.2,


if pursuant to the provisions of Clause 2.6, the Parties agree that
additional payments shall be made to the System Integrator in
order to cover any additional expenditures not envisaged in the cost
estimates referred to in Clause 6.1.1 above, the Agreement Value
set forth in Clause 6.1.2 above shall be increased by the amount or
amounts, as the case may be, of any such additional payments.

Currency of payment
All payments shall be made in Indian Rupees. The System
Integrator shall be free to convert Rupees into any foreign currency
as per Applicable Laws.

Mode of billing and payment


Billing and payments in respect of the Services shall be made as
follows:(a)

The System Integrator shall be paid for its services as per the
Payment Schedule at Annex-6 of this Agreement, and based on the

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project milestone completion & acceptance of deliverables, Clauses
3 of the TOR, and the rates specified in Annex-5 of this Agreement,
subject to the System Integrator fulfilling the following conditions:

i.

No payment shall be due for the next stage till the


System Integrator completes to the satisfaction of the
KMRL the work pertaining to the preceding stage; and

ii.

The KMRL shall pay to the System Integrator, only the


undisputed amount.

(b)

The KMRL shall cause the payment due to the System Integrator to
be made within 30 (thirty) days after the receipt by the KMRL of
duly completed bills with necessary particulars (the Due Date).

(c)

The final payment under this Clause 6.3 shall be made only after
the final Deliverable shall have been submitted by the System
Integrator, followed by a request for issue of Completion
Certificate to the KMRL and the final deliverable is approved as
satisfactory and a Completion Certificate issued by the KMRL. The
Services shall be deemed completed and finally accepted by the
KMRL and the final Deliverable shall be deemed approved by the
KMRL as satisfactory upon expiry of 60 (sixty) days after receipt of
the final Deliverable unless the KMRL, within such 60 (sixty) day
period, gives written notice to the System Integrator specifying in
detail, the deficiencies in the Services. The System Integrator shall
thereupon promptly make any necessary corrections and/or
additions, and upon completion of such corrections or additions, the
foregoing process shall be repeated until the KMRL accepts all the
deliverables under the contract. The KMRL shall make the final
payment upon acceptance of the final Deliverable by the KMRL.

(d)

Any amount which the KMRL has paid or caused to be paid in


excess of the amounts actually payable in accordance with the
provisions of this Agreement shall be reimbursed by the System
Integrator to the KMRL within 30 (thirty) days after receipt by the
System Integrator of notice thereof. Any such claim by the KMRL for
reimbursement must be made within 1 (one) year after receipt by
the KMRL of a final report in accordance with Clause 6.3 (c). Any
delay by the System Integrator in reimbursement by the due date
shall attract simple interest @ 10% (ten per cent) per annum.

(e)

All payments under this Agreement shall be made to the account of


the System Integrator as may be notified to the KMRL by the
System Integrator.

7. LIQUIDATED DAMAGES AND PENALTIES


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7.1

Performance Security

7.1.1 For the purposes of this Agreement, performance security shall be


deemed to be an amount equal to 10% (ten per cent) of the
Agreement Value (the Performance Security); and the System
Integrator shall require to provide Performance Security in the form
of a bank guarantee.
7.1.2 Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in Clause 7.1.1,
as and when payments become due to the System Integrator for its
Services, the KMRL shall retain by way of Performance Security,
10% (ten per cent) of all the amounts due and payable to the
System Integrator, to be appropriated against breach of this
Agreement or for recovery of liquidated damages as specified in
Clause 7.2. The balance remaining out of the Performance Security
shall be returned to the System Integrator at the end of three
months after the expiry of this Agreement pursuant to Clause 2.4
hereof. For the avoidance of doubt, the parties hereto expressly
agree that in addition to appropriation of the amounts withheld
hereunder, in the event of any default requiring the appropriation of
further amounts comprising the Performance Security, the KMRL
may make deductions from any subsequent payments due and
payable to the System Integrator hereunder, as if it is appropriating
the Performance Security in accordance with the provisions of this
Agreement.
7.1.3 The System Integrator may, in lieu of retention of the amounts as
referred to in Clause 7.1.1 above, furnish a Bank Guarantee
substantially in the form specified at Annex-7 of this Agreement.
7.2

Liquidated Damages

7.2.1 Liquidated Damages for error/variation


In case any error or variation is detected in the reports submitted
by the System Integrator and such error or variation is the result of
negligence or lack of due diligence on the part of the System
Integrator, the consequential damages thereof shall be quantified
by the KMRL in a reasonable manner and recovered from the
System Integrator by way of deemed liquidated damages, subject
to a maximum of the Agreement Value.
7.2.2 Liquidated Damages for delay

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In case of delay in completion of Services, liquidated damages not


exceeding an amount equal to 0.5% (zero point five per cent) of the
Agreement Value per day, subject to a maximum of 10% (ten per
cent) of the Agreement Value shall be imposed and shall be
recovered by appropriation from the Performance Security or
otherwise. However, in case of delay due to reasons attributable to
KMRL, suitable extension of time shall be granted.
7.2.3 Encashment and appropriation of Performance Security
The KMRL shall have the right to invoke and appropriate the
proceeds of the Performance Security, in whole or in part, without
notice to the System Integrator in the event of breach of this
Agreement or for recovery of liquidated damages specified in this
Clause 7.2.
7.3

Penalty for deficiency in Services


In addition to the liquidated damages not amounting to penalty, as
specified in Clause 7.2, warning may be issued to the System
Integrator for minor deficiencies on its part. In the case of
significant deficiencies in Services causing adverse effect on the
Project or on the reputation of the KMRL, penal action including but
not limited to debarring for a specified period and/or stopping of all
payments under the Agreement may also be initiated as per
policy/descretion of the KMRL.

8. FAIRNESS AND GOOD FAITH

8.1

Good Faith
The Parties undertake to act in good faith with respect to each
others rights under this Agreement and to adopt all reasonable
measures to ensure the realisation of the objectives of this
Agreement.

8.2

Operation of the Agreement


The Parties recognise that it is impractical in this Agreement to
provide for every contingency which may arise during the life of the
Agreement, and the Parties hereby agree that it is their intention
that this Agreement shall operate fairly as between them, and
without detriment to the interest of either of them, and that, if
during the term of this Agreement either Party believes that this
Agreement is operating unfairly, the Parties will use their best

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efforts to agree on such action as may be necessary to remove the


cause or causes of such unfairness, but failure to agree on any
action pursuant to this Clause 8.2 shall not give rise to a dispute
subject to arbitration in accordance with Clause 9 hereof.
9. SETTLEMENT OF DISPUTES

9.1

Amicable settlement
The Parties shall use their best efforts to settle amicably all
disputes arising out of or in connection with this Agreement or the
interpretation thereof.

9.2

Dispute resolution

9.2.1 Any dispute, difference or controversy of whatever nature


howsoever arising under or out of or in relation to this Agreement
(including its interpretation) between the Parties, and so notified in
writing by either Party to the other Party (the Dispute) shall, in
the first instance, be attempted to be resolved amicably in
accordance with the conciliation procedure set forth in Clause 9.3.
9.2.2 The Parties agree to use their best efforts for resolving all Disputes
arising under or in respect of this Agreement promptly, equitably
and in good faith, and further agree to provide each other with
reasonable access during normal business hours to all nonprivileged records, information and data pertaining to any Dispute.
9.3

Conciliation
In the event of any Dispute between the Parties, either Party may call
upon Director (Systems) KMRL and the Managing Partner/ Chairman of
the Board of Directors of the System Integrator or a substitute thereof for
amicable settlement, and upon such reference, the said persons shall
meet no later than 10 (ten) days from the date of reference to discuss
and attempt to amicably resolve the Dispute. If such meeting does not
take place within the 10 (ten) day period or the Dispute is not amicably
settled within 15 (fifteen) days of the meeting or the Dispute is not
resolved as evidenced by the signing of written terms of settlement
within 30 (thirty) days of the notice in writing referred to in Clause 9.2.1
or such longer period as may be mutually agreed by the Parties, either
Party may refer the Dispute to arbitration in accordance with the
provisions of Clause 9.4.

9.4

Arbitration

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9.4.1 Any Dispute which is not resolved amicably by conciliation, as


provided in Clause 9.3, shall be finally decided by reference to
arbitration by an Arbitral Tribunal appointed in accordance with
Clause 9.4.2. Such arbitration shall be held in accordance with the
Rules of Arbitration of the International Centre for Alternative
Dispute Resolution, New Delhi (the Rules), or such other rules as
may be mutually agreed by the Parties, and shall be subject to the
provisions of the Arbitration and Conciliation Act,1996. The venue of
such arbitration shall be Kochi and the language of arbitration
proceedings shall be English.
9.4.2 Any unresolved dispute or difference whatsoever arising between
the Parties to this Agreement out of or relating to the construction,
meaning, scope, operation or effect of this Agreement or the
validity of the breach thereof shall be referred to a sole arbitrator to
be appointed bymutual consent. The provisions of the Arbitration
and Conciliation Act, 1996 will be applicable and the award made
there under shall be final and binding upon the Parties hereto,
subject to legal remedies available under Applicable Law. Such
differences shall be deemed to be a submission to arbitration under
the Indian Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996, or of any
modifications, rules or re-enactments thereof.
9.4.3 The arbitrators shall make a reasoned award (the Award). Any
Award made in any arbitration held pursuant to this Clause 9 shall
be final and binding on the Parties as from the date it is made, and
the System Integrator and the KMRL agree and undertake to carry
out such Award without delay.
9.4.4 The System Integrator and the KMRL agree that an Award may be
enforced against the System Integrator and/or the KMRL, as the
case may be, and their respective assets wherever situated.
9.4.5 This Agreement and the rights and obligations of the Parties shall
remain in full force and effect, pending the Award in any arbitration
proceedings hereunder.
10.

Compliances with the applicable laws

10.1 Statutory Obligations.


(a)

The Agreement shall be governed by and construed in accordance


with the laws of the Republic of India.

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(b)

System Integrator represents and warrants to KMRL that the


performance of obligations under this Agreement will not conflict
with or result in a breach of any of the terms, conditions or
provisions of or constitute a default or require any consent under,
any instrument or arrangement to which System Integrator is a
party or violate any other Applicable Laws or any writ, order,
injunction or judgment by which System integrator is bound.

10.2 Compliance with Laws


(a)

The System Integrator shall perform the Services in accordance


with the Applicable Laws and shall take all practicable steps to
ensure that any Sub contractor of the System Integrator, as well as
the Personnel and agents of the System Integrator, comply with the
Applicable Laws

(b)

Each Party to the Agreement accepts that its individual conduct shall
(to the extent applicable to it) at all times comply with all
Applicable Laws, rules and regulations. For the avoidance of doubt
the obligations of the Parties to this Agreement are subject to their
respective compliance with all Applicable Laws.

(c)

System Integrator agrees and undertakes to observe, adhere to,


abide by, comply with all Applicable Laws in force or as are or as
made applicable in future, pertaining to or applicable to them, their
business, their employees or their obligations towards them
pursuant to the Project and shall indemnify, keep indemnified, hold
harmless, defend and protect KMRL and its
employees/officers/staff/ personnel/representatives/agents from
any failure or omission on its part to do so and against all claims or
demands of liability and all consequences that may occur or arise
for any default or failure on its part to conform or comply with the
above and all other statutory obligations arising therefrom.

(d)

System Integrator represents and warrants that it has obtained all


the consents, permissions, approvals, licenses, etc., as may be
necessary or required for any of the purposes of this Agreement or
for the conduct of its own business under any Applicable Law,
government regulation/guidelines and shall keep the same valid
and in force during the Term and shall endeavour to promptly
obtain all such future approvals and consents from various
departments as may be required in future under any amendments
in law or notifications issued by the government, and in the event
of any failure or omission to do so, shall indemnify, keep
indemnified, hold harmless, defend, protect and fully compensate
KMRL and its employees/ officers/ staff/ personnel/
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liability and all consequences that may occur or arise for any
default or failure on its part to conform or comply with the above
and all other statutory obligations arising therefrom.
11.

Miscellaneious

11.1 Independent Contractors


Nothing in this Agreement shall be construed as establishing or implying
any partnership or joint venture between the Parties to this Agreement
and, except as expressly stated in this Agreement, nothing in this
Agreement shall be deemed to constitute any Parties as the agent of any
other Party or authorizes either Party:
(a)

To incur any expenses on behalf of the other Party,

(b)

To enter into any engagement or make any representation or


warranty on behalf of the other Party,

(c)

To pledge the credit of or otherwise bind or oblige the other Party,

(d)

To commit the other Party in any way whatsoever without in each


case obtaining the other Party's prior written consent.

11.2 Authority for Assignment.


(a)

All terms and provisions of this Agreement shall be binding on and


shall inure to the benefit of both the Parties and their respective
successors and permitted assigns.

(b)

System Integrator shall not assign this Agreement or any part hereof
or any benefit or interest therein without the prior written consent
of KMRL

(c)

In the event of an assignment of this Agreement pursuant to the


previous clause, the System Integrator will not be released from
any of its liabilities or obligations hereunder. In the event of any
permitted assignment of this Agreement by either Party, the
designated assignee will assume, in writing (in form and substance
reasonably satisfactory to the other Party), the rights and
obligations of the assigning Party under this Agreement.

(d)

KMRL may assign or novate this Agreement in part or whole as part


of a reorganization, restructuring, consolidation, merger, or as per
the decisions of Government of Kerala or board of Directors of
KMRL.

(e)

In the event of an assignment of this Agreement by System


Integrator pursuant to the previous clauses, KMRL retains the right

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to reject the assignment, if it finds that the assigned party has (i)
conflict of interest with KMRL (ii) been black listed by Government
of Kerala (iii) does not have the financial strength to operate the
Project as per the Agreement.

11.3 Specific Performance.


System Integrator acknowledges and agrees that KMRL would suffer
irreparable loss and damage in the event any of the provisions of this
Agreement are not performed in accordance with their specific terms or
are otherwise breached. Accordingly, System Integrator agrees that KMRL
shall be entitled to an injunction or such other equitable relief without
notice to System Integrator to prevent any breach of the provisions of
this Agreement and to enforce this Agreement specifically and the terms
and provisions hereof in any action instituted in any court having
jurisdiction over the Parties and the matter, in addition to any other
remedy to which KMRL may be entitled, at law or in equity.

11.4 Severability.
If any provision of the Agreement, or any part thereof, shall be found by
any court or administrative body of competent jurisdiction to be illegal,
invalid or unenforceable, the illegality, invalidity or unenforceability of
such provision or part provision shall not affect the other provisions of the
Agreement or the remainder of the provisions in question which shall
remain in full force and effect. The Parties shall negotiate in good faith in
order to agree to substitute for any illegal, invalid or unenforceable
provision a valid and enforceable provision, which achieves to the
greatest extent possible the economic, legal and commercial objectives
of the illegal, invalid or unenforceable provision or part provision.

11.5 Waiver.
(a)

No waiver of any provision of this Agreement shall be effective


unless set forth in a written instrument signed by the Party waiving
such provision. No failure or delay by a Party in exercising any right,
power or remedy under this Agreement shall operate as a waiver
thereof, nor shall any single or partial exercise of the same
preclude any further exercise thereof or the exercise of any other
right, power or remedy. Without limiting the foregoing, no waiver by
a Party of any breach by any other Party of any provision hereof
shall be deemed to be a waiver of any subsequent breach of that or
any other provision hereof

(b)

Waiver including partial or conditional waiver, by either Party of any


default by the other Party in the observance and performance of
any provision of or obligations under this Agreement:

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i.
ii.

iii.
iv.

Shall be in writing
Shall not operate or be construed as a waiver of any other or
subsequent default hereof or of other provisions of or
obligations under this Agreement;
Shall be executed by a duly authorized representative of the
Party; and
Shall not affect the validity or enforceability of this
Agreement in any manner.

11.6 Survival
The termination of this Agreement shall in no event terminate or
prejudice (a) any right or obligation arising out of or accruing under this
Agreement attributable to events or circumstances occurring prior to
such termination; (b) the provisions of this Agreement that by their
nature are intended to survive the termination of this Agreement,
including without limitation the provisions dealing with the
Representations and Warranties of the Parties, Termination,
Confidentiality, Indemnity, Arbitration, Governing Law and Notice respect

11.7 Professional Fees


All expenses incurred by or on behalf of each Party to this Agreement,
including all fees of agents, legal advisors, accountants and actuaries
employed by either of the Parties in connection with the negotiation,
preparation and execution of this Agreement or the other supplementary
agreements shall be borne solely by the Party which incurred them

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Parties hereto have caused this Agreement to be


signed in their respective names as of the day and year first above written.

SIGNED, SEALED AND DELIVERED

SIGNED, SEALED AND DELIVERED

For and on behalf of


System Integrator:

For and on behalf of


KMRL
(Signature)
(Name)
(Designation)
(Address)
(Fax No.)

(Signature)
(Name)
(Designation
(Address)
(Fax No.)

In the presence of:


1.
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Annex -1

Terms of Reference
(Refer Clause 3.1.2)

(Reproduce from the RFP and the response of the System Integrator)

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Annex-2

Deployment of Key Personnel


(Refer Clause 4.2)

(Reproduce as per Form-6 of Appendix-I)

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Annex-3

Estimate of Personnel Costs


(Refer Clause 4.2)

(For additional work if any and for staff augmentaiton)

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Annex-4

The Sub-Contractor (s)


(Refer Clause 4.7)

(Reproduce as per Form-12 of Appendix-I)


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Annex-5

Cost of Services
(Refer Clause 6.1)

(Reproduce The project cost with mile stones)

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Annex-6

Payment Schedule
(Refer Clause 6.3)

The selected bidder for the project of ERP Implmentation would be paid by the
KMRL as per the schedule mentioned below:

S.No.

Deliverable

On Finalization

(As percentage of the contract


value)
1.

2.

At the completion of Project


Preparation phase

15% of the cost of


implementation services will be
paid

After the completion of the

35% of the cost of


implementation services will be
paid

Blueprint phase

3.

At the successful completion of


the Realization phase

4.

After one annual quarter of


successful operation and
successful completion of three

25% of the cost of


implementation services will be
paid

25% of the cost of


implementation services will be
paid

months of user adoption


services

5.

The charges for the support


services will be payable at half
yearly periods

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1.
The above payments shall be made to the System Integrator provided
that the payments to be made at any time shall not exceed the amount
certified by the KMRL.
2.
All Reports shall first be submitted as draft reports for comments of the
KMRL. The KMRL shall provide its comments no later than three weeks from the
date of receiving a draft report and in case no comments are provided within
such three weeks, the System Integrator shall finalise its report.
3.
If the minimum monthly site deployment as per clause 5.1 is not met,
proportionate reduction in the subsequent payments shall be made for each
month of shortfall during the contract period".

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Annex-7

Bank Guarantee for Performance Security


(Refer Clause 7.1.3)

To

The Managing Director


Kochi Metro Rail Limited
Ernakulum, Kerala - 682011
In consideration of ***** acting on behalf of the [Managing Director, KMRL]
(hereinafter referred as the KMRL, which expression shall, unless repugnant to
the context or meaning thereof, include its successors, administrators and
assigns) having awarded to M/s .., having its office at ..
(hereinafter referred as the System Integrator which expression shall,
unless repugnant to the context or meaning thereof, include its successors,
administrators, executors and assigns), vide the KMRLs Agreement no.
. dated .. valued at Rs. .. (Rupees
..), (hereinafter referred to as the Agreement) a Project for ERP
Implmentation for KMRL, and the System Integrator having agreed to furnish a
Bank Guarantee amounting to Rs... (Rupees ..) to the
KMRL for performance of the said Agreement.
We, .. (hereinafter referred to as the Bank) at the request
of the System Integrator do hereby undertake to pay to the KMRL an amount
not exceeding Rs. (Rupees .) against any loss or
damage caused to or suffered or would be caused to or suffered by the KMRL by
reason of any breach by the said System Integrator of any of the terms or
conditions contained in the said Agreement.
2.
We, .. (indicate the name of the Bank) do hereby undertake to
pay the amounts due and payable under this Guarantee without any demur,
merely on a demand from the KMRL stating that the amount/claimed is due by
way of loss or damage caused to or would be caused to or suffered by the KMRL
by reason of breach by the said System Integrator of any of the terms or
conditions contained in the said Agreement or by reason of the System
Integrators failure to perform the said Agreement. Any such demand made on
the bank shall be conclusive as regards the amount due and payable by the
Bank under this Guarantee. However, our liability under this Guarantee shall be
restricted to an amount not exceeding Rs. .. (Rupees
..).
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3.
We, .. (indicate the name of Bank) undertake to pay to the
KMRL any money so demanded notwithstanding any dispute or disputes raised
by the System Integrator in any suit or proceeding pending before any court or
tribunal relating thereto, our liability under this present being absolute and
unequivocal. The payment so made by us under this bond shall be a valid
discharge of our liability for payment thereunder and the System Integrator
shall have no claim against us for making such payment.
4.
We, .. (indicate the name of Bank) further agree that the
Guarantee herein contained shall remain in full force and effect during the
period that would be taken for the performance of the said Agreement and that
it shall continue to be enforceable till all the dues of the KMRL under or by virtue
of the said Agreement have been fully paid and its claims satisfied or
discharged or till the KMRL certifies that the terms and conditions of the said
Agreement have been fully and properly carried out by the said System
Integrator and accordingly discharges this Guarantee. Unless a demand or claim
under this Guarantee is made on us in writing on or before the date of expiry of
this Guarantee, we shall be discharged from all liability under this Guarantee
thereafter.
5.
We, (indicate the name of Bank) further agree with the
KMRL that the KMRL shall have the fullest liberty without our consent and
without affecting in any manner our obligations hereunder to vary any of the
terms and conditions of the said Agreement or to extend time of performance
by the said System Integrator from time to time or to postpone for any time or
from time to time any of the powers exercisable by the KMRL against the said
System Integrator and to forbear or enforce any of the terms and conditions
relating to the said Agreement and we shall not be relieved from our liability by
reason of any such variation, or extension being granted to the said System
Integrator or for any forbearance, act or omission on the part of the KMRL or
any indulgence by the KMRL to the said System Integrator or any such matter or
thing whatsoever which under the law relating to sureties would, but for this
provision, have the effect of so relieving us.
6.
This Guarantee will not be discharged due to the change in the
constitution of the Bank or the System Integrator(s).
7.
We, .. (indicate the name of Bank) lastly undertake not to
revoke this Guarantee during its currency except with the previous consent of
the KMRL in writing.
8.
For the avoidance of doubt, the Banks liability under this Guarantee shall
be restricted to Rs. *** crore (Rupees ***** crore) only. The Bank shall be liable
to pay the said amount or any part thereof only if the KMRL serves a written
claim on the Bank in accordance with paragraph 2 hereof, on or before [***
(indicate the date falling 180 days from the date of issue of this Bank
Guarantee].
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Dated, the . day of . 20
For ..............................................................
(Name of Bank)
(Signature, name and designation of the authorised signatory)
Seal of the Bank:
NOTES:
(i)

The Bank Guarantee should contain the name, designation and code number of the
officer(s) signing the Guarantee.

(ii)

The address, telephone no. and other details of the Head Office of the Bank as well
as of issuing Branch should be mentioned on the covering letter of issuing Branch.
SCHEDULE-3
(See Clause 2.3.3)

GUIDANCE NOTE

ON

CONFLICT

OF INTEREST

1.

This Note further explains and illustrates the provisions of Clause 2.3 of
the RFP and shall be read together therewith in dealing with specific
cases.

2.

System Integrators should be deemed to be in a conflict of interest


situation if it can be reasonably concluded that their position in a business
or their personal interest could improperly influence their judgment in the
exercise of their duties. The process for selection of System Integrators
should avoid both actual and perceived conflict of interest.

3.

Conflict of interest may arise between the KMRL and a System Integrator
or between System Integrators and present or future concessionaries/
contractors. Some of the situations that would involve conflict of interest
are identified below:

(a)

KMRL and System Integrators:


(i)

Potential System Integrator should not be privy to information from the


KMRL which is not available to others.

(ii)

Potential System Integrator should not have defined the


project when earlier working for the KMRL.

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(iii)

(b)

Potential System Integrator should not have recently worked


for the KMRL overseeing the project.

System Integrators and concessionaires/contractors:


(i)

No System Integrator should have an ownership interest or a continuing


business interest or an on-going relationship with a potential concessionaire/
contractor save and except relationships restricted to project-specific and
short-term assignments.

(ii)

No System Integrator should be involved in owning or


operating entities resulting from the project.

(iii)

No System Integrator should bid for works arising from the


project.

The participation of companies that may be involved as investors or


consumers and officials of the KMRL who have current or recent
connections to the companies involved, therefore, needs to be avoided.

4.

The normal way to identify conflicts of interest is through self-declaration


by System Integrators. Where a conflict exists, which has not been
declared, competing companies are likely to bring this to the notice of the
KMRL. All conflicts must be declared as and when the System Integrators
become aware of them.

5.

Another approach towards avoiding a conflict of interest is through the


use of Chinese walls to avoid the flow of commercially sensitive
information from one part of the System Integrators company to another.
This could help overcome the problem of availability of limited numbers of
experts for the project. However, in reality effective operation of Chinese
walls may be a difficult proposition. As a general rule, larger companies
will be more capable of adopting Chinese walls approach than smaller
companies. Although, Chinese walls have been relatively common for
many years, they are an increasingly discredited means of avoiding
conflicts of interest and should be considered with caution. As a rule,
Chinese walls should be considered as unacceptable and may be
accepted only in exceptional cases upon full disclosure by a System
Integrator coupled with provision of safeguards to the satisfaction of the
KMRL.

6.

Another way to avoid conflicts of interest is through the appropriate


grouping of tasks. For example, conflicts may arise if System Integrators

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drawing up the terms of reference or the proposed documentation are
also eligible for the consequent assignment or project.

7.

Another form of conflict of interest called scopecreep arises when


System Integrators advocate either an unnecessary broadening of the
terms of reference or make recommendations which are not in the best
interests of the KMRL but which will generate further work for the System
Integrators. Some forms of contractual arrangements are more likely to
lead to scope-creep. For example, lump-sum contracts provide fewer
incentives for this, while time and material contracts provide built in
incentives for System Integrators to extend the length of their
assignment.

8.

Every project contains potential conflicts of interest. System Integrators


should not only avoid any conflict of interest, they should report any
present/ potential conflict of interest to the KMRL at the earliest. Officials
of the KMRL involved in development of a project shall be responsible for
identifying and resolving any conflicts of interest. It should be ensured
that safeguards are in place to preserve fair and open competition and
measures should be taken to eliminate any conflict of interest arising at
any stage in the process.

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