TENDER DOCUMENT DATE: 08.08.2014 FOR DESIGN & EXECUTION (PRINTING, BINDING, PACKING AND DESPATCH TO HO/ROs) OF CALENDAR & DIARY FOR THE NEW YEAR 2015 Item No. 2.1.1 Item No. 2.2.1 Item No. 2.2.2 EXECUTIVE CALENDAR EXECUTIVE DIARY WORKING DIARY LAST DATE FOR SUBMISSION OF TENDERS 08 th September 2014 UPTO 13:00 HOURS For any clarification, please contact: Chief Manager (Publicity) 13 th Floor, Ambadeep, 14, Kasturba Gandhi Marg, New Delhi 110001 Phone: Direct 46869808; Board - 46869800 Page 1 of 11
1. TENDER PROCEDURE // PLEASE READ CAREFULLY // Agriculture Insurance Company of India Ltd. (AIC) invites Sealed Tenders (2-part sealed Bid, i.e. Technical & Financial) from DAVP empanelled A class Printers and Diary makers ONLY for Design & Execution of Products (Printing, Binding, Packing & Despatch to HO/ROs) of the following 2 items: Item Code. 2.1.1 - EXECUTIVE CALENDAR (6+1 Sheets) Item Code. 2.2.1 - EXECUTIVE DIARY (Date-per-Page) Item Code. 2.2.2 - WORKING DIARY (Date-per-Page) The TENDER submission shall consist of ALL of the following: 1.1 Technical Bid in a sealed envelope superscribed AIC-DC-NY2015-TECHNICAL. 1.2 Financial Bid in a sealed envelope superscribed AIC-DC-NY2015-FINANCIAL. 1.3 Tender cost - Rs. 1000/- non-refundable, in an open envelope. Please note that: Tender submitted without ALL the above shall be rejected summarily. The Tender shall be duly signed by the authorized signatory mentioning his/her Name, Designation, Address and Contact Number, with rubber stamp and date. The Tender (containing the above) shall be submitted in 1 overall cover superscribed AIC-DC-NY2015-TENDER SUBMISSION. The items bid for in the Tender may be ticked on the cover page. The Tender shall be addressed to Chief Manager, Publicity Department, Agriculture Insurance Company of India Ltd, Head Office, Ambadeep, 13 th Floor, 14, K.G. Marg, New Delhi 110001. The Tender must reach him LATEST by 13:00 hours on 08 th September, 2014. AIC SHALL NOT accept any responsibility for Tenders lost in transit. 2. BID DETAILS 2.1 TECHNICAL BID - shall contain the following details (Please furnish this information as per Annexure): As a condition precedent, the Bidder shall compulsorily submit this Tender document signed on all Pages with rubber Stamp, signifying the acceptance of Terms and conditions of the Tender. i) BIDDER Firm - Name, Registered Address, Local Office, etc. Contact Person Name, Designation, Mobile, Landline, etc. Facilities - Infrastructure and facilities like offset process, automatic cutting, stitching and folding machines and binding units etc. Income Tax Clearance Certificate/Income Tax Return filed for the latest year. Bank account RTGS details, with the Xerox of a cancelled cheque. ii) BUSINESS & EXPERIENCE - No. of years in business. Number of Client Firms (approx.) with a few names (preferably of Govt. and PSU) and their Work Orders if possible. Page 2 of 11
iii) iv) Proof of doing the similar work of minimum Rs. 12 lakh in one single order in the previous three years. SPECIMENS of sample items produced by the Bidder, which conform approximately to the specifications of the Tendered items, particularly in terms of quality of material and workmanship. These items to be duly signed and stamped with date. CERTIFICATE - confirming that the Tender has been submitted as per the mandate published, and accepting the terms and conditions of Agriculture Insurance Company of India Ltd., on the letter head of the bidder with signature and seal of the authorized person and date. 2.1 FINANCIAL BID - shall contain the following details: i) The Bids are to be made separately for each coded item, (2.1.1 - EXECUTIVE CALENDAR, 2.2.1 - EXECUTIVE DIARY & 2.2.2 - WORKING DIARY). Each Item Code shall have one consolidated Bid. a. Each consolidated Bid shall be inclusive of all components of Design and Execution including Material, Printing, Binding, Packing, Despatch, Insurance, etc. b. All Bids shall be exclusive of taxes, i.e. all applicable taxes shall be paid extra. ii) The Financial Bid for item 2.1.1 - EXECUTIVE CALENDAR must be submitted in the following format: FINANCIAL BID FOR ITEM 2.1.1 - EXECUTIVE CALENDAR I/We have carefully and thoroughly read the item specification and scope of work, along with all other terms in this document. In accordance with the same, I/We hereby submit the Financial Bid as under: Item No. 2.1.1: EXECUTIVE CALENDAR (6+1 Sheets) - Rs. /- per Unit (in words, Rupees only) exclusive of all applicable taxes, which shall be payable extra. Authorized Signatory (Name, Designation, Address, Date & Rubber Stamp) iii) The Financial Bid for item 2.2.1 - EXECUTIVE DIARY must be submitted in the following format: FINANCIAL BID FOR ITEM 2.2.1 - EXECUTIVE DIARY I/We have carefully and thoroughly read the item specification and scope of work, along with all other terms in this document. In accordance with the same, I/We hereby submit the Financial Bid as under: Item No. 2.2.1: EXECUTIVE DIARY (Date-per-Page) - Rs. /- per Unit (in words, Rupees only) exclusive of all applicable taxes, which shall be payable extra. Authorized Signatory (Name, Designation, Address, Date & Rubber Stamp) Page 3 of 11
iv) The Financial Bid for item 2.2.2 - WORKING DIARY must be submitted in the following format: FINANCIAL BID FOR ITEM 2.2.2 - WORKING DIARY I/We have carefully and thoroughly read the item specification and scope of work, along with all other terms in this document. In accordance with the same, I/We hereby submit the Financial Bid as under: Item No. 2.2.2: WORKING DIARY (Date-per-Page) - Rs. /- per Unit (in words, Rupees only) exclusive of all applicable taxes, which shall be payable extra. Authorized Signatory (Name, Designation, Address, Date & Rubber Stamp) Unit Rates are to be filled in the figures as well as in words. In case of any discrepancy between the two, the Unit Rates written in words shall prevail. 3. ITEM SPECIFICATIONS Item code: 2.1.1 - EXECUTIVE CALENDAR: NY 2015. Sheets: 6 + 1 Pages: 14 (6x2 + 2 Fly leaf single side) Print: Back to back Colour: 4 + 4 Size & Shape: 17 x 17 (F) - Square Paper: a) 170 gsm Sinnar Mass Art paper; b)flyleaf (white) - 90 gsm Maplitho Binding: wire-o binding on top side, full hanger (edge-to-edge) Language: Hindi & English Creative: Basic Artwork to be given by AIC. Design: To be done as per theme commensurate with AIC image, in consultation with AIC. Packing: 50 finished pieces, neatly packed in 7-ply corrugated cartons & striped to hold. 10,000 (HO 1500; 17 ROs - 8500) Our HO is at New Delhi. The 17 ROs are located in State Capitals. The destination details and quantities to be delivered shall be intimated in due course. Page 4 of 11
Item code: 2.2.1 - EXECUTIVE DIARY: NY 2015. Quality: Office Executive. 1 Date per page (Sat/Sun in 1 page) Design: To be done in consultation with AIC. Pages: Approx. 326 Text + 12 Filler + 8 Astar. Sheets: Approx. 163 Text + 6 Filler + 4 Astar. Paper: Text sheets - White Super Sunshine (Ballarpur) of 80 gsm; Filler/Separator sheets - For Products/pictures White Royal Bilt Art paper of 130 gsm Aster/inner cover Printed 4/0 on Bilt Super Printing ppr of 120 gsm. Colour: Text printed in 1 colour; Filler in 4+ colours and Cover Logo foiled in single colour. Size & Shape: Inside 17.5cm x 17.5cm; Outside 18cm x 18cm; Square Cover: Imported material pasted over 2.5 mm imported Hard Board Binding: Section-sewn hard case, square-back, head & tail band; ribbon Detailing: Approx. 300 names embossed in Golden or suitable letterings in top-right corner, Edge Gilding (Golden). Packing: Each diary should be shrink-wrapped and packed in white coated duplex carton box of 300 gsm. For bulk delivery, they should be further packed in polythene sheet with water proof arrangement neatly set in 7 ply corrugated boxes to contain a quantity of 20 diaries each duly stripped to be handled. Quantity - 2000 (HO 1000; 17 ROs - 1000) Our HO is at New Delhi. The 17 ROs are located in State Capitals. The destination details and quantities to be delivered shall be intimated in due course. Item code: 2.2.1 - WORKING DIARY: NY 2015. Quality: Working. 1 Date per page (Sat/Sun in 1 page) Design: To be done in consultation with AIC. Pages: Approx. 338 Text + 8 Astar. Sheets: Approx. 169 Text + 4 Astar. Paper: Text sheets - 70 gsm, white Maplitho; Aster/inner cover - Printed 4/0 on Bilt Super Printing ppr of 120 gsm. Colour: Text printed in 1 colour; Cover Logo foiled in single colour. Size & Shape: Inside 17.5cm x 17.5cm; Outside 18cm x 18cm; Square Cover: Indian covering material pasted over 2.5 mm Indian Board Binding: Section-sewn hard case, square-back, head & tail band; ribbon Packing: Each diary should be shrink-wrapped. For bulk delivery, they should be packed in polythene sheet with water proof arrangement neatly set in 7 ply corrugated boxes to contain a quantity of 20 diaries each duly stripped to be handled. Quantity - 8000 (HO 1000; 17 ROs - 7000) Our HO is at New Delhi. The 17 ROs are located in State Capitals. The destination details and quantities to be delivered shall be intimated in due course. It may be further noted that: The creatives, matter, manuscript etc. for printing shall be given by AIC. (However, designing shall be done by the Awardee Bidder). Indicative samples are available at the Publicity Dept. on the 21 st floor of the HO of AIC. The samples may not conform to the specifications stated above, but are primarily meant for the purpose of indicating the quality of workmanship and presentation of the finished items. Any prospective Bidder may inspect the samples on any office day between 11:00 AM and 04:00 PM. However, the actual Bidders must sign the samples as an acknowledgement of having inspected the same. Page 5 of 11
4. TIME SCHEDULE The following Time Schedule must be adhered to: SEQ ACTIVITY DATE TIME 1 Issuance of Tender 22.08.14 05:00 PM 2 Last Date for submission of Tender 08.09.14 01:00 PM 3 Date of Opening Technical Bid 08.09.14 03:00 PM 4 Inspection at Top-3 Printers site (if felt necessary) 15.09.14 05:00 PM 5 Date of announcement of Top-3 (shortlisted) Bidders on 17.09.14 03:00 PM AIC Website (www.aicofindia.com) 6 Date of Opening Financial Bid 19.09.14 01:00 PM 7 Date of Tender Award 23.09.14 03:00 PM 8 Finalization of Design (by HO) 15.10.14 05:00 PM 9 Print Order (by HO to Printers) 24.10.14 05:00 PM 10 Inspection Date (Printed material - at Printer s site) 20.11.14 11:00 AM 11 Inspection Date (Packed material - at Printer s site) 25.11.14 11:00 AM 12 Packed material to reach AIC offices 05.12.14 05:00 PM 5. SCOPE OF WORK The Scope of Work covers the entire Design & Execution (including Material, Printing, Binding, Packing, Dispatch to respective Office addresses, Insurance, etc. to Head Office & 17 Regional Offices) of EXECUTIVE CALENDAR, EXECUTIVE DIARY and WORKING DIARY for the New Year 2015, within the prescribed Time Schedule. Our HO is at New Delhi, and the 17 ROs are located in State Capitals. The destination details and quantities to be delivered shall be intimated in due course. The transporter selected by the Awardee Firm shall be chosen in consultation with AIC. The items supplied under the contract should be fully insured by the Awardee Firm against loss or damage incidental to the manufacture or acquisition, transportation, storage, despatch and delivery. The period of insurance shall be from the date of Award upto the date the supplies are accepted by our Offices and the rights of the property are transferred to the purchaser. The insurance shall be obtained by the Awardee Firm, naming Agriculture Insurance Company of India Ltd. as the beneficiary, for an amount equal to the value of the items. 6. TENDER EVALUATION i) Technical Evaluation The Technical Bids shall be opened at AIC HO. Representatives of the Bidder Firms may attend at the date and time prescribed. Technical Evaluation shall be qualitative and qualifying. The Technical Bid shall be evaluated by AIC based on documents/information/specimens furnished. After preliminary scrutiny and evaluation, a physical visit and examination of the Printing Press etc. of the initially shortlisted Firms may be undertaken if felt necessary. AIC reserves the Page 6 of 11
right to inspect the premises of the Bidders in context of the Bid and its execution, on any working day/time that it desires, without giving prior Notice. Finally, Top-3 Firms for each coded item will be shortlisted as technically qualified, and announced on AIC s website (www.aicofindia.com). Only in respect of these shortlisted Top-3 Firms (for each item), the Financial Bids shall be opened. It is made clear that such evaluation is necessarily subjective to a degree and based on perceptions and individual tastes/preferences. The final selection of the Top-3 Firms shall be at the sole discretion of the AIC and shall not be open to question. After final shortlisting of Bidders, the Envelope No. 2 containing Financial Bid of only those technically qualified Bidders will be opened. ii) Financial Evaluation The Financial Bids of the Top-3 Firms (shortlisted as technically qualified for each item coded and announced on the Co. website) shall be opened at AIC HO. Representatives of the Top-3 Firms (for each item coded) may attend at the date and time prescribed. The lowest (L-1) Bidder in respect of each coded item shall be declared the Successful Bidder and would be awarded the assignment, subject to their furnishing the Earnest Money Deposit within 3 days thereafter. EMD @ Rs. 10,000/- per L-1 item is to be submitted by each L-1 Bidder by RTGS/DD as a precondition before Award. This EMD shall be refundable to the Awardee Firm upon final settlement of accounts, subject to satisfaction of AIC. However, AIC shall have the sole discretion and authority to deduct or forfeit part or full amount of the EMD in case of any deficiencies in the execution of the assignment in the opinion of AIC. 7. TERMS OF PAYMENT No advance payment will be made. Full payment shall be made at one go upon: i) Completion of the entire assignment upto the successful delivery to all the prescribed destinations. ii) Submission of all Proof-of-Delivery documents from 17 ROs, duly signed by the RO official, to the Publicity Dept. HO. iii) Submission of invoice of payment to the Publicity Dept. HO. (This invoice will be duly processed by the Publicity Dept. HO). (Along with the payment, the EMD shall also be refunded to the Awardee Firm, subject to satisfaction of AIC). Page 7 of 11
8. CANCELLATION OF CONTRACT In the event of Awarded Firm s failure or delay to execute the assignment, in terms of the Award, AIC reserves the right to cancel the order by giving 3 days notice. Further, if AIC decides thereafter to get the work completed from any other source, then it shall be at the Awarded Firm s risk and cost. In the event of cancellation of order, AIC shall have the right to take into possession from the Awarded Firm s premises all Positives, Negatives, Plates, Papers, etc. and any other material required for completion of this assignment. 9. LIQUIDATED DAMAGES In the event of Awarded Firm s failure to complete this assignment as per the prescribed quality, specifications and terms within the prescribed time, AIC may, at its sole discretion and authority, still accept the items, and levy liquidated damages as decided by the AIC management, subject to a maximum of 10% of the total order value. 10. MISCELLANEOUS i) It may be noted that at the time of final execution of the assignment, if there is any default on paper grammage, printing or binding quality (from the approved sample), AIC reserves the right to reject the supply and shall not be responsible for making any payment therefor. ii) AIC reserves the right to get up to 5000 additional copies of the Executive Calendars and 1500 additional copies of each Executive and Working Diaries printed, on the same Unit Rate as quoted by the Agency, if need arises. iii) AIC reserves the right, at its sole discretion without assigning any reasons therefor, to cancel the entire Tendering process; accept/reject any or all Tenders partly or fully; and also to modify the terms & conditions before awarding the job. iv) In the event of any dispute or difference whatsoever arising out of this contract, the same shall be resolved as per the provisions of Indian Arbitration Act 1996. The courts of Delhi shall have exclusive jurisdiction to entertain and try all matters arising out of this contract. AVINANDA GHOSH DEPUTY GENERAL MANAGER (PUBLICITY) AGRICULTURE INSURANCE COMPANY OF INDIA LTD. Page 8 of 11
[On the letter head of the bidder] (To be submitted with Technical Bid) BUSINESS BIO-DATA AND DETAILS OF EXPERIENCE ANNEXURE 1. i) Firm: Name Registered Address Local Office Address Telephone/Fax No. (office) No. of years in Business Bank account RTGS details ii) Contact Person: Name Designation Mobile Landline iii) Facilities: Infrastructure Offset process Automatic Cutting Stitching and folding Machines Binding Units iv) Location of Printing Press v) Location of Godown etc. vi) Area of Press (in Sq. ft.) 2. i) Whether Firm is Proprietorship/ Partnership/Limited Company ii) Name of contact person for this Bid iii) Copy of DAVP empanelment letter 3. Date of commencement of press 4. Number of languages in which printing facility is available 5. No. of workers on rolls 6. Details of machines and other equipments (e.g. computer etc.) 7. Turnover during the last three financial years (i) 2011-12 (ii) 2012-13 (iii) 2013-14 8. i) Name & Address of leading customers (preferably of Govt. and PSU) (please attach proof) ii) Details and proof of work ( single order of 12 Lakh in previous three Page 9 of 11
years ) 9. Whether the press is insured, if yes, Name of the insurer (furnish proof) 10. Sales Tax No. 11. Amount of Income Tax paid for the last two years (furnish doc.) DECLARATION The Tender document for the design and execution of EXECUTIVE CALENDAR, EXECUTIVE DIARY & WORKING DIARY NEW YEAR 2015 (Item Codes 2.1.1, 2.2.1 & 2.2.2) have been downloaded by me/us from the website of Agriculture Insurance Co. of India Ltd. I/We hereby certify that I/We have read and understood the entire Terms & Conditions of the Tender document. I/We shall abide by the Conditions/Clauses contained in the Tender documents. In case the provision of the Tender is found violated, I/We agree that the Tender shall be liable to be rejected and Agriculture Insurance Company of India Ltd. shall, without prejudice to any other right or remedy, be at liberty to forfeit the Earnest Money absolutely. I/We hereby unconditionally accept the Terms & Conditions of Agriculture Insurance Company of India Ltd. Tender documents in its entirety for the above work. Yours faithfully, Authorized Signatory (Name, Designation, Address, Date & Rubber Stamp) Page 10 of 11
Office AHMEDABAD BANGALORE BHOPAL BHUBANESHWAR CHANDIGARH CHENNAI DEHRADUN GUWAHATI HYDERABAD JAIPUR Address 214 A/215, Sahjanand Arcade, Near Mem Nagar BRTS Bus stand, Mem Nagar, Ahmedabad - 380 052 Gujarat No.18, 3rd Floor, Karnataka Pradesh Krishi Samaj, Nrupathunga Road, Hudson Circle, Bangalore - 560 001 Karnataka Kwality Globus, 1st Floor, Opp.RBI NH-12, Hoshangabad Road, Bhopal - 462011 Madhya Pradesh 87, Satyanagar, Bhubaneshwar - 751 007 Orissa SCO No. 64-65, Ground Floor, Madhya Marg, Sector 8-C, Chandigarh No. 323,1st Floor, Andhra Insurance Bldg, Thambu Chetty St, Parrys corner, Chennai - 600 001 Tamil Nadu 56, Rajpur Road, Behind Hotel Classic, Dehradun - 248001 Uttarakhand H.No.160, 3rd Floor, (Above Vijay Bank Regional Office), Rajgarh Road, Guwahati - 781 007 Assam United India Insurance Towers, 3-5-817 & 818 (8th Floor), Basheerbagh Cross road, Hyderabad - 500 029 Andhra Pradesh Shangi Upasana Towers, 4th Floor, Subhash Marg,C- Scheme, Jaipur - 302 001 Rajasthan Items NY 2015 STD OFFICE 6 Sheet Executive Working CODE Diary Diary 079 27910263 425 50 360 080 22115158 22115390 0755 4218906 4218901 4218902 0674 2570949 0172 2701420 350 29 229 044 43403401 43403402 0135 2740233 350 29 229 0361 2462313 350 29 229 040 23242594 23240235 0141 4042999/ 991/ 992 KOLKATA LUCKNOW MUMBAI PATNA RAIPUR RANCHI THIRUVANANTHAPUR AM Head Office, New Delhi Om Towers, 5th Floor, 32, Chowringhee Road, Kolkata - 700 071 West Bengal. Merigold Building, 2nd Floor, 4, Shahnajaf Road, Lucknow-226001 Uttar Pradesh 20th Floor, BSE Tower, Dalal Street, Fort, Mumbai - 400 020 Maharashtra 3rd Floor, Grand Plaza, Frazer Road, Patna - 800 001 Bihar Jeevan Prakash, Jeevan Bima Marg, Pandri, Raipur - 492 004 - Chattisgarh 1st Floor, Tara Tower, Radium Road, Kutchery Chowk Ranchi - 834 001 - Jharkhand T.C. 14-1765, Ground Floor, Bakery Junction, Thiruvananthapuram - 695 014 Kerela Agriculture Insurance Co. of India Ltd. 13th Floor, AMBA DEEP 14, K.G. Marg, New Delhi -110001 033 22882666 0522 2612866, 2612627 022 61710900 01,02, 03 0612 2216426 425 50 360 0771 2583158 425 50 360 0651 6571147 425 50 360 0471 2334493 350 29 229 011 46869800 1500 1000 1000 TOTAL 10000 2000 8000 Page 11 of 11