Ph.0866-2468102 | md [email protected] |

Page 1 of 16

ANDHRA PRADESH TECHNOLOGY SERVICES LIMITED (Government of AP Undertaking)

(CERT-In Empanelled, ISO 9001:2015, ISO 27001:2013 Certified)

3rd Floor, R&B Building, Opp. Indira Gandhi Municipal Stadium,

MG Road, Labbipet, Vijayawada-520010, Andhra Pradesh, India. Ph.0866-2468102 | [email protected] | https://www.apts.gov.in

Lr. No. ITC51-15027/2/2021-PROC-APTS Dt. 18-03-2020

To

All prospective bidders

Sir/Madam,

Sub: APTS – Proc 2 - Selection of an Agency for Consultancy Services for “Promotion of Uniform Branding of Cheyutha and Aasara

Livelihood Activities under YSR Cheyutha and YSR Aasara Scheme” for the CEO, SERP, GoAP - Pre-bid Minutes – Issued –

Intimation - Reg.

Ref: 1. APTS Tender Ref.No.: ITC51-15027/2/2021-PROC-APTS, dated: 22.02.2021

2. Pre-bid conference held on 04-03-2021

* * *

Please refer to the subject and references cited. APTS has invited bids as per procedures of Open Competitive Bidding on 22-02-2021 for

“Selection of an Agency for Consultancy Services for “Promotion of Uniform Branding of Cheyutha and Aasara Livelihood Activities under

YSR Cheyutha and YSR Aasara Scheme” for the CEO, SERP, GoAP”. Pre bid conference was held on 04-03-2021.

The scope of work, terms and conditions of the bid document were discussed during the pre-bid conference and following are the

amendments/clarifications given to the bid document after discussions:

S.

No

.

Pag

e

Section As Per RFP Suggestions / Requests by the bidders Amendment/Clarification to be

issued

https://www.apts.gov.in/

Page 2 of 16

1. 8 Time

Schedu

le

Bid closing

date/time

17-03-2021,

03-00 PM

Bid opening

date/time

17-03-2021,

04-00 PM

Bid closing

date/time

31-03-2021,

03-00 PM

Bid opening

date/time

31-03-2021,

04-00 PM

2. 9 Bid

Data

Sheet

Point

No. 9

Bid Document Fee (Non-refundable) of

Rs. 5000/-

We request you to consider exemption for Bid

Document fee for registered MSMEs under

MSMED Act.

As per RFP

3. 10 Bid

Data

Sheet

Point

No. 10

EMD of Rs. 500000/- We request you to consider exemption for

EMD for registered MSMEs under MSMED

Act.

As per RFP

4. 10 Earnest

Money

Deposit

Rs.5,00,000/- (Rupees Five Lakhs only) The

vendor should submit EMD for the

Schedules as given below and valid up to

180 days from the date of bid opening in the

form of Bank Guarantee (BG) specific to

this tender in favor of the Managing

Director, APTS.

What would be the time line for return of the

Bank Guarantee if a bidder is not selected?

We would request that the EMD bank

Guarantee of the unsuccessful bidders is

returned when the successful bidder is

announced.

EMD Bank Guarantee of the

unsuccessful bidders is returned

on signing of contract with the

successful bidder.

5. 10 Section

3

Point 11- Transaction Fee Need clarity and better understanding on the

requirement of payment of transaction fee and

corpus fund. Moreover, the said point mentions

service tax @ 15%, which is not applicable

now.

Please refer AP e-Procurement

guidelines.

6. 13 Section

4.7

Penalty Clause Need to understand what would be considered

as deficiency

Subjected to satisfactory

completion of project milestones/

deliverables/ quality

7. 15 Section

5.14

Conditions of eligibility of firm Point 6 of the conditions states that the bidder

need to submit the PO/work orders mentioning

the project value. We would like to mention

that due to confidentiality obligations agreed

with the client, we will be only able to provide

Bidder can submit the auditor

certified payments certificate for

the respective project along with

present client reference (Contact

person and Contact details) in

Page 3 of 16

certificate from client mentioning satisfactory

work done along with self-certification on the

project value.

Please allow submission of auditors certificate

for project completion in case completion

certificate isn’t issued by client.

case completion certificate is not

available. Subject to verification

by APTS.

However, in case of Go-Live

client certificate is required

8. 8 16 Does the retail store scope limit to the exterior

and visual parts only? Or do you expect the

branding agency to make store layouts and

interior design ideas?

Agency is expected to provide

guidance/ strategy/ planning/

design to SERP

9. 9 16 Can you please share the entire product

portfolio as of today for product strategy?

Handicrafts, Handlooms, Food

Products, Petty Business,

Paper/Plastic/ Jute products,

Jewels, All kind of farm grown

commodities etc., Income

generations units and assets

10. 10

16 As regards the retail outlets- What's the

objective. Are they co-operative/ govt. owned

or privately run.

It is a chain of retails promoted

by government under sole

ownership of individual

beneficiary

11. 11

16 Where will these outlets be opened (pop strata

of towns).

Rural areas of 11,163 villages

secretariat limits

12. The role of MNC's - Are they funding, are they

buying back the produce of these self

employed people.

Role of MNCs could be

Marketing of produce/ product of

beneficiary and also Buy-back of

produce/ products/ service

13. 12

17-

19

Section

5.5.1

Inception & Planning

Advertising strategy, e-commerce

capability.

Mainline – Point Finalization of AOR

Fashion shows (Handloom / Fashion)

What is the nature of technical guidance

expected?

Please elaborate on “Planning for technical

guidance for all related tasks including

Operations, Capacity Building, Partnerships,

ICT, MIS and M&L.”

What is the expectation from a

communications agency on these fronts.

Agency is expected to provide


design and ready to use format to

SERP on such cases. However,

SERP will take decision on the

procurement.

Agency is not expected to

procure for SERP.

Page 4 of 16

Sales & Distribution

Ecommerce capability. Includes end-to-

end logistics + payment management.

Delivery and return management. For

domestic and international markets.

Capability includes either creating the

process and / or managing the whole

activity.

All content creation, static and VDO.

Shoot and production of all content

Customer Lifecycle Management (BPO /

KPO services)

Sales and Distribution

Livelihood Strategy / Skill

Development (Optional):

Implementation Support

Our understanding is that we will give content

and shoot and production and all third parties

involved would be done by SERP or any other

agency, please clarify.

Will Influencer management be done by SERP

or any other agency, please clarify.

All Production/ hiring brand ambassadors will

be on separate estimates as third parties need to

be hired to execute the specific need / job

As per our understanding Media buying/

releasing/ TVC etc will be by SERP or any

other agency please clarify

production / execution across mediums on a

separate estimate

14. 13

17 5.5.3 In 5.5.3 Define ‘Initial few stores’? How many

in numbers are you looking at?

At present there are 35000 units,

next year 3.23 lakhs and another

2 years 6.5 lakhs each. Overall

expected around 17 lakhs units.

15. 14

19 5.5.8 In 5.5.8

a) is there an existing framework to measure

the impact of the YSR Cheyutha program on

the beneficiaries

b) is the on-ground audit of before and after

status of the impact on the beneficiaries over

the 3 years part of scope?

SERP is engaging a separate

agency for impact assessment

16. 15

20 21 5.7 Team Composition

Packing expert :

Responsible for devising packaging

design for various goods and products

Please provide more details on the role of

packaging expert.

Responsible for devising

packaging design and ready to

use format for various goods and

products. Expert will help the

SERP for proposing designs for

Page 5 of 16

various products under the

schemes

17. 16

20 21 5.7 Marketing Manager

Responsible for the enhancement of sales

and marketing efforts of SERP and

establish market linkages

Sales doesn’t come under branding purview

There are many factors related to sales- Need

more clarity or removal

Responsible for the enhancement

of sales and marketing efforts of

SERP and establish market

linkages. Expert will help the

SERP for proposing strategy and

support for sales and marketing

for various products under the

schemes

18. 17

.

22 5.8.1 All intellectual property (including patents,

trademarks, service marks, copyrights and

applications for all of the foregoing) will be

owned by SERP.

With respect to music, radio spots, TV films,

etc. that are generated by Agency through third

parties for SERP and paid for by SERP shall

vest with SERP subject to third party terms and

conditions, if any, as applicable and the same

shall be abided by the SERP.

Any development, design and

customization done for SERP

and paid by SERP shall be the

IPR for SERP

19. 18

22 5.8.2

All data gathered, analysed, organized and

summarized into any format, including all

schedules, exhibits, annexure, files and

databases, whether physical or digital,

(collectively, the “Data”) are works made

by the Agency for hire, and shall be the sole

property of SERP, and SERP shall be

entitled to publish or otherwise utilize all

Data for any purpose, in its sole discretion.

The Agency is not authorized to use the

Data for any other purposes.

We would request that all the deliverables

created by the Agency shall be on a principal-

to-principal basis. The title of the deliverables

shall pass on to SERP only upon receipt of

payments by the Agency for such deliverables.

We suggest this alternate clause:

1) It is agreed that all the rights relating to the

trademarks and copyrights independently

created by the Agency in respect of advertising

and publicity work including press

advertisements, literature, lyrics, scripts for

radio tapes and programmes, scripts for

TVC’s, films and paid for by SERP shall vest

with SERP. However, with respect to music,

radio spots, TV films, etc. that are generated by

Agency through third parties for SERP and

paid for by SERP shall vest with SERP subject

to third party terms and conditions, if any, as

applicable and the same shall be abided by the

SERP.

Any development, design and

customization done for SERP

and paid by SERP shall be the

IPR for SERP

Page 6 of 16

2) It is further agreed between Agency and

SERP that all concepts, designs, logos, that

may have been created by Agency in the

course of offering the Services to SERP, all the

concepts or formats that may be conceived or

created by Agency in the course of the

Services rendered to SERP which do not form

part of the brief given by SERP and/or for

which there is no contract and / or which is not

approved by SERP and / or for which there is

no payment made by SERP shall remain the

exclusive property of Agency with exclusive

rights of Agency to deal with the same at its

sole discretion. It is agreed that SERP shall not

claim on such concepts or formats which may

be created by Agency.

20. 19

23 5.8.3 The Agency must adhere to the highest

levels of data confidentiality. The survey

team members must keep all

documentation secure and all data must

be kept confidential. The Agency should

stipulate what measures it will take to

keep all data confidential.

Please elaborate on survey team. Are you

referring to the team working on this project?

Kindly clarify.

The agency is not required to do

any on-field survey. Any data

generated in form of survey or

received by the agency through

SERP or its partners/ vendors/

agencies needs to be kept

confidential and data should not

be shared or used for any other

purposes without consent of

SERP.

21. 20

23 Section

5.10

Payment Terms and Conditions Need clarity on the payment process

mentioned therein. Also need to understand the

number of days within which payment will be

made

As per RFP

22. 21

23 Section

5.9 &

5.10

Payment Terms and Conditions 5.9.6 states that the payment would be made on

milestone basis, whereas 5.10.1 states that the

payment would be made on bi-monthly basis.

Need clarity on both the clauses as combined

reading of both makes it confusing

Payment would be made on bi-

monthly (every two months)

subjected to satisfactory

completion of project milestones/

deliverables/ quality

23. 223 Section 1. While section 5.9 and 5.10 states payment 1. Payment would be made on

Page 7 of 16

2 5.9 &

5.10

Section

5.27.2

Form

10

Finance

Propos

al

on milestone basis and bi monthly basis

respectively

2. Section 5.27.2 states that our bid should

include remuneration for all personnel as well

all the expenses (accommodation, travel,

equipments, etc.).

3. Form 10 requires us to give Financial

proposal, which only includes break up of rate

of man months.

4. Combined reading of all the above sections

is very confusing, as there is no space in form

10 to mention remuneration of the personnel

other than the 8 people mentioned therein.

Also, there is no space to consider the other

expenses.

Thus, these needs to be looked into.

bi-monthly subjected to

satisfactory completion of project

milestones/ deliverables/ quality.

2. The bidder needs to provision

for such expenses within the

quoted rates.

3. Commercials to be filled as

per RFP



quoted rates.

24. 23

24 Section

5.12

Deployment activities, timelines &

penalties

Do we need to deploy our employees at your

office?

If Yes, how many employees are being

expected to be deployed?

Is the agency required to recruit the resources

before the business is awarded to the agency?

Please clarify

Yes, all resources needs to be

deployed full time as SERP,

Vijayawada for 36 months.

However, depending on the

requirement SERP may give

flexibility to the agency for some

resources to work at remote

locations.

25. 24

24 Section

5.13

Resource timelines and penalties The penalties mentioned seems to be too harsh

on the bidder and needs to be relooked into.

No organization can stop it’s resource from

leaving, and thus, if a resource decides to

leave, a replacement can be provided. Thus,

penalizing the organization for the same seems

too harsh.

This can be discussed and mutually agreed

with the winning bidder.

As per RFP

26. 224 5.11 Service Level Agreement Upon awarding the contract, the SLA terms to As per RFP terms and conditions

Page 8 of 16

5 be discussed and mutually agreed between the

parties prior to its execution.

27. 26

24 5.12 Team deployment within 15 days of

Signing of contract

Brand Strategy etc takes time for insights,

planning etc

This is team deployment time,

there are different timelines for

other deliverables. Please read

the deliverables timelines in the

RFP

28. 27

26 5.14.2 The Prime bidder should have a minimum

strength of 100 professionals having

experience in PR, Branding and IEC

activities with the Company. The

consortium partner should have a

minimum strength of 50 professionals

having experience in PR, Branding and

IEC activities with the Company.

In sr no. 9 of point 5.14.2 the prime bidder is

expected to have strength 100 professional in

PR, branding and IEC activities. Can this point

be relaxed or reconsidered for the bidder?

As per RFP

29. 28

27 Eligibil

ity

Criteria

Point

No.7

Any of the bidders in the consortium

should have an experience of at least One

(1) released campaigns in PR and

Branding for any Product/ Service/

Scheme/ Mission/ Program in India and

International in last 5 years as on the date

of submission of the bid

1. At least one of the project of a value

more than Rs. 6 Crores

OR

2. At least two (2) projects of a value

more than Rs. 3 Crores each

OR

3. At least three (3) projects of a value

more than Rs. 2 Crores each

We request you to remove international

experience clause, this will restrict potential

bidders to participate.

Social campaigns of state govts are not

advertised in international forum/ markets

We request you to remove this criteria.

As per RFP

30. 29

27 Eligibil

ity

Criteria

Point

No.8

The Prime bidder or Consortium Partner

must have been assessed and certified for

ISO 9001:2008 OR above. The certificate

should be valid as on the date of

submission of the bid.

We request you to relax this clause.

We request you to remove this clause.

As per RFP

Page 9 of 16

31. 30

33 25.2 The Bidders shall submit both the Technical

Proposal as well as the Financial Proposal,

along with all the annexures thereto, on the

e- Procurement Portal. Each page of the

Proposal shall be signed digitally by the

Bidder. The Bidders shall complete

uploading their Proposals by signing with

Class III - Digital Signature Certificates,

upon uploading the soft copy of the

Technical Proposal and the Financial

Proposal to the e-Procurement Portal.

Can the authorized representative execute the

documents through any other e-signature

formats for eg. Adobe DC etc.

Authorized signatory of bidder to

ink sign the papers, scan them

and to upload on AP

Eprocurement Portal with Digital

Certificate. Documents Digitally

Signed as per CCA of India

Guidelines are also acceptable.

32. 31

33 33-

5.25.3

The Proposals must be digitally signed by

the authorized representative (the

“Authorized 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

A copy of the Power of Attorney certified

by a notary public in the form specified in

Appendix-I shall accompany the Proposal (if

required).

As mentioned elsewhere will submission of the

copy of the board resolution authorizing the

“Authorised Representative” fulfill the

requirements.

Board Resolution is acceptable.

33. 32

36 5.27 Financial Proposal

i. All the costs associated with the

assignment shall be included in the

Financial Proposal. These shall normally

cover remuneration for all the Personnel

(Expatriate and Resident, in the field,

office etc.),accommodation, air fare,

equipment, printing of documents, etc.

The total amount indicated in the

Financial Proposal shall be without any

condition attached or subject to any

The scope and the extent of the engagement is

not properly defined to ascertain the cost. As to

support the engagement we may have to hire

third parties as per the need.

Please clarify

1. Agency is expected to provide


design and ready to use format to

SERP. However, SERP will take

decision on the procurement.

Agency is not expected to

procure for SERP



quoted rates.

Page 10 of 16

assumption and shall be final and binding.

In case any assumption or condition is

indicated in the Financial Proposal, it

shall be considered non-responsive and

liable to be rejected. ii. The Financial

Proposal shall take into account all

expenses and tax liabilities. For the

avoidance of doubt, it is clarified that all

taxes shall be deemed to be included in

the costs shown under different items of

the Financial Proposal. Further, all

payments shall be subject to deduction of

taxes at source as per Applicable Laws.

iii. Costs (including break down of costs)

shall be expressed in INR.

34. 33

38 Forfeit

ure of

Perfor

mance

Securit

y

The Applicant, by submitting its

Application pursuant to this RFP, shall be

deemed to have acknowledged that without

prejudice to the Authority’s any other right

or remedy hereunder or in law or otherwise,

the Performance Security, if available, shall

be forfeited and appropriated by the

Authority as the mutually agreed pre-

estimated compensation and damage

payable to the Authority for, inter alia, the

time, cost and effort of the Authority in

regard to the RFP including the

consideration and evaluation of the

Proposal under the following conditions:

If an Applicant engages in any of the

Prohibited Practices specified in Clause

7.1 of this RFP;

If the Applicant is found to have a

Conflict of Interest as specified in

Clause5.5; and

If the selected Applicant commits a

breach of the Agreement.

Kindly provide the value of the performance

security? Add to Table 1: Bid data

sheet of the RFP on Page 9-

11:

S.No. 20 – Performance

Security

Successful Bidder to submit

Performance Security within 7

days from the date of issue of

LoA and enter into agreement

with APTS.

The Performance Security is to

be submitted in the name of

MD, APTS for 3% of one year

contract value valid for 60 days

beyond contract period.

35. 339 34 Information relating to the examination, We request that a period for confidentiality During the tender evaluation

Page 11 of 16

4 Confid

entialit

y

clarification, evaluation, and recommendation

for the selection of Applicants shall not be

disclosed to any person who is not officially

concerned with the process or is not a

retained asa professional adviser advising the

Authority in relation to matters arising out of,

or concerning the Selection Process. The

Authority shall treat all information,

submitted as part of the Proposal, in

confidence and shall require all those who

have access to such material to treat the same

in confidence. The Authority may not divulge

any such information unless it is directed to

do so by any statutory entity that has the

power under law to require its disclosure or

to enforce or assert any right or privilege of

the statutory entity and/or the Authority or as

may be required by law or in connection

with any legal process.

obligation is mentioned.

If the bidder is successful the confidentiality

obligation shall be during the period of

association.

If the bidder is unsuccessful, the confidentiality

obligation shall be during the period of the

proposal.

process.

36. 35

40 5.36.1 The Selected Applicant may, if necessary, be

invited for negotiations. The negotiations shall

generally be for reducing the price of the

Proposal and also will be for re-confirming

the obligations of the Consultant under this

RFP. Issues such as understanding of the

RFP, methodology and quality of the work

plan shall be discussed during negotiations. A

Key Personnel who did not score 50% (fifty

per cent) marks as required under Clause 6

“Criteria for Evaluation” shall be replaced by

the Applicant with a better candidate to the

satisfaction of the Authority. In case the

Selected Applicant fails to reconfirm its

commitment, the Authority reserves the right

to designate the next ranked Applicant as the

Selected Applicant and invite it for

negotiations.

The Selected Applicant shall have the right to

discuss and mutually agree to the terms of the

LOA as well as the SLA that would be

executed between the parties.

As per RFP

Page 12 of 16

37. 36

40 Indemn

ity

The Consultant shall, subject to the

provisions of the Agreement, indemnify the

Authority, for an amount not exceeding the

value of the Agreement, for any direct loss

or damage that is caused due to any

deficiency in Services.

We request the indemnity clause is made

mutual.

We suggest this alternate indemnity clause:

1)Agency agrees to keep saved and harmless

SERP from and against all proven and

adjudicated claims, suits or proceedings

(“Claim”) arising from any act committed by

Agency or its personnel, other than an act(s)

performed at the specific instruction of SERP.

2)SERP agrees to indemnify Agency against

any claims or proceedings brought against

Agency relating to the accuracy of information

provided by SERP to Agency for use in the

providing of any services or deliverable items

or arising out of the nature or use of any of

SERP’s products or services or arising out of

SERP’s misuse of any deliverable items.

3) In any or all circumstances, Agency’s total

and aggregate liability for any claims, liability,

or damages arising under this

Proposal/Agreement, either in tort and/or

contract, shall be limited to a maximum of

50% of the Fee received during the Term of the

Agreement.

As per RFP

38. 37

40 5.39 Award of Consultancy

After selection, a Letter of Award (the

“LoA”) shall be issued, in duplicate, by the

Authority to the Selected Applicant and the

Selected Applicant 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 Selected Applicant is not received by

the stipulated date, the Authority may,

unless it consents to extension of time for

We request the terms of the LOA are discussed

and mutually agreed between the parties.

As per RFP

Page 13 of 16

submission thereof, cancel the LoA and the

next highest-ranking Applicant may be

considered.

39. 38

41 Executi

on of

Agree

ment

After acknowledgement of the LoA as

aforesaid by the Selected Applicant, it shall

execute the Agreement within the period

prescribed in table 1. The

SelectedApplicantshallnotbeentitledtoseeka

nydeviationintheAgreement.

We request the terms of the Agreement are

discussed and mutually agreed between the

parties.

As per RFP

40. 39

41 5.42

Proprie

tary

Data

Subject to the provisions of Clause

“Confidentiality”, all documents and other

information provided by the Authority or

submitted by an Applicant to the Authority

shall remain or become the property of the

Authority. Applicants and the Consultant, as

the case may be, are to treat all information

as strictly confidential. The Authority will

not return any Proposal, or any information

related thereto. All information collected,

analyzed, processed or in whatever

mannerprovided by the Consultant to the

Authority in relation to the Consultancy

shall be the property of theAuthority.

We request that the proposal of the

unsuccessful bidder is returned to the bidders

and the Proprietary data along with the

intellectual property rights therein will belong

to the disclosing party.

As per RFP

41. 40

41 5.43

Termin

ation

The consultant may terminate this

Agreement, or any particular Services,

immediately upon written notice to the

Authority if the consultant reasonably

determines that it can no longer provide the

Services in accordance with applicable law

or professional obligations.

We request that the termination rights be

mutual. Consultant also has the right to

terminate this Agreement with or without

cause.

As per RFP

42. 42 6.17

S.No. 2


should have an experience an experience

of at least One (1) released campaigns in

As mentioned above Social / Rural campaigns

are targetted in India only. Can International

campaigns be removed?

To be read as:

Any of the bidders in the

Page 14 of 16

PR and Branding for any Product/

Service/ Scheme/ Mission/ Program in

India and International in last 5 years as

on the date of submission of the bid

• One contract value of more than Rs. 6

Crore – 3 marks


Crore – 5 marks


Crore – 7 marks

Please allow multiple contract values/

campaigns to fulfil the required value

- Social campaigns are generally released

in India only. Can International


- Can the contract values be reduced?

- Difficult to get one campaign of large

value

- Multiple campaigns should be allowed

consortium should have an

experience an experience of

released campaigns in PR and

Branding for any Product/

Service/ Scheme/ Mission/

Program in India and

International in last 5 years as on

the date of submission of the bid

• Cumulative contract value of

more than Rs. 6 Crore

(maximum five projects )– 3

marks



(maximum five projects ) – 5

marks



(maximum five projects)– 7

marks

Clarification-

Any campaign through Digital

Media or though Satellite TV

channels or Electronic Media in

PR and Branding for any

Product/ Service/ Scheme/

Mission/ Program will be

considered under International

experience

43. 41

42 6.17

S.No. 3


should have released campaigns in PR

and Branding for International audience/

clientele

• 2 projects – 3 marks


• More than 3 projects – 7 mark

Please consider digital as they can be viewed

all over the world

As mentioned above Social / Rural campaigns

are targetted in India only. Can International


Please allow multiple contract values/

To be read as:

Bidder/Consortium Member

should have released any

campaign through Digital Media

or though Satellite TV channels

or Electronic Media will be

Page 15 of 16

campaigns to fulfil the required value

We request you to remove international

experience clause, this will restrict potential

bidders to participate.

considered for International

audience/ clientele



• More than 3 projects – 7 mark

44. 43

43 Criteria

for

Evaluat

ion

Point

No.

7

Approach and methodology Do we need to submit approach and

methodology along with the bid submission or

at the time of presentation?

Yes, at the time of proposal

submission

45. 44

43 Criteria

for

Evaluat

ion

Point

No. 8

Presentation on Proposed plan Do we need to submit presentation at bid

submission stage?

Bidder need not to submit the

technical presentation as a part of

Technical Proposal, However the

bidder would be required to

submit the copy of technical

presentation after the

presentation

46. 45

48 8.1 The Selection Process shall be governed

by, and construed in accordance with, the

laws of India and the Courts at

Vijayawada shall have exclusive

jurisdiction overall disputes arising under,

pursuant to and/ or in connection with the

Selection Process.

We request the courts in Mumbai shall have

exclusive jurisdiction as the services will be

provided from bidders’ Mumbai office.

As per RFP

47. 46

48 8.4 All documents and other information

supplied by the Authority or submitted by

an Applicant shall remain or become the

property of the Authority. The Authority

will not return any submissions made

hereunder. Applicants are required to treat

all such documents and information as

strictly confidential.

We request that if any bidder is unsuccessful

their submissions should be returned once the

successful bidder is announced and that the IP

in such Data / information shall solely and

exclusively vest with the bidder / applicant

As per RFP

Page 16 of 16

48. 47

49 8.7 The Consultant shall also not be liable, in

contract or tort, under statute or

otherwise, for aggregate damages in

excess of the fees actually paid in

connection with claims arising out of this

Agreement or otherwise relating to the

services under the Agreement. However,

this limitation shall not apply to losses or

damages caused by the Consultant’s fraud

or to the extent prohibited by applicable

law or professional obligations.

We request that in any and all circumstances

the total liability of the Agency is capped to a

maximum of 50% of the Fee received during

the Term of the Agreement

As per RFP

49. 48

60 Form

10 –

Financi

al

Proposa

l

Break-up of rate of man-months Request hep in understanding provision to bill /

charge for additional resources and

deliverables that are excluded from the list /

table above? If yes, kindly elaborate on the

matter.

For example – Studio artworks and other

production related jobs

The bidder needs to provision for

such expenses within the quoted

rates.

50. 49

60 Form-10 Is it possible for any bidder to only bid for part

of the deliverables?

No

51. 50

63 Bank Guarantee Format We request that the EMD bank guarantee

should be returned on delivery of the work for

which the same were asked for or by the end of

the term of the contract, whichever is earlier.

As per RFP

Note:

The pre-bid queries response and corrigendum would be the part of the RFP and bidder need to submit the signed copy of RFP document, pre-

bid queries response document and corrigendum document along with the bid proposal. Other terms and conditions of the RFP are unaltered and

remains same.

Yours Sincerely,

Sd/-

Manager (Proc 2)