1. FG-91G( 3 years Warranty) and 2. FC-10-0091G-809-02-36(3 years Warranty)

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OPTION CLAUSE: The Purchaser reserves the right to increase or decrease the quantity to be ordered up to 25 percent of bid quantity at the time of placement of contract. The purchaser also reserves the right to increase the ordered quantity up to 25% of the contracted quantity during the currency of the contract at the contracted rates. The delivery period of quantity shall commence from the last date of original delivery order and in cases where option clause is exercised during the extended delivery period the additional time shall commence from the last date of extended delivery period. The additional delivery time shall be (Increased quantity ÷ Original quantity) × Original delivery period (in days), subject to minimum of 30 days. If the original delivery period is less than 30 days, the additional time equals the original delivery period. The Purchaser may extend this calculated delivery duration up to the original delivery period while exercising the option clause. Bidders must comply with these terms.

Actual delivery (and Installation & Commissioning (if covered in scope of supply)) is to be done at following address CSIR CMERI Centre of Excellence for Farm Machinery (CoEFM) Opp. GNE College, Gill Road Ludhiana-141 006 (PUNJAB) .

Bidder financial standing: The bidder should not be under liquidation, court receivership or similar proceedings, should not be bankrupt. Bidder to upload undertaking to this effect with bid.

Bidders shall quote only those products (Part of Service delivery) in the bid which are not obsolete in the market and has at least 7 years residual market life i.e. the offered product shall not be declared end-of-life by the OEM before this period.

Bidders are advised to check applicable GST on their own before quoting. Buyer will not take any responsibility in this regards. GST reimbursement will be as per actuals or as per applicable rates (whichever is lower), subject to the maximum of quoted GST %.

Consortium: In case of Contracts, wherein the seller alone does not have necessary expertise, the seller can form consortium with other sellers for submission of the bid, with one of the consortium company as leader. However, each and every member of the consortium shall be equally responsible for the complete execution of the project contract. An undertaking to this effect is to be uploaded with bid.

Data Sheet of the product(s) offered in the bid, are to be uploaded along with the bid documents. Buyers can match and verify the Data Sheet with the product specifications offered. In case of any unexplained mismatch of technical parameters, the bid is liable for rejection.

Experience Criteria: The Bidder or its OEM {themselves or through reseller(s)} should have regularly, manufactured and supplied same or similar Category Products to any Central / State Govt Organization / PSU for 3 years before the bid opening date. Copies of relevant contracts to be submitted along with bid in support of having supplied some quantity during each of the year. In case of bunch bids, the primary product having highest value should meet this criterion.

Installation, Commissioning, Testing, Configuration, Training (if any - which ever is applicable as per scope of supply) is to be carried out by OEM / OEM Certified resource or OEM authorised Reseller.

IT equipment shall be IPv6 ready from day one.

End User Certificate: Wherever Bidders are insisting for End User Certificate from the Buyer, same shall be provided in Buyer’s standard format only.

Malicious Code Certificate: The seller should upload following certificate in the bid:- (a) This is to certify that the Hardware and the Software being offered, as part of the contract, does not contain Embedded Malicious code that would activate procedures to :- (i) Inhibit the desires and designed function of the equipment. (ii) Cause physical damage to the user or equipment during the exploitation. (iii) Tap information resident or transient in the equipment/network. (b) The firm will be considered to be in breach of the procurement contract, in case physical damage, loss of information or infringements related to copyright and Intellectual Property Right (IPRs) are caused due to activation of any such malicious code in embedded software.

Manufacturer Authorization:Wherever Authorised Distributors/service providers are submitting the bid, Authorisation Form /Certificate with OEM/Original Service Provider details such as name, designation, address, e-mail Id and Phone No. required to be furnished along with the bid

Non return of Hard Disk: As per Buyer organization’s Security Policy,Faulty Hard Disk of Servers/Desktop Computers/ Laptops etc. will not be returned back to the OEM/supplier against warranty replacement.

Shelf Life: The Product/Spare parts to be supplied as part of the services must have minimum 7 Shelf Life. On the date of supply, minimum 7 usable shelf life should be available / balance.

Supplier shall ensure that the Invoice is raised in the name of Consignee with GSTIN of Consignee only.

The successful bidder has to supply all essential accessories required for the successful installation and commissioning of the goods supplied. Besides standard accessories as per normal industry practice, following accessories must be part of supply and cost should be included in bid price: As per specifications and necessary items .

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written consent of buyer.

liable and responsible to buyer together with the assignee/ sub-contractor, for and in respect of the due performance of the Contract and the Sellers obligations there under.

Without prejudice to Buyer’s right to price adjustment by way of discount or any other right or remedy available to Buyer, Buyer may terminate the Contract or any part thereof by a written notice to the Seller, if: i) The Seller fails to comply with any material term of the Contract. ii) The Seller informs Buyer of its inability to deliver the Material(s) or any part thereof within the stipulated Delivery Period or such inability otherwise becomes apparent. iii) The Seller fails to deliver the Material(s) or any part thereof within the stipulated Delivery Period and/or to replace/rectify any rejected or defective Material(s) promptly. iv) The Seller becomes bankrupt or goes into liquidation. v) The Seller makes a general assignment for the benefit of creditors. vi) A receiver is appointed for any substantial property owned by the Seller. vii) The Seller has misrepresented to Buyer, acting on which misrepresentation Buyer has placed the Purchase Order on the Seller.

While generating invoice in GeM portal, the seller must upload scanned copy of GST invoice and the screenshot of GST portal confirming payment of GST.

Scope of supply (Bid price to include all cost components) : Supply Installation Testing Commissioning of Goods and Training of operators and providing Statutory Clearances required (if any)

Bidder Turn Over Criteria: The minimum average annual financial turnover of the bidder during the last three years, ending on 31st March of the previous financial year, should be as indicated in the bid document. Documentary evidence in the form of certified Audited Balance Sheets of relevant periods or a certificate from the Chartered Accountant / Cost Accountant indicating the turnover details for the relevant period shall be uploaded with the bid. In case the date of constitution / incorporation of the bidder is less than 3 year old, the average turnover in respect of the completed financial years after the date of constitution shall be taken into account for this criteria.

OEM Turn Over Criteria: The minimum average annual financial turnover of the OEM of the offered product during the last three years, ending on 31st March of the previous financial year, should be as indicated in the bid document. Documentary evidence in the form of certified Audited Balance Sheets of relevant periods or a certificate from the Chartered Accountant / Cost Accountant indicating the turnover details for the relevant period shall be uploaded with the bid. In case the date of constitution / incorporation of the OEM is less than 3 year old, the average turnover in respect of the completed financial years after the date of constitution shall be taken into account for this criteria. In case of bunch bids, the OEM of CATEGORY RELATED TO primary product having highest bid value should meet this criterion.

IMPORTED PRODUCTS: In case of imported products, OEM or Authorized Seller of OEM should have a registered office in India to provide after sales service support in India. The certificate to this effect should be submitted.

Purchase preference to Micro and Small Enterprises (MSEs): Purchase preference will be given to MSEs as defined in Public Procurement Policy for Micro and Small Enterprises (MSEs) Order, 2012 dated 23.03.2012 issued by Ministry of Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises and its subsequent Orders/Notifications issued by concerned Ministry. If the bidder wants to avail the Purchase preference, the bidder must be the manufacturer of the offered product in case of bid for supply of goods. Traders are excluded from the purview of Public Procurement Policy for Micro and Small Enterprises. In respect of bid for Services, the bidder must be the Service provider of the offered Service. Relevant documentary evidence in this regard shall be uploaded along with the bid in respect of the offered product or service. If L-1 is not an MSE and MSE Seller (s) has/have quoted price within L-1+ 15% of margin of purchase preference /price band defined in relevant policy, such Seller shall be given opportunity to match L-1 price and contract will be awarded for percentage of 100% of total value.

Purchase Preference linked with Local Content (PP-LC) Policy: The bid clause regarding “Preference to Make In India products” stands modified in this bid and shall be governed by the PPLC Policy No. FP-20013/2/2017-FP-PNG dated 17.11.2020 issued by MoP&NG as amended up to date. Accordingly, bidders with Local Content less than or equal to 20% will be treated as “Non Local Supplier”. The prescribed LC shall be applicable on the date of Bid opening. Sanctions on the bidders for false / wrong declaration or not fulfilling the Local Content requirement shall be as per the PPLC policy. Further following additional provisions are added in the certification and verification of local content provision of the Preference to Make in India clause: i. In case of foreign bidder, certificate from the statutory auditor or cost auditor of their own office or subsidiary in India giving the percentage of local content is also acceptable. In case office or subsidiary in India does not exist or Indian office/subsidiary is not required to appoint statutory auditor or cost auditor, certificate from practicing cost accountant or practicing chartered accountant giving the percentage of local content is also acceptable. ii. Along with Each Invoice: The local content certificate (issued by statutory auditor on behalf of procuring company) shall be submitted along with each invoice raised. However, the % of local content may vary with each invoice while maintaining the overall % of local content for the total work/purchase of the pro-rata local content requirement. In case, it is not satisfied cumulatively in the invoices raised up to that stage, the supplier shall indicate how the local content requirement would be met in the subsequent stages. iii. The bidder shall submit an undertaking from the authorized signatory of bidder having the Power of Attorney along with the bid stating the bidder meets the mandatory minimum LC requirement and such undertaking shall become a part of the contract.

Dedicated /toll Free Telephone No. for Service Support : BIDDER/OEM must have Dedicated/toll Free Telephone No. for Service Support.

Escalation Matrix For Service Support : Bidder/OEM must provide Escalation Matrix of Telephone Numbers for Service Support.

Availability of Service Centres: Bidder/OEM must have a Functional Service Centre in the State of each Consignee's Location in case of carry-in warranty. (Not applicable in case of goods having on-site warranty). If service center is not already there at the time of bidding, successful bidder / OEM shall have to establish one within 30 days of award of contract. Payment shall be released only after submission of documentary evidence of having Functional Service Centre.

ISO 9001: The bidder or the OEM of the offered products must have ISO 9001 certification.

Bidder's offer is liable to be rejected if they don't upload any of the certificates / documents sought in the Bid document, ATC and Corrigendum if any.

The bidder is required to upload, along with the bid, all relevant certificates such as BIS licence, type test certificate, approval certificates and other certificates as prescribed in the Product Specification given in the bid document.

Warranty period of the supplied products shall be 3 years from the date of final acceptance of goods or after completion of installation, commissioning & testing of goods (if included in the scope of supply), at consignee location. OEM Warranty certificates must be submitted by Successful Bidder at the time of delivery of Goods. The seller should guarantee the rectification of goods in case of any break down during the guarantee period. Seller should have well established Installation, Commissioning, Training, Troubleshooting and Maintenance Service group in INDIA for attending the after sales service. Details of Service Centres near consignee destinations are to be uploaded along with the bid.

Successful bidder will have to ensure that adequate number of dedicated technical service personals / engineers are designated / deployed for attending to the Service Request in a time bound manner and for ensuring Timely Servicing / rectification of defects during warranty period, as per Service level agreement indicated in the relevant clause of the bid.

Timely Servicing / rectification of defects during warranty period: After having been notified of the defects / service requirement during warranty period, Seller has to complete the required Service / Rectification within 3 days time limit. If the Seller fails to complete service / rectification with defined time limit, a penalty of 0.5% of Unit Price of the product shall be charged as penalty for each week of delay from the seller. Seller can deposit the penalty with the Buyer directly else the Buyer shall have a right to recover all such penalty amount from the Performance Security (PBG).Cumulative Penalty cannot exceed more than 10% of the total contract value after which the Buyer shall have the right to get the service / rectification done from alternate sources at the risk and cost of the Seller besides forfeiture of PBG. Seller shall be liable to re-imberse the cost of such service / rectification to the Buyer.

Proof for Past Experience and Project Experience clause: For fulfilling the experience criteria any one of the following documents may be considered as valid proof for meeting the experience criteria:a. Contract copy along with Invoice(s) with self-certification by the bidder that service/supplies against the invoices have been executed.b. Execution certificate by client with contract value.c. Any other document in support of contract execution like Third Party Inspection release note, etc.Proof for Past Experience and Project Experience clause: For fulfilling the experience criteria any one of the following documents may be considered as valid proof for meeting the experience criteria:a. Contract copy along with Invoice(s) with self-certification by the bidder that service/supplies against the invoices have been executed.b. Execution certificate by client with contract value.c. Any other document in support of contract execution like Third Party Inspection release note, etc.

The Bidder / OEM {themselves or through reseller(s)}, should have executed project for supply and installation / commissioning of same or similar Category Products during preceding 3 financial years (i.e. current year and three previous financial years) as on opening of bid, as per following criteria: (i) Single order of at least 35% of estimated bid value; or (ii) Two orders of at least 20% each of estimated bid value; or (iii) Three orders of at least 15% each of estimated bid value. Satisfactory Performance certificate issued by respective Buyer Organization for the above Orders should be uploaded with bid. In case of bunch bids, the Category related to primary product having highest bid value should meet this criterion

Successful Bidder can submit the Performance Security in the form of Account Payee Demand Draft also (besides PBG which is allowed as per GeM GTC). DD should be made in favour of Director, CSIR CMERI payable at Durgapur . After award of contract, Successful Bidder can upload scanned copy of the DD in place of PBG and has to ensure delivery of hard copy to the original DD to the Buyer within 15 days of award of contract.

Successful Bidder can submit the Performance Security in the form of Fixed Deposit Receipt also (besides PBG which is allowed as per GeM GTC). FDR should be made out or pledged in the name of Director, CSIR CMERI, Durgapur A/C (Name of the Seller). The bank should certify on it that the deposit can be withdrawn only on the demand or with the sanction of the pledgee. For release of Security Deposit, the FDR will be released in favour of bidder by the Buyer after making endorsement on the back of the FDR duly signed and stamped along with covering letter. Successful Bidder has to upload scanned copy of the FDR document in place of PBG and has to ensure delivery of hard copy of Original FDR to the Buyer within 15 days of award of contract.

Successful Bidder can submit the Performance Security in the form of Payment online through RTGS / internet banking also (besides PBG which is allowed as per GeM GTC). On-line payment shall be in Beneficiary name Director, CSIR CMERI Account No. 30280331299 IFSC Code SBIN0000074 Bank Name SBI BANK Branch address Durgapur . Successful Bidder to indicate Contract number and name of Seller entity in the transaction details field at the time of on-line transfer. Bidder has to upload scanned copy / proof of the Online Payment Transfer in place of PBG within 15 days of award of contract.

NET WORTH: Net Worth of the OEM should be positive as per the last audited financial statement.

Buyer Added text based ATC clauses Qualification Criteria:-

Warranty Hardware part of the Firewall (FG-91G (FortiGate-91G 8 x GE RJ45 ports, 2 x 10GE RJ45/SFP+ sh ared media WAN ports with 120GB SSD) should have 3 years onsite warranty. Subscription of License (FC-10-0091G-809-02-36 (FortiGate 91G 3 Years Enterprise Protection) should have 3 years warranty. Delivery Period Hardware Delivery: Within 8 weeks from the date of issue of Purchase Order Software : Within 8 Weeks from the date of issue of Purchase Order Annexure- 1 Form for Bidder’s Declarations/ Undertakings cum Check list Sl. N Declarations/ Undertakings by the bidder Bidder’s Response o. (please STRIKE OUT the response wh ich is not applicable) else fill the relev ant details

The undersigned, declare that: I/We understand that, according to your conditions, bids must be supported by a Bid Securing Declaration. I/We accept that I/We may be disqualified from bidding f or any contract with you for a period of one year from t he date of notification if I am /We are in a breach of any obligation under the bid conditions, because I/We (a) have withdrawn/modified/amended, impairs or derogates from the tender, my/our Bid during the perio d of bid validity specified in the form of Bid;or (b) having been notified of the acceptance of our Bid by the purchaser during the period of bid validity (i) fail or reuse to execute the contract, if required, or (ii) fail or refuse to furnish the Performance Security, in ac cordance with the Instructions to Bidders. I/We understand this Bid Securing Declaration shall ceas e to be valid if I am/we are not the successful Bidder, up on the earlier of (i) the receipt of your notification of the name of the successful Bidder; or (ii) thirty days after th e expiration of the validity of my/our Bid.

/18/2019-PPD dated 23rd July, 2020: I/We Have read the clause regarding restrictions on proc urement from a bidder of a country which shares a land border with India, I certify that this bidder is not from su ch country, has been registered with the Competent Aut hority. I hereby certify that this bidder and the OEM fulfill all requirements in this regard and is eligible to be considered. [ Where applicable, evidence of valid registration by the Competent Authority shall be attached]

There are No Deviations from the requirements of the te nder specifications (technical as well as techno- commer cial) ELSE

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The bidder confirms to provide warranty of required product for……03….. years from the date of installat ion, commissioning and acceptance of the item.

The bidder undertakes to provide training to CSIR- C MERI staff immediately after installation, commissio ning and acceptance of the item as required in the T ender document.

Warranty): The bidder has included price quote for AMC/ CAMC for …..months/ years as required in the Tender documen t.

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Annexure–2 MANUFACTURERS' AUTHORIZATION FORM MANUFACTURERS' AUTHORIZATION FORM (Refer para 5.1.2 (ix)(b) of the CSIR Manual) [The Bidder shall require the Manufacturer to fill in this Form in accordance with the instructions indic ated. This letter of authorization should be on the letterhead of the Manufacturer and should be signe d by a person with the proper authority to sign documentsthatarebindingontheManufacturerandbee nclosedwiththetechnicalbid. Date: [insert date (as day, month and year) of Bid Submission] Tender No.: [insert number from Invitation for Bids] To: [i nsert complete name and address of Purchaser] WHEREA S We [insert complete name of Manufacturer], who are official manufacturers of [insert type of goods manufactured], having factories at [insert full address of Manufacturer’s factories], do hereby authoriz e [insert complete name of Bidder] to submit a bid the purpose of which is to provide the following Goods, manufactured by us [insert name and or brief description of the Goods], and to subsequently negotiate and sign theContract. We hereby extend our full guarantee and warranty in accordance with Clause 2.21 of the General Con ditions of Contract, with respect to the Goods offered by the above firm. Signed: [insert signature(s) of authorized representative(s) of the Manufacturer] Name: [insert complete name(s) of authorized representative(s) of the Manufacturer] Title: [insert title] Duly authorized to sign this Authorization on behalf of:[ insert complete name of Bidder] Datedon dayof , [insert date ofsigning] Annexure–3 Format for Self - declaration by the Bidder for local content (%) [For the tenders below Rupees 10 crores] (on letter head) Dear Sir/Madam, We M/s…………………………………………………………………….., Address :…………………………………………………………, G STIN : ………………………….. Declare that we are the supplier Class I / Class II local supplier [kindly keep only one ] with local content (%)………… …………………………. [kindly mention percentage (%) here] and the the details of place/s of value addition is/are as fol lows – Place of value addition – (1)Address -…………………………… …………………………… …………………………… (2)Address -…………………………… …………………………… …………………………… The basis of claim of value addition/s is/are : ……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………… ……………………………………. ……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………… ………………………………………. ……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………… …………………………………… Yours sincerely Signature ….………………………….. Name………………………………….. Designation………………………….. Name of the firm………………………. Date……….…………………………… (SEAL AND STAMP) Kindly note : As per OM no. No. P-45021/102/2019-PP(BE-II)(E-29930) Dated 26.11.2020,Ministry of Commerce and Industry, Government of India, that bidders offering imported products will fall under the category of Non-local suppliers. Further, Ministry of Finance , Department of Expenditure vide its note dated 26.

-II local supplier by claiming profit, warehousing, marketing, logistics, freight, etc as local value addit ion. As per MOF, DOE OM NO. P-45021/102/2019-BE-II-Part(1) (E-50310) dated 04.03.2021 have clarified t hat suppliers/ bidders can not claim themselves as Class-I local supplier/class-II local supplier by clai ming the services such as transportation, insurance, installation, commissioning, training and after s ales service support like like AMC/ CMC, etc. as local value addition. Annexure–4 DEVIATION STATEMENT FORM

e-tender Clause/specifications Deviation Remarks (including justification) Place: Date: Signature and seal of the Manufacturer/ bidder . /Disclaimer अअ(cid:39)(cid:39)ववीीककररणण