Sub: Clarifications/Modifications for Supply & Installation of Symantec's Altiris version Patch Management Solution for our Bank.

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1 DEPARTMENT OF INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY CORPORATE OFFICE 2nd Floor, Commercial Complex, National Games Village Koramangala, Bengaluru Tel: , EPABX: Fax: , Ref: Ltr No: 30179/CO: DIT/RFP-219/PMS/Ram To, All Eligible Bidders. Sub: Clarifications/Modifications for Supply & Installation of Symantec's Altiris version Patch Management Solution for our Bank. Ref: RFP 219/CO: DIT/PMS/arm dated 08/12/2016 SI. Clause No./ Bidders Request for following.... No. Page No. Clarifications Clause No: 2 Our RFPterm modified as The Bidder I Bidder's parent company should be a profit making company during at least 2 out of We request bank to amend the clause & The Bidder / Bidder's parent 1. Eligibility Criteria the immediate three consecutive financial years allow bidders with positive net worth to company should have a Page No: 3 and should have a positive Net Worth of at least ~ quote. positive Net Worth of at least ~ 4.00 Crores Crores. Clause No: i. On Delivery: First instalment of Sixty Percent 3 (i) & (ii) (60%) of the Contract price of the Software (PMS Licenses) shall be paid along with 100% sales We request the bank to amend the 2. New Licenses & tax, payment terms to 90% on delivery & On Final 10% on acceptance. ii. Final instalment of Forty percent (40%) shall be Acceptance released on final acceptance by the Bank. Page No: Page 1 of 5

2 Ref: Ltr No: 30179/CO: DIT/RFP-219/PMS/Ram Date: 29/12/ Clause No.1 Bidders Requestfer following ( No. Page No. Clarifications " Clause No: 4 The vendor shall deliver, install and We request the bank to increase the commissioning of Patch Management Solutions timeline to 8 weeks at normal locations 3. Delivery Period within 4 weeks from the date of acceptance of the & 10 weeks for Island Branches. Page No: 6 purchase order. The Selected Bidder's Bid Security will be Clause No: 6.1 discharged upon the Bidder's furnishing the (ii) Performance Security in the form of Bank 4. Guarantee for 10% (ten percent) of the contract Bid Security: value, valid for 15 months from the date of issue Page No: 6 as per Annexure- L. We request the bank to remove this clause as scope involves licenses only & no hardware. 5. The bid security may be forfeited Clause No: 6 (iii We request the bank remove this (b)) b) if a Bidder fails to participate and quote price in clause. Page No: 6 Online Sealed bids or fails to login in Reverse Auction Process The bidder should provide at least one Public We request the bank to relax the clause to one public sector bank/scheduled Clause No: 4 Sector Bank/Scheduled Commercial Bank/ commercial bank/financial Financial Institution in India as customer Institution/BFSI in India as customer 6. Eligibility Criteria reference where the Patch Management solution reference where the patch management Page No: 4 with minimum 20,000 clients in WAN is deployed solution with minimum 5,000 clients in by them during last 3 financial years. WAN is deployed by them during last 5 financial years. -.::.::;t:i-:::: Clause No: 3 The Bank reserves its right to cancel the entire / We request the bank to substitute Order unexecuted part of Purchase Order at any time text in bold with below mentioned:- Cure period of 30 days will be '~... \4 HJ!C ~ellationl by without assigning appropriate reasons in the allowed ~!Plination Of event of one or more of the following conditions: by issuing 30 days written notice to the s.ng-;'\u~),~ ,;;;,, djp Page 2 of 5

3 51. Clause No.1 Bi~~er~ ~e.c.1hestfor following <i No Page No. Clarifications Contract i. Delay in Implementation of the Project Bidder for remedying the default beyond the specified periods Page No: 10 ii. Non satisfactory performance of the Project during implementation. iii. Failure to integrate 1 implement the project as per the requirements of the Bank. iv. Serious discrepancies noted in the implementation of the project v. Breaches in the terms and conditions of the Order. vi. Non satisfactory performance of the Project in terms of affecting the Core Systems of the Bank or the Core Business of the Bank and the functioning of the Branches/Offices of the Bank. In addition to the cancellation of purchase order, the Bank reserves its right to invoke the Performance Bank Guarantee given by the bidder. 6 LIABILITY OF THE SELECTED BIDDER: We request the bank to add below mentioned text. 6 LIABILITY OF i. Bank shall hold the selected bidder, its THE SELECTED Successors, Assignees and Administrators fully The Bidder shall not be liable for any 8. BIDDER: liable against loss or liability, claims, actions or special, indirect, incidental or Our RFP term stands proceedings, arising out of non-fulfillment of consequential damages of any kind _ Page No: 11 any obligations under the Contract. including but not limited to loss of use, \~~\1 0El,ndicf'lte ii. Selected Bidder shall be the principal data, profit, income, business, r:~~~ employer of the employees, agents, anticipated savings, reputation, and more generally, any loss of an (_. 560 OAl k~/j ~;~".~,,-. ~'?'(J/' K.',;"..,'.' Page 3 of 5

4 SI. No. 9. Clause No.1 Page No. 9) CHANGES TO RFP Page No: 11 I contractors, subcontractors etc. engaged by Selected Bidder and shall be vicariously liable for all the acts, deeds or things done by its employees, agents, contractors, subcontractors etc., whether the same is within the scope of power or outside the scope of power, vested or instructions issued by the Bank under the Contract to be issued for this tender. iii. Such liability of the Selected Bidder will be restricted to the actual amount of the Contract. iv. However, the selected bidder would be given an opportunity to be heard by the Bank prior to making of a decision in respect of such loss or damage. Bidders RequestJor foll()wing Clarifications economic or financial nature, whether these may be deemed as consequential or arising directly and naturally from the incident giving rise to the claim. Right to Alter Quantities - The Bank reserves the right to alter the requirements specified in the tender. The Bank also reserves the right to delete or increase one or more items from the list of items specified in the tender. The bank will inform the Vendor about changes, if any. In the event of any alteration in the quantities the price quoted by the vendor against the item would be In case there is increasel decrease in considered for such alteration. The vendor quantities beyond 2% prices it shall be agrees that the prices quoted for each line item & fixed with mutual consent. component is valid for period of contract and can be used by Bank for alteration in quantities. Vendor agrees that there is no limit on the quantities that can be altered under this contract. During the contract period the vendor agrees to pass on the benefit of reduction in pricing for any additional items to be procured by the Bank in the event the market prices 1 rate offered by the Our RFP term stands Page 4 of 5

5 51. Clause No.1 Bidders Request for following No. Page No. Clarifications, vendor are lower than what has been quoted by the vendor as the part of commercial offer. Any price benefit in the products, licenses, software, services & equipment should be passed on to the Bank within the contract period. The Bank may at its discretion, Increase the reguirement u~ to 25% and ~Iace orders subseguently within one year of issue of Purchase Order at the same rates irres~ective of the foreign exchange fluctuationsl market conditions or at mutual agreed rates if the cost of Egui~ment comes down at the time of ~Iacing re~eat Purchase Order, or Decrease the requirement UD to 25% Detail of locations of delivery involved is not We request bank to provide details of Shallbe sharedwith successful Generic 10. mentioned in RFP. the same. bidder subsequently, 11. Bank will release Purchase order & payment Generic centrally from Head Office or will it be de- Please clarify? centralized? Purchaseorder will be issued from CO:OIT andpaymentalso shallbe madefrom the same office All the participating bidders are requested to make note of the above clarification and all other Terms and conditions of RFP will remain the same. Last date for submission of bid documents remains same as 10/01/2017 by 1600 hours at this office Page 5 of 5