BY SPEED POST
No. 13/2006-07/NR/ PRS-621/ Date – 08/03/2007
To,
Sub. : Quotation for following.
Dear Sir,
Sealed quotation/ tender in
two-bid system are invited from bonfide Indian agents
of foreign suppliers and indigenous manufacturers or their authorized dealers
for the supply, installation, commissioning and satisfactory working
demonstration and training of the following. The Sealed envelope should be
dropped in STORES
QUOTATION BOX
located in the corridor of Administration Section of ARI.
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Description |
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EMD
(Rs) |
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Stereo fluorescence microsope
with CCD camera as per specification |
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Specification: Zoom magnification : Zoom magnification of 16.43 Observation Head : Tilting trinocilar head angle 5-450 with 2 step optical path selector with built in AS Max N.A. : 0.15 Resolving power line / MM : 900 lines WITH 1X : 450 Focal distance :80mm Total magnification : 2.1X - 690X Focusing Should have coarse and fine focus. Illumination transmitted: Bright field and dark field illumination transmitted with built in filters water proof construction. Fluorescence reflected: should have fluorescence for GFP the module should incorporate 5 filters for fluorescence and one bright field slot for 2nd filter and exciter balancer. Objectives : 2X with N. A.0.3 and should be plan apochromat quality Nose Piece: Should have mounting for two objectives simultaneously C- mount : 0.63 reduction coupler Fluorescence filters : UV GFP ( Ex
490-480 /Em 490-540) RFP (Ex 530 - 550 / Em
575-) |
1 No. |
48,000/- |
Contd..2.
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Description |
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EMD
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CCD Camera Specification ( camera should be from the
same company which provides microscope: |
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Camera : Type : Single chip color CCD camera Imaging sensor : Size :
2/3 inch Effective pixels : 1.45 megapixels (total pixel : 1.5 megapixels ) Total resolution : 12.5 megapixels Microscope camera mount: Standard C-mount. Effective image resolution :2x2 binning;680x510 (350,000 pixel ) 4x4 binning; 340x250 (85,000pixel ) Bit depth : 12-bit per R,G,B Image integration : Mode : Integral/average
Number : 64 frames (maximum) Imaging Mode : Color / standard, grayscale/custom, grayscale Time - lapse photography : Interval duration: 1 s ~ 24 hr 59min 59s
Number of images: 3000 ( maximum )
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Specification for
Computer: Windows XP Professional SP1a (not x 64 Edition).CPU : Intel® Pentium4 2.6 GHz or higher (Hyper - threading dual - core CPU preferable. Chipset: Intel® i865 or later. RAM: PC2700 or after 512 MB or more, operate with dual Channel. Graphic: 32-bit color display of 1280 x 1024 or more .Drive: CD-RW. Power supply : 250W or more (with CE marking). Monitor:17 inch TFT color monitor |
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A.
Last date for submission of Quotation /
Tender: 03/04/2007 upto 10 A.M.
B.
Technical Bid only will be opened on
03/04/2007 at 11.30 A.M. in Committee Room of ARI
C.
Detailed terms & Conditions enclosed.
Yours Faithfully,
(P. V.Gosavi)
Section Officer (Stores)
For Director
To be enclosed
with Technical Bid in original
Agharkar Research Institute,
(An autonomous
1.
Tenders
must be submitted in the enclosed prescribed form only. All tenderer must pay
the prescribed Earnest Money i.e. bid security, separately for each equipment
by D.D. only, drawn in favour of the Director, Agharkar Research Institute,
payable at Pune only from State Bank of India or any other Nationalized Bank
along with the tender. Tenders for each
item should be submitted separately. Tenders received without the earnest money
will not be considered. Tenders containing more than one
equipment in the same envelope will be rejected.
2.
Successful
tenderer should pay a Performance Security Deposit equivalent to 10% of the
total value of the P.O. value in the form of bank guarantee as per ARI format.
The performance security should remain valid for a period of sixty days beyond
/after the date of completion of all contractual obligations including warranty
period. Earnest Money will be refunded to the successful bidder on receipt of
performance security and installation, commissioning & satisfactory
documentation and acceptance of the equipment/goods supplied by the user
/scientist/HOD as per the terms of our purchase order. The Bid security (EMD)
of the unsuccessful bidder will be returned together with unopened commercial
bid to them within one week of opening of commercial bids of qualified bidders.
No interest is payable on EMD.
3.
Failure
to provide bank guarantee by the successful bidder before the prescribed date,
which will be mentioned in our purchase order, would be deemed as
non-acceptance of the offer made by the Institute and it will be cancelled
automatically without any further correspondence. In such cases, the earnest
money shall be forfeited.
4.
Tenders
addressed to Director, ARI, Pune 411 004, are to be submitted in double cover,
in two-bid system. One envelope will contain the technical specifications along
with the demand draft of earnest money and the other envelope should contain
the commercial bid in sealed envelope. The technical bid may cover only the
technical specifications of the equipment as per our enquiry along with
technical leaflets, brochures, catalogues etc. in support of the bid, and the
rest of the points should be covered in the commercial bid. The technical bid
and commercial bid shall be put in another envelope, and properly sealed/pasted
(Stapling will not be accepted). The outer envelope should be super scribed
with Tender No., Name of the equipment and due date.
5.
Fax/e-mail/Telegraphic
tenders will not be accepted.
6.
Price
for only one model should be quoted. If more than one price/model is quoted,
the institute reserve the right to choose the model which best fits the
specification for comparison of prices of the vendors.
7.
Rates
quoted in the tender should be inclusive of all taxes, and delivery to ARI
stores, and should be valid for 90 days from the date of opening of the
Technical bid. Breakdown details of excise duty, custom duty, octroi in percentages should be
shown in the commercial bid.
8.
Articles
should be promptly delivered to us on receipt of the firm order within the
prescribed delivery period. Delivery of the equipment must be made according
the quantities ordered by the Institute.
9.
The
date of delivery should be strictly adhered to; otherwise the supply order is
liable to be cancelled.
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Agharkar Research Institute,
(An autonomous
10. As time is the essence of this
order, the date of delivery should be strictly adhered to, otherwise The
Director ARI reserves the right to not to accept the delivery in part or full
and to claim / recover liquidated damages at 0.5% per week for delayed supplies
beyond scheduled date of delivery, subject to the maximum of 10% of the total
value of the stores ordered.
11. Further information, if any,
required by the Institute after opening the tender should be furnished by the
tenderer immediately on receipt of our letter, in a sealed envelope.
12. Supply means “Supply, Installation,
Commissioning and satisfactory working/ demonstration of the article and
training”.
13. If the supply of articles either in
promptness or in quality is not satisfactory, the earnest money and security
deposit paid by the tenderer will be forfeited in full at the discretion of the
Director, ARI. The articles, which the tenderer failed to supply, may be
purchased from open market at the tenderer’s risk and
cost.
14. PAYMENT:
Payment for imported items will be made by way of an irrevocable Letter of
Credit/Sight Draft established in favour of the supplier through State Bank of
India, Deccan Gymkhana branch, Pune 411 004, India for the order value,
excluding the Agency commission due to the Indian agents, on receipt of order
confirmation. The letter of credit will be established for 100% of order value.
15. The letter
of credit will be valid for three months. Any amendments and consequent charges
should be borne by the supplier. The Letter of Credit will be allowed for 21
days between shipment and the negotiation dates for airfreight shipment. 90 %
of payment will be made through L/C or Sight draft on negotiation at sight and
balance 10% shall be released after commissioning, installation and satisfactory
working report from the concerned scientist and receipt of Bank Guarantee for
10% of order value towards performance security to be valid for a period of
sixty days beyond the date of completion of all contractual obligations of the
supplier including warranty obligations.
16. Payment for Indigenous goods shall
be made within 30 days from the date of installation and subject to
satisfactory working report from the concern authority & receipt of Bank
Guarantee towards performance security.
17. All taxes, duties and levies of any
kind payable up to the stage of putting the material in FOB/FOR position shall
be borne by the supplier.
18. All bank charges in connection with
letter of credit/Sight Draft outside
19. Letter of credit will not be allowed
for partial shipment, however, transshipment can be allowed.
20. INSTALLATION: Bidder
shall be responsible for installation/demonstration wherever applicable and for
after sales service during the warranty and thereafter. The installation shall
be completed within a week from the date of intimation regarding the arrival of
the equipment in the Institute. A Penalty equivalent to 1% of the value of the
goods will be levied for every week's delay in installation. No sub-contracting
will be allowed for installation/commissioning or maintaining system/
equipment/ instrument during or after warranty period.
21. Installation demonstration has to be
arranged by the supplier free of cost at ARI Pune 411 004.
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Agharkar Research Institute,
(An autonomous
22. The equipment is to be guaranteed
for trouble free performance for a minimum period of one year after
installation. The defects, if any, during the guarantee period are to be
rectified free of charge by arranging free replacement wherever necessary. Any
charges and or governmental levies on account of the replacement are to be
borne by the supplier/agent.
23. DGS&D Registration certificate
and PAN No. to be provided along with the technical bid.
24. Good should not be dispatched until
the vender receives a firm order.
25. Please indicate page No. on your
quotation. e.g. If the quotation is containing 25 pages please indicate as
1/25,2/25/3/25………. 25/25.
26. The tenderer’s
conditions printed on the tender or otherwise sent along with the tender shall
not be binding on ARI.
27. Force Majerue Clause : - If any time during the currency of the
contract, the performance in whole or in part by either party of any obligation
under this contract shall be prevented or delayed by reasons of any war,
hostility, acts of the public enemy, civil commotion, sabotage, fire, floods,
explosions, epidemics quarantine, restrictions, strikes, lockouts, or acts of
God (hereinafter referred as events ) then provided notice of the happening of
any such event is given by either party to other within 40 hours from the date
of occurrence thereof, neither party shall, by reasons of such event, be entitle to terminate the
contract nor shall either party have claim for damages against the other in
respect of such non-performance or delay in performance/ supply of goods.
28. Decision of Director, ARI is final
on the points included or not covered above.
29. Any dispute related to this tender
will be strictly subject to Pune, India Jurisdiction only.
30. Tenderer’s are requested to submit separate
bid(s) (Technical & Commercial) for individual Tender No.
31. The Director, ARI, reserves the right
to accept or reject the lowest or any or all tender/s or to split the order in
the interest of the Institute.
I/We am/are agreeable to abide by
all the terms and conditions mentioned above
Name & address of the firm Signature of the
tenderer
With rubber-stamp
Phone No.
Fax No.
E-mail:
Place:
Date:
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Maharashtra Association for the
Cultivation of Science
Agharkar Research Institute, Agarkar
Road, Pune 411 004
(An autonomous Institute of Department
of Science and Technology, Govt. of India)
The offer
should include the following information and also should be accompanied by the
relevant technical literature
1.
FOB
value including inland freight, packing and forwarding charges
2.
CIF
Mumbai values both by airfreight and sea freight. Air freight and insurance to
be indicated separately
3.
Approx.
gross weight and net weight in Kgs. of consignment, including No. of packages
with dimensions in cms.
4.
Delivery
period
5.
Terms
and period of warranty
6.
Country
of origin and port of shipment
7.
Banker's
name, full address, cable address, telephone and fax number, swiftcode and e-mail address along with Proforma invoice.
8.
Details
of services that will be rendered by you as well as after sale services are to
be made clear in the tender
9.
Indian
Agency commission (which will be paid in Indian Rupees), if any.
10.
The
price should be quoted in respective country currency
11.
The
description of merchandise should read as "Name of the equipment"
12.
Validity
of Proforma invoice/quotation/tender should be 90 days from the date of opening
of Technical bid.
13.
Please
confirm that Service Manual/Instruction manual of the equipment and price list
of spares will be provided with the supply of the goods FREE OF COST.
14.
The
supply of spare parts are guaranteed for at least for a period of 10 years
after the supply of the equipment
15.
A
copy of the latest DGS&D, New Delhi, registration certificate under the
compulsory Scheme of Ministry of Finance regarding the registration of Indian
agent of foreign supplier
16.
The
tenderer is required to furnish the Permanent Account Number (PAN) allotted by
the Income Tax Department.
17.
The
import license is covered under OGL policy 2002-2007
18.
B.T.N.
No. as per Current Indian Custom Tariff in case of direct Import offer.
19.
CST
and BST No. in case of indigenous suppliers.
20.
Valid
authorization letter from your Principals covering name and address of the firm
responsible for sale, maintenance, after sales service etc.
21.
In
case of Foreign quote, For direct import, the basic price should be indicated
excluding custom duty as ARI is exempted from payment of Custom Duty vide Govt.
Notification No. 51/96 except advaloerm Custom Duty,
educational cess etc. as applicable. (9.304% custom duty is payable)
22.
In
case of indigenous items the offer should contain the basic price and percent
excise duty separately, since ARI is exempted from payment of Excise Duty.
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Agharkar Research Institute, Agarkar
Road, Pune 411 004
(An autonomous Institute of Department
of Science and Technology, Govt. of India)
23.
Actual
Sales Tax / VAT percentage, if any, should also be specified, since ARI enjoy
certain concessions
24.
ARI
is exempted from payment of octroi duty. Necessary octroi Exemption certificate will be issued on demand for
out station suppliers.
25.
List
of latest users of the quoted equipment preferably Govt. funded research
laboratories, their addresses, telephone/fax numbers, date of supply, model
etc.
26.
Details
of essential spares, maintenance kit
27.
Details
of pre-installation requirements (like A/C, dust-free environment, electrical
supply, UPS requirements, floor space, head room, foundation needed etc.
28.
Details
of AMC charges after expiry of warranty and effective for another 3 years shall
be stated separately in the commercial bid.
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Above all
clauses have been read and complied in commercial bid.
Signature of the tenderer
With
rubber-stamp
Place:
Date:
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To be typed on suppliers letterhead
1)
Name,
address, Tel. & Fax No. of supplier :
2)
Name
of Contact Person :
3)
Name,
address, Tel. & Fax No. of Supplier for sending Purchase Order, Payment,
etc.
( if
different from Sr. No. 1) :
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Sr. No. |
Description |
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Amount |
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Name of
product : Model No.
: Make : (For technical information please
attach separate sheet if required.) |
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B |
Basic
Price |
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C |
Less :
Discount if any |
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D |
Discounted
Price: |
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E |
Add.: Excise duty if applicable (we are exempted
from payment of excise duty vide Govt. Notification No. 10/97) |
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F |
Add.:
Packing charges if applicable |
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G |
Total
Price: (D + E+F) |
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H |
Add.:
@VAT/CST as applicable |
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I |
Add.:
Freight charges if applicable |
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J |
Add.:
Insurance charges if applicable |
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K |
Add.:
Installation charges if applicable |
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L |
Add.:
Service Tax if applicable |
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M |
Any other
charges (with details) |
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