Draft RFP for Supply, installation and maintenance of Blade & Rack servers at RSDC
ABBREVIATIONS & DEFINITIONS
Act
The Rajasthan Transparency in Public Procurement Act, 2012 (Act No.
21 of 2012) and Rules thereto
Authorised
The bidders representative/ officer vested (explicitly, implicitly, or through
Signatory
conduct) with the powers to commit the authorizing organization to a
binding agreement. Also called signing officer/ authority having the Power
of Attorney (PoA) from the competent authority of the respective Bidding
firm.
BG
Bank Guarantee
Bid/ eBid
A formal offer made in pursuance of an invitation by a procuring entity
and includes any tender, proposal or quotation in electronic format
A security provided to the procuring entity by a bidder for securing the
Bid Security
fulfilment of any obligation in terms of the provisions of the bidding
documents.
Bidder
Any person/ firm/ agency/ company/ contractor/ supplier/ vendor
participating in the procurement/ bidding process with the procurement
entity
Documents issued by the procuring entity, including any amendments
Bidding Document
thereto, that set out the terms and conditions of the given procurement
and includes the invitation to bid
BoM
Bill of Material
CMC
Contract Monitoring Committee
Competent Authority An authority or officer to whom the relevant administrative or financial
powers have been delegated for taking decision in a matter relating
to procurement. MD, RISL in this bidding document.
Contract/
Procurement
Contract
Contract/ Project
Period
COTS
A contract entered into between the procuring entity and a successful
bidder concerning the subject matter of procurement
The Contract/ Project Period shall commence from the date of issue of
Work order till Three (3) Years after successful installation & Acceptance
Testing by department/RISL
Commercial Off The Shelf Software
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Day
DeitY, GoI
DoIT&C
A calendar day as per GoR/ GoI.
Department of Electronics and Information Technology, Government of
India
Department
of
Information
Technology
and
Communications,
Government of Rajasthan.
ETDC
Electronic Testing & Development Center
FOR/ FOB
Free on Board or Freight on Board
GoI/ GoR
Govt. of India/ Govt. of Rajasthan
All articles, material, commodities, electricity, livestock, furniture, fixtures,
raw material, spares, instruments, software, machinery, equipment,
industrial plant, vehicles, aircraft, ships, railway rolling stock
Goods
and
any other category of goods, whether in solid, liquid or gaseous form,
purchased or otherwise acquired for the use of a procuring entity as well
as services or works incidental to the supply of the goods if the
value of services or works or both does not exceed that of the goods
themselves
ICT
Information and Communication Technology.
Invitation for Bids (A document published by the procuring entity inviting
IFB
Bids relating to the subject matter of procurement and any amendment
thereto and includes notice inviting Bid and request for proposal)
INR
Indian Rupee
ISI
Indian Standards Institution
ISO
International Organisation for Standardisation
IT
Information Technology
ITB
Instruction to Bidders
LD
Liquidated Damages
LoI
Letter of Intent
NCB
A bidding process in which qualified bidders only from within India are
allowed to participate
NeGP
National e-Governance Plan of Government of India, Department of
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Information
Technology
(DIT),
Ministry
of
Communications
and
Information Technology (MCIT), New Delhi.
NIB
Notice Inviting Bid
Notification
A notification published in the Official Gazette
OEM
Original Equipment Manufacturer
PAN
Permanent Account Number
PBG
Performance Bank Guarantee
PC
Procurement/ Purchase Committee
PQ
Pre-Qualification
Procurement
Process
The process of procurement extending from the issue of invitation to Bid
till the award of the procurement contract or cancellation of the
procurement process, as the case may be
The acquisition by purchase, lease, license or otherwise of works, goods
or services, including award of Public Private Partnership projects, by a
Procurement/ Public
procuring entity whether directly or through an agency with which a
Procurement
contract for procurement services is entered into, but does not include
any acquisition without consideration, and procure or procured shall
be construed accordingly
Project Site
Wherever applicable, means the designated place or places.
PSD/ SD
Performance Security Deposit/ Security Deposit
Purchaser/
Person or entity that is a recipient of a good or service provided by a
Tendering Authority/ seller (bidder) under a purchase order or contract of sale. Also called
Procuring Entity
buyer. RISL in this RFP document.
RajSWAN/ RSWAN
Rajasthan State Wide Area Network
RISL
RajCOMP Info Services Limited
RSDC
Rajasthan State Data Centre, New IT Building, Jaipur
RVAT
Rajasthan Value Added Tax
Any subject matter of procurement other than goods or works and
Services
includes physical, maintenance, professional, intellectual, consultancy
and advisory services or any service classified or declared as such by a
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procuring entity and does not include appointment of any person made by
any procuring entity
Service Level Agreement is a negotiated agreement between two parties
wherein one is the customer and the other is the service provider. It is a a
SLA
service contract where the level of service is formally defined. In practice,
the term SLA is sometimes used to refer to the contracted delivery time
(of the service) or performance.
SSDG
State Services Delivery Gateway
State Government
Government of Rajasthan (GoR)
State Public
Procurement Portal
STQC
Subject Matter of
Procurement
[Link]
Standardisation Testing and Quality Certification, Govt. of India
Any item of procurement whether in the form of goods, services or works
TIN
Tax Identification Number
TPA
Third Party Auditors
VAT/ CenVAT
Value Added Tax/ Central VAT
WO/ PO
Work Order/ Purchase Order
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