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भारतीय �रज़व ब�क सूचना �ौ�ोिगक� िवभाग Internal Applications Division RESERVE BANK OF INDIA Department of Information Technology Request for Proposal for Implementation of Electronic Document Management System (EDMS) in Reserve Bank of India – Response to Pre-Bid Queries MSTC Event No: RBI/Central Office/DIT/9/19-20/ET/111 Please refer to the Request for Proposal for Implementation of Electronic Document Management System (EDMS) released on the MSTC e-commerce portal on September 17, 2019 and the pre-bid meeting in this regard held on September 30, 2019. 2. Responses to queries raised by pre-bid meeting participants are given below. Interested bidders are advised to take the following clarifications/responses into account. S. No RFP Page/Section Number RFP Description Query Description Responses 1 General Query Software Does RBI have any software/application currently being used for EDMS? As per RFP If Yes; 1. Can you provide more details on this? e.g. Is it custom built application or vendor provided software like Documentum, share point etc.? 2. What are the pain points with current solution? 3. How are the documents and their metadata stored?

Transcript of Request for Proposal for Implementation of Electronic ...

भारतीय रज़वर बक सचना ौोिगक िवभाग

Internal Applications Division

RESERVE BANK OF INDIA

Department of Information Technology

Request for Proposal for Implementation of Electronic Document Management System (EDMS) in Reserve Bank of India ndash Response to Pre-Bid Queries

MSTC Event No RBICentral OfficeDIT919-20ET111

Please refer to the Request for Proposal for Implementation of Electronic Document Management System (EDMS) released on the

MSTC e-commerce portal on September 17 2019 and the pre-bid meeting in this regard held on September 30 2019

2 Responses to queries raised by pre-bid meeting participants are given below Interested bidders are advised to take the following

clarificationsresponses into account

S No

RFP PageSection

Number

RFP Description Query Description Responses

1 General Query Software Does RBI have any softwareapplication currently being used for EDMS

As per RFP

If Yes 1 Can you provide more details on this eg Is it custom built application or vendor provided software like Documentum share point etc 2 What are the pain points with current solution 3 How are the documents and their metadata stored

4 What is the approximate volume of these documents 5 Do we have to migrate the existing documents to the new system

2 General Query Performance Monitoring From performance perspective As per RFP 1 How many documents are getting uploaded DailyWeeklyMonthlyYearly 2 What is the min max amp average size of the documents getting uploaded 3 What is the projection of documents growth MonthlyYearly

3 General Query Licenses Can we use existing relevant licenses and infrastructure available with RBI

For TCO purpose the bidders are expected to indicate the costs of new licenses required to be deployed on new infrastructure Details of existing licenses and infrastructure may be indicated separately if available

4 General Query Training Section Reference Scope of 50 resources end user training

As per RFP

Can we have region level training model

5 Page No 13 and Section 21

Reference Inward Communication - External Whenever any communication is received electronically or otherwise from outside of RBI it is treated as External Inward Example Letters received from other parties vendors by DIT CO

1 How will the External Users get access to the system

As per RFP

2 How will these External Users get authenticated Will RBI AD be used for this 3 Who is responsible for digitizing physical documents received from external sources

6 Page No 13 and Section 21

Reference Inward Communication - External

Who is responsible for digitizing physical documents received from internal sources

As per RFP

7 Page No 24 and Section 21

High Level Critical Requirements 1 Who will be the External Users of UI Shall be discussed during System Study 2 How will the External Users get

registered in the system 8 Page No 24

and Section 21

High Level Critical Requirements 1 Do we have to integrate EDMS to an existing External UI for external users or develop a new UI as part of EDMS Solution

As per RFP

2 Do we have to integrate EDMS to an existing Internal UI for internal users or develop a new UI as part of EDMS Solution 3 If Yes Do we have any references to both internal amp external UI like pages navigation etc or if there is any existing websites available which we can refer Can you share the details for the same

9 Page No 25 and Section 21

Reference Web interface ndashInwardOutward Management - Application should host Web Based User Interface over internet for inward creation and capability for outward response through Web Based User Interface and capability for public queryinquirycommunication etc

Will the public raise a query based on a reference or raise a standalone query

As per RFP

10 Page No 25 and Section 21

Reference Web interface ndashInwardOutward Management - InwardOutward Management Flow of data from Web Interface to EDMS and vice versa should happen in batches

Why is the interaction between the Web Interface and underlying EDMS in batches and not real-time

As per RFP

and support push pull mechanism Frequency of push pull should be configurable

11 Page No 25 and Section 21

Reference Customization and Integration - The solution offered is required to be integrated with Active Directory and should support single sign-on

1 Do you have single sign-on solution currently implemented

Yes Single Sign-on is implemented currently Details will be shared with successful bidder

2 If Yes What is the softwareapplication do you use for the same

12 Page No 46 and Section 21

Reference The solution offered should be capable of integration with 3rd party software amp internal applications which are in use at RBI

1 What are the various RBI applications (Internal or 3rd party software) that needs to be integrated with EDMS

Integration envisaged for Go-Live - Active Directory Mail Messaging System SAMADHAN IRM and DMIS Other integration will be done during continuous development

2 What is the purpose of the integration 3 What is the nature of the integration 4 Please give us some examples of industry standard open office tools

13 Page No 25 and Section 21

Reference Customization and Integration - The proposed solution needs to be integrated with existing (or any future standard system) of IRM

1 Do you have any existing IRM application currently being used for Information Rights Management

Microsoft IRM

2 If Yes Can you provide more details of it

14 Page No 26 and Section 21

Reference Metadata EntryIndexingAuto Filling - Scanned file naming convention and folder structure to be used to store the scanned files and would be as per the policies defined by RBI for file naming conventions in bilingual language [Rajbhasha(Hindi) English]

What are RBI policies for naming conventions in bilingual language

As per RFP

15 Page No 26 and Section 21

Reference Metadata EntryIndexingAuto Filling - System should have metadata fields as required for indexing as per the requirement of the RBI

Can you provide an approximate number of metadata fields required across various document types

As per RFP

16 Page No 26 and Section 21

Reference Office Noting Approval Sanction - All the authorized users should be able to create and route the Office Note for approval as per their user role amp access rights

Can you explain Create Office Note Does this mean you want to create a review note on top of documents using the system with a text editor and as part of the workflow this note gets attached to the document

As per RFP

17 Page No 27 and Section 21

Reference Reports amp Dashboard 1 Does RBI have any systemapplication currently being used for Reports amp Dashboards

Application should have capability to support any number of dashboards and reports

2 If Yes Can you provide more details of it 3 Can you provide an approximate number of reports and dashboards required in EDMS

18 Page No 27 and Section 21

Reference Document Security -The system should have the mechanism for 1st and 2nd factor authentication wherever required

Can you provide examplesuse casesscenarios where this may be required

Shall be discussed during System Study

19 Page No 28 and Section 21

Reference Workflow and Collaboration

What is the average number of steps required in document workflows

Shall be discussed during System Study

20 Page No 50 and Section 22

Reference Miscellaneous - User Should be able to see that particular email id which is always used on daily basis

Need more clarity on this requirement As per RFP

21 Page No 51 and Section 23

Reference User Management - The system is envisaged to have a total user count up to 10000 users at present and concurrent users up to 2000 with an annual increase of 10 in concurrent users

Does this count includes both Internal and External Users If not can you please give us segregation

This is only for internal users

22 Page No 64 and Section 23

Reference Digital storage - The solution should have a mechanism to define and use RBI‟s retention policy of documents based on various classifications

What is RBIs Retention Policy for documents

Policy shall be shared with successful bidder

23 Page No 64 and Section 23

Reference Digital storage - The solution should have a mechanism to define and use RBI‟s retention policy of documents based on various classifications

Is there a need for external documents (digitized documents that are stored outside of EDMS solution) to be managed via Records Management Retention Policies

Not required at this Stage

24 Page No 32 and Section 22

Reference OCR amp ICR - These Service ought to give a wide scope of procedures like making information section quicker with more precision and productivity

Need more clarity on this requirement As per RFP

25 Page No 32 and Section 22

Reference OCR amp ICR - OCR services should bring quicker outcomes with minimal time

Need more clarity on this requirement As per RFP

26 Page No 34 and Section 22

Reference Search - The System should have full text search capabilities which supports synonym phonic Boolean etc

Need more clarity on this requirement As per RFP

27 Page No 45 and Section 22

Reference Document Management - Rearrange pages in a document or create a new document from a page using drag and drop

Need more clarity on this requirement As per RFP

28 Page No 46 and Section 22

Reference Image Processing - System should be able to optimize the quality of scanned images

Need more clarity on this requirement As per RFP

29 Page No 46 and Section 22

Reference Image Processing - The bidder must provide mechanism tool for quality enhancement

What enhancements are expected As per RFP

30 Page No 67 and Section 31

Reference It should ensure processes followed and products are fully compliant with the statutory and regulatory requirements

Can we have the reference to statutory and regulatory requirements

As per RFP

31 Page No 100 and Section 56

Penalties We assume the overall liability would be 10 of the contract value under all circumstances Please confirm We also request to reduce the time lapsed due to circumstances beyond bidderrsquos control from the penalties ie dependencies on RBI etc

Shall be discussed with successful bidder

32 Page No 114 and Section 66

Commercial Bid Evaluation In case existing software if any needs to be utilised for the project RBI will get authorization from the OEM of the said software to be used for EDMS project as well The same software should be in support from the OEM

As per RFP

33 Page No 93 and Section 41

Software Cost Please release 100 of the License Cost indicated in Item 1A of Annexure Q immediately on delivery

As per RFP

34 Page No 95 and Section 44

AMC Pay-outs May we request to release the AMC payment for license at the time of delivery means at the beginning of the AMC year

As per RFP

35 Page No 95 and Section 45

FMS May we request to release the annual amount payable towards FMS and Development Team at the end of each quarter means quarterly payment

Please refer Corrigendum dated 7th October 2019

36 Page No 93 and Section 41

Software Cost May we request to release 10 of Implementation cost on BRDSRS submission to bank

As per RFP

37 Page No 86 and Section 324

GPS This requirement is subject to bank having an MADP platform and current RBI website capabilities DMS shall provide all necessary web services for integration but will be dependent on website team for MADP and UI

As per RFP

38 Page No 76 and Section 311

In case of the Go-Live delays by the Bidder the financial Penalty as per the Banks discretion will be imposed on the Bidder at 5 of the total contract value per month of delay to the maximum of 10 of the total contract value as per the agreement between the Bank and the successful Bidder

We request that delay penalty be applicable on the implementation value and not on total contract value

As per RFP

39 Page No 78 and Section 313

If any defect in the Solution is not rectified by the Bidder before the end of the Warranty Period the Warranty Period shall be extended until

We submit that warranty cannot be extended as it is provided by OEM However product will be supported through the warranty and AMCATS support period

As per RFP

(a) the defect has been corrected and (b) the Solution functions in accordance with the Contract

40 Page No 124 and Section 711

The Bank will reserve the right to terminate the services of the successful Bidder at any point of the Project (during the implementation phase and post go-live) without assigning any reasons In such cases the Bank may consider making payment commensurate with the last completed phase

We understand that a notice period of 90 days will be provided prior to invocation of this termination for convenience in order for the bidder to wind-up the project and re-allocate resources and terminate back-end contracts

As per RFP

We understand that in event of such termination for convenience customer will pay for all products and services delivered till the effective date of termination We understand that in event of such termination for convenience customer will also pay for the annual AMCATS charge for the relevant year as the vendor would have paid AMCATS charges of OEM in advance for the relevant year

41 Page No 129 and Section 85

RBI reserves the right to cancel the contract of the selected Bidder and recover expenditure incurred by RBI if the progress regarding execution of the contract made by the selected Bidder is found to be unsatisfactory for any reason

We understand that a written notice with a reasonable cure period will be provided prior to contract cancellationtermination

As per RFP

42 Page No 130 and Section 87

87 Without prejudice to the other rights of the Purchaser under the Contract in the matter the proceeds of the performance security shall be payable to RBI as compensation for any loss resulting from the Bidderrsquos failure to complete its obligations under the Contract

We understand that a written notice with a reasonable cure period will be provided prior to invocation of the performance security

As per RFP

43 Page No 130 and Section 88

88 Without prejudice to the other rights of the Purchaser under the Contract in the matter the proceeds of the performance security shall be payable to RBI as compensation for any loss resulting from the Bidderrsquos failure to complete its obligations under the Contract

We understand that a written notice with a reasonable cure period will be provided prior to invocation of the performance security

As per RFP

44 Page No 132 and Section 813

The Bidder agrees that the Bank has no limit on the additions or deletions on the items for the period of the contract

We understand that the technical and commercial impact of additionsdeletions to the mutually agreed scope will be agreed through change requestamendment process

As per RFP

45 Page No240 and Annexure G

The BIDDER undertakes that it has not supplied is not supplying similar product services or sub-services during last one year from the date of issuance of this RFP at a price lower than that offered in the present bid to any other entity If it is found at any stage that similar product services or sub-services was supplied by the BIDDER to any other entity at a lower price then that very price with due allowance for elapsed time will be applicable to the present case and the difference in the cost would be refunded by the BIDDER to the BUYER if the contract has already been concluded

We submit that there is no time period reference provided for this confirmation We understand that this compliance will be checked for the bid-evaluation period

As per RFP

46 Page No240 and Annexure G

The BIDDER undertakes that it has not supplied is not supplying similar product services or sub-services during last one year from the date of issuance of this RFP at a price lower than that offered in the present bid to any other entity If it is found at any stage that similar product services or sub-services was supplied by the BIDDER to any other entity at a lower price then that very price with due allowance for elapsed time will be applicable to the present case and the difference in the cost would be refunded by the BIDDER to the BUYER if the contract has already been concluded

We propose replacement of similar productservices or sub-services with identical solution We propose replacement of refunded by the BIDDER to the BUYER with applied to future procurement

As per RFP

47 General Query Liability We noticed that there is no aggregate liability language on bidder liability We propose that the aggregate liability of the bidder will not exceed the TCV of the project

Shall be discussed with successful bidder

48 General Query Agreement We noticed that there is no language on disclaimer of liability of either party for indirect and consequential claims We propose that neither party will be liable for indirect or consequential claims and damages lost profits or lost revenue in relation with the project

Shall be discussed with successful bidder

49 Page No 262 and Annexure Q Section A

Section A - A1 Bidder requests clarification as to whether this is line item cost is related to digitization of old records if so the same shall be removed from A1 and moved to A2 or a separate section to be created in the Commercial Bid Format as this cost needs to be paid on actual documents Scanned

Bidder is expected to provide the License cost for the Scanning Imaging solution against this line item

Scanning Imaging

50 Page No 264 and Annexure Q Section B

Section B Bidder submits that the Unit Price column shall be removed and total cost for the resources to be allowed to be quoted for each year separately

As per RFP

NPV calculation will be done considering 5 escalation rate and 8 discounted rate only for TCO purpose

We also request to remove the reference of 5 escalation rate and allow us to quote for the actual inflation by each bidder separately to allow the bidders to provide maximum benefit to RBI for the NPV

As the commercial format allows to quote separate values for each year the Indexation references is no longer relevant and the payment for the later years can be made at the mentioned prices

51 Page No 265 and Annexure Q Section B3

Section B3 Bidder submits that the minimum of 8 for AMC shall be changed to Sub-Total A1 excluding the ScanningImaging as the AMC should typically include on the product cost

As per RFP

AMC for the first year after warranty period (should be min 8 of Total onetime cost)

We further request clarity whether the AMC is for 3 years or 4 years as the template indicates Year 3 to Year 7 which is 4 years while the Note below the table mentions it for 3 years please clarify we further request that this note mentioned in the adjacent column shall be removed as the commercial template is modified to allow bidders to quote for each year separately

Below rates are mentioned for first year Actual payment for subsequent years as applicable will be done on applying the indexation formulae

middot Cost of L1 and L2 for the subsequent period of 6 years

middot Development Team Cost for the subsequent period of 6 years

middot AMC for the subsequent period of 3 years

52 Page No 267 and Annexure Q Section D

Section D Bidder submits that the Rates for the Resources both the Support resources and the Development Resources is available in the Section B Table the rate for any additional resources can be used from the same table hence request removal of the additional table

As per RFP Marginal Resource Cost

53 Page No 93 and Section 41

41 Software Cost Bidder submits that the heading of the section is an error as the payment terms are related to services and not Software cost we also request the following modifications to the payment terms

As per RFP

1 Completion of process and system study Design and Build and Deployment in UAT - 15 of Implementation Cost specified at Item 1B of Annexure Q

2 Data Migration Completion of User Acceptance Testing Creation of training content Train the Trainer and customer education content - 20 of Implementation Cost specified at Item 1B of Annexure Q

41 Software Cost

3 Complete Implementation and ldquoProduction Go-liverdquo of the project - 25 of Implementation Cost specified at Item 1B of Annexure Q

1 Completion of process and system study Design and Build and Deployment in UAT - 15 of Implementation Cost specified at Item 1B of Annexure Q

4 Receipt of Completion Certificate from the Bank (post 90 days of achieving production Go-Live) - 30 of Implementation Cost specified at Item 1B of Annexure Q

2 Data Migration Completion of User Acceptance Testing Creation of training content Train the Trainer and customer education content - 30 of Implementation Cost specified at Item 1B of Annexure Q

5 Amount payable during the warranty period - On completion of warranty period of three years The Financial Bank guarantee shall be valid for 7 years - 10 of Implementation Cost specified at Item 1B of Annexure Q

3 Complete Implementation and ldquoProduction Go-liverdquo of the project - 35 of Implementation Cost specified at Item 1B of Annexure Q

4 Receipt of Completion Certificate from the Bank (post 90 days of achieving production Go-Live) - 10 of Implementation Cost specified at Item 1B of Annexure Q

5 Amount payable during the warranty period - In equal quarterly instalments during warranty period of three years The Financial Bank guarantee shall be valid for 7 years - 10 of Implementation Cost specified at Item 1B of Annexure Q

We also request deletion of Indexation

section as separate costs will be quoted for each year as per the Annexure Q

54 Page No 94 amp 95 and Section 43 amp 44

43 Warranty pay-outs Bidder submits that the pay-outs for Warranty and AMC shall be made quarterly in arrears which is the industry standard practice for these payments

As per RFP 44 AMC pay-outs

55 46 Other Payment terms

Page No 95 and Section 46

3 Any objectiondispute to the amounts invoiced in the bill shall be raised by RBI within reasonable time from the date of receipt of the invoice Upon settlement of disputes with respect to any disputed invoice(s) the Bank will make payment within thirty (30) working days of the settlement of such disputes

Bidder submits that the payments for the invoices shall be made within 30 days from the receipt of the invoice any objectiondispute to the amounts invoiced shall be made within 25 days from the date of receipt of the invoice

Shall be discussed with successful bidder

4 The fees payable by the Bank to Bidder shall be inclusive of all costs such as insurance taxes (GST as per the rates applicable) transportation installation that may be levied imposed charged or incurred and RBI shall pay the fees due under this RFP and subsequent agreement after deducting any tax deductible at source (ldquoTDSrdquo) as applicable The Bidder will need to provide the details for the tax rates as considered in the pricing This will be used for subsequent tax changes RBI shall pay each undisputed invoice raised in accordance with this RFP and subsequent agreement within thirty (30) working days after its receipt unless otherwise mutually agreed in writing provided that such invoice is dated after such fees have become due and payable under this RFP and subsequent agreement

56 45 Other Payment terms As per RFP

Page No 96 and Section 46

8 The Bidders should note that the contract entered with the successful Bidder will be for implementation and post go‐live period of 7 years (3 years‟ warranty amp 4 years AMC amp FMS support) extendable at the Banks discretion The Bank will have the right in its sole discretion to renegotiate the prices terms and conditions

Bidder understand that the right of Bank to negotiate the prices terms and conditions is in the event of extension beyond the period of current contract (implementation and post go‐live period of 7 years (3 years‟ warranty amp 4 years AMC amp FMS support) and not during the current contract period please confirm

57 Page No 100 and Section 56

56 Penalties Bidder submits that the Penalty for Rollout delays shall be 1 of the delayed components cost of the One-time cost (Section A - Annexure Q) per week subject to a maximum of 10 of the delayed components cost of the One-time cost

As per RFP

The successful Bidder is expected to complete the responsibilities that have been assigned as per the specified time frame In case of the Rollout delays by the Bidder the financial Penalty as per the Banks discretion will be imposed on the Bidder at 5 of the total contract value per month of delay to the maximum of 10 of the total contract value as per the agreement between the Bank and the successful Bidder

Business Utility and Business Downtime would be the key considerations for determining the ldquoPenaltiesrdquo that would be levied on the Bidder for ldquoNon‐Adherencerdquo to the SLA for the Services offered The inability of the Bidder to provide the requirements as per the scope or to meet the deadlines as specified would be treated as breach of contract and invoke the Penalty Clause The maximum limit on the penalties during the period of contract shall be 10 of the total contract value The applicable ldquoPenaltiesrdquo would be the same irrespective of the root causes

In case of Non-Adherence to the SLA the maximum penalty shall be limited to 10 of the Quarterly Invoice value for the respective quarters

58 Page No 124 and Section 711

711 Duration and Condition of Engagement

Bidder submits that in case of termination of the contract without assigning any reason the Bank shall allow the Bidder a notice of 90 days for ramp-down of the resources etc We further submit that in case of termination with or without reason Bidder shall be paid for the completed deliverables as per the commercials quoted

As per RFP

2 The Bank will reserve the right to terminate the services of the successful Bidder at any point of the Project (during the implementation phase and post go-live) without assigning any reasons In such cases the Bank may consider making payment commensurate with the last completed phase

59 87 Performance Bank Guarantee As per RFP

Page No 130 and Section 87

The successful Bidder shall at his own expense deposit with The Chief General Manager-in-Charge Department of Information Technology Reserve Bank of India Mumbai within thirty (30) days from the final result of the bidding process and declaration of the successful Bidder a Performance Bank Guarantee from a scheduled commercial bank payable on demand in terms of Annexure C for an amount equivalent to ten percent (10) of the contract price for the due performance and fulfilment of the contract by the Bidder Without prejudice to the other rights of the Purchaser under the Contract in the matter the proceeds of the performance security shall be payable to RBI as compensation for any loss resulting from the Bidders failure to complete its obligations under the Contract RBI shall notify the Bidder in writing of the invocation of its right to receive such compensation indicating the contractual obligation(s) for which the Bidder is in default The Performance Bank Guarantee shall be denominated in INR and shall be in the form of bank guarantee unless another form is specified by RBI After Go Live Performance Bank Guarantee will be returned back to bidder on submission of Financial Bank Guarantee which shall be submitted by the Bidder within

Bidder submits that the Performance Bank Guarantee shall be for a value of 10 of the One-time cost as this is to ensure proper execution of the roll out

90 days of Go-Live Non-submission of Performance Guarantee shall constitute sufficient grounds among others if any for the annulment of the award of the tender

60 88 Financial Bank Guarantee As per RFP

Page No 130 and 131 amp Section 88

The successful Bidder shall at his own expense deposit with The Chief General Manager-In-Charge Department of Information Technology Reserve Bank of India Mumbai within Ninety (90) days of Go-Live of application before the issuance of Certificate of Completion a Bank Guarantee from a scheduled commercial bank payable on demand in terms of Annexure O for an amount equivalent to ten percent (10) of the contract price as mentioned in Annexure Q of Commercial Bid submitted by the bidder for the due performance and fulfilment of the contract by the Bidder during the warranty and AMC period of 7 years After Go Live Performance Bank Guarantee will be returned back to bidder on submission of Financial Bank Guarantee Without prejudice to the other rights of the Purchaser under the Contract in the matter the proceeds of the performance security shall be payable to RBI as compensation for any loss resulting from the Bidders failure to complete its obligations under the Contract RBI shall notify the Bidder in writing of the invocation of its right to receive such compensation indicating the contractual obligation(s) for which the Bidder is in default The Financial Bank Guarantee shall be valid till the

Bidder submits that the Financial Bank Guarantee shall be for a value of 10 of the Average Annual Support Cost (Section B of Annexure Q)

end of AMC denominated in INR and shall be in the form of bank guarantee unless another form is specified by RBI Non-submission of Financial Guarantee shall constitute sufficient grounds among others if any for the annulment of the award of the tender

61 Page No 240 and Annexure G point 7

Integrity Pact Bidder requests to modify the clause as follows

As per RFP

7 Fall Clause The BIDDER undertakes that it has not supplied is not supplying identical solution similar product services or sub-services during last one year from the date of issuance of this RFP at a price lower than that offered in the present bid to any other entity If it is found at any stage that identical solution similar product services or sub-services was supplied by the BIDDER to any other entity at a lower price then that very price with due allowance for elapsed time will be applicable to the present case and the difference in the cost would be refunded by the BIDDER to the BUYER if the contract has already been concluded

The BIDDER undertakes that it has not supplied is not supplying similar product services or sub-services during last one year from the date of issuance of this RFP at a price lower than that offered in the present bid to any other entity If it is found at any stage that similar product services or sub-services was supplied by the BIDDER to any other entity at a lower price then that very price with due allowance for elapsed time will be applicable to the present case and the difference in the cost would be refunded by the BIDDER to the BUYER if the contract has already been concluded

62 Page No 25 and Section 21

5 Inward Management - When a postal mailphysical letter is Inwarded directly the System should capture the details of the incoming physical letter viz from address subject language etc Data like subject should be auto-filled but should be editable The application should support generation of Suo Moto note which is an Inward generated without any incoming letteremail

Bidders request to share the meaning for Auto-filled in case of manual scanning

Shall be discussed during System Study

63 Page No 27 and Section 21

17 Outward Management - Approval of the Outward should be done by the User at least one level higher in the hierarchy (N+1) as per the AD than the User who created the Outward Admins should be able to configure exceptions to this rule for users at senior management level as decided by the concerned departments of the Bank

Bidder request to clarify if the implemented AD has the hierarchy defined to handle the workflow scenarios

Hierarchy shall be defined

64 Page No 27 and Section 21

21 Scan amp Upload - The Scanning product should have inbuilt capability to do a full page OCR amp ICR (for both Hindi amp English documents) and also convert the images to searchable forms like Searchable PDF

ICR will be helpful for Incurable colour dropout user form Since all documents are office papers it may not be useful so bidder request to remove the ICR component

As per RFP

65 Page No 32 and Section 22

42 OCR amp ICR - By using ICR technology any handwritten text should be converted into word text searchable PDF format or word document format with high accuracy

Bidder understands that ICR used for a handwritten document has max accuracy may not be more than 70 as per industry standards Request Bank to remove ICR technology only for structured format only

As per RFP

66 Page No 66 and Section 31

The hardware system software application software should be compatible with Data Centre policy network architecture etc already established in the Bank

Bidders request to share the Data Centre Policy and network Architecture

Shall be discussed with successful bidder

67 Page No 67 and Section 31

18 Though the system should be used prospectively for the workflow it should have the capability to capture and integrate the paper based as well as electronic records created so far in the Bank

Capability to have reference point of hard copy reference numbers

Shall be discussed during System Study

68 Page No 67 and Section 31

21 The system as well as the workflow carried out in the system should be fully auditable

Request to confirm if bidder needs to recommend sizing for fully auditable data store

Yes

69 Page No 71 and Section 38

Data migration will be the responsibility of the Bidder All necessary tools queries required for extraction transformation and migration must be provided by the Bidder It is the Bidders responsibility to ensure accuracy integrity and completeness of the data migration from legacy DMIS application to new EDMS application

Request to confirm if bidder needs produce data migration report with column by column comparison report for reconciliation

As per RFP

70 Page No 71 and Section 38

1 Data Migration is broadly divided into following three major sub-components iii Data migration audit and certification on the accuracy of data porting from the DMIS system to EDMS

Request to confirm if bidder needs produce data migration report with column by column comparison report for reconciliation

As per RFP

71 Page No 72 and Section 38

6 The Bidder is expected to provide an archival solution within the proposed application for the historical data The necessary configuration and implementation of the archival solution shall be the responsibility of the Bidder

Bidder wants to know what is the archival policy for RBI Is it seven years or more

Shall be discussed with successful bidder

72 Page No 73 and Section 38

12 RBI reserves the right to data migration by respective stakeholders of proposed solution and any gaps discrepancies found during the functions of application are to be rectified by the Bidder

Bidder wants to know if the data migration is other than DMIS system

As per RFP

73 Page No 73 and Section 38

16 The Bidder is required to certify completeness and accuracy of migrated data transaction history and balances at each data migration instance

Bidder requests Bank to confirm if bidder needs to produce data migration report with column by column comparison report for reconciliation

As per RFP

74 Page No 81 and Section 317

1 The solution deployed by Bidder should conform to Recovery Time Objective (RTO) and Recovery Point objective (RPO) defined by Bank

Bidder request to know for replication of data from DC-DR there will be a requirement of Replication software requirement Will this be provided by bank What is the replication software

Will be part of BCP and DR policy to be shared later with the successful bidder

2 Bidder should make sure that DR and DR drill is performed in alignment with Banks existing processes 3 The Bidder has to participate in DR drills as and when conducted by the Bank 4 During DR drills the vendor has to provide support at DR site for the activities related to the proposed solution 5 The Bidder is responsible for keeping the proposed solution and Database in sync in DC and DR 6 In case of any DR situation the Bidder has to shift application to DR site after Intimation to Bank 7 The bidder has to prepare a Business Continuity Plan and have it approved by the Bank

75 Page No 81 and Section 317

2 Bidder should make sure that DR and DR drill is performed in alignment with Banks existing processes

Bidder request to know if the DR automation tool will this be provided by bank What is the DR automation tool bank use

Will be part of BCP and DR policy to be shared later with the successful bidder

3 The Bidder has to participate in DR drills as and when conducted by the Bank

4 During DR drills the vendor has to provide support at DR site for the activities related to the proposed solution 6 In case of any DR situation the Bidder has to shift application to DR site after Intimation to Bank 7 The bidder has to prepare a Business Continuity Plan and have it approved by the Bank

76 Page No 84 and Section 319

The vendors shall guarantee that with the proposed configurationspecifications the required system application response times as indicated below shall be complied with keeping in view that up to 2000 concurrent users would be connected to the system The required response time and performance standards shall be maintained throughout the contract period Bidder is expected to carry performance testing and share the result with the Bank throughout the contract period In case the implemented solutions do not meet the required response time or in the event of performance degradation that shall require upgradesaugmentation in the softwarehardware the corresponding cost shall be borne by the solution provider

Application SLA As per RFP

77 Page No 85 and Section 321

The Bank will provide following hosting environment to the application

Request Bank to ensure Bidder is not underquoting hardware requirement Also support cost for hardware OS DB etc are not considered in the price Bidder assumes that the cost for the same will be added by RBI with hardware cost

As per RFP

78 Page No 92 and Section 330

3 Vendor is required to give all sorts of support required in case RBI decides to move the implemented EDMS on cloud services or IaaS in future This support will include everything starting from shunting of the running EDMS temporarily to alternate arrangement till all the Hw Sw etc are installed amp made running in the new IaaS or Cloud environment (Logistics Technical Integration support etc)

Bidder requests to add the cloud migration support cost as part of commercial template

As per RFP

4 The vendor must also include a detailed resource plan that describes the Project Management and identify Implementation Teams‟ composition It shall define the roles and responsibilities of each member and the number of person-days that will be required of each member 5 Business Process Reengineering ndash The vendor shall include the impact of the new system to the operations of Client If applicable the proponent shall recommend changes to the existing processes that would benefit Client

79 Page No 95 and Section 44

AMC pay-outs Bidder requests Bank to make the payments to be done quarterly arrears

As per RFP

80 Page No 84 and Section 319

CPU Utilization lt60 Bidder request to definition of 60 Is it average utilisation of 10 working hours

As per RFP

81 Page No 274 and Annexure T

Resource table 32333435 says 12x5 hours but defined as 1 resource

For 12 x 5 working hours only 1 resource has been defined As per working hours one resource cannot work for 12 hrs Request Bank to add 1 more resource for the working hours or change the working hours for 1 resource only

For Annexure T for line items 31 to 35 Bidders are advised to consider 8 x 5 working hours where requirement of only 1 resource has been mentioned (Ahmedabad has 2 locations so 2 resources are required) For line items 25 to 30 where support hours are mentioned as 12 x 5 and requirement of multiple resources is mentioned resources are expected to work in 8 x 5 shift scheduled in a manner to provide support for 12 x 5 All other conditionsrequirements mentioned in the table remain unchanged

82 Page No 84 and Section 320

General Bidder requests Bank to normalise the CPU to x86 based system some bidder may propose proprietary CPU which may lead to ambiguity

As per RFP

83 Page No 7 and Section 1

Introduction The Bank desires to implement Electronic Document Management System (EDMS) across all the locations (Pan India) and all the departments regional offices and training establishments of the Bank- As per our understanding this pertains to multi-sites and multi-instances deployment of EDMS solution Kindly confirm and specify the number of sites for deployment

As per RFP

84 Page No 25 and Section 21

High Level Critical Requirements Does this involve any external users outside of RBIother banks

As per RFP

Also elaborate on the Push-Pull mechanism mentioned and frequency of Push-Pull mechanism mentioned in the RFP

85 Page No 30 and Section 22

Technical Bid(Functional Requirements)

The System should be able to accept input in Rajbhasha and preferably in other regional languages - As per our understanding input in English and Hindi should meet the business requirement If not kindly elaborate on the languages expected

As per RFP

86 Page No 44 and Section 22

Edit files within native applications without downloading first

We understand that different softwares have different proprietary formats which may not be accessible for editing apart from these specific softwares We suggest to edit these files in their native softwares to maintain document quality We would request you to please specify these file formats

As per RFP

87 Page No 50 and Section 22

Application should have capability to allow end users in public domain to create user id and upload documents for inwards created

Please suggest if this involves any external users outside of RBIOther banks

As per RFP

88 Page No 51 and Section 22

Technical Bid(Functional Requirements)

Does this involve any external users outside of RBIother banks

As per RFP

89 Page No 53 and Section 23

Technical Bid(Non-Functional Requirements)

Navigation speed would be majorly dependent on networkbandwidth made available so that accordingly pages can be loaded

As per RFP

90 Page No 54 and Section 23

Technical Bid(Non-Functional Requirements)

Will the Bank provide Data Centre policy details or will it be discussed and agreed mutually between two parties post bidder selection

Shall be discussed with successful bidder

91 Page No 87 and Section 324

The EDMS application is required to be compatible to integrate with API applications like REST SOAP or any other based API applications

What are the third party applications needs to be integrated apart from those mentioned here

Integration envisaged for Go-Live - Active Directory Mail Messaging System SAMADHAN IRM and DMIS Other integration will be done during continuous development

92 Page No 100 and Section 53

Scope of Work Kindly convert the hours mentioned in TTR section into business hours

As per RFP

93 Page No 197 and Annexure D2

Functional Requirements Since this is a generic statement and no details can be finale present for customisations involved against this point

As per RFP

94 Page No 199 and Annexure D2

Functional Requirements Please elaborate Also there should not be any scores since preferred style or standard is not mentioned

As per RFP

95 Page No 207 and Annexure D3

Non-Functional Requirements Please elaborate what is user access level parameterised through admin level here

As per RFP

96 Page No 209 and Annexure D3

Non-Functional Requirements Please explain what does parameterisation mean and include here

As per RFP

97 Page No 226 and Annexure D6

Approach Paper Please clarify if scalability of document volume 30 is year on year increase and also we will consider 4 mn documents for initial year for calculating storage requirements Please check if our understanding is correct Also provide no of pages per document and size of each document etc

As per RFP

98 General Query Training Section Kindly share the number of the RBI team members to whom the training will be imparted

5 batches of 30-40 user each Total training to be provide to around 200 User at Mumbai Pune

99 General Query Customization and Integration As per our understanding the Integration with the third party applications is for image enablement and doc uploaddownload

As per RFP

100 General Query Technical Bid(Functional Requirements)

For the Workflow automation requirement can we get a sample process for each of the workflow described to understand the complexity of the process

Shall be discussed during System Study

101 General Query Technical Solution amp Training Please suggest the volume of documents involved for extraction scope

As per RFP

102 General Query Presentation amp POC of the Solution As per our understanding scope of POC in the RFP is the same as explained through the scenarios in EOI Please confirm

As per RFP

103 Page No 226 and Annexure D6

Functional Requirements Rearrange pages in a document or create a new document from a page using drag and drop This functionality is a part of specialized document creating softwares and not document management system Hence we request you to kindly drop this point

As per RFP

104 General Query

Functional Requirements What is the current ticketing tool being used by the bank

S-MAX

105 Page No 113 and Section 645

Implementation Experience Implementation Experience Table - Are there any scores that are assigned with parameters - No of projects Total Users Concurrent Users Volume of documents

As per RFP

106 Page No 256 and Annexure D5

NA What is the difference between D4 and D5 Both appear same in terms of format and information requested

D4 will be signed by the bidder D5 will be signed by bidders previousexisting clients where

DMS with workflow solution was implemented in past

107 Page No 224 and Annexure D4

Annexure D4 Technical Bid (Implementation Experience)

There is no minimum count mentioned for DMS with workflow automation Project Implementation Experience Two project credentials (PO or client letter) would be sufficient

As per RFP

108 Page No 81 and Section 318

Continuous Development What are the number of resources that the bank expects to be a part of Continuous Development

As per RFP

109 Page No 92 and Section 330

Scope of Work Since the amount of support and scope of work for cloud services is not very clear at this stage we recommend to keep this component out of commercial bid and take it on Time and Material need basis

As per RFP

110 Page No 106 and Section 63

Presentation amp POC of the Solution It is assumed that the POC requested in the RFP is the same as per the EOI and is based on the same use cases that were a part of the EOI process Please clarify

As per RFP

111 Page No 25 and Section 21

The solution should also be capable of integration with native office 365 and

Please name what are industry standard open office tools Please provide detail of existing IRM system

Microsoft IRM

industry standard open office tools The proposed solution needs to be integrated with existing (or any future standard system) of IRM

112 Page No 25 and Section 21

InwardOutward Management Flow of data from Web Interface to EDMS and vice versa should happen in batches and support push pull mechanism

Proposed system will provided web services for CRUD operation Same services will be consumed by external system for Inward management Also

Shall be discussed during SRS

Frequency of push pull should be configurable

proposed system will consume web service provided by external systems for Outward service Any change these external system will be out of scope Please confirm if our understanding is correct

113 Page No 27 and Section 21

The Scanning product should have inbuilt capability to do a full page OCR amp ICR (for both Hindi amp English documents) and also convert the images to searchable forms like Searchable PDF

Accuracy of capturing Hand written information in during OCRICR is totally depends on input and must be out of scope Please confirm if our understanding is correct

Accuracy of OCR for Machine Readable documents should be 100 and search should be faster amp accurate and it is in scope whereas the accuracy for ICR for hand written documents may be varied but is in scope

114 Page No 27 and Section 21

The System should be able to search in English Hindi amp combination of both System must provide the ability to search from bi-lingual content sources Reports should be in Hindi and English

Language conversion from English to Hindi and vice versa is not in scope Information saved in English language can be search in English Same way information saved in Hindi language will be searched in Hindi only Please confirm if our understanding is correct

Yes

115 Page No 34 and Section 22

Scanned file naming convention and folder structure to be used to store the scanned files and would be as per the

File name will be in English only Please confirm if our understanding is correct

Application should support Bilingual file names

policies defined by RBI for file naming conventions in bilingual language (Rajbhasha(Hindi) English)

116 Page no 58 amp Section 23

Compatible DevOps for version control in Test and Production environment

Please elaborate the requirement for Compatible DevOps for version control

Shall be discussed with successful bidder

117 The RBI reserves the right to conduct Yes

Page no 59 amp Section 23

further security testing of the system by either RBI personnel or another party Any gaps identified during this testing should be fixed by bidder at their own cost

STQC and VAPT will be in RBI scope SI will responsible for closing the GAP identified Please confirm if our understanding is correct

118 Page no 60 amp Section 23

The uniform user management policy envisaged by RBI in which single-sign-on concept for a user should be implemented

Please share existing Single-sign-on solution being used in RBI

Shall be shared with successful bidder

119 Page no 71 amp Section 38

ensure accuracy integrity and completeness of the data migration from legacy DMIS application to new EDMS application

Please provide below details Shall be discussed during System Study 1Which DB is being used(expr

OracleMSSQL etc) 2 Is DMIS application is open source built on JavaNet technology If not Please share which DMS product is being used along with version details 3How many table exists 4How many records need tp migrate 5How many documents need to migrate 6Does documents has versions 7Existing DMIS system architecture 8Other details which can be helpful to understand migration scope

120 Page no 97 amp Section 5

ldquoBusiness Operation Hoursrdquo shall be ldquoOne Hourrdquo prior to the start of ldquoWorking Hoursrdquo and would end ldquoOne Hourrdquo after ldquoWorking Hoursrdquo ldquoBusiness

Please confirm OampM support hours Will it be 700 AM to 900 PM (Mon-Friday) and on working Saturday What all Saturday will be working day

As per RFP

121 Page no 86 amp Section 323

The total number of users presently is expected to be around 10000 with 2000 concurrent users and annual growth of 10 in concurrent users

We believe all Bank users will not participate for workflowBPM task approval process For sizing please provide users count as per -

Workflows are applicable for all users and concurrency as mentioned in RFP

1) Total number of DMS users

2) Total number of BPMworkflow users 3)Concurrent DMS users 4)Concurrent BPMworkflow users

122 Page no 25 amp Section 21

Manage documents using a folder view with minimum 5 levels and support file types pdf tiff jpeg jpg doc docx xls xlsx ppt pptx png etc with version control

Please share the details of different type of documents Please provide below details

Shall be discussed during System Study

1) For New Documents a) Number of document ingestion per day - b) Average size of document - in KB c) Maximum size of document - in KB 2) What is percentage the Year on Year growth over 7 years for the number of documents added 3) Average number of document views per day 4) Average number of document searches per day

123 Page no 27 amp Section 21

The Scanning product should have inbuilt capability to do a full

Assuming scanning solution will be deployed centrally and access through web only If No Please share the number of location required for scanning solution Also do share number of scanning users number of template need to consider along with number metadata fields on each template

As per RFP

page OCR amp ICR (for both Hindi amp English documents) and also convert the images to searchable forms like Searchable PDF

124 Page no 28 amp Section 21

The System should be capable of supporting

For BPMWorkflow sizing can we get volumetric for

Shall be discussed during System Study

a Sequential routing ndash Note to be routed one after the other in a pre-defined sequence

1) No of Workload Per Month (Days per month)

b Ad-hoc routing Changing the routing sequence by an authorized personnel

2) No of Process instances Per Hour

c Push ndash pull routing Authorized person can decide the workflow

3)No of User Interactions (per screen)

4)Estimated Number of concurrent users for BPM

5) No of Transactions Per Seconds (TPS) Considered for Sizing (Rules Execution Per Second)

6)No of business process need to factor

7) complexity level of each processes 125 Page no 25 amp

Section 21 High Level Critical Requirements What is the corporate email used in

RBI is it MS exchange or lotus notes please share name and version

MS Exchange 2016

126 Page no 25 amp Section 21

High Level Critical Requirements Are you using On-premise of Azure Active Directory

Shall be shared with successful bidder

127 Page no 28 amp Section 21

High Level Critical Requirements Is there a requirement that all inputs fields should be allowed in both English and Hindi or Hindi data entry is limited to comments notes and documents

All inputs fields should be allowed in both English and Hindi

128 Page no 28 amp Section 21

High Level Critical Requirements Is there expectation that search with English keyword should get translated to Hindi and bring out Hindi content with translated word In other words is there requirement of cross language search

As per RFP

129 Page no 86 amp Section 323

Licences Please confirm licenses other than DMS like for DB web or application server will be provided by RBI

As per RFP

130 Page no 74 amp Section 310

A Administrator Level Training (Technical)

As it is mentioned under Technical Training and not Onsite training what is the expectation for this type of training Is classroom training not required for the same

It will be onsite training

131 Page no 74 amp Section 310

A Administrator Level Training (Technical)

Please confirm the no of approximate Trainees Location Batches for conducting the technical training

5 batches of 30-40 user each Total training to be provide to around 200 User at Mumbai Pune

132 Page no 74 amp Section 310

B User Level Training (on-site) Please confirm the no of approximate Trainees Location Batches for conducting the end user training

5 batches of 30-40 user each Total training to be provide to around 200 User at Mumbai Pune

133 Page no 74 amp Section 310

B User Level Training (on-site) Is hands-on-training session also required for the trainees If yes please confirm

Yes

134 Page no 74 amp Section 310

B User Level Training (on-site) Is the refresher training also expected post Go Live during the support AMC period Please confirm

L0 will be responsible for regular training at respective locations

135 Page no 16 amp Section 14

Date amp Time of Final Submission of Technical amp Commercial Bids on the MSTC Portal

Please extend the bid submission date by two weeks from the current

Please refer Tenders section on RBI website wwwrbiorgin and MSTC e-commerce portal for updates if any regarding bid submission schedule

136 Page no 151 162 206 262

Annexure D1 High Level Critical Requirements

Please provide Annexure D1 D2 D3 amp Q in excel format

May be copied from RFP

Annexure D Annexure D2 Technical Bid (Functional Requirements

Annexure D3 Technical Bid (Non Functional Requirements)

Annexure Q Commercial Bid Format 137 Page no 7 amp

Section1 Introduction The Bank desires to implement

Electronic Document Management System (EDMS) across all the locations (Pan India) and all the departments regional offices and training establishments of the Bank- As per our understanding this pertains to multi-sites and multi-instances deployment of EDMS solution Please confirm and specify the number of sites for deployment

As per RFP

138 Page no 25 amp Section 21

High Level Critical Requirements Does this involve any external users outside of RBIother banks

As per RFP

Also elaborate on the Push-Pull mechanism mentioned and frequency of Push-Pull mechanism mentioned in the RFP

139 Page no 30 amp Section 21

High Level Critical Requirements The System should be able to accept input in Rajbhasha and preferably in other regional languages - As per our understanding input in English and Hindi should meet the business requirement If not kindly elaborate on the languages expected

As per RFP

140 Page no 44 amp Section 21

High Level Critical Requirements Edit files within native applications without downloading first -We understand that different softwarersquos have different proprietary formats which may not be accessible for editing apart from this specific softwarersquos We suggest to edit these files in their native softwarersquos to maintain document quality We would request you to please specify these file formats

As per RFP

141 Page no 50 amp Section 22

Functional Requirements Application should have capability to allow end users in public domain to create user id and upload documents for inwards created - Please suggest if this involves any external users outside of RBIOther banks

As per RFP

142 Page no 51 amp Section 22

Functional Requirements Does this involve any external users outside of RBIother banks

Yes

143 Page no 53 amp Section 23

Non-Functional Requirements Navigation speed would be majorly dependent on networkbandwidth made available so that accordingly pages can be loaded

As per RFP

144 Page no 54 amp Section 23

Non-Functional Requirements Will the Bank provide Data Centre policy details or will it be discussed and agreed mutually between two parties post bidder selection

Shall be shared with successful bidder

145 Page no 87 amp Section 324

Customization and Integration The EDMS application is required to be compatible to integrate with API applications like REST SOAP or any other based API applications- What are the third party applications needs to be

Integration envisaged for Go-Live - Active Directory Mail Messaging System SAMADHAN IRM DMIS Other integration will be done during continuous development

integrated apart from those mentioned here

146 Page no 99 amp Section 53

Scope of Work Kindly convert the hours mentioned in TTR section into business hours

As per RFP

147 Page no 197 amp Admixture D2

Technical Bid (Functional Requirements)

Since this is a generic statement and no details can be finale present for customisations involved against this point

As per RFP

148 Page no 199 amp Admixture D2

Technical Bid (Functional Requirements)

Please elaborate Also there should not be any scores since preferred style or standard is not mentioned

User rights Management includes the ReadWrite privileges to the user which will be provided by RBI

149 Page no 207 amp Annexure D3

Technical Bid (Non-Functional Requirements)

Please elaborate what is user access level parameterised through admin level here

As per RFP

150 Page no 209 amp Annexure D2

Technical Bid (Functional Requirements)

Please explain what does parameterisation mean and include here

As per RFP

151 Page no 226 amp Annexure D6

Annexure D6 - Approach Paper Please clarify if scalability of document volume 30 is year on year increase and also we will consider 4 MN documents for initial year for calculating storage requirements Please check if our understanding is correct Also provide no of pages per document and size of each document etc

As per RFP

152 General Query Training Section Kindly share the number of the RBI team members to whom the training will be imparted

5 batches of 30-40 user each Total training to be provide to around 200 User at Mumbai Pune

153 General Query Customization and Integration As per our understanding the Integration with the third party applications is for image enablement and doc uploaddownload

Shall be discussed during System Study

154 General Query Technical Bid (Functional Requirements)

For the Workflow automation requirement can we get a sample process for each of the workflow described to understand the complexity of the process

Yes

155 General Query Technical Solution amp Training Please suggest the volume of documents involved for extraction scope

As per RFP

156 General Query Presentation amp POC of the Solution As per our understanding scope of POC in the RFP is the same as explained through the scenarios in EOI Please confirm

Yes

157 Page no 163 amp Annexure D2

Technical Bid (Non-Functional Requirements)

Rearrange pages in a document or create a new document from a page using drag and drop This functionality is a part of specialized document creating softwarersquos and not document management system Hence we request you to kindly drop this point

As per RFP

158 Page no 19 and section No 15

11 ldquoAgreementrdquo means the contract signed between the Bank and the Selected Bidder and all the attached documents The ldquoAgreementrdquo includes the RFP subsequent modifications to the RFP response of the selected vendor to the RFP and the contract document itself

11 ldquoAgreementrdquo means the contract signed between the Bank and the Selected Bidder and all the attached documents all of which shall be on mutually agreed terms and conditions The ldquoAgreementrdquo includes the RFP subsequent modifications to the RFP response of the selected vendor to the RFP and the contract document itself

As per RFP

17 ldquoIntegrationrdquo means the system should be able to integrate with existing componentsapplications like Active Directory MS Office 365 and support other 3rd party integration if required

17 ldquoIntegrationrdquo means the system should be able to integrate with existing componentsapplications like Active Directory MS Office 365 and support other 3rd party integration if required

18 ldquoCommissioningrdquo means the System shall be considered to have been commissioned when the entire job including supply installation integration configuration testing and deployment of all hardware amp software is executed to the satisfaction of the Purchaser

18 ldquoCommissioningrdquo means the System shall be considered to have been commissioned when the entire job including supply installation integration configuration testing and deployment of all hardware amp software is executed as per the terms of the RFP to the satisfaction of the Purchaser

159 Page No 66 amp Section No 31

The scope of the system can be enhanced as per requirements of RBI

The scope of the system can be enhanced as per requirements of RBI However It should be restricted to +-10 maximum of the quantity quoted as per RFP

As per RFP

Bidder agrees to provide the increased quantity at the same terms and conditions However additional prices shall be charged for the goods supplied over the contracted quantity

160 Page No 75 amp Section No 311

The completion shall include satisfactory installation testing data migration non-functional requirements etc

The completion shall include satisfactory installation testing data migration non-functional requirements etc

As per RFP

4 Bidder should provide 90 days of hand holding support post Go-Live

4 Bidder should provide 30 90 days of hand holding support post Go-Live

5 On satisfactory performance of application post 90 days from Go-Live Bank will issue Completion Certificate

5 On satisfactory performance of application post 90 30 days from Go-Live Bank will issue Completion Certificate

6 In case of the Go-Live delays by the Bidder the financial Penalty as per the Banks discretion will be imposed on the Bidder at 5 of the total contract value per month of delay to the maximum of 10 of the total contract value as per the agreement between the Bank and the successful Bidder

6 In case of the Go-Live delays by the Bidder the financial Penalty as per the Banks discretion will be imposed on the Bidder at 5 05 of the total contract value delayed portion of ACV per month of delay to the maximum of 10 3 of the delayed portion of ACV total contract value as per the agreement between the Bank and the successful Bidder

161 Page No 77 amp Section No 313

5 If any defect in the Solution is not rectified by the Bidder before the end of the Warranty Period the Warranty Period shall be extended until

5 If any defect in the Solution is not rectified by the Bidder before the end of the Warranty Period the Warranty Period shall be extended until

As per RFP

(a) the defect has been corrected and (a) the defect has been corrected and (b) the Solution functions in accordance with the Contract

(b) the Solution functions in accordance with the Contract

6 Where the Bidder is not the Manufacturer of certain components of the Solution then the Bidder shall disclose the Manufacturerrsquos warranty for such components to the Bank and in the event such warranty exceeds the Bidderrsquos warranty under this

6 Where the Bidder is not the Manufacturer of certain components of the Solution then the Bidder shall disclose the Manufacturerrsquos warranty for such components to the Bank and in the event such warranty exceeds the Bidderrsquos warranty under this Contract in

Contract in any respect shall ensure that the Bank will receive the benefit of the Manufacturerrsquos warranty

any respect shall ensure that the Bank will receive the benefit of the Manufacturerrsquos warranty

7 The bidder is expected to provide requisite support to Bankrsquos operations team for Application-specific database back-up and Disaster Recovery activities during the entire warranty amp support period of 7 years

7 The bidder is expected to provide requisite support to Bankrsquos operations team for Application-specific database back-up and Disaster Recovery activities during the entire warranty amp support period of 7 years

162 Page No 79 amp Section No 315

The following are minimum qualifications and experience for key resources required to implement the EDMS solution Members which are considered for Technical bid evaluation shall be construed as Key Personnel including but not limited to members involved in EDMS customization and implementation architect database administrator The following personnel would be required during the Design Configuration Installation and Setup of the EDMS solution These key resources should be based in Mumbai

The following are minimum qualifications and experience for key resources required to implement the EDMS solution Members which are considered for Technical bid evaluation shall be construed as Key Personnel including but not limited to members involved in EDMS customization and implementation architect database administrator The following personnel would be required during the Design Configuration Installation and Setup of the EDMS solution These key resources should be based in Mumbai

As per RFP

163 Page No 87 amp Section No325

System amp Security Audit ADD As per RFP Notwithstanding anything contained in this RFP

a) Excluding a regulatorystatutory requirement if any nothing in this Agreement shall be construed or interpreted as requiring Bidder to provide to Bank access to or right to inspect examine audit and take copies of any fees price cost or any other financial information or any records or documents relating to the make-up of the Bidderrsquos internal overhead calculations their relationship to the fees any financial cost model calculation of fees or to the Bidderrsquos profitability or other such financial data b) All audit barring those required under a regulatory or statutory requirement may be done only on an annual basis and subject to a notice period of 20 days

164 Page No 93 amp Section No4 Payment Terms

1 Completion of process and system study Design and Build and Deployment in UAT - 15 of Implementation Cost specified at Item 1B of Annexure Q

1 Completion of process and system study Design and Build and Deployment in UAT -30 15 of Implementation Cost specified at Item 1B of Annexure Q

As per RFP

2 Data Migration Completion of User Acceptance Testing Creation of training content Train the Trainer and customer education content - 20 of Implementation Cost specified at Item 1B of Annexure Q

2 Data Migration Completion of User Acceptance Testing Creation of training content Train the Trainer and customer education content - 20 30 of Implementation Cost specified at Item 1B of Annexure Q

3 Complete Implementation and ldquoProduction Go-liverdquo of the project - 25 of Implementation Cost specified at Item 1B of Annexure Q

3 Complete Implementation and ldquoProduction Go-liverdquo of the project - 25 of Implementation Cost specified at Item 1B of Annexure Q

4 Receipt of Completion Certificate from the Bank

4 Receipt of Completion Certificate from the Bank

(post 90 days of achieving production Go-Live) - 30 of Implementation Cost specified at Item 1B of Annexure Q

(post 90 days of achieving production Go-Live) - 30 10 of Implementation Cost specified at Item 1B of Annexure Q

5 Amount payable during the warranty period - On completion of warranty period of three years The Financial Bank guarantee shall be valid for 7 years - 10 of Implementation Cost specified at Item 1B of Annexure Q

5 Amount payable during the warranty period - On completion of warranty period of three years The Financial Bank guarantee shall be valid for 7 years - 10 5 of Implementation Cost specified at Item 1B of Annexure Q

middot 100 of the License Cost indicated in Item 1A of Annexure Q shall be payable immediately on deployment in UAT environment Beta testing phase

middot 100 of the License Cost indicated in Item 1A of Annexure Q shall be payable immediately on deployment in UAT environment Beta testing phase

For each milestone to be marked completed the bidder should ensure that all the acceptance criteria are met and approved by the Bank as mentioned in various applicable sections in the RFP

For each milestone to be marked completed the bidder should ensure that all the acceptance criteria are met and approved by the Bank as mentioned in various applicable sections in the RFP

165 Page No 94 amp Section No43

Amount payable during the warranty period following successful implementation of application will be paid on completion of warranty period of three years The Financial Bank guarantee shall be valid for 7 years Performance Bank Guarantee will be released on submission of Financial Bank Guarantee

Amount payable during the warranty period following successful implementation of application will be paid in advance on completion of warranty period of three years The Financial Bank guarantee shall be valid for 7 years Performance Bank Guarantee will be released on submission of Financial Bank Guarantee

As per RFP

166 Page No 95 amp Section No44

The annual amount payable towards AMC would be paid at the end of every year following successful implementation of the application and delivery of satisfactory services

The annual amount payable towards AMC would be paid at the end start of every year following successful implementation of the application and delivery of satisfactory services

As per RFP

167 Page No 95 amp Section No45

The annual amount payable towards FMS and Development Team would be paid at the end of every year following successful implementation of the application and delivery of satisfactory services

The annual amount payable towards FMS and Development Team would be paid monthly at the end of every year following successful implementation of the application and delivery of satisfactory services

Please refer Corrigendum dated 7th October 2019

168 Page No 95 amp Section No44

The Bidders should note that the contract entered with the successful Bidder will be for implementation and post go‐live period of 7 years (3 years‟ warranty amp 4 years AMC amp FMS support) extendable at the Bankrsquos discretion The Bank will have the right in its sole discretion to renegotiate the prices terms and conditions

8 The Bidders should note that the contract entered with the successful Bidder will be for implementation and post go‐live period of 7 years (3 years‟ warranty amp 4 years AMC amp FMS support) extendable at the Bankrsquos discretion on mutually agreed terms The Bank will have the right in its sole discretion to renegotiate the prices terms and conditions

As per RFP

169 Page No 95 amp Section No45

The successful Bidder is expected to complete the responsibilities that have been assigned as per the specified time frame In case of the Rollout delays by the Bidder the financial Penalty as per the Banks discretion will be imposed on the Bidder at 5 of the total contract value per month of delay to the maximum of 10 of the total contract value as per the

The successful Bidder is expected to complete the responsibilities that have been assigned as per the specified time frame In case of the Rollout delays by the Bidder the financial Penalty as per the Banks discretion will be imposed on the Bidder at 5 05 of the total contract value delayed portion of ACV per month of delay to the maximum of 10 3 of the delayed portion of ACV

As per RFP

agreement between the Bank and the successful Bidder

of the total contract value as per the agreement between the Bank and the successful Bidder

Business Utility and Business Downtime would be the key considerations for determining the ldquoPenaltiesrdquo that would be levied on the Bidder for ldquoNon‐Adherencerdquo to the SLA for the Services offered The inability of the Bidder to provide the requirements as per the scope or to meet the deadlines as specified would be treated as breach of contract and invoke the Penalty Clause The maximum limit on the penalties during the period of contract shall be 10 of the total contract value The applicable ldquoPenaltiesrdquo would be the same irrespective of the root causes The Penalty shall be deducted from the next pay out (Warranty AMC amp FMS BG)

Business Utility and Business Downtime would be the key considerations for determining the ldquoPenaltiesrdquo that would be levied on the Bidder for ldquoNon‐Adherencerdquo to the SLA for the Services offered The inability of the Bidder to provide the requirements as per the scope or to meet the deadlines as specified would be treated as breach of contract and invoke the Penalty Clause The maximum limit on the penalties during the period of contract shall be 10 of the total contract value The applicable ldquoPenaltiesrdquo would be the same irrespective of the root causes The Penalty shall be deducted from the next pay out (Warranty AMC amp FMS BG)

The successful Bidder is expected to complete the responsibilities that have been assigned as per the specified time frame In case of the Rollout delays or more than 2 rollbacks by the Bidder the financial Penalty as per the Banks discretion will be imposed on

The successful Bidder is expected to complete the responsibilities that have been assigned as per the specified time frame In case of the Rollout delays or more than 2 rollbacks by the Bidder the financial Penalty as per the Banks discretion will be imposed on the Bidder

the Bidder at 5 of the total cost for the particular continuous development

at 5 3 of the total cost for the particular continuous development

The maximum limit on the penalties during the period of contract shall be 10 of the total contract value

The maximum limit on the penalties during the period of contract shall be 3 of ACV 10 of the total contract value

170 Page No 114 amp Section No66

Prices quoted by bidder in commercial bid shall be reasonable and as per industry standards If any extreme abnormalitiesdiscrepancies observed in prices RBI at its discretion will disqualify the Commercial Bid

Prices quoted by bidder in commercial bid shall be reasonable and as per industry standards If any extreme abnormalitiesdiscrepancies observed in prices RBI at its discretion will disqualify the Commercial Bid

As per RFP

171 Page No 123 amp Section No77

The Bids will be treated as valid for a period of 180 days from the closing date for submission of the bid

The Bids will be treated as valid for a period of 180 30 days from the closing date for submission of the bid

As per RFP

172 Page No 124 amp Section No711

2 2 The Bank will reserve the right to terminate the services of the successful Bidder at any point of the Project (during the implementation phase and post go-live) without assigning any reasons In such cases the Bank may consider making payment commensurate with the last completed phase

2 The Bank Either Party will reserve the right to terminate the services of the successful Bidder at any point of the Project (during the implementation phase and post go-live) without assigning any reasons subject to notice period of 3 months In such cases the Bank shall may consider making payment for all services and deliverables rendered up to the effective date of communication commensurate with the last completed phase

As per RFP

In the event of termination of any nature the Bidder shall be paid for the 1 goods delivered 2 services rendered 3 work in progress 4 unpaid AMCs 5 third party orders in pipeline which cannot be cancelled despite Bidders best efforts 6 unrecovered investments shall be paid by the Bank as per termination schedule till the date of termination

173 Page No 126 amp Section No8

1 Submission of a Proposal shall be deemed to constitute an acknowledgement by the Bidder that all obligations stipulated by this RFP will be met and unless specified otherwise the Bidder has read understood and agreed to all the instructions provided in this RFP

1 Submission of a Proposal shall be deemed to constitute an acknowledgement by the Bidder that all material obligations stipulated by this RFP will be met and unless specified otherwise the Bidder has read understood and agreed to all the instructions provided in this RFP

As per RFP

3 The Bidder selected for the solution will have to enter into a contract directly with RBI The contract will contain various terms and conditions including payment delivery installation amp operationalization training commissioning amp acceptance support during periods of warranty amp maintenance penalty due to delay in performance

3 The Bidder selected for the solution will have to enter into a contract directly with RBI on mutually agreed terms The contract will contain various terms and conditions including payment delivery installation amp operationalization training commissioning amp acceptance support during periods of warranty amp maintenance penalty due to delay in performance

174 Page No 126 amp Section No81

2 Adherence to terms and conditions The Bidders who wish to submit responses to this RFP should note that they should abide by all the terms and conditions contained in the RFP If the responses contain any extraneous conditions put in by the respondents such Bidders will be disqualified and will not be considered for the selection process

2 Adherence to terms and conditions The Bidders who wish to submit responses to this RFP should note that they should abide by all the mutually agreed terms and conditions contained in the RFP If the responses contain any extraneous conditions put in by the respondents such Bidders will be disqualified and will not be considered for the selection process

As per RFP

175 Page No 127 amp Section No81

4 Execution of SLA The Bidder should execute a Service Level Agreement which would include all the services and terms and conditions of the services to be extended as detailed herein and as may be prescribed by the Bank

4 Execution of SLA The Bidder should execute a Service Level Agreement on mutually agreed terms which would include all the services and terms and conditions of the services to be extended as detailed herein and as may be prescribed by the Bank

As per RFP

5 A declaration may be given by the Bidder stating that No relative of the Bidders is working in the Reserve Bank of India (Annexure K) If anyone working in the Bank is related to the Bidders the name designation and the department where the person is posted may be given Due to any breach of these conditions by the company or firm or any other person the Bank may decide to take appropriate action including cancellation of bid invocation of performance bank guarantee The company or firm or the person may also be debarred for further participation in the procurement process of the Bank in the future

5 A declaration may be given by the Bidder stating that No relative of the Bidders is working in the Reserve Bank of India (Annexure K) If anyone working in the Bank is related to the Bidders the name designation and the department where the person is posted may be given Due to any breach of these conditions by the company or firm or any other person the Bank may decide to take appropriate action including cancellation of bid invocation of performance bank guarantee The company or firm or the person may also be debarred for further participation in the procurement process of the Bank in the future

The relatives for this purpose are defined as -

The relatives for this purpose are defined as -

Oslash Members of a Hindu undivided family (HUF)

Oslash Members of a Hindu undivided family (HUF)

Oslash Husband and Wife Oslash Husband and Wife Oslash If one is related to the other in the manner as Father (includes step father) Mother (includes step mother) Son(s) (includes step son) amp Sonrsquos wife (daughter-in-law) Daughter(s) (includes step daughter) and Daughterrsquos husband (son-in-law) Brother(s) (includes step brother) and Brotherrsquos wife Sister(s) (includes step sister) and Sisterrsquos husband (brother-in-law)

Oslash If one is related to the other in the manner as Father (includes step father) Mother (includes step mother) Son(s) (includes step son) amp Sonrsquos wife (daughter-in-law) Daughter(s) (includes step daughter) and Daughterrsquos husband (son-in-law) Brother(s) (includes step brother) and Brotherrsquos wife Sister(s) (includes step sister) and Sisterrsquos husband (brother-in-law)

176 Page No 127 amp Section No82

The Proposal as well as all related correspondence exchanged by the Bidder and RBI shall be written in English language only The Bids will be treated as valid for a period of 180 days from the closing date for submission of the bid

The Proposal as well as all related correspondence exchanged by the Bidder and RBI shall be written in English language only The Bids will be treated as valid for a period of 180 30 days from the closing date for submission of the bid

As per RFP

177 Page No 128 amp Section No84

The Bidder shall at its own cost and expenses defend and indemnify RBI against all third-party claims including those of the infringement of Intellectual Property Rights including patent trademark copyright trade secret or industrial design rights arising from use of the Products or any part thereof in India

The Bidder Either Party (Indemnitor) shall at its own cost and expenses defend and indemnify the other Party (Indemnitee) RBI against all third-party claims including limited to those of the infringement of Intellectual Property Rights including patent trademark copyright trade secret or industrial design rights directly and proximately arising from use of the Products or any part thereof in India

As per RFP

If RBI is required to pay compensation to a third party resulting from such infringement the Bidder shall be fully responsible therefore including all expenses and court and legal fees The Bidder shall also be liable to indemnify RBI at its own cost and expenses against all losses damages which RBI may suffer on account of violation by the Bidder of any or all national international trade laws norms standards procedures etc

If RBI is required to pay compensation to a third party resulting from such infringement the Indemnitor Bidder shall be fully responsible therefore including all expenses and court and legal fees The Indemnitor Bidder shall also be liable to indemnify IndemniteeRBI at its own cost and expenses against all third party losses damages which IndemniteeRBI may suffer on account of violation by the Indemnitor Bidder of any or all national international trade laws norms standards procedures etc

178 Page No 129 amp Section No85

RBI reserves the right to cancel the contract of the selected Bidder and recover expenditure incurred by RBI if the progress regarding execution of the contract made by the selected Bidder is found to be unsatisfactory for any reason After the award of the contract if the selected Bidder does not perform satisfactorily or delays execution of the contract RBI reserves the right to get the balance contract executed by another party of its choice by giving one monthrsquos‟ notice for the same In this event the selected Bidder is bound to make good the additional expenditure which RBI may have to incur to carry out bidding process for the execution of the balance of the contract This clause will be surviving even where for any reason the contract is cancelled RBI reserves the right to recover any dues payable by the selected Bidder from any amount outstanding to the credit of the selected Bidder including the pending bills andor invoking Bank Guarantee if any under this contract or any other contractorder

RBI reserves the right to cancel the contract of the selected Bidder In the event of cancellation of contract the Bank is liable to pay the bidder for the goods delivered and services rendered till the date of termination and recover expenditure incurred by RBI if the progress regarding execution of the contract made by the selected Bidder is found not to be as per the material terms of the RFP unsatisfactory for any reason solely attributable to the bidder After the award of the contract if the selected Bidder does not perform as per the material terms of the RFP satisfactorily or unduly delays execution of the contract subject to a cure period and notice of not less than 30 days RBI reserves the right to get the balance contract executed by another party of its choice by giving one monthrsquos‟ additional notice for the same In this event the selected Bidder is bound to make good the additional expenditure which RBI may have to incur to carry out bidding process for the execution of the balance of the contract Provided further that the Bidder shall not be liable to Excess Cost in excess of (ten) 10 percent of the price of undelivered goods or services for which such option is exercised by the Bank This clause will be surviving even where for any reason attributable to the bidder the contract is cancelled RBI reserves the

As per RFP

right to recover any dues payable by the selected Bidder from any amount outstanding to the credit of the selected Bidder including the pending bills andor invoking Bank Guarantee if any under this contract or any other contractorder

179 Page No 129 amp Section No86

Bidder will submit a Bank Guarantee from a scheduled commercial bank drawn in favour of Reserve Bank of India payable at Mumbai towards Earnest Money Deposit (EMD) for Rs 4000000- (Rupees Forty Lakhs only) The EMD of unsuccessful Bidders shall be returned within 30 days from the declaration of the disqualification of the respective Bidder No interest shall be paid on the EMD The EMD of the successful Bidder shall be returned after the successful Bidder furnishes the Performance Bank Guarantee Offers made without the Earnest money deposit are liable to be rejected The amount of Earnest money deposit would be forfeited in the following scenarios

Bidder will submit demand draftbankerrsquos chequepay order Bank Guarantee drawn in favour of Reserve Bank of India payable at Mumbai towards Earnest Money Deposit (EMD) for Rs 4000000- (Rupees Forty Lakhs only) The EMD of unsuccessful Bidders shall be returned within 15 days from the declaration of the disqualification of the respective Bidder No interest shall be paid on the EMD The EMD of the successful Bidder shall be returned after the successful Bidder furnishes the Performance Bank Guarantee Offers made without the Earnest money deposit will be rejected The amount of Earnest money deposit would be forfeited in the following scenarios

As per RFP

1 In case the Bidder withdraws the bid prior to validity period of the bid for any reason whatsoever

1 In case the Bidder withdraws the bid prior to validity period of the bid for any reason whatsoever after the deviations proposed are mutually agreed to between both the parties

2 In case the successful Bidder fails to accept and sign the contract within the timeline as specified in this document for any reason whatsoever or

2 In case the successful Bidder fails to accept and sign the contract on mutually agreed terms as specified in this document for any reason whatsoever or

3 In case the successful Bidder fails to provide the performance guarantee within 30 days from the date of placing the order by the Bank or signing of the

3 In case the successful Bidder fails to provide the performance guarantee within 30 days from the date of placing the order by the Bank or and signing of the contract on mutually agreed terms

contract whichever is earlier for any reason whatsoever

whichever is earlier for any reason whatsoever

In case the Bidder withdraws the bid

owing to the fact that the deviations proposed by the Bidder are not accepted by the Bank there shall be neither any forfeiture of EMD nor any other financial or legal implications

180 Page No 130 amp Section No87

The successful Bidder shall at his own expense deposit with The Chief General Manager-in-Charge Department of Information Technology Reserve Bank of India Mumbai within thirty (30) days from the final result of the bidding process and declaration of the successful Bidder a Performance Bank Guarantee from a scheduled commercial bank payable on demand in terms of Annexure C for an amount equivalent to ten percent (10) of the contract price for the due performance and fulfilment of the contract by the Bidder Without prejudice to the other rights of the Purchaser under the Contract in the matter the proceeds of the performance security shall be payable to RBI as compensation for any loss resulting from the Bidderrsquos failure to complete its obligations under the Contract RBI shall notify the Bidder in writing of the invocation of its right to receive such compensation indicating the contractual obligation(s) for which the Bidder is in default The Performance Bank Guarantee shall be denominated in INR and shall be in the form of bank guarantee unless another form is specified by RBI After Go Live Performance Bank Guarantee will be returned back to bidder on submission of Financial Bank Guarantee which shall be submitted by the Bidder within

The successful Bidder shall at his own expense deposit with The Chief General Manager-in-Charge Department of Information Technology Reserve Bank of India Mumbai within thirty (30) days from the final result of the bidding process and declaration of the successful Bidder a Performance Bank Guarantee from a scheduled commercial bank payable on demand in terms of Annexure C for an amount equivalent to ten percent (10) of the contract price for the due performance and fulfilment of the contract by the Bidder Without prejudice to the other rights of the Purchaser under the Contract in the matter the proceeds of the performance security shall be payable to RBI as compensation for any loss resulting from the Bidderrsquos failure to complete its obligations under the Contract RBI shall notify the Bidder in writing of the invocation of its right to receive such compensation indicating the contractual obligation(s) for which the Bidder is in default The Performance Bank Guarantee shall be denominated in INR and shall be in the form of bank guarantee unless another form is specified by RBI After Go Live Performance Bank Guarantee will be returned back to bidder on submission of Financial Bank Guarantee which shall be submitted by the Bidder within 90 days of Go-Live Non-submission of

As per RFP

90 days of Go-Live Non-submission of Performance Guarantee shall constitute sufficient grounds among others if any for the annulment of the award of the tender

Performance Guarantee shall constitute sufficient grounds among others if any for the annulment of the award of the tender

181 Page No 130 amp Section No88

The successful Bidder shall at his own expense deposit with The Chief General Manager-In-Charge Department of Information Technology Reserve Bank of India Mumbai within Ninety (90) days of Go-Live of application before the issuance of Certificate of Completion a Bank Guarantee from a scheduled commercial bank payable on demand in terms of Annexure O for an amount equivalent to ten percent (10) of the contract price as mentioned in Annexure Q of Commercial Bid submitted by the bidder for the due performance and fulfilment of the contract by the Bidder during the warranty and AMC period of 7 years After Go Live Performance Bank Guarantee will be returned back to bidder on submission of Financial Bank Guarantee Without prejudice to the other rights of the Purchaser under the Contract in the matter the proceeds of the performance security shall be payable to RBI as compensation for any loss resulting from the Bidderrsquos failure to complete its obligations under the Contract RBI shall notify the Bidder in writing of the invocation of its right to receive such compensation indicating the contractual obligation(s) for which the Bidder is in default The Financial Bank Guarantee shall be valid till the

The successful Bidder shall at his own expense deposit with The Chief General Manager-In-Charge Department of Information Technology Reserve Bank of India Mumbai within Ninety (90) days of Go-Live of application before the issuance of Certificate of Completion a Bank Guarantee from a scheduled commercial bank payable on demand in terms of Annexure O for an amount equivalent to ten percent (10) of the contract price as mentioned in Annexure Q of Commercial Bid submitted by the bidder for the due performance and fulfilment of the contract by the Bidder during the warranty and AMC period of 7 years After Go Live Performance Bank Guarantee will be returned back to bidder on submission of Financial Bank Guarantee Without prejudice to the other rights of the Purchaser under the Contract in the matter the proceeds of the performance security shall be payable to RBI as compensation for any loss resulting from the Bidderrsquos failure to complete its obligations under the Contract RBI shall notify the Bidder in writing of the invocation of its right to receive such compensation indicating the contractual obligation(s) for which the Bidder is in default The Financial Bank Guarantee shall be valid till the end of AMC denominated in INR and shall be in the form of bank guarantee

As per RFP

end of AMC denominated in INR and shall be in the form of bank guarantee unless another form is specified by RBI Non-submission of Financial Guarantee shall constitute sufficient grounds among others if any for the annulment of the award of the tender

unless another form is specified by RBI Non-submission of Financial Guarantee shall constitute sufficient grounds among others if any for the annulment of the award of the tender

182 Page No 131 amp Section No810

Unless otherwise directed by the Purchaser in writing the Bidder shall continue to perform his obligations under the contract as far as possible and shall seek all means for performance of all other obligations not prevented by the Force Majeure event

Unless otherwise directed by the Purchaser in writing the Bidder shall continue to perform his obligations under the contract as far as reasonably possible and shall seek all means for performance of all other obligations not prevented by the Force Majeure event

As per RFP

Such Force Majeure events will not entitle the Purchaser to delay payment to be made to the Bidder

183 Page No 131 amp Section No811

7 This undertaking shall not apply to Confidential Information that

7 This undertaking shall not apply to Confidential Information that

As per RFP

- Is in the public domain at the time it is acquired by us

- Is in the public domain at the time it is acquired by us

- Enters the public domain subsequent to our acquisition otherwise than as a result of unauthorised disclosure by us and

- Enters the public domain subsequent to our acquisition otherwise than as a result of unauthorised disclosure by us

- Is independently developed by us - is rightfully acquired prior to disclosure by the RBI and

- Is independently developed by us 184 Page No 132

amp Section No813

The Bank reserves the right to alter the requirements specified in the RFP Document The Bank will inform all Bidders about changes if any

The Bank reserves the right to alter the requirements specified in the RFP Document up to the date of submission of the final bid The Bank will inform all Bidders about changes if any Also It should be restricted to +-10 maximum of the quantity quoted as per RFP

As per RFP

The Bidder agrees that the Bank has no limit on the additions or deletions on the items for the period of the contract

Bidder agrees to provide the increased quantity at the same terms and conditions However additional prices shall be charged for the goods supplied over the contracted quantity

The Bidder agrees that the Bank has no limit on the additions or deletions on the items for the period of the contract

185 Page No 133 amp Section No816

The Bidder should strictly adhere to the implementation schedule as specified in the purchase contract executed between the Parties for performance of the obligations arising out of the purchase contract and any delay in completion of the obligations by the Bidder will enable the Bank to resort to any or both of the following

The Bidder should strictly adhere to the implementation schedule as specified in the purchase contract executed between the Parties for performance of the obligations arising out of the purchase contract and any delay in completion of the obligations by the Bidder (for reason not attributable to the Purchaser) will only enable the Bank to resort to any or both of the following

As per RFP

Oslash Claiming Liquidated Damages Oslash Claiming Liquidated Damages Oslash Termination of the purchase agreement fully or partly and claim liquidated damages

Oslash Termination of the purchase agreement fully or partly and claim liquidated damages Bidder should be given 30 daysrsquo written notice to cure the default failing which may attract termination In the event of termination Bank shall pay Bidder for goods delivered and services rendered till the date of termination

186 Page No 134 amp Section No817

The liquidated damages is an estimate of the loss or damage that the Bank may have suffered due to delay in performance or non-performance of any or all the obligations (under the terms and conditions of the purchase contract relating to supply delivery installation operationalization implementation training supportservices acceptance etc) of the solution by the Bidder and the Bidder shall be liable to pay the Bank a

The liquidated damages is an estimate of the loss or damage that the Bank may have suffered due to delay in performance or non-performance of any or all the obligations (under the terms and conditions of the purchase contract relating to supply delivery installation operationalization implementation training supportservices acceptance etc) of the solution by the Bidder and the Bidder shall be liable to pay the Bank a fixed amount for each day of

As per RFP

fixed amount for each day of delay non-performance of the obligations by way of liquidated damages details of which will be specified in the purchase contract Without any prejudice to Bankrsquos other rights under the law the Bank shall recover the liquidated damages if any accruing to the Bank as above from any amount payable to the Bidder either as per the purchase contract executed between the parties or under any other purchase agreement contract the Bank may have executed shall be executing with the Bidder Liquidated Damages is not applicable for reasons attributable to the Bank and Force Majeure However it is the responsibilityonus of the Bidder to prove that the delay is attributed to the Bank and Force Majeure The Bidder shall submit the proof authenticated by the Bidder and bankrsquos official that the delay is attributed to the Bank and Force Majeure along with the bills requesting payment

delay non-performance of the obligations limited to a maximum of 3 of the delayedundelivered portion of ACV by way of liquidated damages details of which will be specified in the purchase contract Without any prejudice to Bankrsquos other rights under the law the Bank shall recover the liquidated damages if any accruing to the Bank as above from any amount payable to the Bidder either as per the purchase contract executed between the parties or under any other purchase agreement contract the Bank may have executed shall be executing with the Bidder Liquidated Damages is not applicable for reasons attributable to the Bank and Force Majeure However it is the responsibilityonus of the Bidder to prove that the delay is attributed to the Bank and Force Majeure The Bidder shall submit the proof authenticated by the Bidder and bankrsquos official that the delay is attributed to the Bank and Force Majeure along with the bills requesting payment

187 General Query Clause not present Total LD+ penalty that Bank can levy on Bidder shall not exceed 3 of ACV

As per RFP

188 Page No 137 and section 825

Neither the contract nor any rights granted under the contract may be sold leased assigned or otherwise transferred in whole or in part by the Bidder and any such attempted sale lease assignment or otherwise transfer shall be void and of no effect

Neither the contract nor any rights granted under the contract may be sold leased assigned or otherwise transferred in whole or in part by either Party the Bidder and any such attempted sale lease assignment or otherwise transfer shall be void and of

As per RFP

without the advance written consent of the Bank

no effect without the advance written consent of the other Party Bank

189 Page No 137 and section 826

The Bidder during the term of the contract and for a period of two years thereafter shall not without the express written consent of the Bank directly or indirectly

The Bidder Both Parties during the term of the contract and for a period of two years thereafter shall not without the express written consent of the other Party Bank directly or indirectly

As per RFP

1 Recruit hire appoint or engage or attempt to recruit hire appoint or engage or discuss employment with or otherwise utilize the services of any person who has been an employee or associate or engaged in any capacity by the Bank in rendering services under the contract or

1 Recruit hire appoint or engage or attempt to recruit hire appoint or engage or discuss employment with or otherwise utilize the services of any person who has been an employee or associate or engaged in any capacity by the other Party Bank in rendering services under the contract or

2 Induce any person who is have been an employee or associate of the Bank at any time to terminate his her relationship with the Bank

2 Induce any person who is have been an employee or associate of the other Party Bank at any time to terminate his her relationship with the other Party Bank

190 Page No 137 and section 829

The ownership of the source code and design for the EDMS specific to the Bank and all related application suites interface designs customisations design etc and related Intellectual Property Right (IPR) will lie with the Bank only All Bidders will need to adhere to this

The ownership of the source code and design for the EDMS specific to the Bank and all related application suites interface designs customisations design etc and related Intellectual Property Right (IPR) will lie with the Bank only All Bidders will need to adhere to this

As per RFP

Notwithstanding anything to the contrary no intellectual property rights of any nature shall be transferred from one Party to the other in the course of performing any obligations or otherwise under this agreement For the avoidance of doubt Bidders may use certain tools processes or methodologies of its own in performing the services Ownership of all intellectual property rights and any other rights in these shall vest with Bidder and no rights shall be deemed to have accrued to the Bank

191 Page No 139 and section 830

3 The Bidder during the term of the contract and for a period of two years thereafter shall not without the express written consent of RBI directly or indirectly recruit hire appoint or engage or attempt to recruit hire appoint or engage or discuss employment with or otherwise utilize the services of any person who has been an employee or associate or engaged in any capacity by RBI in rendering services under the contract or Induce any person who shall have been an employee or associate of RBI at any time to terminate his her relationship with RBI

3 The Bidder Either party during the term of the contract and for a period of two years thereafter shall not without the express written consent of the other Party RBI directly or indirectly recruit hire appoint or engage or attempt to recruit hire appoint or engage or discuss employment with or otherwise utilize the services of any person who has been an employee or associate or engaged in any capacity by the other Party RBI in rendering services under the contract or Induce any person who shall have been an employee or associate of the other Party RBI at any time to terminate his her relationship with the other Party RBI

As per RFP

192 Page No 139 and section 830

6 Professionalism The Bidder should provide professional objective and impartial advice at all times and hold the Bankrsquos interests paramount and should observe the highest standard of ethics while executing the assignment

6 Professionalism The Bidder should provide professional objective and impartial advice at all times and hold the Bankrsquos interests paramount and should observe the highest standard of ethics while executing the assignment

As per RFP

8 No legal binding relationship It may be noted that no binding legal relationship will exist between any of the Respondents of this RFP and the Bank until execution of a contractual agreement

8 No legal binding relationship It may be noted that no binding legal relationship will exist between any of the Respondents of this RFP and the Bank until execution of a contractual agreement on mutually agreed terms

193 Page No 126 and section 830

If the responses contain any extraneous conditions put in by the respondents such responses will be disqualified and will not be considered for the selection process

If the responses contain any extraneous conditions put in by the respondents such responses will be disqualified and will not be considered for the selection process

As per RFP

194 General Query EMD Unacceptable EMD forfeiture EMD to be forfeiture for breach of contract- not acceptable

As per RFP

195 Page No144 We hereby declare that all the information and statements made in this Proposal are true and we accept that any misinterpretation contained in it may lead to our disqualification

We hereby declare that all the information and statements made in this Proposal are true to the best of our knowledge and we accept that any intentional misinterpretation contained in it may lead to our disqualification

As per RFP

196 General Query PBG Request PBG to be invoked only for material breaches of terms and conditions

As per RFP

197 Page No229 amp Annexure E

We agree to abide by this Bid Offer for 180 days from the last day of bid submission and our Offer shall remain binding on us and may be accepted by RBI any time before expiry of the offer

We agree to abide by this Bid Offer for 30 180 days from the last day of bid submission and our Offer shall remain binding on us and may be accepted by RBI any time before expiry of the offer

As per RFP

198 Page No249 amp Annexure L

Further to our proposal dated ______________ in response to the Request for Proposal for Implementation of EDMS Application (hereinafter referred to as ldquoRFPrdquo) issued by Reserve Bank of India (ldquoRBIrdquo) we hereby covenant warrant and confirm as follows

Further to our proposal dated ______________ in response to the Request for Proposal for Implementation of EDMS Application (hereinafter referred to as ldquoRFPrdquo) issued by Reserve Bank of India (ldquoRBIrdquo) we hereby covenant warrant and confirm as follows

As per RFP

We hereby agree to comply with all the terms and conditions stipulations as contained in the RFP and the related addendums other documents and if required including the changes made to the original bid documents issued by RBI provided that the only list of deviations has been furnished by us in the relevant Annex

We hereby agree to comply with all the mutually agreed material terms and conditions stipulations as contained in the RFP and the related addendums other documents and if required including the changes made to the original bid documents issued by RBI provided that the only list of deviations has been furnished by us in the relevant Annex

199 Page No240 amp Annexure G

As per RFP The BIDDER undertakes that it has not supplied is not supplying similar product services or sub-services during last one year from the date of issuance of this RFP at a price lower than that offered in the present bid to any other entity If it is found at any stage that similar product services or sub-services was supplied by the BIDDER to any other entity at a lower price then that very price with due allowance for elapsed time will be applicable to the present case and the difference in the cost would be refunded by the BIDDER to the

The BIDDER undertakes that it has not supplied is not supplying similar product services or sub-services during last one year from the date of issuance of this RFP at a price lower than that offered in the present bid to any other entity If it is found at any stage that similar product services or sub-services was supplied by the BIDDER to any other entity at a lower price then that very price with due allowance for elapsed time will be applicable to the present case and the difference in the cost would be refunded by the BIDDER to the BUYER if the contract has already been concluded

BUYER if the contract has already been concluded

200 Page No243 amp Annexure I

We the undersigned as Bidder having examined the complete RFP document (along with its annexes) do hereby offer to produce deliver install support and maintain EDMS Application in full conformity of your requirements as elaborated in above said RFP for the amounts mentioned by us in the Commercial Bid or such other sums as may be agreed to between us

We the undersigned as Bidder having examined the complete RFP document (along with its annexes) do hereby offer to produce deliver install support and maintain EDMS Application in full conformity of your material requirements as elaborated in above said RFP for the amounts mentioned by us in the Commercial Bid or such other sums as may be agreed to between us

As per RFP

We agree to abide by our Offer for a period of 6 months from the date of last day of Bid submission and it shall remain binding on us for acceptance at any time before the expiration of this period

We agree to abide by our Offer for a period of 1 6 months from the date of last day of Bid submission and it shall remain binding on us for acceptance at any time before the expiration of this period

We understand that you are not bound to accept the lowest or any bid you may receive

We understand that you are not bound to accept the lowest or any bid you may receive

We undertake if our Bid is accepted to provide Performance Bank Guarantee and Financial Bank Guarantee as per the prescribed format within the timescales stipulated in the RFP

We undertake if our Bid is accepted to provide Performance Bank Guarantee and Financial Bank Guarantee as per the prescribed format within the timescales stipulated in the RFP after signing of contract on mutually agreed terms and conditions

201 General Query Annexure J Confidentiality and Non-Disclosure Agreement Undertaking

ADD As per RFP Notwithstanding anything to the contrary to the extent the Bidder shares any confidential information with RBI the provisions of this RFP shall apply mutatis mutandis to RBI The obligations of confidentiality for both Parties shall come to an end 3 years from the date of terminationexpiry of the contract to be entered into

202 Page No248 and Annexure K

Annexure K Self Declaration Relatives in RBI

SEEK DELETION OF ANNEXURE As per RFP

203 Page No259 and Annexure P

We agree to abide by this Tender Response for a period of 180 days from the last day of bid submission and it shall remain binding upon us until within this period a formal contract is prepared and executed this Tender Response together with your written acceptance thereof in your notification of award shall constitute a binding contract between us and will initiate the formation of a separate contract in respect of maintenance and support

We agree to abide by this Tender Response for a period of 30 180 days from the last day of bid submission and it shall remain binding upon us until within this period a formal contract is prepared and executed this Tender Response together with your written acceptance thereof in your notification of award shall not constitute a binding contract between us and will initiate the formation of a separate contract in respect of maintenance and support

As per RFP

services after expiry of the warranty period

services after expiry of the warranty period all of which shall be on mutually agreed terms

204 Page No276 amp Annexure U

8 The respondent has not been involved in any legal case that may affect the solvencyexistence of the applicant or in any other way affect the respondentrsquos capability to providecontinue services to RBI if RBI selects the respondent for EDMS

8 The respondent has not been involved in any legal case that may affect the solvencyexistence of the applicant or in any other way materially affect the respondentrsquos capability to providecontinue services to RBI if RBI selects the respondent for EDMS

As per RFP

9 The bidder accepts to follow all the clauses terms and conditions as set in the RFP document

9 The bidder accepts to follow all the clauses terms and conditions as set in the RFP document subject to deviations proposed

205 General Query New clause proposed by Bidder Service Provider undertakes that it is compliant to State minimum wages act at the time of execution of the Agreement and the commercials are accordingly factored In the event there is a change to the State minimum wages act or if the Customer wants the Service Provider to comply to some other minimum wages act including but not limited to Central minimum wages act or the existing minimum wages act is repealed by another act then in such cases Customer will support Service provider with change request for additional cost incurred by Service Provider for complying to new minimum wages Service provider will not ask for Change request for any changes that is within 8 increase year on year from the State minimum wages as on the date of contract sign off

As per RFP

206 General Query New clause proposed by Bidder ldquoIt is agreed that the price quoted is arrived at based on the exchange rate of 1 USD = INR ___ (ldquoBase Exchange Raterdquo) In the event the Base Exchange Rate either increases or decreases by percentage points greater than two per cent [2] the prices shall be charged as per the then current exchange raterdquo

As per RFP

207 General Query New clause proposed by Bidder The risk title and ownership of the products shall be transferred to the customer upon delivery of such products to the customer

As per RFP

208 General Query New clause proposed by Bidder Customer hereby agrees to make the site ready as per the agreed specifications within the agreed timelines Customer agrees that Wipro shall not be in any manner be liable for any delay arising out of Customerrsquos failure to make the site ready within the stipulated period including but not limited to levy of liquidated damages for any delay in performance of Services under the terms of this Agreement In case the SITE is not ready for a continuous period of 30 days milestone payment related to installation will be released to vendor based on the SNR report also if there is any additional warranty cost due to continuous site not readiness for 30 days same will be borne by the customer

As per RFP

209 General Query New clause proposed by Bidder Notwithstanding anything contained herein neither Party shall be liable for any indirect punitive consequential or incidental loss damage claims liabilities charges costs expense or injury (including without limitation loss of use data revenue profits business and for any claims of any third party claiming through Bidder) that may arise out of or result from this Agreement The aggregate liability of Bidder under this Agreement shall not exceed the fees (excluding reimbursements) received by it under this contract during the six months preceding the date of first claim

As per RFP

210 General Query New clause proposed by Bidder Any new levy on account of changes in law shall be to the account of Bank

As per RFP

211 General Query New clause proposed by Bidder Bidderrsquos failure to perform its contractual responsibilities to perform the services or to meet agreed service levels shall be excused if and to the extent Bidder performance is effected delayed or causes non-performance due to Banks omissions or actions whatsoever

As per RFP

212 General Query New clause proposed by Bidder Services andor deliverables shall be deemed to be fully and finally accepted by Bank in the event when Bank has not submitted its acceptance or rejection response in writing to Bidder within 15 days from the date of installationcommissioning or when Bank uses the Deliverable in its business whichever occurs earlier Parties agree that Bidder shall have 15 daysrsquo time to correct in case of any rejection by Bank

As per RFP

213 General Query New clause proposed by Bidder Either party may request a change order (ldquoChange Orderrdquo) in the event of actual or anticipated change(s) to the agreed scope Services Deliverables schedule or any other aspect of the Statement of WorkPurchase Order Bidder will prepare a Change Order reflecting the proposed changes including the impact on the Deliverables schedule and fee In the absence of a signed Change Order Bidder shall not be bound to perform any additional services

As per RFP

214 General Query New clause proposed by Bidder Notwithstanding anything to the contrary either Party shall have the right to terminate this Agreement at any time with cause in the event that the other party commits a material breach of the Agreement and fails to cure such default to the non-defaulting partyrsquos reasonable satisfaction within thirty (30) days

As per RFP

In the event of termination of any nature the Bidder shall be paid for the 1 goods delivered 2 services rendered 3 work in progress 4 unpaid AMCs 5 third party orders in pipeline which cannot be cancelled despite Bidders best efforts 6 unrecovered investments shall be paid by the Bank as per termination schedule till the date of termination

215 General Query New clause proposed by Bidder Notwithstanding anything contained in this RFP

As per RFP

a) Excluding a regulatorystatutory requirement if any nothing in this Agreement shall be construed or interpreted as requiring Bidder to provide to Customer access to or right to inspect examine audit and take copies of any fees price cost or any other financial information or any records or documents relating to the make-up of the Bidderrsquos internal

overhead calculations their relationship to the fees any financial cost model calculation of fees or to the Bidderrsquos profitability or other such financial data

b) All audit barring those required under a regulatory or statutory requirement may be done only on an annual basis and subject to a notice period of 20 days

216 Page No 132 and section 82

Integrity Pact Unacceptable integrity pact Customer to insert new CVC integrity pact that does not contain Fall clause LIBOR provisions etc

As per RFP

217 General Query Annexure A Earnest Money Deposit Unacceptable EMD forfeiture EMD to be forfeiture for breach of contract- not acceptable

As per RFP

218 General Query Annexure C Performance Bank Guarantee

Request PBG to be invoked only for material breaches of terms and conditions

As per RFP

219 General Query Annexure G Integrity Pact SEEK INSERTION OF NEW CVC INTEGRITY PACT WITHOUT LIBOR PROVISIONS AND FALL CLAUSE

As per RFP

220 General Query ADD As per RFP

Annexure J Confidentiality and Non-Disclosure Agreement Undertaking

Notwithstanding anything to the contrary to the extent the Bidder shares any confidential information with RBI the provisions of this RFP shall apply mutatis mutandis to RBI The obligations of confidentiality for both Parties shall come to an end 3 years from the date of terminationexpiry of the contract to be entered into

221 Page No 10 and section 11

Central Office has following 33 departments

EDMS solution is to be implemented for 33 departments is this understanding correct Please mention if there are more departments to be considered in-scope

As per RFP

222 Page No 29 and section 22

The application should facilitate integration with e-mail client (outlook) where selected emails could be Inwarded directly

Integration with Outlook For how many users is this needed Please specify the number of users who would be using this functionality

10000 users| All Users

223 Page No 18 and section 15

Sr No 6 Global common workflow plus seven specific work process Modules which need to be developed at the time of Go-Live

The seven workflow will have integration with what all systems Please specify the details

Integration envisaged for Go-Live - Active Directory Mail Messaging System SAMADHAN IRM DMIS Other integration will be done during continuous development

224 Page No 25 and section 21

User should have privilege to create Inward amp Outward from RBI corporate email inbox (selected emails) with capability to capture both email body and attachment (if any) as a part of the Inward

How many users are going to use Email Integration feature Is it going to be for all the 10000 named users

As per RFP

225 Page No 25 and section 21

The proposed solution needs to be integrated with existing (or any future standard system) of IRM

What is the current IRM system used by RBI

Microsoft IRM

226 Page No 25 and section 21

3 Customization and Integration Would existing IRM system be OpenText IRM or any other product and will sufficient license be available for EDMS users

Microsoft IRM

227 Page No 25 and section 21

4 Web interface ndashInwardOutward Management

Is it expected to expose the same EDMS application to public or integration with RBI website

As per RFP

228 Page No 27 and section 21

Sr No 21The Scanning product should have inbuilt capability to do a full page OCR amp ICR (for both Hindi amp English documents) and also convert the images to searchable forms like Searchable PDF

What is the ratio of English to Hindi documents for OCR amp ICR

Approximately Hindi 33 | English 66

229 Page No 29 and section 22

5 Inward Management Request you to please specify the other email clients

As per RFP

230 Page No 31 section 22

Technical Bid(Functional Requirements)

We understand that all of these functionalities are the application functionalities and the necessary scanning systems and personal required will be facilitated by RBI Please confirm

Yes

231 Page No 31 section 22

Technical Bid(Functional Requirements)

In case Yes for the above Questions than please detail the scope expectation w r t Scan amp upload requirement

Restricted to Application Solution

232 Page No 43 and section 22

147 Reports amp Dashboard Please elaborate further on this point We understand that reports can be generated with stored data without translation Please let us know your understanding

Data stored in Hindi should be displayed in Hindi The report fields should toggle between Hindi and English No translation is envisioned as part of basic deployment

233 Page No 46 and section 22

163 Document Management Rearrange pages in a document or create a new document from a page using drag and drop Please elaborate at what stage this is required

Rearrangement of pages is required to create an abstract out of an existing doc

234 Page No 46 and section 22

The solution offered should be capable of integration with 3rd party software amp internal applications which are in use at RBI

What all internal and 3rd party applications are to be taken in account for integration

Integration envisaged for Go-Live - Active Directory Mail Messaging System SAMADHAN IRM DMIS Other integration will be done during continuous development

235 Page No 46 and section 22

171 Customization and Integration Is there any existing SSO Server available

Shall be shared with successful bidder

236 Page No 46 and section 22

173 Customization and Integration We understand that content replication from DC to DR has to be accomplished by RBI team and bidder can assist in providing the details

Shall be shared with successful bidder

237 Page No 56 and section 23

A separate test environment and development would be provided at the data Centre The Bidder is expected to replicate the DC environment in the DR and in the test environment in all respects

We understand that bidder is expected to set 4 environments - Dev UATTest Production (DC) and DR Is UATTest environment also expected to be exact replicamirror image of Production

Scaled-down version 50 of Production in terms of sizing

238 Page No 56 and section 23

A separate test environment and development would be provided at the data Centre The Bidder is expected to replicate the DC environment in the DR and in the test environment in all respects

Will RBI procure and provide hardware for all environments Should bidder only propose sizing recommendations for all environments

As per RFP

239 Page No 57 and section 23

Security Requirements We understand that all of these functionalities are the application functionalities by virtue of which these security mechanisms have to be part of the bidderrsquos proposition Kindly comment on our understanding

As per RFP

240 Page No 62 and section 23

System should maintain audit logs for all monitoring and events according to RBI policy These audit logs must be secure and stored as per defined retention policy

Request Bank to specify as lot of sizing considerations would depend uponvary basis the RBI policies (3 5 7 10 years)

Shall be shared with successful bidder

241 Page No 64 and section 23

86 Data Migration Would changes means restructuring of folders or something else Please elaborate

To be discussed during System Study

242 Page No 67and section 31

27 Any other areas which the Bank might decide to include in the Scope at the time of implementation of EDMS

Request Bank to enlighten on to this requirement Being subjective Bidder will need more quantifiablegaugeable requirement basis which effort and commercials can be worked out

As per RFP

However we understand the same will be addressed during design phase

Please comment upon our understanding

243 Page No 71 and section 38

Data migration will be the responsibility of the Bidder

Will bidder be allowed to run the migration 24x7 or only during non-peak hours

Shall be discussed with successful bidder

244 Page No 74 and section 310

Bidder should provide training to RBI‟s officials for using and managing the system which will include end user technical and system Administration training as well as DBA level training

What would be the minimum numbers of users to be trained for Admin and for User level trainings respectively

5 batches of 30-40 user each Total training to be provide to around 200 User at Mumbai Pune

245 Page No 76 and section 313

Implementation As per RFP The Banks incident Management system has to be used as ticketing system to handle requests raised by Banks Internal Users during the warranty and AMC period Which ticketing system is RBI using currently

EDMS can leverage existing Incident Management tool Details will be shared with successful bidder

246 Page No 76 and section 313

Extensive on-site support team is required during the first year after ldquoGo-Liverdquo

Are all the resources mentioned for L0 (44) L1 (8) and L2 (2) are to be deployed on-site Can bidder propose onsite-offshore model for post-implementation support

As per RFP

247 Page No 77 and section 313

vi Scanning documents at RBI respective locations if required

We understand that the necessary scanning systems and personnel required will be facilitated by RBI Request to throw more light on the number of locations in this regards Accordingly effort estimation can be done so as to provide the appropriate commercials in this regards

As per RFP

248 Page No 86 and section 319

319 Performance Monitoring amp Tuning solution

Considering the entire project is going to be base out of RBIs data centre request bank to facilitate make model etc of the performance monitoring tool

Bidder has to provide Application level monitoring solution As per Data Centre policy open source performance tool will not be permissible and the solution proposed by bidder should be approved by RBI

249 Page No 86 and section 323

The total number of users presently is expected to be around 10000 with 2000 concurrent users and annual growth of 10 in concurrent users

Out of total 10000 users how many back endadmin users are there who are going to access this system

Less than 500 users

250 Page No 86 and section 324

Sr No 5 The solution offered should be capable of pin codeGPS Location based integration for capturing user address

Is bidder expected to integrate the existing GPS system with EDMS

As per RFP

251 Page No 86 and section 323

323 Vendor would be required to provide Enterprise-wide all-inclusive Perpetual license for all functionalities as per the requirements of the RBI The total number of users presently is expected to be around 10000 with 2000 concurrent users and annual growth of 10 in concurrent users

These users are for determining the hardware sizing but from software licensing point of view all 10000 users can connect concurrently

As per RFP

Please validate

252 Page No 86 and section 323

No extra license fees implementation charges should be charged by the selected bidder for implementing the software in the test environment and at the Disaster Recovery site of RBI or at any other site that may be specified by the Bank

We understand that as project progresses there will be significant volumes and hence there should be no restriction on number of CPUcores and if any it will be responsibility of SI to provide additional licenses at no additional costs to RBI Trust our understanding is correct Please confirm for clarification

Yes As per RFP

253 Page No87 and section 324

6 Vendor is responsible to import application in UAT production environment amp DC ndash DR synchronization etc

We understand that the application is going to be based out of RBIs existing Data Centre visa Navi Mumbai and Nagpur Request Bank to elaborate upon existing DC-DR synchronization technique technology methodology Please provide details version of the same for integration aspects

Shall be shared with successful bidder

254 Page No87 and section 325

325 System amp Security Audit Request RBI to specify number of yearly audits

Shall be shared with successful bidder

255 Page No91 and section 329

4 Complete user manual and system documentation (soft and hard copies) of the proposed solution after the go-live

Request RBI to spell the number of hard copies required

Shall be discussed with successful bidder

256 Page No92 and section 330

3 Vendor is required to give all sorts of support required in case RBI decides to move the implemented EDMS on cloud services or IaaS in future This support will include everything starting from shunting of the running EDMS temporarily to alternate arrangement till all the Hw Sw etc are installed amp made running in the new IaaS or Cloud environment (Logistics Technical Integration support etc)

We understand the same to be captured via change control mechanism change management during the course of the project

As per RFP

257 Page No92 and section 330

5 Business Process Reengineering ndash The vendor shall include the impact of the new system to the operations of Client If applicable the proponent shall recommend changes to the existing processes that would benefit Client

Request Bank to specify a percentage number in this regards accordingly efforts and commercials can be worked out

As per RFP

258 Page No93 and section 43

For each milestone to be marked completed the bidder should ensure that all the acceptance criteria are met and approved by the Bank as mentioned in various applicable sections in the RFP

We understand that the Project acceptance criteria will be formalized mutually during the design phase and agreed upon Please comment upon our understanding

As per RFP

259 42 Additional Software License Costs As per RFP

Page No 94 and section 42

For evaluation purposes costs of the software licenses proposed by the Bidder would be included in the Total Cost of Ownership In case any software license(s) are required to be procured directly from the Original Equipment Manufacturer (OEM) Product Vendor the actual payment to the Bidder will be reduced appropriately to exclude the software license costs quoted in the commercial bid Bidder is requested to add all the Other Software Licensing Cost under the header Any other requirements for the proposed solution on MSTC website

Request Bank to mutually discuss and agree upon section 42 before finalization on the requirement Please comment in this regards

260 Page No122 and Section 76

Overall enterprise wide security including role-based security and authorisation levels operating systemapplication security and logical access controls and anti‐virus management

Is bidder expected to propose anti-virus software as well

Shall be shared with successful bidder

261 Page No 169 amp Annexure D2

Sr No 26 All incoming physical letters has to be scanned and put into the system for further processing

What is the total size or volume of legacy documents to be considered for Scanning through the Capture Solution (dailymonthlyyearly volume)

As per RFP

262 Page No 204 amp Annexure D2

206 The system should also integrated with Ms outlook and other email client

Does RBI require native integration with outlook in which users can access EDMS from outlook interface

As per RFP

Please confirm 263 Page No 211

amp Annexure D3

Sr No 28 The solution should provide for seamless integration of modules as per the business requirements of RBI with necessary interfaces The application should have provision for Integration existingupcoming portalsapplications of different depts eg HR Portal Samadhan Active directory CMS (CEPD) etc other internal workflow application system etc

Do we have to estimate effort for integration with these upcoming applications now or will it be taken at a later stage as a Change Request If now what are these applications based on Please provide what level of integration is required with these applicationssystem

Integration envisaged for Go-Live - Active Directory Mail Messaging Solution SAMADHAN IRM DMIS Other integration will be done during continuous development

264 Page No213 amp Annexure D3

Based on our experience in similar project we feel the concurrent user ratio to named users is less In such application of note approval the concurrence is around 40 of total users

As per RFP

Details of Hardware requirements for the proposed solution for following user base of

Request you to validate this for RBI

i 10000 total user base ii 2000 concurrent users

265 Page No 218 amp Annexure D3

Sr 55 The Implementation of open source technologies should be taken up in compliance with Information Security (IS) policy of the Bank

Would you allow usage of Open Source Tools for Simulation is required to carry out Performance Testing (LoadStress) eg JMeter

Shall be discussed with successful bidder

266 Page No218 amp Annexure D3

The Implementation of open source technologies should be taken up in compliance with Information Security (IS) policy of the Bank

Please throw some light on limitations on usage of open-source tools in context with Information Security (IS) policy of the Bank

Shall be discussed with successful bidder

267 Page No221 amp Annexure D3

Sr No 75 Data Loss Prevention solution should be available with EDMS solution

Is Data Loss Prevention solution to be implemented or does the solution need to have the capability only and its for future use Please confirm

Shall be discussed with successful bidder

268 Page No 226 amp Annexure D6

g Scalability of document volume (30) having average volume of 4million documents per year

What does 30 signify here How much should be the total volume of documents considered that is received and to be ingested in EDMS repository (yearlymonthly)

As per RFP

269 Page No 226 amp Annexure D6

b Response time of maximum 3 seconds

Request RBI to elaborate upon the type of gaugeable reports parameters required to establish the response time

As per RFP

270 Page No 226 amp Annexure D6

b Response time of maximum 3 seconds

Will submitting product performance reports spec sheets suffice or any other artefact is required to substantiate the same Please specify

As per RFP

271 Page No 226 amp Annexure D6

g Scalability of document volume (30) having average volume of 4million documents per year

Request RBI to specify the existing document volume as this is required from sizing perspective to arrive at an optimized commercials

As per RFP

272 Page No 262 amp Annexure Q

Annexure Q We believe RBI will also be providing mobile based access to select employeersquos basis roles We assume the licensing for the same is to be included in this pricing and no additional price will be payable by RBI Mobile app if to be created will be separate project but will connect to EDMS through API at no additional costs to RBI Please clarify

As per RFP

273 Page No 262 amp Annexure Q

Annexure Q Will RBI facilitate the commercial bid format for ease of comparison during the evaluation phase Request to clarify

Commercial bid format can be downloaded from the MSTC e-commerce portal

274 Page No 264 amp Annexure Q

Unit Price Under Unit Price do we have to provide Yearly Price of 1 resource

As per RFP

275 Page No 264 amp Annexure Q

Cost of L0 Resource (21 nos) on 12 X 5 basis for one year at locations given in Annexure T

For 12x5 we would need to deploy 2 resources to support 60 hours shift so do we need to consider price for 2 resources or provide price only for 21 resources and they will be supporting in round-robin manner Please confirm

For Annexure T for line items 31 to 35 Bidders are advised to consider 8 x 5 working hours where requirement of only 1 resource has been mentioned (Ahmedabad has 2 locations so 2 resources are required) For line items 25 to 30 where support hours are mentioned as 12 x 5 and requirement of multiple resources is mentioned resources are expected to work in 8 x 5 shift scheduled in a manner to provide support for 12 x 5 All other conditionsrequirements

mentioned in the table remain unchanged

276 Page No 265 amp Annexure Q

B2 Development Team based at Mumbai Navi Mumbai Composition Tech Lead(1) + Developer (5) + Tester (1)

Composition of Tech Lead(1) + Developer (5) + Tester (1) will not suffice we also need Project Managers Technical Architect UI Expert and Infrastructure Resource can bidder add more rows in commercial format and propose Development Team accordingly

As per RFP

277 Page No 265 Section amp Annexure Q

AMC for the first year after warranty period (should be min 8 of Total onetime cost)

Do we have to include both here - Product AMC from OEM as well as Application Technical Support for only 1 year from bidder

As per RFP

278 Page No 266 amp Annexure Q

(C) Hardware Requirements Do we have to propose hardware sizing and software recommendations for DevUAT Production and DR Environments The table has rows for Production and UAT only can the bidder add more rows to it or is it a fixed format

Hardware sizing and software recommendations are to be proposed for all environments The two rows were for representational purpose More rows can be added in the commercial bid format

279 Page No 212 amp Annexure D3

212 A separate test environment and development would be provided at the data Centre The Bidder is expected to replicate the DC environment in the DR and in the test environment in all respects (11)

1 Will development and test environments be provided by RBI till OS layer and only application deployment is to be done by the bidder

As per RFP

84 Hence bidder is required to take into the consideration the hardware

software etc requirement pertaining to test amp development

2 Please elaborate what is bidders responsibility for development and test environments

280 General Query Retention Management Apart from Retention and Archival are you looking for complete Records Management solution as well with features like Event-based aging Automatic Disposition Litigation Hold etc

Not required at this Stage

281 General Query Back-up Software Do you have the back-up software or does bidder has to propose If available please specify the make and model of the back-up software

Shall be shared with successful bidder

282 General Query Support Team - OampM Do you want bidder to propose Helpdesk toolset up a service desk as well

Not required at this Stage

283 General Query Load Balancer Do you want the bidder to propose the load balancer as well

Not required at this Stage

284 General Query Source Code Control Repository Is Bidder required to absorb the cost for GIT repository for source code or do you have one which bidder can use

Shall be shared with successful bidder

285 General Query Compliance What are the complianceguidelinesIT Security considerations that are critical

As per RFP

286 General Query SSL Certificate Should bidder be provided the SSL certificate or should the bidder absorb the price for SSL certificate Please confirm

Bank Shall provide the SSL certificates

287 General Query Documents Please specify the age of the documents and the condition of paper like ndash colour shine brittleness original

Not required at this Stage

or photocopy glossy paper hard-bind etc etc

288 General Query Scanning Can you kindly provide the of BW and Colour document

Not required at this Stage

289 General Query Legacy Documents For Legacy documents perspective please share details on the below

Not required at this Stage

a) Number of document ingestion per day - b) Average size of document - in KB c) Maximum size of document - in KB d) Storage required - (current DMS storage size)

290 General Query New Documents For New documents perspective please share details on the below

Not required at this Stage

a) Number of document ingestion per day - b) Average size of document - in KB c) Maximum size of document - in KB

291 General Query Scanning For Scanning perspective please share details on the below

Not required at this Stage

a) Percentage of document in tiff format b) Percentage of colour documents c) Average image size in KB d) Percentage of document that would require OCR e) Average number of fields per page

f) Properties per per document 292 General Query Documents What is percentage the Year on Year

growth over 5 years for the number of documents added

As per RFP

293 General Query Documents What is the Average number of document views per day

Not required at this Stage

294 General Query Documents What is the Average number of document searches per day

Not required at this Stage

295 General Query Back-up Policy What is the back-up policy of RBI eg 14 days

Shall be shared with successful bidder

296 General Query Policies What would be the archival policy back up policy log storage policy DR logs policy etc

Shall be shared with successful bidder

297 General Query Testing What parameters are to be monitored during testing (eg response times processing times and CPU loading)

As per RFP

298 General Query Testing What desired values of these parameters are to be considered acceptable during the stress test results

As per RFP

299 General Query DR Drills How many DR drills do you expect in a year

Shall be shared with successful bidder

300 General Query Resources Will RBI allow onsite resources to carry their own laptops or will RBI provide DesktopsWorkstations for onsite resources

Assets will be provided to onsite resources

301 General Query Access Will RBI provide remote accessVPN access for offshore resources

Not required as all resources are deployed onsite

302 General Query

Scanning How much will be the total no of pages to be scanned per day

Not required at this Stage

303 General Query

Documents

How much will be the year on year growth in documents volume

As per RFP

304 General Query

Documents

Please let us know the average approximate document size per document for sizing (in MB)

Not required at this Stage

305 General Query Presentation amp POC of the Solution Could you please elaborate in details the scope for POC

As per RFP

306 General Query SLA Working window As per RFP

307 General Query Non-Functional Requirements Please specify the existing Replication bandwidth between Navi Mumbai DC and Nagpur DR

Bidder has to propose the required bandwidth which will be provided procured by Data Centre

308 General Query Non-Functional Requirements We understand that the bidder is required to provide the Bandwidth augmentation sizing required for this project and accordingly the same will be provisioned by RBI Please confirm upon our understanding

Bidder has to propose the required bandwidth which will be provided procured by Data Centre

309 Page No71 amp Section No38

Data Migration What is the formats of Documents stored inside current DMS

Shall be shared with successful bidder

310

Page No71 amp Section No38

Data Migration How indexmetadata is managed in current DMS System What is the total count of

Shall be shared with successful bidder

indexes present in current DMS 311 Page No71 amp

Section No38 Data Migration what is the database and version used

in current DMS System As per RFP

312

Page No71 amp Section No38

Data Migration We need more details about current DMS System -Product nameVersionECM

Shall be shared with successful bidder

Compliant or notWhat type of documents are stored in SystemHow documents are classified in System

313

Page No18 amp Section No21

High Level Critical Requirements Can you Please enlist total count of Global workflows

As per RFP

314

Page No86 amp Section No321

Hardware Requirements Can you elaborate more on this point As per RFP Standard Enviornments which will be provided by SI are DEV UAT PROD and DR Also Development Environment will be on premise or offshore

315 Page No52 amp Section No23

Back-up Will Backup be taken care by RBI Yes

316 Page No81 amp Section No317

Security Requirements What will be the frequency of DR Drills Can you specify values for RPO and RTO

Shall be shared with successful bidder

317 Page No213 amp Annexure D3

Hardware Requirements Database tier needs to be deployed on Intel Xeon or Mainframe

RBI will conduct VAPT SI needs to provide gaps resolution

318 Page No221 amp Annexure D4

Maintenance amp Support Can we get details about which IRM solution will be provided by RBI for integration purpose

Scaled-down version 50 of Production in terms of sizing

319 Page No63 amp Section No23

Functional Requirements Will RBI provide DLP solution Shall be shared with successful bidder

320 Page No63 amp Section No23

Non-Functional Requirements is SI expected to conduct VAPT or RBI will be conducting the same

RBI will conduct VAPT SI needs to provide gaps resolution

321 Page No267 amp Annexure Q

Hardware Requirements Is UAT sizing expected to be 100 of Production sizing

Scaled-down version 50 of Production in terms of sizing

322

Page No27 amp Section No21

High Level Critical Requirements Hindi OCR amp ICR may be a challenge However Hindi metadata can be captured and searched Can OCR and ICR be restricted to English only

As per RFP

323 Page No27 amp Section No21

Storage For sizing Storage can you share average size of the digitized document

As per RFP

324 Page No93 amp Section No41

Licences Can Licenses cost be paid up-front within 30 days from the date of Invoice

As per RFP

325 Page No95 amp Section No44

AMC Pay-Outs Can AMC be payable yearly in Advance instead of at the end of the every year

As per RFP

4 What is the approximate volume of these documents 5 Do we have to migrate the existing documents to the new system

2 General Query Performance Monitoring From performance perspective As per RFP 1 How many documents are getting uploaded DailyWeeklyMonthlyYearly 2 What is the min max amp average size of the documents getting uploaded 3 What is the projection of documents growth MonthlyYearly

3 General Query Licenses Can we use existing relevant licenses and infrastructure available with RBI

For TCO purpose the bidders are expected to indicate the costs of new licenses required to be deployed on new infrastructure Details of existing licenses and infrastructure may be indicated separately if available

4 General Query Training Section Reference Scope of 50 resources end user training

As per RFP

Can we have region level training model

5 Page No 13 and Section 21

Reference Inward Communication - External Whenever any communication is received electronically or otherwise from outside of RBI it is treated as External Inward Example Letters received from other parties vendors by DIT CO

1 How will the External Users get access to the system

As per RFP

2 How will these External Users get authenticated Will RBI AD be used for this 3 Who is responsible for digitizing physical documents received from external sources

6 Page No 13 and Section 21

Reference Inward Communication - External

Who is responsible for digitizing physical documents received from internal sources

As per RFP

7 Page No 24 and Section 21

High Level Critical Requirements 1 Who will be the External Users of UI Shall be discussed during System Study 2 How will the External Users get

registered in the system 8 Page No 24

and Section 21

High Level Critical Requirements 1 Do we have to integrate EDMS to an existing External UI for external users or develop a new UI as part of EDMS Solution

As per RFP

2 Do we have to integrate EDMS to an existing Internal UI for internal users or develop a new UI as part of EDMS Solution 3 If Yes Do we have any references to both internal amp external UI like pages navigation etc or if there is any existing websites available which we can refer Can you share the details for the same

9 Page No 25 and Section 21

Reference Web interface ndashInwardOutward Management - Application should host Web Based User Interface over internet for inward creation and capability for outward response through Web Based User Interface and capability for public queryinquirycommunication etc

Will the public raise a query based on a reference or raise a standalone query

As per RFP

10 Page No 25 and Section 21

Reference Web interface ndashInwardOutward Management - InwardOutward Management Flow of data from Web Interface to EDMS and vice versa should happen in batches

Why is the interaction between the Web Interface and underlying EDMS in batches and not real-time

As per RFP

and support push pull mechanism Frequency of push pull should be configurable

11 Page No 25 and Section 21

Reference Customization and Integration - The solution offered is required to be integrated with Active Directory and should support single sign-on

1 Do you have single sign-on solution currently implemented

Yes Single Sign-on is implemented currently Details will be shared with successful bidder

2 If Yes What is the softwareapplication do you use for the same

12 Page No 46 and Section 21

Reference The solution offered should be capable of integration with 3rd party software amp internal applications which are in use at RBI

1 What are the various RBI applications (Internal or 3rd party software) that needs to be integrated with EDMS

Integration envisaged for Go-Live - Active Directory Mail Messaging System SAMADHAN IRM and DMIS Other integration will be done during continuous development

2 What is the purpose of the integration 3 What is the nature of the integration 4 Please give us some examples of industry standard open office tools

13 Page No 25 and Section 21

Reference Customization and Integration - The proposed solution needs to be integrated with existing (or any future standard system) of IRM

1 Do you have any existing IRM application currently being used for Information Rights Management

Microsoft IRM

2 If Yes Can you provide more details of it

14 Page No 26 and Section 21

Reference Metadata EntryIndexingAuto Filling - Scanned file naming convention and folder structure to be used to store the scanned files and would be as per the policies defined by RBI for file naming conventions in bilingual language [Rajbhasha(Hindi) English]

What are RBI policies for naming conventions in bilingual language

As per RFP

15 Page No 26 and Section 21

Reference Metadata EntryIndexingAuto Filling - System should have metadata fields as required for indexing as per the requirement of the RBI

Can you provide an approximate number of metadata fields required across various document types

As per RFP

16 Page No 26 and Section 21

Reference Office Noting Approval Sanction - All the authorized users should be able to create and route the Office Note for approval as per their user role amp access rights

Can you explain Create Office Note Does this mean you want to create a review note on top of documents using the system with a text editor and as part of the workflow this note gets attached to the document

As per RFP

17 Page No 27 and Section 21

Reference Reports amp Dashboard 1 Does RBI have any systemapplication currently being used for Reports amp Dashboards

Application should have capability to support any number of dashboards and reports

2 If Yes Can you provide more details of it 3 Can you provide an approximate number of reports and dashboards required in EDMS

18 Page No 27 and Section 21

Reference Document Security -The system should have the mechanism for 1st and 2nd factor authentication wherever required

Can you provide examplesuse casesscenarios where this may be required

Shall be discussed during System Study

19 Page No 28 and Section 21

Reference Workflow and Collaboration

What is the average number of steps required in document workflows

Shall be discussed during System Study

20 Page No 50 and Section 22

Reference Miscellaneous - User Should be able to see that particular email id which is always used on daily basis

Need more clarity on this requirement As per RFP

21 Page No 51 and Section 23

Reference User Management - The system is envisaged to have a total user count up to 10000 users at present and concurrent users up to 2000 with an annual increase of 10 in concurrent users

Does this count includes both Internal and External Users If not can you please give us segregation

This is only for internal users

22 Page No 64 and Section 23

Reference Digital storage - The solution should have a mechanism to define and use RBI‟s retention policy of documents based on various classifications

What is RBIs Retention Policy for documents

Policy shall be shared with successful bidder

23 Page No 64 and Section 23

Reference Digital storage - The solution should have a mechanism to define and use RBI‟s retention policy of documents based on various classifications

Is there a need for external documents (digitized documents that are stored outside of EDMS solution) to be managed via Records Management Retention Policies

Not required at this Stage

24 Page No 32 and Section 22

Reference OCR amp ICR - These Service ought to give a wide scope of procedures like making information section quicker with more precision and productivity

Need more clarity on this requirement As per RFP

25 Page No 32 and Section 22

Reference OCR amp ICR - OCR services should bring quicker outcomes with minimal time

Need more clarity on this requirement As per RFP

26 Page No 34 and Section 22

Reference Search - The System should have full text search capabilities which supports synonym phonic Boolean etc

Need more clarity on this requirement As per RFP

27 Page No 45 and Section 22

Reference Document Management - Rearrange pages in a document or create a new document from a page using drag and drop

Need more clarity on this requirement As per RFP

28 Page No 46 and Section 22

Reference Image Processing - System should be able to optimize the quality of scanned images

Need more clarity on this requirement As per RFP

29 Page No 46 and Section 22

Reference Image Processing - The bidder must provide mechanism tool for quality enhancement

What enhancements are expected As per RFP

30 Page No 67 and Section 31

Reference It should ensure processes followed and products are fully compliant with the statutory and regulatory requirements

Can we have the reference to statutory and regulatory requirements

As per RFP

31 Page No 100 and Section 56

Penalties We assume the overall liability would be 10 of the contract value under all circumstances Please confirm We also request to reduce the time lapsed due to circumstances beyond bidderrsquos control from the penalties ie dependencies on RBI etc

Shall be discussed with successful bidder

32 Page No 114 and Section 66

Commercial Bid Evaluation In case existing software if any needs to be utilised for the project RBI will get authorization from the OEM of the said software to be used for EDMS project as well The same software should be in support from the OEM

As per RFP

33 Page No 93 and Section 41

Software Cost Please release 100 of the License Cost indicated in Item 1A of Annexure Q immediately on delivery

As per RFP

34 Page No 95 and Section 44

AMC Pay-outs May we request to release the AMC payment for license at the time of delivery means at the beginning of the AMC year

As per RFP

35 Page No 95 and Section 45

FMS May we request to release the annual amount payable towards FMS and Development Team at the end of each quarter means quarterly payment

Please refer Corrigendum dated 7th October 2019

36 Page No 93 and Section 41

Software Cost May we request to release 10 of Implementation cost on BRDSRS submission to bank

As per RFP

37 Page No 86 and Section 324

GPS This requirement is subject to bank having an MADP platform and current RBI website capabilities DMS shall provide all necessary web services for integration but will be dependent on website team for MADP and UI

As per RFP

38 Page No 76 and Section 311

In case of the Go-Live delays by the Bidder the financial Penalty as per the Banks discretion will be imposed on the Bidder at 5 of the total contract value per month of delay to the maximum of 10 of the total contract value as per the agreement between the Bank and the successful Bidder

We request that delay penalty be applicable on the implementation value and not on total contract value

As per RFP

39 Page No 78 and Section 313

If any defect in the Solution is not rectified by the Bidder before the end of the Warranty Period the Warranty Period shall be extended until

We submit that warranty cannot be extended as it is provided by OEM However product will be supported through the warranty and AMCATS support period

As per RFP

(a) the defect has been corrected and (b) the Solution functions in accordance with the Contract

40 Page No 124 and Section 711

The Bank will reserve the right to terminate the services of the successful Bidder at any point of the Project (during the implementation phase and post go-live) without assigning any reasons In such cases the Bank may consider making payment commensurate with the last completed phase

We understand that a notice period of 90 days will be provided prior to invocation of this termination for convenience in order for the bidder to wind-up the project and re-allocate resources and terminate back-end contracts

As per RFP

We understand that in event of such termination for convenience customer will pay for all products and services delivered till the effective date of termination We understand that in event of such termination for convenience customer will also pay for the annual AMCATS charge for the relevant year as the vendor would have paid AMCATS charges of OEM in advance for the relevant year

41 Page No 129 and Section 85

RBI reserves the right to cancel the contract of the selected Bidder and recover expenditure incurred by RBI if the progress regarding execution of the contract made by the selected Bidder is found to be unsatisfactory for any reason

We understand that a written notice with a reasonable cure period will be provided prior to contract cancellationtermination

As per RFP

42 Page No 130 and Section 87

87 Without prejudice to the other rights of the Purchaser under the Contract in the matter the proceeds of the performance security shall be payable to RBI as compensation for any loss resulting from the Bidderrsquos failure to complete its obligations under the Contract

We understand that a written notice with a reasonable cure period will be provided prior to invocation of the performance security

As per RFP

43 Page No 130 and Section 88

88 Without prejudice to the other rights of the Purchaser under the Contract in the matter the proceeds of the performance security shall be payable to RBI as compensation for any loss resulting from the Bidderrsquos failure to complete its obligations under the Contract

We understand that a written notice with a reasonable cure period will be provided prior to invocation of the performance security

As per RFP

44 Page No 132 and Section 813

The Bidder agrees that the Bank has no limit on the additions or deletions on the items for the period of the contract

We understand that the technical and commercial impact of additionsdeletions to the mutually agreed scope will be agreed through change requestamendment process

As per RFP

45 Page No240 and Annexure G

The BIDDER undertakes that it has not supplied is not supplying similar product services or sub-services during last one year from the date of issuance of this RFP at a price lower than that offered in the present bid to any other entity If it is found at any stage that similar product services or sub-services was supplied by the BIDDER to any other entity at a lower price then that very price with due allowance for elapsed time will be applicable to the present case and the difference in the cost would be refunded by the BIDDER to the BUYER if the contract has already been concluded

We submit that there is no time period reference provided for this confirmation We understand that this compliance will be checked for the bid-evaluation period

As per RFP

46 Page No240 and Annexure G

The BIDDER undertakes that it has not supplied is not supplying similar product services or sub-services during last one year from the date of issuance of this RFP at a price lower than that offered in the present bid to any other entity If it is found at any stage that similar product services or sub-services was supplied by the BIDDER to any other entity at a lower price then that very price with due allowance for elapsed time will be applicable to the present case and the difference in the cost would be refunded by the BIDDER to the BUYER if the contract has already been concluded

We propose replacement of similar productservices or sub-services with identical solution We propose replacement of refunded by the BIDDER to the BUYER with applied to future procurement

As per RFP

47 General Query Liability We noticed that there is no aggregate liability language on bidder liability We propose that the aggregate liability of the bidder will not exceed the TCV of the project

Shall be discussed with successful bidder

48 General Query Agreement We noticed that there is no language on disclaimer of liability of either party for indirect and consequential claims We propose that neither party will be liable for indirect or consequential claims and damages lost profits or lost revenue in relation with the project

Shall be discussed with successful bidder

49 Page No 262 and Annexure Q Section A

Section A - A1 Bidder requests clarification as to whether this is line item cost is related to digitization of old records if so the same shall be removed from A1 and moved to A2 or a separate section to be created in the Commercial Bid Format as this cost needs to be paid on actual documents Scanned

Bidder is expected to provide the License cost for the Scanning Imaging solution against this line item

Scanning Imaging

50 Page No 264 and Annexure Q Section B

Section B Bidder submits that the Unit Price column shall be removed and total cost for the resources to be allowed to be quoted for each year separately

As per RFP

NPV calculation will be done considering 5 escalation rate and 8 discounted rate only for TCO purpose

We also request to remove the reference of 5 escalation rate and allow us to quote for the actual inflation by each bidder separately to allow the bidders to provide maximum benefit to RBI for the NPV

As the commercial format allows to quote separate values for each year the Indexation references is no longer relevant and the payment for the later years can be made at the mentioned prices

51 Page No 265 and Annexure Q Section B3

Section B3 Bidder submits that the minimum of 8 for AMC shall be changed to Sub-Total A1 excluding the ScanningImaging as the AMC should typically include on the product cost

As per RFP

AMC for the first year after warranty period (should be min 8 of Total onetime cost)

We further request clarity whether the AMC is for 3 years or 4 years as the template indicates Year 3 to Year 7 which is 4 years while the Note below the table mentions it for 3 years please clarify we further request that this note mentioned in the adjacent column shall be removed as the commercial template is modified to allow bidders to quote for each year separately

Below rates are mentioned for first year Actual payment for subsequent years as applicable will be done on applying the indexation formulae

middot Cost of L1 and L2 for the subsequent period of 6 years

middot Development Team Cost for the subsequent period of 6 years

middot AMC for the subsequent period of 3 years

52 Page No 267 and Annexure Q Section D

Section D Bidder submits that the Rates for the Resources both the Support resources and the Development Resources is available in the Section B Table the rate for any additional resources can be used from the same table hence request removal of the additional table

As per RFP Marginal Resource Cost

53 Page No 93 and Section 41

41 Software Cost Bidder submits that the heading of the section is an error as the payment terms are related to services and not Software cost we also request the following modifications to the payment terms

As per RFP

1 Completion of process and system study Design and Build and Deployment in UAT - 15 of Implementation Cost specified at Item 1B of Annexure Q

2 Data Migration Completion of User Acceptance Testing Creation of training content Train the Trainer and customer education content - 20 of Implementation Cost specified at Item 1B of Annexure Q

41 Software Cost

3 Complete Implementation and ldquoProduction Go-liverdquo of the project - 25 of Implementation Cost specified at Item 1B of Annexure Q

1 Completion of process and system study Design and Build and Deployment in UAT - 15 of Implementation Cost specified at Item 1B of Annexure Q

4 Receipt of Completion Certificate from the Bank (post 90 days of achieving production Go-Live) - 30 of Implementation Cost specified at Item 1B of Annexure Q

2 Data Migration Completion of User Acceptance Testing Creation of training content Train the Trainer and customer education content - 30 of Implementation Cost specified at Item 1B of Annexure Q

5 Amount payable during the warranty period - On completion of warranty period of three years The Financial Bank guarantee shall be valid for 7 years - 10 of Implementation Cost specified at Item 1B of Annexure Q

3 Complete Implementation and ldquoProduction Go-liverdquo of the project - 35 of Implementation Cost specified at Item 1B of Annexure Q

4 Receipt of Completion Certificate from the Bank (post 90 days of achieving production Go-Live) - 10 of Implementation Cost specified at Item 1B of Annexure Q

5 Amount payable during the warranty period - In equal quarterly instalments during warranty period of three years The Financial Bank guarantee shall be valid for 7 years - 10 of Implementation Cost specified at Item 1B of Annexure Q

We also request deletion of Indexation

section as separate costs will be quoted for each year as per the Annexure Q

54 Page No 94 amp 95 and Section 43 amp 44

43 Warranty pay-outs Bidder submits that the pay-outs for Warranty and AMC shall be made quarterly in arrears which is the industry standard practice for these payments

As per RFP 44 AMC pay-outs

55 46 Other Payment terms

Page No 95 and Section 46

3 Any objectiondispute to the amounts invoiced in the bill shall be raised by RBI within reasonable time from the date of receipt of the invoice Upon settlement of disputes with respect to any disputed invoice(s) the Bank will make payment within thirty (30) working days of the settlement of such disputes

Bidder submits that the payments for the invoices shall be made within 30 days from the receipt of the invoice any objectiondispute to the amounts invoiced shall be made within 25 days from the date of receipt of the invoice

Shall be discussed with successful bidder

4 The fees payable by the Bank to Bidder shall be inclusive of all costs such as insurance taxes (GST as per the rates applicable) transportation installation that may be levied imposed charged or incurred and RBI shall pay the fees due under this RFP and subsequent agreement after deducting any tax deductible at source (ldquoTDSrdquo) as applicable The Bidder will need to provide the details for the tax rates as considered in the pricing This will be used for subsequent tax changes RBI shall pay each undisputed invoice raised in accordance with this RFP and subsequent agreement within thirty (30) working days after its receipt unless otherwise mutually agreed in writing provided that such invoice is dated after such fees have become due and payable under this RFP and subsequent agreement

56 45 Other Payment terms As per RFP

Page No 96 and Section 46

8 The Bidders should note that the contract entered with the successful Bidder will be for implementation and post go‐live period of 7 years (3 years‟ warranty amp 4 years AMC amp FMS support) extendable at the Banks discretion The Bank will have the right in its sole discretion to renegotiate the prices terms and conditions

Bidder understand that the right of Bank to negotiate the prices terms and conditions is in the event of extension beyond the period of current contract (implementation and post go‐live period of 7 years (3 years‟ warranty amp 4 years AMC amp FMS support) and not during the current contract period please confirm

57 Page No 100 and Section 56

56 Penalties Bidder submits that the Penalty for Rollout delays shall be 1 of the delayed components cost of the One-time cost (Section A - Annexure Q) per week subject to a maximum of 10 of the delayed components cost of the One-time cost

As per RFP

The successful Bidder is expected to complete the responsibilities that have been assigned as per the specified time frame In case of the Rollout delays by the Bidder the financial Penalty as per the Banks discretion will be imposed on the Bidder at 5 of the total contract value per month of delay to the maximum of 10 of the total contract value as per the agreement between the Bank and the successful Bidder

Business Utility and Business Downtime would be the key considerations for determining the ldquoPenaltiesrdquo that would be levied on the Bidder for ldquoNon‐Adherencerdquo to the SLA for the Services offered The inability of the Bidder to provide the requirements as per the scope or to meet the deadlines as specified would be treated as breach of contract and invoke the Penalty Clause The maximum limit on the penalties during the period of contract shall be 10 of the total contract value The applicable ldquoPenaltiesrdquo would be the same irrespective of the root causes

In case of Non-Adherence to the SLA the maximum penalty shall be limited to 10 of the Quarterly Invoice value for the respective quarters

58 Page No 124 and Section 711

711 Duration and Condition of Engagement

Bidder submits that in case of termination of the contract without assigning any reason the Bank shall allow the Bidder a notice of 90 days for ramp-down of the resources etc We further submit that in case of termination with or without reason Bidder shall be paid for the completed deliverables as per the commercials quoted

As per RFP

2 The Bank will reserve the right to terminate the services of the successful Bidder at any point of the Project (during the implementation phase and post go-live) without assigning any reasons In such cases the Bank may consider making payment commensurate with the last completed phase

59 87 Performance Bank Guarantee As per RFP

Page No 130 and Section 87

The successful Bidder shall at his own expense deposit with The Chief General Manager-in-Charge Department of Information Technology Reserve Bank of India Mumbai within thirty (30) days from the final result of the bidding process and declaration of the successful Bidder a Performance Bank Guarantee from a scheduled commercial bank payable on demand in terms of Annexure C for an amount equivalent to ten percent (10) of the contract price for the due performance and fulfilment of the contract by the Bidder Without prejudice to the other rights of the Purchaser under the Contract in the matter the proceeds of the performance security shall be payable to RBI as compensation for any loss resulting from the Bidders failure to complete its obligations under the Contract RBI shall notify the Bidder in writing of the invocation of its right to receive such compensation indicating the contractual obligation(s) for which the Bidder is in default The Performance Bank Guarantee shall be denominated in INR and shall be in the form of bank guarantee unless another form is specified by RBI After Go Live Performance Bank Guarantee will be returned back to bidder on submission of Financial Bank Guarantee which shall be submitted by the Bidder within

Bidder submits that the Performance Bank Guarantee shall be for a value of 10 of the One-time cost as this is to ensure proper execution of the roll out

90 days of Go-Live Non-submission of Performance Guarantee shall constitute sufficient grounds among others if any for the annulment of the award of the tender

60 88 Financial Bank Guarantee As per RFP

Page No 130 and 131 amp Section 88

The successful Bidder shall at his own expense deposit with The Chief General Manager-In-Charge Department of Information Technology Reserve Bank of India Mumbai within Ninety (90) days of Go-Live of application before the issuance of Certificate of Completion a Bank Guarantee from a scheduled commercial bank payable on demand in terms of Annexure O for an amount equivalent to ten percent (10) of the contract price as mentioned in Annexure Q of Commercial Bid submitted by the bidder for the due performance and fulfilment of the contract by the Bidder during the warranty and AMC period of 7 years After Go Live Performance Bank Guarantee will be returned back to bidder on submission of Financial Bank Guarantee Without prejudice to the other rights of the Purchaser under the Contract in the matter the proceeds of the performance security shall be payable to RBI as compensation for any loss resulting from the Bidders failure to complete its obligations under the Contract RBI shall notify the Bidder in writing of the invocation of its right to receive such compensation indicating the contractual obligation(s) for which the Bidder is in default The Financial Bank Guarantee shall be valid till the

Bidder submits that the Financial Bank Guarantee shall be for a value of 10 of the Average Annual Support Cost (Section B of Annexure Q)

end of AMC denominated in INR and shall be in the form of bank guarantee unless another form is specified by RBI Non-submission of Financial Guarantee shall constitute sufficient grounds among others if any for the annulment of the award of the tender

61 Page No 240 and Annexure G point 7

Integrity Pact Bidder requests to modify the clause as follows

As per RFP

7 Fall Clause The BIDDER undertakes that it has not supplied is not supplying identical solution similar product services or sub-services during last one year from the date of issuance of this RFP at a price lower than that offered in the present bid to any other entity If it is found at any stage that identical solution similar product services or sub-services was supplied by the BIDDER to any other entity at a lower price then that very price with due allowance for elapsed time will be applicable to the present case and the difference in the cost would be refunded by the BIDDER to the BUYER if the contract has already been concluded

The BIDDER undertakes that it has not supplied is not supplying similar product services or sub-services during last one year from the date of issuance of this RFP at a price lower than that offered in the present bid to any other entity If it is found at any stage that similar product services or sub-services was supplied by the BIDDER to any other entity at a lower price then that very price with due allowance for elapsed time will be applicable to the present case and the difference in the cost would be refunded by the BIDDER to the BUYER if the contract has already been concluded

62 Page No 25 and Section 21

5 Inward Management - When a postal mailphysical letter is Inwarded directly the System should capture the details of the incoming physical letter viz from address subject language etc Data like subject should be auto-filled but should be editable The application should support generation of Suo Moto note which is an Inward generated without any incoming letteremail

Bidders request to share the meaning for Auto-filled in case of manual scanning

Shall be discussed during System Study

63 Page No 27 and Section 21

17 Outward Management - Approval of the Outward should be done by the User at least one level higher in the hierarchy (N+1) as per the AD than the User who created the Outward Admins should be able to configure exceptions to this rule for users at senior management level as decided by the concerned departments of the Bank

Bidder request to clarify if the implemented AD has the hierarchy defined to handle the workflow scenarios

Hierarchy shall be defined

64 Page No 27 and Section 21

21 Scan amp Upload - The Scanning product should have inbuilt capability to do a full page OCR amp ICR (for both Hindi amp English documents) and also convert the images to searchable forms like Searchable PDF

ICR will be helpful for Incurable colour dropout user form Since all documents are office papers it may not be useful so bidder request to remove the ICR component

As per RFP

65 Page No 32 and Section 22

42 OCR amp ICR - By using ICR technology any handwritten text should be converted into word text searchable PDF format or word document format with high accuracy

Bidder understands that ICR used for a handwritten document has max accuracy may not be more than 70 as per industry standards Request Bank to remove ICR technology only for structured format only

As per RFP

66 Page No 66 and Section 31

The hardware system software application software should be compatible with Data Centre policy network architecture etc already established in the Bank

Bidders request to share the Data Centre Policy and network Architecture

Shall be discussed with successful bidder

67 Page No 67 and Section 31

18 Though the system should be used prospectively for the workflow it should have the capability to capture and integrate the paper based as well as electronic records created so far in the Bank

Capability to have reference point of hard copy reference numbers

Shall be discussed during System Study

68 Page No 67 and Section 31

21 The system as well as the workflow carried out in the system should be fully auditable

Request to confirm if bidder needs to recommend sizing for fully auditable data store

Yes

69 Page No 71 and Section 38

Data migration will be the responsibility of the Bidder All necessary tools queries required for extraction transformation and migration must be provided by the Bidder It is the Bidders responsibility to ensure accuracy integrity and completeness of the data migration from legacy DMIS application to new EDMS application

Request to confirm if bidder needs produce data migration report with column by column comparison report for reconciliation

As per RFP

70 Page No 71 and Section 38

1 Data Migration is broadly divided into following three major sub-components iii Data migration audit and certification on the accuracy of data porting from the DMIS system to EDMS

Request to confirm if bidder needs produce data migration report with column by column comparison report for reconciliation

As per RFP

71 Page No 72 and Section 38

6 The Bidder is expected to provide an archival solution within the proposed application for the historical data The necessary configuration and implementation of the archival solution shall be the responsibility of the Bidder

Bidder wants to know what is the archival policy for RBI Is it seven years or more

Shall be discussed with successful bidder

72 Page No 73 and Section 38

12 RBI reserves the right to data migration by respective stakeholders of proposed solution and any gaps discrepancies found during the functions of application are to be rectified by the Bidder

Bidder wants to know if the data migration is other than DMIS system

As per RFP

73 Page No 73 and Section 38

16 The Bidder is required to certify completeness and accuracy of migrated data transaction history and balances at each data migration instance

Bidder requests Bank to confirm if bidder needs to produce data migration report with column by column comparison report for reconciliation

As per RFP

74 Page No 81 and Section 317

1 The solution deployed by Bidder should conform to Recovery Time Objective (RTO) and Recovery Point objective (RPO) defined by Bank

Bidder request to know for replication of data from DC-DR there will be a requirement of Replication software requirement Will this be provided by bank What is the replication software

Will be part of BCP and DR policy to be shared later with the successful bidder

2 Bidder should make sure that DR and DR drill is performed in alignment with Banks existing processes 3 The Bidder has to participate in DR drills as and when conducted by the Bank 4 During DR drills the vendor has to provide support at DR site for the activities related to the proposed solution 5 The Bidder is responsible for keeping the proposed solution and Database in sync in DC and DR 6 In case of any DR situation the Bidder has to shift application to DR site after Intimation to Bank 7 The bidder has to prepare a Business Continuity Plan and have it approved by the Bank

75 Page No 81 and Section 317

2 Bidder should make sure that DR and DR drill is performed in alignment with Banks existing processes

Bidder request to know if the DR automation tool will this be provided by bank What is the DR automation tool bank use

Will be part of BCP and DR policy to be shared later with the successful bidder

3 The Bidder has to participate in DR drills as and when conducted by the Bank

4 During DR drills the vendor has to provide support at DR site for the activities related to the proposed solution 6 In case of any DR situation the Bidder has to shift application to DR site after Intimation to Bank 7 The bidder has to prepare a Business Continuity Plan and have it approved by the Bank

76 Page No 84 and Section 319

The vendors shall guarantee that with the proposed configurationspecifications the required system application response times as indicated below shall be complied with keeping in view that up to 2000 concurrent users would be connected to the system The required response time and performance standards shall be maintained throughout the contract period Bidder is expected to carry performance testing and share the result with the Bank throughout the contract period In case the implemented solutions do not meet the required response time or in the event of performance degradation that shall require upgradesaugmentation in the softwarehardware the corresponding cost shall be borne by the solution provider

Application SLA As per RFP

77 Page No 85 and Section 321

The Bank will provide following hosting environment to the application

Request Bank to ensure Bidder is not underquoting hardware requirement Also support cost for hardware OS DB etc are not considered in the price Bidder assumes that the cost for the same will be added by RBI with hardware cost

As per RFP

78 Page No 92 and Section 330

3 Vendor is required to give all sorts of support required in case RBI decides to move the implemented EDMS on cloud services or IaaS in future This support will include everything starting from shunting of the running EDMS temporarily to alternate arrangement till all the Hw Sw etc are installed amp made running in the new IaaS or Cloud environment (Logistics Technical Integration support etc)

Bidder requests to add the cloud migration support cost as part of commercial template

As per RFP

4 The vendor must also include a detailed resource plan that describes the Project Management and identify Implementation Teams‟ composition It shall define the roles and responsibilities of each member and the number of person-days that will be required of each member 5 Business Process Reengineering ndash The vendor shall include the impact of the new system to the operations of Client If applicable the proponent shall recommend changes to the existing processes that would benefit Client

79 Page No 95 and Section 44

AMC pay-outs Bidder requests Bank to make the payments to be done quarterly arrears

As per RFP

80 Page No 84 and Section 319

CPU Utilization lt60 Bidder request to definition of 60 Is it average utilisation of 10 working hours

As per RFP

81 Page No 274 and Annexure T

Resource table 32333435 says 12x5 hours but defined as 1 resource

For 12 x 5 working hours only 1 resource has been defined As per working hours one resource cannot work for 12 hrs Request Bank to add 1 more resource for the working hours or change the working hours for 1 resource only

For Annexure T for line items 31 to 35 Bidders are advised to consider 8 x 5 working hours where requirement of only 1 resource has been mentioned (Ahmedabad has 2 locations so 2 resources are required) For line items 25 to 30 where support hours are mentioned as 12 x 5 and requirement of multiple resources is mentioned resources are expected to work in 8 x 5 shift scheduled in a manner to provide support for 12 x 5 All other conditionsrequirements mentioned in the table remain unchanged

82 Page No 84 and Section 320

General Bidder requests Bank to normalise the CPU to x86 based system some bidder may propose proprietary CPU which may lead to ambiguity

As per RFP

83 Page No 7 and Section 1

Introduction The Bank desires to implement Electronic Document Management System (EDMS) across all the locations (Pan India) and all the departments regional offices and training establishments of the Bank- As per our understanding this pertains to multi-sites and multi-instances deployment of EDMS solution Kindly confirm and specify the number of sites for deployment

As per RFP

84 Page No 25 and Section 21

High Level Critical Requirements Does this involve any external users outside of RBIother banks

As per RFP

Also elaborate on the Push-Pull mechanism mentioned and frequency of Push-Pull mechanism mentioned in the RFP

85 Page No 30 and Section 22

Technical Bid(Functional Requirements)

The System should be able to accept input in Rajbhasha and preferably in other regional languages - As per our understanding input in English and Hindi should meet the business requirement If not kindly elaborate on the languages expected

As per RFP

86 Page No 44 and Section 22

Edit files within native applications without downloading first

We understand that different softwares have different proprietary formats which may not be accessible for editing apart from these specific softwares We suggest to edit these files in their native softwares to maintain document quality We would request you to please specify these file formats

As per RFP

87 Page No 50 and Section 22

Application should have capability to allow end users in public domain to create user id and upload documents for inwards created

Please suggest if this involves any external users outside of RBIOther banks

As per RFP

88 Page No 51 and Section 22

Technical Bid(Functional Requirements)

Does this involve any external users outside of RBIother banks

As per RFP

89 Page No 53 and Section 23

Technical Bid(Non-Functional Requirements)

Navigation speed would be majorly dependent on networkbandwidth made available so that accordingly pages can be loaded

As per RFP

90 Page No 54 and Section 23

Technical Bid(Non-Functional Requirements)

Will the Bank provide Data Centre policy details or will it be discussed and agreed mutually between two parties post bidder selection

Shall be discussed with successful bidder

91 Page No 87 and Section 324

The EDMS application is required to be compatible to integrate with API applications like REST SOAP or any other based API applications

What are the third party applications needs to be integrated apart from those mentioned here

Integration envisaged for Go-Live - Active Directory Mail Messaging System SAMADHAN IRM and DMIS Other integration will be done during continuous development

92 Page No 100 and Section 53

Scope of Work Kindly convert the hours mentioned in TTR section into business hours

As per RFP

93 Page No 197 and Annexure D2

Functional Requirements Since this is a generic statement and no details can be finale present for customisations involved against this point

As per RFP

94 Page No 199 and Annexure D2

Functional Requirements Please elaborate Also there should not be any scores since preferred style or standard is not mentioned

As per RFP

95 Page No 207 and Annexure D3

Non-Functional Requirements Please elaborate what is user access level parameterised through admin level here

As per RFP

96 Page No 209 and Annexure D3

Non-Functional Requirements Please explain what does parameterisation mean and include here

As per RFP

97 Page No 226 and Annexure D6

Approach Paper Please clarify if scalability of document volume 30 is year on year increase and also we will consider 4 mn documents for initial year for calculating storage requirements Please check if our understanding is correct Also provide no of pages per document and size of each document etc

As per RFP

98 General Query Training Section Kindly share the number of the RBI team members to whom the training will be imparted

5 batches of 30-40 user each Total training to be provide to around 200 User at Mumbai Pune

99 General Query Customization and Integration As per our understanding the Integration with the third party applications is for image enablement and doc uploaddownload

As per RFP

100 General Query Technical Bid(Functional Requirements)

For the Workflow automation requirement can we get a sample process for each of the workflow described to understand the complexity of the process

Shall be discussed during System Study

101 General Query Technical Solution amp Training Please suggest the volume of documents involved for extraction scope

As per RFP

102 General Query Presentation amp POC of the Solution As per our understanding scope of POC in the RFP is the same as explained through the scenarios in EOI Please confirm

As per RFP

103 Page No 226 and Annexure D6

Functional Requirements Rearrange pages in a document or create a new document from a page using drag and drop This functionality is a part of specialized document creating softwares and not document management system Hence we request you to kindly drop this point

As per RFP

104 General Query

Functional Requirements What is the current ticketing tool being used by the bank

S-MAX

105 Page No 113 and Section 645

Implementation Experience Implementation Experience Table - Are there any scores that are assigned with parameters - No of projects Total Users Concurrent Users Volume of documents

As per RFP

106 Page No 256 and Annexure D5

NA What is the difference between D4 and D5 Both appear same in terms of format and information requested

D4 will be signed by the bidder D5 will be signed by bidders previousexisting clients where

DMS with workflow solution was implemented in past

107 Page No 224 and Annexure D4

Annexure D4 Technical Bid (Implementation Experience)

There is no minimum count mentioned for DMS with workflow automation Project Implementation Experience Two project credentials (PO or client letter) would be sufficient

As per RFP

108 Page No 81 and Section 318

Continuous Development What are the number of resources that the bank expects to be a part of Continuous Development

As per RFP

109 Page No 92 and Section 330

Scope of Work Since the amount of support and scope of work for cloud services is not very clear at this stage we recommend to keep this component out of commercial bid and take it on Time and Material need basis

As per RFP

110 Page No 106 and Section 63

Presentation amp POC of the Solution It is assumed that the POC requested in the RFP is the same as per the EOI and is based on the same use cases that were a part of the EOI process Please clarify

As per RFP

111 Page No 25 and Section 21

The solution should also be capable of integration with native office 365 and

Please name what are industry standard open office tools Please provide detail of existing IRM system

Microsoft IRM

industry standard open office tools The proposed solution needs to be integrated with existing (or any future standard system) of IRM

112 Page No 25 and Section 21

InwardOutward Management Flow of data from Web Interface to EDMS and vice versa should happen in batches and support push pull mechanism

Proposed system will provided web services for CRUD operation Same services will be consumed by external system for Inward management Also

Shall be discussed during SRS

Frequency of push pull should be configurable

proposed system will consume web service provided by external systems for Outward service Any change these external system will be out of scope Please confirm if our understanding is correct

113 Page No 27 and Section 21

The Scanning product should have inbuilt capability to do a full page OCR amp ICR (for both Hindi amp English documents) and also convert the images to searchable forms like Searchable PDF

Accuracy of capturing Hand written information in during OCRICR is totally depends on input and must be out of scope Please confirm if our understanding is correct

Accuracy of OCR for Machine Readable documents should be 100 and search should be faster amp accurate and it is in scope whereas the accuracy for ICR for hand written documents may be varied but is in scope

114 Page No 27 and Section 21

The System should be able to search in English Hindi amp combination of both System must provide the ability to search from bi-lingual content sources Reports should be in Hindi and English

Language conversion from English to Hindi and vice versa is not in scope Information saved in English language can be search in English Same way information saved in Hindi language will be searched in Hindi only Please confirm if our understanding is correct

Yes

115 Page No 34 and Section 22

Scanned file naming convention and folder structure to be used to store the scanned files and would be as per the

File name will be in English only Please confirm if our understanding is correct

Application should support Bilingual file names

policies defined by RBI for file naming conventions in bilingual language (Rajbhasha(Hindi) English)

116 Page no 58 amp Section 23

Compatible DevOps for version control in Test and Production environment

Please elaborate the requirement for Compatible DevOps for version control

Shall be discussed with successful bidder

117 The RBI reserves the right to conduct Yes

Page no 59 amp Section 23

further security testing of the system by either RBI personnel or another party Any gaps identified during this testing should be fixed by bidder at their own cost

STQC and VAPT will be in RBI scope SI will responsible for closing the GAP identified Please confirm if our understanding is correct

118 Page no 60 amp Section 23

The uniform user management policy envisaged by RBI in which single-sign-on concept for a user should be implemented

Please share existing Single-sign-on solution being used in RBI

Shall be shared with successful bidder

119 Page no 71 amp Section 38

ensure accuracy integrity and completeness of the data migration from legacy DMIS application to new EDMS application

Please provide below details Shall be discussed during System Study 1Which DB is being used(expr

OracleMSSQL etc) 2 Is DMIS application is open source built on JavaNet technology If not Please share which DMS product is being used along with version details 3How many table exists 4How many records need tp migrate 5How many documents need to migrate 6Does documents has versions 7Existing DMIS system architecture 8Other details which can be helpful to understand migration scope

120 Page no 97 amp Section 5

ldquoBusiness Operation Hoursrdquo shall be ldquoOne Hourrdquo prior to the start of ldquoWorking Hoursrdquo and would end ldquoOne Hourrdquo after ldquoWorking Hoursrdquo ldquoBusiness

Please confirm OampM support hours Will it be 700 AM to 900 PM (Mon-Friday) and on working Saturday What all Saturday will be working day

As per RFP

121 Page no 86 amp Section 323

The total number of users presently is expected to be around 10000 with 2000 concurrent users and annual growth of 10 in concurrent users

We believe all Bank users will not participate for workflowBPM task approval process For sizing please provide users count as per -

Workflows are applicable for all users and concurrency as mentioned in RFP

1) Total number of DMS users

2) Total number of BPMworkflow users 3)Concurrent DMS users 4)Concurrent BPMworkflow users

122 Page no 25 amp Section 21

Manage documents using a folder view with minimum 5 levels and support file types pdf tiff jpeg jpg doc docx xls xlsx ppt pptx png etc with version control

Please share the details of different type of documents Please provide below details

Shall be discussed during System Study

1) For New Documents a) Number of document ingestion per day - b) Average size of document - in KB c) Maximum size of document - in KB 2) What is percentage the Year on Year growth over 7 years for the number of documents added 3) Average number of document views per day 4) Average number of document searches per day

123 Page no 27 amp Section 21

The Scanning product should have inbuilt capability to do a full

Assuming scanning solution will be deployed centrally and access through web only If No Please share the number of location required for scanning solution Also do share number of scanning users number of template need to consider along with number metadata fields on each template

As per RFP

page OCR amp ICR (for both Hindi amp English documents) and also convert the images to searchable forms like Searchable PDF

124 Page no 28 amp Section 21

The System should be capable of supporting

For BPMWorkflow sizing can we get volumetric for

Shall be discussed during System Study

a Sequential routing ndash Note to be routed one after the other in a pre-defined sequence

1) No of Workload Per Month (Days per month)

b Ad-hoc routing Changing the routing sequence by an authorized personnel

2) No of Process instances Per Hour

c Push ndash pull routing Authorized person can decide the workflow

3)No of User Interactions (per screen)

4)Estimated Number of concurrent users for BPM

5) No of Transactions Per Seconds (TPS) Considered for Sizing (Rules Execution Per Second)

6)No of business process need to factor

7) complexity level of each processes 125 Page no 25 amp

Section 21 High Level Critical Requirements What is the corporate email used in

RBI is it MS exchange or lotus notes please share name and version

MS Exchange 2016

126 Page no 25 amp Section 21

High Level Critical Requirements Are you using On-premise of Azure Active Directory

Shall be shared with successful bidder

127 Page no 28 amp Section 21

High Level Critical Requirements Is there a requirement that all inputs fields should be allowed in both English and Hindi or Hindi data entry is limited to comments notes and documents

All inputs fields should be allowed in both English and Hindi

128 Page no 28 amp Section 21

High Level Critical Requirements Is there expectation that search with English keyword should get translated to Hindi and bring out Hindi content with translated word In other words is there requirement of cross language search

As per RFP

129 Page no 86 amp Section 323

Licences Please confirm licenses other than DMS like for DB web or application server will be provided by RBI

As per RFP

130 Page no 74 amp Section 310

A Administrator Level Training (Technical)

As it is mentioned under Technical Training and not Onsite training what is the expectation for this type of training Is classroom training not required for the same

It will be onsite training

131 Page no 74 amp Section 310

A Administrator Level Training (Technical)

Please confirm the no of approximate Trainees Location Batches for conducting the technical training

5 batches of 30-40 user each Total training to be provide to around 200 User at Mumbai Pune

132 Page no 74 amp Section 310

B User Level Training (on-site) Please confirm the no of approximate Trainees Location Batches for conducting the end user training

5 batches of 30-40 user each Total training to be provide to around 200 User at Mumbai Pune

133 Page no 74 amp Section 310

B User Level Training (on-site) Is hands-on-training session also required for the trainees If yes please confirm

Yes

134 Page no 74 amp Section 310

B User Level Training (on-site) Is the refresher training also expected post Go Live during the support AMC period Please confirm

L0 will be responsible for regular training at respective locations

135 Page no 16 amp Section 14

Date amp Time of Final Submission of Technical amp Commercial Bids on the MSTC Portal

Please extend the bid submission date by two weeks from the current

Please refer Tenders section on RBI website wwwrbiorgin and MSTC e-commerce portal for updates if any regarding bid submission schedule

136 Page no 151 162 206 262

Annexure D1 High Level Critical Requirements

Please provide Annexure D1 D2 D3 amp Q in excel format

May be copied from RFP

Annexure D Annexure D2 Technical Bid (Functional Requirements

Annexure D3 Technical Bid (Non Functional Requirements)

Annexure Q Commercial Bid Format 137 Page no 7 amp

Section1 Introduction The Bank desires to implement

Electronic Document Management System (EDMS) across all the locations (Pan India) and all the departments regional offices and training establishments of the Bank- As per our understanding this pertains to multi-sites and multi-instances deployment of EDMS solution Please confirm and specify the number of sites for deployment

As per RFP

138 Page no 25 amp Section 21

High Level Critical Requirements Does this involve any external users outside of RBIother banks

As per RFP

Also elaborate on the Push-Pull mechanism mentioned and frequency of Push-Pull mechanism mentioned in the RFP

139 Page no 30 amp Section 21

High Level Critical Requirements The System should be able to accept input in Rajbhasha and preferably in other regional languages - As per our understanding input in English and Hindi should meet the business requirement If not kindly elaborate on the languages expected

As per RFP

140 Page no 44 amp Section 21

High Level Critical Requirements Edit files within native applications without downloading first -We understand that different softwarersquos have different proprietary formats which may not be accessible for editing apart from this specific softwarersquos We suggest to edit these files in their native softwarersquos to maintain document quality We would request you to please specify these file formats

As per RFP

141 Page no 50 amp Section 22

Functional Requirements Application should have capability to allow end users in public domain to create user id and upload documents for inwards created - Please suggest if this involves any external users outside of RBIOther banks

As per RFP

142 Page no 51 amp Section 22

Functional Requirements Does this involve any external users outside of RBIother banks

Yes

143 Page no 53 amp Section 23

Non-Functional Requirements Navigation speed would be majorly dependent on networkbandwidth made available so that accordingly pages can be loaded

As per RFP

144 Page no 54 amp Section 23

Non-Functional Requirements Will the Bank provide Data Centre policy details or will it be discussed and agreed mutually between two parties post bidder selection

Shall be shared with successful bidder

145 Page no 87 amp Section 324

Customization and Integration The EDMS application is required to be compatible to integrate with API applications like REST SOAP or any other based API applications- What are the third party applications needs to be

Integration envisaged for Go-Live - Active Directory Mail Messaging System SAMADHAN IRM DMIS Other integration will be done during continuous development

integrated apart from those mentioned here

146 Page no 99 amp Section 53

Scope of Work Kindly convert the hours mentioned in TTR section into business hours

As per RFP

147 Page no 197 amp Admixture D2

Technical Bid (Functional Requirements)

Since this is a generic statement and no details can be finale present for customisations involved against this point

As per RFP

148 Page no 199 amp Admixture D2

Technical Bid (Functional Requirements)

Please elaborate Also there should not be any scores since preferred style or standard is not mentioned

User rights Management includes the ReadWrite privileges to the user which will be provided by RBI

149 Page no 207 amp Annexure D3

Technical Bid (Non-Functional Requirements)

Please elaborate what is user access level parameterised through admin level here

As per RFP

150 Page no 209 amp Annexure D2

Technical Bid (Functional Requirements)

Please explain what does parameterisation mean and include here

As per RFP

151 Page no 226 amp Annexure D6

Annexure D6 - Approach Paper Please clarify if scalability of document volume 30 is year on year increase and also we will consider 4 MN documents for initial year for calculating storage requirements Please check if our understanding is correct Also provide no of pages per document and size of each document etc

As per RFP

152 General Query Training Section Kindly share the number of the RBI team members to whom the training will be imparted

5 batches of 30-40 user each Total training to be provide to around 200 User at Mumbai Pune

153 General Query Customization and Integration As per our understanding the Integration with the third party applications is for image enablement and doc uploaddownload

Shall be discussed during System Study

154 General Query Technical Bid (Functional Requirements)

For the Workflow automation requirement can we get a sample process for each of the workflow described to understand the complexity of the process

Yes

155 General Query Technical Solution amp Training Please suggest the volume of documents involved for extraction scope

As per RFP

156 General Query Presentation amp POC of the Solution As per our understanding scope of POC in the RFP is the same as explained through the scenarios in EOI Please confirm

Yes

157 Page no 163 amp Annexure D2

Technical Bid (Non-Functional Requirements)

Rearrange pages in a document or create a new document from a page using drag and drop This functionality is a part of specialized document creating softwarersquos and not document management system Hence we request you to kindly drop this point

As per RFP

158 Page no 19 and section No 15

11 ldquoAgreementrdquo means the contract signed between the Bank and the Selected Bidder and all the attached documents The ldquoAgreementrdquo includes the RFP subsequent modifications to the RFP response of the selected vendor to the RFP and the contract document itself

11 ldquoAgreementrdquo means the contract signed between the Bank and the Selected Bidder and all the attached documents all of which shall be on mutually agreed terms and conditions The ldquoAgreementrdquo includes the RFP subsequent modifications to the RFP response of the selected vendor to the RFP and the contract document itself

As per RFP

17 ldquoIntegrationrdquo means the system should be able to integrate with existing componentsapplications like Active Directory MS Office 365 and support other 3rd party integration if required

17 ldquoIntegrationrdquo means the system should be able to integrate with existing componentsapplications like Active Directory MS Office 365 and support other 3rd party integration if required

18 ldquoCommissioningrdquo means the System shall be considered to have been commissioned when the entire job including supply installation integration configuration testing and deployment of all hardware amp software is executed to the satisfaction of the Purchaser

18 ldquoCommissioningrdquo means the System shall be considered to have been commissioned when the entire job including supply installation integration configuration testing and deployment of all hardware amp software is executed as per the terms of the RFP to the satisfaction of the Purchaser

159 Page No 66 amp Section No 31

The scope of the system can be enhanced as per requirements of RBI

The scope of the system can be enhanced as per requirements of RBI However It should be restricted to +-10 maximum of the quantity quoted as per RFP

As per RFP

Bidder agrees to provide the increased quantity at the same terms and conditions However additional prices shall be charged for the goods supplied over the contracted quantity

160 Page No 75 amp Section No 311

The completion shall include satisfactory installation testing data migration non-functional requirements etc

The completion shall include satisfactory installation testing data migration non-functional requirements etc

As per RFP

4 Bidder should provide 90 days of hand holding support post Go-Live

4 Bidder should provide 30 90 days of hand holding support post Go-Live

5 On satisfactory performance of application post 90 days from Go-Live Bank will issue Completion Certificate

5 On satisfactory performance of application post 90 30 days from Go-Live Bank will issue Completion Certificate

6 In case of the Go-Live delays by the Bidder the financial Penalty as per the Banks discretion will be imposed on the Bidder at 5 of the total contract value per month of delay to the maximum of 10 of the total contract value as per the agreement between the Bank and the successful Bidder

6 In case of the Go-Live delays by the Bidder the financial Penalty as per the Banks discretion will be imposed on the Bidder at 5 05 of the total contract value delayed portion of ACV per month of delay to the maximum of 10 3 of the delayed portion of ACV total contract value as per the agreement between the Bank and the successful Bidder

161 Page No 77 amp Section No 313

5 If any defect in the Solution is not rectified by the Bidder before the end of the Warranty Period the Warranty Period shall be extended until

5 If any defect in the Solution is not rectified by the Bidder before the end of the Warranty Period the Warranty Period shall be extended until

As per RFP

(a) the defect has been corrected and (a) the defect has been corrected and (b) the Solution functions in accordance with the Contract

(b) the Solution functions in accordance with the Contract

6 Where the Bidder is not the Manufacturer of certain components of the Solution then the Bidder shall disclose the Manufacturerrsquos warranty for such components to the Bank and in the event such warranty exceeds the Bidderrsquos warranty under this

6 Where the Bidder is not the Manufacturer of certain components of the Solution then the Bidder shall disclose the Manufacturerrsquos warranty for such components to the Bank and in the event such warranty exceeds the Bidderrsquos warranty under this Contract in

Contract in any respect shall ensure that the Bank will receive the benefit of the Manufacturerrsquos warranty

any respect shall ensure that the Bank will receive the benefit of the Manufacturerrsquos warranty

7 The bidder is expected to provide requisite support to Bankrsquos operations team for Application-specific database back-up and Disaster Recovery activities during the entire warranty amp support period of 7 years

7 The bidder is expected to provide requisite support to Bankrsquos operations team for Application-specific database back-up and Disaster Recovery activities during the entire warranty amp support period of 7 years

162 Page No 79 amp Section No 315

The following are minimum qualifications and experience for key resources required to implement the EDMS solution Members which are considered for Technical bid evaluation shall be construed as Key Personnel including but not limited to members involved in EDMS customization and implementation architect database administrator The following personnel would be required during the Design Configuration Installation and Setup of the EDMS solution These key resources should be based in Mumbai

The following are minimum qualifications and experience for key resources required to implement the EDMS solution Members which are considered for Technical bid evaluation shall be construed as Key Personnel including but not limited to members involved in EDMS customization and implementation architect database administrator The following personnel would be required during the Design Configuration Installation and Setup of the EDMS solution These key resources should be based in Mumbai

As per RFP

163 Page No 87 amp Section No325

System amp Security Audit ADD As per RFP Notwithstanding anything contained in this RFP

a) Excluding a regulatorystatutory requirement if any nothing in this Agreement shall be construed or interpreted as requiring Bidder to provide to Bank access to or right to inspect examine audit and take copies of any fees price cost or any other financial information or any records or documents relating to the make-up of the Bidderrsquos internal overhead calculations their relationship to the fees any financial cost model calculation of fees or to the Bidderrsquos profitability or other such financial data b) All audit barring those required under a regulatory or statutory requirement may be done only on an annual basis and subject to a notice period of 20 days

164 Page No 93 amp Section No4 Payment Terms

1 Completion of process and system study Design and Build and Deployment in UAT - 15 of Implementation Cost specified at Item 1B of Annexure Q

1 Completion of process and system study Design and Build and Deployment in UAT -30 15 of Implementation Cost specified at Item 1B of Annexure Q

As per RFP

2 Data Migration Completion of User Acceptance Testing Creation of training content Train the Trainer and customer education content - 20 of Implementation Cost specified at Item 1B of Annexure Q

2 Data Migration Completion of User Acceptance Testing Creation of training content Train the Trainer and customer education content - 20 30 of Implementation Cost specified at Item 1B of Annexure Q

3 Complete Implementation and ldquoProduction Go-liverdquo of the project - 25 of Implementation Cost specified at Item 1B of Annexure Q

3 Complete Implementation and ldquoProduction Go-liverdquo of the project - 25 of Implementation Cost specified at Item 1B of Annexure Q

4 Receipt of Completion Certificate from the Bank

4 Receipt of Completion Certificate from the Bank

(post 90 days of achieving production Go-Live) - 30 of Implementation Cost specified at Item 1B of Annexure Q

(post 90 days of achieving production Go-Live) - 30 10 of Implementation Cost specified at Item 1B of Annexure Q

5 Amount payable during the warranty period - On completion of warranty period of three years The Financial Bank guarantee shall be valid for 7 years - 10 of Implementation Cost specified at Item 1B of Annexure Q

5 Amount payable during the warranty period - On completion of warranty period of three years The Financial Bank guarantee shall be valid for 7 years - 10 5 of Implementation Cost specified at Item 1B of Annexure Q

middot 100 of the License Cost indicated in Item 1A of Annexure Q shall be payable immediately on deployment in UAT environment Beta testing phase

middot 100 of the License Cost indicated in Item 1A of Annexure Q shall be payable immediately on deployment in UAT environment Beta testing phase

For each milestone to be marked completed the bidder should ensure that all the acceptance criteria are met and approved by the Bank as mentioned in various applicable sections in the RFP

For each milestone to be marked completed the bidder should ensure that all the acceptance criteria are met and approved by the Bank as mentioned in various applicable sections in the RFP

165 Page No 94 amp Section No43

Amount payable during the warranty period following successful implementation of application will be paid on completion of warranty period of three years The Financial Bank guarantee shall be valid for 7 years Performance Bank Guarantee will be released on submission of Financial Bank Guarantee

Amount payable during the warranty period following successful implementation of application will be paid in advance on completion of warranty period of three years The Financial Bank guarantee shall be valid for 7 years Performance Bank Guarantee will be released on submission of Financial Bank Guarantee

As per RFP

166 Page No 95 amp Section No44

The annual amount payable towards AMC would be paid at the end of every year following successful implementation of the application and delivery of satisfactory services

The annual amount payable towards AMC would be paid at the end start of every year following successful implementation of the application and delivery of satisfactory services

As per RFP

167 Page No 95 amp Section No45

The annual amount payable towards FMS and Development Team would be paid at the end of every year following successful implementation of the application and delivery of satisfactory services

The annual amount payable towards FMS and Development Team would be paid monthly at the end of every year following successful implementation of the application and delivery of satisfactory services

Please refer Corrigendum dated 7th October 2019

168 Page No 95 amp Section No44

The Bidders should note that the contract entered with the successful Bidder will be for implementation and post go‐live period of 7 years (3 years‟ warranty amp 4 years AMC amp FMS support) extendable at the Bankrsquos discretion The Bank will have the right in its sole discretion to renegotiate the prices terms and conditions

8 The Bidders should note that the contract entered with the successful Bidder will be for implementation and post go‐live period of 7 years (3 years‟ warranty amp 4 years AMC amp FMS support) extendable at the Bankrsquos discretion on mutually agreed terms The Bank will have the right in its sole discretion to renegotiate the prices terms and conditions

As per RFP

169 Page No 95 amp Section No45

The successful Bidder is expected to complete the responsibilities that have been assigned as per the specified time frame In case of the Rollout delays by the Bidder the financial Penalty as per the Banks discretion will be imposed on the Bidder at 5 of the total contract value per month of delay to the maximum of 10 of the total contract value as per the

The successful Bidder is expected to complete the responsibilities that have been assigned as per the specified time frame In case of the Rollout delays by the Bidder the financial Penalty as per the Banks discretion will be imposed on the Bidder at 5 05 of the total contract value delayed portion of ACV per month of delay to the maximum of 10 3 of the delayed portion of ACV

As per RFP

agreement between the Bank and the successful Bidder

of the total contract value as per the agreement between the Bank and the successful Bidder

Business Utility and Business Downtime would be the key considerations for determining the ldquoPenaltiesrdquo that would be levied on the Bidder for ldquoNon‐Adherencerdquo to the SLA for the Services offered The inability of the Bidder to provide the requirements as per the scope or to meet the deadlines as specified would be treated as breach of contract and invoke the Penalty Clause The maximum limit on the penalties during the period of contract shall be 10 of the total contract value The applicable ldquoPenaltiesrdquo would be the same irrespective of the root causes The Penalty shall be deducted from the next pay out (Warranty AMC amp FMS BG)

Business Utility and Business Downtime would be the key considerations for determining the ldquoPenaltiesrdquo that would be levied on the Bidder for ldquoNon‐Adherencerdquo to the SLA for the Services offered The inability of the Bidder to provide the requirements as per the scope or to meet the deadlines as specified would be treated as breach of contract and invoke the Penalty Clause The maximum limit on the penalties during the period of contract shall be 10 of the total contract value The applicable ldquoPenaltiesrdquo would be the same irrespective of the root causes The Penalty shall be deducted from the next pay out (Warranty AMC amp FMS BG)

The successful Bidder is expected to complete the responsibilities that have been assigned as per the specified time frame In case of the Rollout delays or more than 2 rollbacks by the Bidder the financial Penalty as per the Banks discretion will be imposed on

The successful Bidder is expected to complete the responsibilities that have been assigned as per the specified time frame In case of the Rollout delays or more than 2 rollbacks by the Bidder the financial Penalty as per the Banks discretion will be imposed on the Bidder

the Bidder at 5 of the total cost for the particular continuous development

at 5 3 of the total cost for the particular continuous development

The maximum limit on the penalties during the period of contract shall be 10 of the total contract value

The maximum limit on the penalties during the period of contract shall be 3 of ACV 10 of the total contract value

170 Page No 114 amp Section No66

Prices quoted by bidder in commercial bid shall be reasonable and as per industry standards If any extreme abnormalitiesdiscrepancies observed in prices RBI at its discretion will disqualify the Commercial Bid

Prices quoted by bidder in commercial bid shall be reasonable and as per industry standards If any extreme abnormalitiesdiscrepancies observed in prices RBI at its discretion will disqualify the Commercial Bid

As per RFP

171 Page No 123 amp Section No77

The Bids will be treated as valid for a period of 180 days from the closing date for submission of the bid

The Bids will be treated as valid for a period of 180 30 days from the closing date for submission of the bid

As per RFP

172 Page No 124 amp Section No711

2 2 The Bank will reserve the right to terminate the services of the successful Bidder at any point of the Project (during the implementation phase and post go-live) without assigning any reasons In such cases the Bank may consider making payment commensurate with the last completed phase

2 The Bank Either Party will reserve the right to terminate the services of the successful Bidder at any point of the Project (during the implementation phase and post go-live) without assigning any reasons subject to notice period of 3 months In such cases the Bank shall may consider making payment for all services and deliverables rendered up to the effective date of communication commensurate with the last completed phase

As per RFP

In the event of termination of any nature the Bidder shall be paid for the 1 goods delivered 2 services rendered 3 work in progress 4 unpaid AMCs 5 third party orders in pipeline which cannot be cancelled despite Bidders best efforts 6 unrecovered investments shall be paid by the Bank as per termination schedule till the date of termination

173 Page No 126 amp Section No8

1 Submission of a Proposal shall be deemed to constitute an acknowledgement by the Bidder that all obligations stipulated by this RFP will be met and unless specified otherwise the Bidder has read understood and agreed to all the instructions provided in this RFP

1 Submission of a Proposal shall be deemed to constitute an acknowledgement by the Bidder that all material obligations stipulated by this RFP will be met and unless specified otherwise the Bidder has read understood and agreed to all the instructions provided in this RFP

As per RFP

3 The Bidder selected for the solution will have to enter into a contract directly with RBI The contract will contain various terms and conditions including payment delivery installation amp operationalization training commissioning amp acceptance support during periods of warranty amp maintenance penalty due to delay in performance

3 The Bidder selected for the solution will have to enter into a contract directly with RBI on mutually agreed terms The contract will contain various terms and conditions including payment delivery installation amp operationalization training commissioning amp acceptance support during periods of warranty amp maintenance penalty due to delay in performance

174 Page No 126 amp Section No81

2 Adherence to terms and conditions The Bidders who wish to submit responses to this RFP should note that they should abide by all the terms and conditions contained in the RFP If the responses contain any extraneous conditions put in by the respondents such Bidders will be disqualified and will not be considered for the selection process

2 Adherence to terms and conditions The Bidders who wish to submit responses to this RFP should note that they should abide by all the mutually agreed terms and conditions contained in the RFP If the responses contain any extraneous conditions put in by the respondents such Bidders will be disqualified and will not be considered for the selection process

As per RFP

175 Page No 127 amp Section No81

4 Execution of SLA The Bidder should execute a Service Level Agreement which would include all the services and terms and conditions of the services to be extended as detailed herein and as may be prescribed by the Bank

4 Execution of SLA The Bidder should execute a Service Level Agreement on mutually agreed terms which would include all the services and terms and conditions of the services to be extended as detailed herein and as may be prescribed by the Bank

As per RFP

5 A declaration may be given by the Bidder stating that No relative of the Bidders is working in the Reserve Bank of India (Annexure K) If anyone working in the Bank is related to the Bidders the name designation and the department where the person is posted may be given Due to any breach of these conditions by the company or firm or any other person the Bank may decide to take appropriate action including cancellation of bid invocation of performance bank guarantee The company or firm or the person may also be debarred for further participation in the procurement process of the Bank in the future

5 A declaration may be given by the Bidder stating that No relative of the Bidders is working in the Reserve Bank of India (Annexure K) If anyone working in the Bank is related to the Bidders the name designation and the department where the person is posted may be given Due to any breach of these conditions by the company or firm or any other person the Bank may decide to take appropriate action including cancellation of bid invocation of performance bank guarantee The company or firm or the person may also be debarred for further participation in the procurement process of the Bank in the future

The relatives for this purpose are defined as -

The relatives for this purpose are defined as -

Oslash Members of a Hindu undivided family (HUF)

Oslash Members of a Hindu undivided family (HUF)

Oslash Husband and Wife Oslash Husband and Wife Oslash If one is related to the other in the manner as Father (includes step father) Mother (includes step mother) Son(s) (includes step son) amp Sonrsquos wife (daughter-in-law) Daughter(s) (includes step daughter) and Daughterrsquos husband (son-in-law) Brother(s) (includes step brother) and Brotherrsquos wife Sister(s) (includes step sister) and Sisterrsquos husband (brother-in-law)

Oslash If one is related to the other in the manner as Father (includes step father) Mother (includes step mother) Son(s) (includes step son) amp Sonrsquos wife (daughter-in-law) Daughter(s) (includes step daughter) and Daughterrsquos husband (son-in-law) Brother(s) (includes step brother) and Brotherrsquos wife Sister(s) (includes step sister) and Sisterrsquos husband (brother-in-law)

176 Page No 127 amp Section No82

The Proposal as well as all related correspondence exchanged by the Bidder and RBI shall be written in English language only The Bids will be treated as valid for a period of 180 days from the closing date for submission of the bid

The Proposal as well as all related correspondence exchanged by the Bidder and RBI shall be written in English language only The Bids will be treated as valid for a period of 180 30 days from the closing date for submission of the bid

As per RFP

177 Page No 128 amp Section No84

The Bidder shall at its own cost and expenses defend and indemnify RBI against all third-party claims including those of the infringement of Intellectual Property Rights including patent trademark copyright trade secret or industrial design rights arising from use of the Products or any part thereof in India

The Bidder Either Party (Indemnitor) shall at its own cost and expenses defend and indemnify the other Party (Indemnitee) RBI against all third-party claims including limited to those of the infringement of Intellectual Property Rights including patent trademark copyright trade secret or industrial design rights directly and proximately arising from use of the Products or any part thereof in India

As per RFP

If RBI is required to pay compensation to a third party resulting from such infringement the Bidder shall be fully responsible therefore including all expenses and court and legal fees The Bidder shall also be liable to indemnify RBI at its own cost and expenses against all losses damages which RBI may suffer on account of violation by the Bidder of any or all national international trade laws norms standards procedures etc

If RBI is required to pay compensation to a third party resulting from such infringement the Indemnitor Bidder shall be fully responsible therefore including all expenses and court and legal fees The Indemnitor Bidder shall also be liable to indemnify IndemniteeRBI at its own cost and expenses against all third party losses damages which IndemniteeRBI may suffer on account of violation by the Indemnitor Bidder of any or all national international trade laws norms standards procedures etc

178 Page No 129 amp Section No85

RBI reserves the right to cancel the contract of the selected Bidder and recover expenditure incurred by RBI if the progress regarding execution of the contract made by the selected Bidder is found to be unsatisfactory for any reason After the award of the contract if the selected Bidder does not perform satisfactorily or delays execution of the contract RBI reserves the right to get the balance contract executed by another party of its choice by giving one monthrsquos‟ notice for the same In this event the selected Bidder is bound to make good the additional expenditure which RBI may have to incur to carry out bidding process for the execution of the balance of the contract This clause will be surviving even where for any reason the contract is cancelled RBI reserves the right to recover any dues payable by the selected Bidder from any amount outstanding to the credit of the selected Bidder including the pending bills andor invoking Bank Guarantee if any under this contract or any other contractorder

RBI reserves the right to cancel the contract of the selected Bidder In the event of cancellation of contract the Bank is liable to pay the bidder for the goods delivered and services rendered till the date of termination and recover expenditure incurred by RBI if the progress regarding execution of the contract made by the selected Bidder is found not to be as per the material terms of the RFP unsatisfactory for any reason solely attributable to the bidder After the award of the contract if the selected Bidder does not perform as per the material terms of the RFP satisfactorily or unduly delays execution of the contract subject to a cure period and notice of not less than 30 days RBI reserves the right to get the balance contract executed by another party of its choice by giving one monthrsquos‟ additional notice for the same In this event the selected Bidder is bound to make good the additional expenditure which RBI may have to incur to carry out bidding process for the execution of the balance of the contract Provided further that the Bidder shall not be liable to Excess Cost in excess of (ten) 10 percent of the price of undelivered goods or services for which such option is exercised by the Bank This clause will be surviving even where for any reason attributable to the bidder the contract is cancelled RBI reserves the

As per RFP

right to recover any dues payable by the selected Bidder from any amount outstanding to the credit of the selected Bidder including the pending bills andor invoking Bank Guarantee if any under this contract or any other contractorder

179 Page No 129 amp Section No86

Bidder will submit a Bank Guarantee from a scheduled commercial bank drawn in favour of Reserve Bank of India payable at Mumbai towards Earnest Money Deposit (EMD) for Rs 4000000- (Rupees Forty Lakhs only) The EMD of unsuccessful Bidders shall be returned within 30 days from the declaration of the disqualification of the respective Bidder No interest shall be paid on the EMD The EMD of the successful Bidder shall be returned after the successful Bidder furnishes the Performance Bank Guarantee Offers made without the Earnest money deposit are liable to be rejected The amount of Earnest money deposit would be forfeited in the following scenarios

Bidder will submit demand draftbankerrsquos chequepay order Bank Guarantee drawn in favour of Reserve Bank of India payable at Mumbai towards Earnest Money Deposit (EMD) for Rs 4000000- (Rupees Forty Lakhs only) The EMD of unsuccessful Bidders shall be returned within 15 days from the declaration of the disqualification of the respective Bidder No interest shall be paid on the EMD The EMD of the successful Bidder shall be returned after the successful Bidder furnishes the Performance Bank Guarantee Offers made without the Earnest money deposit will be rejected The amount of Earnest money deposit would be forfeited in the following scenarios

As per RFP

1 In case the Bidder withdraws the bid prior to validity period of the bid for any reason whatsoever

1 In case the Bidder withdraws the bid prior to validity period of the bid for any reason whatsoever after the deviations proposed are mutually agreed to between both the parties

2 In case the successful Bidder fails to accept and sign the contract within the timeline as specified in this document for any reason whatsoever or

2 In case the successful Bidder fails to accept and sign the contract on mutually agreed terms as specified in this document for any reason whatsoever or

3 In case the successful Bidder fails to provide the performance guarantee within 30 days from the date of placing the order by the Bank or signing of the

3 In case the successful Bidder fails to provide the performance guarantee within 30 days from the date of placing the order by the Bank or and signing of the contract on mutually agreed terms

contract whichever is earlier for any reason whatsoever

whichever is earlier for any reason whatsoever

In case the Bidder withdraws the bid

owing to the fact that the deviations proposed by the Bidder are not accepted by the Bank there shall be neither any forfeiture of EMD nor any other financial or legal implications

180 Page No 130 amp Section No87

The successful Bidder shall at his own expense deposit with The Chief General Manager-in-Charge Department of Information Technology Reserve Bank of India Mumbai within thirty (30) days from the final result of the bidding process and declaration of the successful Bidder a Performance Bank Guarantee from a scheduled commercial bank payable on demand in terms of Annexure C for an amount equivalent to ten percent (10) of the contract price for the due performance and fulfilment of the contract by the Bidder Without prejudice to the other rights of the Purchaser under the Contract in the matter the proceeds of the performance security shall be payable to RBI as compensation for any loss resulting from the Bidderrsquos failure to complete its obligations under the Contract RBI shall notify the Bidder in writing of the invocation of its right to receive such compensation indicating the contractual obligation(s) for which the Bidder is in default The Performance Bank Guarantee shall be denominated in INR and shall be in the form of bank guarantee unless another form is specified by RBI After Go Live Performance Bank Guarantee will be returned back to bidder on submission of Financial Bank Guarantee which shall be submitted by the Bidder within

The successful Bidder shall at his own expense deposit with The Chief General Manager-in-Charge Department of Information Technology Reserve Bank of India Mumbai within thirty (30) days from the final result of the bidding process and declaration of the successful Bidder a Performance Bank Guarantee from a scheduled commercial bank payable on demand in terms of Annexure C for an amount equivalent to ten percent (10) of the contract price for the due performance and fulfilment of the contract by the Bidder Without prejudice to the other rights of the Purchaser under the Contract in the matter the proceeds of the performance security shall be payable to RBI as compensation for any loss resulting from the Bidderrsquos failure to complete its obligations under the Contract RBI shall notify the Bidder in writing of the invocation of its right to receive such compensation indicating the contractual obligation(s) for which the Bidder is in default The Performance Bank Guarantee shall be denominated in INR and shall be in the form of bank guarantee unless another form is specified by RBI After Go Live Performance Bank Guarantee will be returned back to bidder on submission of Financial Bank Guarantee which shall be submitted by the Bidder within 90 days of Go-Live Non-submission of

As per RFP

90 days of Go-Live Non-submission of Performance Guarantee shall constitute sufficient grounds among others if any for the annulment of the award of the tender

Performance Guarantee shall constitute sufficient grounds among others if any for the annulment of the award of the tender

181 Page No 130 amp Section No88

The successful Bidder shall at his own expense deposit with The Chief General Manager-In-Charge Department of Information Technology Reserve Bank of India Mumbai within Ninety (90) days of Go-Live of application before the issuance of Certificate of Completion a Bank Guarantee from a scheduled commercial bank payable on demand in terms of Annexure O for an amount equivalent to ten percent (10) of the contract price as mentioned in Annexure Q of Commercial Bid submitted by the bidder for the due performance and fulfilment of the contract by the Bidder during the warranty and AMC period of 7 years After Go Live Performance Bank Guarantee will be returned back to bidder on submission of Financial Bank Guarantee Without prejudice to the other rights of the Purchaser under the Contract in the matter the proceeds of the performance security shall be payable to RBI as compensation for any loss resulting from the Bidderrsquos failure to complete its obligations under the Contract RBI shall notify the Bidder in writing of the invocation of its right to receive such compensation indicating the contractual obligation(s) for which the Bidder is in default The Financial Bank Guarantee shall be valid till the

The successful Bidder shall at his own expense deposit with The Chief General Manager-In-Charge Department of Information Technology Reserve Bank of India Mumbai within Ninety (90) days of Go-Live of application before the issuance of Certificate of Completion a Bank Guarantee from a scheduled commercial bank payable on demand in terms of Annexure O for an amount equivalent to ten percent (10) of the contract price as mentioned in Annexure Q of Commercial Bid submitted by the bidder for the due performance and fulfilment of the contract by the Bidder during the warranty and AMC period of 7 years After Go Live Performance Bank Guarantee will be returned back to bidder on submission of Financial Bank Guarantee Without prejudice to the other rights of the Purchaser under the Contract in the matter the proceeds of the performance security shall be payable to RBI as compensation for any loss resulting from the Bidderrsquos failure to complete its obligations under the Contract RBI shall notify the Bidder in writing of the invocation of its right to receive such compensation indicating the contractual obligation(s) for which the Bidder is in default The Financial Bank Guarantee shall be valid till the end of AMC denominated in INR and shall be in the form of bank guarantee

As per RFP

end of AMC denominated in INR and shall be in the form of bank guarantee unless another form is specified by RBI Non-submission of Financial Guarantee shall constitute sufficient grounds among others if any for the annulment of the award of the tender

unless another form is specified by RBI Non-submission of Financial Guarantee shall constitute sufficient grounds among others if any for the annulment of the award of the tender

182 Page No 131 amp Section No810

Unless otherwise directed by the Purchaser in writing the Bidder shall continue to perform his obligations under the contract as far as possible and shall seek all means for performance of all other obligations not prevented by the Force Majeure event

Unless otherwise directed by the Purchaser in writing the Bidder shall continue to perform his obligations under the contract as far as reasonably possible and shall seek all means for performance of all other obligations not prevented by the Force Majeure event

As per RFP

Such Force Majeure events will not entitle the Purchaser to delay payment to be made to the Bidder

183 Page No 131 amp Section No811

7 This undertaking shall not apply to Confidential Information that

7 This undertaking shall not apply to Confidential Information that

As per RFP

- Is in the public domain at the time it is acquired by us

- Is in the public domain at the time it is acquired by us

- Enters the public domain subsequent to our acquisition otherwise than as a result of unauthorised disclosure by us and

- Enters the public domain subsequent to our acquisition otherwise than as a result of unauthorised disclosure by us

- Is independently developed by us - is rightfully acquired prior to disclosure by the RBI and

- Is independently developed by us 184 Page No 132

amp Section No813

The Bank reserves the right to alter the requirements specified in the RFP Document The Bank will inform all Bidders about changes if any

The Bank reserves the right to alter the requirements specified in the RFP Document up to the date of submission of the final bid The Bank will inform all Bidders about changes if any Also It should be restricted to +-10 maximum of the quantity quoted as per RFP

As per RFP

The Bidder agrees that the Bank has no limit on the additions or deletions on the items for the period of the contract

Bidder agrees to provide the increased quantity at the same terms and conditions However additional prices shall be charged for the goods supplied over the contracted quantity

The Bidder agrees that the Bank has no limit on the additions or deletions on the items for the period of the contract

185 Page No 133 amp Section No816

The Bidder should strictly adhere to the implementation schedule as specified in the purchase contract executed between the Parties for performance of the obligations arising out of the purchase contract and any delay in completion of the obligations by the Bidder will enable the Bank to resort to any or both of the following

The Bidder should strictly adhere to the implementation schedule as specified in the purchase contract executed between the Parties for performance of the obligations arising out of the purchase contract and any delay in completion of the obligations by the Bidder (for reason not attributable to the Purchaser) will only enable the Bank to resort to any or both of the following

As per RFP

Oslash Claiming Liquidated Damages Oslash Claiming Liquidated Damages Oslash Termination of the purchase agreement fully or partly and claim liquidated damages

Oslash Termination of the purchase agreement fully or partly and claim liquidated damages Bidder should be given 30 daysrsquo written notice to cure the default failing which may attract termination In the event of termination Bank shall pay Bidder for goods delivered and services rendered till the date of termination

186 Page No 134 amp Section No817

The liquidated damages is an estimate of the loss or damage that the Bank may have suffered due to delay in performance or non-performance of any or all the obligations (under the terms and conditions of the purchase contract relating to supply delivery installation operationalization implementation training supportservices acceptance etc) of the solution by the Bidder and the Bidder shall be liable to pay the Bank a

The liquidated damages is an estimate of the loss or damage that the Bank may have suffered due to delay in performance or non-performance of any or all the obligations (under the terms and conditions of the purchase contract relating to supply delivery installation operationalization implementation training supportservices acceptance etc) of the solution by the Bidder and the Bidder shall be liable to pay the Bank a fixed amount for each day of

As per RFP

fixed amount for each day of delay non-performance of the obligations by way of liquidated damages details of which will be specified in the purchase contract Without any prejudice to Bankrsquos other rights under the law the Bank shall recover the liquidated damages if any accruing to the Bank as above from any amount payable to the Bidder either as per the purchase contract executed between the parties or under any other purchase agreement contract the Bank may have executed shall be executing with the Bidder Liquidated Damages is not applicable for reasons attributable to the Bank and Force Majeure However it is the responsibilityonus of the Bidder to prove that the delay is attributed to the Bank and Force Majeure The Bidder shall submit the proof authenticated by the Bidder and bankrsquos official that the delay is attributed to the Bank and Force Majeure along with the bills requesting payment

delay non-performance of the obligations limited to a maximum of 3 of the delayedundelivered portion of ACV by way of liquidated damages details of which will be specified in the purchase contract Without any prejudice to Bankrsquos other rights under the law the Bank shall recover the liquidated damages if any accruing to the Bank as above from any amount payable to the Bidder either as per the purchase contract executed between the parties or under any other purchase agreement contract the Bank may have executed shall be executing with the Bidder Liquidated Damages is not applicable for reasons attributable to the Bank and Force Majeure However it is the responsibilityonus of the Bidder to prove that the delay is attributed to the Bank and Force Majeure The Bidder shall submit the proof authenticated by the Bidder and bankrsquos official that the delay is attributed to the Bank and Force Majeure along with the bills requesting payment

187 General Query Clause not present Total LD+ penalty that Bank can levy on Bidder shall not exceed 3 of ACV

As per RFP

188 Page No 137 and section 825

Neither the contract nor any rights granted under the contract may be sold leased assigned or otherwise transferred in whole or in part by the Bidder and any such attempted sale lease assignment or otherwise transfer shall be void and of no effect

Neither the contract nor any rights granted under the contract may be sold leased assigned or otherwise transferred in whole or in part by either Party the Bidder and any such attempted sale lease assignment or otherwise transfer shall be void and of

As per RFP

without the advance written consent of the Bank

no effect without the advance written consent of the other Party Bank

189 Page No 137 and section 826

The Bidder during the term of the contract and for a period of two years thereafter shall not without the express written consent of the Bank directly or indirectly

The Bidder Both Parties during the term of the contract and for a period of two years thereafter shall not without the express written consent of the other Party Bank directly or indirectly

As per RFP

1 Recruit hire appoint or engage or attempt to recruit hire appoint or engage or discuss employment with or otherwise utilize the services of any person who has been an employee or associate or engaged in any capacity by the Bank in rendering services under the contract or

1 Recruit hire appoint or engage or attempt to recruit hire appoint or engage or discuss employment with or otherwise utilize the services of any person who has been an employee or associate or engaged in any capacity by the other Party Bank in rendering services under the contract or

2 Induce any person who is have been an employee or associate of the Bank at any time to terminate his her relationship with the Bank

2 Induce any person who is have been an employee or associate of the other Party Bank at any time to terminate his her relationship with the other Party Bank

190 Page No 137 and section 829

The ownership of the source code and design for the EDMS specific to the Bank and all related application suites interface designs customisations design etc and related Intellectual Property Right (IPR) will lie with the Bank only All Bidders will need to adhere to this

The ownership of the source code and design for the EDMS specific to the Bank and all related application suites interface designs customisations design etc and related Intellectual Property Right (IPR) will lie with the Bank only All Bidders will need to adhere to this

As per RFP

Notwithstanding anything to the contrary no intellectual property rights of any nature shall be transferred from one Party to the other in the course of performing any obligations or otherwise under this agreement For the avoidance of doubt Bidders may use certain tools processes or methodologies of its own in performing the services Ownership of all intellectual property rights and any other rights in these shall vest with Bidder and no rights shall be deemed to have accrued to the Bank

191 Page No 139 and section 830

3 The Bidder during the term of the contract and for a period of two years thereafter shall not without the express written consent of RBI directly or indirectly recruit hire appoint or engage or attempt to recruit hire appoint or engage or discuss employment with or otherwise utilize the services of any person who has been an employee or associate or engaged in any capacity by RBI in rendering services under the contract or Induce any person who shall have been an employee or associate of RBI at any time to terminate his her relationship with RBI

3 The Bidder Either party during the term of the contract and for a period of two years thereafter shall not without the express written consent of the other Party RBI directly or indirectly recruit hire appoint or engage or attempt to recruit hire appoint or engage or discuss employment with or otherwise utilize the services of any person who has been an employee or associate or engaged in any capacity by the other Party RBI in rendering services under the contract or Induce any person who shall have been an employee or associate of the other Party RBI at any time to terminate his her relationship with the other Party RBI

As per RFP

192 Page No 139 and section 830

6 Professionalism The Bidder should provide professional objective and impartial advice at all times and hold the Bankrsquos interests paramount and should observe the highest standard of ethics while executing the assignment

6 Professionalism The Bidder should provide professional objective and impartial advice at all times and hold the Bankrsquos interests paramount and should observe the highest standard of ethics while executing the assignment

As per RFP

8 No legal binding relationship It may be noted that no binding legal relationship will exist between any of the Respondents of this RFP and the Bank until execution of a contractual agreement

8 No legal binding relationship It may be noted that no binding legal relationship will exist between any of the Respondents of this RFP and the Bank until execution of a contractual agreement on mutually agreed terms

193 Page No 126 and section 830

If the responses contain any extraneous conditions put in by the respondents such responses will be disqualified and will not be considered for the selection process

If the responses contain any extraneous conditions put in by the respondents such responses will be disqualified and will not be considered for the selection process

As per RFP

194 General Query EMD Unacceptable EMD forfeiture EMD to be forfeiture for breach of contract- not acceptable

As per RFP

195 Page No144 We hereby declare that all the information and statements made in this Proposal are true and we accept that any misinterpretation contained in it may lead to our disqualification

We hereby declare that all the information and statements made in this Proposal are true to the best of our knowledge and we accept that any intentional misinterpretation contained in it may lead to our disqualification

As per RFP

196 General Query PBG Request PBG to be invoked only for material breaches of terms and conditions

As per RFP

197 Page No229 amp Annexure E

We agree to abide by this Bid Offer for 180 days from the last day of bid submission and our Offer shall remain binding on us and may be accepted by RBI any time before expiry of the offer

We agree to abide by this Bid Offer for 30 180 days from the last day of bid submission and our Offer shall remain binding on us and may be accepted by RBI any time before expiry of the offer

As per RFP

198 Page No249 amp Annexure L

Further to our proposal dated ______________ in response to the Request for Proposal for Implementation of EDMS Application (hereinafter referred to as ldquoRFPrdquo) issued by Reserve Bank of India (ldquoRBIrdquo) we hereby covenant warrant and confirm as follows

Further to our proposal dated ______________ in response to the Request for Proposal for Implementation of EDMS Application (hereinafter referred to as ldquoRFPrdquo) issued by Reserve Bank of India (ldquoRBIrdquo) we hereby covenant warrant and confirm as follows

As per RFP

We hereby agree to comply with all the terms and conditions stipulations as contained in the RFP and the related addendums other documents and if required including the changes made to the original bid documents issued by RBI provided that the only list of deviations has been furnished by us in the relevant Annex

We hereby agree to comply with all the mutually agreed material terms and conditions stipulations as contained in the RFP and the related addendums other documents and if required including the changes made to the original bid documents issued by RBI provided that the only list of deviations has been furnished by us in the relevant Annex

199 Page No240 amp Annexure G

As per RFP The BIDDER undertakes that it has not supplied is not supplying similar product services or sub-services during last one year from the date of issuance of this RFP at a price lower than that offered in the present bid to any other entity If it is found at any stage that similar product services or sub-services was supplied by the BIDDER to any other entity at a lower price then that very price with due allowance for elapsed time will be applicable to the present case and the difference in the cost would be refunded by the BIDDER to the

The BIDDER undertakes that it has not supplied is not supplying similar product services or sub-services during last one year from the date of issuance of this RFP at a price lower than that offered in the present bid to any other entity If it is found at any stage that similar product services or sub-services was supplied by the BIDDER to any other entity at a lower price then that very price with due allowance for elapsed time will be applicable to the present case and the difference in the cost would be refunded by the BIDDER to the BUYER if the contract has already been concluded

BUYER if the contract has already been concluded

200 Page No243 amp Annexure I

We the undersigned as Bidder having examined the complete RFP document (along with its annexes) do hereby offer to produce deliver install support and maintain EDMS Application in full conformity of your requirements as elaborated in above said RFP for the amounts mentioned by us in the Commercial Bid or such other sums as may be agreed to between us

We the undersigned as Bidder having examined the complete RFP document (along with its annexes) do hereby offer to produce deliver install support and maintain EDMS Application in full conformity of your material requirements as elaborated in above said RFP for the amounts mentioned by us in the Commercial Bid or such other sums as may be agreed to between us

As per RFP

We agree to abide by our Offer for a period of 6 months from the date of last day of Bid submission and it shall remain binding on us for acceptance at any time before the expiration of this period

We agree to abide by our Offer for a period of 1 6 months from the date of last day of Bid submission and it shall remain binding on us for acceptance at any time before the expiration of this period

We understand that you are not bound to accept the lowest or any bid you may receive

We understand that you are not bound to accept the lowest or any bid you may receive

We undertake if our Bid is accepted to provide Performance Bank Guarantee and Financial Bank Guarantee as per the prescribed format within the timescales stipulated in the RFP

We undertake if our Bid is accepted to provide Performance Bank Guarantee and Financial Bank Guarantee as per the prescribed format within the timescales stipulated in the RFP after signing of contract on mutually agreed terms and conditions

201 General Query Annexure J Confidentiality and Non-Disclosure Agreement Undertaking

ADD As per RFP Notwithstanding anything to the contrary to the extent the Bidder shares any confidential information with RBI the provisions of this RFP shall apply mutatis mutandis to RBI The obligations of confidentiality for both Parties shall come to an end 3 years from the date of terminationexpiry of the contract to be entered into

202 Page No248 and Annexure K

Annexure K Self Declaration Relatives in RBI

SEEK DELETION OF ANNEXURE As per RFP

203 Page No259 and Annexure P

We agree to abide by this Tender Response for a period of 180 days from the last day of bid submission and it shall remain binding upon us until within this period a formal contract is prepared and executed this Tender Response together with your written acceptance thereof in your notification of award shall constitute a binding contract between us and will initiate the formation of a separate contract in respect of maintenance and support

We agree to abide by this Tender Response for a period of 30 180 days from the last day of bid submission and it shall remain binding upon us until within this period a formal contract is prepared and executed this Tender Response together with your written acceptance thereof in your notification of award shall not constitute a binding contract between us and will initiate the formation of a separate contract in respect of maintenance and support

As per RFP

services after expiry of the warranty period

services after expiry of the warranty period all of which shall be on mutually agreed terms

204 Page No276 amp Annexure U

8 The respondent has not been involved in any legal case that may affect the solvencyexistence of the applicant or in any other way affect the respondentrsquos capability to providecontinue services to RBI if RBI selects the respondent for EDMS

8 The respondent has not been involved in any legal case that may affect the solvencyexistence of the applicant or in any other way materially affect the respondentrsquos capability to providecontinue services to RBI if RBI selects the respondent for EDMS

As per RFP

9 The bidder accepts to follow all the clauses terms and conditions as set in the RFP document

9 The bidder accepts to follow all the clauses terms and conditions as set in the RFP document subject to deviations proposed

205 General Query New clause proposed by Bidder Service Provider undertakes that it is compliant to State minimum wages act at the time of execution of the Agreement and the commercials are accordingly factored In the event there is a change to the State minimum wages act or if the Customer wants the Service Provider to comply to some other minimum wages act including but not limited to Central minimum wages act or the existing minimum wages act is repealed by another act then in such cases Customer will support Service provider with change request for additional cost incurred by Service Provider for complying to new minimum wages Service provider will not ask for Change request for any changes that is within 8 increase year on year from the State minimum wages as on the date of contract sign off

As per RFP

206 General Query New clause proposed by Bidder ldquoIt is agreed that the price quoted is arrived at based on the exchange rate of 1 USD = INR ___ (ldquoBase Exchange Raterdquo) In the event the Base Exchange Rate either increases or decreases by percentage points greater than two per cent [2] the prices shall be charged as per the then current exchange raterdquo

As per RFP

207 General Query New clause proposed by Bidder The risk title and ownership of the products shall be transferred to the customer upon delivery of such products to the customer

As per RFP

208 General Query New clause proposed by Bidder Customer hereby agrees to make the site ready as per the agreed specifications within the agreed timelines Customer agrees that Wipro shall not be in any manner be liable for any delay arising out of Customerrsquos failure to make the site ready within the stipulated period including but not limited to levy of liquidated damages for any delay in performance of Services under the terms of this Agreement In case the SITE is not ready for a continuous period of 30 days milestone payment related to installation will be released to vendor based on the SNR report also if there is any additional warranty cost due to continuous site not readiness for 30 days same will be borne by the customer

As per RFP

209 General Query New clause proposed by Bidder Notwithstanding anything contained herein neither Party shall be liable for any indirect punitive consequential or incidental loss damage claims liabilities charges costs expense or injury (including without limitation loss of use data revenue profits business and for any claims of any third party claiming through Bidder) that may arise out of or result from this Agreement The aggregate liability of Bidder under this Agreement shall not exceed the fees (excluding reimbursements) received by it under this contract during the six months preceding the date of first claim

As per RFP

210 General Query New clause proposed by Bidder Any new levy on account of changes in law shall be to the account of Bank

As per RFP

211 General Query New clause proposed by Bidder Bidderrsquos failure to perform its contractual responsibilities to perform the services or to meet agreed service levels shall be excused if and to the extent Bidder performance is effected delayed or causes non-performance due to Banks omissions or actions whatsoever

As per RFP

212 General Query New clause proposed by Bidder Services andor deliverables shall be deemed to be fully and finally accepted by Bank in the event when Bank has not submitted its acceptance or rejection response in writing to Bidder within 15 days from the date of installationcommissioning or when Bank uses the Deliverable in its business whichever occurs earlier Parties agree that Bidder shall have 15 daysrsquo time to correct in case of any rejection by Bank

As per RFP

213 General Query New clause proposed by Bidder Either party may request a change order (ldquoChange Orderrdquo) in the event of actual or anticipated change(s) to the agreed scope Services Deliverables schedule or any other aspect of the Statement of WorkPurchase Order Bidder will prepare a Change Order reflecting the proposed changes including the impact on the Deliverables schedule and fee In the absence of a signed Change Order Bidder shall not be bound to perform any additional services

As per RFP

214 General Query New clause proposed by Bidder Notwithstanding anything to the contrary either Party shall have the right to terminate this Agreement at any time with cause in the event that the other party commits a material breach of the Agreement and fails to cure such default to the non-defaulting partyrsquos reasonable satisfaction within thirty (30) days

As per RFP

In the event of termination of any nature the Bidder shall be paid for the 1 goods delivered 2 services rendered 3 work in progress 4 unpaid AMCs 5 third party orders in pipeline which cannot be cancelled despite Bidders best efforts 6 unrecovered investments shall be paid by the Bank as per termination schedule till the date of termination

215 General Query New clause proposed by Bidder Notwithstanding anything contained in this RFP

As per RFP

a) Excluding a regulatorystatutory requirement if any nothing in this Agreement shall be construed or interpreted as requiring Bidder to provide to Customer access to or right to inspect examine audit and take copies of any fees price cost or any other financial information or any records or documents relating to the make-up of the Bidderrsquos internal

overhead calculations their relationship to the fees any financial cost model calculation of fees or to the Bidderrsquos profitability or other such financial data

b) All audit barring those required under a regulatory or statutory requirement may be done only on an annual basis and subject to a notice period of 20 days

216 Page No 132 and section 82

Integrity Pact Unacceptable integrity pact Customer to insert new CVC integrity pact that does not contain Fall clause LIBOR provisions etc

As per RFP

217 General Query Annexure A Earnest Money Deposit Unacceptable EMD forfeiture EMD to be forfeiture for breach of contract- not acceptable

As per RFP

218 General Query Annexure C Performance Bank Guarantee

Request PBG to be invoked only for material breaches of terms and conditions

As per RFP

219 General Query Annexure G Integrity Pact SEEK INSERTION OF NEW CVC INTEGRITY PACT WITHOUT LIBOR PROVISIONS AND FALL CLAUSE

As per RFP

220 General Query ADD As per RFP

Annexure J Confidentiality and Non-Disclosure Agreement Undertaking

Notwithstanding anything to the contrary to the extent the Bidder shares any confidential information with RBI the provisions of this RFP shall apply mutatis mutandis to RBI The obligations of confidentiality for both Parties shall come to an end 3 years from the date of terminationexpiry of the contract to be entered into

221 Page No 10 and section 11

Central Office has following 33 departments

EDMS solution is to be implemented for 33 departments is this understanding correct Please mention if there are more departments to be considered in-scope

As per RFP

222 Page No 29 and section 22

The application should facilitate integration with e-mail client (outlook) where selected emails could be Inwarded directly

Integration with Outlook For how many users is this needed Please specify the number of users who would be using this functionality

10000 users| All Users

223 Page No 18 and section 15

Sr No 6 Global common workflow plus seven specific work process Modules which need to be developed at the time of Go-Live

The seven workflow will have integration with what all systems Please specify the details

Integration envisaged for Go-Live - Active Directory Mail Messaging System SAMADHAN IRM DMIS Other integration will be done during continuous development

224 Page No 25 and section 21

User should have privilege to create Inward amp Outward from RBI corporate email inbox (selected emails) with capability to capture both email body and attachment (if any) as a part of the Inward

How many users are going to use Email Integration feature Is it going to be for all the 10000 named users

As per RFP

225 Page No 25 and section 21

The proposed solution needs to be integrated with existing (or any future standard system) of IRM

What is the current IRM system used by RBI

Microsoft IRM

226 Page No 25 and section 21

3 Customization and Integration Would existing IRM system be OpenText IRM or any other product and will sufficient license be available for EDMS users

Microsoft IRM

227 Page No 25 and section 21

4 Web interface ndashInwardOutward Management

Is it expected to expose the same EDMS application to public or integration with RBI website

As per RFP

228 Page No 27 and section 21

Sr No 21The Scanning product should have inbuilt capability to do a full page OCR amp ICR (for both Hindi amp English documents) and also convert the images to searchable forms like Searchable PDF

What is the ratio of English to Hindi documents for OCR amp ICR

Approximately Hindi 33 | English 66

229 Page No 29 and section 22

5 Inward Management Request you to please specify the other email clients

As per RFP

230 Page No 31 section 22

Technical Bid(Functional Requirements)

We understand that all of these functionalities are the application functionalities and the necessary scanning systems and personal required will be facilitated by RBI Please confirm

Yes

231 Page No 31 section 22

Technical Bid(Functional Requirements)

In case Yes for the above Questions than please detail the scope expectation w r t Scan amp upload requirement

Restricted to Application Solution

232 Page No 43 and section 22

147 Reports amp Dashboard Please elaborate further on this point We understand that reports can be generated with stored data without translation Please let us know your understanding

Data stored in Hindi should be displayed in Hindi The report fields should toggle between Hindi and English No translation is envisioned as part of basic deployment

233 Page No 46 and section 22

163 Document Management Rearrange pages in a document or create a new document from a page using drag and drop Please elaborate at what stage this is required

Rearrangement of pages is required to create an abstract out of an existing doc

234 Page No 46 and section 22

The solution offered should be capable of integration with 3rd party software amp internal applications which are in use at RBI

What all internal and 3rd party applications are to be taken in account for integration

Integration envisaged for Go-Live - Active Directory Mail Messaging System SAMADHAN IRM DMIS Other integration will be done during continuous development

235 Page No 46 and section 22

171 Customization and Integration Is there any existing SSO Server available

Shall be shared with successful bidder

236 Page No 46 and section 22

173 Customization and Integration We understand that content replication from DC to DR has to be accomplished by RBI team and bidder can assist in providing the details

Shall be shared with successful bidder

237 Page No 56 and section 23

A separate test environment and development would be provided at the data Centre The Bidder is expected to replicate the DC environment in the DR and in the test environment in all respects

We understand that bidder is expected to set 4 environments - Dev UATTest Production (DC) and DR Is UATTest environment also expected to be exact replicamirror image of Production

Scaled-down version 50 of Production in terms of sizing

238 Page No 56 and section 23

A separate test environment and development would be provided at the data Centre The Bidder is expected to replicate the DC environment in the DR and in the test environment in all respects

Will RBI procure and provide hardware for all environments Should bidder only propose sizing recommendations for all environments

As per RFP

239 Page No 57 and section 23

Security Requirements We understand that all of these functionalities are the application functionalities by virtue of which these security mechanisms have to be part of the bidderrsquos proposition Kindly comment on our understanding

As per RFP

240 Page No 62 and section 23

System should maintain audit logs for all monitoring and events according to RBI policy These audit logs must be secure and stored as per defined retention policy

Request Bank to specify as lot of sizing considerations would depend uponvary basis the RBI policies (3 5 7 10 years)

Shall be shared with successful bidder

241 Page No 64 and section 23

86 Data Migration Would changes means restructuring of folders or something else Please elaborate

To be discussed during System Study

242 Page No 67and section 31

27 Any other areas which the Bank might decide to include in the Scope at the time of implementation of EDMS

Request Bank to enlighten on to this requirement Being subjective Bidder will need more quantifiablegaugeable requirement basis which effort and commercials can be worked out

As per RFP

However we understand the same will be addressed during design phase

Please comment upon our understanding

243 Page No 71 and section 38

Data migration will be the responsibility of the Bidder

Will bidder be allowed to run the migration 24x7 or only during non-peak hours

Shall be discussed with successful bidder

244 Page No 74 and section 310

Bidder should provide training to RBI‟s officials for using and managing the system which will include end user technical and system Administration training as well as DBA level training

What would be the minimum numbers of users to be trained for Admin and for User level trainings respectively

5 batches of 30-40 user each Total training to be provide to around 200 User at Mumbai Pune

245 Page No 76 and section 313

Implementation As per RFP The Banks incident Management system has to be used as ticketing system to handle requests raised by Banks Internal Users during the warranty and AMC period Which ticketing system is RBI using currently

EDMS can leverage existing Incident Management tool Details will be shared with successful bidder

246 Page No 76 and section 313

Extensive on-site support team is required during the first year after ldquoGo-Liverdquo

Are all the resources mentioned for L0 (44) L1 (8) and L2 (2) are to be deployed on-site Can bidder propose onsite-offshore model for post-implementation support

As per RFP

247 Page No 77 and section 313

vi Scanning documents at RBI respective locations if required

We understand that the necessary scanning systems and personnel required will be facilitated by RBI Request to throw more light on the number of locations in this regards Accordingly effort estimation can be done so as to provide the appropriate commercials in this regards

As per RFP

248 Page No 86 and section 319

319 Performance Monitoring amp Tuning solution

Considering the entire project is going to be base out of RBIs data centre request bank to facilitate make model etc of the performance monitoring tool

Bidder has to provide Application level monitoring solution As per Data Centre policy open source performance tool will not be permissible and the solution proposed by bidder should be approved by RBI

249 Page No 86 and section 323

The total number of users presently is expected to be around 10000 with 2000 concurrent users and annual growth of 10 in concurrent users

Out of total 10000 users how many back endadmin users are there who are going to access this system

Less than 500 users

250 Page No 86 and section 324

Sr No 5 The solution offered should be capable of pin codeGPS Location based integration for capturing user address

Is bidder expected to integrate the existing GPS system with EDMS

As per RFP

251 Page No 86 and section 323

323 Vendor would be required to provide Enterprise-wide all-inclusive Perpetual license for all functionalities as per the requirements of the RBI The total number of users presently is expected to be around 10000 with 2000 concurrent users and annual growth of 10 in concurrent users

These users are for determining the hardware sizing but from software licensing point of view all 10000 users can connect concurrently

As per RFP

Please validate

252 Page No 86 and section 323

No extra license fees implementation charges should be charged by the selected bidder for implementing the software in the test environment and at the Disaster Recovery site of RBI or at any other site that may be specified by the Bank

We understand that as project progresses there will be significant volumes and hence there should be no restriction on number of CPUcores and if any it will be responsibility of SI to provide additional licenses at no additional costs to RBI Trust our understanding is correct Please confirm for clarification

Yes As per RFP

253 Page No87 and section 324

6 Vendor is responsible to import application in UAT production environment amp DC ndash DR synchronization etc

We understand that the application is going to be based out of RBIs existing Data Centre visa Navi Mumbai and Nagpur Request Bank to elaborate upon existing DC-DR synchronization technique technology methodology Please provide details version of the same for integration aspects

Shall be shared with successful bidder

254 Page No87 and section 325

325 System amp Security Audit Request RBI to specify number of yearly audits

Shall be shared with successful bidder

255 Page No91 and section 329

4 Complete user manual and system documentation (soft and hard copies) of the proposed solution after the go-live

Request RBI to spell the number of hard copies required

Shall be discussed with successful bidder

256 Page No92 and section 330

3 Vendor is required to give all sorts of support required in case RBI decides to move the implemented EDMS on cloud services or IaaS in future This support will include everything starting from shunting of the running EDMS temporarily to alternate arrangement till all the Hw Sw etc are installed amp made running in the new IaaS or Cloud environment (Logistics Technical Integration support etc)

We understand the same to be captured via change control mechanism change management during the course of the project

As per RFP

257 Page No92 and section 330

5 Business Process Reengineering ndash The vendor shall include the impact of the new system to the operations of Client If applicable the proponent shall recommend changes to the existing processes that would benefit Client

Request Bank to specify a percentage number in this regards accordingly efforts and commercials can be worked out

As per RFP

258 Page No93 and section 43

For each milestone to be marked completed the bidder should ensure that all the acceptance criteria are met and approved by the Bank as mentioned in various applicable sections in the RFP

We understand that the Project acceptance criteria will be formalized mutually during the design phase and agreed upon Please comment upon our understanding

As per RFP

259 42 Additional Software License Costs As per RFP

Page No 94 and section 42

For evaluation purposes costs of the software licenses proposed by the Bidder would be included in the Total Cost of Ownership In case any software license(s) are required to be procured directly from the Original Equipment Manufacturer (OEM) Product Vendor the actual payment to the Bidder will be reduced appropriately to exclude the software license costs quoted in the commercial bid Bidder is requested to add all the Other Software Licensing Cost under the header Any other requirements for the proposed solution on MSTC website

Request Bank to mutually discuss and agree upon section 42 before finalization on the requirement Please comment in this regards

260 Page No122 and Section 76

Overall enterprise wide security including role-based security and authorisation levels operating systemapplication security and logical access controls and anti‐virus management

Is bidder expected to propose anti-virus software as well

Shall be shared with successful bidder

261 Page No 169 amp Annexure D2

Sr No 26 All incoming physical letters has to be scanned and put into the system for further processing

What is the total size or volume of legacy documents to be considered for Scanning through the Capture Solution (dailymonthlyyearly volume)

As per RFP

262 Page No 204 amp Annexure D2

206 The system should also integrated with Ms outlook and other email client

Does RBI require native integration with outlook in which users can access EDMS from outlook interface

As per RFP

Please confirm 263 Page No 211

amp Annexure D3

Sr No 28 The solution should provide for seamless integration of modules as per the business requirements of RBI with necessary interfaces The application should have provision for Integration existingupcoming portalsapplications of different depts eg HR Portal Samadhan Active directory CMS (CEPD) etc other internal workflow application system etc

Do we have to estimate effort for integration with these upcoming applications now or will it be taken at a later stage as a Change Request If now what are these applications based on Please provide what level of integration is required with these applicationssystem

Integration envisaged for Go-Live - Active Directory Mail Messaging Solution SAMADHAN IRM DMIS Other integration will be done during continuous development

264 Page No213 amp Annexure D3

Based on our experience in similar project we feel the concurrent user ratio to named users is less In such application of note approval the concurrence is around 40 of total users

As per RFP

Details of Hardware requirements for the proposed solution for following user base of

Request you to validate this for RBI

i 10000 total user base ii 2000 concurrent users

265 Page No 218 amp Annexure D3

Sr 55 The Implementation of open source technologies should be taken up in compliance with Information Security (IS) policy of the Bank

Would you allow usage of Open Source Tools for Simulation is required to carry out Performance Testing (LoadStress) eg JMeter

Shall be discussed with successful bidder

266 Page No218 amp Annexure D3

The Implementation of open source technologies should be taken up in compliance with Information Security (IS) policy of the Bank

Please throw some light on limitations on usage of open-source tools in context with Information Security (IS) policy of the Bank

Shall be discussed with successful bidder

267 Page No221 amp Annexure D3

Sr No 75 Data Loss Prevention solution should be available with EDMS solution

Is Data Loss Prevention solution to be implemented or does the solution need to have the capability only and its for future use Please confirm

Shall be discussed with successful bidder

268 Page No 226 amp Annexure D6

g Scalability of document volume (30) having average volume of 4million documents per year

What does 30 signify here How much should be the total volume of documents considered that is received and to be ingested in EDMS repository (yearlymonthly)

As per RFP

269 Page No 226 amp Annexure D6

b Response time of maximum 3 seconds

Request RBI to elaborate upon the type of gaugeable reports parameters required to establish the response time

As per RFP

270 Page No 226 amp Annexure D6

b Response time of maximum 3 seconds

Will submitting product performance reports spec sheets suffice or any other artefact is required to substantiate the same Please specify

As per RFP

271 Page No 226 amp Annexure D6

g Scalability of document volume (30) having average volume of 4million documents per year

Request RBI to specify the existing document volume as this is required from sizing perspective to arrive at an optimized commercials

As per RFP

272 Page No 262 amp Annexure Q

Annexure Q We believe RBI will also be providing mobile based access to select employeersquos basis roles We assume the licensing for the same is to be included in this pricing and no additional price will be payable by RBI Mobile app if to be created will be separate project but will connect to EDMS through API at no additional costs to RBI Please clarify

As per RFP

273 Page No 262 amp Annexure Q

Annexure Q Will RBI facilitate the commercial bid format for ease of comparison during the evaluation phase Request to clarify

Commercial bid format can be downloaded from the MSTC e-commerce portal

274 Page No 264 amp Annexure Q

Unit Price Under Unit Price do we have to provide Yearly Price of 1 resource

As per RFP

275 Page No 264 amp Annexure Q

Cost of L0 Resource (21 nos) on 12 X 5 basis for one year at locations given in Annexure T

For 12x5 we would need to deploy 2 resources to support 60 hours shift so do we need to consider price for 2 resources or provide price only for 21 resources and they will be supporting in round-robin manner Please confirm

For Annexure T for line items 31 to 35 Bidders are advised to consider 8 x 5 working hours where requirement of only 1 resource has been mentioned (Ahmedabad has 2 locations so 2 resources are required) For line items 25 to 30 where support hours are mentioned as 12 x 5 and requirement of multiple resources is mentioned resources are expected to work in 8 x 5 shift scheduled in a manner to provide support for 12 x 5 All other conditionsrequirements

mentioned in the table remain unchanged

276 Page No 265 amp Annexure Q

B2 Development Team based at Mumbai Navi Mumbai Composition Tech Lead(1) + Developer (5) + Tester (1)

Composition of Tech Lead(1) + Developer (5) + Tester (1) will not suffice we also need Project Managers Technical Architect UI Expert and Infrastructure Resource can bidder add more rows in commercial format and propose Development Team accordingly

As per RFP

277 Page No 265 Section amp Annexure Q

AMC for the first year after warranty period (should be min 8 of Total onetime cost)

Do we have to include both here - Product AMC from OEM as well as Application Technical Support for only 1 year from bidder

As per RFP

278 Page No 266 amp Annexure Q

(C) Hardware Requirements Do we have to propose hardware sizing and software recommendations for DevUAT Production and DR Environments The table has rows for Production and UAT only can the bidder add more rows to it or is it a fixed format

Hardware sizing and software recommendations are to be proposed for all environments The two rows were for representational purpose More rows can be added in the commercial bid format

279 Page No 212 amp Annexure D3

212 A separate test environment and development would be provided at the data Centre The Bidder is expected to replicate the DC environment in the DR and in the test environment in all respects (11)

1 Will development and test environments be provided by RBI till OS layer and only application deployment is to be done by the bidder

As per RFP

84 Hence bidder is required to take into the consideration the hardware

software etc requirement pertaining to test amp development

2 Please elaborate what is bidders responsibility for development and test environments

280 General Query Retention Management Apart from Retention and Archival are you looking for complete Records Management solution as well with features like Event-based aging Automatic Disposition Litigation Hold etc

Not required at this Stage

281 General Query Back-up Software Do you have the back-up software or does bidder has to propose If available please specify the make and model of the back-up software

Shall be shared with successful bidder

282 General Query Support Team - OampM Do you want bidder to propose Helpdesk toolset up a service desk as well

Not required at this Stage

283 General Query Load Balancer Do you want the bidder to propose the load balancer as well

Not required at this Stage

284 General Query Source Code Control Repository Is Bidder required to absorb the cost for GIT repository for source code or do you have one which bidder can use

Shall be shared with successful bidder

285 General Query Compliance What are the complianceguidelinesIT Security considerations that are critical

As per RFP

286 General Query SSL Certificate Should bidder be provided the SSL certificate or should the bidder absorb the price for SSL certificate Please confirm

Bank Shall provide the SSL certificates

287 General Query Documents Please specify the age of the documents and the condition of paper like ndash colour shine brittleness original

Not required at this Stage

or photocopy glossy paper hard-bind etc etc

288 General Query Scanning Can you kindly provide the of BW and Colour document

Not required at this Stage

289 General Query Legacy Documents For Legacy documents perspective please share details on the below

Not required at this Stage

a) Number of document ingestion per day - b) Average size of document - in KB c) Maximum size of document - in KB d) Storage required - (current DMS storage size)

290 General Query New Documents For New documents perspective please share details on the below

Not required at this Stage

a) Number of document ingestion per day - b) Average size of document - in KB c) Maximum size of document - in KB

291 General Query Scanning For Scanning perspective please share details on the below

Not required at this Stage

a) Percentage of document in tiff format b) Percentage of colour documents c) Average image size in KB d) Percentage of document that would require OCR e) Average number of fields per page

f) Properties per per document 292 General Query Documents What is percentage the Year on Year

growth over 5 years for the number of documents added

As per RFP

293 General Query Documents What is the Average number of document views per day

Not required at this Stage

294 General Query Documents What is the Average number of document searches per day

Not required at this Stage

295 General Query Back-up Policy What is the back-up policy of RBI eg 14 days

Shall be shared with successful bidder

296 General Query Policies What would be the archival policy back up policy log storage policy DR logs policy etc

Shall be shared with successful bidder

297 General Query Testing What parameters are to be monitored during testing (eg response times processing times and CPU loading)

As per RFP

298 General Query Testing What desired values of these parameters are to be considered acceptable during the stress test results

As per RFP

299 General Query DR Drills How many DR drills do you expect in a year

Shall be shared with successful bidder

300 General Query Resources Will RBI allow onsite resources to carry their own laptops or will RBI provide DesktopsWorkstations for onsite resources

Assets will be provided to onsite resources

301 General Query Access Will RBI provide remote accessVPN access for offshore resources

Not required as all resources are deployed onsite

302 General Query

Scanning How much will be the total no of pages to be scanned per day

Not required at this Stage

303 General Query

Documents

How much will be the year on year growth in documents volume

As per RFP

304 General Query

Documents

Please let us know the average approximate document size per document for sizing (in MB)

Not required at this Stage

305 General Query Presentation amp POC of the Solution Could you please elaborate in details the scope for POC

As per RFP

306 General Query SLA Working window As per RFP

307 General Query Non-Functional Requirements Please specify the existing Replication bandwidth between Navi Mumbai DC and Nagpur DR

Bidder has to propose the required bandwidth which will be provided procured by Data Centre

308 General Query Non-Functional Requirements We understand that the bidder is required to provide the Bandwidth augmentation sizing required for this project and accordingly the same will be provisioned by RBI Please confirm upon our understanding

Bidder has to propose the required bandwidth which will be provided procured by Data Centre

309 Page No71 amp Section No38

Data Migration What is the formats of Documents stored inside current DMS

Shall be shared with successful bidder

310

Page No71 amp Section No38

Data Migration How indexmetadata is managed in current DMS System What is the total count of

Shall be shared with successful bidder

indexes present in current DMS 311 Page No71 amp

Section No38 Data Migration what is the database and version used

in current DMS System As per RFP

312

Page No71 amp Section No38

Data Migration We need more details about current DMS System -Product nameVersionECM

Shall be shared with successful bidder

Compliant or notWhat type of documents are stored in SystemHow documents are classified in System

313

Page No18 amp Section No21

High Level Critical Requirements Can you Please enlist total count of Global workflows

As per RFP

314

Page No86 amp Section No321

Hardware Requirements Can you elaborate more on this point As per RFP Standard Enviornments which will be provided by SI are DEV UAT PROD and DR Also Development Environment will be on premise or offshore

315 Page No52 amp Section No23

Back-up Will Backup be taken care by RBI Yes

316 Page No81 amp Section No317

Security Requirements What will be the frequency of DR Drills Can you specify values for RPO and RTO

Shall be shared with successful bidder

317 Page No213 amp Annexure D3

Hardware Requirements Database tier needs to be deployed on Intel Xeon or Mainframe

RBI will conduct VAPT SI needs to provide gaps resolution

318 Page No221 amp Annexure D4

Maintenance amp Support Can we get details about which IRM solution will be provided by RBI for integration purpose

Scaled-down version 50 of Production in terms of sizing

319 Page No63 amp Section No23

Functional Requirements Will RBI provide DLP solution Shall be shared with successful bidder

320 Page No63 amp Section No23

Non-Functional Requirements is SI expected to conduct VAPT or RBI will be conducting the same

RBI will conduct VAPT SI needs to provide gaps resolution

321 Page No267 amp Annexure Q

Hardware Requirements Is UAT sizing expected to be 100 of Production sizing

Scaled-down version 50 of Production in terms of sizing

322

Page No27 amp Section No21

High Level Critical Requirements Hindi OCR amp ICR may be a challenge However Hindi metadata can be captured and searched Can OCR and ICR be restricted to English only

As per RFP

323 Page No27 amp Section No21

Storage For sizing Storage can you share average size of the digitized document

As per RFP

324 Page No93 amp Section No41

Licences Can Licenses cost be paid up-front within 30 days from the date of Invoice

As per RFP

325 Page No95 amp Section No44

AMC Pay-Outs Can AMC be payable yearly in Advance instead of at the end of the every year

As per RFP

6 Page No 13 and Section 21

Reference Inward Communication - External

Who is responsible for digitizing physical documents received from internal sources

As per RFP

7 Page No 24 and Section 21

High Level Critical Requirements 1 Who will be the External Users of UI Shall be discussed during System Study 2 How will the External Users get

registered in the system 8 Page No 24

and Section 21

High Level Critical Requirements 1 Do we have to integrate EDMS to an existing External UI for external users or develop a new UI as part of EDMS Solution

As per RFP

2 Do we have to integrate EDMS to an existing Internal UI for internal users or develop a new UI as part of EDMS Solution 3 If Yes Do we have any references to both internal amp external UI like pages navigation etc or if there is any existing websites available which we can refer Can you share the details for the same

9 Page No 25 and Section 21

Reference Web interface ndashInwardOutward Management - Application should host Web Based User Interface over internet for inward creation and capability for outward response through Web Based User Interface and capability for public queryinquirycommunication etc

Will the public raise a query based on a reference or raise a standalone query

As per RFP

10 Page No 25 and Section 21

Reference Web interface ndashInwardOutward Management - InwardOutward Management Flow of data from Web Interface to EDMS and vice versa should happen in batches

Why is the interaction between the Web Interface and underlying EDMS in batches and not real-time

As per RFP

and support push pull mechanism Frequency of push pull should be configurable

11 Page No 25 and Section 21

Reference Customization and Integration - The solution offered is required to be integrated with Active Directory and should support single sign-on

1 Do you have single sign-on solution currently implemented

Yes Single Sign-on is implemented currently Details will be shared with successful bidder

2 If Yes What is the softwareapplication do you use for the same

12 Page No 46 and Section 21

Reference The solution offered should be capable of integration with 3rd party software amp internal applications which are in use at RBI

1 What are the various RBI applications (Internal or 3rd party software) that needs to be integrated with EDMS

Integration envisaged for Go-Live - Active Directory Mail Messaging System SAMADHAN IRM and DMIS Other integration will be done during continuous development

2 What is the purpose of the integration 3 What is the nature of the integration 4 Please give us some examples of industry standard open office tools

13 Page No 25 and Section 21

Reference Customization and Integration - The proposed solution needs to be integrated with existing (or any future standard system) of IRM

1 Do you have any existing IRM application currently being used for Information Rights Management

Microsoft IRM

2 If Yes Can you provide more details of it

14 Page No 26 and Section 21

Reference Metadata EntryIndexingAuto Filling - Scanned file naming convention and folder structure to be used to store the scanned files and would be as per the policies defined by RBI for file naming conventions in bilingual language [Rajbhasha(Hindi) English]

What are RBI policies for naming conventions in bilingual language

As per RFP

15 Page No 26 and Section 21

Reference Metadata EntryIndexingAuto Filling - System should have metadata fields as required for indexing as per the requirement of the RBI

Can you provide an approximate number of metadata fields required across various document types

As per RFP

16 Page No 26 and Section 21

Reference Office Noting Approval Sanction - All the authorized users should be able to create and route the Office Note for approval as per their user role amp access rights

Can you explain Create Office Note Does this mean you want to create a review note on top of documents using the system with a text editor and as part of the workflow this note gets attached to the document

As per RFP

17 Page No 27 and Section 21

Reference Reports amp Dashboard 1 Does RBI have any systemapplication currently being used for Reports amp Dashboards

Application should have capability to support any number of dashboards and reports

2 If Yes Can you provide more details of it 3 Can you provide an approximate number of reports and dashboards required in EDMS

18 Page No 27 and Section 21

Reference Document Security -The system should have the mechanism for 1st and 2nd factor authentication wherever required

Can you provide examplesuse casesscenarios where this may be required

Shall be discussed during System Study

19 Page No 28 and Section 21

Reference Workflow and Collaboration

What is the average number of steps required in document workflows

Shall be discussed during System Study

20 Page No 50 and Section 22

Reference Miscellaneous - User Should be able to see that particular email id which is always used on daily basis

Need more clarity on this requirement As per RFP

21 Page No 51 and Section 23

Reference User Management - The system is envisaged to have a total user count up to 10000 users at present and concurrent users up to 2000 with an annual increase of 10 in concurrent users

Does this count includes both Internal and External Users If not can you please give us segregation

This is only for internal users

22 Page No 64 and Section 23

Reference Digital storage - The solution should have a mechanism to define and use RBI‟s retention policy of documents based on various classifications

What is RBIs Retention Policy for documents

Policy shall be shared with successful bidder

23 Page No 64 and Section 23

Reference Digital storage - The solution should have a mechanism to define and use RBI‟s retention policy of documents based on various classifications

Is there a need for external documents (digitized documents that are stored outside of EDMS solution) to be managed via Records Management Retention Policies

Not required at this Stage

24 Page No 32 and Section 22

Reference OCR amp ICR - These Service ought to give a wide scope of procedures like making information section quicker with more precision and productivity

Need more clarity on this requirement As per RFP

25 Page No 32 and Section 22

Reference OCR amp ICR - OCR services should bring quicker outcomes with minimal time

Need more clarity on this requirement As per RFP

26 Page No 34 and Section 22

Reference Search - The System should have full text search capabilities which supports synonym phonic Boolean etc

Need more clarity on this requirement As per RFP

27 Page No 45 and Section 22

Reference Document Management - Rearrange pages in a document or create a new document from a page using drag and drop

Need more clarity on this requirement As per RFP

28 Page No 46 and Section 22

Reference Image Processing - System should be able to optimize the quality of scanned images

Need more clarity on this requirement As per RFP

29 Page No 46 and Section 22

Reference Image Processing - The bidder must provide mechanism tool for quality enhancement

What enhancements are expected As per RFP

30 Page No 67 and Section 31

Reference It should ensure processes followed and products are fully compliant with the statutory and regulatory requirements

Can we have the reference to statutory and regulatory requirements

As per RFP

31 Page No 100 and Section 56

Penalties We assume the overall liability would be 10 of the contract value under all circumstances Please confirm We also request to reduce the time lapsed due to circumstances beyond bidderrsquos control from the penalties ie dependencies on RBI etc

Shall be discussed with successful bidder

32 Page No 114 and Section 66

Commercial Bid Evaluation In case existing software if any needs to be utilised for the project RBI will get authorization from the OEM of the said software to be used for EDMS project as well The same software should be in support from the OEM

As per RFP

33 Page No 93 and Section 41

Software Cost Please release 100 of the License Cost indicated in Item 1A of Annexure Q immediately on delivery

As per RFP

34 Page No 95 and Section 44

AMC Pay-outs May we request to release the AMC payment for license at the time of delivery means at the beginning of the AMC year

As per RFP

35 Page No 95 and Section 45

FMS May we request to release the annual amount payable towards FMS and Development Team at the end of each quarter means quarterly payment

Please refer Corrigendum dated 7th October 2019

36 Page No 93 and Section 41

Software Cost May we request to release 10 of Implementation cost on BRDSRS submission to bank

As per RFP

37 Page No 86 and Section 324

GPS This requirement is subject to bank having an MADP platform and current RBI website capabilities DMS shall provide all necessary web services for integration but will be dependent on website team for MADP and UI

As per RFP

38 Page No 76 and Section 311

In case of the Go-Live delays by the Bidder the financial Penalty as per the Banks discretion will be imposed on the Bidder at 5 of the total contract value per month of delay to the maximum of 10 of the total contract value as per the agreement between the Bank and the successful Bidder

We request that delay penalty be applicable on the implementation value and not on total contract value

As per RFP

39 Page No 78 and Section 313

If any defect in the Solution is not rectified by the Bidder before the end of the Warranty Period the Warranty Period shall be extended until

We submit that warranty cannot be extended as it is provided by OEM However product will be supported through the warranty and AMCATS support period

As per RFP

(a) the defect has been corrected and (b) the Solution functions in accordance with the Contract

40 Page No 124 and Section 711

The Bank will reserve the right to terminate the services of the successful Bidder at any point of the Project (during the implementation phase and post go-live) without assigning any reasons In such cases the Bank may consider making payment commensurate with the last completed phase

We understand that a notice period of 90 days will be provided prior to invocation of this termination for convenience in order for the bidder to wind-up the project and re-allocate resources and terminate back-end contracts

As per RFP

We understand that in event of such termination for convenience customer will pay for all products and services delivered till the effective date of termination We understand that in event of such termination for convenience customer will also pay for the annual AMCATS charge for the relevant year as the vendor would have paid AMCATS charges of OEM in advance for the relevant year

41 Page No 129 and Section 85

RBI reserves the right to cancel the contract of the selected Bidder and recover expenditure incurred by RBI if the progress regarding execution of the contract made by the selected Bidder is found to be unsatisfactory for any reason

We understand that a written notice with a reasonable cure period will be provided prior to contract cancellationtermination

As per RFP

42 Page No 130 and Section 87

87 Without prejudice to the other rights of the Purchaser under the Contract in the matter the proceeds of the performance security shall be payable to RBI as compensation for any loss resulting from the Bidderrsquos failure to complete its obligations under the Contract

We understand that a written notice with a reasonable cure period will be provided prior to invocation of the performance security

As per RFP

43 Page No 130 and Section 88

88 Without prejudice to the other rights of the Purchaser under the Contract in the matter the proceeds of the performance security shall be payable to RBI as compensation for any loss resulting from the Bidderrsquos failure to complete its obligations under the Contract

We understand that a written notice with a reasonable cure period will be provided prior to invocation of the performance security

As per RFP

44 Page No 132 and Section 813

The Bidder agrees that the Bank has no limit on the additions or deletions on the items for the period of the contract

We understand that the technical and commercial impact of additionsdeletions to the mutually agreed scope will be agreed through change requestamendment process

As per RFP

45 Page No240 and Annexure G

The BIDDER undertakes that it has not supplied is not supplying similar product services or sub-services during last one year from the date of issuance of this RFP at a price lower than that offered in the present bid to any other entity If it is found at any stage that similar product services or sub-services was supplied by the BIDDER to any other entity at a lower price then that very price with due allowance for elapsed time will be applicable to the present case and the difference in the cost would be refunded by the BIDDER to the BUYER if the contract has already been concluded

We submit that there is no time period reference provided for this confirmation We understand that this compliance will be checked for the bid-evaluation period

As per RFP

46 Page No240 and Annexure G

The BIDDER undertakes that it has not supplied is not supplying similar product services or sub-services during last one year from the date of issuance of this RFP at a price lower than that offered in the present bid to any other entity If it is found at any stage that similar product services or sub-services was supplied by the BIDDER to any other entity at a lower price then that very price with due allowance for elapsed time will be applicable to the present case and the difference in the cost would be refunded by the BIDDER to the BUYER if the contract has already been concluded

We propose replacement of similar productservices or sub-services with identical solution We propose replacement of refunded by the BIDDER to the BUYER with applied to future procurement

As per RFP

47 General Query Liability We noticed that there is no aggregate liability language on bidder liability We propose that the aggregate liability of the bidder will not exceed the TCV of the project

Shall be discussed with successful bidder

48 General Query Agreement We noticed that there is no language on disclaimer of liability of either party for indirect and consequential claims We propose that neither party will be liable for indirect or consequential claims and damages lost profits or lost revenue in relation with the project

Shall be discussed with successful bidder

49 Page No 262 and Annexure Q Section A

Section A - A1 Bidder requests clarification as to whether this is line item cost is related to digitization of old records if so the same shall be removed from A1 and moved to A2 or a separate section to be created in the Commercial Bid Format as this cost needs to be paid on actual documents Scanned

Bidder is expected to provide the License cost for the Scanning Imaging solution against this line item

Scanning Imaging

50 Page No 264 and Annexure Q Section B

Section B Bidder submits that the Unit Price column shall be removed and total cost for the resources to be allowed to be quoted for each year separately

As per RFP

NPV calculation will be done considering 5 escalation rate and 8 discounted rate only for TCO purpose

We also request to remove the reference of 5 escalation rate and allow us to quote for the actual inflation by each bidder separately to allow the bidders to provide maximum benefit to RBI for the NPV

As the commercial format allows to quote separate values for each year the Indexation references is no longer relevant and the payment for the later years can be made at the mentioned prices

51 Page No 265 and Annexure Q Section B3

Section B3 Bidder submits that the minimum of 8 for AMC shall be changed to Sub-Total A1 excluding the ScanningImaging as the AMC should typically include on the product cost

As per RFP

AMC for the first year after warranty period (should be min 8 of Total onetime cost)

We further request clarity whether the AMC is for 3 years or 4 years as the template indicates Year 3 to Year 7 which is 4 years while the Note below the table mentions it for 3 years please clarify we further request that this note mentioned in the adjacent column shall be removed as the commercial template is modified to allow bidders to quote for each year separately

Below rates are mentioned for first year Actual payment for subsequent years as applicable will be done on applying the indexation formulae

middot Cost of L1 and L2 for the subsequent period of 6 years

middot Development Team Cost for the subsequent period of 6 years

middot AMC for the subsequent period of 3 years

52 Page No 267 and Annexure Q Section D

Section D Bidder submits that the Rates for the Resources both the Support resources and the Development Resources is available in the Section B Table the rate for any additional resources can be used from the same table hence request removal of the additional table

As per RFP Marginal Resource Cost

53 Page No 93 and Section 41

41 Software Cost Bidder submits that the heading of the section is an error as the payment terms are related to services and not Software cost we also request the following modifications to the payment terms

As per RFP

1 Completion of process and system study Design and Build and Deployment in UAT - 15 of Implementation Cost specified at Item 1B of Annexure Q

2 Data Migration Completion of User Acceptance Testing Creation of training content Train the Trainer and customer education content - 20 of Implementation Cost specified at Item 1B of Annexure Q

41 Software Cost

3 Complete Implementation and ldquoProduction Go-liverdquo of the project - 25 of Implementation Cost specified at Item 1B of Annexure Q

1 Completion of process and system study Design and Build and Deployment in UAT - 15 of Implementation Cost specified at Item 1B of Annexure Q

4 Receipt of Completion Certificate from the Bank (post 90 days of achieving production Go-Live) - 30 of Implementation Cost specified at Item 1B of Annexure Q

2 Data Migration Completion of User Acceptance Testing Creation of training content Train the Trainer and customer education content - 30 of Implementation Cost specified at Item 1B of Annexure Q

5 Amount payable during the warranty period - On completion of warranty period of three years The Financial Bank guarantee shall be valid for 7 years - 10 of Implementation Cost specified at Item 1B of Annexure Q

3 Complete Implementation and ldquoProduction Go-liverdquo of the project - 35 of Implementation Cost specified at Item 1B of Annexure Q

4 Receipt of Completion Certificate from the Bank (post 90 days of achieving production Go-Live) - 10 of Implementation Cost specified at Item 1B of Annexure Q

5 Amount payable during the warranty period - In equal quarterly instalments during warranty period of three years The Financial Bank guarantee shall be valid for 7 years - 10 of Implementation Cost specified at Item 1B of Annexure Q

We also request deletion of Indexation

section as separate costs will be quoted for each year as per the Annexure Q

54 Page No 94 amp 95 and Section 43 amp 44

43 Warranty pay-outs Bidder submits that the pay-outs for Warranty and AMC shall be made quarterly in arrears which is the industry standard practice for these payments

As per RFP 44 AMC pay-outs

55 46 Other Payment terms

Page No 95 and Section 46

3 Any objectiondispute to the amounts invoiced in the bill shall be raised by RBI within reasonable time from the date of receipt of the invoice Upon settlement of disputes with respect to any disputed invoice(s) the Bank will make payment within thirty (30) working days of the settlement of such disputes

Bidder submits that the payments for the invoices shall be made within 30 days from the receipt of the invoice any objectiondispute to the amounts invoiced shall be made within 25 days from the date of receipt of the invoice

Shall be discussed with successful bidder

4 The fees payable by the Bank to Bidder shall be inclusive of all costs such as insurance taxes (GST as per the rates applicable) transportation installation that may be levied imposed charged or incurred and RBI shall pay the fees due under this RFP and subsequent agreement after deducting any tax deductible at source (ldquoTDSrdquo) as applicable The Bidder will need to provide the details for the tax rates as considered in the pricing This will be used for subsequent tax changes RBI shall pay each undisputed invoice raised in accordance with this RFP and subsequent agreement within thirty (30) working days after its receipt unless otherwise mutually agreed in writing provided that such invoice is dated after such fees have become due and payable under this RFP and subsequent agreement

56 45 Other Payment terms As per RFP

Page No 96 and Section 46

8 The Bidders should note that the contract entered with the successful Bidder will be for implementation and post go‐live period of 7 years (3 years‟ warranty amp 4 years AMC amp FMS support) extendable at the Banks discretion The Bank will have the right in its sole discretion to renegotiate the prices terms and conditions

Bidder understand that the right of Bank to negotiate the prices terms and conditions is in the event of extension beyond the period of current contract (implementation and post go‐live period of 7 years (3 years‟ warranty amp 4 years AMC amp FMS support) and not during the current contract period please confirm

57 Page No 100 and Section 56

56 Penalties Bidder submits that the Penalty for Rollout delays shall be 1 of the delayed components cost of the One-time cost (Section A - Annexure Q) per week subject to a maximum of 10 of the delayed components cost of the One-time cost

As per RFP

The successful Bidder is expected to complete the responsibilities that have been assigned as per the specified time frame In case of the Rollout delays by the Bidder the financial Penalty as per the Banks discretion will be imposed on the Bidder at 5 of the total contract value per month of delay to the maximum of 10 of the total contract value as per the agreement between the Bank and the successful Bidder

Business Utility and Business Downtime would be the key considerations for determining the ldquoPenaltiesrdquo that would be levied on the Bidder for ldquoNon‐Adherencerdquo to the SLA for the Services offered The inability of the Bidder to provide the requirements as per the scope or to meet the deadlines as specified would be treated as breach of contract and invoke the Penalty Clause The maximum limit on the penalties during the period of contract shall be 10 of the total contract value The applicable ldquoPenaltiesrdquo would be the same irrespective of the root causes

In case of Non-Adherence to the SLA the maximum penalty shall be limited to 10 of the Quarterly Invoice value for the respective quarters

58 Page No 124 and Section 711

711 Duration and Condition of Engagement

Bidder submits that in case of termination of the contract without assigning any reason the Bank shall allow the Bidder a notice of 90 days for ramp-down of the resources etc We further submit that in case of termination with or without reason Bidder shall be paid for the completed deliverables as per the commercials quoted

As per RFP

2 The Bank will reserve the right to terminate the services of the successful Bidder at any point of the Project (during the implementation phase and post go-live) without assigning any reasons In such cases the Bank may consider making payment commensurate with the last completed phase

59 87 Performance Bank Guarantee As per RFP

Page No 130 and Section 87

The successful Bidder shall at his own expense deposit with The Chief General Manager-in-Charge Department of Information Technology Reserve Bank of India Mumbai within thirty (30) days from the final result of the bidding process and declaration of the successful Bidder a Performance Bank Guarantee from a scheduled commercial bank payable on demand in terms of Annexure C for an amount equivalent to ten percent (10) of the contract price for the due performance and fulfilment of the contract by the Bidder Without prejudice to the other rights of the Purchaser under the Contract in the matter the proceeds of the performance security shall be payable to RBI as compensation for any loss resulting from the Bidders failure to complete its obligations under the Contract RBI shall notify the Bidder in writing of the invocation of its right to receive such compensation indicating the contractual obligation(s) for which the Bidder is in default The Performance Bank Guarantee shall be denominated in INR and shall be in the form of bank guarantee unless another form is specified by RBI After Go Live Performance Bank Guarantee will be returned back to bidder on submission of Financial Bank Guarantee which shall be submitted by the Bidder within

Bidder submits that the Performance Bank Guarantee shall be for a value of 10 of the One-time cost as this is to ensure proper execution of the roll out

90 days of Go-Live Non-submission of Performance Guarantee shall constitute sufficient grounds among others if any for the annulment of the award of the tender

60 88 Financial Bank Guarantee As per RFP

Page No 130 and 131 amp Section 88

The successful Bidder shall at his own expense deposit with The Chief General Manager-In-Charge Department of Information Technology Reserve Bank of India Mumbai within Ninety (90) days of Go-Live of application before the issuance of Certificate of Completion a Bank Guarantee from a scheduled commercial bank payable on demand in terms of Annexure O for an amount equivalent to ten percent (10) of the contract price as mentioned in Annexure Q of Commercial Bid submitted by the bidder for the due performance and fulfilment of the contract by the Bidder during the warranty and AMC period of 7 years After Go Live Performance Bank Guarantee will be returned back to bidder on submission of Financial Bank Guarantee Without prejudice to the other rights of the Purchaser under the Contract in the matter the proceeds of the performance security shall be payable to RBI as compensation for any loss resulting from the Bidders failure to complete its obligations under the Contract RBI shall notify the Bidder in writing of the invocation of its right to receive such compensation indicating the contractual obligation(s) for which the Bidder is in default The Financial Bank Guarantee shall be valid till the

Bidder submits that the Financial Bank Guarantee shall be for a value of 10 of the Average Annual Support Cost (Section B of Annexure Q)

end of AMC denominated in INR and shall be in the form of bank guarantee unless another form is specified by RBI Non-submission of Financial Guarantee shall constitute sufficient grounds among others if any for the annulment of the award of the tender

61 Page No 240 and Annexure G point 7

Integrity Pact Bidder requests to modify the clause as follows

As per RFP

7 Fall Clause The BIDDER undertakes that it has not supplied is not supplying identical solution similar product services or sub-services during last one year from the date of issuance of this RFP at a price lower than that offered in the present bid to any other entity If it is found at any stage that identical solution similar product services or sub-services was supplied by the BIDDER to any other entity at a lower price then that very price with due allowance for elapsed time will be applicable to the present case and the difference in the cost would be refunded by the BIDDER to the BUYER if the contract has already been concluded

The BIDDER undertakes that it has not supplied is not supplying similar product services or sub-services during last one year from the date of issuance of this RFP at a price lower than that offered in the present bid to any other entity If it is found at any stage that similar product services or sub-services was supplied by the BIDDER to any other entity at a lower price then that very price with due allowance for elapsed time will be applicable to the present case and the difference in the cost would be refunded by the BIDDER to the BUYER if the contract has already been concluded

62 Page No 25 and Section 21

5 Inward Management - When a postal mailphysical letter is Inwarded directly the System should capture the details of the incoming physical letter viz from address subject language etc Data like subject should be auto-filled but should be editable The application should support generation of Suo Moto note which is an Inward generated without any incoming letteremail

Bidders request to share the meaning for Auto-filled in case of manual scanning

Shall be discussed during System Study

63 Page No 27 and Section 21

17 Outward Management - Approval of the Outward should be done by the User at least one level higher in the hierarchy (N+1) as per the AD than the User who created the Outward Admins should be able to configure exceptions to this rule for users at senior management level as decided by the concerned departments of the Bank

Bidder request to clarify if the implemented AD has the hierarchy defined to handle the workflow scenarios

Hierarchy shall be defined

64 Page No 27 and Section 21

21 Scan amp Upload - The Scanning product should have inbuilt capability to do a full page OCR amp ICR (for both Hindi amp English documents) and also convert the images to searchable forms like Searchable PDF

ICR will be helpful for Incurable colour dropout user form Since all documents are office papers it may not be useful so bidder request to remove the ICR component

As per RFP

65 Page No 32 and Section 22

42 OCR amp ICR - By using ICR technology any handwritten text should be converted into word text searchable PDF format or word document format with high accuracy

Bidder understands that ICR used for a handwritten document has max accuracy may not be more than 70 as per industry standards Request Bank to remove ICR technology only for structured format only

As per RFP

66 Page No 66 and Section 31

The hardware system software application software should be compatible with Data Centre policy network architecture etc already established in the Bank

Bidders request to share the Data Centre Policy and network Architecture

Shall be discussed with successful bidder

67 Page No 67 and Section 31

18 Though the system should be used prospectively for the workflow it should have the capability to capture and integrate the paper based as well as electronic records created so far in the Bank

Capability to have reference point of hard copy reference numbers

Shall be discussed during System Study

68 Page No 67 and Section 31

21 The system as well as the workflow carried out in the system should be fully auditable

Request to confirm if bidder needs to recommend sizing for fully auditable data store

Yes

69 Page No 71 and Section 38

Data migration will be the responsibility of the Bidder All necessary tools queries required for extraction transformation and migration must be provided by the Bidder It is the Bidders responsibility to ensure accuracy integrity and completeness of the data migration from legacy DMIS application to new EDMS application

Request to confirm if bidder needs produce data migration report with column by column comparison report for reconciliation

As per RFP

70 Page No 71 and Section 38

1 Data Migration is broadly divided into following three major sub-components iii Data migration audit and certification on the accuracy of data porting from the DMIS system to EDMS

Request to confirm if bidder needs produce data migration report with column by column comparison report for reconciliation

As per RFP

71 Page No 72 and Section 38

6 The Bidder is expected to provide an archival solution within the proposed application for the historical data The necessary configuration and implementation of the archival solution shall be the responsibility of the Bidder

Bidder wants to know what is the archival policy for RBI Is it seven years or more

Shall be discussed with successful bidder

72 Page No 73 and Section 38

12 RBI reserves the right to data migration by respective stakeholders of proposed solution and any gaps discrepancies found during the functions of application are to be rectified by the Bidder

Bidder wants to know if the data migration is other than DMIS system

As per RFP

73 Page No 73 and Section 38

16 The Bidder is required to certify completeness and accuracy of migrated data transaction history and balances at each data migration instance

Bidder requests Bank to confirm if bidder needs to produce data migration report with column by column comparison report for reconciliation

As per RFP

74 Page No 81 and Section 317

1 The solution deployed by Bidder should conform to Recovery Time Objective (RTO) and Recovery Point objective (RPO) defined by Bank

Bidder request to know for replication of data from DC-DR there will be a requirement of Replication software requirement Will this be provided by bank What is the replication software

Will be part of BCP and DR policy to be shared later with the successful bidder

2 Bidder should make sure that DR and DR drill is performed in alignment with Banks existing processes 3 The Bidder has to participate in DR drills as and when conducted by the Bank 4 During DR drills the vendor has to provide support at DR site for the activities related to the proposed solution 5 The Bidder is responsible for keeping the proposed solution and Database in sync in DC and DR 6 In case of any DR situation the Bidder has to shift application to DR site after Intimation to Bank 7 The bidder has to prepare a Business Continuity Plan and have it approved by the Bank

75 Page No 81 and Section 317

2 Bidder should make sure that DR and DR drill is performed in alignment with Banks existing processes

Bidder request to know if the DR automation tool will this be provided by bank What is the DR automation tool bank use

Will be part of BCP and DR policy to be shared later with the successful bidder

3 The Bidder has to participate in DR drills as and when conducted by the Bank

4 During DR drills the vendor has to provide support at DR site for the activities related to the proposed solution 6 In case of any DR situation the Bidder has to shift application to DR site after Intimation to Bank 7 The bidder has to prepare a Business Continuity Plan and have it approved by the Bank

76 Page No 84 and Section 319

The vendors shall guarantee that with the proposed configurationspecifications the required system application response times as indicated below shall be complied with keeping in view that up to 2000 concurrent users would be connected to the system The required response time and performance standards shall be maintained throughout the contract period Bidder is expected to carry performance testing and share the result with the Bank throughout the contract period In case the implemented solutions do not meet the required response time or in the event of performance degradation that shall require upgradesaugmentation in the softwarehardware the corresponding cost shall be borne by the solution provider

Application SLA As per RFP

77 Page No 85 and Section 321

The Bank will provide following hosting environment to the application

Request Bank to ensure Bidder is not underquoting hardware requirement Also support cost for hardware OS DB etc are not considered in the price Bidder assumes that the cost for the same will be added by RBI with hardware cost

As per RFP

78 Page No 92 and Section 330

3 Vendor is required to give all sorts of support required in case RBI decides to move the implemented EDMS on cloud services or IaaS in future This support will include everything starting from shunting of the running EDMS temporarily to alternate arrangement till all the Hw Sw etc are installed amp made running in the new IaaS or Cloud environment (Logistics Technical Integration support etc)

Bidder requests to add the cloud migration support cost as part of commercial template

As per RFP

4 The vendor must also include a detailed resource plan that describes the Project Management and identify Implementation Teams‟ composition It shall define the roles and responsibilities of each member and the number of person-days that will be required of each member 5 Business Process Reengineering ndash The vendor shall include the impact of the new system to the operations of Client If applicable the proponent shall recommend changes to the existing processes that would benefit Client

79 Page No 95 and Section 44

AMC pay-outs Bidder requests Bank to make the payments to be done quarterly arrears

As per RFP

80 Page No 84 and Section 319

CPU Utilization lt60 Bidder request to definition of 60 Is it average utilisation of 10 working hours

As per RFP

81 Page No 274 and Annexure T

Resource table 32333435 says 12x5 hours but defined as 1 resource

For 12 x 5 working hours only 1 resource has been defined As per working hours one resource cannot work for 12 hrs Request Bank to add 1 more resource for the working hours or change the working hours for 1 resource only

For Annexure T for line items 31 to 35 Bidders are advised to consider 8 x 5 working hours where requirement of only 1 resource has been mentioned (Ahmedabad has 2 locations so 2 resources are required) For line items 25 to 30 where support hours are mentioned as 12 x 5 and requirement of multiple resources is mentioned resources are expected to work in 8 x 5 shift scheduled in a manner to provide support for 12 x 5 All other conditionsrequirements mentioned in the table remain unchanged

82 Page No 84 and Section 320

General Bidder requests Bank to normalise the CPU to x86 based system some bidder may propose proprietary CPU which may lead to ambiguity

As per RFP

83 Page No 7 and Section 1

Introduction The Bank desires to implement Electronic Document Management System (EDMS) across all the locations (Pan India) and all the departments regional offices and training establishments of the Bank- As per our understanding this pertains to multi-sites and multi-instances deployment of EDMS solution Kindly confirm and specify the number of sites for deployment

As per RFP

84 Page No 25 and Section 21

High Level Critical Requirements Does this involve any external users outside of RBIother banks

As per RFP

Also elaborate on the Push-Pull mechanism mentioned and frequency of Push-Pull mechanism mentioned in the RFP

85 Page No 30 and Section 22

Technical Bid(Functional Requirements)

The System should be able to accept input in Rajbhasha and preferably in other regional languages - As per our understanding input in English and Hindi should meet the business requirement If not kindly elaborate on the languages expected

As per RFP

86 Page No 44 and Section 22

Edit files within native applications without downloading first

We understand that different softwares have different proprietary formats which may not be accessible for editing apart from these specific softwares We suggest to edit these files in their native softwares to maintain document quality We would request you to please specify these file formats

As per RFP

87 Page No 50 and Section 22

Application should have capability to allow end users in public domain to create user id and upload documents for inwards created

Please suggest if this involves any external users outside of RBIOther banks

As per RFP

88 Page No 51 and Section 22

Technical Bid(Functional Requirements)

Does this involve any external users outside of RBIother banks

As per RFP

89 Page No 53 and Section 23

Technical Bid(Non-Functional Requirements)

Navigation speed would be majorly dependent on networkbandwidth made available so that accordingly pages can be loaded

As per RFP

90 Page No 54 and Section 23

Technical Bid(Non-Functional Requirements)

Will the Bank provide Data Centre policy details or will it be discussed and agreed mutually between two parties post bidder selection

Shall be discussed with successful bidder

91 Page No 87 and Section 324

The EDMS application is required to be compatible to integrate with API applications like REST SOAP or any other based API applications

What are the third party applications needs to be integrated apart from those mentioned here

Integration envisaged for Go-Live - Active Directory Mail Messaging System SAMADHAN IRM and DMIS Other integration will be done during continuous development

92 Page No 100 and Section 53

Scope of Work Kindly convert the hours mentioned in TTR section into business hours

As per RFP

93 Page No 197 and Annexure D2

Functional Requirements Since this is a generic statement and no details can be finale present for customisations involved against this point

As per RFP

94 Page No 199 and Annexure D2

Functional Requirements Please elaborate Also there should not be any scores since preferred style or standard is not mentioned

As per RFP

95 Page No 207 and Annexure D3

Non-Functional Requirements Please elaborate what is user access level parameterised through admin level here

As per RFP

96 Page No 209 and Annexure D3

Non-Functional Requirements Please explain what does parameterisation mean and include here

As per RFP

97 Page No 226 and Annexure D6

Approach Paper Please clarify if scalability of document volume 30 is year on year increase and also we will consider 4 mn documents for initial year for calculating storage requirements Please check if our understanding is correct Also provide no of pages per document and size of each document etc

As per RFP

98 General Query Training Section Kindly share the number of the RBI team members to whom the training will be imparted

5 batches of 30-40 user each Total training to be provide to around 200 User at Mumbai Pune

99 General Query Customization and Integration As per our understanding the Integration with the third party applications is for image enablement and doc uploaddownload

As per RFP

100 General Query Technical Bid(Functional Requirements)

For the Workflow automation requirement can we get a sample process for each of the workflow described to understand the complexity of the process

Shall be discussed during System Study

101 General Query Technical Solution amp Training Please suggest the volume of documents involved for extraction scope

As per RFP

102 General Query Presentation amp POC of the Solution As per our understanding scope of POC in the RFP is the same as explained through the scenarios in EOI Please confirm

As per RFP

103 Page No 226 and Annexure D6

Functional Requirements Rearrange pages in a document or create a new document from a page using drag and drop This functionality is a part of specialized document creating softwares and not document management system Hence we request you to kindly drop this point

As per RFP

104 General Query

Functional Requirements What is the current ticketing tool being used by the bank

S-MAX

105 Page No 113 and Section 645

Implementation Experience Implementation Experience Table - Are there any scores that are assigned with parameters - No of projects Total Users Concurrent Users Volume of documents

As per RFP

106 Page No 256 and Annexure D5

NA What is the difference between D4 and D5 Both appear same in terms of format and information requested

D4 will be signed by the bidder D5 will be signed by bidders previousexisting clients where

DMS with workflow solution was implemented in past

107 Page No 224 and Annexure D4

Annexure D4 Technical Bid (Implementation Experience)

There is no minimum count mentioned for DMS with workflow automation Project Implementation Experience Two project credentials (PO or client letter) would be sufficient

As per RFP

108 Page No 81 and Section 318

Continuous Development What are the number of resources that the bank expects to be a part of Continuous Development

As per RFP

109 Page No 92 and Section 330

Scope of Work Since the amount of support and scope of work for cloud services is not very clear at this stage we recommend to keep this component out of commercial bid and take it on Time and Material need basis

As per RFP

110 Page No 106 and Section 63

Presentation amp POC of the Solution It is assumed that the POC requested in the RFP is the same as per the EOI and is based on the same use cases that were a part of the EOI process Please clarify

As per RFP

111 Page No 25 and Section 21

The solution should also be capable of integration with native office 365 and

Please name what are industry standard open office tools Please provide detail of existing IRM system

Microsoft IRM

industry standard open office tools The proposed solution needs to be integrated with existing (or any future standard system) of IRM

112 Page No 25 and Section 21

InwardOutward Management Flow of data from Web Interface to EDMS and vice versa should happen in batches and support push pull mechanism

Proposed system will provided web services for CRUD operation Same services will be consumed by external system for Inward management Also

Shall be discussed during SRS

Frequency of push pull should be configurable

proposed system will consume web service provided by external systems for Outward service Any change these external system will be out of scope Please confirm if our understanding is correct

113 Page No 27 and Section 21

The Scanning product should have inbuilt capability to do a full page OCR amp ICR (for both Hindi amp English documents) and also convert the images to searchable forms like Searchable PDF

Accuracy of capturing Hand written information in during OCRICR is totally depends on input and must be out of scope Please confirm if our understanding is correct

Accuracy of OCR for Machine Readable documents should be 100 and search should be faster amp accurate and it is in scope whereas the accuracy for ICR for hand written documents may be varied but is in scope

114 Page No 27 and Section 21

The System should be able to search in English Hindi amp combination of both System must provide the ability to search from bi-lingual content sources Reports should be in Hindi and English

Language conversion from English to Hindi and vice versa is not in scope Information saved in English language can be search in English Same way information saved in Hindi language will be searched in Hindi only Please confirm if our understanding is correct

Yes

115 Page No 34 and Section 22

Scanned file naming convention and folder structure to be used to store the scanned files and would be as per the

File name will be in English only Please confirm if our understanding is correct

Application should support Bilingual file names

policies defined by RBI for file naming conventions in bilingual language (Rajbhasha(Hindi) English)

116 Page no 58 amp Section 23

Compatible DevOps for version control in Test and Production environment

Please elaborate the requirement for Compatible DevOps for version control

Shall be discussed with successful bidder

117 The RBI reserves the right to conduct Yes

Page no 59 amp Section 23

further security testing of the system by either RBI personnel or another party Any gaps identified during this testing should be fixed by bidder at their own cost

STQC and VAPT will be in RBI scope SI will responsible for closing the GAP identified Please confirm if our understanding is correct

118 Page no 60 amp Section 23

The uniform user management policy envisaged by RBI in which single-sign-on concept for a user should be implemented

Please share existing Single-sign-on solution being used in RBI

Shall be shared with successful bidder

119 Page no 71 amp Section 38

ensure accuracy integrity and completeness of the data migration from legacy DMIS application to new EDMS application

Please provide below details Shall be discussed during System Study 1Which DB is being used(expr

OracleMSSQL etc) 2 Is DMIS application is open source built on JavaNet technology If not Please share which DMS product is being used along with version details 3How many table exists 4How many records need tp migrate 5How many documents need to migrate 6Does documents has versions 7Existing DMIS system architecture 8Other details which can be helpful to understand migration scope

120 Page no 97 amp Section 5

ldquoBusiness Operation Hoursrdquo shall be ldquoOne Hourrdquo prior to the start of ldquoWorking Hoursrdquo and would end ldquoOne Hourrdquo after ldquoWorking Hoursrdquo ldquoBusiness

Please confirm OampM support hours Will it be 700 AM to 900 PM (Mon-Friday) and on working Saturday What all Saturday will be working day

As per RFP

121 Page no 86 amp Section 323

The total number of users presently is expected to be around 10000 with 2000 concurrent users and annual growth of 10 in concurrent users

We believe all Bank users will not participate for workflowBPM task approval process For sizing please provide users count as per -

Workflows are applicable for all users and concurrency as mentioned in RFP

1) Total number of DMS users

2) Total number of BPMworkflow users 3)Concurrent DMS users 4)Concurrent BPMworkflow users

122 Page no 25 amp Section 21

Manage documents using a folder view with minimum 5 levels and support file types pdf tiff jpeg jpg doc docx xls xlsx ppt pptx png etc with version control

Please share the details of different type of documents Please provide below details

Shall be discussed during System Study

1) For New Documents a) Number of document ingestion per day - b) Average size of document - in KB c) Maximum size of document - in KB 2) What is percentage the Year on Year growth over 7 years for the number of documents added 3) Average number of document views per day 4) Average number of document searches per day

123 Page no 27 amp Section 21

The Scanning product should have inbuilt capability to do a full

Assuming scanning solution will be deployed centrally and access through web only If No Please share the number of location required for scanning solution Also do share number of scanning users number of template need to consider along with number metadata fields on each template

As per RFP

page OCR amp ICR (for both Hindi amp English documents) and also convert the images to searchable forms like Searchable PDF

124 Page no 28 amp Section 21

The System should be capable of supporting

For BPMWorkflow sizing can we get volumetric for

Shall be discussed during System Study

a Sequential routing ndash Note to be routed one after the other in a pre-defined sequence

1) No of Workload Per Month (Days per month)

b Ad-hoc routing Changing the routing sequence by an authorized personnel

2) No of Process instances Per Hour

c Push ndash pull routing Authorized person can decide the workflow

3)No of User Interactions (per screen)

4)Estimated Number of concurrent users for BPM

5) No of Transactions Per Seconds (TPS) Considered for Sizing (Rules Execution Per Second)

6)No of business process need to factor

7) complexity level of each processes 125 Page no 25 amp

Section 21 High Level Critical Requirements What is the corporate email used in

RBI is it MS exchange or lotus notes please share name and version

MS Exchange 2016

126 Page no 25 amp Section 21

High Level Critical Requirements Are you using On-premise of Azure Active Directory

Shall be shared with successful bidder

127 Page no 28 amp Section 21

High Level Critical Requirements Is there a requirement that all inputs fields should be allowed in both English and Hindi or Hindi data entry is limited to comments notes and documents

All inputs fields should be allowed in both English and Hindi

128 Page no 28 amp Section 21

High Level Critical Requirements Is there expectation that search with English keyword should get translated to Hindi and bring out Hindi content with translated word In other words is there requirement of cross language search

As per RFP

129 Page no 86 amp Section 323

Licences Please confirm licenses other than DMS like for DB web or application server will be provided by RBI

As per RFP

130 Page no 74 amp Section 310

A Administrator Level Training (Technical)

As it is mentioned under Technical Training and not Onsite training what is the expectation for this type of training Is classroom training not required for the same

It will be onsite training

131 Page no 74 amp Section 310

A Administrator Level Training (Technical)

Please confirm the no of approximate Trainees Location Batches for conducting the technical training

5 batches of 30-40 user each Total training to be provide to around 200 User at Mumbai Pune

132 Page no 74 amp Section 310

B User Level Training (on-site) Please confirm the no of approximate Trainees Location Batches for conducting the end user training

5 batches of 30-40 user each Total training to be provide to around 200 User at Mumbai Pune

133 Page no 74 amp Section 310

B User Level Training (on-site) Is hands-on-training session also required for the trainees If yes please confirm

Yes

134 Page no 74 amp Section 310

B User Level Training (on-site) Is the refresher training also expected post Go Live during the support AMC period Please confirm

L0 will be responsible for regular training at respective locations

135 Page no 16 amp Section 14

Date amp Time of Final Submission of Technical amp Commercial Bids on the MSTC Portal

Please extend the bid submission date by two weeks from the current

Please refer Tenders section on RBI website wwwrbiorgin and MSTC e-commerce portal for updates if any regarding bid submission schedule

136 Page no 151 162 206 262

Annexure D1 High Level Critical Requirements

Please provide Annexure D1 D2 D3 amp Q in excel format

May be copied from RFP

Annexure D Annexure D2 Technical Bid (Functional Requirements

Annexure D3 Technical Bid (Non Functional Requirements)

Annexure Q Commercial Bid Format 137 Page no 7 amp

Section1 Introduction The Bank desires to implement

Electronic Document Management System (EDMS) across all the locations (Pan India) and all the departments regional offices and training establishments of the Bank- As per our understanding this pertains to multi-sites and multi-instances deployment of EDMS solution Please confirm and specify the number of sites for deployment

As per RFP

138 Page no 25 amp Section 21

High Level Critical Requirements Does this involve any external users outside of RBIother banks

As per RFP

Also elaborate on the Push-Pull mechanism mentioned and frequency of Push-Pull mechanism mentioned in the RFP

139 Page no 30 amp Section 21

High Level Critical Requirements The System should be able to accept input in Rajbhasha and preferably in other regional languages - As per our understanding input in English and Hindi should meet the business requirement If not kindly elaborate on the languages expected

As per RFP

140 Page no 44 amp Section 21

High Level Critical Requirements Edit files within native applications without downloading first -We understand that different softwarersquos have different proprietary formats which may not be accessible for editing apart from this specific softwarersquos We suggest to edit these files in their native softwarersquos to maintain document quality We would request you to please specify these file formats

As per RFP

141 Page no 50 amp Section 22

Functional Requirements Application should have capability to allow end users in public domain to create user id and upload documents for inwards created - Please suggest if this involves any external users outside of RBIOther banks

As per RFP

142 Page no 51 amp Section 22

Functional Requirements Does this involve any external users outside of RBIother banks

Yes

143 Page no 53 amp Section 23

Non-Functional Requirements Navigation speed would be majorly dependent on networkbandwidth made available so that accordingly pages can be loaded

As per RFP

144 Page no 54 amp Section 23

Non-Functional Requirements Will the Bank provide Data Centre policy details or will it be discussed and agreed mutually between two parties post bidder selection

Shall be shared with successful bidder

145 Page no 87 amp Section 324

Customization and Integration The EDMS application is required to be compatible to integrate with API applications like REST SOAP or any other based API applications- What are the third party applications needs to be

Integration envisaged for Go-Live - Active Directory Mail Messaging System SAMADHAN IRM DMIS Other integration will be done during continuous development

integrated apart from those mentioned here

146 Page no 99 amp Section 53

Scope of Work Kindly convert the hours mentioned in TTR section into business hours

As per RFP

147 Page no 197 amp Admixture D2

Technical Bid (Functional Requirements)

Since this is a generic statement and no details can be finale present for customisations involved against this point

As per RFP

148 Page no 199 amp Admixture D2

Technical Bid (Functional Requirements)

Please elaborate Also there should not be any scores since preferred style or standard is not mentioned

User rights Management includes the ReadWrite privileges to the user which will be provided by RBI

149 Page no 207 amp Annexure D3

Technical Bid (Non-Functional Requirements)

Please elaborate what is user access level parameterised through admin level here

As per RFP

150 Page no 209 amp Annexure D2

Technical Bid (Functional Requirements)

Please explain what does parameterisation mean and include here

As per RFP

151 Page no 226 amp Annexure D6

Annexure D6 - Approach Paper Please clarify if scalability of document volume 30 is year on year increase and also we will consider 4 MN documents for initial year for calculating storage requirements Please check if our understanding is correct Also provide no of pages per document and size of each document etc

As per RFP

152 General Query Training Section Kindly share the number of the RBI team members to whom the training will be imparted

5 batches of 30-40 user each Total training to be provide to around 200 User at Mumbai Pune

153 General Query Customization and Integration As per our understanding the Integration with the third party applications is for image enablement and doc uploaddownload

Shall be discussed during System Study

154 General Query Technical Bid (Functional Requirements)

For the Workflow automation requirement can we get a sample process for each of the workflow described to understand the complexity of the process

Yes

155 General Query Technical Solution amp Training Please suggest the volume of documents involved for extraction scope

As per RFP

156 General Query Presentation amp POC of the Solution As per our understanding scope of POC in the RFP is the same as explained through the scenarios in EOI Please confirm

Yes

157 Page no 163 amp Annexure D2

Technical Bid (Non-Functional Requirements)

Rearrange pages in a document or create a new document from a page using drag and drop This functionality is a part of specialized document creating softwarersquos and not document management system Hence we request you to kindly drop this point

As per RFP

158 Page no 19 and section No 15

11 ldquoAgreementrdquo means the contract signed between the Bank and the Selected Bidder and all the attached documents The ldquoAgreementrdquo includes the RFP subsequent modifications to the RFP response of the selected vendor to the RFP and the contract document itself

11 ldquoAgreementrdquo means the contract signed between the Bank and the Selected Bidder and all the attached documents all of which shall be on mutually agreed terms and conditions The ldquoAgreementrdquo includes the RFP subsequent modifications to the RFP response of the selected vendor to the RFP and the contract document itself

As per RFP

17 ldquoIntegrationrdquo means the system should be able to integrate with existing componentsapplications like Active Directory MS Office 365 and support other 3rd party integration if required

17 ldquoIntegrationrdquo means the system should be able to integrate with existing componentsapplications like Active Directory MS Office 365 and support other 3rd party integration if required

18 ldquoCommissioningrdquo means the System shall be considered to have been commissioned when the entire job including supply installation integration configuration testing and deployment of all hardware amp software is executed to the satisfaction of the Purchaser

18 ldquoCommissioningrdquo means the System shall be considered to have been commissioned when the entire job including supply installation integration configuration testing and deployment of all hardware amp software is executed as per the terms of the RFP to the satisfaction of the Purchaser

159 Page No 66 amp Section No 31

The scope of the system can be enhanced as per requirements of RBI

The scope of the system can be enhanced as per requirements of RBI However It should be restricted to +-10 maximum of the quantity quoted as per RFP

As per RFP

Bidder agrees to provide the increased quantity at the same terms and conditions However additional prices shall be charged for the goods supplied over the contracted quantity

160 Page No 75 amp Section No 311

The completion shall include satisfactory installation testing data migration non-functional requirements etc

The completion shall include satisfactory installation testing data migration non-functional requirements etc

As per RFP

4 Bidder should provide 90 days of hand holding support post Go-Live

4 Bidder should provide 30 90 days of hand holding support post Go-Live

5 On satisfactory performance of application post 90 days from Go-Live Bank will issue Completion Certificate

5 On satisfactory performance of application post 90 30 days from Go-Live Bank will issue Completion Certificate

6 In case of the Go-Live delays by the Bidder the financial Penalty as per the Banks discretion will be imposed on the Bidder at 5 of the total contract value per month of delay to the maximum of 10 of the total contract value as per the agreement between the Bank and the successful Bidder

6 In case of the Go-Live delays by the Bidder the financial Penalty as per the Banks discretion will be imposed on the Bidder at 5 05 of the total contract value delayed portion of ACV per month of delay to the maximum of 10 3 of the delayed portion of ACV total contract value as per the agreement between the Bank and the successful Bidder

161 Page No 77 amp Section No 313

5 If any defect in the Solution is not rectified by the Bidder before the end of the Warranty Period the Warranty Period shall be extended until

5 If any defect in the Solution is not rectified by the Bidder before the end of the Warranty Period the Warranty Period shall be extended until

As per RFP

(a) the defect has been corrected and (a) the defect has been corrected and (b) the Solution functions in accordance with the Contract

(b) the Solution functions in accordance with the Contract

6 Where the Bidder is not the Manufacturer of certain components of the Solution then the Bidder shall disclose the Manufacturerrsquos warranty for such components to the Bank and in the event such warranty exceeds the Bidderrsquos warranty under this

6 Where the Bidder is not the Manufacturer of certain components of the Solution then the Bidder shall disclose the Manufacturerrsquos warranty for such components to the Bank and in the event such warranty exceeds the Bidderrsquos warranty under this Contract in

Contract in any respect shall ensure that the Bank will receive the benefit of the Manufacturerrsquos warranty

any respect shall ensure that the Bank will receive the benefit of the Manufacturerrsquos warranty

7 The bidder is expected to provide requisite support to Bankrsquos operations team for Application-specific database back-up and Disaster Recovery activities during the entire warranty amp support period of 7 years

7 The bidder is expected to provide requisite support to Bankrsquos operations team for Application-specific database back-up and Disaster Recovery activities during the entire warranty amp support period of 7 years

162 Page No 79 amp Section No 315

The following are minimum qualifications and experience for key resources required to implement the EDMS solution Members which are considered for Technical bid evaluation shall be construed as Key Personnel including but not limited to members involved in EDMS customization and implementation architect database administrator The following personnel would be required during the Design Configuration Installation and Setup of the EDMS solution These key resources should be based in Mumbai

The following are minimum qualifications and experience for key resources required to implement the EDMS solution Members which are considered for Technical bid evaluation shall be construed as Key Personnel including but not limited to members involved in EDMS customization and implementation architect database administrator The following personnel would be required during the Design Configuration Installation and Setup of the EDMS solution These key resources should be based in Mumbai

As per RFP

163 Page No 87 amp Section No325

System amp Security Audit ADD As per RFP Notwithstanding anything contained in this RFP

a) Excluding a regulatorystatutory requirement if any nothing in this Agreement shall be construed or interpreted as requiring Bidder to provide to Bank access to or right to inspect examine audit and take copies of any fees price cost or any other financial information or any records or documents relating to the make-up of the Bidderrsquos internal overhead calculations their relationship to the fees any financial cost model calculation of fees or to the Bidderrsquos profitability or other such financial data b) All audit barring those required under a regulatory or statutory requirement may be done only on an annual basis and subject to a notice period of 20 days

164 Page No 93 amp Section No4 Payment Terms

1 Completion of process and system study Design and Build and Deployment in UAT - 15 of Implementation Cost specified at Item 1B of Annexure Q

1 Completion of process and system study Design and Build and Deployment in UAT -30 15 of Implementation Cost specified at Item 1B of Annexure Q

As per RFP

2 Data Migration Completion of User Acceptance Testing Creation of training content Train the Trainer and customer education content - 20 of Implementation Cost specified at Item 1B of Annexure Q

2 Data Migration Completion of User Acceptance Testing Creation of training content Train the Trainer and customer education content - 20 30 of Implementation Cost specified at Item 1B of Annexure Q

3 Complete Implementation and ldquoProduction Go-liverdquo of the project - 25 of Implementation Cost specified at Item 1B of Annexure Q

3 Complete Implementation and ldquoProduction Go-liverdquo of the project - 25 of Implementation Cost specified at Item 1B of Annexure Q

4 Receipt of Completion Certificate from the Bank

4 Receipt of Completion Certificate from the Bank

(post 90 days of achieving production Go-Live) - 30 of Implementation Cost specified at Item 1B of Annexure Q

(post 90 days of achieving production Go-Live) - 30 10 of Implementation Cost specified at Item 1B of Annexure Q

5 Amount payable during the warranty period - On completion of warranty period of three years The Financial Bank guarantee shall be valid for 7 years - 10 of Implementation Cost specified at Item 1B of Annexure Q

5 Amount payable during the warranty period - On completion of warranty period of three years The Financial Bank guarantee shall be valid for 7 years - 10 5 of Implementation Cost specified at Item 1B of Annexure Q

middot 100 of the License Cost indicated in Item 1A of Annexure Q shall be payable immediately on deployment in UAT environment Beta testing phase

middot 100 of the License Cost indicated in Item 1A of Annexure Q shall be payable immediately on deployment in UAT environment Beta testing phase

For each milestone to be marked completed the bidder should ensure that all the acceptance criteria are met and approved by the Bank as mentioned in various applicable sections in the RFP

For each milestone to be marked completed the bidder should ensure that all the acceptance criteria are met and approved by the Bank as mentioned in various applicable sections in the RFP

165 Page No 94 amp Section No43

Amount payable during the warranty period following successful implementation of application will be paid on completion of warranty period of three years The Financial Bank guarantee shall be valid for 7 years Performance Bank Guarantee will be released on submission of Financial Bank Guarantee

Amount payable during the warranty period following successful implementation of application will be paid in advance on completion of warranty period of three years The Financial Bank guarantee shall be valid for 7 years Performance Bank Guarantee will be released on submission of Financial Bank Guarantee

As per RFP

166 Page No 95 amp Section No44

The annual amount payable towards AMC would be paid at the end of every year following successful implementation of the application and delivery of satisfactory services

The annual amount payable towards AMC would be paid at the end start of every year following successful implementation of the application and delivery of satisfactory services

As per RFP

167 Page No 95 amp Section No45

The annual amount payable towards FMS and Development Team would be paid at the end of every year following successful implementation of the application and delivery of satisfactory services

The annual amount payable towards FMS and Development Team would be paid monthly at the end of every year following successful implementation of the application and delivery of satisfactory services

Please refer Corrigendum dated 7th October 2019

168 Page No 95 amp Section No44

The Bidders should note that the contract entered with the successful Bidder will be for implementation and post go‐live period of 7 years (3 years‟ warranty amp 4 years AMC amp FMS support) extendable at the Bankrsquos discretion The Bank will have the right in its sole discretion to renegotiate the prices terms and conditions

8 The Bidders should note that the contract entered with the successful Bidder will be for implementation and post go‐live period of 7 years (3 years‟ warranty amp 4 years AMC amp FMS support) extendable at the Bankrsquos discretion on mutually agreed terms The Bank will have the right in its sole discretion to renegotiate the prices terms and conditions

As per RFP

169 Page No 95 amp Section No45

The successful Bidder is expected to complete the responsibilities that have been assigned as per the specified time frame In case of the Rollout delays by the Bidder the financial Penalty as per the Banks discretion will be imposed on the Bidder at 5 of the total contract value per month of delay to the maximum of 10 of the total contract value as per the

The successful Bidder is expected to complete the responsibilities that have been assigned as per the specified time frame In case of the Rollout delays by the Bidder the financial Penalty as per the Banks discretion will be imposed on the Bidder at 5 05 of the total contract value delayed portion of ACV per month of delay to the maximum of 10 3 of the delayed portion of ACV

As per RFP

agreement between the Bank and the successful Bidder

of the total contract value as per the agreement between the Bank and the successful Bidder

Business Utility and Business Downtime would be the key considerations for determining the ldquoPenaltiesrdquo that would be levied on the Bidder for ldquoNon‐Adherencerdquo to the SLA for the Services offered The inability of the Bidder to provide the requirements as per the scope or to meet the deadlines as specified would be treated as breach of contract and invoke the Penalty Clause The maximum limit on the penalties during the period of contract shall be 10 of the total contract value The applicable ldquoPenaltiesrdquo would be the same irrespective of the root causes The Penalty shall be deducted from the next pay out (Warranty AMC amp FMS BG)

Business Utility and Business Downtime would be the key considerations for determining the ldquoPenaltiesrdquo that would be levied on the Bidder for ldquoNon‐Adherencerdquo to the SLA for the Services offered The inability of the Bidder to provide the requirements as per the scope or to meet the deadlines as specified would be treated as breach of contract and invoke the Penalty Clause The maximum limit on the penalties during the period of contract shall be 10 of the total contract value The applicable ldquoPenaltiesrdquo would be the same irrespective of the root causes The Penalty shall be deducted from the next pay out (Warranty AMC amp FMS BG)

The successful Bidder is expected to complete the responsibilities that have been assigned as per the specified time frame In case of the Rollout delays or more than 2 rollbacks by the Bidder the financial Penalty as per the Banks discretion will be imposed on

The successful Bidder is expected to complete the responsibilities that have been assigned as per the specified time frame In case of the Rollout delays or more than 2 rollbacks by the Bidder the financial Penalty as per the Banks discretion will be imposed on the Bidder

the Bidder at 5 of the total cost for the particular continuous development

at 5 3 of the total cost for the particular continuous development

The maximum limit on the penalties during the period of contract shall be 10 of the total contract value

The maximum limit on the penalties during the period of contract shall be 3 of ACV 10 of the total contract value

170 Page No 114 amp Section No66

Prices quoted by bidder in commercial bid shall be reasonable and as per industry standards If any extreme abnormalitiesdiscrepancies observed in prices RBI at its discretion will disqualify the Commercial Bid

Prices quoted by bidder in commercial bid shall be reasonable and as per industry standards If any extreme abnormalitiesdiscrepancies observed in prices RBI at its discretion will disqualify the Commercial Bid

As per RFP

171 Page No 123 amp Section No77

The Bids will be treated as valid for a period of 180 days from the closing date for submission of the bid

The Bids will be treated as valid for a period of 180 30 days from the closing date for submission of the bid

As per RFP

172 Page No 124 amp Section No711

2 2 The Bank will reserve the right to terminate the services of the successful Bidder at any point of the Project (during the implementation phase and post go-live) without assigning any reasons In such cases the Bank may consider making payment commensurate with the last completed phase

2 The Bank Either Party will reserve the right to terminate the services of the successful Bidder at any point of the Project (during the implementation phase and post go-live) without assigning any reasons subject to notice period of 3 months In such cases the Bank shall may consider making payment for all services and deliverables rendered up to the effective date of communication commensurate with the last completed phase

As per RFP

In the event of termination of any nature the Bidder shall be paid for the 1 goods delivered 2 services rendered 3 work in progress 4 unpaid AMCs 5 third party orders in pipeline which cannot be cancelled despite Bidders best efforts 6 unrecovered investments shall be paid by the Bank as per termination schedule till the date of termination

173 Page No 126 amp Section No8

1 Submission of a Proposal shall be deemed to constitute an acknowledgement by the Bidder that all obligations stipulated by this RFP will be met and unless specified otherwise the Bidder has read understood and agreed to all the instructions provided in this RFP

1 Submission of a Proposal shall be deemed to constitute an acknowledgement by the Bidder that all material obligations stipulated by this RFP will be met and unless specified otherwise the Bidder has read understood and agreed to all the instructions provided in this RFP

As per RFP

3 The Bidder selected for the solution will have to enter into a contract directly with RBI The contract will contain various terms and conditions including payment delivery installation amp operationalization training commissioning amp acceptance support during periods of warranty amp maintenance penalty due to delay in performance

3 The Bidder selected for the solution will have to enter into a contract directly with RBI on mutually agreed terms The contract will contain various terms and conditions including payment delivery installation amp operationalization training commissioning amp acceptance support during periods of warranty amp maintenance penalty due to delay in performance

174 Page No 126 amp Section No81

2 Adherence to terms and conditions The Bidders who wish to submit responses to this RFP should note that they should abide by all the terms and conditions contained in the RFP If the responses contain any extraneous conditions put in by the respondents such Bidders will be disqualified and will not be considered for the selection process

2 Adherence to terms and conditions The Bidders who wish to submit responses to this RFP should note that they should abide by all the mutually agreed terms and conditions contained in the RFP If the responses contain any extraneous conditions put in by the respondents such Bidders will be disqualified and will not be considered for the selection process

As per RFP

175 Page No 127 amp Section No81

4 Execution of SLA The Bidder should execute a Service Level Agreement which would include all the services and terms and conditions of the services to be extended as detailed herein and as may be prescribed by the Bank

4 Execution of SLA The Bidder should execute a Service Level Agreement on mutually agreed terms which would include all the services and terms and conditions of the services to be extended as detailed herein and as may be prescribed by the Bank

As per RFP

5 A declaration may be given by the Bidder stating that No relative of the Bidders is working in the Reserve Bank of India (Annexure K) If anyone working in the Bank is related to the Bidders the name designation and the department where the person is posted may be given Due to any breach of these conditions by the company or firm or any other person the Bank may decide to take appropriate action including cancellation of bid invocation of performance bank guarantee The company or firm or the person may also be debarred for further participation in the procurement process of the Bank in the future

5 A declaration may be given by the Bidder stating that No relative of the Bidders is working in the Reserve Bank of India (Annexure K) If anyone working in the Bank is related to the Bidders the name designation and the department where the person is posted may be given Due to any breach of these conditions by the company or firm or any other person the Bank may decide to take appropriate action including cancellation of bid invocation of performance bank guarantee The company or firm or the person may also be debarred for further participation in the procurement process of the Bank in the future

The relatives for this purpose are defined as -

The relatives for this purpose are defined as -

Oslash Members of a Hindu undivided family (HUF)

Oslash Members of a Hindu undivided family (HUF)

Oslash Husband and Wife Oslash Husband and Wife Oslash If one is related to the other in the manner as Father (includes step father) Mother (includes step mother) Son(s) (includes step son) amp Sonrsquos wife (daughter-in-law) Daughter(s) (includes step daughter) and Daughterrsquos husband (son-in-law) Brother(s) (includes step brother) and Brotherrsquos wife Sister(s) (includes step sister) and Sisterrsquos husband (brother-in-law)

Oslash If one is related to the other in the manner as Father (includes step father) Mother (includes step mother) Son(s) (includes step son) amp Sonrsquos wife (daughter-in-law) Daughter(s) (includes step daughter) and Daughterrsquos husband (son-in-law) Brother(s) (includes step brother) and Brotherrsquos wife Sister(s) (includes step sister) and Sisterrsquos husband (brother-in-law)

176 Page No 127 amp Section No82

The Proposal as well as all related correspondence exchanged by the Bidder and RBI shall be written in English language only The Bids will be treated as valid for a period of 180 days from the closing date for submission of the bid

The Proposal as well as all related correspondence exchanged by the Bidder and RBI shall be written in English language only The Bids will be treated as valid for a period of 180 30 days from the closing date for submission of the bid

As per RFP

177 Page No 128 amp Section No84

The Bidder shall at its own cost and expenses defend and indemnify RBI against all third-party claims including those of the infringement of Intellectual Property Rights including patent trademark copyright trade secret or industrial design rights arising from use of the Products or any part thereof in India

The Bidder Either Party (Indemnitor) shall at its own cost and expenses defend and indemnify the other Party (Indemnitee) RBI against all third-party claims including limited to those of the infringement of Intellectual Property Rights including patent trademark copyright trade secret or industrial design rights directly and proximately arising from use of the Products or any part thereof in India

As per RFP

If RBI is required to pay compensation to a third party resulting from such infringement the Bidder shall be fully responsible therefore including all expenses and court and legal fees The Bidder shall also be liable to indemnify RBI at its own cost and expenses against all losses damages which RBI may suffer on account of violation by the Bidder of any or all national international trade laws norms standards procedures etc

If RBI is required to pay compensation to a third party resulting from such infringement the Indemnitor Bidder shall be fully responsible therefore including all expenses and court and legal fees The Indemnitor Bidder shall also be liable to indemnify IndemniteeRBI at its own cost and expenses against all third party losses damages which IndemniteeRBI may suffer on account of violation by the Indemnitor Bidder of any or all national international trade laws norms standards procedures etc

178 Page No 129 amp Section No85

RBI reserves the right to cancel the contract of the selected Bidder and recover expenditure incurred by RBI if the progress regarding execution of the contract made by the selected Bidder is found to be unsatisfactory for any reason After the award of the contract if the selected Bidder does not perform satisfactorily or delays execution of the contract RBI reserves the right to get the balance contract executed by another party of its choice by giving one monthrsquos‟ notice for the same In this event the selected Bidder is bound to make good the additional expenditure which RBI may have to incur to carry out bidding process for the execution of the balance of the contract This clause will be surviving even where for any reason the contract is cancelled RBI reserves the right to recover any dues payable by the selected Bidder from any amount outstanding to the credit of the selected Bidder including the pending bills andor invoking Bank Guarantee if any under this contract or any other contractorder

RBI reserves the right to cancel the contract of the selected Bidder In the event of cancellation of contract the Bank is liable to pay the bidder for the goods delivered and services rendered till the date of termination and recover expenditure incurred by RBI if the progress regarding execution of the contract made by the selected Bidder is found not to be as per the material terms of the RFP unsatisfactory for any reason solely attributable to the bidder After the award of the contract if the selected Bidder does not perform as per the material terms of the RFP satisfactorily or unduly delays execution of the contract subject to a cure period and notice of not less than 30 days RBI reserves the right to get the balance contract executed by another party of its choice by giving one monthrsquos‟ additional notice for the same In this event the selected Bidder is bound to make good the additional expenditure which RBI may have to incur to carry out bidding process for the execution of the balance of the contract Provided further that the Bidder shall not be liable to Excess Cost in excess of (ten) 10 percent of the price of undelivered goods or services for which such option is exercised by the Bank This clause will be surviving even where for any reason attributable to the bidder the contract is cancelled RBI reserves the

As per RFP

right to recover any dues payable by the selected Bidder from any amount outstanding to the credit of the selected Bidder including the pending bills andor invoking Bank Guarantee if any under this contract or any other contractorder

179 Page No 129 amp Section No86

Bidder will submit a Bank Guarantee from a scheduled commercial bank drawn in favour of Reserve Bank of India payable at Mumbai towards Earnest Money Deposit (EMD) for Rs 4000000- (Rupees Forty Lakhs only) The EMD of unsuccessful Bidders shall be returned within 30 days from the declaration of the disqualification of the respective Bidder No interest shall be paid on the EMD The EMD of the successful Bidder shall be returned after the successful Bidder furnishes the Performance Bank Guarantee Offers made without the Earnest money deposit are liable to be rejected The amount of Earnest money deposit would be forfeited in the following scenarios

Bidder will submit demand draftbankerrsquos chequepay order Bank Guarantee drawn in favour of Reserve Bank of India payable at Mumbai towards Earnest Money Deposit (EMD) for Rs 4000000- (Rupees Forty Lakhs only) The EMD of unsuccessful Bidders shall be returned within 15 days from the declaration of the disqualification of the respective Bidder No interest shall be paid on the EMD The EMD of the successful Bidder shall be returned after the successful Bidder furnishes the Performance Bank Guarantee Offers made without the Earnest money deposit will be rejected The amount of Earnest money deposit would be forfeited in the following scenarios

As per RFP

1 In case the Bidder withdraws the bid prior to validity period of the bid for any reason whatsoever

1 In case the Bidder withdraws the bid prior to validity period of the bid for any reason whatsoever after the deviations proposed are mutually agreed to between both the parties

2 In case the successful Bidder fails to accept and sign the contract within the timeline as specified in this document for any reason whatsoever or

2 In case the successful Bidder fails to accept and sign the contract on mutually agreed terms as specified in this document for any reason whatsoever or

3 In case the successful Bidder fails to provide the performance guarantee within 30 days from the date of placing the order by the Bank or signing of the

3 In case the successful Bidder fails to provide the performance guarantee within 30 days from the date of placing the order by the Bank or and signing of the contract on mutually agreed terms

contract whichever is earlier for any reason whatsoever

whichever is earlier for any reason whatsoever

In case the Bidder withdraws the bid

owing to the fact that the deviations proposed by the Bidder are not accepted by the Bank there shall be neither any forfeiture of EMD nor any other financial or legal implications

180 Page No 130 amp Section No87

The successful Bidder shall at his own expense deposit with The Chief General Manager-in-Charge Department of Information Technology Reserve Bank of India Mumbai within thirty (30) days from the final result of the bidding process and declaration of the successful Bidder a Performance Bank Guarantee from a scheduled commercial bank payable on demand in terms of Annexure C for an amount equivalent to ten percent (10) of the contract price for the due performance and fulfilment of the contract by the Bidder Without prejudice to the other rights of the Purchaser under the Contract in the matter the proceeds of the performance security shall be payable to RBI as compensation for any loss resulting from the Bidderrsquos failure to complete its obligations under the Contract RBI shall notify the Bidder in writing of the invocation of its right to receive such compensation indicating the contractual obligation(s) for which the Bidder is in default The Performance Bank Guarantee shall be denominated in INR and shall be in the form of bank guarantee unless another form is specified by RBI After Go Live Performance Bank Guarantee will be returned back to bidder on submission of Financial Bank Guarantee which shall be submitted by the Bidder within

The successful Bidder shall at his own expense deposit with The Chief General Manager-in-Charge Department of Information Technology Reserve Bank of India Mumbai within thirty (30) days from the final result of the bidding process and declaration of the successful Bidder a Performance Bank Guarantee from a scheduled commercial bank payable on demand in terms of Annexure C for an amount equivalent to ten percent (10) of the contract price for the due performance and fulfilment of the contract by the Bidder Without prejudice to the other rights of the Purchaser under the Contract in the matter the proceeds of the performance security shall be payable to RBI as compensation for any loss resulting from the Bidderrsquos failure to complete its obligations under the Contract RBI shall notify the Bidder in writing of the invocation of its right to receive such compensation indicating the contractual obligation(s) for which the Bidder is in default The Performance Bank Guarantee shall be denominated in INR and shall be in the form of bank guarantee unless another form is specified by RBI After Go Live Performance Bank Guarantee will be returned back to bidder on submission of Financial Bank Guarantee which shall be submitted by the Bidder within 90 days of Go-Live Non-submission of

As per RFP

90 days of Go-Live Non-submission of Performance Guarantee shall constitute sufficient grounds among others if any for the annulment of the award of the tender

Performance Guarantee shall constitute sufficient grounds among others if any for the annulment of the award of the tender

181 Page No 130 amp Section No88

The successful Bidder shall at his own expense deposit with The Chief General Manager-In-Charge Department of Information Technology Reserve Bank of India Mumbai within Ninety (90) days of Go-Live of application before the issuance of Certificate of Completion a Bank Guarantee from a scheduled commercial bank payable on demand in terms of Annexure O for an amount equivalent to ten percent (10) of the contract price as mentioned in Annexure Q of Commercial Bid submitted by the bidder for the due performance and fulfilment of the contract by the Bidder during the warranty and AMC period of 7 years After Go Live Performance Bank Guarantee will be returned back to bidder on submission of Financial Bank Guarantee Without prejudice to the other rights of the Purchaser under the Contract in the matter the proceeds of the performance security shall be payable to RBI as compensation for any loss resulting from the Bidderrsquos failure to complete its obligations under the Contract RBI shall notify the Bidder in writing of the invocation of its right to receive such compensation indicating the contractual obligation(s) for which the Bidder is in default The Financial Bank Guarantee shall be valid till the

The successful Bidder shall at his own expense deposit with The Chief General Manager-In-Charge Department of Information Technology Reserve Bank of India Mumbai within Ninety (90) days of Go-Live of application before the issuance of Certificate of Completion a Bank Guarantee from a scheduled commercial bank payable on demand in terms of Annexure O for an amount equivalent to ten percent (10) of the contract price as mentioned in Annexure Q of Commercial Bid submitted by the bidder for the due performance and fulfilment of the contract by the Bidder during the warranty and AMC period of 7 years After Go Live Performance Bank Guarantee will be returned back to bidder on submission of Financial Bank Guarantee Without prejudice to the other rights of the Purchaser under the Contract in the matter the proceeds of the performance security shall be payable to RBI as compensation for any loss resulting from the Bidderrsquos failure to complete its obligations under the Contract RBI shall notify the Bidder in writing of the invocation of its right to receive such compensation indicating the contractual obligation(s) for which the Bidder is in default The Financial Bank Guarantee shall be valid till the end of AMC denominated in INR and shall be in the form of bank guarantee

As per RFP

end of AMC denominated in INR and shall be in the form of bank guarantee unless another form is specified by RBI Non-submission of Financial Guarantee shall constitute sufficient grounds among others if any for the annulment of the award of the tender

unless another form is specified by RBI Non-submission of Financial Guarantee shall constitute sufficient grounds among others if any for the annulment of the award of the tender

182 Page No 131 amp Section No810

Unless otherwise directed by the Purchaser in writing the Bidder shall continue to perform his obligations under the contract as far as possible and shall seek all means for performance of all other obligations not prevented by the Force Majeure event

Unless otherwise directed by the Purchaser in writing the Bidder shall continue to perform his obligations under the contract as far as reasonably possible and shall seek all means for performance of all other obligations not prevented by the Force Majeure event

As per RFP

Such Force Majeure events will not entitle the Purchaser to delay payment to be made to the Bidder

183 Page No 131 amp Section No811

7 This undertaking shall not apply to Confidential Information that

7 This undertaking shall not apply to Confidential Information that

As per RFP

- Is in the public domain at the time it is acquired by us

- Is in the public domain at the time it is acquired by us

- Enters the public domain subsequent to our acquisition otherwise than as a result of unauthorised disclosure by us and

- Enters the public domain subsequent to our acquisition otherwise than as a result of unauthorised disclosure by us

- Is independently developed by us - is rightfully acquired prior to disclosure by the RBI and

- Is independently developed by us 184 Page No 132

amp Section No813

The Bank reserves the right to alter the requirements specified in the RFP Document The Bank will inform all Bidders about changes if any

The Bank reserves the right to alter the requirements specified in the RFP Document up to the date of submission of the final bid The Bank will inform all Bidders about changes if any Also It should be restricted to +-10 maximum of the quantity quoted as per RFP

As per RFP

The Bidder agrees that the Bank has no limit on the additions or deletions on the items for the period of the contract

Bidder agrees to provide the increased quantity at the same terms and conditions However additional prices shall be charged for the goods supplied over the contracted quantity

The Bidder agrees that the Bank has no limit on the additions or deletions on the items for the period of the contract

185 Page No 133 amp Section No816

The Bidder should strictly adhere to the implementation schedule as specified in the purchase contract executed between the Parties for performance of the obligations arising out of the purchase contract and any delay in completion of the obligations by the Bidder will enable the Bank to resort to any or both of the following

The Bidder should strictly adhere to the implementation schedule as specified in the purchase contract executed between the Parties for performance of the obligations arising out of the purchase contract and any delay in completion of the obligations by the Bidder (for reason not attributable to the Purchaser) will only enable the Bank to resort to any or both of the following

As per RFP

Oslash Claiming Liquidated Damages Oslash Claiming Liquidated Damages Oslash Termination of the purchase agreement fully or partly and claim liquidated damages

Oslash Termination of the purchase agreement fully or partly and claim liquidated damages Bidder should be given 30 daysrsquo written notice to cure the default failing which may attract termination In the event of termination Bank shall pay Bidder for goods delivered and services rendered till the date of termination

186 Page No 134 amp Section No817

The liquidated damages is an estimate of the loss or damage that the Bank may have suffered due to delay in performance or non-performance of any or all the obligations (under the terms and conditions of the purchase contract relating to supply delivery installation operationalization implementation training supportservices acceptance etc) of the solution by the Bidder and the Bidder shall be liable to pay the Bank a

The liquidated damages is an estimate of the loss or damage that the Bank may have suffered due to delay in performance or non-performance of any or all the obligations (under the terms and conditions of the purchase contract relating to supply delivery installation operationalization implementation training supportservices acceptance etc) of the solution by the Bidder and the Bidder shall be liable to pay the Bank a fixed amount for each day of

As per RFP

fixed amount for each day of delay non-performance of the obligations by way of liquidated damages details of which will be specified in the purchase contract Without any prejudice to Bankrsquos other rights under the law the Bank shall recover the liquidated damages if any accruing to the Bank as above from any amount payable to the Bidder either as per the purchase contract executed between the parties or under any other purchase agreement contract the Bank may have executed shall be executing with the Bidder Liquidated Damages is not applicable for reasons attributable to the Bank and Force Majeure However it is the responsibilityonus of the Bidder to prove that the delay is attributed to the Bank and Force Majeure The Bidder shall submit the proof authenticated by the Bidder and bankrsquos official that the delay is attributed to the Bank and Force Majeure along with the bills requesting payment

delay non-performance of the obligations limited to a maximum of 3 of the delayedundelivered portion of ACV by way of liquidated damages details of which will be specified in the purchase contract Without any prejudice to Bankrsquos other rights under the law the Bank shall recover the liquidated damages if any accruing to the Bank as above from any amount payable to the Bidder either as per the purchase contract executed between the parties or under any other purchase agreement contract the Bank may have executed shall be executing with the Bidder Liquidated Damages is not applicable for reasons attributable to the Bank and Force Majeure However it is the responsibilityonus of the Bidder to prove that the delay is attributed to the Bank and Force Majeure The Bidder shall submit the proof authenticated by the Bidder and bankrsquos official that the delay is attributed to the Bank and Force Majeure along with the bills requesting payment

187 General Query Clause not present Total LD+ penalty that Bank can levy on Bidder shall not exceed 3 of ACV

As per RFP

188 Page No 137 and section 825

Neither the contract nor any rights granted under the contract may be sold leased assigned or otherwise transferred in whole or in part by the Bidder and any such attempted sale lease assignment or otherwise transfer shall be void and of no effect

Neither the contract nor any rights granted under the contract may be sold leased assigned or otherwise transferred in whole or in part by either Party the Bidder and any such attempted sale lease assignment or otherwise transfer shall be void and of

As per RFP

without the advance written consent of the Bank

no effect without the advance written consent of the other Party Bank

189 Page No 137 and section 826

The Bidder during the term of the contract and for a period of two years thereafter shall not without the express written consent of the Bank directly or indirectly

The Bidder Both Parties during the term of the contract and for a period of two years thereafter shall not without the express written consent of the other Party Bank directly or indirectly

As per RFP

1 Recruit hire appoint or engage or attempt to recruit hire appoint or engage or discuss employment with or otherwise utilize the services of any person who has been an employee or associate or engaged in any capacity by the Bank in rendering services under the contract or

1 Recruit hire appoint or engage or attempt to recruit hire appoint or engage or discuss employment with or otherwise utilize the services of any person who has been an employee or associate or engaged in any capacity by the other Party Bank in rendering services under the contract or

2 Induce any person who is have been an employee or associate of the Bank at any time to terminate his her relationship with the Bank

2 Induce any person who is have been an employee or associate of the other Party Bank at any time to terminate his her relationship with the other Party Bank

190 Page No 137 and section 829

The ownership of the source code and design for the EDMS specific to the Bank and all related application suites interface designs customisations design etc and related Intellectual Property Right (IPR) will lie with the Bank only All Bidders will need to adhere to this

The ownership of the source code and design for the EDMS specific to the Bank and all related application suites interface designs customisations design etc and related Intellectual Property Right (IPR) will lie with the Bank only All Bidders will need to adhere to this

As per RFP

Notwithstanding anything to the contrary no intellectual property rights of any nature shall be transferred from one Party to the other in the course of performing any obligations or otherwise under this agreement For the avoidance of doubt Bidders may use certain tools processes or methodologies of its own in performing the services Ownership of all intellectual property rights and any other rights in these shall vest with Bidder and no rights shall be deemed to have accrued to the Bank

191 Page No 139 and section 830

3 The Bidder during the term of the contract and for a period of two years thereafter shall not without the express written consent of RBI directly or indirectly recruit hire appoint or engage or attempt to recruit hire appoint or engage or discuss employment with or otherwise utilize the services of any person who has been an employee or associate or engaged in any capacity by RBI in rendering services under the contract or Induce any person who shall have been an employee or associate of RBI at any time to terminate his her relationship with RBI

3 The Bidder Either party during the term of the contract and for a period of two years thereafter shall not without the express written consent of the other Party RBI directly or indirectly recruit hire appoint or engage or attempt to recruit hire appoint or engage or discuss employment with or otherwise utilize the services of any person who has been an employee or associate or engaged in any capacity by the other Party RBI in rendering services under the contract or Induce any person who shall have been an employee or associate of the other Party RBI at any time to terminate his her relationship with the other Party RBI

As per RFP

192 Page No 139 and section 830

6 Professionalism The Bidder should provide professional objective and impartial advice at all times and hold the Bankrsquos interests paramount and should observe the highest standard of ethics while executing the assignment

6 Professionalism The Bidder should provide professional objective and impartial advice at all times and hold the Bankrsquos interests paramount and should observe the highest standard of ethics while executing the assignment

As per RFP

8 No legal binding relationship It may be noted that no binding legal relationship will exist between any of the Respondents of this RFP and the Bank until execution of a contractual agreement

8 No legal binding relationship It may be noted that no binding legal relationship will exist between any of the Respondents of this RFP and the Bank until execution of a contractual agreement on mutually agreed terms

193 Page No 126 and section 830

If the responses contain any extraneous conditions put in by the respondents such responses will be disqualified and will not be considered for the selection process

If the responses contain any extraneous conditions put in by the respondents such responses will be disqualified and will not be considered for the selection process

As per RFP

194 General Query EMD Unacceptable EMD forfeiture EMD to be forfeiture for breach of contract- not acceptable

As per RFP

195 Page No144 We hereby declare that all the information and statements made in this Proposal are true and we accept that any misinterpretation contained in it may lead to our disqualification

We hereby declare that all the information and statements made in this Proposal are true to the best of our knowledge and we accept that any intentional misinterpretation contained in it may lead to our disqualification

As per RFP

196 General Query PBG Request PBG to be invoked only for material breaches of terms and conditions

As per RFP

197 Page No229 amp Annexure E

We agree to abide by this Bid Offer for 180 days from the last day of bid submission and our Offer shall remain binding on us and may be accepted by RBI any time before expiry of the offer

We agree to abide by this Bid Offer for 30 180 days from the last day of bid submission and our Offer shall remain binding on us and may be accepted by RBI any time before expiry of the offer

As per RFP

198 Page No249 amp Annexure L

Further to our proposal dated ______________ in response to the Request for Proposal for Implementation of EDMS Application (hereinafter referred to as ldquoRFPrdquo) issued by Reserve Bank of India (ldquoRBIrdquo) we hereby covenant warrant and confirm as follows

Further to our proposal dated ______________ in response to the Request for Proposal for Implementation of EDMS Application (hereinafter referred to as ldquoRFPrdquo) issued by Reserve Bank of India (ldquoRBIrdquo) we hereby covenant warrant and confirm as follows

As per RFP

We hereby agree to comply with all the terms and conditions stipulations as contained in the RFP and the related addendums other documents and if required including the changes made to the original bid documents issued by RBI provided that the only list of deviations has been furnished by us in the relevant Annex

We hereby agree to comply with all the mutually agreed material terms and conditions stipulations as contained in the RFP and the related addendums other documents and if required including the changes made to the original bid documents issued by RBI provided that the only list of deviations has been furnished by us in the relevant Annex

199 Page No240 amp Annexure G

As per RFP The BIDDER undertakes that it has not supplied is not supplying similar product services or sub-services during last one year from the date of issuance of this RFP at a price lower than that offered in the present bid to any other entity If it is found at any stage that similar product services or sub-services was supplied by the BIDDER to any other entity at a lower price then that very price with due allowance for elapsed time will be applicable to the present case and the difference in the cost would be refunded by the BIDDER to the

The BIDDER undertakes that it has not supplied is not supplying similar product services or sub-services during last one year from the date of issuance of this RFP at a price lower than that offered in the present bid to any other entity If it is found at any stage that similar product services or sub-services was supplied by the BIDDER to any other entity at a lower price then that very price with due allowance for elapsed time will be applicable to the present case and the difference in the cost would be refunded by the BIDDER to the BUYER if the contract has already been concluded

BUYER if the contract has already been concluded

200 Page No243 amp Annexure I

We the undersigned as Bidder having examined the complete RFP document (along with its annexes) do hereby offer to produce deliver install support and maintain EDMS Application in full conformity of your requirements as elaborated in above said RFP for the amounts mentioned by us in the Commercial Bid or such other sums as may be agreed to between us

We the undersigned as Bidder having examined the complete RFP document (along with its annexes) do hereby offer to produce deliver install support and maintain EDMS Application in full conformity of your material requirements as elaborated in above said RFP for the amounts mentioned by us in the Commercial Bid or such other sums as may be agreed to between us

As per RFP

We agree to abide by our Offer for a period of 6 months from the date of last day of Bid submission and it shall remain binding on us for acceptance at any time before the expiration of this period

We agree to abide by our Offer for a period of 1 6 months from the date of last day of Bid submission and it shall remain binding on us for acceptance at any time before the expiration of this period

We understand that you are not bound to accept the lowest or any bid you may receive

We understand that you are not bound to accept the lowest or any bid you may receive

We undertake if our Bid is accepted to provide Performance Bank Guarantee and Financial Bank Guarantee as per the prescribed format within the timescales stipulated in the RFP

We undertake if our Bid is accepted to provide Performance Bank Guarantee and Financial Bank Guarantee as per the prescribed format within the timescales stipulated in the RFP after signing of contract on mutually agreed terms and conditions

201 General Query Annexure J Confidentiality and Non-Disclosure Agreement Undertaking

ADD As per RFP Notwithstanding anything to the contrary to the extent the Bidder shares any confidential information with RBI the provisions of this RFP shall apply mutatis mutandis to RBI The obligations of confidentiality for both Parties shall come to an end 3 years from the date of terminationexpiry of the contract to be entered into

202 Page No248 and Annexure K

Annexure K Self Declaration Relatives in RBI

SEEK DELETION OF ANNEXURE As per RFP

203 Page No259 and Annexure P

We agree to abide by this Tender Response for a period of 180 days from the last day of bid submission and it shall remain binding upon us until within this period a formal contract is prepared and executed this Tender Response together with your written acceptance thereof in your notification of award shall constitute a binding contract between us and will initiate the formation of a separate contract in respect of maintenance and support

We agree to abide by this Tender Response for a period of 30 180 days from the last day of bid submission and it shall remain binding upon us until within this period a formal contract is prepared and executed this Tender Response together with your written acceptance thereof in your notification of award shall not constitute a binding contract between us and will initiate the formation of a separate contract in respect of maintenance and support

As per RFP

services after expiry of the warranty period

services after expiry of the warranty period all of which shall be on mutually agreed terms

204 Page No276 amp Annexure U

8 The respondent has not been involved in any legal case that may affect the solvencyexistence of the applicant or in any other way affect the respondentrsquos capability to providecontinue services to RBI if RBI selects the respondent for EDMS

8 The respondent has not been involved in any legal case that may affect the solvencyexistence of the applicant or in any other way materially affect the respondentrsquos capability to providecontinue services to RBI if RBI selects the respondent for EDMS

As per RFP

9 The bidder accepts to follow all the clauses terms and conditions as set in the RFP document

9 The bidder accepts to follow all the clauses terms and conditions as set in the RFP document subject to deviations proposed

205 General Query New clause proposed by Bidder Service Provider undertakes that it is compliant to State minimum wages act at the time of execution of the Agreement and the commercials are accordingly factored In the event there is a change to the State minimum wages act or if the Customer wants the Service Provider to comply to some other minimum wages act including but not limited to Central minimum wages act or the existing minimum wages act is repealed by another act then in such cases Customer will support Service provider with change request for additional cost incurred by Service Provider for complying to new minimum wages Service provider will not ask for Change request for any changes that is within 8 increase year on year from the State minimum wages as on the date of contract sign off

As per RFP

206 General Query New clause proposed by Bidder ldquoIt is agreed that the price quoted is arrived at based on the exchange rate of 1 USD = INR ___ (ldquoBase Exchange Raterdquo) In the event the Base Exchange Rate either increases or decreases by percentage points greater than two per cent [2] the prices shall be charged as per the then current exchange raterdquo

As per RFP

207 General Query New clause proposed by Bidder The risk title and ownership of the products shall be transferred to the customer upon delivery of such products to the customer

As per RFP

208 General Query New clause proposed by Bidder Customer hereby agrees to make the site ready as per the agreed specifications within the agreed timelines Customer agrees that Wipro shall not be in any manner be liable for any delay arising out of Customerrsquos failure to make the site ready within the stipulated period including but not limited to levy of liquidated damages for any delay in performance of Services under the terms of this Agreement In case the SITE is not ready for a continuous period of 30 days milestone payment related to installation will be released to vendor based on the SNR report also if there is any additional warranty cost due to continuous site not readiness for 30 days same will be borne by the customer

As per RFP

209 General Query New clause proposed by Bidder Notwithstanding anything contained herein neither Party shall be liable for any indirect punitive consequential or incidental loss damage claims liabilities charges costs expense or injury (including without limitation loss of use data revenue profits business and for any claims of any third party claiming through Bidder) that may arise out of or result from this Agreement The aggregate liability of Bidder under this Agreement shall not exceed the fees (excluding reimbursements) received by it under this contract during the six months preceding the date of first claim

As per RFP

210 General Query New clause proposed by Bidder Any new levy on account of changes in law shall be to the account of Bank

As per RFP

211 General Query New clause proposed by Bidder Bidderrsquos failure to perform its contractual responsibilities to perform the services or to meet agreed service levels shall be excused if and to the extent Bidder performance is effected delayed or causes non-performance due to Banks omissions or actions whatsoever

As per RFP

212 General Query New clause proposed by Bidder Services andor deliverables shall be deemed to be fully and finally accepted by Bank in the event when Bank has not submitted its acceptance or rejection response in writing to Bidder within 15 days from the date of installationcommissioning or when Bank uses the Deliverable in its business whichever occurs earlier Parties agree that Bidder shall have 15 daysrsquo time to correct in case of any rejection by Bank

As per RFP

213 General Query New clause proposed by Bidder Either party may request a change order (ldquoChange Orderrdquo) in the event of actual or anticipated change(s) to the agreed scope Services Deliverables schedule or any other aspect of the Statement of WorkPurchase Order Bidder will prepare a Change Order reflecting the proposed changes including the impact on the Deliverables schedule and fee In the absence of a signed Change Order Bidder shall not be bound to perform any additional services

As per RFP

214 General Query New clause proposed by Bidder Notwithstanding anything to the contrary either Party shall have the right to terminate this Agreement at any time with cause in the event that the other party commits a material breach of the Agreement and fails to cure such default to the non-defaulting partyrsquos reasonable satisfaction within thirty (30) days

As per RFP

In the event of termination of any nature the Bidder shall be paid for the 1 goods delivered 2 services rendered 3 work in progress 4 unpaid AMCs 5 third party orders in pipeline which cannot be cancelled despite Bidders best efforts 6 unrecovered investments shall be paid by the Bank as per termination schedule till the date of termination

215 General Query New clause proposed by Bidder Notwithstanding anything contained in this RFP

As per RFP

a) Excluding a regulatorystatutory requirement if any nothing in this Agreement shall be construed or interpreted as requiring Bidder to provide to Customer access to or right to inspect examine audit and take copies of any fees price cost or any other financial information or any records or documents relating to the make-up of the Bidderrsquos internal

overhead calculations their relationship to the fees any financial cost model calculation of fees or to the Bidderrsquos profitability or other such financial data

b) All audit barring those required under a regulatory or statutory requirement may be done only on an annual basis and subject to a notice period of 20 days

216 Page No 132 and section 82

Integrity Pact Unacceptable integrity pact Customer to insert new CVC integrity pact that does not contain Fall clause LIBOR provisions etc

As per RFP

217 General Query Annexure A Earnest Money Deposit Unacceptable EMD forfeiture EMD to be forfeiture for breach of contract- not acceptable

As per RFP

218 General Query Annexure C Performance Bank Guarantee

Request PBG to be invoked only for material breaches of terms and conditions

As per RFP

219 General Query Annexure G Integrity Pact SEEK INSERTION OF NEW CVC INTEGRITY PACT WITHOUT LIBOR PROVISIONS AND FALL CLAUSE

As per RFP

220 General Query ADD As per RFP

Annexure J Confidentiality and Non-Disclosure Agreement Undertaking

Notwithstanding anything to the contrary to the extent the Bidder shares any confidential information with RBI the provisions of this RFP shall apply mutatis mutandis to RBI The obligations of confidentiality for both Parties shall come to an end 3 years from the date of terminationexpiry of the contract to be entered into

221 Page No 10 and section 11

Central Office has following 33 departments

EDMS solution is to be implemented for 33 departments is this understanding correct Please mention if there are more departments to be considered in-scope

As per RFP

222 Page No 29 and section 22

The application should facilitate integration with e-mail client (outlook) where selected emails could be Inwarded directly

Integration with Outlook For how many users is this needed Please specify the number of users who would be using this functionality

10000 users| All Users

223 Page No 18 and section 15

Sr No 6 Global common workflow plus seven specific work process Modules which need to be developed at the time of Go-Live

The seven workflow will have integration with what all systems Please specify the details

Integration envisaged for Go-Live - Active Directory Mail Messaging System SAMADHAN IRM DMIS Other integration will be done during continuous development

224 Page No 25 and section 21

User should have privilege to create Inward amp Outward from RBI corporate email inbox (selected emails) with capability to capture both email body and attachment (if any) as a part of the Inward

How many users are going to use Email Integration feature Is it going to be for all the 10000 named users

As per RFP

225 Page No 25 and section 21

The proposed solution needs to be integrated with existing (or any future standard system) of IRM

What is the current IRM system used by RBI

Microsoft IRM

226 Page No 25 and section 21

3 Customization and Integration Would existing IRM system be OpenText IRM or any other product and will sufficient license be available for EDMS users

Microsoft IRM

227 Page No 25 and section 21

4 Web interface ndashInwardOutward Management

Is it expected to expose the same EDMS application to public or integration with RBI website

As per RFP

228 Page No 27 and section 21

Sr No 21The Scanning product should have inbuilt capability to do a full page OCR amp ICR (for both Hindi amp English documents) and also convert the images to searchable forms like Searchable PDF

What is the ratio of English to Hindi documents for OCR amp ICR

Approximately Hindi 33 | English 66

229 Page No 29 and section 22

5 Inward Management Request you to please specify the other email clients

As per RFP

230 Page No 31 section 22

Technical Bid(Functional Requirements)

We understand that all of these functionalities are the application functionalities and the necessary scanning systems and personal required will be facilitated by RBI Please confirm

Yes

231 Page No 31 section 22

Technical Bid(Functional Requirements)

In case Yes for the above Questions than please detail the scope expectation w r t Scan amp upload requirement

Restricted to Application Solution

232 Page No 43 and section 22

147 Reports amp Dashboard Please elaborate further on this point We understand that reports can be generated with stored data without translation Please let us know your understanding

Data stored in Hindi should be displayed in Hindi The report fields should toggle between Hindi and English No translation is envisioned as part of basic deployment

233 Page No 46 and section 22

163 Document Management Rearrange pages in a document or create a new document from a page using drag and drop Please elaborate at what stage this is required

Rearrangement of pages is required to create an abstract out of an existing doc

234 Page No 46 and section 22

The solution offered should be capable of integration with 3rd party software amp internal applications which are in use at RBI

What all internal and 3rd party applications are to be taken in account for integration

Integration envisaged for Go-Live - Active Directory Mail Messaging System SAMADHAN IRM DMIS Other integration will be done during continuous development

235 Page No 46 and section 22

171 Customization and Integration Is there any existing SSO Server available

Shall be shared with successful bidder

236 Page No 46 and section 22

173 Customization and Integration We understand that content replication from DC to DR has to be accomplished by RBI team and bidder can assist in providing the details

Shall be shared with successful bidder

237 Page No 56 and section 23

A separate test environment and development would be provided at the data Centre The Bidder is expected to replicate the DC environment in the DR and in the test environment in all respects

We understand that bidder is expected to set 4 environments - Dev UATTest Production (DC) and DR Is UATTest environment also expected to be exact replicamirror image of Production

Scaled-down version 50 of Production in terms of sizing

238 Page No 56 and section 23

A separate test environment and development would be provided at the data Centre The Bidder is expected to replicate the DC environment in the DR and in the test environment in all respects

Will RBI procure and provide hardware for all environments Should bidder only propose sizing recommendations for all environments

As per RFP

239 Page No 57 and section 23

Security Requirements We understand that all of these functionalities are the application functionalities by virtue of which these security mechanisms have to be part of the bidderrsquos proposition Kindly comment on our understanding

As per RFP

240 Page No 62 and section 23

System should maintain audit logs for all monitoring and events according to RBI policy These audit logs must be secure and stored as per defined retention policy

Request Bank to specify as lot of sizing considerations would depend uponvary basis the RBI policies (3 5 7 10 years)

Shall be shared with successful bidder

241 Page No 64 and section 23

86 Data Migration Would changes means restructuring of folders or something else Please elaborate

To be discussed during System Study

242 Page No 67and section 31

27 Any other areas which the Bank might decide to include in the Scope at the time of implementation of EDMS

Request Bank to enlighten on to this requirement Being subjective Bidder will need more quantifiablegaugeable requirement basis which effort and commercials can be worked out

As per RFP

However we understand the same will be addressed during design phase

Please comment upon our understanding

243 Page No 71 and section 38

Data migration will be the responsibility of the Bidder

Will bidder be allowed to run the migration 24x7 or only during non-peak hours

Shall be discussed with successful bidder

244 Page No 74 and section 310

Bidder should provide training to RBI‟s officials for using and managing the system which will include end user technical and system Administration training as well as DBA level training

What would be the minimum numbers of users to be trained for Admin and for User level trainings respectively

5 batches of 30-40 user each Total training to be provide to around 200 User at Mumbai Pune

245 Page No 76 and section 313

Implementation As per RFP The Banks incident Management system has to be used as ticketing system to handle requests raised by Banks Internal Users during the warranty and AMC period Which ticketing system is RBI using currently

EDMS can leverage existing Incident Management tool Details will be shared with successful bidder

246 Page No 76 and section 313

Extensive on-site support team is required during the first year after ldquoGo-Liverdquo

Are all the resources mentioned for L0 (44) L1 (8) and L2 (2) are to be deployed on-site Can bidder propose onsite-offshore model for post-implementation support

As per RFP

247 Page No 77 and section 313

vi Scanning documents at RBI respective locations if required

We understand that the necessary scanning systems and personnel required will be facilitated by RBI Request to throw more light on the number of locations in this regards Accordingly effort estimation can be done so as to provide the appropriate commercials in this regards

As per RFP

248 Page No 86 and section 319

319 Performance Monitoring amp Tuning solution

Considering the entire project is going to be base out of RBIs data centre request bank to facilitate make model etc of the performance monitoring tool

Bidder has to provide Application level monitoring solution As per Data Centre policy open source performance tool will not be permissible and the solution proposed by bidder should be approved by RBI

249 Page No 86 and section 323

The total number of users presently is expected to be around 10000 with 2000 concurrent users and annual growth of 10 in concurrent users

Out of total 10000 users how many back endadmin users are there who are going to access this system

Less than 500 users

250 Page No 86 and section 324

Sr No 5 The solution offered should be capable of pin codeGPS Location based integration for capturing user address

Is bidder expected to integrate the existing GPS system with EDMS

As per RFP

251 Page No 86 and section 323

323 Vendor would be required to provide Enterprise-wide all-inclusive Perpetual license for all functionalities as per the requirements of the RBI The total number of users presently is expected to be around 10000 with 2000 concurrent users and annual growth of 10 in concurrent users

These users are for determining the hardware sizing but from software licensing point of view all 10000 users can connect concurrently

As per RFP

Please validate

252 Page No 86 and section 323

No extra license fees implementation charges should be charged by the selected bidder for implementing the software in the test environment and at the Disaster Recovery site of RBI or at any other site that may be specified by the Bank

We understand that as project progresses there will be significant volumes and hence there should be no restriction on number of CPUcores and if any it will be responsibility of SI to provide additional licenses at no additional costs to RBI Trust our understanding is correct Please confirm for clarification

Yes As per RFP

253 Page No87 and section 324

6 Vendor is responsible to import application in UAT production environment amp DC ndash DR synchronization etc

We understand that the application is going to be based out of RBIs existing Data Centre visa Navi Mumbai and Nagpur Request Bank to elaborate upon existing DC-DR synchronization technique technology methodology Please provide details version of the same for integration aspects

Shall be shared with successful bidder

254 Page No87 and section 325

325 System amp Security Audit Request RBI to specify number of yearly audits

Shall be shared with successful bidder

255 Page No91 and section 329

4 Complete user manual and system documentation (soft and hard copies) of the proposed solution after the go-live

Request RBI to spell the number of hard copies required

Shall be discussed with successful bidder

256 Page No92 and section 330

3 Vendor is required to give all sorts of support required in case RBI decides to move the implemented EDMS on cloud services or IaaS in future This support will include everything starting from shunting of the running EDMS temporarily to alternate arrangement till all the Hw Sw etc are installed amp made running in the new IaaS or Cloud environment (Logistics Technical Integration support etc)

We understand the same to be captured via change control mechanism change management during the course of the project

As per RFP

257 Page No92 and section 330

5 Business Process Reengineering ndash The vendor shall include the impact of the new system to the operations of Client If applicable the proponent shall recommend changes to the existing processes that would benefit Client

Request Bank to specify a percentage number in this regards accordingly efforts and commercials can be worked out

As per RFP

258 Page No93 and section 43

For each milestone to be marked completed the bidder should ensure that all the acceptance criteria are met and approved by the Bank as mentioned in various applicable sections in the RFP

We understand that the Project acceptance criteria will be formalized mutually during the design phase and agreed upon Please comment upon our understanding

As per RFP

259 42 Additional Software License Costs As per RFP

Page No 94 and section 42

For evaluation purposes costs of the software licenses proposed by the Bidder would be included in the Total Cost of Ownership In case any software license(s) are required to be procured directly from the Original Equipment Manufacturer (OEM) Product Vendor the actual payment to the Bidder will be reduced appropriately to exclude the software license costs quoted in the commercial bid Bidder is requested to add all the Other Software Licensing Cost under the header Any other requirements for the proposed solution on MSTC website

Request Bank to mutually discuss and agree upon section 42 before finalization on the requirement Please comment in this regards

260 Page No122 and Section 76

Overall enterprise wide security including role-based security and authorisation levels operating systemapplication security and logical access controls and anti‐virus management

Is bidder expected to propose anti-virus software as well

Shall be shared with successful bidder

261 Page No 169 amp Annexure D2

Sr No 26 All incoming physical letters has to be scanned and put into the system for further processing

What is the total size or volume of legacy documents to be considered for Scanning through the Capture Solution (dailymonthlyyearly volume)

As per RFP

262 Page No 204 amp Annexure D2

206 The system should also integrated with Ms outlook and other email client

Does RBI require native integration with outlook in which users can access EDMS from outlook interface

As per RFP

Please confirm 263 Page No 211

amp Annexure D3

Sr No 28 The solution should provide for seamless integration of modules as per the business requirements of RBI with necessary interfaces The application should have provision for Integration existingupcoming portalsapplications of different depts eg HR Portal Samadhan Active directory CMS (CEPD) etc other internal workflow application system etc

Do we have to estimate effort for integration with these upcoming applications now or will it be taken at a later stage as a Change Request If now what are these applications based on Please provide what level of integration is required with these applicationssystem

Integration envisaged for Go-Live - Active Directory Mail Messaging Solution SAMADHAN IRM DMIS Other integration will be done during continuous development

264 Page No213 amp Annexure D3

Based on our experience in similar project we feel the concurrent user ratio to named users is less In such application of note approval the concurrence is around 40 of total users

As per RFP

Details of Hardware requirements for the proposed solution for following user base of

Request you to validate this for RBI

i 10000 total user base ii 2000 concurrent users

265 Page No 218 amp Annexure D3

Sr 55 The Implementation of open source technologies should be taken up in compliance with Information Security (IS) policy of the Bank

Would you allow usage of Open Source Tools for Simulation is required to carry out Performance Testing (LoadStress) eg JMeter

Shall be discussed with successful bidder

266 Page No218 amp Annexure D3

The Implementation of open source technologies should be taken up in compliance with Information Security (IS) policy of the Bank

Please throw some light on limitations on usage of open-source tools in context with Information Security (IS) policy of the Bank

Shall be discussed with successful bidder

267 Page No221 amp Annexure D3

Sr No 75 Data Loss Prevention solution should be available with EDMS solution

Is Data Loss Prevention solution to be implemented or does the solution need to have the capability only and its for future use Please confirm

Shall be discussed with successful bidder

268 Page No 226 amp Annexure D6

g Scalability of document volume (30) having average volume of 4million documents per year

What does 30 signify here How much should be the total volume of documents considered that is received and to be ingested in EDMS repository (yearlymonthly)

As per RFP

269 Page No 226 amp Annexure D6

b Response time of maximum 3 seconds

Request RBI to elaborate upon the type of gaugeable reports parameters required to establish the response time

As per RFP

270 Page No 226 amp Annexure D6

b Response time of maximum 3 seconds

Will submitting product performance reports spec sheets suffice or any other artefact is required to substantiate the same Please specify

As per RFP

271 Page No 226 amp Annexure D6

g Scalability of document volume (30) having average volume of 4million documents per year

Request RBI to specify the existing document volume as this is required from sizing perspective to arrive at an optimized commercials

As per RFP

272 Page No 262 amp Annexure Q

Annexure Q We believe RBI will also be providing mobile based access to select employeersquos basis roles We assume the licensing for the same is to be included in this pricing and no additional price will be payable by RBI Mobile app if to be created will be separate project but will connect to EDMS through API at no additional costs to RBI Please clarify

As per RFP

273 Page No 262 amp Annexure Q

Annexure Q Will RBI facilitate the commercial bid format for ease of comparison during the evaluation phase Request to clarify

Commercial bid format can be downloaded from the MSTC e-commerce portal

274 Page No 264 amp Annexure Q

Unit Price Under Unit Price do we have to provide Yearly Price of 1 resource

As per RFP

275 Page No 264 amp Annexure Q

Cost of L0 Resource (21 nos) on 12 X 5 basis for one year at locations given in Annexure T

For 12x5 we would need to deploy 2 resources to support 60 hours shift so do we need to consider price for 2 resources or provide price only for 21 resources and they will be supporting in round-robin manner Please confirm

For Annexure T for line items 31 to 35 Bidders are advised to consider 8 x 5 working hours where requirement of only 1 resource has been mentioned (Ahmedabad has 2 locations so 2 resources are required) For line items 25 to 30 where support hours are mentioned as 12 x 5 and requirement of multiple resources is mentioned resources are expected to work in 8 x 5 shift scheduled in a manner to provide support for 12 x 5 All other conditionsrequirements

mentioned in the table remain unchanged

276 Page No 265 amp Annexure Q

B2 Development Team based at Mumbai Navi Mumbai Composition Tech Lead(1) + Developer (5) + Tester (1)

Composition of Tech Lead(1) + Developer (5) + Tester (1) will not suffice we also need Project Managers Technical Architect UI Expert and Infrastructure Resource can bidder add more rows in commercial format and propose Development Team accordingly

As per RFP

277 Page No 265 Section amp Annexure Q

AMC for the first year after warranty period (should be min 8 of Total onetime cost)

Do we have to include both here - Product AMC from OEM as well as Application Technical Support for only 1 year from bidder

As per RFP

278 Page No 266 amp Annexure Q

(C) Hardware Requirements Do we have to propose hardware sizing and software recommendations for DevUAT Production and DR Environments The table has rows for Production and UAT only can the bidder add more rows to it or is it a fixed format

Hardware sizing and software recommendations are to be proposed for all environments The two rows were for representational purpose More rows can be added in the commercial bid format

279 Page No 212 amp Annexure D3

212 A separate test environment and development would be provided at the data Centre The Bidder is expected to replicate the DC environment in the DR and in the test environment in all respects (11)

1 Will development and test environments be provided by RBI till OS layer and only application deployment is to be done by the bidder

As per RFP

84 Hence bidder is required to take into the consideration the hardware

software etc requirement pertaining to test amp development

2 Please elaborate what is bidders responsibility for development and test environments

280 General Query Retention Management Apart from Retention and Archival are you looking for complete Records Management solution as well with features like Event-based aging Automatic Disposition Litigation Hold etc

Not required at this Stage

281 General Query Back-up Software Do you have the back-up software or does bidder has to propose If available please specify the make and model of the back-up software

Shall be shared with successful bidder

282 General Query Support Team - OampM Do you want bidder to propose Helpdesk toolset up a service desk as well

Not required at this Stage

283 General Query Load Balancer Do you want the bidder to propose the load balancer as well

Not required at this Stage

284 General Query Source Code Control Repository Is Bidder required to absorb the cost for GIT repository for source code or do you have one which bidder can use

Shall be shared with successful bidder

285 General Query Compliance What are the complianceguidelinesIT Security considerations that are critical

As per RFP

286 General Query SSL Certificate Should bidder be provided the SSL certificate or should the bidder absorb the price for SSL certificate Please confirm

Bank Shall provide the SSL certificates

287 General Query Documents Please specify the age of the documents and the condition of paper like ndash colour shine brittleness original

Not required at this Stage

or photocopy glossy paper hard-bind etc etc

288 General Query Scanning Can you kindly provide the of BW and Colour document

Not required at this Stage

289 General Query Legacy Documents For Legacy documents perspective please share details on the below

Not required at this Stage

a) Number of document ingestion per day - b) Average size of document - in KB c) Maximum size of document - in KB d) Storage required - (current DMS storage size)

290 General Query New Documents For New documents perspective please share details on the below

Not required at this Stage

a) Number of document ingestion per day - b) Average size of document - in KB c) Maximum size of document - in KB

291 General Query Scanning For Scanning perspective please share details on the below

Not required at this Stage

a) Percentage of document in tiff format b) Percentage of colour documents c) Average image size in KB d) Percentage of document that would require OCR e) Average number of fields per page

f) Properties per per document 292 General Query Documents What is percentage the Year on Year

growth over 5 years for the number of documents added

As per RFP

293 General Query Documents What is the Average number of document views per day

Not required at this Stage

294 General Query Documents What is the Average number of document searches per day

Not required at this Stage

295 General Query Back-up Policy What is the back-up policy of RBI eg 14 days

Shall be shared with successful bidder

296 General Query Policies What would be the archival policy back up policy log storage policy DR logs policy etc

Shall be shared with successful bidder

297 General Query Testing What parameters are to be monitored during testing (eg response times processing times and CPU loading)

As per RFP

298 General Query Testing What desired values of these parameters are to be considered acceptable during the stress test results

As per RFP

299 General Query DR Drills How many DR drills do you expect in a year

Shall be shared with successful bidder

300 General Query Resources Will RBI allow onsite resources to carry their own laptops or will RBI provide DesktopsWorkstations for onsite resources

Assets will be provided to onsite resources

301 General Query Access Will RBI provide remote accessVPN access for offshore resources

Not required as all resources are deployed onsite

302 General Query

Scanning How much will be the total no of pages to be scanned per day

Not required at this Stage

303 General Query

Documents

How much will be the year on year growth in documents volume

As per RFP

304 General Query

Documents

Please let us know the average approximate document size per document for sizing (in MB)

Not required at this Stage

305 General Query Presentation amp POC of the Solution Could you please elaborate in details the scope for POC

As per RFP

306 General Query SLA Working window As per RFP

307 General Query Non-Functional Requirements Please specify the existing Replication bandwidth between Navi Mumbai DC and Nagpur DR

Bidder has to propose the required bandwidth which will be provided procured by Data Centre

308 General Query Non-Functional Requirements We understand that the bidder is required to provide the Bandwidth augmentation sizing required for this project and accordingly the same will be provisioned by RBI Please confirm upon our understanding

Bidder has to propose the required bandwidth which will be provided procured by Data Centre

309 Page No71 amp Section No38

Data Migration What is the formats of Documents stored inside current DMS

Shall be shared with successful bidder

310

Page No71 amp Section No38

Data Migration How indexmetadata is managed in current DMS System What is the total count of

Shall be shared with successful bidder

indexes present in current DMS 311 Page No71 amp

Section No38 Data Migration what is the database and version used

in current DMS System As per RFP

312

Page No71 amp Section No38

Data Migration We need more details about current DMS System -Product nameVersionECM

Shall be shared with successful bidder

Compliant or notWhat type of documents are stored in SystemHow documents are classified in System

313

Page No18 amp Section No21

High Level Critical Requirements Can you Please enlist total count of Global workflows

As per RFP

314

Page No86 amp Section No321

Hardware Requirements Can you elaborate more on this point As per RFP Standard Enviornments which will be provided by SI are DEV UAT PROD and DR Also Development Environment will be on premise or offshore

315 Page No52 amp Section No23

Back-up Will Backup be taken care by RBI Yes

316 Page No81 amp Section No317

Security Requirements What will be the frequency of DR Drills Can you specify values for RPO and RTO

Shall be shared with successful bidder

317 Page No213 amp Annexure D3

Hardware Requirements Database tier needs to be deployed on Intel Xeon or Mainframe

RBI will conduct VAPT SI needs to provide gaps resolution

318 Page No221 amp Annexure D4

Maintenance amp Support Can we get details about which IRM solution will be provided by RBI for integration purpose

Scaled-down version 50 of Production in terms of sizing

319 Page No63 amp Section No23

Functional Requirements Will RBI provide DLP solution Shall be shared with successful bidder

320 Page No63 amp Section No23

Non-Functional Requirements is SI expected to conduct VAPT or RBI will be conducting the same

RBI will conduct VAPT SI needs to provide gaps resolution

321 Page No267 amp Annexure Q

Hardware Requirements Is UAT sizing expected to be 100 of Production sizing

Scaled-down version 50 of Production in terms of sizing

322

Page No27 amp Section No21

High Level Critical Requirements Hindi OCR amp ICR may be a challenge However Hindi metadata can be captured and searched Can OCR and ICR be restricted to English only

As per RFP

323 Page No27 amp Section No21

Storage For sizing Storage can you share average size of the digitized document

As per RFP

324 Page No93 amp Section No41

Licences Can Licenses cost be paid up-front within 30 days from the date of Invoice

As per RFP

325 Page No95 amp Section No44

AMC Pay-Outs Can AMC be payable yearly in Advance instead of at the end of the every year

As per RFP

and support push pull mechanism Frequency of push pull should be configurable

11 Page No 25 and Section 21

Reference Customization and Integration - The solution offered is required to be integrated with Active Directory and should support single sign-on

1 Do you have single sign-on solution currently implemented

Yes Single Sign-on is implemented currently Details will be shared with successful bidder

2 If Yes What is the softwareapplication do you use for the same

12 Page No 46 and Section 21

Reference The solution offered should be capable of integration with 3rd party software amp internal applications which are in use at RBI

1 What are the various RBI applications (Internal or 3rd party software) that needs to be integrated with EDMS

Integration envisaged for Go-Live - Active Directory Mail Messaging System SAMADHAN IRM and DMIS Other integration will be done during continuous development

2 What is the purpose of the integration 3 What is the nature of the integration 4 Please give us some examples of industry standard open office tools

13 Page No 25 and Section 21

Reference Customization and Integration - The proposed solution needs to be integrated with existing (or any future standard system) of IRM

1 Do you have any existing IRM application currently being used for Information Rights Management

Microsoft IRM

2 If Yes Can you provide more details of it

14 Page No 26 and Section 21

Reference Metadata EntryIndexingAuto Filling - Scanned file naming convention and folder structure to be used to store the scanned files and would be as per the policies defined by RBI for file naming conventions in bilingual language [Rajbhasha(Hindi) English]

What are RBI policies for naming conventions in bilingual language

As per RFP

15 Page No 26 and Section 21

Reference Metadata EntryIndexingAuto Filling - System should have metadata fields as required for indexing as per the requirement of the RBI

Can you provide an approximate number of metadata fields required across various document types

As per RFP

16 Page No 26 and Section 21

Reference Office Noting Approval Sanction - All the authorized users should be able to create and route the Office Note for approval as per their user role amp access rights

Can you explain Create Office Note Does this mean you want to create a review note on top of documents using the system with a text editor and as part of the workflow this note gets attached to the document

As per RFP

17 Page No 27 and Section 21

Reference Reports amp Dashboard 1 Does RBI have any systemapplication currently being used for Reports amp Dashboards

Application should have capability to support any number of dashboards and reports

2 If Yes Can you provide more details of it 3 Can you provide an approximate number of reports and dashboards required in EDMS

18 Page No 27 and Section 21

Reference Document Security -The system should have the mechanism for 1st and 2nd factor authentication wherever required

Can you provide examplesuse casesscenarios where this may be required

Shall be discussed during System Study

19 Page No 28 and Section 21

Reference Workflow and Collaboration

What is the average number of steps required in document workflows

Shall be discussed during System Study

20 Page No 50 and Section 22

Reference Miscellaneous - User Should be able to see that particular email id which is always used on daily basis

Need more clarity on this requirement As per RFP

21 Page No 51 and Section 23

Reference User Management - The system is envisaged to have a total user count up to 10000 users at present and concurrent users up to 2000 with an annual increase of 10 in concurrent users

Does this count includes both Internal and External Users If not can you please give us segregation

This is only for internal users

22 Page No 64 and Section 23

Reference Digital storage - The solution should have a mechanism to define and use RBI‟s retention policy of documents based on various classifications

What is RBIs Retention Policy for documents

Policy shall be shared with successful bidder

23 Page No 64 and Section 23

Reference Digital storage - The solution should have a mechanism to define and use RBI‟s retention policy of documents based on various classifications

Is there a need for external documents (digitized documents that are stored outside of EDMS solution) to be managed via Records Management Retention Policies

Not required at this Stage

24 Page No 32 and Section 22

Reference OCR amp ICR - These Service ought to give a wide scope of procedures like making information section quicker with more precision and productivity

Need more clarity on this requirement As per RFP

25 Page No 32 and Section 22

Reference OCR amp ICR - OCR services should bring quicker outcomes with minimal time

Need more clarity on this requirement As per RFP

26 Page No 34 and Section 22

Reference Search - The System should have full text search capabilities which supports synonym phonic Boolean etc

Need more clarity on this requirement As per RFP

27 Page No 45 and Section 22

Reference Document Management - Rearrange pages in a document or create a new document from a page using drag and drop

Need more clarity on this requirement As per RFP

28 Page No 46 and Section 22

Reference Image Processing - System should be able to optimize the quality of scanned images

Need more clarity on this requirement As per RFP

29 Page No 46 and Section 22

Reference Image Processing - The bidder must provide mechanism tool for quality enhancement

What enhancements are expected As per RFP

30 Page No 67 and Section 31

Reference It should ensure processes followed and products are fully compliant with the statutory and regulatory requirements

Can we have the reference to statutory and regulatory requirements

As per RFP

31 Page No 100 and Section 56

Penalties We assume the overall liability would be 10 of the contract value under all circumstances Please confirm We also request to reduce the time lapsed due to circumstances beyond bidderrsquos control from the penalties ie dependencies on RBI etc

Shall be discussed with successful bidder

32 Page No 114 and Section 66

Commercial Bid Evaluation In case existing software if any needs to be utilised for the project RBI will get authorization from the OEM of the said software to be used for EDMS project as well The same software should be in support from the OEM

As per RFP

33 Page No 93 and Section 41

Software Cost Please release 100 of the License Cost indicated in Item 1A of Annexure Q immediately on delivery

As per RFP

34 Page No 95 and Section 44

AMC Pay-outs May we request to release the AMC payment for license at the time of delivery means at the beginning of the AMC year

As per RFP

35 Page No 95 and Section 45

FMS May we request to release the annual amount payable towards FMS and Development Team at the end of each quarter means quarterly payment

Please refer Corrigendum dated 7th October 2019

36 Page No 93 and Section 41

Software Cost May we request to release 10 of Implementation cost on BRDSRS submission to bank

As per RFP

37 Page No 86 and Section 324

GPS This requirement is subject to bank having an MADP platform and current RBI website capabilities DMS shall provide all necessary web services for integration but will be dependent on website team for MADP and UI

As per RFP

38 Page No 76 and Section 311

In case of the Go-Live delays by the Bidder the financial Penalty as per the Banks discretion will be imposed on the Bidder at 5 of the total contract value per month of delay to the maximum of 10 of the total contract value as per the agreement between the Bank and the successful Bidder

We request that delay penalty be applicable on the implementation value and not on total contract value

As per RFP

39 Page No 78 and Section 313

If any defect in the Solution is not rectified by the Bidder before the end of the Warranty Period the Warranty Period shall be extended until

We submit that warranty cannot be extended as it is provided by OEM However product will be supported through the warranty and AMCATS support period

As per RFP

(a) the defect has been corrected and (b) the Solution functions in accordance with the Contract

40 Page No 124 and Section 711

The Bank will reserve the right to terminate the services of the successful Bidder at any point of the Project (during the implementation phase and post go-live) without assigning any reasons In such cases the Bank may consider making payment commensurate with the last completed phase

We understand that a notice period of 90 days will be provided prior to invocation of this termination for convenience in order for the bidder to wind-up the project and re-allocate resources and terminate back-end contracts

As per RFP

We understand that in event of such termination for convenience customer will pay for all products and services delivered till the effective date of termination We understand that in event of such termination for convenience customer will also pay for the annual AMCATS charge for the relevant year as the vendor would have paid AMCATS charges of OEM in advance for the relevant year

41 Page No 129 and Section 85

RBI reserves the right to cancel the contract of the selected Bidder and recover expenditure incurred by RBI if the progress regarding execution of the contract made by the selected Bidder is found to be unsatisfactory for any reason

We understand that a written notice with a reasonable cure period will be provided prior to contract cancellationtermination

As per RFP

42 Page No 130 and Section 87

87 Without prejudice to the other rights of the Purchaser under the Contract in the matter the proceeds of the performance security shall be payable to RBI as compensation for any loss resulting from the Bidderrsquos failure to complete its obligations under the Contract

We understand that a written notice with a reasonable cure period will be provided prior to invocation of the performance security

As per RFP

43 Page No 130 and Section 88

88 Without prejudice to the other rights of the Purchaser under the Contract in the matter the proceeds of the performance security shall be payable to RBI as compensation for any loss resulting from the Bidderrsquos failure to complete its obligations under the Contract

We understand that a written notice with a reasonable cure period will be provided prior to invocation of the performance security

As per RFP

44 Page No 132 and Section 813

The Bidder agrees that the Bank has no limit on the additions or deletions on the items for the period of the contract

We understand that the technical and commercial impact of additionsdeletions to the mutually agreed scope will be agreed through change requestamendment process

As per RFP

45 Page No240 and Annexure G

The BIDDER undertakes that it has not supplied is not supplying similar product services or sub-services during last one year from the date of issuance of this RFP at a price lower than that offered in the present bid to any other entity If it is found at any stage that similar product services or sub-services was supplied by the BIDDER to any other entity at a lower price then that very price with due allowance for elapsed time will be applicable to the present case and the difference in the cost would be refunded by the BIDDER to the BUYER if the contract has already been concluded

We submit that there is no time period reference provided for this confirmation We understand that this compliance will be checked for the bid-evaluation period

As per RFP

46 Page No240 and Annexure G

The BIDDER undertakes that it has not supplied is not supplying similar product services or sub-services during last one year from the date of issuance of this RFP at a price lower than that offered in the present bid to any other entity If it is found at any stage that similar product services or sub-services was supplied by the BIDDER to any other entity at a lower price then that very price with due allowance for elapsed time will be applicable to the present case and the difference in the cost would be refunded by the BIDDER to the BUYER if the contract has already been concluded

We propose replacement of similar productservices or sub-services with identical solution We propose replacement of refunded by the BIDDER to the BUYER with applied to future procurement

As per RFP

47 General Query Liability We noticed that there is no aggregate liability language on bidder liability We propose that the aggregate liability of the bidder will not exceed the TCV of the project

Shall be discussed with successful bidder

48 General Query Agreement We noticed that there is no language on disclaimer of liability of either party for indirect and consequential claims We propose that neither party will be liable for indirect or consequential claims and damages lost profits or lost revenue in relation with the project

Shall be discussed with successful bidder

49 Page No 262 and Annexure Q Section A

Section A - A1 Bidder requests clarification as to whether this is line item cost is related to digitization of old records if so the same shall be removed from A1 and moved to A2 or a separate section to be created in the Commercial Bid Format as this cost needs to be paid on actual documents Scanned

Bidder is expected to provide the License cost for the Scanning Imaging solution against this line item

Scanning Imaging

50 Page No 264 and Annexure Q Section B

Section B Bidder submits that the Unit Price column shall be removed and total cost for the resources to be allowed to be quoted for each year separately

As per RFP

NPV calculation will be done considering 5 escalation rate and 8 discounted rate only for TCO purpose

We also request to remove the reference of 5 escalation rate and allow us to quote for the actual inflation by each bidder separately to allow the bidders to provide maximum benefit to RBI for the NPV

As the commercial format allows to quote separate values for each year the Indexation references is no longer relevant and the payment for the later years can be made at the mentioned prices

51 Page No 265 and Annexure Q Section B3

Section B3 Bidder submits that the minimum of 8 for AMC shall be changed to Sub-Total A1 excluding the ScanningImaging as the AMC should typically include on the product cost

As per RFP

AMC for the first year after warranty period (should be min 8 of Total onetime cost)

We further request clarity whether the AMC is for 3 years or 4 years as the template indicates Year 3 to Year 7 which is 4 years while the Note below the table mentions it for 3 years please clarify we further request that this note mentioned in the adjacent column shall be removed as the commercial template is modified to allow bidders to quote for each year separately

Below rates are mentioned for first year Actual payment for subsequent years as applicable will be done on applying the indexation formulae

middot Cost of L1 and L2 for the subsequent period of 6 years

middot Development Team Cost for the subsequent period of 6 years

middot AMC for the subsequent period of 3 years

52 Page No 267 and Annexure Q Section D

Section D Bidder submits that the Rates for the Resources both the Support resources and the Development Resources is available in the Section B Table the rate for any additional resources can be used from the same table hence request removal of the additional table

As per RFP Marginal Resource Cost

53 Page No 93 and Section 41

41 Software Cost Bidder submits that the heading of the section is an error as the payment terms are related to services and not Software cost we also request the following modifications to the payment terms

As per RFP

1 Completion of process and system study Design and Build and Deployment in UAT - 15 of Implementation Cost specified at Item 1B of Annexure Q

2 Data Migration Completion of User Acceptance Testing Creation of training content Train the Trainer and customer education content - 20 of Implementation Cost specified at Item 1B of Annexure Q

41 Software Cost

3 Complete Implementation and ldquoProduction Go-liverdquo of the project - 25 of Implementation Cost specified at Item 1B of Annexure Q

1 Completion of process and system study Design and Build and Deployment in UAT - 15 of Implementation Cost specified at Item 1B of Annexure Q

4 Receipt of Completion Certificate from the Bank (post 90 days of achieving production Go-Live) - 30 of Implementation Cost specified at Item 1B of Annexure Q

2 Data Migration Completion of User Acceptance Testing Creation of training content Train the Trainer and customer education content - 30 of Implementation Cost specified at Item 1B of Annexure Q

5 Amount payable during the warranty period - On completion of warranty period of three years The Financial Bank guarantee shall be valid for 7 years - 10 of Implementation Cost specified at Item 1B of Annexure Q

3 Complete Implementation and ldquoProduction Go-liverdquo of the project - 35 of Implementation Cost specified at Item 1B of Annexure Q

4 Receipt of Completion Certificate from the Bank (post 90 days of achieving production Go-Live) - 10 of Implementation Cost specified at Item 1B of Annexure Q

5 Amount payable during the warranty period - In equal quarterly instalments during warranty period of three years The Financial Bank guarantee shall be valid for 7 years - 10 of Implementation Cost specified at Item 1B of Annexure Q

We also request deletion of Indexation

section as separate costs will be quoted for each year as per the Annexure Q

54 Page No 94 amp 95 and Section 43 amp 44

43 Warranty pay-outs Bidder submits that the pay-outs for Warranty and AMC shall be made quarterly in arrears which is the industry standard practice for these payments

As per RFP 44 AMC pay-outs

55 46 Other Payment terms

Page No 95 and Section 46

3 Any objectiondispute to the amounts invoiced in the bill shall be raised by RBI within reasonable time from the date of receipt of the invoice Upon settlement of disputes with respect to any disputed invoice(s) the Bank will make payment within thirty (30) working days of the settlement of such disputes

Bidder submits that the payments for the invoices shall be made within 30 days from the receipt of the invoice any objectiondispute to the amounts invoiced shall be made within 25 days from the date of receipt of the invoice

Shall be discussed with successful bidder

4 The fees payable by the Bank to Bidder shall be inclusive of all costs such as insurance taxes (GST as per the rates applicable) transportation installation that may be levied imposed charged or incurred and RBI shall pay the fees due under this RFP and subsequent agreement after deducting any tax deductible at source (ldquoTDSrdquo) as applicable The Bidder will need to provide the details for the tax rates as considered in the pricing This will be used for subsequent tax changes RBI shall pay each undisputed invoice raised in accordance with this RFP and subsequent agreement within thirty (30) working days after its receipt unless otherwise mutually agreed in writing provided that such invoice is dated after such fees have become due and payable under this RFP and subsequent agreement

56 45 Other Payment terms As per RFP

Page No 96 and Section 46

8 The Bidders should note that the contract entered with the successful Bidder will be for implementation and post go‐live period of 7 years (3 years‟ warranty amp 4 years AMC amp FMS support) extendable at the Banks discretion The Bank will have the right in its sole discretion to renegotiate the prices terms and conditions

Bidder understand that the right of Bank to negotiate the prices terms and conditions is in the event of extension beyond the period of current contract (implementation and post go‐live period of 7 years (3 years‟ warranty amp 4 years AMC amp FMS support) and not during the current contract period please confirm

57 Page No 100 and Section 56

56 Penalties Bidder submits that the Penalty for Rollout delays shall be 1 of the delayed components cost of the One-time cost (Section A - Annexure Q) per week subject to a maximum of 10 of the delayed components cost of the One-time cost

As per RFP

The successful Bidder is expected to complete the responsibilities that have been assigned as per the specified time frame In case of the Rollout delays by the Bidder the financial Penalty as per the Banks discretion will be imposed on the Bidder at 5 of the total contract value per month of delay to the maximum of 10 of the total contract value as per the agreement between the Bank and the successful Bidder

Business Utility and Business Downtime would be the key considerations for determining the ldquoPenaltiesrdquo that would be levied on the Bidder for ldquoNon‐Adherencerdquo to the SLA for the Services offered The inability of the Bidder to provide the requirements as per the scope or to meet the deadlines as specified would be treated as breach of contract and invoke the Penalty Clause The maximum limit on the penalties during the period of contract shall be 10 of the total contract value The applicable ldquoPenaltiesrdquo would be the same irrespective of the root causes

In case of Non-Adherence to the SLA the maximum penalty shall be limited to 10 of the Quarterly Invoice value for the respective quarters

58 Page No 124 and Section 711

711 Duration and Condition of Engagement

Bidder submits that in case of termination of the contract without assigning any reason the Bank shall allow the Bidder a notice of 90 days for ramp-down of the resources etc We further submit that in case of termination with or without reason Bidder shall be paid for the completed deliverables as per the commercials quoted

As per RFP

2 The Bank will reserve the right to terminate the services of the successful Bidder at any point of the Project (during the implementation phase and post go-live) without assigning any reasons In such cases the Bank may consider making payment commensurate with the last completed phase

59 87 Performance Bank Guarantee As per RFP

Page No 130 and Section 87

The successful Bidder shall at his own expense deposit with The Chief General Manager-in-Charge Department of Information Technology Reserve Bank of India Mumbai within thirty (30) days from the final result of the bidding process and declaration of the successful Bidder a Performance Bank Guarantee from a scheduled commercial bank payable on demand in terms of Annexure C for an amount equivalent to ten percent (10) of the contract price for the due performance and fulfilment of the contract by the Bidder Without prejudice to the other rights of the Purchaser under the Contract in the matter the proceeds of the performance security shall be payable to RBI as compensation for any loss resulting from the Bidders failure to complete its obligations under the Contract RBI shall notify the Bidder in writing of the invocation of its right to receive such compensation indicating the contractual obligation(s) for which the Bidder is in default The Performance Bank Guarantee shall be denominated in INR and shall be in the form of bank guarantee unless another form is specified by RBI After Go Live Performance Bank Guarantee will be returned back to bidder on submission of Financial Bank Guarantee which shall be submitted by the Bidder within

Bidder submits that the Performance Bank Guarantee shall be for a value of 10 of the One-time cost as this is to ensure proper execution of the roll out

90 days of Go-Live Non-submission of Performance Guarantee shall constitute sufficient grounds among others if any for the annulment of the award of the tender

60 88 Financial Bank Guarantee As per RFP

Page No 130 and 131 amp Section 88

The successful Bidder shall at his own expense deposit with The Chief General Manager-In-Charge Department of Information Technology Reserve Bank of India Mumbai within Ninety (90) days of Go-Live of application before the issuance of Certificate of Completion a Bank Guarantee from a scheduled commercial bank payable on demand in terms of Annexure O for an amount equivalent to ten percent (10) of the contract price as mentioned in Annexure Q of Commercial Bid submitted by the bidder for the due performance and fulfilment of the contract by the Bidder during the warranty and AMC period of 7 years After Go Live Performance Bank Guarantee will be returned back to bidder on submission of Financial Bank Guarantee Without prejudice to the other rights of the Purchaser under the Contract in the matter the proceeds of the performance security shall be payable to RBI as compensation for any loss resulting from the Bidders failure to complete its obligations under the Contract RBI shall notify the Bidder in writing of the invocation of its right to receive such compensation indicating the contractual obligation(s) for which the Bidder is in default The Financial Bank Guarantee shall be valid till the

Bidder submits that the Financial Bank Guarantee shall be for a value of 10 of the Average Annual Support Cost (Section B of Annexure Q)

end of AMC denominated in INR and shall be in the form of bank guarantee unless another form is specified by RBI Non-submission of Financial Guarantee shall constitute sufficient grounds among others if any for the annulment of the award of the tender

61 Page No 240 and Annexure G point 7

Integrity Pact Bidder requests to modify the clause as follows

As per RFP

7 Fall Clause The BIDDER undertakes that it has not supplied is not supplying identical solution similar product services or sub-services during last one year from the date of issuance of this RFP at a price lower than that offered in the present bid to any other entity If it is found at any stage that identical solution similar product services or sub-services was supplied by the BIDDER to any other entity at a lower price then that very price with due allowance for elapsed time will be applicable to the present case and the difference in the cost would be refunded by the BIDDER to the BUYER if the contract has already been concluded

The BIDDER undertakes that it has not supplied is not supplying similar product services or sub-services during last one year from the date of issuance of this RFP at a price lower than that offered in the present bid to any other entity If it is found at any stage that similar product services or sub-services was supplied by the BIDDER to any other entity at a lower price then that very price with due allowance for elapsed time will be applicable to the present case and the difference in the cost would be refunded by the BIDDER to the BUYER if the contract has already been concluded

62 Page No 25 and Section 21

5 Inward Management - When a postal mailphysical letter is Inwarded directly the System should capture the details of the incoming physical letter viz from address subject language etc Data like subject should be auto-filled but should be editable The application should support generation of Suo Moto note which is an Inward generated without any incoming letteremail

Bidders request to share the meaning for Auto-filled in case of manual scanning

Shall be discussed during System Study

63 Page No 27 and Section 21

17 Outward Management - Approval of the Outward should be done by the User at least one level higher in the hierarchy (N+1) as per the AD than the User who created the Outward Admins should be able to configure exceptions to this rule for users at senior management level as decided by the concerned departments of the Bank

Bidder request to clarify if the implemented AD has the hierarchy defined to handle the workflow scenarios

Hierarchy shall be defined

64 Page No 27 and Section 21

21 Scan amp Upload - The Scanning product should have inbuilt capability to do a full page OCR amp ICR (for both Hindi amp English documents) and also convert the images to searchable forms like Searchable PDF

ICR will be helpful for Incurable colour dropout user form Since all documents are office papers it may not be useful so bidder request to remove the ICR component

As per RFP

65 Page No 32 and Section 22

42 OCR amp ICR - By using ICR technology any handwritten text should be converted into word text searchable PDF format or word document format with high accuracy

Bidder understands that ICR used for a handwritten document has max accuracy may not be more than 70 as per industry standards Request Bank to remove ICR technology only for structured format only

As per RFP

66 Page No 66 and Section 31

The hardware system software application software should be compatible with Data Centre policy network architecture etc already established in the Bank

Bidders request to share the Data Centre Policy and network Architecture

Shall be discussed with successful bidder

67 Page No 67 and Section 31

18 Though the system should be used prospectively for the workflow it should have the capability to capture and integrate the paper based as well as electronic records created so far in the Bank

Capability to have reference point of hard copy reference numbers

Shall be discussed during System Study

68 Page No 67 and Section 31

21 The system as well as the workflow carried out in the system should be fully auditable

Request to confirm if bidder needs to recommend sizing for fully auditable data store

Yes

69 Page No 71 and Section 38

Data migration will be the responsibility of the Bidder All necessary tools queries required for extraction transformation and migration must be provided by the Bidder It is the Bidders responsibility to ensure accuracy integrity and completeness of the data migration from legacy DMIS application to new EDMS application

Request to confirm if bidder needs produce data migration report with column by column comparison report for reconciliation

As per RFP

70 Page No 71 and Section 38

1 Data Migration is broadly divided into following three major sub-components iii Data migration audit and certification on the accuracy of data porting from the DMIS system to EDMS

Request to confirm if bidder needs produce data migration report with column by column comparison report for reconciliation

As per RFP

71 Page No 72 and Section 38

6 The Bidder is expected to provide an archival solution within the proposed application for the historical data The necessary configuration and implementation of the archival solution shall be the responsibility of the Bidder

Bidder wants to know what is the archival policy for RBI Is it seven years or more

Shall be discussed with successful bidder

72 Page No 73 and Section 38

12 RBI reserves the right to data migration by respective stakeholders of proposed solution and any gaps discrepancies found during the functions of application are to be rectified by the Bidder

Bidder wants to know if the data migration is other than DMIS system

As per RFP

73 Page No 73 and Section 38

16 The Bidder is required to certify completeness and accuracy of migrated data transaction history and balances at each data migration instance

Bidder requests Bank to confirm if bidder needs to produce data migration report with column by column comparison report for reconciliation

As per RFP

74 Page No 81 and Section 317

1 The solution deployed by Bidder should conform to Recovery Time Objective (RTO) and Recovery Point objective (RPO) defined by Bank

Bidder request to know for replication of data from DC-DR there will be a requirement of Replication software requirement Will this be provided by bank What is the replication software

Will be part of BCP and DR policy to be shared later with the successful bidder

2 Bidder should make sure that DR and DR drill is performed in alignment with Banks existing processes 3 The Bidder has to participate in DR drills as and when conducted by the Bank 4 During DR drills the vendor has to provide support at DR site for the activities related to the proposed solution 5 The Bidder is responsible for keeping the proposed solution and Database in sync in DC and DR 6 In case of any DR situation the Bidder has to shift application to DR site after Intimation to Bank 7 The bidder has to prepare a Business Continuity Plan and have it approved by the Bank

75 Page No 81 and Section 317

2 Bidder should make sure that DR and DR drill is performed in alignment with Banks existing processes

Bidder request to know if the DR automation tool will this be provided by bank What is the DR automation tool bank use

Will be part of BCP and DR policy to be shared later with the successful bidder

3 The Bidder has to participate in DR drills as and when conducted by the Bank

4 During DR drills the vendor has to provide support at DR site for the activities related to the proposed solution 6 In case of any DR situation the Bidder has to shift application to DR site after Intimation to Bank 7 The bidder has to prepare a Business Continuity Plan and have it approved by the Bank

76 Page No 84 and Section 319

The vendors shall guarantee that with the proposed configurationspecifications the required system application response times as indicated below shall be complied with keeping in view that up to 2000 concurrent users would be connected to the system The required response time and performance standards shall be maintained throughout the contract period Bidder is expected to carry performance testing and share the result with the Bank throughout the contract period In case the implemented solutions do not meet the required response time or in the event of performance degradation that shall require upgradesaugmentation in the softwarehardware the corresponding cost shall be borne by the solution provider

Application SLA As per RFP

77 Page No 85 and Section 321

The Bank will provide following hosting environment to the application

Request Bank to ensure Bidder is not underquoting hardware requirement Also support cost for hardware OS DB etc are not considered in the price Bidder assumes that the cost for the same will be added by RBI with hardware cost

As per RFP

78 Page No 92 and Section 330

3 Vendor is required to give all sorts of support required in case RBI decides to move the implemented EDMS on cloud services or IaaS in future This support will include everything starting from shunting of the running EDMS temporarily to alternate arrangement till all the Hw Sw etc are installed amp made running in the new IaaS or Cloud environment (Logistics Technical Integration support etc)

Bidder requests to add the cloud migration support cost as part of commercial template

As per RFP

4 The vendor must also include a detailed resource plan that describes the Project Management and identify Implementation Teams‟ composition It shall define the roles and responsibilities of each member and the number of person-days that will be required of each member 5 Business Process Reengineering ndash The vendor shall include the impact of the new system to the operations of Client If applicable the proponent shall recommend changes to the existing processes that would benefit Client

79 Page No 95 and Section 44

AMC pay-outs Bidder requests Bank to make the payments to be done quarterly arrears

As per RFP

80 Page No 84 and Section 319

CPU Utilization lt60 Bidder request to definition of 60 Is it average utilisation of 10 working hours

As per RFP

81 Page No 274 and Annexure T

Resource table 32333435 says 12x5 hours but defined as 1 resource

For 12 x 5 working hours only 1 resource has been defined As per working hours one resource cannot work for 12 hrs Request Bank to add 1 more resource for the working hours or change the working hours for 1 resource only

For Annexure T for line items 31 to 35 Bidders are advised to consider 8 x 5 working hours where requirement of only 1 resource has been mentioned (Ahmedabad has 2 locations so 2 resources are required) For line items 25 to 30 where support hours are mentioned as 12 x 5 and requirement of multiple resources is mentioned resources are expected to work in 8 x 5 shift scheduled in a manner to provide support for 12 x 5 All other conditionsrequirements mentioned in the table remain unchanged

82 Page No 84 and Section 320

General Bidder requests Bank to normalise the CPU to x86 based system some bidder may propose proprietary CPU which may lead to ambiguity

As per RFP

83 Page No 7 and Section 1

Introduction The Bank desires to implement Electronic Document Management System (EDMS) across all the locations (Pan India) and all the departments regional offices and training establishments of the Bank- As per our understanding this pertains to multi-sites and multi-instances deployment of EDMS solution Kindly confirm and specify the number of sites for deployment

As per RFP

84 Page No 25 and Section 21

High Level Critical Requirements Does this involve any external users outside of RBIother banks

As per RFP

Also elaborate on the Push-Pull mechanism mentioned and frequency of Push-Pull mechanism mentioned in the RFP

85 Page No 30 and Section 22

Technical Bid(Functional Requirements)

The System should be able to accept input in Rajbhasha and preferably in other regional languages - As per our understanding input in English and Hindi should meet the business requirement If not kindly elaborate on the languages expected

As per RFP

86 Page No 44 and Section 22

Edit files within native applications without downloading first

We understand that different softwares have different proprietary formats which may not be accessible for editing apart from these specific softwares We suggest to edit these files in their native softwares to maintain document quality We would request you to please specify these file formats

As per RFP

87 Page No 50 and Section 22

Application should have capability to allow end users in public domain to create user id and upload documents for inwards created

Please suggest if this involves any external users outside of RBIOther banks

As per RFP

88 Page No 51 and Section 22

Technical Bid(Functional Requirements)

Does this involve any external users outside of RBIother banks

As per RFP

89 Page No 53 and Section 23

Technical Bid(Non-Functional Requirements)

Navigation speed would be majorly dependent on networkbandwidth made available so that accordingly pages can be loaded

As per RFP

90 Page No 54 and Section 23

Technical Bid(Non-Functional Requirements)

Will the Bank provide Data Centre policy details or will it be discussed and agreed mutually between two parties post bidder selection

Shall be discussed with successful bidder

91 Page No 87 and Section 324

The EDMS application is required to be compatible to integrate with API applications like REST SOAP or any other based API applications

What are the third party applications needs to be integrated apart from those mentioned here

Integration envisaged for Go-Live - Active Directory Mail Messaging System SAMADHAN IRM and DMIS Other integration will be done during continuous development

92 Page No 100 and Section 53

Scope of Work Kindly convert the hours mentioned in TTR section into business hours

As per RFP

93 Page No 197 and Annexure D2

Functional Requirements Since this is a generic statement and no details can be finale present for customisations involved against this point

As per RFP

94 Page No 199 and Annexure D2

Functional Requirements Please elaborate Also there should not be any scores since preferred style or standard is not mentioned

As per RFP

95 Page No 207 and Annexure D3

Non-Functional Requirements Please elaborate what is user access level parameterised through admin level here

As per RFP

96 Page No 209 and Annexure D3

Non-Functional Requirements Please explain what does parameterisation mean and include here

As per RFP

97 Page No 226 and Annexure D6

Approach Paper Please clarify if scalability of document volume 30 is year on year increase and also we will consider 4 mn documents for initial year for calculating storage requirements Please check if our understanding is correct Also provide no of pages per document and size of each document etc

As per RFP

98 General Query Training Section Kindly share the number of the RBI team members to whom the training will be imparted

5 batches of 30-40 user each Total training to be provide to around 200 User at Mumbai Pune

99 General Query Customization and Integration As per our understanding the Integration with the third party applications is for image enablement and doc uploaddownload

As per RFP

100 General Query Technical Bid(Functional Requirements)

For the Workflow automation requirement can we get a sample process for each of the workflow described to understand the complexity of the process

Shall be discussed during System Study

101 General Query Technical Solution amp Training Please suggest the volume of documents involved for extraction scope

As per RFP

102 General Query Presentation amp POC of the Solution As per our understanding scope of POC in the RFP is the same as explained through the scenarios in EOI Please confirm

As per RFP

103 Page No 226 and Annexure D6

Functional Requirements Rearrange pages in a document or create a new document from a page using drag and drop This functionality is a part of specialized document creating softwares and not document management system Hence we request you to kindly drop this point

As per RFP

104 General Query

Functional Requirements What is the current ticketing tool being used by the bank

S-MAX

105 Page No 113 and Section 645

Implementation Experience Implementation Experience Table - Are there any scores that are assigned with parameters - No of projects Total Users Concurrent Users Volume of documents

As per RFP

106 Page No 256 and Annexure D5

NA What is the difference between D4 and D5 Both appear same in terms of format and information requested

D4 will be signed by the bidder D5 will be signed by bidders previousexisting clients where

DMS with workflow solution was implemented in past

107 Page No 224 and Annexure D4

Annexure D4 Technical Bid (Implementation Experience)

There is no minimum count mentioned for DMS with workflow automation Project Implementation Experience Two project credentials (PO or client letter) would be sufficient

As per RFP

108 Page No 81 and Section 318

Continuous Development What are the number of resources that the bank expects to be a part of Continuous Development

As per RFP

109 Page No 92 and Section 330

Scope of Work Since the amount of support and scope of work for cloud services is not very clear at this stage we recommend to keep this component out of commercial bid and take it on Time and Material need basis

As per RFP

110 Page No 106 and Section 63

Presentation amp POC of the Solution It is assumed that the POC requested in the RFP is the same as per the EOI and is based on the same use cases that were a part of the EOI process Please clarify

As per RFP

111 Page No 25 and Section 21

The solution should also be capable of integration with native office 365 and

Please name what are industry standard open office tools Please provide detail of existing IRM system

Microsoft IRM

industry standard open office tools The proposed solution needs to be integrated with existing (or any future standard system) of IRM

112 Page No 25 and Section 21

InwardOutward Management Flow of data from Web Interface to EDMS and vice versa should happen in batches and support push pull mechanism

Proposed system will provided web services for CRUD operation Same services will be consumed by external system for Inward management Also

Shall be discussed during SRS

Frequency of push pull should be configurable

proposed system will consume web service provided by external systems for Outward service Any change these external system will be out of scope Please confirm if our understanding is correct

113 Page No 27 and Section 21

The Scanning product should have inbuilt capability to do a full page OCR amp ICR (for both Hindi amp English documents) and also convert the images to searchable forms like Searchable PDF

Accuracy of capturing Hand written information in during OCRICR is totally depends on input and must be out of scope Please confirm if our understanding is correct

Accuracy of OCR for Machine Readable documents should be 100 and search should be faster amp accurate and it is in scope whereas the accuracy for ICR for hand written documents may be varied but is in scope

114 Page No 27 and Section 21

The System should be able to search in English Hindi amp combination of both System must provide the ability to search from bi-lingual content sources Reports should be in Hindi and English

Language conversion from English to Hindi and vice versa is not in scope Information saved in English language can be search in English Same way information saved in Hindi language will be searched in Hindi only Please confirm if our understanding is correct

Yes

115 Page No 34 and Section 22

Scanned file naming convention and folder structure to be used to store the scanned files and would be as per the

File name will be in English only Please confirm if our understanding is correct

Application should support Bilingual file names

policies defined by RBI for file naming conventions in bilingual language (Rajbhasha(Hindi) English)

116 Page no 58 amp Section 23

Compatible DevOps for version control in Test and Production environment

Please elaborate the requirement for Compatible DevOps for version control

Shall be discussed with successful bidder

117 The RBI reserves the right to conduct Yes

Page no 59 amp Section 23

further security testing of the system by either RBI personnel or another party Any gaps identified during this testing should be fixed by bidder at their own cost

STQC and VAPT will be in RBI scope SI will responsible for closing the GAP identified Please confirm if our understanding is correct

118 Page no 60 amp Section 23

The uniform user management policy envisaged by RBI in which single-sign-on concept for a user should be implemented

Please share existing Single-sign-on solution being used in RBI

Shall be shared with successful bidder

119 Page no 71 amp Section 38

ensure accuracy integrity and completeness of the data migration from legacy DMIS application to new EDMS application

Please provide below details Shall be discussed during System Study 1Which DB is being used(expr

OracleMSSQL etc) 2 Is DMIS application is open source built on JavaNet technology If not Please share which DMS product is being used along with version details 3How many table exists 4How many records need tp migrate 5How many documents need to migrate 6Does documents has versions 7Existing DMIS system architecture 8Other details which can be helpful to understand migration scope

120 Page no 97 amp Section 5

ldquoBusiness Operation Hoursrdquo shall be ldquoOne Hourrdquo prior to the start of ldquoWorking Hoursrdquo and would end ldquoOne Hourrdquo after ldquoWorking Hoursrdquo ldquoBusiness

Please confirm OampM support hours Will it be 700 AM to 900 PM (Mon-Friday) and on working Saturday What all Saturday will be working day

As per RFP

121 Page no 86 amp Section 323

The total number of users presently is expected to be around 10000 with 2000 concurrent users and annual growth of 10 in concurrent users

We believe all Bank users will not participate for workflowBPM task approval process For sizing please provide users count as per -

Workflows are applicable for all users and concurrency as mentioned in RFP

1) Total number of DMS users

2) Total number of BPMworkflow users 3)Concurrent DMS users 4)Concurrent BPMworkflow users

122 Page no 25 amp Section 21

Manage documents using a folder view with minimum 5 levels and support file types pdf tiff jpeg jpg doc docx xls xlsx ppt pptx png etc with version control

Please share the details of different type of documents Please provide below details

Shall be discussed during System Study

1) For New Documents a) Number of document ingestion per day - b) Average size of document - in KB c) Maximum size of document - in KB 2) What is percentage the Year on Year growth over 7 years for the number of documents added 3) Average number of document views per day 4) Average number of document searches per day

123 Page no 27 amp Section 21

The Scanning product should have inbuilt capability to do a full

Assuming scanning solution will be deployed centrally and access through web only If No Please share the number of location required for scanning solution Also do share number of scanning users number of template need to consider along with number metadata fields on each template

As per RFP

page OCR amp ICR (for both Hindi amp English documents) and also convert the images to searchable forms like Searchable PDF

124 Page no 28 amp Section 21

The System should be capable of supporting

For BPMWorkflow sizing can we get volumetric for

Shall be discussed during System Study

a Sequential routing ndash Note to be routed one after the other in a pre-defined sequence

1) No of Workload Per Month (Days per month)

b Ad-hoc routing Changing the routing sequence by an authorized personnel

2) No of Process instances Per Hour

c Push ndash pull routing Authorized person can decide the workflow

3)No of User Interactions (per screen)

4)Estimated Number of concurrent users for BPM

5) No of Transactions Per Seconds (TPS) Considered for Sizing (Rules Execution Per Second)

6)No of business process need to factor

7) complexity level of each processes 125 Page no 25 amp

Section 21 High Level Critical Requirements What is the corporate email used in

RBI is it MS exchange or lotus notes please share name and version

MS Exchange 2016

126 Page no 25 amp Section 21

High Level Critical Requirements Are you using On-premise of Azure Active Directory

Shall be shared with successful bidder

127 Page no 28 amp Section 21

High Level Critical Requirements Is there a requirement that all inputs fields should be allowed in both English and Hindi or Hindi data entry is limited to comments notes and documents

All inputs fields should be allowed in both English and Hindi

128 Page no 28 amp Section 21

High Level Critical Requirements Is there expectation that search with English keyword should get translated to Hindi and bring out Hindi content with translated word In other words is there requirement of cross language search

As per RFP

129 Page no 86 amp Section 323

Licences Please confirm licenses other than DMS like for DB web or application server will be provided by RBI

As per RFP

130 Page no 74 amp Section 310

A Administrator Level Training (Technical)

As it is mentioned under Technical Training and not Onsite training what is the expectation for this type of training Is classroom training not required for the same

It will be onsite training

131 Page no 74 amp Section 310

A Administrator Level Training (Technical)

Please confirm the no of approximate Trainees Location Batches for conducting the technical training

5 batches of 30-40 user each Total training to be provide to around 200 User at Mumbai Pune

132 Page no 74 amp Section 310

B User Level Training (on-site) Please confirm the no of approximate Trainees Location Batches for conducting the end user training

5 batches of 30-40 user each Total training to be provide to around 200 User at Mumbai Pune

133 Page no 74 amp Section 310

B User Level Training (on-site) Is hands-on-training session also required for the trainees If yes please confirm

Yes

134 Page no 74 amp Section 310

B User Level Training (on-site) Is the refresher training also expected post Go Live during the support AMC period Please confirm

L0 will be responsible for regular training at respective locations

135 Page no 16 amp Section 14

Date amp Time of Final Submission of Technical amp Commercial Bids on the MSTC Portal

Please extend the bid submission date by two weeks from the current

Please refer Tenders section on RBI website wwwrbiorgin and MSTC e-commerce portal for updates if any regarding bid submission schedule

136 Page no 151 162 206 262

Annexure D1 High Level Critical Requirements

Please provide Annexure D1 D2 D3 amp Q in excel format

May be copied from RFP

Annexure D Annexure D2 Technical Bid (Functional Requirements

Annexure D3 Technical Bid (Non Functional Requirements)

Annexure Q Commercial Bid Format 137 Page no 7 amp

Section1 Introduction The Bank desires to implement

Electronic Document Management System (EDMS) across all the locations (Pan India) and all the departments regional offices and training establishments of the Bank- As per our understanding this pertains to multi-sites and multi-instances deployment of EDMS solution Please confirm and specify the number of sites for deployment

As per RFP

138 Page no 25 amp Section 21

High Level Critical Requirements Does this involve any external users outside of RBIother banks

As per RFP

Also elaborate on the Push-Pull mechanism mentioned and frequency of Push-Pull mechanism mentioned in the RFP

139 Page no 30 amp Section 21

High Level Critical Requirements The System should be able to accept input in Rajbhasha and preferably in other regional languages - As per our understanding input in English and Hindi should meet the business requirement If not kindly elaborate on the languages expected

As per RFP

140 Page no 44 amp Section 21

High Level Critical Requirements Edit files within native applications without downloading first -We understand that different softwarersquos have different proprietary formats which may not be accessible for editing apart from this specific softwarersquos We suggest to edit these files in their native softwarersquos to maintain document quality We would request you to please specify these file formats

As per RFP

141 Page no 50 amp Section 22

Functional Requirements Application should have capability to allow end users in public domain to create user id and upload documents for inwards created - Please suggest if this involves any external users outside of RBIOther banks

As per RFP

142 Page no 51 amp Section 22

Functional Requirements Does this involve any external users outside of RBIother banks

Yes

143 Page no 53 amp Section 23

Non-Functional Requirements Navigation speed would be majorly dependent on networkbandwidth made available so that accordingly pages can be loaded

As per RFP

144 Page no 54 amp Section 23

Non-Functional Requirements Will the Bank provide Data Centre policy details or will it be discussed and agreed mutually between two parties post bidder selection

Shall be shared with successful bidder

145 Page no 87 amp Section 324

Customization and Integration The EDMS application is required to be compatible to integrate with API applications like REST SOAP or any other based API applications- What are the third party applications needs to be

Integration envisaged for Go-Live - Active Directory Mail Messaging System SAMADHAN IRM DMIS Other integration will be done during continuous development

integrated apart from those mentioned here

146 Page no 99 amp Section 53

Scope of Work Kindly convert the hours mentioned in TTR section into business hours

As per RFP

147 Page no 197 amp Admixture D2

Technical Bid (Functional Requirements)

Since this is a generic statement and no details can be finale present for customisations involved against this point

As per RFP

148 Page no 199 amp Admixture D2

Technical Bid (Functional Requirements)

Please elaborate Also there should not be any scores since preferred style or standard is not mentioned

User rights Management includes the ReadWrite privileges to the user which will be provided by RBI

149 Page no 207 amp Annexure D3

Technical Bid (Non-Functional Requirements)

Please elaborate what is user access level parameterised through admin level here

As per RFP

150 Page no 209 amp Annexure D2

Technical Bid (Functional Requirements)

Please explain what does parameterisation mean and include here

As per RFP

151 Page no 226 amp Annexure D6

Annexure D6 - Approach Paper Please clarify if scalability of document volume 30 is year on year increase and also we will consider 4 MN documents for initial year for calculating storage requirements Please check if our understanding is correct Also provide no of pages per document and size of each document etc

As per RFP

152 General Query Training Section Kindly share the number of the RBI team members to whom the training will be imparted

5 batches of 30-40 user each Total training to be provide to around 200 User at Mumbai Pune

153 General Query Customization and Integration As per our understanding the Integration with the third party applications is for image enablement and doc uploaddownload

Shall be discussed during System Study

154 General Query Technical Bid (Functional Requirements)

For the Workflow automation requirement can we get a sample process for each of the workflow described to understand the complexity of the process

Yes

155 General Query Technical Solution amp Training Please suggest the volume of documents involved for extraction scope

As per RFP

156 General Query Presentation amp POC of the Solution As per our understanding scope of POC in the RFP is the same as explained through the scenarios in EOI Please confirm

Yes

157 Page no 163 amp Annexure D2

Technical Bid (Non-Functional Requirements)

Rearrange pages in a document or create a new document from a page using drag and drop This functionality is a part of specialized document creating softwarersquos and not document management system Hence we request you to kindly drop this point

As per RFP

158 Page no 19 and section No 15

11 ldquoAgreementrdquo means the contract signed between the Bank and the Selected Bidder and all the attached documents The ldquoAgreementrdquo includes the RFP subsequent modifications to the RFP response of the selected vendor to the RFP and the contract document itself

11 ldquoAgreementrdquo means the contract signed between the Bank and the Selected Bidder and all the attached documents all of which shall be on mutually agreed terms and conditions The ldquoAgreementrdquo includes the RFP subsequent modifications to the RFP response of the selected vendor to the RFP and the contract document itself

As per RFP

17 ldquoIntegrationrdquo means the system should be able to integrate with existing componentsapplications like Active Directory MS Office 365 and support other 3rd party integration if required

17 ldquoIntegrationrdquo means the system should be able to integrate with existing componentsapplications like Active Directory MS Office 365 and support other 3rd party integration if required

18 ldquoCommissioningrdquo means the System shall be considered to have been commissioned when the entire job including supply installation integration configuration testing and deployment of all hardware amp software is executed to the satisfaction of the Purchaser

18 ldquoCommissioningrdquo means the System shall be considered to have been commissioned when the entire job including supply installation integration configuration testing and deployment of all hardware amp software is executed as per the terms of the RFP to the satisfaction of the Purchaser

159 Page No 66 amp Section No 31

The scope of the system can be enhanced as per requirements of RBI

The scope of the system can be enhanced as per requirements of RBI However It should be restricted to +-10 maximum of the quantity quoted as per RFP

As per RFP

Bidder agrees to provide the increased quantity at the same terms and conditions However additional prices shall be charged for the goods supplied over the contracted quantity

160 Page No 75 amp Section No 311

The completion shall include satisfactory installation testing data migration non-functional requirements etc

The completion shall include satisfactory installation testing data migration non-functional requirements etc

As per RFP

4 Bidder should provide 90 days of hand holding support post Go-Live

4 Bidder should provide 30 90 days of hand holding support post Go-Live

5 On satisfactory performance of application post 90 days from Go-Live Bank will issue Completion Certificate

5 On satisfactory performance of application post 90 30 days from Go-Live Bank will issue Completion Certificate

6 In case of the Go-Live delays by the Bidder the financial Penalty as per the Banks discretion will be imposed on the Bidder at 5 of the total contract value per month of delay to the maximum of 10 of the total contract value as per the agreement between the Bank and the successful Bidder

6 In case of the Go-Live delays by the Bidder the financial Penalty as per the Banks discretion will be imposed on the Bidder at 5 05 of the total contract value delayed portion of ACV per month of delay to the maximum of 10 3 of the delayed portion of ACV total contract value as per the agreement between the Bank and the successful Bidder

161 Page No 77 amp Section No 313

5 If any defect in the Solution is not rectified by the Bidder before the end of the Warranty Period the Warranty Period shall be extended until

5 If any defect in the Solution is not rectified by the Bidder before the end of the Warranty Period the Warranty Period shall be extended until

As per RFP

(a) the defect has been corrected and (a) the defect has been corrected and (b) the Solution functions in accordance with the Contract

(b) the Solution functions in accordance with the Contract

6 Where the Bidder is not the Manufacturer of certain components of the Solution then the Bidder shall disclose the Manufacturerrsquos warranty for such components to the Bank and in the event such warranty exceeds the Bidderrsquos warranty under this

6 Where the Bidder is not the Manufacturer of certain components of the Solution then the Bidder shall disclose the Manufacturerrsquos warranty for such components to the Bank and in the event such warranty exceeds the Bidderrsquos warranty under this Contract in

Contract in any respect shall ensure that the Bank will receive the benefit of the Manufacturerrsquos warranty

any respect shall ensure that the Bank will receive the benefit of the Manufacturerrsquos warranty

7 The bidder is expected to provide requisite support to Bankrsquos operations team for Application-specific database back-up and Disaster Recovery activities during the entire warranty amp support period of 7 years

7 The bidder is expected to provide requisite support to Bankrsquos operations team for Application-specific database back-up and Disaster Recovery activities during the entire warranty amp support period of 7 years

162 Page No 79 amp Section No 315

The following are minimum qualifications and experience for key resources required to implement the EDMS solution Members which are considered for Technical bid evaluation shall be construed as Key Personnel including but not limited to members involved in EDMS customization and implementation architect database administrator The following personnel would be required during the Design Configuration Installation and Setup of the EDMS solution These key resources should be based in Mumbai

The following are minimum qualifications and experience for key resources required to implement the EDMS solution Members which are considered for Technical bid evaluation shall be construed as Key Personnel including but not limited to members involved in EDMS customization and implementation architect database administrator The following personnel would be required during the Design Configuration Installation and Setup of the EDMS solution These key resources should be based in Mumbai

As per RFP

163 Page No 87 amp Section No325

System amp Security Audit ADD As per RFP Notwithstanding anything contained in this RFP

a) Excluding a regulatorystatutory requirement if any nothing in this Agreement shall be construed or interpreted as requiring Bidder to provide to Bank access to or right to inspect examine audit and take copies of any fees price cost or any other financial information or any records or documents relating to the make-up of the Bidderrsquos internal overhead calculations their relationship to the fees any financial cost model calculation of fees or to the Bidderrsquos profitability or other such financial data b) All audit barring those required under a regulatory or statutory requirement may be done only on an annual basis and subject to a notice period of 20 days

164 Page No 93 amp Section No4 Payment Terms

1 Completion of process and system study Design and Build and Deployment in UAT - 15 of Implementation Cost specified at Item 1B of Annexure Q

1 Completion of process and system study Design and Build and Deployment in UAT -30 15 of Implementation Cost specified at Item 1B of Annexure Q

As per RFP

2 Data Migration Completion of User Acceptance Testing Creation of training content Train the Trainer and customer education content - 20 of Implementation Cost specified at Item 1B of Annexure Q

2 Data Migration Completion of User Acceptance Testing Creation of training content Train the Trainer and customer education content - 20 30 of Implementation Cost specified at Item 1B of Annexure Q

3 Complete Implementation and ldquoProduction Go-liverdquo of the project - 25 of Implementation Cost specified at Item 1B of Annexure Q

3 Complete Implementation and ldquoProduction Go-liverdquo of the project - 25 of Implementation Cost specified at Item 1B of Annexure Q

4 Receipt of Completion Certificate from the Bank

4 Receipt of Completion Certificate from the Bank

(post 90 days of achieving production Go-Live) - 30 of Implementation Cost specified at Item 1B of Annexure Q

(post 90 days of achieving production Go-Live) - 30 10 of Implementation Cost specified at Item 1B of Annexure Q

5 Amount payable during the warranty period - On completion of warranty period of three years The Financial Bank guarantee shall be valid for 7 years - 10 of Implementation Cost specified at Item 1B of Annexure Q

5 Amount payable during the warranty period - On completion of warranty period of three years The Financial Bank guarantee shall be valid for 7 years - 10 5 of Implementation Cost specified at Item 1B of Annexure Q

middot 100 of the License Cost indicated in Item 1A of Annexure Q shall be payable immediately on deployment in UAT environment Beta testing phase

middot 100 of the License Cost indicated in Item 1A of Annexure Q shall be payable immediately on deployment in UAT environment Beta testing phase

For each milestone to be marked completed the bidder should ensure that all the acceptance criteria are met and approved by the Bank as mentioned in various applicable sections in the RFP

For each milestone to be marked completed the bidder should ensure that all the acceptance criteria are met and approved by the Bank as mentioned in various applicable sections in the RFP

165 Page No 94 amp Section No43

Amount payable during the warranty period following successful implementation of application will be paid on completion of warranty period of three years The Financial Bank guarantee shall be valid for 7 years Performance Bank Guarantee will be released on submission of Financial Bank Guarantee

Amount payable during the warranty period following successful implementation of application will be paid in advance on completion of warranty period of three years The Financial Bank guarantee shall be valid for 7 years Performance Bank Guarantee will be released on submission of Financial Bank Guarantee

As per RFP

166 Page No 95 amp Section No44

The annual amount payable towards AMC would be paid at the end of every year following successful implementation of the application and delivery of satisfactory services

The annual amount payable towards AMC would be paid at the end start of every year following successful implementation of the application and delivery of satisfactory services

As per RFP

167 Page No 95 amp Section No45

The annual amount payable towards FMS and Development Team would be paid at the end of every year following successful implementation of the application and delivery of satisfactory services

The annual amount payable towards FMS and Development Team would be paid monthly at the end of every year following successful implementation of the application and delivery of satisfactory services

Please refer Corrigendum dated 7th October 2019

168 Page No 95 amp Section No44

The Bidders should note that the contract entered with the successful Bidder will be for implementation and post go‐live period of 7 years (3 years‟ warranty amp 4 years AMC amp FMS support) extendable at the Bankrsquos discretion The Bank will have the right in its sole discretion to renegotiate the prices terms and conditions

8 The Bidders should note that the contract entered with the successful Bidder will be for implementation and post go‐live period of 7 years (3 years‟ warranty amp 4 years AMC amp FMS support) extendable at the Bankrsquos discretion on mutually agreed terms The Bank will have the right in its sole discretion to renegotiate the prices terms and conditions

As per RFP

169 Page No 95 amp Section No45

The successful Bidder is expected to complete the responsibilities that have been assigned as per the specified time frame In case of the Rollout delays by the Bidder the financial Penalty as per the Banks discretion will be imposed on the Bidder at 5 of the total contract value per month of delay to the maximum of 10 of the total contract value as per the

The successful Bidder is expected to complete the responsibilities that have been assigned as per the specified time frame In case of the Rollout delays by the Bidder the financial Penalty as per the Banks discretion will be imposed on the Bidder at 5 05 of the total contract value delayed portion of ACV per month of delay to the maximum of 10 3 of the delayed portion of ACV

As per RFP

agreement between the Bank and the successful Bidder

of the total contract value as per the agreement between the Bank and the successful Bidder

Business Utility and Business Downtime would be the key considerations for determining the ldquoPenaltiesrdquo that would be levied on the Bidder for ldquoNon‐Adherencerdquo to the SLA for the Services offered The inability of the Bidder to provide the requirements as per the scope or to meet the deadlines as specified would be treated as breach of contract and invoke the Penalty Clause The maximum limit on the penalties during the period of contract shall be 10 of the total contract value The applicable ldquoPenaltiesrdquo would be the same irrespective of the root causes The Penalty shall be deducted from the next pay out (Warranty AMC amp FMS BG)

Business Utility and Business Downtime would be the key considerations for determining the ldquoPenaltiesrdquo that would be levied on the Bidder for ldquoNon‐Adherencerdquo to the SLA for the Services offered The inability of the Bidder to provide the requirements as per the scope or to meet the deadlines as specified would be treated as breach of contract and invoke the Penalty Clause The maximum limit on the penalties during the period of contract shall be 10 of the total contract value The applicable ldquoPenaltiesrdquo would be the same irrespective of the root causes The Penalty shall be deducted from the next pay out (Warranty AMC amp FMS BG)

The successful Bidder is expected to complete the responsibilities that have been assigned as per the specified time frame In case of the Rollout delays or more than 2 rollbacks by the Bidder the financial Penalty as per the Banks discretion will be imposed on

The successful Bidder is expected to complete the responsibilities that have been assigned as per the specified time frame In case of the Rollout delays or more than 2 rollbacks by the Bidder the financial Penalty as per the Banks discretion will be imposed on the Bidder

the Bidder at 5 of the total cost for the particular continuous development

at 5 3 of the total cost for the particular continuous development

The maximum limit on the penalties during the period of contract shall be 10 of the total contract value

The maximum limit on the penalties during the period of contract shall be 3 of ACV 10 of the total contract value

170 Page No 114 amp Section No66

Prices quoted by bidder in commercial bid shall be reasonable and as per industry standards If any extreme abnormalitiesdiscrepancies observed in prices RBI at its discretion will disqualify the Commercial Bid

Prices quoted by bidder in commercial bid shall be reasonable and as per industry standards If any extreme abnormalitiesdiscrepancies observed in prices RBI at its discretion will disqualify the Commercial Bid

As per RFP

171 Page No 123 amp Section No77

The Bids will be treated as valid for a period of 180 days from the closing date for submission of the bid

The Bids will be treated as valid for a period of 180 30 days from the closing date for submission of the bid

As per RFP

172 Page No 124 amp Section No711

2 2 The Bank will reserve the right to terminate the services of the successful Bidder at any point of the Project (during the implementation phase and post go-live) without assigning any reasons In such cases the Bank may consider making payment commensurate with the last completed phase

2 The Bank Either Party will reserve the right to terminate the services of the successful Bidder at any point of the Project (during the implementation phase and post go-live) without assigning any reasons subject to notice period of 3 months In such cases the Bank shall may consider making payment for all services and deliverables rendered up to the effective date of communication commensurate with the last completed phase

As per RFP

In the event of termination of any nature the Bidder shall be paid for the 1 goods delivered 2 services rendered 3 work in progress 4 unpaid AMCs 5 third party orders in pipeline which cannot be cancelled despite Bidders best efforts 6 unrecovered investments shall be paid by the Bank as per termination schedule till the date of termination

173 Page No 126 amp Section No8

1 Submission of a Proposal shall be deemed to constitute an acknowledgement by the Bidder that all obligations stipulated by this RFP will be met and unless specified otherwise the Bidder has read understood and agreed to all the instructions provided in this RFP

1 Submission of a Proposal shall be deemed to constitute an acknowledgement by the Bidder that all material obligations stipulated by this RFP will be met and unless specified otherwise the Bidder has read understood and agreed to all the instructions provided in this RFP

As per RFP

3 The Bidder selected for the solution will have to enter into a contract directly with RBI The contract will contain various terms and conditions including payment delivery installation amp operationalization training commissioning amp acceptance support during periods of warranty amp maintenance penalty due to delay in performance

3 The Bidder selected for the solution will have to enter into a contract directly with RBI on mutually agreed terms The contract will contain various terms and conditions including payment delivery installation amp operationalization training commissioning amp acceptance support during periods of warranty amp maintenance penalty due to delay in performance

174 Page No 126 amp Section No81

2 Adherence to terms and conditions The Bidders who wish to submit responses to this RFP should note that they should abide by all the terms and conditions contained in the RFP If the responses contain any extraneous conditions put in by the respondents such Bidders will be disqualified and will not be considered for the selection process

2 Adherence to terms and conditions The Bidders who wish to submit responses to this RFP should note that they should abide by all the mutually agreed terms and conditions contained in the RFP If the responses contain any extraneous conditions put in by the respondents such Bidders will be disqualified and will not be considered for the selection process

As per RFP

175 Page No 127 amp Section No81

4 Execution of SLA The Bidder should execute a Service Level Agreement which would include all the services and terms and conditions of the services to be extended as detailed herein and as may be prescribed by the Bank

4 Execution of SLA The Bidder should execute a Service Level Agreement on mutually agreed terms which would include all the services and terms and conditions of the services to be extended as detailed herein and as may be prescribed by the Bank

As per RFP

5 A declaration may be given by the Bidder stating that No relative of the Bidders is working in the Reserve Bank of India (Annexure K) If anyone working in the Bank is related to the Bidders the name designation and the department where the person is posted may be given Due to any breach of these conditions by the company or firm or any other person the Bank may decide to take appropriate action including cancellation of bid invocation of performance bank guarantee The company or firm or the person may also be debarred for further participation in the procurement process of the Bank in the future

5 A declaration may be given by the Bidder stating that No relative of the Bidders is working in the Reserve Bank of India (Annexure K) If anyone working in the Bank is related to the Bidders the name designation and the department where the person is posted may be given Due to any breach of these conditions by the company or firm or any other person the Bank may decide to take appropriate action including cancellation of bid invocation of performance bank guarantee The company or firm or the person may also be debarred for further participation in the procurement process of the Bank in the future

The relatives for this purpose are defined as -

The relatives for this purpose are defined as -

Oslash Members of a Hindu undivided family (HUF)

Oslash Members of a Hindu undivided family (HUF)

Oslash Husband and Wife Oslash Husband and Wife Oslash If one is related to the other in the manner as Father (includes step father) Mother (includes step mother) Son(s) (includes step son) amp Sonrsquos wife (daughter-in-law) Daughter(s) (includes step daughter) and Daughterrsquos husband (son-in-law) Brother(s) (includes step brother) and Brotherrsquos wife Sister(s) (includes step sister) and Sisterrsquos husband (brother-in-law)

Oslash If one is related to the other in the manner as Father (includes step father) Mother (includes step mother) Son(s) (includes step son) amp Sonrsquos wife (daughter-in-law) Daughter(s) (includes step daughter) and Daughterrsquos husband (son-in-law) Brother(s) (includes step brother) and Brotherrsquos wife Sister(s) (includes step sister) and Sisterrsquos husband (brother-in-law)

176 Page No 127 amp Section No82

The Proposal as well as all related correspondence exchanged by the Bidder and RBI shall be written in English language only The Bids will be treated as valid for a period of 180 days from the closing date for submission of the bid

The Proposal as well as all related correspondence exchanged by the Bidder and RBI shall be written in English language only The Bids will be treated as valid for a period of 180 30 days from the closing date for submission of the bid

As per RFP

177 Page No 128 amp Section No84

The Bidder shall at its own cost and expenses defend and indemnify RBI against all third-party claims including those of the infringement of Intellectual Property Rights including patent trademark copyright trade secret or industrial design rights arising from use of the Products or any part thereof in India

The Bidder Either Party (Indemnitor) shall at its own cost and expenses defend and indemnify the other Party (Indemnitee) RBI against all third-party claims including limited to those of the infringement of Intellectual Property Rights including patent trademark copyright trade secret or industrial design rights directly and proximately arising from use of the Products or any part thereof in India

As per RFP

If RBI is required to pay compensation to a third party resulting from such infringement the Bidder shall be fully responsible therefore including all expenses and court and legal fees The Bidder shall also be liable to indemnify RBI at its own cost and expenses against all losses damages which RBI may suffer on account of violation by the Bidder of any or all national international trade laws norms standards procedures etc

If RBI is required to pay compensation to a third party resulting from such infringement the Indemnitor Bidder shall be fully responsible therefore including all expenses and court and legal fees The Indemnitor Bidder shall also be liable to indemnify IndemniteeRBI at its own cost and expenses against all third party losses damages which IndemniteeRBI may suffer on account of violation by the Indemnitor Bidder of any or all national international trade laws norms standards procedures etc

178 Page No 129 amp Section No85

RBI reserves the right to cancel the contract of the selected Bidder and recover expenditure incurred by RBI if the progress regarding execution of the contract made by the selected Bidder is found to be unsatisfactory for any reason After the award of the contract if the selected Bidder does not perform satisfactorily or delays execution of the contract RBI reserves the right to get the balance contract executed by another party of its choice by giving one monthrsquos‟ notice for the same In this event the selected Bidder is bound to make good the additional expenditure which RBI may have to incur to carry out bidding process for the execution of the balance of the contract This clause will be surviving even where for any reason the contract is cancelled RBI reserves the right to recover any dues payable by the selected Bidder from any amount outstanding to the credit of the selected Bidder including the pending bills andor invoking Bank Guarantee if any under this contract or any other contractorder

RBI reserves the right to cancel the contract of the selected Bidder In the event of cancellation of contract the Bank is liable to pay the bidder for the goods delivered and services rendered till the date of termination and recover expenditure incurred by RBI if the progress regarding execution of the contract made by the selected Bidder is found not to be as per the material terms of the RFP unsatisfactory for any reason solely attributable to the bidder After the award of the contract if the selected Bidder does not perform as per the material terms of the RFP satisfactorily or unduly delays execution of the contract subject to a cure period and notice of not less than 30 days RBI reserves the right to get the balance contract executed by another party of its choice by giving one monthrsquos‟ additional notice for the same In this event the selected Bidder is bound to make good the additional expenditure which RBI may have to incur to carry out bidding process for the execution of the balance of the contract Provided further that the Bidder shall not be liable to Excess Cost in excess of (ten) 10 percent of the price of undelivered goods or services for which such option is exercised by the Bank This clause will be surviving even where for any reason attributable to the bidder the contract is cancelled RBI reserves the

As per RFP

right to recover any dues payable by the selected Bidder from any amount outstanding to the credit of the selected Bidder including the pending bills andor invoking Bank Guarantee if any under this contract or any other contractorder

179 Page No 129 amp Section No86

Bidder will submit a Bank Guarantee from a scheduled commercial bank drawn in favour of Reserve Bank of India payable at Mumbai towards Earnest Money Deposit (EMD) for Rs 4000000- (Rupees Forty Lakhs only) The EMD of unsuccessful Bidders shall be returned within 30 days from the declaration of the disqualification of the respective Bidder No interest shall be paid on the EMD The EMD of the successful Bidder shall be returned after the successful Bidder furnishes the Performance Bank Guarantee Offers made without the Earnest money deposit are liable to be rejected The amount of Earnest money deposit would be forfeited in the following scenarios

Bidder will submit demand draftbankerrsquos chequepay order Bank Guarantee drawn in favour of Reserve Bank of India payable at Mumbai towards Earnest Money Deposit (EMD) for Rs 4000000- (Rupees Forty Lakhs only) The EMD of unsuccessful Bidders shall be returned within 15 days from the declaration of the disqualification of the respective Bidder No interest shall be paid on the EMD The EMD of the successful Bidder shall be returned after the successful Bidder furnishes the Performance Bank Guarantee Offers made without the Earnest money deposit will be rejected The amount of Earnest money deposit would be forfeited in the following scenarios

As per RFP

1 In case the Bidder withdraws the bid prior to validity period of the bid for any reason whatsoever

1 In case the Bidder withdraws the bid prior to validity period of the bid for any reason whatsoever after the deviations proposed are mutually agreed to between both the parties

2 In case the successful Bidder fails to accept and sign the contract within the timeline as specified in this document for any reason whatsoever or

2 In case the successful Bidder fails to accept and sign the contract on mutually agreed terms as specified in this document for any reason whatsoever or

3 In case the successful Bidder fails to provide the performance guarantee within 30 days from the date of placing the order by the Bank or signing of the

3 In case the successful Bidder fails to provide the performance guarantee within 30 days from the date of placing the order by the Bank or and signing of the contract on mutually agreed terms

contract whichever is earlier for any reason whatsoever

whichever is earlier for any reason whatsoever

In case the Bidder withdraws the bid

owing to the fact that the deviations proposed by the Bidder are not accepted by the Bank there shall be neither any forfeiture of EMD nor any other financial or legal implications

180 Page No 130 amp Section No87

The successful Bidder shall at his own expense deposit with The Chief General Manager-in-Charge Department of Information Technology Reserve Bank of India Mumbai within thirty (30) days from the final result of the bidding process and declaration of the successful Bidder a Performance Bank Guarantee from a scheduled commercial bank payable on demand in terms of Annexure C for an amount equivalent to ten percent (10) of the contract price for the due performance and fulfilment of the contract by the Bidder Without prejudice to the other rights of the Purchaser under the Contract in the matter the proceeds of the performance security shall be payable to RBI as compensation for any loss resulting from the Bidderrsquos failure to complete its obligations under the Contract RBI shall notify the Bidder in writing of the invocation of its right to receive such compensation indicating the contractual obligation(s) for which the Bidder is in default The Performance Bank Guarantee shall be denominated in INR and shall be in the form of bank guarantee unless another form is specified by RBI After Go Live Performance Bank Guarantee will be returned back to bidder on submission of Financial Bank Guarantee which shall be submitted by the Bidder within

The successful Bidder shall at his own expense deposit with The Chief General Manager-in-Charge Department of Information Technology Reserve Bank of India Mumbai within thirty (30) days from the final result of the bidding process and declaration of the successful Bidder a Performance Bank Guarantee from a scheduled commercial bank payable on demand in terms of Annexure C for an amount equivalent to ten percent (10) of the contract price for the due performance and fulfilment of the contract by the Bidder Without prejudice to the other rights of the Purchaser under the Contract in the matter the proceeds of the performance security shall be payable to RBI as compensation for any loss resulting from the Bidderrsquos failure to complete its obligations under the Contract RBI shall notify the Bidder in writing of the invocation of its right to receive such compensation indicating the contractual obligation(s) for which the Bidder is in default The Performance Bank Guarantee shall be denominated in INR and shall be in the form of bank guarantee unless another form is specified by RBI After Go Live Performance Bank Guarantee will be returned back to bidder on submission of Financial Bank Guarantee which shall be submitted by the Bidder within 90 days of Go-Live Non-submission of

As per RFP

90 days of Go-Live Non-submission of Performance Guarantee shall constitute sufficient grounds among others if any for the annulment of the award of the tender

Performance Guarantee shall constitute sufficient grounds among others if any for the annulment of the award of the tender

181 Page No 130 amp Section No88

The successful Bidder shall at his own expense deposit with The Chief General Manager-In-Charge Department of Information Technology Reserve Bank of India Mumbai within Ninety (90) days of Go-Live of application before the issuance of Certificate of Completion a Bank Guarantee from a scheduled commercial bank payable on demand in terms of Annexure O for an amount equivalent to ten percent (10) of the contract price as mentioned in Annexure Q of Commercial Bid submitted by the bidder for the due performance and fulfilment of the contract by the Bidder during the warranty and AMC period of 7 years After Go Live Performance Bank Guarantee will be returned back to bidder on submission of Financial Bank Guarantee Without prejudice to the other rights of the Purchaser under the Contract in the matter the proceeds of the performance security shall be payable to RBI as compensation for any loss resulting from the Bidderrsquos failure to complete its obligations under the Contract RBI shall notify the Bidder in writing of the invocation of its right to receive such compensation indicating the contractual obligation(s) for which the Bidder is in default The Financial Bank Guarantee shall be valid till the

The successful Bidder shall at his own expense deposit with The Chief General Manager-In-Charge Department of Information Technology Reserve Bank of India Mumbai within Ninety (90) days of Go-Live of application before the issuance of Certificate of Completion a Bank Guarantee from a scheduled commercial bank payable on demand in terms of Annexure O for an amount equivalent to ten percent (10) of the contract price as mentioned in Annexure Q of Commercial Bid submitted by the bidder for the due performance and fulfilment of the contract by the Bidder during the warranty and AMC period of 7 years After Go Live Performance Bank Guarantee will be returned back to bidder on submission of Financial Bank Guarantee Without prejudice to the other rights of the Purchaser under the Contract in the matter the proceeds of the performance security shall be payable to RBI as compensation for any loss resulting from the Bidderrsquos failure to complete its obligations under the Contract RBI shall notify the Bidder in writing of the invocation of its right to receive such compensation indicating the contractual obligation(s) for which the Bidder is in default The Financial Bank Guarantee shall be valid till the end of AMC denominated in INR and shall be in the form of bank guarantee

As per RFP

end of AMC denominated in INR and shall be in the form of bank guarantee unless another form is specified by RBI Non-submission of Financial Guarantee shall constitute sufficient grounds among others if any for the annulment of the award of the tender

unless another form is specified by RBI Non-submission of Financial Guarantee shall constitute sufficient grounds among others if any for the annulment of the award of the tender

182 Page No 131 amp Section No810

Unless otherwise directed by the Purchaser in writing the Bidder shall continue to perform his obligations under the contract as far as possible and shall seek all means for performance of all other obligations not prevented by the Force Majeure event

Unless otherwise directed by the Purchaser in writing the Bidder shall continue to perform his obligations under the contract as far as reasonably possible and shall seek all means for performance of all other obligations not prevented by the Force Majeure event

As per RFP

Such Force Majeure events will not entitle the Purchaser to delay payment to be made to the Bidder

183 Page No 131 amp Section No811

7 This undertaking shall not apply to Confidential Information that

7 This undertaking shall not apply to Confidential Information that

As per RFP

- Is in the public domain at the time it is acquired by us

- Is in the public domain at the time it is acquired by us

- Enters the public domain subsequent to our acquisition otherwise than as a result of unauthorised disclosure by us and

- Enters the public domain subsequent to our acquisition otherwise than as a result of unauthorised disclosure by us

- Is independently developed by us - is rightfully acquired prior to disclosure by the RBI and

- Is independently developed by us 184 Page No 132

amp Section No813

The Bank reserves the right to alter the requirements specified in the RFP Document The Bank will inform all Bidders about changes if any

The Bank reserves the right to alter the requirements specified in the RFP Document up to the date of submission of the final bid The Bank will inform all Bidders about changes if any Also It should be restricted to +-10 maximum of the quantity quoted as per RFP

As per RFP

The Bidder agrees that the Bank has no limit on the additions or deletions on the items for the period of the contract

Bidder agrees to provide the increased quantity at the same terms and conditions However additional prices shall be charged for the goods supplied over the contracted quantity

The Bidder agrees that the Bank has no limit on the additions or deletions on the items for the period of the contract

185 Page No 133 amp Section No816

The Bidder should strictly adhere to the implementation schedule as specified in the purchase contract executed between the Parties for performance of the obligations arising out of the purchase contract and any delay in completion of the obligations by the Bidder will enable the Bank to resort to any or both of the following

The Bidder should strictly adhere to the implementation schedule as specified in the purchase contract executed between the Parties for performance of the obligations arising out of the purchase contract and any delay in completion of the obligations by the Bidder (for reason not attributable to the Purchaser) will only enable the Bank to resort to any or both of the following

As per RFP

Oslash Claiming Liquidated Damages Oslash Claiming Liquidated Damages Oslash Termination of the purchase agreement fully or partly and claim liquidated damages

Oslash Termination of the purchase agreement fully or partly and claim liquidated damages Bidder should be given 30 daysrsquo written notice to cure the default failing which may attract termination In the event of termination Bank shall pay Bidder for goods delivered and services rendered till the date of termination

186 Page No 134 amp Section No817

The liquidated damages is an estimate of the loss or damage that the Bank may have suffered due to delay in performance or non-performance of any or all the obligations (under the terms and conditions of the purchase contract relating to supply delivery installation operationalization implementation training supportservices acceptance etc) of the solution by the Bidder and the Bidder shall be liable to pay the Bank a

The liquidated damages is an estimate of the loss or damage that the Bank may have suffered due to delay in performance or non-performance of any or all the obligations (under the terms and conditions of the purchase contract relating to supply delivery installation operationalization implementation training supportservices acceptance etc) of the solution by the Bidder and the Bidder shall be liable to pay the Bank a fixed amount for each day of

As per RFP

fixed amount for each day of delay non-performance of the obligations by way of liquidated damages details of which will be specified in the purchase contract Without any prejudice to Bankrsquos other rights under the law the Bank shall recover the liquidated damages if any accruing to the Bank as above from any amount payable to the Bidder either as per the purchase contract executed between the parties or under any other purchase agreement contract the Bank may have executed shall be executing with the Bidder Liquidated Damages is not applicable for reasons attributable to the Bank and Force Majeure However it is the responsibilityonus of the Bidder to prove that the delay is attributed to the Bank and Force Majeure The Bidder shall submit the proof authenticated by the Bidder and bankrsquos official that the delay is attributed to the Bank and Force Majeure along with the bills requesting payment

delay non-performance of the obligations limited to a maximum of 3 of the delayedundelivered portion of ACV by way of liquidated damages details of which will be specified in the purchase contract Without any prejudice to Bankrsquos other rights under the law the Bank shall recover the liquidated damages if any accruing to the Bank as above from any amount payable to the Bidder either as per the purchase contract executed between the parties or under any other purchase agreement contract the Bank may have executed shall be executing with the Bidder Liquidated Damages is not applicable for reasons attributable to the Bank and Force Majeure However it is the responsibilityonus of the Bidder to prove that the delay is attributed to the Bank and Force Majeure The Bidder shall submit the proof authenticated by the Bidder and bankrsquos official that the delay is attributed to the Bank and Force Majeure along with the bills requesting payment

187 General Query Clause not present Total LD+ penalty that Bank can levy on Bidder shall not exceed 3 of ACV

As per RFP

188 Page No 137 and section 825

Neither the contract nor any rights granted under the contract may be sold leased assigned or otherwise transferred in whole or in part by the Bidder and any such attempted sale lease assignment or otherwise transfer shall be void and of no effect

Neither the contract nor any rights granted under the contract may be sold leased assigned or otherwise transferred in whole or in part by either Party the Bidder and any such attempted sale lease assignment or otherwise transfer shall be void and of

As per RFP

without the advance written consent of the Bank

no effect without the advance written consent of the other Party Bank

189 Page No 137 and section 826

The Bidder during the term of the contract and for a period of two years thereafter shall not without the express written consent of the Bank directly or indirectly

The Bidder Both Parties during the term of the contract and for a period of two years thereafter shall not without the express written consent of the other Party Bank directly or indirectly

As per RFP

1 Recruit hire appoint or engage or attempt to recruit hire appoint or engage or discuss employment with or otherwise utilize the services of any person who has been an employee or associate or engaged in any capacity by the Bank in rendering services under the contract or

1 Recruit hire appoint or engage or attempt to recruit hire appoint or engage or discuss employment with or otherwise utilize the services of any person who has been an employee or associate or engaged in any capacity by the other Party Bank in rendering services under the contract or

2 Induce any person who is have been an employee or associate of the Bank at any time to terminate his her relationship with the Bank

2 Induce any person who is have been an employee or associate of the other Party Bank at any time to terminate his her relationship with the other Party Bank

190 Page No 137 and section 829

The ownership of the source code and design for the EDMS specific to the Bank and all related application suites interface designs customisations design etc and related Intellectual Property Right (IPR) will lie with the Bank only All Bidders will need to adhere to this

The ownership of the source code and design for the EDMS specific to the Bank and all related application suites interface designs customisations design etc and related Intellectual Property Right (IPR) will lie with the Bank only All Bidders will need to adhere to this

As per RFP

Notwithstanding anything to the contrary no intellectual property rights of any nature shall be transferred from one Party to the other in the course of performing any obligations or otherwise under this agreement For the avoidance of doubt Bidders may use certain tools processes or methodologies of its own in performing the services Ownership of all intellectual property rights and any other rights in these shall vest with Bidder and no rights shall be deemed to have accrued to the Bank

191 Page No 139 and section 830

3 The Bidder during the term of the contract and for a period of two years thereafter shall not without the express written consent of RBI directly or indirectly recruit hire appoint or engage or attempt to recruit hire appoint or engage or discuss employment with or otherwise utilize the services of any person who has been an employee or associate or engaged in any capacity by RBI in rendering services under the contract or Induce any person who shall have been an employee or associate of RBI at any time to terminate his her relationship with RBI

3 The Bidder Either party during the term of the contract and for a period of two years thereafter shall not without the express written consent of the other Party RBI directly or indirectly recruit hire appoint or engage or attempt to recruit hire appoint or engage or discuss employment with or otherwise utilize the services of any person who has been an employee or associate or engaged in any capacity by the other Party RBI in rendering services under the contract or Induce any person who shall have been an employee or associate of the other Party RBI at any time to terminate his her relationship with the other Party RBI

As per RFP

192 Page No 139 and section 830

6 Professionalism The Bidder should provide professional objective and impartial advice at all times and hold the Bankrsquos interests paramount and should observe the highest standard of ethics while executing the assignment

6 Professionalism The Bidder should provide professional objective and impartial advice at all times and hold the Bankrsquos interests paramount and should observe the highest standard of ethics while executing the assignment

As per RFP

8 No legal binding relationship It may be noted that no binding legal relationship will exist between any of the Respondents of this RFP and the Bank until execution of a contractual agreement

8 No legal binding relationship It may be noted that no binding legal relationship will exist between any of the Respondents of this RFP and the Bank until execution of a contractual agreement on mutually agreed terms

193 Page No 126 and section 830

If the responses contain any extraneous conditions put in by the respondents such responses will be disqualified and will not be considered for the selection process

If the responses contain any extraneous conditions put in by the respondents such responses will be disqualified and will not be considered for the selection process

As per RFP

194 General Query EMD Unacceptable EMD forfeiture EMD to be forfeiture for breach of contract- not acceptable

As per RFP

195 Page No144 We hereby declare that all the information and statements made in this Proposal are true and we accept that any misinterpretation contained in it may lead to our disqualification

We hereby declare that all the information and statements made in this Proposal are true to the best of our knowledge and we accept that any intentional misinterpretation contained in it may lead to our disqualification

As per RFP

196 General Query PBG Request PBG to be invoked only for material breaches of terms and conditions

As per RFP

197 Page No229 amp Annexure E

We agree to abide by this Bid Offer for 180 days from the last day of bid submission and our Offer shall remain binding on us and may be accepted by RBI any time before expiry of the offer

We agree to abide by this Bid Offer for 30 180 days from the last day of bid submission and our Offer shall remain binding on us and may be accepted by RBI any time before expiry of the offer

As per RFP

198 Page No249 amp Annexure L

Further to our proposal dated ______________ in response to the Request for Proposal for Implementation of EDMS Application (hereinafter referred to as ldquoRFPrdquo) issued by Reserve Bank of India (ldquoRBIrdquo) we hereby covenant warrant and confirm as follows

Further to our proposal dated ______________ in response to the Request for Proposal for Implementation of EDMS Application (hereinafter referred to as ldquoRFPrdquo) issued by Reserve Bank of India (ldquoRBIrdquo) we hereby covenant warrant and confirm as follows

As per RFP

We hereby agree to comply with all the terms and conditions stipulations as contained in the RFP and the related addendums other documents and if required including the changes made to the original bid documents issued by RBI provided that the only list of deviations has been furnished by us in the relevant Annex

We hereby agree to comply with all the mutually agreed material terms and conditions stipulations as contained in the RFP and the related addendums other documents and if required including the changes made to the original bid documents issued by RBI provided that the only list of deviations has been furnished by us in the relevant Annex

199 Page No240 amp Annexure G

As per RFP The BIDDER undertakes that it has not supplied is not supplying similar product services or sub-services during last one year from the date of issuance of this RFP at a price lower than that offered in the present bid to any other entity If it is found at any stage that similar product services or sub-services was supplied by the BIDDER to any other entity at a lower price then that very price with due allowance for elapsed time will be applicable to the present case and the difference in the cost would be refunded by the BIDDER to the

The BIDDER undertakes that it has not supplied is not supplying similar product services or sub-services during last one year from the date of issuance of this RFP at a price lower than that offered in the present bid to any other entity If it is found at any stage that similar product services or sub-services was supplied by the BIDDER to any other entity at a lower price then that very price with due allowance for elapsed time will be applicable to the present case and the difference in the cost would be refunded by the BIDDER to the BUYER if the contract has already been concluded

BUYER if the contract has already been concluded

200 Page No243 amp Annexure I

We the undersigned as Bidder having examined the complete RFP document (along with its annexes) do hereby offer to produce deliver install support and maintain EDMS Application in full conformity of your requirements as elaborated in above said RFP for the amounts mentioned by us in the Commercial Bid or such other sums as may be agreed to between us

We the undersigned as Bidder having examined the complete RFP document (along with its annexes) do hereby offer to produce deliver install support and maintain EDMS Application in full conformity of your material requirements as elaborated in above said RFP for the amounts mentioned by us in the Commercial Bid or such other sums as may be agreed to between us

As per RFP

We agree to abide by our Offer for a period of 6 months from the date of last day of Bid submission and it shall remain binding on us for acceptance at any time before the expiration of this period

We agree to abide by our Offer for a period of 1 6 months from the date of last day of Bid submission and it shall remain binding on us for acceptance at any time before the expiration of this period

We understand that you are not bound to accept the lowest or any bid you may receive

We understand that you are not bound to accept the lowest or any bid you may receive

We undertake if our Bid is accepted to provide Performance Bank Guarantee and Financial Bank Guarantee as per the prescribed format within the timescales stipulated in the RFP

We undertake if our Bid is accepted to provide Performance Bank Guarantee and Financial Bank Guarantee as per the prescribed format within the timescales stipulated in the RFP after signing of contract on mutually agreed terms and conditions

201 General Query Annexure J Confidentiality and Non-Disclosure Agreement Undertaking

ADD As per RFP Notwithstanding anything to the contrary to the extent the Bidder shares any confidential information with RBI the provisions of this RFP shall apply mutatis mutandis to RBI The obligations of confidentiality for both Parties shall come to an end 3 years from the date of terminationexpiry of the contract to be entered into

202 Page No248 and Annexure K

Annexure K Self Declaration Relatives in RBI

SEEK DELETION OF ANNEXURE As per RFP

203 Page No259 and Annexure P

We agree to abide by this Tender Response for a period of 180 days from the last day of bid submission and it shall remain binding upon us until within this period a formal contract is prepared and executed this Tender Response together with your written acceptance thereof in your notification of award shall constitute a binding contract between us and will initiate the formation of a separate contract in respect of maintenance and support

We agree to abide by this Tender Response for a period of 30 180 days from the last day of bid submission and it shall remain binding upon us until within this period a formal contract is prepared and executed this Tender Response together with your written acceptance thereof in your notification of award shall not constitute a binding contract between us and will initiate the formation of a separate contract in respect of maintenance and support

As per RFP

services after expiry of the warranty period

services after expiry of the warranty period all of which shall be on mutually agreed terms

204 Page No276 amp Annexure U

8 The respondent has not been involved in any legal case that may affect the solvencyexistence of the applicant or in any other way affect the respondentrsquos capability to providecontinue services to RBI if RBI selects the respondent for EDMS

8 The respondent has not been involved in any legal case that may affect the solvencyexistence of the applicant or in any other way materially affect the respondentrsquos capability to providecontinue services to RBI if RBI selects the respondent for EDMS

As per RFP

9 The bidder accepts to follow all the clauses terms and conditions as set in the RFP document

9 The bidder accepts to follow all the clauses terms and conditions as set in the RFP document subject to deviations proposed

205 General Query New clause proposed by Bidder Service Provider undertakes that it is compliant to State minimum wages act at the time of execution of the Agreement and the commercials are accordingly factored In the event there is a change to the State minimum wages act or if the Customer wants the Service Provider to comply to some other minimum wages act including but not limited to Central minimum wages act or the existing minimum wages act is repealed by another act then in such cases Customer will support Service provider with change request for additional cost incurred by Service Provider for complying to new minimum wages Service provider will not ask for Change request for any changes that is within 8 increase year on year from the State minimum wages as on the date of contract sign off

As per RFP

206 General Query New clause proposed by Bidder ldquoIt is agreed that the price quoted is arrived at based on the exchange rate of 1 USD = INR ___ (ldquoBase Exchange Raterdquo) In the event the Base Exchange Rate either increases or decreases by percentage points greater than two per cent [2] the prices shall be charged as per the then current exchange raterdquo

As per RFP

207 General Query New clause proposed by Bidder The risk title and ownership of the products shall be transferred to the customer upon delivery of such products to the customer

As per RFP

208 General Query New clause proposed by Bidder Customer hereby agrees to make the site ready as per the agreed specifications within the agreed timelines Customer agrees that Wipro shall not be in any manner be liable for any delay arising out of Customerrsquos failure to make the site ready within the stipulated period including but not limited to levy of liquidated damages for any delay in performance of Services under the terms of this Agreement In case the SITE is not ready for a continuous period of 30 days milestone payment related to installation will be released to vendor based on the SNR report also if there is any additional warranty cost due to continuous site not readiness for 30 days same will be borne by the customer

As per RFP

209 General Query New clause proposed by Bidder Notwithstanding anything contained herein neither Party shall be liable for any indirect punitive consequential or incidental loss damage claims liabilities charges costs expense or injury (including without limitation loss of use data revenue profits business and for any claims of any third party claiming through Bidder) that may arise out of or result from this Agreement The aggregate liability of Bidder under this Agreement shall not exceed the fees (excluding reimbursements) received by it under this contract during the six months preceding the date of first claim

As per RFP

210 General Query New clause proposed by Bidder Any new levy on account of changes in law shall be to the account of Bank

As per RFP

211 General Query New clause proposed by Bidder Bidderrsquos failure to perform its contractual responsibilities to perform the services or to meet agreed service levels shall be excused if and to the extent Bidder performance is effected delayed or causes non-performance due to Banks omissions or actions whatsoever

As per RFP

212 General Query New clause proposed by Bidder Services andor deliverables shall be deemed to be fully and finally accepted by Bank in the event when Bank has not submitted its acceptance or rejection response in writing to Bidder within 15 days from the date of installationcommissioning or when Bank uses the Deliverable in its business whichever occurs earlier Parties agree that Bidder shall have 15 daysrsquo time to correct in case of any rejection by Bank

As per RFP

213 General Query New clause proposed by Bidder Either party may request a change order (ldquoChange Orderrdquo) in the event of actual or anticipated change(s) to the agreed scope Services Deliverables schedule or any other aspect of the Statement of WorkPurchase Order Bidder will prepare a Change Order reflecting the proposed changes including the impact on the Deliverables schedule and fee In the absence of a signed Change Order Bidder shall not be bound to perform any additional services

As per RFP

214 General Query New clause proposed by Bidder Notwithstanding anything to the contrary either Party shall have the right to terminate this Agreement at any time with cause in the event that the other party commits a material breach of the Agreement and fails to cure such default to the non-defaulting partyrsquos reasonable satisfaction within thirty (30) days

As per RFP

In the event of termination of any nature the Bidder shall be paid for the 1 goods delivered 2 services rendered 3 work in progress 4 unpaid AMCs 5 third party orders in pipeline which cannot be cancelled despite Bidders best efforts 6 unrecovered investments shall be paid by the Bank as per termination schedule till the date of termination

215 General Query New clause proposed by Bidder Notwithstanding anything contained in this RFP

As per RFP

a) Excluding a regulatorystatutory requirement if any nothing in this Agreement shall be construed or interpreted as requiring Bidder to provide to Customer access to or right to inspect examine audit and take copies of any fees price cost or any other financial information or any records or documents relating to the make-up of the Bidderrsquos internal

overhead calculations their relationship to the fees any financial cost model calculation of fees or to the Bidderrsquos profitability or other such financial data

b) All audit barring those required under a regulatory or statutory requirement may be done only on an annual basis and subject to a notice period of 20 days

216 Page No 132 and section 82

Integrity Pact Unacceptable integrity pact Customer to insert new CVC integrity pact that does not contain Fall clause LIBOR provisions etc

As per RFP

217 General Query Annexure A Earnest Money Deposit Unacceptable EMD forfeiture EMD to be forfeiture for breach of contract- not acceptable

As per RFP

218 General Query Annexure C Performance Bank Guarantee

Request PBG to be invoked only for material breaches of terms and conditions

As per RFP

219 General Query Annexure G Integrity Pact SEEK INSERTION OF NEW CVC INTEGRITY PACT WITHOUT LIBOR PROVISIONS AND FALL CLAUSE

As per RFP

220 General Query ADD As per RFP

Annexure J Confidentiality and Non-Disclosure Agreement Undertaking

Notwithstanding anything to the contrary to the extent the Bidder shares any confidential information with RBI the provisions of this RFP shall apply mutatis mutandis to RBI The obligations of confidentiality for both Parties shall come to an end 3 years from the date of terminationexpiry of the contract to be entered into

221 Page No 10 and section 11

Central Office has following 33 departments

EDMS solution is to be implemented for 33 departments is this understanding correct Please mention if there are more departments to be considered in-scope

As per RFP

222 Page No 29 and section 22

The application should facilitate integration with e-mail client (outlook) where selected emails could be Inwarded directly

Integration with Outlook For how many users is this needed Please specify the number of users who would be using this functionality

10000 users| All Users

223 Page No 18 and section 15

Sr No 6 Global common workflow plus seven specific work process Modules which need to be developed at the time of Go-Live

The seven workflow will have integration with what all systems Please specify the details

Integration envisaged for Go-Live - Active Directory Mail Messaging System SAMADHAN IRM DMIS Other integration will be done during continuous development

224 Page No 25 and section 21

User should have privilege to create Inward amp Outward from RBI corporate email inbox (selected emails) with capability to capture both email body and attachment (if any) as a part of the Inward

How many users are going to use Email Integration feature Is it going to be for all the 10000 named users

As per RFP

225 Page No 25 and section 21

The proposed solution needs to be integrated with existing (or any future standard system) of IRM

What is the current IRM system used by RBI

Microsoft IRM

226 Page No 25 and section 21

3 Customization and Integration Would existing IRM system be OpenText IRM or any other product and will sufficient license be available for EDMS users

Microsoft IRM

227 Page No 25 and section 21

4 Web interface ndashInwardOutward Management

Is it expected to expose the same EDMS application to public or integration with RBI website

As per RFP

228 Page No 27 and section 21

Sr No 21The Scanning product should have inbuilt capability to do a full page OCR amp ICR (for both Hindi amp English documents) and also convert the images to searchable forms like Searchable PDF

What is the ratio of English to Hindi documents for OCR amp ICR

Approximately Hindi 33 | English 66

229 Page No 29 and section 22

5 Inward Management Request you to please specify the other email clients

As per RFP

230 Page No 31 section 22

Technical Bid(Functional Requirements)

We understand that all of these functionalities are the application functionalities and the necessary scanning systems and personal required will be facilitated by RBI Please confirm

Yes

231 Page No 31 section 22

Technical Bid(Functional Requirements)

In case Yes for the above Questions than please detail the scope expectation w r t Scan amp upload requirement

Restricted to Application Solution

232 Page No 43 and section 22

147 Reports amp Dashboard Please elaborate further on this point We understand that reports can be generated with stored data without translation Please let us know your understanding

Data stored in Hindi should be displayed in Hindi The report fields should toggle between Hindi and English No translation is envisioned as part of basic deployment

233 Page No 46 and section 22

163 Document Management Rearrange pages in a document or create a new document from a page using drag and drop Please elaborate at what stage this is required

Rearrangement of pages is required to create an abstract out of an existing doc

234 Page No 46 and section 22

The solution offered should be capable of integration with 3rd party software amp internal applications which are in use at RBI

What all internal and 3rd party applications are to be taken in account for integration

Integration envisaged for Go-Live - Active Directory Mail Messaging System SAMADHAN IRM DMIS Other integration will be done during continuous development

235 Page No 46 and section 22

171 Customization and Integration Is there any existing SSO Server available

Shall be shared with successful bidder

236 Page No 46 and section 22

173 Customization and Integration We understand that content replication from DC to DR has to be accomplished by RBI team and bidder can assist in providing the details

Shall be shared with successful bidder

237 Page No 56 and section 23

A separate test environment and development would be provided at the data Centre The Bidder is expected to replicate the DC environment in the DR and in the test environment in all respects

We understand that bidder is expected to set 4 environments - Dev UATTest Production (DC) and DR Is UATTest environment also expected to be exact replicamirror image of Production

Scaled-down version 50 of Production in terms of sizing

238 Page No 56 and section 23

A separate test environment and development would be provided at the data Centre The Bidder is expected to replicate the DC environment in the DR and in the test environment in all respects

Will RBI procure and provide hardware for all environments Should bidder only propose sizing recommendations for all environments

As per RFP

239 Page No 57 and section 23

Security Requirements We understand that all of these functionalities are the application functionalities by virtue of which these security mechanisms have to be part of the bidderrsquos proposition Kindly comment on our understanding

As per RFP

240 Page No 62 and section 23

System should maintain audit logs for all monitoring and events according to RBI policy These audit logs must be secure and stored as per defined retention policy

Request Bank to specify as lot of sizing considerations would depend uponvary basis the RBI policies (3 5 7 10 years)

Shall be shared with successful bidder

241 Page No 64 and section 23

86 Data Migration Would changes means restructuring of folders or something else Please elaborate

To be discussed during System Study

242 Page No 67and section 31

27 Any other areas which the Bank might decide to include in the Scope at the time of implementation of EDMS

Request Bank to enlighten on to this requirement Being subjective Bidder will need more quantifiablegaugeable requirement basis which effort and commercials can be worked out

As per RFP

However we understand the same will be addressed during design phase

Please comment upon our understanding

243 Page No 71 and section 38

Data migration will be the responsibility of the Bidder

Will bidder be allowed to run the migration 24x7 or only during non-peak hours

Shall be discussed with successful bidder

244 Page No 74 and section 310

Bidder should provide training to RBI‟s officials for using and managing the system which will include end user technical and system Administration training as well as DBA level training

What would be the minimum numbers of users to be trained for Admin and for User level trainings respectively

5 batches of 30-40 user each Total training to be provide to around 200 User at Mumbai Pune

245 Page No 76 and section 313

Implementation As per RFP The Banks incident Management system has to be used as ticketing system to handle requests raised by Banks Internal Users during the warranty and AMC period Which ticketing system is RBI using currently

EDMS can leverage existing Incident Management tool Details will be shared with successful bidder

246 Page No 76 and section 313

Extensive on-site support team is required during the first year after ldquoGo-Liverdquo

Are all the resources mentioned for L0 (44) L1 (8) and L2 (2) are to be deployed on-site Can bidder propose onsite-offshore model for post-implementation support

As per RFP

247 Page No 77 and section 313

vi Scanning documents at RBI respective locations if required

We understand that the necessary scanning systems and personnel required will be facilitated by RBI Request to throw more light on the number of locations in this regards Accordingly effort estimation can be done so as to provide the appropriate commercials in this regards

As per RFP

248 Page No 86 and section 319

319 Performance Monitoring amp Tuning solution

Considering the entire project is going to be base out of RBIs data centre request bank to facilitate make model etc of the performance monitoring tool

Bidder has to provide Application level monitoring solution As per Data Centre policy open source performance tool will not be permissible and the solution proposed by bidder should be approved by RBI

249 Page No 86 and section 323

The total number of users presently is expected to be around 10000 with 2000 concurrent users and annual growth of 10 in concurrent users

Out of total 10000 users how many back endadmin users are there who are going to access this system

Less than 500 users

250 Page No 86 and section 324

Sr No 5 The solution offered should be capable of pin codeGPS Location based integration for capturing user address

Is bidder expected to integrate the existing GPS system with EDMS

As per RFP

251 Page No 86 and section 323

323 Vendor would be required to provide Enterprise-wide all-inclusive Perpetual license for all functionalities as per the requirements of the RBI The total number of users presently is expected to be around 10000 with 2000 concurrent users and annual growth of 10 in concurrent users

These users are for determining the hardware sizing but from software licensing point of view all 10000 users can connect concurrently

As per RFP

Please validate

252 Page No 86 and section 323

No extra license fees implementation charges should be charged by the selected bidder for implementing the software in the test environment and at the Disaster Recovery site of RBI or at any other site that may be specified by the Bank

We understand that as project progresses there will be significant volumes and hence there should be no restriction on number of CPUcores and if any it will be responsibility of SI to provide additional licenses at no additional costs to RBI Trust our understanding is correct Please confirm for clarification

Yes As per RFP

253 Page No87 and section 324

6 Vendor is responsible to import application in UAT production environment amp DC ndash DR synchronization etc

We understand that the application is going to be based out of RBIs existing Data Centre visa Navi Mumbai and Nagpur Request Bank to elaborate upon existing DC-DR synchronization technique technology methodology Please provide details version of the same for integration aspects

Shall be shared with successful bidder

254 Page No87 and section 325

325 System amp Security Audit Request RBI to specify number of yearly audits

Shall be shared with successful bidder

255 Page No91 and section 329

4 Complete user manual and system documentation (soft and hard copies) of the proposed solution after the go-live

Request RBI to spell the number of hard copies required

Shall be discussed with successful bidder

256 Page No92 and section 330

3 Vendor is required to give all sorts of support required in case RBI decides to move the implemented EDMS on cloud services or IaaS in future This support will include everything starting from shunting of the running EDMS temporarily to alternate arrangement till all the Hw Sw etc are installed amp made running in the new IaaS or Cloud environment (Logistics Technical Integration support etc)

We understand the same to be captured via change control mechanism change management during the course of the project

As per RFP

257 Page No92 and section 330

5 Business Process Reengineering ndash The vendor shall include the impact of the new system to the operations of Client If applicable the proponent shall recommend changes to the existing processes that would benefit Client

Request Bank to specify a percentage number in this regards accordingly efforts and commercials can be worked out

As per RFP

258 Page No93 and section 43

For each milestone to be marked completed the bidder should ensure that all the acceptance criteria are met and approved by the Bank as mentioned in various applicable sections in the RFP

We understand that the Project acceptance criteria will be formalized mutually during the design phase and agreed upon Please comment upon our understanding

As per RFP

259 42 Additional Software License Costs As per RFP

Page No 94 and section 42

For evaluation purposes costs of the software licenses proposed by the Bidder would be included in the Total Cost of Ownership In case any software license(s) are required to be procured directly from the Original Equipment Manufacturer (OEM) Product Vendor the actual payment to the Bidder will be reduced appropriately to exclude the software license costs quoted in the commercial bid Bidder is requested to add all the Other Software Licensing Cost under the header Any other requirements for the proposed solution on MSTC website

Request Bank to mutually discuss and agree upon section 42 before finalization on the requirement Please comment in this regards

260 Page No122 and Section 76

Overall enterprise wide security including role-based security and authorisation levels operating systemapplication security and logical access controls and anti‐virus management

Is bidder expected to propose anti-virus software as well

Shall be shared with successful bidder

261 Page No 169 amp Annexure D2

Sr No 26 All incoming physical letters has to be scanned and put into the system for further processing

What is the total size or volume of legacy documents to be considered for Scanning through the Capture Solution (dailymonthlyyearly volume)

As per RFP

262 Page No 204 amp Annexure D2

206 The system should also integrated with Ms outlook and other email client

Does RBI require native integration with outlook in which users can access EDMS from outlook interface

As per RFP

Please confirm 263 Page No 211

amp Annexure D3

Sr No 28 The solution should provide for seamless integration of modules as per the business requirements of RBI with necessary interfaces The application should have provision for Integration existingupcoming portalsapplications of different depts eg HR Portal Samadhan Active directory CMS (CEPD) etc other internal workflow application system etc

Do we have to estimate effort for integration with these upcoming applications now or will it be taken at a later stage as a Change Request If now what are these applications based on Please provide what level of integration is required with these applicationssystem

Integration envisaged for Go-Live - Active Directory Mail Messaging Solution SAMADHAN IRM DMIS Other integration will be done during continuous development

264 Page No213 amp Annexure D3

Based on our experience in similar project we feel the concurrent user ratio to named users is less In such application of note approval the concurrence is around 40 of total users

As per RFP

Details of Hardware requirements for the proposed solution for following user base of

Request you to validate this for RBI

i 10000 total user base ii 2000 concurrent users

265 Page No 218 amp Annexure D3

Sr 55 The Implementation of open source technologies should be taken up in compliance with Information Security (IS) policy of the Bank

Would you allow usage of Open Source Tools for Simulation is required to carry out Performance Testing (LoadStress) eg JMeter

Shall be discussed with successful bidder

266 Page No218 amp Annexure D3

The Implementation of open source technologies should be taken up in compliance with Information Security (IS) policy of the Bank

Please throw some light on limitations on usage of open-source tools in context with Information Security (IS) policy of the Bank

Shall be discussed with successful bidder

267 Page No221 amp Annexure D3

Sr No 75 Data Loss Prevention solution should be available with EDMS solution

Is Data Loss Prevention solution to be implemented or does the solution need to have the capability only and its for future use Please confirm

Shall be discussed with successful bidder

268 Page No 226 amp Annexure D6

g Scalability of document volume (30) having average volume of 4million documents per year

What does 30 signify here How much should be the total volume of documents considered that is received and to be ingested in EDMS repository (yearlymonthly)

As per RFP

269 Page No 226 amp Annexure D6

b Response time of maximum 3 seconds

Request RBI to elaborate upon the type of gaugeable reports parameters required to establish the response time

As per RFP

270 Page No 226 amp Annexure D6

b Response time of maximum 3 seconds

Will submitting product performance reports spec sheets suffice or any other artefact is required to substantiate the same Please specify

As per RFP

271 Page No 226 amp Annexure D6

g Scalability of document volume (30) having average volume of 4million documents per year

Request RBI to specify the existing document volume as this is required from sizing perspective to arrive at an optimized commercials

As per RFP

272 Page No 262 amp Annexure Q

Annexure Q We believe RBI will also be providing mobile based access to select employeersquos basis roles We assume the licensing for the same is to be included in this pricing and no additional price will be payable by RBI Mobile app if to be created will be separate project but will connect to EDMS through API at no additional costs to RBI Please clarify

As per RFP

273 Page No 262 amp Annexure Q

Annexure Q Will RBI facilitate the commercial bid format for ease of comparison during the evaluation phase Request to clarify

Commercial bid format can be downloaded from the MSTC e-commerce portal

274 Page No 264 amp Annexure Q

Unit Price Under Unit Price do we have to provide Yearly Price of 1 resource

As per RFP

275 Page No 264 amp Annexure Q

Cost of L0 Resource (21 nos) on 12 X 5 basis for one year at locations given in Annexure T

For 12x5 we would need to deploy 2 resources to support 60 hours shift so do we need to consider price for 2 resources or provide price only for 21 resources and they will be supporting in round-robin manner Please confirm

For Annexure T for line items 31 to 35 Bidders are advised to consider 8 x 5 working hours where requirement of only 1 resource has been mentioned (Ahmedabad has 2 locations so 2 resources are required) For line items 25 to 30 where support hours are mentioned as 12 x 5 and requirement of multiple resources is mentioned resources are expected to work in 8 x 5 shift scheduled in a manner to provide support for 12 x 5 All other conditionsrequirements

mentioned in the table remain unchanged

276 Page No 265 amp Annexure Q

B2 Development Team based at Mumbai Navi Mumbai Composition Tech Lead(1) + Developer (5) + Tester (1)

Composition of Tech Lead(1) + Developer (5) + Tester (1) will not suffice we also need Project Managers Technical Architect UI Expert and Infrastructure Resource can bidder add more rows in commercial format and propose Development Team accordingly

As per RFP

277 Page No 265 Section amp Annexure Q

AMC for the first year after warranty period (should be min 8 of Total onetime cost)

Do we have to include both here - Product AMC from OEM as well as Application Technical Support for only 1 year from bidder

As per RFP

278 Page No 266 amp Annexure Q

(C) Hardware Requirements Do we have to propose hardware sizing and software recommendations for DevUAT Production and DR Environments The table has rows for Production and UAT only can the bidder add more rows to it or is it a fixed format

Hardware sizing and software recommendations are to be proposed for all environments The two rows were for representational purpose More rows can be added in the commercial bid format

279 Page No 212 amp Annexure D3

212 A separate test environment and development would be provided at the data Centre The Bidder is expected to replicate the DC environment in the DR and in the test environment in all respects (11)

1 Will development and test environments be provided by RBI till OS layer and only application deployment is to be done by the bidder

As per RFP

84 Hence bidder is required to take into the consideration the hardware

software etc requirement pertaining to test amp development

2 Please elaborate what is bidders responsibility for development and test environments

280 General Query Retention Management Apart from Retention and Archival are you looking for complete Records Management solution as well with features like Event-based aging Automatic Disposition Litigation Hold etc

Not required at this Stage

281 General Query Back-up Software Do you have the back-up software or does bidder has to propose If available please specify the make and model of the back-up software

Shall be shared with successful bidder

282 General Query Support Team - OampM Do you want bidder to propose Helpdesk toolset up a service desk as well

Not required at this Stage

283 General Query Load Balancer Do you want the bidder to propose the load balancer as well

Not required at this Stage

284 General Query Source Code Control Repository Is Bidder required to absorb the cost for GIT repository for source code or do you have one which bidder can use

Shall be shared with successful bidder

285 General Query Compliance What are the complianceguidelinesIT Security considerations that are critical

As per RFP

286 General Query SSL Certificate Should bidder be provided the SSL certificate or should the bidder absorb the price for SSL certificate Please confirm

Bank Shall provide the SSL certificates

287 General Query Documents Please specify the age of the documents and the condition of paper like ndash colour shine brittleness original

Not required at this Stage

or photocopy glossy paper hard-bind etc etc

288 General Query Scanning Can you kindly provide the of BW and Colour document

Not required at this Stage

289 General Query Legacy Documents For Legacy documents perspective please share details on the below

Not required at this Stage

a) Number of document ingestion per day - b) Average size of document - in KB c) Maximum size of document - in KB d) Storage required - (current DMS storage size)

290 General Query New Documents For New documents perspective please share details on the below

Not required at this Stage

a) Number of document ingestion per day - b) Average size of document - in KB c) Maximum size of document - in KB

291 General Query Scanning For Scanning perspective please share details on the below

Not required at this Stage

a) Percentage of document in tiff format b) Percentage of colour documents c) Average image size in KB d) Percentage of document that would require OCR e) Average number of fields per page

f) Properties per per document 292 General Query Documents What is percentage the Year on Year

growth over 5 years for the number of documents added

As per RFP

293 General Query Documents What is the Average number of document views per day

Not required at this Stage

294 General Query Documents What is the Average number of document searches per day

Not required at this Stage

295 General Query Back-up Policy What is the back-up policy of RBI eg 14 days

Shall be shared with successful bidder

296 General Query Policies What would be the archival policy back up policy log storage policy DR logs policy etc

Shall be shared with successful bidder

297 General Query Testing What parameters are to be monitored during testing (eg response times processing times and CPU loading)

As per RFP

298 General Query Testing What desired values of these parameters are to be considered acceptable during the stress test results

As per RFP

299 General Query DR Drills How many DR drills do you expect in a year

Shall be shared with successful bidder

300 General Query Resources Will RBI allow onsite resources to carry their own laptops or will RBI provide DesktopsWorkstations for onsite resources

Assets will be provided to onsite resources

301 General Query Access Will RBI provide remote accessVPN access for offshore resources

Not required as all resources are deployed onsite

302 General Query

Scanning How much will be the total no of pages to be scanned per day

Not required at this Stage

303 General Query

Documents

How much will be the year on year growth in documents volume

As per RFP

304 General Query

Documents

Please let us know the average approximate document size per document for sizing (in MB)

Not required at this Stage

305 General Query Presentation amp POC of the Solution Could you please elaborate in details the scope for POC

As per RFP

306 General Query SLA Working window As per RFP

307 General Query Non-Functional Requirements Please specify the existing Replication bandwidth between Navi Mumbai DC and Nagpur DR

Bidder has to propose the required bandwidth which will be provided procured by Data Centre

308 General Query Non-Functional Requirements We understand that the bidder is required to provide the Bandwidth augmentation sizing required for this project and accordingly the same will be provisioned by RBI Please confirm upon our understanding

Bidder has to propose the required bandwidth which will be provided procured by Data Centre

309 Page No71 amp Section No38

Data Migration What is the formats of Documents stored inside current DMS

Shall be shared with successful bidder

310

Page No71 amp Section No38

Data Migration How indexmetadata is managed in current DMS System What is the total count of

Shall be shared with successful bidder

indexes present in current DMS 311 Page No71 amp

Section No38 Data Migration what is the database and version used

in current DMS System As per RFP

312

Page No71 amp Section No38

Data Migration We need more details about current DMS System -Product nameVersionECM

Shall be shared with successful bidder

Compliant or notWhat type of documents are stored in SystemHow documents are classified in System

313

Page No18 amp Section No21

High Level Critical Requirements Can you Please enlist total count of Global workflows

As per RFP

314

Page No86 amp Section No321

Hardware Requirements Can you elaborate more on this point As per RFP Standard Enviornments which will be provided by SI are DEV UAT PROD and DR Also Development Environment will be on premise or offshore

315 Page No52 amp Section No23

Back-up Will Backup be taken care by RBI Yes

316 Page No81 amp Section No317

Security Requirements What will be the frequency of DR Drills Can you specify values for RPO and RTO

Shall be shared with successful bidder

317 Page No213 amp Annexure D3

Hardware Requirements Database tier needs to be deployed on Intel Xeon or Mainframe

RBI will conduct VAPT SI needs to provide gaps resolution

318 Page No221 amp Annexure D4

Maintenance amp Support Can we get details about which IRM solution will be provided by RBI for integration purpose

Scaled-down version 50 of Production in terms of sizing

319 Page No63 amp Section No23

Functional Requirements Will RBI provide DLP solution Shall be shared with successful bidder

320 Page No63 amp Section No23

Non-Functional Requirements is SI expected to conduct VAPT or RBI will be conducting the same

RBI will conduct VAPT SI needs to provide gaps resolution

321 Page No267 amp Annexure Q

Hardware Requirements Is UAT sizing expected to be 100 of Production sizing

Scaled-down version 50 of Production in terms of sizing

322

Page No27 amp Section No21

High Level Critical Requirements Hindi OCR amp ICR may be a challenge However Hindi metadata can be captured and searched Can OCR and ICR be restricted to English only

As per RFP

323 Page No27 amp Section No21

Storage For sizing Storage can you share average size of the digitized document

As per RFP

324 Page No93 amp Section No41

Licences Can Licenses cost be paid up-front within 30 days from the date of Invoice

As per RFP

325 Page No95 amp Section No44

AMC Pay-Outs Can AMC be payable yearly in Advance instead of at the end of the every year

As per RFP

15 Page No 26 and Section 21

Reference Metadata EntryIndexingAuto Filling - System should have metadata fields as required for indexing as per the requirement of the RBI

Can you provide an approximate number of metadata fields required across various document types

As per RFP

16 Page No 26 and Section 21

Reference Office Noting Approval Sanction - All the authorized users should be able to create and route the Office Note for approval as per their user role amp access rights

Can you explain Create Office Note Does this mean you want to create a review note on top of documents using the system with a text editor and as part of the workflow this note gets attached to the document

As per RFP

17 Page No 27 and Section 21

Reference Reports amp Dashboard 1 Does RBI have any systemapplication currently being used for Reports amp Dashboards

Application should have capability to support any number of dashboards and reports

2 If Yes Can you provide more details of it 3 Can you provide an approximate number of reports and dashboards required in EDMS

18 Page No 27 and Section 21

Reference Document Security -The system should have the mechanism for 1st and 2nd factor authentication wherever required

Can you provide examplesuse casesscenarios where this may be required

Shall be discussed during System Study

19 Page No 28 and Section 21

Reference Workflow and Collaboration

What is the average number of steps required in document workflows

Shall be discussed during System Study

20 Page No 50 and Section 22

Reference Miscellaneous - User Should be able to see that particular email id which is always used on daily basis

Need more clarity on this requirement As per RFP

21 Page No 51 and Section 23

Reference User Management - The system is envisaged to have a total user count up to 10000 users at present and concurrent users up to 2000 with an annual increase of 10 in concurrent users

Does this count includes both Internal and External Users If not can you please give us segregation

This is only for internal users

22 Page No 64 and Section 23

Reference Digital storage - The solution should have a mechanism to define and use RBI‟s retention policy of documents based on various classifications

What is RBIs Retention Policy for documents

Policy shall be shared with successful bidder

23 Page No 64 and Section 23

Reference Digital storage - The solution should have a mechanism to define and use RBI‟s retention policy of documents based on various classifications

Is there a need for external documents (digitized documents that are stored outside of EDMS solution) to be managed via Records Management Retention Policies

Not required at this Stage

24 Page No 32 and Section 22

Reference OCR amp ICR - These Service ought to give a wide scope of procedures like making information section quicker with more precision and productivity

Need more clarity on this requirement As per RFP

25 Page No 32 and Section 22

Reference OCR amp ICR - OCR services should bring quicker outcomes with minimal time

Need more clarity on this requirement As per RFP

26 Page No 34 and Section 22

Reference Search - The System should have full text search capabilities which supports synonym phonic Boolean etc

Need more clarity on this requirement As per RFP

27 Page No 45 and Section 22

Reference Document Management - Rearrange pages in a document or create a new document from a page using drag and drop

Need more clarity on this requirement As per RFP

28 Page No 46 and Section 22

Reference Image Processing - System should be able to optimize the quality of scanned images

Need more clarity on this requirement As per RFP

29 Page No 46 and Section 22

Reference Image Processing - The bidder must provide mechanism tool for quality enhancement

What enhancements are expected As per RFP

30 Page No 67 and Section 31

Reference It should ensure processes followed and products are fully compliant with the statutory and regulatory requirements

Can we have the reference to statutory and regulatory requirements

As per RFP

31 Page No 100 and Section 56

Penalties We assume the overall liability would be 10 of the contract value under all circumstances Please confirm We also request to reduce the time lapsed due to circumstances beyond bidderrsquos control from the penalties ie dependencies on RBI etc

Shall be discussed with successful bidder

32 Page No 114 and Section 66

Commercial Bid Evaluation In case existing software if any needs to be utilised for the project RBI will get authorization from the OEM of the said software to be used for EDMS project as well The same software should be in support from the OEM

As per RFP

33 Page No 93 and Section 41

Software Cost Please release 100 of the License Cost indicated in Item 1A of Annexure Q immediately on delivery

As per RFP

34 Page No 95 and Section 44

AMC Pay-outs May we request to release the AMC payment for license at the time of delivery means at the beginning of the AMC year

As per RFP

35 Page No 95 and Section 45

FMS May we request to release the annual amount payable towards FMS and Development Team at the end of each quarter means quarterly payment

Please refer Corrigendum dated 7th October 2019

36 Page No 93 and Section 41

Software Cost May we request to release 10 of Implementation cost on BRDSRS submission to bank

As per RFP

37 Page No 86 and Section 324

GPS This requirement is subject to bank having an MADP platform and current RBI website capabilities DMS shall provide all necessary web services for integration but will be dependent on website team for MADP and UI

As per RFP

38 Page No 76 and Section 311

In case of the Go-Live delays by the Bidder the financial Penalty as per the Banks discretion will be imposed on the Bidder at 5 of the total contract value per month of delay to the maximum of 10 of the total contract value as per the agreement between the Bank and the successful Bidder

We request that delay penalty be applicable on the implementation value and not on total contract value

As per RFP

39 Page No 78 and Section 313

If any defect in the Solution is not rectified by the Bidder before the end of the Warranty Period the Warranty Period shall be extended until

We submit that warranty cannot be extended as it is provided by OEM However product will be supported through the warranty and AMCATS support period

As per RFP

(a) the defect has been corrected and (b) the Solution functions in accordance with the Contract

40 Page No 124 and Section 711

The Bank will reserve the right to terminate the services of the successful Bidder at any point of the Project (during the implementation phase and post go-live) without assigning any reasons In such cases the Bank may consider making payment commensurate with the last completed phase

We understand that a notice period of 90 days will be provided prior to invocation of this termination for convenience in order for the bidder to wind-up the project and re-allocate resources and terminate back-end contracts

As per RFP

We understand that in event of such termination for convenience customer will pay for all products and services delivered till the effective date of termination We understand that in event of such termination for convenience customer will also pay for the annual AMCATS charge for the relevant year as the vendor would have paid AMCATS charges of OEM in advance for the relevant year

41 Page No 129 and Section 85

RBI reserves the right to cancel the contract of the selected Bidder and recover expenditure incurred by RBI if the progress regarding execution of the contract made by the selected Bidder is found to be unsatisfactory for any reason

We understand that a written notice with a reasonable cure period will be provided prior to contract cancellationtermination

As per RFP

42 Page No 130 and Section 87

87 Without prejudice to the other rights of the Purchaser under the Contract in the matter the proceeds of the performance security shall be payable to RBI as compensation for any loss resulting from the Bidderrsquos failure to complete its obligations under the Contract

We understand that a written notice with a reasonable cure period will be provided prior to invocation of the performance security

As per RFP

43 Page No 130 and Section 88

88 Without prejudice to the other rights of the Purchaser under the Contract in the matter the proceeds of the performance security shall be payable to RBI as compensation for any loss resulting from the Bidderrsquos failure to complete its obligations under the Contract

We understand that a written notice with a reasonable cure period will be provided prior to invocation of the performance security

As per RFP

44 Page No 132 and Section 813

The Bidder agrees that the Bank has no limit on the additions or deletions on the items for the period of the contract

We understand that the technical and commercial impact of additionsdeletions to the mutually agreed scope will be agreed through change requestamendment process

As per RFP

45 Page No240 and Annexure G

The BIDDER undertakes that it has not supplied is not supplying similar product services or sub-services during last one year from the date of issuance of this RFP at a price lower than that offered in the present bid to any other entity If it is found at any stage that similar product services or sub-services was supplied by the BIDDER to any other entity at a lower price then that very price with due allowance for elapsed time will be applicable to the present case and the difference in the cost would be refunded by the BIDDER to the BUYER if the contract has already been concluded

We submit that there is no time period reference provided for this confirmation We understand that this compliance will be checked for the bid-evaluation period

As per RFP

46 Page No240 and Annexure G

The BIDDER undertakes that it has not supplied is not supplying similar product services or sub-services during last one year from the date of issuance of this RFP at a price lower than that offered in the present bid to any other entity If it is found at any stage that similar product services or sub-services was supplied by the BIDDER to any other entity at a lower price then that very price with due allowance for elapsed time will be applicable to the present case and the difference in the cost would be refunded by the BIDDER to the BUYER if the contract has already been concluded

We propose replacement of similar productservices or sub-services with identical solution We propose replacement of refunded by the BIDDER to the BUYER with applied to future procurement

As per RFP

47 General Query Liability We noticed that there is no aggregate liability language on bidder liability We propose that the aggregate liability of the bidder will not exceed the TCV of the project

Shall be discussed with successful bidder

48 General Query Agreement We noticed that there is no language on disclaimer of liability of either party for indirect and consequential claims We propose that neither party will be liable for indirect or consequential claims and damages lost profits or lost revenue in relation with the project

Shall be discussed with successful bidder

49 Page No 262 and Annexure Q Section A

Section A - A1 Bidder requests clarification as to whether this is line item cost is related to digitization of old records if so the same shall be removed from A1 and moved to A2 or a separate section to be created in the Commercial Bid Format as this cost needs to be paid on actual documents Scanned

Bidder is expected to provide the License cost for the Scanning Imaging solution against this line item

Scanning Imaging

50 Page No 264 and Annexure Q Section B

Section B Bidder submits that the Unit Price column shall be removed and total cost for the resources to be allowed to be quoted for each year separately

As per RFP

NPV calculation will be done considering 5 escalation rate and 8 discounted rate only for TCO purpose

We also request to remove the reference of 5 escalation rate and allow us to quote for the actual inflation by each bidder separately to allow the bidders to provide maximum benefit to RBI for the NPV

As the commercial format allows to quote separate values for each year the Indexation references is no longer relevant and the payment for the later years can be made at the mentioned prices

51 Page No 265 and Annexure Q Section B3

Section B3 Bidder submits that the minimum of 8 for AMC shall be changed to Sub-Total A1 excluding the ScanningImaging as the AMC should typically include on the product cost

As per RFP

AMC for the first year after warranty period (should be min 8 of Total onetime cost)

We further request clarity whether the AMC is for 3 years or 4 years as the template indicates Year 3 to Year 7 which is 4 years while the Note below the table mentions it for 3 years please clarify we further request that this note mentioned in the adjacent column shall be removed as the commercial template is modified to allow bidders to quote for each year separately

Below rates are mentioned for first year Actual payment for subsequent years as applicable will be done on applying the indexation formulae

middot Cost of L1 and L2 for the subsequent period of 6 years

middot Development Team Cost for the subsequent period of 6 years

middot AMC for the subsequent period of 3 years

52 Page No 267 and Annexure Q Section D

Section D Bidder submits that the Rates for the Resources both the Support resources and the Development Resources is available in the Section B Table the rate for any additional resources can be used from the same table hence request removal of the additional table

As per RFP Marginal Resource Cost

53 Page No 93 and Section 41

41 Software Cost Bidder submits that the heading of the section is an error as the payment terms are related to services and not Software cost we also request the following modifications to the payment terms

As per RFP

1 Completion of process and system study Design and Build and Deployment in UAT - 15 of Implementation Cost specified at Item 1B of Annexure Q

2 Data Migration Completion of User Acceptance Testing Creation of training content Train the Trainer and customer education content - 20 of Implementation Cost specified at Item 1B of Annexure Q

41 Software Cost

3 Complete Implementation and ldquoProduction Go-liverdquo of the project - 25 of Implementation Cost specified at Item 1B of Annexure Q

1 Completion of process and system study Design and Build and Deployment in UAT - 15 of Implementation Cost specified at Item 1B of Annexure Q

4 Receipt of Completion Certificate from the Bank (post 90 days of achieving production Go-Live) - 30 of Implementation Cost specified at Item 1B of Annexure Q

2 Data Migration Completion of User Acceptance Testing Creation of training content Train the Trainer and customer education content - 30 of Implementation Cost specified at Item 1B of Annexure Q

5 Amount payable during the warranty period - On completion of warranty period of three years The Financial Bank guarantee shall be valid for 7 years - 10 of Implementation Cost specified at Item 1B of Annexure Q

3 Complete Implementation and ldquoProduction Go-liverdquo of the project - 35 of Implementation Cost specified at Item 1B of Annexure Q

4 Receipt of Completion Certificate from the Bank (post 90 days of achieving production Go-Live) - 10 of Implementation Cost specified at Item 1B of Annexure Q

5 Amount payable during the warranty period - In equal quarterly instalments during warranty period of three years The Financial Bank guarantee shall be valid for 7 years - 10 of Implementation Cost specified at Item 1B of Annexure Q

We also request deletion of Indexation

section as separate costs will be quoted for each year as per the Annexure Q

54 Page No 94 amp 95 and Section 43 amp 44

43 Warranty pay-outs Bidder submits that the pay-outs for Warranty and AMC shall be made quarterly in arrears which is the industry standard practice for these payments

As per RFP 44 AMC pay-outs

55 46 Other Payment terms

Page No 95 and Section 46

3 Any objectiondispute to the amounts invoiced in the bill shall be raised by RBI within reasonable time from the date of receipt of the invoice Upon settlement of disputes with respect to any disputed invoice(s) the Bank will make payment within thirty (30) working days of the settlement of such disputes

Bidder submits that the payments for the invoices shall be made within 30 days from the receipt of the invoice any objectiondispute to the amounts invoiced shall be made within 25 days from the date of receipt of the invoice

Shall be discussed with successful bidder

4 The fees payable by the Bank to Bidder shall be inclusive of all costs such as insurance taxes (GST as per the rates applicable) transportation installation that may be levied imposed charged or incurred and RBI shall pay the fees due under this RFP and subsequent agreement after deducting any tax deductible at source (ldquoTDSrdquo) as applicable The Bidder will need to provide the details for the tax rates as considered in the pricing This will be used for subsequent tax changes RBI shall pay each undisputed invoice raised in accordance with this RFP and subsequent agreement within thirty (30) working days after its receipt unless otherwise mutually agreed in writing provided that such invoice is dated after such fees have become due and payable under this RFP and subsequent agreement

56 45 Other Payment terms As per RFP

Page No 96 and Section 46

8 The Bidders should note that the contract entered with the successful Bidder will be for implementation and post go‐live period of 7 years (3 years‟ warranty amp 4 years AMC amp FMS support) extendable at the Banks discretion The Bank will have the right in its sole discretion to renegotiate the prices terms and conditions

Bidder understand that the right of Bank to negotiate the prices terms and conditions is in the event of extension beyond the period of current contract (implementation and post go‐live period of 7 years (3 years‟ warranty amp 4 years AMC amp FMS support) and not during the current contract period please confirm

57 Page No 100 and Section 56

56 Penalties Bidder submits that the Penalty for Rollout delays shall be 1 of the delayed components cost of the One-time cost (Section A - Annexure Q) per week subject to a maximum of 10 of the delayed components cost of the One-time cost

As per RFP

The successful Bidder is expected to complete the responsibilities that have been assigned as per the specified time frame In case of the Rollout delays by the Bidder the financial Penalty as per the Banks discretion will be imposed on the Bidder at 5 of the total contract value per month of delay to the maximum of 10 of the total contract value as per the agreement between the Bank and the successful Bidder

Business Utility and Business Downtime would be the key considerations for determining the ldquoPenaltiesrdquo that would be levied on the Bidder for ldquoNon‐Adherencerdquo to the SLA for the Services offered The inability of the Bidder to provide the requirements as per the scope or to meet the deadlines as specified would be treated as breach of contract and invoke the Penalty Clause The maximum limit on the penalties during the period of contract shall be 10 of the total contract value The applicable ldquoPenaltiesrdquo would be the same irrespective of the root causes

In case of Non-Adherence to the SLA the maximum penalty shall be limited to 10 of the Quarterly Invoice value for the respective quarters

58 Page No 124 and Section 711

711 Duration and Condition of Engagement

Bidder submits that in case of termination of the contract without assigning any reason the Bank shall allow the Bidder a notice of 90 days for ramp-down of the resources etc We further submit that in case of termination with or without reason Bidder shall be paid for the completed deliverables as per the commercials quoted

As per RFP

2 The Bank will reserve the right to terminate the services of the successful Bidder at any point of the Project (during the implementation phase and post go-live) without assigning any reasons In such cases the Bank may consider making payment commensurate with the last completed phase

59 87 Performance Bank Guarantee As per RFP

Page No 130 and Section 87

The successful Bidder shall at his own expense deposit with The Chief General Manager-in-Charge Department of Information Technology Reserve Bank of India Mumbai within thirty (30) days from the final result of the bidding process and declaration of the successful Bidder a Performance Bank Guarantee from a scheduled commercial bank payable on demand in terms of Annexure C for an amount equivalent to ten percent (10) of the contract price for the due performance and fulfilment of the contract by the Bidder Without prejudice to the other rights of the Purchaser under the Contract in the matter the proceeds of the performance security shall be payable to RBI as compensation for any loss resulting from the Bidders failure to complete its obligations under the Contract RBI shall notify the Bidder in writing of the invocation of its right to receive such compensation indicating the contractual obligation(s) for which the Bidder is in default The Performance Bank Guarantee shall be denominated in INR and shall be in the form of bank guarantee unless another form is specified by RBI After Go Live Performance Bank Guarantee will be returned back to bidder on submission of Financial Bank Guarantee which shall be submitted by the Bidder within

Bidder submits that the Performance Bank Guarantee shall be for a value of 10 of the One-time cost as this is to ensure proper execution of the roll out

90 days of Go-Live Non-submission of Performance Guarantee shall constitute sufficient grounds among others if any for the annulment of the award of the tender

60 88 Financial Bank Guarantee As per RFP

Page No 130 and 131 amp Section 88

The successful Bidder shall at his own expense deposit with The Chief General Manager-In-Charge Department of Information Technology Reserve Bank of India Mumbai within Ninety (90) days of Go-Live of application before the issuance of Certificate of Completion a Bank Guarantee from a scheduled commercial bank payable on demand in terms of Annexure O for an amount equivalent to ten percent (10) of the contract price as mentioned in Annexure Q of Commercial Bid submitted by the bidder for the due performance and fulfilment of the contract by the Bidder during the warranty and AMC period of 7 years After Go Live Performance Bank Guarantee will be returned back to bidder on submission of Financial Bank Guarantee Without prejudice to the other rights of the Purchaser under the Contract in the matter the proceeds of the performance security shall be payable to RBI as compensation for any loss resulting from the Bidders failure to complete its obligations under the Contract RBI shall notify the Bidder in writing of the invocation of its right to receive such compensation indicating the contractual obligation(s) for which the Bidder is in default The Financial Bank Guarantee shall be valid till the

Bidder submits that the Financial Bank Guarantee shall be for a value of 10 of the Average Annual Support Cost (Section B of Annexure Q)

end of AMC denominated in INR and shall be in the form of bank guarantee unless another form is specified by RBI Non-submission of Financial Guarantee shall constitute sufficient grounds among others if any for the annulment of the award of the tender

61 Page No 240 and Annexure G point 7

Integrity Pact Bidder requests to modify the clause as follows

As per RFP

7 Fall Clause The BIDDER undertakes that it has not supplied is not supplying identical solution similar product services or sub-services during last one year from the date of issuance of this RFP at a price lower than that offered in the present bid to any other entity If it is found at any stage that identical solution similar product services or sub-services was supplied by the BIDDER to any other entity at a lower price then that very price with due allowance for elapsed time will be applicable to the present case and the difference in the cost would be refunded by the BIDDER to the BUYER if the contract has already been concluded

The BIDDER undertakes that it has not supplied is not supplying similar product services or sub-services during last one year from the date of issuance of this RFP at a price lower than that offered in the present bid to any other entity If it is found at any stage that similar product services or sub-services was supplied by the BIDDER to any other entity at a lower price then that very price with due allowance for elapsed time will be applicable to the present case and the difference in the cost would be refunded by the BIDDER to the BUYER if the contract has already been concluded

62 Page No 25 and Section 21

5 Inward Management - When a postal mailphysical letter is Inwarded directly the System should capture the details of the incoming physical letter viz from address subject language etc Data like subject should be auto-filled but should be editable The application should support generation of Suo Moto note which is an Inward generated without any incoming letteremail

Bidders request to share the meaning for Auto-filled in case of manual scanning

Shall be discussed during System Study

63 Page No 27 and Section 21

17 Outward Management - Approval of the Outward should be done by the User at least one level higher in the hierarchy (N+1) as per the AD than the User who created the Outward Admins should be able to configure exceptions to this rule for users at senior management level as decided by the concerned departments of the Bank

Bidder request to clarify if the implemented AD has the hierarchy defined to handle the workflow scenarios

Hierarchy shall be defined

64 Page No 27 and Section 21

21 Scan amp Upload - The Scanning product should have inbuilt capability to do a full page OCR amp ICR (for both Hindi amp English documents) and also convert the images to searchable forms like Searchable PDF

ICR will be helpful for Incurable colour dropout user form Since all documents are office papers it may not be useful so bidder request to remove the ICR component

As per RFP

65 Page No 32 and Section 22

42 OCR amp ICR - By using ICR technology any handwritten text should be converted into word text searchable PDF format or word document format with high accuracy

Bidder understands that ICR used for a handwritten document has max accuracy may not be more than 70 as per industry standards Request Bank to remove ICR technology only for structured format only

As per RFP

66 Page No 66 and Section 31

The hardware system software application software should be compatible with Data Centre policy network architecture etc already established in the Bank

Bidders request to share the Data Centre Policy and network Architecture

Shall be discussed with successful bidder

67 Page No 67 and Section 31

18 Though the system should be used prospectively for the workflow it should have the capability to capture and integrate the paper based as well as electronic records created so far in the Bank

Capability to have reference point of hard copy reference numbers

Shall be discussed during System Study

68 Page No 67 and Section 31

21 The system as well as the workflow carried out in the system should be fully auditable

Request to confirm if bidder needs to recommend sizing for fully auditable data store

Yes

69 Page No 71 and Section 38

Data migration will be the responsibility of the Bidder All necessary tools queries required for extraction transformation and migration must be provided by the Bidder It is the Bidders responsibility to ensure accuracy integrity and completeness of the data migration from legacy DMIS application to new EDMS application

Request to confirm if bidder needs produce data migration report with column by column comparison report for reconciliation

As per RFP

70 Page No 71 and Section 38

1 Data Migration is broadly divided into following three major sub-components iii Data migration audit and certification on the accuracy of data porting from the DMIS system to EDMS

Request to confirm if bidder needs produce data migration report with column by column comparison report for reconciliation

As per RFP

71 Page No 72 and Section 38

6 The Bidder is expected to provide an archival solution within the proposed application for the historical data The necessary configuration and implementation of the archival solution shall be the responsibility of the Bidder

Bidder wants to know what is the archival policy for RBI Is it seven years or more

Shall be discussed with successful bidder

72 Page No 73 and Section 38

12 RBI reserves the right to data migration by respective stakeholders of proposed solution and any gaps discrepancies found during the functions of application are to be rectified by the Bidder

Bidder wants to know if the data migration is other than DMIS system

As per RFP

73 Page No 73 and Section 38

16 The Bidder is required to certify completeness and accuracy of migrated data transaction history and balances at each data migration instance

Bidder requests Bank to confirm if bidder needs to produce data migration report with column by column comparison report for reconciliation

As per RFP

74 Page No 81 and Section 317

1 The solution deployed by Bidder should conform to Recovery Time Objective (RTO) and Recovery Point objective (RPO) defined by Bank

Bidder request to know for replication of data from DC-DR there will be a requirement of Replication software requirement Will this be provided by bank What is the replication software

Will be part of BCP and DR policy to be shared later with the successful bidder

2 Bidder should make sure that DR and DR drill is performed in alignment with Banks existing processes 3 The Bidder has to participate in DR drills as and when conducted by the Bank 4 During DR drills the vendor has to provide support at DR site for the activities related to the proposed solution 5 The Bidder is responsible for keeping the proposed solution and Database in sync in DC and DR 6 In case of any DR situation the Bidder has to shift application to DR site after Intimation to Bank 7 The bidder has to prepare a Business Continuity Plan and have it approved by the Bank

75 Page No 81 and Section 317

2 Bidder should make sure that DR and DR drill is performed in alignment with Banks existing processes

Bidder request to know if the DR automation tool will this be provided by bank What is the DR automation tool bank use

Will be part of BCP and DR policy to be shared later with the successful bidder

3 The Bidder has to participate in DR drills as and when conducted by the Bank

4 During DR drills the vendor has to provide support at DR site for the activities related to the proposed solution 6 In case of any DR situation the Bidder has to shift application to DR site after Intimation to Bank 7 The bidder has to prepare a Business Continuity Plan and have it approved by the Bank

76 Page No 84 and Section 319

The vendors shall guarantee that with the proposed configurationspecifications the required system application response times as indicated below shall be complied with keeping in view that up to 2000 concurrent users would be connected to the system The required response time and performance standards shall be maintained throughout the contract period Bidder is expected to carry performance testing and share the result with the Bank throughout the contract period In case the implemented solutions do not meet the required response time or in the event of performance degradation that shall require upgradesaugmentation in the softwarehardware the corresponding cost shall be borne by the solution provider

Application SLA As per RFP

77 Page No 85 and Section 321

The Bank will provide following hosting environment to the application

Request Bank to ensure Bidder is not underquoting hardware requirement Also support cost for hardware OS DB etc are not considered in the price Bidder assumes that the cost for the same will be added by RBI with hardware cost

As per RFP

78 Page No 92 and Section 330

3 Vendor is required to give all sorts of support required in case RBI decides to move the implemented EDMS on cloud services or IaaS in future This support will include everything starting from shunting of the running EDMS temporarily to alternate arrangement till all the Hw Sw etc are installed amp made running in the new IaaS or Cloud environment (Logistics Technical Integration support etc)

Bidder requests to add the cloud migration support cost as part of commercial template

As per RFP

4 The vendor must also include a detailed resource plan that describes the Project Management and identify Implementation Teams‟ composition It shall define the roles and responsibilities of each member and the number of person-days that will be required of each member 5 Business Process Reengineering ndash The vendor shall include the impact of the new system to the operations of Client If applicable the proponent shall recommend changes to the existing processes that would benefit Client

79 Page No 95 and Section 44

AMC pay-outs Bidder requests Bank to make the payments to be done quarterly arrears

As per RFP

80 Page No 84 and Section 319

CPU Utilization lt60 Bidder request to definition of 60 Is it average utilisation of 10 working hours

As per RFP

81 Page No 274 and Annexure T

Resource table 32333435 says 12x5 hours but defined as 1 resource

For 12 x 5 working hours only 1 resource has been defined As per working hours one resource cannot work for 12 hrs Request Bank to add 1 more resource for the working hours or change the working hours for 1 resource only

For Annexure T for line items 31 to 35 Bidders are advised to consider 8 x 5 working hours where requirement of only 1 resource has been mentioned (Ahmedabad has 2 locations so 2 resources are required) For line items 25 to 30 where support hours are mentioned as 12 x 5 and requirement of multiple resources is mentioned resources are expected to work in 8 x 5 shift scheduled in a manner to provide support for 12 x 5 All other conditionsrequirements mentioned in the table remain unchanged

82 Page No 84 and Section 320

General Bidder requests Bank to normalise the CPU to x86 based system some bidder may propose proprietary CPU which may lead to ambiguity

As per RFP

83 Page No 7 and Section 1

Introduction The Bank desires to implement Electronic Document Management System (EDMS) across all the locations (Pan India) and all the departments regional offices and training establishments of the Bank- As per our understanding this pertains to multi-sites and multi-instances deployment of EDMS solution Kindly confirm and specify the number of sites for deployment

As per RFP

84 Page No 25 and Section 21

High Level Critical Requirements Does this involve any external users outside of RBIother banks

As per RFP

Also elaborate on the Push-Pull mechanism mentioned and frequency of Push-Pull mechanism mentioned in the RFP

85 Page No 30 and Section 22

Technical Bid(Functional Requirements)

The System should be able to accept input in Rajbhasha and preferably in other regional languages - As per our understanding input in English and Hindi should meet the business requirement If not kindly elaborate on the languages expected

As per RFP

86 Page No 44 and Section 22

Edit files within native applications without downloading first

We understand that different softwares have different proprietary formats which may not be accessible for editing apart from these specific softwares We suggest to edit these files in their native softwares to maintain document quality We would request you to please specify these file formats

As per RFP

87 Page No 50 and Section 22

Application should have capability to allow end users in public domain to create user id and upload documents for inwards created

Please suggest if this involves any external users outside of RBIOther banks

As per RFP

88 Page No 51 and Section 22

Technical Bid(Functional Requirements)

Does this involve any external users outside of RBIother banks

As per RFP

89 Page No 53 and Section 23

Technical Bid(Non-Functional Requirements)

Navigation speed would be majorly dependent on networkbandwidth made available so that accordingly pages can be loaded

As per RFP

90 Page No 54 and Section 23

Technical Bid(Non-Functional Requirements)

Will the Bank provide Data Centre policy details or will it be discussed and agreed mutually between two parties post bidder selection

Shall be discussed with successful bidder

91 Page No 87 and Section 324

The EDMS application is required to be compatible to integrate with API applications like REST SOAP or any other based API applications

What are the third party applications needs to be integrated apart from those mentioned here

Integration envisaged for Go-Live - Active Directory Mail Messaging System SAMADHAN IRM and DMIS Other integration will be done during continuous development

92 Page No 100 and Section 53

Scope of Work Kindly convert the hours mentioned in TTR section into business hours

As per RFP

93 Page No 197 and Annexure D2

Functional Requirements Since this is a generic statement and no details can be finale present for customisations involved against this point

As per RFP

94 Page No 199 and Annexure D2

Functional Requirements Please elaborate Also there should not be any scores since preferred style or standard is not mentioned

As per RFP

95 Page No 207 and Annexure D3

Non-Functional Requirements Please elaborate what is user access level parameterised through admin level here

As per RFP

96 Page No 209 and Annexure D3

Non-Functional Requirements Please explain what does parameterisation mean and include here

As per RFP

97 Page No 226 and Annexure D6

Approach Paper Please clarify if scalability of document volume 30 is year on year increase and also we will consider 4 mn documents for initial year for calculating storage requirements Please check if our understanding is correct Also provide no of pages per document and size of each document etc

As per RFP

98 General Query Training Section Kindly share the number of the RBI team members to whom the training will be imparted

5 batches of 30-40 user each Total training to be provide to around 200 User at Mumbai Pune

99 General Query Customization and Integration As per our understanding the Integration with the third party applications is for image enablement and doc uploaddownload

As per RFP

100 General Query Technical Bid(Functional Requirements)

For the Workflow automation requirement can we get a sample process for each of the workflow described to understand the complexity of the process

Shall be discussed during System Study

101 General Query Technical Solution amp Training Please suggest the volume of documents involved for extraction scope

As per RFP

102 General Query Presentation amp POC of the Solution As per our understanding scope of POC in the RFP is the same as explained through the scenarios in EOI Please confirm

As per RFP

103 Page No 226 and Annexure D6

Functional Requirements Rearrange pages in a document or create a new document from a page using drag and drop This functionality is a part of specialized document creating softwares and not document management system Hence we request you to kindly drop this point

As per RFP

104 General Query

Functional Requirements What is the current ticketing tool being used by the bank

S-MAX

105 Page No 113 and Section 645

Implementation Experience Implementation Experience Table - Are there any scores that are assigned with parameters - No of projects Total Users Concurrent Users Volume of documents

As per RFP

106 Page No 256 and Annexure D5

NA What is the difference between D4 and D5 Both appear same in terms of format and information requested

D4 will be signed by the bidder D5 will be signed by bidders previousexisting clients where

DMS with workflow solution was implemented in past

107 Page No 224 and Annexure D4

Annexure D4 Technical Bid (Implementation Experience)

There is no minimum count mentioned for DMS with workflow automation Project Implementation Experience Two project credentials (PO or client letter) would be sufficient

As per RFP

108 Page No 81 and Section 318

Continuous Development What are the number of resources that the bank expects to be a part of Continuous Development

As per RFP

109 Page No 92 and Section 330

Scope of Work Since the amount of support and scope of work for cloud services is not very clear at this stage we recommend to keep this component out of commercial bid and take it on Time and Material need basis

As per RFP

110 Page No 106 and Section 63

Presentation amp POC of the Solution It is assumed that the POC requested in the RFP is the same as per the EOI and is based on the same use cases that were a part of the EOI process Please clarify

As per RFP

111 Page No 25 and Section 21

The solution should also be capable of integration with native office 365 and

Please name what are industry standard open office tools Please provide detail of existing IRM system

Microsoft IRM

industry standard open office tools The proposed solution needs to be integrated with existing (or any future standard system) of IRM

112 Page No 25 and Section 21

InwardOutward Management Flow of data from Web Interface to EDMS and vice versa should happen in batches and support push pull mechanism

Proposed system will provided web services for CRUD operation Same services will be consumed by external system for Inward management Also

Shall be discussed during SRS

Frequency of push pull should be configurable

proposed system will consume web service provided by external systems for Outward service Any change these external system will be out of scope Please confirm if our understanding is correct

113 Page No 27 and Section 21

The Scanning product should have inbuilt capability to do a full page OCR amp ICR (for both Hindi amp English documents) and also convert the images to searchable forms like Searchable PDF

Accuracy of capturing Hand written information in during OCRICR is totally depends on input and must be out of scope Please confirm if our understanding is correct

Accuracy of OCR for Machine Readable documents should be 100 and search should be faster amp accurate and it is in scope whereas the accuracy for ICR for hand written documents may be varied but is in scope

114 Page No 27 and Section 21

The System should be able to search in English Hindi amp combination of both System must provide the ability to search from bi-lingual content sources Reports should be in Hindi and English

Language conversion from English to Hindi and vice versa is not in scope Information saved in English language can be search in English Same way information saved in Hindi language will be searched in Hindi only Please confirm if our understanding is correct

Yes

115 Page No 34 and Section 22

Scanned file naming convention and folder structure to be used to store the scanned files and would be as per the

File name will be in English only Please confirm if our understanding is correct

Application should support Bilingual file names

policies defined by RBI for file naming conventions in bilingual language (Rajbhasha(Hindi) English)

116 Page no 58 amp Section 23

Compatible DevOps for version control in Test and Production environment

Please elaborate the requirement for Compatible DevOps for version control

Shall be discussed with successful bidder

117 The RBI reserves the right to conduct Yes

Page no 59 amp Section 23

further security testing of the system by either RBI personnel or another party Any gaps identified during this testing should be fixed by bidder at their own cost

STQC and VAPT will be in RBI scope SI will responsible for closing the GAP identified Please confirm if our understanding is correct

118 Page no 60 amp Section 23

The uniform user management policy envisaged by RBI in which single-sign-on concept for a user should be implemented

Please share existing Single-sign-on solution being used in RBI

Shall be shared with successful bidder

119 Page no 71 amp Section 38

ensure accuracy integrity and completeness of the data migration from legacy DMIS application to new EDMS application

Please provide below details Shall be discussed during System Study 1Which DB is being used(expr

OracleMSSQL etc) 2 Is DMIS application is open source built on JavaNet technology If not Please share which DMS product is being used along with version details 3How many table exists 4How many records need tp migrate 5How many documents need to migrate 6Does documents has versions 7Existing DMIS system architecture 8Other details which can be helpful to understand migration scope

120 Page no 97 amp Section 5

ldquoBusiness Operation Hoursrdquo shall be ldquoOne Hourrdquo prior to the start of ldquoWorking Hoursrdquo and would end ldquoOne Hourrdquo after ldquoWorking Hoursrdquo ldquoBusiness

Please confirm OampM support hours Will it be 700 AM to 900 PM (Mon-Friday) and on working Saturday What all Saturday will be working day

As per RFP

121 Page no 86 amp Section 323

The total number of users presently is expected to be around 10000 with 2000 concurrent users and annual growth of 10 in concurrent users

We believe all Bank users will not participate for workflowBPM task approval process For sizing please provide users count as per -

Workflows are applicable for all users and concurrency as mentioned in RFP

1) Total number of DMS users

2) Total number of BPMworkflow users 3)Concurrent DMS users 4)Concurrent BPMworkflow users

122 Page no 25 amp Section 21

Manage documents using a folder view with minimum 5 levels and support file types pdf tiff jpeg jpg doc docx xls xlsx ppt pptx png etc with version control

Please share the details of different type of documents Please provide below details

Shall be discussed during System Study

1) For New Documents a) Number of document ingestion per day - b) Average size of document - in KB c) Maximum size of document - in KB 2) What is percentage the Year on Year growth over 7 years for the number of documents added 3) Average number of document views per day 4) Average number of document searches per day

123 Page no 27 amp Section 21

The Scanning product should have inbuilt capability to do a full

Assuming scanning solution will be deployed centrally and access through web only If No Please share the number of location required for scanning solution Also do share number of scanning users number of template need to consider along with number metadata fields on each template

As per RFP

page OCR amp ICR (for both Hindi amp English documents) and also convert the images to searchable forms like Searchable PDF

124 Page no 28 amp Section 21

The System should be capable of supporting

For BPMWorkflow sizing can we get volumetric for

Shall be discussed during System Study

a Sequential routing ndash Note to be routed one after the other in a pre-defined sequence

1) No of Workload Per Month (Days per month)

b Ad-hoc routing Changing the routing sequence by an authorized personnel

2) No of Process instances Per Hour

c Push ndash pull routing Authorized person can decide the workflow

3)No of User Interactions (per screen)

4)Estimated Number of concurrent users for BPM

5) No of Transactions Per Seconds (TPS) Considered for Sizing (Rules Execution Per Second)

6)No of business process need to factor

7) complexity level of each processes 125 Page no 25 amp

Section 21 High Level Critical Requirements What is the corporate email used in

RBI is it MS exchange or lotus notes please share name and version

MS Exchange 2016

126 Page no 25 amp Section 21

High Level Critical Requirements Are you using On-premise of Azure Active Directory

Shall be shared with successful bidder

127 Page no 28 amp Section 21

High Level Critical Requirements Is there a requirement that all inputs fields should be allowed in both English and Hindi or Hindi data entry is limited to comments notes and documents

All inputs fields should be allowed in both English and Hindi

128 Page no 28 amp Section 21

High Level Critical Requirements Is there expectation that search with English keyword should get translated to Hindi and bring out Hindi content with translated word In other words is there requirement of cross language search

As per RFP

129 Page no 86 amp Section 323

Licences Please confirm licenses other than DMS like for DB web or application server will be provided by RBI

As per RFP

130 Page no 74 amp Section 310

A Administrator Level Training (Technical)

As it is mentioned under Technical Training and not Onsite training what is the expectation for this type of training Is classroom training not required for the same

It will be onsite training

131 Page no 74 amp Section 310

A Administrator Level Training (Technical)

Please confirm the no of approximate Trainees Location Batches for conducting the technical training

5 batches of 30-40 user each Total training to be provide to around 200 User at Mumbai Pune

132 Page no 74 amp Section 310

B User Level Training (on-site) Please confirm the no of approximate Trainees Location Batches for conducting the end user training

5 batches of 30-40 user each Total training to be provide to around 200 User at Mumbai Pune

133 Page no 74 amp Section 310

B User Level Training (on-site) Is hands-on-training session also required for the trainees If yes please confirm

Yes

134 Page no 74 amp Section 310

B User Level Training (on-site) Is the refresher training also expected post Go Live during the support AMC period Please confirm

L0 will be responsible for regular training at respective locations

135 Page no 16 amp Section 14

Date amp Time of Final Submission of Technical amp Commercial Bids on the MSTC Portal

Please extend the bid submission date by two weeks from the current

Please refer Tenders section on RBI website wwwrbiorgin and MSTC e-commerce portal for updates if any regarding bid submission schedule

136 Page no 151 162 206 262

Annexure D1 High Level Critical Requirements

Please provide Annexure D1 D2 D3 amp Q in excel format

May be copied from RFP

Annexure D Annexure D2 Technical Bid (Functional Requirements

Annexure D3 Technical Bid (Non Functional Requirements)

Annexure Q Commercial Bid Format 137 Page no 7 amp

Section1 Introduction The Bank desires to implement

Electronic Document Management System (EDMS) across all the locations (Pan India) and all the departments regional offices and training establishments of the Bank- As per our understanding this pertains to multi-sites and multi-instances deployment of EDMS solution Please confirm and specify the number of sites for deployment

As per RFP

138 Page no 25 amp Section 21

High Level Critical Requirements Does this involve any external users outside of RBIother banks

As per RFP

Also elaborate on the Push-Pull mechanism mentioned and frequency of Push-Pull mechanism mentioned in the RFP

139 Page no 30 amp Section 21

High Level Critical Requirements The System should be able to accept input in Rajbhasha and preferably in other regional languages - As per our understanding input in English and Hindi should meet the business requirement If not kindly elaborate on the languages expected

As per RFP

140 Page no 44 amp Section 21

High Level Critical Requirements Edit files within native applications without downloading first -We understand that different softwarersquos have different proprietary formats which may not be accessible for editing apart from this specific softwarersquos We suggest to edit these files in their native softwarersquos to maintain document quality We would request you to please specify these file formats

As per RFP

141 Page no 50 amp Section 22

Functional Requirements Application should have capability to allow end users in public domain to create user id and upload documents for inwards created - Please suggest if this involves any external users outside of RBIOther banks

As per RFP

142 Page no 51 amp Section 22

Functional Requirements Does this involve any external users outside of RBIother banks

Yes

143 Page no 53 amp Section 23

Non-Functional Requirements Navigation speed would be majorly dependent on networkbandwidth made available so that accordingly pages can be loaded

As per RFP

144 Page no 54 amp Section 23

Non-Functional Requirements Will the Bank provide Data Centre policy details or will it be discussed and agreed mutually between two parties post bidder selection

Shall be shared with successful bidder

145 Page no 87 amp Section 324

Customization and Integration The EDMS application is required to be compatible to integrate with API applications like REST SOAP or any other based API applications- What are the third party applications needs to be

Integration envisaged for Go-Live - Active Directory Mail Messaging System SAMADHAN IRM DMIS Other integration will be done during continuous development

integrated apart from those mentioned here

146 Page no 99 amp Section 53

Scope of Work Kindly convert the hours mentioned in TTR section into business hours

As per RFP

147 Page no 197 amp Admixture D2

Technical Bid (Functional Requirements)

Since this is a generic statement and no details can be finale present for customisations involved against this point

As per RFP

148 Page no 199 amp Admixture D2

Technical Bid (Functional Requirements)

Please elaborate Also there should not be any scores since preferred style or standard is not mentioned

User rights Management includes the ReadWrite privileges to the user which will be provided by RBI

149 Page no 207 amp Annexure D3

Technical Bid (Non-Functional Requirements)

Please elaborate what is user access level parameterised through admin level here

As per RFP

150 Page no 209 amp Annexure D2

Technical Bid (Functional Requirements)

Please explain what does parameterisation mean and include here

As per RFP

151 Page no 226 amp Annexure D6

Annexure D6 - Approach Paper Please clarify if scalability of document volume 30 is year on year increase and also we will consider 4 MN documents for initial year for calculating storage requirements Please check if our understanding is correct Also provide no of pages per document and size of each document etc

As per RFP

152 General Query Training Section Kindly share the number of the RBI team members to whom the training will be imparted

5 batches of 30-40 user each Total training to be provide to around 200 User at Mumbai Pune

153 General Query Customization and Integration As per our understanding the Integration with the third party applications is for image enablement and doc uploaddownload

Shall be discussed during System Study

154 General Query Technical Bid (Functional Requirements)

For the Workflow automation requirement can we get a sample process for each of the workflow described to understand the complexity of the process

Yes

155 General Query Technical Solution amp Training Please suggest the volume of documents involved for extraction scope

As per RFP

156 General Query Presentation amp POC of the Solution As per our understanding scope of POC in the RFP is the same as explained through the scenarios in EOI Please confirm

Yes

157 Page no 163 amp Annexure D2

Technical Bid (Non-Functional Requirements)

Rearrange pages in a document or create a new document from a page using drag and drop This functionality is a part of specialized document creating softwarersquos and not document management system Hence we request you to kindly drop this point

As per RFP

158 Page no 19 and section No 15

11 ldquoAgreementrdquo means the contract signed between the Bank and the Selected Bidder and all the attached documents The ldquoAgreementrdquo includes the RFP subsequent modifications to the RFP response of the selected vendor to the RFP and the contract document itself

11 ldquoAgreementrdquo means the contract signed between the Bank and the Selected Bidder and all the attached documents all of which shall be on mutually agreed terms and conditions The ldquoAgreementrdquo includes the RFP subsequent modifications to the RFP response of the selected vendor to the RFP and the contract document itself

As per RFP

17 ldquoIntegrationrdquo means the system should be able to integrate with existing componentsapplications like Active Directory MS Office 365 and support other 3rd party integration if required

17 ldquoIntegrationrdquo means the system should be able to integrate with existing componentsapplications like Active Directory MS Office 365 and support other 3rd party integration if required

18 ldquoCommissioningrdquo means the System shall be considered to have been commissioned when the entire job including supply installation integration configuration testing and deployment of all hardware amp software is executed to the satisfaction of the Purchaser

18 ldquoCommissioningrdquo means the System shall be considered to have been commissioned when the entire job including supply installation integration configuration testing and deployment of all hardware amp software is executed as per the terms of the RFP to the satisfaction of the Purchaser

159 Page No 66 amp Section No 31

The scope of the system can be enhanced as per requirements of RBI

The scope of the system can be enhanced as per requirements of RBI However It should be restricted to +-10 maximum of the quantity quoted as per RFP

As per RFP

Bidder agrees to provide the increased quantity at the same terms and conditions However additional prices shall be charged for the goods supplied over the contracted quantity

160 Page No 75 amp Section No 311

The completion shall include satisfactory installation testing data migration non-functional requirements etc

The completion shall include satisfactory installation testing data migration non-functional requirements etc

As per RFP

4 Bidder should provide 90 days of hand holding support post Go-Live

4 Bidder should provide 30 90 days of hand holding support post Go-Live

5 On satisfactory performance of application post 90 days from Go-Live Bank will issue Completion Certificate

5 On satisfactory performance of application post 90 30 days from Go-Live Bank will issue Completion Certificate

6 In case of the Go-Live delays by the Bidder the financial Penalty as per the Banks discretion will be imposed on the Bidder at 5 of the total contract value per month of delay to the maximum of 10 of the total contract value as per the agreement between the Bank and the successful Bidder

6 In case of the Go-Live delays by the Bidder the financial Penalty as per the Banks discretion will be imposed on the Bidder at 5 05 of the total contract value delayed portion of ACV per month of delay to the maximum of 10 3 of the delayed portion of ACV total contract value as per the agreement between the Bank and the successful Bidder

161 Page No 77 amp Section No 313

5 If any defect in the Solution is not rectified by the Bidder before the end of the Warranty Period the Warranty Period shall be extended until

5 If any defect in the Solution is not rectified by the Bidder before the end of the Warranty Period the Warranty Period shall be extended until

As per RFP

(a) the defect has been corrected and (a) the defect has been corrected and (b) the Solution functions in accordance with the Contract

(b) the Solution functions in accordance with the Contract

6 Where the Bidder is not the Manufacturer of certain components of the Solution then the Bidder shall disclose the Manufacturerrsquos warranty for such components to the Bank and in the event such warranty exceeds the Bidderrsquos warranty under this

6 Where the Bidder is not the Manufacturer of certain components of the Solution then the Bidder shall disclose the Manufacturerrsquos warranty for such components to the Bank and in the event such warranty exceeds the Bidderrsquos warranty under this Contract in

Contract in any respect shall ensure that the Bank will receive the benefit of the Manufacturerrsquos warranty

any respect shall ensure that the Bank will receive the benefit of the Manufacturerrsquos warranty

7 The bidder is expected to provide requisite support to Bankrsquos operations team for Application-specific database back-up and Disaster Recovery activities during the entire warranty amp support period of 7 years

7 The bidder is expected to provide requisite support to Bankrsquos operations team for Application-specific database back-up and Disaster Recovery activities during the entire warranty amp support period of 7 years

162 Page No 79 amp Section No 315

The following are minimum qualifications and experience for key resources required to implement the EDMS solution Members which are considered for Technical bid evaluation shall be construed as Key Personnel including but not limited to members involved in EDMS customization and implementation architect database administrator The following personnel would be required during the Design Configuration Installation and Setup of the EDMS solution These key resources should be based in Mumbai

The following are minimum qualifications and experience for key resources required to implement the EDMS solution Members which are considered for Technical bid evaluation shall be construed as Key Personnel including but not limited to members involved in EDMS customization and implementation architect database administrator The following personnel would be required during the Design Configuration Installation and Setup of the EDMS solution These key resources should be based in Mumbai

As per RFP

163 Page No 87 amp Section No325

System amp Security Audit ADD As per RFP Notwithstanding anything contained in this RFP

a) Excluding a regulatorystatutory requirement if any nothing in this Agreement shall be construed or interpreted as requiring Bidder to provide to Bank access to or right to inspect examine audit and take copies of any fees price cost or any other financial information or any records or documents relating to the make-up of the Bidderrsquos internal overhead calculations their relationship to the fees any financial cost model calculation of fees or to the Bidderrsquos profitability or other such financial data b) All audit barring those required under a regulatory or statutory requirement may be done only on an annual basis and subject to a notice period of 20 days

164 Page No 93 amp Section No4 Payment Terms

1 Completion of process and system study Design and Build and Deployment in UAT - 15 of Implementation Cost specified at Item 1B of Annexure Q

1 Completion of process and system study Design and Build and Deployment in UAT -30 15 of Implementation Cost specified at Item 1B of Annexure Q

As per RFP

2 Data Migration Completion of User Acceptance Testing Creation of training content Train the Trainer and customer education content - 20 of Implementation Cost specified at Item 1B of Annexure Q

2 Data Migration Completion of User Acceptance Testing Creation of training content Train the Trainer and customer education content - 20 30 of Implementation Cost specified at Item 1B of Annexure Q

3 Complete Implementation and ldquoProduction Go-liverdquo of the project - 25 of Implementation Cost specified at Item 1B of Annexure Q

3 Complete Implementation and ldquoProduction Go-liverdquo of the project - 25 of Implementation Cost specified at Item 1B of Annexure Q

4 Receipt of Completion Certificate from the Bank

4 Receipt of Completion Certificate from the Bank

(post 90 days of achieving production Go-Live) - 30 of Implementation Cost specified at Item 1B of Annexure Q

(post 90 days of achieving production Go-Live) - 30 10 of Implementation Cost specified at Item 1B of Annexure Q

5 Amount payable during the warranty period - On completion of warranty period of three years The Financial Bank guarantee shall be valid for 7 years - 10 of Implementation Cost specified at Item 1B of Annexure Q

5 Amount payable during the warranty period - On completion of warranty period of three years The Financial Bank guarantee shall be valid for 7 years - 10 5 of Implementation Cost specified at Item 1B of Annexure Q

middot 100 of the License Cost indicated in Item 1A of Annexure Q shall be payable immediately on deployment in UAT environment Beta testing phase

middot 100 of the License Cost indicated in Item 1A of Annexure Q shall be payable immediately on deployment in UAT environment Beta testing phase

For each milestone to be marked completed the bidder should ensure that all the acceptance criteria are met and approved by the Bank as mentioned in various applicable sections in the RFP

For each milestone to be marked completed the bidder should ensure that all the acceptance criteria are met and approved by the Bank as mentioned in various applicable sections in the RFP

165 Page No 94 amp Section No43

Amount payable during the warranty period following successful implementation of application will be paid on completion of warranty period of three years The Financial Bank guarantee shall be valid for 7 years Performance Bank Guarantee will be released on submission of Financial Bank Guarantee

Amount payable during the warranty period following successful implementation of application will be paid in advance on completion of warranty period of three years The Financial Bank guarantee shall be valid for 7 years Performance Bank Guarantee will be released on submission of Financial Bank Guarantee

As per RFP

166 Page No 95 amp Section No44

The annual amount payable towards AMC would be paid at the end of every year following successful implementation of the application and delivery of satisfactory services

The annual amount payable towards AMC would be paid at the end start of every year following successful implementation of the application and delivery of satisfactory services

As per RFP

167 Page No 95 amp Section No45

The annual amount payable towards FMS and Development Team would be paid at the end of every year following successful implementation of the application and delivery of satisfactory services

The annual amount payable towards FMS and Development Team would be paid monthly at the end of every year following successful implementation of the application and delivery of satisfactory services

Please refer Corrigendum dated 7th October 2019

168 Page No 95 amp Section No44

The Bidders should note that the contract entered with the successful Bidder will be for implementation and post go‐live period of 7 years (3 years‟ warranty amp 4 years AMC amp FMS support) extendable at the Bankrsquos discretion The Bank will have the right in its sole discretion to renegotiate the prices terms and conditions

8 The Bidders should note that the contract entered with the successful Bidder will be for implementation and post go‐live period of 7 years (3 years‟ warranty amp 4 years AMC amp FMS support) extendable at the Bankrsquos discretion on mutually agreed terms The Bank will have the right in its sole discretion to renegotiate the prices terms and conditions

As per RFP

169 Page No 95 amp Section No45

The successful Bidder is expected to complete the responsibilities that have been assigned as per the specified time frame In case of the Rollout delays by the Bidder the financial Penalty as per the Banks discretion will be imposed on the Bidder at 5 of the total contract value per month of delay to the maximum of 10 of the total contract value as per the

The successful Bidder is expected to complete the responsibilities that have been assigned as per the specified time frame In case of the Rollout delays by the Bidder the financial Penalty as per the Banks discretion will be imposed on the Bidder at 5 05 of the total contract value delayed portion of ACV per month of delay to the maximum of 10 3 of the delayed portion of ACV

As per RFP

agreement between the Bank and the successful Bidder

of the total contract value as per the agreement between the Bank and the successful Bidder

Business Utility and Business Downtime would be the key considerations for determining the ldquoPenaltiesrdquo that would be levied on the Bidder for ldquoNon‐Adherencerdquo to the SLA for the Services offered The inability of the Bidder to provide the requirements as per the scope or to meet the deadlines as specified would be treated as breach of contract and invoke the Penalty Clause The maximum limit on the penalties during the period of contract shall be 10 of the total contract value The applicable ldquoPenaltiesrdquo would be the same irrespective of the root causes The Penalty shall be deducted from the next pay out (Warranty AMC amp FMS BG)

Business Utility and Business Downtime would be the key considerations for determining the ldquoPenaltiesrdquo that would be levied on the Bidder for ldquoNon‐Adherencerdquo to the SLA for the Services offered The inability of the Bidder to provide the requirements as per the scope or to meet the deadlines as specified would be treated as breach of contract and invoke the Penalty Clause The maximum limit on the penalties during the period of contract shall be 10 of the total contract value The applicable ldquoPenaltiesrdquo would be the same irrespective of the root causes The Penalty shall be deducted from the next pay out (Warranty AMC amp FMS BG)

The successful Bidder is expected to complete the responsibilities that have been assigned as per the specified time frame In case of the Rollout delays or more than 2 rollbacks by the Bidder the financial Penalty as per the Banks discretion will be imposed on

The successful Bidder is expected to complete the responsibilities that have been assigned as per the specified time frame In case of the Rollout delays or more than 2 rollbacks by the Bidder the financial Penalty as per the Banks discretion will be imposed on the Bidder

the Bidder at 5 of the total cost for the particular continuous development

at 5 3 of the total cost for the particular continuous development

The maximum limit on the penalties during the period of contract shall be 10 of the total contract value

The maximum limit on the penalties during the period of contract shall be 3 of ACV 10 of the total contract value

170 Page No 114 amp Section No66

Prices quoted by bidder in commercial bid shall be reasonable and as per industry standards If any extreme abnormalitiesdiscrepancies observed in prices RBI at its discretion will disqualify the Commercial Bid

Prices quoted by bidder in commercial bid shall be reasonable and as per industry standards If any extreme abnormalitiesdiscrepancies observed in prices RBI at its discretion will disqualify the Commercial Bid

As per RFP

171 Page No 123 amp Section No77

The Bids will be treated as valid for a period of 180 days from the closing date for submission of the bid

The Bids will be treated as valid for a period of 180 30 days from the closing date for submission of the bid

As per RFP

172 Page No 124 amp Section No711

2 2 The Bank will reserve the right to terminate the services of the successful Bidder at any point of the Project (during the implementation phase and post go-live) without assigning any reasons In such cases the Bank may consider making payment commensurate with the last completed phase

2 The Bank Either Party will reserve the right to terminate the services of the successful Bidder at any point of the Project (during the implementation phase and post go-live) without assigning any reasons subject to notice period of 3 months In such cases the Bank shall may consider making payment for all services and deliverables rendered up to the effective date of communication commensurate with the last completed phase

As per RFP

In the event of termination of any nature the Bidder shall be paid for the 1 goods delivered 2 services rendered 3 work in progress 4 unpaid AMCs 5 third party orders in pipeline which cannot be cancelled despite Bidders best efforts 6 unrecovered investments shall be paid by the Bank as per termination schedule till the date of termination

173 Page No 126 amp Section No8

1 Submission of a Proposal shall be deemed to constitute an acknowledgement by the Bidder that all obligations stipulated by this RFP will be met and unless specified otherwise the Bidder has read understood and agreed to all the instructions provided in this RFP

1 Submission of a Proposal shall be deemed to constitute an acknowledgement by the Bidder that all material obligations stipulated by this RFP will be met and unless specified otherwise the Bidder has read understood and agreed to all the instructions provided in this RFP

As per RFP

3 The Bidder selected for the solution will have to enter into a contract directly with RBI The contract will contain various terms and conditions including payment delivery installation amp operationalization training commissioning amp acceptance support during periods of warranty amp maintenance penalty due to delay in performance

3 The Bidder selected for the solution will have to enter into a contract directly with RBI on mutually agreed terms The contract will contain various terms and conditions including payment delivery installation amp operationalization training commissioning amp acceptance support during periods of warranty amp maintenance penalty due to delay in performance

174 Page No 126 amp Section No81

2 Adherence to terms and conditions The Bidders who wish to submit responses to this RFP should note that they should abide by all the terms and conditions contained in the RFP If the responses contain any extraneous conditions put in by the respondents such Bidders will be disqualified and will not be considered for the selection process

2 Adherence to terms and conditions The Bidders who wish to submit responses to this RFP should note that they should abide by all the mutually agreed terms and conditions contained in the RFP If the responses contain any extraneous conditions put in by the respondents such Bidders will be disqualified and will not be considered for the selection process

As per RFP

175 Page No 127 amp Section No81

4 Execution of SLA The Bidder should execute a Service Level Agreement which would include all the services and terms and conditions of the services to be extended as detailed herein and as may be prescribed by the Bank

4 Execution of SLA The Bidder should execute a Service Level Agreement on mutually agreed terms which would include all the services and terms and conditions of the services to be extended as detailed herein and as may be prescribed by the Bank

As per RFP

5 A declaration may be given by the Bidder stating that No relative of the Bidders is working in the Reserve Bank of India (Annexure K) If anyone working in the Bank is related to the Bidders the name designation and the department where the person is posted may be given Due to any breach of these conditions by the company or firm or any other person the Bank may decide to take appropriate action including cancellation of bid invocation of performance bank guarantee The company or firm or the person may also be debarred for further participation in the procurement process of the Bank in the future

5 A declaration may be given by the Bidder stating that No relative of the Bidders is working in the Reserve Bank of India (Annexure K) If anyone working in the Bank is related to the Bidders the name designation and the department where the person is posted may be given Due to any breach of these conditions by the company or firm or any other person the Bank may decide to take appropriate action including cancellation of bid invocation of performance bank guarantee The company or firm or the person may also be debarred for further participation in the procurement process of the Bank in the future

The relatives for this purpose are defined as -

The relatives for this purpose are defined as -

Oslash Members of a Hindu undivided family (HUF)

Oslash Members of a Hindu undivided family (HUF)

Oslash Husband and Wife Oslash Husband and Wife Oslash If one is related to the other in the manner as Father (includes step father) Mother (includes step mother) Son(s) (includes step son) amp Sonrsquos wife (daughter-in-law) Daughter(s) (includes step daughter) and Daughterrsquos husband (son-in-law) Brother(s) (includes step brother) and Brotherrsquos wife Sister(s) (includes step sister) and Sisterrsquos husband (brother-in-law)

Oslash If one is related to the other in the manner as Father (includes step father) Mother (includes step mother) Son(s) (includes step son) amp Sonrsquos wife (daughter-in-law) Daughter(s) (includes step daughter) and Daughterrsquos husband (son-in-law) Brother(s) (includes step brother) and Brotherrsquos wife Sister(s) (includes step sister) and Sisterrsquos husband (brother-in-law)

176 Page No 127 amp Section No82

The Proposal as well as all related correspondence exchanged by the Bidder and RBI shall be written in English language only The Bids will be treated as valid for a period of 180 days from the closing date for submission of the bid

The Proposal as well as all related correspondence exchanged by the Bidder and RBI shall be written in English language only The Bids will be treated as valid for a period of 180 30 days from the closing date for submission of the bid

As per RFP

177 Page No 128 amp Section No84

The Bidder shall at its own cost and expenses defend and indemnify RBI against all third-party claims including those of the infringement of Intellectual Property Rights including patent trademark copyright trade secret or industrial design rights arising from use of the Products or any part thereof in India

The Bidder Either Party (Indemnitor) shall at its own cost and expenses defend and indemnify the other Party (Indemnitee) RBI against all third-party claims including limited to those of the infringement of Intellectual Property Rights including patent trademark copyright trade secret or industrial design rights directly and proximately arising from use of the Products or any part thereof in India

As per RFP

If RBI is required to pay compensation to a third party resulting from such infringement the Bidder shall be fully responsible therefore including all expenses and court and legal fees The Bidder shall also be liable to indemnify RBI at its own cost and expenses against all losses damages which RBI may suffer on account of violation by the Bidder of any or all national international trade laws norms standards procedures etc

If RBI is required to pay compensation to a third party resulting from such infringement the Indemnitor Bidder shall be fully responsible therefore including all expenses and court and legal fees The Indemnitor Bidder shall also be liable to indemnify IndemniteeRBI at its own cost and expenses against all third party losses damages which IndemniteeRBI may suffer on account of violation by the Indemnitor Bidder of any or all national international trade laws norms standards procedures etc

178 Page No 129 amp Section No85

RBI reserves the right to cancel the contract of the selected Bidder and recover expenditure incurred by RBI if the progress regarding execution of the contract made by the selected Bidder is found to be unsatisfactory for any reason After the award of the contract if the selected Bidder does not perform satisfactorily or delays execution of the contract RBI reserves the right to get the balance contract executed by another party of its choice by giving one monthrsquos‟ notice for the same In this event the selected Bidder is bound to make good the additional expenditure which RBI may have to incur to carry out bidding process for the execution of the balance of the contract This clause will be surviving even where for any reason the contract is cancelled RBI reserves the right to recover any dues payable by the selected Bidder from any amount outstanding to the credit of the selected Bidder including the pending bills andor invoking Bank Guarantee if any under this contract or any other contractorder

RBI reserves the right to cancel the contract of the selected Bidder In the event of cancellation of contract the Bank is liable to pay the bidder for the goods delivered and services rendered till the date of termination and recover expenditure incurred by RBI if the progress regarding execution of the contract made by the selected Bidder is found not to be as per the material terms of the RFP unsatisfactory for any reason solely attributable to the bidder After the award of the contract if the selected Bidder does not perform as per the material terms of the RFP satisfactorily or unduly delays execution of the contract subject to a cure period and notice of not less than 30 days RBI reserves the right to get the balance contract executed by another party of its choice by giving one monthrsquos‟ additional notice for the same In this event the selected Bidder is bound to make good the additional expenditure which RBI may have to incur to carry out bidding process for the execution of the balance of the contract Provided further that the Bidder shall not be liable to Excess Cost in excess of (ten) 10 percent of the price of undelivered goods or services for which such option is exercised by the Bank This clause will be surviving even where for any reason attributable to the bidder the contract is cancelled RBI reserves the

As per RFP

right to recover any dues payable by the selected Bidder from any amount outstanding to the credit of the selected Bidder including the pending bills andor invoking Bank Guarantee if any under this contract or any other contractorder

179 Page No 129 amp Section No86

Bidder will submit a Bank Guarantee from a scheduled commercial bank drawn in favour of Reserve Bank of India payable at Mumbai towards Earnest Money Deposit (EMD) for Rs 4000000- (Rupees Forty Lakhs only) The EMD of unsuccessful Bidders shall be returned within 30 days from the declaration of the disqualification of the respective Bidder No interest shall be paid on the EMD The EMD of the successful Bidder shall be returned after the successful Bidder furnishes the Performance Bank Guarantee Offers made without the Earnest money deposit are liable to be rejected The amount of Earnest money deposit would be forfeited in the following scenarios

Bidder will submit demand draftbankerrsquos chequepay order Bank Guarantee drawn in favour of Reserve Bank of India payable at Mumbai towards Earnest Money Deposit (EMD) for Rs 4000000- (Rupees Forty Lakhs only) The EMD of unsuccessful Bidders shall be returned within 15 days from the declaration of the disqualification of the respective Bidder No interest shall be paid on the EMD The EMD of the successful Bidder shall be returned after the successful Bidder furnishes the Performance Bank Guarantee Offers made without the Earnest money deposit will be rejected The amount of Earnest money deposit would be forfeited in the following scenarios

As per RFP

1 In case the Bidder withdraws the bid prior to validity period of the bid for any reason whatsoever

1 In case the Bidder withdraws the bid prior to validity period of the bid for any reason whatsoever after the deviations proposed are mutually agreed to between both the parties

2 In case the successful Bidder fails to accept and sign the contract within the timeline as specified in this document for any reason whatsoever or

2 In case the successful Bidder fails to accept and sign the contract on mutually agreed terms as specified in this document for any reason whatsoever or

3 In case the successful Bidder fails to provide the performance guarantee within 30 days from the date of placing the order by the Bank or signing of the

3 In case the successful Bidder fails to provide the performance guarantee within 30 days from the date of placing the order by the Bank or and signing of the contract on mutually agreed terms

contract whichever is earlier for any reason whatsoever

whichever is earlier for any reason whatsoever

In case the Bidder withdraws the bid

owing to the fact that the deviations proposed by the Bidder are not accepted by the Bank there shall be neither any forfeiture of EMD nor any other financial or legal implications

180 Page No 130 amp Section No87

The successful Bidder shall at his own expense deposit with The Chief General Manager-in-Charge Department of Information Technology Reserve Bank of India Mumbai within thirty (30) days from the final result of the bidding process and declaration of the successful Bidder a Performance Bank Guarantee from a scheduled commercial bank payable on demand in terms of Annexure C for an amount equivalent to ten percent (10) of the contract price for the due performance and fulfilment of the contract by the Bidder Without prejudice to the other rights of the Purchaser under the Contract in the matter the proceeds of the performance security shall be payable to RBI as compensation for any loss resulting from the Bidderrsquos failure to complete its obligations under the Contract RBI shall notify the Bidder in writing of the invocation of its right to receive such compensation indicating the contractual obligation(s) for which the Bidder is in default The Performance Bank Guarantee shall be denominated in INR and shall be in the form of bank guarantee unless another form is specified by RBI After Go Live Performance Bank Guarantee will be returned back to bidder on submission of Financial Bank Guarantee which shall be submitted by the Bidder within

The successful Bidder shall at his own expense deposit with The Chief General Manager-in-Charge Department of Information Technology Reserve Bank of India Mumbai within thirty (30) days from the final result of the bidding process and declaration of the successful Bidder a Performance Bank Guarantee from a scheduled commercial bank payable on demand in terms of Annexure C for an amount equivalent to ten percent (10) of the contract price for the due performance and fulfilment of the contract by the Bidder Without prejudice to the other rights of the Purchaser under the Contract in the matter the proceeds of the performance security shall be payable to RBI as compensation for any loss resulting from the Bidderrsquos failure to complete its obligations under the Contract RBI shall notify the Bidder in writing of the invocation of its right to receive such compensation indicating the contractual obligation(s) for which the Bidder is in default The Performance Bank Guarantee shall be denominated in INR and shall be in the form of bank guarantee unless another form is specified by RBI After Go Live Performance Bank Guarantee will be returned back to bidder on submission of Financial Bank Guarantee which shall be submitted by the Bidder within 90 days of Go-Live Non-submission of

As per RFP

90 days of Go-Live Non-submission of Performance Guarantee shall constitute sufficient grounds among others if any for the annulment of the award of the tender

Performance Guarantee shall constitute sufficient grounds among others if any for the annulment of the award of the tender

181 Page No 130 amp Section No88

The successful Bidder shall at his own expense deposit with The Chief General Manager-In-Charge Department of Information Technology Reserve Bank of India Mumbai within Ninety (90) days of Go-Live of application before the issuance of Certificate of Completion a Bank Guarantee from a scheduled commercial bank payable on demand in terms of Annexure O for an amount equivalent to ten percent (10) of the contract price as mentioned in Annexure Q of Commercial Bid submitted by the bidder for the due performance and fulfilment of the contract by the Bidder during the warranty and AMC period of 7 years After Go Live Performance Bank Guarantee will be returned back to bidder on submission of Financial Bank Guarantee Without prejudice to the other rights of the Purchaser under the Contract in the matter the proceeds of the performance security shall be payable to RBI as compensation for any loss resulting from the Bidderrsquos failure to complete its obligations under the Contract RBI shall notify the Bidder in writing of the invocation of its right to receive such compensation indicating the contractual obligation(s) for which the Bidder is in default The Financial Bank Guarantee shall be valid till the

The successful Bidder shall at his own expense deposit with The Chief General Manager-In-Charge Department of Information Technology Reserve Bank of India Mumbai within Ninety (90) days of Go-Live of application before the issuance of Certificate of Completion a Bank Guarantee from a scheduled commercial bank payable on demand in terms of Annexure O for an amount equivalent to ten percent (10) of the contract price as mentioned in Annexure Q of Commercial Bid submitted by the bidder for the due performance and fulfilment of the contract by the Bidder during the warranty and AMC period of 7 years After Go Live Performance Bank Guarantee will be returned back to bidder on submission of Financial Bank Guarantee Without prejudice to the other rights of the Purchaser under the Contract in the matter the proceeds of the performance security shall be payable to RBI as compensation for any loss resulting from the Bidderrsquos failure to complete its obligations under the Contract RBI shall notify the Bidder in writing of the invocation of its right to receive such compensation indicating the contractual obligation(s) for which the Bidder is in default The Financial Bank Guarantee shall be valid till the end of AMC denominated in INR and shall be in the form of bank guarantee

As per RFP

end of AMC denominated in INR and shall be in the form of bank guarantee unless another form is specified by RBI Non-submission of Financial Guarantee shall constitute sufficient grounds among others if any for the annulment of the award of the tender

unless another form is specified by RBI Non-submission of Financial Guarantee shall constitute sufficient grounds among others if any for the annulment of the award of the tender

182 Page No 131 amp Section No810

Unless otherwise directed by the Purchaser in writing the Bidder shall continue to perform his obligations under the contract as far as possible and shall seek all means for performance of all other obligations not prevented by the Force Majeure event

Unless otherwise directed by the Purchaser in writing the Bidder shall continue to perform his obligations under the contract as far as reasonably possible and shall seek all means for performance of all other obligations not prevented by the Force Majeure event

As per RFP

Such Force Majeure events will not entitle the Purchaser to delay payment to be made to the Bidder

183 Page No 131 amp Section No811

7 This undertaking shall not apply to Confidential Information that

7 This undertaking shall not apply to Confidential Information that

As per RFP

- Is in the public domain at the time it is acquired by us

- Is in the public domain at the time it is acquired by us

- Enters the public domain subsequent to our acquisition otherwise than as a result of unauthorised disclosure by us and

- Enters the public domain subsequent to our acquisition otherwise than as a result of unauthorised disclosure by us

- Is independently developed by us - is rightfully acquired prior to disclosure by the RBI and

- Is independently developed by us 184 Page No 132

amp Section No813

The Bank reserves the right to alter the requirements specified in the RFP Document The Bank will inform all Bidders about changes if any

The Bank reserves the right to alter the requirements specified in the RFP Document up to the date of submission of the final bid The Bank will inform all Bidders about changes if any Also It should be restricted to +-10 maximum of the quantity quoted as per RFP

As per RFP

The Bidder agrees that the Bank has no limit on the additions or deletions on the items for the period of the contract

Bidder agrees to provide the increased quantity at the same terms and conditions However additional prices shall be charged for the goods supplied over the contracted quantity

The Bidder agrees that the Bank has no limit on the additions or deletions on the items for the period of the contract

185 Page No 133 amp Section No816

The Bidder should strictly adhere to the implementation schedule as specified in the purchase contract executed between the Parties for performance of the obligations arising out of the purchase contract and any delay in completion of the obligations by the Bidder will enable the Bank to resort to any or both of the following

The Bidder should strictly adhere to the implementation schedule as specified in the purchase contract executed between the Parties for performance of the obligations arising out of the purchase contract and any delay in completion of the obligations by the Bidder (for reason not attributable to the Purchaser) will only enable the Bank to resort to any or both of the following

As per RFP

Oslash Claiming Liquidated Damages Oslash Claiming Liquidated Damages Oslash Termination of the purchase agreement fully or partly and claim liquidated damages

Oslash Termination of the purchase agreement fully or partly and claim liquidated damages Bidder should be given 30 daysrsquo written notice to cure the default failing which may attract termination In the event of termination Bank shall pay Bidder for goods delivered and services rendered till the date of termination

186 Page No 134 amp Section No817

The liquidated damages is an estimate of the loss or damage that the Bank may have suffered due to delay in performance or non-performance of any or all the obligations (under the terms and conditions of the purchase contract relating to supply delivery installation operationalization implementation training supportservices acceptance etc) of the solution by the Bidder and the Bidder shall be liable to pay the Bank a

The liquidated damages is an estimate of the loss or damage that the Bank may have suffered due to delay in performance or non-performance of any or all the obligations (under the terms and conditions of the purchase contract relating to supply delivery installation operationalization implementation training supportservices acceptance etc) of the solution by the Bidder and the Bidder shall be liable to pay the Bank a fixed amount for each day of

As per RFP

fixed amount for each day of delay non-performance of the obligations by way of liquidated damages details of which will be specified in the purchase contract Without any prejudice to Bankrsquos other rights under the law the Bank shall recover the liquidated damages if any accruing to the Bank as above from any amount payable to the Bidder either as per the purchase contract executed between the parties or under any other purchase agreement contract the Bank may have executed shall be executing with the Bidder Liquidated Damages is not applicable for reasons attributable to the Bank and Force Majeure However it is the responsibilityonus of the Bidder to prove that the delay is attributed to the Bank and Force Majeure The Bidder shall submit the proof authenticated by the Bidder and bankrsquos official that the delay is attributed to the Bank and Force Majeure along with the bills requesting payment

delay non-performance of the obligations limited to a maximum of 3 of the delayedundelivered portion of ACV by way of liquidated damages details of which will be specified in the purchase contract Without any prejudice to Bankrsquos other rights under the law the Bank shall recover the liquidated damages if any accruing to the Bank as above from any amount payable to the Bidder either as per the purchase contract executed between the parties or under any other purchase agreement contract the Bank may have executed shall be executing with the Bidder Liquidated Damages is not applicable for reasons attributable to the Bank and Force Majeure However it is the responsibilityonus of the Bidder to prove that the delay is attributed to the Bank and Force Majeure The Bidder shall submit the proof authenticated by the Bidder and bankrsquos official that the delay is attributed to the Bank and Force Majeure along with the bills requesting payment

187 General Query Clause not present Total LD+ penalty that Bank can levy on Bidder shall not exceed 3 of ACV

As per RFP

188 Page No 137 and section 825

Neither the contract nor any rights granted under the contract may be sold leased assigned or otherwise transferred in whole or in part by the Bidder and any such attempted sale lease assignment or otherwise transfer shall be void and of no effect

Neither the contract nor any rights granted under the contract may be sold leased assigned or otherwise transferred in whole or in part by either Party the Bidder and any such attempted sale lease assignment or otherwise transfer shall be void and of

As per RFP

without the advance written consent of the Bank

no effect without the advance written consent of the other Party Bank

189 Page No 137 and section 826

The Bidder during the term of the contract and for a period of two years thereafter shall not without the express written consent of the Bank directly or indirectly

The Bidder Both Parties during the term of the contract and for a period of two years thereafter shall not without the express written consent of the other Party Bank directly or indirectly

As per RFP

1 Recruit hire appoint or engage or attempt to recruit hire appoint or engage or discuss employment with or otherwise utilize the services of any person who has been an employee or associate or engaged in any capacity by the Bank in rendering services under the contract or

1 Recruit hire appoint or engage or attempt to recruit hire appoint or engage or discuss employment with or otherwise utilize the services of any person who has been an employee or associate or engaged in any capacity by the other Party Bank in rendering services under the contract or

2 Induce any person who is have been an employee or associate of the Bank at any time to terminate his her relationship with the Bank

2 Induce any person who is have been an employee or associate of the other Party Bank at any time to terminate his her relationship with the other Party Bank

190 Page No 137 and section 829

The ownership of the source code and design for the EDMS specific to the Bank and all related application suites interface designs customisations design etc and related Intellectual Property Right (IPR) will lie with the Bank only All Bidders will need to adhere to this

The ownership of the source code and design for the EDMS specific to the Bank and all related application suites interface designs customisations design etc and related Intellectual Property Right (IPR) will lie with the Bank only All Bidders will need to adhere to this

As per RFP

Notwithstanding anything to the contrary no intellectual property rights of any nature shall be transferred from one Party to the other in the course of performing any obligations or otherwise under this agreement For the avoidance of doubt Bidders may use certain tools processes or methodologies of its own in performing the services Ownership of all intellectual property rights and any other rights in these shall vest with Bidder and no rights shall be deemed to have accrued to the Bank

191 Page No 139 and section 830

3 The Bidder during the term of the contract and for a period of two years thereafter shall not without the express written consent of RBI directly or indirectly recruit hire appoint or engage or attempt to recruit hire appoint or engage or discuss employment with or otherwise utilize the services of any person who has been an employee or associate or engaged in any capacity by RBI in rendering services under the contract or Induce any person who shall have been an employee or associate of RBI at any time to terminate his her relationship with RBI

3 The Bidder Either party during the term of the contract and for a period of two years thereafter shall not without the express written consent of the other Party RBI directly or indirectly recruit hire appoint or engage or attempt to recruit hire appoint or engage or discuss employment with or otherwise utilize the services of any person who has been an employee or associate or engaged in any capacity by the other Party RBI in rendering services under the contract or Induce any person who shall have been an employee or associate of the other Party RBI at any time to terminate his her relationship with the other Party RBI

As per RFP

192 Page No 139 and section 830

6 Professionalism The Bidder should provide professional objective and impartial advice at all times and hold the Bankrsquos interests paramount and should observe the highest standard of ethics while executing the assignment

6 Professionalism The Bidder should provide professional objective and impartial advice at all times and hold the Bankrsquos interests paramount and should observe the highest standard of ethics while executing the assignment

As per RFP

8 No legal binding relationship It may be noted that no binding legal relationship will exist between any of the Respondents of this RFP and the Bank until execution of a contractual agreement

8 No legal binding relationship It may be noted that no binding legal relationship will exist between any of the Respondents of this RFP and the Bank until execution of a contractual agreement on mutually agreed terms

193 Page No 126 and section 830

If the responses contain any extraneous conditions put in by the respondents such responses will be disqualified and will not be considered for the selection process

If the responses contain any extraneous conditions put in by the respondents such responses will be disqualified and will not be considered for the selection process

As per RFP

194 General Query EMD Unacceptable EMD forfeiture EMD to be forfeiture for breach of contract- not acceptable

As per RFP

195 Page No144 We hereby declare that all the information and statements made in this Proposal are true and we accept that any misinterpretation contained in it may lead to our disqualification

We hereby declare that all the information and statements made in this Proposal are true to the best of our knowledge and we accept that any intentional misinterpretation contained in it may lead to our disqualification

As per RFP

196 General Query PBG Request PBG to be invoked only for material breaches of terms and conditions

As per RFP

197 Page No229 amp Annexure E

We agree to abide by this Bid Offer for 180 days from the last day of bid submission and our Offer shall remain binding on us and may be accepted by RBI any time before expiry of the offer

We agree to abide by this Bid Offer for 30 180 days from the last day of bid submission and our Offer shall remain binding on us and may be accepted by RBI any time before expiry of the offer

As per RFP

198 Page No249 amp Annexure L

Further to our proposal dated ______________ in response to the Request for Proposal for Implementation of EDMS Application (hereinafter referred to as ldquoRFPrdquo) issued by Reserve Bank of India (ldquoRBIrdquo) we hereby covenant warrant and confirm as follows

Further to our proposal dated ______________ in response to the Request for Proposal for Implementation of EDMS Application (hereinafter referred to as ldquoRFPrdquo) issued by Reserve Bank of India (ldquoRBIrdquo) we hereby covenant warrant and confirm as follows

As per RFP

We hereby agree to comply with all the terms and conditions stipulations as contained in the RFP and the related addendums other documents and if required including the changes made to the original bid documents issued by RBI provided that the only list of deviations has been furnished by us in the relevant Annex

We hereby agree to comply with all the mutually agreed material terms and conditions stipulations as contained in the RFP and the related addendums other documents and if required including the changes made to the original bid documents issued by RBI provided that the only list of deviations has been furnished by us in the relevant Annex

199 Page No240 amp Annexure G

As per RFP The BIDDER undertakes that it has not supplied is not supplying similar product services or sub-services during last one year from the date of issuance of this RFP at a price lower than that offered in the present bid to any other entity If it is found at any stage that similar product services or sub-services was supplied by the BIDDER to any other entity at a lower price then that very price with due allowance for elapsed time will be applicable to the present case and the difference in the cost would be refunded by the BIDDER to the

The BIDDER undertakes that it has not supplied is not supplying similar product services or sub-services during last one year from the date of issuance of this RFP at a price lower than that offered in the present bid to any other entity If it is found at any stage that similar product services or sub-services was supplied by the BIDDER to any other entity at a lower price then that very price with due allowance for elapsed time will be applicable to the present case and the difference in the cost would be refunded by the BIDDER to the BUYER if the contract has already been concluded

BUYER if the contract has already been concluded

200 Page No243 amp Annexure I

We the undersigned as Bidder having examined the complete RFP document (along with its annexes) do hereby offer to produce deliver install support and maintain EDMS Application in full conformity of your requirements as elaborated in above said RFP for the amounts mentioned by us in the Commercial Bid or such other sums as may be agreed to between us

We the undersigned as Bidder having examined the complete RFP document (along with its annexes) do hereby offer to produce deliver install support and maintain EDMS Application in full conformity of your material requirements as elaborated in above said RFP for the amounts mentioned by us in the Commercial Bid or such other sums as may be agreed to between us

As per RFP

We agree to abide by our Offer for a period of 6 months from the date of last day of Bid submission and it shall remain binding on us for acceptance at any time before the expiration of this period

We agree to abide by our Offer for a period of 1 6 months from the date of last day of Bid submission and it shall remain binding on us for acceptance at any time before the expiration of this period

We understand that you are not bound to accept the lowest or any bid you may receive

We understand that you are not bound to accept the lowest or any bid you may receive

We undertake if our Bid is accepted to provide Performance Bank Guarantee and Financial Bank Guarantee as per the prescribed format within the timescales stipulated in the RFP

We undertake if our Bid is accepted to provide Performance Bank Guarantee and Financial Bank Guarantee as per the prescribed format within the timescales stipulated in the RFP after signing of contract on mutually agreed terms and conditions

201 General Query Annexure J Confidentiality and Non-Disclosure Agreement Undertaking

ADD As per RFP Notwithstanding anything to the contrary to the extent the Bidder shares any confidential information with RBI the provisions of this RFP shall apply mutatis mutandis to RBI The obligations of confidentiality for both Parties shall come to an end 3 years from the date of terminationexpiry of the contract to be entered into

202 Page No248 and Annexure K

Annexure K Self Declaration Relatives in RBI

SEEK DELETION OF ANNEXURE As per RFP

203 Page No259 and Annexure P

We agree to abide by this Tender Response for a period of 180 days from the last day of bid submission and it shall remain binding upon us until within this period a formal contract is prepared and executed this Tender Response together with your written acceptance thereof in your notification of award shall constitute a binding contract between us and will initiate the formation of a separate contract in respect of maintenance and support

We agree to abide by this Tender Response for a period of 30 180 days from the last day of bid submission and it shall remain binding upon us until within this period a formal contract is prepared and executed this Tender Response together with your written acceptance thereof in your notification of award shall not constitute a binding contract between us and will initiate the formation of a separate contract in respect of maintenance and support

As per RFP

services after expiry of the warranty period

services after expiry of the warranty period all of which shall be on mutually agreed terms

204 Page No276 amp Annexure U

8 The respondent has not been involved in any legal case that may affect the solvencyexistence of the applicant or in any other way affect the respondentrsquos capability to providecontinue services to RBI if RBI selects the respondent for EDMS

8 The respondent has not been involved in any legal case that may affect the solvencyexistence of the applicant or in any other way materially affect the respondentrsquos capability to providecontinue services to RBI if RBI selects the respondent for EDMS

As per RFP

9 The bidder accepts to follow all the clauses terms and conditions as set in the RFP document

9 The bidder accepts to follow all the clauses terms and conditions as set in the RFP document subject to deviations proposed

205 General Query New clause proposed by Bidder Service Provider undertakes that it is compliant to State minimum wages act at the time of execution of the Agreement and the commercials are accordingly factored In the event there is a change to the State minimum wages act or if the Customer wants the Service Provider to comply to some other minimum wages act including but not limited to Central minimum wages act or the existing minimum wages act is repealed by another act then in such cases Customer will support Service provider with change request for additional cost incurred by Service Provider for complying to new minimum wages Service provider will not ask for Change request for any changes that is within 8 increase year on year from the State minimum wages as on the date of contract sign off

As per RFP

206 General Query New clause proposed by Bidder ldquoIt is agreed that the price quoted is arrived at based on the exchange rate of 1 USD = INR ___ (ldquoBase Exchange Raterdquo) In the event the Base Exchange Rate either increases or decreases by percentage points greater than two per cent [2] the prices shall be charged as per the then current exchange raterdquo

As per RFP

207 General Query New clause proposed by Bidder The risk title and ownership of the products shall be transferred to the customer upon delivery of such products to the customer

As per RFP

208 General Query New clause proposed by Bidder Customer hereby agrees to make the site ready as per the agreed specifications within the agreed timelines Customer agrees that Wipro shall not be in any manner be liable for any delay arising out of Customerrsquos failure to make the site ready within the stipulated period including but not limited to levy of liquidated damages for any delay in performance of Services under the terms of this Agreement In case the SITE is not ready for a continuous period of 30 days milestone payment related to installation will be released to vendor based on the SNR report also if there is any additional warranty cost due to continuous site not readiness for 30 days same will be borne by the customer

As per RFP

209 General Query New clause proposed by Bidder Notwithstanding anything contained herein neither Party shall be liable for any indirect punitive consequential or incidental loss damage claims liabilities charges costs expense or injury (including without limitation loss of use data revenue profits business and for any claims of any third party claiming through Bidder) that may arise out of or result from this Agreement The aggregate liability of Bidder under this Agreement shall not exceed the fees (excluding reimbursements) received by it under this contract during the six months preceding the date of first claim

As per RFP

210 General Query New clause proposed by Bidder Any new levy on account of changes in law shall be to the account of Bank

As per RFP

211 General Query New clause proposed by Bidder Bidderrsquos failure to perform its contractual responsibilities to perform the services or to meet agreed service levels shall be excused if and to the extent Bidder performance is effected delayed or causes non-performance due to Banks omissions or actions whatsoever

As per RFP

212 General Query New clause proposed by Bidder Services andor deliverables shall be deemed to be fully and finally accepted by Bank in the event when Bank has not submitted its acceptance or rejection response in writing to Bidder within 15 days from the date of installationcommissioning or when Bank uses the Deliverable in its business whichever occurs earlier Parties agree that Bidder shall have 15 daysrsquo time to correct in case of any rejection by Bank

As per RFP

213 General Query New clause proposed by Bidder Either party may request a change order (ldquoChange Orderrdquo) in the event of actual or anticipated change(s) to the agreed scope Services Deliverables schedule or any other aspect of the Statement of WorkPurchase Order Bidder will prepare a Change Order reflecting the proposed changes including the impact on the Deliverables schedule and fee In the absence of a signed Change Order Bidder shall not be bound to perform any additional services

As per RFP

214 General Query New clause proposed by Bidder Notwithstanding anything to the contrary either Party shall have the right to terminate this Agreement at any time with cause in the event that the other party commits a material breach of the Agreement and fails to cure such default to the non-defaulting partyrsquos reasonable satisfaction within thirty (30) days

As per RFP

In the event of termination of any nature the Bidder shall be paid for the 1 goods delivered 2 services rendered 3 work in progress 4 unpaid AMCs 5 third party orders in pipeline which cannot be cancelled despite Bidders best efforts 6 unrecovered investments shall be paid by the Bank as per termination schedule till the date of termination

215 General Query New clause proposed by Bidder Notwithstanding anything contained in this RFP

As per RFP

a) Excluding a regulatorystatutory requirement if any nothing in this Agreement shall be construed or interpreted as requiring Bidder to provide to Customer access to or right to inspect examine audit and take copies of any fees price cost or any other financial information or any records or documents relating to the make-up of the Bidderrsquos internal

overhead calculations their relationship to the fees any financial cost model calculation of fees or to the Bidderrsquos profitability or other such financial data

b) All audit barring those required under a regulatory or statutory requirement may be done only on an annual basis and subject to a notice period of 20 days

216 Page No 132 and section 82

Integrity Pact Unacceptable integrity pact Customer to insert new CVC integrity pact that does not contain Fall clause LIBOR provisions etc

As per RFP

217 General Query Annexure A Earnest Money Deposit Unacceptable EMD forfeiture EMD to be forfeiture for breach of contract- not acceptable

As per RFP

218 General Query Annexure C Performance Bank Guarantee

Request PBG to be invoked only for material breaches of terms and conditions

As per RFP

219 General Query Annexure G Integrity Pact SEEK INSERTION OF NEW CVC INTEGRITY PACT WITHOUT LIBOR PROVISIONS AND FALL CLAUSE

As per RFP

220 General Query ADD As per RFP

Annexure J Confidentiality and Non-Disclosure Agreement Undertaking

Notwithstanding anything to the contrary to the extent the Bidder shares any confidential information with RBI the provisions of this RFP shall apply mutatis mutandis to RBI The obligations of confidentiality for both Parties shall come to an end 3 years from the date of terminationexpiry of the contract to be entered into

221 Page No 10 and section 11

Central Office has following 33 departments

EDMS solution is to be implemented for 33 departments is this understanding correct Please mention if there are more departments to be considered in-scope

As per RFP

222 Page No 29 and section 22

The application should facilitate integration with e-mail client (outlook) where selected emails could be Inwarded directly

Integration with Outlook For how many users is this needed Please specify the number of users who would be using this functionality

10000 users| All Users

223 Page No 18 and section 15

Sr No 6 Global common workflow plus seven specific work process Modules which need to be developed at the time of Go-Live

The seven workflow will have integration with what all systems Please specify the details

Integration envisaged for Go-Live - Active Directory Mail Messaging System SAMADHAN IRM DMIS Other integration will be done during continuous development

224 Page No 25 and section 21

User should have privilege to create Inward amp Outward from RBI corporate email inbox (selected emails) with capability to capture both email body and attachment (if any) as a part of the Inward

How many users are going to use Email Integration feature Is it going to be for all the 10000 named users

As per RFP

225 Page No 25 and section 21

The proposed solution needs to be integrated with existing (or any future standard system) of IRM

What is the current IRM system used by RBI

Microsoft IRM

226 Page No 25 and section 21

3 Customization and Integration Would existing IRM system be OpenText IRM or any other product and will sufficient license be available for EDMS users

Microsoft IRM

227 Page No 25 and section 21

4 Web interface ndashInwardOutward Management

Is it expected to expose the same EDMS application to public or integration with RBI website

As per RFP

228 Page No 27 and section 21

Sr No 21The Scanning product should have inbuilt capability to do a full page OCR amp ICR (for both Hindi amp English documents) and also convert the images to searchable forms like Searchable PDF

What is the ratio of English to Hindi documents for OCR amp ICR

Approximately Hindi 33 | English 66

229 Page No 29 and section 22

5 Inward Management Request you to please specify the other email clients

As per RFP

230 Page No 31 section 22

Technical Bid(Functional Requirements)

We understand that all of these functionalities are the application functionalities and the necessary scanning systems and personal required will be facilitated by RBI Please confirm

Yes

231 Page No 31 section 22

Technical Bid(Functional Requirements)

In case Yes for the above Questions than please detail the scope expectation w r t Scan amp upload requirement

Restricted to Application Solution

232 Page No 43 and section 22

147 Reports amp Dashboard Please elaborate further on this point We understand that reports can be generated with stored data without translation Please let us know your understanding

Data stored in Hindi should be displayed in Hindi The report fields should toggle between Hindi and English No translation is envisioned as part of basic deployment

233 Page No 46 and section 22

163 Document Management Rearrange pages in a document or create a new document from a page using drag and drop Please elaborate at what stage this is required

Rearrangement of pages is required to create an abstract out of an existing doc

234 Page No 46 and section 22

The solution offered should be capable of integration with 3rd party software amp internal applications which are in use at RBI

What all internal and 3rd party applications are to be taken in account for integration

Integration envisaged for Go-Live - Active Directory Mail Messaging System SAMADHAN IRM DMIS Other integration will be done during continuous development

235 Page No 46 and section 22

171 Customization and Integration Is there any existing SSO Server available

Shall be shared with successful bidder

236 Page No 46 and section 22

173 Customization and Integration We understand that content replication from DC to DR has to be accomplished by RBI team and bidder can assist in providing the details

Shall be shared with successful bidder

237 Page No 56 and section 23

A separate test environment and development would be provided at the data Centre The Bidder is expected to replicate the DC environment in the DR and in the test environment in all respects

We understand that bidder is expected to set 4 environments - Dev UATTest Production (DC) and DR Is UATTest environment also expected to be exact replicamirror image of Production

Scaled-down version 50 of Production in terms of sizing

238 Page No 56 and section 23

A separate test environment and development would be provided at the data Centre The Bidder is expected to replicate the DC environment in the DR and in the test environment in all respects

Will RBI procure and provide hardware for all environments Should bidder only propose sizing recommendations for all environments

As per RFP

239 Page No 57 and section 23

Security Requirements We understand that all of these functionalities are the application functionalities by virtue of which these security mechanisms have to be part of the bidderrsquos proposition Kindly comment on our understanding

As per RFP

240 Page No 62 and section 23

System should maintain audit logs for all monitoring and events according to RBI policy These audit logs must be secure and stored as per defined retention policy

Request Bank to specify as lot of sizing considerations would depend uponvary basis the RBI policies (3 5 7 10 years)

Shall be shared with successful bidder

241 Page No 64 and section 23

86 Data Migration Would changes means restructuring of folders or something else Please elaborate

To be discussed during System Study

242 Page No 67and section 31

27 Any other areas which the Bank might decide to include in the Scope at the time of implementation of EDMS

Request Bank to enlighten on to this requirement Being subjective Bidder will need more quantifiablegaugeable requirement basis which effort and commercials can be worked out

As per RFP

However we understand the same will be addressed during design phase

Please comment upon our understanding

243 Page No 71 and section 38

Data migration will be the responsibility of the Bidder

Will bidder be allowed to run the migration 24x7 or only during non-peak hours

Shall be discussed with successful bidder

244 Page No 74 and section 310

Bidder should provide training to RBI‟s officials for using and managing the system which will include end user technical and system Administration training as well as DBA level training

What would be the minimum numbers of users to be trained for Admin and for User level trainings respectively

5 batches of 30-40 user each Total training to be provide to around 200 User at Mumbai Pune

245 Page No 76 and section 313

Implementation As per RFP The Banks incident Management system has to be used as ticketing system to handle requests raised by Banks Internal Users during the warranty and AMC period Which ticketing system is RBI using currently

EDMS can leverage existing Incident Management tool Details will be shared with successful bidder

246 Page No 76 and section 313

Extensive on-site support team is required during the first year after ldquoGo-Liverdquo

Are all the resources mentioned for L0 (44) L1 (8) and L2 (2) are to be deployed on-site Can bidder propose onsite-offshore model for post-implementation support

As per RFP

247 Page No 77 and section 313

vi Scanning documents at RBI respective locations if required

We understand that the necessary scanning systems and personnel required will be facilitated by RBI Request to throw more light on the number of locations in this regards Accordingly effort estimation can be done so as to provide the appropriate commercials in this regards

As per RFP

248 Page No 86 and section 319

319 Performance Monitoring amp Tuning solution

Considering the entire project is going to be base out of RBIs data centre request bank to facilitate make model etc of the performance monitoring tool

Bidder has to provide Application level monitoring solution As per Data Centre policy open source performance tool will not be permissible and the solution proposed by bidder should be approved by RBI

249 Page No 86 and section 323

The total number of users presently is expected to be around 10000 with 2000 concurrent users and annual growth of 10 in concurrent users

Out of total 10000 users how many back endadmin users are there who are going to access this system

Less than 500 users

250 Page No 86 and section 324

Sr No 5 The solution offered should be capable of pin codeGPS Location based integration for capturing user address

Is bidder expected to integrate the existing GPS system with EDMS

As per RFP

251 Page No 86 and section 323

323 Vendor would be required to provide Enterprise-wide all-inclusive Perpetual license for all functionalities as per the requirements of the RBI The total number of users presently is expected to be around 10000 with 2000 concurrent users and annual growth of 10 in concurrent users

These users are for determining the hardware sizing but from software licensing point of view all 10000 users can connect concurrently

As per RFP

Please validate

252 Page No 86 and section 323

No extra license fees implementation charges should be charged by the selected bidder for implementing the software in the test environment and at the Disaster Recovery site of RBI or at any other site that may be specified by the Bank

We understand that as project progresses there will be significant volumes and hence there should be no restriction on number of CPUcores and if any it will be responsibility of SI to provide additional licenses at no additional costs to RBI Trust our understanding is correct Please confirm for clarification

Yes As per RFP

253 Page No87 and section 324

6 Vendor is responsible to import application in UAT production environment amp DC ndash DR synchronization etc

We understand that the application is going to be based out of RBIs existing Data Centre visa Navi Mumbai and Nagpur Request Bank to elaborate upon existing DC-DR synchronization technique technology methodology Please provide details version of the same for integration aspects

Shall be shared with successful bidder

254 Page No87 and section 325

325 System amp Security Audit Request RBI to specify number of yearly audits

Shall be shared with successful bidder

255 Page No91 and section 329

4 Complete user manual and system documentation (soft and hard copies) of the proposed solution after the go-live

Request RBI to spell the number of hard copies required

Shall be discussed with successful bidder

256 Page No92 and section 330

3 Vendor is required to give all sorts of support required in case RBI decides to move the implemented EDMS on cloud services or IaaS in future This support will include everything starting from shunting of the running EDMS temporarily to alternate arrangement till all the Hw Sw etc are installed amp made running in the new IaaS or Cloud environment (Logistics Technical Integration support etc)

We understand the same to be captured via change control mechanism change management during the course of the project

As per RFP

257 Page No92 and section 330

5 Business Process Reengineering ndash The vendor shall include the impact of the new system to the operations of Client If applicable the proponent shall recommend changes to the existing processes that would benefit Client

Request Bank to specify a percentage number in this regards accordingly efforts and commercials can be worked out

As per RFP

258 Page No93 and section 43

For each milestone to be marked completed the bidder should ensure that all the acceptance criteria are met and approved by the Bank as mentioned in various applicable sections in the RFP

We understand that the Project acceptance criteria will be formalized mutually during the design phase and agreed upon Please comment upon our understanding

As per RFP

259 42 Additional Software License Costs As per RFP

Page No 94 and section 42

For evaluation purposes costs of the software licenses proposed by the Bidder would be included in the Total Cost of Ownership In case any software license(s) are required to be procured directly from the Original Equipment Manufacturer (OEM) Product Vendor the actual payment to the Bidder will be reduced appropriately to exclude the software license costs quoted in the commercial bid Bidder is requested to add all the Other Software Licensing Cost under the header Any other requirements for the proposed solution on MSTC website

Request Bank to mutually discuss and agree upon section 42 before finalization on the requirement Please comment in this regards

260 Page No122 and Section 76

Overall enterprise wide security including role-based security and authorisation levels operating systemapplication security and logical access controls and anti‐virus management

Is bidder expected to propose anti-virus software as well

Shall be shared with successful bidder

261 Page No 169 amp Annexure D2

Sr No 26 All incoming physical letters has to be scanned and put into the system for further processing

What is the total size or volume of legacy documents to be considered for Scanning through the Capture Solution (dailymonthlyyearly volume)

As per RFP

262 Page No 204 amp Annexure D2

206 The system should also integrated with Ms outlook and other email client

Does RBI require native integration with outlook in which users can access EDMS from outlook interface

As per RFP

Please confirm 263 Page No 211

amp Annexure D3

Sr No 28 The solution should provide for seamless integration of modules as per the business requirements of RBI with necessary interfaces The application should have provision for Integration existingupcoming portalsapplications of different depts eg HR Portal Samadhan Active directory CMS (CEPD) etc other internal workflow application system etc

Do we have to estimate effort for integration with these upcoming applications now or will it be taken at a later stage as a Change Request If now what are these applications based on Please provide what level of integration is required with these applicationssystem

Integration envisaged for Go-Live - Active Directory Mail Messaging Solution SAMADHAN IRM DMIS Other integration will be done during continuous development

264 Page No213 amp Annexure D3

Based on our experience in similar project we feel the concurrent user ratio to named users is less In such application of note approval the concurrence is around 40 of total users

As per RFP

Details of Hardware requirements for the proposed solution for following user base of

Request you to validate this for RBI

i 10000 total user base ii 2000 concurrent users

265 Page No 218 amp Annexure D3

Sr 55 The Implementation of open source technologies should be taken up in compliance with Information Security (IS) policy of the Bank

Would you allow usage of Open Source Tools for Simulation is required to carry out Performance Testing (LoadStress) eg JMeter

Shall be discussed with successful bidder

266 Page No218 amp Annexure D3

The Implementation of open source technologies should be taken up in compliance with Information Security (IS) policy of the Bank

Please throw some light on limitations on usage of open-source tools in context with Information Security (IS) policy of the Bank

Shall be discussed with successful bidder

267 Page No221 amp Annexure D3

Sr No 75 Data Loss Prevention solution should be available with EDMS solution

Is Data Loss Prevention solution to be implemented or does the solution need to have the capability only and its for future use Please confirm

Shall be discussed with successful bidder

268 Page No 226 amp Annexure D6

g Scalability of document volume (30) having average volume of 4million documents per year

What does 30 signify here How much should be the total volume of documents considered that is received and to be ingested in EDMS repository (yearlymonthly)

As per RFP

269 Page No 226 amp Annexure D6

b Response time of maximum 3 seconds

Request RBI to elaborate upon the type of gaugeable reports parameters required to establish the response time

As per RFP

270 Page No 226 amp Annexure D6

b Response time of maximum 3 seconds

Will submitting product performance reports spec sheets suffice or any other artefact is required to substantiate the same Please specify

As per RFP

271 Page No 226 amp Annexure D6

g Scalability of document volume (30) having average volume of 4million documents per year

Request RBI to specify the existing document volume as this is required from sizing perspective to arrive at an optimized commercials

As per RFP

272 Page No 262 amp Annexure Q

Annexure Q We believe RBI will also be providing mobile based access to select employeersquos basis roles We assume the licensing for the same is to be included in this pricing and no additional price will be payable by RBI Mobile app if to be created will be separate project but will connect to EDMS through API at no additional costs to RBI Please clarify

As per RFP

273 Page No 262 amp Annexure Q

Annexure Q Will RBI facilitate the commercial bid format for ease of comparison during the evaluation phase Request to clarify

Commercial bid format can be downloaded from the MSTC e-commerce portal

274 Page No 264 amp Annexure Q

Unit Price Under Unit Price do we have to provide Yearly Price of 1 resource

As per RFP

275 Page No 264 amp Annexure Q

Cost of L0 Resource (21 nos) on 12 X 5 basis for one year at locations given in Annexure T

For 12x5 we would need to deploy 2 resources to support 60 hours shift so do we need to consider price for 2 resources or provide price only for 21 resources and they will be supporting in round-robin manner Please confirm

For Annexure T for line items 31 to 35 Bidders are advised to consider 8 x 5 working hours where requirement of only 1 resource has been mentioned (Ahmedabad has 2 locations so 2 resources are required) For line items 25 to 30 where support hours are mentioned as 12 x 5 and requirement of multiple resources is mentioned resources are expected to work in 8 x 5 shift scheduled in a manner to provide support for 12 x 5 All other conditionsrequirements

mentioned in the table remain unchanged

276 Page No 265 amp Annexure Q

B2 Development Team based at Mumbai Navi Mumbai Composition Tech Lead(1) + Developer (5) + Tester (1)

Composition of Tech Lead(1) + Developer (5) + Tester (1) will not suffice we also need Project Managers Technical Architect UI Expert and Infrastructure Resource can bidder add more rows in commercial format and propose Development Team accordingly

As per RFP

277 Page No 265 Section amp Annexure Q

AMC for the first year after warranty period (should be min 8 of Total onetime cost)

Do we have to include both here - Product AMC from OEM as well as Application Technical Support for only 1 year from bidder

As per RFP

278 Page No 266 amp Annexure Q

(C) Hardware Requirements Do we have to propose hardware sizing and software recommendations for DevUAT Production and DR Environments The table has rows for Production and UAT only can the bidder add more rows to it or is it a fixed format

Hardware sizing and software recommendations are to be proposed for all environments The two rows were for representational purpose More rows can be added in the commercial bid format

279 Page No 212 amp Annexure D3

212 A separate test environment and development would be provided at the data Centre The Bidder is expected to replicate the DC environment in the DR and in the test environment in all respects (11)

1 Will development and test environments be provided by RBI till OS layer and only application deployment is to be done by the bidder

As per RFP

84 Hence bidder is required to take into the consideration the hardware

software etc requirement pertaining to test amp development

2 Please elaborate what is bidders responsibility for development and test environments

280 General Query Retention Management Apart from Retention and Archival are you looking for complete Records Management solution as well with features like Event-based aging Automatic Disposition Litigation Hold etc

Not required at this Stage

281 General Query Back-up Software Do you have the back-up software or does bidder has to propose If available please specify the make and model of the back-up software

Shall be shared with successful bidder

282 General Query Support Team - OampM Do you want bidder to propose Helpdesk toolset up a service desk as well

Not required at this Stage

283 General Query Load Balancer Do you want the bidder to propose the load balancer as well

Not required at this Stage

284 General Query Source Code Control Repository Is Bidder required to absorb the cost for GIT repository for source code or do you have one which bidder can use

Shall be shared with successful bidder

285 General Query Compliance What are the complianceguidelinesIT Security considerations that are critical

As per RFP

286 General Query SSL Certificate Should bidder be provided the SSL certificate or should the bidder absorb the price for SSL certificate Please confirm

Bank Shall provide the SSL certificates

287 General Query Documents Please specify the age of the documents and the condition of paper like ndash colour shine brittleness original

Not required at this Stage

or photocopy glossy paper hard-bind etc etc

288 General Query Scanning Can you kindly provide the of BW and Colour document

Not required at this Stage

289 General Query Legacy Documents For Legacy documents perspective please share details on the below

Not required at this Stage

a) Number of document ingestion per day - b) Average size of document - in KB c) Maximum size of document - in KB d) Storage required - (current DMS storage size)

290 General Query New Documents For New documents perspective please share details on the below

Not required at this Stage

a) Number of document ingestion per day - b) Average size of document - in KB c) Maximum size of document - in KB

291 General Query Scanning For Scanning perspective please share details on the below

Not required at this Stage

a) Percentage of document in tiff format b) Percentage of colour documents c) Average image size in KB d) Percentage of document that would require OCR e) Average number of fields per page

f) Properties per per document 292 General Query Documents What is percentage the Year on Year

growth over 5 years for the number of documents added

As per RFP

293 General Query Documents What is the Average number of document views per day

Not required at this Stage

294 General Query Documents What is the Average number of document searches per day

Not required at this Stage

295 General Query Back-up Policy What is the back-up policy of RBI eg 14 days

Shall be shared with successful bidder

296 General Query Policies What would be the archival policy back up policy log storage policy DR logs policy etc

Shall be shared with successful bidder

297 General Query Testing What parameters are to be monitored during testing (eg response times processing times and CPU loading)

As per RFP

298 General Query Testing What desired values of these parameters are to be considered acceptable during the stress test results

As per RFP

299 General Query DR Drills How many DR drills do you expect in a year

Shall be shared with successful bidder

300 General Query Resources Will RBI allow onsite resources to carry their own laptops or will RBI provide DesktopsWorkstations for onsite resources

Assets will be provided to onsite resources

301 General Query Access Will RBI provide remote accessVPN access for offshore resources

Not required as all resources are deployed onsite

302 General Query

Scanning How much will be the total no of pages to be scanned per day

Not required at this Stage

303 General Query

Documents

How much will be the year on year growth in documents volume

As per RFP

304 General Query

Documents

Please let us know the average approximate document size per document for sizing (in MB)

Not required at this Stage

305 General Query Presentation amp POC of the Solution Could you please elaborate in details the scope for POC

As per RFP

306 General Query SLA Working window As per RFP

307 General Query Non-Functional Requirements Please specify the existing Replication bandwidth between Navi Mumbai DC and Nagpur DR

Bidder has to propose the required bandwidth which will be provided procured by Data Centre

308 General Query Non-Functional Requirements We understand that the bidder is required to provide the Bandwidth augmentation sizing required for this project and accordingly the same will be provisioned by RBI Please confirm upon our understanding

Bidder has to propose the required bandwidth which will be provided procured by Data Centre

309 Page No71 amp Section No38

Data Migration What is the formats of Documents stored inside current DMS

Shall be shared with successful bidder

310

Page No71 amp Section No38

Data Migration How indexmetadata is managed in current DMS System What is the total count of

Shall be shared with successful bidder

indexes present in current DMS 311 Page No71 amp

Section No38 Data Migration what is the database and version used

in current DMS System As per RFP

312

Page No71 amp Section No38

Data Migration We need more details about current DMS System -Product nameVersionECM

Shall be shared with successful bidder

Compliant or notWhat type of documents are stored in SystemHow documents are classified in System

313

Page No18 amp Section No21

High Level Critical Requirements Can you Please enlist total count of Global workflows

As per RFP

314

Page No86 amp Section No321

Hardware Requirements Can you elaborate more on this point As per RFP Standard Enviornments which will be provided by SI are DEV UAT PROD and DR Also Development Environment will be on premise or offshore

315 Page No52 amp Section No23

Back-up Will Backup be taken care by RBI Yes

316 Page No81 amp Section No317

Security Requirements What will be the frequency of DR Drills Can you specify values for RPO and RTO

Shall be shared with successful bidder

317 Page No213 amp Annexure D3

Hardware Requirements Database tier needs to be deployed on Intel Xeon or Mainframe

RBI will conduct VAPT SI needs to provide gaps resolution

318 Page No221 amp Annexure D4

Maintenance amp Support Can we get details about which IRM solution will be provided by RBI for integration purpose

Scaled-down version 50 of Production in terms of sizing

319 Page No63 amp Section No23

Functional Requirements Will RBI provide DLP solution Shall be shared with successful bidder

320 Page No63 amp Section No23

Non-Functional Requirements is SI expected to conduct VAPT or RBI will be conducting the same

RBI will conduct VAPT SI needs to provide gaps resolution

321 Page No267 amp Annexure Q

Hardware Requirements Is UAT sizing expected to be 100 of Production sizing

Scaled-down version 50 of Production in terms of sizing

322

Page No27 amp Section No21

High Level Critical Requirements Hindi OCR amp ICR may be a challenge However Hindi metadata can be captured and searched Can OCR and ICR be restricted to English only

As per RFP

323 Page No27 amp Section No21

Storage For sizing Storage can you share average size of the digitized document

As per RFP

324 Page No93 amp Section No41

Licences Can Licenses cost be paid up-front within 30 days from the date of Invoice

As per RFP

325 Page No95 amp Section No44

AMC Pay-Outs Can AMC be payable yearly in Advance instead of at the end of the every year

As per RFP

20 Page No 50 and Section 22

Reference Miscellaneous - User Should be able to see that particular email id which is always used on daily basis

Need more clarity on this requirement As per RFP

21 Page No 51 and Section 23

Reference User Management - The system is envisaged to have a total user count up to 10000 users at present and concurrent users up to 2000 with an annual increase of 10 in concurrent users

Does this count includes both Internal and External Users If not can you please give us segregation

This is only for internal users

22 Page No 64 and Section 23

Reference Digital storage - The solution should have a mechanism to define and use RBI‟s retention policy of documents based on various classifications

What is RBIs Retention Policy for documents

Policy shall be shared with successful bidder

23 Page No 64 and Section 23

Reference Digital storage - The solution should have a mechanism to define and use RBI‟s retention policy of documents based on various classifications

Is there a need for external documents (digitized documents that are stored outside of EDMS solution) to be managed via Records Management Retention Policies

Not required at this Stage

24 Page No 32 and Section 22

Reference OCR amp ICR - These Service ought to give a wide scope of procedures like making information section quicker with more precision and productivity

Need more clarity on this requirement As per RFP

25 Page No 32 and Section 22

Reference OCR amp ICR - OCR services should bring quicker outcomes with minimal time

Need more clarity on this requirement As per RFP

26 Page No 34 and Section 22

Reference Search - The System should have full text search capabilities which supports synonym phonic Boolean etc

Need more clarity on this requirement As per RFP

27 Page No 45 and Section 22

Reference Document Management - Rearrange pages in a document or create a new document from a page using drag and drop

Need more clarity on this requirement As per RFP

28 Page No 46 and Section 22

Reference Image Processing - System should be able to optimize the quality of scanned images

Need more clarity on this requirement As per RFP

29 Page No 46 and Section 22

Reference Image Processing - The bidder must provide mechanism tool for quality enhancement

What enhancements are expected As per RFP

30 Page No 67 and Section 31

Reference It should ensure processes followed and products are fully compliant with the statutory and regulatory requirements

Can we have the reference to statutory and regulatory requirements

As per RFP

31 Page No 100 and Section 56

Penalties We assume the overall liability would be 10 of the contract value under all circumstances Please confirm We also request to reduce the time lapsed due to circumstances beyond bidderrsquos control from the penalties ie dependencies on RBI etc

Shall be discussed with successful bidder

32 Page No 114 and Section 66

Commercial Bid Evaluation In case existing software if any needs to be utilised for the project RBI will get authorization from the OEM of the said software to be used for EDMS project as well The same software should be in support from the OEM

As per RFP

33 Page No 93 and Section 41

Software Cost Please release 100 of the License Cost indicated in Item 1A of Annexure Q immediately on delivery

As per RFP

34 Page No 95 and Section 44

AMC Pay-outs May we request to release the AMC payment for license at the time of delivery means at the beginning of the AMC year

As per RFP

35 Page No 95 and Section 45

FMS May we request to release the annual amount payable towards FMS and Development Team at the end of each quarter means quarterly payment

Please refer Corrigendum dated 7th October 2019

36 Page No 93 and Section 41

Software Cost May we request to release 10 of Implementation cost on BRDSRS submission to bank

As per RFP

37 Page No 86 and Section 324

GPS This requirement is subject to bank having an MADP platform and current RBI website capabilities DMS shall provide all necessary web services for integration but will be dependent on website team for MADP and UI

As per RFP

38 Page No 76 and Section 311

In case of the Go-Live delays by the Bidder the financial Penalty as per the Banks discretion will be imposed on the Bidder at 5 of the total contract value per month of delay to the maximum of 10 of the total contract value as per the agreement between the Bank and the successful Bidder

We request that delay penalty be applicable on the implementation value and not on total contract value

As per RFP

39 Page No 78 and Section 313

If any defect in the Solution is not rectified by the Bidder before the end of the Warranty Period the Warranty Period shall be extended until

We submit that warranty cannot be extended as it is provided by OEM However product will be supported through the warranty and AMCATS support period

As per RFP

(a) the defect has been corrected and (b) the Solution functions in accordance with the Contract

40 Page No 124 and Section 711

The Bank will reserve the right to terminate the services of the successful Bidder at any point of the Project (during the implementation phase and post go-live) without assigning any reasons In such cases the Bank may consider making payment commensurate with the last completed phase

We understand that a notice period of 90 days will be provided prior to invocation of this termination for convenience in order for the bidder to wind-up the project and re-allocate resources and terminate back-end contracts

As per RFP

We understand that in event of such termination for convenience customer will pay for all products and services delivered till the effective date of termination We understand that in event of such termination for convenience customer will also pay for the annual AMCATS charge for the relevant year as the vendor would have paid AMCATS charges of OEM in advance for the relevant year

41 Page No 129 and Section 85

RBI reserves the right to cancel the contract of the selected Bidder and recover expenditure incurred by RBI if the progress regarding execution of the contract made by the selected Bidder is found to be unsatisfactory for any reason

We understand that a written notice with a reasonable cure period will be provided prior to contract cancellationtermination

As per RFP

42 Page No 130 and Section 87

87 Without prejudice to the other rights of the Purchaser under the Contract in the matter the proceeds of the performance security shall be payable to RBI as compensation for any loss resulting from the Bidderrsquos failure to complete its obligations under the Contract

We understand that a written notice with a reasonable cure period will be provided prior to invocation of the performance security

As per RFP

43 Page No 130 and Section 88

88 Without prejudice to the other rights of the Purchaser under the Contract in the matter the proceeds of the performance security shall be payable to RBI as compensation for any loss resulting from the Bidderrsquos failure to complete its obligations under the Contract

We understand that a written notice with a reasonable cure period will be provided prior to invocation of the performance security

As per RFP

44 Page No 132 and Section 813

The Bidder agrees that the Bank has no limit on the additions or deletions on the items for the period of the contract

We understand that the technical and commercial impact of additionsdeletions to the mutually agreed scope will be agreed through change requestamendment process

As per RFP

45 Page No240 and Annexure G

The BIDDER undertakes that it has not supplied is not supplying similar product services or sub-services during last one year from the date of issuance of this RFP at a price lower than that offered in the present bid to any other entity If it is found at any stage that similar product services or sub-services was supplied by the BIDDER to any other entity at a lower price then that very price with due allowance for elapsed time will be applicable to the present case and the difference in the cost would be refunded by the BIDDER to the BUYER if the contract has already been concluded

We submit that there is no time period reference provided for this confirmation We understand that this compliance will be checked for the bid-evaluation period

As per RFP

46 Page No240 and Annexure G

The BIDDER undertakes that it has not supplied is not supplying similar product services or sub-services during last one year from the date of issuance of this RFP at a price lower than that offered in the present bid to any other entity If it is found at any stage that similar product services or sub-services was supplied by the BIDDER to any other entity at a lower price then that very price with due allowance for elapsed time will be applicable to the present case and the difference in the cost would be refunded by the BIDDER to the BUYER if the contract has already been concluded

We propose replacement of similar productservices or sub-services with identical solution We propose replacement of refunded by the BIDDER to the BUYER with applied to future procurement

As per RFP

47 General Query Liability We noticed that there is no aggregate liability language on bidder liability We propose that the aggregate liability of the bidder will not exceed the TCV of the project

Shall be discussed with successful bidder

48 General Query Agreement We noticed that there is no language on disclaimer of liability of either party for indirect and consequential claims We propose that neither party will be liable for indirect or consequential claims and damages lost profits or lost revenue in relation with the project

Shall be discussed with successful bidder

49 Page No 262 and Annexure Q Section A

Section A - A1 Bidder requests clarification as to whether this is line item cost is related to digitization of old records if so the same shall be removed from A1 and moved to A2 or a separate section to be created in the Commercial Bid Format as this cost needs to be paid on actual documents Scanned

Bidder is expected to provide the License cost for the Scanning Imaging solution against this line item

Scanning Imaging

50 Page No 264 and Annexure Q Section B

Section B Bidder submits that the Unit Price column shall be removed and total cost for the resources to be allowed to be quoted for each year separately

As per RFP

NPV calculation will be done considering 5 escalation rate and 8 discounted rate only for TCO purpose

We also request to remove the reference of 5 escalation rate and allow us to quote for the actual inflation by each bidder separately to allow the bidders to provide maximum benefit to RBI for the NPV

As the commercial format allows to quote separate values for each year the Indexation references is no longer relevant and the payment for the later years can be made at the mentioned prices

51 Page No 265 and Annexure Q Section B3

Section B3 Bidder submits that the minimum of 8 for AMC shall be changed to Sub-Total A1 excluding the ScanningImaging as the AMC should typically include on the product cost

As per RFP

AMC for the first year after warranty period (should be min 8 of Total onetime cost)

We further request clarity whether the AMC is for 3 years or 4 years as the template indicates Year 3 to Year 7 which is 4 years while the Note below the table mentions it for 3 years please clarify we further request that this note mentioned in the adjacent column shall be removed as the commercial template is modified to allow bidders to quote for each year separately

Below rates are mentioned for first year Actual payment for subsequent years as applicable will be done on applying the indexation formulae

middot Cost of L1 and L2 for the subsequent period of 6 years

middot Development Team Cost for the subsequent period of 6 years

middot AMC for the subsequent period of 3 years

52 Page No 267 and Annexure Q Section D

Section D Bidder submits that the Rates for the Resources both the Support resources and the Development Resources is available in the Section B Table the rate for any additional resources can be used from the same table hence request removal of the additional table

As per RFP Marginal Resource Cost

53 Page No 93 and Section 41

41 Software Cost Bidder submits that the heading of the section is an error as the payment terms are related to services and not Software cost we also request the following modifications to the payment terms

As per RFP

1 Completion of process and system study Design and Build and Deployment in UAT - 15 of Implementation Cost specified at Item 1B of Annexure Q

2 Data Migration Completion of User Acceptance Testing Creation of training content Train the Trainer and customer education content - 20 of Implementation Cost specified at Item 1B of Annexure Q

41 Software Cost

3 Complete Implementation and ldquoProduction Go-liverdquo of the project - 25 of Implementation Cost specified at Item 1B of Annexure Q

1 Completion of process and system study Design and Build and Deployment in UAT - 15 of Implementation Cost specified at Item 1B of Annexure Q

4 Receipt of Completion Certificate from the Bank (post 90 days of achieving production Go-Live) - 30 of Implementation Cost specified at Item 1B of Annexure Q

2 Data Migration Completion of User Acceptance Testing Creation of training content Train the Trainer and customer education content - 30 of Implementation Cost specified at Item 1B of Annexure Q

5 Amount payable during the warranty period - On completion of warranty period of three years The Financial Bank guarantee shall be valid for 7 years - 10 of Implementation Cost specified at Item 1B of Annexure Q

3 Complete Implementation and ldquoProduction Go-liverdquo of the project - 35 of Implementation Cost specified at Item 1B of Annexure Q

4 Receipt of Completion Certificate from the Bank (post 90 days of achieving production Go-Live) - 10 of Implementation Cost specified at Item 1B of Annexure Q

5 Amount payable during the warranty period - In equal quarterly instalments during warranty period of three years The Financial Bank guarantee shall be valid for 7 years - 10 of Implementation Cost specified at Item 1B of Annexure Q

We also request deletion of Indexation

section as separate costs will be quoted for each year as per the Annexure Q

54 Page No 94 amp 95 and Section 43 amp 44

43 Warranty pay-outs Bidder submits that the pay-outs for Warranty and AMC shall be made quarterly in arrears which is the industry standard practice for these payments

As per RFP 44 AMC pay-outs

55 46 Other Payment terms

Page No 95 and Section 46

3 Any objectiondispute to the amounts invoiced in the bill shall be raised by RBI within reasonable time from the date of receipt of the invoice Upon settlement of disputes with respect to any disputed invoice(s) the Bank will make payment within thirty (30) working days of the settlement of such disputes

Bidder submits that the payments for the invoices shall be made within 30 days from the receipt of the invoice any objectiondispute to the amounts invoiced shall be made within 25 days from the date of receipt of the invoice

Shall be discussed with successful bidder

4 The fees payable by the Bank to Bidder shall be inclusive of all costs such as insurance taxes (GST as per the rates applicable) transportation installation that may be levied imposed charged or incurred and RBI shall pay the fees due under this RFP and subsequent agreement after deducting any tax deductible at source (ldquoTDSrdquo) as applicable The Bidder will need to provide the details for the tax rates as considered in the pricing This will be used for subsequent tax changes RBI shall pay each undisputed invoice raised in accordance with this RFP and subsequent agreement within thirty (30) working days after its receipt unless otherwise mutually agreed in writing provided that such invoice is dated after such fees have become due and payable under this RFP and subsequent agreement

56 45 Other Payment terms As per RFP

Page No 96 and Section 46

8 The Bidders should note that the contract entered with the successful Bidder will be for implementation and post go‐live period of 7 years (3 years‟ warranty amp 4 years AMC amp FMS support) extendable at the Banks discretion The Bank will have the right in its sole discretion to renegotiate the prices terms and conditions

Bidder understand that the right of Bank to negotiate the prices terms and conditions is in the event of extension beyond the period of current contract (implementation and post go‐live period of 7 years (3 years‟ warranty amp 4 years AMC amp FMS support) and not during the current contract period please confirm

57 Page No 100 and Section 56

56 Penalties Bidder submits that the Penalty for Rollout delays shall be 1 of the delayed components cost of the One-time cost (Section A - Annexure Q) per week subject to a maximum of 10 of the delayed components cost of the One-time cost

As per RFP

The successful Bidder is expected to complete the responsibilities that have been assigned as per the specified time frame In case of the Rollout delays by the Bidder the financial Penalty as per the Banks discretion will be imposed on the Bidder at 5 of the total contract value per month of delay to the maximum of 10 of the total contract value as per the agreement between the Bank and the successful Bidder

Business Utility and Business Downtime would be the key considerations for determining the ldquoPenaltiesrdquo that would be levied on the Bidder for ldquoNon‐Adherencerdquo to the SLA for the Services offered The inability of the Bidder to provide the requirements as per the scope or to meet the deadlines as specified would be treated as breach of contract and invoke the Penalty Clause The maximum limit on the penalties during the period of contract shall be 10 of the total contract value The applicable ldquoPenaltiesrdquo would be the same irrespective of the root causes

In case of Non-Adherence to the SLA the maximum penalty shall be limited to 10 of the Quarterly Invoice value for the respective quarters

58 Page No 124 and Section 711

711 Duration and Condition of Engagement

Bidder submits that in case of termination of the contract without assigning any reason the Bank shall allow the Bidder a notice of 90 days for ramp-down of the resources etc We further submit that in case of termination with or without reason Bidder shall be paid for the completed deliverables as per the commercials quoted

As per RFP

2 The Bank will reserve the right to terminate the services of the successful Bidder at any point of the Project (during the implementation phase and post go-live) without assigning any reasons In such cases the Bank may consider making payment commensurate with the last completed phase

59 87 Performance Bank Guarantee As per RFP

Page No 130 and Section 87

The successful Bidder shall at his own expense deposit with The Chief General Manager-in-Charge Department of Information Technology Reserve Bank of India Mumbai within thirty (30) days from the final result of the bidding process and declaration of the successful Bidder a Performance Bank Guarantee from a scheduled commercial bank payable on demand in terms of Annexure C for an amount equivalent to ten percent (10) of the contract price for the due performance and fulfilment of the contract by the Bidder Without prejudice to the other rights of the Purchaser under the Contract in the matter the proceeds of the performance security shall be payable to RBI as compensation for any loss resulting from the Bidders failure to complete its obligations under the Contract RBI shall notify the Bidder in writing of the invocation of its right to receive such compensation indicating the contractual obligation(s) for which the Bidder is in default The Performance Bank Guarantee shall be denominated in INR and shall be in the form of bank guarantee unless another form is specified by RBI After Go Live Performance Bank Guarantee will be returned back to bidder on submission of Financial Bank Guarantee which shall be submitted by the Bidder within

Bidder submits that the Performance Bank Guarantee shall be for a value of 10 of the One-time cost as this is to ensure proper execution of the roll out

90 days of Go-Live Non-submission of Performance Guarantee shall constitute sufficient grounds among others if any for the annulment of the award of the tender

60 88 Financial Bank Guarantee As per RFP

Page No 130 and 131 amp Section 88

The successful Bidder shall at his own expense deposit with The Chief General Manager-In-Charge Department of Information Technology Reserve Bank of India Mumbai within Ninety (90) days of Go-Live of application before the issuance of Certificate of Completion a Bank Guarantee from a scheduled commercial bank payable on demand in terms of Annexure O for an amount equivalent to ten percent (10) of the contract price as mentioned in Annexure Q of Commercial Bid submitted by the bidder for the due performance and fulfilment of the contract by the Bidder during the warranty and AMC period of 7 years After Go Live Performance Bank Guarantee will be returned back to bidder on submission of Financial Bank Guarantee Without prejudice to the other rights of the Purchaser under the Contract in the matter the proceeds of the performance security shall be payable to RBI as compensation for any loss resulting from the Bidders failure to complete its obligations under the Contract RBI shall notify the Bidder in writing of the invocation of its right to receive such compensation indicating the contractual obligation(s) for which the Bidder is in default The Financial Bank Guarantee shall be valid till the

Bidder submits that the Financial Bank Guarantee shall be for a value of 10 of the Average Annual Support Cost (Section B of Annexure Q)

end of AMC denominated in INR and shall be in the form of bank guarantee unless another form is specified by RBI Non-submission of Financial Guarantee shall constitute sufficient grounds among others if any for the annulment of the award of the tender

61 Page No 240 and Annexure G point 7

Integrity Pact Bidder requests to modify the clause as follows

As per RFP

7 Fall Clause The BIDDER undertakes that it has not supplied is not supplying identical solution similar product services or sub-services during last one year from the date of issuance of this RFP at a price lower than that offered in the present bid to any other entity If it is found at any stage that identical solution similar product services or sub-services was supplied by the BIDDER to any other entity at a lower price then that very price with due allowance for elapsed time will be applicable to the present case and the difference in the cost would be refunded by the BIDDER to the BUYER if the contract has already been concluded

The BIDDER undertakes that it has not supplied is not supplying similar product services or sub-services during last one year from the date of issuance of this RFP at a price lower than that offered in the present bid to any other entity If it is found at any stage that similar product services or sub-services was supplied by the BIDDER to any other entity at a lower price then that very price with due allowance for elapsed time will be applicable to the present case and the difference in the cost would be refunded by the BIDDER to the BUYER if the contract has already been concluded

62 Page No 25 and Section 21

5 Inward Management - When a postal mailphysical letter is Inwarded directly the System should capture the details of the incoming physical letter viz from address subject language etc Data like subject should be auto-filled but should be editable The application should support generation of Suo Moto note which is an Inward generated without any incoming letteremail

Bidders request to share the meaning for Auto-filled in case of manual scanning

Shall be discussed during System Study

63 Page No 27 and Section 21

17 Outward Management - Approval of the Outward should be done by the User at least one level higher in the hierarchy (N+1) as per the AD than the User who created the Outward Admins should be able to configure exceptions to this rule for users at senior management level as decided by the concerned departments of the Bank

Bidder request to clarify if the implemented AD has the hierarchy defined to handle the workflow scenarios

Hierarchy shall be defined

64 Page No 27 and Section 21

21 Scan amp Upload - The Scanning product should have inbuilt capability to do a full page OCR amp ICR (for both Hindi amp English documents) and also convert the images to searchable forms like Searchable PDF

ICR will be helpful for Incurable colour dropout user form Since all documents are office papers it may not be useful so bidder request to remove the ICR component

As per RFP

65 Page No 32 and Section 22

42 OCR amp ICR - By using ICR technology any handwritten text should be converted into word text searchable PDF format or word document format with high accuracy

Bidder understands that ICR used for a handwritten document has max accuracy may not be more than 70 as per industry standards Request Bank to remove ICR technology only for structured format only

As per RFP

66 Page No 66 and Section 31

The hardware system software application software should be compatible with Data Centre policy network architecture etc already established in the Bank

Bidders request to share the Data Centre Policy and network Architecture

Shall be discussed with successful bidder

67 Page No 67 and Section 31

18 Though the system should be used prospectively for the workflow it should have the capability to capture and integrate the paper based as well as electronic records created so far in the Bank

Capability to have reference point of hard copy reference numbers

Shall be discussed during System Study

68 Page No 67 and Section 31

21 The system as well as the workflow carried out in the system should be fully auditable

Request to confirm if bidder needs to recommend sizing for fully auditable data store

Yes

69 Page No 71 and Section 38

Data migration will be the responsibility of the Bidder All necessary tools queries required for extraction transformation and migration must be provided by the Bidder It is the Bidders responsibility to ensure accuracy integrity and completeness of the data migration from legacy DMIS application to new EDMS application

Request to confirm if bidder needs produce data migration report with column by column comparison report for reconciliation

As per RFP

70 Page No 71 and Section 38

1 Data Migration is broadly divided into following three major sub-components iii Data migration audit and certification on the accuracy of data porting from the DMIS system to EDMS

Request to confirm if bidder needs produce data migration report with column by column comparison report for reconciliation

As per RFP

71 Page No 72 and Section 38

6 The Bidder is expected to provide an archival solution within the proposed application for the historical data The necessary configuration and implementation of the archival solution shall be the responsibility of the Bidder

Bidder wants to know what is the archival policy for RBI Is it seven years or more

Shall be discussed with successful bidder

72 Page No 73 and Section 38

12 RBI reserves the right to data migration by respective stakeholders of proposed solution and any gaps discrepancies found during the functions of application are to be rectified by the Bidder

Bidder wants to know if the data migration is other than DMIS system

As per RFP

73 Page No 73 and Section 38

16 The Bidder is required to certify completeness and accuracy of migrated data transaction history and balances at each data migration instance

Bidder requests Bank to confirm if bidder needs to produce data migration report with column by column comparison report for reconciliation

As per RFP

74 Page No 81 and Section 317

1 The solution deployed by Bidder should conform to Recovery Time Objective (RTO) and Recovery Point objective (RPO) defined by Bank

Bidder request to know for replication of data from DC-DR there will be a requirement of Replication software requirement Will this be provided by bank What is the replication software

Will be part of BCP and DR policy to be shared later with the successful bidder

2 Bidder should make sure that DR and DR drill is performed in alignment with Banks existing processes 3 The Bidder has to participate in DR drills as and when conducted by the Bank 4 During DR drills the vendor has to provide support at DR site for the activities related to the proposed solution 5 The Bidder is responsible for keeping the proposed solution and Database in sync in DC and DR 6 In case of any DR situation the Bidder has to shift application to DR site after Intimation to Bank 7 The bidder has to prepare a Business Continuity Plan and have it approved by the Bank

75 Page No 81 and Section 317

2 Bidder should make sure that DR and DR drill is performed in alignment with Banks existing processes

Bidder request to know if the DR automation tool will this be provided by bank What is the DR automation tool bank use

Will be part of BCP and DR policy to be shared later with the successful bidder

3 The Bidder has to participate in DR drills as and when conducted by the Bank

4 During DR drills the vendor has to provide support at DR site for the activities related to the proposed solution 6 In case of any DR situation the Bidder has to shift application to DR site after Intimation to Bank 7 The bidder has to prepare a Business Continuity Plan and have it approved by the Bank

76 Page No 84 and Section 319

The vendors shall guarantee that with the proposed configurationspecifications the required system application response times as indicated below shall be complied with keeping in view that up to 2000 concurrent users would be connected to the system The required response time and performance standards shall be maintained throughout the contract period Bidder is expected to carry performance testing and share the result with the Bank throughout the contract period In case the implemented solutions do not meet the required response time or in the event of performance degradation that shall require upgradesaugmentation in the softwarehardware the corresponding cost shall be borne by the solution provider

Application SLA As per RFP

77 Page No 85 and Section 321

The Bank will provide following hosting environment to the application

Request Bank to ensure Bidder is not underquoting hardware requirement Also support cost for hardware OS DB etc are not considered in the price Bidder assumes that the cost for the same will be added by RBI with hardware cost

As per RFP

78 Page No 92 and Section 330

3 Vendor is required to give all sorts of support required in case RBI decides to move the implemented EDMS on cloud services or IaaS in future This support will include everything starting from shunting of the running EDMS temporarily to alternate arrangement till all the Hw Sw etc are installed amp made running in the new IaaS or Cloud environment (Logistics Technical Integration support etc)

Bidder requests to add the cloud migration support cost as part of commercial template

As per RFP

4 The vendor must also include a detailed resource plan that describes the Project Management and identify Implementation Teams‟ composition It shall define the roles and responsibilities of each member and the number of person-days that will be required of each member 5 Business Process Reengineering ndash The vendor shall include the impact of the new system to the operations of Client If applicable the proponent shall recommend changes to the existing processes that would benefit Client

79 Page No 95 and Section 44

AMC pay-outs Bidder requests Bank to make the payments to be done quarterly arrears

As per RFP

80 Page No 84 and Section 319

CPU Utilization lt60 Bidder request to definition of 60 Is it average utilisation of 10 working hours

As per RFP

81 Page No 274 and Annexure T

Resource table 32333435 says 12x5 hours but defined as 1 resource

For 12 x 5 working hours only 1 resource has been defined As per working hours one resource cannot work for 12 hrs Request Bank to add 1 more resource for the working hours or change the working hours for 1 resource only

For Annexure T for line items 31 to 35 Bidders are advised to consider 8 x 5 working hours where requirement of only 1 resource has been mentioned (Ahmedabad has 2 locations so 2 resources are required) For line items 25 to 30 where support hours are mentioned as 12 x 5 and requirement of multiple resources is mentioned resources are expected to work in 8 x 5 shift scheduled in a manner to provide support for 12 x 5 All other conditionsrequirements mentioned in the table remain unchanged

82 Page No 84 and Section 320

General Bidder requests Bank to normalise the CPU to x86 based system some bidder may propose proprietary CPU which may lead to ambiguity

As per RFP

83 Page No 7 and Section 1

Introduction The Bank desires to implement Electronic Document Management System (EDMS) across all the locations (Pan India) and all the departments regional offices and training establishments of the Bank- As per our understanding this pertains to multi-sites and multi-instances deployment of EDMS solution Kindly confirm and specify the number of sites for deployment

As per RFP

84 Page No 25 and Section 21

High Level Critical Requirements Does this involve any external users outside of RBIother banks

As per RFP

Also elaborate on the Push-Pull mechanism mentioned and frequency of Push-Pull mechanism mentioned in the RFP

85 Page No 30 and Section 22

Technical Bid(Functional Requirements)

The System should be able to accept input in Rajbhasha and preferably in other regional languages - As per our understanding input in English and Hindi should meet the business requirement If not kindly elaborate on the languages expected

As per RFP

86 Page No 44 and Section 22

Edit files within native applications without downloading first

We understand that different softwares have different proprietary formats which may not be accessible for editing apart from these specific softwares We suggest to edit these files in their native softwares to maintain document quality We would request you to please specify these file formats

As per RFP

87 Page No 50 and Section 22

Application should have capability to allow end users in public domain to create user id and upload documents for inwards created

Please suggest if this involves any external users outside of RBIOther banks

As per RFP

88 Page No 51 and Section 22

Technical Bid(Functional Requirements)

Does this involve any external users outside of RBIother banks

As per RFP

89 Page No 53 and Section 23

Technical Bid(Non-Functional Requirements)

Navigation speed would be majorly dependent on networkbandwidth made available so that accordingly pages can be loaded

As per RFP

90 Page No 54 and Section 23

Technical Bid(Non-Functional Requirements)

Will the Bank provide Data Centre policy details or will it be discussed and agreed mutually between two parties post bidder selection

Shall be discussed with successful bidder

91 Page No 87 and Section 324

The EDMS application is required to be compatible to integrate with API applications like REST SOAP or any other based API applications

What are the third party applications needs to be integrated apart from those mentioned here

Integration envisaged for Go-Live - Active Directory Mail Messaging System SAMADHAN IRM and DMIS Other integration will be done during continuous development

92 Page No 100 and Section 53

Scope of Work Kindly convert the hours mentioned in TTR section into business hours

As per RFP

93 Page No 197 and Annexure D2

Functional Requirements Since this is a generic statement and no details can be finale present for customisations involved against this point

As per RFP

94 Page No 199 and Annexure D2

Functional Requirements Please elaborate Also there should not be any scores since preferred style or standard is not mentioned

As per RFP

95 Page No 207 and Annexure D3

Non-Functional Requirements Please elaborate what is user access level parameterised through admin level here

As per RFP

96 Page No 209 and Annexure D3

Non-Functional Requirements Please explain what does parameterisation mean and include here

As per RFP

97 Page No 226 and Annexure D6

Approach Paper Please clarify if scalability of document volume 30 is year on year increase and also we will consider 4 mn documents for initial year for calculating storage requirements Please check if our understanding is correct Also provide no of pages per document and size of each document etc

As per RFP

98 General Query Training Section Kindly share the number of the RBI team members to whom the training will be imparted

5 batches of 30-40 user each Total training to be provide to around 200 User at Mumbai Pune

99 General Query Customization and Integration As per our understanding the Integration with the third party applications is for image enablement and doc uploaddownload

As per RFP

100 General Query Technical Bid(Functional Requirements)

For the Workflow automation requirement can we get a sample process for each of the workflow described to understand the complexity of the process

Shall be discussed during System Study

101 General Query Technical Solution amp Training Please suggest the volume of documents involved for extraction scope

As per RFP

102 General Query Presentation amp POC of the Solution As per our understanding scope of POC in the RFP is the same as explained through the scenarios in EOI Please confirm

As per RFP

103 Page No 226 and Annexure D6

Functional Requirements Rearrange pages in a document or create a new document from a page using drag and drop This functionality is a part of specialized document creating softwares and not document management system Hence we request you to kindly drop this point

As per RFP

104 General Query

Functional Requirements What is the current ticketing tool being used by the bank

S-MAX

105 Page No 113 and Section 645

Implementation Experience Implementation Experience Table - Are there any scores that are assigned with parameters - No of projects Total Users Concurrent Users Volume of documents

As per RFP

106 Page No 256 and Annexure D5

NA What is the difference between D4 and D5 Both appear same in terms of format and information requested

D4 will be signed by the bidder D5 will be signed by bidders previousexisting clients where

DMS with workflow solution was implemented in past

107 Page No 224 and Annexure D4

Annexure D4 Technical Bid (Implementation Experience)

There is no minimum count mentioned for DMS with workflow automation Project Implementation Experience Two project credentials (PO or client letter) would be sufficient

As per RFP

108 Page No 81 and Section 318

Continuous Development What are the number of resources that the bank expects to be a part of Continuous Development

As per RFP

109 Page No 92 and Section 330

Scope of Work Since the amount of support and scope of work for cloud services is not very clear at this stage we recommend to keep this component out of commercial bid and take it on Time and Material need basis

As per RFP

110 Page No 106 and Section 63

Presentation amp POC of the Solution It is assumed that the POC requested in the RFP is the same as per the EOI and is based on the same use cases that were a part of the EOI process Please clarify

As per RFP

111 Page No 25 and Section 21

The solution should also be capable of integration with native office 365 and

Please name what are industry standard open office tools Please provide detail of existing IRM system

Microsoft IRM

industry standard open office tools The proposed solution needs to be integrated with existing (or any future standard system) of IRM

112 Page No 25 and Section 21

InwardOutward Management Flow of data from Web Interface to EDMS and vice versa should happen in batches and support push pull mechanism

Proposed system will provided web services for CRUD operation Same services will be consumed by external system for Inward management Also

Shall be discussed during SRS

Frequency of push pull should be configurable

proposed system will consume web service provided by external systems for Outward service Any change these external system will be out of scope Please confirm if our understanding is correct

113 Page No 27 and Section 21

The Scanning product should have inbuilt capability to do a full page OCR amp ICR (for both Hindi amp English documents) and also convert the images to searchable forms like Searchable PDF

Accuracy of capturing Hand written information in during OCRICR is totally depends on input and must be out of scope Please confirm if our understanding is correct

Accuracy of OCR for Machine Readable documents should be 100 and search should be faster amp accurate and it is in scope whereas the accuracy for ICR for hand written documents may be varied but is in scope

114 Page No 27 and Section 21

The System should be able to search in English Hindi amp combination of both System must provide the ability to search from bi-lingual content sources Reports should be in Hindi and English

Language conversion from English to Hindi and vice versa is not in scope Information saved in English language can be search in English Same way information saved in Hindi language will be searched in Hindi only Please confirm if our understanding is correct

Yes

115 Page No 34 and Section 22

Scanned file naming convention and folder structure to be used to store the scanned files and would be as per the

File name will be in English only Please confirm if our understanding is correct

Application should support Bilingual file names

policies defined by RBI for file naming conventions in bilingual language (Rajbhasha(Hindi) English)

116 Page no 58 amp Section 23

Compatible DevOps for version control in Test and Production environment

Please elaborate the requirement for Compatible DevOps for version control

Shall be discussed with successful bidder

117 The RBI reserves the right to conduct Yes

Page no 59 amp Section 23

further security testing of the system by either RBI personnel or another party Any gaps identified during this testing should be fixed by bidder at their own cost

STQC and VAPT will be in RBI scope SI will responsible for closing the GAP identified Please confirm if our understanding is correct

118 Page no 60 amp Section 23

The uniform user management policy envisaged by RBI in which single-sign-on concept for a user should be implemented

Please share existing Single-sign-on solution being used in RBI

Shall be shared with successful bidder

119 Page no 71 amp Section 38

ensure accuracy integrity and completeness of the data migration from legacy DMIS application to new EDMS application

Please provide below details Shall be discussed during System Study 1Which DB is being used(expr

OracleMSSQL etc) 2 Is DMIS application is open source built on JavaNet technology If not Please share which DMS product is being used along with version details 3How many table exists 4How many records need tp migrate 5How many documents need to migrate 6Does documents has versions 7Existing DMIS system architecture 8Other details which can be helpful to understand migration scope

120 Page no 97 amp Section 5

ldquoBusiness Operation Hoursrdquo shall be ldquoOne Hourrdquo prior to the start of ldquoWorking Hoursrdquo and would end ldquoOne Hourrdquo after ldquoWorking Hoursrdquo ldquoBusiness

Please confirm OampM support hours Will it be 700 AM to 900 PM (Mon-Friday) and on working Saturday What all Saturday will be working day

As per RFP

121 Page no 86 amp Section 323

The total number of users presently is expected to be around 10000 with 2000 concurrent users and annual growth of 10 in concurrent users

We believe all Bank users will not participate for workflowBPM task approval process For sizing please provide users count as per -

Workflows are applicable for all users and concurrency as mentioned in RFP

1) Total number of DMS users

2) Total number of BPMworkflow users 3)Concurrent DMS users 4)Concurrent BPMworkflow users

122 Page no 25 amp Section 21

Manage documents using a folder view with minimum 5 levels and support file types pdf tiff jpeg jpg doc docx xls xlsx ppt pptx png etc with version control

Please share the details of different type of documents Please provide below details

Shall be discussed during System Study

1) For New Documents a) Number of document ingestion per day - b) Average size of document - in KB c) Maximum size of document - in KB 2) What is percentage the Year on Year growth over 7 years for the number of documents added 3) Average number of document views per day 4) Average number of document searches per day

123 Page no 27 amp Section 21

The Scanning product should have inbuilt capability to do a full

Assuming scanning solution will be deployed centrally and access through web only If No Please share the number of location required for scanning solution Also do share number of scanning users number of template need to consider along with number metadata fields on each template

As per RFP

page OCR amp ICR (for both Hindi amp English documents) and also convert the images to searchable forms like Searchable PDF

124 Page no 28 amp Section 21

The System should be capable of supporting

For BPMWorkflow sizing can we get volumetric for

Shall be discussed during System Study

a Sequential routing ndash Note to be routed one after the other in a pre-defined sequence

1) No of Workload Per Month (Days per month)

b Ad-hoc routing Changing the routing sequence by an authorized personnel

2) No of Process instances Per Hour

c Push ndash pull routing Authorized person can decide the workflow

3)No of User Interactions (per screen)

4)Estimated Number of concurrent users for BPM

5) No of Transactions Per Seconds (TPS) Considered for Sizing (Rules Execution Per Second)

6)No of business process need to factor

7) complexity level of each processes 125 Page no 25 amp

Section 21 High Level Critical Requirements What is the corporate email used in

RBI is it MS exchange or lotus notes please share name and version

MS Exchange 2016

126 Page no 25 amp Section 21

High Level Critical Requirements Are you using On-premise of Azure Active Directory

Shall be shared with successful bidder

127 Page no 28 amp Section 21

High Level Critical Requirements Is there a requirement that all inputs fields should be allowed in both English and Hindi or Hindi data entry is limited to comments notes and documents

All inputs fields should be allowed in both English and Hindi

128 Page no 28 amp Section 21

High Level Critical Requirements Is there expectation that search with English keyword should get translated to Hindi and bring out Hindi content with translated word In other words is there requirement of cross language search

As per RFP

129 Page no 86 amp Section 323

Licences Please confirm licenses other than DMS like for DB web or application server will be provided by RBI

As per RFP

130 Page no 74 amp Section 310

A Administrator Level Training (Technical)

As it is mentioned under Technical Training and not Onsite training what is the expectation for this type of training Is classroom training not required for the same

It will be onsite training

131 Page no 74 amp Section 310

A Administrator Level Training (Technical)

Please confirm the no of approximate Trainees Location Batches for conducting the technical training

5 batches of 30-40 user each Total training to be provide to around 200 User at Mumbai Pune

132 Page no 74 amp Section 310

B User Level Training (on-site) Please confirm the no of approximate Trainees Location Batches for conducting the end user training

5 batches of 30-40 user each Total training to be provide to around 200 User at Mumbai Pune

133 Page no 74 amp Section 310

B User Level Training (on-site) Is hands-on-training session also required for the trainees If yes please confirm

Yes

134 Page no 74 amp Section 310

B User Level Training (on-site) Is the refresher training also expected post Go Live during the support AMC period Please confirm

L0 will be responsible for regular training at respective locations

135 Page no 16 amp Section 14

Date amp Time of Final Submission of Technical amp Commercial Bids on the MSTC Portal

Please extend the bid submission date by two weeks from the current

Please refer Tenders section on RBI website wwwrbiorgin and MSTC e-commerce portal for updates if any regarding bid submission schedule

136 Page no 151 162 206 262

Annexure D1 High Level Critical Requirements

Please provide Annexure D1 D2 D3 amp Q in excel format

May be copied from RFP

Annexure D Annexure D2 Technical Bid (Functional Requirements

Annexure D3 Technical Bid (Non Functional Requirements)

Annexure Q Commercial Bid Format 137 Page no 7 amp

Section1 Introduction The Bank desires to implement

Electronic Document Management System (EDMS) across all the locations (Pan India) and all the departments regional offices and training establishments of the Bank- As per our understanding this pertains to multi-sites and multi-instances deployment of EDMS solution Please confirm and specify the number of sites for deployment

As per RFP

138 Page no 25 amp Section 21

High Level Critical Requirements Does this involve any external users outside of RBIother banks

As per RFP

Also elaborate on the Push-Pull mechanism mentioned and frequency of Push-Pull mechanism mentioned in the RFP

139 Page no 30 amp Section 21

High Level Critical Requirements The System should be able to accept input in Rajbhasha and preferably in other regional languages - As per our understanding input in English and Hindi should meet the business requirement If not kindly elaborate on the languages expected

As per RFP

140 Page no 44 amp Section 21

High Level Critical Requirements Edit files within native applications without downloading first -We understand that different softwarersquos have different proprietary formats which may not be accessible for editing apart from this specific softwarersquos We suggest to edit these files in their native softwarersquos to maintain document quality We would request you to please specify these file formats

As per RFP

141 Page no 50 amp Section 22

Functional Requirements Application should have capability to allow end users in public domain to create user id and upload documents for inwards created - Please suggest if this involves any external users outside of RBIOther banks

As per RFP

142 Page no 51 amp Section 22

Functional Requirements Does this involve any external users outside of RBIother banks

Yes

143 Page no 53 amp Section 23

Non-Functional Requirements Navigation speed would be majorly dependent on networkbandwidth made available so that accordingly pages can be loaded

As per RFP

144 Page no 54 amp Section 23

Non-Functional Requirements Will the Bank provide Data Centre policy details or will it be discussed and agreed mutually between two parties post bidder selection

Shall be shared with successful bidder

145 Page no 87 amp Section 324

Customization and Integration The EDMS application is required to be compatible to integrate with API applications like REST SOAP or any other based API applications- What are the third party applications needs to be

Integration envisaged for Go-Live - Active Directory Mail Messaging System SAMADHAN IRM DMIS Other integration will be done during continuous development

integrated apart from those mentioned here

146 Page no 99 amp Section 53

Scope of Work Kindly convert the hours mentioned in TTR section into business hours

As per RFP

147 Page no 197 amp Admixture D2

Technical Bid (Functional Requirements)

Since this is a generic statement and no details can be finale present for customisations involved against this point

As per RFP

148 Page no 199 amp Admixture D2

Technical Bid (Functional Requirements)

Please elaborate Also there should not be any scores since preferred style or standard is not mentioned

User rights Management includes the ReadWrite privileges to the user which will be provided by RBI

149 Page no 207 amp Annexure D3

Technical Bid (Non-Functional Requirements)

Please elaborate what is user access level parameterised through admin level here

As per RFP

150 Page no 209 amp Annexure D2

Technical Bid (Functional Requirements)

Please explain what does parameterisation mean and include here

As per RFP

151 Page no 226 amp Annexure D6

Annexure D6 - Approach Paper Please clarify if scalability of document volume 30 is year on year increase and also we will consider 4 MN documents for initial year for calculating storage requirements Please check if our understanding is correct Also provide no of pages per document and size of each document etc

As per RFP

152 General Query Training Section Kindly share the number of the RBI team members to whom the training will be imparted

5 batches of 30-40 user each Total training to be provide to around 200 User at Mumbai Pune

153 General Query Customization and Integration As per our understanding the Integration with the third party applications is for image enablement and doc uploaddownload

Shall be discussed during System Study

154 General Query Technical Bid (Functional Requirements)

For the Workflow automation requirement can we get a sample process for each of the workflow described to understand the complexity of the process

Yes

155 General Query Technical Solution amp Training Please suggest the volume of documents involved for extraction scope

As per RFP

156 General Query Presentation amp POC of the Solution As per our understanding scope of POC in the RFP is the same as explained through the scenarios in EOI Please confirm

Yes

157 Page no 163 amp Annexure D2

Technical Bid (Non-Functional Requirements)

Rearrange pages in a document or create a new document from a page using drag and drop This functionality is a part of specialized document creating softwarersquos and not document management system Hence we request you to kindly drop this point

As per RFP

158 Page no 19 and section No 15

11 ldquoAgreementrdquo means the contract signed between the Bank and the Selected Bidder and all the attached documents The ldquoAgreementrdquo includes the RFP subsequent modifications to the RFP response of the selected vendor to the RFP and the contract document itself

11 ldquoAgreementrdquo means the contract signed between the Bank and the Selected Bidder and all the attached documents all of which shall be on mutually agreed terms and conditions The ldquoAgreementrdquo includes the RFP subsequent modifications to the RFP response of the selected vendor to the RFP and the contract document itself

As per RFP

17 ldquoIntegrationrdquo means the system should be able to integrate with existing componentsapplications like Active Directory MS Office 365 and support other 3rd party integration if required

17 ldquoIntegrationrdquo means the system should be able to integrate with existing componentsapplications like Active Directory MS Office 365 and support other 3rd party integration if required

18 ldquoCommissioningrdquo means the System shall be considered to have been commissioned when the entire job including supply installation integration configuration testing and deployment of all hardware amp software is executed to the satisfaction of the Purchaser

18 ldquoCommissioningrdquo means the System shall be considered to have been commissioned when the entire job including supply installation integration configuration testing and deployment of all hardware amp software is executed as per the terms of the RFP to the satisfaction of the Purchaser

159 Page No 66 amp Section No 31

The scope of the system can be enhanced as per requirements of RBI

The scope of the system can be enhanced as per requirements of RBI However It should be restricted to +-10 maximum of the quantity quoted as per RFP

As per RFP

Bidder agrees to provide the increased quantity at the same terms and conditions However additional prices shall be charged for the goods supplied over the contracted quantity

160 Page No 75 amp Section No 311

The completion shall include satisfactory installation testing data migration non-functional requirements etc

The completion shall include satisfactory installation testing data migration non-functional requirements etc

As per RFP

4 Bidder should provide 90 days of hand holding support post Go-Live

4 Bidder should provide 30 90 days of hand holding support post Go-Live

5 On satisfactory performance of application post 90 days from Go-Live Bank will issue Completion Certificate

5 On satisfactory performance of application post 90 30 days from Go-Live Bank will issue Completion Certificate

6 In case of the Go-Live delays by the Bidder the financial Penalty as per the Banks discretion will be imposed on the Bidder at 5 of the total contract value per month of delay to the maximum of 10 of the total contract value as per the agreement between the Bank and the successful Bidder

6 In case of the Go-Live delays by the Bidder the financial Penalty as per the Banks discretion will be imposed on the Bidder at 5 05 of the total contract value delayed portion of ACV per month of delay to the maximum of 10 3 of the delayed portion of ACV total contract value as per the agreement between the Bank and the successful Bidder

161 Page No 77 amp Section No 313

5 If any defect in the Solution is not rectified by the Bidder before the end of the Warranty Period the Warranty Period shall be extended until

5 If any defect in the Solution is not rectified by the Bidder before the end of the Warranty Period the Warranty Period shall be extended until

As per RFP

(a) the defect has been corrected and (a) the defect has been corrected and (b) the Solution functions in accordance with the Contract

(b) the Solution functions in accordance with the Contract

6 Where the Bidder is not the Manufacturer of certain components of the Solution then the Bidder shall disclose the Manufacturerrsquos warranty for such components to the Bank and in the event such warranty exceeds the Bidderrsquos warranty under this

6 Where the Bidder is not the Manufacturer of certain components of the Solution then the Bidder shall disclose the Manufacturerrsquos warranty for such components to the Bank and in the event such warranty exceeds the Bidderrsquos warranty under this Contract in

Contract in any respect shall ensure that the Bank will receive the benefit of the Manufacturerrsquos warranty

any respect shall ensure that the Bank will receive the benefit of the Manufacturerrsquos warranty

7 The bidder is expected to provide requisite support to Bankrsquos operations team for Application-specific database back-up and Disaster Recovery activities during the entire warranty amp support period of 7 years

7 The bidder is expected to provide requisite support to Bankrsquos operations team for Application-specific database back-up and Disaster Recovery activities during the entire warranty amp support period of 7 years

162 Page No 79 amp Section No 315

The following are minimum qualifications and experience for key resources required to implement the EDMS solution Members which are considered for Technical bid evaluation shall be construed as Key Personnel including but not limited to members involved in EDMS customization and implementation architect database administrator The following personnel would be required during the Design Configuration Installation and Setup of the EDMS solution These key resources should be based in Mumbai

The following are minimum qualifications and experience for key resources required to implement the EDMS solution Members which are considered for Technical bid evaluation shall be construed as Key Personnel including but not limited to members involved in EDMS customization and implementation architect database administrator The following personnel would be required during the Design Configuration Installation and Setup of the EDMS solution These key resources should be based in Mumbai

As per RFP

163 Page No 87 amp Section No325

System amp Security Audit ADD As per RFP Notwithstanding anything contained in this RFP

a) Excluding a regulatorystatutory requirement if any nothing in this Agreement shall be construed or interpreted as requiring Bidder to provide to Bank access to or right to inspect examine audit and take copies of any fees price cost or any other financial information or any records or documents relating to the make-up of the Bidderrsquos internal overhead calculations their relationship to the fees any financial cost model calculation of fees or to the Bidderrsquos profitability or other such financial data b) All audit barring those required under a regulatory or statutory requirement may be done only on an annual basis and subject to a notice period of 20 days

164 Page No 93 amp Section No4 Payment Terms

1 Completion of process and system study Design and Build and Deployment in UAT - 15 of Implementation Cost specified at Item 1B of Annexure Q

1 Completion of process and system study Design and Build and Deployment in UAT -30 15 of Implementation Cost specified at Item 1B of Annexure Q

As per RFP

2 Data Migration Completion of User Acceptance Testing Creation of training content Train the Trainer and customer education content - 20 of Implementation Cost specified at Item 1B of Annexure Q

2 Data Migration Completion of User Acceptance Testing Creation of training content Train the Trainer and customer education content - 20 30 of Implementation Cost specified at Item 1B of Annexure Q

3 Complete Implementation and ldquoProduction Go-liverdquo of the project - 25 of Implementation Cost specified at Item 1B of Annexure Q

3 Complete Implementation and ldquoProduction Go-liverdquo of the project - 25 of Implementation Cost specified at Item 1B of Annexure Q

4 Receipt of Completion Certificate from the Bank

4 Receipt of Completion Certificate from the Bank

(post 90 days of achieving production Go-Live) - 30 of Implementation Cost specified at Item 1B of Annexure Q

(post 90 days of achieving production Go-Live) - 30 10 of Implementation Cost specified at Item 1B of Annexure Q

5 Amount payable during the warranty period - On completion of warranty period of three years The Financial Bank guarantee shall be valid for 7 years - 10 of Implementation Cost specified at Item 1B of Annexure Q

5 Amount payable during the warranty period - On completion of warranty period of three years The Financial Bank guarantee shall be valid for 7 years - 10 5 of Implementation Cost specified at Item 1B of Annexure Q

middot 100 of the License Cost indicated in Item 1A of Annexure Q shall be payable immediately on deployment in UAT environment Beta testing phase

middot 100 of the License Cost indicated in Item 1A of Annexure Q shall be payable immediately on deployment in UAT environment Beta testing phase

For each milestone to be marked completed the bidder should ensure that all the acceptance criteria are met and approved by the Bank as mentioned in various applicable sections in the RFP

For each milestone to be marked completed the bidder should ensure that all the acceptance criteria are met and approved by the Bank as mentioned in various applicable sections in the RFP

165 Page No 94 amp Section No43

Amount payable during the warranty period following successful implementation of application will be paid on completion of warranty period of three years The Financial Bank guarantee shall be valid for 7 years Performance Bank Guarantee will be released on submission of Financial Bank Guarantee

Amount payable during the warranty period following successful implementation of application will be paid in advance on completion of warranty period of three years The Financial Bank guarantee shall be valid for 7 years Performance Bank Guarantee will be released on submission of Financial Bank Guarantee

As per RFP

166 Page No 95 amp Section No44

The annual amount payable towards AMC would be paid at the end of every year following successful implementation of the application and delivery of satisfactory services

The annual amount payable towards AMC would be paid at the end start of every year following successful implementation of the application and delivery of satisfactory services

As per RFP

167 Page No 95 amp Section No45

The annual amount payable towards FMS and Development Team would be paid at the end of every year following successful implementation of the application and delivery of satisfactory services

The annual amount payable towards FMS and Development Team would be paid monthly at the end of every year following successful implementation of the application and delivery of satisfactory services

Please refer Corrigendum dated 7th October 2019

168 Page No 95 amp Section No44

The Bidders should note that the contract entered with the successful Bidder will be for implementation and post go‐live period of 7 years (3 years‟ warranty amp 4 years AMC amp FMS support) extendable at the Bankrsquos discretion The Bank will have the right in its sole discretion to renegotiate the prices terms and conditions

8 The Bidders should note that the contract entered with the successful Bidder will be for implementation and post go‐live period of 7 years (3 years‟ warranty amp 4 years AMC amp FMS support) extendable at the Bankrsquos discretion on mutually agreed terms The Bank will have the right in its sole discretion to renegotiate the prices terms and conditions

As per RFP

169 Page No 95 amp Section No45

The successful Bidder is expected to complete the responsibilities that have been assigned as per the specified time frame In case of the Rollout delays by the Bidder the financial Penalty as per the Banks discretion will be imposed on the Bidder at 5 of the total contract value per month of delay to the maximum of 10 of the total contract value as per the

The successful Bidder is expected to complete the responsibilities that have been assigned as per the specified time frame In case of the Rollout delays by the Bidder the financial Penalty as per the Banks discretion will be imposed on the Bidder at 5 05 of the total contract value delayed portion of ACV per month of delay to the maximum of 10 3 of the delayed portion of ACV

As per RFP

agreement between the Bank and the successful Bidder

of the total contract value as per the agreement between the Bank and the successful Bidder

Business Utility and Business Downtime would be the key considerations for determining the ldquoPenaltiesrdquo that would be levied on the Bidder for ldquoNon‐Adherencerdquo to the SLA for the Services offered The inability of the Bidder to provide the requirements as per the scope or to meet the deadlines as specified would be treated as breach of contract and invoke the Penalty Clause The maximum limit on the penalties during the period of contract shall be 10 of the total contract value The applicable ldquoPenaltiesrdquo would be the same irrespective of the root causes The Penalty shall be deducted from the next pay out (Warranty AMC amp FMS BG)

Business Utility and Business Downtime would be the key considerations for determining the ldquoPenaltiesrdquo that would be levied on the Bidder for ldquoNon‐Adherencerdquo to the SLA for the Services offered The inability of the Bidder to provide the requirements as per the scope or to meet the deadlines as specified would be treated as breach of contract and invoke the Penalty Clause The maximum limit on the penalties during the period of contract shall be 10 of the total contract value The applicable ldquoPenaltiesrdquo would be the same irrespective of the root causes The Penalty shall be deducted from the next pay out (Warranty AMC amp FMS BG)

The successful Bidder is expected to complete the responsibilities that have been assigned as per the specified time frame In case of the Rollout delays or more than 2 rollbacks by the Bidder the financial Penalty as per the Banks discretion will be imposed on

The successful Bidder is expected to complete the responsibilities that have been assigned as per the specified time frame In case of the Rollout delays or more than 2 rollbacks by the Bidder the financial Penalty as per the Banks discretion will be imposed on the Bidder

the Bidder at 5 of the total cost for the particular continuous development

at 5 3 of the total cost for the particular continuous development

The maximum limit on the penalties during the period of contract shall be 10 of the total contract value

The maximum limit on the penalties during the period of contract shall be 3 of ACV 10 of the total contract value

170 Page No 114 amp Section No66

Prices quoted by bidder in commercial bid shall be reasonable and as per industry standards If any extreme abnormalitiesdiscrepancies observed in prices RBI at its discretion will disqualify the Commercial Bid

Prices quoted by bidder in commercial bid shall be reasonable and as per industry standards If any extreme abnormalitiesdiscrepancies observed in prices RBI at its discretion will disqualify the Commercial Bid

As per RFP

171 Page No 123 amp Section No77

The Bids will be treated as valid for a period of 180 days from the closing date for submission of the bid

The Bids will be treated as valid for a period of 180 30 days from the closing date for submission of the bid

As per RFP

172 Page No 124 amp Section No711

2 2 The Bank will reserve the right to terminate the services of the successful Bidder at any point of the Project (during the implementation phase and post go-live) without assigning any reasons In such cases the Bank may consider making payment commensurate with the last completed phase

2 The Bank Either Party will reserve the right to terminate the services of the successful Bidder at any point of the Project (during the implementation phase and post go-live) without assigning any reasons subject to notice period of 3 months In such cases the Bank shall may consider making payment for all services and deliverables rendered up to the effective date of communication commensurate with the last completed phase

As per RFP

In the event of termination of any nature the Bidder shall be paid for the 1 goods delivered 2 services rendered 3 work in progress 4 unpaid AMCs 5 third party orders in pipeline which cannot be cancelled despite Bidders best efforts 6 unrecovered investments shall be paid by the Bank as per termination schedule till the date of termination

173 Page No 126 amp Section No8

1 Submission of a Proposal shall be deemed to constitute an acknowledgement by the Bidder that all obligations stipulated by this RFP will be met and unless specified otherwise the Bidder has read understood and agreed to all the instructions provided in this RFP

1 Submission of a Proposal shall be deemed to constitute an acknowledgement by the Bidder that all material obligations stipulated by this RFP will be met and unless specified otherwise the Bidder has read understood and agreed to all the instructions provided in this RFP

As per RFP

3 The Bidder selected for the solution will have to enter into a contract directly with RBI The contract will contain various terms and conditions including payment delivery installation amp operationalization training commissioning amp acceptance support during periods of warranty amp maintenance penalty due to delay in performance

3 The Bidder selected for the solution will have to enter into a contract directly with RBI on mutually agreed terms The contract will contain various terms and conditions including payment delivery installation amp operationalization training commissioning amp acceptance support during periods of warranty amp maintenance penalty due to delay in performance

174 Page No 126 amp Section No81

2 Adherence to terms and conditions The Bidders who wish to submit responses to this RFP should note that they should abide by all the terms and conditions contained in the RFP If the responses contain any extraneous conditions put in by the respondents such Bidders will be disqualified and will not be considered for the selection process

2 Adherence to terms and conditions The Bidders who wish to submit responses to this RFP should note that they should abide by all the mutually agreed terms and conditions contained in the RFP If the responses contain any extraneous conditions put in by the respondents such Bidders will be disqualified and will not be considered for the selection process

As per RFP

175 Page No 127 amp Section No81

4 Execution of SLA The Bidder should execute a Service Level Agreement which would include all the services and terms and conditions of the services to be extended as detailed herein and as may be prescribed by the Bank

4 Execution of SLA The Bidder should execute a Service Level Agreement on mutually agreed terms which would include all the services and terms and conditions of the services to be extended as detailed herein and as may be prescribed by the Bank

As per RFP

5 A declaration may be given by the Bidder stating that No relative of the Bidders is working in the Reserve Bank of India (Annexure K) If anyone working in the Bank is related to the Bidders the name designation and the department where the person is posted may be given Due to any breach of these conditions by the company or firm or any other person the Bank may decide to take appropriate action including cancellation of bid invocation of performance bank guarantee The company or firm or the person may also be debarred for further participation in the procurement process of the Bank in the future

5 A declaration may be given by the Bidder stating that No relative of the Bidders is working in the Reserve Bank of India (Annexure K) If anyone working in the Bank is related to the Bidders the name designation and the department where the person is posted may be given Due to any breach of these conditions by the company or firm or any other person the Bank may decide to take appropriate action including cancellation of bid invocation of performance bank guarantee The company or firm or the person may also be debarred for further participation in the procurement process of the Bank in the future

The relatives for this purpose are defined as -

The relatives for this purpose are defined as -

Oslash Members of a Hindu undivided family (HUF)

Oslash Members of a Hindu undivided family (HUF)

Oslash Husband and Wife Oslash Husband and Wife Oslash If one is related to the other in the manner as Father (includes step father) Mother (includes step mother) Son(s) (includes step son) amp Sonrsquos wife (daughter-in-law) Daughter(s) (includes step daughter) and Daughterrsquos husband (son-in-law) Brother(s) (includes step brother) and Brotherrsquos wife Sister(s) (includes step sister) and Sisterrsquos husband (brother-in-law)

Oslash If one is related to the other in the manner as Father (includes step father) Mother (includes step mother) Son(s) (includes step son) amp Sonrsquos wife (daughter-in-law) Daughter(s) (includes step daughter) and Daughterrsquos husband (son-in-law) Brother(s) (includes step brother) and Brotherrsquos wife Sister(s) (includes step sister) and Sisterrsquos husband (brother-in-law)

176 Page No 127 amp Section No82

The Proposal as well as all related correspondence exchanged by the Bidder and RBI shall be written in English language only The Bids will be treated as valid for a period of 180 days from the closing date for submission of the bid

The Proposal as well as all related correspondence exchanged by the Bidder and RBI shall be written in English language only The Bids will be treated as valid for a period of 180 30 days from the closing date for submission of the bid

As per RFP

177 Page No 128 amp Section No84

The Bidder shall at its own cost and expenses defend and indemnify RBI against all third-party claims including those of the infringement of Intellectual Property Rights including patent trademark copyright trade secret or industrial design rights arising from use of the Products or any part thereof in India

The Bidder Either Party (Indemnitor) shall at its own cost and expenses defend and indemnify the other Party (Indemnitee) RBI against all third-party claims including limited to those of the infringement of Intellectual Property Rights including patent trademark copyright trade secret or industrial design rights directly and proximately arising from use of the Products or any part thereof in India

As per RFP

If RBI is required to pay compensation to a third party resulting from such infringement the Bidder shall be fully responsible therefore including all expenses and court and legal fees The Bidder shall also be liable to indemnify RBI at its own cost and expenses against all losses damages which RBI may suffer on account of violation by the Bidder of any or all national international trade laws norms standards procedures etc

If RBI is required to pay compensation to a third party resulting from such infringement the Indemnitor Bidder shall be fully responsible therefore including all expenses and court and legal fees The Indemnitor Bidder shall also be liable to indemnify IndemniteeRBI at its own cost and expenses against all third party losses damages which IndemniteeRBI may suffer on account of violation by the Indemnitor Bidder of any or all national international trade laws norms standards procedures etc

178 Page No 129 amp Section No85

RBI reserves the right to cancel the contract of the selected Bidder and recover expenditure incurred by RBI if the progress regarding execution of the contract made by the selected Bidder is found to be unsatisfactory for any reason After the award of the contract if the selected Bidder does not perform satisfactorily or delays execution of the contract RBI reserves the right to get the balance contract executed by another party of its choice by giving one monthrsquos‟ notice for the same In this event the selected Bidder is bound to make good the additional expenditure which RBI may have to incur to carry out bidding process for the execution of the balance of the contract This clause will be surviving even where for any reason the contract is cancelled RBI reserves the right to recover any dues payable by the selected Bidder from any amount outstanding to the credit of the selected Bidder including the pending bills andor invoking Bank Guarantee if any under this contract or any other contractorder

RBI reserves the right to cancel the contract of the selected Bidder In the event of cancellation of contract the Bank is liable to pay the bidder for the goods delivered and services rendered till the date of termination and recover expenditure incurred by RBI if the progress regarding execution of the contract made by the selected Bidder is found not to be as per the material terms of the RFP unsatisfactory for any reason solely attributable to the bidder After the award of the contract if the selected Bidder does not perform as per the material terms of the RFP satisfactorily or unduly delays execution of the contract subject to a cure period and notice of not less than 30 days RBI reserves the right to get the balance contract executed by another party of its choice by giving one monthrsquos‟ additional notice for the same In this event the selected Bidder is bound to make good the additional expenditure which RBI may have to incur to carry out bidding process for the execution of the balance of the contract Provided further that the Bidder shall not be liable to Excess Cost in excess of (ten) 10 percent of the price of undelivered goods or services for which such option is exercised by the Bank This clause will be surviving even where for any reason attributable to the bidder the contract is cancelled RBI reserves the

As per RFP

right to recover any dues payable by the selected Bidder from any amount outstanding to the credit of the selected Bidder including the pending bills andor invoking Bank Guarantee if any under this contract or any other contractorder

179 Page No 129 amp Section No86

Bidder will submit a Bank Guarantee from a scheduled commercial bank drawn in favour of Reserve Bank of India payable at Mumbai towards Earnest Money Deposit (EMD) for Rs 4000000- (Rupees Forty Lakhs only) The EMD of unsuccessful Bidders shall be returned within 30 days from the declaration of the disqualification of the respective Bidder No interest shall be paid on the EMD The EMD of the successful Bidder shall be returned after the successful Bidder furnishes the Performance Bank Guarantee Offers made without the Earnest money deposit are liable to be rejected The amount of Earnest money deposit would be forfeited in the following scenarios

Bidder will submit demand draftbankerrsquos chequepay order Bank Guarantee drawn in favour of Reserve Bank of India payable at Mumbai towards Earnest Money Deposit (EMD) for Rs 4000000- (Rupees Forty Lakhs only) The EMD of unsuccessful Bidders shall be returned within 15 days from the declaration of the disqualification of the respective Bidder No interest shall be paid on the EMD The EMD of the successful Bidder shall be returned after the successful Bidder furnishes the Performance Bank Guarantee Offers made without the Earnest money deposit will be rejected The amount of Earnest money deposit would be forfeited in the following scenarios

As per RFP

1 In case the Bidder withdraws the bid prior to validity period of the bid for any reason whatsoever

1 In case the Bidder withdraws the bid prior to validity period of the bid for any reason whatsoever after the deviations proposed are mutually agreed to between both the parties

2 In case the successful Bidder fails to accept and sign the contract within the timeline as specified in this document for any reason whatsoever or

2 In case the successful Bidder fails to accept and sign the contract on mutually agreed terms as specified in this document for any reason whatsoever or

3 In case the successful Bidder fails to provide the performance guarantee within 30 days from the date of placing the order by the Bank or signing of the

3 In case the successful Bidder fails to provide the performance guarantee within 30 days from the date of placing the order by the Bank or and signing of the contract on mutually agreed terms

contract whichever is earlier for any reason whatsoever

whichever is earlier for any reason whatsoever

In case the Bidder withdraws the bid

owing to the fact that the deviations proposed by the Bidder are not accepted by the Bank there shall be neither any forfeiture of EMD nor any other financial or legal implications

180 Page No 130 amp Section No87

The successful Bidder shall at his own expense deposit with The Chief General Manager-in-Charge Department of Information Technology Reserve Bank of India Mumbai within thirty (30) days from the final result of the bidding process and declaration of the successful Bidder a Performance Bank Guarantee from a scheduled commercial bank payable on demand in terms of Annexure C for an amount equivalent to ten percent (10) of the contract price for the due performance and fulfilment of the contract by the Bidder Without prejudice to the other rights of the Purchaser under the Contract in the matter the proceeds of the performance security shall be payable to RBI as compensation for any loss resulting from the Bidderrsquos failure to complete its obligations under the Contract RBI shall notify the Bidder in writing of the invocation of its right to receive such compensation indicating the contractual obligation(s) for which the Bidder is in default The Performance Bank Guarantee shall be denominated in INR and shall be in the form of bank guarantee unless another form is specified by RBI After Go Live Performance Bank Guarantee will be returned back to bidder on submission of Financial Bank Guarantee which shall be submitted by the Bidder within

The successful Bidder shall at his own expense deposit with The Chief General Manager-in-Charge Department of Information Technology Reserve Bank of India Mumbai within thirty (30) days from the final result of the bidding process and declaration of the successful Bidder a Performance Bank Guarantee from a scheduled commercial bank payable on demand in terms of Annexure C for an amount equivalent to ten percent (10) of the contract price for the due performance and fulfilment of the contract by the Bidder Without prejudice to the other rights of the Purchaser under the Contract in the matter the proceeds of the performance security shall be payable to RBI as compensation for any loss resulting from the Bidderrsquos failure to complete its obligations under the Contract RBI shall notify the Bidder in writing of the invocation of its right to receive such compensation indicating the contractual obligation(s) for which the Bidder is in default The Performance Bank Guarantee shall be denominated in INR and shall be in the form of bank guarantee unless another form is specified by RBI After Go Live Performance Bank Guarantee will be returned back to bidder on submission of Financial Bank Guarantee which shall be submitted by the Bidder within 90 days of Go-Live Non-submission of

As per RFP

90 days of Go-Live Non-submission of Performance Guarantee shall constitute sufficient grounds among others if any for the annulment of the award of the tender

Performance Guarantee shall constitute sufficient grounds among others if any for the annulment of the award of the tender

181 Page No 130 amp Section No88

The successful Bidder shall at his own expense deposit with The Chief General Manager-In-Charge Department of Information Technology Reserve Bank of India Mumbai within Ninety (90) days of Go-Live of application before the issuance of Certificate of Completion a Bank Guarantee from a scheduled commercial bank payable on demand in terms of Annexure O for an amount equivalent to ten percent (10) of the contract price as mentioned in Annexure Q of Commercial Bid submitted by the bidder for the due performance and fulfilment of the contract by the Bidder during the warranty and AMC period of 7 years After Go Live Performance Bank Guarantee will be returned back to bidder on submission of Financial Bank Guarantee Without prejudice to the other rights of the Purchaser under the Contract in the matter the proceeds of the performance security shall be payable to RBI as compensation for any loss resulting from the Bidderrsquos failure to complete its obligations under the Contract RBI shall notify the Bidder in writing of the invocation of its right to receive such compensation indicating the contractual obligation(s) for which the Bidder is in default The Financial Bank Guarantee shall be valid till the

The successful Bidder shall at his own expense deposit with The Chief General Manager-In-Charge Department of Information Technology Reserve Bank of India Mumbai within Ninety (90) days of Go-Live of application before the issuance of Certificate of Completion a Bank Guarantee from a scheduled commercial bank payable on demand in terms of Annexure O for an amount equivalent to ten percent (10) of the contract price as mentioned in Annexure Q of Commercial Bid submitted by the bidder for the due performance and fulfilment of the contract by the Bidder during the warranty and AMC period of 7 years After Go Live Performance Bank Guarantee will be returned back to bidder on submission of Financial Bank Guarantee Without prejudice to the other rights of the Purchaser under the Contract in the matter the proceeds of the performance security shall be payable to RBI as compensation for any loss resulting from the Bidderrsquos failure to complete its obligations under the Contract RBI shall notify the Bidder in writing of the invocation of its right to receive such compensation indicating the contractual obligation(s) for which the Bidder is in default The Financial Bank Guarantee shall be valid till the end of AMC denominated in INR and shall be in the form of bank guarantee

As per RFP

end of AMC denominated in INR and shall be in the form of bank guarantee unless another form is specified by RBI Non-submission of Financial Guarantee shall constitute sufficient grounds among others if any for the annulment of the award of the tender

unless another form is specified by RBI Non-submission of Financial Guarantee shall constitute sufficient grounds among others if any for the annulment of the award of the tender

182 Page No 131 amp Section No810

Unless otherwise directed by the Purchaser in writing the Bidder shall continue to perform his obligations under the contract as far as possible and shall seek all means for performance of all other obligations not prevented by the Force Majeure event

Unless otherwise directed by the Purchaser in writing the Bidder shall continue to perform his obligations under the contract as far as reasonably possible and shall seek all means for performance of all other obligations not prevented by the Force Majeure event

As per RFP

Such Force Majeure events will not entitle the Purchaser to delay payment to be made to the Bidder

183 Page No 131 amp Section No811

7 This undertaking shall not apply to Confidential Information that

7 This undertaking shall not apply to Confidential Information that

As per RFP

- Is in the public domain at the time it is acquired by us

- Is in the public domain at the time it is acquired by us

- Enters the public domain subsequent to our acquisition otherwise than as a result of unauthorised disclosure by us and

- Enters the public domain subsequent to our acquisition otherwise than as a result of unauthorised disclosure by us

- Is independently developed by us - is rightfully acquired prior to disclosure by the RBI and

- Is independently developed by us 184 Page No 132

amp Section No813

The Bank reserves the right to alter the requirements specified in the RFP Document The Bank will inform all Bidders about changes if any

The Bank reserves the right to alter the requirements specified in the RFP Document up to the date of submission of the final bid The Bank will inform all Bidders about changes if any Also It should be restricted to +-10 maximum of the quantity quoted as per RFP

As per RFP

The Bidder agrees that the Bank has no limit on the additions or deletions on the items for the period of the contract

Bidder agrees to provide the increased quantity at the same terms and conditions However additional prices shall be charged for the goods supplied over the contracted quantity

The Bidder agrees that the Bank has no limit on the additions or deletions on the items for the period of the contract

185 Page No 133 amp Section No816

The Bidder should strictly adhere to the implementation schedule as specified in the purchase contract executed between the Parties for performance of the obligations arising out of the purchase contract and any delay in completion of the obligations by the Bidder will enable the Bank to resort to any or both of the following

The Bidder should strictly adhere to the implementation schedule as specified in the purchase contract executed between the Parties for performance of the obligations arising out of the purchase contract and any delay in completion of the obligations by the Bidder (for reason not attributable to the Purchaser) will only enable the Bank to resort to any or both of the following

As per RFP

Oslash Claiming Liquidated Damages Oslash Claiming Liquidated Damages Oslash Termination of the purchase agreement fully or partly and claim liquidated damages

Oslash Termination of the purchase agreement fully or partly and claim liquidated damages Bidder should be given 30 daysrsquo written notice to cure the default failing which may attract termination In the event of termination Bank shall pay Bidder for goods delivered and services rendered till the date of termination

186 Page No 134 amp Section No817

The liquidated damages is an estimate of the loss or damage that the Bank may have suffered due to delay in performance or non-performance of any or all the obligations (under the terms and conditions of the purchase contract relating to supply delivery installation operationalization implementation training supportservices acceptance etc) of the solution by the Bidder and the Bidder shall be liable to pay the Bank a

The liquidated damages is an estimate of the loss or damage that the Bank may have suffered due to delay in performance or non-performance of any or all the obligations (under the terms and conditions of the purchase contract relating to supply delivery installation operationalization implementation training supportservices acceptance etc) of the solution by the Bidder and the Bidder shall be liable to pay the Bank a fixed amount for each day of

As per RFP

fixed amount for each day of delay non-performance of the obligations by way of liquidated damages details of which will be specified in the purchase contract Without any prejudice to Bankrsquos other rights under the law the Bank shall recover the liquidated damages if any accruing to the Bank as above from any amount payable to the Bidder either as per the purchase contract executed between the parties or under any other purchase agreement contract the Bank may have executed shall be executing with the Bidder Liquidated Damages is not applicable for reasons attributable to the Bank and Force Majeure However it is the responsibilityonus of the Bidder to prove that the delay is attributed to the Bank and Force Majeure The Bidder shall submit the proof authenticated by the Bidder and bankrsquos official that the delay is attributed to the Bank and Force Majeure along with the bills requesting payment

delay non-performance of the obligations limited to a maximum of 3 of the delayedundelivered portion of ACV by way of liquidated damages details of which will be specified in the purchase contract Without any prejudice to Bankrsquos other rights under the law the Bank shall recover the liquidated damages if any accruing to the Bank as above from any amount payable to the Bidder either as per the purchase contract executed between the parties or under any other purchase agreement contract the Bank may have executed shall be executing with the Bidder Liquidated Damages is not applicable for reasons attributable to the Bank and Force Majeure However it is the responsibilityonus of the Bidder to prove that the delay is attributed to the Bank and Force Majeure The Bidder shall submit the proof authenticated by the Bidder and bankrsquos official that the delay is attributed to the Bank and Force Majeure along with the bills requesting payment

187 General Query Clause not present Total LD+ penalty that Bank can levy on Bidder shall not exceed 3 of ACV

As per RFP

188 Page No 137 and section 825

Neither the contract nor any rights granted under the contract may be sold leased assigned or otherwise transferred in whole or in part by the Bidder and any such attempted sale lease assignment or otherwise transfer shall be void and of no effect

Neither the contract nor any rights granted under the contract may be sold leased assigned or otherwise transferred in whole or in part by either Party the Bidder and any such attempted sale lease assignment or otherwise transfer shall be void and of

As per RFP

without the advance written consent of the Bank

no effect without the advance written consent of the other Party Bank

189 Page No 137 and section 826

The Bidder during the term of the contract and for a period of two years thereafter shall not without the express written consent of the Bank directly or indirectly

The Bidder Both Parties during the term of the contract and for a period of two years thereafter shall not without the express written consent of the other Party Bank directly or indirectly

As per RFP

1 Recruit hire appoint or engage or attempt to recruit hire appoint or engage or discuss employment with or otherwise utilize the services of any person who has been an employee or associate or engaged in any capacity by the Bank in rendering services under the contract or

1 Recruit hire appoint or engage or attempt to recruit hire appoint or engage or discuss employment with or otherwise utilize the services of any person who has been an employee or associate or engaged in any capacity by the other Party Bank in rendering services under the contract or

2 Induce any person who is have been an employee or associate of the Bank at any time to terminate his her relationship with the Bank

2 Induce any person who is have been an employee or associate of the other Party Bank at any time to terminate his her relationship with the other Party Bank

190 Page No 137 and section 829

The ownership of the source code and design for the EDMS specific to the Bank and all related application suites interface designs customisations design etc and related Intellectual Property Right (IPR) will lie with the Bank only All Bidders will need to adhere to this

The ownership of the source code and design for the EDMS specific to the Bank and all related application suites interface designs customisations design etc and related Intellectual Property Right (IPR) will lie with the Bank only All Bidders will need to adhere to this

As per RFP

Notwithstanding anything to the contrary no intellectual property rights of any nature shall be transferred from one Party to the other in the course of performing any obligations or otherwise under this agreement For the avoidance of doubt Bidders may use certain tools processes or methodologies of its own in performing the services Ownership of all intellectual property rights and any other rights in these shall vest with Bidder and no rights shall be deemed to have accrued to the Bank

191 Page No 139 and section 830

3 The Bidder during the term of the contract and for a period of two years thereafter shall not without the express written consent of RBI directly or indirectly recruit hire appoint or engage or attempt to recruit hire appoint or engage or discuss employment with or otherwise utilize the services of any person who has been an employee or associate or engaged in any capacity by RBI in rendering services under the contract or Induce any person who shall have been an employee or associate of RBI at any time to terminate his her relationship with RBI

3 The Bidder Either party during the term of the contract and for a period of two years thereafter shall not without the express written consent of the other Party RBI directly or indirectly recruit hire appoint or engage or attempt to recruit hire appoint or engage or discuss employment with or otherwise utilize the services of any person who has been an employee or associate or engaged in any capacity by the other Party RBI in rendering services under the contract or Induce any person who shall have been an employee or associate of the other Party RBI at any time to terminate his her relationship with the other Party RBI

As per RFP

192 Page No 139 and section 830

6 Professionalism The Bidder should provide professional objective and impartial advice at all times and hold the Bankrsquos interests paramount and should observe the highest standard of ethics while executing the assignment

6 Professionalism The Bidder should provide professional objective and impartial advice at all times and hold the Bankrsquos interests paramount and should observe the highest standard of ethics while executing the assignment

As per RFP

8 No legal binding relationship It may be noted that no binding legal relationship will exist between any of the Respondents of this RFP and the Bank until execution of a contractual agreement

8 No legal binding relationship It may be noted that no binding legal relationship will exist between any of the Respondents of this RFP and the Bank until execution of a contractual agreement on mutually agreed terms

193 Page No 126 and section 830

If the responses contain any extraneous conditions put in by the respondents such responses will be disqualified and will not be considered for the selection process

If the responses contain any extraneous conditions put in by the respondents such responses will be disqualified and will not be considered for the selection process

As per RFP

194 General Query EMD Unacceptable EMD forfeiture EMD to be forfeiture for breach of contract- not acceptable

As per RFP

195 Page No144 We hereby declare that all the information and statements made in this Proposal are true and we accept that any misinterpretation contained in it may lead to our disqualification

We hereby declare that all the information and statements made in this Proposal are true to the best of our knowledge and we accept that any intentional misinterpretation contained in it may lead to our disqualification

As per RFP

196 General Query PBG Request PBG to be invoked only for material breaches of terms and conditions

As per RFP

197 Page No229 amp Annexure E

We agree to abide by this Bid Offer for 180 days from the last day of bid submission and our Offer shall remain binding on us and may be accepted by RBI any time before expiry of the offer

We agree to abide by this Bid Offer for 30 180 days from the last day of bid submission and our Offer shall remain binding on us and may be accepted by RBI any time before expiry of the offer

As per RFP

198 Page No249 amp Annexure L

Further to our proposal dated ______________ in response to the Request for Proposal for Implementation of EDMS Application (hereinafter referred to as ldquoRFPrdquo) issued by Reserve Bank of India (ldquoRBIrdquo) we hereby covenant warrant and confirm as follows

Further to our proposal dated ______________ in response to the Request for Proposal for Implementation of EDMS Application (hereinafter referred to as ldquoRFPrdquo) issued by Reserve Bank of India (ldquoRBIrdquo) we hereby covenant warrant and confirm as follows

As per RFP

We hereby agree to comply with all the terms and conditions stipulations as contained in the RFP and the related addendums other documents and if required including the changes made to the original bid documents issued by RBI provided that the only list of deviations has been furnished by us in the relevant Annex

We hereby agree to comply with all the mutually agreed material terms and conditions stipulations as contained in the RFP and the related addendums other documents and if required including the changes made to the original bid documents issued by RBI provided that the only list of deviations has been furnished by us in the relevant Annex

199 Page No240 amp Annexure G

As per RFP The BIDDER undertakes that it has not supplied is not supplying similar product services or sub-services during last one year from the date of issuance of this RFP at a price lower than that offered in the present bid to any other entity If it is found at any stage that similar product services or sub-services was supplied by the BIDDER to any other entity at a lower price then that very price with due allowance for elapsed time will be applicable to the present case and the difference in the cost would be refunded by the BIDDER to the

The BIDDER undertakes that it has not supplied is not supplying similar product services or sub-services during last one year from the date of issuance of this RFP at a price lower than that offered in the present bid to any other entity If it is found at any stage that similar product services or sub-services was supplied by the BIDDER to any other entity at a lower price then that very price with due allowance for elapsed time will be applicable to the present case and the difference in the cost would be refunded by the BIDDER to the BUYER if the contract has already been concluded

BUYER if the contract has already been concluded

200 Page No243 amp Annexure I

We the undersigned as Bidder having examined the complete RFP document (along with its annexes) do hereby offer to produce deliver install support and maintain EDMS Application in full conformity of your requirements as elaborated in above said RFP for the amounts mentioned by us in the Commercial Bid or such other sums as may be agreed to between us

We the undersigned as Bidder having examined the complete RFP document (along with its annexes) do hereby offer to produce deliver install support and maintain EDMS Application in full conformity of your material requirements as elaborated in above said RFP for the amounts mentioned by us in the Commercial Bid or such other sums as may be agreed to between us

As per RFP

We agree to abide by our Offer for a period of 6 months from the date of last day of Bid submission and it shall remain binding on us for acceptance at any time before the expiration of this period

We agree to abide by our Offer for a period of 1 6 months from the date of last day of Bid submission and it shall remain binding on us for acceptance at any time before the expiration of this period

We understand that you are not bound to accept the lowest or any bid you may receive

We understand that you are not bound to accept the lowest or any bid you may receive

We undertake if our Bid is accepted to provide Performance Bank Guarantee and Financial Bank Guarantee as per the prescribed format within the timescales stipulated in the RFP

We undertake if our Bid is accepted to provide Performance Bank Guarantee and Financial Bank Guarantee as per the prescribed format within the timescales stipulated in the RFP after signing of contract on mutually agreed terms and conditions

201 General Query Annexure J Confidentiality and Non-Disclosure Agreement Undertaking

ADD As per RFP Notwithstanding anything to the contrary to the extent the Bidder shares any confidential information with RBI the provisions of this RFP shall apply mutatis mutandis to RBI The obligations of confidentiality for both Parties shall come to an end 3 years from the date of terminationexpiry of the contract to be entered into

202 Page No248 and Annexure K

Annexure K Self Declaration Relatives in RBI

SEEK DELETION OF ANNEXURE As per RFP

203 Page No259 and Annexure P

We agree to abide by this Tender Response for a period of 180 days from the last day of bid submission and it shall remain binding upon us until within this period a formal contract is prepared and executed this Tender Response together with your written acceptance thereof in your notification of award shall constitute a binding contract between us and will initiate the formation of a separate contract in respect of maintenance and support

We agree to abide by this Tender Response for a period of 30 180 days from the last day of bid submission and it shall remain binding upon us until within this period a formal contract is prepared and executed this Tender Response together with your written acceptance thereof in your notification of award shall not constitute a binding contract between us and will initiate the formation of a separate contract in respect of maintenance and support

As per RFP

services after expiry of the warranty period

services after expiry of the warranty period all of which shall be on mutually agreed terms

204 Page No276 amp Annexure U

8 The respondent has not been involved in any legal case that may affect the solvencyexistence of the applicant or in any other way affect the respondentrsquos capability to providecontinue services to RBI if RBI selects the respondent for EDMS

8 The respondent has not been involved in any legal case that may affect the solvencyexistence of the applicant or in any other way materially affect the respondentrsquos capability to providecontinue services to RBI if RBI selects the respondent for EDMS

As per RFP

9 The bidder accepts to follow all the clauses terms and conditions as set in the RFP document

9 The bidder accepts to follow all the clauses terms and conditions as set in the RFP document subject to deviations proposed

205 General Query New clause proposed by Bidder Service Provider undertakes that it is compliant to State minimum wages act at the time of execution of the Agreement and the commercials are accordingly factored In the event there is a change to the State minimum wages act or if the Customer wants the Service Provider to comply to some other minimum wages act including but not limited to Central minimum wages act or the existing minimum wages act is repealed by another act then in such cases Customer will support Service provider with change request for additional cost incurred by Service Provider for complying to new minimum wages Service provider will not ask for Change request for any changes that is within 8 increase year on year from the State minimum wages as on the date of contract sign off

As per RFP

206 General Query New clause proposed by Bidder ldquoIt is agreed that the price quoted is arrived at based on the exchange rate of 1 USD = INR ___ (ldquoBase Exchange Raterdquo) In the event the Base Exchange Rate either increases or decreases by percentage points greater than two per cent [2] the prices shall be charged as per the then current exchange raterdquo

As per RFP

207 General Query New clause proposed by Bidder The risk title and ownership of the products shall be transferred to the customer upon delivery of such products to the customer

As per RFP

208 General Query New clause proposed by Bidder Customer hereby agrees to make the site ready as per the agreed specifications within the agreed timelines Customer agrees that Wipro shall not be in any manner be liable for any delay arising out of Customerrsquos failure to make the site ready within the stipulated period including but not limited to levy of liquidated damages for any delay in performance of Services under the terms of this Agreement In case the SITE is not ready for a continuous period of 30 days milestone payment related to installation will be released to vendor based on the SNR report also if there is any additional warranty cost due to continuous site not readiness for 30 days same will be borne by the customer

As per RFP

209 General Query New clause proposed by Bidder Notwithstanding anything contained herein neither Party shall be liable for any indirect punitive consequential or incidental loss damage claims liabilities charges costs expense or injury (including without limitation loss of use data revenue profits business and for any claims of any third party claiming through Bidder) that may arise out of or result from this Agreement The aggregate liability of Bidder under this Agreement shall not exceed the fees (excluding reimbursements) received by it under this contract during the six months preceding the date of first claim

As per RFP

210 General Query New clause proposed by Bidder Any new levy on account of changes in law shall be to the account of Bank

As per RFP

211 General Query New clause proposed by Bidder Bidderrsquos failure to perform its contractual responsibilities to perform the services or to meet agreed service levels shall be excused if and to the extent Bidder performance is effected delayed or causes non-performance due to Banks omissions or actions whatsoever

As per RFP

212 General Query New clause proposed by Bidder Services andor deliverables shall be deemed to be fully and finally accepted by Bank in the event when Bank has not submitted its acceptance or rejection response in writing to Bidder within 15 days from the date of installationcommissioning or when Bank uses the Deliverable in its business whichever occurs earlier Parties agree that Bidder shall have 15 daysrsquo time to correct in case of any rejection by Bank

As per RFP

213 General Query New clause proposed by Bidder Either party may request a change order (ldquoChange Orderrdquo) in the event of actual or anticipated change(s) to the agreed scope Services Deliverables schedule or any other aspect of the Statement of WorkPurchase Order Bidder will prepare a Change Order reflecting the proposed changes including the impact on the Deliverables schedule and fee In the absence of a signed Change Order Bidder shall not be bound to perform any additional services

As per RFP

214 General Query New clause proposed by Bidder Notwithstanding anything to the contrary either Party shall have the right to terminate this Agreement at any time with cause in the event that the other party commits a material breach of the Agreement and fails to cure such default to the non-defaulting partyrsquos reasonable satisfaction within thirty (30) days

As per RFP

In the event of termination of any nature the Bidder shall be paid for the 1 goods delivered 2 services rendered 3 work in progress 4 unpaid AMCs 5 third party orders in pipeline which cannot be cancelled despite Bidders best efforts 6 unrecovered investments shall be paid by the Bank as per termination schedule till the date of termination

215 General Query New clause proposed by Bidder Notwithstanding anything contained in this RFP

As per RFP

a) Excluding a regulatorystatutory requirement if any nothing in this Agreement shall be construed or interpreted as requiring Bidder to provide to Customer access to or right to inspect examine audit and take copies of any fees price cost or any other financial information or any records or documents relating to the make-up of the Bidderrsquos internal

overhead calculations their relationship to the fees any financial cost model calculation of fees or to the Bidderrsquos profitability or other such financial data

b) All audit barring those required under a regulatory or statutory requirement may be done only on an annual basis and subject to a notice period of 20 days

216 Page No 132 and section 82

Integrity Pact Unacceptable integrity pact Customer to insert new CVC integrity pact that does not contain Fall clause LIBOR provisions etc

As per RFP

217 General Query Annexure A Earnest Money Deposit Unacceptable EMD forfeiture EMD to be forfeiture for breach of contract- not acceptable

As per RFP

218 General Query Annexure C Performance Bank Guarantee

Request PBG to be invoked only for material breaches of terms and conditions

As per RFP

219 General Query Annexure G Integrity Pact SEEK INSERTION OF NEW CVC INTEGRITY PACT WITHOUT LIBOR PROVISIONS AND FALL CLAUSE

As per RFP

220 General Query ADD As per RFP

Annexure J Confidentiality and Non-Disclosure Agreement Undertaking

Notwithstanding anything to the contrary to the extent the Bidder shares any confidential information with RBI the provisions of this RFP shall apply mutatis mutandis to RBI The obligations of confidentiality for both Parties shall come to an end 3 years from the date of terminationexpiry of the contract to be entered into

221 Page No 10 and section 11

Central Office has following 33 departments

EDMS solution is to be implemented for 33 departments is this understanding correct Please mention if there are more departments to be considered in-scope

As per RFP

222 Page No 29 and section 22

The application should facilitate integration with e-mail client (outlook) where selected emails could be Inwarded directly

Integration with Outlook For how many users is this needed Please specify the number of users who would be using this functionality

10000 users| All Users

223 Page No 18 and section 15

Sr No 6 Global common workflow plus seven specific work process Modules which need to be developed at the time of Go-Live

The seven workflow will have integration with what all systems Please specify the details

Integration envisaged for Go-Live - Active Directory Mail Messaging System SAMADHAN IRM DMIS Other integration will be done during continuous development

224 Page No 25 and section 21

User should have privilege to create Inward amp Outward from RBI corporate email inbox (selected emails) with capability to capture both email body and attachment (if any) as a part of the Inward

How many users are going to use Email Integration feature Is it going to be for all the 10000 named users

As per RFP

225 Page No 25 and section 21

The proposed solution needs to be integrated with existing (or any future standard system) of IRM

What is the current IRM system used by RBI

Microsoft IRM

226 Page No 25 and section 21

3 Customization and Integration Would existing IRM system be OpenText IRM or any other product and will sufficient license be available for EDMS users

Microsoft IRM

227 Page No 25 and section 21

4 Web interface ndashInwardOutward Management

Is it expected to expose the same EDMS application to public or integration with RBI website

As per RFP

228 Page No 27 and section 21

Sr No 21The Scanning product should have inbuilt capability to do a full page OCR amp ICR (for both Hindi amp English documents) and also convert the images to searchable forms like Searchable PDF

What is the ratio of English to Hindi documents for OCR amp ICR

Approximately Hindi 33 | English 66

229 Page No 29 and section 22

5 Inward Management Request you to please specify the other email clients

As per RFP

230 Page No 31 section 22

Technical Bid(Functional Requirements)

We understand that all of these functionalities are the application functionalities and the necessary scanning systems and personal required will be facilitated by RBI Please confirm

Yes

231 Page No 31 section 22

Technical Bid(Functional Requirements)

In case Yes for the above Questions than please detail the scope expectation w r t Scan amp upload requirement

Restricted to Application Solution

232 Page No 43 and section 22

147 Reports amp Dashboard Please elaborate further on this point We understand that reports can be generated with stored data without translation Please let us know your understanding

Data stored in Hindi should be displayed in Hindi The report fields should toggle between Hindi and English No translation is envisioned as part of basic deployment

233 Page No 46 and section 22

163 Document Management Rearrange pages in a document or create a new document from a page using drag and drop Please elaborate at what stage this is required

Rearrangement of pages is required to create an abstract out of an existing doc

234 Page No 46 and section 22

The solution offered should be capable of integration with 3rd party software amp internal applications which are in use at RBI

What all internal and 3rd party applications are to be taken in account for integration

Integration envisaged for Go-Live - Active Directory Mail Messaging System SAMADHAN IRM DMIS Other integration will be done during continuous development

235 Page No 46 and section 22

171 Customization and Integration Is there any existing SSO Server available

Shall be shared with successful bidder

236 Page No 46 and section 22

173 Customization and Integration We understand that content replication from DC to DR has to be accomplished by RBI team and bidder can assist in providing the details

Shall be shared with successful bidder

237 Page No 56 and section 23

A separate test environment and development would be provided at the data Centre The Bidder is expected to replicate the DC environment in the DR and in the test environment in all respects

We understand that bidder is expected to set 4 environments - Dev UATTest Production (DC) and DR Is UATTest environment also expected to be exact replicamirror image of Production

Scaled-down version 50 of Production in terms of sizing

238 Page No 56 and section 23

A separate test environment and development would be provided at the data Centre The Bidder is expected to replicate the DC environment in the DR and in the test environment in all respects

Will RBI procure and provide hardware for all environments Should bidder only propose sizing recommendations for all environments

As per RFP

239 Page No 57 and section 23

Security Requirements We understand that all of these functionalities are the application functionalities by virtue of which these security mechanisms have to be part of the bidderrsquos proposition Kindly comment on our understanding

As per RFP

240 Page No 62 and section 23

System should maintain audit logs for all monitoring and events according to RBI policy These audit logs must be secure and stored as per defined retention policy

Request Bank to specify as lot of sizing considerations would depend uponvary basis the RBI policies (3 5 7 10 years)

Shall be shared with successful bidder

241 Page No 64 and section 23

86 Data Migration Would changes means restructuring of folders or something else Please elaborate

To be discussed during System Study

242 Page No 67and section 31

27 Any other areas which the Bank might decide to include in the Scope at the time of implementation of EDMS

Request Bank to enlighten on to this requirement Being subjective Bidder will need more quantifiablegaugeable requirement basis which effort and commercials can be worked out

As per RFP

However we understand the same will be addressed during design phase

Please comment upon our understanding

243 Page No 71 and section 38

Data migration will be the responsibility of the Bidder

Will bidder be allowed to run the migration 24x7 or only during non-peak hours

Shall be discussed with successful bidder

244 Page No 74 and section 310

Bidder should provide training to RBI‟s officials for using and managing the system which will include end user technical and system Administration training as well as DBA level training

What would be the minimum numbers of users to be trained for Admin and for User level trainings respectively

5 batches of 30-40 user each Total training to be provide to around 200 User at Mumbai Pune

245 Page No 76 and section 313

Implementation As per RFP The Banks incident Management system has to be used as ticketing system to handle requests raised by Banks Internal Users during the warranty and AMC period Which ticketing system is RBI using currently

EDMS can leverage existing Incident Management tool Details will be shared with successful bidder

246 Page No 76 and section 313

Extensive on-site support team is required during the first year after ldquoGo-Liverdquo

Are all the resources mentioned for L0 (44) L1 (8) and L2 (2) are to be deployed on-site Can bidder propose onsite-offshore model for post-implementation support

As per RFP

247 Page No 77 and section 313

vi Scanning documents at RBI respective locations if required

We understand that the necessary scanning systems and personnel required will be facilitated by RBI Request to throw more light on the number of locations in this regards Accordingly effort estimation can be done so as to provide the appropriate commercials in this regards

As per RFP

248 Page No 86 and section 319

319 Performance Monitoring amp Tuning solution

Considering the entire project is going to be base out of RBIs data centre request bank to facilitate make model etc of the performance monitoring tool

Bidder has to provide Application level monitoring solution As per Data Centre policy open source performance tool will not be permissible and the solution proposed by bidder should be approved by RBI

249 Page No 86 and section 323

The total number of users presently is expected to be around 10000 with 2000 concurrent users and annual growth of 10 in concurrent users

Out of total 10000 users how many back endadmin users are there who are going to access this system

Less than 500 users

250 Page No 86 and section 324

Sr No 5 The solution offered should be capable of pin codeGPS Location based integration for capturing user address

Is bidder expected to integrate the existing GPS system with EDMS

As per RFP

251 Page No 86 and section 323

323 Vendor would be required to provide Enterprise-wide all-inclusive Perpetual license for all functionalities as per the requirements of the RBI The total number of users presently is expected to be around 10000 with 2000 concurrent users and annual growth of 10 in concurrent users

These users are for determining the hardware sizing but from software licensing point of view all 10000 users can connect concurrently

As per RFP

Please validate

252 Page No 86 and section 323

No extra license fees implementation charges should be charged by the selected bidder for implementing the software in the test environment and at the Disaster Recovery site of RBI or at any other site that may be specified by the Bank

We understand that as project progresses there will be significant volumes and hence there should be no restriction on number of CPUcores and if any it will be responsibility of SI to provide additional licenses at no additional costs to RBI Trust our understanding is correct Please confirm for clarification

Yes As per RFP

253 Page No87 and section 324

6 Vendor is responsible to import application in UAT production environment amp DC ndash DR synchronization etc

We understand that the application is going to be based out of RBIs existing Data Centre visa Navi Mumbai and Nagpur Request Bank to elaborate upon existing DC-DR synchronization technique technology methodology Please provide details version of the same for integration aspects

Shall be shared with successful bidder

254 Page No87 and section 325

325 System amp Security Audit Request RBI to specify number of yearly audits

Shall be shared with successful bidder

255 Page No91 and section 329

4 Complete user manual and system documentation (soft and hard copies) of the proposed solution after the go-live

Request RBI to spell the number of hard copies required

Shall be discussed with successful bidder

256 Page No92 and section 330

3 Vendor is required to give all sorts of support required in case RBI decides to move the implemented EDMS on cloud services or IaaS in future This support will include everything starting from shunting of the running EDMS temporarily to alternate arrangement till all the Hw Sw etc are installed amp made running in the new IaaS or Cloud environment (Logistics Technical Integration support etc)

We understand the same to be captured via change control mechanism change management during the course of the project

As per RFP

257 Page No92 and section 330

5 Business Process Reengineering ndash The vendor shall include the impact of the new system to the operations of Client If applicable the proponent shall recommend changes to the existing processes that would benefit Client

Request Bank to specify a percentage number in this regards accordingly efforts and commercials can be worked out

As per RFP

258 Page No93 and section 43

For each milestone to be marked completed the bidder should ensure that all the acceptance criteria are met and approved by the Bank as mentioned in various applicable sections in the RFP

We understand that the Project acceptance criteria will be formalized mutually during the design phase and agreed upon Please comment upon our understanding

As per RFP

259 42 Additional Software License Costs As per RFP

Page No 94 and section 42

For evaluation purposes costs of the software licenses proposed by the Bidder would be included in the Total Cost of Ownership In case any software license(s) are required to be procured directly from the Original Equipment Manufacturer (OEM) Product Vendor the actual payment to the Bidder will be reduced appropriately to exclude the software license costs quoted in the commercial bid Bidder is requested to add all the Other Software Licensing Cost under the header Any other requirements for the proposed solution on MSTC website

Request Bank to mutually discuss and agree upon section 42 before finalization on the requirement Please comment in this regards

260 Page No122 and Section 76

Overall enterprise wide security including role-based security and authorisation levels operating systemapplication security and logical access controls and anti‐virus management

Is bidder expected to propose anti-virus software as well

Shall be shared with successful bidder

261 Page No 169 amp Annexure D2

Sr No 26 All incoming physical letters has to be scanned and put into the system for further processing

What is the total size or volume of legacy documents to be considered for Scanning through the Capture Solution (dailymonthlyyearly volume)

As per RFP

262 Page No 204 amp Annexure D2

206 The system should also integrated with Ms outlook and other email client

Does RBI require native integration with outlook in which users can access EDMS from outlook interface

As per RFP

Please confirm 263 Page No 211

amp Annexure D3

Sr No 28 The solution should provide for seamless integration of modules as per the business requirements of RBI with necessary interfaces The application should have provision for Integration existingupcoming portalsapplications of different depts eg HR Portal Samadhan Active directory CMS (CEPD) etc other internal workflow application system etc

Do we have to estimate effort for integration with these upcoming applications now or will it be taken at a later stage as a Change Request If now what are these applications based on Please provide what level of integration is required with these applicationssystem

Integration envisaged for Go-Live - Active Directory Mail Messaging Solution SAMADHAN IRM DMIS Other integration will be done during continuous development

264 Page No213 amp Annexure D3

Based on our experience in similar project we feel the concurrent user ratio to named users is less In such application of note approval the concurrence is around 40 of total users

As per RFP

Details of Hardware requirements for the proposed solution for following user base of

Request you to validate this for RBI

i 10000 total user base ii 2000 concurrent users

265 Page No 218 amp Annexure D3

Sr 55 The Implementation of open source technologies should be taken up in compliance with Information Security (IS) policy of the Bank

Would you allow usage of Open Source Tools for Simulation is required to carry out Performance Testing (LoadStress) eg JMeter

Shall be discussed with successful bidder

266 Page No218 amp Annexure D3

The Implementation of open source technologies should be taken up in compliance with Information Security (IS) policy of the Bank

Please throw some light on limitations on usage of open-source tools in context with Information Security (IS) policy of the Bank

Shall be discussed with successful bidder

267 Page No221 amp Annexure D3

Sr No 75 Data Loss Prevention solution should be available with EDMS solution

Is Data Loss Prevention solution to be implemented or does the solution need to have the capability only and its for future use Please confirm

Shall be discussed with successful bidder

268 Page No 226 amp Annexure D6

g Scalability of document volume (30) having average volume of 4million documents per year

What does 30 signify here How much should be the total volume of documents considered that is received and to be ingested in EDMS repository (yearlymonthly)

As per RFP

269 Page No 226 amp Annexure D6

b Response time of maximum 3 seconds

Request RBI to elaborate upon the type of gaugeable reports parameters required to establish the response time

As per RFP

270 Page No 226 amp Annexure D6

b Response time of maximum 3 seconds

Will submitting product performance reports spec sheets suffice or any other artefact is required to substantiate the same Please specify

As per RFP

271 Page No 226 amp Annexure D6

g Scalability of document volume (30) having average volume of 4million documents per year

Request RBI to specify the existing document volume as this is required from sizing perspective to arrive at an optimized commercials

As per RFP

272 Page No 262 amp Annexure Q

Annexure Q We believe RBI will also be providing mobile based access to select employeersquos basis roles We assume the licensing for the same is to be included in this pricing and no additional price will be payable by RBI Mobile app if to be created will be separate project but will connect to EDMS through API at no additional costs to RBI Please clarify

As per RFP

273 Page No 262 amp Annexure Q

Annexure Q Will RBI facilitate the commercial bid format for ease of comparison during the evaluation phase Request to clarify

Commercial bid format can be downloaded from the MSTC e-commerce portal

274 Page No 264 amp Annexure Q

Unit Price Under Unit Price do we have to provide Yearly Price of 1 resource

As per RFP

275 Page No 264 amp Annexure Q

Cost of L0 Resource (21 nos) on 12 X 5 basis for one year at locations given in Annexure T

For 12x5 we would need to deploy 2 resources to support 60 hours shift so do we need to consider price for 2 resources or provide price only for 21 resources and they will be supporting in round-robin manner Please confirm

For Annexure T for line items 31 to 35 Bidders are advised to consider 8 x 5 working hours where requirement of only 1 resource has been mentioned (Ahmedabad has 2 locations so 2 resources are required) For line items 25 to 30 where support hours are mentioned as 12 x 5 and requirement of multiple resources is mentioned resources are expected to work in 8 x 5 shift scheduled in a manner to provide support for 12 x 5 All other conditionsrequirements

mentioned in the table remain unchanged

276 Page No 265 amp Annexure Q

B2 Development Team based at Mumbai Navi Mumbai Composition Tech Lead(1) + Developer (5) + Tester (1)

Composition of Tech Lead(1) + Developer (5) + Tester (1) will not suffice we also need Project Managers Technical Architect UI Expert and Infrastructure Resource can bidder add more rows in commercial format and propose Development Team accordingly

As per RFP

277 Page No 265 Section amp Annexure Q

AMC for the first year after warranty period (should be min 8 of Total onetime cost)

Do we have to include both here - Product AMC from OEM as well as Application Technical Support for only 1 year from bidder

As per RFP

278 Page No 266 amp Annexure Q

(C) Hardware Requirements Do we have to propose hardware sizing and software recommendations for DevUAT Production and DR Environments The table has rows for Production and UAT only can the bidder add more rows to it or is it a fixed format

Hardware sizing and software recommendations are to be proposed for all environments The two rows were for representational purpose More rows can be added in the commercial bid format

279 Page No 212 amp Annexure D3

212 A separate test environment and development would be provided at the data Centre The Bidder is expected to replicate the DC environment in the DR and in the test environment in all respects (11)

1 Will development and test environments be provided by RBI till OS layer and only application deployment is to be done by the bidder

As per RFP

84 Hence bidder is required to take into the consideration the hardware

software etc requirement pertaining to test amp development

2 Please elaborate what is bidders responsibility for development and test environments

280 General Query Retention Management Apart from Retention and Archival are you looking for complete Records Management solution as well with features like Event-based aging Automatic Disposition Litigation Hold etc

Not required at this Stage

281 General Query Back-up Software Do you have the back-up software or does bidder has to propose If available please specify the make and model of the back-up software

Shall be shared with successful bidder

282 General Query Support Team - OampM Do you want bidder to propose Helpdesk toolset up a service desk as well

Not required at this Stage

283 General Query Load Balancer Do you want the bidder to propose the load balancer as well

Not required at this Stage

284 General Query Source Code Control Repository Is Bidder required to absorb the cost for GIT repository for source code or do you have one which bidder can use

Shall be shared with successful bidder

285 General Query Compliance What are the complianceguidelinesIT Security considerations that are critical

As per RFP

286 General Query SSL Certificate Should bidder be provided the SSL certificate or should the bidder absorb the price for SSL certificate Please confirm

Bank Shall provide the SSL certificates

287 General Query Documents Please specify the age of the documents and the condition of paper like ndash colour shine brittleness original

Not required at this Stage

or photocopy glossy paper hard-bind etc etc

288 General Query Scanning Can you kindly provide the of BW and Colour document

Not required at this Stage

289 General Query Legacy Documents For Legacy documents perspective please share details on the below

Not required at this Stage

a) Number of document ingestion per day - b) Average size of document - in KB c) Maximum size of document - in KB d) Storage required - (current DMS storage size)

290 General Query New Documents For New documents perspective please share details on the below

Not required at this Stage

a) Number of document ingestion per day - b) Average size of document - in KB c) Maximum size of document - in KB

291 General Query Scanning For Scanning perspective please share details on the below

Not required at this Stage

a) Percentage of document in tiff format b) Percentage of colour documents c) Average image size in KB d) Percentage of document that would require OCR e) Average number of fields per page

f) Properties per per document 292 General Query Documents What is percentage the Year on Year

growth over 5 years for the number of documents added

As per RFP

293 General Query Documents What is the Average number of document views per day

Not required at this Stage

294 General Query Documents What is the Average number of document searches per day

Not required at this Stage

295 General Query Back-up Policy What is the back-up policy of RBI eg 14 days

Shall be shared with successful bidder

296 General Query Policies What would be the archival policy back up policy log storage policy DR logs policy etc

Shall be shared with successful bidder

297 General Query Testing What parameters are to be monitored during testing (eg response times processing times and CPU loading)

As per RFP

298 General Query Testing What desired values of these parameters are to be considered acceptable during the stress test results

As per RFP

299 General Query DR Drills How many DR drills do you expect in a year

Shall be shared with successful bidder

300 General Query Resources Will RBI allow onsite resources to carry their own laptops or will RBI provide DesktopsWorkstations for onsite resources

Assets will be provided to onsite resources

301 General Query Access Will RBI provide remote accessVPN access for offshore resources

Not required as all resources are deployed onsite

302 General Query

Scanning How much will be the total no of pages to be scanned per day

Not required at this Stage

303 General Query

Documents

How much will be the year on year growth in documents volume

As per RFP

304 General Query

Documents

Please let us know the average approximate document size per document for sizing (in MB)

Not required at this Stage

305 General Query Presentation amp POC of the Solution Could you please elaborate in details the scope for POC

As per RFP

306 General Query SLA Working window As per RFP

307 General Query Non-Functional Requirements Please specify the existing Replication bandwidth between Navi Mumbai DC and Nagpur DR

Bidder has to propose the required bandwidth which will be provided procured by Data Centre

308 General Query Non-Functional Requirements We understand that the bidder is required to provide the Bandwidth augmentation sizing required for this project and accordingly the same will be provisioned by RBI Please confirm upon our understanding

Bidder has to propose the required bandwidth which will be provided procured by Data Centre

309 Page No71 amp Section No38

Data Migration What is the formats of Documents stored inside current DMS

Shall be shared with successful bidder

310

Page No71 amp Section No38

Data Migration How indexmetadata is managed in current DMS System What is the total count of

Shall be shared with successful bidder

indexes present in current DMS 311 Page No71 amp

Section No38 Data Migration what is the database and version used

in current DMS System As per RFP

312

Page No71 amp Section No38

Data Migration We need more details about current DMS System -Product nameVersionECM

Shall be shared with successful bidder

Compliant or notWhat type of documents are stored in SystemHow documents are classified in System

313

Page No18 amp Section No21

High Level Critical Requirements Can you Please enlist total count of Global workflows

As per RFP

314

Page No86 amp Section No321

Hardware Requirements Can you elaborate more on this point As per RFP Standard Enviornments which will be provided by SI are DEV UAT PROD and DR Also Development Environment will be on premise or offshore

315 Page No52 amp Section No23

Back-up Will Backup be taken care by RBI Yes

316 Page No81 amp Section No317

Security Requirements What will be the frequency of DR Drills Can you specify values for RPO and RTO

Shall be shared with successful bidder

317 Page No213 amp Annexure D3

Hardware Requirements Database tier needs to be deployed on Intel Xeon or Mainframe

RBI will conduct VAPT SI needs to provide gaps resolution

318 Page No221 amp Annexure D4

Maintenance amp Support Can we get details about which IRM solution will be provided by RBI for integration purpose

Scaled-down version 50 of Production in terms of sizing

319 Page No63 amp Section No23

Functional Requirements Will RBI provide DLP solution Shall be shared with successful bidder

320 Page No63 amp Section No23

Non-Functional Requirements is SI expected to conduct VAPT or RBI will be conducting the same

RBI will conduct VAPT SI needs to provide gaps resolution

321 Page No267 amp Annexure Q

Hardware Requirements Is UAT sizing expected to be 100 of Production sizing

Scaled-down version 50 of Production in terms of sizing

322

Page No27 amp Section No21

High Level Critical Requirements Hindi OCR amp ICR may be a challenge However Hindi metadata can be captured and searched Can OCR and ICR be restricted to English only

As per RFP

323 Page No27 amp Section No21

Storage For sizing Storage can you share average size of the digitized document

As per RFP

324 Page No93 amp Section No41

Licences Can Licenses cost be paid up-front within 30 days from the date of Invoice

As per RFP

325 Page No95 amp Section No44

AMC Pay-Outs Can AMC be payable yearly in Advance instead of at the end of the every year

As per RFP

26 Page No 34 and Section 22

Reference Search - The System should have full text search capabilities which supports synonym phonic Boolean etc

Need more clarity on this requirement As per RFP

27 Page No 45 and Section 22

Reference Document Management - Rearrange pages in a document or create a new document from a page using drag and drop

Need more clarity on this requirement As per RFP

28 Page No 46 and Section 22

Reference Image Processing - System should be able to optimize the quality of scanned images

Need more clarity on this requirement As per RFP

29 Page No 46 and Section 22

Reference Image Processing - The bidder must provide mechanism tool for quality enhancement

What enhancements are expected As per RFP

30 Page No 67 and Section 31

Reference It should ensure processes followed and products are fully compliant with the statutory and regulatory requirements

Can we have the reference to statutory and regulatory requirements

As per RFP

31 Page No 100 and Section 56

Penalties We assume the overall liability would be 10 of the contract value under all circumstances Please confirm We also request to reduce the time lapsed due to circumstances beyond bidderrsquos control from the penalties ie dependencies on RBI etc

Shall be discussed with successful bidder

32 Page No 114 and Section 66

Commercial Bid Evaluation In case existing software if any needs to be utilised for the project RBI will get authorization from the OEM of the said software to be used for EDMS project as well The same software should be in support from the OEM

As per RFP

33 Page No 93 and Section 41

Software Cost Please release 100 of the License Cost indicated in Item 1A of Annexure Q immediately on delivery

As per RFP

34 Page No 95 and Section 44

AMC Pay-outs May we request to release the AMC payment for license at the time of delivery means at the beginning of the AMC year

As per RFP

35 Page No 95 and Section 45

FMS May we request to release the annual amount payable towards FMS and Development Team at the end of each quarter means quarterly payment

Please refer Corrigendum dated 7th October 2019

36 Page No 93 and Section 41

Software Cost May we request to release 10 of Implementation cost on BRDSRS submission to bank

As per RFP

37 Page No 86 and Section 324

GPS This requirement is subject to bank having an MADP platform and current RBI website capabilities DMS shall provide all necessary web services for integration but will be dependent on website team for MADP and UI

As per RFP

38 Page No 76 and Section 311

In case of the Go-Live delays by the Bidder the financial Penalty as per the Banks discretion will be imposed on the Bidder at 5 of the total contract value per month of delay to the maximum of 10 of the total contract value as per the agreement between the Bank and the successful Bidder

We request that delay penalty be applicable on the implementation value and not on total contract value

As per RFP

39 Page No 78 and Section 313

If any defect in the Solution is not rectified by the Bidder before the end of the Warranty Period the Warranty Period shall be extended until

We submit that warranty cannot be extended as it is provided by OEM However product will be supported through the warranty and AMCATS support period

As per RFP

(a) the defect has been corrected and (b) the Solution functions in accordance with the Contract

40 Page No 124 and Section 711

The Bank will reserve the right to terminate the services of the successful Bidder at any point of the Project (during the implementation phase and post go-live) without assigning any reasons In such cases the Bank may consider making payment commensurate with the last completed phase

We understand that a notice period of 90 days will be provided prior to invocation of this termination for convenience in order for the bidder to wind-up the project and re-allocate resources and terminate back-end contracts

As per RFP

We understand that in event of such termination for convenience customer will pay for all products and services delivered till the effective date of termination We understand that in event of such termination for convenience customer will also pay for the annual AMCATS charge for the relevant year as the vendor would have paid AMCATS charges of OEM in advance for the relevant year

41 Page No 129 and Section 85

RBI reserves the right to cancel the contract of the selected Bidder and recover expenditure incurred by RBI if the progress regarding execution of the contract made by the selected Bidder is found to be unsatisfactory for any reason

We understand that a written notice with a reasonable cure period will be provided prior to contract cancellationtermination

As per RFP

42 Page No 130 and Section 87

87 Without prejudice to the other rights of the Purchaser under the Contract in the matter the proceeds of the performance security shall be payable to RBI as compensation for any loss resulting from the Bidderrsquos failure to complete its obligations under the Contract

We understand that a written notice with a reasonable cure period will be provided prior to invocation of the performance security

As per RFP

43 Page No 130 and Section 88

88 Without prejudice to the other rights of the Purchaser under the Contract in the matter the proceeds of the performance security shall be payable to RBI as compensation for any loss resulting from the Bidderrsquos failure to complete its obligations under the Contract

We understand that a written notice with a reasonable cure period will be provided prior to invocation of the performance security

As per RFP

44 Page No 132 and Section 813

The Bidder agrees that the Bank has no limit on the additions or deletions on the items for the period of the contract

We understand that the technical and commercial impact of additionsdeletions to the mutually agreed scope will be agreed through change requestamendment process

As per RFP

45 Page No240 and Annexure G

The BIDDER undertakes that it has not supplied is not supplying similar product services or sub-services during last one year from the date of issuance of this RFP at a price lower than that offered in the present bid to any other entity If it is found at any stage that similar product services or sub-services was supplied by the BIDDER to any other entity at a lower price then that very price with due allowance for elapsed time will be applicable to the present case and the difference in the cost would be refunded by the BIDDER to the BUYER if the contract has already been concluded

We submit that there is no time period reference provided for this confirmation We understand that this compliance will be checked for the bid-evaluation period

As per RFP

46 Page No240 and Annexure G

The BIDDER undertakes that it has not supplied is not supplying similar product services or sub-services during last one year from the date of issuance of this RFP at a price lower than that offered in the present bid to any other entity If it is found at any stage that similar product services or sub-services was supplied by the BIDDER to any other entity at a lower price then that very price with due allowance for elapsed time will be applicable to the present case and the difference in the cost would be refunded by the BIDDER to the BUYER if the contract has already been concluded

We propose replacement of similar productservices or sub-services with identical solution We propose replacement of refunded by the BIDDER to the BUYER with applied to future procurement

As per RFP

47 General Query Liability We noticed that there is no aggregate liability language on bidder liability We propose that the aggregate liability of the bidder will not exceed the TCV of the project

Shall be discussed with successful bidder

48 General Query Agreement We noticed that there is no language on disclaimer of liability of either party for indirect and consequential claims We propose that neither party will be liable for indirect or consequential claims and damages lost profits or lost revenue in relation with the project

Shall be discussed with successful bidder

49 Page No 262 and Annexure Q Section A

Section A - A1 Bidder requests clarification as to whether this is line item cost is related to digitization of old records if so the same shall be removed from A1 and moved to A2 or a separate section to be created in the Commercial Bid Format as this cost needs to be paid on actual documents Scanned

Bidder is expected to provide the License cost for the Scanning Imaging solution against this line item

Scanning Imaging

50 Page No 264 and Annexure Q Section B

Section B Bidder submits that the Unit Price column shall be removed and total cost for the resources to be allowed to be quoted for each year separately

As per RFP

NPV calculation will be done considering 5 escalation rate and 8 discounted rate only for TCO purpose

We also request to remove the reference of 5 escalation rate and allow us to quote for the actual inflation by each bidder separately to allow the bidders to provide maximum benefit to RBI for the NPV

As the commercial format allows to quote separate values for each year the Indexation references is no longer relevant and the payment for the later years can be made at the mentioned prices

51 Page No 265 and Annexure Q Section B3

Section B3 Bidder submits that the minimum of 8 for AMC shall be changed to Sub-Total A1 excluding the ScanningImaging as the AMC should typically include on the product cost

As per RFP

AMC for the first year after warranty period (should be min 8 of Total onetime cost)

We further request clarity whether the AMC is for 3 years or 4 years as the template indicates Year 3 to Year 7 which is 4 years while the Note below the table mentions it for 3 years please clarify we further request that this note mentioned in the adjacent column shall be removed as the commercial template is modified to allow bidders to quote for each year separately

Below rates are mentioned for first year Actual payment for subsequent years as applicable will be done on applying the indexation formulae

middot Cost of L1 and L2 for the subsequent period of 6 years

middot Development Team Cost for the subsequent period of 6 years

middot AMC for the subsequent period of 3 years

52 Page No 267 and Annexure Q Section D

Section D Bidder submits that the Rates for the Resources both the Support resources and the Development Resources is available in the Section B Table the rate for any additional resources can be used from the same table hence request removal of the additional table

As per RFP Marginal Resource Cost

53 Page No 93 and Section 41

41 Software Cost Bidder submits that the heading of the section is an error as the payment terms are related to services and not Software cost we also request the following modifications to the payment terms

As per RFP

1 Completion of process and system study Design and Build and Deployment in UAT - 15 of Implementation Cost specified at Item 1B of Annexure Q

2 Data Migration Completion of User Acceptance Testing Creation of training content Train the Trainer and customer education content - 20 of Implementation Cost specified at Item 1B of Annexure Q

41 Software Cost

3 Complete Implementation and ldquoProduction Go-liverdquo of the project - 25 of Implementation Cost specified at Item 1B of Annexure Q

1 Completion of process and system study Design and Build and Deployment in UAT - 15 of Implementation Cost specified at Item 1B of Annexure Q

4 Receipt of Completion Certificate from the Bank (post 90 days of achieving production Go-Live) - 30 of Implementation Cost specified at Item 1B of Annexure Q

2 Data Migration Completion of User Acceptance Testing Creation of training content Train the Trainer and customer education content - 30 of Implementation Cost specified at Item 1B of Annexure Q

5 Amount payable during the warranty period - On completion of warranty period of three years The Financial Bank guarantee shall be valid for 7 years - 10 of Implementation Cost specified at Item 1B of Annexure Q

3 Complete Implementation and ldquoProduction Go-liverdquo of the project - 35 of Implementation Cost specified at Item 1B of Annexure Q

4 Receipt of Completion Certificate from the Bank (post 90 days of achieving production Go-Live) - 10 of Implementation Cost specified at Item 1B of Annexure Q

5 Amount payable during the warranty period - In equal quarterly instalments during warranty period of three years The Financial Bank guarantee shall be valid for 7 years - 10 of Implementation Cost specified at Item 1B of Annexure Q

We also request deletion of Indexation

section as separate costs will be quoted for each year as per the Annexure Q

54 Page No 94 amp 95 and Section 43 amp 44

43 Warranty pay-outs Bidder submits that the pay-outs for Warranty and AMC shall be made quarterly in arrears which is the industry standard practice for these payments

As per RFP 44 AMC pay-outs

55 46 Other Payment terms

Page No 95 and Section 46

3 Any objectiondispute to the amounts invoiced in the bill shall be raised by RBI within reasonable time from the date of receipt of the invoice Upon settlement of disputes with respect to any disputed invoice(s) the Bank will make payment within thirty (30) working days of the settlement of such disputes

Bidder submits that the payments for the invoices shall be made within 30 days from the receipt of the invoice any objectiondispute to the amounts invoiced shall be made within 25 days from the date of receipt of the invoice

Shall be discussed with successful bidder

4 The fees payable by the Bank to Bidder shall be inclusive of all costs such as insurance taxes (GST as per the rates applicable) transportation installation that may be levied imposed charged or incurred and RBI shall pay the fees due under this RFP and subsequent agreement after deducting any tax deductible at source (ldquoTDSrdquo) as applicable The Bidder will need to provide the details for the tax rates as considered in the pricing This will be used for subsequent tax changes RBI shall pay each undisputed invoice raised in accordance with this RFP and subsequent agreement within thirty (30) working days after its receipt unless otherwise mutually agreed in writing provided that such invoice is dated after such fees have become due and payable under this RFP and subsequent agreement

56 45 Other Payment terms As per RFP

Page No 96 and Section 46

8 The Bidders should note that the contract entered with the successful Bidder will be for implementation and post go‐live period of 7 years (3 years‟ warranty amp 4 years AMC amp FMS support) extendable at the Banks discretion The Bank will have the right in its sole discretion to renegotiate the prices terms and conditions

Bidder understand that the right of Bank to negotiate the prices terms and conditions is in the event of extension beyond the period of current contract (implementation and post go‐live period of 7 years (3 years‟ warranty amp 4 years AMC amp FMS support) and not during the current contract period please confirm

57 Page No 100 and Section 56

56 Penalties Bidder submits that the Penalty for Rollout delays shall be 1 of the delayed components cost of the One-time cost (Section A - Annexure Q) per week subject to a maximum of 10 of the delayed components cost of the One-time cost

As per RFP

The successful Bidder is expected to complete the responsibilities that have been assigned as per the specified time frame In case of the Rollout delays by the Bidder the financial Penalty as per the Banks discretion will be imposed on the Bidder at 5 of the total contract value per month of delay to the maximum of 10 of the total contract value as per the agreement between the Bank and the successful Bidder

Business Utility and Business Downtime would be the key considerations for determining the ldquoPenaltiesrdquo that would be levied on the Bidder for ldquoNon‐Adherencerdquo to the SLA for the Services offered The inability of the Bidder to provide the requirements as per the scope or to meet the deadlines as specified would be treated as breach of contract and invoke the Penalty Clause The maximum limit on the penalties during the period of contract shall be 10 of the total contract value The applicable ldquoPenaltiesrdquo would be the same irrespective of the root causes

In case of Non-Adherence to the SLA the maximum penalty shall be limited to 10 of the Quarterly Invoice value for the respective quarters

58 Page No 124 and Section 711

711 Duration and Condition of Engagement

Bidder submits that in case of termination of the contract without assigning any reason the Bank shall allow the Bidder a notice of 90 days for ramp-down of the resources etc We further submit that in case of termination with or without reason Bidder shall be paid for the completed deliverables as per the commercials quoted

As per RFP

2 The Bank will reserve the right to terminate the services of the successful Bidder at any point of the Project (during the implementation phase and post go-live) without assigning any reasons In such cases the Bank may consider making payment commensurate with the last completed phase

59 87 Performance Bank Guarantee As per RFP

Page No 130 and Section 87

The successful Bidder shall at his own expense deposit with The Chief General Manager-in-Charge Department of Information Technology Reserve Bank of India Mumbai within thirty (30) days from the final result of the bidding process and declaration of the successful Bidder a Performance Bank Guarantee from a scheduled commercial bank payable on demand in terms of Annexure C for an amount equivalent to ten percent (10) of the contract price for the due performance and fulfilment of the contract by the Bidder Without prejudice to the other rights of the Purchaser under the Contract in the matter the proceeds of the performance security shall be payable to RBI as compensation for any loss resulting from the Bidders failure to complete its obligations under the Contract RBI shall notify the Bidder in writing of the invocation of its right to receive such compensation indicating the contractual obligation(s) for which the Bidder is in default The Performance Bank Guarantee shall be denominated in INR and shall be in the form of bank guarantee unless another form is specified by RBI After Go Live Performance Bank Guarantee will be returned back to bidder on submission of Financial Bank Guarantee which shall be submitted by the Bidder within

Bidder submits that the Performance Bank Guarantee shall be for a value of 10 of the One-time cost as this is to ensure proper execution of the roll out

90 days of Go-Live Non-submission of Performance Guarantee shall constitute sufficient grounds among others if any for the annulment of the award of the tender

60 88 Financial Bank Guarantee As per RFP

Page No 130 and 131 amp Section 88

The successful Bidder shall at his own expense deposit with The Chief General Manager-In-Charge Department of Information Technology Reserve Bank of India Mumbai within Ninety (90) days of Go-Live of application before the issuance of Certificate of Completion a Bank Guarantee from a scheduled commercial bank payable on demand in terms of Annexure O for an amount equivalent to ten percent (10) of the contract price as mentioned in Annexure Q of Commercial Bid submitted by the bidder for the due performance and fulfilment of the contract by the Bidder during the warranty and AMC period of 7 years After Go Live Performance Bank Guarantee will be returned back to bidder on submission of Financial Bank Guarantee Without prejudice to the other rights of the Purchaser under the Contract in the matter the proceeds of the performance security shall be payable to RBI as compensation for any loss resulting from the Bidders failure to complete its obligations under the Contract RBI shall notify the Bidder in writing of the invocation of its right to receive such compensation indicating the contractual obligation(s) for which the Bidder is in default The Financial Bank Guarantee shall be valid till the

Bidder submits that the Financial Bank Guarantee shall be for a value of 10 of the Average Annual Support Cost (Section B of Annexure Q)

end of AMC denominated in INR and shall be in the form of bank guarantee unless another form is specified by RBI Non-submission of Financial Guarantee shall constitute sufficient grounds among others if any for the annulment of the award of the tender

61 Page No 240 and Annexure G point 7

Integrity Pact Bidder requests to modify the clause as follows

As per RFP

7 Fall Clause The BIDDER undertakes that it has not supplied is not supplying identical solution similar product services or sub-services during last one year from the date of issuance of this RFP at a price lower than that offered in the present bid to any other entity If it is found at any stage that identical solution similar product services or sub-services was supplied by the BIDDER to any other entity at a lower price then that very price with due allowance for elapsed time will be applicable to the present case and the difference in the cost would be refunded by the BIDDER to the BUYER if the contract has already been concluded

The BIDDER undertakes that it has not supplied is not supplying similar product services or sub-services during last one year from the date of issuance of this RFP at a price lower than that offered in the present bid to any other entity If it is found at any stage that similar product services or sub-services was supplied by the BIDDER to any other entity at a lower price then that very price with due allowance for elapsed time will be applicable to the present case and the difference in the cost would be refunded by the BIDDER to the BUYER if the contract has already been concluded

62 Page No 25 and Section 21

5 Inward Management - When a postal mailphysical letter is Inwarded directly the System should capture the details of the incoming physical letter viz from address subject language etc Data like subject should be auto-filled but should be editable The application should support generation of Suo Moto note which is an Inward generated without any incoming letteremail

Bidders request to share the meaning for Auto-filled in case of manual scanning

Shall be discussed during System Study

63 Page No 27 and Section 21

17 Outward Management - Approval of the Outward should be done by the User at least one level higher in the hierarchy (N+1) as per the AD than the User who created the Outward Admins should be able to configure exceptions to this rule for users at senior management level as decided by the concerned departments of the Bank

Bidder request to clarify if the implemented AD has the hierarchy defined to handle the workflow scenarios

Hierarchy shall be defined

64 Page No 27 and Section 21

21 Scan amp Upload - The Scanning product should have inbuilt capability to do a full page OCR amp ICR (for both Hindi amp English documents) and also convert the images to searchable forms like Searchable PDF

ICR will be helpful for Incurable colour dropout user form Since all documents are office papers it may not be useful so bidder request to remove the ICR component

As per RFP

65 Page No 32 and Section 22

42 OCR amp ICR - By using ICR technology any handwritten text should be converted into word text searchable PDF format or word document format with high accuracy

Bidder understands that ICR used for a handwritten document has max accuracy may not be more than 70 as per industry standards Request Bank to remove ICR technology only for structured format only

As per RFP

66 Page No 66 and Section 31

The hardware system software application software should be compatible with Data Centre policy network architecture etc already established in the Bank

Bidders request to share the Data Centre Policy and network Architecture

Shall be discussed with successful bidder

67 Page No 67 and Section 31

18 Though the system should be used prospectively for the workflow it should have the capability to capture and integrate the paper based as well as electronic records created so far in the Bank

Capability to have reference point of hard copy reference numbers

Shall be discussed during System Study

68 Page No 67 and Section 31

21 The system as well as the workflow carried out in the system should be fully auditable

Request to confirm if bidder needs to recommend sizing for fully auditable data store

Yes

69 Page No 71 and Section 38

Data migration will be the responsibility of the Bidder All necessary tools queries required for extraction transformation and migration must be provided by the Bidder It is the Bidders responsibility to ensure accuracy integrity and completeness of the data migration from legacy DMIS application to new EDMS application

Request to confirm if bidder needs produce data migration report with column by column comparison report for reconciliation

As per RFP

70 Page No 71 and Section 38

1 Data Migration is broadly divided into following three major sub-components iii Data migration audit and certification on the accuracy of data porting from the DMIS system to EDMS

Request to confirm if bidder needs produce data migration report with column by column comparison report for reconciliation

As per RFP

71 Page No 72 and Section 38

6 The Bidder is expected to provide an archival solution within the proposed application for the historical data The necessary configuration and implementation of the archival solution shall be the responsibility of the Bidder

Bidder wants to know what is the archival policy for RBI Is it seven years or more

Shall be discussed with successful bidder

72 Page No 73 and Section 38

12 RBI reserves the right to data migration by respective stakeholders of proposed solution and any gaps discrepancies found during the functions of application are to be rectified by the Bidder

Bidder wants to know if the data migration is other than DMIS system

As per RFP

73 Page No 73 and Section 38

16 The Bidder is required to certify completeness and accuracy of migrated data transaction history and balances at each data migration instance

Bidder requests Bank to confirm if bidder needs to produce data migration report with column by column comparison report for reconciliation

As per RFP

74 Page No 81 and Section 317

1 The solution deployed by Bidder should conform to Recovery Time Objective (RTO) and Recovery Point objective (RPO) defined by Bank

Bidder request to know for replication of data from DC-DR there will be a requirement of Replication software requirement Will this be provided by bank What is the replication software

Will be part of BCP and DR policy to be shared later with the successful bidder

2 Bidder should make sure that DR and DR drill is performed in alignment with Banks existing processes 3 The Bidder has to participate in DR drills as and when conducted by the Bank 4 During DR drills the vendor has to provide support at DR site for the activities related to the proposed solution 5 The Bidder is responsible for keeping the proposed solution and Database in sync in DC and DR 6 In case of any DR situation the Bidder has to shift application to DR site after Intimation to Bank 7 The bidder has to prepare a Business Continuity Plan and have it approved by the Bank

75 Page No 81 and Section 317

2 Bidder should make sure that DR and DR drill is performed in alignment with Banks existing processes

Bidder request to know if the DR automation tool will this be provided by bank What is the DR automation tool bank use

Will be part of BCP and DR policy to be shared later with the successful bidder

3 The Bidder has to participate in DR drills as and when conducted by the Bank

4 During DR drills the vendor has to provide support at DR site for the activities related to the proposed solution 6 In case of any DR situation the Bidder has to shift application to DR site after Intimation to Bank 7 The bidder has to prepare a Business Continuity Plan and have it approved by the Bank

76 Page No 84 and Section 319

The vendors shall guarantee that with the proposed configurationspecifications the required system application response times as indicated below shall be complied with keeping in view that up to 2000 concurrent users would be connected to the system The required response time and performance standards shall be maintained throughout the contract period Bidder is expected to carry performance testing and share the result with the Bank throughout the contract period In case the implemented solutions do not meet the required response time or in the event of performance degradation that shall require upgradesaugmentation in the softwarehardware the corresponding cost shall be borne by the solution provider

Application SLA As per RFP

77 Page No 85 and Section 321

The Bank will provide following hosting environment to the application

Request Bank to ensure Bidder is not underquoting hardware requirement Also support cost for hardware OS DB etc are not considered in the price Bidder assumes that the cost for the same will be added by RBI with hardware cost

As per RFP

78 Page No 92 and Section 330

3 Vendor is required to give all sorts of support required in case RBI decides to move the implemented EDMS on cloud services or IaaS in future This support will include everything starting from shunting of the running EDMS temporarily to alternate arrangement till all the Hw Sw etc are installed amp made running in the new IaaS or Cloud environment (Logistics Technical Integration support etc)

Bidder requests to add the cloud migration support cost as part of commercial template

As per RFP

4 The vendor must also include a detailed resource plan that describes the Project Management and identify Implementation Teams‟ composition It shall define the roles and responsibilities of each member and the number of person-days that will be required of each member 5 Business Process Reengineering ndash The vendor shall include the impact of the new system to the operations of Client If applicable the proponent shall recommend changes to the existing processes that would benefit Client

79 Page No 95 and Section 44

AMC pay-outs Bidder requests Bank to make the payments to be done quarterly arrears

As per RFP

80 Page No 84 and Section 319

CPU Utilization lt60 Bidder request to definition of 60 Is it average utilisation of 10 working hours

As per RFP

81 Page No 274 and Annexure T

Resource table 32333435 says 12x5 hours but defined as 1 resource

For 12 x 5 working hours only 1 resource has been defined As per working hours one resource cannot work for 12 hrs Request Bank to add 1 more resource for the working hours or change the working hours for 1 resource only

For Annexure T for line items 31 to 35 Bidders are advised to consider 8 x 5 working hours where requirement of only 1 resource has been mentioned (Ahmedabad has 2 locations so 2 resources are required) For line items 25 to 30 where support hours are mentioned as 12 x 5 and requirement of multiple resources is mentioned resources are expected to work in 8 x 5 shift scheduled in a manner to provide support for 12 x 5 All other conditionsrequirements mentioned in the table remain unchanged

82 Page No 84 and Section 320

General Bidder requests Bank to normalise the CPU to x86 based system some bidder may propose proprietary CPU which may lead to ambiguity

As per RFP

83 Page No 7 and Section 1

Introduction The Bank desires to implement Electronic Document Management System (EDMS) across all the locations (Pan India) and all the departments regional offices and training establishments of the Bank- As per our understanding this pertains to multi-sites and multi-instances deployment of EDMS solution Kindly confirm and specify the number of sites for deployment

As per RFP

84 Page No 25 and Section 21

High Level Critical Requirements Does this involve any external users outside of RBIother banks

As per RFP

Also elaborate on the Push-Pull mechanism mentioned and frequency of Push-Pull mechanism mentioned in the RFP

85 Page No 30 and Section 22

Technical Bid(Functional Requirements)

The System should be able to accept input in Rajbhasha and preferably in other regional languages - As per our understanding input in English and Hindi should meet the business requirement If not kindly elaborate on the languages expected

As per RFP

86 Page No 44 and Section 22

Edit files within native applications without downloading first

We understand that different softwares have different proprietary formats which may not be accessible for editing apart from these specific softwares We suggest to edit these files in their native softwares to maintain document quality We would request you to please specify these file formats

As per RFP

87 Page No 50 and Section 22

Application should have capability to allow end users in public domain to create user id and upload documents for inwards created

Please suggest if this involves any external users outside of RBIOther banks

As per RFP

88 Page No 51 and Section 22

Technical Bid(Functional Requirements)

Does this involve any external users outside of RBIother banks

As per RFP

89 Page No 53 and Section 23

Technical Bid(Non-Functional Requirements)

Navigation speed would be majorly dependent on networkbandwidth made available so that accordingly pages can be loaded

As per RFP

90 Page No 54 and Section 23

Technical Bid(Non-Functional Requirements)

Will the Bank provide Data Centre policy details or will it be discussed and agreed mutually between two parties post bidder selection

Shall be discussed with successful bidder

91 Page No 87 and Section 324

The EDMS application is required to be compatible to integrate with API applications like REST SOAP or any other based API applications

What are the third party applications needs to be integrated apart from those mentioned here

Integration envisaged for Go-Live - Active Directory Mail Messaging System SAMADHAN IRM and DMIS Other integration will be done during continuous development

92 Page No 100 and Section 53

Scope of Work Kindly convert the hours mentioned in TTR section into business hours

As per RFP

93 Page No 197 and Annexure D2

Functional Requirements Since this is a generic statement and no details can be finale present for customisations involved against this point

As per RFP

94 Page No 199 and Annexure D2

Functional Requirements Please elaborate Also there should not be any scores since preferred style or standard is not mentioned

As per RFP

95 Page No 207 and Annexure D3

Non-Functional Requirements Please elaborate what is user access level parameterised through admin level here

As per RFP

96 Page No 209 and Annexure D3

Non-Functional Requirements Please explain what does parameterisation mean and include here

As per RFP

97 Page No 226 and Annexure D6

Approach Paper Please clarify if scalability of document volume 30 is year on year increase and also we will consider 4 mn documents for initial year for calculating storage requirements Please check if our understanding is correct Also provide no of pages per document and size of each document etc

As per RFP

98 General Query Training Section Kindly share the number of the RBI team members to whom the training will be imparted

5 batches of 30-40 user each Total training to be provide to around 200 User at Mumbai Pune

99 General Query Customization and Integration As per our understanding the Integration with the third party applications is for image enablement and doc uploaddownload

As per RFP

100 General Query Technical Bid(Functional Requirements)

For the Workflow automation requirement can we get a sample process for each of the workflow described to understand the complexity of the process

Shall be discussed during System Study

101 General Query Technical Solution amp Training Please suggest the volume of documents involved for extraction scope

As per RFP

102 General Query Presentation amp POC of the Solution As per our understanding scope of POC in the RFP is the same as explained through the scenarios in EOI Please confirm

As per RFP

103 Page No 226 and Annexure D6

Functional Requirements Rearrange pages in a document or create a new document from a page using drag and drop This functionality is a part of specialized document creating softwares and not document management system Hence we request you to kindly drop this point

As per RFP

104 General Query

Functional Requirements What is the current ticketing tool being used by the bank

S-MAX

105 Page No 113 and Section 645

Implementation Experience Implementation Experience Table - Are there any scores that are assigned with parameters - No of projects Total Users Concurrent Users Volume of documents

As per RFP

106 Page No 256 and Annexure D5

NA What is the difference between D4 and D5 Both appear same in terms of format and information requested

D4 will be signed by the bidder D5 will be signed by bidders previousexisting clients where

DMS with workflow solution was implemented in past

107 Page No 224 and Annexure D4

Annexure D4 Technical Bid (Implementation Experience)

There is no minimum count mentioned for DMS with workflow automation Project Implementation Experience Two project credentials (PO or client letter) would be sufficient

As per RFP

108 Page No 81 and Section 318

Continuous Development What are the number of resources that the bank expects to be a part of Continuous Development

As per RFP

109 Page No 92 and Section 330

Scope of Work Since the amount of support and scope of work for cloud services is not very clear at this stage we recommend to keep this component out of commercial bid and take it on Time and Material need basis

As per RFP

110 Page No 106 and Section 63

Presentation amp POC of the Solution It is assumed that the POC requested in the RFP is the same as per the EOI and is based on the same use cases that were a part of the EOI process Please clarify

As per RFP

111 Page No 25 and Section 21

The solution should also be capable of integration with native office 365 and

Please name what are industry standard open office tools Please provide detail of existing IRM system

Microsoft IRM

industry standard open office tools The proposed solution needs to be integrated with existing (or any future standard system) of IRM

112 Page No 25 and Section 21

InwardOutward Management Flow of data from Web Interface to EDMS and vice versa should happen in batches and support push pull mechanism

Proposed system will provided web services for CRUD operation Same services will be consumed by external system for Inward management Also

Shall be discussed during SRS

Frequency of push pull should be configurable

proposed system will consume web service provided by external systems for Outward service Any change these external system will be out of scope Please confirm if our understanding is correct

113 Page No 27 and Section 21

The Scanning product should have inbuilt capability to do a full page OCR amp ICR (for both Hindi amp English documents) and also convert the images to searchable forms like Searchable PDF

Accuracy of capturing Hand written information in during OCRICR is totally depends on input and must be out of scope Please confirm if our understanding is correct

Accuracy of OCR for Machine Readable documents should be 100 and search should be faster amp accurate and it is in scope whereas the accuracy for ICR for hand written documents may be varied but is in scope

114 Page No 27 and Section 21

The System should be able to search in English Hindi amp combination of both System must provide the ability to search from bi-lingual content sources Reports should be in Hindi and English

Language conversion from English to Hindi and vice versa is not in scope Information saved in English language can be search in English Same way information saved in Hindi language will be searched in Hindi only Please confirm if our understanding is correct

Yes

115 Page No 34 and Section 22

Scanned file naming convention and folder structure to be used to store the scanned files and would be as per the

File name will be in English only Please confirm if our understanding is correct

Application should support Bilingual file names

policies defined by RBI for file naming conventions in bilingual language (Rajbhasha(Hindi) English)

116 Page no 58 amp Section 23

Compatible DevOps for version control in Test and Production environment

Please elaborate the requirement for Compatible DevOps for version control

Shall be discussed with successful bidder

117 The RBI reserves the right to conduct Yes

Page no 59 amp Section 23

further security testing of the system by either RBI personnel or another party Any gaps identified during this testing should be fixed by bidder at their own cost

STQC and VAPT will be in RBI scope SI will responsible for closing the GAP identified Please confirm if our understanding is correct

118 Page no 60 amp Section 23

The uniform user management policy envisaged by RBI in which single-sign-on concept for a user should be implemented

Please share existing Single-sign-on solution being used in RBI

Shall be shared with successful bidder

119 Page no 71 amp Section 38

ensure accuracy integrity and completeness of the data migration from legacy DMIS application to new EDMS application

Please provide below details Shall be discussed during System Study 1Which DB is being used(expr

OracleMSSQL etc) 2 Is DMIS application is open source built on JavaNet technology If not Please share which DMS product is being used along with version details 3How many table exists 4How many records need tp migrate 5How many documents need to migrate 6Does documents has versions 7Existing DMIS system architecture 8Other details which can be helpful to understand migration scope

120 Page no 97 amp Section 5

ldquoBusiness Operation Hoursrdquo shall be ldquoOne Hourrdquo prior to the start of ldquoWorking Hoursrdquo and would end ldquoOne Hourrdquo after ldquoWorking Hoursrdquo ldquoBusiness

Please confirm OampM support hours Will it be 700 AM to 900 PM (Mon-Friday) and on working Saturday What all Saturday will be working day

As per RFP

121 Page no 86 amp Section 323

The total number of users presently is expected to be around 10000 with 2000 concurrent users and annual growth of 10 in concurrent users

We believe all Bank users will not participate for workflowBPM task approval process For sizing please provide users count as per -

Workflows are applicable for all users and concurrency as mentioned in RFP

1) Total number of DMS users

2) Total number of BPMworkflow users 3)Concurrent DMS users 4)Concurrent BPMworkflow users

122 Page no 25 amp Section 21

Manage documents using a folder view with minimum 5 levels and support file types pdf tiff jpeg jpg doc docx xls xlsx ppt pptx png etc with version control

Please share the details of different type of documents Please provide below details

Shall be discussed during System Study

1) For New Documents a) Number of document ingestion per day - b) Average size of document - in KB c) Maximum size of document - in KB 2) What is percentage the Year on Year growth over 7 years for the number of documents added 3) Average number of document views per day 4) Average number of document searches per day

123 Page no 27 amp Section 21

The Scanning product should have inbuilt capability to do a full

Assuming scanning solution will be deployed centrally and access through web only If No Please share the number of location required for scanning solution Also do share number of scanning users number of template need to consider along with number metadata fields on each template

As per RFP

page OCR amp ICR (for both Hindi amp English documents) and also convert the images to searchable forms like Searchable PDF

124 Page no 28 amp Section 21

The System should be capable of supporting

For BPMWorkflow sizing can we get volumetric for

Shall be discussed during System Study

a Sequential routing ndash Note to be routed one after the other in a pre-defined sequence

1) No of Workload Per Month (Days per month)

b Ad-hoc routing Changing the routing sequence by an authorized personnel

2) No of Process instances Per Hour

c Push ndash pull routing Authorized person can decide the workflow

3)No of User Interactions (per screen)

4)Estimated Number of concurrent users for BPM

5) No of Transactions Per Seconds (TPS) Considered for Sizing (Rules Execution Per Second)

6)No of business process need to factor

7) complexity level of each processes 125 Page no 25 amp

Section 21 High Level Critical Requirements What is the corporate email used in

RBI is it MS exchange or lotus notes please share name and version

MS Exchange 2016

126 Page no 25 amp Section 21

High Level Critical Requirements Are you using On-premise of Azure Active Directory

Shall be shared with successful bidder

127 Page no 28 amp Section 21

High Level Critical Requirements Is there a requirement that all inputs fields should be allowed in both English and Hindi or Hindi data entry is limited to comments notes and documents

All inputs fields should be allowed in both English and Hindi

128 Page no 28 amp Section 21

High Level Critical Requirements Is there expectation that search with English keyword should get translated to Hindi and bring out Hindi content with translated word In other words is there requirement of cross language search

As per RFP

129 Page no 86 amp Section 323

Licences Please confirm licenses other than DMS like for DB web or application server will be provided by RBI

As per RFP

130 Page no 74 amp Section 310

A Administrator Level Training (Technical)

As it is mentioned under Technical Training and not Onsite training what is the expectation for this type of training Is classroom training not required for the same

It will be onsite training

131 Page no 74 amp Section 310

A Administrator Level Training (Technical)

Please confirm the no of approximate Trainees Location Batches for conducting the technical training

5 batches of 30-40 user each Total training to be provide to around 200 User at Mumbai Pune

132 Page no 74 amp Section 310

B User Level Training (on-site) Please confirm the no of approximate Trainees Location Batches for conducting the end user training

5 batches of 30-40 user each Total training to be provide to around 200 User at Mumbai Pune

133 Page no 74 amp Section 310

B User Level Training (on-site) Is hands-on-training session also required for the trainees If yes please confirm

Yes

134 Page no 74 amp Section 310

B User Level Training (on-site) Is the refresher training also expected post Go Live during the support AMC period Please confirm

L0 will be responsible for regular training at respective locations

135 Page no 16 amp Section 14

Date amp Time of Final Submission of Technical amp Commercial Bids on the MSTC Portal

Please extend the bid submission date by two weeks from the current

Please refer Tenders section on RBI website wwwrbiorgin and MSTC e-commerce portal for updates if any regarding bid submission schedule

136 Page no 151 162 206 262

Annexure D1 High Level Critical Requirements

Please provide Annexure D1 D2 D3 amp Q in excel format

May be copied from RFP

Annexure D Annexure D2 Technical Bid (Functional Requirements

Annexure D3 Technical Bid (Non Functional Requirements)

Annexure Q Commercial Bid Format 137 Page no 7 amp

Section1 Introduction The Bank desires to implement

Electronic Document Management System (EDMS) across all the locations (Pan India) and all the departments regional offices and training establishments of the Bank- As per our understanding this pertains to multi-sites and multi-instances deployment of EDMS solution Please confirm and specify the number of sites for deployment

As per RFP

138 Page no 25 amp Section 21

High Level Critical Requirements Does this involve any external users outside of RBIother banks

As per RFP

Also elaborate on the Push-Pull mechanism mentioned and frequency of Push-Pull mechanism mentioned in the RFP

139 Page no 30 amp Section 21

High Level Critical Requirements The System should be able to accept input in Rajbhasha and preferably in other regional languages - As per our understanding input in English and Hindi should meet the business requirement If not kindly elaborate on the languages expected

As per RFP

140 Page no 44 amp Section 21

High Level Critical Requirements Edit files within native applications without downloading first -We understand that different softwarersquos have different proprietary formats which may not be accessible for editing apart from this specific softwarersquos We suggest to edit these files in their native softwarersquos to maintain document quality We would request you to please specify these file formats

As per RFP

141 Page no 50 amp Section 22

Functional Requirements Application should have capability to allow end users in public domain to create user id and upload documents for inwards created - Please suggest if this involves any external users outside of RBIOther banks

As per RFP

142 Page no 51 amp Section 22

Functional Requirements Does this involve any external users outside of RBIother banks

Yes

143 Page no 53 amp Section 23

Non-Functional Requirements Navigation speed would be majorly dependent on networkbandwidth made available so that accordingly pages can be loaded

As per RFP

144 Page no 54 amp Section 23

Non-Functional Requirements Will the Bank provide Data Centre policy details or will it be discussed and agreed mutually between two parties post bidder selection

Shall be shared with successful bidder

145 Page no 87 amp Section 324

Customization and Integration The EDMS application is required to be compatible to integrate with API applications like REST SOAP or any other based API applications- What are the third party applications needs to be

Integration envisaged for Go-Live - Active Directory Mail Messaging System SAMADHAN IRM DMIS Other integration will be done during continuous development

integrated apart from those mentioned here

146 Page no 99 amp Section 53

Scope of Work Kindly convert the hours mentioned in TTR section into business hours

As per RFP

147 Page no 197 amp Admixture D2

Technical Bid (Functional Requirements)

Since this is a generic statement and no details can be finale present for customisations involved against this point

As per RFP

148 Page no 199 amp Admixture D2

Technical Bid (Functional Requirements)

Please elaborate Also there should not be any scores since preferred style or standard is not mentioned

User rights Management includes the ReadWrite privileges to the user which will be provided by RBI

149 Page no 207 amp Annexure D3

Technical Bid (Non-Functional Requirements)

Please elaborate what is user access level parameterised through admin level here

As per RFP

150 Page no 209 amp Annexure D2

Technical Bid (Functional Requirements)

Please explain what does parameterisation mean and include here

As per RFP

151 Page no 226 amp Annexure D6

Annexure D6 - Approach Paper Please clarify if scalability of document volume 30 is year on year increase and also we will consider 4 MN documents for initial year for calculating storage requirements Please check if our understanding is correct Also provide no of pages per document and size of each document etc

As per RFP

152 General Query Training Section Kindly share the number of the RBI team members to whom the training will be imparted

5 batches of 30-40 user each Total training to be provide to around 200 User at Mumbai Pune

153 General Query Customization and Integration As per our understanding the Integration with the third party applications is for image enablement and doc uploaddownload

Shall be discussed during System Study

154 General Query Technical Bid (Functional Requirements)

For the Workflow automation requirement can we get a sample process for each of the workflow described to understand the complexity of the process

Yes

155 General Query Technical Solution amp Training Please suggest the volume of documents involved for extraction scope

As per RFP

156 General Query Presentation amp POC of the Solution As per our understanding scope of POC in the RFP is the same as explained through the scenarios in EOI Please confirm

Yes

157 Page no 163 amp Annexure D2

Technical Bid (Non-Functional Requirements)

Rearrange pages in a document or create a new document from a page using drag and drop This functionality is a part of specialized document creating softwarersquos and not document management system Hence we request you to kindly drop this point

As per RFP

158 Page no 19 and section No 15

11 ldquoAgreementrdquo means the contract signed between the Bank and the Selected Bidder and all the attached documents The ldquoAgreementrdquo includes the RFP subsequent modifications to the RFP response of the selected vendor to the RFP and the contract document itself

11 ldquoAgreementrdquo means the contract signed between the Bank and the Selected Bidder and all the attached documents all of which shall be on mutually agreed terms and conditions The ldquoAgreementrdquo includes the RFP subsequent modifications to the RFP response of the selected vendor to the RFP and the contract document itself

As per RFP

17 ldquoIntegrationrdquo means the system should be able to integrate with existing componentsapplications like Active Directory MS Office 365 and support other 3rd party integration if required

17 ldquoIntegrationrdquo means the system should be able to integrate with existing componentsapplications like Active Directory MS Office 365 and support other 3rd party integration if required

18 ldquoCommissioningrdquo means the System shall be considered to have been commissioned when the entire job including supply installation integration configuration testing and deployment of all hardware amp software is executed to the satisfaction of the Purchaser

18 ldquoCommissioningrdquo means the System shall be considered to have been commissioned when the entire job including supply installation integration configuration testing and deployment of all hardware amp software is executed as per the terms of the RFP to the satisfaction of the Purchaser

159 Page No 66 amp Section No 31

The scope of the system can be enhanced as per requirements of RBI

The scope of the system can be enhanced as per requirements of RBI However It should be restricted to +-10 maximum of the quantity quoted as per RFP

As per RFP

Bidder agrees to provide the increased quantity at the same terms and conditions However additional prices shall be charged for the goods supplied over the contracted quantity

160 Page No 75 amp Section No 311

The completion shall include satisfactory installation testing data migration non-functional requirements etc

The completion shall include satisfactory installation testing data migration non-functional requirements etc

As per RFP

4 Bidder should provide 90 days of hand holding support post Go-Live

4 Bidder should provide 30 90 days of hand holding support post Go-Live

5 On satisfactory performance of application post 90 days from Go-Live Bank will issue Completion Certificate

5 On satisfactory performance of application post 90 30 days from Go-Live Bank will issue Completion Certificate

6 In case of the Go-Live delays by the Bidder the financial Penalty as per the Banks discretion will be imposed on the Bidder at 5 of the total contract value per month of delay to the maximum of 10 of the total contract value as per the agreement between the Bank and the successful Bidder

6 In case of the Go-Live delays by the Bidder the financial Penalty as per the Banks discretion will be imposed on the Bidder at 5 05 of the total contract value delayed portion of ACV per month of delay to the maximum of 10 3 of the delayed portion of ACV total contract value as per the agreement between the Bank and the successful Bidder

161 Page No 77 amp Section No 313

5 If any defect in the Solution is not rectified by the Bidder before the end of the Warranty Period the Warranty Period shall be extended until

5 If any defect in the Solution is not rectified by the Bidder before the end of the Warranty Period the Warranty Period shall be extended until

As per RFP

(a) the defect has been corrected and (a) the defect has been corrected and (b) the Solution functions in accordance with the Contract

(b) the Solution functions in accordance with the Contract

6 Where the Bidder is not the Manufacturer of certain components of the Solution then the Bidder shall disclose the Manufacturerrsquos warranty for such components to the Bank and in the event such warranty exceeds the Bidderrsquos warranty under this

6 Where the Bidder is not the Manufacturer of certain components of the Solution then the Bidder shall disclose the Manufacturerrsquos warranty for such components to the Bank and in the event such warranty exceeds the Bidderrsquos warranty under this Contract in

Contract in any respect shall ensure that the Bank will receive the benefit of the Manufacturerrsquos warranty

any respect shall ensure that the Bank will receive the benefit of the Manufacturerrsquos warranty

7 The bidder is expected to provide requisite support to Bankrsquos operations team for Application-specific database back-up and Disaster Recovery activities during the entire warranty amp support period of 7 years

7 The bidder is expected to provide requisite support to Bankrsquos operations team for Application-specific database back-up and Disaster Recovery activities during the entire warranty amp support period of 7 years

162 Page No 79 amp Section No 315

The following are minimum qualifications and experience for key resources required to implement the EDMS solution Members which are considered for Technical bid evaluation shall be construed as Key Personnel including but not limited to members involved in EDMS customization and implementation architect database administrator The following personnel would be required during the Design Configuration Installation and Setup of the EDMS solution These key resources should be based in Mumbai

The following are minimum qualifications and experience for key resources required to implement the EDMS solution Members which are considered for Technical bid evaluation shall be construed as Key Personnel including but not limited to members involved in EDMS customization and implementation architect database administrator The following personnel would be required during the Design Configuration Installation and Setup of the EDMS solution These key resources should be based in Mumbai

As per RFP

163 Page No 87 amp Section No325

System amp Security Audit ADD As per RFP Notwithstanding anything contained in this RFP

a) Excluding a regulatorystatutory requirement if any nothing in this Agreement shall be construed or interpreted as requiring Bidder to provide to Bank access to or right to inspect examine audit and take copies of any fees price cost or any other financial information or any records or documents relating to the make-up of the Bidderrsquos internal overhead calculations their relationship to the fees any financial cost model calculation of fees or to the Bidderrsquos profitability or other such financial data b) All audit barring those required under a regulatory or statutory requirement may be done only on an annual basis and subject to a notice period of 20 days

164 Page No 93 amp Section No4 Payment Terms

1 Completion of process and system study Design and Build and Deployment in UAT - 15 of Implementation Cost specified at Item 1B of Annexure Q

1 Completion of process and system study Design and Build and Deployment in UAT -30 15 of Implementation Cost specified at Item 1B of Annexure Q

As per RFP

2 Data Migration Completion of User Acceptance Testing Creation of training content Train the Trainer and customer education content - 20 of Implementation Cost specified at Item 1B of Annexure Q

2 Data Migration Completion of User Acceptance Testing Creation of training content Train the Trainer and customer education content - 20 30 of Implementation Cost specified at Item 1B of Annexure Q

3 Complete Implementation and ldquoProduction Go-liverdquo of the project - 25 of Implementation Cost specified at Item 1B of Annexure Q

3 Complete Implementation and ldquoProduction Go-liverdquo of the project - 25 of Implementation Cost specified at Item 1B of Annexure Q

4 Receipt of Completion Certificate from the Bank

4 Receipt of Completion Certificate from the Bank

(post 90 days of achieving production Go-Live) - 30 of Implementation Cost specified at Item 1B of Annexure Q

(post 90 days of achieving production Go-Live) - 30 10 of Implementation Cost specified at Item 1B of Annexure Q

5 Amount payable during the warranty period - On completion of warranty period of three years The Financial Bank guarantee shall be valid for 7 years - 10 of Implementation Cost specified at Item 1B of Annexure Q

5 Amount payable during the warranty period - On completion of warranty period of three years The Financial Bank guarantee shall be valid for 7 years - 10 5 of Implementation Cost specified at Item 1B of Annexure Q

middot 100 of the License Cost indicated in Item 1A of Annexure Q shall be payable immediately on deployment in UAT environment Beta testing phase

middot 100 of the License Cost indicated in Item 1A of Annexure Q shall be payable immediately on deployment in UAT environment Beta testing phase

For each milestone to be marked completed the bidder should ensure that all the acceptance criteria are met and approved by the Bank as mentioned in various applicable sections in the RFP

For each milestone to be marked completed the bidder should ensure that all the acceptance criteria are met and approved by the Bank as mentioned in various applicable sections in the RFP

165 Page No 94 amp Section No43

Amount payable during the warranty period following successful implementation of application will be paid on completion of warranty period of three years The Financial Bank guarantee shall be valid for 7 years Performance Bank Guarantee will be released on submission of Financial Bank Guarantee

Amount payable during the warranty period following successful implementation of application will be paid in advance on completion of warranty period of three years The Financial Bank guarantee shall be valid for 7 years Performance Bank Guarantee will be released on submission of Financial Bank Guarantee

As per RFP

166 Page No 95 amp Section No44

The annual amount payable towards AMC would be paid at the end of every year following successful implementation of the application and delivery of satisfactory services

The annual amount payable towards AMC would be paid at the end start of every year following successful implementation of the application and delivery of satisfactory services

As per RFP

167 Page No 95 amp Section No45

The annual amount payable towards FMS and Development Team would be paid at the end of every year following successful implementation of the application and delivery of satisfactory services

The annual amount payable towards FMS and Development Team would be paid monthly at the end of every year following successful implementation of the application and delivery of satisfactory services

Please refer Corrigendum dated 7th October 2019

168 Page No 95 amp Section No44

The Bidders should note that the contract entered with the successful Bidder will be for implementation and post go‐live period of 7 years (3 years‟ warranty amp 4 years AMC amp FMS support) extendable at the Bankrsquos discretion The Bank will have the right in its sole discretion to renegotiate the prices terms and conditions

8 The Bidders should note that the contract entered with the successful Bidder will be for implementation and post go‐live period of 7 years (3 years‟ warranty amp 4 years AMC amp FMS support) extendable at the Bankrsquos discretion on mutually agreed terms The Bank will have the right in its sole discretion to renegotiate the prices terms and conditions

As per RFP

169 Page No 95 amp Section No45

The successful Bidder is expected to complete the responsibilities that have been assigned as per the specified time frame In case of the Rollout delays by the Bidder the financial Penalty as per the Banks discretion will be imposed on the Bidder at 5 of the total contract value per month of delay to the maximum of 10 of the total contract value as per the

The successful Bidder is expected to complete the responsibilities that have been assigned as per the specified time frame In case of the Rollout delays by the Bidder the financial Penalty as per the Banks discretion will be imposed on the Bidder at 5 05 of the total contract value delayed portion of ACV per month of delay to the maximum of 10 3 of the delayed portion of ACV

As per RFP

agreement between the Bank and the successful Bidder

of the total contract value as per the agreement between the Bank and the successful Bidder

Business Utility and Business Downtime would be the key considerations for determining the ldquoPenaltiesrdquo that would be levied on the Bidder for ldquoNon‐Adherencerdquo to the SLA for the Services offered The inability of the Bidder to provide the requirements as per the scope or to meet the deadlines as specified would be treated as breach of contract and invoke the Penalty Clause The maximum limit on the penalties during the period of contract shall be 10 of the total contract value The applicable ldquoPenaltiesrdquo would be the same irrespective of the root causes The Penalty shall be deducted from the next pay out (Warranty AMC amp FMS BG)

Business Utility and Business Downtime would be the key considerations for determining the ldquoPenaltiesrdquo that would be levied on the Bidder for ldquoNon‐Adherencerdquo to the SLA for the Services offered The inability of the Bidder to provide the requirements as per the scope or to meet the deadlines as specified would be treated as breach of contract and invoke the Penalty Clause The maximum limit on the penalties during the period of contract shall be 10 of the total contract value The applicable ldquoPenaltiesrdquo would be the same irrespective of the root causes The Penalty shall be deducted from the next pay out (Warranty AMC amp FMS BG)

The successful Bidder is expected to complete the responsibilities that have been assigned as per the specified time frame In case of the Rollout delays or more than 2 rollbacks by the Bidder the financial Penalty as per the Banks discretion will be imposed on

The successful Bidder is expected to complete the responsibilities that have been assigned as per the specified time frame In case of the Rollout delays or more than 2 rollbacks by the Bidder the financial Penalty as per the Banks discretion will be imposed on the Bidder

the Bidder at 5 of the total cost for the particular continuous development

at 5 3 of the total cost for the particular continuous development

The maximum limit on the penalties during the period of contract shall be 10 of the total contract value

The maximum limit on the penalties during the period of contract shall be 3 of ACV 10 of the total contract value

170 Page No 114 amp Section No66

Prices quoted by bidder in commercial bid shall be reasonable and as per industry standards If any extreme abnormalitiesdiscrepancies observed in prices RBI at its discretion will disqualify the Commercial Bid

Prices quoted by bidder in commercial bid shall be reasonable and as per industry standards If any extreme abnormalitiesdiscrepancies observed in prices RBI at its discretion will disqualify the Commercial Bid

As per RFP

171 Page No 123 amp Section No77

The Bids will be treated as valid for a period of 180 days from the closing date for submission of the bid

The Bids will be treated as valid for a period of 180 30 days from the closing date for submission of the bid

As per RFP

172 Page No 124 amp Section No711

2 2 The Bank will reserve the right to terminate the services of the successful Bidder at any point of the Project (during the implementation phase and post go-live) without assigning any reasons In such cases the Bank may consider making payment commensurate with the last completed phase

2 The Bank Either Party will reserve the right to terminate the services of the successful Bidder at any point of the Project (during the implementation phase and post go-live) without assigning any reasons subject to notice period of 3 months In such cases the Bank shall may consider making payment for all services and deliverables rendered up to the effective date of communication commensurate with the last completed phase

As per RFP

In the event of termination of any nature the Bidder shall be paid for the 1 goods delivered 2 services rendered 3 work in progress 4 unpaid AMCs 5 third party orders in pipeline which cannot be cancelled despite Bidders best efforts 6 unrecovered investments shall be paid by the Bank as per termination schedule till the date of termination

173 Page No 126 amp Section No8

1 Submission of a Proposal shall be deemed to constitute an acknowledgement by the Bidder that all obligations stipulated by this RFP will be met and unless specified otherwise the Bidder has read understood and agreed to all the instructions provided in this RFP

1 Submission of a Proposal shall be deemed to constitute an acknowledgement by the Bidder that all material obligations stipulated by this RFP will be met and unless specified otherwise the Bidder has read understood and agreed to all the instructions provided in this RFP

As per RFP

3 The Bidder selected for the solution will have to enter into a contract directly with RBI The contract will contain various terms and conditions including payment delivery installation amp operationalization training commissioning amp acceptance support during periods of warranty amp maintenance penalty due to delay in performance

3 The Bidder selected for the solution will have to enter into a contract directly with RBI on mutually agreed terms The contract will contain various terms and conditions including payment delivery installation amp operationalization training commissioning amp acceptance support during periods of warranty amp maintenance penalty due to delay in performance

174 Page No 126 amp Section No81

2 Adherence to terms and conditions The Bidders who wish to submit responses to this RFP should note that they should abide by all the terms and conditions contained in the RFP If the responses contain any extraneous conditions put in by the respondents such Bidders will be disqualified and will not be considered for the selection process

2 Adherence to terms and conditions The Bidders who wish to submit responses to this RFP should note that they should abide by all the mutually agreed terms and conditions contained in the RFP If the responses contain any extraneous conditions put in by the respondents such Bidders will be disqualified and will not be considered for the selection process

As per RFP

175 Page No 127 amp Section No81

4 Execution of SLA The Bidder should execute a Service Level Agreement which would include all the services and terms and conditions of the services to be extended as detailed herein and as may be prescribed by the Bank

4 Execution of SLA The Bidder should execute a Service Level Agreement on mutually agreed terms which would include all the services and terms and conditions of the services to be extended as detailed herein and as may be prescribed by the Bank

As per RFP

5 A declaration may be given by the Bidder stating that No relative of the Bidders is working in the Reserve Bank of India (Annexure K) If anyone working in the Bank is related to the Bidders the name designation and the department where the person is posted may be given Due to any breach of these conditions by the company or firm or any other person the Bank may decide to take appropriate action including cancellation of bid invocation of performance bank guarantee The company or firm or the person may also be debarred for further participation in the procurement process of the Bank in the future

5 A declaration may be given by the Bidder stating that No relative of the Bidders is working in the Reserve Bank of India (Annexure K) If anyone working in the Bank is related to the Bidders the name designation and the department where the person is posted may be given Due to any breach of these conditions by the company or firm or any other person the Bank may decide to take appropriate action including cancellation of bid invocation of performance bank guarantee The company or firm or the person may also be debarred for further participation in the procurement process of the Bank in the future

The relatives for this purpose are defined as -

The relatives for this purpose are defined as -

Oslash Members of a Hindu undivided family (HUF)

Oslash Members of a Hindu undivided family (HUF)

Oslash Husband and Wife Oslash Husband and Wife Oslash If one is related to the other in the manner as Father (includes step father) Mother (includes step mother) Son(s) (includes step son) amp Sonrsquos wife (daughter-in-law) Daughter(s) (includes step daughter) and Daughterrsquos husband (son-in-law) Brother(s) (includes step brother) and Brotherrsquos wife Sister(s) (includes step sister) and Sisterrsquos husband (brother-in-law)

Oslash If one is related to the other in the manner as Father (includes step father) Mother (includes step mother) Son(s) (includes step son) amp Sonrsquos wife (daughter-in-law) Daughter(s) (includes step daughter) and Daughterrsquos husband (son-in-law) Brother(s) (includes step brother) and Brotherrsquos wife Sister(s) (includes step sister) and Sisterrsquos husband (brother-in-law)

176 Page No 127 amp Section No82

The Proposal as well as all related correspondence exchanged by the Bidder and RBI shall be written in English language only The Bids will be treated as valid for a period of 180 days from the closing date for submission of the bid

The Proposal as well as all related correspondence exchanged by the Bidder and RBI shall be written in English language only The Bids will be treated as valid for a period of 180 30 days from the closing date for submission of the bid

As per RFP

177 Page No 128 amp Section No84

The Bidder shall at its own cost and expenses defend and indemnify RBI against all third-party claims including those of the infringement of Intellectual Property Rights including patent trademark copyright trade secret or industrial design rights arising from use of the Products or any part thereof in India

The Bidder Either Party (Indemnitor) shall at its own cost and expenses defend and indemnify the other Party (Indemnitee) RBI against all third-party claims including limited to those of the infringement of Intellectual Property Rights including patent trademark copyright trade secret or industrial design rights directly and proximately arising from use of the Products or any part thereof in India

As per RFP

If RBI is required to pay compensation to a third party resulting from such infringement the Bidder shall be fully responsible therefore including all expenses and court and legal fees The Bidder shall also be liable to indemnify RBI at its own cost and expenses against all losses damages which RBI may suffer on account of violation by the Bidder of any or all national international trade laws norms standards procedures etc

If RBI is required to pay compensation to a third party resulting from such infringement the Indemnitor Bidder shall be fully responsible therefore including all expenses and court and legal fees The Indemnitor Bidder shall also be liable to indemnify IndemniteeRBI at its own cost and expenses against all third party losses damages which IndemniteeRBI may suffer on account of violation by the Indemnitor Bidder of any or all national international trade laws norms standards procedures etc

178 Page No 129 amp Section No85

RBI reserves the right to cancel the contract of the selected Bidder and recover expenditure incurred by RBI if the progress regarding execution of the contract made by the selected Bidder is found to be unsatisfactory for any reason After the award of the contract if the selected Bidder does not perform satisfactorily or delays execution of the contract RBI reserves the right to get the balance contract executed by another party of its choice by giving one monthrsquos‟ notice for the same In this event the selected Bidder is bound to make good the additional expenditure which RBI may have to incur to carry out bidding process for the execution of the balance of the contract This clause will be surviving even where for any reason the contract is cancelled RBI reserves the right to recover any dues payable by the selected Bidder from any amount outstanding to the credit of the selected Bidder including the pending bills andor invoking Bank Guarantee if any under this contract or any other contractorder

RBI reserves the right to cancel the contract of the selected Bidder In the event of cancellation of contract the Bank is liable to pay the bidder for the goods delivered and services rendered till the date of termination and recover expenditure incurred by RBI if the progress regarding execution of the contract made by the selected Bidder is found not to be as per the material terms of the RFP unsatisfactory for any reason solely attributable to the bidder After the award of the contract if the selected Bidder does not perform as per the material terms of the RFP satisfactorily or unduly delays execution of the contract subject to a cure period and notice of not less than 30 days RBI reserves the right to get the balance contract executed by another party of its choice by giving one monthrsquos‟ additional notice for the same In this event the selected Bidder is bound to make good the additional expenditure which RBI may have to incur to carry out bidding process for the execution of the balance of the contract Provided further that the Bidder shall not be liable to Excess Cost in excess of (ten) 10 percent of the price of undelivered goods or services for which such option is exercised by the Bank This clause will be surviving even where for any reason attributable to the bidder the contract is cancelled RBI reserves the

As per RFP

right to recover any dues payable by the selected Bidder from any amount outstanding to the credit of the selected Bidder including the pending bills andor invoking Bank Guarantee if any under this contract or any other contractorder

179 Page No 129 amp Section No86

Bidder will submit a Bank Guarantee from a scheduled commercial bank drawn in favour of Reserve Bank of India payable at Mumbai towards Earnest Money Deposit (EMD) for Rs 4000000- (Rupees Forty Lakhs only) The EMD of unsuccessful Bidders shall be returned within 30 days from the declaration of the disqualification of the respective Bidder No interest shall be paid on the EMD The EMD of the successful Bidder shall be returned after the successful Bidder furnishes the Performance Bank Guarantee Offers made without the Earnest money deposit are liable to be rejected The amount of Earnest money deposit would be forfeited in the following scenarios

Bidder will submit demand draftbankerrsquos chequepay order Bank Guarantee drawn in favour of Reserve Bank of India payable at Mumbai towards Earnest Money Deposit (EMD) for Rs 4000000- (Rupees Forty Lakhs only) The EMD of unsuccessful Bidders shall be returned within 15 days from the declaration of the disqualification of the respective Bidder No interest shall be paid on the EMD The EMD of the successful Bidder shall be returned after the successful Bidder furnishes the Performance Bank Guarantee Offers made without the Earnest money deposit will be rejected The amount of Earnest money deposit would be forfeited in the following scenarios

As per RFP

1 In case the Bidder withdraws the bid prior to validity period of the bid for any reason whatsoever

1 In case the Bidder withdraws the bid prior to validity period of the bid for any reason whatsoever after the deviations proposed are mutually agreed to between both the parties

2 In case the successful Bidder fails to accept and sign the contract within the timeline as specified in this document for any reason whatsoever or

2 In case the successful Bidder fails to accept and sign the contract on mutually agreed terms as specified in this document for any reason whatsoever or

3 In case the successful Bidder fails to provide the performance guarantee within 30 days from the date of placing the order by the Bank or signing of the

3 In case the successful Bidder fails to provide the performance guarantee within 30 days from the date of placing the order by the Bank or and signing of the contract on mutually agreed terms

contract whichever is earlier for any reason whatsoever

whichever is earlier for any reason whatsoever

In case the Bidder withdraws the bid

owing to the fact that the deviations proposed by the Bidder are not accepted by the Bank there shall be neither any forfeiture of EMD nor any other financial or legal implications

180 Page No 130 amp Section No87

The successful Bidder shall at his own expense deposit with The Chief General Manager-in-Charge Department of Information Technology Reserve Bank of India Mumbai within thirty (30) days from the final result of the bidding process and declaration of the successful Bidder a Performance Bank Guarantee from a scheduled commercial bank payable on demand in terms of Annexure C for an amount equivalent to ten percent (10) of the contract price for the due performance and fulfilment of the contract by the Bidder Without prejudice to the other rights of the Purchaser under the Contract in the matter the proceeds of the performance security shall be payable to RBI as compensation for any loss resulting from the Bidderrsquos failure to complete its obligations under the Contract RBI shall notify the Bidder in writing of the invocation of its right to receive such compensation indicating the contractual obligation(s) for which the Bidder is in default The Performance Bank Guarantee shall be denominated in INR and shall be in the form of bank guarantee unless another form is specified by RBI After Go Live Performance Bank Guarantee will be returned back to bidder on submission of Financial Bank Guarantee which shall be submitted by the Bidder within

The successful Bidder shall at his own expense deposit with The Chief General Manager-in-Charge Department of Information Technology Reserve Bank of India Mumbai within thirty (30) days from the final result of the bidding process and declaration of the successful Bidder a Performance Bank Guarantee from a scheduled commercial bank payable on demand in terms of Annexure C for an amount equivalent to ten percent (10) of the contract price for the due performance and fulfilment of the contract by the Bidder Without prejudice to the other rights of the Purchaser under the Contract in the matter the proceeds of the performance security shall be payable to RBI as compensation for any loss resulting from the Bidderrsquos failure to complete its obligations under the Contract RBI shall notify the Bidder in writing of the invocation of its right to receive such compensation indicating the contractual obligation(s) for which the Bidder is in default The Performance Bank Guarantee shall be denominated in INR and shall be in the form of bank guarantee unless another form is specified by RBI After Go Live Performance Bank Guarantee will be returned back to bidder on submission of Financial Bank Guarantee which shall be submitted by the Bidder within 90 days of Go-Live Non-submission of

As per RFP

90 days of Go-Live Non-submission of Performance Guarantee shall constitute sufficient grounds among others if any for the annulment of the award of the tender

Performance Guarantee shall constitute sufficient grounds among others if any for the annulment of the award of the tender

181 Page No 130 amp Section No88

The successful Bidder shall at his own expense deposit with The Chief General Manager-In-Charge Department of Information Technology Reserve Bank of India Mumbai within Ninety (90) days of Go-Live of application before the issuance of Certificate of Completion a Bank Guarantee from a scheduled commercial bank payable on demand in terms of Annexure O for an amount equivalent to ten percent (10) of the contract price as mentioned in Annexure Q of Commercial Bid submitted by the bidder for the due performance and fulfilment of the contract by the Bidder during the warranty and AMC period of 7 years After Go Live Performance Bank Guarantee will be returned back to bidder on submission of Financial Bank Guarantee Without prejudice to the other rights of the Purchaser under the Contract in the matter the proceeds of the performance security shall be payable to RBI as compensation for any loss resulting from the Bidderrsquos failure to complete its obligations under the Contract RBI shall notify the Bidder in writing of the invocation of its right to receive such compensation indicating the contractual obligation(s) for which the Bidder is in default The Financial Bank Guarantee shall be valid till the

The successful Bidder shall at his own expense deposit with The Chief General Manager-In-Charge Department of Information Technology Reserve Bank of India Mumbai within Ninety (90) days of Go-Live of application before the issuance of Certificate of Completion a Bank Guarantee from a scheduled commercial bank payable on demand in terms of Annexure O for an amount equivalent to ten percent (10) of the contract price as mentioned in Annexure Q of Commercial Bid submitted by the bidder for the due performance and fulfilment of the contract by the Bidder during the warranty and AMC period of 7 years After Go Live Performance Bank Guarantee will be returned back to bidder on submission of Financial Bank Guarantee Without prejudice to the other rights of the Purchaser under the Contract in the matter the proceeds of the performance security shall be payable to RBI as compensation for any loss resulting from the Bidderrsquos failure to complete its obligations under the Contract RBI shall notify the Bidder in writing of the invocation of its right to receive such compensation indicating the contractual obligation(s) for which the Bidder is in default The Financial Bank Guarantee shall be valid till the end of AMC denominated in INR and shall be in the form of bank guarantee

As per RFP

end of AMC denominated in INR and shall be in the form of bank guarantee unless another form is specified by RBI Non-submission of Financial Guarantee shall constitute sufficient grounds among others if any for the annulment of the award of the tender

unless another form is specified by RBI Non-submission of Financial Guarantee shall constitute sufficient grounds among others if any for the annulment of the award of the tender

182 Page No 131 amp Section No810

Unless otherwise directed by the Purchaser in writing the Bidder shall continue to perform his obligations under the contract as far as possible and shall seek all means for performance of all other obligations not prevented by the Force Majeure event

Unless otherwise directed by the Purchaser in writing the Bidder shall continue to perform his obligations under the contract as far as reasonably possible and shall seek all means for performance of all other obligations not prevented by the Force Majeure event

As per RFP

Such Force Majeure events will not entitle the Purchaser to delay payment to be made to the Bidder

183 Page No 131 amp Section No811

7 This undertaking shall not apply to Confidential Information that

7 This undertaking shall not apply to Confidential Information that

As per RFP

- Is in the public domain at the time it is acquired by us

- Is in the public domain at the time it is acquired by us

- Enters the public domain subsequent to our acquisition otherwise than as a result of unauthorised disclosure by us and

- Enters the public domain subsequent to our acquisition otherwise than as a result of unauthorised disclosure by us

- Is independently developed by us - is rightfully acquired prior to disclosure by the RBI and

- Is independently developed by us 184 Page No 132

amp Section No813

The Bank reserves the right to alter the requirements specified in the RFP Document The Bank will inform all Bidders about changes if any

The Bank reserves the right to alter the requirements specified in the RFP Document up to the date of submission of the final bid The Bank will inform all Bidders about changes if any Also It should be restricted to +-10 maximum of the quantity quoted as per RFP

As per RFP

The Bidder agrees that the Bank has no limit on the additions or deletions on the items for the period of the contract

Bidder agrees to provide the increased quantity at the same terms and conditions However additional prices shall be charged for the goods supplied over the contracted quantity

The Bidder agrees that the Bank has no limit on the additions or deletions on the items for the period of the contract

185 Page No 133 amp Section No816

The Bidder should strictly adhere to the implementation schedule as specified in the purchase contract executed between the Parties for performance of the obligations arising out of the purchase contract and any delay in completion of the obligations by the Bidder will enable the Bank to resort to any or both of the following

The Bidder should strictly adhere to the implementation schedule as specified in the purchase contract executed between the Parties for performance of the obligations arising out of the purchase contract and any delay in completion of the obligations by the Bidder (for reason not attributable to the Purchaser) will only enable the Bank to resort to any or both of the following

As per RFP

Oslash Claiming Liquidated Damages Oslash Claiming Liquidated Damages Oslash Termination of the purchase agreement fully or partly and claim liquidated damages

Oslash Termination of the purchase agreement fully or partly and claim liquidated damages Bidder should be given 30 daysrsquo written notice to cure the default failing which may attract termination In the event of termination Bank shall pay Bidder for goods delivered and services rendered till the date of termination

186 Page No 134 amp Section No817

The liquidated damages is an estimate of the loss or damage that the Bank may have suffered due to delay in performance or non-performance of any or all the obligations (under the terms and conditions of the purchase contract relating to supply delivery installation operationalization implementation training supportservices acceptance etc) of the solution by the Bidder and the Bidder shall be liable to pay the Bank a

The liquidated damages is an estimate of the loss or damage that the Bank may have suffered due to delay in performance or non-performance of any or all the obligations (under the terms and conditions of the purchase contract relating to supply delivery installation operationalization implementation training supportservices acceptance etc) of the solution by the Bidder and the Bidder shall be liable to pay the Bank a fixed amount for each day of

As per RFP

fixed amount for each day of delay non-performance of the obligations by way of liquidated damages details of which will be specified in the purchase contract Without any prejudice to Bankrsquos other rights under the law the Bank shall recover the liquidated damages if any accruing to the Bank as above from any amount payable to the Bidder either as per the purchase contract executed between the parties or under any other purchase agreement contract the Bank may have executed shall be executing with the Bidder Liquidated Damages is not applicable for reasons attributable to the Bank and Force Majeure However it is the responsibilityonus of the Bidder to prove that the delay is attributed to the Bank and Force Majeure The Bidder shall submit the proof authenticated by the Bidder and bankrsquos official that the delay is attributed to the Bank and Force Majeure along with the bills requesting payment

delay non-performance of the obligations limited to a maximum of 3 of the delayedundelivered portion of ACV by way of liquidated damages details of which will be specified in the purchase contract Without any prejudice to Bankrsquos other rights under the law the Bank shall recover the liquidated damages if any accruing to the Bank as above from any amount payable to the Bidder either as per the purchase contract executed between the parties or under any other purchase agreement contract the Bank may have executed shall be executing with the Bidder Liquidated Damages is not applicable for reasons attributable to the Bank and Force Majeure However it is the responsibilityonus of the Bidder to prove that the delay is attributed to the Bank and Force Majeure The Bidder shall submit the proof authenticated by the Bidder and bankrsquos official that the delay is attributed to the Bank and Force Majeure along with the bills requesting payment

187 General Query Clause not present Total LD+ penalty that Bank can levy on Bidder shall not exceed 3 of ACV

As per RFP

188 Page No 137 and section 825

Neither the contract nor any rights granted under the contract may be sold leased assigned or otherwise transferred in whole or in part by the Bidder and any such attempted sale lease assignment or otherwise transfer shall be void and of no effect

Neither the contract nor any rights granted under the contract may be sold leased assigned or otherwise transferred in whole or in part by either Party the Bidder and any such attempted sale lease assignment or otherwise transfer shall be void and of

As per RFP

without the advance written consent of the Bank

no effect without the advance written consent of the other Party Bank

189 Page No 137 and section 826

The Bidder during the term of the contract and for a period of two years thereafter shall not without the express written consent of the Bank directly or indirectly

The Bidder Both Parties during the term of the contract and for a period of two years thereafter shall not without the express written consent of the other Party Bank directly or indirectly

As per RFP

1 Recruit hire appoint or engage or attempt to recruit hire appoint or engage or discuss employment with or otherwise utilize the services of any person who has been an employee or associate or engaged in any capacity by the Bank in rendering services under the contract or

1 Recruit hire appoint or engage or attempt to recruit hire appoint or engage or discuss employment with or otherwise utilize the services of any person who has been an employee or associate or engaged in any capacity by the other Party Bank in rendering services under the contract or

2 Induce any person who is have been an employee or associate of the Bank at any time to terminate his her relationship with the Bank

2 Induce any person who is have been an employee or associate of the other Party Bank at any time to terminate his her relationship with the other Party Bank

190 Page No 137 and section 829

The ownership of the source code and design for the EDMS specific to the Bank and all related application suites interface designs customisations design etc and related Intellectual Property Right (IPR) will lie with the Bank only All Bidders will need to adhere to this

The ownership of the source code and design for the EDMS specific to the Bank and all related application suites interface designs customisations design etc and related Intellectual Property Right (IPR) will lie with the Bank only All Bidders will need to adhere to this

As per RFP

Notwithstanding anything to the contrary no intellectual property rights of any nature shall be transferred from one Party to the other in the course of performing any obligations or otherwise under this agreement For the avoidance of doubt Bidders may use certain tools processes or methodologies of its own in performing the services Ownership of all intellectual property rights and any other rights in these shall vest with Bidder and no rights shall be deemed to have accrued to the Bank

191 Page No 139 and section 830

3 The Bidder during the term of the contract and for a period of two years thereafter shall not without the express written consent of RBI directly or indirectly recruit hire appoint or engage or attempt to recruit hire appoint or engage or discuss employment with or otherwise utilize the services of any person who has been an employee or associate or engaged in any capacity by RBI in rendering services under the contract or Induce any person who shall have been an employee or associate of RBI at any time to terminate his her relationship with RBI

3 The Bidder Either party during the term of the contract and for a period of two years thereafter shall not without the express written consent of the other Party RBI directly or indirectly recruit hire appoint or engage or attempt to recruit hire appoint or engage or discuss employment with or otherwise utilize the services of any person who has been an employee or associate or engaged in any capacity by the other Party RBI in rendering services under the contract or Induce any person who shall have been an employee or associate of the other Party RBI at any time to terminate his her relationship with the other Party RBI

As per RFP

192 Page No 139 and section 830

6 Professionalism The Bidder should provide professional objective and impartial advice at all times and hold the Bankrsquos interests paramount and should observe the highest standard of ethics while executing the assignment

6 Professionalism The Bidder should provide professional objective and impartial advice at all times and hold the Bankrsquos interests paramount and should observe the highest standard of ethics while executing the assignment

As per RFP

8 No legal binding relationship It may be noted that no binding legal relationship will exist between any of the Respondents of this RFP and the Bank until execution of a contractual agreement

8 No legal binding relationship It may be noted that no binding legal relationship will exist between any of the Respondents of this RFP and the Bank until execution of a contractual agreement on mutually agreed terms

193 Page No 126 and section 830

If the responses contain any extraneous conditions put in by the respondents such responses will be disqualified and will not be considered for the selection process

If the responses contain any extraneous conditions put in by the respondents such responses will be disqualified and will not be considered for the selection process

As per RFP

194 General Query EMD Unacceptable EMD forfeiture EMD to be forfeiture for breach of contract- not acceptable

As per RFP

195 Page No144 We hereby declare that all the information and statements made in this Proposal are true and we accept that any misinterpretation contained in it may lead to our disqualification

We hereby declare that all the information and statements made in this Proposal are true to the best of our knowledge and we accept that any intentional misinterpretation contained in it may lead to our disqualification

As per RFP

196 General Query PBG Request PBG to be invoked only for material breaches of terms and conditions

As per RFP

197 Page No229 amp Annexure E

We agree to abide by this Bid Offer for 180 days from the last day of bid submission and our Offer shall remain binding on us and may be accepted by RBI any time before expiry of the offer

We agree to abide by this Bid Offer for 30 180 days from the last day of bid submission and our Offer shall remain binding on us and may be accepted by RBI any time before expiry of the offer

As per RFP

198 Page No249 amp Annexure L

Further to our proposal dated ______________ in response to the Request for Proposal for Implementation of EDMS Application (hereinafter referred to as ldquoRFPrdquo) issued by Reserve Bank of India (ldquoRBIrdquo) we hereby covenant warrant and confirm as follows

Further to our proposal dated ______________ in response to the Request for Proposal for Implementation of EDMS Application (hereinafter referred to as ldquoRFPrdquo) issued by Reserve Bank of India (ldquoRBIrdquo) we hereby covenant warrant and confirm as follows

As per RFP

We hereby agree to comply with all the terms and conditions stipulations as contained in the RFP and the related addendums other documents and if required including the changes made to the original bid documents issued by RBI provided that the only list of deviations has been furnished by us in the relevant Annex

We hereby agree to comply with all the mutually agreed material terms and conditions stipulations as contained in the RFP and the related addendums other documents and if required including the changes made to the original bid documents issued by RBI provided that the only list of deviations has been furnished by us in the relevant Annex

199 Page No240 amp Annexure G

As per RFP The BIDDER undertakes that it has not supplied is not supplying similar product services or sub-services during last one year from the date of issuance of this RFP at a price lower than that offered in the present bid to any other entity If it is found at any stage that similar product services or sub-services was supplied by the BIDDER to any other entity at a lower price then that very price with due allowance for elapsed time will be applicable to the present case and the difference in the cost would be refunded by the BIDDER to the

The BIDDER undertakes that it has not supplied is not supplying similar product services or sub-services during last one year from the date of issuance of this RFP at a price lower than that offered in the present bid to any other entity If it is found at any stage that similar product services or sub-services was supplied by the BIDDER to any other entity at a lower price then that very price with due allowance for elapsed time will be applicable to the present case and the difference in the cost would be refunded by the BIDDER to the BUYER if the contract has already been concluded

BUYER if the contract has already been concluded

200 Page No243 amp Annexure I

We the undersigned as Bidder having examined the complete RFP document (along with its annexes) do hereby offer to produce deliver install support and maintain EDMS Application in full conformity of your requirements as elaborated in above said RFP for the amounts mentioned by us in the Commercial Bid or such other sums as may be agreed to between us

We the undersigned as Bidder having examined the complete RFP document (along with its annexes) do hereby offer to produce deliver install support and maintain EDMS Application in full conformity of your material requirements as elaborated in above said RFP for the amounts mentioned by us in the Commercial Bid or such other sums as may be agreed to between us

As per RFP

We agree to abide by our Offer for a period of 6 months from the date of last day of Bid submission and it shall remain binding on us for acceptance at any time before the expiration of this period

We agree to abide by our Offer for a period of 1 6 months from the date of last day of Bid submission and it shall remain binding on us for acceptance at any time before the expiration of this period

We understand that you are not bound to accept the lowest or any bid you may receive

We understand that you are not bound to accept the lowest or any bid you may receive

We undertake if our Bid is accepted to provide Performance Bank Guarantee and Financial Bank Guarantee as per the prescribed format within the timescales stipulated in the RFP

We undertake if our Bid is accepted to provide Performance Bank Guarantee and Financial Bank Guarantee as per the prescribed format within the timescales stipulated in the RFP after signing of contract on mutually agreed terms and conditions

201 General Query Annexure J Confidentiality and Non-Disclosure Agreement Undertaking

ADD As per RFP Notwithstanding anything to the contrary to the extent the Bidder shares any confidential information with RBI the provisions of this RFP shall apply mutatis mutandis to RBI The obligations of confidentiality for both Parties shall come to an end 3 years from the date of terminationexpiry of the contract to be entered into

202 Page No248 and Annexure K

Annexure K Self Declaration Relatives in RBI

SEEK DELETION OF ANNEXURE As per RFP

203 Page No259 and Annexure P

We agree to abide by this Tender Response for a period of 180 days from the last day of bid submission and it shall remain binding upon us until within this period a formal contract is prepared and executed this Tender Response together with your written acceptance thereof in your notification of award shall constitute a binding contract between us and will initiate the formation of a separate contract in respect of maintenance and support

We agree to abide by this Tender Response for a period of 30 180 days from the last day of bid submission and it shall remain binding upon us until within this period a formal contract is prepared and executed this Tender Response together with your written acceptance thereof in your notification of award shall not constitute a binding contract between us and will initiate the formation of a separate contract in respect of maintenance and support

As per RFP

services after expiry of the warranty period

services after expiry of the warranty period all of which shall be on mutually agreed terms

204 Page No276 amp Annexure U

8 The respondent has not been involved in any legal case that may affect the solvencyexistence of the applicant or in any other way affect the respondentrsquos capability to providecontinue services to RBI if RBI selects the respondent for EDMS

8 The respondent has not been involved in any legal case that may affect the solvencyexistence of the applicant or in any other way materially affect the respondentrsquos capability to providecontinue services to RBI if RBI selects the respondent for EDMS

As per RFP

9 The bidder accepts to follow all the clauses terms and conditions as set in the RFP document

9 The bidder accepts to follow all the clauses terms and conditions as set in the RFP document subject to deviations proposed

205 General Query New clause proposed by Bidder Service Provider undertakes that it is compliant to State minimum wages act at the time of execution of the Agreement and the commercials are accordingly factored In the event there is a change to the State minimum wages act or if the Customer wants the Service Provider to comply to some other minimum wages act including but not limited to Central minimum wages act or the existing minimum wages act is repealed by another act then in such cases Customer will support Service provider with change request for additional cost incurred by Service Provider for complying to new minimum wages Service provider will not ask for Change request for any changes that is within 8 increase year on year from the State minimum wages as on the date of contract sign off

As per RFP

206 General Query New clause proposed by Bidder ldquoIt is agreed that the price quoted is arrived at based on the exchange rate of 1 USD = INR ___ (ldquoBase Exchange Raterdquo) In the event the Base Exchange Rate either increases or decreases by percentage points greater than two per cent [2] the prices shall be charged as per the then current exchange raterdquo

As per RFP

207 General Query New clause proposed by Bidder The risk title and ownership of the products shall be transferred to the customer upon delivery of such products to the customer

As per RFP

208 General Query New clause proposed by Bidder Customer hereby agrees to make the site ready as per the agreed specifications within the agreed timelines Customer agrees that Wipro shall not be in any manner be liable for any delay arising out of Customerrsquos failure to make the site ready within the stipulated period including but not limited to levy of liquidated damages for any delay in performance of Services under the terms of this Agreement In case the SITE is not ready for a continuous period of 30 days milestone payment related to installation will be released to vendor based on the SNR report also if there is any additional warranty cost due to continuous site not readiness for 30 days same will be borne by the customer

As per RFP

209 General Query New clause proposed by Bidder Notwithstanding anything contained herein neither Party shall be liable for any indirect punitive consequential or incidental loss damage claims liabilities charges costs expense or injury (including without limitation loss of use data revenue profits business and for any claims of any third party claiming through Bidder) that may arise out of or result from this Agreement The aggregate liability of Bidder under this Agreement shall not exceed the fees (excluding reimbursements) received by it under this contract during the six months preceding the date of first claim

As per RFP

210 General Query New clause proposed by Bidder Any new levy on account of changes in law shall be to the account of Bank

As per RFP

211 General Query New clause proposed by Bidder Bidderrsquos failure to perform its contractual responsibilities to perform the services or to meet agreed service levels shall be excused if and to the extent Bidder performance is effected delayed or causes non-performance due to Banks omissions or actions whatsoever

As per RFP

212 General Query New clause proposed by Bidder Services andor deliverables shall be deemed to be fully and finally accepted by Bank in the event when Bank has not submitted its acceptance or rejection response in writing to Bidder within 15 days from the date of installationcommissioning or when Bank uses the Deliverable in its business whichever occurs earlier Parties agree that Bidder shall have 15 daysrsquo time to correct in case of any rejection by Bank

As per RFP

213 General Query New clause proposed by Bidder Either party may request a change order (ldquoChange Orderrdquo) in the event of actual or anticipated change(s) to the agreed scope Services Deliverables schedule or any other aspect of the Statement of WorkPurchase Order Bidder will prepare a Change Order reflecting the proposed changes including the impact on the Deliverables schedule and fee In the absence of a signed Change Order Bidder shall not be bound to perform any additional services

As per RFP

214 General Query New clause proposed by Bidder Notwithstanding anything to the contrary either Party shall have the right to terminate this Agreement at any time with cause in the event that the other party commits a material breach of the Agreement and fails to cure such default to the non-defaulting partyrsquos reasonable satisfaction within thirty (30) days

As per RFP

In the event of termination of any nature the Bidder shall be paid for the 1 goods delivered 2 services rendered 3 work in progress 4 unpaid AMCs 5 third party orders in pipeline which cannot be cancelled despite Bidders best efforts 6 unrecovered investments shall be paid by the Bank as per termination schedule till the date of termination

215 General Query New clause proposed by Bidder Notwithstanding anything contained in this RFP

As per RFP

a) Excluding a regulatorystatutory requirement if any nothing in this Agreement shall be construed or interpreted as requiring Bidder to provide to Customer access to or right to inspect examine audit and take copies of any fees price cost or any other financial information or any records or documents relating to the make-up of the Bidderrsquos internal

overhead calculations their relationship to the fees any financial cost model calculation of fees or to the Bidderrsquos profitability or other such financial data

b) All audit barring those required under a regulatory or statutory requirement may be done only on an annual basis and subject to a notice period of 20 days

216 Page No 132 and section 82

Integrity Pact Unacceptable integrity pact Customer to insert new CVC integrity pact that does not contain Fall clause LIBOR provisions etc

As per RFP

217 General Query Annexure A Earnest Money Deposit Unacceptable EMD forfeiture EMD to be forfeiture for breach of contract- not acceptable

As per RFP

218 General Query Annexure C Performance Bank Guarantee

Request PBG to be invoked only for material breaches of terms and conditions

As per RFP

219 General Query Annexure G Integrity Pact SEEK INSERTION OF NEW CVC INTEGRITY PACT WITHOUT LIBOR PROVISIONS AND FALL CLAUSE

As per RFP

220 General Query ADD As per RFP

Annexure J Confidentiality and Non-Disclosure Agreement Undertaking

Notwithstanding anything to the contrary to the extent the Bidder shares any confidential information with RBI the provisions of this RFP shall apply mutatis mutandis to RBI The obligations of confidentiality for both Parties shall come to an end 3 years from the date of terminationexpiry of the contract to be entered into

221 Page No 10 and section 11

Central Office has following 33 departments

EDMS solution is to be implemented for 33 departments is this understanding correct Please mention if there are more departments to be considered in-scope

As per RFP

222 Page No 29 and section 22

The application should facilitate integration with e-mail client (outlook) where selected emails could be Inwarded directly

Integration with Outlook For how many users is this needed Please specify the number of users who would be using this functionality

10000 users| All Users

223 Page No 18 and section 15

Sr No 6 Global common workflow plus seven specific work process Modules which need to be developed at the time of Go-Live

The seven workflow will have integration with what all systems Please specify the details

Integration envisaged for Go-Live - Active Directory Mail Messaging System SAMADHAN IRM DMIS Other integration will be done during continuous development

224 Page No 25 and section 21

User should have privilege to create Inward amp Outward from RBI corporate email inbox (selected emails) with capability to capture both email body and attachment (if any) as a part of the Inward

How many users are going to use Email Integration feature Is it going to be for all the 10000 named users

As per RFP

225 Page No 25 and section 21

The proposed solution needs to be integrated with existing (or any future standard system) of IRM

What is the current IRM system used by RBI

Microsoft IRM

226 Page No 25 and section 21

3 Customization and Integration Would existing IRM system be OpenText IRM or any other product and will sufficient license be available for EDMS users

Microsoft IRM

227 Page No 25 and section 21

4 Web interface ndashInwardOutward Management

Is it expected to expose the same EDMS application to public or integration with RBI website

As per RFP

228 Page No 27 and section 21

Sr No 21The Scanning product should have inbuilt capability to do a full page OCR amp ICR (for both Hindi amp English documents) and also convert the images to searchable forms like Searchable PDF

What is the ratio of English to Hindi documents for OCR amp ICR

Approximately Hindi 33 | English 66

229 Page No 29 and section 22

5 Inward Management Request you to please specify the other email clients

As per RFP

230 Page No 31 section 22

Technical Bid(Functional Requirements)

We understand that all of these functionalities are the application functionalities and the necessary scanning systems and personal required will be facilitated by RBI Please confirm

Yes

231 Page No 31 section 22

Technical Bid(Functional Requirements)

In case Yes for the above Questions than please detail the scope expectation w r t Scan amp upload requirement

Restricted to Application Solution

232 Page No 43 and section 22

147 Reports amp Dashboard Please elaborate further on this point We understand that reports can be generated with stored data without translation Please let us know your understanding

Data stored in Hindi should be displayed in Hindi The report fields should toggle between Hindi and English No translation is envisioned as part of basic deployment

233 Page No 46 and section 22

163 Document Management Rearrange pages in a document or create a new document from a page using drag and drop Please elaborate at what stage this is required

Rearrangement of pages is required to create an abstract out of an existing doc

234 Page No 46 and section 22

The solution offered should be capable of integration with 3rd party software amp internal applications which are in use at RBI

What all internal and 3rd party applications are to be taken in account for integration

Integration envisaged for Go-Live - Active Directory Mail Messaging System SAMADHAN IRM DMIS Other integration will be done during continuous development

235 Page No 46 and section 22

171 Customization and Integration Is there any existing SSO Server available

Shall be shared with successful bidder

236 Page No 46 and section 22

173 Customization and Integration We understand that content replication from DC to DR has to be accomplished by RBI team and bidder can assist in providing the details

Shall be shared with successful bidder

237 Page No 56 and section 23

A separate test environment and development would be provided at the data Centre The Bidder is expected to replicate the DC environment in the DR and in the test environment in all respects

We understand that bidder is expected to set 4 environments - Dev UATTest Production (DC) and DR Is UATTest environment also expected to be exact replicamirror image of Production

Scaled-down version 50 of Production in terms of sizing

238 Page No 56 and section 23

A separate test environment and development would be provided at the data Centre The Bidder is expected to replicate the DC environment in the DR and in the test environment in all respects

Will RBI procure and provide hardware for all environments Should bidder only propose sizing recommendations for all environments

As per RFP

239 Page No 57 and section 23

Security Requirements We understand that all of these functionalities are the application functionalities by virtue of which these security mechanisms have to be part of the bidderrsquos proposition Kindly comment on our understanding

As per RFP

240 Page No 62 and section 23

System should maintain audit logs for all monitoring and events according to RBI policy These audit logs must be secure and stored as per defined retention policy

Request Bank to specify as lot of sizing considerations would depend uponvary basis the RBI policies (3 5 7 10 years)

Shall be shared with successful bidder

241 Page No 64 and section 23

86 Data Migration Would changes means restructuring of folders or something else Please elaborate

To be discussed during System Study

242 Page No 67and section 31

27 Any other areas which the Bank might decide to include in the Scope at the time of implementation of EDMS

Request Bank to enlighten on to this requirement Being subjective Bidder will need more quantifiablegaugeable requirement basis which effort and commercials can be worked out

As per RFP

However we understand the same will be addressed during design phase

Please comment upon our understanding

243 Page No 71 and section 38

Data migration will be the responsibility of the Bidder

Will bidder be allowed to run the migration 24x7 or only during non-peak hours

Shall be discussed with successful bidder

244 Page No 74 and section 310

Bidder should provide training to RBI‟s officials for using and managing the system which will include end user technical and system Administration training as well as DBA level training

What would be the minimum numbers of users to be trained for Admin and for User level trainings respectively

5 batches of 30-40 user each Total training to be provide to around 200 User at Mumbai Pune

245 Page No 76 and section 313

Implementation As per RFP The Banks incident Management system has to be used as ticketing system to handle requests raised by Banks Internal Users during the warranty and AMC period Which ticketing system is RBI using currently

EDMS can leverage existing Incident Management tool Details will be shared with successful bidder

246 Page No 76 and section 313

Extensive on-site support team is required during the first year after ldquoGo-Liverdquo

Are all the resources mentioned for L0 (44) L1 (8) and L2 (2) are to be deployed on-site Can bidder propose onsite-offshore model for post-implementation support

As per RFP

247 Page No 77 and section 313

vi Scanning documents at RBI respective locations if required

We understand that the necessary scanning systems and personnel required will be facilitated by RBI Request to throw more light on the number of locations in this regards Accordingly effort estimation can be done so as to provide the appropriate commercials in this regards

As per RFP

248 Page No 86 and section 319

319 Performance Monitoring amp Tuning solution

Considering the entire project is going to be base out of RBIs data centre request bank to facilitate make model etc of the performance monitoring tool

Bidder has to provide Application level monitoring solution As per Data Centre policy open source performance tool will not be permissible and the solution proposed by bidder should be approved by RBI

249 Page No 86 and section 323

The total number of users presently is expected to be around 10000 with 2000 concurrent users and annual growth of 10 in concurrent users

Out of total 10000 users how many back endadmin users are there who are going to access this system

Less than 500 users

250 Page No 86 and section 324

Sr No 5 The solution offered should be capable of pin codeGPS Location based integration for capturing user address

Is bidder expected to integrate the existing GPS system with EDMS

As per RFP

251 Page No 86 and section 323

323 Vendor would be required to provide Enterprise-wide all-inclusive Perpetual license for all functionalities as per the requirements of the RBI The total number of users presently is expected to be around 10000 with 2000 concurrent users and annual growth of 10 in concurrent users

These users are for determining the hardware sizing but from software licensing point of view all 10000 users can connect concurrently

As per RFP

Please validate

252 Page No 86 and section 323

No extra license fees implementation charges should be charged by the selected bidder for implementing the software in the test environment and at the Disaster Recovery site of RBI or at any other site that may be specified by the Bank

We understand that as project progresses there will be significant volumes and hence there should be no restriction on number of CPUcores and if any it will be responsibility of SI to provide additional licenses at no additional costs to RBI Trust our understanding is correct Please confirm for clarification

Yes As per RFP

253 Page No87 and section 324

6 Vendor is responsible to import application in UAT production environment amp DC ndash DR synchronization etc

We understand that the application is going to be based out of RBIs existing Data Centre visa Navi Mumbai and Nagpur Request Bank to elaborate upon existing DC-DR synchronization technique technology methodology Please provide details version of the same for integration aspects

Shall be shared with successful bidder

254 Page No87 and section 325

325 System amp Security Audit Request RBI to specify number of yearly audits

Shall be shared with successful bidder

255 Page No91 and section 329

4 Complete user manual and system documentation (soft and hard copies) of the proposed solution after the go-live

Request RBI to spell the number of hard copies required

Shall be discussed with successful bidder

256 Page No92 and section 330

3 Vendor is required to give all sorts of support required in case RBI decides to move the implemented EDMS on cloud services or IaaS in future This support will include everything starting from shunting of the running EDMS temporarily to alternate arrangement till all the Hw Sw etc are installed amp made running in the new IaaS or Cloud environment (Logistics Technical Integration support etc)

We understand the same to be captured via change control mechanism change management during the course of the project

As per RFP

257 Page No92 and section 330

5 Business Process Reengineering ndash The vendor shall include the impact of the new system to the operations of Client If applicable the proponent shall recommend changes to the existing processes that would benefit Client

Request Bank to specify a percentage number in this regards accordingly efforts and commercials can be worked out

As per RFP

258 Page No93 and section 43

For each milestone to be marked completed the bidder should ensure that all the acceptance criteria are met and approved by the Bank as mentioned in various applicable sections in the RFP

We understand that the Project acceptance criteria will be formalized mutually during the design phase and agreed upon Please comment upon our understanding

As per RFP

259 42 Additional Software License Costs As per RFP

Page No 94 and section 42

For evaluation purposes costs of the software licenses proposed by the Bidder would be included in the Total Cost of Ownership In case any software license(s) are required to be procured directly from the Original Equipment Manufacturer (OEM) Product Vendor the actual payment to the Bidder will be reduced appropriately to exclude the software license costs quoted in the commercial bid Bidder is requested to add all the Other Software Licensing Cost under the header Any other requirements for the proposed solution on MSTC website

Request Bank to mutually discuss and agree upon section 42 before finalization on the requirement Please comment in this regards

260 Page No122 and Section 76

Overall enterprise wide security including role-based security and authorisation levels operating systemapplication security and logical access controls and anti‐virus management

Is bidder expected to propose anti-virus software as well

Shall be shared with successful bidder

261 Page No 169 amp Annexure D2

Sr No 26 All incoming physical letters has to be scanned and put into the system for further processing

What is the total size or volume of legacy documents to be considered for Scanning through the Capture Solution (dailymonthlyyearly volume)

As per RFP

262 Page No 204 amp Annexure D2

206 The system should also integrated with Ms outlook and other email client

Does RBI require native integration with outlook in which users can access EDMS from outlook interface

As per RFP

Please confirm 263 Page No 211

amp Annexure D3

Sr No 28 The solution should provide for seamless integration of modules as per the business requirements of RBI with necessary interfaces The application should have provision for Integration existingupcoming portalsapplications of different depts eg HR Portal Samadhan Active directory CMS (CEPD) etc other internal workflow application system etc

Do we have to estimate effort for integration with these upcoming applications now or will it be taken at a later stage as a Change Request If now what are these applications based on Please provide what level of integration is required with these applicationssystem

Integration envisaged for Go-Live - Active Directory Mail Messaging Solution SAMADHAN IRM DMIS Other integration will be done during continuous development

264 Page No213 amp Annexure D3

Based on our experience in similar project we feel the concurrent user ratio to named users is less In such application of note approval the concurrence is around 40 of total users

As per RFP

Details of Hardware requirements for the proposed solution for following user base of

Request you to validate this for RBI

i 10000 total user base ii 2000 concurrent users

265 Page No 218 amp Annexure D3

Sr 55 The Implementation of open source technologies should be taken up in compliance with Information Security (IS) policy of the Bank

Would you allow usage of Open Source Tools for Simulation is required to carry out Performance Testing (LoadStress) eg JMeter

Shall be discussed with successful bidder

266 Page No218 amp Annexure D3

The Implementation of open source technologies should be taken up in compliance with Information Security (IS) policy of the Bank

Please throw some light on limitations on usage of open-source tools in context with Information Security (IS) policy of the Bank

Shall be discussed with successful bidder

267 Page No221 amp Annexure D3

Sr No 75 Data Loss Prevention solution should be available with EDMS solution

Is Data Loss Prevention solution to be implemented or does the solution need to have the capability only and its for future use Please confirm

Shall be discussed with successful bidder

268 Page No 226 amp Annexure D6

g Scalability of document volume (30) having average volume of 4million documents per year

What does 30 signify here How much should be the total volume of documents considered that is received and to be ingested in EDMS repository (yearlymonthly)

As per RFP

269 Page No 226 amp Annexure D6

b Response time of maximum 3 seconds

Request RBI to elaborate upon the type of gaugeable reports parameters required to establish the response time

As per RFP

270 Page No 226 amp Annexure D6

b Response time of maximum 3 seconds

Will submitting product performance reports spec sheets suffice or any other artefact is required to substantiate the same Please specify

As per RFP

271 Page No 226 amp Annexure D6

g Scalability of document volume (30) having average volume of 4million documents per year

Request RBI to specify the existing document volume as this is required from sizing perspective to arrive at an optimized commercials

As per RFP

272 Page No 262 amp Annexure Q

Annexure Q We believe RBI will also be providing mobile based access to select employeersquos basis roles We assume the licensing for the same is to be included in this pricing and no additional price will be payable by RBI Mobile app if to be created will be separate project but will connect to EDMS through API at no additional costs to RBI Please clarify

As per RFP

273 Page No 262 amp Annexure Q

Annexure Q Will RBI facilitate the commercial bid format for ease of comparison during the evaluation phase Request to clarify

Commercial bid format can be downloaded from the MSTC e-commerce portal

274 Page No 264 amp Annexure Q

Unit Price Under Unit Price do we have to provide Yearly Price of 1 resource

As per RFP

275 Page No 264 amp Annexure Q

Cost of L0 Resource (21 nos) on 12 X 5 basis for one year at locations given in Annexure T

For 12x5 we would need to deploy 2 resources to support 60 hours shift so do we need to consider price for 2 resources or provide price only for 21 resources and they will be supporting in round-robin manner Please confirm

For Annexure T for line items 31 to 35 Bidders are advised to consider 8 x 5 working hours where requirement of only 1 resource has been mentioned (Ahmedabad has 2 locations so 2 resources are required) For line items 25 to 30 where support hours are mentioned as 12 x 5 and requirement of multiple resources is mentioned resources are expected to work in 8 x 5 shift scheduled in a manner to provide support for 12 x 5 All other conditionsrequirements

mentioned in the table remain unchanged

276 Page No 265 amp Annexure Q

B2 Development Team based at Mumbai Navi Mumbai Composition Tech Lead(1) + Developer (5) + Tester (1)

Composition of Tech Lead(1) + Developer (5) + Tester (1) will not suffice we also need Project Managers Technical Architect UI Expert and Infrastructure Resource can bidder add more rows in commercial format and propose Development Team accordingly

As per RFP

277 Page No 265 Section amp Annexure Q

AMC for the first year after warranty period (should be min 8 of Total onetime cost)

Do we have to include both here - Product AMC from OEM as well as Application Technical Support for only 1 year from bidder

As per RFP

278 Page No 266 amp Annexure Q

(C) Hardware Requirements Do we have to propose hardware sizing and software recommendations for DevUAT Production and DR Environments The table has rows for Production and UAT only can the bidder add more rows to it or is it a fixed format

Hardware sizing and software recommendations are to be proposed for all environments The two rows were for representational purpose More rows can be added in the commercial bid format

279 Page No 212 amp Annexure D3

212 A separate test environment and development would be provided at the data Centre The Bidder is expected to replicate the DC environment in the DR and in the test environment in all respects (11)

1 Will development and test environments be provided by RBI till OS layer and only application deployment is to be done by the bidder

As per RFP

84 Hence bidder is required to take into the consideration the hardware

software etc requirement pertaining to test amp development

2 Please elaborate what is bidders responsibility for development and test environments

280 General Query Retention Management Apart from Retention and Archival are you looking for complete Records Management solution as well with features like Event-based aging Automatic Disposition Litigation Hold etc

Not required at this Stage

281 General Query Back-up Software Do you have the back-up software or does bidder has to propose If available please specify the make and model of the back-up software

Shall be shared with successful bidder

282 General Query Support Team - OampM Do you want bidder to propose Helpdesk toolset up a service desk as well

Not required at this Stage

283 General Query Load Balancer Do you want the bidder to propose the load balancer as well

Not required at this Stage

284 General Query Source Code Control Repository Is Bidder required to absorb the cost for GIT repository for source code or do you have one which bidder can use

Shall be shared with successful bidder

285 General Query Compliance What are the complianceguidelinesIT Security considerations that are critical

As per RFP

286 General Query SSL Certificate Should bidder be provided the SSL certificate or should the bidder absorb the price for SSL certificate Please confirm

Bank Shall provide the SSL certificates

287 General Query Documents Please specify the age of the documents and the condition of paper like ndash colour shine brittleness original

Not required at this Stage

or photocopy glossy paper hard-bind etc etc

288 General Query Scanning Can you kindly provide the of BW and Colour document

Not required at this Stage

289 General Query Legacy Documents For Legacy documents perspective please share details on the below

Not required at this Stage

a) Number of document ingestion per day - b) Average size of document - in KB c) Maximum size of document - in KB d) Storage required - (current DMS storage size)

290 General Query New Documents For New documents perspective please share details on the below

Not required at this Stage

a) Number of document ingestion per day - b) Average size of document - in KB c) Maximum size of document - in KB

291 General Query Scanning For Scanning perspective please share details on the below

Not required at this Stage

a) Percentage of document in tiff format b) Percentage of colour documents c) Average image size in KB d) Percentage of document that would require OCR e) Average number of fields per page

f) Properties per per document 292 General Query Documents What is percentage the Year on Year

growth over 5 years for the number of documents added

As per RFP

293 General Query Documents What is the Average number of document views per day

Not required at this Stage

294 General Query Documents What is the Average number of document searches per day

Not required at this Stage

295 General Query Back-up Policy What is the back-up policy of RBI eg 14 days

Shall be shared with successful bidder

296 General Query Policies What would be the archival policy back up policy log storage policy DR logs policy etc

Shall be shared with successful bidder

297 General Query Testing What parameters are to be monitored during testing (eg response times processing times and CPU loading)

As per RFP

298 General Query Testing What desired values of these parameters are to be considered acceptable during the stress test results

As per RFP

299 General Query DR Drills How many DR drills do you expect in a year

Shall be shared with successful bidder

300 General Query Resources Will RBI allow onsite resources to carry their own laptops or will RBI provide DesktopsWorkstations for onsite resources

Assets will be provided to onsite resources

301 General Query Access Will RBI provide remote accessVPN access for offshore resources

Not required as all resources are deployed onsite

302 General Query

Scanning How much will be the total no of pages to be scanned per day

Not required at this Stage

303 General Query

Documents

How much will be the year on year growth in documents volume

As per RFP

304 General Query

Documents

Please let us know the average approximate document size per document for sizing (in MB)

Not required at this Stage

305 General Query Presentation amp POC of the Solution Could you please elaborate in details the scope for POC

As per RFP

306 General Query SLA Working window As per RFP

307 General Query Non-Functional Requirements Please specify the existing Replication bandwidth between Navi Mumbai DC and Nagpur DR

Bidder has to propose the required bandwidth which will be provided procured by Data Centre

308 General Query Non-Functional Requirements We understand that the bidder is required to provide the Bandwidth augmentation sizing required for this project and accordingly the same will be provisioned by RBI Please confirm upon our understanding

Bidder has to propose the required bandwidth which will be provided procured by Data Centre

309 Page No71 amp Section No38

Data Migration What is the formats of Documents stored inside current DMS

Shall be shared with successful bidder

310

Page No71 amp Section No38

Data Migration How indexmetadata is managed in current DMS System What is the total count of

Shall be shared with successful bidder

indexes present in current DMS 311 Page No71 amp

Section No38 Data Migration what is the database and version used

in current DMS System As per RFP

312

Page No71 amp Section No38

Data Migration We need more details about current DMS System -Product nameVersionECM

Shall be shared with successful bidder

Compliant or notWhat type of documents are stored in SystemHow documents are classified in System

313

Page No18 amp Section No21

High Level Critical Requirements Can you Please enlist total count of Global workflows

As per RFP

314

Page No86 amp Section No321

Hardware Requirements Can you elaborate more on this point As per RFP Standard Enviornments which will be provided by SI are DEV UAT PROD and DR Also Development Environment will be on premise or offshore

315 Page No52 amp Section No23

Back-up Will Backup be taken care by RBI Yes

316 Page No81 amp Section No317

Security Requirements What will be the frequency of DR Drills Can you specify values for RPO and RTO

Shall be shared with successful bidder

317 Page No213 amp Annexure D3

Hardware Requirements Database tier needs to be deployed on Intel Xeon or Mainframe

RBI will conduct VAPT SI needs to provide gaps resolution

318 Page No221 amp Annexure D4

Maintenance amp Support Can we get details about which IRM solution will be provided by RBI for integration purpose

Scaled-down version 50 of Production in terms of sizing

319 Page No63 amp Section No23

Functional Requirements Will RBI provide DLP solution Shall be shared with successful bidder

320 Page No63 amp Section No23

Non-Functional Requirements is SI expected to conduct VAPT or RBI will be conducting the same

RBI will conduct VAPT SI needs to provide gaps resolution

321 Page No267 amp Annexure Q

Hardware Requirements Is UAT sizing expected to be 100 of Production sizing

Scaled-down version 50 of Production in terms of sizing

322

Page No27 amp Section No21

High Level Critical Requirements Hindi OCR amp ICR may be a challenge However Hindi metadata can be captured and searched Can OCR and ICR be restricted to English only

As per RFP

323 Page No27 amp Section No21

Storage For sizing Storage can you share average size of the digitized document

As per RFP

324 Page No93 amp Section No41

Licences Can Licenses cost be paid up-front within 30 days from the date of Invoice

As per RFP

325 Page No95 amp Section No44

AMC Pay-Outs Can AMC be payable yearly in Advance instead of at the end of the every year

As per RFP

32 Page No 114 and Section 66

Commercial Bid Evaluation In case existing software if any needs to be utilised for the project RBI will get authorization from the OEM of the said software to be used for EDMS project as well The same software should be in support from the OEM

As per RFP

33 Page No 93 and Section 41

Software Cost Please release 100 of the License Cost indicated in Item 1A of Annexure Q immediately on delivery

As per RFP

34 Page No 95 and Section 44

AMC Pay-outs May we request to release the AMC payment for license at the time of delivery means at the beginning of the AMC year

As per RFP

35 Page No 95 and Section 45

FMS May we request to release the annual amount payable towards FMS and Development Team at the end of each quarter means quarterly payment

Please refer Corrigendum dated 7th October 2019

36 Page No 93 and Section 41

Software Cost May we request to release 10 of Implementation cost on BRDSRS submission to bank

As per RFP

37 Page No 86 and Section 324

GPS This requirement is subject to bank having an MADP platform and current RBI website capabilities DMS shall provide all necessary web services for integration but will be dependent on website team for MADP and UI

As per RFP

38 Page No 76 and Section 311

In case of the Go-Live delays by the Bidder the financial Penalty as per the Banks discretion will be imposed on the Bidder at 5 of the total contract value per month of delay to the maximum of 10 of the total contract value as per the agreement between the Bank and the successful Bidder

We request that delay penalty be applicable on the implementation value and not on total contract value

As per RFP

39 Page No 78 and Section 313

If any defect in the Solution is not rectified by the Bidder before the end of the Warranty Period the Warranty Period shall be extended until

We submit that warranty cannot be extended as it is provided by OEM However product will be supported through the warranty and AMCATS support period

As per RFP

(a) the defect has been corrected and (b) the Solution functions in accordance with the Contract

40 Page No 124 and Section 711

The Bank will reserve the right to terminate the services of the successful Bidder at any point of the Project (during the implementation phase and post go-live) without assigning any reasons In such cases the Bank may consider making payment commensurate with the last completed phase

We understand that a notice period of 90 days will be provided prior to invocation of this termination for convenience in order for the bidder to wind-up the project and re-allocate resources and terminate back-end contracts

As per RFP

We understand that in event of such termination for convenience customer will pay for all products and services delivered till the effective date of termination We understand that in event of such termination for convenience customer will also pay for the annual AMCATS charge for the relevant year as the vendor would have paid AMCATS charges of OEM in advance for the relevant year

41 Page No 129 and Section 85

RBI reserves the right to cancel the contract of the selected Bidder and recover expenditure incurred by RBI if the progress regarding execution of the contract made by the selected Bidder is found to be unsatisfactory for any reason

We understand that a written notice with a reasonable cure period will be provided prior to contract cancellationtermination

As per RFP

42 Page No 130 and Section 87

87 Without prejudice to the other rights of the Purchaser under the Contract in the matter the proceeds of the performance security shall be payable to RBI as compensation for any loss resulting from the Bidderrsquos failure to complete its obligations under the Contract

We understand that a written notice with a reasonable cure period will be provided prior to invocation of the performance security

As per RFP

43 Page No 130 and Section 88

88 Without prejudice to the other rights of the Purchaser under the Contract in the matter the proceeds of the performance security shall be payable to RBI as compensation for any loss resulting from the Bidderrsquos failure to complete its obligations under the Contract

We understand that a written notice with a reasonable cure period will be provided prior to invocation of the performance security

As per RFP

44 Page No 132 and Section 813

The Bidder agrees that the Bank has no limit on the additions or deletions on the items for the period of the contract

We understand that the technical and commercial impact of additionsdeletions to the mutually agreed scope will be agreed through change requestamendment process

As per RFP

45 Page No240 and Annexure G

The BIDDER undertakes that it has not supplied is not supplying similar product services or sub-services during last one year from the date of issuance of this RFP at a price lower than that offered in the present bid to any other entity If it is found at any stage that similar product services or sub-services was supplied by the BIDDER to any other entity at a lower price then that very price with due allowance for elapsed time will be applicable to the present case and the difference in the cost would be refunded by the BIDDER to the BUYER if the contract has already been concluded

We submit that there is no time period reference provided for this confirmation We understand that this compliance will be checked for the bid-evaluation period

As per RFP

46 Page No240 and Annexure G

The BIDDER undertakes that it has not supplied is not supplying similar product services or sub-services during last one year from the date of issuance of this RFP at a price lower than that offered in the present bid to any other entity If it is found at any stage that similar product services or sub-services was supplied by the BIDDER to any other entity at a lower price then that very price with due allowance for elapsed time will be applicable to the present case and the difference in the cost would be refunded by the BIDDER to the BUYER if the contract has already been concluded

We propose replacement of similar productservices or sub-services with identical solution We propose replacement of refunded by the BIDDER to the BUYER with applied to future procurement

As per RFP

47 General Query Liability We noticed that there is no aggregate liability language on bidder liability We propose that the aggregate liability of the bidder will not exceed the TCV of the project

Shall be discussed with successful bidder

48 General Query Agreement We noticed that there is no language on disclaimer of liability of either party for indirect and consequential claims We propose that neither party will be liable for indirect or consequential claims and damages lost profits or lost revenue in relation with the project

Shall be discussed with successful bidder

49 Page No 262 and Annexure Q Section A

Section A - A1 Bidder requests clarification as to whether this is line item cost is related to digitization of old records if so the same shall be removed from A1 and moved to A2 or a separate section to be created in the Commercial Bid Format as this cost needs to be paid on actual documents Scanned

Bidder is expected to provide the License cost for the Scanning Imaging solution against this line item

Scanning Imaging

50 Page No 264 and Annexure Q Section B

Section B Bidder submits that the Unit Price column shall be removed and total cost for the resources to be allowed to be quoted for each year separately

As per RFP

NPV calculation will be done considering 5 escalation rate and 8 discounted rate only for TCO purpose

We also request to remove the reference of 5 escalation rate and allow us to quote for the actual inflation by each bidder separately to allow the bidders to provide maximum benefit to RBI for the NPV

As the commercial format allows to quote separate values for each year the Indexation references is no longer relevant and the payment for the later years can be made at the mentioned prices

51 Page No 265 and Annexure Q Section B3

Section B3 Bidder submits that the minimum of 8 for AMC shall be changed to Sub-Total A1 excluding the ScanningImaging as the AMC should typically include on the product cost

As per RFP

AMC for the first year after warranty period (should be min 8 of Total onetime cost)

We further request clarity whether the AMC is for 3 years or 4 years as the template indicates Year 3 to Year 7 which is 4 years while the Note below the table mentions it for 3 years please clarify we further request that this note mentioned in the adjacent column shall be removed as the commercial template is modified to allow bidders to quote for each year separately

Below rates are mentioned for first year Actual payment for subsequent years as applicable will be done on applying the indexation formulae

middot Cost of L1 and L2 for the subsequent period of 6 years

middot Development Team Cost for the subsequent period of 6 years

middot AMC for the subsequent period of 3 years

52 Page No 267 and Annexure Q Section D

Section D Bidder submits that the Rates for the Resources both the Support resources and the Development Resources is available in the Section B Table the rate for any additional resources can be used from the same table hence request removal of the additional table

As per RFP Marginal Resource Cost

53 Page No 93 and Section 41

41 Software Cost Bidder submits that the heading of the section is an error as the payment terms are related to services and not Software cost we also request the following modifications to the payment terms

As per RFP

1 Completion of process and system study Design and Build and Deployment in UAT - 15 of Implementation Cost specified at Item 1B of Annexure Q

2 Data Migration Completion of User Acceptance Testing Creation of training content Train the Trainer and customer education content - 20 of Implementation Cost specified at Item 1B of Annexure Q

41 Software Cost

3 Complete Implementation and ldquoProduction Go-liverdquo of the project - 25 of Implementation Cost specified at Item 1B of Annexure Q

1 Completion of process and system study Design and Build and Deployment in UAT - 15 of Implementation Cost specified at Item 1B of Annexure Q

4 Receipt of Completion Certificate from the Bank (post 90 days of achieving production Go-Live) - 30 of Implementation Cost specified at Item 1B of Annexure Q

2 Data Migration Completion of User Acceptance Testing Creation of training content Train the Trainer and customer education content - 30 of Implementation Cost specified at Item 1B of Annexure Q

5 Amount payable during the warranty period - On completion of warranty period of three years The Financial Bank guarantee shall be valid for 7 years - 10 of Implementation Cost specified at Item 1B of Annexure Q

3 Complete Implementation and ldquoProduction Go-liverdquo of the project - 35 of Implementation Cost specified at Item 1B of Annexure Q

4 Receipt of Completion Certificate from the Bank (post 90 days of achieving production Go-Live) - 10 of Implementation Cost specified at Item 1B of Annexure Q

5 Amount payable during the warranty period - In equal quarterly instalments during warranty period of three years The Financial Bank guarantee shall be valid for 7 years - 10 of Implementation Cost specified at Item 1B of Annexure Q

We also request deletion of Indexation

section as separate costs will be quoted for each year as per the Annexure Q

54 Page No 94 amp 95 and Section 43 amp 44

43 Warranty pay-outs Bidder submits that the pay-outs for Warranty and AMC shall be made quarterly in arrears which is the industry standard practice for these payments

As per RFP 44 AMC pay-outs

55 46 Other Payment terms

Page No 95 and Section 46

3 Any objectiondispute to the amounts invoiced in the bill shall be raised by RBI within reasonable time from the date of receipt of the invoice Upon settlement of disputes with respect to any disputed invoice(s) the Bank will make payment within thirty (30) working days of the settlement of such disputes

Bidder submits that the payments for the invoices shall be made within 30 days from the receipt of the invoice any objectiondispute to the amounts invoiced shall be made within 25 days from the date of receipt of the invoice

Shall be discussed with successful bidder

4 The fees payable by the Bank to Bidder shall be inclusive of all costs such as insurance taxes (GST as per the rates applicable) transportation installation that may be levied imposed charged or incurred and RBI shall pay the fees due under this RFP and subsequent agreement after deducting any tax deductible at source (ldquoTDSrdquo) as applicable The Bidder will need to provide the details for the tax rates as considered in the pricing This will be used for subsequent tax changes RBI shall pay each undisputed invoice raised in accordance with this RFP and subsequent agreement within thirty (30) working days after its receipt unless otherwise mutually agreed in writing provided that such invoice is dated after such fees have become due and payable under this RFP and subsequent agreement

56 45 Other Payment terms As per RFP

Page No 96 and Section 46

8 The Bidders should note that the contract entered with the successful Bidder will be for implementation and post go‐live period of 7 years (3 years‟ warranty amp 4 years AMC amp FMS support) extendable at the Banks discretion The Bank will have the right in its sole discretion to renegotiate the prices terms and conditions

Bidder understand that the right of Bank to negotiate the prices terms and conditions is in the event of extension beyond the period of current contract (implementation and post go‐live period of 7 years (3 years‟ warranty amp 4 years AMC amp FMS support) and not during the current contract period please confirm

57 Page No 100 and Section 56

56 Penalties Bidder submits that the Penalty for Rollout delays shall be 1 of the delayed components cost of the One-time cost (Section A - Annexure Q) per week subject to a maximum of 10 of the delayed components cost of the One-time cost

As per RFP

The successful Bidder is expected to complete the responsibilities that have been assigned as per the specified time frame In case of the Rollout delays by the Bidder the financial Penalty as per the Banks discretion will be imposed on the Bidder at 5 of the total contract value per month of delay to the maximum of 10 of the total contract value as per the agreement between the Bank and the successful Bidder

Business Utility and Business Downtime would be the key considerations for determining the ldquoPenaltiesrdquo that would be levied on the Bidder for ldquoNon‐Adherencerdquo to the SLA for the Services offered The inability of the Bidder to provide the requirements as per the scope or to meet the deadlines as specified would be treated as breach of contract and invoke the Penalty Clause The maximum limit on the penalties during the period of contract shall be 10 of the total contract value The applicable ldquoPenaltiesrdquo would be the same irrespective of the root causes

In case of Non-Adherence to the SLA the maximum penalty shall be limited to 10 of the Quarterly Invoice value for the respective quarters

58 Page No 124 and Section 711

711 Duration and Condition of Engagement

Bidder submits that in case of termination of the contract without assigning any reason the Bank shall allow the Bidder a notice of 90 days for ramp-down of the resources etc We further submit that in case of termination with or without reason Bidder shall be paid for the completed deliverables as per the commercials quoted

As per RFP

2 The Bank will reserve the right to terminate the services of the successful Bidder at any point of the Project (during the implementation phase and post go-live) without assigning any reasons In such cases the Bank may consider making payment commensurate with the last completed phase

59 87 Performance Bank Guarantee As per RFP

Page No 130 and Section 87

The successful Bidder shall at his own expense deposit with The Chief General Manager-in-Charge Department of Information Technology Reserve Bank of India Mumbai within thirty (30) days from the final result of the bidding process and declaration of the successful Bidder a Performance Bank Guarantee from a scheduled commercial bank payable on demand in terms of Annexure C for an amount equivalent to ten percent (10) of the contract price for the due performance and fulfilment of the contract by the Bidder Without prejudice to the other rights of the Purchaser under the Contract in the matter the proceeds of the performance security shall be payable to RBI as compensation for any loss resulting from the Bidders failure to complete its obligations under the Contract RBI shall notify the Bidder in writing of the invocation of its right to receive such compensation indicating the contractual obligation(s) for which the Bidder is in default The Performance Bank Guarantee shall be denominated in INR and shall be in the form of bank guarantee unless another form is specified by RBI After Go Live Performance Bank Guarantee will be returned back to bidder on submission of Financial Bank Guarantee which shall be submitted by the Bidder within

Bidder submits that the Performance Bank Guarantee shall be for a value of 10 of the One-time cost as this is to ensure proper execution of the roll out

90 days of Go-Live Non-submission of Performance Guarantee shall constitute sufficient grounds among others if any for the annulment of the award of the tender

60 88 Financial Bank Guarantee As per RFP

Page No 130 and 131 amp Section 88

The successful Bidder shall at his own expense deposit with The Chief General Manager-In-Charge Department of Information Technology Reserve Bank of India Mumbai within Ninety (90) days of Go-Live of application before the issuance of Certificate of Completion a Bank Guarantee from a scheduled commercial bank payable on demand in terms of Annexure O for an amount equivalent to ten percent (10) of the contract price as mentioned in Annexure Q of Commercial Bid submitted by the bidder for the due performance and fulfilment of the contract by the Bidder during the warranty and AMC period of 7 years After Go Live Performance Bank Guarantee will be returned back to bidder on submission of Financial Bank Guarantee Without prejudice to the other rights of the Purchaser under the Contract in the matter the proceeds of the performance security shall be payable to RBI as compensation for any loss resulting from the Bidders failure to complete its obligations under the Contract RBI shall notify the Bidder in writing of the invocation of its right to receive such compensation indicating the contractual obligation(s) for which the Bidder is in default The Financial Bank Guarantee shall be valid till the

Bidder submits that the Financial Bank Guarantee shall be for a value of 10 of the Average Annual Support Cost (Section B of Annexure Q)

end of AMC denominated in INR and shall be in the form of bank guarantee unless another form is specified by RBI Non-submission of Financial Guarantee shall constitute sufficient grounds among others if any for the annulment of the award of the tender

61 Page No 240 and Annexure G point 7

Integrity Pact Bidder requests to modify the clause as follows

As per RFP

7 Fall Clause The BIDDER undertakes that it has not supplied is not supplying identical solution similar product services or sub-services during last one year from the date of issuance of this RFP at a price lower than that offered in the present bid to any other entity If it is found at any stage that identical solution similar product services or sub-services was supplied by the BIDDER to any other entity at a lower price then that very price with due allowance for elapsed time will be applicable to the present case and the difference in the cost would be refunded by the BIDDER to the BUYER if the contract has already been concluded

The BIDDER undertakes that it has not supplied is not supplying similar product services or sub-services during last one year from the date of issuance of this RFP at a price lower than that offered in the present bid to any other entity If it is found at any stage that similar product services or sub-services was supplied by the BIDDER to any other entity at a lower price then that very price with due allowance for elapsed time will be applicable to the present case and the difference in the cost would be refunded by the BIDDER to the BUYER if the contract has already been concluded

62 Page No 25 and Section 21

5 Inward Management - When a postal mailphysical letter is Inwarded directly the System should capture the details of the incoming physical letter viz from address subject language etc Data like subject should be auto-filled but should be editable The application should support generation of Suo Moto note which is an Inward generated without any incoming letteremail

Bidders request to share the meaning for Auto-filled in case of manual scanning

Shall be discussed during System Study

63 Page No 27 and Section 21

17 Outward Management - Approval of the Outward should be done by the User at least one level higher in the hierarchy (N+1) as per the AD than the User who created the Outward Admins should be able to configure exceptions to this rule for users at senior management level as decided by the concerned departments of the Bank

Bidder request to clarify if the implemented AD has the hierarchy defined to handle the workflow scenarios

Hierarchy shall be defined

64 Page No 27 and Section 21

21 Scan amp Upload - The Scanning product should have inbuilt capability to do a full page OCR amp ICR (for both Hindi amp English documents) and also convert the images to searchable forms like Searchable PDF

ICR will be helpful for Incurable colour dropout user form Since all documents are office papers it may not be useful so bidder request to remove the ICR component

As per RFP

65 Page No 32 and Section 22

42 OCR amp ICR - By using ICR technology any handwritten text should be converted into word text searchable PDF format or word document format with high accuracy

Bidder understands that ICR used for a handwritten document has max accuracy may not be more than 70 as per industry standards Request Bank to remove ICR technology only for structured format only

As per RFP

66 Page No 66 and Section 31

The hardware system software application software should be compatible with Data Centre policy network architecture etc already established in the Bank

Bidders request to share the Data Centre Policy and network Architecture

Shall be discussed with successful bidder

67 Page No 67 and Section 31

18 Though the system should be used prospectively for the workflow it should have the capability to capture and integrate the paper based as well as electronic records created so far in the Bank

Capability to have reference point of hard copy reference numbers

Shall be discussed during System Study

68 Page No 67 and Section 31

21 The system as well as the workflow carried out in the system should be fully auditable

Request to confirm if bidder needs to recommend sizing for fully auditable data store

Yes

69 Page No 71 and Section 38

Data migration will be the responsibility of the Bidder All necessary tools queries required for extraction transformation and migration must be provided by the Bidder It is the Bidders responsibility to ensure accuracy integrity and completeness of the data migration from legacy DMIS application to new EDMS application

Request to confirm if bidder needs produce data migration report with column by column comparison report for reconciliation

As per RFP

70 Page No 71 and Section 38

1 Data Migration is broadly divided into following three major sub-components iii Data migration audit and certification on the accuracy of data porting from the DMIS system to EDMS

Request to confirm if bidder needs produce data migration report with column by column comparison report for reconciliation

As per RFP

71 Page No 72 and Section 38

6 The Bidder is expected to provide an archival solution within the proposed application for the historical data The necessary configuration and implementation of the archival solution shall be the responsibility of the Bidder

Bidder wants to know what is the archival policy for RBI Is it seven years or more

Shall be discussed with successful bidder

72 Page No 73 and Section 38

12 RBI reserves the right to data migration by respective stakeholders of proposed solution and any gaps discrepancies found during the functions of application are to be rectified by the Bidder

Bidder wants to know if the data migration is other than DMIS system

As per RFP

73 Page No 73 and Section 38

16 The Bidder is required to certify completeness and accuracy of migrated data transaction history and balances at each data migration instance

Bidder requests Bank to confirm if bidder needs to produce data migration report with column by column comparison report for reconciliation

As per RFP

74 Page No 81 and Section 317

1 The solution deployed by Bidder should conform to Recovery Time Objective (RTO) and Recovery Point objective (RPO) defined by Bank

Bidder request to know for replication of data from DC-DR there will be a requirement of Replication software requirement Will this be provided by bank What is the replication software

Will be part of BCP and DR policy to be shared later with the successful bidder

2 Bidder should make sure that DR and DR drill is performed in alignment with Banks existing processes 3 The Bidder has to participate in DR drills as and when conducted by the Bank 4 During DR drills the vendor has to provide support at DR site for the activities related to the proposed solution 5 The Bidder is responsible for keeping the proposed solution and Database in sync in DC and DR 6 In case of any DR situation the Bidder has to shift application to DR site after Intimation to Bank 7 The bidder has to prepare a Business Continuity Plan and have it approved by the Bank

75 Page No 81 and Section 317

2 Bidder should make sure that DR and DR drill is performed in alignment with Banks existing processes

Bidder request to know if the DR automation tool will this be provided by bank What is the DR automation tool bank use

Will be part of BCP and DR policy to be shared later with the successful bidder

3 The Bidder has to participate in DR drills as and when conducted by the Bank

4 During DR drills the vendor has to provide support at DR site for the activities related to the proposed solution 6 In case of any DR situation the Bidder has to shift application to DR site after Intimation to Bank 7 The bidder has to prepare a Business Continuity Plan and have it approved by the Bank

76 Page No 84 and Section 319

The vendors shall guarantee that with the proposed configurationspecifications the required system application response times as indicated below shall be complied with keeping in view that up to 2000 concurrent users would be connected to the system The required response time and performance standards shall be maintained throughout the contract period Bidder is expected to carry performance testing and share the result with the Bank throughout the contract period In case the implemented solutions do not meet the required response time or in the event of performance degradation that shall require upgradesaugmentation in the softwarehardware the corresponding cost shall be borne by the solution provider

Application SLA As per RFP

77 Page No 85 and Section 321

The Bank will provide following hosting environment to the application

Request Bank to ensure Bidder is not underquoting hardware requirement Also support cost for hardware OS DB etc are not considered in the price Bidder assumes that the cost for the same will be added by RBI with hardware cost

As per RFP

78 Page No 92 and Section 330

3 Vendor is required to give all sorts of support required in case RBI decides to move the implemented EDMS on cloud services or IaaS in future This support will include everything starting from shunting of the running EDMS temporarily to alternate arrangement till all the Hw Sw etc are installed amp made running in the new IaaS or Cloud environment (Logistics Technical Integration support etc)

Bidder requests to add the cloud migration support cost as part of commercial template

As per RFP

4 The vendor must also include a detailed resource plan that describes the Project Management and identify Implementation Teams‟ composition It shall define the roles and responsibilities of each member and the number of person-days that will be required of each member 5 Business Process Reengineering ndash The vendor shall include the impact of the new system to the operations of Client If applicable the proponent shall recommend changes to the existing processes that would benefit Client

79 Page No 95 and Section 44

AMC pay-outs Bidder requests Bank to make the payments to be done quarterly arrears

As per RFP

80 Page No 84 and Section 319

CPU Utilization lt60 Bidder request to definition of 60 Is it average utilisation of 10 working hours

As per RFP

81 Page No 274 and Annexure T

Resource table 32333435 says 12x5 hours but defined as 1 resource

For 12 x 5 working hours only 1 resource has been defined As per working hours one resource cannot work for 12 hrs Request Bank to add 1 more resource for the working hours or change the working hours for 1 resource only

For Annexure T for line items 31 to 35 Bidders are advised to consider 8 x 5 working hours where requirement of only 1 resource has been mentioned (Ahmedabad has 2 locations so 2 resources are required) For line items 25 to 30 where support hours are mentioned as 12 x 5 and requirement of multiple resources is mentioned resources are expected to work in 8 x 5 shift scheduled in a manner to provide support for 12 x 5 All other conditionsrequirements mentioned in the table remain unchanged

82 Page No 84 and Section 320

General Bidder requests Bank to normalise the CPU to x86 based system some bidder may propose proprietary CPU which may lead to ambiguity

As per RFP

83 Page No 7 and Section 1

Introduction The Bank desires to implement Electronic Document Management System (EDMS) across all the locations (Pan India) and all the departments regional offices and training establishments of the Bank- As per our understanding this pertains to multi-sites and multi-instances deployment of EDMS solution Kindly confirm and specify the number of sites for deployment

As per RFP

84 Page No 25 and Section 21

High Level Critical Requirements Does this involve any external users outside of RBIother banks

As per RFP

Also elaborate on the Push-Pull mechanism mentioned and frequency of Push-Pull mechanism mentioned in the RFP

85 Page No 30 and Section 22

Technical Bid(Functional Requirements)

The System should be able to accept input in Rajbhasha and preferably in other regional languages - As per our understanding input in English and Hindi should meet the business requirement If not kindly elaborate on the languages expected

As per RFP

86 Page No 44 and Section 22

Edit files within native applications without downloading first

We understand that different softwares have different proprietary formats which may not be accessible for editing apart from these specific softwares We suggest to edit these files in their native softwares to maintain document quality We would request you to please specify these file formats

As per RFP

87 Page No 50 and Section 22

Application should have capability to allow end users in public domain to create user id and upload documents for inwards created

Please suggest if this involves any external users outside of RBIOther banks

As per RFP

88 Page No 51 and Section 22

Technical Bid(Functional Requirements)

Does this involve any external users outside of RBIother banks

As per RFP

89 Page No 53 and Section 23

Technical Bid(Non-Functional Requirements)

Navigation speed would be majorly dependent on networkbandwidth made available so that accordingly pages can be loaded

As per RFP

90 Page No 54 and Section 23

Technical Bid(Non-Functional Requirements)

Will the Bank provide Data Centre policy details or will it be discussed and agreed mutually between two parties post bidder selection

Shall be discussed with successful bidder

91 Page No 87 and Section 324

The EDMS application is required to be compatible to integrate with API applications like REST SOAP or any other based API applications

What are the third party applications needs to be integrated apart from those mentioned here

Integration envisaged for Go-Live - Active Directory Mail Messaging System SAMADHAN IRM and DMIS Other integration will be done during continuous development

92 Page No 100 and Section 53

Scope of Work Kindly convert the hours mentioned in TTR section into business hours

As per RFP

93 Page No 197 and Annexure D2

Functional Requirements Since this is a generic statement and no details can be finale present for customisations involved against this point

As per RFP

94 Page No 199 and Annexure D2

Functional Requirements Please elaborate Also there should not be any scores since preferred style or standard is not mentioned

As per RFP

95 Page No 207 and Annexure D3

Non-Functional Requirements Please elaborate what is user access level parameterised through admin level here

As per RFP

96 Page No 209 and Annexure D3

Non-Functional Requirements Please explain what does parameterisation mean and include here

As per RFP

97 Page No 226 and Annexure D6

Approach Paper Please clarify if scalability of document volume 30 is year on year increase and also we will consider 4 mn documents for initial year for calculating storage requirements Please check if our understanding is correct Also provide no of pages per document and size of each document etc

As per RFP

98 General Query Training Section Kindly share the number of the RBI team members to whom the training will be imparted

5 batches of 30-40 user each Total training to be provide to around 200 User at Mumbai Pune

99 General Query Customization and Integration As per our understanding the Integration with the third party applications is for image enablement and doc uploaddownload

As per RFP

100 General Query Technical Bid(Functional Requirements)

For the Workflow automation requirement can we get a sample process for each of the workflow described to understand the complexity of the process

Shall be discussed during System Study

101 General Query Technical Solution amp Training Please suggest the volume of documents involved for extraction scope

As per RFP

102 General Query Presentation amp POC of the Solution As per our understanding scope of POC in the RFP is the same as explained through the scenarios in EOI Please confirm

As per RFP

103 Page No 226 and Annexure D6

Functional Requirements Rearrange pages in a document or create a new document from a page using drag and drop This functionality is a part of specialized document creating softwares and not document management system Hence we request you to kindly drop this point

As per RFP

104 General Query

Functional Requirements What is the current ticketing tool being used by the bank

S-MAX

105 Page No 113 and Section 645

Implementation Experience Implementation Experience Table - Are there any scores that are assigned with parameters - No of projects Total Users Concurrent Users Volume of documents

As per RFP

106 Page No 256 and Annexure D5

NA What is the difference between D4 and D5 Both appear same in terms of format and information requested

D4 will be signed by the bidder D5 will be signed by bidders previousexisting clients where

DMS with workflow solution was implemented in past

107 Page No 224 and Annexure D4

Annexure D4 Technical Bid (Implementation Experience)

There is no minimum count mentioned for DMS with workflow automation Project Implementation Experience Two project credentials (PO or client letter) would be sufficient

As per RFP

108 Page No 81 and Section 318

Continuous Development What are the number of resources that the bank expects to be a part of Continuous Development

As per RFP

109 Page No 92 and Section 330

Scope of Work Since the amount of support and scope of work for cloud services is not very clear at this stage we recommend to keep this component out of commercial bid and take it on Time and Material need basis

As per RFP

110 Page No 106 and Section 63

Presentation amp POC of the Solution It is assumed that the POC requested in the RFP is the same as per the EOI and is based on the same use cases that were a part of the EOI process Please clarify

As per RFP

111 Page No 25 and Section 21

The solution should also be capable of integration with native office 365 and

Please name what are industry standard open office tools Please provide detail of existing IRM system

Microsoft IRM

industry standard open office tools The proposed solution needs to be integrated with existing (or any future standard system) of IRM

112 Page No 25 and Section 21

InwardOutward Management Flow of data from Web Interface to EDMS and vice versa should happen in batches and support push pull mechanism

Proposed system will provided web services for CRUD operation Same services will be consumed by external system for Inward management Also

Shall be discussed during SRS

Frequency of push pull should be configurable

proposed system will consume web service provided by external systems for Outward service Any change these external system will be out of scope Please confirm if our understanding is correct

113 Page No 27 and Section 21

The Scanning product should have inbuilt capability to do a full page OCR amp ICR (for both Hindi amp English documents) and also convert the images to searchable forms like Searchable PDF

Accuracy of capturing Hand written information in during OCRICR is totally depends on input and must be out of scope Please confirm if our understanding is correct

Accuracy of OCR for Machine Readable documents should be 100 and search should be faster amp accurate and it is in scope whereas the accuracy for ICR for hand written documents may be varied but is in scope

114 Page No 27 and Section 21

The System should be able to search in English Hindi amp combination of both System must provide the ability to search from bi-lingual content sources Reports should be in Hindi and English

Language conversion from English to Hindi and vice versa is not in scope Information saved in English language can be search in English Same way information saved in Hindi language will be searched in Hindi only Please confirm if our understanding is correct

Yes

115 Page No 34 and Section 22

Scanned file naming convention and folder structure to be used to store the scanned files and would be as per the

File name will be in English only Please confirm if our understanding is correct

Application should support Bilingual file names

policies defined by RBI for file naming conventions in bilingual language (Rajbhasha(Hindi) English)

116 Page no 58 amp Section 23

Compatible DevOps for version control in Test and Production environment

Please elaborate the requirement for Compatible DevOps for version control

Shall be discussed with successful bidder

117 The RBI reserves the right to conduct Yes

Page no 59 amp Section 23

further security testing of the system by either RBI personnel or another party Any gaps identified during this testing should be fixed by bidder at their own cost

STQC and VAPT will be in RBI scope SI will responsible for closing the GAP identified Please confirm if our understanding is correct

118 Page no 60 amp Section 23

The uniform user management policy envisaged by RBI in which single-sign-on concept for a user should be implemented

Please share existing Single-sign-on solution being used in RBI

Shall be shared with successful bidder

119 Page no 71 amp Section 38

ensure accuracy integrity and completeness of the data migration from legacy DMIS application to new EDMS application

Please provide below details Shall be discussed during System Study 1Which DB is being used(expr

OracleMSSQL etc) 2 Is DMIS application is open source built on JavaNet technology If not Please share which DMS product is being used along with version details 3How many table exists 4How many records need tp migrate 5How many documents need to migrate 6Does documents has versions 7Existing DMIS system architecture 8Other details which can be helpful to understand migration scope

120 Page no 97 amp Section 5

ldquoBusiness Operation Hoursrdquo shall be ldquoOne Hourrdquo prior to the start of ldquoWorking Hoursrdquo and would end ldquoOne Hourrdquo after ldquoWorking Hoursrdquo ldquoBusiness

Please confirm OampM support hours Will it be 700 AM to 900 PM (Mon-Friday) and on working Saturday What all Saturday will be working day

As per RFP

121 Page no 86 amp Section 323

The total number of users presently is expected to be around 10000 with 2000 concurrent users and annual growth of 10 in concurrent users

We believe all Bank users will not participate for workflowBPM task approval process For sizing please provide users count as per -

Workflows are applicable for all users and concurrency as mentioned in RFP

1) Total number of DMS users

2) Total number of BPMworkflow users 3)Concurrent DMS users 4)Concurrent BPMworkflow users

122 Page no 25 amp Section 21

Manage documents using a folder view with minimum 5 levels and support file types pdf tiff jpeg jpg doc docx xls xlsx ppt pptx png etc with version control

Please share the details of different type of documents Please provide below details

Shall be discussed during System Study

1) For New Documents a) Number of document ingestion per day - b) Average size of document - in KB c) Maximum size of document - in KB 2) What is percentage the Year on Year growth over 7 years for the number of documents added 3) Average number of document views per day 4) Average number of document searches per day

123 Page no 27 amp Section 21

The Scanning product should have inbuilt capability to do a full

Assuming scanning solution will be deployed centrally and access through web only If No Please share the number of location required for scanning solution Also do share number of scanning users number of template need to consider along with number metadata fields on each template

As per RFP

page OCR amp ICR (for both Hindi amp English documents) and also convert the images to searchable forms like Searchable PDF

124 Page no 28 amp Section 21

The System should be capable of supporting

For BPMWorkflow sizing can we get volumetric for

Shall be discussed during System Study

a Sequential routing ndash Note to be routed one after the other in a pre-defined sequence

1) No of Workload Per Month (Days per month)

b Ad-hoc routing Changing the routing sequence by an authorized personnel

2) No of Process instances Per Hour

c Push ndash pull routing Authorized person can decide the workflow

3)No of User Interactions (per screen)

4)Estimated Number of concurrent users for BPM

5) No of Transactions Per Seconds (TPS) Considered for Sizing (Rules Execution Per Second)

6)No of business process need to factor

7) complexity level of each processes 125 Page no 25 amp

Section 21 High Level Critical Requirements What is the corporate email used in

RBI is it MS exchange or lotus notes please share name and version

MS Exchange 2016

126 Page no 25 amp Section 21

High Level Critical Requirements Are you using On-premise of Azure Active Directory

Shall be shared with successful bidder

127 Page no 28 amp Section 21

High Level Critical Requirements Is there a requirement that all inputs fields should be allowed in both English and Hindi or Hindi data entry is limited to comments notes and documents

All inputs fields should be allowed in both English and Hindi

128 Page no 28 amp Section 21

High Level Critical Requirements Is there expectation that search with English keyword should get translated to Hindi and bring out Hindi content with translated word In other words is there requirement of cross language search

As per RFP

129 Page no 86 amp Section 323

Licences Please confirm licenses other than DMS like for DB web or application server will be provided by RBI

As per RFP

130 Page no 74 amp Section 310

A Administrator Level Training (Technical)

As it is mentioned under Technical Training and not Onsite training what is the expectation for this type of training Is classroom training not required for the same

It will be onsite training

131 Page no 74 amp Section 310

A Administrator Level Training (Technical)

Please confirm the no of approximate Trainees Location Batches for conducting the technical training

5 batches of 30-40 user each Total training to be provide to around 200 User at Mumbai Pune

132 Page no 74 amp Section 310

B User Level Training (on-site) Please confirm the no of approximate Trainees Location Batches for conducting the end user training

5 batches of 30-40 user each Total training to be provide to around 200 User at Mumbai Pune

133 Page no 74 amp Section 310

B User Level Training (on-site) Is hands-on-training session also required for the trainees If yes please confirm

Yes

134 Page no 74 amp Section 310

B User Level Training (on-site) Is the refresher training also expected post Go Live during the support AMC period Please confirm

L0 will be responsible for regular training at respective locations

135 Page no 16 amp Section 14

Date amp Time of Final Submission of Technical amp Commercial Bids on the MSTC Portal

Please extend the bid submission date by two weeks from the current

Please refer Tenders section on RBI website wwwrbiorgin and MSTC e-commerce portal for updates if any regarding bid submission schedule

136 Page no 151 162 206 262

Annexure D1 High Level Critical Requirements

Please provide Annexure D1 D2 D3 amp Q in excel format

May be copied from RFP

Annexure D Annexure D2 Technical Bid (Functional Requirements

Annexure D3 Technical Bid (Non Functional Requirements)

Annexure Q Commercial Bid Format 137 Page no 7 amp

Section1 Introduction The Bank desires to implement

Electronic Document Management System (EDMS) across all the locations (Pan India) and all the departments regional offices and training establishments of the Bank- As per our understanding this pertains to multi-sites and multi-instances deployment of EDMS solution Please confirm and specify the number of sites for deployment

As per RFP

138 Page no 25 amp Section 21

High Level Critical Requirements Does this involve any external users outside of RBIother banks

As per RFP

Also elaborate on the Push-Pull mechanism mentioned and frequency of Push-Pull mechanism mentioned in the RFP

139 Page no 30 amp Section 21

High Level Critical Requirements The System should be able to accept input in Rajbhasha and preferably in other regional languages - As per our understanding input in English and Hindi should meet the business requirement If not kindly elaborate on the languages expected

As per RFP

140 Page no 44 amp Section 21

High Level Critical Requirements Edit files within native applications without downloading first -We understand that different softwarersquos have different proprietary formats which may not be accessible for editing apart from this specific softwarersquos We suggest to edit these files in their native softwarersquos to maintain document quality We would request you to please specify these file formats

As per RFP

141 Page no 50 amp Section 22

Functional Requirements Application should have capability to allow end users in public domain to create user id and upload documents for inwards created - Please suggest if this involves any external users outside of RBIOther banks

As per RFP

142 Page no 51 amp Section 22

Functional Requirements Does this involve any external users outside of RBIother banks

Yes

143 Page no 53 amp Section 23

Non-Functional Requirements Navigation speed would be majorly dependent on networkbandwidth made available so that accordingly pages can be loaded

As per RFP

144 Page no 54 amp Section 23

Non-Functional Requirements Will the Bank provide Data Centre policy details or will it be discussed and agreed mutually between two parties post bidder selection

Shall be shared with successful bidder

145 Page no 87 amp Section 324

Customization and Integration The EDMS application is required to be compatible to integrate with API applications like REST SOAP or any other based API applications- What are the third party applications needs to be

Integration envisaged for Go-Live - Active Directory Mail Messaging System SAMADHAN IRM DMIS Other integration will be done during continuous development

integrated apart from those mentioned here

146 Page no 99 amp Section 53

Scope of Work Kindly convert the hours mentioned in TTR section into business hours

As per RFP

147 Page no 197 amp Admixture D2

Technical Bid (Functional Requirements)

Since this is a generic statement and no details can be finale present for customisations involved against this point

As per RFP

148 Page no 199 amp Admixture D2

Technical Bid (Functional Requirements)

Please elaborate Also there should not be any scores since preferred style or standard is not mentioned

User rights Management includes the ReadWrite privileges to the user which will be provided by RBI

149 Page no 207 amp Annexure D3

Technical Bid (Non-Functional Requirements)

Please elaborate what is user access level parameterised through admin level here

As per RFP

150 Page no 209 amp Annexure D2

Technical Bid (Functional Requirements)

Please explain what does parameterisation mean and include here

As per RFP

151 Page no 226 amp Annexure D6

Annexure D6 - Approach Paper Please clarify if scalability of document volume 30 is year on year increase and also we will consider 4 MN documents for initial year for calculating storage requirements Please check if our understanding is correct Also provide no of pages per document and size of each document etc

As per RFP

152 General Query Training Section Kindly share the number of the RBI team members to whom the training will be imparted

5 batches of 30-40 user each Total training to be provide to around 200 User at Mumbai Pune

153 General Query Customization and Integration As per our understanding the Integration with the third party applications is for image enablement and doc uploaddownload

Shall be discussed during System Study

154 General Query Technical Bid (Functional Requirements)

For the Workflow automation requirement can we get a sample process for each of the workflow described to understand the complexity of the process

Yes

155 General Query Technical Solution amp Training Please suggest the volume of documents involved for extraction scope

As per RFP

156 General Query Presentation amp POC of the Solution As per our understanding scope of POC in the RFP is the same as explained through the scenarios in EOI Please confirm

Yes

157 Page no 163 amp Annexure D2

Technical Bid (Non-Functional Requirements)

Rearrange pages in a document or create a new document from a page using drag and drop This functionality is a part of specialized document creating softwarersquos and not document management system Hence we request you to kindly drop this point

As per RFP

158 Page no 19 and section No 15

11 ldquoAgreementrdquo means the contract signed between the Bank and the Selected Bidder and all the attached documents The ldquoAgreementrdquo includes the RFP subsequent modifications to the RFP response of the selected vendor to the RFP and the contract document itself

11 ldquoAgreementrdquo means the contract signed between the Bank and the Selected Bidder and all the attached documents all of which shall be on mutually agreed terms and conditions The ldquoAgreementrdquo includes the RFP subsequent modifications to the RFP response of the selected vendor to the RFP and the contract document itself

As per RFP

17 ldquoIntegrationrdquo means the system should be able to integrate with existing componentsapplications like Active Directory MS Office 365 and support other 3rd party integration if required

17 ldquoIntegrationrdquo means the system should be able to integrate with existing componentsapplications like Active Directory MS Office 365 and support other 3rd party integration if required

18 ldquoCommissioningrdquo means the System shall be considered to have been commissioned when the entire job including supply installation integration configuration testing and deployment of all hardware amp software is executed to the satisfaction of the Purchaser

18 ldquoCommissioningrdquo means the System shall be considered to have been commissioned when the entire job including supply installation integration configuration testing and deployment of all hardware amp software is executed as per the terms of the RFP to the satisfaction of the Purchaser

159 Page No 66 amp Section No 31

The scope of the system can be enhanced as per requirements of RBI

The scope of the system can be enhanced as per requirements of RBI However It should be restricted to +-10 maximum of the quantity quoted as per RFP

As per RFP

Bidder agrees to provide the increased quantity at the same terms and conditions However additional prices shall be charged for the goods supplied over the contracted quantity

160 Page No 75 amp Section No 311

The completion shall include satisfactory installation testing data migration non-functional requirements etc

The completion shall include satisfactory installation testing data migration non-functional requirements etc

As per RFP

4 Bidder should provide 90 days of hand holding support post Go-Live

4 Bidder should provide 30 90 days of hand holding support post Go-Live

5 On satisfactory performance of application post 90 days from Go-Live Bank will issue Completion Certificate

5 On satisfactory performance of application post 90 30 days from Go-Live Bank will issue Completion Certificate

6 In case of the Go-Live delays by the Bidder the financial Penalty as per the Banks discretion will be imposed on the Bidder at 5 of the total contract value per month of delay to the maximum of 10 of the total contract value as per the agreement between the Bank and the successful Bidder

6 In case of the Go-Live delays by the Bidder the financial Penalty as per the Banks discretion will be imposed on the Bidder at 5 05 of the total contract value delayed portion of ACV per month of delay to the maximum of 10 3 of the delayed portion of ACV total contract value as per the agreement between the Bank and the successful Bidder

161 Page No 77 amp Section No 313

5 If any defect in the Solution is not rectified by the Bidder before the end of the Warranty Period the Warranty Period shall be extended until

5 If any defect in the Solution is not rectified by the Bidder before the end of the Warranty Period the Warranty Period shall be extended until

As per RFP

(a) the defect has been corrected and (a) the defect has been corrected and (b) the Solution functions in accordance with the Contract

(b) the Solution functions in accordance with the Contract

6 Where the Bidder is not the Manufacturer of certain components of the Solution then the Bidder shall disclose the Manufacturerrsquos warranty for such components to the Bank and in the event such warranty exceeds the Bidderrsquos warranty under this

6 Where the Bidder is not the Manufacturer of certain components of the Solution then the Bidder shall disclose the Manufacturerrsquos warranty for such components to the Bank and in the event such warranty exceeds the Bidderrsquos warranty under this Contract in

Contract in any respect shall ensure that the Bank will receive the benefit of the Manufacturerrsquos warranty

any respect shall ensure that the Bank will receive the benefit of the Manufacturerrsquos warranty

7 The bidder is expected to provide requisite support to Bankrsquos operations team for Application-specific database back-up and Disaster Recovery activities during the entire warranty amp support period of 7 years

7 The bidder is expected to provide requisite support to Bankrsquos operations team for Application-specific database back-up and Disaster Recovery activities during the entire warranty amp support period of 7 years

162 Page No 79 amp Section No 315

The following are minimum qualifications and experience for key resources required to implement the EDMS solution Members which are considered for Technical bid evaluation shall be construed as Key Personnel including but not limited to members involved in EDMS customization and implementation architect database administrator The following personnel would be required during the Design Configuration Installation and Setup of the EDMS solution These key resources should be based in Mumbai

The following are minimum qualifications and experience for key resources required to implement the EDMS solution Members which are considered for Technical bid evaluation shall be construed as Key Personnel including but not limited to members involved in EDMS customization and implementation architect database administrator The following personnel would be required during the Design Configuration Installation and Setup of the EDMS solution These key resources should be based in Mumbai

As per RFP

163 Page No 87 amp Section No325

System amp Security Audit ADD As per RFP Notwithstanding anything contained in this RFP

a) Excluding a regulatorystatutory requirement if any nothing in this Agreement shall be construed or interpreted as requiring Bidder to provide to Bank access to or right to inspect examine audit and take copies of any fees price cost or any other financial information or any records or documents relating to the make-up of the Bidderrsquos internal overhead calculations their relationship to the fees any financial cost model calculation of fees or to the Bidderrsquos profitability or other such financial data b) All audit barring those required under a regulatory or statutory requirement may be done only on an annual basis and subject to a notice period of 20 days

164 Page No 93 amp Section No4 Payment Terms

1 Completion of process and system study Design and Build and Deployment in UAT - 15 of Implementation Cost specified at Item 1B of Annexure Q

1 Completion of process and system study Design and Build and Deployment in UAT -30 15 of Implementation Cost specified at Item 1B of Annexure Q

As per RFP

2 Data Migration Completion of User Acceptance Testing Creation of training content Train the Trainer and customer education content - 20 of Implementation Cost specified at Item 1B of Annexure Q

2 Data Migration Completion of User Acceptance Testing Creation of training content Train the Trainer and customer education content - 20 30 of Implementation Cost specified at Item 1B of Annexure Q

3 Complete Implementation and ldquoProduction Go-liverdquo of the project - 25 of Implementation Cost specified at Item 1B of Annexure Q

3 Complete Implementation and ldquoProduction Go-liverdquo of the project - 25 of Implementation Cost specified at Item 1B of Annexure Q

4 Receipt of Completion Certificate from the Bank

4 Receipt of Completion Certificate from the Bank

(post 90 days of achieving production Go-Live) - 30 of Implementation Cost specified at Item 1B of Annexure Q

(post 90 days of achieving production Go-Live) - 30 10 of Implementation Cost specified at Item 1B of Annexure Q

5 Amount payable during the warranty period - On completion of warranty period of three years The Financial Bank guarantee shall be valid for 7 years - 10 of Implementation Cost specified at Item 1B of Annexure Q

5 Amount payable during the warranty period - On completion of warranty period of three years The Financial Bank guarantee shall be valid for 7 years - 10 5 of Implementation Cost specified at Item 1B of Annexure Q

middot 100 of the License Cost indicated in Item 1A of Annexure Q shall be payable immediately on deployment in UAT environment Beta testing phase

middot 100 of the License Cost indicated in Item 1A of Annexure Q shall be payable immediately on deployment in UAT environment Beta testing phase

For each milestone to be marked completed the bidder should ensure that all the acceptance criteria are met and approved by the Bank as mentioned in various applicable sections in the RFP

For each milestone to be marked completed the bidder should ensure that all the acceptance criteria are met and approved by the Bank as mentioned in various applicable sections in the RFP

165 Page No 94 amp Section No43

Amount payable during the warranty period following successful implementation of application will be paid on completion of warranty period of three years The Financial Bank guarantee shall be valid for 7 years Performance Bank Guarantee will be released on submission of Financial Bank Guarantee

Amount payable during the warranty period following successful implementation of application will be paid in advance on completion of warranty period of three years The Financial Bank guarantee shall be valid for 7 years Performance Bank Guarantee will be released on submission of Financial Bank Guarantee

As per RFP

166 Page No 95 amp Section No44

The annual amount payable towards AMC would be paid at the end of every year following successful implementation of the application and delivery of satisfactory services

The annual amount payable towards AMC would be paid at the end start of every year following successful implementation of the application and delivery of satisfactory services

As per RFP

167 Page No 95 amp Section No45

The annual amount payable towards FMS and Development Team would be paid at the end of every year following successful implementation of the application and delivery of satisfactory services

The annual amount payable towards FMS and Development Team would be paid monthly at the end of every year following successful implementation of the application and delivery of satisfactory services

Please refer Corrigendum dated 7th October 2019

168 Page No 95 amp Section No44

The Bidders should note that the contract entered with the successful Bidder will be for implementation and post go‐live period of 7 years (3 years‟ warranty amp 4 years AMC amp FMS support) extendable at the Bankrsquos discretion The Bank will have the right in its sole discretion to renegotiate the prices terms and conditions

8 The Bidders should note that the contract entered with the successful Bidder will be for implementation and post go‐live period of 7 years (3 years‟ warranty amp 4 years AMC amp FMS support) extendable at the Bankrsquos discretion on mutually agreed terms The Bank will have the right in its sole discretion to renegotiate the prices terms and conditions

As per RFP

169 Page No 95 amp Section No45

The successful Bidder is expected to complete the responsibilities that have been assigned as per the specified time frame In case of the Rollout delays by the Bidder the financial Penalty as per the Banks discretion will be imposed on the Bidder at 5 of the total contract value per month of delay to the maximum of 10 of the total contract value as per the

The successful Bidder is expected to complete the responsibilities that have been assigned as per the specified time frame In case of the Rollout delays by the Bidder the financial Penalty as per the Banks discretion will be imposed on the Bidder at 5 05 of the total contract value delayed portion of ACV per month of delay to the maximum of 10 3 of the delayed portion of ACV

As per RFP

agreement between the Bank and the successful Bidder

of the total contract value as per the agreement between the Bank and the successful Bidder

Business Utility and Business Downtime would be the key considerations for determining the ldquoPenaltiesrdquo that would be levied on the Bidder for ldquoNon‐Adherencerdquo to the SLA for the Services offered The inability of the Bidder to provide the requirements as per the scope or to meet the deadlines as specified would be treated as breach of contract and invoke the Penalty Clause The maximum limit on the penalties during the period of contract shall be 10 of the total contract value The applicable ldquoPenaltiesrdquo would be the same irrespective of the root causes The Penalty shall be deducted from the next pay out (Warranty AMC amp FMS BG)

Business Utility and Business Downtime would be the key considerations for determining the ldquoPenaltiesrdquo that would be levied on the Bidder for ldquoNon‐Adherencerdquo to the SLA for the Services offered The inability of the Bidder to provide the requirements as per the scope or to meet the deadlines as specified would be treated as breach of contract and invoke the Penalty Clause The maximum limit on the penalties during the period of contract shall be 10 of the total contract value The applicable ldquoPenaltiesrdquo would be the same irrespective of the root causes The Penalty shall be deducted from the next pay out (Warranty AMC amp FMS BG)

The successful Bidder is expected to complete the responsibilities that have been assigned as per the specified time frame In case of the Rollout delays or more than 2 rollbacks by the Bidder the financial Penalty as per the Banks discretion will be imposed on

The successful Bidder is expected to complete the responsibilities that have been assigned as per the specified time frame In case of the Rollout delays or more than 2 rollbacks by the Bidder the financial Penalty as per the Banks discretion will be imposed on the Bidder

the Bidder at 5 of the total cost for the particular continuous development

at 5 3 of the total cost for the particular continuous development

The maximum limit on the penalties during the period of contract shall be 10 of the total contract value

The maximum limit on the penalties during the period of contract shall be 3 of ACV 10 of the total contract value

170 Page No 114 amp Section No66

Prices quoted by bidder in commercial bid shall be reasonable and as per industry standards If any extreme abnormalitiesdiscrepancies observed in prices RBI at its discretion will disqualify the Commercial Bid

Prices quoted by bidder in commercial bid shall be reasonable and as per industry standards If any extreme abnormalitiesdiscrepancies observed in prices RBI at its discretion will disqualify the Commercial Bid

As per RFP

171 Page No 123 amp Section No77

The Bids will be treated as valid for a period of 180 days from the closing date for submission of the bid

The Bids will be treated as valid for a period of 180 30 days from the closing date for submission of the bid

As per RFP

172 Page No 124 amp Section No711

2 2 The Bank will reserve the right to terminate the services of the successful Bidder at any point of the Project (during the implementation phase and post go-live) without assigning any reasons In such cases the Bank may consider making payment commensurate with the last completed phase

2 The Bank Either Party will reserve the right to terminate the services of the successful Bidder at any point of the Project (during the implementation phase and post go-live) without assigning any reasons subject to notice period of 3 months In such cases the Bank shall may consider making payment for all services and deliverables rendered up to the effective date of communication commensurate with the last completed phase

As per RFP

In the event of termination of any nature the Bidder shall be paid for the 1 goods delivered 2 services rendered 3 work in progress 4 unpaid AMCs 5 third party orders in pipeline which cannot be cancelled despite Bidders best efforts 6 unrecovered investments shall be paid by the Bank as per termination schedule till the date of termination

173 Page No 126 amp Section No8

1 Submission of a Proposal shall be deemed to constitute an acknowledgement by the Bidder that all obligations stipulated by this RFP will be met and unless specified otherwise the Bidder has read understood and agreed to all the instructions provided in this RFP

1 Submission of a Proposal shall be deemed to constitute an acknowledgement by the Bidder that all material obligations stipulated by this RFP will be met and unless specified otherwise the Bidder has read understood and agreed to all the instructions provided in this RFP

As per RFP

3 The Bidder selected for the solution will have to enter into a contract directly with RBI The contract will contain various terms and conditions including payment delivery installation amp operationalization training commissioning amp acceptance support during periods of warranty amp maintenance penalty due to delay in performance

3 The Bidder selected for the solution will have to enter into a contract directly with RBI on mutually agreed terms The contract will contain various terms and conditions including payment delivery installation amp operationalization training commissioning amp acceptance support during periods of warranty amp maintenance penalty due to delay in performance

174 Page No 126 amp Section No81

2 Adherence to terms and conditions The Bidders who wish to submit responses to this RFP should note that they should abide by all the terms and conditions contained in the RFP If the responses contain any extraneous conditions put in by the respondents such Bidders will be disqualified and will not be considered for the selection process

2 Adherence to terms and conditions The Bidders who wish to submit responses to this RFP should note that they should abide by all the mutually agreed terms and conditions contained in the RFP If the responses contain any extraneous conditions put in by the respondents such Bidders will be disqualified and will not be considered for the selection process

As per RFP

175 Page No 127 amp Section No81

4 Execution of SLA The Bidder should execute a Service Level Agreement which would include all the services and terms and conditions of the services to be extended as detailed herein and as may be prescribed by the Bank

4 Execution of SLA The Bidder should execute a Service Level Agreement on mutually agreed terms which would include all the services and terms and conditions of the services to be extended as detailed herein and as may be prescribed by the Bank

As per RFP

5 A declaration may be given by the Bidder stating that No relative of the Bidders is working in the Reserve Bank of India (Annexure K) If anyone working in the Bank is related to the Bidders the name designation and the department where the person is posted may be given Due to any breach of these conditions by the company or firm or any other person the Bank may decide to take appropriate action including cancellation of bid invocation of performance bank guarantee The company or firm or the person may also be debarred for further participation in the procurement process of the Bank in the future

5 A declaration may be given by the Bidder stating that No relative of the Bidders is working in the Reserve Bank of India (Annexure K) If anyone working in the Bank is related to the Bidders the name designation and the department where the person is posted may be given Due to any breach of these conditions by the company or firm or any other person the Bank may decide to take appropriate action including cancellation of bid invocation of performance bank guarantee The company or firm or the person may also be debarred for further participation in the procurement process of the Bank in the future

The relatives for this purpose are defined as -

The relatives for this purpose are defined as -

Oslash Members of a Hindu undivided family (HUF)

Oslash Members of a Hindu undivided family (HUF)

Oslash Husband and Wife Oslash Husband and Wife Oslash If one is related to the other in the manner as Father (includes step father) Mother (includes step mother) Son(s) (includes step son) amp Sonrsquos wife (daughter-in-law) Daughter(s) (includes step daughter) and Daughterrsquos husband (son-in-law) Brother(s) (includes step brother) and Brotherrsquos wife Sister(s) (includes step sister) and Sisterrsquos husband (brother-in-law)

Oslash If one is related to the other in the manner as Father (includes step father) Mother (includes step mother) Son(s) (includes step son) amp Sonrsquos wife (daughter-in-law) Daughter(s) (includes step daughter) and Daughterrsquos husband (son-in-law) Brother(s) (includes step brother) and Brotherrsquos wife Sister(s) (includes step sister) and Sisterrsquos husband (brother-in-law)

176 Page No 127 amp Section No82

The Proposal as well as all related correspondence exchanged by the Bidder and RBI shall be written in English language only The Bids will be treated as valid for a period of 180 days from the closing date for submission of the bid

The Proposal as well as all related correspondence exchanged by the Bidder and RBI shall be written in English language only The Bids will be treated as valid for a period of 180 30 days from the closing date for submission of the bid

As per RFP

177 Page No 128 amp Section No84

The Bidder shall at its own cost and expenses defend and indemnify RBI against all third-party claims including those of the infringement of Intellectual Property Rights including patent trademark copyright trade secret or industrial design rights arising from use of the Products or any part thereof in India

The Bidder Either Party (Indemnitor) shall at its own cost and expenses defend and indemnify the other Party (Indemnitee) RBI against all third-party claims including limited to those of the infringement of Intellectual Property Rights including patent trademark copyright trade secret or industrial design rights directly and proximately arising from use of the Products or any part thereof in India

As per RFP

If RBI is required to pay compensation to a third party resulting from such infringement the Bidder shall be fully responsible therefore including all expenses and court and legal fees The Bidder shall also be liable to indemnify RBI at its own cost and expenses against all losses damages which RBI may suffer on account of violation by the Bidder of any or all national international trade laws norms standards procedures etc

If RBI is required to pay compensation to a third party resulting from such infringement the Indemnitor Bidder shall be fully responsible therefore including all expenses and court and legal fees The Indemnitor Bidder shall also be liable to indemnify IndemniteeRBI at its own cost and expenses against all third party losses damages which IndemniteeRBI may suffer on account of violation by the Indemnitor Bidder of any or all national international trade laws norms standards procedures etc

178 Page No 129 amp Section No85

RBI reserves the right to cancel the contract of the selected Bidder and recover expenditure incurred by RBI if the progress regarding execution of the contract made by the selected Bidder is found to be unsatisfactory for any reason After the award of the contract if the selected Bidder does not perform satisfactorily or delays execution of the contract RBI reserves the right to get the balance contract executed by another party of its choice by giving one monthrsquos‟ notice for the same In this event the selected Bidder is bound to make good the additional expenditure which RBI may have to incur to carry out bidding process for the execution of the balance of the contract This clause will be surviving even where for any reason the contract is cancelled RBI reserves the right to recover any dues payable by the selected Bidder from any amount outstanding to the credit of the selected Bidder including the pending bills andor invoking Bank Guarantee if any under this contract or any other contractorder

RBI reserves the right to cancel the contract of the selected Bidder In the event of cancellation of contract the Bank is liable to pay the bidder for the goods delivered and services rendered till the date of termination and recover expenditure incurred by RBI if the progress regarding execution of the contract made by the selected Bidder is found not to be as per the material terms of the RFP unsatisfactory for any reason solely attributable to the bidder After the award of the contract if the selected Bidder does not perform as per the material terms of the RFP satisfactorily or unduly delays execution of the contract subject to a cure period and notice of not less than 30 days RBI reserves the right to get the balance contract executed by another party of its choice by giving one monthrsquos‟ additional notice for the same In this event the selected Bidder is bound to make good the additional expenditure which RBI may have to incur to carry out bidding process for the execution of the balance of the contract Provided further that the Bidder shall not be liable to Excess Cost in excess of (ten) 10 percent of the price of undelivered goods or services for which such option is exercised by the Bank This clause will be surviving even where for any reason attributable to the bidder the contract is cancelled RBI reserves the

As per RFP

right to recover any dues payable by the selected Bidder from any amount outstanding to the credit of the selected Bidder including the pending bills andor invoking Bank Guarantee if any under this contract or any other contractorder

179 Page No 129 amp Section No86

Bidder will submit a Bank Guarantee from a scheduled commercial bank drawn in favour of Reserve Bank of India payable at Mumbai towards Earnest Money Deposit (EMD) for Rs 4000000- (Rupees Forty Lakhs only) The EMD of unsuccessful Bidders shall be returned within 30 days from the declaration of the disqualification of the respective Bidder No interest shall be paid on the EMD The EMD of the successful Bidder shall be returned after the successful Bidder furnishes the Performance Bank Guarantee Offers made without the Earnest money deposit are liable to be rejected The amount of Earnest money deposit would be forfeited in the following scenarios

Bidder will submit demand draftbankerrsquos chequepay order Bank Guarantee drawn in favour of Reserve Bank of India payable at Mumbai towards Earnest Money Deposit (EMD) for Rs 4000000- (Rupees Forty Lakhs only) The EMD of unsuccessful Bidders shall be returned within 15 days from the declaration of the disqualification of the respective Bidder No interest shall be paid on the EMD The EMD of the successful Bidder shall be returned after the successful Bidder furnishes the Performance Bank Guarantee Offers made without the Earnest money deposit will be rejected The amount of Earnest money deposit would be forfeited in the following scenarios

As per RFP

1 In case the Bidder withdraws the bid prior to validity period of the bid for any reason whatsoever

1 In case the Bidder withdraws the bid prior to validity period of the bid for any reason whatsoever after the deviations proposed are mutually agreed to between both the parties

2 In case the successful Bidder fails to accept and sign the contract within the timeline as specified in this document for any reason whatsoever or

2 In case the successful Bidder fails to accept and sign the contract on mutually agreed terms as specified in this document for any reason whatsoever or

3 In case the successful Bidder fails to provide the performance guarantee within 30 days from the date of placing the order by the Bank or signing of the

3 In case the successful Bidder fails to provide the performance guarantee within 30 days from the date of placing the order by the Bank or and signing of the contract on mutually agreed terms

contract whichever is earlier for any reason whatsoever

whichever is earlier for any reason whatsoever

In case the Bidder withdraws the bid

owing to the fact that the deviations proposed by the Bidder are not accepted by the Bank there shall be neither any forfeiture of EMD nor any other financial or legal implications

180 Page No 130 amp Section No87

The successful Bidder shall at his own expense deposit with The Chief General Manager-in-Charge Department of Information Technology Reserve Bank of India Mumbai within thirty (30) days from the final result of the bidding process and declaration of the successful Bidder a Performance Bank Guarantee from a scheduled commercial bank payable on demand in terms of Annexure C for an amount equivalent to ten percent (10) of the contract price for the due performance and fulfilment of the contract by the Bidder Without prejudice to the other rights of the Purchaser under the Contract in the matter the proceeds of the performance security shall be payable to RBI as compensation for any loss resulting from the Bidderrsquos failure to complete its obligations under the Contract RBI shall notify the Bidder in writing of the invocation of its right to receive such compensation indicating the contractual obligation(s) for which the Bidder is in default The Performance Bank Guarantee shall be denominated in INR and shall be in the form of bank guarantee unless another form is specified by RBI After Go Live Performance Bank Guarantee will be returned back to bidder on submission of Financial Bank Guarantee which shall be submitted by the Bidder within

The successful Bidder shall at his own expense deposit with The Chief General Manager-in-Charge Department of Information Technology Reserve Bank of India Mumbai within thirty (30) days from the final result of the bidding process and declaration of the successful Bidder a Performance Bank Guarantee from a scheduled commercial bank payable on demand in terms of Annexure C for an amount equivalent to ten percent (10) of the contract price for the due performance and fulfilment of the contract by the Bidder Without prejudice to the other rights of the Purchaser under the Contract in the matter the proceeds of the performance security shall be payable to RBI as compensation for any loss resulting from the Bidderrsquos failure to complete its obligations under the Contract RBI shall notify the Bidder in writing of the invocation of its right to receive such compensation indicating the contractual obligation(s) for which the Bidder is in default The Performance Bank Guarantee shall be denominated in INR and shall be in the form of bank guarantee unless another form is specified by RBI After Go Live Performance Bank Guarantee will be returned back to bidder on submission of Financial Bank Guarantee which shall be submitted by the Bidder within 90 days of Go-Live Non-submission of

As per RFP

90 days of Go-Live Non-submission of Performance Guarantee shall constitute sufficient grounds among others if any for the annulment of the award of the tender

Performance Guarantee shall constitute sufficient grounds among others if any for the annulment of the award of the tender

181 Page No 130 amp Section No88

The successful Bidder shall at his own expense deposit with The Chief General Manager-In-Charge Department of Information Technology Reserve Bank of India Mumbai within Ninety (90) days of Go-Live of application before the issuance of Certificate of Completion a Bank Guarantee from a scheduled commercial bank payable on demand in terms of Annexure O for an amount equivalent to ten percent (10) of the contract price as mentioned in Annexure Q of Commercial Bid submitted by the bidder for the due performance and fulfilment of the contract by the Bidder during the warranty and AMC period of 7 years After Go Live Performance Bank Guarantee will be returned back to bidder on submission of Financial Bank Guarantee Without prejudice to the other rights of the Purchaser under the Contract in the matter the proceeds of the performance security shall be payable to RBI as compensation for any loss resulting from the Bidderrsquos failure to complete its obligations under the Contract RBI shall notify the Bidder in writing of the invocation of its right to receive such compensation indicating the contractual obligation(s) for which the Bidder is in default The Financial Bank Guarantee shall be valid till the

The successful Bidder shall at his own expense deposit with The Chief General Manager-In-Charge Department of Information Technology Reserve Bank of India Mumbai within Ninety (90) days of Go-Live of application before the issuance of Certificate of Completion a Bank Guarantee from a scheduled commercial bank payable on demand in terms of Annexure O for an amount equivalent to ten percent (10) of the contract price as mentioned in Annexure Q of Commercial Bid submitted by the bidder for the due performance and fulfilment of the contract by the Bidder during the warranty and AMC period of 7 years After Go Live Performance Bank Guarantee will be returned back to bidder on submission of Financial Bank Guarantee Without prejudice to the other rights of the Purchaser under the Contract in the matter the proceeds of the performance security shall be payable to RBI as compensation for any loss resulting from the Bidderrsquos failure to complete its obligations under the Contract RBI shall notify the Bidder in writing of the invocation of its right to receive such compensation indicating the contractual obligation(s) for which the Bidder is in default The Financial Bank Guarantee shall be valid till the end of AMC denominated in INR and shall be in the form of bank guarantee

As per RFP

end of AMC denominated in INR and shall be in the form of bank guarantee unless another form is specified by RBI Non-submission of Financial Guarantee shall constitute sufficient grounds among others if any for the annulment of the award of the tender

unless another form is specified by RBI Non-submission of Financial Guarantee shall constitute sufficient grounds among others if any for the annulment of the award of the tender

182 Page No 131 amp Section No810

Unless otherwise directed by the Purchaser in writing the Bidder shall continue to perform his obligations under the contract as far as possible and shall seek all means for performance of all other obligations not prevented by the Force Majeure event

Unless otherwise directed by the Purchaser in writing the Bidder shall continue to perform his obligations under the contract as far as reasonably possible and shall seek all means for performance of all other obligations not prevented by the Force Majeure event

As per RFP

Such Force Majeure events will not entitle the Purchaser to delay payment to be made to the Bidder

183 Page No 131 amp Section No811

7 This undertaking shall not apply to Confidential Information that

7 This undertaking shall not apply to Confidential Information that

As per RFP

- Is in the public domain at the time it is acquired by us

- Is in the public domain at the time it is acquired by us

- Enters the public domain subsequent to our acquisition otherwise than as a result of unauthorised disclosure by us and

- Enters the public domain subsequent to our acquisition otherwise than as a result of unauthorised disclosure by us

- Is independently developed by us - is rightfully acquired prior to disclosure by the RBI and

- Is independently developed by us 184 Page No 132

amp Section No813

The Bank reserves the right to alter the requirements specified in the RFP Document The Bank will inform all Bidders about changes if any

The Bank reserves the right to alter the requirements specified in the RFP Document up to the date of submission of the final bid The Bank will inform all Bidders about changes if any Also It should be restricted to +-10 maximum of the quantity quoted as per RFP

As per RFP

The Bidder agrees that the Bank has no limit on the additions or deletions on the items for the period of the contract

Bidder agrees to provide the increased quantity at the same terms and conditions However additional prices shall be charged for the goods supplied over the contracted quantity

The Bidder agrees that the Bank has no limit on the additions or deletions on the items for the period of the contract

185 Page No 133 amp Section No816

The Bidder should strictly adhere to the implementation schedule as specified in the purchase contract executed between the Parties for performance of the obligations arising out of the purchase contract and any delay in completion of the obligations by the Bidder will enable the Bank to resort to any or both of the following

The Bidder should strictly adhere to the implementation schedule as specified in the purchase contract executed between the Parties for performance of the obligations arising out of the purchase contract and any delay in completion of the obligations by the Bidder (for reason not attributable to the Purchaser) will only enable the Bank to resort to any or both of the following

As per RFP

Oslash Claiming Liquidated Damages Oslash Claiming Liquidated Damages Oslash Termination of the purchase agreement fully or partly and claim liquidated damages

Oslash Termination of the purchase agreement fully or partly and claim liquidated damages Bidder should be given 30 daysrsquo written notice to cure the default failing which may attract termination In the event of termination Bank shall pay Bidder for goods delivered and services rendered till the date of termination

186 Page No 134 amp Section No817

The liquidated damages is an estimate of the loss or damage that the Bank may have suffered due to delay in performance or non-performance of any or all the obligations (under the terms and conditions of the purchase contract relating to supply delivery installation operationalization implementation training supportservices acceptance etc) of the solution by the Bidder and the Bidder shall be liable to pay the Bank a

The liquidated damages is an estimate of the loss or damage that the Bank may have suffered due to delay in performance or non-performance of any or all the obligations (under the terms and conditions of the purchase contract relating to supply delivery installation operationalization implementation training supportservices acceptance etc) of the solution by the Bidder and the Bidder shall be liable to pay the Bank a fixed amount for each day of

As per RFP

fixed amount for each day of delay non-performance of the obligations by way of liquidated damages details of which will be specified in the purchase contract Without any prejudice to Bankrsquos other rights under the law the Bank shall recover the liquidated damages if any accruing to the Bank as above from any amount payable to the Bidder either as per the purchase contract executed between the parties or under any other purchase agreement contract the Bank may have executed shall be executing with the Bidder Liquidated Damages is not applicable for reasons attributable to the Bank and Force Majeure However it is the responsibilityonus of the Bidder to prove that the delay is attributed to the Bank and Force Majeure The Bidder shall submit the proof authenticated by the Bidder and bankrsquos official that the delay is attributed to the Bank and Force Majeure along with the bills requesting payment

delay non-performance of the obligations limited to a maximum of 3 of the delayedundelivered portion of ACV by way of liquidated damages details of which will be specified in the purchase contract Without any prejudice to Bankrsquos other rights under the law the Bank shall recover the liquidated damages if any accruing to the Bank as above from any amount payable to the Bidder either as per the purchase contract executed between the parties or under any other purchase agreement contract the Bank may have executed shall be executing with the Bidder Liquidated Damages is not applicable for reasons attributable to the Bank and Force Majeure However it is the responsibilityonus of the Bidder to prove that the delay is attributed to the Bank and Force Majeure The Bidder shall submit the proof authenticated by the Bidder and bankrsquos official that the delay is attributed to the Bank and Force Majeure along with the bills requesting payment

187 General Query Clause not present Total LD+ penalty that Bank can levy on Bidder shall not exceed 3 of ACV

As per RFP

188 Page No 137 and section 825

Neither the contract nor any rights granted under the contract may be sold leased assigned or otherwise transferred in whole or in part by the Bidder and any such attempted sale lease assignment or otherwise transfer shall be void and of no effect

Neither the contract nor any rights granted under the contract may be sold leased assigned or otherwise transferred in whole or in part by either Party the Bidder and any such attempted sale lease assignment or otherwise transfer shall be void and of

As per RFP

without the advance written consent of the Bank

no effect without the advance written consent of the other Party Bank

189 Page No 137 and section 826

The Bidder during the term of the contract and for a period of two years thereafter shall not without the express written consent of the Bank directly or indirectly

The Bidder Both Parties during the term of the contract and for a period of two years thereafter shall not without the express written consent of the other Party Bank directly or indirectly

As per RFP

1 Recruit hire appoint or engage or attempt to recruit hire appoint or engage or discuss employment with or otherwise utilize the services of any person who has been an employee or associate or engaged in any capacity by the Bank in rendering services under the contract or

1 Recruit hire appoint or engage or attempt to recruit hire appoint or engage or discuss employment with or otherwise utilize the services of any person who has been an employee or associate or engaged in any capacity by the other Party Bank in rendering services under the contract or

2 Induce any person who is have been an employee or associate of the Bank at any time to terminate his her relationship with the Bank

2 Induce any person who is have been an employee or associate of the other Party Bank at any time to terminate his her relationship with the other Party Bank

190 Page No 137 and section 829

The ownership of the source code and design for the EDMS specific to the Bank and all related application suites interface designs customisations design etc and related Intellectual Property Right (IPR) will lie with the Bank only All Bidders will need to adhere to this

The ownership of the source code and design for the EDMS specific to the Bank and all related application suites interface designs customisations design etc and related Intellectual Property Right (IPR) will lie with the Bank only All Bidders will need to adhere to this

As per RFP

Notwithstanding anything to the contrary no intellectual property rights of any nature shall be transferred from one Party to the other in the course of performing any obligations or otherwise under this agreement For the avoidance of doubt Bidders may use certain tools processes or methodologies of its own in performing the services Ownership of all intellectual property rights and any other rights in these shall vest with Bidder and no rights shall be deemed to have accrued to the Bank

191 Page No 139 and section 830

3 The Bidder during the term of the contract and for a period of two years thereafter shall not without the express written consent of RBI directly or indirectly recruit hire appoint or engage or attempt to recruit hire appoint or engage or discuss employment with or otherwise utilize the services of any person who has been an employee or associate or engaged in any capacity by RBI in rendering services under the contract or Induce any person who shall have been an employee or associate of RBI at any time to terminate his her relationship with RBI

3 The Bidder Either party during the term of the contract and for a period of two years thereafter shall not without the express written consent of the other Party RBI directly or indirectly recruit hire appoint or engage or attempt to recruit hire appoint or engage or discuss employment with or otherwise utilize the services of any person who has been an employee or associate or engaged in any capacity by the other Party RBI in rendering services under the contract or Induce any person who shall have been an employee or associate of the other Party RBI at any time to terminate his her relationship with the other Party RBI

As per RFP

192 Page No 139 and section 830

6 Professionalism The Bidder should provide professional objective and impartial advice at all times and hold the Bankrsquos interests paramount and should observe the highest standard of ethics while executing the assignment

6 Professionalism The Bidder should provide professional objective and impartial advice at all times and hold the Bankrsquos interests paramount and should observe the highest standard of ethics while executing the assignment

As per RFP

8 No legal binding relationship It may be noted that no binding legal relationship will exist between any of the Respondents of this RFP and the Bank until execution of a contractual agreement

8 No legal binding relationship It may be noted that no binding legal relationship will exist between any of the Respondents of this RFP and the Bank until execution of a contractual agreement on mutually agreed terms

193 Page No 126 and section 830

If the responses contain any extraneous conditions put in by the respondents such responses will be disqualified and will not be considered for the selection process

If the responses contain any extraneous conditions put in by the respondents such responses will be disqualified and will not be considered for the selection process

As per RFP

194 General Query EMD Unacceptable EMD forfeiture EMD to be forfeiture for breach of contract- not acceptable

As per RFP

195 Page No144 We hereby declare that all the information and statements made in this Proposal are true and we accept that any misinterpretation contained in it may lead to our disqualification

We hereby declare that all the information and statements made in this Proposal are true to the best of our knowledge and we accept that any intentional misinterpretation contained in it may lead to our disqualification

As per RFP

196 General Query PBG Request PBG to be invoked only for material breaches of terms and conditions

As per RFP

197 Page No229 amp Annexure E

We agree to abide by this Bid Offer for 180 days from the last day of bid submission and our Offer shall remain binding on us and may be accepted by RBI any time before expiry of the offer

We agree to abide by this Bid Offer for 30 180 days from the last day of bid submission and our Offer shall remain binding on us and may be accepted by RBI any time before expiry of the offer

As per RFP

198 Page No249 amp Annexure L

Further to our proposal dated ______________ in response to the Request for Proposal for Implementation of EDMS Application (hereinafter referred to as ldquoRFPrdquo) issued by Reserve Bank of India (ldquoRBIrdquo) we hereby covenant warrant and confirm as follows

Further to our proposal dated ______________ in response to the Request for Proposal for Implementation of EDMS Application (hereinafter referred to as ldquoRFPrdquo) issued by Reserve Bank of India (ldquoRBIrdquo) we hereby covenant warrant and confirm as follows

As per RFP

We hereby agree to comply with all the terms and conditions stipulations as contained in the RFP and the related addendums other documents and if required including the changes made to the original bid documents issued by RBI provided that the only list of deviations has been furnished by us in the relevant Annex

We hereby agree to comply with all the mutually agreed material terms and conditions stipulations as contained in the RFP and the related addendums other documents and if required including the changes made to the original bid documents issued by RBI provided that the only list of deviations has been furnished by us in the relevant Annex

199 Page No240 amp Annexure G

As per RFP The BIDDER undertakes that it has not supplied is not supplying similar product services or sub-services during last one year from the date of issuance of this RFP at a price lower than that offered in the present bid to any other entity If it is found at any stage that similar product services or sub-services was supplied by the BIDDER to any other entity at a lower price then that very price with due allowance for elapsed time will be applicable to the present case and the difference in the cost would be refunded by the BIDDER to the

The BIDDER undertakes that it has not supplied is not supplying similar product services or sub-services during last one year from the date of issuance of this RFP at a price lower than that offered in the present bid to any other entity If it is found at any stage that similar product services or sub-services was supplied by the BIDDER to any other entity at a lower price then that very price with due allowance for elapsed time will be applicable to the present case and the difference in the cost would be refunded by the BIDDER to the BUYER if the contract has already been concluded

BUYER if the contract has already been concluded

200 Page No243 amp Annexure I

We the undersigned as Bidder having examined the complete RFP document (along with its annexes) do hereby offer to produce deliver install support and maintain EDMS Application in full conformity of your requirements as elaborated in above said RFP for the amounts mentioned by us in the Commercial Bid or such other sums as may be agreed to between us

We the undersigned as Bidder having examined the complete RFP document (along with its annexes) do hereby offer to produce deliver install support and maintain EDMS Application in full conformity of your material requirements as elaborated in above said RFP for the amounts mentioned by us in the Commercial Bid or such other sums as may be agreed to between us

As per RFP

We agree to abide by our Offer for a period of 6 months from the date of last day of Bid submission and it shall remain binding on us for acceptance at any time before the expiration of this period

We agree to abide by our Offer for a period of 1 6 months from the date of last day of Bid submission and it shall remain binding on us for acceptance at any time before the expiration of this period

We understand that you are not bound to accept the lowest or any bid you may receive

We understand that you are not bound to accept the lowest or any bid you may receive

We undertake if our Bid is accepted to provide Performance Bank Guarantee and Financial Bank Guarantee as per the prescribed format within the timescales stipulated in the RFP

We undertake if our Bid is accepted to provide Performance Bank Guarantee and Financial Bank Guarantee as per the prescribed format within the timescales stipulated in the RFP after signing of contract on mutually agreed terms and conditions

201 General Query Annexure J Confidentiality and Non-Disclosure Agreement Undertaking

ADD As per RFP Notwithstanding anything to the contrary to the extent the Bidder shares any confidential information with RBI the provisions of this RFP shall apply mutatis mutandis to RBI The obligations of confidentiality for both Parties shall come to an end 3 years from the date of terminationexpiry of the contract to be entered into

202 Page No248 and Annexure K

Annexure K Self Declaration Relatives in RBI

SEEK DELETION OF ANNEXURE As per RFP

203 Page No259 and Annexure P

We agree to abide by this Tender Response for a period of 180 days from the last day of bid submission and it shall remain binding upon us until within this period a formal contract is prepared and executed this Tender Response together with your written acceptance thereof in your notification of award shall constitute a binding contract between us and will initiate the formation of a separate contract in respect of maintenance and support

We agree to abide by this Tender Response for a period of 30 180 days from the last day of bid submission and it shall remain binding upon us until within this period a formal contract is prepared and executed this Tender Response together with your written acceptance thereof in your notification of award shall not constitute a binding contract between us and will initiate the formation of a separate contract in respect of maintenance and support

As per RFP

services after expiry of the warranty period

services after expiry of the warranty period all of which shall be on mutually agreed terms

204 Page No276 amp Annexure U

8 The respondent has not been involved in any legal case that may affect the solvencyexistence of the applicant or in any other way affect the respondentrsquos capability to providecontinue services to RBI if RBI selects the respondent for EDMS

8 The respondent has not been involved in any legal case that may affect the solvencyexistence of the applicant or in any other way materially affect the respondentrsquos capability to providecontinue services to RBI if RBI selects the respondent for EDMS

As per RFP

9 The bidder accepts to follow all the clauses terms and conditions as set in the RFP document

9 The bidder accepts to follow all the clauses terms and conditions as set in the RFP document subject to deviations proposed

205 General Query New clause proposed by Bidder Service Provider undertakes that it is compliant to State minimum wages act at the time of execution of the Agreement and the commercials are accordingly factored In the event there is a change to the State minimum wages act or if the Customer wants the Service Provider to comply to some other minimum wages act including but not limited to Central minimum wages act or the existing minimum wages act is repealed by another act then in such cases Customer will support Service provider with change request for additional cost incurred by Service Provider for complying to new minimum wages Service provider will not ask for Change request for any changes that is within 8 increase year on year from the State minimum wages as on the date of contract sign off

As per RFP

206 General Query New clause proposed by Bidder ldquoIt is agreed that the price quoted is arrived at based on the exchange rate of 1 USD = INR ___ (ldquoBase Exchange Raterdquo) In the event the Base Exchange Rate either increases or decreases by percentage points greater than two per cent [2] the prices shall be charged as per the then current exchange raterdquo

As per RFP

207 General Query New clause proposed by Bidder The risk title and ownership of the products shall be transferred to the customer upon delivery of such products to the customer

As per RFP

208 General Query New clause proposed by Bidder Customer hereby agrees to make the site ready as per the agreed specifications within the agreed timelines Customer agrees that Wipro shall not be in any manner be liable for any delay arising out of Customerrsquos failure to make the site ready within the stipulated period including but not limited to levy of liquidated damages for any delay in performance of Services under the terms of this Agreement In case the SITE is not ready for a continuous period of 30 days milestone payment related to installation will be released to vendor based on the SNR report also if there is any additional warranty cost due to continuous site not readiness for 30 days same will be borne by the customer

As per RFP

209 General Query New clause proposed by Bidder Notwithstanding anything contained herein neither Party shall be liable for any indirect punitive consequential or incidental loss damage claims liabilities charges costs expense or injury (including without limitation loss of use data revenue profits business and for any claims of any third party claiming through Bidder) that may arise out of or result from this Agreement The aggregate liability of Bidder under this Agreement shall not exceed the fees (excluding reimbursements) received by it under this contract during the six months preceding the date of first claim

As per RFP

210 General Query New clause proposed by Bidder Any new levy on account of changes in law shall be to the account of Bank

As per RFP

211 General Query New clause proposed by Bidder Bidderrsquos failure to perform its contractual responsibilities to perform the services or to meet agreed service levels shall be excused if and to the extent Bidder performance is effected delayed or causes non-performance due to Banks omissions or actions whatsoever

As per RFP

212 General Query New clause proposed by Bidder Services andor deliverables shall be deemed to be fully and finally accepted by Bank in the event when Bank has not submitted its acceptance or rejection response in writing to Bidder within 15 days from the date of installationcommissioning or when Bank uses the Deliverable in its business whichever occurs earlier Parties agree that Bidder shall have 15 daysrsquo time to correct in case of any rejection by Bank

As per RFP

213 General Query New clause proposed by Bidder Either party may request a change order (ldquoChange Orderrdquo) in the event of actual or anticipated change(s) to the agreed scope Services Deliverables schedule or any other aspect of the Statement of WorkPurchase Order Bidder will prepare a Change Order reflecting the proposed changes including the impact on the Deliverables schedule and fee In the absence of a signed Change Order Bidder shall not be bound to perform any additional services

As per RFP

214 General Query New clause proposed by Bidder Notwithstanding anything to the contrary either Party shall have the right to terminate this Agreement at any time with cause in the event that the other party commits a material breach of the Agreement and fails to cure such default to the non-defaulting partyrsquos reasonable satisfaction within thirty (30) days

As per RFP

In the event of termination of any nature the Bidder shall be paid for the 1 goods delivered 2 services rendered 3 work in progress 4 unpaid AMCs 5 third party orders in pipeline which cannot be cancelled despite Bidders best efforts 6 unrecovered investments shall be paid by the Bank as per termination schedule till the date of termination

215 General Query New clause proposed by Bidder Notwithstanding anything contained in this RFP

As per RFP

a) Excluding a regulatorystatutory requirement if any nothing in this Agreement shall be construed or interpreted as requiring Bidder to provide to Customer access to or right to inspect examine audit and take copies of any fees price cost or any other financial information or any records or documents relating to the make-up of the Bidderrsquos internal

overhead calculations their relationship to the fees any financial cost model calculation of fees or to the Bidderrsquos profitability or other such financial data

b) All audit barring those required under a regulatory or statutory requirement may be done only on an annual basis and subject to a notice period of 20 days

216 Page No 132 and section 82

Integrity Pact Unacceptable integrity pact Customer to insert new CVC integrity pact that does not contain Fall clause LIBOR provisions etc

As per RFP

217 General Query Annexure A Earnest Money Deposit Unacceptable EMD forfeiture EMD to be forfeiture for breach of contract- not acceptable

As per RFP

218 General Query Annexure C Performance Bank Guarantee

Request PBG to be invoked only for material breaches of terms and conditions

As per RFP

219 General Query Annexure G Integrity Pact SEEK INSERTION OF NEW CVC INTEGRITY PACT WITHOUT LIBOR PROVISIONS AND FALL CLAUSE

As per RFP

220 General Query ADD As per RFP

Annexure J Confidentiality and Non-Disclosure Agreement Undertaking

Notwithstanding anything to the contrary to the extent the Bidder shares any confidential information with RBI the provisions of this RFP shall apply mutatis mutandis to RBI The obligations of confidentiality for both Parties shall come to an end 3 years from the date of terminationexpiry of the contract to be entered into

221 Page No 10 and section 11

Central Office has following 33 departments

EDMS solution is to be implemented for 33 departments is this understanding correct Please mention if there are more departments to be considered in-scope

As per RFP

222 Page No 29 and section 22

The application should facilitate integration with e-mail client (outlook) where selected emails could be Inwarded directly

Integration with Outlook For how many users is this needed Please specify the number of users who would be using this functionality

10000 users| All Users

223 Page No 18 and section 15

Sr No 6 Global common workflow plus seven specific work process Modules which need to be developed at the time of Go-Live

The seven workflow will have integration with what all systems Please specify the details

Integration envisaged for Go-Live - Active Directory Mail Messaging System SAMADHAN IRM DMIS Other integration will be done during continuous development

224 Page No 25 and section 21

User should have privilege to create Inward amp Outward from RBI corporate email inbox (selected emails) with capability to capture both email body and attachment (if any) as a part of the Inward

How many users are going to use Email Integration feature Is it going to be for all the 10000 named users

As per RFP

225 Page No 25 and section 21

The proposed solution needs to be integrated with existing (or any future standard system) of IRM

What is the current IRM system used by RBI

Microsoft IRM

226 Page No 25 and section 21

3 Customization and Integration Would existing IRM system be OpenText IRM or any other product and will sufficient license be available for EDMS users

Microsoft IRM

227 Page No 25 and section 21

4 Web interface ndashInwardOutward Management

Is it expected to expose the same EDMS application to public or integration with RBI website

As per RFP

228 Page No 27 and section 21

Sr No 21The Scanning product should have inbuilt capability to do a full page OCR amp ICR (for both Hindi amp English documents) and also convert the images to searchable forms like Searchable PDF

What is the ratio of English to Hindi documents for OCR amp ICR

Approximately Hindi 33 | English 66

229 Page No 29 and section 22

5 Inward Management Request you to please specify the other email clients

As per RFP

230 Page No 31 section 22

Technical Bid(Functional Requirements)

We understand that all of these functionalities are the application functionalities and the necessary scanning systems and personal required will be facilitated by RBI Please confirm

Yes

231 Page No 31 section 22

Technical Bid(Functional Requirements)

In case Yes for the above Questions than please detail the scope expectation w r t Scan amp upload requirement

Restricted to Application Solution

232 Page No 43 and section 22

147 Reports amp Dashboard Please elaborate further on this point We understand that reports can be generated with stored data without translation Please let us know your understanding

Data stored in Hindi should be displayed in Hindi The report fields should toggle between Hindi and English No translation is envisioned as part of basic deployment

233 Page No 46 and section 22

163 Document Management Rearrange pages in a document or create a new document from a page using drag and drop Please elaborate at what stage this is required

Rearrangement of pages is required to create an abstract out of an existing doc

234 Page No 46 and section 22

The solution offered should be capable of integration with 3rd party software amp internal applications which are in use at RBI

What all internal and 3rd party applications are to be taken in account for integration

Integration envisaged for Go-Live - Active Directory Mail Messaging System SAMADHAN IRM DMIS Other integration will be done during continuous development

235 Page No 46 and section 22

171 Customization and Integration Is there any existing SSO Server available

Shall be shared with successful bidder

236 Page No 46 and section 22

173 Customization and Integration We understand that content replication from DC to DR has to be accomplished by RBI team and bidder can assist in providing the details

Shall be shared with successful bidder

237 Page No 56 and section 23

A separate test environment and development would be provided at the data Centre The Bidder is expected to replicate the DC environment in the DR and in the test environment in all respects

We understand that bidder is expected to set 4 environments - Dev UATTest Production (DC) and DR Is UATTest environment also expected to be exact replicamirror image of Production

Scaled-down version 50 of Production in terms of sizing

238 Page No 56 and section 23

A separate test environment and development would be provided at the data Centre The Bidder is expected to replicate the DC environment in the DR and in the test environment in all respects

Will RBI procure and provide hardware for all environments Should bidder only propose sizing recommendations for all environments

As per RFP

239 Page No 57 and section 23

Security Requirements We understand that all of these functionalities are the application functionalities by virtue of which these security mechanisms have to be part of the bidderrsquos proposition Kindly comment on our understanding

As per RFP

240 Page No 62 and section 23

System should maintain audit logs for all monitoring and events according to RBI policy These audit logs must be secure and stored as per defined retention policy

Request Bank to specify as lot of sizing considerations would depend uponvary basis the RBI policies (3 5 7 10 years)

Shall be shared with successful bidder

241 Page No 64 and section 23

86 Data Migration Would changes means restructuring of folders or something else Please elaborate

To be discussed during System Study

242 Page No 67and section 31

27 Any other areas which the Bank might decide to include in the Scope at the time of implementation of EDMS

Request Bank to enlighten on to this requirement Being subjective Bidder will need more quantifiablegaugeable requirement basis which effort and commercials can be worked out

As per RFP

However we understand the same will be addressed during design phase

Please comment upon our understanding

243 Page No 71 and section 38

Data migration will be the responsibility of the Bidder

Will bidder be allowed to run the migration 24x7 or only during non-peak hours

Shall be discussed with successful bidder

244 Page No 74 and section 310

Bidder should provide training to RBI‟s officials for using and managing the system which will include end user technical and system Administration training as well as DBA level training

What would be the minimum numbers of users to be trained for Admin and for User level trainings respectively

5 batches of 30-40 user each Total training to be provide to around 200 User at Mumbai Pune

245 Page No 76 and section 313

Implementation As per RFP The Banks incident Management system has to be used as ticketing system to handle requests raised by Banks Internal Users during the warranty and AMC period Which ticketing system is RBI using currently

EDMS can leverage existing Incident Management tool Details will be shared with successful bidder

246 Page No 76 and section 313

Extensive on-site support team is required during the first year after ldquoGo-Liverdquo

Are all the resources mentioned for L0 (44) L1 (8) and L2 (2) are to be deployed on-site Can bidder propose onsite-offshore model for post-implementation support

As per RFP

247 Page No 77 and section 313

vi Scanning documents at RBI respective locations if required

We understand that the necessary scanning systems and personnel required will be facilitated by RBI Request to throw more light on the number of locations in this regards Accordingly effort estimation can be done so as to provide the appropriate commercials in this regards

As per RFP

248 Page No 86 and section 319

319 Performance Monitoring amp Tuning solution

Considering the entire project is going to be base out of RBIs data centre request bank to facilitate make model etc of the performance monitoring tool

Bidder has to provide Application level monitoring solution As per Data Centre policy open source performance tool will not be permissible and the solution proposed by bidder should be approved by RBI

249 Page No 86 and section 323

The total number of users presently is expected to be around 10000 with 2000 concurrent users and annual growth of 10 in concurrent users

Out of total 10000 users how many back endadmin users are there who are going to access this system

Less than 500 users

250 Page No 86 and section 324

Sr No 5 The solution offered should be capable of pin codeGPS Location based integration for capturing user address

Is bidder expected to integrate the existing GPS system with EDMS

As per RFP

251 Page No 86 and section 323

323 Vendor would be required to provide Enterprise-wide all-inclusive Perpetual license for all functionalities as per the requirements of the RBI The total number of users presently is expected to be around 10000 with 2000 concurrent users and annual growth of 10 in concurrent users

These users are for determining the hardware sizing but from software licensing point of view all 10000 users can connect concurrently

As per RFP

Please validate

252 Page No 86 and section 323

No extra license fees implementation charges should be charged by the selected bidder for implementing the software in the test environment and at the Disaster Recovery site of RBI or at any other site that may be specified by the Bank

We understand that as project progresses there will be significant volumes and hence there should be no restriction on number of CPUcores and if any it will be responsibility of SI to provide additional licenses at no additional costs to RBI Trust our understanding is correct Please confirm for clarification

Yes As per RFP

253 Page No87 and section 324

6 Vendor is responsible to import application in UAT production environment amp DC ndash DR synchronization etc

We understand that the application is going to be based out of RBIs existing Data Centre visa Navi Mumbai and Nagpur Request Bank to elaborate upon existing DC-DR synchronization technique technology methodology Please provide details version of the same for integration aspects

Shall be shared with successful bidder

254 Page No87 and section 325

325 System amp Security Audit Request RBI to specify number of yearly audits

Shall be shared with successful bidder

255 Page No91 and section 329

4 Complete user manual and system documentation (soft and hard copies) of the proposed solution after the go-live

Request RBI to spell the number of hard copies required

Shall be discussed with successful bidder

256 Page No92 and section 330

3 Vendor is required to give all sorts of support required in case RBI decides to move the implemented EDMS on cloud services or IaaS in future This support will include everything starting from shunting of the running EDMS temporarily to alternate arrangement till all the Hw Sw etc are installed amp made running in the new IaaS or Cloud environment (Logistics Technical Integration support etc)

We understand the same to be captured via change control mechanism change management during the course of the project

As per RFP

257 Page No92 and section 330

5 Business Process Reengineering ndash The vendor shall include the impact of the new system to the operations of Client If applicable the proponent shall recommend changes to the existing processes that would benefit Client

Request Bank to specify a percentage number in this regards accordingly efforts and commercials can be worked out

As per RFP

258 Page No93 and section 43

For each milestone to be marked completed the bidder should ensure that all the acceptance criteria are met and approved by the Bank as mentioned in various applicable sections in the RFP

We understand that the Project acceptance criteria will be formalized mutually during the design phase and agreed upon Please comment upon our understanding

As per RFP

259 42 Additional Software License Costs As per RFP

Page No 94 and section 42

For evaluation purposes costs of the software licenses proposed by the Bidder would be included in the Total Cost of Ownership In case any software license(s) are required to be procured directly from the Original Equipment Manufacturer (OEM) Product Vendor the actual payment to the Bidder will be reduced appropriately to exclude the software license costs quoted in the commercial bid Bidder is requested to add all the Other Software Licensing Cost under the header Any other requirements for the proposed solution on MSTC website

Request Bank to mutually discuss and agree upon section 42 before finalization on the requirement Please comment in this regards

260 Page No122 and Section 76

Overall enterprise wide security including role-based security and authorisation levels operating systemapplication security and logical access controls and anti‐virus management

Is bidder expected to propose anti-virus software as well

Shall be shared with successful bidder

261 Page No 169 amp Annexure D2

Sr No 26 All incoming physical letters has to be scanned and put into the system for further processing

What is the total size or volume of legacy documents to be considered for Scanning through the Capture Solution (dailymonthlyyearly volume)

As per RFP

262 Page No 204 amp Annexure D2

206 The system should also integrated with Ms outlook and other email client

Does RBI require native integration with outlook in which users can access EDMS from outlook interface

As per RFP

Please confirm 263 Page No 211

amp Annexure D3

Sr No 28 The solution should provide for seamless integration of modules as per the business requirements of RBI with necessary interfaces The application should have provision for Integration existingupcoming portalsapplications of different depts eg HR Portal Samadhan Active directory CMS (CEPD) etc other internal workflow application system etc

Do we have to estimate effort for integration with these upcoming applications now or will it be taken at a later stage as a Change Request If now what are these applications based on Please provide what level of integration is required with these applicationssystem

Integration envisaged for Go-Live - Active Directory Mail Messaging Solution SAMADHAN IRM DMIS Other integration will be done during continuous development

264 Page No213 amp Annexure D3

Based on our experience in similar project we feel the concurrent user ratio to named users is less In such application of note approval the concurrence is around 40 of total users

As per RFP

Details of Hardware requirements for the proposed solution for following user base of

Request you to validate this for RBI

i 10000 total user base ii 2000 concurrent users

265 Page No 218 amp Annexure D3

Sr 55 The Implementation of open source technologies should be taken up in compliance with Information Security (IS) policy of the Bank

Would you allow usage of Open Source Tools for Simulation is required to carry out Performance Testing (LoadStress) eg JMeter

Shall be discussed with successful bidder

266 Page No218 amp Annexure D3

The Implementation of open source technologies should be taken up in compliance with Information Security (IS) policy of the Bank

Please throw some light on limitations on usage of open-source tools in context with Information Security (IS) policy of the Bank

Shall be discussed with successful bidder

267 Page No221 amp Annexure D3

Sr No 75 Data Loss Prevention solution should be available with EDMS solution

Is Data Loss Prevention solution to be implemented or does the solution need to have the capability only and its for future use Please confirm

Shall be discussed with successful bidder

268 Page No 226 amp Annexure D6

g Scalability of document volume (30) having average volume of 4million documents per year

What does 30 signify here How much should be the total volume of documents considered that is received and to be ingested in EDMS repository (yearlymonthly)

As per RFP

269 Page No 226 amp Annexure D6

b Response time of maximum 3 seconds

Request RBI to elaborate upon the type of gaugeable reports parameters required to establish the response time

As per RFP

270 Page No 226 amp Annexure D6

b Response time of maximum 3 seconds

Will submitting product performance reports spec sheets suffice or any other artefact is required to substantiate the same Please specify

As per RFP

271 Page No 226 amp Annexure D6

g Scalability of document volume (30) having average volume of 4million documents per year

Request RBI to specify the existing document volume as this is required from sizing perspective to arrive at an optimized commercials

As per RFP

272 Page No 262 amp Annexure Q

Annexure Q We believe RBI will also be providing mobile based access to select employeersquos basis roles We assume the licensing for the same is to be included in this pricing and no additional price will be payable by RBI Mobile app if to be created will be separate project but will connect to EDMS through API at no additional costs to RBI Please clarify

As per RFP

273 Page No 262 amp Annexure Q

Annexure Q Will RBI facilitate the commercial bid format for ease of comparison during the evaluation phase Request to clarify

Commercial bid format can be downloaded from the MSTC e-commerce portal

274 Page No 264 amp Annexure Q

Unit Price Under Unit Price do we have to provide Yearly Price of 1 resource

As per RFP

275 Page No 264 amp Annexure Q

Cost of L0 Resource (21 nos) on 12 X 5 basis for one year at locations given in Annexure T

For 12x5 we would need to deploy 2 resources to support 60 hours shift so do we need to consider price for 2 resources or provide price only for 21 resources and they will be supporting in round-robin manner Please confirm

For Annexure T for line items 31 to 35 Bidders are advised to consider 8 x 5 working hours where requirement of only 1 resource has been mentioned (Ahmedabad has 2 locations so 2 resources are required) For line items 25 to 30 where support hours are mentioned as 12 x 5 and requirement of multiple resources is mentioned resources are expected to work in 8 x 5 shift scheduled in a manner to provide support for 12 x 5 All other conditionsrequirements

mentioned in the table remain unchanged

276 Page No 265 amp Annexure Q

B2 Development Team based at Mumbai Navi Mumbai Composition Tech Lead(1) + Developer (5) + Tester (1)

Composition of Tech Lead(1) + Developer (5) + Tester (1) will not suffice we also need Project Managers Technical Architect UI Expert and Infrastructure Resource can bidder add more rows in commercial format and propose Development Team accordingly

As per RFP

277 Page No 265 Section amp Annexure Q

AMC for the first year after warranty period (should be min 8 of Total onetime cost)

Do we have to include both here - Product AMC from OEM as well as Application Technical Support for only 1 year from bidder

As per RFP

278 Page No 266 amp Annexure Q

(C) Hardware Requirements Do we have to propose hardware sizing and software recommendations for DevUAT Production and DR Environments The table has rows for Production and UAT only can the bidder add more rows to it or is it a fixed format

Hardware sizing and software recommendations are to be proposed for all environments The two rows were for representational purpose More rows can be added in the commercial bid format

279 Page No 212 amp Annexure D3

212 A separate test environment and development would be provided at the data Centre The Bidder is expected to replicate the DC environment in the DR and in the test environment in all respects (11)

1 Will development and test environments be provided by RBI till OS layer and only application deployment is to be done by the bidder

As per RFP

84 Hence bidder is required to take into the consideration the hardware

software etc requirement pertaining to test amp development

2 Please elaborate what is bidders responsibility for development and test environments

280 General Query Retention Management Apart from Retention and Archival are you looking for complete Records Management solution as well with features like Event-based aging Automatic Disposition Litigation Hold etc

Not required at this Stage

281 General Query Back-up Software Do you have the back-up software or does bidder has to propose If available please specify the make and model of the back-up software

Shall be shared with successful bidder

282 General Query Support Team - OampM Do you want bidder to propose Helpdesk toolset up a service desk as well

Not required at this Stage

283 General Query Load Balancer Do you want the bidder to propose the load balancer as well

Not required at this Stage

284 General Query Source Code Control Repository Is Bidder required to absorb the cost for GIT repository for source code or do you have one which bidder can use

Shall be shared with successful bidder

285 General Query Compliance What are the complianceguidelinesIT Security considerations that are critical

As per RFP

286 General Query SSL Certificate Should bidder be provided the SSL certificate or should the bidder absorb the price for SSL certificate Please confirm

Bank Shall provide the SSL certificates

287 General Query Documents Please specify the age of the documents and the condition of paper like ndash colour shine brittleness original

Not required at this Stage

or photocopy glossy paper hard-bind etc etc

288 General Query Scanning Can you kindly provide the of BW and Colour document

Not required at this Stage

289 General Query Legacy Documents For Legacy documents perspective please share details on the below

Not required at this Stage

a) Number of document ingestion per day - b) Average size of document - in KB c) Maximum size of document - in KB d) Storage required - (current DMS storage size)

290 General Query New Documents For New documents perspective please share details on the below

Not required at this Stage

a) Number of document ingestion per day - b) Average size of document - in KB c) Maximum size of document - in KB

291 General Query Scanning For Scanning perspective please share details on the below

Not required at this Stage

a) Percentage of document in tiff format b) Percentage of colour documents c) Average image size in KB d) Percentage of document that would require OCR e) Average number of fields per page

f) Properties per per document 292 General Query Documents What is percentage the Year on Year

growth over 5 years for the number of documents added

As per RFP

293 General Query Documents What is the Average number of document views per day

Not required at this Stage

294 General Query Documents What is the Average number of document searches per day

Not required at this Stage

295 General Query Back-up Policy What is the back-up policy of RBI eg 14 days

Shall be shared with successful bidder

296 General Query Policies What would be the archival policy back up policy log storage policy DR logs policy etc

Shall be shared with successful bidder

297 General Query Testing What parameters are to be monitored during testing (eg response times processing times and CPU loading)

As per RFP

298 General Query Testing What desired values of these parameters are to be considered acceptable during the stress test results

As per RFP

299 General Query DR Drills How many DR drills do you expect in a year

Shall be shared with successful bidder

300 General Query Resources Will RBI allow onsite resources to carry their own laptops or will RBI provide DesktopsWorkstations for onsite resources

Assets will be provided to onsite resources

301 General Query Access Will RBI provide remote accessVPN access for offshore resources

Not required as all resources are deployed onsite

302 General Query

Scanning How much will be the total no of pages to be scanned per day

Not required at this Stage

303 General Query

Documents

How much will be the year on year growth in documents volume

As per RFP

304 General Query

Documents

Please let us know the average approximate document size per document for sizing (in MB)

Not required at this Stage

305 General Query Presentation amp POC of the Solution Could you please elaborate in details the scope for POC

As per RFP

306 General Query SLA Working window As per RFP

307 General Query Non-Functional Requirements Please specify the existing Replication bandwidth between Navi Mumbai DC and Nagpur DR

Bidder has to propose the required bandwidth which will be provided procured by Data Centre

308 General Query Non-Functional Requirements We understand that the bidder is required to provide the Bandwidth augmentation sizing required for this project and accordingly the same will be provisioned by RBI Please confirm upon our understanding

Bidder has to propose the required bandwidth which will be provided procured by Data Centre

309 Page No71 amp Section No38

Data Migration What is the formats of Documents stored inside current DMS

Shall be shared with successful bidder

310

Page No71 amp Section No38

Data Migration How indexmetadata is managed in current DMS System What is the total count of

Shall be shared with successful bidder

indexes present in current DMS 311 Page No71 amp

Section No38 Data Migration what is the database and version used

in current DMS System As per RFP

312

Page No71 amp Section No38

Data Migration We need more details about current DMS System -Product nameVersionECM

Shall be shared with successful bidder

Compliant or notWhat type of documents are stored in SystemHow documents are classified in System

313

Page No18 amp Section No21

High Level Critical Requirements Can you Please enlist total count of Global workflows

As per RFP

314

Page No86 amp Section No321

Hardware Requirements Can you elaborate more on this point As per RFP Standard Enviornments which will be provided by SI are DEV UAT PROD and DR Also Development Environment will be on premise or offshore

315 Page No52 amp Section No23

Back-up Will Backup be taken care by RBI Yes

316 Page No81 amp Section No317

Security Requirements What will be the frequency of DR Drills Can you specify values for RPO and RTO

Shall be shared with successful bidder

317 Page No213 amp Annexure D3

Hardware Requirements Database tier needs to be deployed on Intel Xeon or Mainframe

RBI will conduct VAPT SI needs to provide gaps resolution

318 Page No221 amp Annexure D4

Maintenance amp Support Can we get details about which IRM solution will be provided by RBI for integration purpose

Scaled-down version 50 of Production in terms of sizing

319 Page No63 amp Section No23

Functional Requirements Will RBI provide DLP solution Shall be shared with successful bidder

320 Page No63 amp Section No23

Non-Functional Requirements is SI expected to conduct VAPT or RBI will be conducting the same

RBI will conduct VAPT SI needs to provide gaps resolution

321 Page No267 amp Annexure Q

Hardware Requirements Is UAT sizing expected to be 100 of Production sizing

Scaled-down version 50 of Production in terms of sizing

322

Page No27 amp Section No21

High Level Critical Requirements Hindi OCR amp ICR may be a challenge However Hindi metadata can be captured and searched Can OCR and ICR be restricted to English only

As per RFP

323 Page No27 amp Section No21

Storage For sizing Storage can you share average size of the digitized document

As per RFP

324 Page No93 amp Section No41

Licences Can Licenses cost be paid up-front within 30 days from the date of Invoice

As per RFP

325 Page No95 amp Section No44

AMC Pay-Outs Can AMC be payable yearly in Advance instead of at the end of the every year

As per RFP

38 Page No 76 and Section 311

In case of the Go-Live delays by the Bidder the financial Penalty as per the Banks discretion will be imposed on the Bidder at 5 of the total contract value per month of delay to the maximum of 10 of the total contract value as per the agreement between the Bank and the successful Bidder

We request that delay penalty be applicable on the implementation value and not on total contract value

As per RFP

39 Page No 78 and Section 313

If any defect in the Solution is not rectified by the Bidder before the end of the Warranty Period the Warranty Period shall be extended until

We submit that warranty cannot be extended as it is provided by OEM However product will be supported through the warranty and AMCATS support period

As per RFP

(a) the defect has been corrected and (b) the Solution functions in accordance with the Contract

40 Page No 124 and Section 711

The Bank will reserve the right to terminate the services of the successful Bidder at any point of the Project (during the implementation phase and post go-live) without assigning any reasons In such cases the Bank may consider making payment commensurate with the last completed phase

We understand that a notice period of 90 days will be provided prior to invocation of this termination for convenience in order for the bidder to wind-up the project and re-allocate resources and terminate back-end contracts

As per RFP

We understand that in event of such termination for convenience customer will pay for all products and services delivered till the effective date of termination We understand that in event of such termination for convenience customer will also pay for the annual AMCATS charge for the relevant year as the vendor would have paid AMCATS charges of OEM in advance for the relevant year

41 Page No 129 and Section 85

RBI reserves the right to cancel the contract of the selected Bidder and recover expenditure incurred by RBI if the progress regarding execution of the contract made by the selected Bidder is found to be unsatisfactory for any reason

We understand that a written notice with a reasonable cure period will be provided prior to contract cancellationtermination

As per RFP

42 Page No 130 and Section 87

87 Without prejudice to the other rights of the Purchaser under the Contract in the matter the proceeds of the performance security shall be payable to RBI as compensation for any loss resulting from the Bidderrsquos failure to complete its obligations under the Contract

We understand that a written notice with a reasonable cure period will be provided prior to invocation of the performance security

As per RFP

43 Page No 130 and Section 88

88 Without prejudice to the other rights of the Purchaser under the Contract in the matter the proceeds of the performance security shall be payable to RBI as compensation for any loss resulting from the Bidderrsquos failure to complete its obligations under the Contract

We understand that a written notice with a reasonable cure period will be provided prior to invocation of the performance security

As per RFP

44 Page No 132 and Section 813

The Bidder agrees that the Bank has no limit on the additions or deletions on the items for the period of the contract

We understand that the technical and commercial impact of additionsdeletions to the mutually agreed scope will be agreed through change requestamendment process

As per RFP

45 Page No240 and Annexure G

The BIDDER undertakes that it has not supplied is not supplying similar product services or sub-services during last one year from the date of issuance of this RFP at a price lower than that offered in the present bid to any other entity If it is found at any stage that similar product services or sub-services was supplied by the BIDDER to any other entity at a lower price then that very price with due allowance for elapsed time will be applicable to the present case and the difference in the cost would be refunded by the BIDDER to the BUYER if the contract has already been concluded

We submit that there is no time period reference provided for this confirmation We understand that this compliance will be checked for the bid-evaluation period

As per RFP

46 Page No240 and Annexure G

The BIDDER undertakes that it has not supplied is not supplying similar product services or sub-services during last one year from the date of issuance of this RFP at a price lower than that offered in the present bid to any other entity If it is found at any stage that similar product services or sub-services was supplied by the BIDDER to any other entity at a lower price then that very price with due allowance for elapsed time will be applicable to the present case and the difference in the cost would be refunded by the BIDDER to the BUYER if the contract has already been concluded

We propose replacement of similar productservices or sub-services with identical solution We propose replacement of refunded by the BIDDER to the BUYER with applied to future procurement

As per RFP

47 General Query Liability We noticed that there is no aggregate liability language on bidder liability We propose that the aggregate liability of the bidder will not exceed the TCV of the project

Shall be discussed with successful bidder

48 General Query Agreement We noticed that there is no language on disclaimer of liability of either party for indirect and consequential claims We propose that neither party will be liable for indirect or consequential claims and damages lost profits or lost revenue in relation with the project

Shall be discussed with successful bidder

49 Page No 262 and Annexure Q Section A

Section A - A1 Bidder requests clarification as to whether this is line item cost is related to digitization of old records if so the same shall be removed from A1 and moved to A2 or a separate section to be created in the Commercial Bid Format as this cost needs to be paid on actual documents Scanned

Bidder is expected to provide the License cost for the Scanning Imaging solution against this line item

Scanning Imaging

50 Page No 264 and Annexure Q Section B

Section B Bidder submits that the Unit Price column shall be removed and total cost for the resources to be allowed to be quoted for each year separately

As per RFP

NPV calculation will be done considering 5 escalation rate and 8 discounted rate only for TCO purpose

We also request to remove the reference of 5 escalation rate and allow us to quote for the actual inflation by each bidder separately to allow the bidders to provide maximum benefit to RBI for the NPV

As the commercial format allows to quote separate values for each year the Indexation references is no longer relevant and the payment for the later years can be made at the mentioned prices

51 Page No 265 and Annexure Q Section B3

Section B3 Bidder submits that the minimum of 8 for AMC shall be changed to Sub-Total A1 excluding the ScanningImaging as the AMC should typically include on the product cost

As per RFP

AMC for the first year after warranty period (should be min 8 of Total onetime cost)

We further request clarity whether the AMC is for 3 years or 4 years as the template indicates Year 3 to Year 7 which is 4 years while the Note below the table mentions it for 3 years please clarify we further request that this note mentioned in the adjacent column shall be removed as the commercial template is modified to allow bidders to quote for each year separately

Below rates are mentioned for first year Actual payment for subsequent years as applicable will be done on applying the indexation formulae

middot Cost of L1 and L2 for the subsequent period of 6 years

middot Development Team Cost for the subsequent period of 6 years

middot AMC for the subsequent period of 3 years

52 Page No 267 and Annexure Q Section D

Section D Bidder submits that the Rates for the Resources both the Support resources and the Development Resources is available in the Section B Table the rate for any additional resources can be used from the same table hence request removal of the additional table

As per RFP Marginal Resource Cost

53 Page No 93 and Section 41

41 Software Cost Bidder submits that the heading of the section is an error as the payment terms are related to services and not Software cost we also request the following modifications to the payment terms

As per RFP

1 Completion of process and system study Design and Build and Deployment in UAT - 15 of Implementation Cost specified at Item 1B of Annexure Q

2 Data Migration Completion of User Acceptance Testing Creation of training content Train the Trainer and customer education content - 20 of Implementation Cost specified at Item 1B of Annexure Q

41 Software Cost

3 Complete Implementation and ldquoProduction Go-liverdquo of the project - 25 of Implementation Cost specified at Item 1B of Annexure Q

1 Completion of process and system study Design and Build and Deployment in UAT - 15 of Implementation Cost specified at Item 1B of Annexure Q

4 Receipt of Completion Certificate from the Bank (post 90 days of achieving production Go-Live) - 30 of Implementation Cost specified at Item 1B of Annexure Q

2 Data Migration Completion of User Acceptance Testing Creation of training content Train the Trainer and customer education content - 30 of Implementation Cost specified at Item 1B of Annexure Q

5 Amount payable during the warranty period - On completion of warranty period of three years The Financial Bank guarantee shall be valid for 7 years - 10 of Implementation Cost specified at Item 1B of Annexure Q

3 Complete Implementation and ldquoProduction Go-liverdquo of the project - 35 of Implementation Cost specified at Item 1B of Annexure Q

4 Receipt of Completion Certificate from the Bank (post 90 days of achieving production Go-Live) - 10 of Implementation Cost specified at Item 1B of Annexure Q

5 Amount payable during the warranty period - In equal quarterly instalments during warranty period of three years The Financial Bank guarantee shall be valid for 7 years - 10 of Implementation Cost specified at Item 1B of Annexure Q

We also request deletion of Indexation

section as separate costs will be quoted for each year as per the Annexure Q

54 Page No 94 amp 95 and Section 43 amp 44

43 Warranty pay-outs Bidder submits that the pay-outs for Warranty and AMC shall be made quarterly in arrears which is the industry standard practice for these payments

As per RFP 44 AMC pay-outs

55 46 Other Payment terms

Page No 95 and Section 46

3 Any objectiondispute to the amounts invoiced in the bill shall be raised by RBI within reasonable time from the date of receipt of the invoice Upon settlement of disputes with respect to any disputed invoice(s) the Bank will make payment within thirty (30) working days of the settlement of such disputes

Bidder submits that the payments for the invoices shall be made within 30 days from the receipt of the invoice any objectiondispute to the amounts invoiced shall be made within 25 days from the date of receipt of the invoice

Shall be discussed with successful bidder

4 The fees payable by the Bank to Bidder shall be inclusive of all costs such as insurance taxes (GST as per the rates applicable) transportation installation that may be levied imposed charged or incurred and RBI shall pay the fees due under this RFP and subsequent agreement after deducting any tax deductible at source (ldquoTDSrdquo) as applicable The Bidder will need to provide the details for the tax rates as considered in the pricing This will be used for subsequent tax changes RBI shall pay each undisputed invoice raised in accordance with this RFP and subsequent agreement within thirty (30) working days after its receipt unless otherwise mutually agreed in writing provided that such invoice is dated after such fees have become due and payable under this RFP and subsequent agreement

56 45 Other Payment terms As per RFP

Page No 96 and Section 46

8 The Bidders should note that the contract entered with the successful Bidder will be for implementation and post go‐live period of 7 years (3 years‟ warranty amp 4 years AMC amp FMS support) extendable at the Banks discretion The Bank will have the right in its sole discretion to renegotiate the prices terms and conditions

Bidder understand that the right of Bank to negotiate the prices terms and conditions is in the event of extension beyond the period of current contract (implementation and post go‐live period of 7 years (3 years‟ warranty amp 4 years AMC amp FMS support) and not during the current contract period please confirm

57 Page No 100 and Section 56

56 Penalties Bidder submits that the Penalty for Rollout delays shall be 1 of the delayed components cost of the One-time cost (Section A - Annexure Q) per week subject to a maximum of 10 of the delayed components cost of the One-time cost

As per RFP

The successful Bidder is expected to complete the responsibilities that have been assigned as per the specified time frame In case of the Rollout delays by the Bidder the financial Penalty as per the Banks discretion will be imposed on the Bidder at 5 of the total contract value per month of delay to the maximum of 10 of the total contract value as per the agreement between the Bank and the successful Bidder

Business Utility and Business Downtime would be the key considerations for determining the ldquoPenaltiesrdquo that would be levied on the Bidder for ldquoNon‐Adherencerdquo to the SLA for the Services offered The inability of the Bidder to provide the requirements as per the scope or to meet the deadlines as specified would be treated as breach of contract and invoke the Penalty Clause The maximum limit on the penalties during the period of contract shall be 10 of the total contract value The applicable ldquoPenaltiesrdquo would be the same irrespective of the root causes

In case of Non-Adherence to the SLA the maximum penalty shall be limited to 10 of the Quarterly Invoice value for the respective quarters

58 Page No 124 and Section 711

711 Duration and Condition of Engagement

Bidder submits that in case of termination of the contract without assigning any reason the Bank shall allow the Bidder a notice of 90 days for ramp-down of the resources etc We further submit that in case of termination with or without reason Bidder shall be paid for the completed deliverables as per the commercials quoted

As per RFP

2 The Bank will reserve the right to terminate the services of the successful Bidder at any point of the Project (during the implementation phase and post go-live) without assigning any reasons In such cases the Bank may consider making payment commensurate with the last completed phase

59 87 Performance Bank Guarantee As per RFP

Page No 130 and Section 87

The successful Bidder shall at his own expense deposit with The Chief General Manager-in-Charge Department of Information Technology Reserve Bank of India Mumbai within thirty (30) days from the final result of the bidding process and declaration of the successful Bidder a Performance Bank Guarantee from a scheduled commercial bank payable on demand in terms of Annexure C for an amount equivalent to ten percent (10) of the contract price for the due performance and fulfilment of the contract by the Bidder Without prejudice to the other rights of the Purchaser under the Contract in the matter the proceeds of the performance security shall be payable to RBI as compensation for any loss resulting from the Bidders failure to complete its obligations under the Contract RBI shall notify the Bidder in writing of the invocation of its right to receive such compensation indicating the contractual obligation(s) for which the Bidder is in default The Performance Bank Guarantee shall be denominated in INR and shall be in the form of bank guarantee unless another form is specified by RBI After Go Live Performance Bank Guarantee will be returned back to bidder on submission of Financial Bank Guarantee which shall be submitted by the Bidder within

Bidder submits that the Performance Bank Guarantee shall be for a value of 10 of the One-time cost as this is to ensure proper execution of the roll out

90 days of Go-Live Non-submission of Performance Guarantee shall constitute sufficient grounds among others if any for the annulment of the award of the tender

60 88 Financial Bank Guarantee As per RFP

Page No 130 and 131 amp Section 88

The successful Bidder shall at his own expense deposit with The Chief General Manager-In-Charge Department of Information Technology Reserve Bank of India Mumbai within Ninety (90) days of Go-Live of application before the issuance of Certificate of Completion a Bank Guarantee from a scheduled commercial bank payable on demand in terms of Annexure O for an amount equivalent to ten percent (10) of the contract price as mentioned in Annexure Q of Commercial Bid submitted by the bidder for the due performance and fulfilment of the contract by the Bidder during the warranty and AMC period of 7 years After Go Live Performance Bank Guarantee will be returned back to bidder on submission of Financial Bank Guarantee Without prejudice to the other rights of the Purchaser under the Contract in the matter the proceeds of the performance security shall be payable to RBI as compensation for any loss resulting from the Bidders failure to complete its obligations under the Contract RBI shall notify the Bidder in writing of the invocation of its right to receive such compensation indicating the contractual obligation(s) for which the Bidder is in default The Financial Bank Guarantee shall be valid till the

Bidder submits that the Financial Bank Guarantee shall be for a value of 10 of the Average Annual Support Cost (Section B of Annexure Q)

end of AMC denominated in INR and shall be in the form of bank guarantee unless another form is specified by RBI Non-submission of Financial Guarantee shall constitute sufficient grounds among others if any for the annulment of the award of the tender

61 Page No 240 and Annexure G point 7

Integrity Pact Bidder requests to modify the clause as follows

As per RFP

7 Fall Clause The BIDDER undertakes that it has not supplied is not supplying identical solution similar product services or sub-services during last one year from the date of issuance of this RFP at a price lower than that offered in the present bid to any other entity If it is found at any stage that identical solution similar product services or sub-services was supplied by the BIDDER to any other entity at a lower price then that very price with due allowance for elapsed time will be applicable to the present case and the difference in the cost would be refunded by the BIDDER to the BUYER if the contract has already been concluded

The BIDDER undertakes that it has not supplied is not supplying similar product services or sub-services during last one year from the date of issuance of this RFP at a price lower than that offered in the present bid to any other entity If it is found at any stage that similar product services or sub-services was supplied by the BIDDER to any other entity at a lower price then that very price with due allowance for elapsed time will be applicable to the present case and the difference in the cost would be refunded by the BIDDER to the BUYER if the contract has already been concluded

62 Page No 25 and Section 21

5 Inward Management - When a postal mailphysical letter is Inwarded directly the System should capture the details of the incoming physical letter viz from address subject language etc Data like subject should be auto-filled but should be editable The application should support generation of Suo Moto note which is an Inward generated without any incoming letteremail

Bidders request to share the meaning for Auto-filled in case of manual scanning

Shall be discussed during System Study

63 Page No 27 and Section 21

17 Outward Management - Approval of the Outward should be done by the User at least one level higher in the hierarchy (N+1) as per the AD than the User who created the Outward Admins should be able to configure exceptions to this rule for users at senior management level as decided by the concerned departments of the Bank

Bidder request to clarify if the implemented AD has the hierarchy defined to handle the workflow scenarios

Hierarchy shall be defined

64 Page No 27 and Section 21

21 Scan amp Upload - The Scanning product should have inbuilt capability to do a full page OCR amp ICR (for both Hindi amp English documents) and also convert the images to searchable forms like Searchable PDF

ICR will be helpful for Incurable colour dropout user form Since all documents are office papers it may not be useful so bidder request to remove the ICR component

As per RFP

65 Page No 32 and Section 22

42 OCR amp ICR - By using ICR technology any handwritten text should be converted into word text searchable PDF format or word document format with high accuracy

Bidder understands that ICR used for a handwritten document has max accuracy may not be more than 70 as per industry standards Request Bank to remove ICR technology only for structured format only

As per RFP

66 Page No 66 and Section 31

The hardware system software application software should be compatible with Data Centre policy network architecture etc already established in the Bank

Bidders request to share the Data Centre Policy and network Architecture

Shall be discussed with successful bidder

67 Page No 67 and Section 31

18 Though the system should be used prospectively for the workflow it should have the capability to capture and integrate the paper based as well as electronic records created so far in the Bank

Capability to have reference point of hard copy reference numbers

Shall be discussed during System Study

68 Page No 67 and Section 31

21 The system as well as the workflow carried out in the system should be fully auditable

Request to confirm if bidder needs to recommend sizing for fully auditable data store

Yes

69 Page No 71 and Section 38

Data migration will be the responsibility of the Bidder All necessary tools queries required for extraction transformation and migration must be provided by the Bidder It is the Bidders responsibility to ensure accuracy integrity and completeness of the data migration from legacy DMIS application to new EDMS application

Request to confirm if bidder needs produce data migration report with column by column comparison report for reconciliation

As per RFP

70 Page No 71 and Section 38

1 Data Migration is broadly divided into following three major sub-components iii Data migration audit and certification on the accuracy of data porting from the DMIS system to EDMS

Request to confirm if bidder needs produce data migration report with column by column comparison report for reconciliation

As per RFP

71 Page No 72 and Section 38

6 The Bidder is expected to provide an archival solution within the proposed application for the historical data The necessary configuration and implementation of the archival solution shall be the responsibility of the Bidder

Bidder wants to know what is the archival policy for RBI Is it seven years or more

Shall be discussed with successful bidder

72 Page No 73 and Section 38

12 RBI reserves the right to data migration by respective stakeholders of proposed solution and any gaps discrepancies found during the functions of application are to be rectified by the Bidder

Bidder wants to know if the data migration is other than DMIS system

As per RFP

73 Page No 73 and Section 38

16 The Bidder is required to certify completeness and accuracy of migrated data transaction history and balances at each data migration instance

Bidder requests Bank to confirm if bidder needs to produce data migration report with column by column comparison report for reconciliation

As per RFP

74 Page No 81 and Section 317

1 The solution deployed by Bidder should conform to Recovery Time Objective (RTO) and Recovery Point objective (RPO) defined by Bank

Bidder request to know for replication of data from DC-DR there will be a requirement of Replication software requirement Will this be provided by bank What is the replication software

Will be part of BCP and DR policy to be shared later with the successful bidder

2 Bidder should make sure that DR and DR drill is performed in alignment with Banks existing processes 3 The Bidder has to participate in DR drills as and when conducted by the Bank 4 During DR drills the vendor has to provide support at DR site for the activities related to the proposed solution 5 The Bidder is responsible for keeping the proposed solution and Database in sync in DC and DR 6 In case of any DR situation the Bidder has to shift application to DR site after Intimation to Bank 7 The bidder has to prepare a Business Continuity Plan and have it approved by the Bank

75 Page No 81 and Section 317

2 Bidder should make sure that DR and DR drill is performed in alignment with Banks existing processes

Bidder request to know if the DR automation tool will this be provided by bank What is the DR automation tool bank use

Will be part of BCP and DR policy to be shared later with the successful bidder

3 The Bidder has to participate in DR drills as and when conducted by the Bank

4 During DR drills the vendor has to provide support at DR site for the activities related to the proposed solution 6 In case of any DR situation the Bidder has to shift application to DR site after Intimation to Bank 7 The bidder has to prepare a Business Continuity Plan and have it approved by the Bank

76 Page No 84 and Section 319

The vendors shall guarantee that with the proposed configurationspecifications the required system application response times as indicated below shall be complied with keeping in view that up to 2000 concurrent users would be connected to the system The required response time and performance standards shall be maintained throughout the contract period Bidder is expected to carry performance testing and share the result with the Bank throughout the contract period In case the implemented solutions do not meet the required response time or in the event of performance degradation that shall require upgradesaugmentation in the softwarehardware the corresponding cost shall be borne by the solution provider

Application SLA As per RFP

77 Page No 85 and Section 321

The Bank will provide following hosting environment to the application

Request Bank to ensure Bidder is not underquoting hardware requirement Also support cost for hardware OS DB etc are not considered in the price Bidder assumes that the cost for the same will be added by RBI with hardware cost

As per RFP

78 Page No 92 and Section 330

3 Vendor is required to give all sorts of support required in case RBI decides to move the implemented EDMS on cloud services or IaaS in future This support will include everything starting from shunting of the running EDMS temporarily to alternate arrangement till all the Hw Sw etc are installed amp made running in the new IaaS or Cloud environment (Logistics Technical Integration support etc)

Bidder requests to add the cloud migration support cost as part of commercial template

As per RFP

4 The vendor must also include a detailed resource plan that describes the Project Management and identify Implementation Teams‟ composition It shall define the roles and responsibilities of each member and the number of person-days that will be required of each member 5 Business Process Reengineering ndash The vendor shall include the impact of the new system to the operations of Client If applicable the proponent shall recommend changes to the existing processes that would benefit Client

79 Page No 95 and Section 44

AMC pay-outs Bidder requests Bank to make the payments to be done quarterly arrears

As per RFP

80 Page No 84 and Section 319

CPU Utilization lt60 Bidder request to definition of 60 Is it average utilisation of 10 working hours

As per RFP

81 Page No 274 and Annexure T

Resource table 32333435 says 12x5 hours but defined as 1 resource

For 12 x 5 working hours only 1 resource has been defined As per working hours one resource cannot work for 12 hrs Request Bank to add 1 more resource for the working hours or change the working hours for 1 resource only

For Annexure T for line items 31 to 35 Bidders are advised to consider 8 x 5 working hours where requirement of only 1 resource has been mentioned (Ahmedabad has 2 locations so 2 resources are required) For line items 25 to 30 where support hours are mentioned as 12 x 5 and requirement of multiple resources is mentioned resources are expected to work in 8 x 5 shift scheduled in a manner to provide support for 12 x 5 All other conditionsrequirements mentioned in the table remain unchanged

82 Page No 84 and Section 320

General Bidder requests Bank to normalise the CPU to x86 based system some bidder may propose proprietary CPU which may lead to ambiguity

As per RFP

83 Page No 7 and Section 1

Introduction The Bank desires to implement Electronic Document Management System (EDMS) across all the locations (Pan India) and all the departments regional offices and training establishments of the Bank- As per our understanding this pertains to multi-sites and multi-instances deployment of EDMS solution Kindly confirm and specify the number of sites for deployment

As per RFP

84 Page No 25 and Section 21

High Level Critical Requirements Does this involve any external users outside of RBIother banks

As per RFP

Also elaborate on the Push-Pull mechanism mentioned and frequency of Push-Pull mechanism mentioned in the RFP

85 Page No 30 and Section 22

Technical Bid(Functional Requirements)

The System should be able to accept input in Rajbhasha and preferably in other regional languages - As per our understanding input in English and Hindi should meet the business requirement If not kindly elaborate on the languages expected

As per RFP

86 Page No 44 and Section 22

Edit files within native applications without downloading first

We understand that different softwares have different proprietary formats which may not be accessible for editing apart from these specific softwares We suggest to edit these files in their native softwares to maintain document quality We would request you to please specify these file formats

As per RFP

87 Page No 50 and Section 22

Application should have capability to allow end users in public domain to create user id and upload documents for inwards created

Please suggest if this involves any external users outside of RBIOther banks

As per RFP

88 Page No 51 and Section 22

Technical Bid(Functional Requirements)

Does this involve any external users outside of RBIother banks

As per RFP

89 Page No 53 and Section 23

Technical Bid(Non-Functional Requirements)

Navigation speed would be majorly dependent on networkbandwidth made available so that accordingly pages can be loaded

As per RFP

90 Page No 54 and Section 23

Technical Bid(Non-Functional Requirements)

Will the Bank provide Data Centre policy details or will it be discussed and agreed mutually between two parties post bidder selection

Shall be discussed with successful bidder

91 Page No 87 and Section 324

The EDMS application is required to be compatible to integrate with API applications like REST SOAP or any other based API applications

What are the third party applications needs to be integrated apart from those mentioned here

Integration envisaged for Go-Live - Active Directory Mail Messaging System SAMADHAN IRM and DMIS Other integration will be done during continuous development

92 Page No 100 and Section 53

Scope of Work Kindly convert the hours mentioned in TTR section into business hours

As per RFP

93 Page No 197 and Annexure D2

Functional Requirements Since this is a generic statement and no details can be finale present for customisations involved against this point

As per RFP

94 Page No 199 and Annexure D2

Functional Requirements Please elaborate Also there should not be any scores since preferred style or standard is not mentioned

As per RFP

95 Page No 207 and Annexure D3

Non-Functional Requirements Please elaborate what is user access level parameterised through admin level here

As per RFP

96 Page No 209 and Annexure D3

Non-Functional Requirements Please explain what does parameterisation mean and include here

As per RFP

97 Page No 226 and Annexure D6

Approach Paper Please clarify if scalability of document volume 30 is year on year increase and also we will consider 4 mn documents for initial year for calculating storage requirements Please check if our understanding is correct Also provide no of pages per document and size of each document etc

As per RFP

98 General Query Training Section Kindly share the number of the RBI team members to whom the training will be imparted

5 batches of 30-40 user each Total training to be provide to around 200 User at Mumbai Pune

99 General Query Customization and Integration As per our understanding the Integration with the third party applications is for image enablement and doc uploaddownload

As per RFP

100 General Query Technical Bid(Functional Requirements)

For the Workflow automation requirement can we get a sample process for each of the workflow described to understand the complexity of the process

Shall be discussed during System Study

101 General Query Technical Solution amp Training Please suggest the volume of documents involved for extraction scope

As per RFP

102 General Query Presentation amp POC of the Solution As per our understanding scope of POC in the RFP is the same as explained through the scenarios in EOI Please confirm

As per RFP

103 Page No 226 and Annexure D6

Functional Requirements Rearrange pages in a document or create a new document from a page using drag and drop This functionality is a part of specialized document creating softwares and not document management system Hence we request you to kindly drop this point

As per RFP

104 General Query

Functional Requirements What is the current ticketing tool being used by the bank

S-MAX

105 Page No 113 and Section 645

Implementation Experience Implementation Experience Table - Are there any scores that are assigned with parameters - No of projects Total Users Concurrent Users Volume of documents

As per RFP

106 Page No 256 and Annexure D5

NA What is the difference between D4 and D5 Both appear same in terms of format and information requested

D4 will be signed by the bidder D5 will be signed by bidders previousexisting clients where

DMS with workflow solution was implemented in past

107 Page No 224 and Annexure D4

Annexure D4 Technical Bid (Implementation Experience)

There is no minimum count mentioned for DMS with workflow automation Project Implementation Experience Two project credentials (PO or client letter) would be sufficient

As per RFP

108 Page No 81 and Section 318

Continuous Development What are the number of resources that the bank expects to be a part of Continuous Development

As per RFP

109 Page No 92 and Section 330

Scope of Work Since the amount of support and scope of work for cloud services is not very clear at this stage we recommend to keep this component out of commercial bid and take it on Time and Material need basis

As per RFP

110 Page No 106 and Section 63

Presentation amp POC of the Solution It is assumed that the POC requested in the RFP is the same as per the EOI and is based on the same use cases that were a part of the EOI process Please clarify

As per RFP

111 Page No 25 and Section 21

The solution should also be capable of integration with native office 365 and

Please name what are industry standard open office tools Please provide detail of existing IRM system

Microsoft IRM

industry standard open office tools The proposed solution needs to be integrated with existing (or any future standard system) of IRM

112 Page No 25 and Section 21

InwardOutward Management Flow of data from Web Interface to EDMS and vice versa should happen in batches and support push pull mechanism

Proposed system will provided web services for CRUD operation Same services will be consumed by external system for Inward management Also

Shall be discussed during SRS

Frequency of push pull should be configurable

proposed system will consume web service provided by external systems for Outward service Any change these external system will be out of scope Please confirm if our understanding is correct

113 Page No 27 and Section 21

The Scanning product should have inbuilt capability to do a full page OCR amp ICR (for both Hindi amp English documents) and also convert the images to searchable forms like Searchable PDF

Accuracy of capturing Hand written information in during OCRICR is totally depends on input and must be out of scope Please confirm if our understanding is correct

Accuracy of OCR for Machine Readable documents should be 100 and search should be faster amp accurate and it is in scope whereas the accuracy for ICR for hand written documents may be varied but is in scope

114 Page No 27 and Section 21

The System should be able to search in English Hindi amp combination of both System must provide the ability to search from bi-lingual content sources Reports should be in Hindi and English

Language conversion from English to Hindi and vice versa is not in scope Information saved in English language can be search in English Same way information saved in Hindi language will be searched in Hindi only Please confirm if our understanding is correct

Yes

115 Page No 34 and Section 22

Scanned file naming convention and folder structure to be used to store the scanned files and would be as per the

File name will be in English only Please confirm if our understanding is correct

Application should support Bilingual file names

policies defined by RBI for file naming conventions in bilingual language (Rajbhasha(Hindi) English)

116 Page no 58 amp Section 23

Compatible DevOps for version control in Test and Production environment

Please elaborate the requirement for Compatible DevOps for version control

Shall be discussed with successful bidder

117 The RBI reserves the right to conduct Yes

Page no 59 amp Section 23

further security testing of the system by either RBI personnel or another party Any gaps identified during this testing should be fixed by bidder at their own cost

STQC and VAPT will be in RBI scope SI will responsible for closing the GAP identified Please confirm if our understanding is correct

118 Page no 60 amp Section 23

The uniform user management policy envisaged by RBI in which single-sign-on concept for a user should be implemented

Please share existing Single-sign-on solution being used in RBI

Shall be shared with successful bidder

119 Page no 71 amp Section 38

ensure accuracy integrity and completeness of the data migration from legacy DMIS application to new EDMS application

Please provide below details Shall be discussed during System Study 1Which DB is being used(expr

OracleMSSQL etc) 2 Is DMIS application is open source built on JavaNet technology If not Please share which DMS product is being used along with version details 3How many table exists 4How many records need tp migrate 5How many documents need to migrate 6Does documents has versions 7Existing DMIS system architecture 8Other details which can be helpful to understand migration scope

120 Page no 97 amp Section 5

ldquoBusiness Operation Hoursrdquo shall be ldquoOne Hourrdquo prior to the start of ldquoWorking Hoursrdquo and would end ldquoOne Hourrdquo after ldquoWorking Hoursrdquo ldquoBusiness

Please confirm OampM support hours Will it be 700 AM to 900 PM (Mon-Friday) and on working Saturday What all Saturday will be working day

As per RFP

121 Page no 86 amp Section 323

The total number of users presently is expected to be around 10000 with 2000 concurrent users and annual growth of 10 in concurrent users

We believe all Bank users will not participate for workflowBPM task approval process For sizing please provide users count as per -

Workflows are applicable for all users and concurrency as mentioned in RFP

1) Total number of DMS users

2) Total number of BPMworkflow users 3)Concurrent DMS users 4)Concurrent BPMworkflow users

122 Page no 25 amp Section 21

Manage documents using a folder view with minimum 5 levels and support file types pdf tiff jpeg jpg doc docx xls xlsx ppt pptx png etc with version control

Please share the details of different type of documents Please provide below details

Shall be discussed during System Study

1) For New Documents a) Number of document ingestion per day - b) Average size of document - in KB c) Maximum size of document - in KB 2) What is percentage the Year on Year growth over 7 years for the number of documents added 3) Average number of document views per day 4) Average number of document searches per day

123 Page no 27 amp Section 21

The Scanning product should have inbuilt capability to do a full

Assuming scanning solution will be deployed centrally and access through web only If No Please share the number of location required for scanning solution Also do share number of scanning users number of template need to consider along with number metadata fields on each template

As per RFP

page OCR amp ICR (for both Hindi amp English documents) and also convert the images to searchable forms like Searchable PDF

124 Page no 28 amp Section 21

The System should be capable of supporting

For BPMWorkflow sizing can we get volumetric for

Shall be discussed during System Study

a Sequential routing ndash Note to be routed one after the other in a pre-defined sequence

1) No of Workload Per Month (Days per month)

b Ad-hoc routing Changing the routing sequence by an authorized personnel

2) No of Process instances Per Hour

c Push ndash pull routing Authorized person can decide the workflow

3)No of User Interactions (per screen)

4)Estimated Number of concurrent users for BPM

5) No of Transactions Per Seconds (TPS) Considered for Sizing (Rules Execution Per Second)

6)No of business process need to factor

7) complexity level of each processes 125 Page no 25 amp

Section 21 High Level Critical Requirements What is the corporate email used in

RBI is it MS exchange or lotus notes please share name and version

MS Exchange 2016

126 Page no 25 amp Section 21

High Level Critical Requirements Are you using On-premise of Azure Active Directory

Shall be shared with successful bidder

127 Page no 28 amp Section 21

High Level Critical Requirements Is there a requirement that all inputs fields should be allowed in both English and Hindi or Hindi data entry is limited to comments notes and documents

All inputs fields should be allowed in both English and Hindi

128 Page no 28 amp Section 21

High Level Critical Requirements Is there expectation that search with English keyword should get translated to Hindi and bring out Hindi content with translated word In other words is there requirement of cross language search

As per RFP

129 Page no 86 amp Section 323

Licences Please confirm licenses other than DMS like for DB web or application server will be provided by RBI

As per RFP

130 Page no 74 amp Section 310

A Administrator Level Training (Technical)

As it is mentioned under Technical Training and not Onsite training what is the expectation for this type of training Is classroom training not required for the same

It will be onsite training

131 Page no 74 amp Section 310

A Administrator Level Training (Technical)

Please confirm the no of approximate Trainees Location Batches for conducting the technical training

5 batches of 30-40 user each Total training to be provide to around 200 User at Mumbai Pune

132 Page no 74 amp Section 310

B User Level Training (on-site) Please confirm the no of approximate Trainees Location Batches for conducting the end user training

5 batches of 30-40 user each Total training to be provide to around 200 User at Mumbai Pune

133 Page no 74 amp Section 310

B User Level Training (on-site) Is hands-on-training session also required for the trainees If yes please confirm

Yes

134 Page no 74 amp Section 310

B User Level Training (on-site) Is the refresher training also expected post Go Live during the support AMC period Please confirm

L0 will be responsible for regular training at respective locations

135 Page no 16 amp Section 14

Date amp Time of Final Submission of Technical amp Commercial Bids on the MSTC Portal

Please extend the bid submission date by two weeks from the current

Please refer Tenders section on RBI website wwwrbiorgin and MSTC e-commerce portal for updates if any regarding bid submission schedule

136 Page no 151 162 206 262

Annexure D1 High Level Critical Requirements

Please provide Annexure D1 D2 D3 amp Q in excel format

May be copied from RFP

Annexure D Annexure D2 Technical Bid (Functional Requirements

Annexure D3 Technical Bid (Non Functional Requirements)

Annexure Q Commercial Bid Format 137 Page no 7 amp

Section1 Introduction The Bank desires to implement

Electronic Document Management System (EDMS) across all the locations (Pan India) and all the departments regional offices and training establishments of the Bank- As per our understanding this pertains to multi-sites and multi-instances deployment of EDMS solution Please confirm and specify the number of sites for deployment

As per RFP

138 Page no 25 amp Section 21

High Level Critical Requirements Does this involve any external users outside of RBIother banks

As per RFP

Also elaborate on the Push-Pull mechanism mentioned and frequency of Push-Pull mechanism mentioned in the RFP

139 Page no 30 amp Section 21

High Level Critical Requirements The System should be able to accept input in Rajbhasha and preferably in other regional languages - As per our understanding input in English and Hindi should meet the business requirement If not kindly elaborate on the languages expected

As per RFP

140 Page no 44 amp Section 21

High Level Critical Requirements Edit files within native applications without downloading first -We understand that different softwarersquos have different proprietary formats which may not be accessible for editing apart from this specific softwarersquos We suggest to edit these files in their native softwarersquos to maintain document quality We would request you to please specify these file formats

As per RFP

141 Page no 50 amp Section 22

Functional Requirements Application should have capability to allow end users in public domain to create user id and upload documents for inwards created - Please suggest if this involves any external users outside of RBIOther banks

As per RFP

142 Page no 51 amp Section 22

Functional Requirements Does this involve any external users outside of RBIother banks

Yes

143 Page no 53 amp Section 23

Non-Functional Requirements Navigation speed would be majorly dependent on networkbandwidth made available so that accordingly pages can be loaded

As per RFP

144 Page no 54 amp Section 23

Non-Functional Requirements Will the Bank provide Data Centre policy details or will it be discussed and agreed mutually between two parties post bidder selection

Shall be shared with successful bidder

145 Page no 87 amp Section 324

Customization and Integration The EDMS application is required to be compatible to integrate with API applications like REST SOAP or any other based API applications- What are the third party applications needs to be

Integration envisaged for Go-Live - Active Directory Mail Messaging System SAMADHAN IRM DMIS Other integration will be done during continuous development

integrated apart from those mentioned here

146 Page no 99 amp Section 53

Scope of Work Kindly convert the hours mentioned in TTR section into business hours

As per RFP

147 Page no 197 amp Admixture D2

Technical Bid (Functional Requirements)

Since this is a generic statement and no details can be finale present for customisations involved against this point

As per RFP

148 Page no 199 amp Admixture D2

Technical Bid (Functional Requirements)

Please elaborate Also there should not be any scores since preferred style or standard is not mentioned

User rights Management includes the ReadWrite privileges to the user which will be provided by RBI

149 Page no 207 amp Annexure D3

Technical Bid (Non-Functional Requirements)

Please elaborate what is user access level parameterised through admin level here

As per RFP

150 Page no 209 amp Annexure D2

Technical Bid (Functional Requirements)

Please explain what does parameterisation mean and include here

As per RFP

151 Page no 226 amp Annexure D6

Annexure D6 - Approach Paper Please clarify if scalability of document volume 30 is year on year increase and also we will consider 4 MN documents for initial year for calculating storage requirements Please check if our understanding is correct Also provide no of pages per document and size of each document etc

As per RFP

152 General Query Training Section Kindly share the number of the RBI team members to whom the training will be imparted

5 batches of 30-40 user each Total training to be provide to around 200 User at Mumbai Pune

153 General Query Customization and Integration As per our understanding the Integration with the third party applications is for image enablement and doc uploaddownload

Shall be discussed during System Study

154 General Query Technical Bid (Functional Requirements)

For the Workflow automation requirement can we get a sample process for each of the workflow described to understand the complexity of the process

Yes

155 General Query Technical Solution amp Training Please suggest the volume of documents involved for extraction scope

As per RFP

156 General Query Presentation amp POC of the Solution As per our understanding scope of POC in the RFP is the same as explained through the scenarios in EOI Please confirm

Yes

157 Page no 163 amp Annexure D2

Technical Bid (Non-Functional Requirements)

Rearrange pages in a document or create a new document from a page using drag and drop This functionality is a part of specialized document creating softwarersquos and not document management system Hence we request you to kindly drop this point

As per RFP

158 Page no 19 and section No 15

11 ldquoAgreementrdquo means the contract signed between the Bank and the Selected Bidder and all the attached documents The ldquoAgreementrdquo includes the RFP subsequent modifications to the RFP response of the selected vendor to the RFP and the contract document itself

11 ldquoAgreementrdquo means the contract signed between the Bank and the Selected Bidder and all the attached documents all of which shall be on mutually agreed terms and conditions The ldquoAgreementrdquo includes the RFP subsequent modifications to the RFP response of the selected vendor to the RFP and the contract document itself

As per RFP

17 ldquoIntegrationrdquo means the system should be able to integrate with existing componentsapplications like Active Directory MS Office 365 and support other 3rd party integration if required

17 ldquoIntegrationrdquo means the system should be able to integrate with existing componentsapplications like Active Directory MS Office 365 and support other 3rd party integration if required

18 ldquoCommissioningrdquo means the System shall be considered to have been commissioned when the entire job including supply installation integration configuration testing and deployment of all hardware amp software is executed to the satisfaction of the Purchaser

18 ldquoCommissioningrdquo means the System shall be considered to have been commissioned when the entire job including supply installation integration configuration testing and deployment of all hardware amp software is executed as per the terms of the RFP to the satisfaction of the Purchaser

159 Page No 66 amp Section No 31

The scope of the system can be enhanced as per requirements of RBI

The scope of the system can be enhanced as per requirements of RBI However It should be restricted to +-10 maximum of the quantity quoted as per RFP

As per RFP

Bidder agrees to provide the increased quantity at the same terms and conditions However additional prices shall be charged for the goods supplied over the contracted quantity

160 Page No 75 amp Section No 311

The completion shall include satisfactory installation testing data migration non-functional requirements etc

The completion shall include satisfactory installation testing data migration non-functional requirements etc

As per RFP

4 Bidder should provide 90 days of hand holding support post Go-Live

4 Bidder should provide 30 90 days of hand holding support post Go-Live

5 On satisfactory performance of application post 90 days from Go-Live Bank will issue Completion Certificate

5 On satisfactory performance of application post 90 30 days from Go-Live Bank will issue Completion Certificate

6 In case of the Go-Live delays by the Bidder the financial Penalty as per the Banks discretion will be imposed on the Bidder at 5 of the total contract value per month of delay to the maximum of 10 of the total contract value as per the agreement between the Bank and the successful Bidder

6 In case of the Go-Live delays by the Bidder the financial Penalty as per the Banks discretion will be imposed on the Bidder at 5 05 of the total contract value delayed portion of ACV per month of delay to the maximum of 10 3 of the delayed portion of ACV total contract value as per the agreement between the Bank and the successful Bidder

161 Page No 77 amp Section No 313

5 If any defect in the Solution is not rectified by the Bidder before the end of the Warranty Period the Warranty Period shall be extended until

5 If any defect in the Solution is not rectified by the Bidder before the end of the Warranty Period the Warranty Period shall be extended until

As per RFP

(a) the defect has been corrected and (a) the defect has been corrected and (b) the Solution functions in accordance with the Contract

(b) the Solution functions in accordance with the Contract

6 Where the Bidder is not the Manufacturer of certain components of the Solution then the Bidder shall disclose the Manufacturerrsquos warranty for such components to the Bank and in the event such warranty exceeds the Bidderrsquos warranty under this

6 Where the Bidder is not the Manufacturer of certain components of the Solution then the Bidder shall disclose the Manufacturerrsquos warranty for such components to the Bank and in the event such warranty exceeds the Bidderrsquos warranty under this Contract in

Contract in any respect shall ensure that the Bank will receive the benefit of the Manufacturerrsquos warranty

any respect shall ensure that the Bank will receive the benefit of the Manufacturerrsquos warranty

7 The bidder is expected to provide requisite support to Bankrsquos operations team for Application-specific database back-up and Disaster Recovery activities during the entire warranty amp support period of 7 years

7 The bidder is expected to provide requisite support to Bankrsquos operations team for Application-specific database back-up and Disaster Recovery activities during the entire warranty amp support period of 7 years

162 Page No 79 amp Section No 315

The following are minimum qualifications and experience for key resources required to implement the EDMS solution Members which are considered for Technical bid evaluation shall be construed as Key Personnel including but not limited to members involved in EDMS customization and implementation architect database administrator The following personnel would be required during the Design Configuration Installation and Setup of the EDMS solution These key resources should be based in Mumbai

The following are minimum qualifications and experience for key resources required to implement the EDMS solution Members which are considered for Technical bid evaluation shall be construed as Key Personnel including but not limited to members involved in EDMS customization and implementation architect database administrator The following personnel would be required during the Design Configuration Installation and Setup of the EDMS solution These key resources should be based in Mumbai

As per RFP

163 Page No 87 amp Section No325

System amp Security Audit ADD As per RFP Notwithstanding anything contained in this RFP

a) Excluding a regulatorystatutory requirement if any nothing in this Agreement shall be construed or interpreted as requiring Bidder to provide to Bank access to or right to inspect examine audit and take copies of any fees price cost or any other financial information or any records or documents relating to the make-up of the Bidderrsquos internal overhead calculations their relationship to the fees any financial cost model calculation of fees or to the Bidderrsquos profitability or other such financial data b) All audit barring those required under a regulatory or statutory requirement may be done only on an annual basis and subject to a notice period of 20 days

164 Page No 93 amp Section No4 Payment Terms

1 Completion of process and system study Design and Build and Deployment in UAT - 15 of Implementation Cost specified at Item 1B of Annexure Q

1 Completion of process and system study Design and Build and Deployment in UAT -30 15 of Implementation Cost specified at Item 1B of Annexure Q

As per RFP

2 Data Migration Completion of User Acceptance Testing Creation of training content Train the Trainer and customer education content - 20 of Implementation Cost specified at Item 1B of Annexure Q

2 Data Migration Completion of User Acceptance Testing Creation of training content Train the Trainer and customer education content - 20 30 of Implementation Cost specified at Item 1B of Annexure Q

3 Complete Implementation and ldquoProduction Go-liverdquo of the project - 25 of Implementation Cost specified at Item 1B of Annexure Q

3 Complete Implementation and ldquoProduction Go-liverdquo of the project - 25 of Implementation Cost specified at Item 1B of Annexure Q

4 Receipt of Completion Certificate from the Bank

4 Receipt of Completion Certificate from the Bank

(post 90 days of achieving production Go-Live) - 30 of Implementation Cost specified at Item 1B of Annexure Q

(post 90 days of achieving production Go-Live) - 30 10 of Implementation Cost specified at Item 1B of Annexure Q

5 Amount payable during the warranty period - On completion of warranty period of three years The Financial Bank guarantee shall be valid for 7 years - 10 of Implementation Cost specified at Item 1B of Annexure Q

5 Amount payable during the warranty period - On completion of warranty period of three years The Financial Bank guarantee shall be valid for 7 years - 10 5 of Implementation Cost specified at Item 1B of Annexure Q

middot 100 of the License Cost indicated in Item 1A of Annexure Q shall be payable immediately on deployment in UAT environment Beta testing phase

middot 100 of the License Cost indicated in Item 1A of Annexure Q shall be payable immediately on deployment in UAT environment Beta testing phase

For each milestone to be marked completed the bidder should ensure that all the acceptance criteria are met and approved by the Bank as mentioned in various applicable sections in the RFP

For each milestone to be marked completed the bidder should ensure that all the acceptance criteria are met and approved by the Bank as mentioned in various applicable sections in the RFP

165 Page No 94 amp Section No43

Amount payable during the warranty period following successful implementation of application will be paid on completion of warranty period of three years The Financial Bank guarantee shall be valid for 7 years Performance Bank Guarantee will be released on submission of Financial Bank Guarantee

Amount payable during the warranty period following successful implementation of application will be paid in advance on completion of warranty period of three years The Financial Bank guarantee shall be valid for 7 years Performance Bank Guarantee will be released on submission of Financial Bank Guarantee

As per RFP

166 Page No 95 amp Section No44

The annual amount payable towards AMC would be paid at the end of every year following successful implementation of the application and delivery of satisfactory services

The annual amount payable towards AMC would be paid at the end start of every year following successful implementation of the application and delivery of satisfactory services

As per RFP

167 Page No 95 amp Section No45

The annual amount payable towards FMS and Development Team would be paid at the end of every year following successful implementation of the application and delivery of satisfactory services

The annual amount payable towards FMS and Development Team would be paid monthly at the end of every year following successful implementation of the application and delivery of satisfactory services

Please refer Corrigendum dated 7th October 2019

168 Page No 95 amp Section No44

The Bidders should note that the contract entered with the successful Bidder will be for implementation and post go‐live period of 7 years (3 years‟ warranty amp 4 years AMC amp FMS support) extendable at the Bankrsquos discretion The Bank will have the right in its sole discretion to renegotiate the prices terms and conditions

8 The Bidders should note that the contract entered with the successful Bidder will be for implementation and post go‐live period of 7 years (3 years‟ warranty amp 4 years AMC amp FMS support) extendable at the Bankrsquos discretion on mutually agreed terms The Bank will have the right in its sole discretion to renegotiate the prices terms and conditions

As per RFP

169 Page No 95 amp Section No45

The successful Bidder is expected to complete the responsibilities that have been assigned as per the specified time frame In case of the Rollout delays by the Bidder the financial Penalty as per the Banks discretion will be imposed on the Bidder at 5 of the total contract value per month of delay to the maximum of 10 of the total contract value as per the

The successful Bidder is expected to complete the responsibilities that have been assigned as per the specified time frame In case of the Rollout delays by the Bidder the financial Penalty as per the Banks discretion will be imposed on the Bidder at 5 05 of the total contract value delayed portion of ACV per month of delay to the maximum of 10 3 of the delayed portion of ACV

As per RFP

agreement between the Bank and the successful Bidder

of the total contract value as per the agreement between the Bank and the successful Bidder

Business Utility and Business Downtime would be the key considerations for determining the ldquoPenaltiesrdquo that would be levied on the Bidder for ldquoNon‐Adherencerdquo to the SLA for the Services offered The inability of the Bidder to provide the requirements as per the scope or to meet the deadlines as specified would be treated as breach of contract and invoke the Penalty Clause The maximum limit on the penalties during the period of contract shall be 10 of the total contract value The applicable ldquoPenaltiesrdquo would be the same irrespective of the root causes The Penalty shall be deducted from the next pay out (Warranty AMC amp FMS BG)

Business Utility and Business Downtime would be the key considerations for determining the ldquoPenaltiesrdquo that would be levied on the Bidder for ldquoNon‐Adherencerdquo to the SLA for the Services offered The inability of the Bidder to provide the requirements as per the scope or to meet the deadlines as specified would be treated as breach of contract and invoke the Penalty Clause The maximum limit on the penalties during the period of contract shall be 10 of the total contract value The applicable ldquoPenaltiesrdquo would be the same irrespective of the root causes The Penalty shall be deducted from the next pay out (Warranty AMC amp FMS BG)

The successful Bidder is expected to complete the responsibilities that have been assigned as per the specified time frame In case of the Rollout delays or more than 2 rollbacks by the Bidder the financial Penalty as per the Banks discretion will be imposed on

The successful Bidder is expected to complete the responsibilities that have been assigned as per the specified time frame In case of the Rollout delays or more than 2 rollbacks by the Bidder the financial Penalty as per the Banks discretion will be imposed on the Bidder

the Bidder at 5 of the total cost for the particular continuous development

at 5 3 of the total cost for the particular continuous development

The maximum limit on the penalties during the period of contract shall be 10 of the total contract value

The maximum limit on the penalties during the period of contract shall be 3 of ACV 10 of the total contract value

170 Page No 114 amp Section No66

Prices quoted by bidder in commercial bid shall be reasonable and as per industry standards If any extreme abnormalitiesdiscrepancies observed in prices RBI at its discretion will disqualify the Commercial Bid

Prices quoted by bidder in commercial bid shall be reasonable and as per industry standards If any extreme abnormalitiesdiscrepancies observed in prices RBI at its discretion will disqualify the Commercial Bid

As per RFP

171 Page No 123 amp Section No77

The Bids will be treated as valid for a period of 180 days from the closing date for submission of the bid

The Bids will be treated as valid for a period of 180 30 days from the closing date for submission of the bid

As per RFP

172 Page No 124 amp Section No711

2 2 The Bank will reserve the right to terminate the services of the successful Bidder at any point of the Project (during the implementation phase and post go-live) without assigning any reasons In such cases the Bank may consider making payment commensurate with the last completed phase

2 The Bank Either Party will reserve the right to terminate the services of the successful Bidder at any point of the Project (during the implementation phase and post go-live) without assigning any reasons subject to notice period of 3 months In such cases the Bank shall may consider making payment for all services and deliverables rendered up to the effective date of communication commensurate with the last completed phase

As per RFP

In the event of termination of any nature the Bidder shall be paid for the 1 goods delivered 2 services rendered 3 work in progress 4 unpaid AMCs 5 third party orders in pipeline which cannot be cancelled despite Bidders best efforts 6 unrecovered investments shall be paid by the Bank as per termination schedule till the date of termination

173 Page No 126 amp Section No8

1 Submission of a Proposal shall be deemed to constitute an acknowledgement by the Bidder that all obligations stipulated by this RFP will be met and unless specified otherwise the Bidder has read understood and agreed to all the instructions provided in this RFP

1 Submission of a Proposal shall be deemed to constitute an acknowledgement by the Bidder that all material obligations stipulated by this RFP will be met and unless specified otherwise the Bidder has read understood and agreed to all the instructions provided in this RFP

As per RFP

3 The Bidder selected for the solution will have to enter into a contract directly with RBI The contract will contain various terms and conditions including payment delivery installation amp operationalization training commissioning amp acceptance support during periods of warranty amp maintenance penalty due to delay in performance

3 The Bidder selected for the solution will have to enter into a contract directly with RBI on mutually agreed terms The contract will contain various terms and conditions including payment delivery installation amp operationalization training commissioning amp acceptance support during periods of warranty amp maintenance penalty due to delay in performance

174 Page No 126 amp Section No81

2 Adherence to terms and conditions The Bidders who wish to submit responses to this RFP should note that they should abide by all the terms and conditions contained in the RFP If the responses contain any extraneous conditions put in by the respondents such Bidders will be disqualified and will not be considered for the selection process

2 Adherence to terms and conditions The Bidders who wish to submit responses to this RFP should note that they should abide by all the mutually agreed terms and conditions contained in the RFP If the responses contain any extraneous conditions put in by the respondents such Bidders will be disqualified and will not be considered for the selection process

As per RFP

175 Page No 127 amp Section No81

4 Execution of SLA The Bidder should execute a Service Level Agreement which would include all the services and terms and conditions of the services to be extended as detailed herein and as may be prescribed by the Bank

4 Execution of SLA The Bidder should execute a Service Level Agreement on mutually agreed terms which would include all the services and terms and conditions of the services to be extended as detailed herein and as may be prescribed by the Bank

As per RFP

5 A declaration may be given by the Bidder stating that No relative of the Bidders is working in the Reserve Bank of India (Annexure K) If anyone working in the Bank is related to the Bidders the name designation and the department where the person is posted may be given Due to any breach of these conditions by the company or firm or any other person the Bank may decide to take appropriate action including cancellation of bid invocation of performance bank guarantee The company or firm or the person may also be debarred for further participation in the procurement process of the Bank in the future

5 A declaration may be given by the Bidder stating that No relative of the Bidders is working in the Reserve Bank of India (Annexure K) If anyone working in the Bank is related to the Bidders the name designation and the department where the person is posted may be given Due to any breach of these conditions by the company or firm or any other person the Bank may decide to take appropriate action including cancellation of bid invocation of performance bank guarantee The company or firm or the person may also be debarred for further participation in the procurement process of the Bank in the future

The relatives for this purpose are defined as -

The relatives for this purpose are defined as -

Oslash Members of a Hindu undivided family (HUF)

Oslash Members of a Hindu undivided family (HUF)

Oslash Husband and Wife Oslash Husband and Wife Oslash If one is related to the other in the manner as Father (includes step father) Mother (includes step mother) Son(s) (includes step son) amp Sonrsquos wife (daughter-in-law) Daughter(s) (includes step daughter) and Daughterrsquos husband (son-in-law) Brother(s) (includes step brother) and Brotherrsquos wife Sister(s) (includes step sister) and Sisterrsquos husband (brother-in-law)

Oslash If one is related to the other in the manner as Father (includes step father) Mother (includes step mother) Son(s) (includes step son) amp Sonrsquos wife (daughter-in-law) Daughter(s) (includes step daughter) and Daughterrsquos husband (son-in-law) Brother(s) (includes step brother) and Brotherrsquos wife Sister(s) (includes step sister) and Sisterrsquos husband (brother-in-law)

176 Page No 127 amp Section No82

The Proposal as well as all related correspondence exchanged by the Bidder and RBI shall be written in English language only The Bids will be treated as valid for a period of 180 days from the closing date for submission of the bid

The Proposal as well as all related correspondence exchanged by the Bidder and RBI shall be written in English language only The Bids will be treated as valid for a period of 180 30 days from the closing date for submission of the bid

As per RFP

177 Page No 128 amp Section No84

The Bidder shall at its own cost and expenses defend and indemnify RBI against all third-party claims including those of the infringement of Intellectual Property Rights including patent trademark copyright trade secret or industrial design rights arising from use of the Products or any part thereof in India

The Bidder Either Party (Indemnitor) shall at its own cost and expenses defend and indemnify the other Party (Indemnitee) RBI against all third-party claims including limited to those of the infringement of Intellectual Property Rights including patent trademark copyright trade secret or industrial design rights directly and proximately arising from use of the Products or any part thereof in India

As per RFP

If RBI is required to pay compensation to a third party resulting from such infringement the Bidder shall be fully responsible therefore including all expenses and court and legal fees The Bidder shall also be liable to indemnify RBI at its own cost and expenses against all losses damages which RBI may suffer on account of violation by the Bidder of any or all national international trade laws norms standards procedures etc

If RBI is required to pay compensation to a third party resulting from such infringement the Indemnitor Bidder shall be fully responsible therefore including all expenses and court and legal fees The Indemnitor Bidder shall also be liable to indemnify IndemniteeRBI at its own cost and expenses against all third party losses damages which IndemniteeRBI may suffer on account of violation by the Indemnitor Bidder of any or all national international trade laws norms standards procedures etc

178 Page No 129 amp Section No85

RBI reserves the right to cancel the contract of the selected Bidder and recover expenditure incurred by RBI if the progress regarding execution of the contract made by the selected Bidder is found to be unsatisfactory for any reason After the award of the contract if the selected Bidder does not perform satisfactorily or delays execution of the contract RBI reserves the right to get the balance contract executed by another party of its choice by giving one monthrsquos‟ notice for the same In this event the selected Bidder is bound to make good the additional expenditure which RBI may have to incur to carry out bidding process for the execution of the balance of the contract This clause will be surviving even where for any reason the contract is cancelled RBI reserves the right to recover any dues payable by the selected Bidder from any amount outstanding to the credit of the selected Bidder including the pending bills andor invoking Bank Guarantee if any under this contract or any other contractorder

RBI reserves the right to cancel the contract of the selected Bidder In the event of cancellation of contract the Bank is liable to pay the bidder for the goods delivered and services rendered till the date of termination and recover expenditure incurred by RBI if the progress regarding execution of the contract made by the selected Bidder is found not to be as per the material terms of the RFP unsatisfactory for any reason solely attributable to the bidder After the award of the contract if the selected Bidder does not perform as per the material terms of the RFP satisfactorily or unduly delays execution of the contract subject to a cure period and notice of not less than 30 days RBI reserves the right to get the balance contract executed by another party of its choice by giving one monthrsquos‟ additional notice for the same In this event the selected Bidder is bound to make good the additional expenditure which RBI may have to incur to carry out bidding process for the execution of the balance of the contract Provided further that the Bidder shall not be liable to Excess Cost in excess of (ten) 10 percent of the price of undelivered goods or services for which such option is exercised by the Bank This clause will be surviving even where for any reason attributable to the bidder the contract is cancelled RBI reserves the

As per RFP

right to recover any dues payable by the selected Bidder from any amount outstanding to the credit of the selected Bidder including the pending bills andor invoking Bank Guarantee if any under this contract or any other contractorder

179 Page No 129 amp Section No86

Bidder will submit a Bank Guarantee from a scheduled commercial bank drawn in favour of Reserve Bank of India payable at Mumbai towards Earnest Money Deposit (EMD) for Rs 4000000- (Rupees Forty Lakhs only) The EMD of unsuccessful Bidders shall be returned within 30 days from the declaration of the disqualification of the respective Bidder No interest shall be paid on the EMD The EMD of the successful Bidder shall be returned after the successful Bidder furnishes the Performance Bank Guarantee Offers made without the Earnest money deposit are liable to be rejected The amount of Earnest money deposit would be forfeited in the following scenarios

Bidder will submit demand draftbankerrsquos chequepay order Bank Guarantee drawn in favour of Reserve Bank of India payable at Mumbai towards Earnest Money Deposit (EMD) for Rs 4000000- (Rupees Forty Lakhs only) The EMD of unsuccessful Bidders shall be returned within 15 days from the declaration of the disqualification of the respective Bidder No interest shall be paid on the EMD The EMD of the successful Bidder shall be returned after the successful Bidder furnishes the Performance Bank Guarantee Offers made without the Earnest money deposit will be rejected The amount of Earnest money deposit would be forfeited in the following scenarios

As per RFP

1 In case the Bidder withdraws the bid prior to validity period of the bid for any reason whatsoever

1 In case the Bidder withdraws the bid prior to validity period of the bid for any reason whatsoever after the deviations proposed are mutually agreed to between both the parties

2 In case the successful Bidder fails to accept and sign the contract within the timeline as specified in this document for any reason whatsoever or

2 In case the successful Bidder fails to accept and sign the contract on mutually agreed terms as specified in this document for any reason whatsoever or

3 In case the successful Bidder fails to provide the performance guarantee within 30 days from the date of placing the order by the Bank or signing of the

3 In case the successful Bidder fails to provide the performance guarantee within 30 days from the date of placing the order by the Bank or and signing of the contract on mutually agreed terms

contract whichever is earlier for any reason whatsoever

whichever is earlier for any reason whatsoever

In case the Bidder withdraws the bid

owing to the fact that the deviations proposed by the Bidder are not accepted by the Bank there shall be neither any forfeiture of EMD nor any other financial or legal implications

180 Page No 130 amp Section No87

The successful Bidder shall at his own expense deposit with The Chief General Manager-in-Charge Department of Information Technology Reserve Bank of India Mumbai within thirty (30) days from the final result of the bidding process and declaration of the successful Bidder a Performance Bank Guarantee from a scheduled commercial bank payable on demand in terms of Annexure C for an amount equivalent to ten percent (10) of the contract price for the due performance and fulfilment of the contract by the Bidder Without prejudice to the other rights of the Purchaser under the Contract in the matter the proceeds of the performance security shall be payable to RBI as compensation for any loss resulting from the Bidderrsquos failure to complete its obligations under the Contract RBI shall notify the Bidder in writing of the invocation of its right to receive such compensation indicating the contractual obligation(s) for which the Bidder is in default The Performance Bank Guarantee shall be denominated in INR and shall be in the form of bank guarantee unless another form is specified by RBI After Go Live Performance Bank Guarantee will be returned back to bidder on submission of Financial Bank Guarantee which shall be submitted by the Bidder within

The successful Bidder shall at his own expense deposit with The Chief General Manager-in-Charge Department of Information Technology Reserve Bank of India Mumbai within thirty (30) days from the final result of the bidding process and declaration of the successful Bidder a Performance Bank Guarantee from a scheduled commercial bank payable on demand in terms of Annexure C for an amount equivalent to ten percent (10) of the contract price for the due performance and fulfilment of the contract by the Bidder Without prejudice to the other rights of the Purchaser under the Contract in the matter the proceeds of the performance security shall be payable to RBI as compensation for any loss resulting from the Bidderrsquos failure to complete its obligations under the Contract RBI shall notify the Bidder in writing of the invocation of its right to receive such compensation indicating the contractual obligation(s) for which the Bidder is in default The Performance Bank Guarantee shall be denominated in INR and shall be in the form of bank guarantee unless another form is specified by RBI After Go Live Performance Bank Guarantee will be returned back to bidder on submission of Financial Bank Guarantee which shall be submitted by the Bidder within 90 days of Go-Live Non-submission of

As per RFP

90 days of Go-Live Non-submission of Performance Guarantee shall constitute sufficient grounds among others if any for the annulment of the award of the tender

Performance Guarantee shall constitute sufficient grounds among others if any for the annulment of the award of the tender

181 Page No 130 amp Section No88

The successful Bidder shall at his own expense deposit with The Chief General Manager-In-Charge Department of Information Technology Reserve Bank of India Mumbai within Ninety (90) days of Go-Live of application before the issuance of Certificate of Completion a Bank Guarantee from a scheduled commercial bank payable on demand in terms of Annexure O for an amount equivalent to ten percent (10) of the contract price as mentioned in Annexure Q of Commercial Bid submitted by the bidder for the due performance and fulfilment of the contract by the Bidder during the warranty and AMC period of 7 years After Go Live Performance Bank Guarantee will be returned back to bidder on submission of Financial Bank Guarantee Without prejudice to the other rights of the Purchaser under the Contract in the matter the proceeds of the performance security shall be payable to RBI as compensation for any loss resulting from the Bidderrsquos failure to complete its obligations under the Contract RBI shall notify the Bidder in writing of the invocation of its right to receive such compensation indicating the contractual obligation(s) for which the Bidder is in default The Financial Bank Guarantee shall be valid till the

The successful Bidder shall at his own expense deposit with The Chief General Manager-In-Charge Department of Information Technology Reserve Bank of India Mumbai within Ninety (90) days of Go-Live of application before the issuance of Certificate of Completion a Bank Guarantee from a scheduled commercial bank payable on demand in terms of Annexure O for an amount equivalent to ten percent (10) of the contract price as mentioned in Annexure Q of Commercial Bid submitted by the bidder for the due performance and fulfilment of the contract by the Bidder during the warranty and AMC period of 7 years After Go Live Performance Bank Guarantee will be returned back to bidder on submission of Financial Bank Guarantee Without prejudice to the other rights of the Purchaser under the Contract in the matter the proceeds of the performance security shall be payable to RBI as compensation for any loss resulting from the Bidderrsquos failure to complete its obligations under the Contract RBI shall notify the Bidder in writing of the invocation of its right to receive such compensation indicating the contractual obligation(s) for which the Bidder is in default The Financial Bank Guarantee shall be valid till the end of AMC denominated in INR and shall be in the form of bank guarantee

As per RFP

end of AMC denominated in INR and shall be in the form of bank guarantee unless another form is specified by RBI Non-submission of Financial Guarantee shall constitute sufficient grounds among others if any for the annulment of the award of the tender

unless another form is specified by RBI Non-submission of Financial Guarantee shall constitute sufficient grounds among others if any for the annulment of the award of the tender

182 Page No 131 amp Section No810

Unless otherwise directed by the Purchaser in writing the Bidder shall continue to perform his obligations under the contract as far as possible and shall seek all means for performance of all other obligations not prevented by the Force Majeure event

Unless otherwise directed by the Purchaser in writing the Bidder shall continue to perform his obligations under the contract as far as reasonably possible and shall seek all means for performance of all other obligations not prevented by the Force Majeure event

As per RFP

Such Force Majeure events will not entitle the Purchaser to delay payment to be made to the Bidder

183 Page No 131 amp Section No811

7 This undertaking shall not apply to Confidential Information that

7 This undertaking shall not apply to Confidential Information that

As per RFP

- Is in the public domain at the time it is acquired by us

- Is in the public domain at the time it is acquired by us

- Enters the public domain subsequent to our acquisition otherwise than as a result of unauthorised disclosure by us and

- Enters the public domain subsequent to our acquisition otherwise than as a result of unauthorised disclosure by us

- Is independently developed by us - is rightfully acquired prior to disclosure by the RBI and

- Is independently developed by us 184 Page No 132

amp Section No813

The Bank reserves the right to alter the requirements specified in the RFP Document The Bank will inform all Bidders about changes if any

The Bank reserves the right to alter the requirements specified in the RFP Document up to the date of submission of the final bid The Bank will inform all Bidders about changes if any Also It should be restricted to +-10 maximum of the quantity quoted as per RFP

As per RFP

The Bidder agrees that the Bank has no limit on the additions or deletions on the items for the period of the contract

Bidder agrees to provide the increased quantity at the same terms and conditions However additional prices shall be charged for the goods supplied over the contracted quantity

The Bidder agrees that the Bank has no limit on the additions or deletions on the items for the period of the contract

185 Page No 133 amp Section No816

The Bidder should strictly adhere to the implementation schedule as specified in the purchase contract executed between the Parties for performance of the obligations arising out of the purchase contract and any delay in completion of the obligations by the Bidder will enable the Bank to resort to any or both of the following

The Bidder should strictly adhere to the implementation schedule as specified in the purchase contract executed between the Parties for performance of the obligations arising out of the purchase contract and any delay in completion of the obligations by the Bidder (for reason not attributable to the Purchaser) will only enable the Bank to resort to any or both of the following

As per RFP

Oslash Claiming Liquidated Damages Oslash Claiming Liquidated Damages Oslash Termination of the purchase agreement fully or partly and claim liquidated damages

Oslash Termination of the purchase agreement fully or partly and claim liquidated damages Bidder should be given 30 daysrsquo written notice to cure the default failing which may attract termination In the event of termination Bank shall pay Bidder for goods delivered and services rendered till the date of termination

186 Page No 134 amp Section No817

The liquidated damages is an estimate of the loss or damage that the Bank may have suffered due to delay in performance or non-performance of any or all the obligations (under the terms and conditions of the purchase contract relating to supply delivery installation operationalization implementation training supportservices acceptance etc) of the solution by the Bidder and the Bidder shall be liable to pay the Bank a

The liquidated damages is an estimate of the loss or damage that the Bank may have suffered due to delay in performance or non-performance of any or all the obligations (under the terms and conditions of the purchase contract relating to supply delivery installation operationalization implementation training supportservices acceptance etc) of the solution by the Bidder and the Bidder shall be liable to pay the Bank a fixed amount for each day of

As per RFP

fixed amount for each day of delay non-performance of the obligations by way of liquidated damages details of which will be specified in the purchase contract Without any prejudice to Bankrsquos other rights under the law the Bank shall recover the liquidated damages if any accruing to the Bank as above from any amount payable to the Bidder either as per the purchase contract executed between the parties or under any other purchase agreement contract the Bank may have executed shall be executing with the Bidder Liquidated Damages is not applicable for reasons attributable to the Bank and Force Majeure However it is the responsibilityonus of the Bidder to prove that the delay is attributed to the Bank and Force Majeure The Bidder shall submit the proof authenticated by the Bidder and bankrsquos official that the delay is attributed to the Bank and Force Majeure along with the bills requesting payment

delay non-performance of the obligations limited to a maximum of 3 of the delayedundelivered portion of ACV by way of liquidated damages details of which will be specified in the purchase contract Without any prejudice to Bankrsquos other rights under the law the Bank shall recover the liquidated damages if any accruing to the Bank as above from any amount payable to the Bidder either as per the purchase contract executed between the parties or under any other purchase agreement contract the Bank may have executed shall be executing with the Bidder Liquidated Damages is not applicable for reasons attributable to the Bank and Force Majeure However it is the responsibilityonus of the Bidder to prove that the delay is attributed to the Bank and Force Majeure The Bidder shall submit the proof authenticated by the Bidder and bankrsquos official that the delay is attributed to the Bank and Force Majeure along with the bills requesting payment

187 General Query Clause not present Total LD+ penalty that Bank can levy on Bidder shall not exceed 3 of ACV

As per RFP

188 Page No 137 and section 825

Neither the contract nor any rights granted under the contract may be sold leased assigned or otherwise transferred in whole or in part by the Bidder and any such attempted sale lease assignment or otherwise transfer shall be void and of no effect

Neither the contract nor any rights granted under the contract may be sold leased assigned or otherwise transferred in whole or in part by either Party the Bidder and any such attempted sale lease assignment or otherwise transfer shall be void and of

As per RFP

without the advance written consent of the Bank

no effect without the advance written consent of the other Party Bank

189 Page No 137 and section 826

The Bidder during the term of the contract and for a period of two years thereafter shall not without the express written consent of the Bank directly or indirectly

The Bidder Both Parties during the term of the contract and for a period of two years thereafter shall not without the express written consent of the other Party Bank directly or indirectly

As per RFP

1 Recruit hire appoint or engage or attempt to recruit hire appoint or engage or discuss employment with or otherwise utilize the services of any person who has been an employee or associate or engaged in any capacity by the Bank in rendering services under the contract or

1 Recruit hire appoint or engage or attempt to recruit hire appoint or engage or discuss employment with or otherwise utilize the services of any person who has been an employee or associate or engaged in any capacity by the other Party Bank in rendering services under the contract or

2 Induce any person who is have been an employee or associate of the Bank at any time to terminate his her relationship with the Bank

2 Induce any person who is have been an employee or associate of the other Party Bank at any time to terminate his her relationship with the other Party Bank

190 Page No 137 and section 829

The ownership of the source code and design for the EDMS specific to the Bank and all related application suites interface designs customisations design etc and related Intellectual Property Right (IPR) will lie with the Bank only All Bidders will need to adhere to this

The ownership of the source code and design for the EDMS specific to the Bank and all related application suites interface designs customisations design etc and related Intellectual Property Right (IPR) will lie with the Bank only All Bidders will need to adhere to this

As per RFP

Notwithstanding anything to the contrary no intellectual property rights of any nature shall be transferred from one Party to the other in the course of performing any obligations or otherwise under this agreement For the avoidance of doubt Bidders may use certain tools processes or methodologies of its own in performing the services Ownership of all intellectual property rights and any other rights in these shall vest with Bidder and no rights shall be deemed to have accrued to the Bank

191 Page No 139 and section 830

3 The Bidder during the term of the contract and for a period of two years thereafter shall not without the express written consent of RBI directly or indirectly recruit hire appoint or engage or attempt to recruit hire appoint or engage or discuss employment with or otherwise utilize the services of any person who has been an employee or associate or engaged in any capacity by RBI in rendering services under the contract or Induce any person who shall have been an employee or associate of RBI at any time to terminate his her relationship with RBI

3 The Bidder Either party during the term of the contract and for a period of two years thereafter shall not without the express written consent of the other Party RBI directly or indirectly recruit hire appoint or engage or attempt to recruit hire appoint or engage or discuss employment with or otherwise utilize the services of any person who has been an employee or associate or engaged in any capacity by the other Party RBI in rendering services under the contract or Induce any person who shall have been an employee or associate of the other Party RBI at any time to terminate his her relationship with the other Party RBI

As per RFP

192 Page No 139 and section 830

6 Professionalism The Bidder should provide professional objective and impartial advice at all times and hold the Bankrsquos interests paramount and should observe the highest standard of ethics while executing the assignment

6 Professionalism The Bidder should provide professional objective and impartial advice at all times and hold the Bankrsquos interests paramount and should observe the highest standard of ethics while executing the assignment

As per RFP

8 No legal binding relationship It may be noted that no binding legal relationship will exist between any of the Respondents of this RFP and the Bank until execution of a contractual agreement

8 No legal binding relationship It may be noted that no binding legal relationship will exist between any of the Respondents of this RFP and the Bank until execution of a contractual agreement on mutually agreed terms

193 Page No 126 and section 830

If the responses contain any extraneous conditions put in by the respondents such responses will be disqualified and will not be considered for the selection process

If the responses contain any extraneous conditions put in by the respondents such responses will be disqualified and will not be considered for the selection process

As per RFP

194 General Query EMD Unacceptable EMD forfeiture EMD to be forfeiture for breach of contract- not acceptable

As per RFP

195 Page No144 We hereby declare that all the information and statements made in this Proposal are true and we accept that any misinterpretation contained in it may lead to our disqualification

We hereby declare that all the information and statements made in this Proposal are true to the best of our knowledge and we accept that any intentional misinterpretation contained in it may lead to our disqualification

As per RFP

196 General Query PBG Request PBG to be invoked only for material breaches of terms and conditions

As per RFP

197 Page No229 amp Annexure E

We agree to abide by this Bid Offer for 180 days from the last day of bid submission and our Offer shall remain binding on us and may be accepted by RBI any time before expiry of the offer

We agree to abide by this Bid Offer for 30 180 days from the last day of bid submission and our Offer shall remain binding on us and may be accepted by RBI any time before expiry of the offer

As per RFP

198 Page No249 amp Annexure L

Further to our proposal dated ______________ in response to the Request for Proposal for Implementation of EDMS Application (hereinafter referred to as ldquoRFPrdquo) issued by Reserve Bank of India (ldquoRBIrdquo) we hereby covenant warrant and confirm as follows

Further to our proposal dated ______________ in response to the Request for Proposal for Implementation of EDMS Application (hereinafter referred to as ldquoRFPrdquo) issued by Reserve Bank of India (ldquoRBIrdquo) we hereby covenant warrant and confirm as follows

As per RFP

We hereby agree to comply with all the terms and conditions stipulations as contained in the RFP and the related addendums other documents and if required including the changes made to the original bid documents issued by RBI provided that the only list of deviations has been furnished by us in the relevant Annex

We hereby agree to comply with all the mutually agreed material terms and conditions stipulations as contained in the RFP and the related addendums other documents and if required including the changes made to the original bid documents issued by RBI provided that the only list of deviations has been furnished by us in the relevant Annex

199 Page No240 amp Annexure G

As per RFP The BIDDER undertakes that it has not supplied is not supplying similar product services or sub-services during last one year from the date of issuance of this RFP at a price lower than that offered in the present bid to any other entity If it is found at any stage that similar product services or sub-services was supplied by the BIDDER to any other entity at a lower price then that very price with due allowance for elapsed time will be applicable to the present case and the difference in the cost would be refunded by the BIDDER to the

The BIDDER undertakes that it has not supplied is not supplying similar product services or sub-services during last one year from the date of issuance of this RFP at a price lower than that offered in the present bid to any other entity If it is found at any stage that similar product services or sub-services was supplied by the BIDDER to any other entity at a lower price then that very price with due allowance for elapsed time will be applicable to the present case and the difference in the cost would be refunded by the BIDDER to the BUYER if the contract has already been concluded

BUYER if the contract has already been concluded

200 Page No243 amp Annexure I

We the undersigned as Bidder having examined the complete RFP document (along with its annexes) do hereby offer to produce deliver install support and maintain EDMS Application in full conformity of your requirements as elaborated in above said RFP for the amounts mentioned by us in the Commercial Bid or such other sums as may be agreed to between us

We the undersigned as Bidder having examined the complete RFP document (along with its annexes) do hereby offer to produce deliver install support and maintain EDMS Application in full conformity of your material requirements as elaborated in above said RFP for the amounts mentioned by us in the Commercial Bid or such other sums as may be agreed to between us

As per RFP

We agree to abide by our Offer for a period of 6 months from the date of last day of Bid submission and it shall remain binding on us for acceptance at any time before the expiration of this period

We agree to abide by our Offer for a period of 1 6 months from the date of last day of Bid submission and it shall remain binding on us for acceptance at any time before the expiration of this period

We understand that you are not bound to accept the lowest or any bid you may receive

We understand that you are not bound to accept the lowest or any bid you may receive

We undertake if our Bid is accepted to provide Performance Bank Guarantee and Financial Bank Guarantee as per the prescribed format within the timescales stipulated in the RFP

We undertake if our Bid is accepted to provide Performance Bank Guarantee and Financial Bank Guarantee as per the prescribed format within the timescales stipulated in the RFP after signing of contract on mutually agreed terms and conditions

201 General Query Annexure J Confidentiality and Non-Disclosure Agreement Undertaking

ADD As per RFP Notwithstanding anything to the contrary to the extent the Bidder shares any confidential information with RBI the provisions of this RFP shall apply mutatis mutandis to RBI The obligations of confidentiality for both Parties shall come to an end 3 years from the date of terminationexpiry of the contract to be entered into

202 Page No248 and Annexure K

Annexure K Self Declaration Relatives in RBI

SEEK DELETION OF ANNEXURE As per RFP

203 Page No259 and Annexure P

We agree to abide by this Tender Response for a period of 180 days from the last day of bid submission and it shall remain binding upon us until within this period a formal contract is prepared and executed this Tender Response together with your written acceptance thereof in your notification of award shall constitute a binding contract between us and will initiate the formation of a separate contract in respect of maintenance and support

We agree to abide by this Tender Response for a period of 30 180 days from the last day of bid submission and it shall remain binding upon us until within this period a formal contract is prepared and executed this Tender Response together with your written acceptance thereof in your notification of award shall not constitute a binding contract between us and will initiate the formation of a separate contract in respect of maintenance and support

As per RFP

services after expiry of the warranty period

services after expiry of the warranty period all of which shall be on mutually agreed terms

204 Page No276 amp Annexure U

8 The respondent has not been involved in any legal case that may affect the solvencyexistence of the applicant or in any other way affect the respondentrsquos capability to providecontinue services to RBI if RBI selects the respondent for EDMS

8 The respondent has not been involved in any legal case that may affect the solvencyexistence of the applicant or in any other way materially affect the respondentrsquos capability to providecontinue services to RBI if RBI selects the respondent for EDMS

As per RFP

9 The bidder accepts to follow all the clauses terms and conditions as set in the RFP document

9 The bidder accepts to follow all the clauses terms and conditions as set in the RFP document subject to deviations proposed

205 General Query New clause proposed by Bidder Service Provider undertakes that it is compliant to State minimum wages act at the time of execution of the Agreement and the commercials are accordingly factored In the event there is a change to the State minimum wages act or if the Customer wants the Service Provider to comply to some other minimum wages act including but not limited to Central minimum wages act or the existing minimum wages act is repealed by another act then in such cases Customer will support Service provider with change request for additional cost incurred by Service Provider for complying to new minimum wages Service provider will not ask for Change request for any changes that is within 8 increase year on year from the State minimum wages as on the date of contract sign off

As per RFP

206 General Query New clause proposed by Bidder ldquoIt is agreed that the price quoted is arrived at based on the exchange rate of 1 USD = INR ___ (ldquoBase Exchange Raterdquo) In the event the Base Exchange Rate either increases or decreases by percentage points greater than two per cent [2] the prices shall be charged as per the then current exchange raterdquo

As per RFP

207 General Query New clause proposed by Bidder The risk title and ownership of the products shall be transferred to the customer upon delivery of such products to the customer

As per RFP

208 General Query New clause proposed by Bidder Customer hereby agrees to make the site ready as per the agreed specifications within the agreed timelines Customer agrees that Wipro shall not be in any manner be liable for any delay arising out of Customerrsquos failure to make the site ready within the stipulated period including but not limited to levy of liquidated damages for any delay in performance of Services under the terms of this Agreement In case the SITE is not ready for a continuous period of 30 days milestone payment related to installation will be released to vendor based on the SNR report also if there is any additional warranty cost due to continuous site not readiness for 30 days same will be borne by the customer

As per RFP

209 General Query New clause proposed by Bidder Notwithstanding anything contained herein neither Party shall be liable for any indirect punitive consequential or incidental loss damage claims liabilities charges costs expense or injury (including without limitation loss of use data revenue profits business and for any claims of any third party claiming through Bidder) that may arise out of or result from this Agreement The aggregate liability of Bidder under this Agreement shall not exceed the fees (excluding reimbursements) received by it under this contract during the six months preceding the date of first claim

As per RFP

210 General Query New clause proposed by Bidder Any new levy on account of changes in law shall be to the account of Bank

As per RFP

211 General Query New clause proposed by Bidder Bidderrsquos failure to perform its contractual responsibilities to perform the services or to meet agreed service levels shall be excused if and to the extent Bidder performance is effected delayed or causes non-performance due to Banks omissions or actions whatsoever

As per RFP

212 General Query New clause proposed by Bidder Services andor deliverables shall be deemed to be fully and finally accepted by Bank in the event when Bank has not submitted its acceptance or rejection response in writing to Bidder within 15 days from the date of installationcommissioning or when Bank uses the Deliverable in its business whichever occurs earlier Parties agree that Bidder shall have 15 daysrsquo time to correct in case of any rejection by Bank

As per RFP

213 General Query New clause proposed by Bidder Either party may request a change order (ldquoChange Orderrdquo) in the event of actual or anticipated change(s) to the agreed scope Services Deliverables schedule or any other aspect of the Statement of WorkPurchase Order Bidder will prepare a Change Order reflecting the proposed changes including the impact on the Deliverables schedule and fee In the absence of a signed Change Order Bidder shall not be bound to perform any additional services

As per RFP

214 General Query New clause proposed by Bidder Notwithstanding anything to the contrary either Party shall have the right to terminate this Agreement at any time with cause in the event that the other party commits a material breach of the Agreement and fails to cure such default to the non-defaulting partyrsquos reasonable satisfaction within thirty (30) days

As per RFP

In the event of termination of any nature the Bidder shall be paid for the 1 goods delivered 2 services rendered 3 work in progress 4 unpaid AMCs 5 third party orders in pipeline which cannot be cancelled despite Bidders best efforts 6 unrecovered investments shall be paid by the Bank as per termination schedule till the date of termination

215 General Query New clause proposed by Bidder Notwithstanding anything contained in this RFP

As per RFP

a) Excluding a regulatorystatutory requirement if any nothing in this Agreement shall be construed or interpreted as requiring Bidder to provide to Customer access to or right to inspect examine audit and take copies of any fees price cost or any other financial information or any records or documents relating to the make-up of the Bidderrsquos internal

overhead calculations their relationship to the fees any financial cost model calculation of fees or to the Bidderrsquos profitability or other such financial data

b) All audit barring those required under a regulatory or statutory requirement may be done only on an annual basis and subject to a notice period of 20 days

216 Page No 132 and section 82

Integrity Pact Unacceptable integrity pact Customer to insert new CVC integrity pact that does not contain Fall clause LIBOR provisions etc

As per RFP

217 General Query Annexure A Earnest Money Deposit Unacceptable EMD forfeiture EMD to be forfeiture for breach of contract- not acceptable

As per RFP

218 General Query Annexure C Performance Bank Guarantee

Request PBG to be invoked only for material breaches of terms and conditions

As per RFP

219 General Query Annexure G Integrity Pact SEEK INSERTION OF NEW CVC INTEGRITY PACT WITHOUT LIBOR PROVISIONS AND FALL CLAUSE

As per RFP

220 General Query ADD As per RFP

Annexure J Confidentiality and Non-Disclosure Agreement Undertaking

Notwithstanding anything to the contrary to the extent the Bidder shares any confidential information with RBI the provisions of this RFP shall apply mutatis mutandis to RBI The obligations of confidentiality for both Parties shall come to an end 3 years from the date of terminationexpiry of the contract to be entered into

221 Page No 10 and section 11

Central Office has following 33 departments

EDMS solution is to be implemented for 33 departments is this understanding correct Please mention if there are more departments to be considered in-scope

As per RFP

222 Page No 29 and section 22

The application should facilitate integration with e-mail client (outlook) where selected emails could be Inwarded directly

Integration with Outlook For how many users is this needed Please specify the number of users who would be using this functionality

10000 users| All Users

223 Page No 18 and section 15

Sr No 6 Global common workflow plus seven specific work process Modules which need to be developed at the time of Go-Live

The seven workflow will have integration with what all systems Please specify the details

Integration envisaged for Go-Live - Active Directory Mail Messaging System SAMADHAN IRM DMIS Other integration will be done during continuous development

224 Page No 25 and section 21

User should have privilege to create Inward amp Outward from RBI corporate email inbox (selected emails) with capability to capture both email body and attachment (if any) as a part of the Inward

How many users are going to use Email Integration feature Is it going to be for all the 10000 named users

As per RFP

225 Page No 25 and section 21

The proposed solution needs to be integrated with existing (or any future standard system) of IRM

What is the current IRM system used by RBI

Microsoft IRM

226 Page No 25 and section 21

3 Customization and Integration Would existing IRM system be OpenText IRM or any other product and will sufficient license be available for EDMS users

Microsoft IRM

227 Page No 25 and section 21

4 Web interface ndashInwardOutward Management

Is it expected to expose the same EDMS application to public or integration with RBI website

As per RFP

228 Page No 27 and section 21

Sr No 21The Scanning product should have inbuilt capability to do a full page OCR amp ICR (for both Hindi amp English documents) and also convert the images to searchable forms like Searchable PDF

What is the ratio of English to Hindi documents for OCR amp ICR

Approximately Hindi 33 | English 66

229 Page No 29 and section 22

5 Inward Management Request you to please specify the other email clients

As per RFP

230 Page No 31 section 22

Technical Bid(Functional Requirements)

We understand that all of these functionalities are the application functionalities and the necessary scanning systems and personal required will be facilitated by RBI Please confirm

Yes

231 Page No 31 section 22

Technical Bid(Functional Requirements)

In case Yes for the above Questions than please detail the scope expectation w r t Scan amp upload requirement

Restricted to Application Solution

232 Page No 43 and section 22

147 Reports amp Dashboard Please elaborate further on this point We understand that reports can be generated with stored data without translation Please let us know your understanding

Data stored in Hindi should be displayed in Hindi The report fields should toggle between Hindi and English No translation is envisioned as part of basic deployment

233 Page No 46 and section 22

163 Document Management Rearrange pages in a document or create a new document from a page using drag and drop Please elaborate at what stage this is required

Rearrangement of pages is required to create an abstract out of an existing doc

234 Page No 46 and section 22

The solution offered should be capable of integration with 3rd party software amp internal applications which are in use at RBI

What all internal and 3rd party applications are to be taken in account for integration

Integration envisaged for Go-Live - Active Directory Mail Messaging System SAMADHAN IRM DMIS Other integration will be done during continuous development

235 Page No 46 and section 22

171 Customization and Integration Is there any existing SSO Server available

Shall be shared with successful bidder

236 Page No 46 and section 22

173 Customization and Integration We understand that content replication from DC to DR has to be accomplished by RBI team and bidder can assist in providing the details

Shall be shared with successful bidder

237 Page No 56 and section 23

A separate test environment and development would be provided at the data Centre The Bidder is expected to replicate the DC environment in the DR and in the test environment in all respects

We understand that bidder is expected to set 4 environments - Dev UATTest Production (DC) and DR Is UATTest environment also expected to be exact replicamirror image of Production

Scaled-down version 50 of Production in terms of sizing

238 Page No 56 and section 23

A separate test environment and development would be provided at the data Centre The Bidder is expected to replicate the DC environment in the DR and in the test environment in all respects

Will RBI procure and provide hardware for all environments Should bidder only propose sizing recommendations for all environments

As per RFP

239 Page No 57 and section 23

Security Requirements We understand that all of these functionalities are the application functionalities by virtue of which these security mechanisms have to be part of the bidderrsquos proposition Kindly comment on our understanding

As per RFP

240 Page No 62 and section 23

System should maintain audit logs for all monitoring and events according to RBI policy These audit logs must be secure and stored as per defined retention policy

Request Bank to specify as lot of sizing considerations would depend uponvary basis the RBI policies (3 5 7 10 years)

Shall be shared with successful bidder

241 Page No 64 and section 23

86 Data Migration Would changes means restructuring of folders or something else Please elaborate

To be discussed during System Study

242 Page No 67and section 31

27 Any other areas which the Bank might decide to include in the Scope at the time of implementation of EDMS

Request Bank to enlighten on to this requirement Being subjective Bidder will need more quantifiablegaugeable requirement basis which effort and commercials can be worked out

As per RFP

However we understand the same will be addressed during design phase

Please comment upon our understanding

243 Page No 71 and section 38

Data migration will be the responsibility of the Bidder

Will bidder be allowed to run the migration 24x7 or only during non-peak hours

Shall be discussed with successful bidder

244 Page No 74 and section 310

Bidder should provide training to RBI‟s officials for using and managing the system which will include end user technical and system Administration training as well as DBA level training

What would be the minimum numbers of users to be trained for Admin and for User level trainings respectively

5 batches of 30-40 user each Total training to be provide to around 200 User at Mumbai Pune

245 Page No 76 and section 313

Implementation As per RFP The Banks incident Management system has to be used as ticketing system to handle requests raised by Banks Internal Users during the warranty and AMC period Which ticketing system is RBI using currently

EDMS can leverage existing Incident Management tool Details will be shared with successful bidder

246 Page No 76 and section 313

Extensive on-site support team is required during the first year after ldquoGo-Liverdquo

Are all the resources mentioned for L0 (44) L1 (8) and L2 (2) are to be deployed on-site Can bidder propose onsite-offshore model for post-implementation support

As per RFP

247 Page No 77 and section 313

vi Scanning documents at RBI respective locations if required

We understand that the necessary scanning systems and personnel required will be facilitated by RBI Request to throw more light on the number of locations in this regards Accordingly effort estimation can be done so as to provide the appropriate commercials in this regards

As per RFP

248 Page No 86 and section 319

319 Performance Monitoring amp Tuning solution

Considering the entire project is going to be base out of RBIs data centre request bank to facilitate make model etc of the performance monitoring tool

Bidder has to provide Application level monitoring solution As per Data Centre policy open source performance tool will not be permissible and the solution proposed by bidder should be approved by RBI

249 Page No 86 and section 323

The total number of users presently is expected to be around 10000 with 2000 concurrent users and annual growth of 10 in concurrent users

Out of total 10000 users how many back endadmin users are there who are going to access this system

Less than 500 users

250 Page No 86 and section 324

Sr No 5 The solution offered should be capable of pin codeGPS Location based integration for capturing user address

Is bidder expected to integrate the existing GPS system with EDMS

As per RFP

251 Page No 86 and section 323

323 Vendor would be required to provide Enterprise-wide all-inclusive Perpetual license for all functionalities as per the requirements of the RBI The total number of users presently is expected to be around 10000 with 2000 concurrent users and annual growth of 10 in concurrent users

These users are for determining the hardware sizing but from software licensing point of view all 10000 users can connect concurrently

As per RFP

Please validate

252 Page No 86 and section 323

No extra license fees implementation charges should be charged by the selected bidder for implementing the software in the test environment and at the Disaster Recovery site of RBI or at any other site that may be specified by the Bank

We understand that as project progresses there will be significant volumes and hence there should be no restriction on number of CPUcores and if any it will be responsibility of SI to provide additional licenses at no additional costs to RBI Trust our understanding is correct Please confirm for clarification

Yes As per RFP

253 Page No87 and section 324

6 Vendor is responsible to import application in UAT production environment amp DC ndash DR synchronization etc

We understand that the application is going to be based out of RBIs existing Data Centre visa Navi Mumbai and Nagpur Request Bank to elaborate upon existing DC-DR synchronization technique technology methodology Please provide details version of the same for integration aspects

Shall be shared with successful bidder

254 Page No87 and section 325

325 System amp Security Audit Request RBI to specify number of yearly audits

Shall be shared with successful bidder

255 Page No91 and section 329

4 Complete user manual and system documentation (soft and hard copies) of the proposed solution after the go-live

Request RBI to spell the number of hard copies required

Shall be discussed with successful bidder

256 Page No92 and section 330

3 Vendor is required to give all sorts of support required in case RBI decides to move the implemented EDMS on cloud services or IaaS in future This support will include everything starting from shunting of the running EDMS temporarily to alternate arrangement till all the Hw Sw etc are installed amp made running in the new IaaS or Cloud environment (Logistics Technical Integration support etc)

We understand the same to be captured via change control mechanism change management during the course of the project

As per RFP

257 Page No92 and section 330

5 Business Process Reengineering ndash The vendor shall include the impact of the new system to the operations of Client If applicable the proponent shall recommend changes to the existing processes that would benefit Client

Request Bank to specify a percentage number in this regards accordingly efforts and commercials can be worked out

As per RFP

258 Page No93 and section 43

For each milestone to be marked completed the bidder should ensure that all the acceptance criteria are met and approved by the Bank as mentioned in various applicable sections in the RFP

We understand that the Project acceptance criteria will be formalized mutually during the design phase and agreed upon Please comment upon our understanding

As per RFP

259 42 Additional Software License Costs As per RFP

Page No 94 and section 42

For evaluation purposes costs of the software licenses proposed by the Bidder would be included in the Total Cost of Ownership In case any software license(s) are required to be procured directly from the Original Equipment Manufacturer (OEM) Product Vendor the actual payment to the Bidder will be reduced appropriately to exclude the software license costs quoted in the commercial bid Bidder is requested to add all the Other Software Licensing Cost under the header Any other requirements for the proposed solution on MSTC website

Request Bank to mutually discuss and agree upon section 42 before finalization on the requirement Please comment in this regards

260 Page No122 and Section 76

Overall enterprise wide security including role-based security and authorisation levels operating systemapplication security and logical access controls and anti‐virus management

Is bidder expected to propose anti-virus software as well

Shall be shared with successful bidder

261 Page No 169 amp Annexure D2

Sr No 26 All incoming physical letters has to be scanned and put into the system for further processing

What is the total size or volume of legacy documents to be considered for Scanning through the Capture Solution (dailymonthlyyearly volume)

As per RFP

262 Page No 204 amp Annexure D2

206 The system should also integrated with Ms outlook and other email client

Does RBI require native integration with outlook in which users can access EDMS from outlook interface

As per RFP

Please confirm 263 Page No 211

amp Annexure D3

Sr No 28 The solution should provide for seamless integration of modules as per the business requirements of RBI with necessary interfaces The application should have provision for Integration existingupcoming portalsapplications of different depts eg HR Portal Samadhan Active directory CMS (CEPD) etc other internal workflow application system etc

Do we have to estimate effort for integration with these upcoming applications now or will it be taken at a later stage as a Change Request If now what are these applications based on Please provide what level of integration is required with these applicationssystem

Integration envisaged for Go-Live - Active Directory Mail Messaging Solution SAMADHAN IRM DMIS Other integration will be done during continuous development

264 Page No213 amp Annexure D3

Based on our experience in similar project we feel the concurrent user ratio to named users is less In such application of note approval the concurrence is around 40 of total users

As per RFP

Details of Hardware requirements for the proposed solution for following user base of

Request you to validate this for RBI

i 10000 total user base ii 2000 concurrent users

265 Page No 218 amp Annexure D3

Sr 55 The Implementation of open source technologies should be taken up in compliance with Information Security (IS) policy of the Bank

Would you allow usage of Open Source Tools for Simulation is required to carry out Performance Testing (LoadStress) eg JMeter

Shall be discussed with successful bidder

266 Page No218 amp Annexure D3

The Implementation of open source technologies should be taken up in compliance with Information Security (IS) policy of the Bank

Please throw some light on limitations on usage of open-source tools in context with Information Security (IS) policy of the Bank

Shall be discussed with successful bidder

267 Page No221 amp Annexure D3

Sr No 75 Data Loss Prevention solution should be available with EDMS solution

Is Data Loss Prevention solution to be implemented or does the solution need to have the capability only and its for future use Please confirm

Shall be discussed with successful bidder

268 Page No 226 amp Annexure D6

g Scalability of document volume (30) having average volume of 4million documents per year

What does 30 signify here How much should be the total volume of documents considered that is received and to be ingested in EDMS repository (yearlymonthly)

As per RFP

269 Page No 226 amp Annexure D6

b Response time of maximum 3 seconds

Request RBI to elaborate upon the type of gaugeable reports parameters required to establish the response time

As per RFP

270 Page No 226 amp Annexure D6

b Response time of maximum 3 seconds

Will submitting product performance reports spec sheets suffice or any other artefact is required to substantiate the same Please specify

As per RFP

271 Page No 226 amp Annexure D6

g Scalability of document volume (30) having average volume of 4million documents per year

Request RBI to specify the existing document volume as this is required from sizing perspective to arrive at an optimized commercials

As per RFP

272 Page No 262 amp Annexure Q

Annexure Q We believe RBI will also be providing mobile based access to select employeersquos basis roles We assume the licensing for the same is to be included in this pricing and no additional price will be payable by RBI Mobile app if to be created will be separate project but will connect to EDMS through API at no additional costs to RBI Please clarify

As per RFP

273 Page No 262 amp Annexure Q

Annexure Q Will RBI facilitate the commercial bid format for ease of comparison during the evaluation phase Request to clarify

Commercial bid format can be downloaded from the MSTC e-commerce portal

274 Page No 264 amp Annexure Q

Unit Price Under Unit Price do we have to provide Yearly Price of 1 resource

As per RFP

275 Page No 264 amp Annexure Q

Cost of L0 Resource (21 nos) on 12 X 5 basis for one year at locations given in Annexure T

For 12x5 we would need to deploy 2 resources to support 60 hours shift so do we need to consider price for 2 resources or provide price only for 21 resources and they will be supporting in round-robin manner Please confirm

For Annexure T for line items 31 to 35 Bidders are advised to consider 8 x 5 working hours where requirement of only 1 resource has been mentioned (Ahmedabad has 2 locations so 2 resources are required) For line items 25 to 30 where support hours are mentioned as 12 x 5 and requirement of multiple resources is mentioned resources are expected to work in 8 x 5 shift scheduled in a manner to provide support for 12 x 5 All other conditionsrequirements

mentioned in the table remain unchanged

276 Page No 265 amp Annexure Q

B2 Development Team based at Mumbai Navi Mumbai Composition Tech Lead(1) + Developer (5) + Tester (1)

Composition of Tech Lead(1) + Developer (5) + Tester (1) will not suffice we also need Project Managers Technical Architect UI Expert and Infrastructure Resource can bidder add more rows in commercial format and propose Development Team accordingly

As per RFP

277 Page No 265 Section amp Annexure Q

AMC for the first year after warranty period (should be min 8 of Total onetime cost)

Do we have to include both here - Product AMC from OEM as well as Application Technical Support for only 1 year from bidder

As per RFP

278 Page No 266 amp Annexure Q

(C) Hardware Requirements Do we have to propose hardware sizing and software recommendations for DevUAT Production and DR Environments The table has rows for Production and UAT only can the bidder add more rows to it or is it a fixed format

Hardware sizing and software recommendations are to be proposed for all environments The two rows were for representational purpose More rows can be added in the commercial bid format

279 Page No 212 amp Annexure D3

212 A separate test environment and development would be provided at the data Centre The Bidder is expected to replicate the DC environment in the DR and in the test environment in all respects (11)

1 Will development and test environments be provided by RBI till OS layer and only application deployment is to be done by the bidder

As per RFP

84 Hence bidder is required to take into the consideration the hardware

software etc requirement pertaining to test amp development

2 Please elaborate what is bidders responsibility for development and test environments

280 General Query Retention Management Apart from Retention and Archival are you looking for complete Records Management solution as well with features like Event-based aging Automatic Disposition Litigation Hold etc

Not required at this Stage

281 General Query Back-up Software Do you have the back-up software or does bidder has to propose If available please specify the make and model of the back-up software

Shall be shared with successful bidder

282 General Query Support Team - OampM Do you want bidder to propose Helpdesk toolset up a service desk as well

Not required at this Stage

283 General Query Load Balancer Do you want the bidder to propose the load balancer as well

Not required at this Stage

284 General Query Source Code Control Repository Is Bidder required to absorb the cost for GIT repository for source code or do you have one which bidder can use

Shall be shared with successful bidder

285 General Query Compliance What are the complianceguidelinesIT Security considerations that are critical

As per RFP

286 General Query SSL Certificate Should bidder be provided the SSL certificate or should the bidder absorb the price for SSL certificate Please confirm

Bank Shall provide the SSL certificates

287 General Query Documents Please specify the age of the documents and the condition of paper like ndash colour shine brittleness original

Not required at this Stage

or photocopy glossy paper hard-bind etc etc

288 General Query Scanning Can you kindly provide the of BW and Colour document

Not required at this Stage

289 General Query Legacy Documents For Legacy documents perspective please share details on the below

Not required at this Stage

a) Number of document ingestion per day - b) Average size of document - in KB c) Maximum size of document - in KB d) Storage required - (current DMS storage size)

290 General Query New Documents For New documents perspective please share details on the below

Not required at this Stage

a) Number of document ingestion per day - b) Average size of document - in KB c) Maximum size of document - in KB

291 General Query Scanning For Scanning perspective please share details on the below

Not required at this Stage

a) Percentage of document in tiff format b) Percentage of colour documents c) Average image size in KB d) Percentage of document that would require OCR e) Average number of fields per page

f) Properties per per document 292 General Query Documents What is percentage the Year on Year

growth over 5 years for the number of documents added

As per RFP

293 General Query Documents What is the Average number of document views per day

Not required at this Stage

294 General Query Documents What is the Average number of document searches per day

Not required at this Stage

295 General Query Back-up Policy What is the back-up policy of RBI eg 14 days

Shall be shared with successful bidder

296 General Query Policies What would be the archival policy back up policy log storage policy DR logs policy etc

Shall be shared with successful bidder

297 General Query Testing What parameters are to be monitored during testing (eg response times processing times and CPU loading)

As per RFP

298 General Query Testing What desired values of these parameters are to be considered acceptable during the stress test results

As per RFP

299 General Query DR Drills How many DR drills do you expect in a year

Shall be shared with successful bidder

300 General Query Resources Will RBI allow onsite resources to carry their own laptops or will RBI provide DesktopsWorkstations for onsite resources

Assets will be provided to onsite resources

301 General Query Access Will RBI provide remote accessVPN access for offshore resources

Not required as all resources are deployed onsite

302 General Query

Scanning How much will be the total no of pages to be scanned per day

Not required at this Stage

303 General Query

Documents

How much will be the year on year growth in documents volume

As per RFP

304 General Query

Documents

Please let us know the average approximate document size per document for sizing (in MB)

Not required at this Stage

305 General Query Presentation amp POC of the Solution Could you please elaborate in details the scope for POC

As per RFP

306 General Query SLA Working window As per RFP

307 General Query Non-Functional Requirements Please specify the existing Replication bandwidth between Navi Mumbai DC and Nagpur DR

Bidder has to propose the required bandwidth which will be provided procured by Data Centre

308 General Query Non-Functional Requirements We understand that the bidder is required to provide the Bandwidth augmentation sizing required for this project and accordingly the same will be provisioned by RBI Please confirm upon our understanding

Bidder has to propose the required bandwidth which will be provided procured by Data Centre

309 Page No71 amp Section No38

Data Migration What is the formats of Documents stored inside current DMS

Shall be shared with successful bidder

310

Page No71 amp Section No38

Data Migration How indexmetadata is managed in current DMS System What is the total count of

Shall be shared with successful bidder

indexes present in current DMS 311 Page No71 amp

Section No38 Data Migration what is the database and version used

in current DMS System As per RFP

312

Page No71 amp Section No38

Data Migration We need more details about current DMS System -Product nameVersionECM

Shall be shared with successful bidder

Compliant or notWhat type of documents are stored in SystemHow documents are classified in System

313

Page No18 amp Section No21

High Level Critical Requirements Can you Please enlist total count of Global workflows

As per RFP

314

Page No86 amp Section No321

Hardware Requirements Can you elaborate more on this point As per RFP Standard Enviornments which will be provided by SI are DEV UAT PROD and DR Also Development Environment will be on premise or offshore

315 Page No52 amp Section No23

Back-up Will Backup be taken care by RBI Yes

316 Page No81 amp Section No317

Security Requirements What will be the frequency of DR Drills Can you specify values for RPO and RTO

Shall be shared with successful bidder

317 Page No213 amp Annexure D3

Hardware Requirements Database tier needs to be deployed on Intel Xeon or Mainframe

RBI will conduct VAPT SI needs to provide gaps resolution

318 Page No221 amp Annexure D4

Maintenance amp Support Can we get details about which IRM solution will be provided by RBI for integration purpose

Scaled-down version 50 of Production in terms of sizing

319 Page No63 amp Section No23

Functional Requirements Will RBI provide DLP solution Shall be shared with successful bidder

320 Page No63 amp Section No23

Non-Functional Requirements is SI expected to conduct VAPT or RBI will be conducting the same

RBI will conduct VAPT SI needs to provide gaps resolution

321 Page No267 amp Annexure Q

Hardware Requirements Is UAT sizing expected to be 100 of Production sizing

Scaled-down version 50 of Production in terms of sizing

322

Page No27 amp Section No21

High Level Critical Requirements Hindi OCR amp ICR may be a challenge However Hindi metadata can be captured and searched Can OCR and ICR be restricted to English only

As per RFP

323 Page No27 amp Section No21

Storage For sizing Storage can you share average size of the digitized document

As per RFP

324 Page No93 amp Section No41

Licences Can Licenses cost be paid up-front within 30 days from the date of Invoice

As per RFP

325 Page No95 amp Section No44

AMC Pay-Outs Can AMC be payable yearly in Advance instead of at the end of the every year

As per RFP

41 Page No 129 and Section 85

RBI reserves the right to cancel the contract of the selected Bidder and recover expenditure incurred by RBI if the progress regarding execution of the contract made by the selected Bidder is found to be unsatisfactory for any reason

We understand that a written notice with a reasonable cure period will be provided prior to contract cancellationtermination

As per RFP

42 Page No 130 and Section 87

87 Without prejudice to the other rights of the Purchaser under the Contract in the matter the proceeds of the performance security shall be payable to RBI as compensation for any loss resulting from the Bidderrsquos failure to complete its obligations under the Contract

We understand that a written notice with a reasonable cure period will be provided prior to invocation of the performance security

As per RFP

43 Page No 130 and Section 88

88 Without prejudice to the other rights of the Purchaser under the Contract in the matter the proceeds of the performance security shall be payable to RBI as compensation for any loss resulting from the Bidderrsquos failure to complete its obligations under the Contract

We understand that a written notice with a reasonable cure period will be provided prior to invocation of the performance security

As per RFP

44 Page No 132 and Section 813

The Bidder agrees that the Bank has no limit on the additions or deletions on the items for the period of the contract

We understand that the technical and commercial impact of additionsdeletions to the mutually agreed scope will be agreed through change requestamendment process

As per RFP

45 Page No240 and Annexure G

The BIDDER undertakes that it has not supplied is not supplying similar product services or sub-services during last one year from the date of issuance of this RFP at a price lower than that offered in the present bid to any other entity If it is found at any stage that similar product services or sub-services was supplied by the BIDDER to any other entity at a lower price then that very price with due allowance for elapsed time will be applicable to the present case and the difference in the cost would be refunded by the BIDDER to the BUYER if the contract has already been concluded

We submit that there is no time period reference provided for this confirmation We understand that this compliance will be checked for the bid-evaluation period

As per RFP

46 Page No240 and Annexure G

The BIDDER undertakes that it has not supplied is not supplying similar product services or sub-services during last one year from the date of issuance of this RFP at a price lower than that offered in the present bid to any other entity If it is found at any stage that similar product services or sub-services was supplied by the BIDDER to any other entity at a lower price then that very price with due allowance for elapsed time will be applicable to the present case and the difference in the cost would be refunded by the BIDDER to the BUYER if the contract has already been concluded

We propose replacement of similar productservices or sub-services with identical solution We propose replacement of refunded by the BIDDER to the BUYER with applied to future procurement

As per RFP

47 General Query Liability We noticed that there is no aggregate liability language on bidder liability We propose that the aggregate liability of the bidder will not exceed the TCV of the project

Shall be discussed with successful bidder

48 General Query Agreement We noticed that there is no language on disclaimer of liability of either party for indirect and consequential claims We propose that neither party will be liable for indirect or consequential claims and damages lost profits or lost revenue in relation with the project

Shall be discussed with successful bidder

49 Page No 262 and Annexure Q Section A

Section A - A1 Bidder requests clarification as to whether this is line item cost is related to digitization of old records if so the same shall be removed from A1 and moved to A2 or a separate section to be created in the Commercial Bid Format as this cost needs to be paid on actual documents Scanned

Bidder is expected to provide the License cost for the Scanning Imaging solution against this line item

Scanning Imaging

50 Page No 264 and Annexure Q Section B

Section B Bidder submits that the Unit Price column shall be removed and total cost for the resources to be allowed to be quoted for each year separately

As per RFP

NPV calculation will be done considering 5 escalation rate and 8 discounted rate only for TCO purpose

We also request to remove the reference of 5 escalation rate and allow us to quote for the actual inflation by each bidder separately to allow the bidders to provide maximum benefit to RBI for the NPV

As the commercial format allows to quote separate values for each year the Indexation references is no longer relevant and the payment for the later years can be made at the mentioned prices

51 Page No 265 and Annexure Q Section B3

Section B3 Bidder submits that the minimum of 8 for AMC shall be changed to Sub-Total A1 excluding the ScanningImaging as the AMC should typically include on the product cost

As per RFP

AMC for the first year after warranty period (should be min 8 of Total onetime cost)

We further request clarity whether the AMC is for 3 years or 4 years as the template indicates Year 3 to Year 7 which is 4 years while the Note below the table mentions it for 3 years please clarify we further request that this note mentioned in the adjacent column shall be removed as the commercial template is modified to allow bidders to quote for each year separately

Below rates are mentioned for first year Actual payment for subsequent years as applicable will be done on applying the indexation formulae

middot Cost of L1 and L2 for the subsequent period of 6 years

middot Development Team Cost for the subsequent period of 6 years

middot AMC for the subsequent period of 3 years

52 Page No 267 and Annexure Q Section D

Section D Bidder submits that the Rates for the Resources both the Support resources and the Development Resources is available in the Section B Table the rate for any additional resources can be used from the same table hence request removal of the additional table

As per RFP Marginal Resource Cost

53 Page No 93 and Section 41

41 Software Cost Bidder submits that the heading of the section is an error as the payment terms are related to services and not Software cost we also request the following modifications to the payment terms

As per RFP

1 Completion of process and system study Design and Build and Deployment in UAT - 15 of Implementation Cost specified at Item 1B of Annexure Q

2 Data Migration Completion of User Acceptance Testing Creation of training content Train the Trainer and customer education content - 20 of Implementation Cost specified at Item 1B of Annexure Q

41 Software Cost

3 Complete Implementation and ldquoProduction Go-liverdquo of the project - 25 of Implementation Cost specified at Item 1B of Annexure Q

1 Completion of process and system study Design and Build and Deployment in UAT - 15 of Implementation Cost specified at Item 1B of Annexure Q

4 Receipt of Completion Certificate from the Bank (post 90 days of achieving production Go-Live) - 30 of Implementation Cost specified at Item 1B of Annexure Q

2 Data Migration Completion of User Acceptance Testing Creation of training content Train the Trainer and customer education content - 30 of Implementation Cost specified at Item 1B of Annexure Q

5 Amount payable during the warranty period - On completion of warranty period of three years The Financial Bank guarantee shall be valid for 7 years - 10 of Implementation Cost specified at Item 1B of Annexure Q

3 Complete Implementation and ldquoProduction Go-liverdquo of the project - 35 of Implementation Cost specified at Item 1B of Annexure Q

4 Receipt of Completion Certificate from the Bank (post 90 days of achieving production Go-Live) - 10 of Implementation Cost specified at Item 1B of Annexure Q

5 Amount payable during the warranty period - In equal quarterly instalments during warranty period of three years The Financial Bank guarantee shall be valid for 7 years - 10 of Implementation Cost specified at Item 1B of Annexure Q

We also request deletion of Indexation

section as separate costs will be quoted for each year as per the Annexure Q

54 Page No 94 amp 95 and Section 43 amp 44

43 Warranty pay-outs Bidder submits that the pay-outs for Warranty and AMC shall be made quarterly in arrears which is the industry standard practice for these payments

As per RFP 44 AMC pay-outs

55 46 Other Payment terms

Page No 95 and Section 46

3 Any objectiondispute to the amounts invoiced in the bill shall be raised by RBI within reasonable time from the date of receipt of the invoice Upon settlement of disputes with respect to any disputed invoice(s) the Bank will make payment within thirty (30) working days of the settlement of such disputes

Bidder submits that the payments for the invoices shall be made within 30 days from the receipt of the invoice any objectiondispute to the amounts invoiced shall be made within 25 days from the date of receipt of the invoice

Shall be discussed with successful bidder

4 The fees payable by the Bank to Bidder shall be inclusive of all costs such as insurance taxes (GST as per the rates applicable) transportation installation that may be levied imposed charged or incurred and RBI shall pay the fees due under this RFP and subsequent agreement after deducting any tax deductible at source (ldquoTDSrdquo) as applicable The Bidder will need to provide the details for the tax rates as considered in the pricing This will be used for subsequent tax changes RBI shall pay each undisputed invoice raised in accordance with this RFP and subsequent agreement within thirty (30) working days after its receipt unless otherwise mutually agreed in writing provided that such invoice is dated after such fees have become due and payable under this RFP and subsequent agreement

56 45 Other Payment terms As per RFP

Page No 96 and Section 46

8 The Bidders should note that the contract entered with the successful Bidder will be for implementation and post go‐live period of 7 years (3 years‟ warranty amp 4 years AMC amp FMS support) extendable at the Banks discretion The Bank will have the right in its sole discretion to renegotiate the prices terms and conditions

Bidder understand that the right of Bank to negotiate the prices terms and conditions is in the event of extension beyond the period of current contract (implementation and post go‐live period of 7 years (3 years‟ warranty amp 4 years AMC amp FMS support) and not during the current contract period please confirm

57 Page No 100 and Section 56

56 Penalties Bidder submits that the Penalty for Rollout delays shall be 1 of the delayed components cost of the One-time cost (Section A - Annexure Q) per week subject to a maximum of 10 of the delayed components cost of the One-time cost

As per RFP

The successful Bidder is expected to complete the responsibilities that have been assigned as per the specified time frame In case of the Rollout delays by the Bidder the financial Penalty as per the Banks discretion will be imposed on the Bidder at 5 of the total contract value per month of delay to the maximum of 10 of the total contract value as per the agreement between the Bank and the successful Bidder

Business Utility and Business Downtime would be the key considerations for determining the ldquoPenaltiesrdquo that would be levied on the Bidder for ldquoNon‐Adherencerdquo to the SLA for the Services offered The inability of the Bidder to provide the requirements as per the scope or to meet the deadlines as specified would be treated as breach of contract and invoke the Penalty Clause The maximum limit on the penalties during the period of contract shall be 10 of the total contract value The applicable ldquoPenaltiesrdquo would be the same irrespective of the root causes

In case of Non-Adherence to the SLA the maximum penalty shall be limited to 10 of the Quarterly Invoice value for the respective quarters

58 Page No 124 and Section 711

711 Duration and Condition of Engagement

Bidder submits that in case of termination of the contract without assigning any reason the Bank shall allow the Bidder a notice of 90 days for ramp-down of the resources etc We further submit that in case of termination with or without reason Bidder shall be paid for the completed deliverables as per the commercials quoted

As per RFP

2 The Bank will reserve the right to terminate the services of the successful Bidder at any point of the Project (during the implementation phase and post go-live) without assigning any reasons In such cases the Bank may consider making payment commensurate with the last completed phase

59 87 Performance Bank Guarantee As per RFP

Page No 130 and Section 87

The successful Bidder shall at his own expense deposit with The Chief General Manager-in-Charge Department of Information Technology Reserve Bank of India Mumbai within thirty (30) days from the final result of the bidding process and declaration of the successful Bidder a Performance Bank Guarantee from a scheduled commercial bank payable on demand in terms of Annexure C for an amount equivalent to ten percent (10) of the contract price for the due performance and fulfilment of the contract by the Bidder Without prejudice to the other rights of the Purchaser under the Contract in the matter the proceeds of the performance security shall be payable to RBI as compensation for any loss resulting from the Bidders failure to complete its obligations under the Contract RBI shall notify the Bidder in writing of the invocation of its right to receive such compensation indicating the contractual obligation(s) for which the Bidder is in default The Performance Bank Guarantee shall be denominated in INR and shall be in the form of bank guarantee unless another form is specified by RBI After Go Live Performance Bank Guarantee will be returned back to bidder on submission of Financial Bank Guarantee which shall be submitted by the Bidder within

Bidder submits that the Performance Bank Guarantee shall be for a value of 10 of the One-time cost as this is to ensure proper execution of the roll out

90 days of Go-Live Non-submission of Performance Guarantee shall constitute sufficient grounds among others if any for the annulment of the award of the tender

60 88 Financial Bank Guarantee As per RFP

Page No 130 and 131 amp Section 88

The successful Bidder shall at his own expense deposit with The Chief General Manager-In-Charge Department of Information Technology Reserve Bank of India Mumbai within Ninety (90) days of Go-Live of application before the issuance of Certificate of Completion a Bank Guarantee from a scheduled commercial bank payable on demand in terms of Annexure O for an amount equivalent to ten percent (10) of the contract price as mentioned in Annexure Q of Commercial Bid submitted by the bidder for the due performance and fulfilment of the contract by the Bidder during the warranty and AMC period of 7 years After Go Live Performance Bank Guarantee will be returned back to bidder on submission of Financial Bank Guarantee Without prejudice to the other rights of the Purchaser under the Contract in the matter the proceeds of the performance security shall be payable to RBI as compensation for any loss resulting from the Bidders failure to complete its obligations under the Contract RBI shall notify the Bidder in writing of the invocation of its right to receive such compensation indicating the contractual obligation(s) for which the Bidder is in default The Financial Bank Guarantee shall be valid till the

Bidder submits that the Financial Bank Guarantee shall be for a value of 10 of the Average Annual Support Cost (Section B of Annexure Q)

end of AMC denominated in INR and shall be in the form of bank guarantee unless another form is specified by RBI Non-submission of Financial Guarantee shall constitute sufficient grounds among others if any for the annulment of the award of the tender

61 Page No 240 and Annexure G point 7

Integrity Pact Bidder requests to modify the clause as follows

As per RFP

7 Fall Clause The BIDDER undertakes that it has not supplied is not supplying identical solution similar product services or sub-services during last one year from the date of issuance of this RFP at a price lower than that offered in the present bid to any other entity If it is found at any stage that identical solution similar product services or sub-services was supplied by the BIDDER to any other entity at a lower price then that very price with due allowance for elapsed time will be applicable to the present case and the difference in the cost would be refunded by the BIDDER to the BUYER if the contract has already been concluded

The BIDDER undertakes that it has not supplied is not supplying similar product services or sub-services during last one year from the date of issuance of this RFP at a price lower than that offered in the present bid to any other entity If it is found at any stage that similar product services or sub-services was supplied by the BIDDER to any other entity at a lower price then that very price with due allowance for elapsed time will be applicable to the present case and the difference in the cost would be refunded by the BIDDER to the BUYER if the contract has already been concluded

62 Page No 25 and Section 21

5 Inward Management - When a postal mailphysical letter is Inwarded directly the System should capture the details of the incoming physical letter viz from address subject language etc Data like subject should be auto-filled but should be editable The application should support generation of Suo Moto note which is an Inward generated without any incoming letteremail

Bidders request to share the meaning for Auto-filled in case of manual scanning

Shall be discussed during System Study

63 Page No 27 and Section 21

17 Outward Management - Approval of the Outward should be done by the User at least one level higher in the hierarchy (N+1) as per the AD than the User who created the Outward Admins should be able to configure exceptions to this rule for users at senior management level as decided by the concerned departments of the Bank

Bidder request to clarify if the implemented AD has the hierarchy defined to handle the workflow scenarios

Hierarchy shall be defined

64 Page No 27 and Section 21

21 Scan amp Upload - The Scanning product should have inbuilt capability to do a full page OCR amp ICR (for both Hindi amp English documents) and also convert the images to searchable forms like Searchable PDF

ICR will be helpful for Incurable colour dropout user form Since all documents are office papers it may not be useful so bidder request to remove the ICR component

As per RFP

65 Page No 32 and Section 22

42 OCR amp ICR - By using ICR technology any handwritten text should be converted into word text searchable PDF format or word document format with high accuracy

Bidder understands that ICR used for a handwritten document has max accuracy may not be more than 70 as per industry standards Request Bank to remove ICR technology only for structured format only

As per RFP

66 Page No 66 and Section 31

The hardware system software application software should be compatible with Data Centre policy network architecture etc already established in the Bank

Bidders request to share the Data Centre Policy and network Architecture

Shall be discussed with successful bidder

67 Page No 67 and Section 31

18 Though the system should be used prospectively for the workflow it should have the capability to capture and integrate the paper based as well as electronic records created so far in the Bank

Capability to have reference point of hard copy reference numbers

Shall be discussed during System Study

68 Page No 67 and Section 31

21 The system as well as the workflow carried out in the system should be fully auditable

Request to confirm if bidder needs to recommend sizing for fully auditable data store

Yes

69 Page No 71 and Section 38

Data migration will be the responsibility of the Bidder All necessary tools queries required for extraction transformation and migration must be provided by the Bidder It is the Bidders responsibility to ensure accuracy integrity and completeness of the data migration from legacy DMIS application to new EDMS application

Request to confirm if bidder needs produce data migration report with column by column comparison report for reconciliation

As per RFP

70 Page No 71 and Section 38

1 Data Migration is broadly divided into following three major sub-components iii Data migration audit and certification on the accuracy of data porting from the DMIS system to EDMS

Request to confirm if bidder needs produce data migration report with column by column comparison report for reconciliation

As per RFP

71 Page No 72 and Section 38

6 The Bidder is expected to provide an archival solution within the proposed application for the historical data The necessary configuration and implementation of the archival solution shall be the responsibility of the Bidder

Bidder wants to know what is the archival policy for RBI Is it seven years or more

Shall be discussed with successful bidder

72 Page No 73 and Section 38

12 RBI reserves the right to data migration by respective stakeholders of proposed solution and any gaps discrepancies found during the functions of application are to be rectified by the Bidder

Bidder wants to know if the data migration is other than DMIS system

As per RFP

73 Page No 73 and Section 38

16 The Bidder is required to certify completeness and accuracy of migrated data transaction history and balances at each data migration instance

Bidder requests Bank to confirm if bidder needs to produce data migration report with column by column comparison report for reconciliation

As per RFP

74 Page No 81 and Section 317

1 The solution deployed by Bidder should conform to Recovery Time Objective (RTO) and Recovery Point objective (RPO) defined by Bank

Bidder request to know for replication of data from DC-DR there will be a requirement of Replication software requirement Will this be provided by bank What is the replication software

Will be part of BCP and DR policy to be shared later with the successful bidder

2 Bidder should make sure that DR and DR drill is performed in alignment with Banks existing processes 3 The Bidder has to participate in DR drills as and when conducted by the Bank 4 During DR drills the vendor has to provide support at DR site for the activities related to the proposed solution 5 The Bidder is responsible for keeping the proposed solution and Database in sync in DC and DR 6 In case of any DR situation the Bidder has to shift application to DR site after Intimation to Bank 7 The bidder has to prepare a Business Continuity Plan and have it approved by the Bank

75 Page No 81 and Section 317

2 Bidder should make sure that DR and DR drill is performed in alignment with Banks existing processes

Bidder request to know if the DR automation tool will this be provided by bank What is the DR automation tool bank use

Will be part of BCP and DR policy to be shared later with the successful bidder

3 The Bidder has to participate in DR drills as and when conducted by the Bank

4 During DR drills the vendor has to provide support at DR site for the activities related to the proposed solution 6 In case of any DR situation the Bidder has to shift application to DR site after Intimation to Bank 7 The bidder has to prepare a Business Continuity Plan and have it approved by the Bank

76 Page No 84 and Section 319

The vendors shall guarantee that with the proposed configurationspecifications the required system application response times as indicated below shall be complied with keeping in view that up to 2000 concurrent users would be connected to the system The required response time and performance standards shall be maintained throughout the contract period Bidder is expected to carry performance testing and share the result with the Bank throughout the contract period In case the implemented solutions do not meet the required response time or in the event of performance degradation that shall require upgradesaugmentation in the softwarehardware the corresponding cost shall be borne by the solution provider

Application SLA As per RFP

77 Page No 85 and Section 321

The Bank will provide following hosting environment to the application

Request Bank to ensure Bidder is not underquoting hardware requirement Also support cost for hardware OS DB etc are not considered in the price Bidder assumes that the cost for the same will be added by RBI with hardware cost

As per RFP

78 Page No 92 and Section 330

3 Vendor is required to give all sorts of support required in case RBI decides to move the implemented EDMS on cloud services or IaaS in future This support will include everything starting from shunting of the running EDMS temporarily to alternate arrangement till all the Hw Sw etc are installed amp made running in the new IaaS or Cloud environment (Logistics Technical Integration support etc)

Bidder requests to add the cloud migration support cost as part of commercial template

As per RFP

4 The vendor must also include a detailed resource plan that describes the Project Management and identify Implementation Teams‟ composition It shall define the roles and responsibilities of each member and the number of person-days that will be required of each member 5 Business Process Reengineering ndash The vendor shall include the impact of the new system to the operations of Client If applicable the proponent shall recommend changes to the existing processes that would benefit Client

79 Page No 95 and Section 44

AMC pay-outs Bidder requests Bank to make the payments to be done quarterly arrears

As per RFP

80 Page No 84 and Section 319

CPU Utilization lt60 Bidder request to definition of 60 Is it average utilisation of 10 working hours

As per RFP

81 Page No 274 and Annexure T

Resource table 32333435 says 12x5 hours but defined as 1 resource

For 12 x 5 working hours only 1 resource has been defined As per working hours one resource cannot work for 12 hrs Request Bank to add 1 more resource for the working hours or change the working hours for 1 resource only

For Annexure T for line items 31 to 35 Bidders are advised to consider 8 x 5 working hours where requirement of only 1 resource has been mentioned (Ahmedabad has 2 locations so 2 resources are required) For line items 25 to 30 where support hours are mentioned as 12 x 5 and requirement of multiple resources is mentioned resources are expected to work in 8 x 5 shift scheduled in a manner to provide support for 12 x 5 All other conditionsrequirements mentioned in the table remain unchanged

82 Page No 84 and Section 320

General Bidder requests Bank to normalise the CPU to x86 based system some bidder may propose proprietary CPU which may lead to ambiguity

As per RFP

83 Page No 7 and Section 1

Introduction The Bank desires to implement Electronic Document Management System (EDMS) across all the locations (Pan India) and all the departments regional offices and training establishments of the Bank- As per our understanding this pertains to multi-sites and multi-instances deployment of EDMS solution Kindly confirm and specify the number of sites for deployment

As per RFP

84 Page No 25 and Section 21

High Level Critical Requirements Does this involve any external users outside of RBIother banks

As per RFP

Also elaborate on the Push-Pull mechanism mentioned and frequency of Push-Pull mechanism mentioned in the RFP

85 Page No 30 and Section 22

Technical Bid(Functional Requirements)

The System should be able to accept input in Rajbhasha and preferably in other regional languages - As per our understanding input in English and Hindi should meet the business requirement If not kindly elaborate on the languages expected

As per RFP

86 Page No 44 and Section 22

Edit files within native applications without downloading first

We understand that different softwares have different proprietary formats which may not be accessible for editing apart from these specific softwares We suggest to edit these files in their native softwares to maintain document quality We would request you to please specify these file formats

As per RFP

87 Page No 50 and Section 22

Application should have capability to allow end users in public domain to create user id and upload documents for inwards created

Please suggest if this involves any external users outside of RBIOther banks

As per RFP

88 Page No 51 and Section 22

Technical Bid(Functional Requirements)

Does this involve any external users outside of RBIother banks

As per RFP

89 Page No 53 and Section 23

Technical Bid(Non-Functional Requirements)

Navigation speed would be majorly dependent on networkbandwidth made available so that accordingly pages can be loaded

As per RFP

90 Page No 54 and Section 23

Technical Bid(Non-Functional Requirements)

Will the Bank provide Data Centre policy details or will it be discussed and agreed mutually between two parties post bidder selection

Shall be discussed with successful bidder

91 Page No 87 and Section 324

The EDMS application is required to be compatible to integrate with API applications like REST SOAP or any other based API applications

What are the third party applications needs to be integrated apart from those mentioned here

Integration envisaged for Go-Live - Active Directory Mail Messaging System SAMADHAN IRM and DMIS Other integration will be done during continuous development

92 Page No 100 and Section 53

Scope of Work Kindly convert the hours mentioned in TTR section into business hours

As per RFP

93 Page No 197 and Annexure D2

Functional Requirements Since this is a generic statement and no details can be finale present for customisations involved against this point

As per RFP

94 Page No 199 and Annexure D2

Functional Requirements Please elaborate Also there should not be any scores since preferred style or standard is not mentioned

As per RFP

95 Page No 207 and Annexure D3

Non-Functional Requirements Please elaborate what is user access level parameterised through admin level here

As per RFP

96 Page No 209 and Annexure D3

Non-Functional Requirements Please explain what does parameterisation mean and include here

As per RFP

97 Page No 226 and Annexure D6

Approach Paper Please clarify if scalability of document volume 30 is year on year increase and also we will consider 4 mn documents for initial year for calculating storage requirements Please check if our understanding is correct Also provide no of pages per document and size of each document etc

As per RFP

98 General Query Training Section Kindly share the number of the RBI team members to whom the training will be imparted

5 batches of 30-40 user each Total training to be provide to around 200 User at Mumbai Pune

99 General Query Customization and Integration As per our understanding the Integration with the third party applications is for image enablement and doc uploaddownload

As per RFP

100 General Query Technical Bid(Functional Requirements)

For the Workflow automation requirement can we get a sample process for each of the workflow described to understand the complexity of the process

Shall be discussed during System Study

101 General Query Technical Solution amp Training Please suggest the volume of documents involved for extraction scope

As per RFP

102 General Query Presentation amp POC of the Solution As per our understanding scope of POC in the RFP is the same as explained through the scenarios in EOI Please confirm

As per RFP

103 Page No 226 and Annexure D6

Functional Requirements Rearrange pages in a document or create a new document from a page using drag and drop This functionality is a part of specialized document creating softwares and not document management system Hence we request you to kindly drop this point

As per RFP

104 General Query

Functional Requirements What is the current ticketing tool being used by the bank

S-MAX

105 Page No 113 and Section 645

Implementation Experience Implementation Experience Table - Are there any scores that are assigned with parameters - No of projects Total Users Concurrent Users Volume of documents

As per RFP

106 Page No 256 and Annexure D5

NA What is the difference between D4 and D5 Both appear same in terms of format and information requested

D4 will be signed by the bidder D5 will be signed by bidders previousexisting clients where

DMS with workflow solution was implemented in past

107 Page No 224 and Annexure D4

Annexure D4 Technical Bid (Implementation Experience)

There is no minimum count mentioned for DMS with workflow automation Project Implementation Experience Two project credentials (PO or client letter) would be sufficient

As per RFP

108 Page No 81 and Section 318

Continuous Development What are the number of resources that the bank expects to be a part of Continuous Development

As per RFP

109 Page No 92 and Section 330

Scope of Work Since the amount of support and scope of work for cloud services is not very clear at this stage we recommend to keep this component out of commercial bid and take it on Time and Material need basis

As per RFP

110 Page No 106 and Section 63

Presentation amp POC of the Solution It is assumed that the POC requested in the RFP is the same as per the EOI and is based on the same use cases that were a part of the EOI process Please clarify

As per RFP

111 Page No 25 and Section 21

The solution should also be capable of integration with native office 365 and

Please name what are industry standard open office tools Please provide detail of existing IRM system

Microsoft IRM

industry standard open office tools The proposed solution needs to be integrated with existing (or any future standard system) of IRM

112 Page No 25 and Section 21

InwardOutward Management Flow of data from Web Interface to EDMS and vice versa should happen in batches and support push pull mechanism

Proposed system will provided web services for CRUD operation Same services will be consumed by external system for Inward management Also

Shall be discussed during SRS

Frequency of push pull should be configurable

proposed system will consume web service provided by external systems for Outward service Any change these external system will be out of scope Please confirm if our understanding is correct

113 Page No 27 and Section 21

The Scanning product should have inbuilt capability to do a full page OCR amp ICR (for both Hindi amp English documents) and also convert the images to searchable forms like Searchable PDF

Accuracy of capturing Hand written information in during OCRICR is totally depends on input and must be out of scope Please confirm if our understanding is correct

Accuracy of OCR for Machine Readable documents should be 100 and search should be faster amp accurate and it is in scope whereas the accuracy for ICR for hand written documents may be varied but is in scope

114 Page No 27 and Section 21

The System should be able to search in English Hindi amp combination of both System must provide the ability to search from bi-lingual content sources Reports should be in Hindi and English

Language conversion from English to Hindi and vice versa is not in scope Information saved in English language can be search in English Same way information saved in Hindi language will be searched in Hindi only Please confirm if our understanding is correct

Yes

115 Page No 34 and Section 22

Scanned file naming convention and folder structure to be used to store the scanned files and would be as per the

File name will be in English only Please confirm if our understanding is correct

Application should support Bilingual file names

policies defined by RBI for file naming conventions in bilingual language (Rajbhasha(Hindi) English)

116 Page no 58 amp Section 23

Compatible DevOps for version control in Test and Production environment

Please elaborate the requirement for Compatible DevOps for version control

Shall be discussed with successful bidder

117 The RBI reserves the right to conduct Yes

Page no 59 amp Section 23

further security testing of the system by either RBI personnel or another party Any gaps identified during this testing should be fixed by bidder at their own cost

STQC and VAPT will be in RBI scope SI will responsible for closing the GAP identified Please confirm if our understanding is correct

118 Page no 60 amp Section 23

The uniform user management policy envisaged by RBI in which single-sign-on concept for a user should be implemented

Please share existing Single-sign-on solution being used in RBI

Shall be shared with successful bidder

119 Page no 71 amp Section 38

ensure accuracy integrity and completeness of the data migration from legacy DMIS application to new EDMS application

Please provide below details Shall be discussed during System Study 1Which DB is being used(expr

OracleMSSQL etc) 2 Is DMIS application is open source built on JavaNet technology If not Please share which DMS product is being used along with version details 3How many table exists 4How many records need tp migrate 5How many documents need to migrate 6Does documents has versions 7Existing DMIS system architecture 8Other details which can be helpful to understand migration scope

120 Page no 97 amp Section 5

ldquoBusiness Operation Hoursrdquo shall be ldquoOne Hourrdquo prior to the start of ldquoWorking Hoursrdquo and would end ldquoOne Hourrdquo after ldquoWorking Hoursrdquo ldquoBusiness

Please confirm OampM support hours Will it be 700 AM to 900 PM (Mon-Friday) and on working Saturday What all Saturday will be working day

As per RFP

121 Page no 86 amp Section 323

The total number of users presently is expected to be around 10000 with 2000 concurrent users and annual growth of 10 in concurrent users

We believe all Bank users will not participate for workflowBPM task approval process For sizing please provide users count as per -

Workflows are applicable for all users and concurrency as mentioned in RFP

1) Total number of DMS users

2) Total number of BPMworkflow users 3)Concurrent DMS users 4)Concurrent BPMworkflow users

122 Page no 25 amp Section 21

Manage documents using a folder view with minimum 5 levels and support file types pdf tiff jpeg jpg doc docx xls xlsx ppt pptx png etc with version control

Please share the details of different type of documents Please provide below details

Shall be discussed during System Study

1) For New Documents a) Number of document ingestion per day - b) Average size of document - in KB c) Maximum size of document - in KB 2) What is percentage the Year on Year growth over 7 years for the number of documents added 3) Average number of document views per day 4) Average number of document searches per day

123 Page no 27 amp Section 21

The Scanning product should have inbuilt capability to do a full

Assuming scanning solution will be deployed centrally and access through web only If No Please share the number of location required for scanning solution Also do share number of scanning users number of template need to consider along with number metadata fields on each template

As per RFP

page OCR amp ICR (for both Hindi amp English documents) and also convert the images to searchable forms like Searchable PDF

124 Page no 28 amp Section 21

The System should be capable of supporting

For BPMWorkflow sizing can we get volumetric for

Shall be discussed during System Study

a Sequential routing ndash Note to be routed one after the other in a pre-defined sequence

1) No of Workload Per Month (Days per month)

b Ad-hoc routing Changing the routing sequence by an authorized personnel

2) No of Process instances Per Hour

c Push ndash pull routing Authorized person can decide the workflow

3)No of User Interactions (per screen)

4)Estimated Number of concurrent users for BPM

5) No of Transactions Per Seconds (TPS) Considered for Sizing (Rules Execution Per Second)

6)No of business process need to factor

7) complexity level of each processes 125 Page no 25 amp

Section 21 High Level Critical Requirements What is the corporate email used in

RBI is it MS exchange or lotus notes please share name and version

MS Exchange 2016

126 Page no 25 amp Section 21

High Level Critical Requirements Are you using On-premise of Azure Active Directory

Shall be shared with successful bidder

127 Page no 28 amp Section 21

High Level Critical Requirements Is there a requirement that all inputs fields should be allowed in both English and Hindi or Hindi data entry is limited to comments notes and documents

All inputs fields should be allowed in both English and Hindi

128 Page no 28 amp Section 21

High Level Critical Requirements Is there expectation that search with English keyword should get translated to Hindi and bring out Hindi content with translated word In other words is there requirement of cross language search

As per RFP

129 Page no 86 amp Section 323

Licences Please confirm licenses other than DMS like for DB web or application server will be provided by RBI

As per RFP

130 Page no 74 amp Section 310

A Administrator Level Training (Technical)

As it is mentioned under Technical Training and not Onsite training what is the expectation for this type of training Is classroom training not required for the same

It will be onsite training

131 Page no 74 amp Section 310

A Administrator Level Training (Technical)

Please confirm the no of approximate Trainees Location Batches for conducting the technical training

5 batches of 30-40 user each Total training to be provide to around 200 User at Mumbai Pune

132 Page no 74 amp Section 310

B User Level Training (on-site) Please confirm the no of approximate Trainees Location Batches for conducting the end user training

5 batches of 30-40 user each Total training to be provide to around 200 User at Mumbai Pune

133 Page no 74 amp Section 310

B User Level Training (on-site) Is hands-on-training session also required for the trainees If yes please confirm

Yes

134 Page no 74 amp Section 310

B User Level Training (on-site) Is the refresher training also expected post Go Live during the support AMC period Please confirm

L0 will be responsible for regular training at respective locations

135 Page no 16 amp Section 14

Date amp Time of Final Submission of Technical amp Commercial Bids on the MSTC Portal

Please extend the bid submission date by two weeks from the current

Please refer Tenders section on RBI website wwwrbiorgin and MSTC e-commerce portal for updates if any regarding bid submission schedule

136 Page no 151 162 206 262

Annexure D1 High Level Critical Requirements

Please provide Annexure D1 D2 D3 amp Q in excel format

May be copied from RFP

Annexure D Annexure D2 Technical Bid (Functional Requirements

Annexure D3 Technical Bid (Non Functional Requirements)

Annexure Q Commercial Bid Format 137 Page no 7 amp

Section1 Introduction The Bank desires to implement

Electronic Document Management System (EDMS) across all the locations (Pan India) and all the departments regional offices and training establishments of the Bank- As per our understanding this pertains to multi-sites and multi-instances deployment of EDMS solution Please confirm and specify the number of sites for deployment

As per RFP

138 Page no 25 amp Section 21

High Level Critical Requirements Does this involve any external users outside of RBIother banks

As per RFP

Also elaborate on the Push-Pull mechanism mentioned and frequency of Push-Pull mechanism mentioned in the RFP

139 Page no 30 amp Section 21

High Level Critical Requirements The System should be able to accept input in Rajbhasha and preferably in other regional languages - As per our understanding input in English and Hindi should meet the business requirement If not kindly elaborate on the languages expected

As per RFP

140 Page no 44 amp Section 21

High Level Critical Requirements Edit files within native applications without downloading first -We understand that different softwarersquos have different proprietary formats which may not be accessible for editing apart from this specific softwarersquos We suggest to edit these files in their native softwarersquos to maintain document quality We would request you to please specify these file formats

As per RFP

141 Page no 50 amp Section 22

Functional Requirements Application should have capability to allow end users in public domain to create user id and upload documents for inwards created - Please suggest if this involves any external users outside of RBIOther banks

As per RFP

142 Page no 51 amp Section 22

Functional Requirements Does this involve any external users outside of RBIother banks

Yes

143 Page no 53 amp Section 23

Non-Functional Requirements Navigation speed would be majorly dependent on networkbandwidth made available so that accordingly pages can be loaded

As per RFP

144 Page no 54 amp Section 23

Non-Functional Requirements Will the Bank provide Data Centre policy details or will it be discussed and agreed mutually between two parties post bidder selection

Shall be shared with successful bidder

145 Page no 87 amp Section 324

Customization and Integration The EDMS application is required to be compatible to integrate with API applications like REST SOAP or any other based API applications- What are the third party applications needs to be

Integration envisaged for Go-Live - Active Directory Mail Messaging System SAMADHAN IRM DMIS Other integration will be done during continuous development

integrated apart from those mentioned here

146 Page no 99 amp Section 53

Scope of Work Kindly convert the hours mentioned in TTR section into business hours

As per RFP

147 Page no 197 amp Admixture D2

Technical Bid (Functional Requirements)

Since this is a generic statement and no details can be finale present for customisations involved against this point

As per RFP

148 Page no 199 amp Admixture D2

Technical Bid (Functional Requirements)

Please elaborate Also there should not be any scores since preferred style or standard is not mentioned

User rights Management includes the ReadWrite privileges to the user which will be provided by RBI

149 Page no 207 amp Annexure D3

Technical Bid (Non-Functional Requirements)

Please elaborate what is user access level parameterised through admin level here

As per RFP

150 Page no 209 amp Annexure D2

Technical Bid (Functional Requirements)

Please explain what does parameterisation mean and include here

As per RFP

151 Page no 226 amp Annexure D6

Annexure D6 - Approach Paper Please clarify if scalability of document volume 30 is year on year increase and also we will consider 4 MN documents for initial year for calculating storage requirements Please check if our understanding is correct Also provide no of pages per document and size of each document etc

As per RFP

152 General Query Training Section Kindly share the number of the RBI team members to whom the training will be imparted

5 batches of 30-40 user each Total training to be provide to around 200 User at Mumbai Pune

153 General Query Customization and Integration As per our understanding the Integration with the third party applications is for image enablement and doc uploaddownload

Shall be discussed during System Study

154 General Query Technical Bid (Functional Requirements)

For the Workflow automation requirement can we get a sample process for each of the workflow described to understand the complexity of the process

Yes

155 General Query Technical Solution amp Training Please suggest the volume of documents involved for extraction scope

As per RFP

156 General Query Presentation amp POC of the Solution As per our understanding scope of POC in the RFP is the same as explained through the scenarios in EOI Please confirm

Yes

157 Page no 163 amp Annexure D2

Technical Bid (Non-Functional Requirements)

Rearrange pages in a document or create a new document from a page using drag and drop This functionality is a part of specialized document creating softwarersquos and not document management system Hence we request you to kindly drop this point

As per RFP

158 Page no 19 and section No 15

11 ldquoAgreementrdquo means the contract signed between the Bank and the Selected Bidder and all the attached documents The ldquoAgreementrdquo includes the RFP subsequent modifications to the RFP response of the selected vendor to the RFP and the contract document itself

11 ldquoAgreementrdquo means the contract signed between the Bank and the Selected Bidder and all the attached documents all of which shall be on mutually agreed terms and conditions The ldquoAgreementrdquo includes the RFP subsequent modifications to the RFP response of the selected vendor to the RFP and the contract document itself

As per RFP

17 ldquoIntegrationrdquo means the system should be able to integrate with existing componentsapplications like Active Directory MS Office 365 and support other 3rd party integration if required

17 ldquoIntegrationrdquo means the system should be able to integrate with existing componentsapplications like Active Directory MS Office 365 and support other 3rd party integration if required

18 ldquoCommissioningrdquo means the System shall be considered to have been commissioned when the entire job including supply installation integration configuration testing and deployment of all hardware amp software is executed to the satisfaction of the Purchaser

18 ldquoCommissioningrdquo means the System shall be considered to have been commissioned when the entire job including supply installation integration configuration testing and deployment of all hardware amp software is executed as per the terms of the RFP to the satisfaction of the Purchaser

159 Page No 66 amp Section No 31

The scope of the system can be enhanced as per requirements of RBI

The scope of the system can be enhanced as per requirements of RBI However It should be restricted to +-10 maximum of the quantity quoted as per RFP

As per RFP

Bidder agrees to provide the increased quantity at the same terms and conditions However additional prices shall be charged for the goods supplied over the contracted quantity

160 Page No 75 amp Section No 311

The completion shall include satisfactory installation testing data migration non-functional requirements etc

The completion shall include satisfactory installation testing data migration non-functional requirements etc

As per RFP

4 Bidder should provide 90 days of hand holding support post Go-Live

4 Bidder should provide 30 90 days of hand holding support post Go-Live

5 On satisfactory performance of application post 90 days from Go-Live Bank will issue Completion Certificate

5 On satisfactory performance of application post 90 30 days from Go-Live Bank will issue Completion Certificate

6 In case of the Go-Live delays by the Bidder the financial Penalty as per the Banks discretion will be imposed on the Bidder at 5 of the total contract value per month of delay to the maximum of 10 of the total contract value as per the agreement between the Bank and the successful Bidder

6 In case of the Go-Live delays by the Bidder the financial Penalty as per the Banks discretion will be imposed on the Bidder at 5 05 of the total contract value delayed portion of ACV per month of delay to the maximum of 10 3 of the delayed portion of ACV total contract value as per the agreement between the Bank and the successful Bidder

161 Page No 77 amp Section No 313

5 If any defect in the Solution is not rectified by the Bidder before the end of the Warranty Period the Warranty Period shall be extended until

5 If any defect in the Solution is not rectified by the Bidder before the end of the Warranty Period the Warranty Period shall be extended until

As per RFP

(a) the defect has been corrected and (a) the defect has been corrected and (b) the Solution functions in accordance with the Contract

(b) the Solution functions in accordance with the Contract

6 Where the Bidder is not the Manufacturer of certain components of the Solution then the Bidder shall disclose the Manufacturerrsquos warranty for such components to the Bank and in the event such warranty exceeds the Bidderrsquos warranty under this

6 Where the Bidder is not the Manufacturer of certain components of the Solution then the Bidder shall disclose the Manufacturerrsquos warranty for such components to the Bank and in the event such warranty exceeds the Bidderrsquos warranty under this Contract in

Contract in any respect shall ensure that the Bank will receive the benefit of the Manufacturerrsquos warranty

any respect shall ensure that the Bank will receive the benefit of the Manufacturerrsquos warranty

7 The bidder is expected to provide requisite support to Bankrsquos operations team for Application-specific database back-up and Disaster Recovery activities during the entire warranty amp support period of 7 years

7 The bidder is expected to provide requisite support to Bankrsquos operations team for Application-specific database back-up and Disaster Recovery activities during the entire warranty amp support period of 7 years

162 Page No 79 amp Section No 315

The following are minimum qualifications and experience for key resources required to implement the EDMS solution Members which are considered for Technical bid evaluation shall be construed as Key Personnel including but not limited to members involved in EDMS customization and implementation architect database administrator The following personnel would be required during the Design Configuration Installation and Setup of the EDMS solution These key resources should be based in Mumbai

The following are minimum qualifications and experience for key resources required to implement the EDMS solution Members which are considered for Technical bid evaluation shall be construed as Key Personnel including but not limited to members involved in EDMS customization and implementation architect database administrator The following personnel would be required during the Design Configuration Installation and Setup of the EDMS solution These key resources should be based in Mumbai

As per RFP

163 Page No 87 amp Section No325

System amp Security Audit ADD As per RFP Notwithstanding anything contained in this RFP

a) Excluding a regulatorystatutory requirement if any nothing in this Agreement shall be construed or interpreted as requiring Bidder to provide to Bank access to or right to inspect examine audit and take copies of any fees price cost or any other financial information or any records or documents relating to the make-up of the Bidderrsquos internal overhead calculations their relationship to the fees any financial cost model calculation of fees or to the Bidderrsquos profitability or other such financial data b) All audit barring those required under a regulatory or statutory requirement may be done only on an annual basis and subject to a notice period of 20 days

164 Page No 93 amp Section No4 Payment Terms

1 Completion of process and system study Design and Build and Deployment in UAT - 15 of Implementation Cost specified at Item 1B of Annexure Q

1 Completion of process and system study Design and Build and Deployment in UAT -30 15 of Implementation Cost specified at Item 1B of Annexure Q

As per RFP

2 Data Migration Completion of User Acceptance Testing Creation of training content Train the Trainer and customer education content - 20 of Implementation Cost specified at Item 1B of Annexure Q

2 Data Migration Completion of User Acceptance Testing Creation of training content Train the Trainer and customer education content - 20 30 of Implementation Cost specified at Item 1B of Annexure Q

3 Complete Implementation and ldquoProduction Go-liverdquo of the project - 25 of Implementation Cost specified at Item 1B of Annexure Q

3 Complete Implementation and ldquoProduction Go-liverdquo of the project - 25 of Implementation Cost specified at Item 1B of Annexure Q

4 Receipt of Completion Certificate from the Bank

4 Receipt of Completion Certificate from the Bank

(post 90 days of achieving production Go-Live) - 30 of Implementation Cost specified at Item 1B of Annexure Q

(post 90 days of achieving production Go-Live) - 30 10 of Implementation Cost specified at Item 1B of Annexure Q

5 Amount payable during the warranty period - On completion of warranty period of three years The Financial Bank guarantee shall be valid for 7 years - 10 of Implementation Cost specified at Item 1B of Annexure Q

5 Amount payable during the warranty period - On completion of warranty period of three years The Financial Bank guarantee shall be valid for 7 years - 10 5 of Implementation Cost specified at Item 1B of Annexure Q

middot 100 of the License Cost indicated in Item 1A of Annexure Q shall be payable immediately on deployment in UAT environment Beta testing phase

middot 100 of the License Cost indicated in Item 1A of Annexure Q shall be payable immediately on deployment in UAT environment Beta testing phase

For each milestone to be marked completed the bidder should ensure that all the acceptance criteria are met and approved by the Bank as mentioned in various applicable sections in the RFP

For each milestone to be marked completed the bidder should ensure that all the acceptance criteria are met and approved by the Bank as mentioned in various applicable sections in the RFP

165 Page No 94 amp Section No43

Amount payable during the warranty period following successful implementation of application will be paid on completion of warranty period of three years The Financial Bank guarantee shall be valid for 7 years Performance Bank Guarantee will be released on submission of Financial Bank Guarantee

Amount payable during the warranty period following successful implementation of application will be paid in advance on completion of warranty period of three years The Financial Bank guarantee shall be valid for 7 years Performance Bank Guarantee will be released on submission of Financial Bank Guarantee

As per RFP

166 Page No 95 amp Section No44

The annual amount payable towards AMC would be paid at the end of every year following successful implementation of the application and delivery of satisfactory services

The annual amount payable towards AMC would be paid at the end start of every year following successful implementation of the application and delivery of satisfactory services

As per RFP

167 Page No 95 amp Section No45

The annual amount payable towards FMS and Development Team would be paid at the end of every year following successful implementation of the application and delivery of satisfactory services

The annual amount payable towards FMS and Development Team would be paid monthly at the end of every year following successful implementation of the application and delivery of satisfactory services

Please refer Corrigendum dated 7th October 2019

168 Page No 95 amp Section No44

The Bidders should note that the contract entered with the successful Bidder will be for implementation and post go‐live period of 7 years (3 years‟ warranty amp 4 years AMC amp FMS support) extendable at the Bankrsquos discretion The Bank will have the right in its sole discretion to renegotiate the prices terms and conditions

8 The Bidders should note that the contract entered with the successful Bidder will be for implementation and post go‐live period of 7 years (3 years‟ warranty amp 4 years AMC amp FMS support) extendable at the Bankrsquos discretion on mutually agreed terms The Bank will have the right in its sole discretion to renegotiate the prices terms and conditions

As per RFP

169 Page No 95 amp Section No45

The successful Bidder is expected to complete the responsibilities that have been assigned as per the specified time frame In case of the Rollout delays by the Bidder the financial Penalty as per the Banks discretion will be imposed on the Bidder at 5 of the total contract value per month of delay to the maximum of 10 of the total contract value as per the

The successful Bidder is expected to complete the responsibilities that have been assigned as per the specified time frame In case of the Rollout delays by the Bidder the financial Penalty as per the Banks discretion will be imposed on the Bidder at 5 05 of the total contract value delayed portion of ACV per month of delay to the maximum of 10 3 of the delayed portion of ACV

As per RFP

agreement between the Bank and the successful Bidder

of the total contract value as per the agreement between the Bank and the successful Bidder

Business Utility and Business Downtime would be the key considerations for determining the ldquoPenaltiesrdquo that would be levied on the Bidder for ldquoNon‐Adherencerdquo to the SLA for the Services offered The inability of the Bidder to provide the requirements as per the scope or to meet the deadlines as specified would be treated as breach of contract and invoke the Penalty Clause The maximum limit on the penalties during the period of contract shall be 10 of the total contract value The applicable ldquoPenaltiesrdquo would be the same irrespective of the root causes The Penalty shall be deducted from the next pay out (Warranty AMC amp FMS BG)

Business Utility and Business Downtime would be the key considerations for determining the ldquoPenaltiesrdquo that would be levied on the Bidder for ldquoNon‐Adherencerdquo to the SLA for the Services offered The inability of the Bidder to provide the requirements as per the scope or to meet the deadlines as specified would be treated as breach of contract and invoke the Penalty Clause The maximum limit on the penalties during the period of contract shall be 10 of the total contract value The applicable ldquoPenaltiesrdquo would be the same irrespective of the root causes The Penalty shall be deducted from the next pay out (Warranty AMC amp FMS BG)

The successful Bidder is expected to complete the responsibilities that have been assigned as per the specified time frame In case of the Rollout delays or more than 2 rollbacks by the Bidder the financial Penalty as per the Banks discretion will be imposed on

The successful Bidder is expected to complete the responsibilities that have been assigned as per the specified time frame In case of the Rollout delays or more than 2 rollbacks by the Bidder the financial Penalty as per the Banks discretion will be imposed on the Bidder

the Bidder at 5 of the total cost for the particular continuous development

at 5 3 of the total cost for the particular continuous development

The maximum limit on the penalties during the period of contract shall be 10 of the total contract value

The maximum limit on the penalties during the period of contract shall be 3 of ACV 10 of the total contract value

170 Page No 114 amp Section No66

Prices quoted by bidder in commercial bid shall be reasonable and as per industry standards If any extreme abnormalitiesdiscrepancies observed in prices RBI at its discretion will disqualify the Commercial Bid

Prices quoted by bidder in commercial bid shall be reasonable and as per industry standards If any extreme abnormalitiesdiscrepancies observed in prices RBI at its discretion will disqualify the Commercial Bid

As per RFP

171 Page No 123 amp Section No77

The Bids will be treated as valid for a period of 180 days from the closing date for submission of the bid

The Bids will be treated as valid for a period of 180 30 days from the closing date for submission of the bid

As per RFP

172 Page No 124 amp Section No711

2 2 The Bank will reserve the right to terminate the services of the successful Bidder at any point of the Project (during the implementation phase and post go-live) without assigning any reasons In such cases the Bank may consider making payment commensurate with the last completed phase

2 The Bank Either Party will reserve the right to terminate the services of the successful Bidder at any point of the Project (during the implementation phase and post go-live) without assigning any reasons subject to notice period of 3 months In such cases the Bank shall may consider making payment for all services and deliverables rendered up to the effective date of communication commensurate with the last completed phase

As per RFP

In the event of termination of any nature the Bidder shall be paid for the 1 goods delivered 2 services rendered 3 work in progress 4 unpaid AMCs 5 third party orders in pipeline which cannot be cancelled despite Bidders best efforts 6 unrecovered investments shall be paid by the Bank as per termination schedule till the date of termination

173 Page No 126 amp Section No8

1 Submission of a Proposal shall be deemed to constitute an acknowledgement by the Bidder that all obligations stipulated by this RFP will be met and unless specified otherwise the Bidder has read understood and agreed to all the instructions provided in this RFP

1 Submission of a Proposal shall be deemed to constitute an acknowledgement by the Bidder that all material obligations stipulated by this RFP will be met and unless specified otherwise the Bidder has read understood and agreed to all the instructions provided in this RFP

As per RFP

3 The Bidder selected for the solution will have to enter into a contract directly with RBI The contract will contain various terms and conditions including payment delivery installation amp operationalization training commissioning amp acceptance support during periods of warranty amp maintenance penalty due to delay in performance

3 The Bidder selected for the solution will have to enter into a contract directly with RBI on mutually agreed terms The contract will contain various terms and conditions including payment delivery installation amp operationalization training commissioning amp acceptance support during periods of warranty amp maintenance penalty due to delay in performance

174 Page No 126 amp Section No81

2 Adherence to terms and conditions The Bidders who wish to submit responses to this RFP should note that they should abide by all the terms and conditions contained in the RFP If the responses contain any extraneous conditions put in by the respondents such Bidders will be disqualified and will not be considered for the selection process

2 Adherence to terms and conditions The Bidders who wish to submit responses to this RFP should note that they should abide by all the mutually agreed terms and conditions contained in the RFP If the responses contain any extraneous conditions put in by the respondents such Bidders will be disqualified and will not be considered for the selection process

As per RFP

175 Page No 127 amp Section No81

4 Execution of SLA The Bidder should execute a Service Level Agreement which would include all the services and terms and conditions of the services to be extended as detailed herein and as may be prescribed by the Bank

4 Execution of SLA The Bidder should execute a Service Level Agreement on mutually agreed terms which would include all the services and terms and conditions of the services to be extended as detailed herein and as may be prescribed by the Bank

As per RFP

5 A declaration may be given by the Bidder stating that No relative of the Bidders is working in the Reserve Bank of India (Annexure K) If anyone working in the Bank is related to the Bidders the name designation and the department where the person is posted may be given Due to any breach of these conditions by the company or firm or any other person the Bank may decide to take appropriate action including cancellation of bid invocation of performance bank guarantee The company or firm or the person may also be debarred for further participation in the procurement process of the Bank in the future

5 A declaration may be given by the Bidder stating that No relative of the Bidders is working in the Reserve Bank of India (Annexure K) If anyone working in the Bank is related to the Bidders the name designation and the department where the person is posted may be given Due to any breach of these conditions by the company or firm or any other person the Bank may decide to take appropriate action including cancellation of bid invocation of performance bank guarantee The company or firm or the person may also be debarred for further participation in the procurement process of the Bank in the future

The relatives for this purpose are defined as -

The relatives for this purpose are defined as -

Oslash Members of a Hindu undivided family (HUF)

Oslash Members of a Hindu undivided family (HUF)

Oslash Husband and Wife Oslash Husband and Wife Oslash If one is related to the other in the manner as Father (includes step father) Mother (includes step mother) Son(s) (includes step son) amp Sonrsquos wife (daughter-in-law) Daughter(s) (includes step daughter) and Daughterrsquos husband (son-in-law) Brother(s) (includes step brother) and Brotherrsquos wife Sister(s) (includes step sister) and Sisterrsquos husband (brother-in-law)

Oslash If one is related to the other in the manner as Father (includes step father) Mother (includes step mother) Son(s) (includes step son) amp Sonrsquos wife (daughter-in-law) Daughter(s) (includes step daughter) and Daughterrsquos husband (son-in-law) Brother(s) (includes step brother) and Brotherrsquos wife Sister(s) (includes step sister) and Sisterrsquos husband (brother-in-law)

176 Page No 127 amp Section No82

The Proposal as well as all related correspondence exchanged by the Bidder and RBI shall be written in English language only The Bids will be treated as valid for a period of 180 days from the closing date for submission of the bid

The Proposal as well as all related correspondence exchanged by the Bidder and RBI shall be written in English language only The Bids will be treated as valid for a period of 180 30 days from the closing date for submission of the bid

As per RFP

177 Page No 128 amp Section No84

The Bidder shall at its own cost and expenses defend and indemnify RBI against all third-party claims including those of the infringement of Intellectual Property Rights including patent trademark copyright trade secret or industrial design rights arising from use of the Products or any part thereof in India

The Bidder Either Party (Indemnitor) shall at its own cost and expenses defend and indemnify the other Party (Indemnitee) RBI against all third-party claims including limited to those of the infringement of Intellectual Property Rights including patent trademark copyright trade secret or industrial design rights directly and proximately arising from use of the Products or any part thereof in India

As per RFP

If RBI is required to pay compensation to a third party resulting from such infringement the Bidder shall be fully responsible therefore including all expenses and court and legal fees The Bidder shall also be liable to indemnify RBI at its own cost and expenses against all losses damages which RBI may suffer on account of violation by the Bidder of any or all national international trade laws norms standards procedures etc

If RBI is required to pay compensation to a third party resulting from such infringement the Indemnitor Bidder shall be fully responsible therefore including all expenses and court and legal fees The Indemnitor Bidder shall also be liable to indemnify IndemniteeRBI at its own cost and expenses against all third party losses damages which IndemniteeRBI may suffer on account of violation by the Indemnitor Bidder of any or all national international trade laws norms standards procedures etc

178 Page No 129 amp Section No85

RBI reserves the right to cancel the contract of the selected Bidder and recover expenditure incurred by RBI if the progress regarding execution of the contract made by the selected Bidder is found to be unsatisfactory for any reason After the award of the contract if the selected Bidder does not perform satisfactorily or delays execution of the contract RBI reserves the right to get the balance contract executed by another party of its choice by giving one monthrsquos‟ notice for the same In this event the selected Bidder is bound to make good the additional expenditure which RBI may have to incur to carry out bidding process for the execution of the balance of the contract This clause will be surviving even where for any reason the contract is cancelled RBI reserves the right to recover any dues payable by the selected Bidder from any amount outstanding to the credit of the selected Bidder including the pending bills andor invoking Bank Guarantee if any under this contract or any other contractorder

RBI reserves the right to cancel the contract of the selected Bidder In the event of cancellation of contract the Bank is liable to pay the bidder for the goods delivered and services rendered till the date of termination and recover expenditure incurred by RBI if the progress regarding execution of the contract made by the selected Bidder is found not to be as per the material terms of the RFP unsatisfactory for any reason solely attributable to the bidder After the award of the contract if the selected Bidder does not perform as per the material terms of the RFP satisfactorily or unduly delays execution of the contract subject to a cure period and notice of not less than 30 days RBI reserves the right to get the balance contract executed by another party of its choice by giving one monthrsquos‟ additional notice for the same In this event the selected Bidder is bound to make good the additional expenditure which RBI may have to incur to carry out bidding process for the execution of the balance of the contract Provided further that the Bidder shall not be liable to Excess Cost in excess of (ten) 10 percent of the price of undelivered goods or services for which such option is exercised by the Bank This clause will be surviving even where for any reason attributable to the bidder the contract is cancelled RBI reserves the

As per RFP

right to recover any dues payable by the selected Bidder from any amount outstanding to the credit of the selected Bidder including the pending bills andor invoking Bank Guarantee if any under this contract or any other contractorder

179 Page No 129 amp Section No86

Bidder will submit a Bank Guarantee from a scheduled commercial bank drawn in favour of Reserve Bank of India payable at Mumbai towards Earnest Money Deposit (EMD) for Rs 4000000- (Rupees Forty Lakhs only) The EMD of unsuccessful Bidders shall be returned within 30 days from the declaration of the disqualification of the respective Bidder No interest shall be paid on the EMD The EMD of the successful Bidder shall be returned after the successful Bidder furnishes the Performance Bank Guarantee Offers made without the Earnest money deposit are liable to be rejected The amount of Earnest money deposit would be forfeited in the following scenarios

Bidder will submit demand draftbankerrsquos chequepay order Bank Guarantee drawn in favour of Reserve Bank of India payable at Mumbai towards Earnest Money Deposit (EMD) for Rs 4000000- (Rupees Forty Lakhs only) The EMD of unsuccessful Bidders shall be returned within 15 days from the declaration of the disqualification of the respective Bidder No interest shall be paid on the EMD The EMD of the successful Bidder shall be returned after the successful Bidder furnishes the Performance Bank Guarantee Offers made without the Earnest money deposit will be rejected The amount of Earnest money deposit would be forfeited in the following scenarios

As per RFP

1 In case the Bidder withdraws the bid prior to validity period of the bid for any reason whatsoever

1 In case the Bidder withdraws the bid prior to validity period of the bid for any reason whatsoever after the deviations proposed are mutually agreed to between both the parties

2 In case the successful Bidder fails to accept and sign the contract within the timeline as specified in this document for any reason whatsoever or

2 In case the successful Bidder fails to accept and sign the contract on mutually agreed terms as specified in this document for any reason whatsoever or

3 In case the successful Bidder fails to provide the performance guarantee within 30 days from the date of placing the order by the Bank or signing of the

3 In case the successful Bidder fails to provide the performance guarantee within 30 days from the date of placing the order by the Bank or and signing of the contract on mutually agreed terms

contract whichever is earlier for any reason whatsoever

whichever is earlier for any reason whatsoever

In case the Bidder withdraws the bid

owing to the fact that the deviations proposed by the Bidder are not accepted by the Bank there shall be neither any forfeiture of EMD nor any other financial or legal implications

180 Page No 130 amp Section No87

The successful Bidder shall at his own expense deposit with The Chief General Manager-in-Charge Department of Information Technology Reserve Bank of India Mumbai within thirty (30) days from the final result of the bidding process and declaration of the successful Bidder a Performance Bank Guarantee from a scheduled commercial bank payable on demand in terms of Annexure C for an amount equivalent to ten percent (10) of the contract price for the due performance and fulfilment of the contract by the Bidder Without prejudice to the other rights of the Purchaser under the Contract in the matter the proceeds of the performance security shall be payable to RBI as compensation for any loss resulting from the Bidderrsquos failure to complete its obligations under the Contract RBI shall notify the Bidder in writing of the invocation of its right to receive such compensation indicating the contractual obligation(s) for which the Bidder is in default The Performance Bank Guarantee shall be denominated in INR and shall be in the form of bank guarantee unless another form is specified by RBI After Go Live Performance Bank Guarantee will be returned back to bidder on submission of Financial Bank Guarantee which shall be submitted by the Bidder within

The successful Bidder shall at his own expense deposit with The Chief General Manager-in-Charge Department of Information Technology Reserve Bank of India Mumbai within thirty (30) days from the final result of the bidding process and declaration of the successful Bidder a Performance Bank Guarantee from a scheduled commercial bank payable on demand in terms of Annexure C for an amount equivalent to ten percent (10) of the contract price for the due performance and fulfilment of the contract by the Bidder Without prejudice to the other rights of the Purchaser under the Contract in the matter the proceeds of the performance security shall be payable to RBI as compensation for any loss resulting from the Bidderrsquos failure to complete its obligations under the Contract RBI shall notify the Bidder in writing of the invocation of its right to receive such compensation indicating the contractual obligation(s) for which the Bidder is in default The Performance Bank Guarantee shall be denominated in INR and shall be in the form of bank guarantee unless another form is specified by RBI After Go Live Performance Bank Guarantee will be returned back to bidder on submission of Financial Bank Guarantee which shall be submitted by the Bidder within 90 days of Go-Live Non-submission of

As per RFP

90 days of Go-Live Non-submission of Performance Guarantee shall constitute sufficient grounds among others if any for the annulment of the award of the tender

Performance Guarantee shall constitute sufficient grounds among others if any for the annulment of the award of the tender

181 Page No 130 amp Section No88

The successful Bidder shall at his own expense deposit with The Chief General Manager-In-Charge Department of Information Technology Reserve Bank of India Mumbai within Ninety (90) days of Go-Live of application before the issuance of Certificate of Completion a Bank Guarantee from a scheduled commercial bank payable on demand in terms of Annexure O for an amount equivalent to ten percent (10) of the contract price as mentioned in Annexure Q of Commercial Bid submitted by the bidder for the due performance and fulfilment of the contract by the Bidder during the warranty and AMC period of 7 years After Go Live Performance Bank Guarantee will be returned back to bidder on submission of Financial Bank Guarantee Without prejudice to the other rights of the Purchaser under the Contract in the matter the proceeds of the performance security shall be payable to RBI as compensation for any loss resulting from the Bidderrsquos failure to complete its obligations under the Contract RBI shall notify the Bidder in writing of the invocation of its right to receive such compensation indicating the contractual obligation(s) for which the Bidder is in default The Financial Bank Guarantee shall be valid till the

The successful Bidder shall at his own expense deposit with The Chief General Manager-In-Charge Department of Information Technology Reserve Bank of India Mumbai within Ninety (90) days of Go-Live of application before the issuance of Certificate of Completion a Bank Guarantee from a scheduled commercial bank payable on demand in terms of Annexure O for an amount equivalent to ten percent (10) of the contract price as mentioned in Annexure Q of Commercial Bid submitted by the bidder for the due performance and fulfilment of the contract by the Bidder during the warranty and AMC period of 7 years After Go Live Performance Bank Guarantee will be returned back to bidder on submission of Financial Bank Guarantee Without prejudice to the other rights of the Purchaser under the Contract in the matter the proceeds of the performance security shall be payable to RBI as compensation for any loss resulting from the Bidderrsquos failure to complete its obligations under the Contract RBI shall notify the Bidder in writing of the invocation of its right to receive such compensation indicating the contractual obligation(s) for which the Bidder is in default The Financial Bank Guarantee shall be valid till the end of AMC denominated in INR and shall be in the form of bank guarantee

As per RFP

end of AMC denominated in INR and shall be in the form of bank guarantee unless another form is specified by RBI Non-submission of Financial Guarantee shall constitute sufficient grounds among others if any for the annulment of the award of the tender

unless another form is specified by RBI Non-submission of Financial Guarantee shall constitute sufficient grounds among others if any for the annulment of the award of the tender

182 Page No 131 amp Section No810

Unless otherwise directed by the Purchaser in writing the Bidder shall continue to perform his obligations under the contract as far as possible and shall seek all means for performance of all other obligations not prevented by the Force Majeure event

Unless otherwise directed by the Purchaser in writing the Bidder shall continue to perform his obligations under the contract as far as reasonably possible and shall seek all means for performance of all other obligations not prevented by the Force Majeure event

As per RFP

Such Force Majeure events will not entitle the Purchaser to delay payment to be made to the Bidder

183 Page No 131 amp Section No811

7 This undertaking shall not apply to Confidential Information that

7 This undertaking shall not apply to Confidential Information that

As per RFP

- Is in the public domain at the time it is acquired by us

- Is in the public domain at the time it is acquired by us

- Enters the public domain subsequent to our acquisition otherwise than as a result of unauthorised disclosure by us and

- Enters the public domain subsequent to our acquisition otherwise than as a result of unauthorised disclosure by us

- Is independently developed by us - is rightfully acquired prior to disclosure by the RBI and

- Is independently developed by us 184 Page No 132

amp Section No813

The Bank reserves the right to alter the requirements specified in the RFP Document The Bank will inform all Bidders about changes if any

The Bank reserves the right to alter the requirements specified in the RFP Document up to the date of submission of the final bid The Bank will inform all Bidders about changes if any Also It should be restricted to +-10 maximum of the quantity quoted as per RFP

As per RFP

The Bidder agrees that the Bank has no limit on the additions or deletions on the items for the period of the contract

Bidder agrees to provide the increased quantity at the same terms and conditions However additional prices shall be charged for the goods supplied over the contracted quantity

The Bidder agrees that the Bank has no limit on the additions or deletions on the items for the period of the contract

185 Page No 133 amp Section No816

The Bidder should strictly adhere to the implementation schedule as specified in the purchase contract executed between the Parties for performance of the obligations arising out of the purchase contract and any delay in completion of the obligations by the Bidder will enable the Bank to resort to any or both of the following

The Bidder should strictly adhere to the implementation schedule as specified in the purchase contract executed between the Parties for performance of the obligations arising out of the purchase contract and any delay in completion of the obligations by the Bidder (for reason not attributable to the Purchaser) will only enable the Bank to resort to any or both of the following

As per RFP

Oslash Claiming Liquidated Damages Oslash Claiming Liquidated Damages Oslash Termination of the purchase agreement fully or partly and claim liquidated damages

Oslash Termination of the purchase agreement fully or partly and claim liquidated damages Bidder should be given 30 daysrsquo written notice to cure the default failing which may attract termination In the event of termination Bank shall pay Bidder for goods delivered and services rendered till the date of termination

186 Page No 134 amp Section No817

The liquidated damages is an estimate of the loss or damage that the Bank may have suffered due to delay in performance or non-performance of any or all the obligations (under the terms and conditions of the purchase contract relating to supply delivery installation operationalization implementation training supportservices acceptance etc) of the solution by the Bidder and the Bidder shall be liable to pay the Bank a

The liquidated damages is an estimate of the loss or damage that the Bank may have suffered due to delay in performance or non-performance of any or all the obligations (under the terms and conditions of the purchase contract relating to supply delivery installation operationalization implementation training supportservices acceptance etc) of the solution by the Bidder and the Bidder shall be liable to pay the Bank a fixed amount for each day of

As per RFP

fixed amount for each day of delay non-performance of the obligations by way of liquidated damages details of which will be specified in the purchase contract Without any prejudice to Bankrsquos other rights under the law the Bank shall recover the liquidated damages if any accruing to the Bank as above from any amount payable to the Bidder either as per the purchase contract executed between the parties or under any other purchase agreement contract the Bank may have executed shall be executing with the Bidder Liquidated Damages is not applicable for reasons attributable to the Bank and Force Majeure However it is the responsibilityonus of the Bidder to prove that the delay is attributed to the Bank and Force Majeure The Bidder shall submit the proof authenticated by the Bidder and bankrsquos official that the delay is attributed to the Bank and Force Majeure along with the bills requesting payment

delay non-performance of the obligations limited to a maximum of 3 of the delayedundelivered portion of ACV by way of liquidated damages details of which will be specified in the purchase contract Without any prejudice to Bankrsquos other rights under the law the Bank shall recover the liquidated damages if any accruing to the Bank as above from any amount payable to the Bidder either as per the purchase contract executed between the parties or under any other purchase agreement contract the Bank may have executed shall be executing with the Bidder Liquidated Damages is not applicable for reasons attributable to the Bank and Force Majeure However it is the responsibilityonus of the Bidder to prove that the delay is attributed to the Bank and Force Majeure The Bidder shall submit the proof authenticated by the Bidder and bankrsquos official that the delay is attributed to the Bank and Force Majeure along with the bills requesting payment

187 General Query Clause not present Total LD+ penalty that Bank can levy on Bidder shall not exceed 3 of ACV

As per RFP

188 Page No 137 and section 825

Neither the contract nor any rights granted under the contract may be sold leased assigned or otherwise transferred in whole or in part by the Bidder and any such attempted sale lease assignment or otherwise transfer shall be void and of no effect

Neither the contract nor any rights granted under the contract may be sold leased assigned or otherwise transferred in whole or in part by either Party the Bidder and any such attempted sale lease assignment or otherwise transfer shall be void and of

As per RFP

without the advance written consent of the Bank

no effect without the advance written consent of the other Party Bank

189 Page No 137 and section 826

The Bidder during the term of the contract and for a period of two years thereafter shall not without the express written consent of the Bank directly or indirectly

The Bidder Both Parties during the term of the contract and for a period of two years thereafter shall not without the express written consent of the other Party Bank directly or indirectly

As per RFP

1 Recruit hire appoint or engage or attempt to recruit hire appoint or engage or discuss employment with or otherwise utilize the services of any person who has been an employee or associate or engaged in any capacity by the Bank in rendering services under the contract or

1 Recruit hire appoint or engage or attempt to recruit hire appoint or engage or discuss employment with or otherwise utilize the services of any person who has been an employee or associate or engaged in any capacity by the other Party Bank in rendering services under the contract or

2 Induce any person who is have been an employee or associate of the Bank at any time to terminate his her relationship with the Bank

2 Induce any person who is have been an employee or associate of the other Party Bank at any time to terminate his her relationship with the other Party Bank

190 Page No 137 and section 829

The ownership of the source code and design for the EDMS specific to the Bank and all related application suites interface designs customisations design etc and related Intellectual Property Right (IPR) will lie with the Bank only All Bidders will need to adhere to this

The ownership of the source code and design for the EDMS specific to the Bank and all related application suites interface designs customisations design etc and related Intellectual Property Right (IPR) will lie with the Bank only All Bidders will need to adhere to this

As per RFP

Notwithstanding anything to the contrary no intellectual property rights of any nature shall be transferred from one Party to the other in the course of performing any obligations or otherwise under this agreement For the avoidance of doubt Bidders may use certain tools processes or methodologies of its own in performing the services Ownership of all intellectual property rights and any other rights in these shall vest with Bidder and no rights shall be deemed to have accrued to the Bank

191 Page No 139 and section 830

3 The Bidder during the term of the contract and for a period of two years thereafter shall not without the express written consent of RBI directly or indirectly recruit hire appoint or engage or attempt to recruit hire appoint or engage or discuss employment with or otherwise utilize the services of any person who has been an employee or associate or engaged in any capacity by RBI in rendering services under the contract or Induce any person who shall have been an employee or associate of RBI at any time to terminate his her relationship with RBI

3 The Bidder Either party during the term of the contract and for a period of two years thereafter shall not without the express written consent of the other Party RBI directly or indirectly recruit hire appoint or engage or attempt to recruit hire appoint or engage or discuss employment with or otherwise utilize the services of any person who has been an employee or associate or engaged in any capacity by the other Party RBI in rendering services under the contract or Induce any person who shall have been an employee or associate of the other Party RBI at any time to terminate his her relationship with the other Party RBI

As per RFP

192 Page No 139 and section 830

6 Professionalism The Bidder should provide professional objective and impartial advice at all times and hold the Bankrsquos interests paramount and should observe the highest standard of ethics while executing the assignment

6 Professionalism The Bidder should provide professional objective and impartial advice at all times and hold the Bankrsquos interests paramount and should observe the highest standard of ethics while executing the assignment

As per RFP

8 No legal binding relationship It may be noted that no binding legal relationship will exist between any of the Respondents of this RFP and the Bank until execution of a contractual agreement

8 No legal binding relationship It may be noted that no binding legal relationship will exist between any of the Respondents of this RFP and the Bank until execution of a contractual agreement on mutually agreed terms

193 Page No 126 and section 830

If the responses contain any extraneous conditions put in by the respondents such responses will be disqualified and will not be considered for the selection process

If the responses contain any extraneous conditions put in by the respondents such responses will be disqualified and will not be considered for the selection process

As per RFP

194 General Query EMD Unacceptable EMD forfeiture EMD to be forfeiture for breach of contract- not acceptable

As per RFP

195 Page No144 We hereby declare that all the information and statements made in this Proposal are true and we accept that any misinterpretation contained in it may lead to our disqualification

We hereby declare that all the information and statements made in this Proposal are true to the best of our knowledge and we accept that any intentional misinterpretation contained in it may lead to our disqualification

As per RFP

196 General Query PBG Request PBG to be invoked only for material breaches of terms and conditions

As per RFP

197 Page No229 amp Annexure E

We agree to abide by this Bid Offer for 180 days from the last day of bid submission and our Offer shall remain binding on us and may be accepted by RBI any time before expiry of the offer

We agree to abide by this Bid Offer for 30 180 days from the last day of bid submission and our Offer shall remain binding on us and may be accepted by RBI any time before expiry of the offer

As per RFP

198 Page No249 amp Annexure L

Further to our proposal dated ______________ in response to the Request for Proposal for Implementation of EDMS Application (hereinafter referred to as ldquoRFPrdquo) issued by Reserve Bank of India (ldquoRBIrdquo) we hereby covenant warrant and confirm as follows

Further to our proposal dated ______________ in response to the Request for Proposal for Implementation of EDMS Application (hereinafter referred to as ldquoRFPrdquo) issued by Reserve Bank of India (ldquoRBIrdquo) we hereby covenant warrant and confirm as follows

As per RFP

We hereby agree to comply with all the terms and conditions stipulations as contained in the RFP and the related addendums other documents and if required including the changes made to the original bid documents issued by RBI provided that the only list of deviations has been furnished by us in the relevant Annex

We hereby agree to comply with all the mutually agreed material terms and conditions stipulations as contained in the RFP and the related addendums other documents and if required including the changes made to the original bid documents issued by RBI provided that the only list of deviations has been furnished by us in the relevant Annex

199 Page No240 amp Annexure G

As per RFP The BIDDER undertakes that it has not supplied is not supplying similar product services or sub-services during last one year from the date of issuance of this RFP at a price lower than that offered in the present bid to any other entity If it is found at any stage that similar product services or sub-services was supplied by the BIDDER to any other entity at a lower price then that very price with due allowance for elapsed time will be applicable to the present case and the difference in the cost would be refunded by the BIDDER to the

The BIDDER undertakes that it has not supplied is not supplying similar product services or sub-services during last one year from the date of issuance of this RFP at a price lower than that offered in the present bid to any other entity If it is found at any stage that similar product services or sub-services was supplied by the BIDDER to any other entity at a lower price then that very price with due allowance for elapsed time will be applicable to the present case and the difference in the cost would be refunded by the BIDDER to the BUYER if the contract has already been concluded

BUYER if the contract has already been concluded

200 Page No243 amp Annexure I

We the undersigned as Bidder having examined the complete RFP document (along with its annexes) do hereby offer to produce deliver install support and maintain EDMS Application in full conformity of your requirements as elaborated in above said RFP for the amounts mentioned by us in the Commercial Bid or such other sums as may be agreed to between us

We the undersigned as Bidder having examined the complete RFP document (along with its annexes) do hereby offer to produce deliver install support and maintain EDMS Application in full conformity of your material requirements as elaborated in above said RFP for the amounts mentioned by us in the Commercial Bid or such other sums as may be agreed to between us

As per RFP

We agree to abide by our Offer for a period of 6 months from the date of last day of Bid submission and it shall remain binding on us for acceptance at any time before the expiration of this period

We agree to abide by our Offer for a period of 1 6 months from the date of last day of Bid submission and it shall remain binding on us for acceptance at any time before the expiration of this period

We understand that you are not bound to accept the lowest or any bid you may receive

We understand that you are not bound to accept the lowest or any bid you may receive

We undertake if our Bid is accepted to provide Performance Bank Guarantee and Financial Bank Guarantee as per the prescribed format within the timescales stipulated in the RFP

We undertake if our Bid is accepted to provide Performance Bank Guarantee and Financial Bank Guarantee as per the prescribed format within the timescales stipulated in the RFP after signing of contract on mutually agreed terms and conditions

201 General Query Annexure J Confidentiality and Non-Disclosure Agreement Undertaking

ADD As per RFP Notwithstanding anything to the contrary to the extent the Bidder shares any confidential information with RBI the provisions of this RFP shall apply mutatis mutandis to RBI The obligations of confidentiality for both Parties shall come to an end 3 years from the date of terminationexpiry of the contract to be entered into

202 Page No248 and Annexure K

Annexure K Self Declaration Relatives in RBI

SEEK DELETION OF ANNEXURE As per RFP

203 Page No259 and Annexure P

We agree to abide by this Tender Response for a period of 180 days from the last day of bid submission and it shall remain binding upon us until within this period a formal contract is prepared and executed this Tender Response together with your written acceptance thereof in your notification of award shall constitute a binding contract between us and will initiate the formation of a separate contract in respect of maintenance and support

We agree to abide by this Tender Response for a period of 30 180 days from the last day of bid submission and it shall remain binding upon us until within this period a formal contract is prepared and executed this Tender Response together with your written acceptance thereof in your notification of award shall not constitute a binding contract between us and will initiate the formation of a separate contract in respect of maintenance and support

As per RFP

services after expiry of the warranty period

services after expiry of the warranty period all of which shall be on mutually agreed terms

204 Page No276 amp Annexure U

8 The respondent has not been involved in any legal case that may affect the solvencyexistence of the applicant or in any other way affect the respondentrsquos capability to providecontinue services to RBI if RBI selects the respondent for EDMS

8 The respondent has not been involved in any legal case that may affect the solvencyexistence of the applicant or in any other way materially affect the respondentrsquos capability to providecontinue services to RBI if RBI selects the respondent for EDMS

As per RFP

9 The bidder accepts to follow all the clauses terms and conditions as set in the RFP document

9 The bidder accepts to follow all the clauses terms and conditions as set in the RFP document subject to deviations proposed

205 General Query New clause proposed by Bidder Service Provider undertakes that it is compliant to State minimum wages act at the time of execution of the Agreement and the commercials are accordingly factored In the event there is a change to the State minimum wages act or if the Customer wants the Service Provider to comply to some other minimum wages act including but not limited to Central minimum wages act or the existing minimum wages act is repealed by another act then in such cases Customer will support Service provider with change request for additional cost incurred by Service Provider for complying to new minimum wages Service provider will not ask for Change request for any changes that is within 8 increase year on year from the State minimum wages as on the date of contract sign off

As per RFP

206 General Query New clause proposed by Bidder ldquoIt is agreed that the price quoted is arrived at based on the exchange rate of 1 USD = INR ___ (ldquoBase Exchange Raterdquo) In the event the Base Exchange Rate either increases or decreases by percentage points greater than two per cent [2] the prices shall be charged as per the then current exchange raterdquo

As per RFP

207 General Query New clause proposed by Bidder The risk title and ownership of the products shall be transferred to the customer upon delivery of such products to the customer

As per RFP

208 General Query New clause proposed by Bidder Customer hereby agrees to make the site ready as per the agreed specifications within the agreed timelines Customer agrees that Wipro shall not be in any manner be liable for any delay arising out of Customerrsquos failure to make the site ready within the stipulated period including but not limited to levy of liquidated damages for any delay in performance of Services under the terms of this Agreement In case the SITE is not ready for a continuous period of 30 days milestone payment related to installation will be released to vendor based on the SNR report also if there is any additional warranty cost due to continuous site not readiness for 30 days same will be borne by the customer

As per RFP

209 General Query New clause proposed by Bidder Notwithstanding anything contained herein neither Party shall be liable for any indirect punitive consequential or incidental loss damage claims liabilities charges costs expense or injury (including without limitation loss of use data revenue profits business and for any claims of any third party claiming through Bidder) that may arise out of or result from this Agreement The aggregate liability of Bidder under this Agreement shall not exceed the fees (excluding reimbursements) received by it under this contract during the six months preceding the date of first claim

As per RFP

210 General Query New clause proposed by Bidder Any new levy on account of changes in law shall be to the account of Bank

As per RFP

211 General Query New clause proposed by Bidder Bidderrsquos failure to perform its contractual responsibilities to perform the services or to meet agreed service levels shall be excused if and to the extent Bidder performance is effected delayed or causes non-performance due to Banks omissions or actions whatsoever

As per RFP

212 General Query New clause proposed by Bidder Services andor deliverables shall be deemed to be fully and finally accepted by Bank in the event when Bank has not submitted its acceptance or rejection response in writing to Bidder within 15 days from the date of installationcommissioning or when Bank uses the Deliverable in its business whichever occurs earlier Parties agree that Bidder shall have 15 daysrsquo time to correct in case of any rejection by Bank

As per RFP

213 General Query New clause proposed by Bidder Either party may request a change order (ldquoChange Orderrdquo) in the event of actual or anticipated change(s) to the agreed scope Services Deliverables schedule or any other aspect of the Statement of WorkPurchase Order Bidder will prepare a Change Order reflecting the proposed changes including the impact on the Deliverables schedule and fee In the absence of a signed Change Order Bidder shall not be bound to perform any additional services

As per RFP

214 General Query New clause proposed by Bidder Notwithstanding anything to the contrary either Party shall have the right to terminate this Agreement at any time with cause in the event that the other party commits a material breach of the Agreement and fails to cure such default to the non-defaulting partyrsquos reasonable satisfaction within thirty (30) days

As per RFP

In the event of termination of any nature the Bidder shall be paid for the 1 goods delivered 2 services rendered 3 work in progress 4 unpaid AMCs 5 third party orders in pipeline which cannot be cancelled despite Bidders best efforts 6 unrecovered investments shall be paid by the Bank as per termination schedule till the date of termination

215 General Query New clause proposed by Bidder Notwithstanding anything contained in this RFP

As per RFP

a) Excluding a regulatorystatutory requirement if any nothing in this Agreement shall be construed or interpreted as requiring Bidder to provide to Customer access to or right to inspect examine audit and take copies of any fees price cost or any other financial information or any records or documents relating to the make-up of the Bidderrsquos internal

overhead calculations their relationship to the fees any financial cost model calculation of fees or to the Bidderrsquos profitability or other such financial data

b) All audit barring those required under a regulatory or statutory requirement may be done only on an annual basis and subject to a notice period of 20 days

216 Page No 132 and section 82

Integrity Pact Unacceptable integrity pact Customer to insert new CVC integrity pact that does not contain Fall clause LIBOR provisions etc

As per RFP

217 General Query Annexure A Earnest Money Deposit Unacceptable EMD forfeiture EMD to be forfeiture for breach of contract- not acceptable

As per RFP

218 General Query Annexure C Performance Bank Guarantee

Request PBG to be invoked only for material breaches of terms and conditions

As per RFP

219 General Query Annexure G Integrity Pact SEEK INSERTION OF NEW CVC INTEGRITY PACT WITHOUT LIBOR PROVISIONS AND FALL CLAUSE

As per RFP

220 General Query ADD As per RFP

Annexure J Confidentiality and Non-Disclosure Agreement Undertaking

Notwithstanding anything to the contrary to the extent the Bidder shares any confidential information with RBI the provisions of this RFP shall apply mutatis mutandis to RBI The obligations of confidentiality for both Parties shall come to an end 3 years from the date of terminationexpiry of the contract to be entered into

221 Page No 10 and section 11

Central Office has following 33 departments

EDMS solution is to be implemented for 33 departments is this understanding correct Please mention if there are more departments to be considered in-scope

As per RFP

222 Page No 29 and section 22

The application should facilitate integration with e-mail client (outlook) where selected emails could be Inwarded directly

Integration with Outlook For how many users is this needed Please specify the number of users who would be using this functionality

10000 users| All Users

223 Page No 18 and section 15

Sr No 6 Global common workflow plus seven specific work process Modules which need to be developed at the time of Go-Live

The seven workflow will have integration with what all systems Please specify the details

Integration envisaged for Go-Live - Active Directory Mail Messaging System SAMADHAN IRM DMIS Other integration will be done during continuous development

224 Page No 25 and section 21

User should have privilege to create Inward amp Outward from RBI corporate email inbox (selected emails) with capability to capture both email body and attachment (if any) as a part of the Inward

How many users are going to use Email Integration feature Is it going to be for all the 10000 named users

As per RFP

225 Page No 25 and section 21

The proposed solution needs to be integrated with existing (or any future standard system) of IRM

What is the current IRM system used by RBI

Microsoft IRM

226 Page No 25 and section 21

3 Customization and Integration Would existing IRM system be OpenText IRM or any other product and will sufficient license be available for EDMS users

Microsoft IRM

227 Page No 25 and section 21

4 Web interface ndashInwardOutward Management

Is it expected to expose the same EDMS application to public or integration with RBI website

As per RFP

228 Page No 27 and section 21

Sr No 21The Scanning product should have inbuilt capability to do a full page OCR amp ICR (for both Hindi amp English documents) and also convert the images to searchable forms like Searchable PDF

What is the ratio of English to Hindi documents for OCR amp ICR

Approximately Hindi 33 | English 66

229 Page No 29 and section 22

5 Inward Management Request you to please specify the other email clients

As per RFP

230 Page No 31 section 22

Technical Bid(Functional Requirements)

We understand that all of these functionalities are the application functionalities and the necessary scanning systems and personal required will be facilitated by RBI Please confirm

Yes

231 Page No 31 section 22

Technical Bid(Functional Requirements)

In case Yes for the above Questions than please detail the scope expectation w r t Scan amp upload requirement

Restricted to Application Solution

232 Page No 43 and section 22

147 Reports amp Dashboard Please elaborate further on this point We understand that reports can be generated with stored data without translation Please let us know your understanding

Data stored in Hindi should be displayed in Hindi The report fields should toggle between Hindi and English No translation is envisioned as part of basic deployment

233 Page No 46 and section 22

163 Document Management Rearrange pages in a document or create a new document from a page using drag and drop Please elaborate at what stage this is required

Rearrangement of pages is required to create an abstract out of an existing doc

234 Page No 46 and section 22

The solution offered should be capable of integration with 3rd party software amp internal applications which are in use at RBI

What all internal and 3rd party applications are to be taken in account for integration

Integration envisaged for Go-Live - Active Directory Mail Messaging System SAMADHAN IRM DMIS Other integration will be done during continuous development

235 Page No 46 and section 22

171 Customization and Integration Is there any existing SSO Server available

Shall be shared with successful bidder

236 Page No 46 and section 22

173 Customization and Integration We understand that content replication from DC to DR has to be accomplished by RBI team and bidder can assist in providing the details

Shall be shared with successful bidder

237 Page No 56 and section 23

A separate test environment and development would be provided at the data Centre The Bidder is expected to replicate the DC environment in the DR and in the test environment in all respects

We understand that bidder is expected to set 4 environments - Dev UATTest Production (DC) and DR Is UATTest environment also expected to be exact replicamirror image of Production

Scaled-down version 50 of Production in terms of sizing

238 Page No 56 and section 23

A separate test environment and development would be provided at the data Centre The Bidder is expected to replicate the DC environment in the DR and in the test environment in all respects

Will RBI procure and provide hardware for all environments Should bidder only propose sizing recommendations for all environments

As per RFP

239 Page No 57 and section 23

Security Requirements We understand that all of these functionalities are the application functionalities by virtue of which these security mechanisms have to be part of the bidderrsquos proposition Kindly comment on our understanding

As per RFP

240 Page No 62 and section 23

System should maintain audit logs for all monitoring and events according to RBI policy These audit logs must be secure and stored as per defined retention policy

Request Bank to specify as lot of sizing considerations would depend uponvary basis the RBI policies (3 5 7 10 years)

Shall be shared with successful bidder

241 Page No 64 and section 23

86 Data Migration Would changes means restructuring of folders or something else Please elaborate

To be discussed during System Study

242 Page No 67and section 31

27 Any other areas which the Bank might decide to include in the Scope at the time of implementation of EDMS

Request Bank to enlighten on to this requirement Being subjective Bidder will need more quantifiablegaugeable requirement basis which effort and commercials can be worked out

As per RFP

However we understand the same will be addressed during design phase

Please comment upon our understanding

243 Page No 71 and section 38

Data migration will be the responsibility of the Bidder

Will bidder be allowed to run the migration 24x7 or only during non-peak hours

Shall be discussed with successful bidder

244 Page No 74 and section 310

Bidder should provide training to RBI‟s officials for using and managing the system which will include end user technical and system Administration training as well as DBA level training

What would be the minimum numbers of users to be trained for Admin and for User level trainings respectively

5 batches of 30-40 user each Total training to be provide to around 200 User at Mumbai Pune

245 Page No 76 and section 313

Implementation As per RFP The Banks incident Management system has to be used as ticketing system to handle requests raised by Banks Internal Users during the warranty and AMC period Which ticketing system is RBI using currently

EDMS can leverage existing Incident Management tool Details will be shared with successful bidder

246 Page No 76 and section 313

Extensive on-site support team is required during the first year after ldquoGo-Liverdquo

Are all the resources mentioned for L0 (44) L1 (8) and L2 (2) are to be deployed on-site Can bidder propose onsite-offshore model for post-implementation support

As per RFP

247 Page No 77 and section 313

vi Scanning documents at RBI respective locations if required

We understand that the necessary scanning systems and personnel required will be facilitated by RBI Request to throw more light on the number of locations in this regards Accordingly effort estimation can be done so as to provide the appropriate commercials in this regards

As per RFP

248 Page No 86 and section 319

319 Performance Monitoring amp Tuning solution

Considering the entire project is going to be base out of RBIs data centre request bank to facilitate make model etc of the performance monitoring tool

Bidder has to provide Application level monitoring solution As per Data Centre policy open source performance tool will not be permissible and the solution proposed by bidder should be approved by RBI

249 Page No 86 and section 323

The total number of users presently is expected to be around 10000 with 2000 concurrent users and annual growth of 10 in concurrent users

Out of total 10000 users how many back endadmin users are there who are going to access this system

Less than 500 users

250 Page No 86 and section 324

Sr No 5 The solution offered should be capable of pin codeGPS Location based integration for capturing user address

Is bidder expected to integrate the existing GPS system with EDMS

As per RFP

251 Page No 86 and section 323

323 Vendor would be required to provide Enterprise-wide all-inclusive Perpetual license for all functionalities as per the requirements of the RBI The total number of users presently is expected to be around 10000 with 2000 concurrent users and annual growth of 10 in concurrent users

These users are for determining the hardware sizing but from software licensing point of view all 10000 users can connect concurrently

As per RFP

Please validate

252 Page No 86 and section 323

No extra license fees implementation charges should be charged by the selected bidder for implementing the software in the test environment and at the Disaster Recovery site of RBI or at any other site that may be specified by the Bank

We understand that as project progresses there will be significant volumes and hence there should be no restriction on number of CPUcores and if any it will be responsibility of SI to provide additional licenses at no additional costs to RBI Trust our understanding is correct Please confirm for clarification

Yes As per RFP

253 Page No87 and section 324

6 Vendor is responsible to import application in UAT production environment amp DC ndash DR synchronization etc

We understand that the application is going to be based out of RBIs existing Data Centre visa Navi Mumbai and Nagpur Request Bank to elaborate upon existing DC-DR synchronization technique technology methodology Please provide details version of the same for integration aspects

Shall be shared with successful bidder

254 Page No87 and section 325

325 System amp Security Audit Request RBI to specify number of yearly audits

Shall be shared with successful bidder

255 Page No91 and section 329

4 Complete user manual and system documentation (soft and hard copies) of the proposed solution after the go-live

Request RBI to spell the number of hard copies required

Shall be discussed with successful bidder

256 Page No92 and section 330

3 Vendor is required to give all sorts of support required in case RBI decides to move the implemented EDMS on cloud services or IaaS in future This support will include everything starting from shunting of the running EDMS temporarily to alternate arrangement till all the Hw Sw etc are installed amp made running in the new IaaS or Cloud environment (Logistics Technical Integration support etc)

We understand the same to be captured via change control mechanism change management during the course of the project

As per RFP

257 Page No92 and section 330

5 Business Process Reengineering ndash The vendor shall include the impact of the new system to the operations of Client If applicable the proponent shall recommend changes to the existing processes that would benefit Client

Request Bank to specify a percentage number in this regards accordingly efforts and commercials can be worked out

As per RFP

258 Page No93 and section 43

For each milestone to be marked completed the bidder should ensure that all the acceptance criteria are met and approved by the Bank as mentioned in various applicable sections in the RFP

We understand that the Project acceptance criteria will be formalized mutually during the design phase and agreed upon Please comment upon our understanding

As per RFP

259 42 Additional Software License Costs As per RFP

Page No 94 and section 42

For evaluation purposes costs of the software licenses proposed by the Bidder would be included in the Total Cost of Ownership In case any software license(s) are required to be procured directly from the Original Equipment Manufacturer (OEM) Product Vendor the actual payment to the Bidder will be reduced appropriately to exclude the software license costs quoted in the commercial bid Bidder is requested to add all the Other Software Licensing Cost under the header Any other requirements for the proposed solution on MSTC website

Request Bank to mutually discuss and agree upon section 42 before finalization on the requirement Please comment in this regards

260 Page No122 and Section 76

Overall enterprise wide security including role-based security and authorisation levels operating systemapplication security and logical access controls and anti‐virus management

Is bidder expected to propose anti-virus software as well

Shall be shared with successful bidder

261 Page No 169 amp Annexure D2

Sr No 26 All incoming physical letters has to be scanned and put into the system for further processing

What is the total size or volume of legacy documents to be considered for Scanning through the Capture Solution (dailymonthlyyearly volume)

As per RFP

262 Page No 204 amp Annexure D2

206 The system should also integrated with Ms outlook and other email client

Does RBI require native integration with outlook in which users can access EDMS from outlook interface

As per RFP

Please confirm 263 Page No 211

amp Annexure D3

Sr No 28 The solution should provide for seamless integration of modules as per the business requirements of RBI with necessary interfaces The application should have provision for Integration existingupcoming portalsapplications of different depts eg HR Portal Samadhan Active directory CMS (CEPD) etc other internal workflow application system etc

Do we have to estimate effort for integration with these upcoming applications now or will it be taken at a later stage as a Change Request If now what are these applications based on Please provide what level of integration is required with these applicationssystem

Integration envisaged for Go-Live - Active Directory Mail Messaging Solution SAMADHAN IRM DMIS Other integration will be done during continuous development

264 Page No213 amp Annexure D3

Based on our experience in similar project we feel the concurrent user ratio to named users is less In such application of note approval the concurrence is around 40 of total users

As per RFP

Details of Hardware requirements for the proposed solution for following user base of

Request you to validate this for RBI

i 10000 total user base ii 2000 concurrent users

265 Page No 218 amp Annexure D3

Sr 55 The Implementation of open source technologies should be taken up in compliance with Information Security (IS) policy of the Bank

Would you allow usage of Open Source Tools for Simulation is required to carry out Performance Testing (LoadStress) eg JMeter

Shall be discussed with successful bidder

266 Page No218 amp Annexure D3

The Implementation of open source technologies should be taken up in compliance with Information Security (IS) policy of the Bank

Please throw some light on limitations on usage of open-source tools in context with Information Security (IS) policy of the Bank

Shall be discussed with successful bidder

267 Page No221 amp Annexure D3

Sr No 75 Data Loss Prevention solution should be available with EDMS solution

Is Data Loss Prevention solution to be implemented or does the solution need to have the capability only and its for future use Please confirm

Shall be discussed with successful bidder

268 Page No 226 amp Annexure D6

g Scalability of document volume (30) having average volume of 4million documents per year

What does 30 signify here How much should be the total volume of documents considered that is received and to be ingested in EDMS repository (yearlymonthly)

As per RFP

269 Page No 226 amp Annexure D6

b Response time of maximum 3 seconds

Request RBI to elaborate upon the type of gaugeable reports parameters required to establish the response time

As per RFP

270 Page No 226 amp Annexure D6

b Response time of maximum 3 seconds

Will submitting product performance reports spec sheets suffice or any other artefact is required to substantiate the same Please specify

As per RFP

271 Page No 226 amp Annexure D6

g Scalability of document volume (30) having average volume of 4million documents per year

Request RBI to specify the existing document volume as this is required from sizing perspective to arrive at an optimized commercials

As per RFP

272 Page No 262 amp Annexure Q

Annexure Q We believe RBI will also be providing mobile based access to select employeersquos basis roles We assume the licensing for the same is to be included in this pricing and no additional price will be payable by RBI Mobile app if to be created will be separate project but will connect to EDMS through API at no additional costs to RBI Please clarify

As per RFP

273 Page No 262 amp Annexure Q

Annexure Q Will RBI facilitate the commercial bid format for ease of comparison during the evaluation phase Request to clarify

Commercial bid format can be downloaded from the MSTC e-commerce portal

274 Page No 264 amp Annexure Q

Unit Price Under Unit Price do we have to provide Yearly Price of 1 resource

As per RFP

275 Page No 264 amp Annexure Q

Cost of L0 Resource (21 nos) on 12 X 5 basis for one year at locations given in Annexure T

For 12x5 we would need to deploy 2 resources to support 60 hours shift so do we need to consider price for 2 resources or provide price only for 21 resources and they will be supporting in round-robin manner Please confirm

For Annexure T for line items 31 to 35 Bidders are advised to consider 8 x 5 working hours where requirement of only 1 resource has been mentioned (Ahmedabad has 2 locations so 2 resources are required) For line items 25 to 30 where support hours are mentioned as 12 x 5 and requirement of multiple resources is mentioned resources are expected to work in 8 x 5 shift scheduled in a manner to provide support for 12 x 5 All other conditionsrequirements

mentioned in the table remain unchanged

276 Page No 265 amp Annexure Q

B2 Development Team based at Mumbai Navi Mumbai Composition Tech Lead(1) + Developer (5) + Tester (1)

Composition of Tech Lead(1) + Developer (5) + Tester (1) will not suffice we also need Project Managers Technical Architect UI Expert and Infrastructure Resource can bidder add more rows in commercial format and propose Development Team accordingly

As per RFP

277 Page No 265 Section amp Annexure Q

AMC for the first year after warranty period (should be min 8 of Total onetime cost)

Do we have to include both here - Product AMC from OEM as well as Application Technical Support for only 1 year from bidder

As per RFP

278 Page No 266 amp Annexure Q

(C) Hardware Requirements Do we have to propose hardware sizing and software recommendations for DevUAT Production and DR Environments The table has rows for Production and UAT only can the bidder add more rows to it or is it a fixed format

Hardware sizing and software recommendations are to be proposed for all environments The two rows were for representational purpose More rows can be added in the commercial bid format

279 Page No 212 amp Annexure D3

212 A separate test environment and development would be provided at the data Centre The Bidder is expected to replicate the DC environment in the DR and in the test environment in all respects (11)

1 Will development and test environments be provided by RBI till OS layer and only application deployment is to be done by the bidder

As per RFP

84 Hence bidder is required to take into the consideration the hardware

software etc requirement pertaining to test amp development

2 Please elaborate what is bidders responsibility for development and test environments

280 General Query Retention Management Apart from Retention and Archival are you looking for complete Records Management solution as well with features like Event-based aging Automatic Disposition Litigation Hold etc

Not required at this Stage

281 General Query Back-up Software Do you have the back-up software or does bidder has to propose If available please specify the make and model of the back-up software

Shall be shared with successful bidder

282 General Query Support Team - OampM Do you want bidder to propose Helpdesk toolset up a service desk as well

Not required at this Stage

283 General Query Load Balancer Do you want the bidder to propose the load balancer as well

Not required at this Stage

284 General Query Source Code Control Repository Is Bidder required to absorb the cost for GIT repository for source code or do you have one which bidder can use

Shall be shared with successful bidder

285 General Query Compliance What are the complianceguidelinesIT Security considerations that are critical

As per RFP

286 General Query SSL Certificate Should bidder be provided the SSL certificate or should the bidder absorb the price for SSL certificate Please confirm

Bank Shall provide the SSL certificates

287 General Query Documents Please specify the age of the documents and the condition of paper like ndash colour shine brittleness original

Not required at this Stage

or photocopy glossy paper hard-bind etc etc

288 General Query Scanning Can you kindly provide the of BW and Colour document

Not required at this Stage

289 General Query Legacy Documents For Legacy documents perspective please share details on the below

Not required at this Stage

a) Number of document ingestion per day - b) Average size of document - in KB c) Maximum size of document - in KB d) Storage required - (current DMS storage size)

290 General Query New Documents For New documents perspective please share details on the below

Not required at this Stage

a) Number of document ingestion per day - b) Average size of document - in KB c) Maximum size of document - in KB

291 General Query Scanning For Scanning perspective please share details on the below

Not required at this Stage

a) Percentage of document in tiff format b) Percentage of colour documents c) Average image size in KB d) Percentage of document that would require OCR e) Average number of fields per page

f) Properties per per document 292 General Query Documents What is percentage the Year on Year

growth over 5 years for the number of documents added

As per RFP

293 General Query Documents What is the Average number of document views per day

Not required at this Stage

294 General Query Documents What is the Average number of document searches per day

Not required at this Stage

295 General Query Back-up Policy What is the back-up policy of RBI eg 14 days

Shall be shared with successful bidder

296 General Query Policies What would be the archival policy back up policy log storage policy DR logs policy etc

Shall be shared with successful bidder

297 General Query Testing What parameters are to be monitored during testing (eg response times processing times and CPU loading)

As per RFP

298 General Query Testing What desired values of these parameters are to be considered acceptable during the stress test results

As per RFP

299 General Query DR Drills How many DR drills do you expect in a year

Shall be shared with successful bidder

300 General Query Resources Will RBI allow onsite resources to carry their own laptops or will RBI provide DesktopsWorkstations for onsite resources

Assets will be provided to onsite resources

301 General Query Access Will RBI provide remote accessVPN access for offshore resources

Not required as all resources are deployed onsite

302 General Query

Scanning How much will be the total no of pages to be scanned per day

Not required at this Stage

303 General Query

Documents

How much will be the year on year growth in documents volume

As per RFP

304 General Query

Documents

Please let us know the average approximate document size per document for sizing (in MB)

Not required at this Stage

305 General Query Presentation amp POC of the Solution Could you please elaborate in details the scope for POC

As per RFP

306 General Query SLA Working window As per RFP

307 General Query Non-Functional Requirements Please specify the existing Replication bandwidth between Navi Mumbai DC and Nagpur DR

Bidder has to propose the required bandwidth which will be provided procured by Data Centre

308 General Query Non-Functional Requirements We understand that the bidder is required to provide the Bandwidth augmentation sizing required for this project and accordingly the same will be provisioned by RBI Please confirm upon our understanding

Bidder has to propose the required bandwidth which will be provided procured by Data Centre

309 Page No71 amp Section No38

Data Migration What is the formats of Documents stored inside current DMS

Shall be shared with successful bidder

310

Page No71 amp Section No38

Data Migration How indexmetadata is managed in current DMS System What is the total count of

Shall be shared with successful bidder

indexes present in current DMS 311 Page No71 amp

Section No38 Data Migration what is the database and version used

in current DMS System As per RFP

312

Page No71 amp Section No38

Data Migration We need more details about current DMS System -Product nameVersionECM

Shall be shared with successful bidder

Compliant or notWhat type of documents are stored in SystemHow documents are classified in System

313

Page No18 amp Section No21

High Level Critical Requirements Can you Please enlist total count of Global workflows

As per RFP

314

Page No86 amp Section No321

Hardware Requirements Can you elaborate more on this point As per RFP Standard Enviornments which will be provided by SI are DEV UAT PROD and DR Also Development Environment will be on premise or offshore

315 Page No52 amp Section No23

Back-up Will Backup be taken care by RBI Yes

316 Page No81 amp Section No317

Security Requirements What will be the frequency of DR Drills Can you specify values for RPO and RTO

Shall be shared with successful bidder

317 Page No213 amp Annexure D3

Hardware Requirements Database tier needs to be deployed on Intel Xeon or Mainframe

RBI will conduct VAPT SI needs to provide gaps resolution

318 Page No221 amp Annexure D4

Maintenance amp Support Can we get details about which IRM solution will be provided by RBI for integration purpose

Scaled-down version 50 of Production in terms of sizing

319 Page No63 amp Section No23

Functional Requirements Will RBI provide DLP solution Shall be shared with successful bidder

320 Page No63 amp Section No23

Non-Functional Requirements is SI expected to conduct VAPT or RBI will be conducting the same

RBI will conduct VAPT SI needs to provide gaps resolution

321 Page No267 amp Annexure Q

Hardware Requirements Is UAT sizing expected to be 100 of Production sizing

Scaled-down version 50 of Production in terms of sizing

322

Page No27 amp Section No21

High Level Critical Requirements Hindi OCR amp ICR may be a challenge However Hindi metadata can be captured and searched Can OCR and ICR be restricted to English only

As per RFP

323 Page No27 amp Section No21

Storage For sizing Storage can you share average size of the digitized document

As per RFP

324 Page No93 amp Section No41

Licences Can Licenses cost be paid up-front within 30 days from the date of Invoice

As per RFP

325 Page No95 amp Section No44

AMC Pay-Outs Can AMC be payable yearly in Advance instead of at the end of the every year

As per RFP

45 Page No240 and Annexure G

The BIDDER undertakes that it has not supplied is not supplying similar product services or sub-services during last one year from the date of issuance of this RFP at a price lower than that offered in the present bid to any other entity If it is found at any stage that similar product services or sub-services was supplied by the BIDDER to any other entity at a lower price then that very price with due allowance for elapsed time will be applicable to the present case and the difference in the cost would be refunded by the BIDDER to the BUYER if the contract has already been concluded

We submit that there is no time period reference provided for this confirmation We understand that this compliance will be checked for the bid-evaluation period

As per RFP

46 Page No240 and Annexure G

The BIDDER undertakes that it has not supplied is not supplying similar product services or sub-services during last one year from the date of issuance of this RFP at a price lower than that offered in the present bid to any other entity If it is found at any stage that similar product services or sub-services was supplied by the BIDDER to any other entity at a lower price then that very price with due allowance for elapsed time will be applicable to the present case and the difference in the cost would be refunded by the BIDDER to the BUYER if the contract has already been concluded

We propose replacement of similar productservices or sub-services with identical solution We propose replacement of refunded by the BIDDER to the BUYER with applied to future procurement

As per RFP

47 General Query Liability We noticed that there is no aggregate liability language on bidder liability We propose that the aggregate liability of the bidder will not exceed the TCV of the project

Shall be discussed with successful bidder

48 General Query Agreement We noticed that there is no language on disclaimer of liability of either party for indirect and consequential claims We propose that neither party will be liable for indirect or consequential claims and damages lost profits or lost revenue in relation with the project

Shall be discussed with successful bidder

49 Page No 262 and Annexure Q Section A

Section A - A1 Bidder requests clarification as to whether this is line item cost is related to digitization of old records if so the same shall be removed from A1 and moved to A2 or a separate section to be created in the Commercial Bid Format as this cost needs to be paid on actual documents Scanned

Bidder is expected to provide the License cost for the Scanning Imaging solution against this line item

Scanning Imaging

50 Page No 264 and Annexure Q Section B

Section B Bidder submits that the Unit Price column shall be removed and total cost for the resources to be allowed to be quoted for each year separately

As per RFP

NPV calculation will be done considering 5 escalation rate and 8 discounted rate only for TCO purpose

We also request to remove the reference of 5 escalation rate and allow us to quote for the actual inflation by each bidder separately to allow the bidders to provide maximum benefit to RBI for the NPV

As the commercial format allows to quote separate values for each year the Indexation references is no longer relevant and the payment for the later years can be made at the mentioned prices

51 Page No 265 and Annexure Q Section B3

Section B3 Bidder submits that the minimum of 8 for AMC shall be changed to Sub-Total A1 excluding the ScanningImaging as the AMC should typically include on the product cost

As per RFP

AMC for the first year after warranty period (should be min 8 of Total onetime cost)

We further request clarity whether the AMC is for 3 years or 4 years as the template indicates Year 3 to Year 7 which is 4 years while the Note below the table mentions it for 3 years please clarify we further request that this note mentioned in the adjacent column shall be removed as the commercial template is modified to allow bidders to quote for each year separately

Below rates are mentioned for first year Actual payment for subsequent years as applicable will be done on applying the indexation formulae

middot Cost of L1 and L2 for the subsequent period of 6 years

middot Development Team Cost for the subsequent period of 6 years

middot AMC for the subsequent period of 3 years

52 Page No 267 and Annexure Q Section D

Section D Bidder submits that the Rates for the Resources both the Support resources and the Development Resources is available in the Section B Table the rate for any additional resources can be used from the same table hence request removal of the additional table

As per RFP Marginal Resource Cost

53 Page No 93 and Section 41

41 Software Cost Bidder submits that the heading of the section is an error as the payment terms are related to services and not Software cost we also request the following modifications to the payment terms

As per RFP

1 Completion of process and system study Design and Build and Deployment in UAT - 15 of Implementation Cost specified at Item 1B of Annexure Q

2 Data Migration Completion of User Acceptance Testing Creation of training content Train the Trainer and customer education content - 20 of Implementation Cost specified at Item 1B of Annexure Q

41 Software Cost

3 Complete Implementation and ldquoProduction Go-liverdquo of the project - 25 of Implementation Cost specified at Item 1B of Annexure Q

1 Completion of process and system study Design and Build and Deployment in UAT - 15 of Implementation Cost specified at Item 1B of Annexure Q

4 Receipt of Completion Certificate from the Bank (post 90 days of achieving production Go-Live) - 30 of Implementation Cost specified at Item 1B of Annexure Q

2 Data Migration Completion of User Acceptance Testing Creation of training content Train the Trainer and customer education content - 30 of Implementation Cost specified at Item 1B of Annexure Q

5 Amount payable during the warranty period - On completion of warranty period of three years The Financial Bank guarantee shall be valid for 7 years - 10 of Implementation Cost specified at Item 1B of Annexure Q

3 Complete Implementation and ldquoProduction Go-liverdquo of the project - 35 of Implementation Cost specified at Item 1B of Annexure Q

4 Receipt of Completion Certificate from the Bank (post 90 days of achieving production Go-Live) - 10 of Implementation Cost specified at Item 1B of Annexure Q

5 Amount payable during the warranty period - In equal quarterly instalments during warranty period of three years The Financial Bank guarantee shall be valid for 7 years - 10 of Implementation Cost specified at Item 1B of Annexure Q

We also request deletion of Indexation

section as separate costs will be quoted for each year as per the Annexure Q

54 Page No 94 amp 95 and Section 43 amp 44

43 Warranty pay-outs Bidder submits that the pay-outs for Warranty and AMC shall be made quarterly in arrears which is the industry standard practice for these payments

As per RFP 44 AMC pay-outs

55 46 Other Payment terms

Page No 95 and Section 46

3 Any objectiondispute to the amounts invoiced in the bill shall be raised by RBI within reasonable time from the date of receipt of the invoice Upon settlement of disputes with respect to any disputed invoice(s) the Bank will make payment within thirty (30) working days of the settlement of such disputes

Bidder submits that the payments for the invoices shall be made within 30 days from the receipt of the invoice any objectiondispute to the amounts invoiced shall be made within 25 days from the date of receipt of the invoice

Shall be discussed with successful bidder

4 The fees payable by the Bank to Bidder shall be inclusive of all costs such as insurance taxes (GST as per the rates applicable) transportation installation that may be levied imposed charged or incurred and RBI shall pay the fees due under this RFP and subsequent agreement after deducting any tax deductible at source (ldquoTDSrdquo) as applicable The Bidder will need to provide the details for the tax rates as considered in the pricing This will be used for subsequent tax changes RBI shall pay each undisputed invoice raised in accordance with this RFP and subsequent agreement within thirty (30) working days after its receipt unless otherwise mutually agreed in writing provided that such invoice is dated after such fees have become due and payable under this RFP and subsequent agreement

56 45 Other Payment terms As per RFP

Page No 96 and Section 46

8 The Bidders should note that the contract entered with the successful Bidder will be for implementation and post go‐live period of 7 years (3 years‟ warranty amp 4 years AMC amp FMS support) extendable at the Banks discretion The Bank will have the right in its sole discretion to renegotiate the prices terms and conditions

Bidder understand that the right of Bank to negotiate the prices terms and conditions is in the event of extension beyond the period of current contract (implementation and post go‐live period of 7 years (3 years‟ warranty amp 4 years AMC amp FMS support) and not during the current contract period please confirm

57 Page No 100 and Section 56

56 Penalties Bidder submits that the Penalty for Rollout delays shall be 1 of the delayed components cost of the One-time cost (Section A - Annexure Q) per week subject to a maximum of 10 of the delayed components cost of the One-time cost

As per RFP

The successful Bidder is expected to complete the responsibilities that have been assigned as per the specified time frame In case of the Rollout delays by the Bidder the financial Penalty as per the Banks discretion will be imposed on the Bidder at 5 of the total contract value per month of delay to the maximum of 10 of the total contract value as per the agreement between the Bank and the successful Bidder

Business Utility and Business Downtime would be the key considerations for determining the ldquoPenaltiesrdquo that would be levied on the Bidder for ldquoNon‐Adherencerdquo to the SLA for the Services offered The inability of the Bidder to provide the requirements as per the scope or to meet the deadlines as specified would be treated as breach of contract and invoke the Penalty Clause The maximum limit on the penalties during the period of contract shall be 10 of the total contract value The applicable ldquoPenaltiesrdquo would be the same irrespective of the root causes

In case of Non-Adherence to the SLA the maximum penalty shall be limited to 10 of the Quarterly Invoice value for the respective quarters

58 Page No 124 and Section 711

711 Duration and Condition of Engagement

Bidder submits that in case of termination of the contract without assigning any reason the Bank shall allow the Bidder a notice of 90 days for ramp-down of the resources etc We further submit that in case of termination with or without reason Bidder shall be paid for the completed deliverables as per the commercials quoted

As per RFP

2 The Bank will reserve the right to terminate the services of the successful Bidder at any point of the Project (during the implementation phase and post go-live) without assigning any reasons In such cases the Bank may consider making payment commensurate with the last completed phase

59 87 Performance Bank Guarantee As per RFP

Page No 130 and Section 87

The successful Bidder shall at his own expense deposit with The Chief General Manager-in-Charge Department of Information Technology Reserve Bank of India Mumbai within thirty (30) days from the final result of the bidding process and declaration of the successful Bidder a Performance Bank Guarantee from a scheduled commercial bank payable on demand in terms of Annexure C for an amount equivalent to ten percent (10) of the contract price for the due performance and fulfilment of the contract by the Bidder Without prejudice to the other rights of the Purchaser under the Contract in the matter the proceeds of the performance security shall be payable to RBI as compensation for any loss resulting from the Bidders failure to complete its obligations under the Contract RBI shall notify the Bidder in writing of the invocation of its right to receive such compensation indicating the contractual obligation(s) for which the Bidder is in default The Performance Bank Guarantee shall be denominated in INR and shall be in the form of bank guarantee unless another form is specified by RBI After Go Live Performance Bank Guarantee will be returned back to bidder on submission of Financial Bank Guarantee which shall be submitted by the Bidder within

Bidder submits that the Performance Bank Guarantee shall be for a value of 10 of the One-time cost as this is to ensure proper execution of the roll out

90 days of Go-Live Non-submission of Performance Guarantee shall constitute sufficient grounds among others if any for the annulment of the award of the tender

60 88 Financial Bank Guarantee As per RFP

Page No 130 and 131 amp Section 88

The successful Bidder shall at his own expense deposit with The Chief General Manager-In-Charge Department of Information Technology Reserve Bank of India Mumbai within Ninety (90) days of Go-Live of application before the issuance of Certificate of Completion a Bank Guarantee from a scheduled commercial bank payable on demand in terms of Annexure O for an amount equivalent to ten percent (10) of the contract price as mentioned in Annexure Q of Commercial Bid submitted by the bidder for the due performance and fulfilment of the contract by the Bidder during the warranty and AMC period of 7 years After Go Live Performance Bank Guarantee will be returned back to bidder on submission of Financial Bank Guarantee Without prejudice to the other rights of the Purchaser under the Contract in the matter the proceeds of the performance security shall be payable to RBI as compensation for any loss resulting from the Bidders failure to complete its obligations under the Contract RBI shall notify the Bidder in writing of the invocation of its right to receive such compensation indicating the contractual obligation(s) for which the Bidder is in default The Financial Bank Guarantee shall be valid till the

Bidder submits that the Financial Bank Guarantee shall be for a value of 10 of the Average Annual Support Cost (Section B of Annexure Q)

end of AMC denominated in INR and shall be in the form of bank guarantee unless another form is specified by RBI Non-submission of Financial Guarantee shall constitute sufficient grounds among others if any for the annulment of the award of the tender

61 Page No 240 and Annexure G point 7

Integrity Pact Bidder requests to modify the clause as follows

As per RFP

7 Fall Clause The BIDDER undertakes that it has not supplied is not supplying identical solution similar product services or sub-services during last one year from the date of issuance of this RFP at a price lower than that offered in the present bid to any other entity If it is found at any stage that identical solution similar product services or sub-services was supplied by the BIDDER to any other entity at a lower price then that very price with due allowance for elapsed time will be applicable to the present case and the difference in the cost would be refunded by the BIDDER to the BUYER if the contract has already been concluded

The BIDDER undertakes that it has not supplied is not supplying similar product services or sub-services during last one year from the date of issuance of this RFP at a price lower than that offered in the present bid to any other entity If it is found at any stage that similar product services or sub-services was supplied by the BIDDER to any other entity at a lower price then that very price with due allowance for elapsed time will be applicable to the present case and the difference in the cost would be refunded by the BIDDER to the BUYER if the contract has already been concluded

62 Page No 25 and Section 21

5 Inward Management - When a postal mailphysical letter is Inwarded directly the System should capture the details of the incoming physical letter viz from address subject language etc Data like subject should be auto-filled but should be editable The application should support generation of Suo Moto note which is an Inward generated without any incoming letteremail

Bidders request to share the meaning for Auto-filled in case of manual scanning

Shall be discussed during System Study

63 Page No 27 and Section 21

17 Outward Management - Approval of the Outward should be done by the User at least one level higher in the hierarchy (N+1) as per the AD than the User who created the Outward Admins should be able to configure exceptions to this rule for users at senior management level as decided by the concerned departments of the Bank

Bidder request to clarify if the implemented AD has the hierarchy defined to handle the workflow scenarios

Hierarchy shall be defined

64 Page No 27 and Section 21

21 Scan amp Upload - The Scanning product should have inbuilt capability to do a full page OCR amp ICR (for both Hindi amp English documents) and also convert the images to searchable forms like Searchable PDF

ICR will be helpful for Incurable colour dropout user form Since all documents are office papers it may not be useful so bidder request to remove the ICR component

As per RFP

65 Page No 32 and Section 22

42 OCR amp ICR - By using ICR technology any handwritten text should be converted into word text searchable PDF format or word document format with high accuracy

Bidder understands that ICR used for a handwritten document has max accuracy may not be more than 70 as per industry standards Request Bank to remove ICR technology only for structured format only

As per RFP

66 Page No 66 and Section 31

The hardware system software application software should be compatible with Data Centre policy network architecture etc already established in the Bank

Bidders request to share the Data Centre Policy and network Architecture

Shall be discussed with successful bidder

67 Page No 67 and Section 31

18 Though the system should be used prospectively for the workflow it should have the capability to capture and integrate the paper based as well as electronic records created so far in the Bank

Capability to have reference point of hard copy reference numbers

Shall be discussed during System Study

68 Page No 67 and Section 31

21 The system as well as the workflow carried out in the system should be fully auditable

Request to confirm if bidder needs to recommend sizing for fully auditable data store

Yes

69 Page No 71 and Section 38

Data migration will be the responsibility of the Bidder All necessary tools queries required for extraction transformation and migration must be provided by the Bidder It is the Bidders responsibility to ensure accuracy integrity and completeness of the data migration from legacy DMIS application to new EDMS application

Request to confirm if bidder needs produce data migration report with column by column comparison report for reconciliation

As per RFP

70 Page No 71 and Section 38

1 Data Migration is broadly divided into following three major sub-components iii Data migration audit and certification on the accuracy of data porting from the DMIS system to EDMS

Request to confirm if bidder needs produce data migration report with column by column comparison report for reconciliation

As per RFP

71 Page No 72 and Section 38

6 The Bidder is expected to provide an archival solution within the proposed application for the historical data The necessary configuration and implementation of the archival solution shall be the responsibility of the Bidder

Bidder wants to know what is the archival policy for RBI Is it seven years or more

Shall be discussed with successful bidder

72 Page No 73 and Section 38

12 RBI reserves the right to data migration by respective stakeholders of proposed solution and any gaps discrepancies found during the functions of application are to be rectified by the Bidder

Bidder wants to know if the data migration is other than DMIS system

As per RFP

73 Page No 73 and Section 38

16 The Bidder is required to certify completeness and accuracy of migrated data transaction history and balances at each data migration instance

Bidder requests Bank to confirm if bidder needs to produce data migration report with column by column comparison report for reconciliation

As per RFP

74 Page No 81 and Section 317

1 The solution deployed by Bidder should conform to Recovery Time Objective (RTO) and Recovery Point objective (RPO) defined by Bank

Bidder request to know for replication of data from DC-DR there will be a requirement of Replication software requirement Will this be provided by bank What is the replication software

Will be part of BCP and DR policy to be shared later with the successful bidder

2 Bidder should make sure that DR and DR drill is performed in alignment with Banks existing processes 3 The Bidder has to participate in DR drills as and when conducted by the Bank 4 During DR drills the vendor has to provide support at DR site for the activities related to the proposed solution 5 The Bidder is responsible for keeping the proposed solution and Database in sync in DC and DR 6 In case of any DR situation the Bidder has to shift application to DR site after Intimation to Bank 7 The bidder has to prepare a Business Continuity Plan and have it approved by the Bank

75 Page No 81 and Section 317

2 Bidder should make sure that DR and DR drill is performed in alignment with Banks existing processes

Bidder request to know if the DR automation tool will this be provided by bank What is the DR automation tool bank use

Will be part of BCP and DR policy to be shared later with the successful bidder

3 The Bidder has to participate in DR drills as and when conducted by the Bank

4 During DR drills the vendor has to provide support at DR site for the activities related to the proposed solution 6 In case of any DR situation the Bidder has to shift application to DR site after Intimation to Bank 7 The bidder has to prepare a Business Continuity Plan and have it approved by the Bank

76 Page No 84 and Section 319

The vendors shall guarantee that with the proposed configurationspecifications the required system application response times as indicated below shall be complied with keeping in view that up to 2000 concurrent users would be connected to the system The required response time and performance standards shall be maintained throughout the contract period Bidder is expected to carry performance testing and share the result with the Bank throughout the contract period In case the implemented solutions do not meet the required response time or in the event of performance degradation that shall require upgradesaugmentation in the softwarehardware the corresponding cost shall be borne by the solution provider

Application SLA As per RFP

77 Page No 85 and Section 321

The Bank will provide following hosting environment to the application

Request Bank to ensure Bidder is not underquoting hardware requirement Also support cost for hardware OS DB etc are not considered in the price Bidder assumes that the cost for the same will be added by RBI with hardware cost

As per RFP

78 Page No 92 and Section 330

3 Vendor is required to give all sorts of support required in case RBI decides to move the implemented EDMS on cloud services or IaaS in future This support will include everything starting from shunting of the running EDMS temporarily to alternate arrangement till all the Hw Sw etc are installed amp made running in the new IaaS or Cloud environment (Logistics Technical Integration support etc)

Bidder requests to add the cloud migration support cost as part of commercial template

As per RFP

4 The vendor must also include a detailed resource plan that describes the Project Management and identify Implementation Teams‟ composition It shall define the roles and responsibilities of each member and the number of person-days that will be required of each member 5 Business Process Reengineering ndash The vendor shall include the impact of the new system to the operations of Client If applicable the proponent shall recommend changes to the existing processes that would benefit Client

79 Page No 95 and Section 44

AMC pay-outs Bidder requests Bank to make the payments to be done quarterly arrears

As per RFP

80 Page No 84 and Section 319

CPU Utilization lt60 Bidder request to definition of 60 Is it average utilisation of 10 working hours

As per RFP

81 Page No 274 and Annexure T

Resource table 32333435 says 12x5 hours but defined as 1 resource

For 12 x 5 working hours only 1 resource has been defined As per working hours one resource cannot work for 12 hrs Request Bank to add 1 more resource for the working hours or change the working hours for 1 resource only

For Annexure T for line items 31 to 35 Bidders are advised to consider 8 x 5 working hours where requirement of only 1 resource has been mentioned (Ahmedabad has 2 locations so 2 resources are required) For line items 25 to 30 where support hours are mentioned as 12 x 5 and requirement of multiple resources is mentioned resources are expected to work in 8 x 5 shift scheduled in a manner to provide support for 12 x 5 All other conditionsrequirements mentioned in the table remain unchanged

82 Page No 84 and Section 320

General Bidder requests Bank to normalise the CPU to x86 based system some bidder may propose proprietary CPU which may lead to ambiguity

As per RFP

83 Page No 7 and Section 1

Introduction The Bank desires to implement Electronic Document Management System (EDMS) across all the locations (Pan India) and all the departments regional offices and training establishments of the Bank- As per our understanding this pertains to multi-sites and multi-instances deployment of EDMS solution Kindly confirm and specify the number of sites for deployment

As per RFP

84 Page No 25 and Section 21

High Level Critical Requirements Does this involve any external users outside of RBIother banks

As per RFP

Also elaborate on the Push-Pull mechanism mentioned and frequency of Push-Pull mechanism mentioned in the RFP

85 Page No 30 and Section 22

Technical Bid(Functional Requirements)

The System should be able to accept input in Rajbhasha and preferably in other regional languages - As per our understanding input in English and Hindi should meet the business requirement If not kindly elaborate on the languages expected

As per RFP

86 Page No 44 and Section 22

Edit files within native applications without downloading first

We understand that different softwares have different proprietary formats which may not be accessible for editing apart from these specific softwares We suggest to edit these files in their native softwares to maintain document quality We would request you to please specify these file formats

As per RFP

87 Page No 50 and Section 22

Application should have capability to allow end users in public domain to create user id and upload documents for inwards created

Please suggest if this involves any external users outside of RBIOther banks

As per RFP

88 Page No 51 and Section 22

Technical Bid(Functional Requirements)

Does this involve any external users outside of RBIother banks

As per RFP

89 Page No 53 and Section 23

Technical Bid(Non-Functional Requirements)

Navigation speed would be majorly dependent on networkbandwidth made available so that accordingly pages can be loaded

As per RFP

90 Page No 54 and Section 23

Technical Bid(Non-Functional Requirements)

Will the Bank provide Data Centre policy details or will it be discussed and agreed mutually between two parties post bidder selection

Shall be discussed with successful bidder

91 Page No 87 and Section 324

The EDMS application is required to be compatible to integrate with API applications like REST SOAP or any other based API applications

What are the third party applications needs to be integrated apart from those mentioned here

Integration envisaged for Go-Live - Active Directory Mail Messaging System SAMADHAN IRM and DMIS Other integration will be done during continuous development

92 Page No 100 and Section 53

Scope of Work Kindly convert the hours mentioned in TTR section into business hours

As per RFP

93 Page No 197 and Annexure D2

Functional Requirements Since this is a generic statement and no details can be finale present for customisations involved against this point

As per RFP

94 Page No 199 and Annexure D2

Functional Requirements Please elaborate Also there should not be any scores since preferred style or standard is not mentioned

As per RFP

95 Page No 207 and Annexure D3

Non-Functional Requirements Please elaborate what is user access level parameterised through admin level here

As per RFP

96 Page No 209 and Annexure D3

Non-Functional Requirements Please explain what does parameterisation mean and include here

As per RFP

97 Page No 226 and Annexure D6

Approach Paper Please clarify if scalability of document volume 30 is year on year increase and also we will consider 4 mn documents for initial year for calculating storage requirements Please check if our understanding is correct Also provide no of pages per document and size of each document etc

As per RFP

98 General Query Training Section Kindly share the number of the RBI team members to whom the training will be imparted

5 batches of 30-40 user each Total training to be provide to around 200 User at Mumbai Pune

99 General Query Customization and Integration As per our understanding the Integration with the third party applications is for image enablement and doc uploaddownload

As per RFP

100 General Query Technical Bid(Functional Requirements)

For the Workflow automation requirement can we get a sample process for each of the workflow described to understand the complexity of the process

Shall be discussed during System Study

101 General Query Technical Solution amp Training Please suggest the volume of documents involved for extraction scope

As per RFP

102 General Query Presentation amp POC of the Solution As per our understanding scope of POC in the RFP is the same as explained through the scenarios in EOI Please confirm

As per RFP

103 Page No 226 and Annexure D6

Functional Requirements Rearrange pages in a document or create a new document from a page using drag and drop This functionality is a part of specialized document creating softwares and not document management system Hence we request you to kindly drop this point

As per RFP

104 General Query

Functional Requirements What is the current ticketing tool being used by the bank

S-MAX

105 Page No 113 and Section 645

Implementation Experience Implementation Experience Table - Are there any scores that are assigned with parameters - No of projects Total Users Concurrent Users Volume of documents

As per RFP

106 Page No 256 and Annexure D5

NA What is the difference between D4 and D5 Both appear same in terms of format and information requested

D4 will be signed by the bidder D5 will be signed by bidders previousexisting clients where

DMS with workflow solution was implemented in past

107 Page No 224 and Annexure D4

Annexure D4 Technical Bid (Implementation Experience)

There is no minimum count mentioned for DMS with workflow automation Project Implementation Experience Two project credentials (PO or client letter) would be sufficient

As per RFP

108 Page No 81 and Section 318

Continuous Development What are the number of resources that the bank expects to be a part of Continuous Development

As per RFP

109 Page No 92 and Section 330

Scope of Work Since the amount of support and scope of work for cloud services is not very clear at this stage we recommend to keep this component out of commercial bid and take it on Time and Material need basis

As per RFP

110 Page No 106 and Section 63

Presentation amp POC of the Solution It is assumed that the POC requested in the RFP is the same as per the EOI and is based on the same use cases that were a part of the EOI process Please clarify

As per RFP

111 Page No 25 and Section 21

The solution should also be capable of integration with native office 365 and

Please name what are industry standard open office tools Please provide detail of existing IRM system

Microsoft IRM

industry standard open office tools The proposed solution needs to be integrated with existing (or any future standard system) of IRM

112 Page No 25 and Section 21

InwardOutward Management Flow of data from Web Interface to EDMS and vice versa should happen in batches and support push pull mechanism

Proposed system will provided web services for CRUD operation Same services will be consumed by external system for Inward management Also

Shall be discussed during SRS

Frequency of push pull should be configurable

proposed system will consume web service provided by external systems for Outward service Any change these external system will be out of scope Please confirm if our understanding is correct

113 Page No 27 and Section 21

The Scanning product should have inbuilt capability to do a full page OCR amp ICR (for both Hindi amp English documents) and also convert the images to searchable forms like Searchable PDF

Accuracy of capturing Hand written information in during OCRICR is totally depends on input and must be out of scope Please confirm if our understanding is correct

Accuracy of OCR for Machine Readable documents should be 100 and search should be faster amp accurate and it is in scope whereas the accuracy for ICR for hand written documents may be varied but is in scope

114 Page No 27 and Section 21

The System should be able to search in English Hindi amp combination of both System must provide the ability to search from bi-lingual content sources Reports should be in Hindi and English

Language conversion from English to Hindi and vice versa is not in scope Information saved in English language can be search in English Same way information saved in Hindi language will be searched in Hindi only Please confirm if our understanding is correct

Yes

115 Page No 34 and Section 22

Scanned file naming convention and folder structure to be used to store the scanned files and would be as per the

File name will be in English only Please confirm if our understanding is correct

Application should support Bilingual file names

policies defined by RBI for file naming conventions in bilingual language (Rajbhasha(Hindi) English)

116 Page no 58 amp Section 23

Compatible DevOps for version control in Test and Production environment

Please elaborate the requirement for Compatible DevOps for version control

Shall be discussed with successful bidder

117 The RBI reserves the right to conduct Yes

Page no 59 amp Section 23

further security testing of the system by either RBI personnel or another party Any gaps identified during this testing should be fixed by bidder at their own cost

STQC and VAPT will be in RBI scope SI will responsible for closing the GAP identified Please confirm if our understanding is correct

118 Page no 60 amp Section 23

The uniform user management policy envisaged by RBI in which single-sign-on concept for a user should be implemented

Please share existing Single-sign-on solution being used in RBI

Shall be shared with successful bidder

119 Page no 71 amp Section 38

ensure accuracy integrity and completeness of the data migration from legacy DMIS application to new EDMS application

Please provide below details Shall be discussed during System Study 1Which DB is being used(expr

OracleMSSQL etc) 2 Is DMIS application is open source built on JavaNet technology If not Please share which DMS product is being used along with version details 3How many table exists 4How many records need tp migrate 5How many documents need to migrate 6Does documents has versions 7Existing DMIS system architecture 8Other details which can be helpful to understand migration scope

120 Page no 97 amp Section 5

ldquoBusiness Operation Hoursrdquo shall be ldquoOne Hourrdquo prior to the start of ldquoWorking Hoursrdquo and would end ldquoOne Hourrdquo after ldquoWorking Hoursrdquo ldquoBusiness

Please confirm OampM support hours Will it be 700 AM to 900 PM (Mon-Friday) and on working Saturday What all Saturday will be working day

As per RFP

121 Page no 86 amp Section 323

The total number of users presently is expected to be around 10000 with 2000 concurrent users and annual growth of 10 in concurrent users

We believe all Bank users will not participate for workflowBPM task approval process For sizing please provide users count as per -

Workflows are applicable for all users and concurrency as mentioned in RFP

1) Total number of DMS users

2) Total number of BPMworkflow users 3)Concurrent DMS users 4)Concurrent BPMworkflow users

122 Page no 25 amp Section 21

Manage documents using a folder view with minimum 5 levels and support file types pdf tiff jpeg jpg doc docx xls xlsx ppt pptx png etc with version control

Please share the details of different type of documents Please provide below details

Shall be discussed during System Study

1) For New Documents a) Number of document ingestion per day - b) Average size of document - in KB c) Maximum size of document - in KB 2) What is percentage the Year on Year growth over 7 years for the number of documents added 3) Average number of document views per day 4) Average number of document searches per day

123 Page no 27 amp Section 21

The Scanning product should have inbuilt capability to do a full

Assuming scanning solution will be deployed centrally and access through web only If No Please share the number of location required for scanning solution Also do share number of scanning users number of template need to consider along with number metadata fields on each template

As per RFP

page OCR amp ICR (for both Hindi amp English documents) and also convert the images to searchable forms like Searchable PDF

124 Page no 28 amp Section 21

The System should be capable of supporting

For BPMWorkflow sizing can we get volumetric for

Shall be discussed during System Study

a Sequential routing ndash Note to be routed one after the other in a pre-defined sequence

1) No of Workload Per Month (Days per month)

b Ad-hoc routing Changing the routing sequence by an authorized personnel

2) No of Process instances Per Hour

c Push ndash pull routing Authorized person can decide the workflow

3)No of User Interactions (per screen)

4)Estimated Number of concurrent users for BPM

5) No of Transactions Per Seconds (TPS) Considered for Sizing (Rules Execution Per Second)

6)No of business process need to factor

7) complexity level of each processes 125 Page no 25 amp

Section 21 High Level Critical Requirements What is the corporate email used in

RBI is it MS exchange or lotus notes please share name and version

MS Exchange 2016

126 Page no 25 amp Section 21

High Level Critical Requirements Are you using On-premise of Azure Active Directory

Shall be shared with successful bidder

127 Page no 28 amp Section 21

High Level Critical Requirements Is there a requirement that all inputs fields should be allowed in both English and Hindi or Hindi data entry is limited to comments notes and documents

All inputs fields should be allowed in both English and Hindi

128 Page no 28 amp Section 21

High Level Critical Requirements Is there expectation that search with English keyword should get translated to Hindi and bring out Hindi content with translated word In other words is there requirement of cross language search

As per RFP

129 Page no 86 amp Section 323

Licences Please confirm licenses other than DMS like for DB web or application server will be provided by RBI

As per RFP

130 Page no 74 amp Section 310

A Administrator Level Training (Technical)

As it is mentioned under Technical Training and not Onsite training what is the expectation for this type of training Is classroom training not required for the same

It will be onsite training

131 Page no 74 amp Section 310

A Administrator Level Training (Technical)

Please confirm the no of approximate Trainees Location Batches for conducting the technical training

5 batches of 30-40 user each Total training to be provide to around 200 User at Mumbai Pune

132 Page no 74 amp Section 310

B User Level Training (on-site) Please confirm the no of approximate Trainees Location Batches for conducting the end user training

5 batches of 30-40 user each Total training to be provide to around 200 User at Mumbai Pune

133 Page no 74 amp Section 310

B User Level Training (on-site) Is hands-on-training session also required for the trainees If yes please confirm

Yes

134 Page no 74 amp Section 310

B User Level Training (on-site) Is the refresher training also expected post Go Live during the support AMC period Please confirm

L0 will be responsible for regular training at respective locations

135 Page no 16 amp Section 14

Date amp Time of Final Submission of Technical amp Commercial Bids on the MSTC Portal

Please extend the bid submission date by two weeks from the current

Please refer Tenders section on RBI website wwwrbiorgin and MSTC e-commerce portal for updates if any regarding bid submission schedule

136 Page no 151 162 206 262

Annexure D1 High Level Critical Requirements

Please provide Annexure D1 D2 D3 amp Q in excel format

May be copied from RFP

Annexure D Annexure D2 Technical Bid (Functional Requirements

Annexure D3 Technical Bid (Non Functional Requirements)

Annexure Q Commercial Bid Format 137 Page no 7 amp

Section1 Introduction The Bank desires to implement

Electronic Document Management System (EDMS) across all the locations (Pan India) and all the departments regional offices and training establishments of the Bank- As per our understanding this pertains to multi-sites and multi-instances deployment of EDMS solution Please confirm and specify the number of sites for deployment

As per RFP

138 Page no 25 amp Section 21

High Level Critical Requirements Does this involve any external users outside of RBIother banks

As per RFP

Also elaborate on the Push-Pull mechanism mentioned and frequency of Push-Pull mechanism mentioned in the RFP

139 Page no 30 amp Section 21

High Level Critical Requirements The System should be able to accept input in Rajbhasha and preferably in other regional languages - As per our understanding input in English and Hindi should meet the business requirement If not kindly elaborate on the languages expected

As per RFP

140 Page no 44 amp Section 21

High Level Critical Requirements Edit files within native applications without downloading first -We understand that different softwarersquos have different proprietary formats which may not be accessible for editing apart from this specific softwarersquos We suggest to edit these files in their native softwarersquos to maintain document quality We would request you to please specify these file formats

As per RFP

141 Page no 50 amp Section 22

Functional Requirements Application should have capability to allow end users in public domain to create user id and upload documents for inwards created - Please suggest if this involves any external users outside of RBIOther banks

As per RFP

142 Page no 51 amp Section 22

Functional Requirements Does this involve any external users outside of RBIother banks

Yes

143 Page no 53 amp Section 23

Non-Functional Requirements Navigation speed would be majorly dependent on networkbandwidth made available so that accordingly pages can be loaded

As per RFP

144 Page no 54 amp Section 23

Non-Functional Requirements Will the Bank provide Data Centre policy details or will it be discussed and agreed mutually between two parties post bidder selection

Shall be shared with successful bidder

145 Page no 87 amp Section 324

Customization and Integration The EDMS application is required to be compatible to integrate with API applications like REST SOAP or any other based API applications- What are the third party applications needs to be

Integration envisaged for Go-Live - Active Directory Mail Messaging System SAMADHAN IRM DMIS Other integration will be done during continuous development

integrated apart from those mentioned here

146 Page no 99 amp Section 53

Scope of Work Kindly convert the hours mentioned in TTR section into business hours

As per RFP

147 Page no 197 amp Admixture D2

Technical Bid (Functional Requirements)

Since this is a generic statement and no details can be finale present for customisations involved against this point

As per RFP

148 Page no 199 amp Admixture D2

Technical Bid (Functional Requirements)

Please elaborate Also there should not be any scores since preferred style or standard is not mentioned

User rights Management includes the ReadWrite privileges to the user which will be provided by RBI

149 Page no 207 amp Annexure D3

Technical Bid (Non-Functional Requirements)

Please elaborate what is user access level parameterised through admin level here

As per RFP

150 Page no 209 amp Annexure D2

Technical Bid (Functional Requirements)

Please explain what does parameterisation mean and include here

As per RFP

151 Page no 226 amp Annexure D6

Annexure D6 - Approach Paper Please clarify if scalability of document volume 30 is year on year increase and also we will consider 4 MN documents for initial year for calculating storage requirements Please check if our understanding is correct Also provide no of pages per document and size of each document etc

As per RFP

152 General Query Training Section Kindly share the number of the RBI team members to whom the training will be imparted

5 batches of 30-40 user each Total training to be provide to around 200 User at Mumbai Pune

153 General Query Customization and Integration As per our understanding the Integration with the third party applications is for image enablement and doc uploaddownload

Shall be discussed during System Study

154 General Query Technical Bid (Functional Requirements)

For the Workflow automation requirement can we get a sample process for each of the workflow described to understand the complexity of the process

Yes

155 General Query Technical Solution amp Training Please suggest the volume of documents involved for extraction scope

As per RFP

156 General Query Presentation amp POC of the Solution As per our understanding scope of POC in the RFP is the same as explained through the scenarios in EOI Please confirm

Yes

157 Page no 163 amp Annexure D2

Technical Bid (Non-Functional Requirements)

Rearrange pages in a document or create a new document from a page using drag and drop This functionality is a part of specialized document creating softwarersquos and not document management system Hence we request you to kindly drop this point

As per RFP

158 Page no 19 and section No 15

11 ldquoAgreementrdquo means the contract signed between the Bank and the Selected Bidder and all the attached documents The ldquoAgreementrdquo includes the RFP subsequent modifications to the RFP response of the selected vendor to the RFP and the contract document itself

11 ldquoAgreementrdquo means the contract signed between the Bank and the Selected Bidder and all the attached documents all of which shall be on mutually agreed terms and conditions The ldquoAgreementrdquo includes the RFP subsequent modifications to the RFP response of the selected vendor to the RFP and the contract document itself

As per RFP

17 ldquoIntegrationrdquo means the system should be able to integrate with existing componentsapplications like Active Directory MS Office 365 and support other 3rd party integration if required

17 ldquoIntegrationrdquo means the system should be able to integrate with existing componentsapplications like Active Directory MS Office 365 and support other 3rd party integration if required

18 ldquoCommissioningrdquo means the System shall be considered to have been commissioned when the entire job including supply installation integration configuration testing and deployment of all hardware amp software is executed to the satisfaction of the Purchaser

18 ldquoCommissioningrdquo means the System shall be considered to have been commissioned when the entire job including supply installation integration configuration testing and deployment of all hardware amp software is executed as per the terms of the RFP to the satisfaction of the Purchaser

159 Page No 66 amp Section No 31

The scope of the system can be enhanced as per requirements of RBI

The scope of the system can be enhanced as per requirements of RBI However It should be restricted to +-10 maximum of the quantity quoted as per RFP

As per RFP

Bidder agrees to provide the increased quantity at the same terms and conditions However additional prices shall be charged for the goods supplied over the contracted quantity

160 Page No 75 amp Section No 311

The completion shall include satisfactory installation testing data migration non-functional requirements etc

The completion shall include satisfactory installation testing data migration non-functional requirements etc

As per RFP

4 Bidder should provide 90 days of hand holding support post Go-Live

4 Bidder should provide 30 90 days of hand holding support post Go-Live

5 On satisfactory performance of application post 90 days from Go-Live Bank will issue Completion Certificate

5 On satisfactory performance of application post 90 30 days from Go-Live Bank will issue Completion Certificate

6 In case of the Go-Live delays by the Bidder the financial Penalty as per the Banks discretion will be imposed on the Bidder at 5 of the total contract value per month of delay to the maximum of 10 of the total contract value as per the agreement between the Bank and the successful Bidder

6 In case of the Go-Live delays by the Bidder the financial Penalty as per the Banks discretion will be imposed on the Bidder at 5 05 of the total contract value delayed portion of ACV per month of delay to the maximum of 10 3 of the delayed portion of ACV total contract value as per the agreement between the Bank and the successful Bidder

161 Page No 77 amp Section No 313

5 If any defect in the Solution is not rectified by the Bidder before the end of the Warranty Period the Warranty Period shall be extended until

5 If any defect in the Solution is not rectified by the Bidder before the end of the Warranty Period the Warranty Period shall be extended until

As per RFP

(a) the defect has been corrected and (a) the defect has been corrected and (b) the Solution functions in accordance with the Contract

(b) the Solution functions in accordance with the Contract

6 Where the Bidder is not the Manufacturer of certain components of the Solution then the Bidder shall disclose the Manufacturerrsquos warranty for such components to the Bank and in the event such warranty exceeds the Bidderrsquos warranty under this

6 Where the Bidder is not the Manufacturer of certain components of the Solution then the Bidder shall disclose the Manufacturerrsquos warranty for such components to the Bank and in the event such warranty exceeds the Bidderrsquos warranty under this Contract in

Contract in any respect shall ensure that the Bank will receive the benefit of the Manufacturerrsquos warranty

any respect shall ensure that the Bank will receive the benefit of the Manufacturerrsquos warranty

7 The bidder is expected to provide requisite support to Bankrsquos operations team for Application-specific database back-up and Disaster Recovery activities during the entire warranty amp support period of 7 years

7 The bidder is expected to provide requisite support to Bankrsquos operations team for Application-specific database back-up and Disaster Recovery activities during the entire warranty amp support period of 7 years

162 Page No 79 amp Section No 315

The following are minimum qualifications and experience for key resources required to implement the EDMS solution Members which are considered for Technical bid evaluation shall be construed as Key Personnel including but not limited to members involved in EDMS customization and implementation architect database administrator The following personnel would be required during the Design Configuration Installation and Setup of the EDMS solution These key resources should be based in Mumbai

The following are minimum qualifications and experience for key resources required to implement the EDMS solution Members which are considered for Technical bid evaluation shall be construed as Key Personnel including but not limited to members involved in EDMS customization and implementation architect database administrator The following personnel would be required during the Design Configuration Installation and Setup of the EDMS solution These key resources should be based in Mumbai

As per RFP

163 Page No 87 amp Section No325

System amp Security Audit ADD As per RFP Notwithstanding anything contained in this RFP

a) Excluding a regulatorystatutory requirement if any nothing in this Agreement shall be construed or interpreted as requiring Bidder to provide to Bank access to or right to inspect examine audit and take copies of any fees price cost or any other financial information or any records or documents relating to the make-up of the Bidderrsquos internal overhead calculations their relationship to the fees any financial cost model calculation of fees or to the Bidderrsquos profitability or other such financial data b) All audit barring those required under a regulatory or statutory requirement may be done only on an annual basis and subject to a notice period of 20 days

164 Page No 93 amp Section No4 Payment Terms

1 Completion of process and system study Design and Build and Deployment in UAT - 15 of Implementation Cost specified at Item 1B of Annexure Q

1 Completion of process and system study Design and Build and Deployment in UAT -30 15 of Implementation Cost specified at Item 1B of Annexure Q

As per RFP

2 Data Migration Completion of User Acceptance Testing Creation of training content Train the Trainer and customer education content - 20 of Implementation Cost specified at Item 1B of Annexure Q

2 Data Migration Completion of User Acceptance Testing Creation of training content Train the Trainer and customer education content - 20 30 of Implementation Cost specified at Item 1B of Annexure Q

3 Complete Implementation and ldquoProduction Go-liverdquo of the project - 25 of Implementation Cost specified at Item 1B of Annexure Q

3 Complete Implementation and ldquoProduction Go-liverdquo of the project - 25 of Implementation Cost specified at Item 1B of Annexure Q

4 Receipt of Completion Certificate from the Bank

4 Receipt of Completion Certificate from the Bank

(post 90 days of achieving production Go-Live) - 30 of Implementation Cost specified at Item 1B of Annexure Q

(post 90 days of achieving production Go-Live) - 30 10 of Implementation Cost specified at Item 1B of Annexure Q

5 Amount payable during the warranty period - On completion of warranty period of three years The Financial Bank guarantee shall be valid for 7 years - 10 of Implementation Cost specified at Item 1B of Annexure Q

5 Amount payable during the warranty period - On completion of warranty period of three years The Financial Bank guarantee shall be valid for 7 years - 10 5 of Implementation Cost specified at Item 1B of Annexure Q

middot 100 of the License Cost indicated in Item 1A of Annexure Q shall be payable immediately on deployment in UAT environment Beta testing phase

middot 100 of the License Cost indicated in Item 1A of Annexure Q shall be payable immediately on deployment in UAT environment Beta testing phase

For each milestone to be marked completed the bidder should ensure that all the acceptance criteria are met and approved by the Bank as mentioned in various applicable sections in the RFP

For each milestone to be marked completed the bidder should ensure that all the acceptance criteria are met and approved by the Bank as mentioned in various applicable sections in the RFP

165 Page No 94 amp Section No43

Amount payable during the warranty period following successful implementation of application will be paid on completion of warranty period of three years The Financial Bank guarantee shall be valid for 7 years Performance Bank Guarantee will be released on submission of Financial Bank Guarantee

Amount payable during the warranty period following successful implementation of application will be paid in advance on completion of warranty period of three years The Financial Bank guarantee shall be valid for 7 years Performance Bank Guarantee will be released on submission of Financial Bank Guarantee

As per RFP

166 Page No 95 amp Section No44

The annual amount payable towards AMC would be paid at the end of every year following successful implementation of the application and delivery of satisfactory services

The annual amount payable towards AMC would be paid at the end start of every year following successful implementation of the application and delivery of satisfactory services

As per RFP

167 Page No 95 amp Section No45

The annual amount payable towards FMS and Development Team would be paid at the end of every year following successful implementation of the application and delivery of satisfactory services

The annual amount payable towards FMS and Development Team would be paid monthly at the end of every year following successful implementation of the application and delivery of satisfactory services

Please refer Corrigendum dated 7th October 2019

168 Page No 95 amp Section No44

The Bidders should note that the contract entered with the successful Bidder will be for implementation and post go‐live period of 7 years (3 years‟ warranty amp 4 years AMC amp FMS support) extendable at the Bankrsquos discretion The Bank will have the right in its sole discretion to renegotiate the prices terms and conditions

8 The Bidders should note that the contract entered with the successful Bidder will be for implementation and post go‐live period of 7 years (3 years‟ warranty amp 4 years AMC amp FMS support) extendable at the Bankrsquos discretion on mutually agreed terms The Bank will have the right in its sole discretion to renegotiate the prices terms and conditions

As per RFP

169 Page No 95 amp Section No45

The successful Bidder is expected to complete the responsibilities that have been assigned as per the specified time frame In case of the Rollout delays by the Bidder the financial Penalty as per the Banks discretion will be imposed on the Bidder at 5 of the total contract value per month of delay to the maximum of 10 of the total contract value as per the

The successful Bidder is expected to complete the responsibilities that have been assigned as per the specified time frame In case of the Rollout delays by the Bidder the financial Penalty as per the Banks discretion will be imposed on the Bidder at 5 05 of the total contract value delayed portion of ACV per month of delay to the maximum of 10 3 of the delayed portion of ACV

As per RFP

agreement between the Bank and the successful Bidder

of the total contract value as per the agreement between the Bank and the successful Bidder

Business Utility and Business Downtime would be the key considerations for determining the ldquoPenaltiesrdquo that would be levied on the Bidder for ldquoNon‐Adherencerdquo to the SLA for the Services offered The inability of the Bidder to provide the requirements as per the scope or to meet the deadlines as specified would be treated as breach of contract and invoke the Penalty Clause The maximum limit on the penalties during the period of contract shall be 10 of the total contract value The applicable ldquoPenaltiesrdquo would be the same irrespective of the root causes The Penalty shall be deducted from the next pay out (Warranty AMC amp FMS BG)

Business Utility and Business Downtime would be the key considerations for determining the ldquoPenaltiesrdquo that would be levied on the Bidder for ldquoNon‐Adherencerdquo to the SLA for the Services offered The inability of the Bidder to provide the requirements as per the scope or to meet the deadlines as specified would be treated as breach of contract and invoke the Penalty Clause The maximum limit on the penalties during the period of contract shall be 10 of the total contract value The applicable ldquoPenaltiesrdquo would be the same irrespective of the root causes The Penalty shall be deducted from the next pay out (Warranty AMC amp FMS BG)

The successful Bidder is expected to complete the responsibilities that have been assigned as per the specified time frame In case of the Rollout delays or more than 2 rollbacks by the Bidder the financial Penalty as per the Banks discretion will be imposed on

The successful Bidder is expected to complete the responsibilities that have been assigned as per the specified time frame In case of the Rollout delays or more than 2 rollbacks by the Bidder the financial Penalty as per the Banks discretion will be imposed on the Bidder

the Bidder at 5 of the total cost for the particular continuous development

at 5 3 of the total cost for the particular continuous development

The maximum limit on the penalties during the period of contract shall be 10 of the total contract value

The maximum limit on the penalties during the period of contract shall be 3 of ACV 10 of the total contract value

170 Page No 114 amp Section No66

Prices quoted by bidder in commercial bid shall be reasonable and as per industry standards If any extreme abnormalitiesdiscrepancies observed in prices RBI at its discretion will disqualify the Commercial Bid

Prices quoted by bidder in commercial bid shall be reasonable and as per industry standards If any extreme abnormalitiesdiscrepancies observed in prices RBI at its discretion will disqualify the Commercial Bid

As per RFP

171 Page No 123 amp Section No77

The Bids will be treated as valid for a period of 180 days from the closing date for submission of the bid

The Bids will be treated as valid for a period of 180 30 days from the closing date for submission of the bid

As per RFP

172 Page No 124 amp Section No711

2 2 The Bank will reserve the right to terminate the services of the successful Bidder at any point of the Project (during the implementation phase and post go-live) without assigning any reasons In such cases the Bank may consider making payment commensurate with the last completed phase

2 The Bank Either Party will reserve the right to terminate the services of the successful Bidder at any point of the Project (during the implementation phase and post go-live) without assigning any reasons subject to notice period of 3 months In such cases the Bank shall may consider making payment for all services and deliverables rendered up to the effective date of communication commensurate with the last completed phase

As per RFP

In the event of termination of any nature the Bidder shall be paid for the 1 goods delivered 2 services rendered 3 work in progress 4 unpaid AMCs 5 third party orders in pipeline which cannot be cancelled despite Bidders best efforts 6 unrecovered investments shall be paid by the Bank as per termination schedule till the date of termination

173 Page No 126 amp Section No8

1 Submission of a Proposal shall be deemed to constitute an acknowledgement by the Bidder that all obligations stipulated by this RFP will be met and unless specified otherwise the Bidder has read understood and agreed to all the instructions provided in this RFP

1 Submission of a Proposal shall be deemed to constitute an acknowledgement by the Bidder that all material obligations stipulated by this RFP will be met and unless specified otherwise the Bidder has read understood and agreed to all the instructions provided in this RFP

As per RFP

3 The Bidder selected for the solution will have to enter into a contract directly with RBI The contract will contain various terms and conditions including payment delivery installation amp operationalization training commissioning amp acceptance support during periods of warranty amp maintenance penalty due to delay in performance

3 The Bidder selected for the solution will have to enter into a contract directly with RBI on mutually agreed terms The contract will contain various terms and conditions including payment delivery installation amp operationalization training commissioning amp acceptance support during periods of warranty amp maintenance penalty due to delay in performance

174 Page No 126 amp Section No81

2 Adherence to terms and conditions The Bidders who wish to submit responses to this RFP should note that they should abide by all the terms and conditions contained in the RFP If the responses contain any extraneous conditions put in by the respondents such Bidders will be disqualified and will not be considered for the selection process

2 Adherence to terms and conditions The Bidders who wish to submit responses to this RFP should note that they should abide by all the mutually agreed terms and conditions contained in the RFP If the responses contain any extraneous conditions put in by the respondents such Bidders will be disqualified and will not be considered for the selection process

As per RFP

175 Page No 127 amp Section No81

4 Execution of SLA The Bidder should execute a Service Level Agreement which would include all the services and terms and conditions of the services to be extended as detailed herein and as may be prescribed by the Bank

4 Execution of SLA The Bidder should execute a Service Level Agreement on mutually agreed terms which would include all the services and terms and conditions of the services to be extended as detailed herein and as may be prescribed by the Bank

As per RFP

5 A declaration may be given by the Bidder stating that No relative of the Bidders is working in the Reserve Bank of India (Annexure K) If anyone working in the Bank is related to the Bidders the name designation and the department where the person is posted may be given Due to any breach of these conditions by the company or firm or any other person the Bank may decide to take appropriate action including cancellation of bid invocation of performance bank guarantee The company or firm or the person may also be debarred for further participation in the procurement process of the Bank in the future

5 A declaration may be given by the Bidder stating that No relative of the Bidders is working in the Reserve Bank of India (Annexure K) If anyone working in the Bank is related to the Bidders the name designation and the department where the person is posted may be given Due to any breach of these conditions by the company or firm or any other person the Bank may decide to take appropriate action including cancellation of bid invocation of performance bank guarantee The company or firm or the person may also be debarred for further participation in the procurement process of the Bank in the future

The relatives for this purpose are defined as -

The relatives for this purpose are defined as -

Oslash Members of a Hindu undivided family (HUF)

Oslash Members of a Hindu undivided family (HUF)

Oslash Husband and Wife Oslash Husband and Wife Oslash If one is related to the other in the manner as Father (includes step father) Mother (includes step mother) Son(s) (includes step son) amp Sonrsquos wife (daughter-in-law) Daughter(s) (includes step daughter) and Daughterrsquos husband (son-in-law) Brother(s) (includes step brother) and Brotherrsquos wife Sister(s) (includes step sister) and Sisterrsquos husband (brother-in-law)

Oslash If one is related to the other in the manner as Father (includes step father) Mother (includes step mother) Son(s) (includes step son) amp Sonrsquos wife (daughter-in-law) Daughter(s) (includes step daughter) and Daughterrsquos husband (son-in-law) Brother(s) (includes step brother) and Brotherrsquos wife Sister(s) (includes step sister) and Sisterrsquos husband (brother-in-law)

176 Page No 127 amp Section No82

The Proposal as well as all related correspondence exchanged by the Bidder and RBI shall be written in English language only The Bids will be treated as valid for a period of 180 days from the closing date for submission of the bid

The Proposal as well as all related correspondence exchanged by the Bidder and RBI shall be written in English language only The Bids will be treated as valid for a period of 180 30 days from the closing date for submission of the bid

As per RFP

177 Page No 128 amp Section No84

The Bidder shall at its own cost and expenses defend and indemnify RBI against all third-party claims including those of the infringement of Intellectual Property Rights including patent trademark copyright trade secret or industrial design rights arising from use of the Products or any part thereof in India

The Bidder Either Party (Indemnitor) shall at its own cost and expenses defend and indemnify the other Party (Indemnitee) RBI against all third-party claims including limited to those of the infringement of Intellectual Property Rights including patent trademark copyright trade secret or industrial design rights directly and proximately arising from use of the Products or any part thereof in India

As per RFP

If RBI is required to pay compensation to a third party resulting from such infringement the Bidder shall be fully responsible therefore including all expenses and court and legal fees The Bidder shall also be liable to indemnify RBI at its own cost and expenses against all losses damages which RBI may suffer on account of violation by the Bidder of any or all national international trade laws norms standards procedures etc

If RBI is required to pay compensation to a third party resulting from such infringement the Indemnitor Bidder shall be fully responsible therefore including all expenses and court and legal fees The Indemnitor Bidder shall also be liable to indemnify IndemniteeRBI at its own cost and expenses against all third party losses damages which IndemniteeRBI may suffer on account of violation by the Indemnitor Bidder of any or all national international trade laws norms standards procedures etc

178 Page No 129 amp Section No85

RBI reserves the right to cancel the contract of the selected Bidder and recover expenditure incurred by RBI if the progress regarding execution of the contract made by the selected Bidder is found to be unsatisfactory for any reason After the award of the contract if the selected Bidder does not perform satisfactorily or delays execution of the contract RBI reserves the right to get the balance contract executed by another party of its choice by giving one monthrsquos‟ notice for the same In this event the selected Bidder is bound to make good the additional expenditure which RBI may have to incur to carry out bidding process for the execution of the balance of the contract This clause will be surviving even where for any reason the contract is cancelled RBI reserves the right to recover any dues payable by the selected Bidder from any amount outstanding to the credit of the selected Bidder including the pending bills andor invoking Bank Guarantee if any under this contract or any other contractorder

RBI reserves the right to cancel the contract of the selected Bidder In the event of cancellation of contract the Bank is liable to pay the bidder for the goods delivered and services rendered till the date of termination and recover expenditure incurred by RBI if the progress regarding execution of the contract made by the selected Bidder is found not to be as per the material terms of the RFP unsatisfactory for any reason solely attributable to the bidder After the award of the contract if the selected Bidder does not perform as per the material terms of the RFP satisfactorily or unduly delays execution of the contract subject to a cure period and notice of not less than 30 days RBI reserves the right to get the balance contract executed by another party of its choice by giving one monthrsquos‟ additional notice for the same In this event the selected Bidder is bound to make good the additional expenditure which RBI may have to incur to carry out bidding process for the execution of the balance of the contract Provided further that the Bidder shall not be liable to Excess Cost in excess of (ten) 10 percent of the price of undelivered goods or services for which such option is exercised by the Bank This clause will be surviving even where for any reason attributable to the bidder the contract is cancelled RBI reserves the

As per RFP

right to recover any dues payable by the selected Bidder from any amount outstanding to the credit of the selected Bidder including the pending bills andor invoking Bank Guarantee if any under this contract or any other contractorder

179 Page No 129 amp Section No86

Bidder will submit a Bank Guarantee from a scheduled commercial bank drawn in favour of Reserve Bank of India payable at Mumbai towards Earnest Money Deposit (EMD) for Rs 4000000- (Rupees Forty Lakhs only) The EMD of unsuccessful Bidders shall be returned within 30 days from the declaration of the disqualification of the respective Bidder No interest shall be paid on the EMD The EMD of the successful Bidder shall be returned after the successful Bidder furnishes the Performance Bank Guarantee Offers made without the Earnest money deposit are liable to be rejected The amount of Earnest money deposit would be forfeited in the following scenarios

Bidder will submit demand draftbankerrsquos chequepay order Bank Guarantee drawn in favour of Reserve Bank of India payable at Mumbai towards Earnest Money Deposit (EMD) for Rs 4000000- (Rupees Forty Lakhs only) The EMD of unsuccessful Bidders shall be returned within 15 days from the declaration of the disqualification of the respective Bidder No interest shall be paid on the EMD The EMD of the successful Bidder shall be returned after the successful Bidder furnishes the Performance Bank Guarantee Offers made without the Earnest money deposit will be rejected The amount of Earnest money deposit would be forfeited in the following scenarios

As per RFP

1 In case the Bidder withdraws the bid prior to validity period of the bid for any reason whatsoever

1 In case the Bidder withdraws the bid prior to validity period of the bid for any reason whatsoever after the deviations proposed are mutually agreed to between both the parties

2 In case the successful Bidder fails to accept and sign the contract within the timeline as specified in this document for any reason whatsoever or

2 In case the successful Bidder fails to accept and sign the contract on mutually agreed terms as specified in this document for any reason whatsoever or

3 In case the successful Bidder fails to provide the performance guarantee within 30 days from the date of placing the order by the Bank or signing of the

3 In case the successful Bidder fails to provide the performance guarantee within 30 days from the date of placing the order by the Bank or and signing of the contract on mutually agreed terms

contract whichever is earlier for any reason whatsoever

whichever is earlier for any reason whatsoever

In case the Bidder withdraws the bid

owing to the fact that the deviations proposed by the Bidder are not accepted by the Bank there shall be neither any forfeiture of EMD nor any other financial or legal implications

180 Page No 130 amp Section No87

The successful Bidder shall at his own expense deposit with The Chief General Manager-in-Charge Department of Information Technology Reserve Bank of India Mumbai within thirty (30) days from the final result of the bidding process and declaration of the successful Bidder a Performance Bank Guarantee from a scheduled commercial bank payable on demand in terms of Annexure C for an amount equivalent to ten percent (10) of the contract price for the due performance and fulfilment of the contract by the Bidder Without prejudice to the other rights of the Purchaser under the Contract in the matter the proceeds of the performance security shall be payable to RBI as compensation for any loss resulting from the Bidderrsquos failure to complete its obligations under the Contract RBI shall notify the Bidder in writing of the invocation of its right to receive such compensation indicating the contractual obligation(s) for which the Bidder is in default The Performance Bank Guarantee shall be denominated in INR and shall be in the form of bank guarantee unless another form is specified by RBI After Go Live Performance Bank Guarantee will be returned back to bidder on submission of Financial Bank Guarantee which shall be submitted by the Bidder within

The successful Bidder shall at his own expense deposit with The Chief General Manager-in-Charge Department of Information Technology Reserve Bank of India Mumbai within thirty (30) days from the final result of the bidding process and declaration of the successful Bidder a Performance Bank Guarantee from a scheduled commercial bank payable on demand in terms of Annexure C for an amount equivalent to ten percent (10) of the contract price for the due performance and fulfilment of the contract by the Bidder Without prejudice to the other rights of the Purchaser under the Contract in the matter the proceeds of the performance security shall be payable to RBI as compensation for any loss resulting from the Bidderrsquos failure to complete its obligations under the Contract RBI shall notify the Bidder in writing of the invocation of its right to receive such compensation indicating the contractual obligation(s) for which the Bidder is in default The Performance Bank Guarantee shall be denominated in INR and shall be in the form of bank guarantee unless another form is specified by RBI After Go Live Performance Bank Guarantee will be returned back to bidder on submission of Financial Bank Guarantee which shall be submitted by the Bidder within 90 days of Go-Live Non-submission of

As per RFP

90 days of Go-Live Non-submission of Performance Guarantee shall constitute sufficient grounds among others if any for the annulment of the award of the tender

Performance Guarantee shall constitute sufficient grounds among others if any for the annulment of the award of the tender

181 Page No 130 amp Section No88

The successful Bidder shall at his own expense deposit with The Chief General Manager-In-Charge Department of Information Technology Reserve Bank of India Mumbai within Ninety (90) days of Go-Live of application before the issuance of Certificate of Completion a Bank Guarantee from a scheduled commercial bank payable on demand in terms of Annexure O for an amount equivalent to ten percent (10) of the contract price as mentioned in Annexure Q of Commercial Bid submitted by the bidder for the due performance and fulfilment of the contract by the Bidder during the warranty and AMC period of 7 years After Go Live Performance Bank Guarantee will be returned back to bidder on submission of Financial Bank Guarantee Without prejudice to the other rights of the Purchaser under the Contract in the matter the proceeds of the performance security shall be payable to RBI as compensation for any loss resulting from the Bidderrsquos failure to complete its obligations under the Contract RBI shall notify the Bidder in writing of the invocation of its right to receive such compensation indicating the contractual obligation(s) for which the Bidder is in default The Financial Bank Guarantee shall be valid till the

The successful Bidder shall at his own expense deposit with The Chief General Manager-In-Charge Department of Information Technology Reserve Bank of India Mumbai within Ninety (90) days of Go-Live of application before the issuance of Certificate of Completion a Bank Guarantee from a scheduled commercial bank payable on demand in terms of Annexure O for an amount equivalent to ten percent (10) of the contract price as mentioned in Annexure Q of Commercial Bid submitted by the bidder for the due performance and fulfilment of the contract by the Bidder during the warranty and AMC period of 7 years After Go Live Performance Bank Guarantee will be returned back to bidder on submission of Financial Bank Guarantee Without prejudice to the other rights of the Purchaser under the Contract in the matter the proceeds of the performance security shall be payable to RBI as compensation for any loss resulting from the Bidderrsquos failure to complete its obligations under the Contract RBI shall notify the Bidder in writing of the invocation of its right to receive such compensation indicating the contractual obligation(s) for which the Bidder is in default The Financial Bank Guarantee shall be valid till the end of AMC denominated in INR and shall be in the form of bank guarantee

As per RFP

end of AMC denominated in INR and shall be in the form of bank guarantee unless another form is specified by RBI Non-submission of Financial Guarantee shall constitute sufficient grounds among others if any for the annulment of the award of the tender

unless another form is specified by RBI Non-submission of Financial Guarantee shall constitute sufficient grounds among others if any for the annulment of the award of the tender

182 Page No 131 amp Section No810

Unless otherwise directed by the Purchaser in writing the Bidder shall continue to perform his obligations under the contract as far as possible and shall seek all means for performance of all other obligations not prevented by the Force Majeure event

Unless otherwise directed by the Purchaser in writing the Bidder shall continue to perform his obligations under the contract as far as reasonably possible and shall seek all means for performance of all other obligations not prevented by the Force Majeure event

As per RFP

Such Force Majeure events will not entitle the Purchaser to delay payment to be made to the Bidder

183 Page No 131 amp Section No811

7 This undertaking shall not apply to Confidential Information that

7 This undertaking shall not apply to Confidential Information that

As per RFP

- Is in the public domain at the time it is acquired by us

- Is in the public domain at the time it is acquired by us

- Enters the public domain subsequent to our acquisition otherwise than as a result of unauthorised disclosure by us and

- Enters the public domain subsequent to our acquisition otherwise than as a result of unauthorised disclosure by us

- Is independently developed by us - is rightfully acquired prior to disclosure by the RBI and

- Is independently developed by us 184 Page No 132

amp Section No813

The Bank reserves the right to alter the requirements specified in the RFP Document The Bank will inform all Bidders about changes if any

The Bank reserves the right to alter the requirements specified in the RFP Document up to the date of submission of the final bid The Bank will inform all Bidders about changes if any Also It should be restricted to +-10 maximum of the quantity quoted as per RFP

As per RFP

The Bidder agrees that the Bank has no limit on the additions or deletions on the items for the period of the contract

Bidder agrees to provide the increased quantity at the same terms and conditions However additional prices shall be charged for the goods supplied over the contracted quantity

The Bidder agrees that the Bank has no limit on the additions or deletions on the items for the period of the contract

185 Page No 133 amp Section No816

The Bidder should strictly adhere to the implementation schedule as specified in the purchase contract executed between the Parties for performance of the obligations arising out of the purchase contract and any delay in completion of the obligations by the Bidder will enable the Bank to resort to any or both of the following

The Bidder should strictly adhere to the implementation schedule as specified in the purchase contract executed between the Parties for performance of the obligations arising out of the purchase contract and any delay in completion of the obligations by the Bidder (for reason not attributable to the Purchaser) will only enable the Bank to resort to any or both of the following

As per RFP

Oslash Claiming Liquidated Damages Oslash Claiming Liquidated Damages Oslash Termination of the purchase agreement fully or partly and claim liquidated damages

Oslash Termination of the purchase agreement fully or partly and claim liquidated damages Bidder should be given 30 daysrsquo written notice to cure the default failing which may attract termination In the event of termination Bank shall pay Bidder for goods delivered and services rendered till the date of termination

186 Page No 134 amp Section No817

The liquidated damages is an estimate of the loss or damage that the Bank may have suffered due to delay in performance or non-performance of any or all the obligations (under the terms and conditions of the purchase contract relating to supply delivery installation operationalization implementation training supportservices acceptance etc) of the solution by the Bidder and the Bidder shall be liable to pay the Bank a

The liquidated damages is an estimate of the loss or damage that the Bank may have suffered due to delay in performance or non-performance of any or all the obligations (under the terms and conditions of the purchase contract relating to supply delivery installation operationalization implementation training supportservices acceptance etc) of the solution by the Bidder and the Bidder shall be liable to pay the Bank a fixed amount for each day of

As per RFP

fixed amount for each day of delay non-performance of the obligations by way of liquidated damages details of which will be specified in the purchase contract Without any prejudice to Bankrsquos other rights under the law the Bank shall recover the liquidated damages if any accruing to the Bank as above from any amount payable to the Bidder either as per the purchase contract executed between the parties or under any other purchase agreement contract the Bank may have executed shall be executing with the Bidder Liquidated Damages is not applicable for reasons attributable to the Bank and Force Majeure However it is the responsibilityonus of the Bidder to prove that the delay is attributed to the Bank and Force Majeure The Bidder shall submit the proof authenticated by the Bidder and bankrsquos official that the delay is attributed to the Bank and Force Majeure along with the bills requesting payment

delay non-performance of the obligations limited to a maximum of 3 of the delayedundelivered portion of ACV by way of liquidated damages details of which will be specified in the purchase contract Without any prejudice to Bankrsquos other rights under the law the Bank shall recover the liquidated damages if any accruing to the Bank as above from any amount payable to the Bidder either as per the purchase contract executed between the parties or under any other purchase agreement contract the Bank may have executed shall be executing with the Bidder Liquidated Damages is not applicable for reasons attributable to the Bank and Force Majeure However it is the responsibilityonus of the Bidder to prove that the delay is attributed to the Bank and Force Majeure The Bidder shall submit the proof authenticated by the Bidder and bankrsquos official that the delay is attributed to the Bank and Force Majeure along with the bills requesting payment

187 General Query Clause not present Total LD+ penalty that Bank can levy on Bidder shall not exceed 3 of ACV

As per RFP

188 Page No 137 and section 825

Neither the contract nor any rights granted under the contract may be sold leased assigned or otherwise transferred in whole or in part by the Bidder and any such attempted sale lease assignment or otherwise transfer shall be void and of no effect

Neither the contract nor any rights granted under the contract may be sold leased assigned or otherwise transferred in whole or in part by either Party the Bidder and any such attempted sale lease assignment or otherwise transfer shall be void and of

As per RFP

without the advance written consent of the Bank

no effect without the advance written consent of the other Party Bank

189 Page No 137 and section 826

The Bidder during the term of the contract and for a period of two years thereafter shall not without the express written consent of the Bank directly or indirectly

The Bidder Both Parties during the term of the contract and for a period of two years thereafter shall not without the express written consent of the other Party Bank directly or indirectly

As per RFP

1 Recruit hire appoint or engage or attempt to recruit hire appoint or engage or discuss employment with or otherwise utilize the services of any person who has been an employee or associate or engaged in any capacity by the Bank in rendering services under the contract or

1 Recruit hire appoint or engage or attempt to recruit hire appoint or engage or discuss employment with or otherwise utilize the services of any person who has been an employee or associate or engaged in any capacity by the other Party Bank in rendering services under the contract or

2 Induce any person who is have been an employee or associate of the Bank at any time to terminate his her relationship with the Bank

2 Induce any person who is have been an employee or associate of the other Party Bank at any time to terminate his her relationship with the other Party Bank

190 Page No 137 and section 829

The ownership of the source code and design for the EDMS specific to the Bank and all related application suites interface designs customisations design etc and related Intellectual Property Right (IPR) will lie with the Bank only All Bidders will need to adhere to this

The ownership of the source code and design for the EDMS specific to the Bank and all related application suites interface designs customisations design etc and related Intellectual Property Right (IPR) will lie with the Bank only All Bidders will need to adhere to this

As per RFP

Notwithstanding anything to the contrary no intellectual property rights of any nature shall be transferred from one Party to the other in the course of performing any obligations or otherwise under this agreement For the avoidance of doubt Bidders may use certain tools processes or methodologies of its own in performing the services Ownership of all intellectual property rights and any other rights in these shall vest with Bidder and no rights shall be deemed to have accrued to the Bank

191 Page No 139 and section 830

3 The Bidder during the term of the contract and for a period of two years thereafter shall not without the express written consent of RBI directly or indirectly recruit hire appoint or engage or attempt to recruit hire appoint or engage or discuss employment with or otherwise utilize the services of any person who has been an employee or associate or engaged in any capacity by RBI in rendering services under the contract or Induce any person who shall have been an employee or associate of RBI at any time to terminate his her relationship with RBI

3 The Bidder Either party during the term of the contract and for a period of two years thereafter shall not without the express written consent of the other Party RBI directly or indirectly recruit hire appoint or engage or attempt to recruit hire appoint or engage or discuss employment with or otherwise utilize the services of any person who has been an employee or associate or engaged in any capacity by the other Party RBI in rendering services under the contract or Induce any person who shall have been an employee or associate of the other Party RBI at any time to terminate his her relationship with the other Party RBI

As per RFP

192 Page No 139 and section 830

6 Professionalism The Bidder should provide professional objective and impartial advice at all times and hold the Bankrsquos interests paramount and should observe the highest standard of ethics while executing the assignment

6 Professionalism The Bidder should provide professional objective and impartial advice at all times and hold the Bankrsquos interests paramount and should observe the highest standard of ethics while executing the assignment

As per RFP

8 No legal binding relationship It may be noted that no binding legal relationship will exist between any of the Respondents of this RFP and the Bank until execution of a contractual agreement

8 No legal binding relationship It may be noted that no binding legal relationship will exist between any of the Respondents of this RFP and the Bank until execution of a contractual agreement on mutually agreed terms

193 Page No 126 and section 830

If the responses contain any extraneous conditions put in by the respondents such responses will be disqualified and will not be considered for the selection process

If the responses contain any extraneous conditions put in by the respondents such responses will be disqualified and will not be considered for the selection process

As per RFP

194 General Query EMD Unacceptable EMD forfeiture EMD to be forfeiture for breach of contract- not acceptable

As per RFP

195 Page No144 We hereby declare that all the information and statements made in this Proposal are true and we accept that any misinterpretation contained in it may lead to our disqualification

We hereby declare that all the information and statements made in this Proposal are true to the best of our knowledge and we accept that any intentional misinterpretation contained in it may lead to our disqualification

As per RFP

196 General Query PBG Request PBG to be invoked only for material breaches of terms and conditions

As per RFP

197 Page No229 amp Annexure E

We agree to abide by this Bid Offer for 180 days from the last day of bid submission and our Offer shall remain binding on us and may be accepted by RBI any time before expiry of the offer

We agree to abide by this Bid Offer for 30 180 days from the last day of bid submission and our Offer shall remain binding on us and may be accepted by RBI any time before expiry of the offer

As per RFP

198 Page No249 amp Annexure L

Further to our proposal dated ______________ in response to the Request for Proposal for Implementation of EDMS Application (hereinafter referred to as ldquoRFPrdquo) issued by Reserve Bank of India (ldquoRBIrdquo) we hereby covenant warrant and confirm as follows

Further to our proposal dated ______________ in response to the Request for Proposal for Implementation of EDMS Application (hereinafter referred to as ldquoRFPrdquo) issued by Reserve Bank of India (ldquoRBIrdquo) we hereby covenant warrant and confirm as follows

As per RFP

We hereby agree to comply with all the terms and conditions stipulations as contained in the RFP and the related addendums other documents and if required including the changes made to the original bid documents issued by RBI provided that the only list of deviations has been furnished by us in the relevant Annex

We hereby agree to comply with all the mutually agreed material terms and conditions stipulations as contained in the RFP and the related addendums other documents and if required including the changes made to the original bid documents issued by RBI provided that the only list of deviations has been furnished by us in the relevant Annex

199 Page No240 amp Annexure G

As per RFP The BIDDER undertakes that it has not supplied is not supplying similar product services or sub-services during last one year from the date of issuance of this RFP at a price lower than that offered in the present bid to any other entity If it is found at any stage that similar product services or sub-services was supplied by the BIDDER to any other entity at a lower price then that very price with due allowance for elapsed time will be applicable to the present case and the difference in the cost would be refunded by the BIDDER to the

The BIDDER undertakes that it has not supplied is not supplying similar product services or sub-services during last one year from the date of issuance of this RFP at a price lower than that offered in the present bid to any other entity If it is found at any stage that similar product services or sub-services was supplied by the BIDDER to any other entity at a lower price then that very price with due allowance for elapsed time will be applicable to the present case and the difference in the cost would be refunded by the BIDDER to the BUYER if the contract has already been concluded

BUYER if the contract has already been concluded

200 Page No243 amp Annexure I

We the undersigned as Bidder having examined the complete RFP document (along with its annexes) do hereby offer to produce deliver install support and maintain EDMS Application in full conformity of your requirements as elaborated in above said RFP for the amounts mentioned by us in the Commercial Bid or such other sums as may be agreed to between us

We the undersigned as Bidder having examined the complete RFP document (along with its annexes) do hereby offer to produce deliver install support and maintain EDMS Application in full conformity of your material requirements as elaborated in above said RFP for the amounts mentioned by us in the Commercial Bid or such other sums as may be agreed to between us

As per RFP

We agree to abide by our Offer for a period of 6 months from the date of last day of Bid submission and it shall remain binding on us for acceptance at any time before the expiration of this period

We agree to abide by our Offer for a period of 1 6 months from the date of last day of Bid submission and it shall remain binding on us for acceptance at any time before the expiration of this period

We understand that you are not bound to accept the lowest or any bid you may receive

We understand that you are not bound to accept the lowest or any bid you may receive

We undertake if our Bid is accepted to provide Performance Bank Guarantee and Financial Bank Guarantee as per the prescribed format within the timescales stipulated in the RFP

We undertake if our Bid is accepted to provide Performance Bank Guarantee and Financial Bank Guarantee as per the prescribed format within the timescales stipulated in the RFP after signing of contract on mutually agreed terms and conditions

201 General Query Annexure J Confidentiality and Non-Disclosure Agreement Undertaking

ADD As per RFP Notwithstanding anything to the contrary to the extent the Bidder shares any confidential information with RBI the provisions of this RFP shall apply mutatis mutandis to RBI The obligations of confidentiality for both Parties shall come to an end 3 years from the date of terminationexpiry of the contract to be entered into

202 Page No248 and Annexure K

Annexure K Self Declaration Relatives in RBI

SEEK DELETION OF ANNEXURE As per RFP

203 Page No259 and Annexure P

We agree to abide by this Tender Response for a period of 180 days from the last day of bid submission and it shall remain binding upon us until within this period a formal contract is prepared and executed this Tender Response together with your written acceptance thereof in your notification of award shall constitute a binding contract between us and will initiate the formation of a separate contract in respect of maintenance and support

We agree to abide by this Tender Response for a period of 30 180 days from the last day of bid submission and it shall remain binding upon us until within this period a formal contract is prepared and executed this Tender Response together with your written acceptance thereof in your notification of award shall not constitute a binding contract between us and will initiate the formation of a separate contract in respect of maintenance and support

As per RFP

services after expiry of the warranty period

services after expiry of the warranty period all of which shall be on mutually agreed terms

204 Page No276 amp Annexure U

8 The respondent has not been involved in any legal case that may affect the solvencyexistence of the applicant or in any other way affect the respondentrsquos capability to providecontinue services to RBI if RBI selects the respondent for EDMS

8 The respondent has not been involved in any legal case that may affect the solvencyexistence of the applicant or in any other way materially affect the respondentrsquos capability to providecontinue services to RBI if RBI selects the respondent for EDMS

As per RFP

9 The bidder accepts to follow all the clauses terms and conditions as set in the RFP document

9 The bidder accepts to follow all the clauses terms and conditions as set in the RFP document subject to deviations proposed

205 General Query New clause proposed by Bidder Service Provider undertakes that it is compliant to State minimum wages act at the time of execution of the Agreement and the commercials are accordingly factored In the event there is a change to the State minimum wages act or if the Customer wants the Service Provider to comply to some other minimum wages act including but not limited to Central minimum wages act or the existing minimum wages act is repealed by another act then in such cases Customer will support Service provider with change request for additional cost incurred by Service Provider for complying to new minimum wages Service provider will not ask for Change request for any changes that is within 8 increase year on year from the State minimum wages as on the date of contract sign off

As per RFP

206 General Query New clause proposed by Bidder ldquoIt is agreed that the price quoted is arrived at based on the exchange rate of 1 USD = INR ___ (ldquoBase Exchange Raterdquo) In the event the Base Exchange Rate either increases or decreases by percentage points greater than two per cent [2] the prices shall be charged as per the then current exchange raterdquo

As per RFP

207 General Query New clause proposed by Bidder The risk title and ownership of the products shall be transferred to the customer upon delivery of such products to the customer

As per RFP

208 General Query New clause proposed by Bidder Customer hereby agrees to make the site ready as per the agreed specifications within the agreed timelines Customer agrees that Wipro shall not be in any manner be liable for any delay arising out of Customerrsquos failure to make the site ready within the stipulated period including but not limited to levy of liquidated damages for any delay in performance of Services under the terms of this Agreement In case the SITE is not ready for a continuous period of 30 days milestone payment related to installation will be released to vendor based on the SNR report also if there is any additional warranty cost due to continuous site not readiness for 30 days same will be borne by the customer

As per RFP

209 General Query New clause proposed by Bidder Notwithstanding anything contained herein neither Party shall be liable for any indirect punitive consequential or incidental loss damage claims liabilities charges costs expense or injury (including without limitation loss of use data revenue profits business and for any claims of any third party claiming through Bidder) that may arise out of or result from this Agreement The aggregate liability of Bidder under this Agreement shall not exceed the fees (excluding reimbursements) received by it under this contract during the six months preceding the date of first claim

As per RFP

210 General Query New clause proposed by Bidder Any new levy on account of changes in law shall be to the account of Bank

As per RFP

211 General Query New clause proposed by Bidder Bidderrsquos failure to perform its contractual responsibilities to perform the services or to meet agreed service levels shall be excused if and to the extent Bidder performance is effected delayed or causes non-performance due to Banks omissions or actions whatsoever

As per RFP

212 General Query New clause proposed by Bidder Services andor deliverables shall be deemed to be fully and finally accepted by Bank in the event when Bank has not submitted its acceptance or rejection response in writing to Bidder within 15 days from the date of installationcommissioning or when Bank uses the Deliverable in its business whichever occurs earlier Parties agree that Bidder shall have 15 daysrsquo time to correct in case of any rejection by Bank

As per RFP

213 General Query New clause proposed by Bidder Either party may request a change order (ldquoChange Orderrdquo) in the event of actual or anticipated change(s) to the agreed scope Services Deliverables schedule or any other aspect of the Statement of WorkPurchase Order Bidder will prepare a Change Order reflecting the proposed changes including the impact on the Deliverables schedule and fee In the absence of a signed Change Order Bidder shall not be bound to perform any additional services

As per RFP

214 General Query New clause proposed by Bidder Notwithstanding anything to the contrary either Party shall have the right to terminate this Agreement at any time with cause in the event that the other party commits a material breach of the Agreement and fails to cure such default to the non-defaulting partyrsquos reasonable satisfaction within thirty (30) days

As per RFP

In the event of termination of any nature the Bidder shall be paid for the 1 goods delivered 2 services rendered 3 work in progress 4 unpaid AMCs 5 third party orders in pipeline which cannot be cancelled despite Bidders best efforts 6 unrecovered investments shall be paid by the Bank as per termination schedule till the date of termination

215 General Query New clause proposed by Bidder Notwithstanding anything contained in this RFP

As per RFP

a) Excluding a regulatorystatutory requirement if any nothing in this Agreement shall be construed or interpreted as requiring Bidder to provide to Customer access to or right to inspect examine audit and take copies of any fees price cost or any other financial information or any records or documents relating to the make-up of the Bidderrsquos internal

overhead calculations their relationship to the fees any financial cost model calculation of fees or to the Bidderrsquos profitability or other such financial data

b) All audit barring those required under a regulatory or statutory requirement may be done only on an annual basis and subject to a notice period of 20 days

216 Page No 132 and section 82

Integrity Pact Unacceptable integrity pact Customer to insert new CVC integrity pact that does not contain Fall clause LIBOR provisions etc

As per RFP

217 General Query Annexure A Earnest Money Deposit Unacceptable EMD forfeiture EMD to be forfeiture for breach of contract- not acceptable

As per RFP

218 General Query Annexure C Performance Bank Guarantee

Request PBG to be invoked only for material breaches of terms and conditions

As per RFP

219 General Query Annexure G Integrity Pact SEEK INSERTION OF NEW CVC INTEGRITY PACT WITHOUT LIBOR PROVISIONS AND FALL CLAUSE

As per RFP

220 General Query ADD As per RFP

Annexure J Confidentiality and Non-Disclosure Agreement Undertaking

Notwithstanding anything to the contrary to the extent the Bidder shares any confidential information with RBI the provisions of this RFP shall apply mutatis mutandis to RBI The obligations of confidentiality for both Parties shall come to an end 3 years from the date of terminationexpiry of the contract to be entered into

221 Page No 10 and section 11

Central Office has following 33 departments

EDMS solution is to be implemented for 33 departments is this understanding correct Please mention if there are more departments to be considered in-scope

As per RFP

222 Page No 29 and section 22

The application should facilitate integration with e-mail client (outlook) where selected emails could be Inwarded directly

Integration with Outlook For how many users is this needed Please specify the number of users who would be using this functionality

10000 users| All Users

223 Page No 18 and section 15

Sr No 6 Global common workflow plus seven specific work process Modules which need to be developed at the time of Go-Live

The seven workflow will have integration with what all systems Please specify the details

Integration envisaged for Go-Live - Active Directory Mail Messaging System SAMADHAN IRM DMIS Other integration will be done during continuous development

224 Page No 25 and section 21

User should have privilege to create Inward amp Outward from RBI corporate email inbox (selected emails) with capability to capture both email body and attachment (if any) as a part of the Inward

How many users are going to use Email Integration feature Is it going to be for all the 10000 named users

As per RFP

225 Page No 25 and section 21

The proposed solution needs to be integrated with existing (or any future standard system) of IRM

What is the current IRM system used by RBI

Microsoft IRM

226 Page No 25 and section 21

3 Customization and Integration Would existing IRM system be OpenText IRM or any other product and will sufficient license be available for EDMS users

Microsoft IRM

227 Page No 25 and section 21

4 Web interface ndashInwardOutward Management

Is it expected to expose the same EDMS application to public or integration with RBI website

As per RFP

228 Page No 27 and section 21

Sr No 21The Scanning product should have inbuilt capability to do a full page OCR amp ICR (for both Hindi amp English documents) and also convert the images to searchable forms like Searchable PDF

What is the ratio of English to Hindi documents for OCR amp ICR

Approximately Hindi 33 | English 66

229 Page No 29 and section 22

5 Inward Management Request you to please specify the other email clients

As per RFP

230 Page No 31 section 22

Technical Bid(Functional Requirements)

We understand that all of these functionalities are the application functionalities and the necessary scanning systems and personal required will be facilitated by RBI Please confirm

Yes

231 Page No 31 section 22

Technical Bid(Functional Requirements)

In case Yes for the above Questions than please detail the scope expectation w r t Scan amp upload requirement

Restricted to Application Solution

232 Page No 43 and section 22

147 Reports amp Dashboard Please elaborate further on this point We understand that reports can be generated with stored data without translation Please let us know your understanding

Data stored in Hindi should be displayed in Hindi The report fields should toggle between Hindi and English No translation is envisioned as part of basic deployment

233 Page No 46 and section 22

163 Document Management Rearrange pages in a document or create a new document from a page using drag and drop Please elaborate at what stage this is required

Rearrangement of pages is required to create an abstract out of an existing doc

234 Page No 46 and section 22

The solution offered should be capable of integration with 3rd party software amp internal applications which are in use at RBI

What all internal and 3rd party applications are to be taken in account for integration

Integration envisaged for Go-Live - Active Directory Mail Messaging System SAMADHAN IRM DMIS Other integration will be done during continuous development

235 Page No 46 and section 22

171 Customization and Integration Is there any existing SSO Server available

Shall be shared with successful bidder

236 Page No 46 and section 22

173 Customization and Integration We understand that content replication from DC to DR has to be accomplished by RBI team and bidder can assist in providing the details

Shall be shared with successful bidder

237 Page No 56 and section 23

A separate test environment and development would be provided at the data Centre The Bidder is expected to replicate the DC environment in the DR and in the test environment in all respects

We understand that bidder is expected to set 4 environments - Dev UATTest Production (DC) and DR Is UATTest environment also expected to be exact replicamirror image of Production

Scaled-down version 50 of Production in terms of sizing

238 Page No 56 and section 23

A separate test environment and development would be provided at the data Centre The Bidder is expected to replicate the DC environment in the DR and in the test environment in all respects

Will RBI procure and provide hardware for all environments Should bidder only propose sizing recommendations for all environments

As per RFP

239 Page No 57 and section 23

Security Requirements We understand that all of these functionalities are the application functionalities by virtue of which these security mechanisms have to be part of the bidderrsquos proposition Kindly comment on our understanding

As per RFP

240 Page No 62 and section 23

System should maintain audit logs for all monitoring and events according to RBI policy These audit logs must be secure and stored as per defined retention policy

Request Bank to specify as lot of sizing considerations would depend uponvary basis the RBI policies (3 5 7 10 years)

Shall be shared with successful bidder

241 Page No 64 and section 23

86 Data Migration Would changes means restructuring of folders or something else Please elaborate

To be discussed during System Study

242 Page No 67and section 31

27 Any other areas which the Bank might decide to include in the Scope at the time of implementation of EDMS

Request Bank to enlighten on to this requirement Being subjective Bidder will need more quantifiablegaugeable requirement basis which effort and commercials can be worked out

As per RFP

However we understand the same will be addressed during design phase

Please comment upon our understanding

243 Page No 71 and section 38

Data migration will be the responsibility of the Bidder

Will bidder be allowed to run the migration 24x7 or only during non-peak hours

Shall be discussed with successful bidder

244 Page No 74 and section 310

Bidder should provide training to RBI‟s officials for using and managing the system which will include end user technical and system Administration training as well as DBA level training

What would be the minimum numbers of users to be trained for Admin and for User level trainings respectively

5 batches of 30-40 user each Total training to be provide to around 200 User at Mumbai Pune

245 Page No 76 and section 313

Implementation As per RFP The Banks incident Management system has to be used as ticketing system to handle requests raised by Banks Internal Users during the warranty and AMC period Which ticketing system is RBI using currently

EDMS can leverage existing Incident Management tool Details will be shared with successful bidder

246 Page No 76 and section 313

Extensive on-site support team is required during the first year after ldquoGo-Liverdquo

Are all the resources mentioned for L0 (44) L1 (8) and L2 (2) are to be deployed on-site Can bidder propose onsite-offshore model for post-implementation support

As per RFP

247 Page No 77 and section 313

vi Scanning documents at RBI respective locations if required

We understand that the necessary scanning systems and personnel required will be facilitated by RBI Request to throw more light on the number of locations in this regards Accordingly effort estimation can be done so as to provide the appropriate commercials in this regards

As per RFP

248 Page No 86 and section 319

319 Performance Monitoring amp Tuning solution

Considering the entire project is going to be base out of RBIs data centre request bank to facilitate make model etc of the performance monitoring tool

Bidder has to provide Application level monitoring solution As per Data Centre policy open source performance tool will not be permissible and the solution proposed by bidder should be approved by RBI

249 Page No 86 and section 323

The total number of users presently is expected to be around 10000 with 2000 concurrent users and annual growth of 10 in concurrent users

Out of total 10000 users how many back endadmin users are there who are going to access this system

Less than 500 users

250 Page No 86 and section 324

Sr No 5 The solution offered should be capable of pin codeGPS Location based integration for capturing user address

Is bidder expected to integrate the existing GPS system with EDMS

As per RFP

251 Page No 86 and section 323

323 Vendor would be required to provide Enterprise-wide all-inclusive Perpetual license for all functionalities as per the requirements of the RBI The total number of users presently is expected to be around 10000 with 2000 concurrent users and annual growth of 10 in concurrent users

These users are for determining the hardware sizing but from software licensing point of view all 10000 users can connect concurrently

As per RFP

Please validate

252 Page No 86 and section 323

No extra license fees implementation charges should be charged by the selected bidder for implementing the software in the test environment and at the Disaster Recovery site of RBI or at any other site that may be specified by the Bank

We understand that as project progresses there will be significant volumes and hence there should be no restriction on number of CPUcores and if any it will be responsibility of SI to provide additional licenses at no additional costs to RBI Trust our understanding is correct Please confirm for clarification

Yes As per RFP

253 Page No87 and section 324

6 Vendor is responsible to import application in UAT production environment amp DC ndash DR synchronization etc

We understand that the application is going to be based out of RBIs existing Data Centre visa Navi Mumbai and Nagpur Request Bank to elaborate upon existing DC-DR synchronization technique technology methodology Please provide details version of the same for integration aspects

Shall be shared with successful bidder

254 Page No87 and section 325

325 System amp Security Audit Request RBI to specify number of yearly audits

Shall be shared with successful bidder

255 Page No91 and section 329

4 Complete user manual and system documentation (soft and hard copies) of the proposed solution after the go-live

Request RBI to spell the number of hard copies required

Shall be discussed with successful bidder

256 Page No92 and section 330

3 Vendor is required to give all sorts of support required in case RBI decides to move the implemented EDMS on cloud services or IaaS in future This support will include everything starting from shunting of the running EDMS temporarily to alternate arrangement till all the Hw Sw etc are installed amp made running in the new IaaS or Cloud environment (Logistics Technical Integration support etc)

We understand the same to be captured via change control mechanism change management during the course of the project

As per RFP

257 Page No92 and section 330

5 Business Process Reengineering ndash The vendor shall include the impact of the new system to the operations of Client If applicable the proponent shall recommend changes to the existing processes that would benefit Client

Request Bank to specify a percentage number in this regards accordingly efforts and commercials can be worked out

As per RFP

258 Page No93 and section 43

For each milestone to be marked completed the bidder should ensure that all the acceptance criteria are met and approved by the Bank as mentioned in various applicable sections in the RFP

We understand that the Project acceptance criteria will be formalized mutually during the design phase and agreed upon Please comment upon our understanding

As per RFP

259 42 Additional Software License Costs As per RFP

Page No 94 and section 42

For evaluation purposes costs of the software licenses proposed by the Bidder would be included in the Total Cost of Ownership In case any software license(s) are required to be procured directly from the Original Equipment Manufacturer (OEM) Product Vendor the actual payment to the Bidder will be reduced appropriately to exclude the software license costs quoted in the commercial bid Bidder is requested to add all the Other Software Licensing Cost under the header Any other requirements for the proposed solution on MSTC website

Request Bank to mutually discuss and agree upon section 42 before finalization on the requirement Please comment in this regards

260 Page No122 and Section 76

Overall enterprise wide security including role-based security and authorisation levels operating systemapplication security and logical access controls and anti‐virus management

Is bidder expected to propose anti-virus software as well

Shall be shared with successful bidder

261 Page No 169 amp Annexure D2

Sr No 26 All incoming physical letters has to be scanned and put into the system for further processing

What is the total size or volume of legacy documents to be considered for Scanning through the Capture Solution (dailymonthlyyearly volume)

As per RFP

262 Page No 204 amp Annexure D2

206 The system should also integrated with Ms outlook and other email client

Does RBI require native integration with outlook in which users can access EDMS from outlook interface

As per RFP

Please confirm 263 Page No 211

amp Annexure D3

Sr No 28 The solution should provide for seamless integration of modules as per the business requirements of RBI with necessary interfaces The application should have provision for Integration existingupcoming portalsapplications of different depts eg HR Portal Samadhan Active directory CMS (CEPD) etc other internal workflow application system etc

Do we have to estimate effort for integration with these upcoming applications now or will it be taken at a later stage as a Change Request If now what are these applications based on Please provide what level of integration is required with these applicationssystem

Integration envisaged for Go-Live - Active Directory Mail Messaging Solution SAMADHAN IRM DMIS Other integration will be done during continuous development

264 Page No213 amp Annexure D3

Based on our experience in similar project we feel the concurrent user ratio to named users is less In such application of note approval the concurrence is around 40 of total users

As per RFP

Details of Hardware requirements for the proposed solution for following user base of

Request you to validate this for RBI

i 10000 total user base ii 2000 concurrent users

265 Page No 218 amp Annexure D3

Sr 55 The Implementation of open source technologies should be taken up in compliance with Information Security (IS) policy of the Bank

Would you allow usage of Open Source Tools for Simulation is required to carry out Performance Testing (LoadStress) eg JMeter

Shall be discussed with successful bidder

266 Page No218 amp Annexure D3

The Implementation of open source technologies should be taken up in compliance with Information Security (IS) policy of the Bank

Please throw some light on limitations on usage of open-source tools in context with Information Security (IS) policy of the Bank

Shall be discussed with successful bidder

267 Page No221 amp Annexure D3

Sr No 75 Data Loss Prevention solution should be available with EDMS solution

Is Data Loss Prevention solution to be implemented or does the solution need to have the capability only and its for future use Please confirm

Shall be discussed with successful bidder

268 Page No 226 amp Annexure D6

g Scalability of document volume (30) having average volume of 4million documents per year

What does 30 signify here How much should be the total volume of documents considered that is received and to be ingested in EDMS repository (yearlymonthly)

As per RFP

269 Page No 226 amp Annexure D6

b Response time of maximum 3 seconds

Request RBI to elaborate upon the type of gaugeable reports parameters required to establish the response time

As per RFP

270 Page No 226 amp Annexure D6

b Response time of maximum 3 seconds

Will submitting product performance reports spec sheets suffice or any other artefact is required to substantiate the same Please specify

As per RFP

271 Page No 226 amp Annexure D6

g Scalability of document volume (30) having average volume of 4million documents per year

Request RBI to specify the existing document volume as this is required from sizing perspective to arrive at an optimized commercials

As per RFP

272 Page No 262 amp Annexure Q

Annexure Q We believe RBI will also be providing mobile based access to select employeersquos basis roles We assume the licensing for the same is to be included in this pricing and no additional price will be payable by RBI Mobile app if to be created will be separate project but will connect to EDMS through API at no additional costs to RBI Please clarify

As per RFP

273 Page No 262 amp Annexure Q

Annexure Q Will RBI facilitate the commercial bid format for ease of comparison during the evaluation phase Request to clarify

Commercial bid format can be downloaded from the MSTC e-commerce portal

274 Page No 264 amp Annexure Q

Unit Price Under Unit Price do we have to provide Yearly Price of 1 resource

As per RFP

275 Page No 264 amp Annexure Q

Cost of L0 Resource (21 nos) on 12 X 5 basis for one year at locations given in Annexure T

For 12x5 we would need to deploy 2 resources to support 60 hours shift so do we need to consider price for 2 resources or provide price only for 21 resources and they will be supporting in round-robin manner Please confirm

For Annexure T for line items 31 to 35 Bidders are advised to consider 8 x 5 working hours where requirement of only 1 resource has been mentioned (Ahmedabad has 2 locations so 2 resources are required) For line items 25 to 30 where support hours are mentioned as 12 x 5 and requirement of multiple resources is mentioned resources are expected to work in 8 x 5 shift scheduled in a manner to provide support for 12 x 5 All other conditionsrequirements

mentioned in the table remain unchanged

276 Page No 265 amp Annexure Q

B2 Development Team based at Mumbai Navi Mumbai Composition Tech Lead(1) + Developer (5) + Tester (1)

Composition of Tech Lead(1) + Developer (5) + Tester (1) will not suffice we also need Project Managers Technical Architect UI Expert and Infrastructure Resource can bidder add more rows in commercial format and propose Development Team accordingly

As per RFP

277 Page No 265 Section amp Annexure Q

AMC for the first year after warranty period (should be min 8 of Total onetime cost)

Do we have to include both here - Product AMC from OEM as well as Application Technical Support for only 1 year from bidder

As per RFP

278 Page No 266 amp Annexure Q

(C) Hardware Requirements Do we have to propose hardware sizing and software recommendations for DevUAT Production and DR Environments The table has rows for Production and UAT only can the bidder add more rows to it or is it a fixed format

Hardware sizing and software recommendations are to be proposed for all environments The two rows were for representational purpose More rows can be added in the commercial bid format

279 Page No 212 amp Annexure D3

212 A separate test environment and development would be provided at the data Centre The Bidder is expected to replicate the DC environment in the DR and in the test environment in all respects (11)

1 Will development and test environments be provided by RBI till OS layer and only application deployment is to be done by the bidder

As per RFP

84 Hence bidder is required to take into the consideration the hardware

software etc requirement pertaining to test amp development

2 Please elaborate what is bidders responsibility for development and test environments

280 General Query Retention Management Apart from Retention and Archival are you looking for complete Records Management solution as well with features like Event-based aging Automatic Disposition Litigation Hold etc

Not required at this Stage

281 General Query Back-up Software Do you have the back-up software or does bidder has to propose If available please specify the make and model of the back-up software

Shall be shared with successful bidder

282 General Query Support Team - OampM Do you want bidder to propose Helpdesk toolset up a service desk as well

Not required at this Stage

283 General Query Load Balancer Do you want the bidder to propose the load balancer as well

Not required at this Stage

284 General Query Source Code Control Repository Is Bidder required to absorb the cost for GIT repository for source code or do you have one which bidder can use

Shall be shared with successful bidder

285 General Query Compliance What are the complianceguidelinesIT Security considerations that are critical

As per RFP

286 General Query SSL Certificate Should bidder be provided the SSL certificate or should the bidder absorb the price for SSL certificate Please confirm

Bank Shall provide the SSL certificates

287 General Query Documents Please specify the age of the documents and the condition of paper like ndash colour shine brittleness original

Not required at this Stage

or photocopy glossy paper hard-bind etc etc

288 General Query Scanning Can you kindly provide the of BW and Colour document

Not required at this Stage

289 General Query Legacy Documents For Legacy documents perspective please share details on the below

Not required at this Stage

a) Number of document ingestion per day - b) Average size of document - in KB c) Maximum size of document - in KB d) Storage required - (current DMS storage size)

290 General Query New Documents For New documents perspective please share details on the below

Not required at this Stage

a) Number of document ingestion per day - b) Average size of document - in KB c) Maximum size of document - in KB

291 General Query Scanning For Scanning perspective please share details on the below

Not required at this Stage

a) Percentage of document in tiff format b) Percentage of colour documents c) Average image size in KB d) Percentage of document that would require OCR e) Average number of fields per page

f) Properties per per document 292 General Query Documents What is percentage the Year on Year

growth over 5 years for the number of documents added

As per RFP

293 General Query Documents What is the Average number of document views per day

Not required at this Stage

294 General Query Documents What is the Average number of document searches per day

Not required at this Stage

295 General Query Back-up Policy What is the back-up policy of RBI eg 14 days

Shall be shared with successful bidder

296 General Query Policies What would be the archival policy back up policy log storage policy DR logs policy etc

Shall be shared with successful bidder

297 General Query Testing What parameters are to be monitored during testing (eg response times processing times and CPU loading)

As per RFP

298 General Query Testing What desired values of these parameters are to be considered acceptable during the stress test results

As per RFP

299 General Query DR Drills How many DR drills do you expect in a year

Shall be shared with successful bidder

300 General Query Resources Will RBI allow onsite resources to carry their own laptops or will RBI provide DesktopsWorkstations for onsite resources

Assets will be provided to onsite resources

301 General Query Access Will RBI provide remote accessVPN access for offshore resources

Not required as all resources are deployed onsite

302 General Query

Scanning How much will be the total no of pages to be scanned per day

Not required at this Stage

303 General Query

Documents

How much will be the year on year growth in documents volume

As per RFP

304 General Query

Documents

Please let us know the average approximate document size per document for sizing (in MB)

Not required at this Stage

305 General Query Presentation amp POC of the Solution Could you please elaborate in details the scope for POC

As per RFP

306 General Query SLA Working window As per RFP

307 General Query Non-Functional Requirements Please specify the existing Replication bandwidth between Navi Mumbai DC and Nagpur DR

Bidder has to propose the required bandwidth which will be provided procured by Data Centre

308 General Query Non-Functional Requirements We understand that the bidder is required to provide the Bandwidth augmentation sizing required for this project and accordingly the same will be provisioned by RBI Please confirm upon our understanding

Bidder has to propose the required bandwidth which will be provided procured by Data Centre

309 Page No71 amp Section No38

Data Migration What is the formats of Documents stored inside current DMS

Shall be shared with successful bidder

310

Page No71 amp Section No38

Data Migration How indexmetadata is managed in current DMS System What is the total count of

Shall be shared with successful bidder

indexes present in current DMS 311 Page No71 amp

Section No38 Data Migration what is the database and version used

in current DMS System As per RFP

312

Page No71 amp Section No38

Data Migration We need more details about current DMS System -Product nameVersionECM

Shall be shared with successful bidder

Compliant or notWhat type of documents are stored in SystemHow documents are classified in System

313

Page No18 amp Section No21

High Level Critical Requirements Can you Please enlist total count of Global workflows

As per RFP

314

Page No86 amp Section No321

Hardware Requirements Can you elaborate more on this point As per RFP Standard Enviornments which will be provided by SI are DEV UAT PROD and DR Also Development Environment will be on premise or offshore

315 Page No52 amp Section No23

Back-up Will Backup be taken care by RBI Yes

316 Page No81 amp Section No317

Security Requirements What will be the frequency of DR Drills Can you specify values for RPO and RTO

Shall be shared with successful bidder

317 Page No213 amp Annexure D3

Hardware Requirements Database tier needs to be deployed on Intel Xeon or Mainframe

RBI will conduct VAPT SI needs to provide gaps resolution

318 Page No221 amp Annexure D4

Maintenance amp Support Can we get details about which IRM solution will be provided by RBI for integration purpose

Scaled-down version 50 of Production in terms of sizing

319 Page No63 amp Section No23

Functional Requirements Will RBI provide DLP solution Shall be shared with successful bidder

320 Page No63 amp Section No23

Non-Functional Requirements is SI expected to conduct VAPT or RBI will be conducting the same

RBI will conduct VAPT SI needs to provide gaps resolution

321 Page No267 amp Annexure Q

Hardware Requirements Is UAT sizing expected to be 100 of Production sizing

Scaled-down version 50 of Production in terms of sizing

322

Page No27 amp Section No21

High Level Critical Requirements Hindi OCR amp ICR may be a challenge However Hindi metadata can be captured and searched Can OCR and ICR be restricted to English only

As per RFP

323 Page No27 amp Section No21

Storage For sizing Storage can you share average size of the digitized document

As per RFP

324 Page No93 amp Section No41

Licences Can Licenses cost be paid up-front within 30 days from the date of Invoice

As per RFP

325 Page No95 amp Section No44

AMC Pay-Outs Can AMC be payable yearly in Advance instead of at the end of the every year

As per RFP

47 General Query Liability We noticed that there is no aggregate liability language on bidder liability We propose that the aggregate liability of the bidder will not exceed the TCV of the project

Shall be discussed with successful bidder

48 General Query Agreement We noticed that there is no language on disclaimer of liability of either party for indirect and consequential claims We propose that neither party will be liable for indirect or consequential claims and damages lost profits or lost revenue in relation with the project

Shall be discussed with successful bidder

49 Page No 262 and Annexure Q Section A

Section A - A1 Bidder requests clarification as to whether this is line item cost is related to digitization of old records if so the same shall be removed from A1 and moved to A2 or a separate section to be created in the Commercial Bid Format as this cost needs to be paid on actual documents Scanned

Bidder is expected to provide the License cost for the Scanning Imaging solution against this line item

Scanning Imaging

50 Page No 264 and Annexure Q Section B

Section B Bidder submits that the Unit Price column shall be removed and total cost for the resources to be allowed to be quoted for each year separately

As per RFP

NPV calculation will be done considering 5 escalation rate and 8 discounted rate only for TCO purpose

We also request to remove the reference of 5 escalation rate and allow us to quote for the actual inflation by each bidder separately to allow the bidders to provide maximum benefit to RBI for the NPV

As the commercial format allows to quote separate values for each year the Indexation references is no longer relevant and the payment for the later years can be made at the mentioned prices

51 Page No 265 and Annexure Q Section B3

Section B3 Bidder submits that the minimum of 8 for AMC shall be changed to Sub-Total A1 excluding the ScanningImaging as the AMC should typically include on the product cost

As per RFP

AMC for the first year after warranty period (should be min 8 of Total onetime cost)

We further request clarity whether the AMC is for 3 years or 4 years as the template indicates Year 3 to Year 7 which is 4 years while the Note below the table mentions it for 3 years please clarify we further request that this note mentioned in the adjacent column shall be removed as the commercial template is modified to allow bidders to quote for each year separately

Below rates are mentioned for first year Actual payment for subsequent years as applicable will be done on applying the indexation formulae

middot Cost of L1 and L2 for the subsequent period of 6 years

middot Development Team Cost for the subsequent period of 6 years

middot AMC for the subsequent period of 3 years

52 Page No 267 and Annexure Q Section D

Section D Bidder submits that the Rates for the Resources both the Support resources and the Development Resources is available in the Section B Table the rate for any additional resources can be used from the same table hence request removal of the additional table

As per RFP Marginal Resource Cost

53 Page No 93 and Section 41

41 Software Cost Bidder submits that the heading of the section is an error as the payment terms are related to services and not Software cost we also request the following modifications to the payment terms

As per RFP

1 Completion of process and system study Design and Build and Deployment in UAT - 15 of Implementation Cost specified at Item 1B of Annexure Q

2 Data Migration Completion of User Acceptance Testing Creation of training content Train the Trainer and customer education content - 20 of Implementation Cost specified at Item 1B of Annexure Q

41 Software Cost

3 Complete Implementation and ldquoProduction Go-liverdquo of the project - 25 of Implementation Cost specified at Item 1B of Annexure Q

1 Completion of process and system study Design and Build and Deployment in UAT - 15 of Implementation Cost specified at Item 1B of Annexure Q

4 Receipt of Completion Certificate from the Bank (post 90 days of achieving production Go-Live) - 30 of Implementation Cost specified at Item 1B of Annexure Q

2 Data Migration Completion of User Acceptance Testing Creation of training content Train the Trainer and customer education content - 30 of Implementation Cost specified at Item 1B of Annexure Q

5 Amount payable during the warranty period - On completion of warranty period of three years The Financial Bank guarantee shall be valid for 7 years - 10 of Implementation Cost specified at Item 1B of Annexure Q

3 Complete Implementation and ldquoProduction Go-liverdquo of the project - 35 of Implementation Cost specified at Item 1B of Annexure Q

4 Receipt of Completion Certificate from the Bank (post 90 days of achieving production Go-Live) - 10 of Implementation Cost specified at Item 1B of Annexure Q

5 Amount payable during the warranty period - In equal quarterly instalments during warranty period of three years The Financial Bank guarantee shall be valid for 7 years - 10 of Implementation Cost specified at Item 1B of Annexure Q

We also request deletion of Indexation

section as separate costs will be quoted for each year as per the Annexure Q

54 Page No 94 amp 95 and Section 43 amp 44

43 Warranty pay-outs Bidder submits that the pay-outs for Warranty and AMC shall be made quarterly in arrears which is the industry standard practice for these payments

As per RFP 44 AMC pay-outs

55 46 Other Payment terms

Page No 95 and Section 46

3 Any objectiondispute to the amounts invoiced in the bill shall be raised by RBI within reasonable time from the date of receipt of the invoice Upon settlement of disputes with respect to any disputed invoice(s) the Bank will make payment within thirty (30) working days of the settlement of such disputes

Bidder submits that the payments for the invoices shall be made within 30 days from the receipt of the invoice any objectiondispute to the amounts invoiced shall be made within 25 days from the date of receipt of the invoice

Shall be discussed with successful bidder

4 The fees payable by the Bank to Bidder shall be inclusive of all costs such as insurance taxes (GST as per the rates applicable) transportation installation that may be levied imposed charged or incurred and RBI shall pay the fees due under this RFP and subsequent agreement after deducting any tax deductible at source (ldquoTDSrdquo) as applicable The Bidder will need to provide the details for the tax rates as considered in the pricing This will be used for subsequent tax changes RBI shall pay each undisputed invoice raised in accordance with this RFP and subsequent agreement within thirty (30) working days after its receipt unless otherwise mutually agreed in writing provided that such invoice is dated after such fees have become due and payable under this RFP and subsequent agreement

56 45 Other Payment terms As per RFP

Page No 96 and Section 46

8 The Bidders should note that the contract entered with the successful Bidder will be for implementation and post go‐live period of 7 years (3 years‟ warranty amp 4 years AMC amp FMS support) extendable at the Banks discretion The Bank will have the right in its sole discretion to renegotiate the prices terms and conditions

Bidder understand that the right of Bank to negotiate the prices terms and conditions is in the event of extension beyond the period of current contract (implementation and post go‐live period of 7 years (3 years‟ warranty amp 4 years AMC amp FMS support) and not during the current contract period please confirm

57 Page No 100 and Section 56

56 Penalties Bidder submits that the Penalty for Rollout delays shall be 1 of the delayed components cost of the One-time cost (Section A - Annexure Q) per week subject to a maximum of 10 of the delayed components cost of the One-time cost

As per RFP

The successful Bidder is expected to complete the responsibilities that have been assigned as per the specified time frame In case of the Rollout delays by the Bidder the financial Penalty as per the Banks discretion will be imposed on the Bidder at 5 of the total contract value per month of delay to the maximum of 10 of the total contract value as per the agreement between the Bank and the successful Bidder

Business Utility and Business Downtime would be the key considerations for determining the ldquoPenaltiesrdquo that would be levied on the Bidder for ldquoNon‐Adherencerdquo to the SLA for the Services offered The inability of the Bidder to provide the requirements as per the scope or to meet the deadlines as specified would be treated as breach of contract and invoke the Penalty Clause The maximum limit on the penalties during the period of contract shall be 10 of the total contract value The applicable ldquoPenaltiesrdquo would be the same irrespective of the root causes

In case of Non-Adherence to the SLA the maximum penalty shall be limited to 10 of the Quarterly Invoice value for the respective quarters

58 Page No 124 and Section 711

711 Duration and Condition of Engagement

Bidder submits that in case of termination of the contract without assigning any reason the Bank shall allow the Bidder a notice of 90 days for ramp-down of the resources etc We further submit that in case of termination with or without reason Bidder shall be paid for the completed deliverables as per the commercials quoted

As per RFP

2 The Bank will reserve the right to terminate the services of the successful Bidder at any point of the Project (during the implementation phase and post go-live) without assigning any reasons In such cases the Bank may consider making payment commensurate with the last completed phase

59 87 Performance Bank Guarantee As per RFP

Page No 130 and Section 87

The successful Bidder shall at his own expense deposit with The Chief General Manager-in-Charge Department of Information Technology Reserve Bank of India Mumbai within thirty (30) days from the final result of the bidding process and declaration of the successful Bidder a Performance Bank Guarantee from a scheduled commercial bank payable on demand in terms of Annexure C for an amount equivalent to ten percent (10) of the contract price for the due performance and fulfilment of the contract by the Bidder Without prejudice to the other rights of the Purchaser under the Contract in the matter the proceeds of the performance security shall be payable to RBI as compensation for any loss resulting from the Bidders failure to complete its obligations under the Contract RBI shall notify the Bidder in writing of the invocation of its right to receive such compensation indicating the contractual obligation(s) for which the Bidder is in default The Performance Bank Guarantee shall be denominated in INR and shall be in the form of bank guarantee unless another form is specified by RBI After Go Live Performance Bank Guarantee will be returned back to bidder on submission of Financial Bank Guarantee which shall be submitted by the Bidder within

Bidder submits that the Performance Bank Guarantee shall be for a value of 10 of the One-time cost as this is to ensure proper execution of the roll out

90 days of Go-Live Non-submission of Performance Guarantee shall constitute sufficient grounds among others if any for the annulment of the award of the tender

60 88 Financial Bank Guarantee As per RFP

Page No 130 and 131 amp Section 88

The successful Bidder shall at his own expense deposit with The Chief General Manager-In-Charge Department of Information Technology Reserve Bank of India Mumbai within Ninety (90) days of Go-Live of application before the issuance of Certificate of Completion a Bank Guarantee from a scheduled commercial bank payable on demand in terms of Annexure O for an amount equivalent to ten percent (10) of the contract price as mentioned in Annexure Q of Commercial Bid submitted by the bidder for the due performance and fulfilment of the contract by the Bidder during the warranty and AMC period of 7 years After Go Live Performance Bank Guarantee will be returned back to bidder on submission of Financial Bank Guarantee Without prejudice to the other rights of the Purchaser under the Contract in the matter the proceeds of the performance security shall be payable to RBI as compensation for any loss resulting from the Bidders failure to complete its obligations under the Contract RBI shall notify the Bidder in writing of the invocation of its right to receive such compensation indicating the contractual obligation(s) for which the Bidder is in default The Financial Bank Guarantee shall be valid till the

Bidder submits that the Financial Bank Guarantee shall be for a value of 10 of the Average Annual Support Cost (Section B of Annexure Q)

end of AMC denominated in INR and shall be in the form of bank guarantee unless another form is specified by RBI Non-submission of Financial Guarantee shall constitute sufficient grounds among others if any for the annulment of the award of the tender

61 Page No 240 and Annexure G point 7

Integrity Pact Bidder requests to modify the clause as follows

As per RFP

7 Fall Clause The BIDDER undertakes that it has not supplied is not supplying identical solution similar product services or sub-services during last one year from the date of issuance of this RFP at a price lower than that offered in the present bid to any other entity If it is found at any stage that identical solution similar product services or sub-services was supplied by the BIDDER to any other entity at a lower price then that very price with due allowance for elapsed time will be applicable to the present case and the difference in the cost would be refunded by the BIDDER to the BUYER if the contract has already been concluded

The BIDDER undertakes that it has not supplied is not supplying similar product services or sub-services during last one year from the date of issuance of this RFP at a price lower than that offered in the present bid to any other entity If it is found at any stage that similar product services or sub-services was supplied by the BIDDER to any other entity at a lower price then that very price with due allowance for elapsed time will be applicable to the present case and the difference in the cost would be refunded by the BIDDER to the BUYER if the contract has already been concluded

62 Page No 25 and Section 21

5 Inward Management - When a postal mailphysical letter is Inwarded directly the System should capture the details of the incoming physical letter viz from address subject language etc Data like subject should be auto-filled but should be editable The application should support generation of Suo Moto note which is an Inward generated without any incoming letteremail

Bidders request to share the meaning for Auto-filled in case of manual scanning

Shall be discussed during System Study

63 Page No 27 and Section 21

17 Outward Management - Approval of the Outward should be done by the User at least one level higher in the hierarchy (N+1) as per the AD than the User who created the Outward Admins should be able to configure exceptions to this rule for users at senior management level as decided by the concerned departments of the Bank

Bidder request to clarify if the implemented AD has the hierarchy defined to handle the workflow scenarios

Hierarchy shall be defined

64 Page No 27 and Section 21

21 Scan amp Upload - The Scanning product should have inbuilt capability to do a full page OCR amp ICR (for both Hindi amp English documents) and also convert the images to searchable forms like Searchable PDF

ICR will be helpful for Incurable colour dropout user form Since all documents are office papers it may not be useful so bidder request to remove the ICR component

As per RFP

65 Page No 32 and Section 22

42 OCR amp ICR - By using ICR technology any handwritten text should be converted into word text searchable PDF format or word document format with high accuracy

Bidder understands that ICR used for a handwritten document has max accuracy may not be more than 70 as per industry standards Request Bank to remove ICR technology only for structured format only

As per RFP

66 Page No 66 and Section 31

The hardware system software application software should be compatible with Data Centre policy network architecture etc already established in the Bank

Bidders request to share the Data Centre Policy and network Architecture

Shall be discussed with successful bidder

67 Page No 67 and Section 31

18 Though the system should be used prospectively for the workflow it should have the capability to capture and integrate the paper based as well as electronic records created so far in the Bank

Capability to have reference point of hard copy reference numbers

Shall be discussed during System Study

68 Page No 67 and Section 31

21 The system as well as the workflow carried out in the system should be fully auditable

Request to confirm if bidder needs to recommend sizing for fully auditable data store

Yes

69 Page No 71 and Section 38

Data migration will be the responsibility of the Bidder All necessary tools queries required for extraction transformation and migration must be provided by the Bidder It is the Bidders responsibility to ensure accuracy integrity and completeness of the data migration from legacy DMIS application to new EDMS application

Request to confirm if bidder needs produce data migration report with column by column comparison report for reconciliation

As per RFP

70 Page No 71 and Section 38

1 Data Migration is broadly divided into following three major sub-components iii Data migration audit and certification on the accuracy of data porting from the DMIS system to EDMS

Request to confirm if bidder needs produce data migration report with column by column comparison report for reconciliation

As per RFP

71 Page No 72 and Section 38

6 The Bidder is expected to provide an archival solution within the proposed application for the historical data The necessary configuration and implementation of the archival solution shall be the responsibility of the Bidder

Bidder wants to know what is the archival policy for RBI Is it seven years or more

Shall be discussed with successful bidder

72 Page No 73 and Section 38

12 RBI reserves the right to data migration by respective stakeholders of proposed solution and any gaps discrepancies found during the functions of application are to be rectified by the Bidder

Bidder wants to know if the data migration is other than DMIS system

As per RFP

73 Page No 73 and Section 38

16 The Bidder is required to certify completeness and accuracy of migrated data transaction history and balances at each data migration instance

Bidder requests Bank to confirm if bidder needs to produce data migration report with column by column comparison report for reconciliation

As per RFP

74 Page No 81 and Section 317

1 The solution deployed by Bidder should conform to Recovery Time Objective (RTO) and Recovery Point objective (RPO) defined by Bank

Bidder request to know for replication of data from DC-DR there will be a requirement of Replication software requirement Will this be provided by bank What is the replication software

Will be part of BCP and DR policy to be shared later with the successful bidder

2 Bidder should make sure that DR and DR drill is performed in alignment with Banks existing processes 3 The Bidder has to participate in DR drills as and when conducted by the Bank 4 During DR drills the vendor has to provide support at DR site for the activities related to the proposed solution 5 The Bidder is responsible for keeping the proposed solution and Database in sync in DC and DR 6 In case of any DR situation the Bidder has to shift application to DR site after Intimation to Bank 7 The bidder has to prepare a Business Continuity Plan and have it approved by the Bank

75 Page No 81 and Section 317

2 Bidder should make sure that DR and DR drill is performed in alignment with Banks existing processes

Bidder request to know if the DR automation tool will this be provided by bank What is the DR automation tool bank use

Will be part of BCP and DR policy to be shared later with the successful bidder

3 The Bidder has to participate in DR drills as and when conducted by the Bank

4 During DR drills the vendor has to provide support at DR site for the activities related to the proposed solution 6 In case of any DR situation the Bidder has to shift application to DR site after Intimation to Bank 7 The bidder has to prepare a Business Continuity Plan and have it approved by the Bank

76 Page No 84 and Section 319

The vendors shall guarantee that with the proposed configurationspecifications the required system application response times as indicated below shall be complied with keeping in view that up to 2000 concurrent users would be connected to the system The required response time and performance standards shall be maintained throughout the contract period Bidder is expected to carry performance testing and share the result with the Bank throughout the contract period In case the implemented solutions do not meet the required response time or in the event of performance degradation that shall require upgradesaugmentation in the softwarehardware the corresponding cost shall be borne by the solution provider

Application SLA As per RFP

77 Page No 85 and Section 321

The Bank will provide following hosting environment to the application

Request Bank to ensure Bidder is not underquoting hardware requirement Also support cost for hardware OS DB etc are not considered in the price Bidder assumes that the cost for the same will be added by RBI with hardware cost

As per RFP

78 Page No 92 and Section 330

3 Vendor is required to give all sorts of support required in case RBI decides to move the implemented EDMS on cloud services or IaaS in future This support will include everything starting from shunting of the running EDMS temporarily to alternate arrangement till all the Hw Sw etc are installed amp made running in the new IaaS or Cloud environment (Logistics Technical Integration support etc)

Bidder requests to add the cloud migration support cost as part of commercial template

As per RFP

4 The vendor must also include a detailed resource plan that describes the Project Management and identify Implementation Teams‟ composition It shall define the roles and responsibilities of each member and the number of person-days that will be required of each member 5 Business Process Reengineering ndash The vendor shall include the impact of the new system to the operations of Client If applicable the proponent shall recommend changes to the existing processes that would benefit Client

79 Page No 95 and Section 44

AMC pay-outs Bidder requests Bank to make the payments to be done quarterly arrears

As per RFP

80 Page No 84 and Section 319

CPU Utilization lt60 Bidder request to definition of 60 Is it average utilisation of 10 working hours

As per RFP

81 Page No 274 and Annexure T

Resource table 32333435 says 12x5 hours but defined as 1 resource

For 12 x 5 working hours only 1 resource has been defined As per working hours one resource cannot work for 12 hrs Request Bank to add 1 more resource for the working hours or change the working hours for 1 resource only

For Annexure T for line items 31 to 35 Bidders are advised to consider 8 x 5 working hours where requirement of only 1 resource has been mentioned (Ahmedabad has 2 locations so 2 resources are required) For line items 25 to 30 where support hours are mentioned as 12 x 5 and requirement of multiple resources is mentioned resources are expected to work in 8 x 5 shift scheduled in a manner to provide support for 12 x 5 All other conditionsrequirements mentioned in the table remain unchanged

82 Page No 84 and Section 320

General Bidder requests Bank to normalise the CPU to x86 based system some bidder may propose proprietary CPU which may lead to ambiguity

As per RFP

83 Page No 7 and Section 1

Introduction The Bank desires to implement Electronic Document Management System (EDMS) across all the locations (Pan India) and all the departments regional offices and training establishments of the Bank- As per our understanding this pertains to multi-sites and multi-instances deployment of EDMS solution Kindly confirm and specify the number of sites for deployment

As per RFP

84 Page No 25 and Section 21

High Level Critical Requirements Does this involve any external users outside of RBIother banks

As per RFP

Also elaborate on the Push-Pull mechanism mentioned and frequency of Push-Pull mechanism mentioned in the RFP

85 Page No 30 and Section 22

Technical Bid(Functional Requirements)

The System should be able to accept input in Rajbhasha and preferably in other regional languages - As per our understanding input in English and Hindi should meet the business requirement If not kindly elaborate on the languages expected

As per RFP

86 Page No 44 and Section 22

Edit files within native applications without downloading first

We understand that different softwares have different proprietary formats which may not be accessible for editing apart from these specific softwares We suggest to edit these files in their native softwares to maintain document quality We would request you to please specify these file formats

As per RFP

87 Page No 50 and Section 22

Application should have capability to allow end users in public domain to create user id and upload documents for inwards created

Please suggest if this involves any external users outside of RBIOther banks

As per RFP

88 Page No 51 and Section 22

Technical Bid(Functional Requirements)

Does this involve any external users outside of RBIother banks

As per RFP

89 Page No 53 and Section 23

Technical Bid(Non-Functional Requirements)

Navigation speed would be majorly dependent on networkbandwidth made available so that accordingly pages can be loaded

As per RFP

90 Page No 54 and Section 23

Technical Bid(Non-Functional Requirements)

Will the Bank provide Data Centre policy details or will it be discussed and agreed mutually between two parties post bidder selection

Shall be discussed with successful bidder

91 Page No 87 and Section 324

The EDMS application is required to be compatible to integrate with API applications like REST SOAP or any other based API applications

What are the third party applications needs to be integrated apart from those mentioned here

Integration envisaged for Go-Live - Active Directory Mail Messaging System SAMADHAN IRM and DMIS Other integration will be done during continuous development

92 Page No 100 and Section 53

Scope of Work Kindly convert the hours mentioned in TTR section into business hours

As per RFP

93 Page No 197 and Annexure D2

Functional Requirements Since this is a generic statement and no details can be finale present for customisations involved against this point

As per RFP

94 Page No 199 and Annexure D2

Functional Requirements Please elaborate Also there should not be any scores since preferred style or standard is not mentioned

As per RFP

95 Page No 207 and Annexure D3

Non-Functional Requirements Please elaborate what is user access level parameterised through admin level here

As per RFP

96 Page No 209 and Annexure D3

Non-Functional Requirements Please explain what does parameterisation mean and include here

As per RFP

97 Page No 226 and Annexure D6

Approach Paper Please clarify if scalability of document volume 30 is year on year increase and also we will consider 4 mn documents for initial year for calculating storage requirements Please check if our understanding is correct Also provide no of pages per document and size of each document etc

As per RFP

98 General Query Training Section Kindly share the number of the RBI team members to whom the training will be imparted

5 batches of 30-40 user each Total training to be provide to around 200 User at Mumbai Pune

99 General Query Customization and Integration As per our understanding the Integration with the third party applications is for image enablement and doc uploaddownload

As per RFP

100 General Query Technical Bid(Functional Requirements)

For the Workflow automation requirement can we get a sample process for each of the workflow described to understand the complexity of the process

Shall be discussed during System Study

101 General Query Technical Solution amp Training Please suggest the volume of documents involved for extraction scope

As per RFP

102 General Query Presentation amp POC of the Solution As per our understanding scope of POC in the RFP is the same as explained through the scenarios in EOI Please confirm

As per RFP

103 Page No 226 and Annexure D6

Functional Requirements Rearrange pages in a document or create a new document from a page using drag and drop This functionality is a part of specialized document creating softwares and not document management system Hence we request you to kindly drop this point

As per RFP

104 General Query

Functional Requirements What is the current ticketing tool being used by the bank

S-MAX

105 Page No 113 and Section 645

Implementation Experience Implementation Experience Table - Are there any scores that are assigned with parameters - No of projects Total Users Concurrent Users Volume of documents

As per RFP

106 Page No 256 and Annexure D5

NA What is the difference between D4 and D5 Both appear same in terms of format and information requested

D4 will be signed by the bidder D5 will be signed by bidders previousexisting clients where

DMS with workflow solution was implemented in past

107 Page No 224 and Annexure D4

Annexure D4 Technical Bid (Implementation Experience)

There is no minimum count mentioned for DMS with workflow automation Project Implementation Experience Two project credentials (PO or client letter) would be sufficient

As per RFP

108 Page No 81 and Section 318

Continuous Development What are the number of resources that the bank expects to be a part of Continuous Development

As per RFP

109 Page No 92 and Section 330

Scope of Work Since the amount of support and scope of work for cloud services is not very clear at this stage we recommend to keep this component out of commercial bid and take it on Time and Material need basis

As per RFP

110 Page No 106 and Section 63

Presentation amp POC of the Solution It is assumed that the POC requested in the RFP is the same as per the EOI and is based on the same use cases that were a part of the EOI process Please clarify

As per RFP

111 Page No 25 and Section 21

The solution should also be capable of integration with native office 365 and

Please name what are industry standard open office tools Please provide detail of existing IRM system

Microsoft IRM

industry standard open office tools The proposed solution needs to be integrated with existing (or any future standard system) of IRM

112 Page No 25 and Section 21

InwardOutward Management Flow of data from Web Interface to EDMS and vice versa should happen in batches and support push pull mechanism

Proposed system will provided web services for CRUD operation Same services will be consumed by external system for Inward management Also

Shall be discussed during SRS

Frequency of push pull should be configurable

proposed system will consume web service provided by external systems for Outward service Any change these external system will be out of scope Please confirm if our understanding is correct

113 Page No 27 and Section 21

The Scanning product should have inbuilt capability to do a full page OCR amp ICR (for both Hindi amp English documents) and also convert the images to searchable forms like Searchable PDF

Accuracy of capturing Hand written information in during OCRICR is totally depends on input and must be out of scope Please confirm if our understanding is correct

Accuracy of OCR for Machine Readable documents should be 100 and search should be faster amp accurate and it is in scope whereas the accuracy for ICR for hand written documents may be varied but is in scope

114 Page No 27 and Section 21

The System should be able to search in English Hindi amp combination of both System must provide the ability to search from bi-lingual content sources Reports should be in Hindi and English

Language conversion from English to Hindi and vice versa is not in scope Information saved in English language can be search in English Same way information saved in Hindi language will be searched in Hindi only Please confirm if our understanding is correct

Yes

115 Page No 34 and Section 22

Scanned file naming convention and folder structure to be used to store the scanned files and would be as per the

File name will be in English only Please confirm if our understanding is correct

Application should support Bilingual file names

policies defined by RBI for file naming conventions in bilingual language (Rajbhasha(Hindi) English)

116 Page no 58 amp Section 23

Compatible DevOps for version control in Test and Production environment

Please elaborate the requirement for Compatible DevOps for version control

Shall be discussed with successful bidder

117 The RBI reserves the right to conduct Yes

Page no 59 amp Section 23

further security testing of the system by either RBI personnel or another party Any gaps identified during this testing should be fixed by bidder at their own cost

STQC and VAPT will be in RBI scope SI will responsible for closing the GAP identified Please confirm if our understanding is correct

118 Page no 60 amp Section 23

The uniform user management policy envisaged by RBI in which single-sign-on concept for a user should be implemented

Please share existing Single-sign-on solution being used in RBI

Shall be shared with successful bidder

119 Page no 71 amp Section 38

ensure accuracy integrity and completeness of the data migration from legacy DMIS application to new EDMS application

Please provide below details Shall be discussed during System Study 1Which DB is being used(expr

OracleMSSQL etc) 2 Is DMIS application is open source built on JavaNet technology If not Please share which DMS product is being used along with version details 3How many table exists 4How many records need tp migrate 5How many documents need to migrate 6Does documents has versions 7Existing DMIS system architecture 8Other details which can be helpful to understand migration scope

120 Page no 97 amp Section 5

ldquoBusiness Operation Hoursrdquo shall be ldquoOne Hourrdquo prior to the start of ldquoWorking Hoursrdquo and would end ldquoOne Hourrdquo after ldquoWorking Hoursrdquo ldquoBusiness

Please confirm OampM support hours Will it be 700 AM to 900 PM (Mon-Friday) and on working Saturday What all Saturday will be working day

As per RFP

121 Page no 86 amp Section 323

The total number of users presently is expected to be around 10000 with 2000 concurrent users and annual growth of 10 in concurrent users

We believe all Bank users will not participate for workflowBPM task approval process For sizing please provide users count as per -

Workflows are applicable for all users and concurrency as mentioned in RFP

1) Total number of DMS users

2) Total number of BPMworkflow users 3)Concurrent DMS users 4)Concurrent BPMworkflow users

122 Page no 25 amp Section 21

Manage documents using a folder view with minimum 5 levels and support file types pdf tiff jpeg jpg doc docx xls xlsx ppt pptx png etc with version control

Please share the details of different type of documents Please provide below details

Shall be discussed during System Study

1) For New Documents a) Number of document ingestion per day - b) Average size of document - in KB c) Maximum size of document - in KB 2) What is percentage the Year on Year growth over 7 years for the number of documents added 3) Average number of document views per day 4) Average number of document searches per day

123 Page no 27 amp Section 21

The Scanning product should have inbuilt capability to do a full

Assuming scanning solution will be deployed centrally and access through web only If No Please share the number of location required for scanning solution Also do share number of scanning users number of template need to consider along with number metadata fields on each template

As per RFP

page OCR amp ICR (for both Hindi amp English documents) and also convert the images to searchable forms like Searchable PDF

124 Page no 28 amp Section 21

The System should be capable of supporting

For BPMWorkflow sizing can we get volumetric for

Shall be discussed during System Study

a Sequential routing ndash Note to be routed one after the other in a pre-defined sequence

1) No of Workload Per Month (Days per month)

b Ad-hoc routing Changing the routing sequence by an authorized personnel

2) No of Process instances Per Hour

c Push ndash pull routing Authorized person can decide the workflow

3)No of User Interactions (per screen)

4)Estimated Number of concurrent users for BPM

5) No of Transactions Per Seconds (TPS) Considered for Sizing (Rules Execution Per Second)

6)No of business process need to factor

7) complexity level of each processes 125 Page no 25 amp

Section 21 High Level Critical Requirements What is the corporate email used in

RBI is it MS exchange or lotus notes please share name and version

MS Exchange 2016

126 Page no 25 amp Section 21

High Level Critical Requirements Are you using On-premise of Azure Active Directory

Shall be shared with successful bidder

127 Page no 28 amp Section 21

High Level Critical Requirements Is there a requirement that all inputs fields should be allowed in both English and Hindi or Hindi data entry is limited to comments notes and documents

All inputs fields should be allowed in both English and Hindi

128 Page no 28 amp Section 21

High Level Critical Requirements Is there expectation that search with English keyword should get translated to Hindi and bring out Hindi content with translated word In other words is there requirement of cross language search

As per RFP

129 Page no 86 amp Section 323

Licences Please confirm licenses other than DMS like for DB web or application server will be provided by RBI

As per RFP

130 Page no 74 amp Section 310

A Administrator Level Training (Technical)

As it is mentioned under Technical Training and not Onsite training what is the expectation for this type of training Is classroom training not required for the same

It will be onsite training

131 Page no 74 amp Section 310

A Administrator Level Training (Technical)

Please confirm the no of approximate Trainees Location Batches for conducting the technical training

5 batches of 30-40 user each Total training to be provide to around 200 User at Mumbai Pune

132 Page no 74 amp Section 310

B User Level Training (on-site) Please confirm the no of approximate Trainees Location Batches for conducting the end user training

5 batches of 30-40 user each Total training to be provide to around 200 User at Mumbai Pune

133 Page no 74 amp Section 310

B User Level Training (on-site) Is hands-on-training session also required for the trainees If yes please confirm

Yes

134 Page no 74 amp Section 310

B User Level Training (on-site) Is the refresher training also expected post Go Live during the support AMC period Please confirm

L0 will be responsible for regular training at respective locations

135 Page no 16 amp Section 14

Date amp Time of Final Submission of Technical amp Commercial Bids on the MSTC Portal

Please extend the bid submission date by two weeks from the current

Please refer Tenders section on RBI website wwwrbiorgin and MSTC e-commerce portal for updates if any regarding bid submission schedule

136 Page no 151 162 206 262

Annexure D1 High Level Critical Requirements

Please provide Annexure D1 D2 D3 amp Q in excel format

May be copied from RFP

Annexure D Annexure D2 Technical Bid (Functional Requirements

Annexure D3 Technical Bid (Non Functional Requirements)

Annexure Q Commercial Bid Format 137 Page no 7 amp

Section1 Introduction The Bank desires to implement

Electronic Document Management System (EDMS) across all the locations (Pan India) and all the departments regional offices and training establishments of the Bank- As per our understanding this pertains to multi-sites and multi-instances deployment of EDMS solution Please confirm and specify the number of sites for deployment

As per RFP

138 Page no 25 amp Section 21

High Level Critical Requirements Does this involve any external users outside of RBIother banks

As per RFP

Also elaborate on the Push-Pull mechanism mentioned and frequency of Push-Pull mechanism mentioned in the RFP

139 Page no 30 amp Section 21

High Level Critical Requirements The System should be able to accept input in Rajbhasha and preferably in other regional languages - As per our understanding input in English and Hindi should meet the business requirement If not kindly elaborate on the languages expected

As per RFP

140 Page no 44 amp Section 21

High Level Critical Requirements Edit files within native applications without downloading first -We understand that different softwarersquos have different proprietary formats which may not be accessible for editing apart from this specific softwarersquos We suggest to edit these files in their native softwarersquos to maintain document quality We would request you to please specify these file formats

As per RFP

141 Page no 50 amp Section 22

Functional Requirements Application should have capability to allow end users in public domain to create user id and upload documents for inwards created - Please suggest if this involves any external users outside of RBIOther banks

As per RFP

142 Page no 51 amp Section 22

Functional Requirements Does this involve any external users outside of RBIother banks

Yes

143 Page no 53 amp Section 23

Non-Functional Requirements Navigation speed would be majorly dependent on networkbandwidth made available so that accordingly pages can be loaded

As per RFP

144 Page no 54 amp Section 23

Non-Functional Requirements Will the Bank provide Data Centre policy details or will it be discussed and agreed mutually between two parties post bidder selection

Shall be shared with successful bidder

145 Page no 87 amp Section 324

Customization and Integration The EDMS application is required to be compatible to integrate with API applications like REST SOAP or any other based API applications- What are the third party applications needs to be

Integration envisaged for Go-Live - Active Directory Mail Messaging System SAMADHAN IRM DMIS Other integration will be done during continuous development

integrated apart from those mentioned here

146 Page no 99 amp Section 53

Scope of Work Kindly convert the hours mentioned in TTR section into business hours

As per RFP

147 Page no 197 amp Admixture D2

Technical Bid (Functional Requirements)

Since this is a generic statement and no details can be finale present for customisations involved against this point

As per RFP

148 Page no 199 amp Admixture D2

Technical Bid (Functional Requirements)

Please elaborate Also there should not be any scores since preferred style or standard is not mentioned

User rights Management includes the ReadWrite privileges to the user which will be provided by RBI

149 Page no 207 amp Annexure D3

Technical Bid (Non-Functional Requirements)

Please elaborate what is user access level parameterised through admin level here

As per RFP

150 Page no 209 amp Annexure D2

Technical Bid (Functional Requirements)

Please explain what does parameterisation mean and include here

As per RFP

151 Page no 226 amp Annexure D6

Annexure D6 - Approach Paper Please clarify if scalability of document volume 30 is year on year increase and also we will consider 4 MN documents for initial year for calculating storage requirements Please check if our understanding is correct Also provide no of pages per document and size of each document etc

As per RFP

152 General Query Training Section Kindly share the number of the RBI team members to whom the training will be imparted

5 batches of 30-40 user each Total training to be provide to around 200 User at Mumbai Pune

153 General Query Customization and Integration As per our understanding the Integration with the third party applications is for image enablement and doc uploaddownload

Shall be discussed during System Study

154 General Query Technical Bid (Functional Requirements)

For the Workflow automation requirement can we get a sample process for each of the workflow described to understand the complexity of the process

Yes

155 General Query Technical Solution amp Training Please suggest the volume of documents involved for extraction scope

As per RFP

156 General Query Presentation amp POC of the Solution As per our understanding scope of POC in the RFP is the same as explained through the scenarios in EOI Please confirm

Yes

157 Page no 163 amp Annexure D2

Technical Bid (Non-Functional Requirements)

Rearrange pages in a document or create a new document from a page using drag and drop This functionality is a part of specialized document creating softwarersquos and not document management system Hence we request you to kindly drop this point

As per RFP

158 Page no 19 and section No 15

11 ldquoAgreementrdquo means the contract signed between the Bank and the Selected Bidder and all the attached documents The ldquoAgreementrdquo includes the RFP subsequent modifications to the RFP response of the selected vendor to the RFP and the contract document itself

11 ldquoAgreementrdquo means the contract signed between the Bank and the Selected Bidder and all the attached documents all of which shall be on mutually agreed terms and conditions The ldquoAgreementrdquo includes the RFP subsequent modifications to the RFP response of the selected vendor to the RFP and the contract document itself

As per RFP

17 ldquoIntegrationrdquo means the system should be able to integrate with existing componentsapplications like Active Directory MS Office 365 and support other 3rd party integration if required

17 ldquoIntegrationrdquo means the system should be able to integrate with existing componentsapplications like Active Directory MS Office 365 and support other 3rd party integration if required

18 ldquoCommissioningrdquo means the System shall be considered to have been commissioned when the entire job including supply installation integration configuration testing and deployment of all hardware amp software is executed to the satisfaction of the Purchaser

18 ldquoCommissioningrdquo means the System shall be considered to have been commissioned when the entire job including supply installation integration configuration testing and deployment of all hardware amp software is executed as per the terms of the RFP to the satisfaction of the Purchaser

159 Page No 66 amp Section No 31

The scope of the system can be enhanced as per requirements of RBI

The scope of the system can be enhanced as per requirements of RBI However It should be restricted to +-10 maximum of the quantity quoted as per RFP

As per RFP

Bidder agrees to provide the increased quantity at the same terms and conditions However additional prices shall be charged for the goods supplied over the contracted quantity

160 Page No 75 amp Section No 311

The completion shall include satisfactory installation testing data migration non-functional requirements etc

The completion shall include satisfactory installation testing data migration non-functional requirements etc

As per RFP

4 Bidder should provide 90 days of hand holding support post Go-Live

4 Bidder should provide 30 90 days of hand holding support post Go-Live

5 On satisfactory performance of application post 90 days from Go-Live Bank will issue Completion Certificate

5 On satisfactory performance of application post 90 30 days from Go-Live Bank will issue Completion Certificate

6 In case of the Go-Live delays by the Bidder the financial Penalty as per the Banks discretion will be imposed on the Bidder at 5 of the total contract value per month of delay to the maximum of 10 of the total contract value as per the agreement between the Bank and the successful Bidder

6 In case of the Go-Live delays by the Bidder the financial Penalty as per the Banks discretion will be imposed on the Bidder at 5 05 of the total contract value delayed portion of ACV per month of delay to the maximum of 10 3 of the delayed portion of ACV total contract value as per the agreement between the Bank and the successful Bidder

161 Page No 77 amp Section No 313

5 If any defect in the Solution is not rectified by the Bidder before the end of the Warranty Period the Warranty Period shall be extended until

5 If any defect in the Solution is not rectified by the Bidder before the end of the Warranty Period the Warranty Period shall be extended until

As per RFP

(a) the defect has been corrected and (a) the defect has been corrected and (b) the Solution functions in accordance with the Contract

(b) the Solution functions in accordance with the Contract

6 Where the Bidder is not the Manufacturer of certain components of the Solution then the Bidder shall disclose the Manufacturerrsquos warranty for such components to the Bank and in the event such warranty exceeds the Bidderrsquos warranty under this

6 Where the Bidder is not the Manufacturer of certain components of the Solution then the Bidder shall disclose the Manufacturerrsquos warranty for such components to the Bank and in the event such warranty exceeds the Bidderrsquos warranty under this Contract in

Contract in any respect shall ensure that the Bank will receive the benefit of the Manufacturerrsquos warranty

any respect shall ensure that the Bank will receive the benefit of the Manufacturerrsquos warranty

7 The bidder is expected to provide requisite support to Bankrsquos operations team for Application-specific database back-up and Disaster Recovery activities during the entire warranty amp support period of 7 years

7 The bidder is expected to provide requisite support to Bankrsquos operations team for Application-specific database back-up and Disaster Recovery activities during the entire warranty amp support period of 7 years

162 Page No 79 amp Section No 315

The following are minimum qualifications and experience for key resources required to implement the EDMS solution Members which are considered for Technical bid evaluation shall be construed as Key Personnel including but not limited to members involved in EDMS customization and implementation architect database administrator The following personnel would be required during the Design Configuration Installation and Setup of the EDMS solution These key resources should be based in Mumbai

The following are minimum qualifications and experience for key resources required to implement the EDMS solution Members which are considered for Technical bid evaluation shall be construed as Key Personnel including but not limited to members involved in EDMS customization and implementation architect database administrator The following personnel would be required during the Design Configuration Installation and Setup of the EDMS solution These key resources should be based in Mumbai

As per RFP

163 Page No 87 amp Section No325

System amp Security Audit ADD As per RFP Notwithstanding anything contained in this RFP

a) Excluding a regulatorystatutory requirement if any nothing in this Agreement shall be construed or interpreted as requiring Bidder to provide to Bank access to or right to inspect examine audit and take copies of any fees price cost or any other financial information or any records or documents relating to the make-up of the Bidderrsquos internal overhead calculations their relationship to the fees any financial cost model calculation of fees or to the Bidderrsquos profitability or other such financial data b) All audit barring those required under a regulatory or statutory requirement may be done only on an annual basis and subject to a notice period of 20 days

164 Page No 93 amp Section No4 Payment Terms

1 Completion of process and system study Design and Build and Deployment in UAT - 15 of Implementation Cost specified at Item 1B of Annexure Q

1 Completion of process and system study Design and Build and Deployment in UAT -30 15 of Implementation Cost specified at Item 1B of Annexure Q

As per RFP

2 Data Migration Completion of User Acceptance Testing Creation of training content Train the Trainer and customer education content - 20 of Implementation Cost specified at Item 1B of Annexure Q

2 Data Migration Completion of User Acceptance Testing Creation of training content Train the Trainer and customer education content - 20 30 of Implementation Cost specified at Item 1B of Annexure Q

3 Complete Implementation and ldquoProduction Go-liverdquo of the project - 25 of Implementation Cost specified at Item 1B of Annexure Q

3 Complete Implementation and ldquoProduction Go-liverdquo of the project - 25 of Implementation Cost specified at Item 1B of Annexure Q

4 Receipt of Completion Certificate from the Bank

4 Receipt of Completion Certificate from the Bank

(post 90 days of achieving production Go-Live) - 30 of Implementation Cost specified at Item 1B of Annexure Q

(post 90 days of achieving production Go-Live) - 30 10 of Implementation Cost specified at Item 1B of Annexure Q

5 Amount payable during the warranty period - On completion of warranty period of three years The Financial Bank guarantee shall be valid for 7 years - 10 of Implementation Cost specified at Item 1B of Annexure Q

5 Amount payable during the warranty period - On completion of warranty period of three years The Financial Bank guarantee shall be valid for 7 years - 10 5 of Implementation Cost specified at Item 1B of Annexure Q

middot 100 of the License Cost indicated in Item 1A of Annexure Q shall be payable immediately on deployment in UAT environment Beta testing phase

middot 100 of the License Cost indicated in Item 1A of Annexure Q shall be payable immediately on deployment in UAT environment Beta testing phase

For each milestone to be marked completed the bidder should ensure that all the acceptance criteria are met and approved by the Bank as mentioned in various applicable sections in the RFP

For each milestone to be marked completed the bidder should ensure that all the acceptance criteria are met and approved by the Bank as mentioned in various applicable sections in the RFP

165 Page No 94 amp Section No43

Amount payable during the warranty period following successful implementation of application will be paid on completion of warranty period of three years The Financial Bank guarantee shall be valid for 7 years Performance Bank Guarantee will be released on submission of Financial Bank Guarantee

Amount payable during the warranty period following successful implementation of application will be paid in advance on completion of warranty period of three years The Financial Bank guarantee shall be valid for 7 years Performance Bank Guarantee will be released on submission of Financial Bank Guarantee

As per RFP

166 Page No 95 amp Section No44

The annual amount payable towards AMC would be paid at the end of every year following successful implementation of the application and delivery of satisfactory services

The annual amount payable towards AMC would be paid at the end start of every year following successful implementation of the application and delivery of satisfactory services

As per RFP

167 Page No 95 amp Section No45

The annual amount payable towards FMS and Development Team would be paid at the end of every year following successful implementation of the application and delivery of satisfactory services

The annual amount payable towards FMS and Development Team would be paid monthly at the end of every year following successful implementation of the application and delivery of satisfactory services

Please refer Corrigendum dated 7th October 2019

168 Page No 95 amp Section No44

The Bidders should note that the contract entered with the successful Bidder will be for implementation and post go‐live period of 7 years (3 years‟ warranty amp 4 years AMC amp FMS support) extendable at the Bankrsquos discretion The Bank will have the right in its sole discretion to renegotiate the prices terms and conditions

8 The Bidders should note that the contract entered with the successful Bidder will be for implementation and post go‐live period of 7 years (3 years‟ warranty amp 4 years AMC amp FMS support) extendable at the Bankrsquos discretion on mutually agreed terms The Bank will have the right in its sole discretion to renegotiate the prices terms and conditions

As per RFP

169 Page No 95 amp Section No45

The successful Bidder is expected to complete the responsibilities that have been assigned as per the specified time frame In case of the Rollout delays by the Bidder the financial Penalty as per the Banks discretion will be imposed on the Bidder at 5 of the total contract value per month of delay to the maximum of 10 of the total contract value as per the

The successful Bidder is expected to complete the responsibilities that have been assigned as per the specified time frame In case of the Rollout delays by the Bidder the financial Penalty as per the Banks discretion will be imposed on the Bidder at 5 05 of the total contract value delayed portion of ACV per month of delay to the maximum of 10 3 of the delayed portion of ACV

As per RFP

agreement between the Bank and the successful Bidder

of the total contract value as per the agreement between the Bank and the successful Bidder

Business Utility and Business Downtime would be the key considerations for determining the ldquoPenaltiesrdquo that would be levied on the Bidder for ldquoNon‐Adherencerdquo to the SLA for the Services offered The inability of the Bidder to provide the requirements as per the scope or to meet the deadlines as specified would be treated as breach of contract and invoke the Penalty Clause The maximum limit on the penalties during the period of contract shall be 10 of the total contract value The applicable ldquoPenaltiesrdquo would be the same irrespective of the root causes The Penalty shall be deducted from the next pay out (Warranty AMC amp FMS BG)

Business Utility and Business Downtime would be the key considerations for determining the ldquoPenaltiesrdquo that would be levied on the Bidder for ldquoNon‐Adherencerdquo to the SLA for the Services offered The inability of the Bidder to provide the requirements as per the scope or to meet the deadlines as specified would be treated as breach of contract and invoke the Penalty Clause The maximum limit on the penalties during the period of contract shall be 10 of the total contract value The applicable ldquoPenaltiesrdquo would be the same irrespective of the root causes The Penalty shall be deducted from the next pay out (Warranty AMC amp FMS BG)

The successful Bidder is expected to complete the responsibilities that have been assigned as per the specified time frame In case of the Rollout delays or more than 2 rollbacks by the Bidder the financial Penalty as per the Banks discretion will be imposed on

The successful Bidder is expected to complete the responsibilities that have been assigned as per the specified time frame In case of the Rollout delays or more than 2 rollbacks by the Bidder the financial Penalty as per the Banks discretion will be imposed on the Bidder

the Bidder at 5 of the total cost for the particular continuous development

at 5 3 of the total cost for the particular continuous development

The maximum limit on the penalties during the period of contract shall be 10 of the total contract value

The maximum limit on the penalties during the period of contract shall be 3 of ACV 10 of the total contract value

170 Page No 114 amp Section No66

Prices quoted by bidder in commercial bid shall be reasonable and as per industry standards If any extreme abnormalitiesdiscrepancies observed in prices RBI at its discretion will disqualify the Commercial Bid

Prices quoted by bidder in commercial bid shall be reasonable and as per industry standards If any extreme abnormalitiesdiscrepancies observed in prices RBI at its discretion will disqualify the Commercial Bid

As per RFP

171 Page No 123 amp Section No77

The Bids will be treated as valid for a period of 180 days from the closing date for submission of the bid

The Bids will be treated as valid for a period of 180 30 days from the closing date for submission of the bid

As per RFP

172 Page No 124 amp Section No711

2 2 The Bank will reserve the right to terminate the services of the successful Bidder at any point of the Project (during the implementation phase and post go-live) without assigning any reasons In such cases the Bank may consider making payment commensurate with the last completed phase

2 The Bank Either Party will reserve the right to terminate the services of the successful Bidder at any point of the Project (during the implementation phase and post go-live) without assigning any reasons subject to notice period of 3 months In such cases the Bank shall may consider making payment for all services and deliverables rendered up to the effective date of communication commensurate with the last completed phase

As per RFP

In the event of termination of any nature the Bidder shall be paid for the 1 goods delivered 2 services rendered 3 work in progress 4 unpaid AMCs 5 third party orders in pipeline which cannot be cancelled despite Bidders best efforts 6 unrecovered investments shall be paid by the Bank as per termination schedule till the date of termination

173 Page No 126 amp Section No8

1 Submission of a Proposal shall be deemed to constitute an acknowledgement by the Bidder that all obligations stipulated by this RFP will be met and unless specified otherwise the Bidder has read understood and agreed to all the instructions provided in this RFP

1 Submission of a Proposal shall be deemed to constitute an acknowledgement by the Bidder that all material obligations stipulated by this RFP will be met and unless specified otherwise the Bidder has read understood and agreed to all the instructions provided in this RFP

As per RFP

3 The Bidder selected for the solution will have to enter into a contract directly with RBI The contract will contain various terms and conditions including payment delivery installation amp operationalization training commissioning amp acceptance support during periods of warranty amp maintenance penalty due to delay in performance

3 The Bidder selected for the solution will have to enter into a contract directly with RBI on mutually agreed terms The contract will contain various terms and conditions including payment delivery installation amp operationalization training commissioning amp acceptance support during periods of warranty amp maintenance penalty due to delay in performance

174 Page No 126 amp Section No81

2 Adherence to terms and conditions The Bidders who wish to submit responses to this RFP should note that they should abide by all the terms and conditions contained in the RFP If the responses contain any extraneous conditions put in by the respondents such Bidders will be disqualified and will not be considered for the selection process

2 Adherence to terms and conditions The Bidders who wish to submit responses to this RFP should note that they should abide by all the mutually agreed terms and conditions contained in the RFP If the responses contain any extraneous conditions put in by the respondents such Bidders will be disqualified and will not be considered for the selection process

As per RFP

175 Page No 127 amp Section No81

4 Execution of SLA The Bidder should execute a Service Level Agreement which would include all the services and terms and conditions of the services to be extended as detailed herein and as may be prescribed by the Bank

4 Execution of SLA The Bidder should execute a Service Level Agreement on mutually agreed terms which would include all the services and terms and conditions of the services to be extended as detailed herein and as may be prescribed by the Bank

As per RFP

5 A declaration may be given by the Bidder stating that No relative of the Bidders is working in the Reserve Bank of India (Annexure K) If anyone working in the Bank is related to the Bidders the name designation and the department where the person is posted may be given Due to any breach of these conditions by the company or firm or any other person the Bank may decide to take appropriate action including cancellation of bid invocation of performance bank guarantee The company or firm or the person may also be debarred for further participation in the procurement process of the Bank in the future

5 A declaration may be given by the Bidder stating that No relative of the Bidders is working in the Reserve Bank of India (Annexure K) If anyone working in the Bank is related to the Bidders the name designation and the department where the person is posted may be given Due to any breach of these conditions by the company or firm or any other person the Bank may decide to take appropriate action including cancellation of bid invocation of performance bank guarantee The company or firm or the person may also be debarred for further participation in the procurement process of the Bank in the future

The relatives for this purpose are defined as -

The relatives for this purpose are defined as -

Oslash Members of a Hindu undivided family (HUF)

Oslash Members of a Hindu undivided family (HUF)

Oslash Husband and Wife Oslash Husband and Wife Oslash If one is related to the other in the manner as Father (includes step father) Mother (includes step mother) Son(s) (includes step son) amp Sonrsquos wife (daughter-in-law) Daughter(s) (includes step daughter) and Daughterrsquos husband (son-in-law) Brother(s) (includes step brother) and Brotherrsquos wife Sister(s) (includes step sister) and Sisterrsquos husband (brother-in-law)

Oslash If one is related to the other in the manner as Father (includes step father) Mother (includes step mother) Son(s) (includes step son) amp Sonrsquos wife (daughter-in-law) Daughter(s) (includes step daughter) and Daughterrsquos husband (son-in-law) Brother(s) (includes step brother) and Brotherrsquos wife Sister(s) (includes step sister) and Sisterrsquos husband (brother-in-law)

176 Page No 127 amp Section No82

The Proposal as well as all related correspondence exchanged by the Bidder and RBI shall be written in English language only The Bids will be treated as valid for a period of 180 days from the closing date for submission of the bid

The Proposal as well as all related correspondence exchanged by the Bidder and RBI shall be written in English language only The Bids will be treated as valid for a period of 180 30 days from the closing date for submission of the bid

As per RFP

177 Page No 128 amp Section No84

The Bidder shall at its own cost and expenses defend and indemnify RBI against all third-party claims including those of the infringement of Intellectual Property Rights including patent trademark copyright trade secret or industrial design rights arising from use of the Products or any part thereof in India

The Bidder Either Party (Indemnitor) shall at its own cost and expenses defend and indemnify the other Party (Indemnitee) RBI against all third-party claims including limited to those of the infringement of Intellectual Property Rights including patent trademark copyright trade secret or industrial design rights directly and proximately arising from use of the Products or any part thereof in India

As per RFP

If RBI is required to pay compensation to a third party resulting from such infringement the Bidder shall be fully responsible therefore including all expenses and court and legal fees The Bidder shall also be liable to indemnify RBI at its own cost and expenses against all losses damages which RBI may suffer on account of violation by the Bidder of any or all national international trade laws norms standards procedures etc

If RBI is required to pay compensation to a third party resulting from such infringement the Indemnitor Bidder shall be fully responsible therefore including all expenses and court and legal fees The Indemnitor Bidder shall also be liable to indemnify IndemniteeRBI at its own cost and expenses against all third party losses damages which IndemniteeRBI may suffer on account of violation by the Indemnitor Bidder of any or all national international trade laws norms standards procedures etc

178 Page No 129 amp Section No85

RBI reserves the right to cancel the contract of the selected Bidder and recover expenditure incurred by RBI if the progress regarding execution of the contract made by the selected Bidder is found to be unsatisfactory for any reason After the award of the contract if the selected Bidder does not perform satisfactorily or delays execution of the contract RBI reserves the right to get the balance contract executed by another party of its choice by giving one monthrsquos‟ notice for the same In this event the selected Bidder is bound to make good the additional expenditure which RBI may have to incur to carry out bidding process for the execution of the balance of the contract This clause will be surviving even where for any reason the contract is cancelled RBI reserves the right to recover any dues payable by the selected Bidder from any amount outstanding to the credit of the selected Bidder including the pending bills andor invoking Bank Guarantee if any under this contract or any other contractorder

RBI reserves the right to cancel the contract of the selected Bidder In the event of cancellation of contract the Bank is liable to pay the bidder for the goods delivered and services rendered till the date of termination and recover expenditure incurred by RBI if the progress regarding execution of the contract made by the selected Bidder is found not to be as per the material terms of the RFP unsatisfactory for any reason solely attributable to the bidder After the award of the contract if the selected Bidder does not perform as per the material terms of the RFP satisfactorily or unduly delays execution of the contract subject to a cure period and notice of not less than 30 days RBI reserves the right to get the balance contract executed by another party of its choice by giving one monthrsquos‟ additional notice for the same In this event the selected Bidder is bound to make good the additional expenditure which RBI may have to incur to carry out bidding process for the execution of the balance of the contract Provided further that the Bidder shall not be liable to Excess Cost in excess of (ten) 10 percent of the price of undelivered goods or services for which such option is exercised by the Bank This clause will be surviving even where for any reason attributable to the bidder the contract is cancelled RBI reserves the

As per RFP

right to recover any dues payable by the selected Bidder from any amount outstanding to the credit of the selected Bidder including the pending bills andor invoking Bank Guarantee if any under this contract or any other contractorder

179 Page No 129 amp Section No86

Bidder will submit a Bank Guarantee from a scheduled commercial bank drawn in favour of Reserve Bank of India payable at Mumbai towards Earnest Money Deposit (EMD) for Rs 4000000- (Rupees Forty Lakhs only) The EMD of unsuccessful Bidders shall be returned within 30 days from the declaration of the disqualification of the respective Bidder No interest shall be paid on the EMD The EMD of the successful Bidder shall be returned after the successful Bidder furnishes the Performance Bank Guarantee Offers made without the Earnest money deposit are liable to be rejected The amount of Earnest money deposit would be forfeited in the following scenarios

Bidder will submit demand draftbankerrsquos chequepay order Bank Guarantee drawn in favour of Reserve Bank of India payable at Mumbai towards Earnest Money Deposit (EMD) for Rs 4000000- (Rupees Forty Lakhs only) The EMD of unsuccessful Bidders shall be returned within 15 days from the declaration of the disqualification of the respective Bidder No interest shall be paid on the EMD The EMD of the successful Bidder shall be returned after the successful Bidder furnishes the Performance Bank Guarantee Offers made without the Earnest money deposit will be rejected The amount of Earnest money deposit would be forfeited in the following scenarios

As per RFP

1 In case the Bidder withdraws the bid prior to validity period of the bid for any reason whatsoever

1 In case the Bidder withdraws the bid prior to validity period of the bid for any reason whatsoever after the deviations proposed are mutually agreed to between both the parties

2 In case the successful Bidder fails to accept and sign the contract within the timeline as specified in this document for any reason whatsoever or

2 In case the successful Bidder fails to accept and sign the contract on mutually agreed terms as specified in this document for any reason whatsoever or

3 In case the successful Bidder fails to provide the performance guarantee within 30 days from the date of placing the order by the Bank or signing of the

3 In case the successful Bidder fails to provide the performance guarantee within 30 days from the date of placing the order by the Bank or and signing of the contract on mutually agreed terms

contract whichever is earlier for any reason whatsoever

whichever is earlier for any reason whatsoever

In case the Bidder withdraws the bid

owing to the fact that the deviations proposed by the Bidder are not accepted by the Bank there shall be neither any forfeiture of EMD nor any other financial or legal implications

180 Page No 130 amp Section No87

The successful Bidder shall at his own expense deposit with The Chief General Manager-in-Charge Department of Information Technology Reserve Bank of India Mumbai within thirty (30) days from the final result of the bidding process and declaration of the successful Bidder a Performance Bank Guarantee from a scheduled commercial bank payable on demand in terms of Annexure C for an amount equivalent to ten percent (10) of the contract price for the due performance and fulfilment of the contract by the Bidder Without prejudice to the other rights of the Purchaser under the Contract in the matter the proceeds of the performance security shall be payable to RBI as compensation for any loss resulting from the Bidderrsquos failure to complete its obligations under the Contract RBI shall notify the Bidder in writing of the invocation of its right to receive such compensation indicating the contractual obligation(s) for which the Bidder is in default The Performance Bank Guarantee shall be denominated in INR and shall be in the form of bank guarantee unless another form is specified by RBI After Go Live Performance Bank Guarantee will be returned back to bidder on submission of Financial Bank Guarantee which shall be submitted by the Bidder within

The successful Bidder shall at his own expense deposit with The Chief General Manager-in-Charge Department of Information Technology Reserve Bank of India Mumbai within thirty (30) days from the final result of the bidding process and declaration of the successful Bidder a Performance Bank Guarantee from a scheduled commercial bank payable on demand in terms of Annexure C for an amount equivalent to ten percent (10) of the contract price for the due performance and fulfilment of the contract by the Bidder Without prejudice to the other rights of the Purchaser under the Contract in the matter the proceeds of the performance security shall be payable to RBI as compensation for any loss resulting from the Bidderrsquos failure to complete its obligations under the Contract RBI shall notify the Bidder in writing of the invocation of its right to receive such compensation indicating the contractual obligation(s) for which the Bidder is in default The Performance Bank Guarantee shall be denominated in INR and shall be in the form of bank guarantee unless another form is specified by RBI After Go Live Performance Bank Guarantee will be returned back to bidder on submission of Financial Bank Guarantee which shall be submitted by the Bidder within 90 days of Go-Live Non-submission of

As per RFP

90 days of Go-Live Non-submission of Performance Guarantee shall constitute sufficient grounds among others if any for the annulment of the award of the tender

Performance Guarantee shall constitute sufficient grounds among others if any for the annulment of the award of the tender

181 Page No 130 amp Section No88

The successful Bidder shall at his own expense deposit with The Chief General Manager-In-Charge Department of Information Technology Reserve Bank of India Mumbai within Ninety (90) days of Go-Live of application before the issuance of Certificate of Completion a Bank Guarantee from a scheduled commercial bank payable on demand in terms of Annexure O for an amount equivalent to ten percent (10) of the contract price as mentioned in Annexure Q of Commercial Bid submitted by the bidder for the due performance and fulfilment of the contract by the Bidder during the warranty and AMC period of 7 years After Go Live Performance Bank Guarantee will be returned back to bidder on submission of Financial Bank Guarantee Without prejudice to the other rights of the Purchaser under the Contract in the matter the proceeds of the performance security shall be payable to RBI as compensation for any loss resulting from the Bidderrsquos failure to complete its obligations under the Contract RBI shall notify the Bidder in writing of the invocation of its right to receive such compensation indicating the contractual obligation(s) for which the Bidder is in default The Financial Bank Guarantee shall be valid till the

The successful Bidder shall at his own expense deposit with The Chief General Manager-In-Charge Department of Information Technology Reserve Bank of India Mumbai within Ninety (90) days of Go-Live of application before the issuance of Certificate of Completion a Bank Guarantee from a scheduled commercial bank payable on demand in terms of Annexure O for an amount equivalent to ten percent (10) of the contract price as mentioned in Annexure Q of Commercial Bid submitted by the bidder for the due performance and fulfilment of the contract by the Bidder during the warranty and AMC period of 7 years After Go Live Performance Bank Guarantee will be returned back to bidder on submission of Financial Bank Guarantee Without prejudice to the other rights of the Purchaser under the Contract in the matter the proceeds of the performance security shall be payable to RBI as compensation for any loss resulting from the Bidderrsquos failure to complete its obligations under the Contract RBI shall notify the Bidder in writing of the invocation of its right to receive such compensation indicating the contractual obligation(s) for which the Bidder is in default The Financial Bank Guarantee shall be valid till the end of AMC denominated in INR and shall be in the form of bank guarantee

As per RFP

end of AMC denominated in INR and shall be in the form of bank guarantee unless another form is specified by RBI Non-submission of Financial Guarantee shall constitute sufficient grounds among others if any for the annulment of the award of the tender

unless another form is specified by RBI Non-submission of Financial Guarantee shall constitute sufficient grounds among others if any for the annulment of the award of the tender

182 Page No 131 amp Section No810

Unless otherwise directed by the Purchaser in writing the Bidder shall continue to perform his obligations under the contract as far as possible and shall seek all means for performance of all other obligations not prevented by the Force Majeure event

Unless otherwise directed by the Purchaser in writing the Bidder shall continue to perform his obligations under the contract as far as reasonably possible and shall seek all means for performance of all other obligations not prevented by the Force Majeure event

As per RFP

Such Force Majeure events will not entitle the Purchaser to delay payment to be made to the Bidder

183 Page No 131 amp Section No811

7 This undertaking shall not apply to Confidential Information that

7 This undertaking shall not apply to Confidential Information that

As per RFP

- Is in the public domain at the time it is acquired by us

- Is in the public domain at the time it is acquired by us

- Enters the public domain subsequent to our acquisition otherwise than as a result of unauthorised disclosure by us and

- Enters the public domain subsequent to our acquisition otherwise than as a result of unauthorised disclosure by us

- Is independently developed by us - is rightfully acquired prior to disclosure by the RBI and

- Is independently developed by us 184 Page No 132

amp Section No813

The Bank reserves the right to alter the requirements specified in the RFP Document The Bank will inform all Bidders about changes if any

The Bank reserves the right to alter the requirements specified in the RFP Document up to the date of submission of the final bid The Bank will inform all Bidders about changes if any Also It should be restricted to +-10 maximum of the quantity quoted as per RFP

As per RFP

The Bidder agrees that the Bank has no limit on the additions or deletions on the items for the period of the contract

Bidder agrees to provide the increased quantity at the same terms and conditions However additional prices shall be charged for the goods supplied over the contracted quantity

The Bidder agrees that the Bank has no limit on the additions or deletions on the items for the period of the contract

185 Page No 133 amp Section No816

The Bidder should strictly adhere to the implementation schedule as specified in the purchase contract executed between the Parties for performance of the obligations arising out of the purchase contract and any delay in completion of the obligations by the Bidder will enable the Bank to resort to any or both of the following

The Bidder should strictly adhere to the implementation schedule as specified in the purchase contract executed between the Parties for performance of the obligations arising out of the purchase contract and any delay in completion of the obligations by the Bidder (for reason not attributable to the Purchaser) will only enable the Bank to resort to any or both of the following

As per RFP

Oslash Claiming Liquidated Damages Oslash Claiming Liquidated Damages Oslash Termination of the purchase agreement fully or partly and claim liquidated damages

Oslash Termination of the purchase agreement fully or partly and claim liquidated damages Bidder should be given 30 daysrsquo written notice to cure the default failing which may attract termination In the event of termination Bank shall pay Bidder for goods delivered and services rendered till the date of termination

186 Page No 134 amp Section No817

The liquidated damages is an estimate of the loss or damage that the Bank may have suffered due to delay in performance or non-performance of any or all the obligations (under the terms and conditions of the purchase contract relating to supply delivery installation operationalization implementation training supportservices acceptance etc) of the solution by the Bidder and the Bidder shall be liable to pay the Bank a

The liquidated damages is an estimate of the loss or damage that the Bank may have suffered due to delay in performance or non-performance of any or all the obligations (under the terms and conditions of the purchase contract relating to supply delivery installation operationalization implementation training supportservices acceptance etc) of the solution by the Bidder and the Bidder shall be liable to pay the Bank a fixed amount for each day of

As per RFP

fixed amount for each day of delay non-performance of the obligations by way of liquidated damages details of which will be specified in the purchase contract Without any prejudice to Bankrsquos other rights under the law the Bank shall recover the liquidated damages if any accruing to the Bank as above from any amount payable to the Bidder either as per the purchase contract executed between the parties or under any other purchase agreement contract the Bank may have executed shall be executing with the Bidder Liquidated Damages is not applicable for reasons attributable to the Bank and Force Majeure However it is the responsibilityonus of the Bidder to prove that the delay is attributed to the Bank and Force Majeure The Bidder shall submit the proof authenticated by the Bidder and bankrsquos official that the delay is attributed to the Bank and Force Majeure along with the bills requesting payment

delay non-performance of the obligations limited to a maximum of 3 of the delayedundelivered portion of ACV by way of liquidated damages details of which will be specified in the purchase contract Without any prejudice to Bankrsquos other rights under the law the Bank shall recover the liquidated damages if any accruing to the Bank as above from any amount payable to the Bidder either as per the purchase contract executed between the parties or under any other purchase agreement contract the Bank may have executed shall be executing with the Bidder Liquidated Damages is not applicable for reasons attributable to the Bank and Force Majeure However it is the responsibilityonus of the Bidder to prove that the delay is attributed to the Bank and Force Majeure The Bidder shall submit the proof authenticated by the Bidder and bankrsquos official that the delay is attributed to the Bank and Force Majeure along with the bills requesting payment

187 General Query Clause not present Total LD+ penalty that Bank can levy on Bidder shall not exceed 3 of ACV

As per RFP

188 Page No 137 and section 825

Neither the contract nor any rights granted under the contract may be sold leased assigned or otherwise transferred in whole or in part by the Bidder and any such attempted sale lease assignment or otherwise transfer shall be void and of no effect

Neither the contract nor any rights granted under the contract may be sold leased assigned or otherwise transferred in whole or in part by either Party the Bidder and any such attempted sale lease assignment or otherwise transfer shall be void and of

As per RFP

without the advance written consent of the Bank

no effect without the advance written consent of the other Party Bank

189 Page No 137 and section 826

The Bidder during the term of the contract and for a period of two years thereafter shall not without the express written consent of the Bank directly or indirectly

The Bidder Both Parties during the term of the contract and for a period of two years thereafter shall not without the express written consent of the other Party Bank directly or indirectly

As per RFP

1 Recruit hire appoint or engage or attempt to recruit hire appoint or engage or discuss employment with or otherwise utilize the services of any person who has been an employee or associate or engaged in any capacity by the Bank in rendering services under the contract or

1 Recruit hire appoint or engage or attempt to recruit hire appoint or engage or discuss employment with or otherwise utilize the services of any person who has been an employee or associate or engaged in any capacity by the other Party Bank in rendering services under the contract or

2 Induce any person who is have been an employee or associate of the Bank at any time to terminate his her relationship with the Bank

2 Induce any person who is have been an employee or associate of the other Party Bank at any time to terminate his her relationship with the other Party Bank

190 Page No 137 and section 829

The ownership of the source code and design for the EDMS specific to the Bank and all related application suites interface designs customisations design etc and related Intellectual Property Right (IPR) will lie with the Bank only All Bidders will need to adhere to this

The ownership of the source code and design for the EDMS specific to the Bank and all related application suites interface designs customisations design etc and related Intellectual Property Right (IPR) will lie with the Bank only All Bidders will need to adhere to this

As per RFP

Notwithstanding anything to the contrary no intellectual property rights of any nature shall be transferred from one Party to the other in the course of performing any obligations or otherwise under this agreement For the avoidance of doubt Bidders may use certain tools processes or methodologies of its own in performing the services Ownership of all intellectual property rights and any other rights in these shall vest with Bidder and no rights shall be deemed to have accrued to the Bank

191 Page No 139 and section 830

3 The Bidder during the term of the contract and for a period of two years thereafter shall not without the express written consent of RBI directly or indirectly recruit hire appoint or engage or attempt to recruit hire appoint or engage or discuss employment with or otherwise utilize the services of any person who has been an employee or associate or engaged in any capacity by RBI in rendering services under the contract or Induce any person who shall have been an employee or associate of RBI at any time to terminate his her relationship with RBI

3 The Bidder Either party during the term of the contract and for a period of two years thereafter shall not without the express written consent of the other Party RBI directly or indirectly recruit hire appoint or engage or attempt to recruit hire appoint or engage or discuss employment with or otherwise utilize the services of any person who has been an employee or associate or engaged in any capacity by the other Party RBI in rendering services under the contract or Induce any person who shall have been an employee or associate of the other Party RBI at any time to terminate his her relationship with the other Party RBI

As per RFP

192 Page No 139 and section 830

6 Professionalism The Bidder should provide professional objective and impartial advice at all times and hold the Bankrsquos interests paramount and should observe the highest standard of ethics while executing the assignment

6 Professionalism The Bidder should provide professional objective and impartial advice at all times and hold the Bankrsquos interests paramount and should observe the highest standard of ethics while executing the assignment

As per RFP

8 No legal binding relationship It may be noted that no binding legal relationship will exist between any of the Respondents of this RFP and the Bank until execution of a contractual agreement

8 No legal binding relationship It may be noted that no binding legal relationship will exist between any of the Respondents of this RFP and the Bank until execution of a contractual agreement on mutually agreed terms

193 Page No 126 and section 830

If the responses contain any extraneous conditions put in by the respondents such responses will be disqualified and will not be considered for the selection process

If the responses contain any extraneous conditions put in by the respondents such responses will be disqualified and will not be considered for the selection process

As per RFP

194 General Query EMD Unacceptable EMD forfeiture EMD to be forfeiture for breach of contract- not acceptable

As per RFP

195 Page No144 We hereby declare that all the information and statements made in this Proposal are true and we accept that any misinterpretation contained in it may lead to our disqualification

We hereby declare that all the information and statements made in this Proposal are true to the best of our knowledge and we accept that any intentional misinterpretation contained in it may lead to our disqualification

As per RFP

196 General Query PBG Request PBG to be invoked only for material breaches of terms and conditions

As per RFP

197 Page No229 amp Annexure E

We agree to abide by this Bid Offer for 180 days from the last day of bid submission and our Offer shall remain binding on us and may be accepted by RBI any time before expiry of the offer

We agree to abide by this Bid Offer for 30 180 days from the last day of bid submission and our Offer shall remain binding on us and may be accepted by RBI any time before expiry of the offer

As per RFP

198 Page No249 amp Annexure L

Further to our proposal dated ______________ in response to the Request for Proposal for Implementation of EDMS Application (hereinafter referred to as ldquoRFPrdquo) issued by Reserve Bank of India (ldquoRBIrdquo) we hereby covenant warrant and confirm as follows

Further to our proposal dated ______________ in response to the Request for Proposal for Implementation of EDMS Application (hereinafter referred to as ldquoRFPrdquo) issued by Reserve Bank of India (ldquoRBIrdquo) we hereby covenant warrant and confirm as follows

As per RFP

We hereby agree to comply with all the terms and conditions stipulations as contained in the RFP and the related addendums other documents and if required including the changes made to the original bid documents issued by RBI provided that the only list of deviations has been furnished by us in the relevant Annex

We hereby agree to comply with all the mutually agreed material terms and conditions stipulations as contained in the RFP and the related addendums other documents and if required including the changes made to the original bid documents issued by RBI provided that the only list of deviations has been furnished by us in the relevant Annex

199 Page No240 amp Annexure G

As per RFP The BIDDER undertakes that it has not supplied is not supplying similar product services or sub-services during last one year from the date of issuance of this RFP at a price lower than that offered in the present bid to any other entity If it is found at any stage that similar product services or sub-services was supplied by the BIDDER to any other entity at a lower price then that very price with due allowance for elapsed time will be applicable to the present case and the difference in the cost would be refunded by the BIDDER to the

The BIDDER undertakes that it has not supplied is not supplying similar product services or sub-services during last one year from the date of issuance of this RFP at a price lower than that offered in the present bid to any other entity If it is found at any stage that similar product services or sub-services was supplied by the BIDDER to any other entity at a lower price then that very price with due allowance for elapsed time will be applicable to the present case and the difference in the cost would be refunded by the BIDDER to the BUYER if the contract has already been concluded

BUYER if the contract has already been concluded

200 Page No243 amp Annexure I

We the undersigned as Bidder having examined the complete RFP document (along with its annexes) do hereby offer to produce deliver install support and maintain EDMS Application in full conformity of your requirements as elaborated in above said RFP for the amounts mentioned by us in the Commercial Bid or such other sums as may be agreed to between us

We the undersigned as Bidder having examined the complete RFP document (along with its annexes) do hereby offer to produce deliver install support and maintain EDMS Application in full conformity of your material requirements as elaborated in above said RFP for the amounts mentioned by us in the Commercial Bid or such other sums as may be agreed to between us

As per RFP

We agree to abide by our Offer for a period of 6 months from the date of last day of Bid submission and it shall remain binding on us for acceptance at any time before the expiration of this period

We agree to abide by our Offer for a period of 1 6 months from the date of last day of Bid submission and it shall remain binding on us for acceptance at any time before the expiration of this period

We understand that you are not bound to accept the lowest or any bid you may receive

We understand that you are not bound to accept the lowest or any bid you may receive

We undertake if our Bid is accepted to provide Performance Bank Guarantee and Financial Bank Guarantee as per the prescribed format within the timescales stipulated in the RFP

We undertake if our Bid is accepted to provide Performance Bank Guarantee and Financial Bank Guarantee as per the prescribed format within the timescales stipulated in the RFP after signing of contract on mutually agreed terms and conditions

201 General Query Annexure J Confidentiality and Non-Disclosure Agreement Undertaking

ADD As per RFP Notwithstanding anything to the contrary to the extent the Bidder shares any confidential information with RBI the provisions of this RFP shall apply mutatis mutandis to RBI The obligations of confidentiality for both Parties shall come to an end 3 years from the date of terminationexpiry of the contract to be entered into

202 Page No248 and Annexure K

Annexure K Self Declaration Relatives in RBI

SEEK DELETION OF ANNEXURE As per RFP

203 Page No259 and Annexure P

We agree to abide by this Tender Response for a period of 180 days from the last day of bid submission and it shall remain binding upon us until within this period a formal contract is prepared and executed this Tender Response together with your written acceptance thereof in your notification of award shall constitute a binding contract between us and will initiate the formation of a separate contract in respect of maintenance and support

We agree to abide by this Tender Response for a period of 30 180 days from the last day of bid submission and it shall remain binding upon us until within this period a formal contract is prepared and executed this Tender Response together with your written acceptance thereof in your notification of award shall not constitute a binding contract between us and will initiate the formation of a separate contract in respect of maintenance and support

As per RFP

services after expiry of the warranty period

services after expiry of the warranty period all of which shall be on mutually agreed terms

204 Page No276 amp Annexure U

8 The respondent has not been involved in any legal case that may affect the solvencyexistence of the applicant or in any other way affect the respondentrsquos capability to providecontinue services to RBI if RBI selects the respondent for EDMS

8 The respondent has not been involved in any legal case that may affect the solvencyexistence of the applicant or in any other way materially affect the respondentrsquos capability to providecontinue services to RBI if RBI selects the respondent for EDMS

As per RFP

9 The bidder accepts to follow all the clauses terms and conditions as set in the RFP document

9 The bidder accepts to follow all the clauses terms and conditions as set in the RFP document subject to deviations proposed

205 General Query New clause proposed by Bidder Service Provider undertakes that it is compliant to State minimum wages act at the time of execution of the Agreement and the commercials are accordingly factored In the event there is a change to the State minimum wages act or if the Customer wants the Service Provider to comply to some other minimum wages act including but not limited to Central minimum wages act or the existing minimum wages act is repealed by another act then in such cases Customer will support Service provider with change request for additional cost incurred by Service Provider for complying to new minimum wages Service provider will not ask for Change request for any changes that is within 8 increase year on year from the State minimum wages as on the date of contract sign off

As per RFP

206 General Query New clause proposed by Bidder ldquoIt is agreed that the price quoted is arrived at based on the exchange rate of 1 USD = INR ___ (ldquoBase Exchange Raterdquo) In the event the Base Exchange Rate either increases or decreases by percentage points greater than two per cent [2] the prices shall be charged as per the then current exchange raterdquo

As per RFP

207 General Query New clause proposed by Bidder The risk title and ownership of the products shall be transferred to the customer upon delivery of such products to the customer

As per RFP

208 General Query New clause proposed by Bidder Customer hereby agrees to make the site ready as per the agreed specifications within the agreed timelines Customer agrees that Wipro shall not be in any manner be liable for any delay arising out of Customerrsquos failure to make the site ready within the stipulated period including but not limited to levy of liquidated damages for any delay in performance of Services under the terms of this Agreement In case the SITE is not ready for a continuous period of 30 days milestone payment related to installation will be released to vendor based on the SNR report also if there is any additional warranty cost due to continuous site not readiness for 30 days same will be borne by the customer

As per RFP

209 General Query New clause proposed by Bidder Notwithstanding anything contained herein neither Party shall be liable for any indirect punitive consequential or incidental loss damage claims liabilities charges costs expense or injury (including without limitation loss of use data revenue profits business and for any claims of any third party claiming through Bidder) that may arise out of or result from this Agreement The aggregate liability of Bidder under this Agreement shall not exceed the fees (excluding reimbursements) received by it under this contract during the six months preceding the date of first claim

As per RFP

210 General Query New clause proposed by Bidder Any new levy on account of changes in law shall be to the account of Bank

As per RFP

211 General Query New clause proposed by Bidder Bidderrsquos failure to perform its contractual responsibilities to perform the services or to meet agreed service levels shall be excused if and to the extent Bidder performance is effected delayed or causes non-performance due to Banks omissions or actions whatsoever

As per RFP

212 General Query New clause proposed by Bidder Services andor deliverables shall be deemed to be fully and finally accepted by Bank in the event when Bank has not submitted its acceptance or rejection response in writing to Bidder within 15 days from the date of installationcommissioning or when Bank uses the Deliverable in its business whichever occurs earlier Parties agree that Bidder shall have 15 daysrsquo time to correct in case of any rejection by Bank

As per RFP

213 General Query New clause proposed by Bidder Either party may request a change order (ldquoChange Orderrdquo) in the event of actual or anticipated change(s) to the agreed scope Services Deliverables schedule or any other aspect of the Statement of WorkPurchase Order Bidder will prepare a Change Order reflecting the proposed changes including the impact on the Deliverables schedule and fee In the absence of a signed Change Order Bidder shall not be bound to perform any additional services

As per RFP

214 General Query New clause proposed by Bidder Notwithstanding anything to the contrary either Party shall have the right to terminate this Agreement at any time with cause in the event that the other party commits a material breach of the Agreement and fails to cure such default to the non-defaulting partyrsquos reasonable satisfaction within thirty (30) days

As per RFP

In the event of termination of any nature the Bidder shall be paid for the 1 goods delivered 2 services rendered 3 work in progress 4 unpaid AMCs 5 third party orders in pipeline which cannot be cancelled despite Bidders best efforts 6 unrecovered investments shall be paid by the Bank as per termination schedule till the date of termination

215 General Query New clause proposed by Bidder Notwithstanding anything contained in this RFP

As per RFP

a) Excluding a regulatorystatutory requirement if any nothing in this Agreement shall be construed or interpreted as requiring Bidder to provide to Customer access to or right to inspect examine audit and take copies of any fees price cost or any other financial information or any records or documents relating to the make-up of the Bidderrsquos internal

overhead calculations their relationship to the fees any financial cost model calculation of fees or to the Bidderrsquos profitability or other such financial data

b) All audit barring those required under a regulatory or statutory requirement may be done only on an annual basis and subject to a notice period of 20 days

216 Page No 132 and section 82

Integrity Pact Unacceptable integrity pact Customer to insert new CVC integrity pact that does not contain Fall clause LIBOR provisions etc

As per RFP

217 General Query Annexure A Earnest Money Deposit Unacceptable EMD forfeiture EMD to be forfeiture for breach of contract- not acceptable

As per RFP

218 General Query Annexure C Performance Bank Guarantee

Request PBG to be invoked only for material breaches of terms and conditions

As per RFP

219 General Query Annexure G Integrity Pact SEEK INSERTION OF NEW CVC INTEGRITY PACT WITHOUT LIBOR PROVISIONS AND FALL CLAUSE

As per RFP

220 General Query ADD As per RFP

Annexure J Confidentiality and Non-Disclosure Agreement Undertaking

Notwithstanding anything to the contrary to the extent the Bidder shares any confidential information with RBI the provisions of this RFP shall apply mutatis mutandis to RBI The obligations of confidentiality for both Parties shall come to an end 3 years from the date of terminationexpiry of the contract to be entered into

221 Page No 10 and section 11

Central Office has following 33 departments

EDMS solution is to be implemented for 33 departments is this understanding correct Please mention if there are more departments to be considered in-scope

As per RFP

222 Page No 29 and section 22

The application should facilitate integration with e-mail client (outlook) where selected emails could be Inwarded directly

Integration with Outlook For how many users is this needed Please specify the number of users who would be using this functionality

10000 users| All Users

223 Page No 18 and section 15

Sr No 6 Global common workflow plus seven specific work process Modules which need to be developed at the time of Go-Live

The seven workflow will have integration with what all systems Please specify the details

Integration envisaged for Go-Live - Active Directory Mail Messaging System SAMADHAN IRM DMIS Other integration will be done during continuous development

224 Page No 25 and section 21

User should have privilege to create Inward amp Outward from RBI corporate email inbox (selected emails) with capability to capture both email body and attachment (if any) as a part of the Inward

How many users are going to use Email Integration feature Is it going to be for all the 10000 named users

As per RFP

225 Page No 25 and section 21

The proposed solution needs to be integrated with existing (or any future standard system) of IRM

What is the current IRM system used by RBI

Microsoft IRM

226 Page No 25 and section 21

3 Customization and Integration Would existing IRM system be OpenText IRM or any other product and will sufficient license be available for EDMS users

Microsoft IRM

227 Page No 25 and section 21

4 Web interface ndashInwardOutward Management

Is it expected to expose the same EDMS application to public or integration with RBI website

As per RFP

228 Page No 27 and section 21

Sr No 21The Scanning product should have inbuilt capability to do a full page OCR amp ICR (for both Hindi amp English documents) and also convert the images to searchable forms like Searchable PDF

What is the ratio of English to Hindi documents for OCR amp ICR

Approximately Hindi 33 | English 66

229 Page No 29 and section 22

5 Inward Management Request you to please specify the other email clients

As per RFP

230 Page No 31 section 22

Technical Bid(Functional Requirements)

We understand that all of these functionalities are the application functionalities and the necessary scanning systems and personal required will be facilitated by RBI Please confirm

Yes

231 Page No 31 section 22

Technical Bid(Functional Requirements)

In case Yes for the above Questions than please detail the scope expectation w r t Scan amp upload requirement

Restricted to Application Solution

232 Page No 43 and section 22

147 Reports amp Dashboard Please elaborate further on this point We understand that reports can be generated with stored data without translation Please let us know your understanding

Data stored in Hindi should be displayed in Hindi The report fields should toggle between Hindi and English No translation is envisioned as part of basic deployment

233 Page No 46 and section 22

163 Document Management Rearrange pages in a document or create a new document from a page using drag and drop Please elaborate at what stage this is required

Rearrangement of pages is required to create an abstract out of an existing doc

234 Page No 46 and section 22

The solution offered should be capable of integration with 3rd party software amp internal applications which are in use at RBI

What all internal and 3rd party applications are to be taken in account for integration

Integration envisaged for Go-Live - Active Directory Mail Messaging System SAMADHAN IRM DMIS Other integration will be done during continuous development

235 Page No 46 and section 22

171 Customization and Integration Is there any existing SSO Server available

Shall be shared with successful bidder

236 Page No 46 and section 22

173 Customization and Integration We understand that content replication from DC to DR has to be accomplished by RBI team and bidder can assist in providing the details

Shall be shared with successful bidder

237 Page No 56 and section 23

A separate test environment and development would be provided at the data Centre The Bidder is expected to replicate the DC environment in the DR and in the test environment in all respects

We understand that bidder is expected to set 4 environments - Dev UATTest Production (DC) and DR Is UATTest environment also expected to be exact replicamirror image of Production

Scaled-down version 50 of Production in terms of sizing

238 Page No 56 and section 23

A separate test environment and development would be provided at the data Centre The Bidder is expected to replicate the DC environment in the DR and in the test environment in all respects

Will RBI procure and provide hardware for all environments Should bidder only propose sizing recommendations for all environments

As per RFP

239 Page No 57 and section 23

Security Requirements We understand that all of these functionalities are the application functionalities by virtue of which these security mechanisms have to be part of the bidderrsquos proposition Kindly comment on our understanding

As per RFP

240 Page No 62 and section 23

System should maintain audit logs for all monitoring and events according to RBI policy These audit logs must be secure and stored as per defined retention policy

Request Bank to specify as lot of sizing considerations would depend uponvary basis the RBI policies (3 5 7 10 years)

Shall be shared with successful bidder

241 Page No 64 and section 23

86 Data Migration Would changes means restructuring of folders or something else Please elaborate

To be discussed during System Study

242 Page No 67and section 31

27 Any other areas which the Bank might decide to include in the Scope at the time of implementation of EDMS

Request Bank to enlighten on to this requirement Being subjective Bidder will need more quantifiablegaugeable requirement basis which effort and commercials can be worked out

As per RFP

However we understand the same will be addressed during design phase

Please comment upon our understanding

243 Page No 71 and section 38

Data migration will be the responsibility of the Bidder

Will bidder be allowed to run the migration 24x7 or only during non-peak hours

Shall be discussed with successful bidder

244 Page No 74 and section 310

Bidder should provide training to RBI‟s officials for using and managing the system which will include end user technical and system Administration training as well as DBA level training

What would be the minimum numbers of users to be trained for Admin and for User level trainings respectively

5 batches of 30-40 user each Total training to be provide to around 200 User at Mumbai Pune

245 Page No 76 and section 313

Implementation As per RFP The Banks incident Management system has to be used as ticketing system to handle requests raised by Banks Internal Users during the warranty and AMC period Which ticketing system is RBI using currently

EDMS can leverage existing Incident Management tool Details will be shared with successful bidder

246 Page No 76 and section 313

Extensive on-site support team is required during the first year after ldquoGo-Liverdquo

Are all the resources mentioned for L0 (44) L1 (8) and L2 (2) are to be deployed on-site Can bidder propose onsite-offshore model for post-implementation support

As per RFP

247 Page No 77 and section 313

vi Scanning documents at RBI respective locations if required

We understand that the necessary scanning systems and personnel required will be facilitated by RBI Request to throw more light on the number of locations in this regards Accordingly effort estimation can be done so as to provide the appropriate commercials in this regards

As per RFP

248 Page No 86 and section 319

319 Performance Monitoring amp Tuning solution

Considering the entire project is going to be base out of RBIs data centre request bank to facilitate make model etc of the performance monitoring tool

Bidder has to provide Application level monitoring solution As per Data Centre policy open source performance tool will not be permissible and the solution proposed by bidder should be approved by RBI

249 Page No 86 and section 323

The total number of users presently is expected to be around 10000 with 2000 concurrent users and annual growth of 10 in concurrent users

Out of total 10000 users how many back endadmin users are there who are going to access this system

Less than 500 users

250 Page No 86 and section 324

Sr No 5 The solution offered should be capable of pin codeGPS Location based integration for capturing user address

Is bidder expected to integrate the existing GPS system with EDMS

As per RFP

251 Page No 86 and section 323

323 Vendor would be required to provide Enterprise-wide all-inclusive Perpetual license for all functionalities as per the requirements of the RBI The total number of users presently is expected to be around 10000 with 2000 concurrent users and annual growth of 10 in concurrent users

These users are for determining the hardware sizing but from software licensing point of view all 10000 users can connect concurrently

As per RFP

Please validate

252 Page No 86 and section 323

No extra license fees implementation charges should be charged by the selected bidder for implementing the software in the test environment and at the Disaster Recovery site of RBI or at any other site that may be specified by the Bank

We understand that as project progresses there will be significant volumes and hence there should be no restriction on number of CPUcores and if any it will be responsibility of SI to provide additional licenses at no additional costs to RBI Trust our understanding is correct Please confirm for clarification

Yes As per RFP

253 Page No87 and section 324

6 Vendor is responsible to import application in UAT production environment amp DC ndash DR synchronization etc

We understand that the application is going to be based out of RBIs existing Data Centre visa Navi Mumbai and Nagpur Request Bank to elaborate upon existing DC-DR synchronization technique technology methodology Please provide details version of the same for integration aspects

Shall be shared with successful bidder

254 Page No87 and section 325

325 System amp Security Audit Request RBI to specify number of yearly audits

Shall be shared with successful bidder

255 Page No91 and section 329

4 Complete user manual and system documentation (soft and hard copies) of the proposed solution after the go-live

Request RBI to spell the number of hard copies required

Shall be discussed with successful bidder

256 Page No92 and section 330

3 Vendor is required to give all sorts of support required in case RBI decides to move the implemented EDMS on cloud services or IaaS in future This support will include everything starting from shunting of the running EDMS temporarily to alternate arrangement till all the Hw Sw etc are installed amp made running in the new IaaS or Cloud environment (Logistics Technical Integration support etc)

We understand the same to be captured via change control mechanism change management during the course of the project

As per RFP

257 Page No92 and section 330

5 Business Process Reengineering ndash The vendor shall include the impact of the new system to the operations of Client If applicable the proponent shall recommend changes to the existing processes that would benefit Client

Request Bank to specify a percentage number in this regards accordingly efforts and commercials can be worked out

As per RFP

258 Page No93 and section 43

For each milestone to be marked completed the bidder should ensure that all the acceptance criteria are met and approved by the Bank as mentioned in various applicable sections in the RFP

We understand that the Project acceptance criteria will be formalized mutually during the design phase and agreed upon Please comment upon our understanding

As per RFP

259 42 Additional Software License Costs As per RFP

Page No 94 and section 42

For evaluation purposes costs of the software licenses proposed by the Bidder would be included in the Total Cost of Ownership In case any software license(s) are required to be procured directly from the Original Equipment Manufacturer (OEM) Product Vendor the actual payment to the Bidder will be reduced appropriately to exclude the software license costs quoted in the commercial bid Bidder is requested to add all the Other Software Licensing Cost under the header Any other requirements for the proposed solution on MSTC website

Request Bank to mutually discuss and agree upon section 42 before finalization on the requirement Please comment in this regards

260 Page No122 and Section 76

Overall enterprise wide security including role-based security and authorisation levels operating systemapplication security and logical access controls and anti‐virus management

Is bidder expected to propose anti-virus software as well

Shall be shared with successful bidder

261 Page No 169 amp Annexure D2

Sr No 26 All incoming physical letters has to be scanned and put into the system for further processing

What is the total size or volume of legacy documents to be considered for Scanning through the Capture Solution (dailymonthlyyearly volume)

As per RFP

262 Page No 204 amp Annexure D2

206 The system should also integrated with Ms outlook and other email client

Does RBI require native integration with outlook in which users can access EDMS from outlook interface

As per RFP

Please confirm 263 Page No 211

amp Annexure D3

Sr No 28 The solution should provide for seamless integration of modules as per the business requirements of RBI with necessary interfaces The application should have provision for Integration existingupcoming portalsapplications of different depts eg HR Portal Samadhan Active directory CMS (CEPD) etc other internal workflow application system etc

Do we have to estimate effort for integration with these upcoming applications now or will it be taken at a later stage as a Change Request If now what are these applications based on Please provide what level of integration is required with these applicationssystem

Integration envisaged for Go-Live - Active Directory Mail Messaging Solution SAMADHAN IRM DMIS Other integration will be done during continuous development

264 Page No213 amp Annexure D3

Based on our experience in similar project we feel the concurrent user ratio to named users is less In such application of note approval the concurrence is around 40 of total users

As per RFP

Details of Hardware requirements for the proposed solution for following user base of

Request you to validate this for RBI

i 10000 total user base ii 2000 concurrent users

265 Page No 218 amp Annexure D3

Sr 55 The Implementation of open source technologies should be taken up in compliance with Information Security (IS) policy of the Bank

Would you allow usage of Open Source Tools for Simulation is required to carry out Performance Testing (LoadStress) eg JMeter

Shall be discussed with successful bidder

266 Page No218 amp Annexure D3

The Implementation of open source technologies should be taken up in compliance with Information Security (IS) policy of the Bank

Please throw some light on limitations on usage of open-source tools in context with Information Security (IS) policy of the Bank

Shall be discussed with successful bidder

267 Page No221 amp Annexure D3

Sr No 75 Data Loss Prevention solution should be available with EDMS solution

Is Data Loss Prevention solution to be implemented or does the solution need to have the capability only and its for future use Please confirm

Shall be discussed with successful bidder

268 Page No 226 amp Annexure D6

g Scalability of document volume (30) having average volume of 4million documents per year

What does 30 signify here How much should be the total volume of documents considered that is received and to be ingested in EDMS repository (yearlymonthly)

As per RFP

269 Page No 226 amp Annexure D6

b Response time of maximum 3 seconds

Request RBI to elaborate upon the type of gaugeable reports parameters required to establish the response time

As per RFP

270 Page No 226 amp Annexure D6

b Response time of maximum 3 seconds

Will submitting product performance reports spec sheets suffice or any other artefact is required to substantiate the same Please specify

As per RFP

271 Page No 226 amp Annexure D6

g Scalability of document volume (30) having average volume of 4million documents per year

Request RBI to specify the existing document volume as this is required from sizing perspective to arrive at an optimized commercials

As per RFP

272 Page No 262 amp Annexure Q

Annexure Q We believe RBI will also be providing mobile based access to select employeersquos basis roles We assume the licensing for the same is to be included in this pricing and no additional price will be payable by RBI Mobile app if to be created will be separate project but will connect to EDMS through API at no additional costs to RBI Please clarify

As per RFP

273 Page No 262 amp Annexure Q

Annexure Q Will RBI facilitate the commercial bid format for ease of comparison during the evaluation phase Request to clarify

Commercial bid format can be downloaded from the MSTC e-commerce portal

274 Page No 264 amp Annexure Q

Unit Price Under Unit Price do we have to provide Yearly Price of 1 resource

As per RFP

275 Page No 264 amp Annexure Q

Cost of L0 Resource (21 nos) on 12 X 5 basis for one year at locations given in Annexure T

For 12x5 we would need to deploy 2 resources to support 60 hours shift so do we need to consider price for 2 resources or provide price only for 21 resources and they will be supporting in round-robin manner Please confirm

For Annexure T for line items 31 to 35 Bidders are advised to consider 8 x 5 working hours where requirement of only 1 resource has been mentioned (Ahmedabad has 2 locations so 2 resources are required) For line items 25 to 30 where support hours are mentioned as 12 x 5 and requirement of multiple resources is mentioned resources are expected to work in 8 x 5 shift scheduled in a manner to provide support for 12 x 5 All other conditionsrequirements

mentioned in the table remain unchanged

276 Page No 265 amp Annexure Q

B2 Development Team based at Mumbai Navi Mumbai Composition Tech Lead(1) + Developer (5) + Tester (1)

Composition of Tech Lead(1) + Developer (5) + Tester (1) will not suffice we also need Project Managers Technical Architect UI Expert and Infrastructure Resource can bidder add more rows in commercial format and propose Development Team accordingly

As per RFP

277 Page No 265 Section amp Annexure Q

AMC for the first year after warranty period (should be min 8 of Total onetime cost)

Do we have to include both here - Product AMC from OEM as well as Application Technical Support for only 1 year from bidder

As per RFP

278 Page No 266 amp Annexure Q

(C) Hardware Requirements Do we have to propose hardware sizing and software recommendations for DevUAT Production and DR Environments The table has rows for Production and UAT only can the bidder add more rows to it or is it a fixed format

Hardware sizing and software recommendations are to be proposed for all environments The two rows were for representational purpose More rows can be added in the commercial bid format

279 Page No 212 amp Annexure D3

212 A separate test environment and development would be provided at the data Centre The Bidder is expected to replicate the DC environment in the DR and in the test environment in all respects (11)

1 Will development and test environments be provided by RBI till OS layer and only application deployment is to be done by the bidder

As per RFP

84 Hence bidder is required to take into the consideration the hardware

software etc requirement pertaining to test amp development

2 Please elaborate what is bidders responsibility for development and test environments

280 General Query Retention Management Apart from Retention and Archival are you looking for complete Records Management solution as well with features like Event-based aging Automatic Disposition Litigation Hold etc

Not required at this Stage

281 General Query Back-up Software Do you have the back-up software or does bidder has to propose If available please specify the make and model of the back-up software

Shall be shared with successful bidder

282 General Query Support Team - OampM Do you want bidder to propose Helpdesk toolset up a service desk as well

Not required at this Stage

283 General Query Load Balancer Do you want the bidder to propose the load balancer as well

Not required at this Stage

284 General Query Source Code Control Repository Is Bidder required to absorb the cost for GIT repository for source code or do you have one which bidder can use

Shall be shared with successful bidder

285 General Query Compliance What are the complianceguidelinesIT Security considerations that are critical

As per RFP

286 General Query SSL Certificate Should bidder be provided the SSL certificate or should the bidder absorb the price for SSL certificate Please confirm

Bank Shall provide the SSL certificates

287 General Query Documents Please specify the age of the documents and the condition of paper like ndash colour shine brittleness original

Not required at this Stage

or photocopy glossy paper hard-bind etc etc

288 General Query Scanning Can you kindly provide the of BW and Colour document

Not required at this Stage

289 General Query Legacy Documents For Legacy documents perspective please share details on the below

Not required at this Stage

a) Number of document ingestion per day - b) Average size of document - in KB c) Maximum size of document - in KB d) Storage required - (current DMS storage size)

290 General Query New Documents For New documents perspective please share details on the below

Not required at this Stage

a) Number of document ingestion per day - b) Average size of document - in KB c) Maximum size of document - in KB

291 General Query Scanning For Scanning perspective please share details on the below

Not required at this Stage

a) Percentage of document in tiff format b) Percentage of colour documents c) Average image size in KB d) Percentage of document that would require OCR e) Average number of fields per page

f) Properties per per document 292 General Query Documents What is percentage the Year on Year

growth over 5 years for the number of documents added

As per RFP

293 General Query Documents What is the Average number of document views per day

Not required at this Stage

294 General Query Documents What is the Average number of document searches per day

Not required at this Stage

295 General Query Back-up Policy What is the back-up policy of RBI eg 14 days

Shall be shared with successful bidder

296 General Query Policies What would be the archival policy back up policy log storage policy DR logs policy etc

Shall be shared with successful bidder

297 General Query Testing What parameters are to be monitored during testing (eg response times processing times and CPU loading)

As per RFP

298 General Query Testing What desired values of these parameters are to be considered acceptable during the stress test results

As per RFP

299 General Query DR Drills How many DR drills do you expect in a year

Shall be shared with successful bidder

300 General Query Resources Will RBI allow onsite resources to carry their own laptops or will RBI provide DesktopsWorkstations for onsite resources

Assets will be provided to onsite resources

301 General Query Access Will RBI provide remote accessVPN access for offshore resources

Not required as all resources are deployed onsite

302 General Query

Scanning How much will be the total no of pages to be scanned per day

Not required at this Stage

303 General Query

Documents

How much will be the year on year growth in documents volume

As per RFP

304 General Query

Documents

Please let us know the average approximate document size per document for sizing (in MB)

Not required at this Stage

305 General Query Presentation amp POC of the Solution Could you please elaborate in details the scope for POC

As per RFP

306 General Query SLA Working window As per RFP

307 General Query Non-Functional Requirements Please specify the existing Replication bandwidth between Navi Mumbai DC and Nagpur DR

Bidder has to propose the required bandwidth which will be provided procured by Data Centre

308 General Query Non-Functional Requirements We understand that the bidder is required to provide the Bandwidth augmentation sizing required for this project and accordingly the same will be provisioned by RBI Please confirm upon our understanding

Bidder has to propose the required bandwidth which will be provided procured by Data Centre

309 Page No71 amp Section No38

Data Migration What is the formats of Documents stored inside current DMS

Shall be shared with successful bidder

310

Page No71 amp Section No38

Data Migration How indexmetadata is managed in current DMS System What is the total count of

Shall be shared with successful bidder

indexes present in current DMS 311 Page No71 amp

Section No38 Data Migration what is the database and version used

in current DMS System As per RFP

312

Page No71 amp Section No38

Data Migration We need more details about current DMS System -Product nameVersionECM

Shall be shared with successful bidder

Compliant or notWhat type of documents are stored in SystemHow documents are classified in System

313

Page No18 amp Section No21

High Level Critical Requirements Can you Please enlist total count of Global workflows

As per RFP

314

Page No86 amp Section No321

Hardware Requirements Can you elaborate more on this point As per RFP Standard Enviornments which will be provided by SI are DEV UAT PROD and DR Also Development Environment will be on premise or offshore

315 Page No52 amp Section No23

Back-up Will Backup be taken care by RBI Yes

316 Page No81 amp Section No317

Security Requirements What will be the frequency of DR Drills Can you specify values for RPO and RTO

Shall be shared with successful bidder

317 Page No213 amp Annexure D3

Hardware Requirements Database tier needs to be deployed on Intel Xeon or Mainframe

RBI will conduct VAPT SI needs to provide gaps resolution

318 Page No221 amp Annexure D4

Maintenance amp Support Can we get details about which IRM solution will be provided by RBI for integration purpose

Scaled-down version 50 of Production in terms of sizing

319 Page No63 amp Section No23

Functional Requirements Will RBI provide DLP solution Shall be shared with successful bidder

320 Page No63 amp Section No23

Non-Functional Requirements is SI expected to conduct VAPT or RBI will be conducting the same

RBI will conduct VAPT SI needs to provide gaps resolution

321 Page No267 amp Annexure Q

Hardware Requirements Is UAT sizing expected to be 100 of Production sizing

Scaled-down version 50 of Production in terms of sizing

322

Page No27 amp Section No21

High Level Critical Requirements Hindi OCR amp ICR may be a challenge However Hindi metadata can be captured and searched Can OCR and ICR be restricted to English only

As per RFP

323 Page No27 amp Section No21

Storage For sizing Storage can you share average size of the digitized document

As per RFP

324 Page No93 amp Section No41

Licences Can Licenses cost be paid up-front within 30 days from the date of Invoice

As per RFP

325 Page No95 amp Section No44

AMC Pay-Outs Can AMC be payable yearly in Advance instead of at the end of the every year

As per RFP

As the commercial format allows to quote separate values for each year the Indexation references is no longer relevant and the payment for the later years can be made at the mentioned prices

51 Page No 265 and Annexure Q Section B3

Section B3 Bidder submits that the minimum of 8 for AMC shall be changed to Sub-Total A1 excluding the ScanningImaging as the AMC should typically include on the product cost

As per RFP

AMC for the first year after warranty period (should be min 8 of Total onetime cost)

We further request clarity whether the AMC is for 3 years or 4 years as the template indicates Year 3 to Year 7 which is 4 years while the Note below the table mentions it for 3 years please clarify we further request that this note mentioned in the adjacent column shall be removed as the commercial template is modified to allow bidders to quote for each year separately

Below rates are mentioned for first year Actual payment for subsequent years as applicable will be done on applying the indexation formulae

middot Cost of L1 and L2 for the subsequent period of 6 years

middot Development Team Cost for the subsequent period of 6 years

middot AMC for the subsequent period of 3 years

52 Page No 267 and Annexure Q Section D

Section D Bidder submits that the Rates for the Resources both the Support resources and the Development Resources is available in the Section B Table the rate for any additional resources can be used from the same table hence request removal of the additional table

As per RFP Marginal Resource Cost

53 Page No 93 and Section 41

41 Software Cost Bidder submits that the heading of the section is an error as the payment terms are related to services and not Software cost we also request the following modifications to the payment terms

As per RFP

1 Completion of process and system study Design and Build and Deployment in UAT - 15 of Implementation Cost specified at Item 1B of Annexure Q

2 Data Migration Completion of User Acceptance Testing Creation of training content Train the Trainer and customer education content - 20 of Implementation Cost specified at Item 1B of Annexure Q

41 Software Cost

3 Complete Implementation and ldquoProduction Go-liverdquo of the project - 25 of Implementation Cost specified at Item 1B of Annexure Q

1 Completion of process and system study Design and Build and Deployment in UAT - 15 of Implementation Cost specified at Item 1B of Annexure Q

4 Receipt of Completion Certificate from the Bank (post 90 days of achieving production Go-Live) - 30 of Implementation Cost specified at Item 1B of Annexure Q

2 Data Migration Completion of User Acceptance Testing Creation of training content Train the Trainer and customer education content - 30 of Implementation Cost specified at Item 1B of Annexure Q

5 Amount payable during the warranty period - On completion of warranty period of three years The Financial Bank guarantee shall be valid for 7 years - 10 of Implementation Cost specified at Item 1B of Annexure Q

3 Complete Implementation and ldquoProduction Go-liverdquo of the project - 35 of Implementation Cost specified at Item 1B of Annexure Q

4 Receipt of Completion Certificate from the Bank (post 90 days of achieving production Go-Live) - 10 of Implementation Cost specified at Item 1B of Annexure Q

5 Amount payable during the warranty period - In equal quarterly instalments during warranty period of three years The Financial Bank guarantee shall be valid for 7 years - 10 of Implementation Cost specified at Item 1B of Annexure Q

We also request deletion of Indexation

section as separate costs will be quoted for each year as per the Annexure Q

54 Page No 94 amp 95 and Section 43 amp 44

43 Warranty pay-outs Bidder submits that the pay-outs for Warranty and AMC shall be made quarterly in arrears which is the industry standard practice for these payments

As per RFP 44 AMC pay-outs

55 46 Other Payment terms

Page No 95 and Section 46

3 Any objectiondispute to the amounts invoiced in the bill shall be raised by RBI within reasonable time from the date of receipt of the invoice Upon settlement of disputes with respect to any disputed invoice(s) the Bank will make payment within thirty (30) working days of the settlement of such disputes

Bidder submits that the payments for the invoices shall be made within 30 days from the receipt of the invoice any objectiondispute to the amounts invoiced shall be made within 25 days from the date of receipt of the invoice

Shall be discussed with successful bidder

4 The fees payable by the Bank to Bidder shall be inclusive of all costs such as insurance taxes (GST as per the rates applicable) transportation installation that may be levied imposed charged or incurred and RBI shall pay the fees due under this RFP and subsequent agreement after deducting any tax deductible at source (ldquoTDSrdquo) as applicable The Bidder will need to provide the details for the tax rates as considered in the pricing This will be used for subsequent tax changes RBI shall pay each undisputed invoice raised in accordance with this RFP and subsequent agreement within thirty (30) working days after its receipt unless otherwise mutually agreed in writing provided that such invoice is dated after such fees have become due and payable under this RFP and subsequent agreement

56 45 Other Payment terms As per RFP

Page No 96 and Section 46

8 The Bidders should note that the contract entered with the successful Bidder will be for implementation and post go‐live period of 7 years (3 years‟ warranty amp 4 years AMC amp FMS support) extendable at the Banks discretion The Bank will have the right in its sole discretion to renegotiate the prices terms and conditions

Bidder understand that the right of Bank to negotiate the prices terms and conditions is in the event of extension beyond the period of current contract (implementation and post go‐live period of 7 years (3 years‟ warranty amp 4 years AMC amp FMS support) and not during the current contract period please confirm

57 Page No 100 and Section 56

56 Penalties Bidder submits that the Penalty for Rollout delays shall be 1 of the delayed components cost of the One-time cost (Section A - Annexure Q) per week subject to a maximum of 10 of the delayed components cost of the One-time cost

As per RFP

The successful Bidder is expected to complete the responsibilities that have been assigned as per the specified time frame In case of the Rollout delays by the Bidder the financial Penalty as per the Banks discretion will be imposed on the Bidder at 5 of the total contract value per month of delay to the maximum of 10 of the total contract value as per the agreement between the Bank and the successful Bidder

Business Utility and Business Downtime would be the key considerations for determining the ldquoPenaltiesrdquo that would be levied on the Bidder for ldquoNon‐Adherencerdquo to the SLA for the Services offered The inability of the Bidder to provide the requirements as per the scope or to meet the deadlines as specified would be treated as breach of contract and invoke the Penalty Clause The maximum limit on the penalties during the period of contract shall be 10 of the total contract value The applicable ldquoPenaltiesrdquo would be the same irrespective of the root causes

In case of Non-Adherence to the SLA the maximum penalty shall be limited to 10 of the Quarterly Invoice value for the respective quarters

58 Page No 124 and Section 711

711 Duration and Condition of Engagement

Bidder submits that in case of termination of the contract without assigning any reason the Bank shall allow the Bidder a notice of 90 days for ramp-down of the resources etc We further submit that in case of termination with or without reason Bidder shall be paid for the completed deliverables as per the commercials quoted

As per RFP

2 The Bank will reserve the right to terminate the services of the successful Bidder at any point of the Project (during the implementation phase and post go-live) without assigning any reasons In such cases the Bank may consider making payment commensurate with the last completed phase

59 87 Performance Bank Guarantee As per RFP

Page No 130 and Section 87

The successful Bidder shall at his own expense deposit with The Chief General Manager-in-Charge Department of Information Technology Reserve Bank of India Mumbai within thirty (30) days from the final result of the bidding process and declaration of the successful Bidder a Performance Bank Guarantee from a scheduled commercial bank payable on demand in terms of Annexure C for an amount equivalent to ten percent (10) of the contract price for the due performance and fulfilment of the contract by the Bidder Without prejudice to the other rights of the Purchaser under the Contract in the matter the proceeds of the performance security shall be payable to RBI as compensation for any loss resulting from the Bidders failure to complete its obligations under the Contract RBI shall notify the Bidder in writing of the invocation of its right to receive such compensation indicating the contractual obligation(s) for which the Bidder is in default The Performance Bank Guarantee shall be denominated in INR and shall be in the form of bank guarantee unless another form is specified by RBI After Go Live Performance Bank Guarantee will be returned back to bidder on submission of Financial Bank Guarantee which shall be submitted by the Bidder within

Bidder submits that the Performance Bank Guarantee shall be for a value of 10 of the One-time cost as this is to ensure proper execution of the roll out

90 days of Go-Live Non-submission of Performance Guarantee shall constitute sufficient grounds among others if any for the annulment of the award of the tender

60 88 Financial Bank Guarantee As per RFP

Page No 130 and 131 amp Section 88

The successful Bidder shall at his own expense deposit with The Chief General Manager-In-Charge Department of Information Technology Reserve Bank of India Mumbai within Ninety (90) days of Go-Live of application before the issuance of Certificate of Completion a Bank Guarantee from a scheduled commercial bank payable on demand in terms of Annexure O for an amount equivalent to ten percent (10) of the contract price as mentioned in Annexure Q of Commercial Bid submitted by the bidder for the due performance and fulfilment of the contract by the Bidder during the warranty and AMC period of 7 years After Go Live Performance Bank Guarantee will be returned back to bidder on submission of Financial Bank Guarantee Without prejudice to the other rights of the Purchaser under the Contract in the matter the proceeds of the performance security shall be payable to RBI as compensation for any loss resulting from the Bidders failure to complete its obligations under the Contract RBI shall notify the Bidder in writing of the invocation of its right to receive such compensation indicating the contractual obligation(s) for which the Bidder is in default The Financial Bank Guarantee shall be valid till the

Bidder submits that the Financial Bank Guarantee shall be for a value of 10 of the Average Annual Support Cost (Section B of Annexure Q)

end of AMC denominated in INR and shall be in the form of bank guarantee unless another form is specified by RBI Non-submission of Financial Guarantee shall constitute sufficient grounds among others if any for the annulment of the award of the tender

61 Page No 240 and Annexure G point 7

Integrity Pact Bidder requests to modify the clause as follows

As per RFP

7 Fall Clause The BIDDER undertakes that it has not supplied is not supplying identical solution similar product services or sub-services during last one year from the date of issuance of this RFP at a price lower than that offered in the present bid to any other entity If it is found at any stage that identical solution similar product services or sub-services was supplied by the BIDDER to any other entity at a lower price then that very price with due allowance for elapsed time will be applicable to the present case and the difference in the cost would be refunded by the BIDDER to the BUYER if the contract has already been concluded

The BIDDER undertakes that it has not supplied is not supplying similar product services or sub-services during last one year from the date of issuance of this RFP at a price lower than that offered in the present bid to any other entity If it is found at any stage that similar product services or sub-services was supplied by the BIDDER to any other entity at a lower price then that very price with due allowance for elapsed time will be applicable to the present case and the difference in the cost would be refunded by the BIDDER to the BUYER if the contract has already been concluded

62 Page No 25 and Section 21

5 Inward Management - When a postal mailphysical letter is Inwarded directly the System should capture the details of the incoming physical letter viz from address subject language etc Data like subject should be auto-filled but should be editable The application should support generation of Suo Moto note which is an Inward generated without any incoming letteremail

Bidders request to share the meaning for Auto-filled in case of manual scanning

Shall be discussed during System Study

63 Page No 27 and Section 21

17 Outward Management - Approval of the Outward should be done by the User at least one level higher in the hierarchy (N+1) as per the AD than the User who created the Outward Admins should be able to configure exceptions to this rule for users at senior management level as decided by the concerned departments of the Bank

Bidder request to clarify if the implemented AD has the hierarchy defined to handle the workflow scenarios

Hierarchy shall be defined

64 Page No 27 and Section 21

21 Scan amp Upload - The Scanning product should have inbuilt capability to do a full page OCR amp ICR (for both Hindi amp English documents) and also convert the images to searchable forms like Searchable PDF

ICR will be helpful for Incurable colour dropout user form Since all documents are office papers it may not be useful so bidder request to remove the ICR component

As per RFP

65 Page No 32 and Section 22

42 OCR amp ICR - By using ICR technology any handwritten text should be converted into word text searchable PDF format or word document format with high accuracy

Bidder understands that ICR used for a handwritten document has max accuracy may not be more than 70 as per industry standards Request Bank to remove ICR technology only for structured format only

As per RFP

66 Page No 66 and Section 31

The hardware system software application software should be compatible with Data Centre policy network architecture etc already established in the Bank

Bidders request to share the Data Centre Policy and network Architecture

Shall be discussed with successful bidder

67 Page No 67 and Section 31

18 Though the system should be used prospectively for the workflow it should have the capability to capture and integrate the paper based as well as electronic records created so far in the Bank

Capability to have reference point of hard copy reference numbers

Shall be discussed during System Study

68 Page No 67 and Section 31

21 The system as well as the workflow carried out in the system should be fully auditable

Request to confirm if bidder needs to recommend sizing for fully auditable data store

Yes

69 Page No 71 and Section 38

Data migration will be the responsibility of the Bidder All necessary tools queries required for extraction transformation and migration must be provided by the Bidder It is the Bidders responsibility to ensure accuracy integrity and completeness of the data migration from legacy DMIS application to new EDMS application

Request to confirm if bidder needs produce data migration report with column by column comparison report for reconciliation

As per RFP

70 Page No 71 and Section 38

1 Data Migration is broadly divided into following three major sub-components iii Data migration audit and certification on the accuracy of data porting from the DMIS system to EDMS

Request to confirm if bidder needs produce data migration report with column by column comparison report for reconciliation

As per RFP

71 Page No 72 and Section 38

6 The Bidder is expected to provide an archival solution within the proposed application for the historical data The necessary configuration and implementation of the archival solution shall be the responsibility of the Bidder

Bidder wants to know what is the archival policy for RBI Is it seven years or more

Shall be discussed with successful bidder

72 Page No 73 and Section 38

12 RBI reserves the right to data migration by respective stakeholders of proposed solution and any gaps discrepancies found during the functions of application are to be rectified by the Bidder

Bidder wants to know if the data migration is other than DMIS system

As per RFP

73 Page No 73 and Section 38

16 The Bidder is required to certify completeness and accuracy of migrated data transaction history and balances at each data migration instance

Bidder requests Bank to confirm if bidder needs to produce data migration report with column by column comparison report for reconciliation

As per RFP

74 Page No 81 and Section 317

1 The solution deployed by Bidder should conform to Recovery Time Objective (RTO) and Recovery Point objective (RPO) defined by Bank

Bidder request to know for replication of data from DC-DR there will be a requirement of Replication software requirement Will this be provided by bank What is the replication software

Will be part of BCP and DR policy to be shared later with the successful bidder

2 Bidder should make sure that DR and DR drill is performed in alignment with Banks existing processes 3 The Bidder has to participate in DR drills as and when conducted by the Bank 4 During DR drills the vendor has to provide support at DR site for the activities related to the proposed solution 5 The Bidder is responsible for keeping the proposed solution and Database in sync in DC and DR 6 In case of any DR situation the Bidder has to shift application to DR site after Intimation to Bank 7 The bidder has to prepare a Business Continuity Plan and have it approved by the Bank

75 Page No 81 and Section 317

2 Bidder should make sure that DR and DR drill is performed in alignment with Banks existing processes

Bidder request to know if the DR automation tool will this be provided by bank What is the DR automation tool bank use

Will be part of BCP and DR policy to be shared later with the successful bidder

3 The Bidder has to participate in DR drills as and when conducted by the Bank

4 During DR drills the vendor has to provide support at DR site for the activities related to the proposed solution 6 In case of any DR situation the Bidder has to shift application to DR site after Intimation to Bank 7 The bidder has to prepare a Business Continuity Plan and have it approved by the Bank

76 Page No 84 and Section 319

The vendors shall guarantee that with the proposed configurationspecifications the required system application response times as indicated below shall be complied with keeping in view that up to 2000 concurrent users would be connected to the system The required response time and performance standards shall be maintained throughout the contract period Bidder is expected to carry performance testing and share the result with the Bank throughout the contract period In case the implemented solutions do not meet the required response time or in the event of performance degradation that shall require upgradesaugmentation in the softwarehardware the corresponding cost shall be borne by the solution provider

Application SLA As per RFP

77 Page No 85 and Section 321

The Bank will provide following hosting environment to the application

Request Bank to ensure Bidder is not underquoting hardware requirement Also support cost for hardware OS DB etc are not considered in the price Bidder assumes that the cost for the same will be added by RBI with hardware cost

As per RFP

78 Page No 92 and Section 330

3 Vendor is required to give all sorts of support required in case RBI decides to move the implemented EDMS on cloud services or IaaS in future This support will include everything starting from shunting of the running EDMS temporarily to alternate arrangement till all the Hw Sw etc are installed amp made running in the new IaaS or Cloud environment (Logistics Technical Integration support etc)

Bidder requests to add the cloud migration support cost as part of commercial template

As per RFP

4 The vendor must also include a detailed resource plan that describes the Project Management and identify Implementation Teams‟ composition It shall define the roles and responsibilities of each member and the number of person-days that will be required of each member 5 Business Process Reengineering ndash The vendor shall include the impact of the new system to the operations of Client If applicable the proponent shall recommend changes to the existing processes that would benefit Client

79 Page No 95 and Section 44

AMC pay-outs Bidder requests Bank to make the payments to be done quarterly arrears

As per RFP

80 Page No 84 and Section 319

CPU Utilization lt60 Bidder request to definition of 60 Is it average utilisation of 10 working hours

As per RFP

81 Page No 274 and Annexure T

Resource table 32333435 says 12x5 hours but defined as 1 resource

For 12 x 5 working hours only 1 resource has been defined As per working hours one resource cannot work for 12 hrs Request Bank to add 1 more resource for the working hours or change the working hours for 1 resource only

For Annexure T for line items 31 to 35 Bidders are advised to consider 8 x 5 working hours where requirement of only 1 resource has been mentioned (Ahmedabad has 2 locations so 2 resources are required) For line items 25 to 30 where support hours are mentioned as 12 x 5 and requirement of multiple resources is mentioned resources are expected to work in 8 x 5 shift scheduled in a manner to provide support for 12 x 5 All other conditionsrequirements mentioned in the table remain unchanged

82 Page No 84 and Section 320

General Bidder requests Bank to normalise the CPU to x86 based system some bidder may propose proprietary CPU which may lead to ambiguity

As per RFP

83 Page No 7 and Section 1

Introduction The Bank desires to implement Electronic Document Management System (EDMS) across all the locations (Pan India) and all the departments regional offices and training establishments of the Bank- As per our understanding this pertains to multi-sites and multi-instances deployment of EDMS solution Kindly confirm and specify the number of sites for deployment

As per RFP

84 Page No 25 and Section 21

High Level Critical Requirements Does this involve any external users outside of RBIother banks

As per RFP

Also elaborate on the Push-Pull mechanism mentioned and frequency of Push-Pull mechanism mentioned in the RFP

85 Page No 30 and Section 22

Technical Bid(Functional Requirements)

The System should be able to accept input in Rajbhasha and preferably in other regional languages - As per our understanding input in English and Hindi should meet the business requirement If not kindly elaborate on the languages expected

As per RFP

86 Page No 44 and Section 22

Edit files within native applications without downloading first

We understand that different softwares have different proprietary formats which may not be accessible for editing apart from these specific softwares We suggest to edit these files in their native softwares to maintain document quality We would request you to please specify these file formats

As per RFP

87 Page No 50 and Section 22

Application should have capability to allow end users in public domain to create user id and upload documents for inwards created

Please suggest if this involves any external users outside of RBIOther banks

As per RFP

88 Page No 51 and Section 22

Technical Bid(Functional Requirements)

Does this involve any external users outside of RBIother banks

As per RFP

89 Page No 53 and Section 23

Technical Bid(Non-Functional Requirements)

Navigation speed would be majorly dependent on networkbandwidth made available so that accordingly pages can be loaded

As per RFP

90 Page No 54 and Section 23

Technical Bid(Non-Functional Requirements)

Will the Bank provide Data Centre policy details or will it be discussed and agreed mutually between two parties post bidder selection

Shall be discussed with successful bidder

91 Page No 87 and Section 324

The EDMS application is required to be compatible to integrate with API applications like REST SOAP or any other based API applications

What are the third party applications needs to be integrated apart from those mentioned here

Integration envisaged for Go-Live - Active Directory Mail Messaging System SAMADHAN IRM and DMIS Other integration will be done during continuous development

92 Page No 100 and Section 53

Scope of Work Kindly convert the hours mentioned in TTR section into business hours

As per RFP

93 Page No 197 and Annexure D2

Functional Requirements Since this is a generic statement and no details can be finale present for customisations involved against this point

As per RFP

94 Page No 199 and Annexure D2

Functional Requirements Please elaborate Also there should not be any scores since preferred style or standard is not mentioned

As per RFP

95 Page No 207 and Annexure D3

Non-Functional Requirements Please elaborate what is user access level parameterised through admin level here

As per RFP

96 Page No 209 and Annexure D3

Non-Functional Requirements Please explain what does parameterisation mean and include here

As per RFP

97 Page No 226 and Annexure D6

Approach Paper Please clarify if scalability of document volume 30 is year on year increase and also we will consider 4 mn documents for initial year for calculating storage requirements Please check if our understanding is correct Also provide no of pages per document and size of each document etc

As per RFP

98 General Query Training Section Kindly share the number of the RBI team members to whom the training will be imparted

5 batches of 30-40 user each Total training to be provide to around 200 User at Mumbai Pune

99 General Query Customization and Integration As per our understanding the Integration with the third party applications is for image enablement and doc uploaddownload

As per RFP

100 General Query Technical Bid(Functional Requirements)

For the Workflow automation requirement can we get a sample process for each of the workflow described to understand the complexity of the process

Shall be discussed during System Study

101 General Query Technical Solution amp Training Please suggest the volume of documents involved for extraction scope

As per RFP

102 General Query Presentation amp POC of the Solution As per our understanding scope of POC in the RFP is the same as explained through the scenarios in EOI Please confirm

As per RFP

103 Page No 226 and Annexure D6

Functional Requirements Rearrange pages in a document or create a new document from a page using drag and drop This functionality is a part of specialized document creating softwares and not document management system Hence we request you to kindly drop this point

As per RFP

104 General Query

Functional Requirements What is the current ticketing tool being used by the bank

S-MAX

105 Page No 113 and Section 645

Implementation Experience Implementation Experience Table - Are there any scores that are assigned with parameters - No of projects Total Users Concurrent Users Volume of documents

As per RFP

106 Page No 256 and Annexure D5

NA What is the difference between D4 and D5 Both appear same in terms of format and information requested

D4 will be signed by the bidder D5 will be signed by bidders previousexisting clients where

DMS with workflow solution was implemented in past

107 Page No 224 and Annexure D4

Annexure D4 Technical Bid (Implementation Experience)

There is no minimum count mentioned for DMS with workflow automation Project Implementation Experience Two project credentials (PO or client letter) would be sufficient

As per RFP

108 Page No 81 and Section 318

Continuous Development What are the number of resources that the bank expects to be a part of Continuous Development

As per RFP

109 Page No 92 and Section 330

Scope of Work Since the amount of support and scope of work for cloud services is not very clear at this stage we recommend to keep this component out of commercial bid and take it on Time and Material need basis

As per RFP

110 Page No 106 and Section 63

Presentation amp POC of the Solution It is assumed that the POC requested in the RFP is the same as per the EOI and is based on the same use cases that were a part of the EOI process Please clarify

As per RFP

111 Page No 25 and Section 21

The solution should also be capable of integration with native office 365 and

Please name what are industry standard open office tools Please provide detail of existing IRM system

Microsoft IRM

industry standard open office tools The proposed solution needs to be integrated with existing (or any future standard system) of IRM

112 Page No 25 and Section 21

InwardOutward Management Flow of data from Web Interface to EDMS and vice versa should happen in batches and support push pull mechanism

Proposed system will provided web services for CRUD operation Same services will be consumed by external system for Inward management Also

Shall be discussed during SRS

Frequency of push pull should be configurable

proposed system will consume web service provided by external systems for Outward service Any change these external system will be out of scope Please confirm if our understanding is correct

113 Page No 27 and Section 21

The Scanning product should have inbuilt capability to do a full page OCR amp ICR (for both Hindi amp English documents) and also convert the images to searchable forms like Searchable PDF

Accuracy of capturing Hand written information in during OCRICR is totally depends on input and must be out of scope Please confirm if our understanding is correct

Accuracy of OCR for Machine Readable documents should be 100 and search should be faster amp accurate and it is in scope whereas the accuracy for ICR for hand written documents may be varied but is in scope

114 Page No 27 and Section 21

The System should be able to search in English Hindi amp combination of both System must provide the ability to search from bi-lingual content sources Reports should be in Hindi and English

Language conversion from English to Hindi and vice versa is not in scope Information saved in English language can be search in English Same way information saved in Hindi language will be searched in Hindi only Please confirm if our understanding is correct

Yes

115 Page No 34 and Section 22

Scanned file naming convention and folder structure to be used to store the scanned files and would be as per the

File name will be in English only Please confirm if our understanding is correct

Application should support Bilingual file names

policies defined by RBI for file naming conventions in bilingual language (Rajbhasha(Hindi) English)

116 Page no 58 amp Section 23

Compatible DevOps for version control in Test and Production environment

Please elaborate the requirement for Compatible DevOps for version control

Shall be discussed with successful bidder

117 The RBI reserves the right to conduct Yes

Page no 59 amp Section 23

further security testing of the system by either RBI personnel or another party Any gaps identified during this testing should be fixed by bidder at their own cost

STQC and VAPT will be in RBI scope SI will responsible for closing the GAP identified Please confirm if our understanding is correct

118 Page no 60 amp Section 23

The uniform user management policy envisaged by RBI in which single-sign-on concept for a user should be implemented

Please share existing Single-sign-on solution being used in RBI

Shall be shared with successful bidder

119 Page no 71 amp Section 38

ensure accuracy integrity and completeness of the data migration from legacy DMIS application to new EDMS application

Please provide below details Shall be discussed during System Study 1Which DB is being used(expr

OracleMSSQL etc) 2 Is DMIS application is open source built on JavaNet technology If not Please share which DMS product is being used along with version details 3How many table exists 4How many records need tp migrate 5How many documents need to migrate 6Does documents has versions 7Existing DMIS system architecture 8Other details which can be helpful to understand migration scope

120 Page no 97 amp Section 5

ldquoBusiness Operation Hoursrdquo shall be ldquoOne Hourrdquo prior to the start of ldquoWorking Hoursrdquo and would end ldquoOne Hourrdquo after ldquoWorking Hoursrdquo ldquoBusiness

Please confirm OampM support hours Will it be 700 AM to 900 PM (Mon-Friday) and on working Saturday What all Saturday will be working day

As per RFP

121 Page no 86 amp Section 323

The total number of users presently is expected to be around 10000 with 2000 concurrent users and annual growth of 10 in concurrent users

We believe all Bank users will not participate for workflowBPM task approval process For sizing please provide users count as per -

Workflows are applicable for all users and concurrency as mentioned in RFP

1) Total number of DMS users

2) Total number of BPMworkflow users 3)Concurrent DMS users 4)Concurrent BPMworkflow users

122 Page no 25 amp Section 21

Manage documents using a folder view with minimum 5 levels and support file types pdf tiff jpeg jpg doc docx xls xlsx ppt pptx png etc with version control

Please share the details of different type of documents Please provide below details

Shall be discussed during System Study

1) For New Documents a) Number of document ingestion per day - b) Average size of document - in KB c) Maximum size of document - in KB 2) What is percentage the Year on Year growth over 7 years for the number of documents added 3) Average number of document views per day 4) Average number of document searches per day

123 Page no 27 amp Section 21

The Scanning product should have inbuilt capability to do a full

Assuming scanning solution will be deployed centrally and access through web only If No Please share the number of location required for scanning solution Also do share number of scanning users number of template need to consider along with number metadata fields on each template

As per RFP

page OCR amp ICR (for both Hindi amp English documents) and also convert the images to searchable forms like Searchable PDF

124 Page no 28 amp Section 21

The System should be capable of supporting

For BPMWorkflow sizing can we get volumetric for

Shall be discussed during System Study

a Sequential routing ndash Note to be routed one after the other in a pre-defined sequence

1) No of Workload Per Month (Days per month)

b Ad-hoc routing Changing the routing sequence by an authorized personnel

2) No of Process instances Per Hour

c Push ndash pull routing Authorized person can decide the workflow

3)No of User Interactions (per screen)

4)Estimated Number of concurrent users for BPM

5) No of Transactions Per Seconds (TPS) Considered for Sizing (Rules Execution Per Second)

6)No of business process need to factor

7) complexity level of each processes 125 Page no 25 amp

Section 21 High Level Critical Requirements What is the corporate email used in

RBI is it MS exchange or lotus notes please share name and version

MS Exchange 2016

126 Page no 25 amp Section 21

High Level Critical Requirements Are you using On-premise of Azure Active Directory

Shall be shared with successful bidder

127 Page no 28 amp Section 21

High Level Critical Requirements Is there a requirement that all inputs fields should be allowed in both English and Hindi or Hindi data entry is limited to comments notes and documents

All inputs fields should be allowed in both English and Hindi

128 Page no 28 amp Section 21

High Level Critical Requirements Is there expectation that search with English keyword should get translated to Hindi and bring out Hindi content with translated word In other words is there requirement of cross language search

As per RFP

129 Page no 86 amp Section 323

Licences Please confirm licenses other than DMS like for DB web or application server will be provided by RBI

As per RFP

130 Page no 74 amp Section 310

A Administrator Level Training (Technical)

As it is mentioned under Technical Training and not Onsite training what is the expectation for this type of training Is classroom training not required for the same

It will be onsite training

131 Page no 74 amp Section 310

A Administrator Level Training (Technical)

Please confirm the no of approximate Trainees Location Batches for conducting the technical training

5 batches of 30-40 user each Total training to be provide to around 200 User at Mumbai Pune

132 Page no 74 amp Section 310

B User Level Training (on-site) Please confirm the no of approximate Trainees Location Batches for conducting the end user training

5 batches of 30-40 user each Total training to be provide to around 200 User at Mumbai Pune

133 Page no 74 amp Section 310

B User Level Training (on-site) Is hands-on-training session also required for the trainees If yes please confirm

Yes

134 Page no 74 amp Section 310

B User Level Training (on-site) Is the refresher training also expected post Go Live during the support AMC period Please confirm

L0 will be responsible for regular training at respective locations

135 Page no 16 amp Section 14

Date amp Time of Final Submission of Technical amp Commercial Bids on the MSTC Portal

Please extend the bid submission date by two weeks from the current

Please refer Tenders section on RBI website wwwrbiorgin and MSTC e-commerce portal for updates if any regarding bid submission schedule

136 Page no 151 162 206 262

Annexure D1 High Level Critical Requirements

Please provide Annexure D1 D2 D3 amp Q in excel format

May be copied from RFP

Annexure D Annexure D2 Technical Bid (Functional Requirements

Annexure D3 Technical Bid (Non Functional Requirements)

Annexure Q Commercial Bid Format 137 Page no 7 amp

Section1 Introduction The Bank desires to implement

Electronic Document Management System (EDMS) across all the locations (Pan India) and all the departments regional offices and training establishments of the Bank- As per our understanding this pertains to multi-sites and multi-instances deployment of EDMS solution Please confirm and specify the number of sites for deployment

As per RFP

138 Page no 25 amp Section 21

High Level Critical Requirements Does this involve any external users outside of RBIother banks

As per RFP

Also elaborate on the Push-Pull mechanism mentioned and frequency of Push-Pull mechanism mentioned in the RFP

139 Page no 30 amp Section 21

High Level Critical Requirements The System should be able to accept input in Rajbhasha and preferably in other regional languages - As per our understanding input in English and Hindi should meet the business requirement If not kindly elaborate on the languages expected

As per RFP

140 Page no 44 amp Section 21

High Level Critical Requirements Edit files within native applications without downloading first -We understand that different softwarersquos have different proprietary formats which may not be accessible for editing apart from this specific softwarersquos We suggest to edit these files in their native softwarersquos to maintain document quality We would request you to please specify these file formats

As per RFP

141 Page no 50 amp Section 22

Functional Requirements Application should have capability to allow end users in public domain to create user id and upload documents for inwards created - Please suggest if this involves any external users outside of RBIOther banks

As per RFP

142 Page no 51 amp Section 22

Functional Requirements Does this involve any external users outside of RBIother banks

Yes

143 Page no 53 amp Section 23

Non-Functional Requirements Navigation speed would be majorly dependent on networkbandwidth made available so that accordingly pages can be loaded

As per RFP

144 Page no 54 amp Section 23

Non-Functional Requirements Will the Bank provide Data Centre policy details or will it be discussed and agreed mutually between two parties post bidder selection

Shall be shared with successful bidder

145 Page no 87 amp Section 324

Customization and Integration The EDMS application is required to be compatible to integrate with API applications like REST SOAP or any other based API applications- What are the third party applications needs to be

Integration envisaged for Go-Live - Active Directory Mail Messaging System SAMADHAN IRM DMIS Other integration will be done during continuous development

integrated apart from those mentioned here

146 Page no 99 amp Section 53

Scope of Work Kindly convert the hours mentioned in TTR section into business hours

As per RFP

147 Page no 197 amp Admixture D2

Technical Bid (Functional Requirements)

Since this is a generic statement and no details can be finale present for customisations involved against this point

As per RFP

148 Page no 199 amp Admixture D2

Technical Bid (Functional Requirements)

Please elaborate Also there should not be any scores since preferred style or standard is not mentioned

User rights Management includes the ReadWrite privileges to the user which will be provided by RBI

149 Page no 207 amp Annexure D3

Technical Bid (Non-Functional Requirements)

Please elaborate what is user access level parameterised through admin level here

As per RFP

150 Page no 209 amp Annexure D2

Technical Bid (Functional Requirements)

Please explain what does parameterisation mean and include here

As per RFP

151 Page no 226 amp Annexure D6

Annexure D6 - Approach Paper Please clarify if scalability of document volume 30 is year on year increase and also we will consider 4 MN documents for initial year for calculating storage requirements Please check if our understanding is correct Also provide no of pages per document and size of each document etc

As per RFP

152 General Query Training Section Kindly share the number of the RBI team members to whom the training will be imparted

5 batches of 30-40 user each Total training to be provide to around 200 User at Mumbai Pune

153 General Query Customization and Integration As per our understanding the Integration with the third party applications is for image enablement and doc uploaddownload

Shall be discussed during System Study

154 General Query Technical Bid (Functional Requirements)

For the Workflow automation requirement can we get a sample process for each of the workflow described to understand the complexity of the process

Yes

155 General Query Technical Solution amp Training Please suggest the volume of documents involved for extraction scope

As per RFP

156 General Query Presentation amp POC of the Solution As per our understanding scope of POC in the RFP is the same as explained through the scenarios in EOI Please confirm

Yes

157 Page no 163 amp Annexure D2

Technical Bid (Non-Functional Requirements)

Rearrange pages in a document or create a new document from a page using drag and drop This functionality is a part of specialized document creating softwarersquos and not document management system Hence we request you to kindly drop this point

As per RFP

158 Page no 19 and section No 15

11 ldquoAgreementrdquo means the contract signed between the Bank and the Selected Bidder and all the attached documents The ldquoAgreementrdquo includes the RFP subsequent modifications to the RFP response of the selected vendor to the RFP and the contract document itself

11 ldquoAgreementrdquo means the contract signed between the Bank and the Selected Bidder and all the attached documents all of which shall be on mutually agreed terms and conditions The ldquoAgreementrdquo includes the RFP subsequent modifications to the RFP response of the selected vendor to the RFP and the contract document itself

As per RFP

17 ldquoIntegrationrdquo means the system should be able to integrate with existing componentsapplications like Active Directory MS Office 365 and support other 3rd party integration if required

17 ldquoIntegrationrdquo means the system should be able to integrate with existing componentsapplications like Active Directory MS Office 365 and support other 3rd party integration if required

18 ldquoCommissioningrdquo means the System shall be considered to have been commissioned when the entire job including supply installation integration configuration testing and deployment of all hardware amp software is executed to the satisfaction of the Purchaser

18 ldquoCommissioningrdquo means the System shall be considered to have been commissioned when the entire job including supply installation integration configuration testing and deployment of all hardware amp software is executed as per the terms of the RFP to the satisfaction of the Purchaser

159 Page No 66 amp Section No 31

The scope of the system can be enhanced as per requirements of RBI

The scope of the system can be enhanced as per requirements of RBI However It should be restricted to +-10 maximum of the quantity quoted as per RFP

As per RFP

Bidder agrees to provide the increased quantity at the same terms and conditions However additional prices shall be charged for the goods supplied over the contracted quantity

160 Page No 75 amp Section No 311

The completion shall include satisfactory installation testing data migration non-functional requirements etc

The completion shall include satisfactory installation testing data migration non-functional requirements etc

As per RFP

4 Bidder should provide 90 days of hand holding support post Go-Live

4 Bidder should provide 30 90 days of hand holding support post Go-Live

5 On satisfactory performance of application post 90 days from Go-Live Bank will issue Completion Certificate

5 On satisfactory performance of application post 90 30 days from Go-Live Bank will issue Completion Certificate

6 In case of the Go-Live delays by the Bidder the financial Penalty as per the Banks discretion will be imposed on the Bidder at 5 of the total contract value per month of delay to the maximum of 10 of the total contract value as per the agreement between the Bank and the successful Bidder

6 In case of the Go-Live delays by the Bidder the financial Penalty as per the Banks discretion will be imposed on the Bidder at 5 05 of the total contract value delayed portion of ACV per month of delay to the maximum of 10 3 of the delayed portion of ACV total contract value as per the agreement between the Bank and the successful Bidder

161 Page No 77 amp Section No 313

5 If any defect in the Solution is not rectified by the Bidder before the end of the Warranty Period the Warranty Period shall be extended until

5 If any defect in the Solution is not rectified by the Bidder before the end of the Warranty Period the Warranty Period shall be extended until

As per RFP

(a) the defect has been corrected and (a) the defect has been corrected and (b) the Solution functions in accordance with the Contract

(b) the Solution functions in accordance with the Contract

6 Where the Bidder is not the Manufacturer of certain components of the Solution then the Bidder shall disclose the Manufacturerrsquos warranty for such components to the Bank and in the event such warranty exceeds the Bidderrsquos warranty under this

6 Where the Bidder is not the Manufacturer of certain components of the Solution then the Bidder shall disclose the Manufacturerrsquos warranty for such components to the Bank and in the event such warranty exceeds the Bidderrsquos warranty under this Contract in

Contract in any respect shall ensure that the Bank will receive the benefit of the Manufacturerrsquos warranty

any respect shall ensure that the Bank will receive the benefit of the Manufacturerrsquos warranty

7 The bidder is expected to provide requisite support to Bankrsquos operations team for Application-specific database back-up and Disaster Recovery activities during the entire warranty amp support period of 7 years

7 The bidder is expected to provide requisite support to Bankrsquos operations team for Application-specific database back-up and Disaster Recovery activities during the entire warranty amp support period of 7 years

162 Page No 79 amp Section No 315

The following are minimum qualifications and experience for key resources required to implement the EDMS solution Members which are considered for Technical bid evaluation shall be construed as Key Personnel including but not limited to members involved in EDMS customization and implementation architect database administrator The following personnel would be required during the Design Configuration Installation and Setup of the EDMS solution These key resources should be based in Mumbai

The following are minimum qualifications and experience for key resources required to implement the EDMS solution Members which are considered for Technical bid evaluation shall be construed as Key Personnel including but not limited to members involved in EDMS customization and implementation architect database administrator The following personnel would be required during the Design Configuration Installation and Setup of the EDMS solution These key resources should be based in Mumbai

As per RFP

163 Page No 87 amp Section No325

System amp Security Audit ADD As per RFP Notwithstanding anything contained in this RFP

a) Excluding a regulatorystatutory requirement if any nothing in this Agreement shall be construed or interpreted as requiring Bidder to provide to Bank access to or right to inspect examine audit and take copies of any fees price cost or any other financial information or any records or documents relating to the make-up of the Bidderrsquos internal overhead calculations their relationship to the fees any financial cost model calculation of fees or to the Bidderrsquos profitability or other such financial data b) All audit barring those required under a regulatory or statutory requirement may be done only on an annual basis and subject to a notice period of 20 days

164 Page No 93 amp Section No4 Payment Terms

1 Completion of process and system study Design and Build and Deployment in UAT - 15 of Implementation Cost specified at Item 1B of Annexure Q

1 Completion of process and system study Design and Build and Deployment in UAT -30 15 of Implementation Cost specified at Item 1B of Annexure Q

As per RFP

2 Data Migration Completion of User Acceptance Testing Creation of training content Train the Trainer and customer education content - 20 of Implementation Cost specified at Item 1B of Annexure Q

2 Data Migration Completion of User Acceptance Testing Creation of training content Train the Trainer and customer education content - 20 30 of Implementation Cost specified at Item 1B of Annexure Q

3 Complete Implementation and ldquoProduction Go-liverdquo of the project - 25 of Implementation Cost specified at Item 1B of Annexure Q

3 Complete Implementation and ldquoProduction Go-liverdquo of the project - 25 of Implementation Cost specified at Item 1B of Annexure Q

4 Receipt of Completion Certificate from the Bank

4 Receipt of Completion Certificate from the Bank

(post 90 days of achieving production Go-Live) - 30 of Implementation Cost specified at Item 1B of Annexure Q

(post 90 days of achieving production Go-Live) - 30 10 of Implementation Cost specified at Item 1B of Annexure Q

5 Amount payable during the warranty period - On completion of warranty period of three years The Financial Bank guarantee shall be valid for 7 years - 10 of Implementation Cost specified at Item 1B of Annexure Q

5 Amount payable during the warranty period - On completion of warranty period of three years The Financial Bank guarantee shall be valid for 7 years - 10 5 of Implementation Cost specified at Item 1B of Annexure Q

middot 100 of the License Cost indicated in Item 1A of Annexure Q shall be payable immediately on deployment in UAT environment Beta testing phase

middot 100 of the License Cost indicated in Item 1A of Annexure Q shall be payable immediately on deployment in UAT environment Beta testing phase

For each milestone to be marked completed the bidder should ensure that all the acceptance criteria are met and approved by the Bank as mentioned in various applicable sections in the RFP

For each milestone to be marked completed the bidder should ensure that all the acceptance criteria are met and approved by the Bank as mentioned in various applicable sections in the RFP

165 Page No 94 amp Section No43

Amount payable during the warranty period following successful implementation of application will be paid on completion of warranty period of three years The Financial Bank guarantee shall be valid for 7 years Performance Bank Guarantee will be released on submission of Financial Bank Guarantee

Amount payable during the warranty period following successful implementation of application will be paid in advance on completion of warranty period of three years The Financial Bank guarantee shall be valid for 7 years Performance Bank Guarantee will be released on submission of Financial Bank Guarantee

As per RFP

166 Page No 95 amp Section No44

The annual amount payable towards AMC would be paid at the end of every year following successful implementation of the application and delivery of satisfactory services

The annual amount payable towards AMC would be paid at the end start of every year following successful implementation of the application and delivery of satisfactory services

As per RFP

167 Page No 95 amp Section No45

The annual amount payable towards FMS and Development Team would be paid at the end of every year following successful implementation of the application and delivery of satisfactory services

The annual amount payable towards FMS and Development Team would be paid monthly at the end of every year following successful implementation of the application and delivery of satisfactory services

Please refer Corrigendum dated 7th October 2019

168 Page No 95 amp Section No44

The Bidders should note that the contract entered with the successful Bidder will be for implementation and post go‐live period of 7 years (3 years‟ warranty amp 4 years AMC amp FMS support) extendable at the Bankrsquos discretion The Bank will have the right in its sole discretion to renegotiate the prices terms and conditions

8 The Bidders should note that the contract entered with the successful Bidder will be for implementation and post go‐live period of 7 years (3 years‟ warranty amp 4 years AMC amp FMS support) extendable at the Bankrsquos discretion on mutually agreed terms The Bank will have the right in its sole discretion to renegotiate the prices terms and conditions

As per RFP

169 Page No 95 amp Section No45

The successful Bidder is expected to complete the responsibilities that have been assigned as per the specified time frame In case of the Rollout delays by the Bidder the financial Penalty as per the Banks discretion will be imposed on the Bidder at 5 of the total contract value per month of delay to the maximum of 10 of the total contract value as per the

The successful Bidder is expected to complete the responsibilities that have been assigned as per the specified time frame In case of the Rollout delays by the Bidder the financial Penalty as per the Banks discretion will be imposed on the Bidder at 5 05 of the total contract value delayed portion of ACV per month of delay to the maximum of 10 3 of the delayed portion of ACV

As per RFP

agreement between the Bank and the successful Bidder

of the total contract value as per the agreement between the Bank and the successful Bidder

Business Utility and Business Downtime would be the key considerations for determining the ldquoPenaltiesrdquo that would be levied on the Bidder for ldquoNon‐Adherencerdquo to the SLA for the Services offered The inability of the Bidder to provide the requirements as per the scope or to meet the deadlines as specified would be treated as breach of contract and invoke the Penalty Clause The maximum limit on the penalties during the period of contract shall be 10 of the total contract value The applicable ldquoPenaltiesrdquo would be the same irrespective of the root causes The Penalty shall be deducted from the next pay out (Warranty AMC amp FMS BG)

Business Utility and Business Downtime would be the key considerations for determining the ldquoPenaltiesrdquo that would be levied on the Bidder for ldquoNon‐Adherencerdquo to the SLA for the Services offered The inability of the Bidder to provide the requirements as per the scope or to meet the deadlines as specified would be treated as breach of contract and invoke the Penalty Clause The maximum limit on the penalties during the period of contract shall be 10 of the total contract value The applicable ldquoPenaltiesrdquo would be the same irrespective of the root causes The Penalty shall be deducted from the next pay out (Warranty AMC amp FMS BG)

The successful Bidder is expected to complete the responsibilities that have been assigned as per the specified time frame In case of the Rollout delays or more than 2 rollbacks by the Bidder the financial Penalty as per the Banks discretion will be imposed on

The successful Bidder is expected to complete the responsibilities that have been assigned as per the specified time frame In case of the Rollout delays or more than 2 rollbacks by the Bidder the financial Penalty as per the Banks discretion will be imposed on the Bidder

the Bidder at 5 of the total cost for the particular continuous development

at 5 3 of the total cost for the particular continuous development

The maximum limit on the penalties during the period of contract shall be 10 of the total contract value

The maximum limit on the penalties during the period of contract shall be 3 of ACV 10 of the total contract value

170 Page No 114 amp Section No66

Prices quoted by bidder in commercial bid shall be reasonable and as per industry standards If any extreme abnormalitiesdiscrepancies observed in prices RBI at its discretion will disqualify the Commercial Bid

Prices quoted by bidder in commercial bid shall be reasonable and as per industry standards If any extreme abnormalitiesdiscrepancies observed in prices RBI at its discretion will disqualify the Commercial Bid

As per RFP

171 Page No 123 amp Section No77

The Bids will be treated as valid for a period of 180 days from the closing date for submission of the bid

The Bids will be treated as valid for a period of 180 30 days from the closing date for submission of the bid

As per RFP

172 Page No 124 amp Section No711

2 2 The Bank will reserve the right to terminate the services of the successful Bidder at any point of the Project (during the implementation phase and post go-live) without assigning any reasons In such cases the Bank may consider making payment commensurate with the last completed phase

2 The Bank Either Party will reserve the right to terminate the services of the successful Bidder at any point of the Project (during the implementation phase and post go-live) without assigning any reasons subject to notice period of 3 months In such cases the Bank shall may consider making payment for all services and deliverables rendered up to the effective date of communication commensurate with the last completed phase

As per RFP

In the event of termination of any nature the Bidder shall be paid for the 1 goods delivered 2 services rendered 3 work in progress 4 unpaid AMCs 5 third party orders in pipeline which cannot be cancelled despite Bidders best efforts 6 unrecovered investments shall be paid by the Bank as per termination schedule till the date of termination

173 Page No 126 amp Section No8

1 Submission of a Proposal shall be deemed to constitute an acknowledgement by the Bidder that all obligations stipulated by this RFP will be met and unless specified otherwise the Bidder has read understood and agreed to all the instructions provided in this RFP

1 Submission of a Proposal shall be deemed to constitute an acknowledgement by the Bidder that all material obligations stipulated by this RFP will be met and unless specified otherwise the Bidder has read understood and agreed to all the instructions provided in this RFP

As per RFP

3 The Bidder selected for the solution will have to enter into a contract directly with RBI The contract will contain various terms and conditions including payment delivery installation amp operationalization training commissioning amp acceptance support during periods of warranty amp maintenance penalty due to delay in performance

3 The Bidder selected for the solution will have to enter into a contract directly with RBI on mutually agreed terms The contract will contain various terms and conditions including payment delivery installation amp operationalization training commissioning amp acceptance support during periods of warranty amp maintenance penalty due to delay in performance

174 Page No 126 amp Section No81

2 Adherence to terms and conditions The Bidders who wish to submit responses to this RFP should note that they should abide by all the terms and conditions contained in the RFP If the responses contain any extraneous conditions put in by the respondents such Bidders will be disqualified and will not be considered for the selection process

2 Adherence to terms and conditions The Bidders who wish to submit responses to this RFP should note that they should abide by all the mutually agreed terms and conditions contained in the RFP If the responses contain any extraneous conditions put in by the respondents such Bidders will be disqualified and will not be considered for the selection process

As per RFP

175 Page No 127 amp Section No81

4 Execution of SLA The Bidder should execute a Service Level Agreement which would include all the services and terms and conditions of the services to be extended as detailed herein and as may be prescribed by the Bank

4 Execution of SLA The Bidder should execute a Service Level Agreement on mutually agreed terms which would include all the services and terms and conditions of the services to be extended as detailed herein and as may be prescribed by the Bank

As per RFP

5 A declaration may be given by the Bidder stating that No relative of the Bidders is working in the Reserve Bank of India (Annexure K) If anyone working in the Bank is related to the Bidders the name designation and the department where the person is posted may be given Due to any breach of these conditions by the company or firm or any other person the Bank may decide to take appropriate action including cancellation of bid invocation of performance bank guarantee The company or firm or the person may also be debarred for further participation in the procurement process of the Bank in the future

5 A declaration may be given by the Bidder stating that No relative of the Bidders is working in the Reserve Bank of India (Annexure K) If anyone working in the Bank is related to the Bidders the name designation and the department where the person is posted may be given Due to any breach of these conditions by the company or firm or any other person the Bank may decide to take appropriate action including cancellation of bid invocation of performance bank guarantee The company or firm or the person may also be debarred for further participation in the procurement process of the Bank in the future

The relatives for this purpose are defined as -

The relatives for this purpose are defined as -

Oslash Members of a Hindu undivided family (HUF)

Oslash Members of a Hindu undivided family (HUF)

Oslash Husband and Wife Oslash Husband and Wife Oslash If one is related to the other in the manner as Father (includes step father) Mother (includes step mother) Son(s) (includes step son) amp Sonrsquos wife (daughter-in-law) Daughter(s) (includes step daughter) and Daughterrsquos husband (son-in-law) Brother(s) (includes step brother) and Brotherrsquos wife Sister(s) (includes step sister) and Sisterrsquos husband (brother-in-law)

Oslash If one is related to the other in the manner as Father (includes step father) Mother (includes step mother) Son(s) (includes step son) amp Sonrsquos wife (daughter-in-law) Daughter(s) (includes step daughter) and Daughterrsquos husband (son-in-law) Brother(s) (includes step brother) and Brotherrsquos wife Sister(s) (includes step sister) and Sisterrsquos husband (brother-in-law)

176 Page No 127 amp Section No82

The Proposal as well as all related correspondence exchanged by the Bidder and RBI shall be written in English language only The Bids will be treated as valid for a period of 180 days from the closing date for submission of the bid

The Proposal as well as all related correspondence exchanged by the Bidder and RBI shall be written in English language only The Bids will be treated as valid for a period of 180 30 days from the closing date for submission of the bid

As per RFP

177 Page No 128 amp Section No84

The Bidder shall at its own cost and expenses defend and indemnify RBI against all third-party claims including those of the infringement of Intellectual Property Rights including patent trademark copyright trade secret or industrial design rights arising from use of the Products or any part thereof in India

The Bidder Either Party (Indemnitor) shall at its own cost and expenses defend and indemnify the other Party (Indemnitee) RBI against all third-party claims including limited to those of the infringement of Intellectual Property Rights including patent trademark copyright trade secret or industrial design rights directly and proximately arising from use of the Products or any part thereof in India

As per RFP

If RBI is required to pay compensation to a third party resulting from such infringement the Bidder shall be fully responsible therefore including all expenses and court and legal fees The Bidder shall also be liable to indemnify RBI at its own cost and expenses against all losses damages which RBI may suffer on account of violation by the Bidder of any or all national international trade laws norms standards procedures etc

If RBI is required to pay compensation to a third party resulting from such infringement the Indemnitor Bidder shall be fully responsible therefore including all expenses and court and legal fees The Indemnitor Bidder shall also be liable to indemnify IndemniteeRBI at its own cost and expenses against all third party losses damages which IndemniteeRBI may suffer on account of violation by the Indemnitor Bidder of any or all national international trade laws norms standards procedures etc

178 Page No 129 amp Section No85

RBI reserves the right to cancel the contract of the selected Bidder and recover expenditure incurred by RBI if the progress regarding execution of the contract made by the selected Bidder is found to be unsatisfactory for any reason After the award of the contract if the selected Bidder does not perform satisfactorily or delays execution of the contract RBI reserves the right to get the balance contract executed by another party of its choice by giving one monthrsquos‟ notice for the same In this event the selected Bidder is bound to make good the additional expenditure which RBI may have to incur to carry out bidding process for the execution of the balance of the contract This clause will be surviving even where for any reason the contract is cancelled RBI reserves the right to recover any dues payable by the selected Bidder from any amount outstanding to the credit of the selected Bidder including the pending bills andor invoking Bank Guarantee if any under this contract or any other contractorder

RBI reserves the right to cancel the contract of the selected Bidder In the event of cancellation of contract the Bank is liable to pay the bidder for the goods delivered and services rendered till the date of termination and recover expenditure incurred by RBI if the progress regarding execution of the contract made by the selected Bidder is found not to be as per the material terms of the RFP unsatisfactory for any reason solely attributable to the bidder After the award of the contract if the selected Bidder does not perform as per the material terms of the RFP satisfactorily or unduly delays execution of the contract subject to a cure period and notice of not less than 30 days RBI reserves the right to get the balance contract executed by another party of its choice by giving one monthrsquos‟ additional notice for the same In this event the selected Bidder is bound to make good the additional expenditure which RBI may have to incur to carry out bidding process for the execution of the balance of the contract Provided further that the Bidder shall not be liable to Excess Cost in excess of (ten) 10 percent of the price of undelivered goods or services for which such option is exercised by the Bank This clause will be surviving even where for any reason attributable to the bidder the contract is cancelled RBI reserves the

As per RFP

right to recover any dues payable by the selected Bidder from any amount outstanding to the credit of the selected Bidder including the pending bills andor invoking Bank Guarantee if any under this contract or any other contractorder

179 Page No 129 amp Section No86

Bidder will submit a Bank Guarantee from a scheduled commercial bank drawn in favour of Reserve Bank of India payable at Mumbai towards Earnest Money Deposit (EMD) for Rs 4000000- (Rupees Forty Lakhs only) The EMD of unsuccessful Bidders shall be returned within 30 days from the declaration of the disqualification of the respective Bidder No interest shall be paid on the EMD The EMD of the successful Bidder shall be returned after the successful Bidder furnishes the Performance Bank Guarantee Offers made without the Earnest money deposit are liable to be rejected The amount of Earnest money deposit would be forfeited in the following scenarios

Bidder will submit demand draftbankerrsquos chequepay order Bank Guarantee drawn in favour of Reserve Bank of India payable at Mumbai towards Earnest Money Deposit (EMD) for Rs 4000000- (Rupees Forty Lakhs only) The EMD of unsuccessful Bidders shall be returned within 15 days from the declaration of the disqualification of the respective Bidder No interest shall be paid on the EMD The EMD of the successful Bidder shall be returned after the successful Bidder furnishes the Performance Bank Guarantee Offers made without the Earnest money deposit will be rejected The amount of Earnest money deposit would be forfeited in the following scenarios

As per RFP

1 In case the Bidder withdraws the bid prior to validity period of the bid for any reason whatsoever

1 In case the Bidder withdraws the bid prior to validity period of the bid for any reason whatsoever after the deviations proposed are mutually agreed to between both the parties

2 In case the successful Bidder fails to accept and sign the contract within the timeline as specified in this document for any reason whatsoever or

2 In case the successful Bidder fails to accept and sign the contract on mutually agreed terms as specified in this document for any reason whatsoever or

3 In case the successful Bidder fails to provide the performance guarantee within 30 days from the date of placing the order by the Bank or signing of the

3 In case the successful Bidder fails to provide the performance guarantee within 30 days from the date of placing the order by the Bank or and signing of the contract on mutually agreed terms

contract whichever is earlier for any reason whatsoever

whichever is earlier for any reason whatsoever

In case the Bidder withdraws the bid

owing to the fact that the deviations proposed by the Bidder are not accepted by the Bank there shall be neither any forfeiture of EMD nor any other financial or legal implications

180 Page No 130 amp Section No87

The successful Bidder shall at his own expense deposit with The Chief General Manager-in-Charge Department of Information Technology Reserve Bank of India Mumbai within thirty (30) days from the final result of the bidding process and declaration of the successful Bidder a Performance Bank Guarantee from a scheduled commercial bank payable on demand in terms of Annexure C for an amount equivalent to ten percent (10) of the contract price for the due performance and fulfilment of the contract by the Bidder Without prejudice to the other rights of the Purchaser under the Contract in the matter the proceeds of the performance security shall be payable to RBI as compensation for any loss resulting from the Bidderrsquos failure to complete its obligations under the Contract RBI shall notify the Bidder in writing of the invocation of its right to receive such compensation indicating the contractual obligation(s) for which the Bidder is in default The Performance Bank Guarantee shall be denominated in INR and shall be in the form of bank guarantee unless another form is specified by RBI After Go Live Performance Bank Guarantee will be returned back to bidder on submission of Financial Bank Guarantee which shall be submitted by the Bidder within

The successful Bidder shall at his own expense deposit with The Chief General Manager-in-Charge Department of Information Technology Reserve Bank of India Mumbai within thirty (30) days from the final result of the bidding process and declaration of the successful Bidder a Performance Bank Guarantee from a scheduled commercial bank payable on demand in terms of Annexure C for an amount equivalent to ten percent (10) of the contract price for the due performance and fulfilment of the contract by the Bidder Without prejudice to the other rights of the Purchaser under the Contract in the matter the proceeds of the performance security shall be payable to RBI as compensation for any loss resulting from the Bidderrsquos failure to complete its obligations under the Contract RBI shall notify the Bidder in writing of the invocation of its right to receive such compensation indicating the contractual obligation(s) for which the Bidder is in default The Performance Bank Guarantee shall be denominated in INR and shall be in the form of bank guarantee unless another form is specified by RBI After Go Live Performance Bank Guarantee will be returned back to bidder on submission of Financial Bank Guarantee which shall be submitted by the Bidder within 90 days of Go-Live Non-submission of

As per RFP

90 days of Go-Live Non-submission of Performance Guarantee shall constitute sufficient grounds among others if any for the annulment of the award of the tender

Performance Guarantee shall constitute sufficient grounds among others if any for the annulment of the award of the tender

181 Page No 130 amp Section No88

The successful Bidder shall at his own expense deposit with The Chief General Manager-In-Charge Department of Information Technology Reserve Bank of India Mumbai within Ninety (90) days of Go-Live of application before the issuance of Certificate of Completion a Bank Guarantee from a scheduled commercial bank payable on demand in terms of Annexure O for an amount equivalent to ten percent (10) of the contract price as mentioned in Annexure Q of Commercial Bid submitted by the bidder for the due performance and fulfilment of the contract by the Bidder during the warranty and AMC period of 7 years After Go Live Performance Bank Guarantee will be returned back to bidder on submission of Financial Bank Guarantee Without prejudice to the other rights of the Purchaser under the Contract in the matter the proceeds of the performance security shall be payable to RBI as compensation for any loss resulting from the Bidderrsquos failure to complete its obligations under the Contract RBI shall notify the Bidder in writing of the invocation of its right to receive such compensation indicating the contractual obligation(s) for which the Bidder is in default The Financial Bank Guarantee shall be valid till the

The successful Bidder shall at his own expense deposit with The Chief General Manager-In-Charge Department of Information Technology Reserve Bank of India Mumbai within Ninety (90) days of Go-Live of application before the issuance of Certificate of Completion a Bank Guarantee from a scheduled commercial bank payable on demand in terms of Annexure O for an amount equivalent to ten percent (10) of the contract price as mentioned in Annexure Q of Commercial Bid submitted by the bidder for the due performance and fulfilment of the contract by the Bidder during the warranty and AMC period of 7 years After Go Live Performance Bank Guarantee will be returned back to bidder on submission of Financial Bank Guarantee Without prejudice to the other rights of the Purchaser under the Contract in the matter the proceeds of the performance security shall be payable to RBI as compensation for any loss resulting from the Bidderrsquos failure to complete its obligations under the Contract RBI shall notify the Bidder in writing of the invocation of its right to receive such compensation indicating the contractual obligation(s) for which the Bidder is in default The Financial Bank Guarantee shall be valid till the end of AMC denominated in INR and shall be in the form of bank guarantee

As per RFP

end of AMC denominated in INR and shall be in the form of bank guarantee unless another form is specified by RBI Non-submission of Financial Guarantee shall constitute sufficient grounds among others if any for the annulment of the award of the tender

unless another form is specified by RBI Non-submission of Financial Guarantee shall constitute sufficient grounds among others if any for the annulment of the award of the tender

182 Page No 131 amp Section No810

Unless otherwise directed by the Purchaser in writing the Bidder shall continue to perform his obligations under the contract as far as possible and shall seek all means for performance of all other obligations not prevented by the Force Majeure event

Unless otherwise directed by the Purchaser in writing the Bidder shall continue to perform his obligations under the contract as far as reasonably possible and shall seek all means for performance of all other obligations not prevented by the Force Majeure event

As per RFP

Such Force Majeure events will not entitle the Purchaser to delay payment to be made to the Bidder

183 Page No 131 amp Section No811

7 This undertaking shall not apply to Confidential Information that

7 This undertaking shall not apply to Confidential Information that

As per RFP

- Is in the public domain at the time it is acquired by us

- Is in the public domain at the time it is acquired by us

- Enters the public domain subsequent to our acquisition otherwise than as a result of unauthorised disclosure by us and

- Enters the public domain subsequent to our acquisition otherwise than as a result of unauthorised disclosure by us

- Is independently developed by us - is rightfully acquired prior to disclosure by the RBI and

- Is independently developed by us 184 Page No 132

amp Section No813

The Bank reserves the right to alter the requirements specified in the RFP Document The Bank will inform all Bidders about changes if any

The Bank reserves the right to alter the requirements specified in the RFP Document up to the date of submission of the final bid The Bank will inform all Bidders about changes if any Also It should be restricted to +-10 maximum of the quantity quoted as per RFP

As per RFP

The Bidder agrees that the Bank has no limit on the additions or deletions on the items for the period of the contract

Bidder agrees to provide the increased quantity at the same terms and conditions However additional prices shall be charged for the goods supplied over the contracted quantity

The Bidder agrees that the Bank has no limit on the additions or deletions on the items for the period of the contract

185 Page No 133 amp Section No816

The Bidder should strictly adhere to the implementation schedule as specified in the purchase contract executed between the Parties for performance of the obligations arising out of the purchase contract and any delay in completion of the obligations by the Bidder will enable the Bank to resort to any or both of the following

The Bidder should strictly adhere to the implementation schedule as specified in the purchase contract executed between the Parties for performance of the obligations arising out of the purchase contract and any delay in completion of the obligations by the Bidder (for reason not attributable to the Purchaser) will only enable the Bank to resort to any or both of the following

As per RFP

Oslash Claiming Liquidated Damages Oslash Claiming Liquidated Damages Oslash Termination of the purchase agreement fully or partly and claim liquidated damages

Oslash Termination of the purchase agreement fully or partly and claim liquidated damages Bidder should be given 30 daysrsquo written notice to cure the default failing which may attract termination In the event of termination Bank shall pay Bidder for goods delivered and services rendered till the date of termination

186 Page No 134 amp Section No817

The liquidated damages is an estimate of the loss or damage that the Bank may have suffered due to delay in performance or non-performance of any or all the obligations (under the terms and conditions of the purchase contract relating to supply delivery installation operationalization implementation training supportservices acceptance etc) of the solution by the Bidder and the Bidder shall be liable to pay the Bank a

The liquidated damages is an estimate of the loss or damage that the Bank may have suffered due to delay in performance or non-performance of any or all the obligations (under the terms and conditions of the purchase contract relating to supply delivery installation operationalization implementation training supportservices acceptance etc) of the solution by the Bidder and the Bidder shall be liable to pay the Bank a fixed amount for each day of

As per RFP

fixed amount for each day of delay non-performance of the obligations by way of liquidated damages details of which will be specified in the purchase contract Without any prejudice to Bankrsquos other rights under the law the Bank shall recover the liquidated damages if any accruing to the Bank as above from any amount payable to the Bidder either as per the purchase contract executed between the parties or under any other purchase agreement contract the Bank may have executed shall be executing with the Bidder Liquidated Damages is not applicable for reasons attributable to the Bank and Force Majeure However it is the responsibilityonus of the Bidder to prove that the delay is attributed to the Bank and Force Majeure The Bidder shall submit the proof authenticated by the Bidder and bankrsquos official that the delay is attributed to the Bank and Force Majeure along with the bills requesting payment

delay non-performance of the obligations limited to a maximum of 3 of the delayedundelivered portion of ACV by way of liquidated damages details of which will be specified in the purchase contract Without any prejudice to Bankrsquos other rights under the law the Bank shall recover the liquidated damages if any accruing to the Bank as above from any amount payable to the Bidder either as per the purchase contract executed between the parties or under any other purchase agreement contract the Bank may have executed shall be executing with the Bidder Liquidated Damages is not applicable for reasons attributable to the Bank and Force Majeure However it is the responsibilityonus of the Bidder to prove that the delay is attributed to the Bank and Force Majeure The Bidder shall submit the proof authenticated by the Bidder and bankrsquos official that the delay is attributed to the Bank and Force Majeure along with the bills requesting payment

187 General Query Clause not present Total LD+ penalty that Bank can levy on Bidder shall not exceed 3 of ACV

As per RFP

188 Page No 137 and section 825

Neither the contract nor any rights granted under the contract may be sold leased assigned or otherwise transferred in whole or in part by the Bidder and any such attempted sale lease assignment or otherwise transfer shall be void and of no effect

Neither the contract nor any rights granted under the contract may be sold leased assigned or otherwise transferred in whole or in part by either Party the Bidder and any such attempted sale lease assignment or otherwise transfer shall be void and of

As per RFP

without the advance written consent of the Bank

no effect without the advance written consent of the other Party Bank

189 Page No 137 and section 826

The Bidder during the term of the contract and for a period of two years thereafter shall not without the express written consent of the Bank directly or indirectly

The Bidder Both Parties during the term of the contract and for a period of two years thereafter shall not without the express written consent of the other Party Bank directly or indirectly

As per RFP

1 Recruit hire appoint or engage or attempt to recruit hire appoint or engage or discuss employment with or otherwise utilize the services of any person who has been an employee or associate or engaged in any capacity by the Bank in rendering services under the contract or

1 Recruit hire appoint or engage or attempt to recruit hire appoint or engage or discuss employment with or otherwise utilize the services of any person who has been an employee or associate or engaged in any capacity by the other Party Bank in rendering services under the contract or

2 Induce any person who is have been an employee or associate of the Bank at any time to terminate his her relationship with the Bank

2 Induce any person who is have been an employee or associate of the other Party Bank at any time to terminate his her relationship with the other Party Bank

190 Page No 137 and section 829

The ownership of the source code and design for the EDMS specific to the Bank and all related application suites interface designs customisations design etc and related Intellectual Property Right (IPR) will lie with the Bank only All Bidders will need to adhere to this

The ownership of the source code and design for the EDMS specific to the Bank and all related application suites interface designs customisations design etc and related Intellectual Property Right (IPR) will lie with the Bank only All Bidders will need to adhere to this

As per RFP

Notwithstanding anything to the contrary no intellectual property rights of any nature shall be transferred from one Party to the other in the course of performing any obligations or otherwise under this agreement For the avoidance of doubt Bidders may use certain tools processes or methodologies of its own in performing the services Ownership of all intellectual property rights and any other rights in these shall vest with Bidder and no rights shall be deemed to have accrued to the Bank

191 Page No 139 and section 830

3 The Bidder during the term of the contract and for a period of two years thereafter shall not without the express written consent of RBI directly or indirectly recruit hire appoint or engage or attempt to recruit hire appoint or engage or discuss employment with or otherwise utilize the services of any person who has been an employee or associate or engaged in any capacity by RBI in rendering services under the contract or Induce any person who shall have been an employee or associate of RBI at any time to terminate his her relationship with RBI

3 The Bidder Either party during the term of the contract and for a period of two years thereafter shall not without the express written consent of the other Party RBI directly or indirectly recruit hire appoint or engage or attempt to recruit hire appoint or engage or discuss employment with or otherwise utilize the services of any person who has been an employee or associate or engaged in any capacity by the other Party RBI in rendering services under the contract or Induce any person who shall have been an employee or associate of the other Party RBI at any time to terminate his her relationship with the other Party RBI

As per RFP

192 Page No 139 and section 830

6 Professionalism The Bidder should provide professional objective and impartial advice at all times and hold the Bankrsquos interests paramount and should observe the highest standard of ethics while executing the assignment

6 Professionalism The Bidder should provide professional objective and impartial advice at all times and hold the Bankrsquos interests paramount and should observe the highest standard of ethics while executing the assignment

As per RFP

8 No legal binding relationship It may be noted that no binding legal relationship will exist between any of the Respondents of this RFP and the Bank until execution of a contractual agreement

8 No legal binding relationship It may be noted that no binding legal relationship will exist between any of the Respondents of this RFP and the Bank until execution of a contractual agreement on mutually agreed terms

193 Page No 126 and section 830

If the responses contain any extraneous conditions put in by the respondents such responses will be disqualified and will not be considered for the selection process

If the responses contain any extraneous conditions put in by the respondents such responses will be disqualified and will not be considered for the selection process

As per RFP

194 General Query EMD Unacceptable EMD forfeiture EMD to be forfeiture for breach of contract- not acceptable

As per RFP

195 Page No144 We hereby declare that all the information and statements made in this Proposal are true and we accept that any misinterpretation contained in it may lead to our disqualification

We hereby declare that all the information and statements made in this Proposal are true to the best of our knowledge and we accept that any intentional misinterpretation contained in it may lead to our disqualification

As per RFP

196 General Query PBG Request PBG to be invoked only for material breaches of terms and conditions

As per RFP

197 Page No229 amp Annexure E

We agree to abide by this Bid Offer for 180 days from the last day of bid submission and our Offer shall remain binding on us and may be accepted by RBI any time before expiry of the offer

We agree to abide by this Bid Offer for 30 180 days from the last day of bid submission and our Offer shall remain binding on us and may be accepted by RBI any time before expiry of the offer

As per RFP

198 Page No249 amp Annexure L

Further to our proposal dated ______________ in response to the Request for Proposal for Implementation of EDMS Application (hereinafter referred to as ldquoRFPrdquo) issued by Reserve Bank of India (ldquoRBIrdquo) we hereby covenant warrant and confirm as follows

Further to our proposal dated ______________ in response to the Request for Proposal for Implementation of EDMS Application (hereinafter referred to as ldquoRFPrdquo) issued by Reserve Bank of India (ldquoRBIrdquo) we hereby covenant warrant and confirm as follows

As per RFP

We hereby agree to comply with all the terms and conditions stipulations as contained in the RFP and the related addendums other documents and if required including the changes made to the original bid documents issued by RBI provided that the only list of deviations has been furnished by us in the relevant Annex

We hereby agree to comply with all the mutually agreed material terms and conditions stipulations as contained in the RFP and the related addendums other documents and if required including the changes made to the original bid documents issued by RBI provided that the only list of deviations has been furnished by us in the relevant Annex

199 Page No240 amp Annexure G

As per RFP The BIDDER undertakes that it has not supplied is not supplying similar product services or sub-services during last one year from the date of issuance of this RFP at a price lower than that offered in the present bid to any other entity If it is found at any stage that similar product services or sub-services was supplied by the BIDDER to any other entity at a lower price then that very price with due allowance for elapsed time will be applicable to the present case and the difference in the cost would be refunded by the BIDDER to the

The BIDDER undertakes that it has not supplied is not supplying similar product services or sub-services during last one year from the date of issuance of this RFP at a price lower than that offered in the present bid to any other entity If it is found at any stage that similar product services or sub-services was supplied by the BIDDER to any other entity at a lower price then that very price with due allowance for elapsed time will be applicable to the present case and the difference in the cost would be refunded by the BIDDER to the BUYER if the contract has already been concluded

BUYER if the contract has already been concluded

200 Page No243 amp Annexure I

We the undersigned as Bidder having examined the complete RFP document (along with its annexes) do hereby offer to produce deliver install support and maintain EDMS Application in full conformity of your requirements as elaborated in above said RFP for the amounts mentioned by us in the Commercial Bid or such other sums as may be agreed to between us

We the undersigned as Bidder having examined the complete RFP document (along with its annexes) do hereby offer to produce deliver install support and maintain EDMS Application in full conformity of your material requirements as elaborated in above said RFP for the amounts mentioned by us in the Commercial Bid or such other sums as may be agreed to between us

As per RFP

We agree to abide by our Offer for a period of 6 months from the date of last day of Bid submission and it shall remain binding on us for acceptance at any time before the expiration of this period

We agree to abide by our Offer for a period of 1 6 months from the date of last day of Bid submission and it shall remain binding on us for acceptance at any time before the expiration of this period

We understand that you are not bound to accept the lowest or any bid you may receive

We understand that you are not bound to accept the lowest or any bid you may receive

We undertake if our Bid is accepted to provide Performance Bank Guarantee and Financial Bank Guarantee as per the prescribed format within the timescales stipulated in the RFP

We undertake if our Bid is accepted to provide Performance Bank Guarantee and Financial Bank Guarantee as per the prescribed format within the timescales stipulated in the RFP after signing of contract on mutually agreed terms and conditions

201 General Query Annexure J Confidentiality and Non-Disclosure Agreement Undertaking

ADD As per RFP Notwithstanding anything to the contrary to the extent the Bidder shares any confidential information with RBI the provisions of this RFP shall apply mutatis mutandis to RBI The obligations of confidentiality for both Parties shall come to an end 3 years from the date of terminationexpiry of the contract to be entered into

202 Page No248 and Annexure K

Annexure K Self Declaration Relatives in RBI

SEEK DELETION OF ANNEXURE As per RFP

203 Page No259 and Annexure P

We agree to abide by this Tender Response for a period of 180 days from the last day of bid submission and it shall remain binding upon us until within this period a formal contract is prepared and executed this Tender Response together with your written acceptance thereof in your notification of award shall constitute a binding contract between us and will initiate the formation of a separate contract in respect of maintenance and support

We agree to abide by this Tender Response for a period of 30 180 days from the last day of bid submission and it shall remain binding upon us until within this period a formal contract is prepared and executed this Tender Response together with your written acceptance thereof in your notification of award shall not constitute a binding contract between us and will initiate the formation of a separate contract in respect of maintenance and support

As per RFP

services after expiry of the warranty period

services after expiry of the warranty period all of which shall be on mutually agreed terms

204 Page No276 amp Annexure U

8 The respondent has not been involved in any legal case that may affect the solvencyexistence of the applicant or in any other way affect the respondentrsquos capability to providecontinue services to RBI if RBI selects the respondent for EDMS

8 The respondent has not been involved in any legal case that may affect the solvencyexistence of the applicant or in any other way materially affect the respondentrsquos capability to providecontinue services to RBI if RBI selects the respondent for EDMS

As per RFP

9 The bidder accepts to follow all the clauses terms and conditions as set in the RFP document

9 The bidder accepts to follow all the clauses terms and conditions as set in the RFP document subject to deviations proposed

205 General Query New clause proposed by Bidder Service Provider undertakes that it is compliant to State minimum wages act at the time of execution of the Agreement and the commercials are accordingly factored In the event there is a change to the State minimum wages act or if the Customer wants the Service Provider to comply to some other minimum wages act including but not limited to Central minimum wages act or the existing minimum wages act is repealed by another act then in such cases Customer will support Service provider with change request for additional cost incurred by Service Provider for complying to new minimum wages Service provider will not ask for Change request for any changes that is within 8 increase year on year from the State minimum wages as on the date of contract sign off

As per RFP

206 General Query New clause proposed by Bidder ldquoIt is agreed that the price quoted is arrived at based on the exchange rate of 1 USD = INR ___ (ldquoBase Exchange Raterdquo) In the event the Base Exchange Rate either increases or decreases by percentage points greater than two per cent [2] the prices shall be charged as per the then current exchange raterdquo

As per RFP

207 General Query New clause proposed by Bidder The risk title and ownership of the products shall be transferred to the customer upon delivery of such products to the customer

As per RFP

208 General Query New clause proposed by Bidder Customer hereby agrees to make the site ready as per the agreed specifications within the agreed timelines Customer agrees that Wipro shall not be in any manner be liable for any delay arising out of Customerrsquos failure to make the site ready within the stipulated period including but not limited to levy of liquidated damages for any delay in performance of Services under the terms of this Agreement In case the SITE is not ready for a continuous period of 30 days milestone payment related to installation will be released to vendor based on the SNR report also if there is any additional warranty cost due to continuous site not readiness for 30 days same will be borne by the customer

As per RFP

209 General Query New clause proposed by Bidder Notwithstanding anything contained herein neither Party shall be liable for any indirect punitive consequential or incidental loss damage claims liabilities charges costs expense or injury (including without limitation loss of use data revenue profits business and for any claims of any third party claiming through Bidder) that may arise out of or result from this Agreement The aggregate liability of Bidder under this Agreement shall not exceed the fees (excluding reimbursements) received by it under this contract during the six months preceding the date of first claim

As per RFP

210 General Query New clause proposed by Bidder Any new levy on account of changes in law shall be to the account of Bank

As per RFP

211 General Query New clause proposed by Bidder Bidderrsquos failure to perform its contractual responsibilities to perform the services or to meet agreed service levels shall be excused if and to the extent Bidder performance is effected delayed or causes non-performance due to Banks omissions or actions whatsoever

As per RFP

212 General Query New clause proposed by Bidder Services andor deliverables shall be deemed to be fully and finally accepted by Bank in the event when Bank has not submitted its acceptance or rejection response in writing to Bidder within 15 days from the date of installationcommissioning or when Bank uses the Deliverable in its business whichever occurs earlier Parties agree that Bidder shall have 15 daysrsquo time to correct in case of any rejection by Bank

As per RFP

213 General Query New clause proposed by Bidder Either party may request a change order (ldquoChange Orderrdquo) in the event of actual or anticipated change(s) to the agreed scope Services Deliverables schedule or any other aspect of the Statement of WorkPurchase Order Bidder will prepare a Change Order reflecting the proposed changes including the impact on the Deliverables schedule and fee In the absence of a signed Change Order Bidder shall not be bound to perform any additional services

As per RFP

214 General Query New clause proposed by Bidder Notwithstanding anything to the contrary either Party shall have the right to terminate this Agreement at any time with cause in the event that the other party commits a material breach of the Agreement and fails to cure such default to the non-defaulting partyrsquos reasonable satisfaction within thirty (30) days

As per RFP

In the event of termination of any nature the Bidder shall be paid for the 1 goods delivered 2 services rendered 3 work in progress 4 unpaid AMCs 5 third party orders in pipeline which cannot be cancelled despite Bidders best efforts 6 unrecovered investments shall be paid by the Bank as per termination schedule till the date of termination

215 General Query New clause proposed by Bidder Notwithstanding anything contained in this RFP

As per RFP

a) Excluding a regulatorystatutory requirement if any nothing in this Agreement shall be construed or interpreted as requiring Bidder to provide to Customer access to or right to inspect examine audit and take copies of any fees price cost or any other financial information or any records or documents relating to the make-up of the Bidderrsquos internal

overhead calculations their relationship to the fees any financial cost model calculation of fees or to the Bidderrsquos profitability or other such financial data

b) All audit barring those required under a regulatory or statutory requirement may be done only on an annual basis and subject to a notice period of 20 days

216 Page No 132 and section 82

Integrity Pact Unacceptable integrity pact Customer to insert new CVC integrity pact that does not contain Fall clause LIBOR provisions etc

As per RFP

217 General Query Annexure A Earnest Money Deposit Unacceptable EMD forfeiture EMD to be forfeiture for breach of contract- not acceptable

As per RFP

218 General Query Annexure C Performance Bank Guarantee

Request PBG to be invoked only for material breaches of terms and conditions

As per RFP

219 General Query Annexure G Integrity Pact SEEK INSERTION OF NEW CVC INTEGRITY PACT WITHOUT LIBOR PROVISIONS AND FALL CLAUSE

As per RFP

220 General Query ADD As per RFP

Annexure J Confidentiality and Non-Disclosure Agreement Undertaking

Notwithstanding anything to the contrary to the extent the Bidder shares any confidential information with RBI the provisions of this RFP shall apply mutatis mutandis to RBI The obligations of confidentiality for both Parties shall come to an end 3 years from the date of terminationexpiry of the contract to be entered into

221 Page No 10 and section 11

Central Office has following 33 departments

EDMS solution is to be implemented for 33 departments is this understanding correct Please mention if there are more departments to be considered in-scope

As per RFP

222 Page No 29 and section 22

The application should facilitate integration with e-mail client (outlook) where selected emails could be Inwarded directly

Integration with Outlook For how many users is this needed Please specify the number of users who would be using this functionality

10000 users| All Users

223 Page No 18 and section 15

Sr No 6 Global common workflow plus seven specific work process Modules which need to be developed at the time of Go-Live

The seven workflow will have integration with what all systems Please specify the details

Integration envisaged for Go-Live - Active Directory Mail Messaging System SAMADHAN IRM DMIS Other integration will be done during continuous development

224 Page No 25 and section 21

User should have privilege to create Inward amp Outward from RBI corporate email inbox (selected emails) with capability to capture both email body and attachment (if any) as a part of the Inward

How many users are going to use Email Integration feature Is it going to be for all the 10000 named users

As per RFP

225 Page No 25 and section 21

The proposed solution needs to be integrated with existing (or any future standard system) of IRM

What is the current IRM system used by RBI

Microsoft IRM

226 Page No 25 and section 21

3 Customization and Integration Would existing IRM system be OpenText IRM or any other product and will sufficient license be available for EDMS users

Microsoft IRM

227 Page No 25 and section 21

4 Web interface ndashInwardOutward Management

Is it expected to expose the same EDMS application to public or integration with RBI website

As per RFP

228 Page No 27 and section 21

Sr No 21The Scanning product should have inbuilt capability to do a full page OCR amp ICR (for both Hindi amp English documents) and also convert the images to searchable forms like Searchable PDF

What is the ratio of English to Hindi documents for OCR amp ICR

Approximately Hindi 33 | English 66

229 Page No 29 and section 22

5 Inward Management Request you to please specify the other email clients

As per RFP

230 Page No 31 section 22

Technical Bid(Functional Requirements)

We understand that all of these functionalities are the application functionalities and the necessary scanning systems and personal required will be facilitated by RBI Please confirm

Yes

231 Page No 31 section 22

Technical Bid(Functional Requirements)

In case Yes for the above Questions than please detail the scope expectation w r t Scan amp upload requirement

Restricted to Application Solution

232 Page No 43 and section 22

147 Reports amp Dashboard Please elaborate further on this point We understand that reports can be generated with stored data without translation Please let us know your understanding

Data stored in Hindi should be displayed in Hindi The report fields should toggle between Hindi and English No translation is envisioned as part of basic deployment

233 Page No 46 and section 22

163 Document Management Rearrange pages in a document or create a new document from a page using drag and drop Please elaborate at what stage this is required

Rearrangement of pages is required to create an abstract out of an existing doc

234 Page No 46 and section 22

The solution offered should be capable of integration with 3rd party software amp internal applications which are in use at RBI

What all internal and 3rd party applications are to be taken in account for integration

Integration envisaged for Go-Live - Active Directory Mail Messaging System SAMADHAN IRM DMIS Other integration will be done during continuous development

235 Page No 46 and section 22

171 Customization and Integration Is there any existing SSO Server available

Shall be shared with successful bidder

236 Page No 46 and section 22

173 Customization and Integration We understand that content replication from DC to DR has to be accomplished by RBI team and bidder can assist in providing the details

Shall be shared with successful bidder

237 Page No 56 and section 23

A separate test environment and development would be provided at the data Centre The Bidder is expected to replicate the DC environment in the DR and in the test environment in all respects

We understand that bidder is expected to set 4 environments - Dev UATTest Production (DC) and DR Is UATTest environment also expected to be exact replicamirror image of Production

Scaled-down version 50 of Production in terms of sizing

238 Page No 56 and section 23

A separate test environment and development would be provided at the data Centre The Bidder is expected to replicate the DC environment in the DR and in the test environment in all respects

Will RBI procure and provide hardware for all environments Should bidder only propose sizing recommendations for all environments

As per RFP

239 Page No 57 and section 23

Security Requirements We understand that all of these functionalities are the application functionalities by virtue of which these security mechanisms have to be part of the bidderrsquos proposition Kindly comment on our understanding

As per RFP

240 Page No 62 and section 23

System should maintain audit logs for all monitoring and events according to RBI policy These audit logs must be secure and stored as per defined retention policy

Request Bank to specify as lot of sizing considerations would depend uponvary basis the RBI policies (3 5 7 10 years)

Shall be shared with successful bidder

241 Page No 64 and section 23

86 Data Migration Would changes means restructuring of folders or something else Please elaborate

To be discussed during System Study

242 Page No 67and section 31

27 Any other areas which the Bank might decide to include in the Scope at the time of implementation of EDMS

Request Bank to enlighten on to this requirement Being subjective Bidder will need more quantifiablegaugeable requirement basis which effort and commercials can be worked out

As per RFP

However we understand the same will be addressed during design phase

Please comment upon our understanding

243 Page No 71 and section 38

Data migration will be the responsibility of the Bidder

Will bidder be allowed to run the migration 24x7 or only during non-peak hours

Shall be discussed with successful bidder

244 Page No 74 and section 310

Bidder should provide training to RBI‟s officials for using and managing the system which will include end user technical and system Administration training as well as DBA level training

What would be the minimum numbers of users to be trained for Admin and for User level trainings respectively

5 batches of 30-40 user each Total training to be provide to around 200 User at Mumbai Pune

245 Page No 76 and section 313

Implementation As per RFP The Banks incident Management system has to be used as ticketing system to handle requests raised by Banks Internal Users during the warranty and AMC period Which ticketing system is RBI using currently

EDMS can leverage existing Incident Management tool Details will be shared with successful bidder

246 Page No 76 and section 313

Extensive on-site support team is required during the first year after ldquoGo-Liverdquo

Are all the resources mentioned for L0 (44) L1 (8) and L2 (2) are to be deployed on-site Can bidder propose onsite-offshore model for post-implementation support

As per RFP

247 Page No 77 and section 313

vi Scanning documents at RBI respective locations if required

We understand that the necessary scanning systems and personnel required will be facilitated by RBI Request to throw more light on the number of locations in this regards Accordingly effort estimation can be done so as to provide the appropriate commercials in this regards

As per RFP

248 Page No 86 and section 319

319 Performance Monitoring amp Tuning solution

Considering the entire project is going to be base out of RBIs data centre request bank to facilitate make model etc of the performance monitoring tool

Bidder has to provide Application level monitoring solution As per Data Centre policy open source performance tool will not be permissible and the solution proposed by bidder should be approved by RBI

249 Page No 86 and section 323

The total number of users presently is expected to be around 10000 with 2000 concurrent users and annual growth of 10 in concurrent users

Out of total 10000 users how many back endadmin users are there who are going to access this system

Less than 500 users

250 Page No 86 and section 324

Sr No 5 The solution offered should be capable of pin codeGPS Location based integration for capturing user address

Is bidder expected to integrate the existing GPS system with EDMS

As per RFP

251 Page No 86 and section 323

323 Vendor would be required to provide Enterprise-wide all-inclusive Perpetual license for all functionalities as per the requirements of the RBI The total number of users presently is expected to be around 10000 with 2000 concurrent users and annual growth of 10 in concurrent users

These users are for determining the hardware sizing but from software licensing point of view all 10000 users can connect concurrently

As per RFP

Please validate

252 Page No 86 and section 323

No extra license fees implementation charges should be charged by the selected bidder for implementing the software in the test environment and at the Disaster Recovery site of RBI or at any other site that may be specified by the Bank

We understand that as project progresses there will be significant volumes and hence there should be no restriction on number of CPUcores and if any it will be responsibility of SI to provide additional licenses at no additional costs to RBI Trust our understanding is correct Please confirm for clarification

Yes As per RFP

253 Page No87 and section 324

6 Vendor is responsible to import application in UAT production environment amp DC ndash DR synchronization etc

We understand that the application is going to be based out of RBIs existing Data Centre visa Navi Mumbai and Nagpur Request Bank to elaborate upon existing DC-DR synchronization technique technology methodology Please provide details version of the same for integration aspects

Shall be shared with successful bidder

254 Page No87 and section 325

325 System amp Security Audit Request RBI to specify number of yearly audits

Shall be shared with successful bidder

255 Page No91 and section 329

4 Complete user manual and system documentation (soft and hard copies) of the proposed solution after the go-live

Request RBI to spell the number of hard copies required

Shall be discussed with successful bidder

256 Page No92 and section 330

3 Vendor is required to give all sorts of support required in case RBI decides to move the implemented EDMS on cloud services or IaaS in future This support will include everything starting from shunting of the running EDMS temporarily to alternate arrangement till all the Hw Sw etc are installed amp made running in the new IaaS or Cloud environment (Logistics Technical Integration support etc)

We understand the same to be captured via change control mechanism change management during the course of the project

As per RFP

257 Page No92 and section 330

5 Business Process Reengineering ndash The vendor shall include the impact of the new system to the operations of Client If applicable the proponent shall recommend changes to the existing processes that would benefit Client

Request Bank to specify a percentage number in this regards accordingly efforts and commercials can be worked out

As per RFP

258 Page No93 and section 43

For each milestone to be marked completed the bidder should ensure that all the acceptance criteria are met and approved by the Bank as mentioned in various applicable sections in the RFP

We understand that the Project acceptance criteria will be formalized mutually during the design phase and agreed upon Please comment upon our understanding

As per RFP

259 42 Additional Software License Costs As per RFP

Page No 94 and section 42

For evaluation purposes costs of the software licenses proposed by the Bidder would be included in the Total Cost of Ownership In case any software license(s) are required to be procured directly from the Original Equipment Manufacturer (OEM) Product Vendor the actual payment to the Bidder will be reduced appropriately to exclude the software license costs quoted in the commercial bid Bidder is requested to add all the Other Software Licensing Cost under the header Any other requirements for the proposed solution on MSTC website

Request Bank to mutually discuss and agree upon section 42 before finalization on the requirement Please comment in this regards

260 Page No122 and Section 76

Overall enterprise wide security including role-based security and authorisation levels operating systemapplication security and logical access controls and anti‐virus management

Is bidder expected to propose anti-virus software as well

Shall be shared with successful bidder

261 Page No 169 amp Annexure D2

Sr No 26 All incoming physical letters has to be scanned and put into the system for further processing

What is the total size or volume of legacy documents to be considered for Scanning through the Capture Solution (dailymonthlyyearly volume)

As per RFP

262 Page No 204 amp Annexure D2

206 The system should also integrated with Ms outlook and other email client

Does RBI require native integration with outlook in which users can access EDMS from outlook interface

As per RFP

Please confirm 263 Page No 211

amp Annexure D3

Sr No 28 The solution should provide for seamless integration of modules as per the business requirements of RBI with necessary interfaces The application should have provision for Integration existingupcoming portalsapplications of different depts eg HR Portal Samadhan Active directory CMS (CEPD) etc other internal workflow application system etc

Do we have to estimate effort for integration with these upcoming applications now or will it be taken at a later stage as a Change Request If now what are these applications based on Please provide what level of integration is required with these applicationssystem

Integration envisaged for Go-Live - Active Directory Mail Messaging Solution SAMADHAN IRM DMIS Other integration will be done during continuous development

264 Page No213 amp Annexure D3

Based on our experience in similar project we feel the concurrent user ratio to named users is less In such application of note approval the concurrence is around 40 of total users

As per RFP

Details of Hardware requirements for the proposed solution for following user base of

Request you to validate this for RBI

i 10000 total user base ii 2000 concurrent users

265 Page No 218 amp Annexure D3

Sr 55 The Implementation of open source technologies should be taken up in compliance with Information Security (IS) policy of the Bank

Would you allow usage of Open Source Tools for Simulation is required to carry out Performance Testing (LoadStress) eg JMeter

Shall be discussed with successful bidder

266 Page No218 amp Annexure D3

The Implementation of open source technologies should be taken up in compliance with Information Security (IS) policy of the Bank

Please throw some light on limitations on usage of open-source tools in context with Information Security (IS) policy of the Bank

Shall be discussed with successful bidder

267 Page No221 amp Annexure D3

Sr No 75 Data Loss Prevention solution should be available with EDMS solution

Is Data Loss Prevention solution to be implemented or does the solution need to have the capability only and its for future use Please confirm

Shall be discussed with successful bidder

268 Page No 226 amp Annexure D6

g Scalability of document volume (30) having average volume of 4million documents per year

What does 30 signify here How much should be the total volume of documents considered that is received and to be ingested in EDMS repository (yearlymonthly)

As per RFP

269 Page No 226 amp Annexure D6

b Response time of maximum 3 seconds

Request RBI to elaborate upon the type of gaugeable reports parameters required to establish the response time

As per RFP

270 Page No 226 amp Annexure D6

b Response time of maximum 3 seconds

Will submitting product performance reports spec sheets suffice or any other artefact is required to substantiate the same Please specify

As per RFP

271 Page No 226 amp Annexure D6

g Scalability of document volume (30) having average volume of 4million documents per year

Request RBI to specify the existing document volume as this is required from sizing perspective to arrive at an optimized commercials

As per RFP

272 Page No 262 amp Annexure Q

Annexure Q We believe RBI will also be providing mobile based access to select employeersquos basis roles We assume the licensing for the same is to be included in this pricing and no additional price will be payable by RBI Mobile app if to be created will be separate project but will connect to EDMS through API at no additional costs to RBI Please clarify

As per RFP

273 Page No 262 amp Annexure Q

Annexure Q Will RBI facilitate the commercial bid format for ease of comparison during the evaluation phase Request to clarify

Commercial bid format can be downloaded from the MSTC e-commerce portal

274 Page No 264 amp Annexure Q

Unit Price Under Unit Price do we have to provide Yearly Price of 1 resource

As per RFP

275 Page No 264 amp Annexure Q

Cost of L0 Resource (21 nos) on 12 X 5 basis for one year at locations given in Annexure T

For 12x5 we would need to deploy 2 resources to support 60 hours shift so do we need to consider price for 2 resources or provide price only for 21 resources and they will be supporting in round-robin manner Please confirm

For Annexure T for line items 31 to 35 Bidders are advised to consider 8 x 5 working hours where requirement of only 1 resource has been mentioned (Ahmedabad has 2 locations so 2 resources are required) For line items 25 to 30 where support hours are mentioned as 12 x 5 and requirement of multiple resources is mentioned resources are expected to work in 8 x 5 shift scheduled in a manner to provide support for 12 x 5 All other conditionsrequirements

mentioned in the table remain unchanged

276 Page No 265 amp Annexure Q

B2 Development Team based at Mumbai Navi Mumbai Composition Tech Lead(1) + Developer (5) + Tester (1)

Composition of Tech Lead(1) + Developer (5) + Tester (1) will not suffice we also need Project Managers Technical Architect UI Expert and Infrastructure Resource can bidder add more rows in commercial format and propose Development Team accordingly

As per RFP

277 Page No 265 Section amp Annexure Q

AMC for the first year after warranty period (should be min 8 of Total onetime cost)

Do we have to include both here - Product AMC from OEM as well as Application Technical Support for only 1 year from bidder

As per RFP

278 Page No 266 amp Annexure Q

(C) Hardware Requirements Do we have to propose hardware sizing and software recommendations for DevUAT Production and DR Environments The table has rows for Production and UAT only can the bidder add more rows to it or is it a fixed format

Hardware sizing and software recommendations are to be proposed for all environments The two rows were for representational purpose More rows can be added in the commercial bid format

279 Page No 212 amp Annexure D3

212 A separate test environment and development would be provided at the data Centre The Bidder is expected to replicate the DC environment in the DR and in the test environment in all respects (11)

1 Will development and test environments be provided by RBI till OS layer and only application deployment is to be done by the bidder

As per RFP

84 Hence bidder is required to take into the consideration the hardware

software etc requirement pertaining to test amp development

2 Please elaborate what is bidders responsibility for development and test environments

280 General Query Retention Management Apart from Retention and Archival are you looking for complete Records Management solution as well with features like Event-based aging Automatic Disposition Litigation Hold etc

Not required at this Stage

281 General Query Back-up Software Do you have the back-up software or does bidder has to propose If available please specify the make and model of the back-up software

Shall be shared with successful bidder

282 General Query Support Team - OampM Do you want bidder to propose Helpdesk toolset up a service desk as well

Not required at this Stage

283 General Query Load Balancer Do you want the bidder to propose the load balancer as well

Not required at this Stage

284 General Query Source Code Control Repository Is Bidder required to absorb the cost for GIT repository for source code or do you have one which bidder can use

Shall be shared with successful bidder

285 General Query Compliance What are the complianceguidelinesIT Security considerations that are critical

As per RFP

286 General Query SSL Certificate Should bidder be provided the SSL certificate or should the bidder absorb the price for SSL certificate Please confirm

Bank Shall provide the SSL certificates

287 General Query Documents Please specify the age of the documents and the condition of paper like ndash colour shine brittleness original

Not required at this Stage

or photocopy glossy paper hard-bind etc etc

288 General Query Scanning Can you kindly provide the of BW and Colour document

Not required at this Stage

289 General Query Legacy Documents For Legacy documents perspective please share details on the below

Not required at this Stage

a) Number of document ingestion per day - b) Average size of document - in KB c) Maximum size of document - in KB d) Storage required - (current DMS storage size)

290 General Query New Documents For New documents perspective please share details on the below

Not required at this Stage

a) Number of document ingestion per day - b) Average size of document - in KB c) Maximum size of document - in KB

291 General Query Scanning For Scanning perspective please share details on the below

Not required at this Stage

a) Percentage of document in tiff format b) Percentage of colour documents c) Average image size in KB d) Percentage of document that would require OCR e) Average number of fields per page

f) Properties per per document 292 General Query Documents What is percentage the Year on Year

growth over 5 years for the number of documents added

As per RFP

293 General Query Documents What is the Average number of document views per day

Not required at this Stage

294 General Query Documents What is the Average number of document searches per day

Not required at this Stage

295 General Query Back-up Policy What is the back-up policy of RBI eg 14 days

Shall be shared with successful bidder

296 General Query Policies What would be the archival policy back up policy log storage policy DR logs policy etc

Shall be shared with successful bidder

297 General Query Testing What parameters are to be monitored during testing (eg response times processing times and CPU loading)

As per RFP

298 General Query Testing What desired values of these parameters are to be considered acceptable during the stress test results

As per RFP

299 General Query DR Drills How many DR drills do you expect in a year

Shall be shared with successful bidder

300 General Query Resources Will RBI allow onsite resources to carry their own laptops or will RBI provide DesktopsWorkstations for onsite resources

Assets will be provided to onsite resources

301 General Query Access Will RBI provide remote accessVPN access for offshore resources

Not required as all resources are deployed onsite

302 General Query

Scanning How much will be the total no of pages to be scanned per day

Not required at this Stage

303 General Query

Documents

How much will be the year on year growth in documents volume

As per RFP

304 General Query

Documents

Please let us know the average approximate document size per document for sizing (in MB)

Not required at this Stage

305 General Query Presentation amp POC of the Solution Could you please elaborate in details the scope for POC

As per RFP

306 General Query SLA Working window As per RFP

307 General Query Non-Functional Requirements Please specify the existing Replication bandwidth between Navi Mumbai DC and Nagpur DR

Bidder has to propose the required bandwidth which will be provided procured by Data Centre

308 General Query Non-Functional Requirements We understand that the bidder is required to provide the Bandwidth augmentation sizing required for this project and accordingly the same will be provisioned by RBI Please confirm upon our understanding

Bidder has to propose the required bandwidth which will be provided procured by Data Centre

309 Page No71 amp Section No38

Data Migration What is the formats of Documents stored inside current DMS

Shall be shared with successful bidder

310

Page No71 amp Section No38

Data Migration How indexmetadata is managed in current DMS System What is the total count of

Shall be shared with successful bidder

indexes present in current DMS 311 Page No71 amp

Section No38 Data Migration what is the database and version used

in current DMS System As per RFP

312

Page No71 amp Section No38

Data Migration We need more details about current DMS System -Product nameVersionECM

Shall be shared with successful bidder

Compliant or notWhat type of documents are stored in SystemHow documents are classified in System

313

Page No18 amp Section No21

High Level Critical Requirements Can you Please enlist total count of Global workflows

As per RFP

314

Page No86 amp Section No321

Hardware Requirements Can you elaborate more on this point As per RFP Standard Enviornments which will be provided by SI are DEV UAT PROD and DR Also Development Environment will be on premise or offshore

315 Page No52 amp Section No23

Back-up Will Backup be taken care by RBI Yes

316 Page No81 amp Section No317

Security Requirements What will be the frequency of DR Drills Can you specify values for RPO and RTO

Shall be shared with successful bidder

317 Page No213 amp Annexure D3

Hardware Requirements Database tier needs to be deployed on Intel Xeon or Mainframe

RBI will conduct VAPT SI needs to provide gaps resolution

318 Page No221 amp Annexure D4

Maintenance amp Support Can we get details about which IRM solution will be provided by RBI for integration purpose

Scaled-down version 50 of Production in terms of sizing

319 Page No63 amp Section No23

Functional Requirements Will RBI provide DLP solution Shall be shared with successful bidder

320 Page No63 amp Section No23

Non-Functional Requirements is SI expected to conduct VAPT or RBI will be conducting the same

RBI will conduct VAPT SI needs to provide gaps resolution

321 Page No267 amp Annexure Q

Hardware Requirements Is UAT sizing expected to be 100 of Production sizing

Scaled-down version 50 of Production in terms of sizing

322

Page No27 amp Section No21

High Level Critical Requirements Hindi OCR amp ICR may be a challenge However Hindi metadata can be captured and searched Can OCR and ICR be restricted to English only

As per RFP

323 Page No27 amp Section No21

Storage For sizing Storage can you share average size of the digitized document

As per RFP

324 Page No93 amp Section No41

Licences Can Licenses cost be paid up-front within 30 days from the date of Invoice

As per RFP

325 Page No95 amp Section No44

AMC Pay-Outs Can AMC be payable yearly in Advance instead of at the end of the every year

As per RFP

middot AMC for the subsequent period of 3 years

52 Page No 267 and Annexure Q Section D

Section D Bidder submits that the Rates for the Resources both the Support resources and the Development Resources is available in the Section B Table the rate for any additional resources can be used from the same table hence request removal of the additional table

As per RFP Marginal Resource Cost

53 Page No 93 and Section 41

41 Software Cost Bidder submits that the heading of the section is an error as the payment terms are related to services and not Software cost we also request the following modifications to the payment terms

As per RFP

1 Completion of process and system study Design and Build and Deployment in UAT - 15 of Implementation Cost specified at Item 1B of Annexure Q

2 Data Migration Completion of User Acceptance Testing Creation of training content Train the Trainer and customer education content - 20 of Implementation Cost specified at Item 1B of Annexure Q

41 Software Cost

3 Complete Implementation and ldquoProduction Go-liverdquo of the project - 25 of Implementation Cost specified at Item 1B of Annexure Q

1 Completion of process and system study Design and Build and Deployment in UAT - 15 of Implementation Cost specified at Item 1B of Annexure Q

4 Receipt of Completion Certificate from the Bank (post 90 days of achieving production Go-Live) - 30 of Implementation Cost specified at Item 1B of Annexure Q

2 Data Migration Completion of User Acceptance Testing Creation of training content Train the Trainer and customer education content - 30 of Implementation Cost specified at Item 1B of Annexure Q

5 Amount payable during the warranty period - On completion of warranty period of three years The Financial Bank guarantee shall be valid for 7 years - 10 of Implementation Cost specified at Item 1B of Annexure Q

3 Complete Implementation and ldquoProduction Go-liverdquo of the project - 35 of Implementation Cost specified at Item 1B of Annexure Q

4 Receipt of Completion Certificate from the Bank (post 90 days of achieving production Go-Live) - 10 of Implementation Cost specified at Item 1B of Annexure Q

5 Amount payable during the warranty period - In equal quarterly instalments during warranty period of three years The Financial Bank guarantee shall be valid for 7 years - 10 of Implementation Cost specified at Item 1B of Annexure Q

We also request deletion of Indexation

section as separate costs will be quoted for each year as per the Annexure Q

54 Page No 94 amp 95 and Section 43 amp 44

43 Warranty pay-outs Bidder submits that the pay-outs for Warranty and AMC shall be made quarterly in arrears which is the industry standard practice for these payments

As per RFP 44 AMC pay-outs

55 46 Other Payment terms

Page No 95 and Section 46

3 Any objectiondispute to the amounts invoiced in the bill shall be raised by RBI within reasonable time from the date of receipt of the invoice Upon settlement of disputes with respect to any disputed invoice(s) the Bank will make payment within thirty (30) working days of the settlement of such disputes

Bidder submits that the payments for the invoices shall be made within 30 days from the receipt of the invoice any objectiondispute to the amounts invoiced shall be made within 25 days from the date of receipt of the invoice

Shall be discussed with successful bidder

4 The fees payable by the Bank to Bidder shall be inclusive of all costs such as insurance taxes (GST as per the rates applicable) transportation installation that may be levied imposed charged or incurred and RBI shall pay the fees due under this RFP and subsequent agreement after deducting any tax deductible at source (ldquoTDSrdquo) as applicable The Bidder will need to provide the details for the tax rates as considered in the pricing This will be used for subsequent tax changes RBI shall pay each undisputed invoice raised in accordance with this RFP and subsequent agreement within thirty (30) working days after its receipt unless otherwise mutually agreed in writing provided that such invoice is dated after such fees have become due and payable under this RFP and subsequent agreement

56 45 Other Payment terms As per RFP

Page No 96 and Section 46

8 The Bidders should note that the contract entered with the successful Bidder will be for implementation and post go‐live period of 7 years (3 years‟ warranty amp 4 years AMC amp FMS support) extendable at the Banks discretion The Bank will have the right in its sole discretion to renegotiate the prices terms and conditions

Bidder understand that the right of Bank to negotiate the prices terms and conditions is in the event of extension beyond the period of current contract (implementation and post go‐live period of 7 years (3 years‟ warranty amp 4 years AMC amp FMS support) and not during the current contract period please confirm

57 Page No 100 and Section 56

56 Penalties Bidder submits that the Penalty for Rollout delays shall be 1 of the delayed components cost of the One-time cost (Section A - Annexure Q) per week subject to a maximum of 10 of the delayed components cost of the One-time cost

As per RFP

The successful Bidder is expected to complete the responsibilities that have been assigned as per the specified time frame In case of the Rollout delays by the Bidder the financial Penalty as per the Banks discretion will be imposed on the Bidder at 5 of the total contract value per month of delay to the maximum of 10 of the total contract value as per the agreement between the Bank and the successful Bidder

Business Utility and Business Downtime would be the key considerations for determining the ldquoPenaltiesrdquo that would be levied on the Bidder for ldquoNon‐Adherencerdquo to the SLA for the Services offered The inability of the Bidder to provide the requirements as per the scope or to meet the deadlines as specified would be treated as breach of contract and invoke the Penalty Clause The maximum limit on the penalties during the period of contract shall be 10 of the total contract value The applicable ldquoPenaltiesrdquo would be the same irrespective of the root causes

In case of Non-Adherence to the SLA the maximum penalty shall be limited to 10 of the Quarterly Invoice value for the respective quarters

58 Page No 124 and Section 711

711 Duration and Condition of Engagement

Bidder submits that in case of termination of the contract without assigning any reason the Bank shall allow the Bidder a notice of 90 days for ramp-down of the resources etc We further submit that in case of termination with or without reason Bidder shall be paid for the completed deliverables as per the commercials quoted

As per RFP

2 The Bank will reserve the right to terminate the services of the successful Bidder at any point of the Project (during the implementation phase and post go-live) without assigning any reasons In such cases the Bank may consider making payment commensurate with the last completed phase

59 87 Performance Bank Guarantee As per RFP

Page No 130 and Section 87

The successful Bidder shall at his own expense deposit with The Chief General Manager-in-Charge Department of Information Technology Reserve Bank of India Mumbai within thirty (30) days from the final result of the bidding process and declaration of the successful Bidder a Performance Bank Guarantee from a scheduled commercial bank payable on demand in terms of Annexure C for an amount equivalent to ten percent (10) of the contract price for the due performance and fulfilment of the contract by the Bidder Without prejudice to the other rights of the Purchaser under the Contract in the matter the proceeds of the performance security shall be payable to RBI as compensation for any loss resulting from the Bidders failure to complete its obligations under the Contract RBI shall notify the Bidder in writing of the invocation of its right to receive such compensation indicating the contractual obligation(s) for which the Bidder is in default The Performance Bank Guarantee shall be denominated in INR and shall be in the form of bank guarantee unless another form is specified by RBI After Go Live Performance Bank Guarantee will be returned back to bidder on submission of Financial Bank Guarantee which shall be submitted by the Bidder within

Bidder submits that the Performance Bank Guarantee shall be for a value of 10 of the One-time cost as this is to ensure proper execution of the roll out

90 days of Go-Live Non-submission of Performance Guarantee shall constitute sufficient grounds among others if any for the annulment of the award of the tender

60 88 Financial Bank Guarantee As per RFP

Page No 130 and 131 amp Section 88

The successful Bidder shall at his own expense deposit with The Chief General Manager-In-Charge Department of Information Technology Reserve Bank of India Mumbai within Ninety (90) days of Go-Live of application before the issuance of Certificate of Completion a Bank Guarantee from a scheduled commercial bank payable on demand in terms of Annexure O for an amount equivalent to ten percent (10) of the contract price as mentioned in Annexure Q of Commercial Bid submitted by the bidder for the due performance and fulfilment of the contract by the Bidder during the warranty and AMC period of 7 years After Go Live Performance Bank Guarantee will be returned back to bidder on submission of Financial Bank Guarantee Without prejudice to the other rights of the Purchaser under the Contract in the matter the proceeds of the performance security shall be payable to RBI as compensation for any loss resulting from the Bidders failure to complete its obligations under the Contract RBI shall notify the Bidder in writing of the invocation of its right to receive such compensation indicating the contractual obligation(s) for which the Bidder is in default The Financial Bank Guarantee shall be valid till the

Bidder submits that the Financial Bank Guarantee shall be for a value of 10 of the Average Annual Support Cost (Section B of Annexure Q)

end of AMC denominated in INR and shall be in the form of bank guarantee unless another form is specified by RBI Non-submission of Financial Guarantee shall constitute sufficient grounds among others if any for the annulment of the award of the tender

61 Page No 240 and Annexure G point 7

Integrity Pact Bidder requests to modify the clause as follows

As per RFP

7 Fall Clause The BIDDER undertakes that it has not supplied is not supplying identical solution similar product services or sub-services during last one year from the date of issuance of this RFP at a price lower than that offered in the present bid to any other entity If it is found at any stage that identical solution similar product services or sub-services was supplied by the BIDDER to any other entity at a lower price then that very price with due allowance for elapsed time will be applicable to the present case and the difference in the cost would be refunded by the BIDDER to the BUYER if the contract has already been concluded

The BIDDER undertakes that it has not supplied is not supplying similar product services or sub-services during last one year from the date of issuance of this RFP at a price lower than that offered in the present bid to any other entity If it is found at any stage that similar product services or sub-services was supplied by the BIDDER to any other entity at a lower price then that very price with due allowance for elapsed time will be applicable to the present case and the difference in the cost would be refunded by the BIDDER to the BUYER if the contract has already been concluded

62 Page No 25 and Section 21

5 Inward Management - When a postal mailphysical letter is Inwarded directly the System should capture the details of the incoming physical letter viz from address subject language etc Data like subject should be auto-filled but should be editable The application should support generation of Suo Moto note which is an Inward generated without any incoming letteremail

Bidders request to share the meaning for Auto-filled in case of manual scanning

Shall be discussed during System Study

63 Page No 27 and Section 21

17 Outward Management - Approval of the Outward should be done by the User at least one level higher in the hierarchy (N+1) as per the AD than the User who created the Outward Admins should be able to configure exceptions to this rule for users at senior management level as decided by the concerned departments of the Bank

Bidder request to clarify if the implemented AD has the hierarchy defined to handle the workflow scenarios

Hierarchy shall be defined

64 Page No 27 and Section 21

21 Scan amp Upload - The Scanning product should have inbuilt capability to do a full page OCR amp ICR (for both Hindi amp English documents) and also convert the images to searchable forms like Searchable PDF

ICR will be helpful for Incurable colour dropout user form Since all documents are office papers it may not be useful so bidder request to remove the ICR component

As per RFP

65 Page No 32 and Section 22

42 OCR amp ICR - By using ICR technology any handwritten text should be converted into word text searchable PDF format or word document format with high accuracy

Bidder understands that ICR used for a handwritten document has max accuracy may not be more than 70 as per industry standards Request Bank to remove ICR technology only for structured format only

As per RFP

66 Page No 66 and Section 31

The hardware system software application software should be compatible with Data Centre policy network architecture etc already established in the Bank

Bidders request to share the Data Centre Policy and network Architecture

Shall be discussed with successful bidder

67 Page No 67 and Section 31

18 Though the system should be used prospectively for the workflow it should have the capability to capture and integrate the paper based as well as electronic records created so far in the Bank

Capability to have reference point of hard copy reference numbers

Shall be discussed during System Study

68 Page No 67 and Section 31

21 The system as well as the workflow carried out in the system should be fully auditable

Request to confirm if bidder needs to recommend sizing for fully auditable data store

Yes

69 Page No 71 and Section 38

Data migration will be the responsibility of the Bidder All necessary tools queries required for extraction transformation and migration must be provided by the Bidder It is the Bidders responsibility to ensure accuracy integrity and completeness of the data migration from legacy DMIS application to new EDMS application

Request to confirm if bidder needs produce data migration report with column by column comparison report for reconciliation

As per RFP

70 Page No 71 and Section 38

1 Data Migration is broadly divided into following three major sub-components iii Data migration audit and certification on the accuracy of data porting from the DMIS system to EDMS

Request to confirm if bidder needs produce data migration report with column by column comparison report for reconciliation

As per RFP

71 Page No 72 and Section 38

6 The Bidder is expected to provide an archival solution within the proposed application for the historical data The necessary configuration and implementation of the archival solution shall be the responsibility of the Bidder

Bidder wants to know what is the archival policy for RBI Is it seven years or more

Shall be discussed with successful bidder

72 Page No 73 and Section 38

12 RBI reserves the right to data migration by respective stakeholders of proposed solution and any gaps discrepancies found during the functions of application are to be rectified by the Bidder

Bidder wants to know if the data migration is other than DMIS system

As per RFP

73 Page No 73 and Section 38

16 The Bidder is required to certify completeness and accuracy of migrated data transaction history and balances at each data migration instance

Bidder requests Bank to confirm if bidder needs to produce data migration report with column by column comparison report for reconciliation

As per RFP

74 Page No 81 and Section 317

1 The solution deployed by Bidder should conform to Recovery Time Objective (RTO) and Recovery Point objective (RPO) defined by Bank

Bidder request to know for replication of data from DC-DR there will be a requirement of Replication software requirement Will this be provided by bank What is the replication software

Will be part of BCP and DR policy to be shared later with the successful bidder

2 Bidder should make sure that DR and DR drill is performed in alignment with Banks existing processes 3 The Bidder has to participate in DR drills as and when conducted by the Bank 4 During DR drills the vendor has to provide support at DR site for the activities related to the proposed solution 5 The Bidder is responsible for keeping the proposed solution and Database in sync in DC and DR 6 In case of any DR situation the Bidder has to shift application to DR site after Intimation to Bank 7 The bidder has to prepare a Business Continuity Plan and have it approved by the Bank

75 Page No 81 and Section 317

2 Bidder should make sure that DR and DR drill is performed in alignment with Banks existing processes

Bidder request to know if the DR automation tool will this be provided by bank What is the DR automation tool bank use

Will be part of BCP and DR policy to be shared later with the successful bidder

3 The Bidder has to participate in DR drills as and when conducted by the Bank

4 During DR drills the vendor has to provide support at DR site for the activities related to the proposed solution 6 In case of any DR situation the Bidder has to shift application to DR site after Intimation to Bank 7 The bidder has to prepare a Business Continuity Plan and have it approved by the Bank

76 Page No 84 and Section 319

The vendors shall guarantee that with the proposed configurationspecifications the required system application response times as indicated below shall be complied with keeping in view that up to 2000 concurrent users would be connected to the system The required response time and performance standards shall be maintained throughout the contract period Bidder is expected to carry performance testing and share the result with the Bank throughout the contract period In case the implemented solutions do not meet the required response time or in the event of performance degradation that shall require upgradesaugmentation in the softwarehardware the corresponding cost shall be borne by the solution provider

Application SLA As per RFP

77 Page No 85 and Section 321

The Bank will provide following hosting environment to the application

Request Bank to ensure Bidder is not underquoting hardware requirement Also support cost for hardware OS DB etc are not considered in the price Bidder assumes that the cost for the same will be added by RBI with hardware cost

As per RFP

78 Page No 92 and Section 330

3 Vendor is required to give all sorts of support required in case RBI decides to move the implemented EDMS on cloud services or IaaS in future This support will include everything starting from shunting of the running EDMS temporarily to alternate arrangement till all the Hw Sw etc are installed amp made running in the new IaaS or Cloud environment (Logistics Technical Integration support etc)

Bidder requests to add the cloud migration support cost as part of commercial template

As per RFP

4 The vendor must also include a detailed resource plan that describes the Project Management and identify Implementation Teams‟ composition It shall define the roles and responsibilities of each member and the number of person-days that will be required of each member 5 Business Process Reengineering ndash The vendor shall include the impact of the new system to the operations of Client If applicable the proponent shall recommend changes to the existing processes that would benefit Client

79 Page No 95 and Section 44

AMC pay-outs Bidder requests Bank to make the payments to be done quarterly arrears

As per RFP

80 Page No 84 and Section 319

CPU Utilization lt60 Bidder request to definition of 60 Is it average utilisation of 10 working hours

As per RFP

81 Page No 274 and Annexure T

Resource table 32333435 says 12x5 hours but defined as 1 resource

For 12 x 5 working hours only 1 resource has been defined As per working hours one resource cannot work for 12 hrs Request Bank to add 1 more resource for the working hours or change the working hours for 1 resource only

For Annexure T for line items 31 to 35 Bidders are advised to consider 8 x 5 working hours where requirement of only 1 resource has been mentioned (Ahmedabad has 2 locations so 2 resources are required) For line items 25 to 30 where support hours are mentioned as 12 x 5 and requirement of multiple resources is mentioned resources are expected to work in 8 x 5 shift scheduled in a manner to provide support for 12 x 5 All other conditionsrequirements mentioned in the table remain unchanged

82 Page No 84 and Section 320

General Bidder requests Bank to normalise the CPU to x86 based system some bidder may propose proprietary CPU which may lead to ambiguity

As per RFP

83 Page No 7 and Section 1

Introduction The Bank desires to implement Electronic Document Management System (EDMS) across all the locations (Pan India) and all the departments regional offices and training establishments of the Bank- As per our understanding this pertains to multi-sites and multi-instances deployment of EDMS solution Kindly confirm and specify the number of sites for deployment

As per RFP

84 Page No 25 and Section 21

High Level Critical Requirements Does this involve any external users outside of RBIother banks

As per RFP

Also elaborate on the Push-Pull mechanism mentioned and frequency of Push-Pull mechanism mentioned in the RFP

85 Page No 30 and Section 22

Technical Bid(Functional Requirements)

The System should be able to accept input in Rajbhasha and preferably in other regional languages - As per our understanding input in English and Hindi should meet the business requirement If not kindly elaborate on the languages expected

As per RFP

86 Page No 44 and Section 22

Edit files within native applications without downloading first

We understand that different softwares have different proprietary formats which may not be accessible for editing apart from these specific softwares We suggest to edit these files in their native softwares to maintain document quality We would request you to please specify these file formats

As per RFP

87 Page No 50 and Section 22

Application should have capability to allow end users in public domain to create user id and upload documents for inwards created

Please suggest if this involves any external users outside of RBIOther banks

As per RFP

88 Page No 51 and Section 22

Technical Bid(Functional Requirements)

Does this involve any external users outside of RBIother banks

As per RFP

89 Page No 53 and Section 23

Technical Bid(Non-Functional Requirements)

Navigation speed would be majorly dependent on networkbandwidth made available so that accordingly pages can be loaded

As per RFP

90 Page No 54 and Section 23

Technical Bid(Non-Functional Requirements)

Will the Bank provide Data Centre policy details or will it be discussed and agreed mutually between two parties post bidder selection

Shall be discussed with successful bidder

91 Page No 87 and Section 324

The EDMS application is required to be compatible to integrate with API applications like REST SOAP or any other based API applications

What are the third party applications needs to be integrated apart from those mentioned here

Integration envisaged for Go-Live - Active Directory Mail Messaging System SAMADHAN IRM and DMIS Other integration will be done during continuous development

92 Page No 100 and Section 53

Scope of Work Kindly convert the hours mentioned in TTR section into business hours

As per RFP

93 Page No 197 and Annexure D2

Functional Requirements Since this is a generic statement and no details can be finale present for customisations involved against this point

As per RFP

94 Page No 199 and Annexure D2

Functional Requirements Please elaborate Also there should not be any scores since preferred style or standard is not mentioned

As per RFP

95 Page No 207 and Annexure D3

Non-Functional Requirements Please elaborate what is user access level parameterised through admin level here

As per RFP

96 Page No 209 and Annexure D3

Non-Functional Requirements Please explain what does parameterisation mean and include here

As per RFP

97 Page No 226 and Annexure D6

Approach Paper Please clarify if scalability of document volume 30 is year on year increase and also we will consider 4 mn documents for initial year for calculating storage requirements Please check if our understanding is correct Also provide no of pages per document and size of each document etc

As per RFP

98 General Query Training Section Kindly share the number of the RBI team members to whom the training will be imparted

5 batches of 30-40 user each Total training to be provide to around 200 User at Mumbai Pune

99 General Query Customization and Integration As per our understanding the Integration with the third party applications is for image enablement and doc uploaddownload

As per RFP

100 General Query Technical Bid(Functional Requirements)

For the Workflow automation requirement can we get a sample process for each of the workflow described to understand the complexity of the process

Shall be discussed during System Study

101 General Query Technical Solution amp Training Please suggest the volume of documents involved for extraction scope

As per RFP

102 General Query Presentation amp POC of the Solution As per our understanding scope of POC in the RFP is the same as explained through the scenarios in EOI Please confirm

As per RFP

103 Page No 226 and Annexure D6

Functional Requirements Rearrange pages in a document or create a new document from a page using drag and drop This functionality is a part of specialized document creating softwares and not document management system Hence we request you to kindly drop this point

As per RFP

104 General Query

Functional Requirements What is the current ticketing tool being used by the bank

S-MAX

105 Page No 113 and Section 645

Implementation Experience Implementation Experience Table - Are there any scores that are assigned with parameters - No of projects Total Users Concurrent Users Volume of documents

As per RFP

106 Page No 256 and Annexure D5

NA What is the difference between D4 and D5 Both appear same in terms of format and information requested

D4 will be signed by the bidder D5 will be signed by bidders previousexisting clients where

DMS with workflow solution was implemented in past

107 Page No 224 and Annexure D4

Annexure D4 Technical Bid (Implementation Experience)

There is no minimum count mentioned for DMS with workflow automation Project Implementation Experience Two project credentials (PO or client letter) would be sufficient

As per RFP

108 Page No 81 and Section 318

Continuous Development What are the number of resources that the bank expects to be a part of Continuous Development

As per RFP

109 Page No 92 and Section 330

Scope of Work Since the amount of support and scope of work for cloud services is not very clear at this stage we recommend to keep this component out of commercial bid and take it on Time and Material need basis

As per RFP

110 Page No 106 and Section 63

Presentation amp POC of the Solution It is assumed that the POC requested in the RFP is the same as per the EOI and is based on the same use cases that were a part of the EOI process Please clarify

As per RFP

111 Page No 25 and Section 21

The solution should also be capable of integration with native office 365 and

Please name what are industry standard open office tools Please provide detail of existing IRM system

Microsoft IRM

industry standard open office tools The proposed solution needs to be integrated with existing (or any future standard system) of IRM

112 Page No 25 and Section 21

InwardOutward Management Flow of data from Web Interface to EDMS and vice versa should happen in batches and support push pull mechanism

Proposed system will provided web services for CRUD operation Same services will be consumed by external system for Inward management Also

Shall be discussed during SRS

Frequency of push pull should be configurable

proposed system will consume web service provided by external systems for Outward service Any change these external system will be out of scope Please confirm if our understanding is correct

113 Page No 27 and Section 21

The Scanning product should have inbuilt capability to do a full page OCR amp ICR (for both Hindi amp English documents) and also convert the images to searchable forms like Searchable PDF

Accuracy of capturing Hand written information in during OCRICR is totally depends on input and must be out of scope Please confirm if our understanding is correct

Accuracy of OCR for Machine Readable documents should be 100 and search should be faster amp accurate and it is in scope whereas the accuracy for ICR for hand written documents may be varied but is in scope

114 Page No 27 and Section 21

The System should be able to search in English Hindi amp combination of both System must provide the ability to search from bi-lingual content sources Reports should be in Hindi and English

Language conversion from English to Hindi and vice versa is not in scope Information saved in English language can be search in English Same way information saved in Hindi language will be searched in Hindi only Please confirm if our understanding is correct

Yes

115 Page No 34 and Section 22

Scanned file naming convention and folder structure to be used to store the scanned files and would be as per the

File name will be in English only Please confirm if our understanding is correct

Application should support Bilingual file names

policies defined by RBI for file naming conventions in bilingual language (Rajbhasha(Hindi) English)

116 Page no 58 amp Section 23

Compatible DevOps for version control in Test and Production environment

Please elaborate the requirement for Compatible DevOps for version control

Shall be discussed with successful bidder

117 The RBI reserves the right to conduct Yes

Page no 59 amp Section 23

further security testing of the system by either RBI personnel or another party Any gaps identified during this testing should be fixed by bidder at their own cost

STQC and VAPT will be in RBI scope SI will responsible for closing the GAP identified Please confirm if our understanding is correct

118 Page no 60 amp Section 23

The uniform user management policy envisaged by RBI in which single-sign-on concept for a user should be implemented

Please share existing Single-sign-on solution being used in RBI

Shall be shared with successful bidder

119 Page no 71 amp Section 38

ensure accuracy integrity and completeness of the data migration from legacy DMIS application to new EDMS application

Please provide below details Shall be discussed during System Study 1Which DB is being used(expr

OracleMSSQL etc) 2 Is DMIS application is open source built on JavaNet technology If not Please share which DMS product is being used along with version details 3How many table exists 4How many records need tp migrate 5How many documents need to migrate 6Does documents has versions 7Existing DMIS system architecture 8Other details which can be helpful to understand migration scope

120 Page no 97 amp Section 5

ldquoBusiness Operation Hoursrdquo shall be ldquoOne Hourrdquo prior to the start of ldquoWorking Hoursrdquo and would end ldquoOne Hourrdquo after ldquoWorking Hoursrdquo ldquoBusiness

Please confirm OampM support hours Will it be 700 AM to 900 PM (Mon-Friday) and on working Saturday What all Saturday will be working day

As per RFP

121 Page no 86 amp Section 323

The total number of users presently is expected to be around 10000 with 2000 concurrent users and annual growth of 10 in concurrent users

We believe all Bank users will not participate for workflowBPM task approval process For sizing please provide users count as per -

Workflows are applicable for all users and concurrency as mentioned in RFP

1) Total number of DMS users

2) Total number of BPMworkflow users 3)Concurrent DMS users 4)Concurrent BPMworkflow users

122 Page no 25 amp Section 21

Manage documents using a folder view with minimum 5 levels and support file types pdf tiff jpeg jpg doc docx xls xlsx ppt pptx png etc with version control

Please share the details of different type of documents Please provide below details

Shall be discussed during System Study

1) For New Documents a) Number of document ingestion per day - b) Average size of document - in KB c) Maximum size of document - in KB 2) What is percentage the Year on Year growth over 7 years for the number of documents added 3) Average number of document views per day 4) Average number of document searches per day

123 Page no 27 amp Section 21

The Scanning product should have inbuilt capability to do a full

Assuming scanning solution will be deployed centrally and access through web only If No Please share the number of location required for scanning solution Also do share number of scanning users number of template need to consider along with number metadata fields on each template

As per RFP

page OCR amp ICR (for both Hindi amp English documents) and also convert the images to searchable forms like Searchable PDF

124 Page no 28 amp Section 21

The System should be capable of supporting

For BPMWorkflow sizing can we get volumetric for

Shall be discussed during System Study

a Sequential routing ndash Note to be routed one after the other in a pre-defined sequence

1) No of Workload Per Month (Days per month)

b Ad-hoc routing Changing the routing sequence by an authorized personnel

2) No of Process instances Per Hour

c Push ndash pull routing Authorized person can decide the workflow

3)No of User Interactions (per screen)

4)Estimated Number of concurrent users for BPM

5) No of Transactions Per Seconds (TPS) Considered for Sizing (Rules Execution Per Second)

6)No of business process need to factor

7) complexity level of each processes 125 Page no 25 amp

Section 21 High Level Critical Requirements What is the corporate email used in

RBI is it MS exchange or lotus notes please share name and version

MS Exchange 2016

126 Page no 25 amp Section 21

High Level Critical Requirements Are you using On-premise of Azure Active Directory

Shall be shared with successful bidder

127 Page no 28 amp Section 21

High Level Critical Requirements Is there a requirement that all inputs fields should be allowed in both English and Hindi or Hindi data entry is limited to comments notes and documents

All inputs fields should be allowed in both English and Hindi

128 Page no 28 amp Section 21

High Level Critical Requirements Is there expectation that search with English keyword should get translated to Hindi and bring out Hindi content with translated word In other words is there requirement of cross language search

As per RFP

129 Page no 86 amp Section 323

Licences Please confirm licenses other than DMS like for DB web or application server will be provided by RBI

As per RFP

130 Page no 74 amp Section 310

A Administrator Level Training (Technical)

As it is mentioned under Technical Training and not Onsite training what is the expectation for this type of training Is classroom training not required for the same

It will be onsite training

131 Page no 74 amp Section 310

A Administrator Level Training (Technical)

Please confirm the no of approximate Trainees Location Batches for conducting the technical training

5 batches of 30-40 user each Total training to be provide to around 200 User at Mumbai Pune

132 Page no 74 amp Section 310

B User Level Training (on-site) Please confirm the no of approximate Trainees Location Batches for conducting the end user training

5 batches of 30-40 user each Total training to be provide to around 200 User at Mumbai Pune

133 Page no 74 amp Section 310

B User Level Training (on-site) Is hands-on-training session also required for the trainees If yes please confirm

Yes

134 Page no 74 amp Section 310

B User Level Training (on-site) Is the refresher training also expected post Go Live during the support AMC period Please confirm

L0 will be responsible for regular training at respective locations

135 Page no 16 amp Section 14

Date amp Time of Final Submission of Technical amp Commercial Bids on the MSTC Portal

Please extend the bid submission date by two weeks from the current

Please refer Tenders section on RBI website wwwrbiorgin and MSTC e-commerce portal for updates if any regarding bid submission schedule

136 Page no 151 162 206 262

Annexure D1 High Level Critical Requirements

Please provide Annexure D1 D2 D3 amp Q in excel format

May be copied from RFP

Annexure D Annexure D2 Technical Bid (Functional Requirements

Annexure D3 Technical Bid (Non Functional Requirements)

Annexure Q Commercial Bid Format 137 Page no 7 amp

Section1 Introduction The Bank desires to implement

Electronic Document Management System (EDMS) across all the locations (Pan India) and all the departments regional offices and training establishments of the Bank- As per our understanding this pertains to multi-sites and multi-instances deployment of EDMS solution Please confirm and specify the number of sites for deployment

As per RFP

138 Page no 25 amp Section 21

High Level Critical Requirements Does this involve any external users outside of RBIother banks

As per RFP

Also elaborate on the Push-Pull mechanism mentioned and frequency of Push-Pull mechanism mentioned in the RFP

139 Page no 30 amp Section 21

High Level Critical Requirements The System should be able to accept input in Rajbhasha and preferably in other regional languages - As per our understanding input in English and Hindi should meet the business requirement If not kindly elaborate on the languages expected

As per RFP

140 Page no 44 amp Section 21

High Level Critical Requirements Edit files within native applications without downloading first -We understand that different softwarersquos have different proprietary formats which may not be accessible for editing apart from this specific softwarersquos We suggest to edit these files in their native softwarersquos to maintain document quality We would request you to please specify these file formats

As per RFP

141 Page no 50 amp Section 22

Functional Requirements Application should have capability to allow end users in public domain to create user id and upload documents for inwards created - Please suggest if this involves any external users outside of RBIOther banks

As per RFP

142 Page no 51 amp Section 22

Functional Requirements Does this involve any external users outside of RBIother banks

Yes

143 Page no 53 amp Section 23

Non-Functional Requirements Navigation speed would be majorly dependent on networkbandwidth made available so that accordingly pages can be loaded

As per RFP

144 Page no 54 amp Section 23

Non-Functional Requirements Will the Bank provide Data Centre policy details or will it be discussed and agreed mutually between two parties post bidder selection

Shall be shared with successful bidder

145 Page no 87 amp Section 324

Customization and Integration The EDMS application is required to be compatible to integrate with API applications like REST SOAP or any other based API applications- What are the third party applications needs to be

Integration envisaged for Go-Live - Active Directory Mail Messaging System SAMADHAN IRM DMIS Other integration will be done during continuous development

integrated apart from those mentioned here

146 Page no 99 amp Section 53

Scope of Work Kindly convert the hours mentioned in TTR section into business hours

As per RFP

147 Page no 197 amp Admixture D2

Technical Bid (Functional Requirements)

Since this is a generic statement and no details can be finale present for customisations involved against this point

As per RFP

148 Page no 199 amp Admixture D2

Technical Bid (Functional Requirements)

Please elaborate Also there should not be any scores since preferred style or standard is not mentioned

User rights Management includes the ReadWrite privileges to the user which will be provided by RBI

149 Page no 207 amp Annexure D3

Technical Bid (Non-Functional Requirements)

Please elaborate what is user access level parameterised through admin level here

As per RFP

150 Page no 209 amp Annexure D2

Technical Bid (Functional Requirements)

Please explain what does parameterisation mean and include here

As per RFP

151 Page no 226 amp Annexure D6

Annexure D6 - Approach Paper Please clarify if scalability of document volume 30 is year on year increase and also we will consider 4 MN documents for initial year for calculating storage requirements Please check if our understanding is correct Also provide no of pages per document and size of each document etc

As per RFP

152 General Query Training Section Kindly share the number of the RBI team members to whom the training will be imparted

5 batches of 30-40 user each Total training to be provide to around 200 User at Mumbai Pune

153 General Query Customization and Integration As per our understanding the Integration with the third party applications is for image enablement and doc uploaddownload

Shall be discussed during System Study

154 General Query Technical Bid (Functional Requirements)

For the Workflow automation requirement can we get a sample process for each of the workflow described to understand the complexity of the process

Yes

155 General Query Technical Solution amp Training Please suggest the volume of documents involved for extraction scope

As per RFP

156 General Query Presentation amp POC of the Solution As per our understanding scope of POC in the RFP is the same as explained through the scenarios in EOI Please confirm

Yes

157 Page no 163 amp Annexure D2

Technical Bid (Non-Functional Requirements)

Rearrange pages in a document or create a new document from a page using drag and drop This functionality is a part of specialized document creating softwarersquos and not document management system Hence we request you to kindly drop this point

As per RFP

158 Page no 19 and section No 15

11 ldquoAgreementrdquo means the contract signed between the Bank and the Selected Bidder and all the attached documents The ldquoAgreementrdquo includes the RFP subsequent modifications to the RFP response of the selected vendor to the RFP and the contract document itself

11 ldquoAgreementrdquo means the contract signed between the Bank and the Selected Bidder and all the attached documents all of which shall be on mutually agreed terms and conditions The ldquoAgreementrdquo includes the RFP subsequent modifications to the RFP response of the selected vendor to the RFP and the contract document itself

As per RFP

17 ldquoIntegrationrdquo means the system should be able to integrate with existing componentsapplications like Active Directory MS Office 365 and support other 3rd party integration if required

17 ldquoIntegrationrdquo means the system should be able to integrate with existing componentsapplications like Active Directory MS Office 365 and support other 3rd party integration if required

18 ldquoCommissioningrdquo means the System shall be considered to have been commissioned when the entire job including supply installation integration configuration testing and deployment of all hardware amp software is executed to the satisfaction of the Purchaser

18 ldquoCommissioningrdquo means the System shall be considered to have been commissioned when the entire job including supply installation integration configuration testing and deployment of all hardware amp software is executed as per the terms of the RFP to the satisfaction of the Purchaser

159 Page No 66 amp Section No 31

The scope of the system can be enhanced as per requirements of RBI

The scope of the system can be enhanced as per requirements of RBI However It should be restricted to +-10 maximum of the quantity quoted as per RFP

As per RFP

Bidder agrees to provide the increased quantity at the same terms and conditions However additional prices shall be charged for the goods supplied over the contracted quantity

160 Page No 75 amp Section No 311

The completion shall include satisfactory installation testing data migration non-functional requirements etc

The completion shall include satisfactory installation testing data migration non-functional requirements etc

As per RFP

4 Bidder should provide 90 days of hand holding support post Go-Live

4 Bidder should provide 30 90 days of hand holding support post Go-Live

5 On satisfactory performance of application post 90 days from Go-Live Bank will issue Completion Certificate

5 On satisfactory performance of application post 90 30 days from Go-Live Bank will issue Completion Certificate

6 In case of the Go-Live delays by the Bidder the financial Penalty as per the Banks discretion will be imposed on the Bidder at 5 of the total contract value per month of delay to the maximum of 10 of the total contract value as per the agreement between the Bank and the successful Bidder

6 In case of the Go-Live delays by the Bidder the financial Penalty as per the Banks discretion will be imposed on the Bidder at 5 05 of the total contract value delayed portion of ACV per month of delay to the maximum of 10 3 of the delayed portion of ACV total contract value as per the agreement between the Bank and the successful Bidder

161 Page No 77 amp Section No 313

5 If any defect in the Solution is not rectified by the Bidder before the end of the Warranty Period the Warranty Period shall be extended until

5 If any defect in the Solution is not rectified by the Bidder before the end of the Warranty Period the Warranty Period shall be extended until

As per RFP

(a) the defect has been corrected and (a) the defect has been corrected and (b) the Solution functions in accordance with the Contract

(b) the Solution functions in accordance with the Contract

6 Where the Bidder is not the Manufacturer of certain components of the Solution then the Bidder shall disclose the Manufacturerrsquos warranty for such components to the Bank and in the event such warranty exceeds the Bidderrsquos warranty under this

6 Where the Bidder is not the Manufacturer of certain components of the Solution then the Bidder shall disclose the Manufacturerrsquos warranty for such components to the Bank and in the event such warranty exceeds the Bidderrsquos warranty under this Contract in

Contract in any respect shall ensure that the Bank will receive the benefit of the Manufacturerrsquos warranty

any respect shall ensure that the Bank will receive the benefit of the Manufacturerrsquos warranty

7 The bidder is expected to provide requisite support to Bankrsquos operations team for Application-specific database back-up and Disaster Recovery activities during the entire warranty amp support period of 7 years

7 The bidder is expected to provide requisite support to Bankrsquos operations team for Application-specific database back-up and Disaster Recovery activities during the entire warranty amp support period of 7 years

162 Page No 79 amp Section No 315

The following are minimum qualifications and experience for key resources required to implement the EDMS solution Members which are considered for Technical bid evaluation shall be construed as Key Personnel including but not limited to members involved in EDMS customization and implementation architect database administrator The following personnel would be required during the Design Configuration Installation and Setup of the EDMS solution These key resources should be based in Mumbai

The following are minimum qualifications and experience for key resources required to implement the EDMS solution Members which are considered for Technical bid evaluation shall be construed as Key Personnel including but not limited to members involved in EDMS customization and implementation architect database administrator The following personnel would be required during the Design Configuration Installation and Setup of the EDMS solution These key resources should be based in Mumbai

As per RFP

163 Page No 87 amp Section No325

System amp Security Audit ADD As per RFP Notwithstanding anything contained in this RFP

a) Excluding a regulatorystatutory requirement if any nothing in this Agreement shall be construed or interpreted as requiring Bidder to provide to Bank access to or right to inspect examine audit and take copies of any fees price cost or any other financial information or any records or documents relating to the make-up of the Bidderrsquos internal overhead calculations their relationship to the fees any financial cost model calculation of fees or to the Bidderrsquos profitability or other such financial data b) All audit barring those required under a regulatory or statutory requirement may be done only on an annual basis and subject to a notice period of 20 days

164 Page No 93 amp Section No4 Payment Terms

1 Completion of process and system study Design and Build and Deployment in UAT - 15 of Implementation Cost specified at Item 1B of Annexure Q

1 Completion of process and system study Design and Build and Deployment in UAT -30 15 of Implementation Cost specified at Item 1B of Annexure Q

As per RFP

2 Data Migration Completion of User Acceptance Testing Creation of training content Train the Trainer and customer education content - 20 of Implementation Cost specified at Item 1B of Annexure Q

2 Data Migration Completion of User Acceptance Testing Creation of training content Train the Trainer and customer education content - 20 30 of Implementation Cost specified at Item 1B of Annexure Q

3 Complete Implementation and ldquoProduction Go-liverdquo of the project - 25 of Implementation Cost specified at Item 1B of Annexure Q

3 Complete Implementation and ldquoProduction Go-liverdquo of the project - 25 of Implementation Cost specified at Item 1B of Annexure Q

4 Receipt of Completion Certificate from the Bank

4 Receipt of Completion Certificate from the Bank

(post 90 days of achieving production Go-Live) - 30 of Implementation Cost specified at Item 1B of Annexure Q

(post 90 days of achieving production Go-Live) - 30 10 of Implementation Cost specified at Item 1B of Annexure Q

5 Amount payable during the warranty period - On completion of warranty period of three years The Financial Bank guarantee shall be valid for 7 years - 10 of Implementation Cost specified at Item 1B of Annexure Q

5 Amount payable during the warranty period - On completion of warranty period of three years The Financial Bank guarantee shall be valid for 7 years - 10 5 of Implementation Cost specified at Item 1B of Annexure Q

middot 100 of the License Cost indicated in Item 1A of Annexure Q shall be payable immediately on deployment in UAT environment Beta testing phase

middot 100 of the License Cost indicated in Item 1A of Annexure Q shall be payable immediately on deployment in UAT environment Beta testing phase

For each milestone to be marked completed the bidder should ensure that all the acceptance criteria are met and approved by the Bank as mentioned in various applicable sections in the RFP

For each milestone to be marked completed the bidder should ensure that all the acceptance criteria are met and approved by the Bank as mentioned in various applicable sections in the RFP

165 Page No 94 amp Section No43

Amount payable during the warranty period following successful implementation of application will be paid on completion of warranty period of three years The Financial Bank guarantee shall be valid for 7 years Performance Bank Guarantee will be released on submission of Financial Bank Guarantee

Amount payable during the warranty period following successful implementation of application will be paid in advance on completion of warranty period of three years The Financial Bank guarantee shall be valid for 7 years Performance Bank Guarantee will be released on submission of Financial Bank Guarantee

As per RFP

166 Page No 95 amp Section No44

The annual amount payable towards AMC would be paid at the end of every year following successful implementation of the application and delivery of satisfactory services

The annual amount payable towards AMC would be paid at the end start of every year following successful implementation of the application and delivery of satisfactory services

As per RFP

167 Page No 95 amp Section No45

The annual amount payable towards FMS and Development Team would be paid at the end of every year following successful implementation of the application and delivery of satisfactory services

The annual amount payable towards FMS and Development Team would be paid monthly at the end of every year following successful implementation of the application and delivery of satisfactory services

Please refer Corrigendum dated 7th October 2019

168 Page No 95 amp Section No44

The Bidders should note that the contract entered with the successful Bidder will be for implementation and post go‐live period of 7 years (3 years‟ warranty amp 4 years AMC amp FMS support) extendable at the Bankrsquos discretion The Bank will have the right in its sole discretion to renegotiate the prices terms and conditions

8 The Bidders should note that the contract entered with the successful Bidder will be for implementation and post go‐live period of 7 years (3 years‟ warranty amp 4 years AMC amp FMS support) extendable at the Bankrsquos discretion on mutually agreed terms The Bank will have the right in its sole discretion to renegotiate the prices terms and conditions

As per RFP

169 Page No 95 amp Section No45

The successful Bidder is expected to complete the responsibilities that have been assigned as per the specified time frame In case of the Rollout delays by the Bidder the financial Penalty as per the Banks discretion will be imposed on the Bidder at 5 of the total contract value per month of delay to the maximum of 10 of the total contract value as per the

The successful Bidder is expected to complete the responsibilities that have been assigned as per the specified time frame In case of the Rollout delays by the Bidder the financial Penalty as per the Banks discretion will be imposed on the Bidder at 5 05 of the total contract value delayed portion of ACV per month of delay to the maximum of 10 3 of the delayed portion of ACV

As per RFP

agreement between the Bank and the successful Bidder

of the total contract value as per the agreement between the Bank and the successful Bidder

Business Utility and Business Downtime would be the key considerations for determining the ldquoPenaltiesrdquo that would be levied on the Bidder for ldquoNon‐Adherencerdquo to the SLA for the Services offered The inability of the Bidder to provide the requirements as per the scope or to meet the deadlines as specified would be treated as breach of contract and invoke the Penalty Clause The maximum limit on the penalties during the period of contract shall be 10 of the total contract value The applicable ldquoPenaltiesrdquo would be the same irrespective of the root causes The Penalty shall be deducted from the next pay out (Warranty AMC amp FMS BG)

Business Utility and Business Downtime would be the key considerations for determining the ldquoPenaltiesrdquo that would be levied on the Bidder for ldquoNon‐Adherencerdquo to the SLA for the Services offered The inability of the Bidder to provide the requirements as per the scope or to meet the deadlines as specified would be treated as breach of contract and invoke the Penalty Clause The maximum limit on the penalties during the period of contract shall be 10 of the total contract value The applicable ldquoPenaltiesrdquo would be the same irrespective of the root causes The Penalty shall be deducted from the next pay out (Warranty AMC amp FMS BG)

The successful Bidder is expected to complete the responsibilities that have been assigned as per the specified time frame In case of the Rollout delays or more than 2 rollbacks by the Bidder the financial Penalty as per the Banks discretion will be imposed on

The successful Bidder is expected to complete the responsibilities that have been assigned as per the specified time frame In case of the Rollout delays or more than 2 rollbacks by the Bidder the financial Penalty as per the Banks discretion will be imposed on the Bidder

the Bidder at 5 of the total cost for the particular continuous development

at 5 3 of the total cost for the particular continuous development

The maximum limit on the penalties during the period of contract shall be 10 of the total contract value

The maximum limit on the penalties during the period of contract shall be 3 of ACV 10 of the total contract value

170 Page No 114 amp Section No66

Prices quoted by bidder in commercial bid shall be reasonable and as per industry standards If any extreme abnormalitiesdiscrepancies observed in prices RBI at its discretion will disqualify the Commercial Bid

Prices quoted by bidder in commercial bid shall be reasonable and as per industry standards If any extreme abnormalitiesdiscrepancies observed in prices RBI at its discretion will disqualify the Commercial Bid

As per RFP

171 Page No 123 amp Section No77

The Bids will be treated as valid for a period of 180 days from the closing date for submission of the bid

The Bids will be treated as valid for a period of 180 30 days from the closing date for submission of the bid

As per RFP

172 Page No 124 amp Section No711

2 2 The Bank will reserve the right to terminate the services of the successful Bidder at any point of the Project (during the implementation phase and post go-live) without assigning any reasons In such cases the Bank may consider making payment commensurate with the last completed phase

2 The Bank Either Party will reserve the right to terminate the services of the successful Bidder at any point of the Project (during the implementation phase and post go-live) without assigning any reasons subject to notice period of 3 months In such cases the Bank shall may consider making payment for all services and deliverables rendered up to the effective date of communication commensurate with the last completed phase

As per RFP

In the event of termination of any nature the Bidder shall be paid for the 1 goods delivered 2 services rendered 3 work in progress 4 unpaid AMCs 5 third party orders in pipeline which cannot be cancelled despite Bidders best efforts 6 unrecovered investments shall be paid by the Bank as per termination schedule till the date of termination

173 Page No 126 amp Section No8

1 Submission of a Proposal shall be deemed to constitute an acknowledgement by the Bidder that all obligations stipulated by this RFP will be met and unless specified otherwise the Bidder has read understood and agreed to all the instructions provided in this RFP

1 Submission of a Proposal shall be deemed to constitute an acknowledgement by the Bidder that all material obligations stipulated by this RFP will be met and unless specified otherwise the Bidder has read understood and agreed to all the instructions provided in this RFP

As per RFP

3 The Bidder selected for the solution will have to enter into a contract directly with RBI The contract will contain various terms and conditions including payment delivery installation amp operationalization training commissioning amp acceptance support during periods of warranty amp maintenance penalty due to delay in performance

3 The Bidder selected for the solution will have to enter into a contract directly with RBI on mutually agreed terms The contract will contain various terms and conditions including payment delivery installation amp operationalization training commissioning amp acceptance support during periods of warranty amp maintenance penalty due to delay in performance

174 Page No 126 amp Section No81

2 Adherence to terms and conditions The Bidders who wish to submit responses to this RFP should note that they should abide by all the terms and conditions contained in the RFP If the responses contain any extraneous conditions put in by the respondents such Bidders will be disqualified and will not be considered for the selection process

2 Adherence to terms and conditions The Bidders who wish to submit responses to this RFP should note that they should abide by all the mutually agreed terms and conditions contained in the RFP If the responses contain any extraneous conditions put in by the respondents such Bidders will be disqualified and will not be considered for the selection process

As per RFP

175 Page No 127 amp Section No81

4 Execution of SLA The Bidder should execute a Service Level Agreement which would include all the services and terms and conditions of the services to be extended as detailed herein and as may be prescribed by the Bank

4 Execution of SLA The Bidder should execute a Service Level Agreement on mutually agreed terms which would include all the services and terms and conditions of the services to be extended as detailed herein and as may be prescribed by the Bank

As per RFP

5 A declaration may be given by the Bidder stating that No relative of the Bidders is working in the Reserve Bank of India (Annexure K) If anyone working in the Bank is related to the Bidders the name designation and the department where the person is posted may be given Due to any breach of these conditions by the company or firm or any other person the Bank may decide to take appropriate action including cancellation of bid invocation of performance bank guarantee The company or firm or the person may also be debarred for further participation in the procurement process of the Bank in the future

5 A declaration may be given by the Bidder stating that No relative of the Bidders is working in the Reserve Bank of India (Annexure K) If anyone working in the Bank is related to the Bidders the name designation and the department where the person is posted may be given Due to any breach of these conditions by the company or firm or any other person the Bank may decide to take appropriate action including cancellation of bid invocation of performance bank guarantee The company or firm or the person may also be debarred for further participation in the procurement process of the Bank in the future

The relatives for this purpose are defined as -

The relatives for this purpose are defined as -

Oslash Members of a Hindu undivided family (HUF)

Oslash Members of a Hindu undivided family (HUF)

Oslash Husband and Wife Oslash Husband and Wife Oslash If one is related to the other in the manner as Father (includes step father) Mother (includes step mother) Son(s) (includes step son) amp Sonrsquos wife (daughter-in-law) Daughter(s) (includes step daughter) and Daughterrsquos husband (son-in-law) Brother(s) (includes step brother) and Brotherrsquos wife Sister(s) (includes step sister) and Sisterrsquos husband (brother-in-law)

Oslash If one is related to the other in the manner as Father (includes step father) Mother (includes step mother) Son(s) (includes step son) amp Sonrsquos wife (daughter-in-law) Daughter(s) (includes step daughter) and Daughterrsquos husband (son-in-law) Brother(s) (includes step brother) and Brotherrsquos wife Sister(s) (includes step sister) and Sisterrsquos husband (brother-in-law)

176 Page No 127 amp Section No82

The Proposal as well as all related correspondence exchanged by the Bidder and RBI shall be written in English language only The Bids will be treated as valid for a period of 180 days from the closing date for submission of the bid

The Proposal as well as all related correspondence exchanged by the Bidder and RBI shall be written in English language only The Bids will be treated as valid for a period of 180 30 days from the closing date for submission of the bid

As per RFP

177 Page No 128 amp Section No84

The Bidder shall at its own cost and expenses defend and indemnify RBI against all third-party claims including those of the infringement of Intellectual Property Rights including patent trademark copyright trade secret or industrial design rights arising from use of the Products or any part thereof in India

The Bidder Either Party (Indemnitor) shall at its own cost and expenses defend and indemnify the other Party (Indemnitee) RBI against all third-party claims including limited to those of the infringement of Intellectual Property Rights including patent trademark copyright trade secret or industrial design rights directly and proximately arising from use of the Products or any part thereof in India

As per RFP

If RBI is required to pay compensation to a third party resulting from such infringement the Bidder shall be fully responsible therefore including all expenses and court and legal fees The Bidder shall also be liable to indemnify RBI at its own cost and expenses against all losses damages which RBI may suffer on account of violation by the Bidder of any or all national international trade laws norms standards procedures etc

If RBI is required to pay compensation to a third party resulting from such infringement the Indemnitor Bidder shall be fully responsible therefore including all expenses and court and legal fees The Indemnitor Bidder shall also be liable to indemnify IndemniteeRBI at its own cost and expenses against all third party losses damages which IndemniteeRBI may suffer on account of violation by the Indemnitor Bidder of any or all national international trade laws norms standards procedures etc

178 Page No 129 amp Section No85

RBI reserves the right to cancel the contract of the selected Bidder and recover expenditure incurred by RBI if the progress regarding execution of the contract made by the selected Bidder is found to be unsatisfactory for any reason After the award of the contract if the selected Bidder does not perform satisfactorily or delays execution of the contract RBI reserves the right to get the balance contract executed by another party of its choice by giving one monthrsquos‟ notice for the same In this event the selected Bidder is bound to make good the additional expenditure which RBI may have to incur to carry out bidding process for the execution of the balance of the contract This clause will be surviving even where for any reason the contract is cancelled RBI reserves the right to recover any dues payable by the selected Bidder from any amount outstanding to the credit of the selected Bidder including the pending bills andor invoking Bank Guarantee if any under this contract or any other contractorder

RBI reserves the right to cancel the contract of the selected Bidder In the event of cancellation of contract the Bank is liable to pay the bidder for the goods delivered and services rendered till the date of termination and recover expenditure incurred by RBI if the progress regarding execution of the contract made by the selected Bidder is found not to be as per the material terms of the RFP unsatisfactory for any reason solely attributable to the bidder After the award of the contract if the selected Bidder does not perform as per the material terms of the RFP satisfactorily or unduly delays execution of the contract subject to a cure period and notice of not less than 30 days RBI reserves the right to get the balance contract executed by another party of its choice by giving one monthrsquos‟ additional notice for the same In this event the selected Bidder is bound to make good the additional expenditure which RBI may have to incur to carry out bidding process for the execution of the balance of the contract Provided further that the Bidder shall not be liable to Excess Cost in excess of (ten) 10 percent of the price of undelivered goods or services for which such option is exercised by the Bank This clause will be surviving even where for any reason attributable to the bidder the contract is cancelled RBI reserves the

As per RFP

right to recover any dues payable by the selected Bidder from any amount outstanding to the credit of the selected Bidder including the pending bills andor invoking Bank Guarantee if any under this contract or any other contractorder

179 Page No 129 amp Section No86

Bidder will submit a Bank Guarantee from a scheduled commercial bank drawn in favour of Reserve Bank of India payable at Mumbai towards Earnest Money Deposit (EMD) for Rs 4000000- (Rupees Forty Lakhs only) The EMD of unsuccessful Bidders shall be returned within 30 days from the declaration of the disqualification of the respective Bidder No interest shall be paid on the EMD The EMD of the successful Bidder shall be returned after the successful Bidder furnishes the Performance Bank Guarantee Offers made without the Earnest money deposit are liable to be rejected The amount of Earnest money deposit would be forfeited in the following scenarios

Bidder will submit demand draftbankerrsquos chequepay order Bank Guarantee drawn in favour of Reserve Bank of India payable at Mumbai towards Earnest Money Deposit (EMD) for Rs 4000000- (Rupees Forty Lakhs only) The EMD of unsuccessful Bidders shall be returned within 15 days from the declaration of the disqualification of the respective Bidder No interest shall be paid on the EMD The EMD of the successful Bidder shall be returned after the successful Bidder furnishes the Performance Bank Guarantee Offers made without the Earnest money deposit will be rejected The amount of Earnest money deposit would be forfeited in the following scenarios

As per RFP

1 In case the Bidder withdraws the bid prior to validity period of the bid for any reason whatsoever

1 In case the Bidder withdraws the bid prior to validity period of the bid for any reason whatsoever after the deviations proposed are mutually agreed to between both the parties

2 In case the successful Bidder fails to accept and sign the contract within the timeline as specified in this document for any reason whatsoever or

2 In case the successful Bidder fails to accept and sign the contract on mutually agreed terms as specified in this document for any reason whatsoever or

3 In case the successful Bidder fails to provide the performance guarantee within 30 days from the date of placing the order by the Bank or signing of the

3 In case the successful Bidder fails to provide the performance guarantee within 30 days from the date of placing the order by the Bank or and signing of the contract on mutually agreed terms

contract whichever is earlier for any reason whatsoever

whichever is earlier for any reason whatsoever

In case the Bidder withdraws the bid

owing to the fact that the deviations proposed by the Bidder are not accepted by the Bank there shall be neither any forfeiture of EMD nor any other financial or legal implications

180 Page No 130 amp Section No87

The successful Bidder shall at his own expense deposit with The Chief General Manager-in-Charge Department of Information Technology Reserve Bank of India Mumbai within thirty (30) days from the final result of the bidding process and declaration of the successful Bidder a Performance Bank Guarantee from a scheduled commercial bank payable on demand in terms of Annexure C for an amount equivalent to ten percent (10) of the contract price for the due performance and fulfilment of the contract by the Bidder Without prejudice to the other rights of the Purchaser under the Contract in the matter the proceeds of the performance security shall be payable to RBI as compensation for any loss resulting from the Bidderrsquos failure to complete its obligations under the Contract RBI shall notify the Bidder in writing of the invocation of its right to receive such compensation indicating the contractual obligation(s) for which the Bidder is in default The Performance Bank Guarantee shall be denominated in INR and shall be in the form of bank guarantee unless another form is specified by RBI After Go Live Performance Bank Guarantee will be returned back to bidder on submission of Financial Bank Guarantee which shall be submitted by the Bidder within

The successful Bidder shall at his own expense deposit with The Chief General Manager-in-Charge Department of Information Technology Reserve Bank of India Mumbai within thirty (30) days from the final result of the bidding process and declaration of the successful Bidder a Performance Bank Guarantee from a scheduled commercial bank payable on demand in terms of Annexure C for an amount equivalent to ten percent (10) of the contract price for the due performance and fulfilment of the contract by the Bidder Without prejudice to the other rights of the Purchaser under the Contract in the matter the proceeds of the performance security shall be payable to RBI as compensation for any loss resulting from the Bidderrsquos failure to complete its obligations under the Contract RBI shall notify the Bidder in writing of the invocation of its right to receive such compensation indicating the contractual obligation(s) for which the Bidder is in default The Performance Bank Guarantee shall be denominated in INR and shall be in the form of bank guarantee unless another form is specified by RBI After Go Live Performance Bank Guarantee will be returned back to bidder on submission of Financial Bank Guarantee which shall be submitted by the Bidder within 90 days of Go-Live Non-submission of

As per RFP

90 days of Go-Live Non-submission of Performance Guarantee shall constitute sufficient grounds among others if any for the annulment of the award of the tender

Performance Guarantee shall constitute sufficient grounds among others if any for the annulment of the award of the tender

181 Page No 130 amp Section No88

The successful Bidder shall at his own expense deposit with The Chief General Manager-In-Charge Department of Information Technology Reserve Bank of India Mumbai within Ninety (90) days of Go-Live of application before the issuance of Certificate of Completion a Bank Guarantee from a scheduled commercial bank payable on demand in terms of Annexure O for an amount equivalent to ten percent (10) of the contract price as mentioned in Annexure Q of Commercial Bid submitted by the bidder for the due performance and fulfilment of the contract by the Bidder during the warranty and AMC period of 7 years After Go Live Performance Bank Guarantee will be returned back to bidder on submission of Financial Bank Guarantee Without prejudice to the other rights of the Purchaser under the Contract in the matter the proceeds of the performance security shall be payable to RBI as compensation for any loss resulting from the Bidderrsquos failure to complete its obligations under the Contract RBI shall notify the Bidder in writing of the invocation of its right to receive such compensation indicating the contractual obligation(s) for which the Bidder is in default The Financial Bank Guarantee shall be valid till the

The successful Bidder shall at his own expense deposit with The Chief General Manager-In-Charge Department of Information Technology Reserve Bank of India Mumbai within Ninety (90) days of Go-Live of application before the issuance of Certificate of Completion a Bank Guarantee from a scheduled commercial bank payable on demand in terms of Annexure O for an amount equivalent to ten percent (10) of the contract price as mentioned in Annexure Q of Commercial Bid submitted by the bidder for the due performance and fulfilment of the contract by the Bidder during the warranty and AMC period of 7 years After Go Live Performance Bank Guarantee will be returned back to bidder on submission of Financial Bank Guarantee Without prejudice to the other rights of the Purchaser under the Contract in the matter the proceeds of the performance security shall be payable to RBI as compensation for any loss resulting from the Bidderrsquos failure to complete its obligations under the Contract RBI shall notify the Bidder in writing of the invocation of its right to receive such compensation indicating the contractual obligation(s) for which the Bidder is in default The Financial Bank Guarantee shall be valid till the end of AMC denominated in INR and shall be in the form of bank guarantee

As per RFP

end of AMC denominated in INR and shall be in the form of bank guarantee unless another form is specified by RBI Non-submission of Financial Guarantee shall constitute sufficient grounds among others if any for the annulment of the award of the tender

unless another form is specified by RBI Non-submission of Financial Guarantee shall constitute sufficient grounds among others if any for the annulment of the award of the tender

182 Page No 131 amp Section No810

Unless otherwise directed by the Purchaser in writing the Bidder shall continue to perform his obligations under the contract as far as possible and shall seek all means for performance of all other obligations not prevented by the Force Majeure event

Unless otherwise directed by the Purchaser in writing the Bidder shall continue to perform his obligations under the contract as far as reasonably possible and shall seek all means for performance of all other obligations not prevented by the Force Majeure event

As per RFP

Such Force Majeure events will not entitle the Purchaser to delay payment to be made to the Bidder

183 Page No 131 amp Section No811

7 This undertaking shall not apply to Confidential Information that

7 This undertaking shall not apply to Confidential Information that

As per RFP

- Is in the public domain at the time it is acquired by us

- Is in the public domain at the time it is acquired by us

- Enters the public domain subsequent to our acquisition otherwise than as a result of unauthorised disclosure by us and

- Enters the public domain subsequent to our acquisition otherwise than as a result of unauthorised disclosure by us

- Is independently developed by us - is rightfully acquired prior to disclosure by the RBI and

- Is independently developed by us 184 Page No 132

amp Section No813

The Bank reserves the right to alter the requirements specified in the RFP Document The Bank will inform all Bidders about changes if any

The Bank reserves the right to alter the requirements specified in the RFP Document up to the date of submission of the final bid The Bank will inform all Bidders about changes if any Also It should be restricted to +-10 maximum of the quantity quoted as per RFP

As per RFP

The Bidder agrees that the Bank has no limit on the additions or deletions on the items for the period of the contract

Bidder agrees to provide the increased quantity at the same terms and conditions However additional prices shall be charged for the goods supplied over the contracted quantity

The Bidder agrees that the Bank has no limit on the additions or deletions on the items for the period of the contract

185 Page No 133 amp Section No816

The Bidder should strictly adhere to the implementation schedule as specified in the purchase contract executed between the Parties for performance of the obligations arising out of the purchase contract and any delay in completion of the obligations by the Bidder will enable the Bank to resort to any or both of the following

The Bidder should strictly adhere to the implementation schedule as specified in the purchase contract executed between the Parties for performance of the obligations arising out of the purchase contract and any delay in completion of the obligations by the Bidder (for reason not attributable to the Purchaser) will only enable the Bank to resort to any or both of the following

As per RFP

Oslash Claiming Liquidated Damages Oslash Claiming Liquidated Damages Oslash Termination of the purchase agreement fully or partly and claim liquidated damages

Oslash Termination of the purchase agreement fully or partly and claim liquidated damages Bidder should be given 30 daysrsquo written notice to cure the default failing which may attract termination In the event of termination Bank shall pay Bidder for goods delivered and services rendered till the date of termination

186 Page No 134 amp Section No817

The liquidated damages is an estimate of the loss or damage that the Bank may have suffered due to delay in performance or non-performance of any or all the obligations (under the terms and conditions of the purchase contract relating to supply delivery installation operationalization implementation training supportservices acceptance etc) of the solution by the Bidder and the Bidder shall be liable to pay the Bank a

The liquidated damages is an estimate of the loss or damage that the Bank may have suffered due to delay in performance or non-performance of any or all the obligations (under the terms and conditions of the purchase contract relating to supply delivery installation operationalization implementation training supportservices acceptance etc) of the solution by the Bidder and the Bidder shall be liable to pay the Bank a fixed amount for each day of

As per RFP

fixed amount for each day of delay non-performance of the obligations by way of liquidated damages details of which will be specified in the purchase contract Without any prejudice to Bankrsquos other rights under the law the Bank shall recover the liquidated damages if any accruing to the Bank as above from any amount payable to the Bidder either as per the purchase contract executed between the parties or under any other purchase agreement contract the Bank may have executed shall be executing with the Bidder Liquidated Damages is not applicable for reasons attributable to the Bank and Force Majeure However it is the responsibilityonus of the Bidder to prove that the delay is attributed to the Bank and Force Majeure The Bidder shall submit the proof authenticated by the Bidder and bankrsquos official that the delay is attributed to the Bank and Force Majeure along with the bills requesting payment

delay non-performance of the obligations limited to a maximum of 3 of the delayedundelivered portion of ACV by way of liquidated damages details of which will be specified in the purchase contract Without any prejudice to Bankrsquos other rights under the law the Bank shall recover the liquidated damages if any accruing to the Bank as above from any amount payable to the Bidder either as per the purchase contract executed between the parties or under any other purchase agreement contract the Bank may have executed shall be executing with the Bidder Liquidated Damages is not applicable for reasons attributable to the Bank and Force Majeure However it is the responsibilityonus of the Bidder to prove that the delay is attributed to the Bank and Force Majeure The Bidder shall submit the proof authenticated by the Bidder and bankrsquos official that the delay is attributed to the Bank and Force Majeure along with the bills requesting payment

187 General Query Clause not present Total LD+ penalty that Bank can levy on Bidder shall not exceed 3 of ACV

As per RFP

188 Page No 137 and section 825

Neither the contract nor any rights granted under the contract may be sold leased assigned or otherwise transferred in whole or in part by the Bidder and any such attempted sale lease assignment or otherwise transfer shall be void and of no effect

Neither the contract nor any rights granted under the contract may be sold leased assigned or otherwise transferred in whole or in part by either Party the Bidder and any such attempted sale lease assignment or otherwise transfer shall be void and of

As per RFP

without the advance written consent of the Bank

no effect without the advance written consent of the other Party Bank

189 Page No 137 and section 826

The Bidder during the term of the contract and for a period of two years thereafter shall not without the express written consent of the Bank directly or indirectly

The Bidder Both Parties during the term of the contract and for a period of two years thereafter shall not without the express written consent of the other Party Bank directly or indirectly

As per RFP

1 Recruit hire appoint or engage or attempt to recruit hire appoint or engage or discuss employment with or otherwise utilize the services of any person who has been an employee or associate or engaged in any capacity by the Bank in rendering services under the contract or

1 Recruit hire appoint or engage or attempt to recruit hire appoint or engage or discuss employment with or otherwise utilize the services of any person who has been an employee or associate or engaged in any capacity by the other Party Bank in rendering services under the contract or

2 Induce any person who is have been an employee or associate of the Bank at any time to terminate his her relationship with the Bank

2 Induce any person who is have been an employee or associate of the other Party Bank at any time to terminate his her relationship with the other Party Bank

190 Page No 137 and section 829

The ownership of the source code and design for the EDMS specific to the Bank and all related application suites interface designs customisations design etc and related Intellectual Property Right (IPR) will lie with the Bank only All Bidders will need to adhere to this

The ownership of the source code and design for the EDMS specific to the Bank and all related application suites interface designs customisations design etc and related Intellectual Property Right (IPR) will lie with the Bank only All Bidders will need to adhere to this

As per RFP

Notwithstanding anything to the contrary no intellectual property rights of any nature shall be transferred from one Party to the other in the course of performing any obligations or otherwise under this agreement For the avoidance of doubt Bidders may use certain tools processes or methodologies of its own in performing the services Ownership of all intellectual property rights and any other rights in these shall vest with Bidder and no rights shall be deemed to have accrued to the Bank

191 Page No 139 and section 830

3 The Bidder during the term of the contract and for a period of two years thereafter shall not without the express written consent of RBI directly or indirectly recruit hire appoint or engage or attempt to recruit hire appoint or engage or discuss employment with or otherwise utilize the services of any person who has been an employee or associate or engaged in any capacity by RBI in rendering services under the contract or Induce any person who shall have been an employee or associate of RBI at any time to terminate his her relationship with RBI

3 The Bidder Either party during the term of the contract and for a period of two years thereafter shall not without the express written consent of the other Party RBI directly or indirectly recruit hire appoint or engage or attempt to recruit hire appoint or engage or discuss employment with or otherwise utilize the services of any person who has been an employee or associate or engaged in any capacity by the other Party RBI in rendering services under the contract or Induce any person who shall have been an employee or associate of the other Party RBI at any time to terminate his her relationship with the other Party RBI

As per RFP

192 Page No 139 and section 830

6 Professionalism The Bidder should provide professional objective and impartial advice at all times and hold the Bankrsquos interests paramount and should observe the highest standard of ethics while executing the assignment

6 Professionalism The Bidder should provide professional objective and impartial advice at all times and hold the Bankrsquos interests paramount and should observe the highest standard of ethics while executing the assignment

As per RFP

8 No legal binding relationship It may be noted that no binding legal relationship will exist between any of the Respondents of this RFP and the Bank until execution of a contractual agreement

8 No legal binding relationship It may be noted that no binding legal relationship will exist between any of the Respondents of this RFP and the Bank until execution of a contractual agreement on mutually agreed terms

193 Page No 126 and section 830

If the responses contain any extraneous conditions put in by the respondents such responses will be disqualified and will not be considered for the selection process

If the responses contain any extraneous conditions put in by the respondents such responses will be disqualified and will not be considered for the selection process

As per RFP

194 General Query EMD Unacceptable EMD forfeiture EMD to be forfeiture for breach of contract- not acceptable

As per RFP

195 Page No144 We hereby declare that all the information and statements made in this Proposal are true and we accept that any misinterpretation contained in it may lead to our disqualification

We hereby declare that all the information and statements made in this Proposal are true to the best of our knowledge and we accept that any intentional misinterpretation contained in it may lead to our disqualification

As per RFP

196 General Query PBG Request PBG to be invoked only for material breaches of terms and conditions

As per RFP

197 Page No229 amp Annexure E

We agree to abide by this Bid Offer for 180 days from the last day of bid submission and our Offer shall remain binding on us and may be accepted by RBI any time before expiry of the offer

We agree to abide by this Bid Offer for 30 180 days from the last day of bid submission and our Offer shall remain binding on us and may be accepted by RBI any time before expiry of the offer

As per RFP

198 Page No249 amp Annexure L

Further to our proposal dated ______________ in response to the Request for Proposal for Implementation of EDMS Application (hereinafter referred to as ldquoRFPrdquo) issued by Reserve Bank of India (ldquoRBIrdquo) we hereby covenant warrant and confirm as follows

Further to our proposal dated ______________ in response to the Request for Proposal for Implementation of EDMS Application (hereinafter referred to as ldquoRFPrdquo) issued by Reserve Bank of India (ldquoRBIrdquo) we hereby covenant warrant and confirm as follows

As per RFP

We hereby agree to comply with all the terms and conditions stipulations as contained in the RFP and the related addendums other documents and if required including the changes made to the original bid documents issued by RBI provided that the only list of deviations has been furnished by us in the relevant Annex

We hereby agree to comply with all the mutually agreed material terms and conditions stipulations as contained in the RFP and the related addendums other documents and if required including the changes made to the original bid documents issued by RBI provided that the only list of deviations has been furnished by us in the relevant Annex

199 Page No240 amp Annexure G

As per RFP The BIDDER undertakes that it has not supplied is not supplying similar product services or sub-services during last one year from the date of issuance of this RFP at a price lower than that offered in the present bid to any other entity If it is found at any stage that similar product services or sub-services was supplied by the BIDDER to any other entity at a lower price then that very price with due allowance for elapsed time will be applicable to the present case and the difference in the cost would be refunded by the BIDDER to the

The BIDDER undertakes that it has not supplied is not supplying similar product services or sub-services during last one year from the date of issuance of this RFP at a price lower than that offered in the present bid to any other entity If it is found at any stage that similar product services or sub-services was supplied by the BIDDER to any other entity at a lower price then that very price with due allowance for elapsed time will be applicable to the present case and the difference in the cost would be refunded by the BIDDER to the BUYER if the contract has already been concluded

BUYER if the contract has already been concluded

200 Page No243 amp Annexure I

We the undersigned as Bidder having examined the complete RFP document (along with its annexes) do hereby offer to produce deliver install support and maintain EDMS Application in full conformity of your requirements as elaborated in above said RFP for the amounts mentioned by us in the Commercial Bid or such other sums as may be agreed to between us

We the undersigned as Bidder having examined the complete RFP document (along with its annexes) do hereby offer to produce deliver install support and maintain EDMS Application in full conformity of your material requirements as elaborated in above said RFP for the amounts mentioned by us in the Commercial Bid or such other sums as may be agreed to between us

As per RFP

We agree to abide by our Offer for a period of 6 months from the date of last day of Bid submission and it shall remain binding on us for acceptance at any time before the expiration of this period

We agree to abide by our Offer for a period of 1 6 months from the date of last day of Bid submission and it shall remain binding on us for acceptance at any time before the expiration of this period

We understand that you are not bound to accept the lowest or any bid you may receive

We understand that you are not bound to accept the lowest or any bid you may receive

We undertake if our Bid is accepted to provide Performance Bank Guarantee and Financial Bank Guarantee as per the prescribed format within the timescales stipulated in the RFP

We undertake if our Bid is accepted to provide Performance Bank Guarantee and Financial Bank Guarantee as per the prescribed format within the timescales stipulated in the RFP after signing of contract on mutually agreed terms and conditions

201 General Query Annexure J Confidentiality and Non-Disclosure Agreement Undertaking

ADD As per RFP Notwithstanding anything to the contrary to the extent the Bidder shares any confidential information with RBI the provisions of this RFP shall apply mutatis mutandis to RBI The obligations of confidentiality for both Parties shall come to an end 3 years from the date of terminationexpiry of the contract to be entered into

202 Page No248 and Annexure K

Annexure K Self Declaration Relatives in RBI

SEEK DELETION OF ANNEXURE As per RFP

203 Page No259 and Annexure P

We agree to abide by this Tender Response for a period of 180 days from the last day of bid submission and it shall remain binding upon us until within this period a formal contract is prepared and executed this Tender Response together with your written acceptance thereof in your notification of award shall constitute a binding contract between us and will initiate the formation of a separate contract in respect of maintenance and support

We agree to abide by this Tender Response for a period of 30 180 days from the last day of bid submission and it shall remain binding upon us until within this period a formal contract is prepared and executed this Tender Response together with your written acceptance thereof in your notification of award shall not constitute a binding contract between us and will initiate the formation of a separate contract in respect of maintenance and support

As per RFP

services after expiry of the warranty period

services after expiry of the warranty period all of which shall be on mutually agreed terms

204 Page No276 amp Annexure U

8 The respondent has not been involved in any legal case that may affect the solvencyexistence of the applicant or in any other way affect the respondentrsquos capability to providecontinue services to RBI if RBI selects the respondent for EDMS

8 The respondent has not been involved in any legal case that may affect the solvencyexistence of the applicant or in any other way materially affect the respondentrsquos capability to providecontinue services to RBI if RBI selects the respondent for EDMS

As per RFP

9 The bidder accepts to follow all the clauses terms and conditions as set in the RFP document

9 The bidder accepts to follow all the clauses terms and conditions as set in the RFP document subject to deviations proposed

205 General Query New clause proposed by Bidder Service Provider undertakes that it is compliant to State minimum wages act at the time of execution of the Agreement and the commercials are accordingly factored In the event there is a change to the State minimum wages act or if the Customer wants the Service Provider to comply to some other minimum wages act including but not limited to Central minimum wages act or the existing minimum wages act is repealed by another act then in such cases Customer will support Service provider with change request for additional cost incurred by Service Provider for complying to new minimum wages Service provider will not ask for Change request for any changes that is within 8 increase year on year from the State minimum wages as on the date of contract sign off

As per RFP

206 General Query New clause proposed by Bidder ldquoIt is agreed that the price quoted is arrived at based on the exchange rate of 1 USD = INR ___ (ldquoBase Exchange Raterdquo) In the event the Base Exchange Rate either increases or decreases by percentage points greater than two per cent [2] the prices shall be charged as per the then current exchange raterdquo

As per RFP

207 General Query New clause proposed by Bidder The risk title and ownership of the products shall be transferred to the customer upon delivery of such products to the customer

As per RFP

208 General Query New clause proposed by Bidder Customer hereby agrees to make the site ready as per the agreed specifications within the agreed timelines Customer agrees that Wipro shall not be in any manner be liable for any delay arising out of Customerrsquos failure to make the site ready within the stipulated period including but not limited to levy of liquidated damages for any delay in performance of Services under the terms of this Agreement In case the SITE is not ready for a continuous period of 30 days milestone payment related to installation will be released to vendor based on the SNR report also if there is any additional warranty cost due to continuous site not readiness for 30 days same will be borne by the customer

As per RFP

209 General Query New clause proposed by Bidder Notwithstanding anything contained herein neither Party shall be liable for any indirect punitive consequential or incidental loss damage claims liabilities charges costs expense or injury (including without limitation loss of use data revenue profits business and for any claims of any third party claiming through Bidder) that may arise out of or result from this Agreement The aggregate liability of Bidder under this Agreement shall not exceed the fees (excluding reimbursements) received by it under this contract during the six months preceding the date of first claim

As per RFP

210 General Query New clause proposed by Bidder Any new levy on account of changes in law shall be to the account of Bank

As per RFP

211 General Query New clause proposed by Bidder Bidderrsquos failure to perform its contractual responsibilities to perform the services or to meet agreed service levels shall be excused if and to the extent Bidder performance is effected delayed or causes non-performance due to Banks omissions or actions whatsoever

As per RFP

212 General Query New clause proposed by Bidder Services andor deliverables shall be deemed to be fully and finally accepted by Bank in the event when Bank has not submitted its acceptance or rejection response in writing to Bidder within 15 days from the date of installationcommissioning or when Bank uses the Deliverable in its business whichever occurs earlier Parties agree that Bidder shall have 15 daysrsquo time to correct in case of any rejection by Bank

As per RFP

213 General Query New clause proposed by Bidder Either party may request a change order (ldquoChange Orderrdquo) in the event of actual or anticipated change(s) to the agreed scope Services Deliverables schedule or any other aspect of the Statement of WorkPurchase Order Bidder will prepare a Change Order reflecting the proposed changes including the impact on the Deliverables schedule and fee In the absence of a signed Change Order Bidder shall not be bound to perform any additional services

As per RFP

214 General Query New clause proposed by Bidder Notwithstanding anything to the contrary either Party shall have the right to terminate this Agreement at any time with cause in the event that the other party commits a material breach of the Agreement and fails to cure such default to the non-defaulting partyrsquos reasonable satisfaction within thirty (30) days

As per RFP

In the event of termination of any nature the Bidder shall be paid for the 1 goods delivered 2 services rendered 3 work in progress 4 unpaid AMCs 5 third party orders in pipeline which cannot be cancelled despite Bidders best efforts 6 unrecovered investments shall be paid by the Bank as per termination schedule till the date of termination

215 General Query New clause proposed by Bidder Notwithstanding anything contained in this RFP

As per RFP

a) Excluding a regulatorystatutory requirement if any nothing in this Agreement shall be construed or interpreted as requiring Bidder to provide to Customer access to or right to inspect examine audit and take copies of any fees price cost or any other financial information or any records or documents relating to the make-up of the Bidderrsquos internal

overhead calculations their relationship to the fees any financial cost model calculation of fees or to the Bidderrsquos profitability or other such financial data

b) All audit barring those required under a regulatory or statutory requirement may be done only on an annual basis and subject to a notice period of 20 days

216 Page No 132 and section 82

Integrity Pact Unacceptable integrity pact Customer to insert new CVC integrity pact that does not contain Fall clause LIBOR provisions etc

As per RFP

217 General Query Annexure A Earnest Money Deposit Unacceptable EMD forfeiture EMD to be forfeiture for breach of contract- not acceptable

As per RFP

218 General Query Annexure C Performance Bank Guarantee

Request PBG to be invoked only for material breaches of terms and conditions

As per RFP

219 General Query Annexure G Integrity Pact SEEK INSERTION OF NEW CVC INTEGRITY PACT WITHOUT LIBOR PROVISIONS AND FALL CLAUSE

As per RFP

220 General Query ADD As per RFP

Annexure J Confidentiality and Non-Disclosure Agreement Undertaking

Notwithstanding anything to the contrary to the extent the Bidder shares any confidential information with RBI the provisions of this RFP shall apply mutatis mutandis to RBI The obligations of confidentiality for both Parties shall come to an end 3 years from the date of terminationexpiry of the contract to be entered into

221 Page No 10 and section 11

Central Office has following 33 departments

EDMS solution is to be implemented for 33 departments is this understanding correct Please mention if there are more departments to be considered in-scope

As per RFP

222 Page No 29 and section 22

The application should facilitate integration with e-mail client (outlook) where selected emails could be Inwarded directly

Integration with Outlook For how many users is this needed Please specify the number of users who would be using this functionality

10000 users| All Users

223 Page No 18 and section 15

Sr No 6 Global common workflow plus seven specific work process Modules which need to be developed at the time of Go-Live

The seven workflow will have integration with what all systems Please specify the details

Integration envisaged for Go-Live - Active Directory Mail Messaging System SAMADHAN IRM DMIS Other integration will be done during continuous development

224 Page No 25 and section 21

User should have privilege to create Inward amp Outward from RBI corporate email inbox (selected emails) with capability to capture both email body and attachment (if any) as a part of the Inward

How many users are going to use Email Integration feature Is it going to be for all the 10000 named users

As per RFP

225 Page No 25 and section 21

The proposed solution needs to be integrated with existing (or any future standard system) of IRM

What is the current IRM system used by RBI

Microsoft IRM

226 Page No 25 and section 21

3 Customization and Integration Would existing IRM system be OpenText IRM or any other product and will sufficient license be available for EDMS users

Microsoft IRM

227 Page No 25 and section 21

4 Web interface ndashInwardOutward Management

Is it expected to expose the same EDMS application to public or integration with RBI website

As per RFP

228 Page No 27 and section 21

Sr No 21The Scanning product should have inbuilt capability to do a full page OCR amp ICR (for both Hindi amp English documents) and also convert the images to searchable forms like Searchable PDF

What is the ratio of English to Hindi documents for OCR amp ICR

Approximately Hindi 33 | English 66

229 Page No 29 and section 22

5 Inward Management Request you to please specify the other email clients

As per RFP

230 Page No 31 section 22

Technical Bid(Functional Requirements)

We understand that all of these functionalities are the application functionalities and the necessary scanning systems and personal required will be facilitated by RBI Please confirm

Yes

231 Page No 31 section 22

Technical Bid(Functional Requirements)

In case Yes for the above Questions than please detail the scope expectation w r t Scan amp upload requirement

Restricted to Application Solution

232 Page No 43 and section 22

147 Reports amp Dashboard Please elaborate further on this point We understand that reports can be generated with stored data without translation Please let us know your understanding

Data stored in Hindi should be displayed in Hindi The report fields should toggle between Hindi and English No translation is envisioned as part of basic deployment

233 Page No 46 and section 22

163 Document Management Rearrange pages in a document or create a new document from a page using drag and drop Please elaborate at what stage this is required

Rearrangement of pages is required to create an abstract out of an existing doc

234 Page No 46 and section 22

The solution offered should be capable of integration with 3rd party software amp internal applications which are in use at RBI

What all internal and 3rd party applications are to be taken in account for integration

Integration envisaged for Go-Live - Active Directory Mail Messaging System SAMADHAN IRM DMIS Other integration will be done during continuous development

235 Page No 46 and section 22

171 Customization and Integration Is there any existing SSO Server available

Shall be shared with successful bidder

236 Page No 46 and section 22

173 Customization and Integration We understand that content replication from DC to DR has to be accomplished by RBI team and bidder can assist in providing the details

Shall be shared with successful bidder

237 Page No 56 and section 23

A separate test environment and development would be provided at the data Centre The Bidder is expected to replicate the DC environment in the DR and in the test environment in all respects

We understand that bidder is expected to set 4 environments - Dev UATTest Production (DC) and DR Is UATTest environment also expected to be exact replicamirror image of Production

Scaled-down version 50 of Production in terms of sizing

238 Page No 56 and section 23

A separate test environment and development would be provided at the data Centre The Bidder is expected to replicate the DC environment in the DR and in the test environment in all respects

Will RBI procure and provide hardware for all environments Should bidder only propose sizing recommendations for all environments

As per RFP

239 Page No 57 and section 23

Security Requirements We understand that all of these functionalities are the application functionalities by virtue of which these security mechanisms have to be part of the bidderrsquos proposition Kindly comment on our understanding

As per RFP

240 Page No 62 and section 23

System should maintain audit logs for all monitoring and events according to RBI policy These audit logs must be secure and stored as per defined retention policy

Request Bank to specify as lot of sizing considerations would depend uponvary basis the RBI policies (3 5 7 10 years)

Shall be shared with successful bidder

241 Page No 64 and section 23

86 Data Migration Would changes means restructuring of folders or something else Please elaborate

To be discussed during System Study

242 Page No 67and section 31

27 Any other areas which the Bank might decide to include in the Scope at the time of implementation of EDMS

Request Bank to enlighten on to this requirement Being subjective Bidder will need more quantifiablegaugeable requirement basis which effort and commercials can be worked out

As per RFP

However we understand the same will be addressed during design phase

Please comment upon our understanding

243 Page No 71 and section 38

Data migration will be the responsibility of the Bidder

Will bidder be allowed to run the migration 24x7 or only during non-peak hours

Shall be discussed with successful bidder

244 Page No 74 and section 310

Bidder should provide training to RBI‟s officials for using and managing the system which will include end user technical and system Administration training as well as DBA level training

What would be the minimum numbers of users to be trained for Admin and for User level trainings respectively

5 batches of 30-40 user each Total training to be provide to around 200 User at Mumbai Pune

245 Page No 76 and section 313

Implementation As per RFP The Banks incident Management system has to be used as ticketing system to handle requests raised by Banks Internal Users during the warranty and AMC period Which ticketing system is RBI using currently

EDMS can leverage existing Incident Management tool Details will be shared with successful bidder

246 Page No 76 and section 313

Extensive on-site support team is required during the first year after ldquoGo-Liverdquo

Are all the resources mentioned for L0 (44) L1 (8) and L2 (2) are to be deployed on-site Can bidder propose onsite-offshore model for post-implementation support

As per RFP

247 Page No 77 and section 313

vi Scanning documents at RBI respective locations if required

We understand that the necessary scanning systems and personnel required will be facilitated by RBI Request to throw more light on the number of locations in this regards Accordingly effort estimation can be done so as to provide the appropriate commercials in this regards

As per RFP

248 Page No 86 and section 319

319 Performance Monitoring amp Tuning solution

Considering the entire project is going to be base out of RBIs data centre request bank to facilitate make model etc of the performance monitoring tool

Bidder has to provide Application level monitoring solution As per Data Centre policy open source performance tool will not be permissible and the solution proposed by bidder should be approved by RBI

249 Page No 86 and section 323

The total number of users presently is expected to be around 10000 with 2000 concurrent users and annual growth of 10 in concurrent users

Out of total 10000 users how many back endadmin users are there who are going to access this system

Less than 500 users

250 Page No 86 and section 324

Sr No 5 The solution offered should be capable of pin codeGPS Location based integration for capturing user address

Is bidder expected to integrate the existing GPS system with EDMS

As per RFP

251 Page No 86 and section 323

323 Vendor would be required to provide Enterprise-wide all-inclusive Perpetual license for all functionalities as per the requirements of the RBI The total number of users presently is expected to be around 10000 with 2000 concurrent users and annual growth of 10 in concurrent users

These users are for determining the hardware sizing but from software licensing point of view all 10000 users can connect concurrently

As per RFP

Please validate

252 Page No 86 and section 323

No extra license fees implementation charges should be charged by the selected bidder for implementing the software in the test environment and at the Disaster Recovery site of RBI or at any other site that may be specified by the Bank

We understand that as project progresses there will be significant volumes and hence there should be no restriction on number of CPUcores and if any it will be responsibility of SI to provide additional licenses at no additional costs to RBI Trust our understanding is correct Please confirm for clarification

Yes As per RFP

253 Page No87 and section 324

6 Vendor is responsible to import application in UAT production environment amp DC ndash DR synchronization etc

We understand that the application is going to be based out of RBIs existing Data Centre visa Navi Mumbai and Nagpur Request Bank to elaborate upon existing DC-DR synchronization technique technology methodology Please provide details version of the same for integration aspects

Shall be shared with successful bidder

254 Page No87 and section 325

325 System amp Security Audit Request RBI to specify number of yearly audits

Shall be shared with successful bidder

255 Page No91 and section 329

4 Complete user manual and system documentation (soft and hard copies) of the proposed solution after the go-live

Request RBI to spell the number of hard copies required

Shall be discussed with successful bidder

256 Page No92 and section 330

3 Vendor is required to give all sorts of support required in case RBI decides to move the implemented EDMS on cloud services or IaaS in future This support will include everything starting from shunting of the running EDMS temporarily to alternate arrangement till all the Hw Sw etc are installed amp made running in the new IaaS or Cloud environment (Logistics Technical Integration support etc)

We understand the same to be captured via change control mechanism change management during the course of the project

As per RFP

257 Page No92 and section 330

5 Business Process Reengineering ndash The vendor shall include the impact of the new system to the operations of Client If applicable the proponent shall recommend changes to the existing processes that would benefit Client

Request Bank to specify a percentage number in this regards accordingly efforts and commercials can be worked out

As per RFP

258 Page No93 and section 43

For each milestone to be marked completed the bidder should ensure that all the acceptance criteria are met and approved by the Bank as mentioned in various applicable sections in the RFP

We understand that the Project acceptance criteria will be formalized mutually during the design phase and agreed upon Please comment upon our understanding

As per RFP

259 42 Additional Software License Costs As per RFP

Page No 94 and section 42

For evaluation purposes costs of the software licenses proposed by the Bidder would be included in the Total Cost of Ownership In case any software license(s) are required to be procured directly from the Original Equipment Manufacturer (OEM) Product Vendor the actual payment to the Bidder will be reduced appropriately to exclude the software license costs quoted in the commercial bid Bidder is requested to add all the Other Software Licensing Cost under the header Any other requirements for the proposed solution on MSTC website

Request Bank to mutually discuss and agree upon section 42 before finalization on the requirement Please comment in this regards

260 Page No122 and Section 76

Overall enterprise wide security including role-based security and authorisation levels operating systemapplication security and logical access controls and anti‐virus management

Is bidder expected to propose anti-virus software as well

Shall be shared with successful bidder

261 Page No 169 amp Annexure D2

Sr No 26 All incoming physical letters has to be scanned and put into the system for further processing

What is the total size or volume of legacy documents to be considered for Scanning through the Capture Solution (dailymonthlyyearly volume)

As per RFP

262 Page No 204 amp Annexure D2

206 The system should also integrated with Ms outlook and other email client

Does RBI require native integration with outlook in which users can access EDMS from outlook interface

As per RFP

Please confirm 263 Page No 211

amp Annexure D3

Sr No 28 The solution should provide for seamless integration of modules as per the business requirements of RBI with necessary interfaces The application should have provision for Integration existingupcoming portalsapplications of different depts eg HR Portal Samadhan Active directory CMS (CEPD) etc other internal workflow application system etc

Do we have to estimate effort for integration with these upcoming applications now or will it be taken at a later stage as a Change Request If now what are these applications based on Please provide what level of integration is required with these applicationssystem

Integration envisaged for Go-Live - Active Directory Mail Messaging Solution SAMADHAN IRM DMIS Other integration will be done during continuous development

264 Page No213 amp Annexure D3

Based on our experience in similar project we feel the concurrent user ratio to named users is less In such application of note approval the concurrence is around 40 of total users

As per RFP

Details of Hardware requirements for the proposed solution for following user base of

Request you to validate this for RBI

i 10000 total user base ii 2000 concurrent users

265 Page No 218 amp Annexure D3

Sr 55 The Implementation of open source technologies should be taken up in compliance with Information Security (IS) policy of the Bank

Would you allow usage of Open Source Tools for Simulation is required to carry out Performance Testing (LoadStress) eg JMeter

Shall be discussed with successful bidder

266 Page No218 amp Annexure D3

The Implementation of open source technologies should be taken up in compliance with Information Security (IS) policy of the Bank

Please throw some light on limitations on usage of open-source tools in context with Information Security (IS) policy of the Bank

Shall be discussed with successful bidder

267 Page No221 amp Annexure D3

Sr No 75 Data Loss Prevention solution should be available with EDMS solution

Is Data Loss Prevention solution to be implemented or does the solution need to have the capability only and its for future use Please confirm

Shall be discussed with successful bidder

268 Page No 226 amp Annexure D6

g Scalability of document volume (30) having average volume of 4million documents per year

What does 30 signify here How much should be the total volume of documents considered that is received and to be ingested in EDMS repository (yearlymonthly)

As per RFP

269 Page No 226 amp Annexure D6

b Response time of maximum 3 seconds

Request RBI to elaborate upon the type of gaugeable reports parameters required to establish the response time

As per RFP

270 Page No 226 amp Annexure D6

b Response time of maximum 3 seconds

Will submitting product performance reports spec sheets suffice or any other artefact is required to substantiate the same Please specify

As per RFP

271 Page No 226 amp Annexure D6

g Scalability of document volume (30) having average volume of 4million documents per year

Request RBI to specify the existing document volume as this is required from sizing perspective to arrive at an optimized commercials

As per RFP

272 Page No 262 amp Annexure Q

Annexure Q We believe RBI will also be providing mobile based access to select employeersquos basis roles We assume the licensing for the same is to be included in this pricing and no additional price will be payable by RBI Mobile app if to be created will be separate project but will connect to EDMS through API at no additional costs to RBI Please clarify

As per RFP

273 Page No 262 amp Annexure Q

Annexure Q Will RBI facilitate the commercial bid format for ease of comparison during the evaluation phase Request to clarify

Commercial bid format can be downloaded from the MSTC e-commerce portal

274 Page No 264 amp Annexure Q

Unit Price Under Unit Price do we have to provide Yearly Price of 1 resource

As per RFP

275 Page No 264 amp Annexure Q

Cost of L0 Resource (21 nos) on 12 X 5 basis for one year at locations given in Annexure T

For 12x5 we would need to deploy 2 resources to support 60 hours shift so do we need to consider price for 2 resources or provide price only for 21 resources and they will be supporting in round-robin manner Please confirm

For Annexure T for line items 31 to 35 Bidders are advised to consider 8 x 5 working hours where requirement of only 1 resource has been mentioned (Ahmedabad has 2 locations so 2 resources are required) For line items 25 to 30 where support hours are mentioned as 12 x 5 and requirement of multiple resources is mentioned resources are expected to work in 8 x 5 shift scheduled in a manner to provide support for 12 x 5 All other conditionsrequirements

mentioned in the table remain unchanged

276 Page No 265 amp Annexure Q

B2 Development Team based at Mumbai Navi Mumbai Composition Tech Lead(1) + Developer (5) + Tester (1)

Composition of Tech Lead(1) + Developer (5) + Tester (1) will not suffice we also need Project Managers Technical Architect UI Expert and Infrastructure Resource can bidder add more rows in commercial format and propose Development Team accordingly

As per RFP

277 Page No 265 Section amp Annexure Q

AMC for the first year after warranty period (should be min 8 of Total onetime cost)

Do we have to include both here - Product AMC from OEM as well as Application Technical Support for only 1 year from bidder

As per RFP

278 Page No 266 amp Annexure Q

(C) Hardware Requirements Do we have to propose hardware sizing and software recommendations for DevUAT Production and DR Environments The table has rows for Production and UAT only can the bidder add more rows to it or is it a fixed format

Hardware sizing and software recommendations are to be proposed for all environments The two rows were for representational purpose More rows can be added in the commercial bid format

279 Page No 212 amp Annexure D3

212 A separate test environment and development would be provided at the data Centre The Bidder is expected to replicate the DC environment in the DR and in the test environment in all respects (11)

1 Will development and test environments be provided by RBI till OS layer and only application deployment is to be done by the bidder

As per RFP

84 Hence bidder is required to take into the consideration the hardware

software etc requirement pertaining to test amp development

2 Please elaborate what is bidders responsibility for development and test environments

280 General Query Retention Management Apart from Retention and Archival are you looking for complete Records Management solution as well with features like Event-based aging Automatic Disposition Litigation Hold etc

Not required at this Stage

281 General Query Back-up Software Do you have the back-up software or does bidder has to propose If available please specify the make and model of the back-up software

Shall be shared with successful bidder

282 General Query Support Team - OampM Do you want bidder to propose Helpdesk toolset up a service desk as well

Not required at this Stage

283 General Query Load Balancer Do you want the bidder to propose the load balancer as well

Not required at this Stage

284 General Query Source Code Control Repository Is Bidder required to absorb the cost for GIT repository for source code or do you have one which bidder can use

Shall be shared with successful bidder

285 General Query Compliance What are the complianceguidelinesIT Security considerations that are critical

As per RFP

286 General Query SSL Certificate Should bidder be provided the SSL certificate or should the bidder absorb the price for SSL certificate Please confirm

Bank Shall provide the SSL certificates

287 General Query Documents Please specify the age of the documents and the condition of paper like ndash colour shine brittleness original

Not required at this Stage

or photocopy glossy paper hard-bind etc etc

288 General Query Scanning Can you kindly provide the of BW and Colour document

Not required at this Stage

289 General Query Legacy Documents For Legacy documents perspective please share details on the below

Not required at this Stage

a) Number of document ingestion per day - b) Average size of document - in KB c) Maximum size of document - in KB d) Storage required - (current DMS storage size)

290 General Query New Documents For New documents perspective please share details on the below

Not required at this Stage

a) Number of document ingestion per day - b) Average size of document - in KB c) Maximum size of document - in KB

291 General Query Scanning For Scanning perspective please share details on the below

Not required at this Stage

a) Percentage of document in tiff format b) Percentage of colour documents c) Average image size in KB d) Percentage of document that would require OCR e) Average number of fields per page

f) Properties per per document 292 General Query Documents What is percentage the Year on Year

growth over 5 years for the number of documents added

As per RFP

293 General Query Documents What is the Average number of document views per day

Not required at this Stage

294 General Query Documents What is the Average number of document searches per day

Not required at this Stage

295 General Query Back-up Policy What is the back-up policy of RBI eg 14 days

Shall be shared with successful bidder

296 General Query Policies What would be the archival policy back up policy log storage policy DR logs policy etc

Shall be shared with successful bidder

297 General Query Testing What parameters are to be monitored during testing (eg response times processing times and CPU loading)

As per RFP

298 General Query Testing What desired values of these parameters are to be considered acceptable during the stress test results

As per RFP

299 General Query DR Drills How many DR drills do you expect in a year

Shall be shared with successful bidder

300 General Query Resources Will RBI allow onsite resources to carry their own laptops or will RBI provide DesktopsWorkstations for onsite resources

Assets will be provided to onsite resources

301 General Query Access Will RBI provide remote accessVPN access for offshore resources

Not required as all resources are deployed onsite

302 General Query

Scanning How much will be the total no of pages to be scanned per day

Not required at this Stage

303 General Query

Documents

How much will be the year on year growth in documents volume

As per RFP

304 General Query

Documents

Please let us know the average approximate document size per document for sizing (in MB)

Not required at this Stage

305 General Query Presentation amp POC of the Solution Could you please elaborate in details the scope for POC

As per RFP

306 General Query SLA Working window As per RFP

307 General Query Non-Functional Requirements Please specify the existing Replication bandwidth between Navi Mumbai DC and Nagpur DR

Bidder has to propose the required bandwidth which will be provided procured by Data Centre

308 General Query Non-Functional Requirements We understand that the bidder is required to provide the Bandwidth augmentation sizing required for this project and accordingly the same will be provisioned by RBI Please confirm upon our understanding

Bidder has to propose the required bandwidth which will be provided procured by Data Centre

309 Page No71 amp Section No38

Data Migration What is the formats of Documents stored inside current DMS

Shall be shared with successful bidder

310

Page No71 amp Section No38

Data Migration How indexmetadata is managed in current DMS System What is the total count of

Shall be shared with successful bidder

indexes present in current DMS 311 Page No71 amp

Section No38 Data Migration what is the database and version used

in current DMS System As per RFP

312

Page No71 amp Section No38

Data Migration We need more details about current DMS System -Product nameVersionECM

Shall be shared with successful bidder

Compliant or notWhat type of documents are stored in SystemHow documents are classified in System

313

Page No18 amp Section No21

High Level Critical Requirements Can you Please enlist total count of Global workflows

As per RFP

314

Page No86 amp Section No321

Hardware Requirements Can you elaborate more on this point As per RFP Standard Enviornments which will be provided by SI are DEV UAT PROD and DR Also Development Environment will be on premise or offshore

315 Page No52 amp Section No23

Back-up Will Backup be taken care by RBI Yes

316 Page No81 amp Section No317

Security Requirements What will be the frequency of DR Drills Can you specify values for RPO and RTO

Shall be shared with successful bidder

317 Page No213 amp Annexure D3

Hardware Requirements Database tier needs to be deployed on Intel Xeon or Mainframe

RBI will conduct VAPT SI needs to provide gaps resolution

318 Page No221 amp Annexure D4

Maintenance amp Support Can we get details about which IRM solution will be provided by RBI for integration purpose

Scaled-down version 50 of Production in terms of sizing

319 Page No63 amp Section No23

Functional Requirements Will RBI provide DLP solution Shall be shared with successful bidder

320 Page No63 amp Section No23

Non-Functional Requirements is SI expected to conduct VAPT or RBI will be conducting the same

RBI will conduct VAPT SI needs to provide gaps resolution

321 Page No267 amp Annexure Q

Hardware Requirements Is UAT sizing expected to be 100 of Production sizing

Scaled-down version 50 of Production in terms of sizing

322

Page No27 amp Section No21

High Level Critical Requirements Hindi OCR amp ICR may be a challenge However Hindi metadata can be captured and searched Can OCR and ICR be restricted to English only

As per RFP

323 Page No27 amp Section No21

Storage For sizing Storage can you share average size of the digitized document

As per RFP

324 Page No93 amp Section No41

Licences Can Licenses cost be paid up-front within 30 days from the date of Invoice

As per RFP

325 Page No95 amp Section No44

AMC Pay-Outs Can AMC be payable yearly in Advance instead of at the end of the every year

As per RFP