Invitation for Bids
The Procurement of Supply, Installation, Configuration, Deployment, Commissioning and Support for Upgradation of Core Firewall Hardware in NBL Data Centre
Nepal Bank Limited
Date of publication: 2082/06/22
Invitation for Bids No.: NEL/NCB08/G082/83
1. The Nepal Bank Limited invites electronic bids from eligible bidders for the procurement of the supply, installation, configuration, deployment, commissioning and support for upgradation of core firewall hardware in NBL data center under National competitive bidding-Single Stage Two Envelope procedures.
2. Under the Single Stage, Two Envelope Procedure, Bidders are required to submit simultaneously two separate sealed envelopes, one containing
(i) the Technical Bid and the other
(ii) the Price Bid, both in turn enclosed in one sealed envelope as per the provision of ITB 23 of the Bidding Document.
3. Eligible Bidders may obtain further information and inspect the bidding documents at the office of Nepal Bank Limited Head Office, Dharmapath, Kathmandu, [email protected] or may visit PPMO eGP system www.bolpatra.gov.np/egp.
4. Bidder who submit their bid electronically may download the bidding documents for e-submission from PPMO's e-GP system www.bolpatra.gov.np/egp. Bidders, submitting their bid electronically, should deposit the cost of bidding document of Rs. 5,000.00 in the following account as specified below.
Information to deposit the cost of bidding document in Bank:
Name of the Bank: Nepal Bank Limited
Office account no.: 00200106711283000001
Name of Office: Kathmandu Banking Office
Account Name: NBL Tender/Seal Quotation/Listing
5. Pre-bid meeting shall be held at Nepal Bank Limited, General Service Department at 12pm and 2082/06/31
6. Electronic bids must be submitted to the office through PPMO's e-GP system www.bolpatra.gov.np/egp on or before 12pm on 2082/07/23. Bids received after this deadline will be rejected.
7. The bids will be opened in the presence of Bidders' representatives who choose to attend at 12:05pm, 2082/07/23 at the office of Nepal Bank Limited, General Service Department. Bids must be valid for a period of 90 days from the date of bid opening and must be accompanied by a bid security or scanned copy of the bid security in pdf format in case of e-bid, amounting to a minimum of NRs 6,90,000.00 which shall be valid for 30 days beyond the validity period of the bid 2082/11/25.
8. If the last date of purchasing and/or submission falls on a government holiday, then the next working day shall be considered as the last date. In such case the validity period of the bid and bid security shall remain the same as specified for the original last date of bid submission.
9. Bank reserves the right to accept or reject, wholly or partially any or all the sealed quotations without assigning any reason, whatsoever.
