Bangalore Metro Update: Tender invited for ERP development, implementation and support service for 5 years

Bangalore Metro Rail Corporation Ltd., (BMRCL) invites open Bid from eligible, reputed and experienced Consultants (JV/Consortium Not Permitted) for ERP development, implementation and support service for 5 years.

  • Tender Reference Number: BMRCL/IT/01/2023
  • Name of Work: ERP development, implementation and support service for 5 years.
  • EMD: INR 16 Lakh
  • Completion Period: 12 Months
  • Document Download / Sale Start Date: 12th January, 2023
  • Document Download / Sale End Date: 11th February, 2023
  • Pre-bid Meeting: 04th February, 2023
  • Bid Submission Start Date: 12th January, 2023
  • Bid Submission End Date: 17th February, 2023
  • Tender Opening Date: 17th February, 2023

Introduction:

  • Bangalore Metro Rail Corporation Ltd (BMRCL) is the Special Purpose Vehicle (SPV) of the Government of Karnataka and Government of India implementing Bangalore Metro Rail Project.
  • BMRCL’s Phase-I of the project comprises of East-West corridor (Purple line) between Baiyappanahalli and Mysore Road stations of approximately 18.10 Km and North-South corridor (Green Line) between Nagasandra and Yelachenahalli stations of approximately 24.20 km. The total length of Phase-I of the project is about 42.30 Km with 40 stations.
  • The two corridors cross at a common interchange station namely Kempegowda (previously known as Majestic) which is a two-level station. The mode of traction power is 750V DC Third Rail bottom collection. The track is of Standard Gauge (1435 mm). On the Purple Line, a maintenance depot along with full workshop facilities is located at Baiyappanahalli, adjacent to the Baiyappanahalli Station.
  • On the Green Line, a depot is located at Peenya and connected to the main line between Peenya Industry and Jalahalli Cross stations. An integrated Operation Control Centre (OCC) for both the corridors is located at Baiyappanahalli Depot and a Back-up Control Centre (BCC) is located at Peenya Depot. Phase-I of the project was commissioned in June 2017.
  • Further, BMRCL is proceeding with the implementation of Phase-II of the project. The sanctioned Detailed Project Report (DPR) of Phase-II envisages extension of existing two corridors viz. East-West (Purple line) and North-South (Green Line) Corridors comprising elevated sections and construction of two new lines Reach-5 and Reach-6.
  • The East-West Corridor is extended from Baiyappanahalli to ITPL-Whitefield in the East end and from Mysore Road to Challaghatta in the West end. Similarly, the North-South Corridor is extended from Nagasandra to Bangalore International Exhibition Centre (BIEC) in North end and from Yelachenahalli to Silk institute (Previously known as Anjanapura Township) in south end. South extension is commissioned in January-2021 and west extension up to Kengeri Station is commissioned in August 2021.
  • An elevated new line of about 18.82 km from R V Road to Bommasandra (Reach-5) and a new line of about 21.25 km from Kalena Agrahara (previously known as ‘Gottigere’) to Nagawara (Reach-6) is being constructed under Phase-II of the project. Reach-5 is fully elevated with 16 stations and Reach-6 has an underground section of approximately 13.75 km with 12 stations and elevated section of about 7.50 Km with 6 stations.
  • The works of Phase-II project are under progress and the complete network is expected to be commissioned by the year 2023.
  • The purpose of this Tender is to engage the Vendor to develop and implement the ERP system in BMRCL as per the requirements mentioned in the scope of works is further elaborated in Appendix-A of Section-VI. 
  • The Tender can be submitted by a firm registered under the Companies Act, 1956/2013 or Partnership firm registered under the Partnership Act of 1932 or registered (Converted 2013 to) under the Indian Limited Liability Partnership Act, 2008. JV/Consortium is not permitted.
  • The Tenderer will be required to confirm and declare in the Tender submittal that no agent, middleman or any intermediary has been, or will be, engaged to provide any services, or any other items of work related to the award and performance of this Contract.
  • They will have to further confirm and declare in the submittal that no agency commission or any payment that may be construed as an agency commission has been, or will be paid and that Tender price will not include any such amount. The Tenderer shall provide an undertaking as per Annexure-6 to section-Ill.
  • Tenderer must read carefully the directions regarding the “Eligibility and Qualification criteria” given in Section-III of the Tender Document and furnish the required documents accordingly.
  • The Tenderer shall submit his Tender without any modifications, alterations or deviations. The Tender containing any deviation from contractual terms and conditions, specifications and other requirements shall be considered as non-responsive and shall be liable for rejection. The Tenderer shall provide an undertaking as per Annexure-9 to Section III.
  • BMRCL expects Tenderers to provide professional service and at all times hold the BMRCL’s interest paramount, without any consideration for future work, and strictly avoid conflicts with other assignments or their own corporate interests.
  • Only ‘Class-I Local Tenderer’ as defined under the ITT clause 9.5, shall be eligible to bid in this Tender.

Scope of Work:

  • In order to facilitate a uniform evaluation of the proposals, the material provided by the vendor is requested to conform the following structure as:
    • Executive Summary
    • Assumptions
    • BMRCL Business Requirements – Response
    • Project Execution
    • Cut-Over and Data Conversion
    • Training
    • Tests
    • Documentation
    • System Security & Access procedures
    • Project Organization & BMRCL Effort
    • Project Methods & Tools
    • Go-Live Support
    • Project Plan
    • Effort Estimation
    • Commercials 
  • Along with the main proposal, BMRCL Business Requirements to be filled with detailed response is expected, and adhere to the same template given along with this tender. 

BMRCL – Business Requirements:

  • BMRCL requirements have been classified into two categories (either as division or wing)  such as for “Project” and “Operations & Maintenance”.
  • These categories are primarily to help vendors to understand the requirements more clearly that need to be implemented in the new system and the system’s usage accordingly. However, the new system, should cover the entire scope of requirements, will be implemented:
    • Financial Accounting – Project and O&M
    • Contract Management – Project
    • Purchase and Inventory Management – O&M
    • Asset Management – Project and O&M
    • HR & Payroll – Project and O&M
    • Station Operations – O&M

Eligibility:

  • The Tenderer shall be a Company registered under the Companies Act, 1956/2013 or Partnership firm registered under the Partnership Act of 1932 or registered (Converted to) under the Indian Limited Liability Partnership Act, 2008.
  • The Tenderer shall confirm that non-performance of a contract did not occur in the last five (5) years counted from 28 days prior to the date of Tender submission.
  • The Tenderer shall not have been debarred/blacklisted by any Central Government or any State Government or any Public Sector Undertakings as on the due date of the submission of the Tender.
  • The Tenderer should not have suffered bankruptcy /insolvency in the last five (5) years counted from 28 days prior to the date of Tender submission. 

Work Experience:

  • Should have completed:
    • At least one similar work of value not less than INR 12.65 crore excluding License costs (if any), in the past five years, or
    • Any two similar works of value not less than INR 7.91 crore each excluding License costs (if any), in the past five years, or
    • Any three similar works of value not less than INR 6.33 crore each excluding License costs (if any), in the past five years 
  • Similar work means, development of ERP modules like Finance & Account, Payroll & HR, Asset Management etc.

The complete documents can be downloaded from www.bmrc.co.in


Source: BMRCL- Tender | Image Credit (representational): BMRCL