K-RIDE invites bids for implementation of ERP-SAP Solution for Bengaluru Suburban Rail Project

Rail Infrastructure Development Company (Karnataka) Limited (KRIDE), a Joint Venture of Government of Karnataka and Ministry of Railways, has invited bids under single stage single packet system for the following contract package – Implementation  of  ERP-SAP/S-4 HANA Solution (HR – Human Resources Management including Payroll, FICO – Financial & Accounting Module, PS – Project Systems & MM – Materials Management).

Contract Details:

  • Bid No.: K RIDE/BSRP/05/2021   
  • Name of work: Implementation of ERP-SAP/S-4 HANA Solution
    • Human Resources Management including Payroll (HR)
    • Financial & Accounting Module (FICO)
    • Project Systems (PS)
    • Materials Management (MM)
  • Period of Completion: 12 months
  • Deadline for bid submission: 21.06.2021 15:00 hrs.
  • Bid Opening: 22.06.2021 15:30 hrs.

Project Background:

K-RIDE was incorporated as a joint venture between the Government of Karnataka and Ministry of Railways. It has been created to boost “Rail Infrastructure Projects” in the state of Karnataka on the principle of cooperative federalism. Currently, the joint venture has been mandated with the critical  responsibility of executing the flagship Bengaluru Suburban Rail Project (BSRP) and two large doubling  projects.

Tender Objective:

  • To integrate different departments and effective sharing of the information.
  • To make the real time information clearly available to all the employees, clients and other stakeholders.
  • To minimize redundancies by creating integrated  databanks in a centralized data centre.
  • To improve efficiency and effectiveness.
  • To constantly improve organizational image.
  • To achieve resource optimization.
  • To exercise better management control.
  • To get project wise details of different KPIs such as Profitability, Labor Cost, Material Cost, Timeline etc.

Implementation:

KRIDE will procure the ERP solution which would best meet its requirements and implement the following functions:-

  • Finance and accounts (FICO Module)
  • Project  management (PS Module)
  • Human Resources, Payroll management and administration (HR Module)
  • Materials management (MM Module)

Scope of work:

  • Installation & implementation of necessary applications for SAP HR – Human Resources  Management  including  Payroll,  FICO  –  Financial  &  Accounting Module, PS – Project Systems & MM – Materials Management.
  • Design and deploy the required solution in line with K-RIDE business process and provide end-user training for all the site locations.
  • Implement necessary changes in the existing implemented modules as per the need of business and gaps identified.
  • Provide  detailed  documentation  for  system  design  &  configuration,  user manuals, technical specification, functional specification and test scripts.
  • Identification of the customization needs to match with K-RIDE’s requirements including addition of new reports, change management and provide necessary documentation including effort required for the same.
  • The  Implementation  Partner  shall  implement  all required  upgrades,  patches, bug fixes and notes etc. until the end of support period.
  • The  Implementation  Partner  will  give  adequate training  at  all  locations  to different personnel at various levels of the organization.
  • Hardware and Networking are not included in the scope of work; however the bidder should do sizing of Hardware and necessary networking equipment to support different project locations of K-RIDE.
  • Data migration will take place from the current system to proposed ERP-SAP.
  • K-RIDE shall use the existing standard functionality of the ERP –SAP solution as far as possible, and shall make all efforts to avoid making any modifications to the software as they affect support of the product and also hinder the future upgrade paths.

Bidding Documents can be downloaded free of cost from K RIDE e-tendering portal i.e., https://eproc.karnataka.gov.in 


Source: KRIDE-Tender | Image credit (representational): KRIDE