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Corrigendum: RFP Identification No. CGM(PP9/26/2012)/APDCL/ERP/2012/01 dated07.09.2012
Sl. No. Query Clause ref Amendment sought APDCL response
1
Will the deviations if specified by bidder as per
format given considered? In case deviation is not
acceptable will the bidder get opportunity to roll
back deviation?
3.13.2.2. NA
Deviations shall be considered for bid evaluation.
No roll back is allowed after submission of bids. In
case the deviation is not acceptable, the bidder may
be awarded lower marks theReby leading to
rejection before financial bid opening.
2
Will implementation of SAP solution done centrally
in Guwahati? Pls clarify.
General NA
The bidder is expected to propose implementation
methodology & coverage as part of their approach &
methodology & the purchaser will award marks on
basis of proposal.
3
By when HW for the project will be purchased?
Proper HW and NW infrastrucutre is critical for
timely completion of the project
General NA
HW purchase will be initiated as soon as IP submits
technical specification of same.
IP may need to initiate customisation of SAP
temporarily on own hardware before the APDCL
equipments is commissioned.
4
Pls provide in detail the scope of data digitization
and migration
• Please indicate how much data across modules
is in the physical form requiring digitization.
• Please share the volumes of the masters and
transaction data. Also clarify and provide details of
data transfer required from interfaced applications.
• Please confirm whether data extraction sources
are available centrally from Guwahati or from
selected sites.
• Kindly detail this requirement for overall
understanding and effort estimation.
General NA
Data records related to Materials are partly in
physical records and partly digitized. Employee and
payroll information are partly in physical records and
partly digitized. Fixed Asset Registrar is also
available partly in physical records and partly in
digital format.
The exact requirement will be finalized with the
successful bidder during the Business Solution
Design phase. For bidding purpose, the Bidder may
assume the number of manual records to be
100000. However, payment for data entry and
digitization shall be based on the actual number of
records.
5Can some part of the implementation be done
from offsite. Pls clariy. General NA As per RFP.
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It is mentioned that helpdesk and technical
support is required for 4 years. At the same time
pricing has been asked for 5 years. Pls clarify this
gap.
6.10.3
6.10.4 Pricing to be proposed for a period of 4 years
7
Will APDCL accept training of end user using web
conferencing/virtual meeting techniques instead of
physical availability of trainer at APDCL sites. General NA No.
8
Pls share the rational of dividing the project into 2
phases
General NA
The division and phasing is to ensure smother
implementation and enable IP to collect some
payment even when the remaining offices may take
some more time.
9
Please confirm if Performance and Stress testing
tools would be purchased by APDCL
General NA
These tools may be deployed by the IP during AT in
case possible. Else, please include prices of such
tools in your financial bid - no additonal payments
will be made towards these.
10
Please confirm if APDCL will provide the required
support infrastructure (training room, PCs for
trainer, OHP etc.) to carry out the training of
APDCL users at various locations?General NA As per RFP. Bidders to propose.
11
Phase 1 implementation cost will include support
for phase 1 till rollout of phase 2 is completed? Pls
clarify General NA As per RFP.
12
We assume training language and documentation
will be in English. Please clarify General NA Yes.
13 Any preference of the database? Pls clarify General NA Bidder to propose.
14
Pls specify the nunber of users to be trained at
each location also pls specify the number of
locations.
General NA
Bidder to propose as part of approach &
methodology. As guidelines for the numbers, please
refer the number of licenses sought for the diferent
kind of users.
15
In tender document APDCL have not mentioned
any reporting requirements on BI/BO. Need clarity
on APDCL Dashboard requirements. If APDCL
can share module wise some high level numbers
of dashboards it will help us estimating the efforts.
General NA
The exact dashboard requirements will be finalised
during Business Solutions Design. However, for
estimation purposes, the numer may be taken as 40
reports.
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16 How many legal entities APDCL have? General NA As per RFP.
17
Global Full Cycle Implementation Experience as
Primary Contractor in electricity transmission /
distribution sector
Annexure 3: Pre-
qualification
Criteria for
Bidders, Sl.1
Global Full Cycle Implementation Experience as
Primary Contractor in Utilities Sector As per RFP.
18
The Bidder must have implementation experience
of implementing SAP solution in at least two (02)
of following modules together in at least two
(02)organizations in last five years (period ending
up to bid submission date):
(i) Procurement & Materials Management
(ii) Financial Management (incl. Asset
Management)
(iii) Human Resource Management & General
Administration (incl. Payroll, Employee Services
and Portal)
Annexure 3: Pre-
qualification
Criteria for
Bidders, Sl.1
The Bidder must have implementation experience
of implementing SAP solution in at least two (02)
of following modules together in at least two
(02)organizations in last five years (period ending
up to bid submission date):
(i) Procurement & Materials Management
(ii) Financial Management (incl. Asset
Management)
(iii) Human Resource Management & General
Administration (incl. Payroll, Employee Services
and Portal), and,
(iv) Business Intelligence(BI) As per RFP.
19
The Bidder must have implementation experience
of implementing SAP solution in at least two (02)
of following modules together in at least two
(02)organizations in last five years (period ending
up to bid submission date):
(i) Procurement & Materials Management
(ii) Financial Management (incl. Asset
Management)
(iii) Human Resource Management & General
Administration (incl. Payroll, Employee Services
and Portal)
Annexure 3: Pre-
qualification
Criteria for
Bidders, Sl.2
The Bidder must have implementation experience
of implementing SAP solution in at least two (02)
of following modules together in at least two
(02)organizations in last five years (period ending
up to bid submission date):
(i) Procurement & Materials Management
(ii) Financial Management (incl. Asset
Management)
(iii) Human Resource Management & General
Administration (incl. Payroll, Employee Services
and Portal), and,
(iv) Business Intelligence(BI) As per RFP.
20
Full Cycle Implementation of SAP in at least two
(02) of the three proposed functional modules in
electricity transmission / distribution sector, in any
part of the world (excluding India), of client having
a turnover of USD 150 Million or more per annum,
in last 5 year period (period ending up to bid
submission date)
Annexure 4:
Technical
Evaluation
criteria for
Bidders, Sl. 1
Full Cycle Implementation of SAP in at least two
(02) of the four proposed functional modules in
Utilities sector, in any part of the world (excluding
India), of client having a turnover of USD 150
Million or more per annum, in last 5 year period
(period ending up to bid submission date) As per RFP.
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Full Cycle Implementation of SAP in at least two
(02) of the three proposed functional modules in
electricity transmission / distribution sector, in
India, of client having a turnover of INR 750
Crores or more per annum, in last 5 year
period(period ending up to bid submission date)
Annexure 4:
Technical
Evaluation
criteria for
Bidders, Sl. 2
Full Cycle Implementation of SAP in at least two
(02) of the four proposed functional modules in
electricity transmission / distribution sector, in
India, of client having a turnover of INR 750
Crores or more per annum, in last 5 year
period(period ending up to bid submission date) As per RFP.
22
It has been mentioned that there are existing IT
applications (such as Energy Billing application
etc) where there would be requirement for
integration, data exchange etc. It is evident that
new ERP solution would be required to integrate
with the applications that will be used for billing,
customer services etc. Hence please clarify
whether we will need to plan for integration with
existing application or only with new R-APDRP
applications. 1.4 NA
Bidders to propose solution for integration. There
may be requirements for information exchange with
existing applications too.
23
We understand that you are implementing SAP
based solution for the R-APDRP functions. Can
you please let us know your views whether you
would like to use the same instance of SAP for
implementing Financials, HR, procurement etc or
will this have to be separate instance NA NA This willl have to be a separate instance.
24
Can you kindly let us know the list of Business
processes that will be undisturbed and will remain
outside SAP in your systems. What are the
interfaces you are looking at and whether they will
be realtime or at batch level 1.4.1
Undisturbed here implies that APDCL's business in
the SAP ERP environment should not face any
disruption. For the rest of the query, please refer to
RFP.
25
Kindly let us know the process of accounting
entries process that get generated through this
system 1.4.1 NA The existing accounting entry practice is manual.
26
Kindly let us know the process of triggering the
Billing from this system and accounting entries
that get generated 1.4.1 NA The existing accounting entry practice is manual.
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Kindly let us know more on the Billing
Management process currently followed in your
company 1.4.1 NA
Billing management is covered under R-APDRP at
APDCL.
28 Kindly provide the system landscape General NA Development, QAS & Production
29 Kindly provide the current budget process General NA
Functional Requirements of Budget process are
specified in the RFP.
30 Do APDCL uses cross co company transaction General NA No.
31 Volume of transaction data, masterdata General NA
32
Volume of open items and data migration that
need to be done General NA
33
Whether data migration data will be provided by
APDCL IT as per Atos format General NA
34
Past data available in the system for how many
years. What is the archieving of data policy and if
so what is the process of archieving. General NA
35
Is the tax reporting done from current system or it
is done outside the system. Please let us know
whether Tax reporting done at separate company
level or at the Group level General NA
Tax processing and reporting are currently manual.
However, it is expected that the same will be
possible through SAP after implementation.
36
Kindly provide more details on the activities
carried on by Facility Management Page no. 9 NA
This refers to Facility Management under R-APDRP.
Please refer to the standard R-APDRP RFP format
of the Government of India for more understanding
of the same.
37
What is the current consolidation process done in
APDCL General NA
The current consolidation process is manual and is
done at the different business hierarchies of APDCL.
Data records related to Materials are partly in
physical records and partly digitized. Employee and
payroll information are partly in physical records and
partly digitized. Fixed Asset Registrar is also
available partly in physical records and partly in
digital format.
The exact requirement will be finalized with the
successful bidder during the Business Solution
Design phase. For bidding purpose, the Bidder may
assume the number of manual records to be
100000. However, payment for data entry and
digitization shall be based on the actual number of
records.
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38
Kindly let us know about how the budgeting
process is followed in your company General NA
This will be shared with Successful Bidder.
Functional Requirements of Budget process are
specified in the RFP.
39
Kindly let us know the name of Performance
measurement tool you are looking at 5.7.2 NA Bidder to propose.
40
Will you be able to provide remote connectivity so
that some of the work can be done through
offshore 5.1.3 NA No.
41
Kindly let us know whether you will provide a
central core team and whether Workshop can be
done at one single location for gathering
information for preparing Business Blueprint General NA
Central Core Team shall be provided. Conduct of
workshops for Business Blueprints should include
visits to different accounting units / locations.
Bidders to propose appropriate strategy.
42
Kindly conform whether data cleansing, extracting
of data from legacy system will be done by APDCL 6.6.3 NA As per RFP.
43
Kindly let us know whether some of the location
can be clubbed together and one place and end
user training can be provided 6.7.5 NA As per RFP.
44
Kindly provide the list of month end activities
carried on by the Finance team General NA Please refer to the FRS given as part of the RFP.
45
Please procide the approximate Number of items
in use.
F/MM/INV/MRM
/001 NA
The given FRS is on "ability" which is independent of
the number of items
46
Please provide the Number of locations where
materials are stored.
F/MM/INV/MI/00
1 NA As per RFP.
47
Do you have materials which are handled in
batches?
F/MM/INV/MI/00
8 NA Yes.
48
Can you please explain what is a service level of
an item and how it is used in practice?
F/MM/INV/MI/01
1 NA
Service level of an item is the time till which it can be
used, and / or the time by which its financial value is
fully depreciated
49
Does the final product is excisable in order to
participate in Cenvat?
F/MM/INV/MI/01
9 NA
Please understand Cenvat rules at www.cbec.gov.in
to get clarity on this question.
50
What is OSRD? Please provide brief info on the
same.
F/MM/INV/GR/0
17 NA
OSRD stands for "over, short, reject, damage" - it is
used to verify and report back to the Vendor, in case
of discrepancies in goods received.
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51
How materials are stored generally in a given
store? If they are stored in bins then does one bin
contain more than one type of material. Is one
item stored in more than one bin in one storage
location? General NA
APDCL's current practices on storage of materials at
storage locations are ad hoc and does not follow
advanced techniques
52
Do you keep a record of the containers received
from a vendor. Do you return these containers
back to vendor?
F/MM/INV/INTG
/001 NA
APDCL's current practices on storage of materials at
storage locations are ad hoc and does not follow
advanced techniques
53
Can you please share an example of "Ability to
create PO automatically based on preconfigured
conditions in the application." F/MM/PO/003 NA
The application system should be able to create
POs, by directly referencing parameters like taxes
and duties.
54
Legacy systems - Details of any legacy systems
being used at present General NA As per RFP.
55
Procurement - any special conditions for
monitoring imports General NA Not applicable.
56 Do you have bonded stores? General NA No.
57
Do you have interstate operations which involves
movement and storage of materials? General NA No.
58
Do you have a single level reporting hierarchy or
multi level (vertical or horizontal) reporting OM NA
The reporting hierarchies in APDCL are undergoing
transformation. At present, dual reporting instances
exist.
59
Do you have your own loan disbursement facility
inhouse where employee can contribute and apply
for loans
House Building
Loan NA No.
60
Do you expect core processes like loan
application, claims and reimbursements, exit
forms, travel request etc to be made available on
the employee portal
Employee Self-
services NA Yes.
61
Do you want employee daily attendance swipes to
be recorded in the system and based on the
employee swipe data the payroll for the month
should be processed as per the number of
attendance
Attendance &
Leave
Management NA Yes.
62
Do you have requirement to implement
government regulations based Roster system for
recruitment Recruitment NA Yes. Reservations are applicable for APDCL.
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63
Do you have any employee benefits schemes
pertaining to employee medical, accident,
insurance, credit societies etc which are managed
by the organization and employees contributes
monthly to these schemes via subscriptions
through payroll
Compensation
& Benefits NA Yes.
64
Do you have different appraisals templates as per
the employee category
Performance
management NA Yes, depending on the Cadre of employee
65
Do you have the full and final settlement process
including provident fund and pension settlement
also
Full and final
settlement NA Yes.
66
How is the employee maintained post his/her
separation formalities (pensioner or ex-employee)
for payroll/pension payroll
Full and final
settlement NA
Employee's records are archived, manually. Pension
accounts are initiated and maintained.
67
Are all process workflows having multiple levels of
approvals
HR and
administration NA No.
68
How many holiday calendars are maintained in the
organization?
Time and leave
management NA One.
69
Do you have access card systems installed at all
locations of your organization
Time and leave
management NA There is no access card system in usage in APDCL.
70
Do you have statutory industry relevant reports to
be incorporated in the system Reporting NA Yes. Bidders to propose.
71
Do all locations of the organization follow the
same policies for payroll execution
Payroll
management NA Yes. It is linked to cadre.
72
How many payroll permanent employees do you
have and how many pension payroll ex employees
Payroll
management NA Irrelevant question
73
Do you need any interfacing with legacy and
support systems for payroll process
Payroll
management NA There are no legacy system for Payroll.
74
Do you want to execute the pension payroll also
through the proposed system including PPO and
pension commutation
Pension &
Gratuity
management NA As per RFP.
75
Do you require interfacing with third party utility
systems for travel planning and payment
Travel
management NA As per RFP.
76
Do you have a single level approval process for
travel request
Travel
management NA Currently not applicable.
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77
Any change in site conditions or technological
requirement shall be binding on the Bidder and no
extra claim on this account shall be entertained. -
How can this be binding? 3.4.4 NA
Technological requirements are to be provided by IP
& they should keep the anticipated changes in mind
which proposing solution. Site conditions are not
likely to change drastically except opening of new
offices.
78
The successful Bidder shall mobilise adequate
resources for inception of the Project within fifteen
(15) calendar days of issue of LoA by the
Purchaser, irrespective of whether Contract
Agreement has been signed or not. Request for
revision of time after Bids are opened will not be
considered. The period mentioned above is
included within the overall schedule and not over
and above the completion time. 4.12.1 NA
The initial 15 days period can be considered outside
project implementation schedule.
79
At any point of time before the end of Business
Solution Design Simulation (BSDS) if SAP
introduces technological advance (including new
version) for the SAP version originally proposed in
the Bid, the Contractor shall be obligated to
supply, configure and implement the latest version
of the available sub-system(s) having equal or
better performance or functionality at the same or
lesser unit price as compared to that contained in
this Bid. 5.9
The cut off should be business blueprint
Not agreed. As per RFP.
80
Development and implementation of necessary
application interfaces (APIs) as well as
documentation for integration with the application
systems being implemented under the ongoing R-
APDRP, and the proposed R-APDRP extension
project for the locations not covered under R-
APDRP 6.1.2 d)
Shall we be using the middleware being
implemented under R-APDPR for integration of
proposed ERP? Having two integration
middleware is not required. Bidder to propose.
81
Assistance in finalization and implementation of
disaster recovery strategy and disaster recovery
site setup 6.1.2 i)
Would there be a separate DRC for SAP or R-
APDPR DRC will be used? Who will take care of
the integration with Single sign on?
1. Regarding DRC, the final decision is still not made
and will be conveyed to the successful bidder at an
appropriate time.
2. Single sign-on - Bidder to propose.
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Pilot Implementation (Phase 1) at specified
locations should be successfully completed within
eighteen (18) calendar months 6.3
The integration of ERP with applications under R-
APDRP is envisaged. Therefore there would be
huge dependency on completion of R-APDRP
applications and their rollout to all the locations in
scope for ERP. How would you resolve this
dependency? Similarly there would be need for
MIS and reports that are across proposed and
legacy applications. Who will be responsible for
those?
APDCL is aware of such dependancies and needful
support shall be provided to the successful bidder to
take care of all dependancies.
83 SAP BI Tools 6.4.1
BI also was in scope under R-APDPR. Do we
need to create another instance of BI?Yes. There wil be a separate instance of BI for ERP.
84
Any special tools, software for implementation,
Data Migration, Testing etc. shall be part of the
offered solution. 6.4.7
Cost of tools needed for performance and
stabilization measurement is quite high. Can we
engage external agencies like STQC etc. for this
task so that cost of the tools can be avoided? Bidder to propose. Please also refer to Clause 6.8.7
85
There is no indication on data quantum. Do we
need to create any past year transaction data as
well? For missing mandatory fields in data
APDCL's help would be needed 6.6.2 / 6.6.3 NA
Data records related to Materials are partly in
physical records and partly digitized. Employee and
payroll information are partly in physical records and
partly digitized. Fixed Asset Registrar is also
available partly in physical records and partly in
digital format.
The exact requirement will be finalized with the
successful bidder during the Business Solution
Design phase. For bidding purpose, the Bidder may
assume the number of manual records to be
100000. However, payment for data entry and
digitization shall be based on the actual number of
records.
86
Refer to RFP reference section; vendor assumes
that data center of APDCL would be at APDCL
Corporate Office,Bijulee
Bhawan,Paltanbazar,Guwahati with central access
to all applications proposed to be implemented as
a part of scope of RFP. Please confirm if the
understanding is correct? 1.4 NA
The Data Centre for R-APDRP is located in
Guwahati, but NOT at Bijulee Bhaban. It is located at
6 Miles, Dispur in Guwahati.
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87
Refer to RFP reference section;
Could you please let us know if the upgrade
referred is confined to only „Patch upgrade‟
Or vendor is expected to perform Technical/
Functional upgrade to system as well during 5
years of 'Application Maintenance Support'
services.
Please confirm over the same? 6.10.1 NA
AMS will include functional / technical upgrades as
per APDCL busness requirements wthin the
modules included in the RFP.
88
Refer to RFP reference section, vendor assumes
that irrespective of duration of support stated in
RFP as 5 years; minimum AMS support duration
would be 1 year and would be subject to renewal
of same by APDCL.Please confirm if the
understanding is correct? 6.10.2 NA
As per RFP.
89
Refer to RFP reference section,could you please
clarify over following points for'Application
Maintenance Support' services.
Could you please elaborate and confirm in view of
following points pertaining to Training:
o Location
o Language
o Nature and modus of training
o Frequency and number of trainings expected
from vendor to be provided each year 6.10.5 NA As per RFP.
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90
Refer to RFP reference section; in Annexure 6.0-
SI No. 10 it mentions Annual Maintenance support
would be period of 4 years.
whereas in Annexure-Group D:Prices for Annual
Maintenance Support (AMS) Services [For ERP
Solution] pricing template it mentions on 5 Years
prices.
Kindly confirm on duration of Application
Maintenance Support ? 6.0 NA
Proforma B1, Group D Prices for AMS shall be
proposed for 4 years
91
Refer to RFP reference section,Could you please
provide details expected increase in number of
users each year for each of the application
package? Form 8 NA Bidders advised to make reasonable assumptions.
92
Refer to RFP reference section; there are various
different roles mentioned for manmonth rate.Are
all the mentioned roles mandatory as a part of part
of proposed AMS support model to be provided to
APDCL. Please confirm over the same?Form 8: Group
E NA
These are not mandatory. Bidder may propose as
per their methodology with justifications..
93
Vendor assumes Service Window of Application
Maintenance Support would be Monday to Friday -
10..00 am to 8.00 pm. Please confirm if the
understanding is correct?
6.10 NA
Support required on all working days of APDCL,
from 10 am to 8 pm. However, in case of system
down situation, IP personnel may need to work on
nonworking days too.
94
Vendor assumes that Handholding support and
Application Maintenance Support are different
terminologies adapted in RFP with same
meaning.Please confirm if the understanding is
correct?6.10 NA Understanding is incorrect.
95
Payment terms are very stringent and leads to
cash flow issues for our organisation. Can we
propose deviation to payment terms? Payment terms NA As per RFP.
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When can we expect payment against supply of
SAP licenses? It is not clear from the clause given
herein. Would request that this payment be back-
to-back, in line with the OEM payment terms.
Group A -
Payment
against SAP
licences NA
As per RFP. Please refer Sl. 11 and 12 under Form:
9
97
Our Legal team/bankers would like to propose
certain modifications to the text of this BG. Hope
this is acceptable.
Proforma for
Contract
Performance
GuranteeNA As per RFP.
98
Our Legal team/bankers would like to propose
certain modifications to the text of this BG. Hope
this is acceptable.
Proforma for
Bank Gurantee
(for Bid security)NA As per RFP.
99
Transactional users is 850 nos in Page 101 , and
APDCL‟s end users [Approx. Participants: 1600 in
Page in Page 114 . Pl. clarify how many of APDCL
employees will be doing SAP transactions ?
Form: 11
Compliance
with the Scope
of Work NA 850
100
Bid Security shall remain valid for a period of one
hundred and eighty (180) calendar days from the
next day of the last date of Bid submission as
mentioned in Annexure: 1 and with a claim period
of another ninety (90) calendar days. 3.13.4.2 It will be Annexure : 2 , and not Annexure : 1 Accepted
101
KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS THAT I,
________________________________________
___________ a Company incorporated under the
Companies , Act, 1956 (or equivalent Act/Law in
case of Foreign Bidders) and having its registered
office at Page 94 It cannot be " I .... a company incorporated ". I is removed
102
Will annual report suffice for Applicant's legal
status & The principal place of business as
required to validate Letter of Application ?
Form 1: Letter
of Application NA
No. Copy of Certificate of Incorporation has to be
submitted.
103
Pl. change it from " Head of the Bidder‟s
organization in India. " to Authorized Signatory
Page 74, sl. No.
8 & 9 NA Not accepted.
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104
In page 25, pl. clarify what is meant by " UNDER
NO CIRCUMSTANCES, the Technical Bid
document should exceed a total of 100 (One
Hundred) pages, INCLUDING supporting
certificates / citations "
Is " High level description of the proposed
functional solution with technical and security
architecture; " the technical Bid ? Pl. clarify. 3.15.1.3 NA The requirement is self-explanatory
105
Data collection, data preparation, data cleansing,
data entry and data migration (including master &
transaction data): The Contractor shall be
responsible for data collection, data preparation,
data cleansing, data entry and data migration for
all kind of master data and transaction data
required to successfully implement and
operationalise proposed ERP Solution. ................ 6.6.1
Data Collection, Collation, Cleaning and
consolidation to be kept out of scope. It should be
the responsibility of the Purchaser. Bidder will
upload the data and the same will be validated by
the Purchaser. Any estimates on what could be
the quantum of data and how much of that will be
available in the digitsed / manual format. This will
have bearing on the estimates
As per RFP.
Data records related to Materials are partly in
physical records and partly digitized. Employee and
payroll information are partly in physical records and
partly digitized. Fixed Asset Registrar is also
available partly in physical records and partly in
digital format. The exact requirement will be finalized
with the successful bidder during the Business
Solution Design phase. For bidding purpose, the
Bidder may assume the number of manual records
to be 100000. However, payment for data entry and
digitization shall be based on the actual number of
records.
106
Audit and quality control services - There is no
mention of the duration of the ERP Vendor Audit. 6.8.8
It is recommended that there should be duration
fixed to each of the reviews so as to have a
common estimation across all bidders As per RFP.
107
Annual Maintenance Support - Can we have an
arrangement of Offshore / Shared model
approach? 6.10.2 NA Bidder to propose.
108
Upgradation of version, creation of reports,
enhancements of existing functionalities are akin
to a new project e.g. Technical Upgrade 6.10.5
The creation of report will be an entirely new
requirement and should be routed through change
management procedure. Enhancements of
existing functionalities, configuration etc. again
should follow the change management route. The
support should be limited to the system
implemented.
Version upgrade to taken as new project. AMS to
cover rest for requirements for the modules
implemented.
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109
Can we have some numbers on the total reports /
forms etc. in existence / usage within the
organisation?
The exact dashboard requirements will be finalised
during Business Solutions Design. However, for
estimation purposes, the numer may be taken as 40
reports under BI and 40 other reports..
110 NA
Form 9: Key
Resources
Proposed
The names should be tentative. The names can
be committed only after award of work.
Accordingly, the CVs of the key resources should
be taken as sample profiles. Not agreed. As per RFP.
111 NA
Form: 10
Project Plan &
Resource
Deployment
Plan
Name of key resources to be diluted as the names
can only be finalised after the award of the work.
We can provided the overall total resource
deployment plan but breaking up into individual
person with different tasks could be a problem. Not agreed. As per RFP.
112
CIN needs to be implemented , as CENVAT is
mentioned .However normally in the Power
Industry there is no requirement of getting
CENVAT credit , as all the excise , vat payment
are inventorized
F/FM/GL/MYR/0
04 NA
Standard functionality envisaged for future
requirements.
113
Reports regarding Energy balance ,AT&C
loss,T&D loss cannot be obtained from FI - GL
module .
F/FM/GL/MYR/0
10
This can be obtained from various other module
like EDM etc Agreed.
114
Information within ERP can be circulated through
Workflow configuration . However for Non -ERP
transaction no standard circulation methodology
within SAP .
F/FM/GL/MYR/0
12 NA
Implementation Agency to develop appropriate
customized interfaces for the same.
115 DMS module required
F/FM/GL/MYR/0
13 NA As per RFP.
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116
Online integration is possible if both FICO and
FICA is implemented in the same box. If SAP utility
(FICA) is implemented in the different server then
all transactions (like dishonoured cheque and BRS
etc), reports , analysis , budget etc related to
customer and collection will only be available in
SAP utility and not from SAP FI GL.
F/FM/AR/MCM/
001 -
F/FM/AR/MIP/0
08 ;
F/FM/AR/MDCP
/001 to
F/FM/AR/MDCP
/005;
F/FM/AR/MCD/ NA As per RFP. Bidders to propose.
117 Contractor's indemnity for property damage 4.8.4
Request Deletion of the indemnity provision in this
clause as the indemnity being provided by the
Contractor is limited to Third Party Intellectual
Property Rights Infringement Indemnity only. Not agreed. As per RFP.
118 Assignment of the Contractual obligations 4.10
Request the right to assign the contract only to
permitted assigns be made mutual. Both parties to
seek the other parties‟ written approval prior to
assignment – whole or partial. As per RFP.
119 Conflict of interest 4.11
Request Deletion of this clause as per the
company policy we do not provide this
commitment to any customer. As per RFP.
120 Contractor's application for additional time 4.13.3.1
Request insertion of sub clause (e) which would
be as follows: -“Any other reason not attributable
to the Contractor” As per RFP.
121 Extension of time to the Contractor 4.13.3.4
For any delays not solely attributable to the
Contractor the Contractor to be entitled to invoice
the Purchaser for additional costs incurred in
connection therewith at a rate card as agreed
upon between the parties. As per RFP.
122
Rates for performing services forming part of a
Variance Order 4.14.5
Request that parties should perform services
which form part a Variation order only on mutually
agreeable rates and charges. Hence request
deletion of the provision which entitles the
Purchaser to decide such rates. As per RFP.
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123 Inspection 4.17
Request deletion of the provision that delineates
that Purchaser‟s decision as regards any goods
/deliverables post an inspection shall be final as it
places the Contractor in a very inequitable
position. As per RFP.
124 Payment 4.19.2
(1) All invoices and bills will be raised by the
Contractor as per the payment terms and will
become due for payment within thirty (30) days of
presentation.
(2) The Contractor to have the right to levy an
interest at the rate of 1.5 percent per month for
all payments due for more than thirty (30) days on
the invoice amount calculated from the date the
payment became due until the recovery is made
in full with interest.
(3) The Contractor to also have the right to
withhold provision of Services in case of non-
payment of invoices within 30 days of receipt of
invoice and any such withholding by the
Contractor shall not be treated as breach. As per RFP.
125 Liquidated damages 4.21
(1) Liquidated damages to be payable only if the
delay is solely attributable to the Contractor and
not attributable directly or indirectly to any Force
Majeure Event.
(2) The Liquidated Damages rate mentioned in
the tender document is excessive. Request LD to
be computed @0.5% of the total value of the
uncompleted portion of the work per week, subject
to a maximum of 5 % of the total fees payable for
the uncompleted portion of the work. As per RFP.
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126 Termination by purchaser 4.22
(1) In sub-clause (c) and (d) of clause 4.22.2.1 request
that only in cases of proven corruption or fraudulent
conduct or misrepresentation or fraud on the part of the
Contractor the Purchaser to have the right to terminate.
Termination of the Contract to be the Purchaser‟s
exclusive remedy under this Contract in addition to other
remedies available at law.
(2) Request Clauses 4.22.2.4 and 4.22.2.6 as they
place the contractor in a very inequitable position.
(3) In sub-clause 4.22.2.2 (c) request that the
Purchaser have the right to terminate the contract only if
the Contractor commits a material breach of any of the
terms and such breach remains uncured in spite of the
Purchaser providing the Contractor with a reasonable
notice and a reasonable opportunity to cure the breach.
(4) In sub-clause 4.22.2.2 (d) if the Contractor does
not perform the services as per the technical proposal
mandate the Purchaser will give the Contractor a
reasonable opportunity and notice to make changes to
ensure that services are as per the Technical proposal.
If the Purchaser hires a third party to complete
Contractor uncompleted portion of the work then the
Purchaser will stand absolved as regards the payment
obligations for Contractor‟s uncompleted portion of the
work. Purchaser will hire any such third party at its own
risk and cost. For any work undertaken by such third
party the Contractor shall stand absolved of all
obligations.
(5) The Contractor to have the right to receive
payments for all services performed under the contract
till the effective date of the termination. As per RFP.
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127 Patent rights, royalties and IPR 4.23 and 4.24
(1) Need to insert a clause to protect the
Contractor‟s pre-existing intellectual property
rights.
(2) Request inclusion of all standard exceptions
to Contractor‟s Third Party Intellectual Property
Rights Infringement Indemnity
(3) Purchaser to also provide the Contractor
with reciprocal Third Party Intellectual Property
Rights Infringement Indemnity in relation to
materials/data/information/software etc. shared
during performance under the contract.
(4) All third party software shall be governed by
relevant EULA conditions.
(5) Request insertion of all standard exceptions
to the obligation to maintain confidentiality.
(6) The confidentiality obligation to survive the
expiration or any earlier termination of this
Contract for a period of two (2) years thereafter. As per RFP.
128 Force Majeure 4.38
Contractor to have the right to receive all
payments for work performed under the Contract
irrespective of the occurrence of a Force Majeure
Event. As per RFP.
129 Go-live Acceptance Test 5.6.1
(1) Items reported as defects that are not
deviations from the immediate previous accepted
baseline will be reported again through fresh
Variance Request documents under the Variance
management procedure. Items reported through
the Variance management procedure will be dealt
with separately.
(2) All Acceptance Testing, Go-live testing and
Certification related costs to be borne by the
Purchaser. As per RFP.
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130 Limitation of liabilities 5.17
Request that the only two exceptions to the
Limitation of Liability provision be gross
negligence and willful default. Hence request
deletion of the provision which stipulates that the
liability caps mentioned in the clause shall not
apply to the payment of Liquidated Damages by
the Contractor. As per RFP.
131 NA
Annexure 4:
Technical
Evaluation
Criteria for
Bidder
Since this is a implementation in India, we submit
for amendment of the word from " excluding " to "
including " Not agreed. As per RFP.
132
Third party Applications such as Connection
management, Billing management, Payments &
collection management, Geographical Information
System (GIS), Customer management, Network
Asset management, Network maintenance,
Automated Meter Reading (AMR) and Meter Data
Acquisition (MDA), Energy Audit, Network Analysis
to be integrated with SAP, if yes, should that be a
real time integration or batch mode integration?
Conceptualizing
, designing,
developing,
configuring and
testing of the
SAP Solution: &
6.8.5
NA
Real-time / batch-mode integration can be decided
during Business Solutions Design stage. In case
bidders have clear solution approach, they may be
awarded more marks.
133
Are we supposed to consider the IS-utility module
of SAP?
Supply of SAP
user licences
along with
RDBMS & 6.4.1 NA As per RFP.
134
If Enterprise support service application as
mentioned in page number 9 is not in scope for
SAP then do we need to integrate those
applications, what is the platform that they are built
on?
Existing IT
Applications &
1.4.1 NA
The RFP is self-explanatory. The applications and
services listed under this section contain those that
are either already deployed or are being deployed.
135 What is the number of users for BI/BW?
Supply of SAP
user licences
along with
RDBMS & 6.4.3 NA
The exact dashboard requirements will be finalised
during Business Solutions Design. However, for
estimation purposes, the numer may be taken as 40
reports.
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136
How many years of data do you plan to migrate to
SAP from the legacy system, What is the size of
the legacy data base (Size of consumer base)?
Installation of
SAP including
data migration:
& 6.6.2 NA
A minimum of 5 years of data need to be migrated.
At present, APDCL has approximately 2.3 million
consumers
137
Will there be any POC as well for the selection
process of SI? if yes please share the scripts for
POC
Form: 11
Compliance
with the Scope
of Work NA Selection process is as per RFP.
138
Is there any third party application such as SCADA
or PLC device used for meter reading?
Existing IT
Applications &
1.4.1 NA
Concerned application systems are being
implemented under the ongoing R-APDRP at
APDCL
139
What will be the total number of batches for
Training & Change Management Strategy and
what will be the location ?
Designing and
conducting
training
programs and
change
management
workshops: &
6.7.1 and 6.7.5 NA
Bidders are advised to have a complete reading of
the RFP before submitting such queries. Please
refer to Clause 6.7 of the RFP.
140
For the ESS training of end users, will it be
centralized training or distributed across all the
locations?
Designing and
conducting
training
programs and
change
management
workshops: &
6.7.5 NA
ESS training shall be imparted across different
locations. Because of the larger number of
employees involved, APDCL would wish the Bidder
to conduct the training at field locations.
141
Will there be any certification level training for core
users of APDCL?
Designing and
conducting
training
programs and
change
management
workshops: &
6.7.1 and 6.7.5 NA No.
142
Is BO in scope of work if yes, what is the total
number of dashboards to be factored in scope? as
the FRS talks of HR Dashboard
Supply of SAP
user licences
along with
RDBMS & 6.4.1 NA
The exact dashboard requirements will be finalised
during Business Solutions Design. However, for
estimation purposes, the numer may be taken as 40
reports.
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143 Who is implementing R-APDRP in Assam?
Existing IT
Applications &
1.4.1 NA Tata Consultancy Services Limited
144 Does that include Billing, Device management?
Existing IT
Applications &
1.4.1 NA Yes.
145 Is SAP (SAP ISU) in scope of module?
Supply of SAP
user licences
along with
RDBMS & 6.4.1 NA SAP ISU is already being mplemented!
146 What is the timelines for R-APDRP project?
Existing IT
Applications &
1.4.1 NA
Most of the modules being implemented under R-
APDRP, including MBC, shall be rolled out between
June and December 2013
147
If there is a dependency with R-APDRP project
who will take the ownership of timelines?
Existing IT
Applications &
1.4.1 NA
At the onset of the ERP implementation project, all
such issues shall be discussed and decided, with the
involvement of all stakeholders concerned.
148
How do we handle attrition and other personal
challenges faced by Key Resources?
Contractor staff
for SAP solution
implementation
& 5.3 NA
Bidders are advised to have a complete reading of
the RFP before submitting such queries. Please
refer to the Note under Form 6 - Key Resources
Proposed, at Page 96 of the RFP.
149
BSDS (Business Solution Design Simulation) –
Same as BBP?
Version of SAP
& 5.9 NA Yes.
150
Data cleansing cannot be taken care by Wipro and
has to be handled by APDCL as we do not know
your data
Installation of
SAP including
data migration &
6.6.2 and 6.6.3 NA As per RFP.
151
Do you expect OEM training as you have
mentioned “experts from SAP shall participate in
the training program as trainers”
Designing and
conducting
training
programs and
change
management
workshops &
6.7.4 NA Yes.
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152 Are you expecting SAP to audit?
Audit and
Quality Control
Services: &
6.8.8 NA Yes.
153
The Contractor will clean the data entered by them
from the register after validation by APDCL – How
can the contractor validate? Form 11 NA The clause says "validation by APDCL".
154 Is APDCL open for Offshoring of work?
Annual
Maintenance
Support (AMS):
& 6.10.2 NA As per RFP.
155
Does APDCL have their own PF Trust or is it of
the government?
Supply of SAP
user licences
along with
RDBMS & 6.4 NA Of the Government.
156
Who will be responsible for setting up Data Center
/ Customer Call center?
Existing IT
Applications &
1.4.1 NA As per RFP.
157
What 3rd party interfaces would be required to
implement the solution (In case of Smart metering
– AMR/SCADA/GIS/Payment Gateway/ GSM or
GPRS interfacing for hand held devices etc.)? .
License procurement for 3rd party interfaces will
be done by whom?
Conceptualizing
, designing,
developing,
configuring and
testing of the
SAP Solution: &
6.8.5
NA
In case such applications (Payment gateway/ SMS
gateway etc.) are agreed upon during the BBP
phase, APDCL will procure licenses.
158
SAP ECC 6 licenses to be procured for R/3
modules (FICO, MM, HRM, CRM, PM, PS), ISU
Modules and Energy Data Management (EDM)?
Supply of SAP
user licences
along with
RDBMS & 6.4 NA
Bidders are advised to have a complete reading of
the RFP before submitting such queries. As per
RFP.
159
What would be Trainee‟s qualification….Officers
or Junior people? They should be computer
literate? Otherwise, getting 80% is difficult in
government organization.
End User
Training: & 6.7.5
and SAP
Solution
Overview
Training: & 6.7.2 NA As per RFP.
160
Will Consultant get PC for
Configuration/development of SAP system?
Installation of
SAP including
data migration &
6.6 NA
Bidders are advised to have a complete reading of
the RFP before submitting such queries. Please
refer to Clause 6.8.7 of the RFP.
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161
APDCL expecting SAP to Audit? If yes, No. of
days of review in each milestone (Business
Blueprinting, UAT, and post-implementation
stages) to be specified? Normally it is 2-3 days of
review each module (for each milestone)? During
post implementation phase, when APDCL is
expecting such reviews by SAP?
Audit and
Quality Control
Services: &
6.8.8 NA Bidders to propose.
162
The details/High Level scope documents for R-
APDRP to be provided. What are the timelines for
R-APDRP? Is R-APDRP operates on Central data
base or 72 locations has independent system? Do
we have to build single interface from R-APDRP
Central database or independently from 72
locations? APDCL should consider interface
complete even-if R-APDRP implementation (on-
going project) is delayed i.e. Contractor will prove
interface working in already implemented locations
(out of 72).
Existing IT
Applications &
1.4.1 NA
As per RFP. Bidders are also advised to read the
Government of India specifications on R-APDRP
(available at www.apdrp.gov.in)
163
If any activity/item mentioned in the Schedule of
Charges is not being completed / supplied by the
Bidder or is dropped by APDCL from the original
Scope of Work subsequent to award of Contract,
In above case, how the cost of the activity will be
calculated for deduction?
Form: 8
Schedule of
Charges NA Please refer to Clause 5.4 of the RFP.
164
The R-APDRP implementation covers below two
systems or they are different system, Energy
billing application, & Spot billing system.
Existing IT
Applications &
1.4.1 NA
The R-APDRP replaces both the mentioned
applications at 72 locations
165
In case contract gets terminated, software licenses
cost has to be paid by the APDCL.
Termination of
Contract & 4.22 NA As per RFP.
166
Software licenses payment should be upon
delivery of Software licenses.
Schedule of
Payments NA Agreed.
167
Is Document Management System in scope, if Yes
then what is the solution is it SAP or Non SAP?
Form 11 :
Compliance
with the Scope
of Work NA Yes. SAP.
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168 Is Data Digitization in scope?
Data collection,
data
preparation,
data cleansing,
data entry and
data migration
(including
master &
transaction
data) NA Yes.
169
APDCL expects that the prototype validation will
go through multiple iterations (often referred to as
Solution Design Simulation sessions). Changes to
the solution must be presented to the users in next
round of SDS. This will be an iterative process till
the SDS is signed-off as acceptable by PMU. This
will have an impact on the project timelines
Form: 11
Compliance
with the Scope
of Work NA Agreed.
170
We understand that SAP ATS will be for 5 years
from the date of supply of licenses and AMS will
be for 4 years from the date of first Go-live of SAP
Solution. - Please confirm if our understanding is
correct
6.1
NA Yes.
171
We request APDCL to provide a function-wise and
site-wise breakup of the 850 users
6.4.3
NA
Site wise requirements will be finalised during the
BBP finalisation. We do not want any restrictions on
function-wise usage.
172
In line with Techno Commercial evaluation done
by several PSUs/ Government Bodies - we would
request APDCL to give 70 to 80% weightage to
Technical Criteria and to suitably modify the ratios
for calculating the Final Score
Point (iv) of
3.19.3.1 (C)
APDCL to give 70 to 80% weightage to Technical
Criteria and to suitably modify the ratios for
calculating the Final Score
As per RFP. Please note that the R-APDRP, a
program by the GoI, is decided on 50:50 ratio.
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173
The functional scope is mentioned differently in
the referenced sections. Would request APDCL to
clarify the same.
We understand that the functional scope would be
FI / CO (including AM), HR (including Payroll,
Employee Services and Portal), MM (Procurement
and Materials). - Please clarify if the
understanding is correct
Sec 1.3.1 &
Sec 6.4.1
NA
The functional scope would be:
a)Finance Accounting & Controlling (including asset
management);
b) Human Resource Management & General
Administration (including Payroll, Employee Services
and Portal); and
c) Procurement & Materials Management
Please refer the Functional Requirement
Specification (FRS) for coverage.
174
Delivery of SAP Licenses and SAP OEM ATS
being a part of the bid
Since there is no value addition on SAP Licenses
from the bidder, it is suggested that APDCL
directly contracts with SAP for the OEM Licenses
and Support. This will also ensure that APDCL
does not pay more.
Alternatively, it is suggested that the Price of this is
kept outside the TCO Price Evaluation.
General
NA
As per RFP.
175
In view of the complexity of the tender
requirements, we request you to grant at least 5
weeks from the date of receipt of Pre Bid
Clarification / Date of notification of Corrigendum.
We request you to extend the bid submission date
till 7th November 2012.
Annexure: 2 Bid
Datasheet
Extend the bid submission date till 7th November
2012 Not agreed.
176
It is requested that the cutoff date for these
references be changed from 5 years to 10 years
as clients have been implementing SAP ERP
since a long time and it will not be possible to
capture these references if the window is so short.
Annexure: 4
Technical
Evaluation
Criteria for
Bidder –
Clauses 1, 2, 3,
4
It is therefore requested that these clauses are
changed to as - “ ….. in last 10 year period
(period ending up to bid submission date)”
As per RFP.
177
It is requested that the cutoff date for these
references be changed from 5 years to 10 years
as clients have been implementing SAP ERP
since a long time and it will not be possible to
capture these references if the window is so short.
Annexure: 3 Pre-
qualification
Criteria for
Bidders–
Clauses 1, 2, 3It is therefore requested that these clauses are
changed to as - “ ….. in last 10 year period
(period ending up to bid submission date)”
As per RFP.
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178
For most of our international customers – we are
prevented from sharing confidential documents
like Work Order / Purchase Order / Completion
Certificate etc. and we would like APDCL to allow
Self Certification in such cases.
Note below
Annexure: 4With regards to the bidder‟s international
customers only, the bidder may submit an
undertaking stating the details of their experience
for their international customers on Bidder‟s
Letterhead duly certified by Company Secretary of
the Bidder‟s organization
As per RFP. Please submit REDACTED documents
after due masking of confidential portions of the text.
179
The following change is requested
“25% of Annual AMS price quoted in Form: 8 for a
given year will be paid* at the beginning of each
quarter of support”
Form: 9
Schedule of
Payments - 12.
Annual
Maintenance
Support (AMS)
25% of Annual AMS price quoted in Form: 8 for a
given year will be paid at the beginning of each
quarter of support Not agreed. As per RFP.
180
The following change is requested
“The Project Manager …. within thirty (30)
calendar days from the date of receipt of the bill by
the … Purchaser of the Facilities or any part(s)
thereof.”
4.19.2 The following change is requested
“The Project Manager …. within thirty (30)
calendar days from the date of receipt of the bill
by the … Purchaser of the Facilities or any part(s)
thereof.”
As per RFP.
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181
As the success of an ERP implementation
depends as much on the involvement of the
customer and other dependencies like site
situations, infrastructure vendor etc, such penalty
clauses cannot be accepted in the current form as
specified in the tender. The following changes are
therefore requested
5.15: Penalties
5.51 (a)
“APDCL shall be entitled to claim liquidated damages
only for critical delays by the Bidder/Contractor which
have been identified separately under this Contract
Agreement. The Bidder / Contractor will be liable to pay
liquidated damages for the failure to complete the works
within the time specified in the Contract Agreement or
any extension thereof: APDCL‟s sole and exclusive
remedy for all delays shall be by way of payment of
liquidated damages at the rate of 0.5% (half percent) of
the „Group-B: Prices for Implementation Services‟ for
each calendar week of delay or part thereof which will
elapse between the schedule time for completion and
actual time for completion. The total recovery against
liquidated damage shall not exceed cumulative amount
of 5% (five percent) of the „Group-B: Prices for
Implementation Services‟. In such cases, Purchaser
reserves right to terminate the Contract if amount of
liquidated damages exceed this limit, provided that such
exceeded limit amount to material breach of the
Contract. APDCL will adjust such liquidated damage
amount while making the payment to the Contractor.
However, liquidated damages will not be levied if the
reason for delay is not solely attributable to the
Contractor.”
5.15.1 (b) Since APDCL will Go Live only after APDCL
performs and signs off the User Acceptance Test (UAT)
– there cannot be a failure which can be accountable to
the implementer and hence this clause is requested to
be removed from the RFP
5.15.1 (c) It is to the implementer‟s interest that activities
related to hardware and network is completed in time
like Requirement Finalisation, Tendering, Procurement, Not agreed.
182
These Performance Parameters cannot be
imposed on the SAP implementer as these are
dependent on the hardware and network vendor
and bandwidth provider which are beyond the
control of the SAP Implementer and is thus
requested to be dropped from the Implementation
RFP
Annexure: 5
Standards of
Performance
NA
Not Agreed. The performance parameters are the
minimum requirements for APDCL & the IP should
accept that they will not be allowed to escape
performance issues at later date by blaming the
hardware vendor.
Annexure: 5 must be read alongwith Clause 5.7
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183
We would request this in-eligibility clause to be
extended to organisations blacklisted by Central
Government / State Government / PSU /
Government Bodies
3.3.2In-eligibility clause to be extended to organisations
blacklisted by Central Government / State
Government / PSU / Government Bodies Not Agreed
184
Validity of bids 3.8.1 We would request for the following change
“Bids submitted by Bidders shall remain valid for
acceptance for ninety (90) calendar days from the
next day of the ….” Not Agreed
185
Data collection, data preparation, data cleansing,
data entry and data migration is the responsibility
of APDCL as APDCL is the owner of the data and
the implementer cannot be made responsible for
the data quality. The implementer can supply the
format in which the data is required and provide
scripts for uploading. However the actual work of
data transfer from legacy manual systems or
legacy electronic data has to be executed by
APDCl.
It is thus requested that the clause be modified
suitably.
6.6.2
NA
Not Agreed. APDCL role is limited to data validation.
APDCL will also endeavour to establish institutional
mechanisms to facilitate the data collection, data
preparation, data cleansing, data entry and data
migration by the successful bidder. The
Implementation Partner must understand this is
critical for the project success
186
This being a Fixed Price Contract and not Time &
Material, the implementer will deploy the required
professionals to complete the stated scope of
work.
This clause is therefore requested to be dropped.
4.30.1 Removal of clause
Not Agreed. Refer Clause 4.30.1 amd 4.30.2 for
clarity
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187
We would like to point out the following
√ UAT is carried out by core team of the client and
not by the implementer. The role of implementer is
limited to providing necessary support to client
during UAT.
√ UAT Support is provided by the implementer
who supervises and facilitates the UAT in the
following manner - Client Core Team runs test
cases in the system and reports any issues faced
to Implementation Team. The Implementation
Team resolves the issues and offers the repaired
solution to Customer for re-testing.
√ Also, UAT is performed in QA server and not in
production environment
We would request the clause to be modified
accordingly5.5.1 Not agreed. As per RFP.
188
We would like to point out the following
√ After UAT, there is no Go Live Testing in
production environment. Upon cut off, live
transactions would be posted and the System
would be considered Live, and the system goes
into AMS
√ Go Live is an activity carried out by the client
and supported by the implementer
We would request the clause to be modified
accordingly 5.6.1 Not agreed. As per RFP.
189
We would like to point out that the performance of
the Live System is dependant on the hardware,
network and bandwidth and the SAP implementer
cannot guarantee results of performance testing,
as these are beyond the control of the SAP
Implementer
It is thus requested that Stabilization Test is
dropped from the scope of the SAP Implementer
5.7
Not agreed. As per RFP.
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190
The SAP version should be frozen before the start
of the engagement and there would be no change
in SAP version during implementation / roll-out.
Any upgrade should be treated as a separate
exercise
We would request this clause to be dropped from
the RFP as it is not possible to estimate such
activities at the bidding stage.
5.9
Not agreed. As per RFP.
191
We would request this clause to be modified as
below
The consultants deputed by the implementer
would be equipped with Laptops. Any other
infrastructure & facilities would be provided by
APDCL at no additional cost to the implementer
5.13.4
Not agreed. As per RFP.
192
This would not be feasible as the SAP
Implementer does not have any role to play on the
quality of people who would made available as
end users
6.7.10Not agreed. Capacity building of APDCL staff and
Change Management is critical to the success and
sustainability of the project and the Implementation
Partner to give due importance to the same.
193
This being a Fixed Price Contract and not Time &
Material- we would request that this table be
dropped from the required forms.
Instead the bidders may be asked to submit a
Work Plan detailing the activities which would be
performed during the Pilot and Rollouts
Form: 7 Project
Plan &
Resource
Deployment
Schedule
Removal of Form
Not agreed. As per RFP. This will be used to judge
the quality of approach & methodology & marks
awarded. It will also be used to verify the resourcing
during implementation.
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194
Request for change in Pre-qualification criteria Annexure: 3,
Sl No 1a) Request to add Generation in this clause as
follows:
Global Full Cycle Implementation Experience as
Primary Contractor in electricity generation/
transmission / distribution sector.
b) Request to consider Projects from last seven
years (instead of five years) as follows:
The Bidder must have implementation experience
of implementing SAP solution in at least two (02)
of following modules together in at least two
(02)organizations in last seven years (period
ending up to bid submission date).
C) Request to remove Asset Management
mentioned with Financial Management as follows:
(i) Procurement & Materials Management
(ii) Financial Management
(iii) Human Resource Management & General
Administration (incl. Payroll, Employee Services
and Portal)
Not agreed. As per RFP
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195
Request for change in Pre-qualification criteria Annexure: 3,
Sl No 3 a) Request to add „Government‟ in this clause as
follows:
SAP implementation experience in Government/
Public sector in India as Primary Contractor.
b) Request to :
• add „Government‟
• 100 transactional users (instead of 200
transactional users)
• consiider projects in last seven years (instead of
last five years)
in this clause as follows:
The Bidder must have implemented or must be
implementing SAP Solution in at least one
Government/PSU in India having 100
transactional users in last seven years (period
ending up to bid submission date) Not agreed. As per RFP
196
Request for change in Technical Evaluation
criteria
Annexure 4, SI
No. 1 a) Request to :
• use „ERP‟ instead of SAP
• add Generation
• consider projects in last 7 years (instead of 5
years)
as follows:
Full Cycle Implementation of ERP in at least two
(02) of the three proposed functional modules in
electricity Generation/ transmission / distribution
sector, in any part of the world (excluding India),
of client having a turnover of USD 150 Million or
more per annum, in last 7 year period (period
ending up to bid submission date)
b) Request to reduce the Maximum marks to 5
marks instead of 10 marks.
(Please add these marks in Annexure 4, SI No. 7-
(c) Presentation on A&M for implementation and
support) Not agreed. As per RFP
33
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197
Request for change in Technical Evaluation
criteria
Annexure 4,
SI No. 2
Request to :
• use ERP instead of SAP
• add Generation
• consider projects in last 7 years (Instead of 5
years)
as follows:
Full Cycle Implementation of ERP in at least two
(02) of the three proposed functional modules in
electricity generation/ transmission / distribution
sector, in India, of client having a turnover of INR
750 Crores or more per annum, in last 7 year
period(period ending up to bid submission date) Not agreed. As per RFP
198
Request for change in Technical Evaluation
criteria
Annexure 4, SI
No. 3Request to consider projects in last 7 years
instead of 5 years in this clause as follows:
Full Cycle Implementation of SAP with a client
having turnover of INR 1000 Crore or more
(across at least two (02) functional modules of
SAP requested by the Purchaser under this RFP)
in last 7 year period(period ending up to bid
submission date) Not agreed. As per RFP
34
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199
Request for change in Technical Evaluation
criteria
Annexure 4, SI
No. 4
a) Request to
• add Government
• consider 100 transactional users instead of 200
transactional users
• consider projects in last seven years (instead of
last five years)
as follows:
Full Cycle Implementation of SAP in Government/
PSUs in India with 100 or more transactional
users (across at least two functional modules of
SAP requested by the Purchaser under this RFP),
in last 7 year period(period ending up to bid
submission date)
b) Request to award:
• 2 marks (instead of 1 mark) for each completed
project
• 1 mark (instead of 0.5 marks) for each ongoing
project
as follows:
2 marks for each completed project beyond the
minimum requirements cited under
prequalification criteria
For ongoing projects, 1 mark will be assigned for
each ongoing project, subject to submission of
valid Work Order / Purchase Order. (Refer note
below) Not agreed. As per RFP
200
Request for change in Technical Evaluation
criteria
Annexure 4, SI
No. 7 (c) Request to award 15 maximum marks (instead of
10 marks) for Presentation on A&M for
implementation and support.
(To accommodate the reduction of 5 marks in
Annexure 4, SI No. 1.) Not agreed. As per RFP
35
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201
Ability to define and communicate with
representation of Unions and Associations, depth
description and clarification required on this.
F/HRM/HRP/00
8
NA
Employee Unions and Associations are vital
interfaces for interaction between Management and
Employees. ERP system should have provision for
communicating key decisions and circulars of
management to the unions and associations
202
Is Implementation of Roster Management in
Scope?
F/HRM/EM/007
NA Yes
203
APDCL to provide details on how much is the data
size for the data available in manual registers?
Please specify the number of documents in hard
format to be digitized as part of data migration
phase and how many years of data to be
migrated?
6.6.3
NA
Data records related to Materials are partly in
physical records and partly digitized. Employee and
payroll information are partly in physical records and
partly digitized. Fixed Asset Registrar is also
available partly in physical records and partly in
digital format. The exact requirement will be finalized
with the successful bidder during the Business
Solution Design phase. For bidding purpose, the
Bidder may assume the number of manual records
to be 100000. However, payment for data entry and
digitization shall be based on the actual number of
records.
204
APDCL to provide details on how much is the data
size for the data available in legacy systems? Also
specify the format of legacy data (.xls, .csv, .doc,
.pdf)
6.6.3
NA As above
205APDCL to provide details of space to be provided
for Training requirements?
6.7NA
Details can be discussed and finalized after award of
contract.
206
Can APDCL Core team members provide training
to End users through train the trainer approach?
6.7.4
NA
RFP is self-explanatory. Bidders to propose
appropriate strategies for training & change
management
207
End User Training: This training shall be provided
to APDCL‟s end users [Approx. Participants: 850,
Location: All locations as mentioned under
Annexure: 1. Can the Contractor provide End user
training at location Guwahati?
6.7.5
NA
RFP is self-explanatory. Bidders to propose
appropriate strategies for training & change
management
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208
We understand that Pilot phase of 18 months will
have 3 months of post go-live support and Rollout
phase of 6 months will have 6 months of post go
live support. Please specify the starting point of
AMC phase. Will AMC start separately for Pilot
phase after 3 months of post go live support?
6.10.2
NA
AMC phase will commence post go live of ERP in
APDCL
209List down the historical data ( Type of data) to be
maintained for Employees
F/HRM/EM/024NA Requirement is self-explanatory
210
Is DMS in scope? F/HRM/EM/043
&
F/HRM/EM/045NA Yes.
211
Implementation of E-recruitment of SAP is in
scope /out of scope for this implementation.
F/HRM/ESS/MP
RS/002NA
The requirement is internal to APDCL. Employees
should be able to view vacancies in APDCL
212
Clarification required on "Ability to view PF
accumulation"
F/HRM/ESS/CB
/014NA
The employee must be able to view their PF balance
at regular intervals. The priority for this requirement
is "Essential".
213
Clarification required on "The system may provide
for interface to interact/migrate with data available
in the existing system to the proposed ERP"
F/HRM/PRL/008
NA Requirement is self-explanatory
214List formats for "Ability to convert the payroll to an
excel or other software formats"
F/HRM/PRL/050NA Excel, PDF, Word, CVL
215
Clarification required on "Ability to support
calculation of periodic interest and crediting the
amount to the accounts"
F/HRM/PRL/PF
TB/002NA This refers to interest on PF
216If Pension Processing is in scope? F/HRM/PRL/PE
N/003 NA Requirement is self-explanatory
217
Clarification required on "Ability to Generate all
types of MIS reports as per request of Bank (like
PF ledger, PF loan ledger, Pension rule, PF rule,
Gratuity rule (online) etc.)"
F/HRM/PRL/PF
TB/005
NA
Bank request certain reports with respect to terminal
benefits. The system must have capability to adhere
to the requirements
218List down the multiple pension schemes F/HRM/PRL/PE
N/001 NA
Apart from the traditional pension scheme, APDCL
also has New Pension Scheme
219How pension is paid ( Frequency) F/HRM/PRL/PE
N/004 NA Monthly
220Maintain of Employee pension fund is in scope? F/HRM/PRL/PE
N/012 NA Requirement is self-explanatory
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221
Clarification required "Ability to maintain parallel
database of all employee ID of LICI for group
insurance"
F/HRM/PRL/PE
N/021NA
Requirement is self-explanatory. Database is to be
maintained for keeping record for group insurance
222List down the benefits to be integrated with
compensation and Payroll
F/HRM/ESC/TR
N/012 NA Requirement is self-explanatory
223
Ability to upload external brochures or training
programme received from external institutes?
Explanation required on this.
F/HRM /TD/032
NA Requirement is self-explanatory
224
Clarification required on "Ability to raise requests
for guest house booking for guests & other field
employees nominated for training (Integrate with
ESS & Guest House Module)"
F/HRM /TD/039
NA Requirement is self-explanatory. Refer page 98
225
Clarification required "Ability to view status of
requests for guest house booking for guests &
other field employees nominated for training
(Integrate with ESS)"
F/HRM /TD/040
NA Requirement is self-explanatory
226Clarification required on Accident Management F/HRM /CB/013
NA Requirement is self-explanatory
227Clarification required "Facility to design tests to be
conducted in written or online modes"
F/HRM
/STF/SEL/001 NA Requirement is self-explanatory
228Are lawyers and arbitrators are considered as
employees or vendors?
F/HRM /LEG
/001 NA
They are considered as vendors and are
empanelled
229Clarification required on" Facility to maintain legal
opinions given by different legal"
F/HRM /LEG
/010 NA
Provision for maintaining legal opinions and records
must be available
230
Clarification required "Ability to automate booking
of conference room, seminar halls (no. 1&2) and
auditorium"
F/HRM
/ADM/MISC/001NA Requirement is self-explanatory
231
Clarification required "Ability to automate Guest
House booking"
F/HRM
/ADM/MISC/009NA Requirement is self-explanatory
232
Clarification required "Ability to provide reports on
different administrative matters including
Accommodation/House Rent/ Taxes/Land matters,
Vehicle/excess fuel consumption,
Telephone/Leased Line/Cash Track Machine etc."
R/HRM
/ADM/MISC/005
NA Requirement is self-explanatory
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233
Please explain the role of PwC in the given
project.
General
NA Refer clause 1.3.4
234
Which of the legacy systems will be sunset
(discontinued)? Are the respective stakeholders
been informed about the same? Are they ready for
the change?
General
NA
Refer clause 1.2.1. Implementation partner must
play a key role in Training and Change Management
235
What is the level of current documentation/system
readiness for migrating to SAP for given scope?
General
NA It is challenging!!!
236
We assume entire implementation (pilot +rollout)
will be carried out from one place i.e. Guwahati -
please confirm.
General
NA Bidders to propose
237
What infrastructure will be provided by APDCL
(e.g. Servers, printers, projectors, LAN/WAN,
internet etc.)?
General
NA Please refer to RFP
238
Which interfaces (with other systems, SAP/non-
SAP) are envisaged as part of the scope? What
touch-points are expected with R-APDRP program
(implemented/ongoing)?
General
NA Please refer to RFP
239
How big would be the core team, end-used/power
user team? What locations? General NA
Please refer to RFP. Regarding Training & Change
Management workshops, Bidders to propose
suitable methodology
240
What is the exact scope of DR expected? Only
strategy or providing infrastructure,
implementation? General NA Refer clause 1.3.2 (a)
241
18+6+3 = 27 Mths is the expected implementation
period including stabilization - please confirm General NA
Implementation Period is 18+6 = 24 months.
Stabilization Period shall mean successful running of
the full SAP Solution for at least three consecutive
calendar months from the last Go-live date.
242
How many physical locations to be covered for
end user training in Pilot and Rollouts? General NA
Please refer to RFP for locations. Bidders to frame
appropriate startegies for Training & Change
Management workshops
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243
What is the volume of the data expected to be
migrated from legacy/old system (function-wise)? General NA
Data records related to Materials are partly in
physical records and partly digitized. Employee and
payroll information are partly in physical records and
partly digitized. Fixed Asset Registrar is also
available partly in physical records and partly in
digital format.
The exact requirement will be finalized with the
successful bidder during the Business Solution
Design phase. For bidding purpose, the Bidder may
assume the number of manual records to be
100000. However, payment for data entry and
digitization shall be based on the actual number of
records.
244
RFP indicates that data extraction & collection to
be done by contractor, however as the data
currently resides in legacy system, owned by
APDCL, we propose this activity to be owned by
APDCL and contractor shall support. Please
confirm. General NA
Not Agreed. APDCL role is limited to data validation.
APDCL will also endeavour to establish institutional
mechanisms to facilitate the data collection, data
preparation, data cleansing, data entry and data
migration by the successful bidder. The
Implementation Partner must understand this is
critical for the project success
245
Min 4 dedicated skilled resources for help desk
and min 2 Resources (min) for technical support
are expected at onsite at Guwahati bet 10 am until
8 am for 4 yrs. of support - kindly confirm. General NA Please refer to RFP
246
What is the expected level of travelling during the
project (from locations to locations within Assam) General NA
Bidders to propose strategies for implementation
and training
247
Are Consortium/Joint Venture/Sub-Contracting
allowed? General NA Refer clause 3.3.4 and 3.14 of RFP
248 Can we get the copy of current system landscape? General NA No
249
Which areas (business functions, geographies,
levels etc.) are expected as “Weak" from change
management perspective? General NA
Successful bidder to make assessment before
preparing the Training & Change Management
Strategy
250
We propose" Train-the-trainer" model for
conducting training to end-users - kindly confirm General NA Bidders to propose suitable methodology
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251
What is the completion criterion for stabilization
phase? General NA Please refer to RFP
252
Does APDCL envisage deployment of any Third
Party bolt on applications? General NA
Please refer to Functional Requirement
Specifications (FRS)
253
As scope envisages only SAP FICO, MM,
HCM/Payroll and BW, we assume no integration
with other SAP modules/process areas and hence
are not considering any resourcing/efforts to that
extent (e.g. SAP PP, SD, PM etc.)- Kindly validate
the same. General NA
Please refer to RFP. The RFP is clear on the
resource requirments sought from the
implementation partner.
254
What is the reporting requirement? (RICEFW -
wise)? Kindly distribute them into high/medium/low
from criticality perspective. General NA
Please refer to Functional Requirement
Specifications (FRS)
255
Does APDCL expect a dashboard to be
developed? Is BO/Xcelcius implementation in
scope? General NA Yes. Dashboard in BO is part of scope.
256 Is SAP DMS in scope? General NA DMS may b used a part of workflow.
257
Is Travel Management in scope? If yes, please
provide details. General NA Please read functional requirements fo details
258
Is there any workflow and approval process for
enrolling learning programs? General NA Approval will be required in such processes
259
Is MSS in scope? As this application requires
separate SAP licenses and additional efforts of IP. General NA Yes. It is expected as part of approval hirarchy
260
Is e-recruitment in scope? As this application
requires separate SAP licenses and additional
efforts of IP. General NA No
261
Is SAP SRM/PPS in scope as functionality like
Auction/Tendering process required to be handled
by SRM? General NA Yes.
262
Is Quality Management module in scope? It is
required to capture Inspection requirements? General NA No.
263
Is there any existing report repository/DW system
available- please share? General NA No
264 Is Data archival in scope? General NA Yes.
265
How many employees are under the scope for
Data Maintenance.( Regular, Retired and
Contractors) General NA Please refer to the RFP
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266
How many employees are under the scope for
Payroll .( Regular and Contractors) General NA Please refer to the RFP
267
The number of years( Historical Data) to
considered during data migration General NA The approximate records is mentioned above
268
States other than Assam where Payroll for
employees is run General NA No
269 Frequency of Payroll ( Monthly) General NA Monthly
270
We understand data in SAP would be keyed in
and viewed in English language only. Also all the
reports, forms would also be printed only in
English language only General NA Yes
271
APDCL to provide details about existing Legacy
Systems which are to be integrated with the
proposed ERP? General NA As per RFP.
272
Pre-billing component (i.e. before billing to
distribution customer) like Security Deposit,
Application fees, Demand Note, etc. distribution
customer wise accounting is carried out in Spot
Billing system, when( Frequency: daily, monthly,
Quarterly, yearly etc.) and what are the component
of pre-billing revenue which are required to be
uploaded in SAP R/3 FI-GL ? General NA Please refer FRS in the RFP
273
What is the frequency and type of accounting
required for doubtful debt and write off
requirement, if any? General NA
Accounting manual is presently under
prepation/revision. The implementation partner shall
be communicated in due course.
274
When (Frequency: daily, monthly, Quarterly, yearly
etc.) and what are the components of distribution
customer billed revenue which needs to be upload
in SAP FI-GL? General NA Consolidated on monthly basis
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Do you require billed quantity from billing system
to SAP R/3 system? General NA No. Billed quantity need not be updated.
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Do you require billed quantity for Profitability
analysis? General NA No. Billed quantity need not be updated.
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Corrigendum: RFP Identification No. CGM(PP9/26/2012)/APDCL/ERP/2012/01 dated07.09.2012
Sl. No. Query Clause ref Amendment sought APDCL response
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Pre-qualification criteria - Global Full Cycle
Implementation Experience as Primary Contractor
in electricity transmission / distribution sector : The
Bidder must have implementation experience of
implementing SAP solution in at least two (02) of
following modules together in at least two
(02)organizations in last five years (period ending
up to bid submission date):
. Procurement & Materials Management,
. Financial Management (incl. Asset Management)
. Human Resource Management & General
Administration (incl. Payroll, Employee Services
and Portal)
Annexure 3 -
Prequalification
criteria Removal of this clause Not agreed.
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Full Cycle Implementation of SAP in at least two
(02) of the three proposed functional modules in
electricity transmission / distribution sector, in any
part of the world (excluding India), of client having
a turnover of USD 150 Million or more per annum,
in last 5 year period (period ending up to bid
submission date)
Aannexure 4 -
Technical
evaluation
criteria Not agreed.
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