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Tender Document
for engagement of
Implementation Vendor
PROJECT AICNET
www.aicofindia.org
AGRICULTURE INSURANCE COMPANY OF INDIA LIMITED
Regd. Office : AMBADEEP (13th Floor), 14, Kasturba Gandhi Marg, New Delhi-1100 01
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Table of Contents
1 COMPANY ..........................................................................................................41.1 Overview......................................................................................................41.2 Goals .............................................................................................................5
2 PROJECT AICNET..............................................................................................63 AICNET Phase II (IMPLEMENTATION PHASE) ......................................8
3.1 Components of AICNET............................................................................83.2 Program Management Office for AICNET ...........................................11
4 AICNET Phase II TENDER : ADMINISTRATIVE ASPECTS...............124.1 Definitions..................................................................................................124.2 General Clauses.........................................................................................134.3 Bidder Eligibility criteria for Prime / Lead Bidder...........................174.4 Tender Process...........................................................................................18
4.4.1 Bid Submission procedure...............................................................184.4.2 Submission of Documents in the Technical Bid ...........................194.4.3 Technical Bid Format........................................................................214.4.4 Commercial Bid Format...................................................................234.4.5 Bid Calendar......................................................................................274.4.6 Venue and Deadline for submission of Bid...................................294.4.7 Pre-Bid Meetings...............................................................................294.4.8 Bid Opening .......................................................................................304.4.9 Erasures or alterations to the Bids..................................................304.4.10 Withdrawal of Bid.............................................................................314.4.11 Late Tender Bids ...............................................................................314.4.12 Language of Bid ................................................................................314.4.13 Currency of Bid and Payment.........................................................314.4.14 Period of Validity of Bid ..................................................................314.4.15 Site visit by AIC.................................................................................31
4.5
Bid Evaluation ...........................................................................................32
4.5.1 Preliminary scrutiny.........................................................................354.5.2 Clarification of Bids ..........................................................................35
4.6 Award of Contract ....................................................................................354.7 Tender Costs ..............................................................................................37
4.7.1 Tender Processing Fees ....................................................................374.7.2 Earnest Money Deposit....................................................................37
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4.7.3 Performance Bank Guarantee .........................................................385 AICNET Phase II TENDER:TECHNICAL ASPECTS............................40
5.1 Scope of Work............................................................................................405.2
General Principles of Solution Design ...................................................52
5.3 Network Architecture ..............................................................................575.4 Security Architecture................................................................................595.5 Application Description...........................................................................695.6 Expected Application Usage ...................................................................885.7 Application Performance.........................................................................89
6 AICNET - Phase II - TENDER : PAYMENT TERMS..................................917 AICNET Phase II TENDER : LEGAL ASPECTS.....................................96
7.1 Draft Contract Agreement.......................................................................967.2 Service Level Agreement (SLAs) ..........................................................158
7.2.1 Service Level Monitoring Indices .................................................1597.3 Penalties....................................................................................................1627.4 Change Control major deviation/overflow beyond the scope of thisTender...................................................................................................................162
8 Annexure..........................................................................................................1648.1 Annexure 1: Functional Requirement Specification of Applications
1648.2 Annexure 2: Technical Bid Covering Letter.....................................2288.3 Annexure 3: Commercial Bid Covering Letter ................................2308.4 Annexure 4: Format for Bill of Material...............................................2328.5 Annexure 5: Format for Submission of Resume.................................2338.6 Annexure 6: Project Experience Format ..............................................2348.7 Annexure 7: Statement of Deviation(s) from Scope of Work - Format
2358.8 Annexure 8: Clarification of Queries - Format ...................................2368.9 Annexure 9: Performance Bank Guarantee - Format.........................2378.10
Annexure 10: Change Management Sessions .....................................242
8.11 Annexure 11: Technical Evaluation......................................................2448.12 Annexure 12: Project AICNET-II Timeline (Tentative) .....................2468.13 Annexure 13: Table of Contents for SRS..............................................253
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1 COMPANY1.1 OverviewAgriculture Insurance Company of India Limited. (AIC) has been promoted
by General Insurance Corporation of India (GIC), National Bank for
Agriculture and Rural Development (NABARD) and the four Public Sector
General Insurance companies; viz. National Insurance Company Limited, The
New India Insurance Company Limited, Oriental Insurance Company
Limited, United India Insurance Company Limited. At inception, AIC took
over from GIC the implementation of National Agricultural Insurance
Scheme (NAIS), which is the Governments crop insurance scheme.
AIC is under the administrative control of Ministry of Finance, Government
of India (GOI), and under the operational supervision of Ministry of
Agriculture, GOI. IRDA (Insurance Regulatory and Development Authority,
Hyderabad), is the Regulatory body of AIC.
AIC has its Head Office at New Delhi and 17 Regional Offices spread across
the country. The net earned premium of AIC during 2007-08 was Rs. 636.14
Crore. AIC sells various agriculture and allied insurance products and
schemes. Operational & Management Expenses (OME) for AIC is less than 2%
of revenue (2007-08), a definitive edge over competition.
A significant amount of crop insurance business arises out of NAIS. At the
same time AIC is constantly developing newer products which are in line
with market needs and have ready acceptability. Some of the products are:
a.
Weather Based Crop Insurance Scheme (WBCIS)b. Bio fuel Tree/ Plant Insurance Policyc. Wheat Insuranced. Mango Insurancee. Varsha Bimaf. Rainfall Insurance Scheme for Coffee growersg. Rubber Insurance
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h. Uttrakhand Seb Bima Yojana1.2 GoalsLong Term Goals1) Double the coverage (in terms of farmers/acreage/ premium) by the end of
the 11th Five Year Plan
2) Broader Product Mix Foray into New business lines (besides crop
insurance) like cattle, pisciculture etc.
3) Develop a comprehensive umbrella package covering all insurance needs
of a farmer
4) Maintaining Operational & Management Expenses below 5%
5) Growth of NAIS business while increasing the overall percentage of
business through other products
6) Fostering increased customer and stakeholder confidence
Short Term Goals
1) Ensuring coverage of all eligible loanee farmers under crop insurance
2) Reduction in cycle time of claim disbursement
3) Modification of existing products to make them more farmer friendly,
commercially viable, and in line with sound insurance principles
4) Extension of AIC office network to the district level with necessary
resources5) Strengthen distribution / service channels to reach more farmers effectively
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2 PROJECT AICNETDue to escalating operations and data volumes arising out of lowered
insurance unit (from Tehsil to Gram Panchayat level), implementation of
weather based crop insurance products, setting up a network of "Krishi Bima
Sansthans, etc., a need was felt for establishing a holistic Decision Support
System. It was envisaged to adopt an Enterprise Platform for Analytics
System and Intelligence Dissemination, develop an Integrated Operational
Application, supported by a Data Center. At present, AIC is using
Applications developed on Oracle as back-end and Oracle Developer as front-
end in its standalone Regional Offices with no interconnectivity.
Accordingly PROJECT AICNET was envisaged as a holistic IT Systems
Solutions project encompassing all the IT needs of the company. The objective
of the Project is to adopt best industry practices and appropriate technology
to collect, analyze and disseminate requisite information.
AICNET encompasses the software applications to automate parts of the
business and the supporting infrastructure to enable and enhance it. The
solution is expected to facilitate development of new products and services,
streamlining of current operations, office automation and upscaling ofoperations in a cost effective manner. Additionally AICNET is expected to
yield rich dividends in terms of employee productivity and stakeholder
satisfaction.
Project AICNET is divided into two phases:
PHASE I Preparation of the IS Plan (Consultancy Report) - completed
PHASE II Implementation of the IS Plan - to commence through this tender
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INFOTECH SYSTEMS CONSULTANT
To obtain support and consultation for AICNET, AIC has appointed M/s.
Wipro Limited (Infotech Division) as its Infotech Systems Consultant,hereafter referred to as Wipro or IS Consultants.
Role of IS Consultant
In Phase I, Wipro has prepared the Consultancy Report comprising of the
following deliverables:
Inception Report and Project Plan Understanding of the Project AICNET
Business Analysis Report Study of the Business Processes AS-IS and Should
Be.IT Road Map InfoTech Solution as per Business Analysis Report.
All the above deliverables have been adopted by AIC.
In Phase II, role of the IS Consultant shall be to assist AIC to select the
IMPLEMENTATION VENDOR (ImV) and the Product(s) where required
(by following the due process of the Company), and to supervise the
implementation of the IS Plan (Consultancy Report).
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3 AICNET Phase II (IMPLEMENTATION PHASE)3.1 Components of AICNET
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Each Application would have an Owner Department within AIC.
Table 1: AICNET Applications and their Owner Departments
Application Owner Department
Enterprise Applications - Email Solution, Antivirus,
Firewall etc.IT
Portal IT
Top Management Dashboard ANNAPOORNA IT
Product Development & Evaluation System R&D
Human Resources System HR
Financial Management System Finance
Office Services Management System Administration
Legal Management System Legal
Call Centre Setup IT
Underwriting and Claims System Technical
Channel Relationship Management System Marketing
Process Management System Quality Cell (IT)
Data Warehouse & BI System IT
Knowledge Management System IT
Project AICNET-II has been broadly classified into 4 categorize of services:
Application Part of Tender - ImV Responsibility Satellite Services Part of Tender - ImV Responsibility Managed IT Services Part of Tender - ImV Responsibility External Tie-Ups Not Part of Tender - AIC Domain
AICNET Applications would run on a centralized web-based model.
Application meant all the modules mentioned in the functional
decomposition diagram.
To facilitate a smooth transition of stakeholders from the current working
methods to the automated models, extensive Change Management activities
would have to be carried out by the ImV at appropriate stages within the
implementation cycle. The Change Management strategy takes into account
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advantages unique to AIC such as it low headcount, strong management
support, the lack of legacy applications, and its young tech-savvy workforce.
Satellite Services are those components of AICNET which would be the soleresponsibility of the ImV to set-up/tie-up with and manage. The Satellite
Services would be quoted for in the Commercial Bid. Satellite Services would
include Data Centre and Disaster Recovery Services, Call Centre (voice-based
support centre), SMS Gateway, Web-site & E-Mail, WAN Connectivity, etc.
The performance of these Satellite Services shall be regulated by the Service
Level Agreements (SLAs).
External Tie-Ups - AIC would tie-up with External Data/Service Providers,
like Market Information Provider, Mutual Fund Analysis Data Provider,Payment Gateway, STP Gateway Provider, CCIL Platform Provider, Weather
Data Provider, Land Record Data Provider, RBI - PSMIS (Priority Sector
Management Information System), etc. ImV would assist and facilitate the
Company in this regard to the extent possible. However, once a tie-up is
achieved, it shall be the responsibility of the ImV to integrate it with AICNET
(for which the ImV has to quote a separate per-State rate in the Commercial
Bid).
By default, any necessary service or component not specifically mandated as
External Tie-Up would be responsibility of the ImV.
Managed IT Services All necessary services required to keep AICNET and
all its components running. These would include but not be limited to
maintenance (hardware, software, networking and Satellite Services),
debugging, troubleshooting and an IT Support Desk.
The ImV shall be single point responsibility for all components of AICNETexcept explicitly mentioned under External Tie-Ups.
A detailed Tentative Implementation Schedule spanning approximately two
and a half years (as per initial estimate) has been suggested for the entire
AICNET-II in this Tender document (Section 8.12).
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3.2 Program Management Office for AICNET
Board IT Committee
The Board IT Committee shall be responsible for providing approvals and
policy level decisions for the AICNET. The Board IT Committee shall meet as
and when necessary.
AIC Counterpart Cell
The AIC Counterpart Cell and IS CONSULTANT (Wipro Team) shall interact
with the ImV to supervise the implementation of Project AICNET. In addition
to operational level coordination, the AIC Counterpart Cell and Wipro shall
also meet at least once a month to review progress and deliverables. AIC
Counterpart Cell shall be composed of the senior management of AIC, HO
departmental heads, and include representation from the ROs. Review
meetings shall deliberate upon the monthly Status Report to be submitted by
the ImV.
Board IT Committee
Wipro Team AIC Counterpart Cell
Implementation Vendor (ImV)
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4 AICNET Phase II TENDER : ADMINISTRATIVEASPECTS
4.1 Definitions "The Company or AIC" means Agriculture Insurance Company of
India Limited (AIC).
AICNET-II means Phase-II of Project AICNET. Tenderer or Bidder means a Firm who is eligible to participate in
this Tender and submits its Bid.
ImV means a Firm providing the services under the contract withwhom AIC has entered into a contract.
Letter of Intent (LOI) means the written communication to thesuccessful Bidder of the intention of AIC for the award of the services as
per the contract read out with the Tender documents.
Contract means the written order signed by AIC and (ImplementationVendor) ImV after the acceptance of the successful Bidders Bid by AIC
for executing the award.
Contract Price means the price payable to the ImV under the contractfor the full and proper compliance of his contractual obligations.
Consignee means authorized official(s) of AIC for receiving the goodsand services at their intended locations.
Financial Year means, unless otherwise stated specifically, a period of12 months from April to next March.
Satellite Services are components of AICNET which are envisaged tobe outsourced for, e.g. Data Center for Server Hosting, E- Mail, Call
Centre (voice-based support centre), SMS Gateway, Bandwidth, etc.
External Data/Service Providers are tie-ups which AIC would enterinto like Market Information Provider, Mutual Fund Analysis Data
Provider, Payment Gateway, STP Gateway Provider, CCIL Platform
Provider, Weather Data Provider, Land Record Data Provider, etc.
Go-Live Date means the date on which the acceptance testing of theApplication has been successfully completed on all sites.
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to Award of contract, without assigning any reason or thereby incurring any
liability towards the affected Bidder(s) or any obligation to inform the affected
Bidder(s) of the grounds for AICs action. AIC reserves the rights to alter,
amend, modify, or change any of the specifications, terms and conditionsmentioned herein above.
6. Corrupt or fraudulent practicesAIC insists that the Bidders under this Tender observe the highest standards
of ethics during the procurement and execution of such contracts. In
pursuance of this policy, AIC defines the terms set forth as follows:-
Corrupt practice means the offering, giving, receiving or soliciting of any
thing of value to influence the action of the public official in the procurementprocess or in contract execution; and
Fraudulent practice means a misrepresentation of facts in order to
influence a procurement process or a execution of a contract to the detriment
of AIC, and includes collusive practice among Bidders (prior to or after Bid
submission) designed to establish Bid prices at artificial non-competitive
levels and to deprive AIC of the benefits of the free and open competition;
AIC will reject a Bid for award if it is determined that the Bidder
recommended for award has engaged in corrupt or fraudulent practices in
competing for the contract in question.
AIC will declare a Bidder ineligible, either indefinitely or for a stated period
of time, to be awarded a contract if at any time it is determined that the
Bidder has engaged in corrupt and fraudulent practices in competing for, or
in executing, a contract.
7. Signing of ContractThe Draft Contract Form is appended with this TENDER document (Section
7.1). The successful Bidder shall sign and date the Contract and return it to
AIC within 10 days of announcement of Successful Bidder.
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8. General terms of execution of work The ImV is solely responsible for smooth functioning of AICNET and all
its components.
The ImV shall take prior approval of AIC at every step of preparation ofall documents, formats, modus-operandi charts, process charts etc.
The ImV shall attend all meetings with the Senior Management andCommittees of AIC whenever intimated. Normally, the meetings will be
held at AICs Head Office located in New Delhi.
The ImV shall provide all Documents, Reports, Certificates, Database,Software, Photographs, etc. as and when required by AIC, for carrying out
its mandated responsibilities.
The ImV shall obtain concurrence of AIC on all its certifications andcompliances.
Every Month, the ImV shall submit a Progress-cum-Status Report to AICand make a presentation thereon. The Report must be point-wise and
structured. The Report must also be advisory as to the further course of
action, particularly to catch up on delay, if any.
As and when felt necessary by AIC, the ImV shall arrange for siteinspection by AIC.
NOTE: ALL REPORTS, DOCUMENTS, ETC. SHALL BE SUBMITTED BOTH
IN HARD COPY AND ELECTRONIC FORM (ONE COPY OF EACH) AS
FAR AS APPLICABLE.
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9. Activity CalendarTable 2: AICNET Applications ordered by implementation start date T indicates date of
signing of contract (An indicative Gantt Chart has also been included in this Tender)
Application Module Start
(months from T)
Module Go Live
Date
(months from T)
Enterprise Applications - Email
Solution, Antivirus, Firewall etc.T T + 2
Portal T + 1 T + 3
Top Management
Dashboard AnnapoornaT + 1 T + 3
Product Development & Evaluation
SystemT + 3 T + 5
Human Resources System T + 3 T + 8
Financial Management System T + 4 T + 13
Office Services Management System T + 7 T + 10
Legal Management System T + 9 T + 11
Call Center Setup T + 11 T + 13
Underwriting and Claims System T + 11 T + 24
Channel Relationship ManagementSystem
T + 12 T + 17
Process Management System T + 16 T + 18
Data Warehouse & BI System T + 17 T + 25
Knowledge Management System T + 24 T + 29
Around the conclusion of every stage, the ImV shall make a
Presentation to the Company about the stage. The ImV shall comply with any
review points/recommendations made during the Presentation, and only
after acceptance of the corrected position by the company shall that particular
stage be deemed to have concluded.
NOTE: IN CASE OF DISAGREEMENT IN INTERPRETATION OF ANY
TERM (OR ITS SCOPE) HEREIN, THE VIEW OF AIC SHALL PREVAIL AND
BE BINDING.
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4.3 Bidder Eligibility criteria for Prime / Lead Biddera. Only the following Firms registered / incorporated in India may bid:
i. Single Firmsii. Consortium of Firms led by a Lead/Prime Bidder
b. The Single OR Prime Bidder must have core competency in softwaredevelopment and implementation.
c. Prime Bidder in the consortium will be the single point representative ofthe Consortium Bidder for the entire duration of AICNET-II. However the
Contract document shall be signed by all members of the consortium but
all further documentation up to the Sign-Off stage can be signed by the
Lead / Prime Vendor.
d. Single OR Prime Bidder must fulfil ALL the Eligibility Criteria asspecified:
S. No. Parameters
1 Presence in India for at least 5 financial year presence in India (as on
31.03.2008) (in case of Companies, certificate of incorporation / in case of
partnership Firms, date of registration)
2 3 Corporate Level IT Projects executed in India
(a) Of pan-India scale with at least 20 nodes (locations/ branches) each
(b) Involving all aspects of IT, i.e. Hardware, Software and Networking.
(c) For a value (remuneration) of at least INR 10 Crore each.
3 Additionally 1 Software project of at least INR 3 Crore should be in the
Government / PSU sector in India.
4 Additionally 1 Software project of at least INR 1 Crore should be in the
Insurance sector (in India or elsewhere)
5 Turnover for IT related services in India, in each of the last 3 auditedFinancial Years not below INR 100 Crore. (Certification from Statutory
Auditors)
6 SEI-CMM Level 5 certification
7 At least 5,000 full time employees on the Firms payrolls in the IT services
division
* Certification and supporting documents to be provided for all of the above
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4.4 Tender Process4.4.1 Bid Submission procedureThe prospective bidder shall submit a sealed envelope consisting of two (2)copies of all the bid documents. The name of the project, the bidders name
and address, and the name of the primary and secondary contact person
should be provided on the right hand side of sealed Proposal and must be
received at the address mentioned in this Tender document (section 4.4.6).
The Tender shall be in TWO parts TECHNICAL BID [TB] & COMMERCIAL
BID [CB]. Both the Bids must be submitted together (under a covering letter),
but in SEPARATE SEALED COVERS, giving full particulars and duly
superscribed as follows:
ENVELOPE - I (TECHNICAL BID) - "ENGAGEMENT OF AICNET
IMPLEMENTATION VENDOR 2008 TECHNICAL BID
ENVELOPE - II (COMMERCIAL BID) - "ENGAGEMENT OF AICNET
IMPLEMENTATION VENDOR 2008 COMMERCIAL BID
ENVELOPE - I (TECHNICAL BID)
The Technical Bid must be submitted in a SEALED ENVELOPE along with
the Technical Bid - Cover letter as given in this Tender document (section 8.2).
The Technical Bid [TB] should be complete in all respects and contain all
information asked for. IT SHOULD NOT CONTAIN ANY COMMERCIAL
INFORMATION.
ENVELOPE - IA (EARNEST MONEY DEPOSIT [EMD])
An EMD must be submitted along with the Technical Bid, IN ASEPARATE OPEN ENVELOPE as mentioned in this Tender document
(section 4.7.2).
Bids not accompanied by EMD shall not be accepted. No interest shall be payable by the Company for the amount deposited
as EMD.
No Bank Guarantee will be accepted in lieu of the EMD.
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EMD of successful bidder would be returned to the successful bidder orawardee on completion of the contract. The amount of the EMD shall be
adjusted towards fulfilment of the requirement of the Performance Bank
Guarantee.
ENVELOPE - II (COMMERCIAL BID)
The Commercial Bid must be submitted in a SEALED ENVELOPE along with
the Commercial Bid - Cover letter as given in this Tender document (section
8.3).
Note 1: No loose documents will be accepted as part of either the Technical or
Commercial Bid.
Note 2: AIC will not accept delivery of proposal by fax or e-mail. Proposals
received in such manner shall be rejected and not be entertained.
4.4.2 Submission of Documents in the Technical BidThe Bidders must submit, inter-alia, as part of their Technical Bid, the
following documents in the order below:
a. Eligibility DocumentsCertificate of Incorporation for Companies / date of Registration for
Partnership Firms.
Last 3 audited Financial Years statementDetail of Projects as per the Eligibility Criteria.SEI-CMM Level 5 certificationIn case of Consortium/Joint Venture/Business partnership:
o Details of Lead/Prime Biddero Information regarding any conflicting activities and
declaration thereof
o Power of Attorney in favour of the Person(s) signing the Bidso Affidavit of the Bidder on Rs. 100/- stamp paper to the affect
that :
Declaring the composition of the Consortium that the consortium have quoted for all the items mentioned
in the Tender document,
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All information/documents furnished by them are true &correct to the best of their knowledge & belief, and nothing
material has been concealed.
b. Technical Evaluation DocumentsCertificate/letter of Satisfactory Implementation from the ClientDetail of all projects as per the criteria mentioned in Technical Evaluation
c. Technical Presentation CD and Documents (if any)Note: No promotional or marketing literature should be submitted in loose
form. Technical proposals containing generic marketing or business
promotion sections will not be favourably looked upon. The material on thebidder organisation should be relevant to the scope of this engagement.
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4.4.3 Technical Bid FormatThe Technical Bid should incorporate the following in order given below:
a. Understanding of AICNET objectives and architecture.b. Approach for setting up AICNET-II:
i. System Requirement Specification for variousapplications
ii. Strategy for setting up of AICNETiii. Technical Architectureiv. Security Architecturev. Network Architecture
vi. Data Centre and Disaster Recovery Architecturec. The Bidder shall include specifications of Data Center (including server
specifications) and Bandwidth requirement progressively along the
duration of the project till the Sign- Off date.
d. The Bidder shall provide details of its plan to address the technologyrequirements, such as scalability, availability, performance requirements
of the system mentioned in this TENDER.
e. Work Plan clearly marking all deliverables and start end dates ofproject phases
f. ImV - Project Team structure, size and capabilities.g. A specific description of prior experience and expertise of the resources
to be dedicated for the project.
h. Resumes of key manager(s) responsible for the management of theproject and team, highlighting relevant experiences in the format
mentioned in this Tender document (section 8.5).
i. Resumes of the personnel who would be directly assigned/responsibleto provide the major services/functions as pertains to this contract and
the specific function each individual would perform.
j. All resumes of the proposed team should be given only in the formatprovided in this TENDER (section 8.5).
k. Innovative suggestions that the bidder may want to render w.r.t. theapproach adopted for the assignment in the light of their expertise or
experience from similar assignments.
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l. Bill of Material of all components proposed for solution (e.g. software,hardware, etc.) in the format as provided in this TENDER (section 8.4).
m.Experience with similar activities in the format provided in this TENDER(section 8.6).
n. Quality assurance/process.o. Deviations and Exclusions: the Bidder shall provide the deviations and
exclusions, if any, from the defined scope of work in the format provided
in this TENDER (Section 8.7).
p. Bidder Undertakings: Bidders guarantee for accomplishing theimplementation schedules for completion of AICNET Phase-II.
q. Total Responsibility: Bidder should issue a statement undertaking totalresponsibility for the defect free operation of AICNET.
r. Any other information that Bidder thinks worth mentioning in theproposal.
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4.4.4 Commercial Bid Format
OPEXS.
No
Sub Component CAPEX
Year 1 Year 2 Year 3 Year 4 Y1 Applications
1.1 Portal NA NA NA NA N
1.2 Human Resource Management
System (HRMS)
NA NA NA NA N
1.3 Office Services Management
System
NA NA NA NA N
1.4 Financial Management System NA NA NA NA N
1.5 Product Development System NA NA NA NA N1.6 Legal Management System NA NA NA NA N
1.7 Underwriting and Claim
Processing System
NA NA NA NA N
1.8 Channel Relationship and
Grievance Redressal System
NA NA NA NA N
1.9 Process Management System NA NA NA NA N
1.10 Data Warehousing, Business
Intelligence and Data MiningApplications
NA NA NA NA N
1.11 Knowledge Management
System
NA NA NA NA N
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OPEXS.
No
Sub Component CAPEX
Year 1 Year 2 Year 3 Year 4 Y
2 Satellite Services
2.1 Call Centre NA
2.2 Bandwidth NA
2.3 SMS Gateway NA
2.4 Server Hosting on Data Centre NA
2.5 Email NA
2.6 Client Level Security NA
3 Router with Firewall / IP
facilities built-in
4 Licenses
5 Certifications
5.1 ISO 270001 NA NA NA NA N
6 Managed IT Services NA
Total 1
CAPEX
TOTAL OPEX TOTAL
For Discounting Factor (DF)
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No
Sub Component Unit Rate
1 Integration with Land Records (Per State Rate)
2 Training / Change Management
3 IT Professional Man-Month (8hrs X 22 days) rate
Total 2
Grand Total (Total 1 + Total 2)
Note 1: The commercial quote carries a total weightage of 30. Out of this:
25 points will be allotted on the basis of the above Grand Total only 5 points will be allotted on the basis of the Discounting Factor (DF). If the O
indicated in the above table) is 25% or more, then 5 points for DF will be allotted
Note 2: Year-wise progressive OPEX must not decrease; from year to year, the OPEX quo
constant or increase.
Note 3: If AICNET Sign Off extends beyond the 5th year (from the date of Contract A
completed year thereafter, the average of 5 year OPEX quote will be applicable.
Note 4: For provisioning services under External Tie-Ups AIC will be responsible, however Im
for integrating the services with appropriate Applications. The quote for the integration effort
the respective Applications should be included in the quote for respective Applications (except
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Note 5: All quotes to be mentioned in INR
Note 6: For each component/module above, 80% of due payments would be paid as per achand cumulative balance (20%) would be paid after Sign-Off.
The success of Project AICNET depends on the combined performance of ALL its compone
words, the following principle applies The chain can be only as strong as its weakest link
performance of the entire project will be affected and jeopardized by the f
component/module/service.
Following this principle, THE CUMULATIVE 20% AT THE SIGN-OFF OF PROJECT AICONLY IF THE ENTIRE PROJECT (INCLUDING ALL ITS COMPONENTS/MODULES
SUPPORT COMPLIANCE) IS FUNCTIONING/PERFORMING SATISFACTORILY IN TOTAL
This overriding final payment condition is at the sole discretion of AIC (TEC) and in additio
penalties and punitive measures prescribed elsewhere in this Tender Document.
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4.4.5 Bid CalendarTable 3: Tender Calendar
S.No. Key Activities Date1 Issue of Tender 11.10.2008
(Saturday)
2 Last date for receiving initial queries from prospective
bidders (1300 hrs)
24.10.2008
(Friday)
3 Pre-Bid Meeting 1 for initial clarifications (1130 hrs) 05.11.2008
(Wednesday)
4 Revision/Addendum/Corrigendum (if any) uploaded on
AIC website (http://www.aicofindia.org)
12.11.2008
(Wednesday)5 Last date of receiving supplementary queries from
prospective bidders (1300 hrs)
17.11.2008
(Monday)
6 Pre-Bid Meeting 2 for final clarifications (1130 hrs) 19.11.2008
(Wednesday)
7 Last date for submission of sealed bids and Presentation
CDs (1300 hrs)
26.11.2008
(Wednesday)
8 Technical Bid opening (1400 hrs) 26.11.2008
(Wednesday)9 Vendor short listing for presentation based on eligibility
criteria
01.12.2008
(Monday)
10 Vendor Presentation to Technical Evaluation Committee
(TEC) - Start Date (1000 hrs onwards)
03.12.2008
(Wednesday)
11 Final Technical assessment by TEC 13.12.2008
(Saturday)
12 Commercial Bid opening & Final Score (1300 hrs) 13.12.2008
(Saturday)
13 Contract signing and Award 29.12.2008
(Monday)
Contact: Shri Avinanda Ghosh, Chief Manager ([email protected])
2nd Floor, Jeevandeep Building, Parliament Street, New Delhi 110001
Contact Number (Office): 011 23349000
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The Company reserves the sole discretion and right to unilaterally revise any of
the dates (and notify the time) mentioned above. In such case, the revised
dates/times will be uploaded in the Project AICNET link on the Companys
website (http://www.aicofindia.org), NO LATER THAN 5 DAYS BEFORE THE
EARLIER PUBLISHED DATE. The revised (uploaded) date shall override the
earlier published date.
Note 1: The Technical Evaluation Committee (TEC) shall analyse and assess Bids
and will be composed of (Quorum=4):
General Manager, AIC Deputy General Manager (IT), AIC Chief Manager (IT), AIC IS Technical Advisor IS Consultant
Note 2: Presentation CD-Rs + signed printouts must be submitted by all
Prospective Bidders as part of the Technical Bid. Approx. half-day Presentation-
cum-Interaction session would be taken by TEC for assessment of Technical
suitability and competence, carrying a weightage of 40 points. The presentation
shall cover the following broad areas:S.no. Parameters for
Evaluation
Points Indicative Issues
1 Understanding
of AICNET
8 Does the Bidder clearly understand the challenges
that are likely to be faced in implementing
AICNET? What are the solutions proposed to these
challenges? What is the track record of the Bidder
in implementing these solutions?
2 ProvenSolution
8 To what extent is the functionality of AICNETalready available? Has the solution been
successfully implemented earlier, preferably across
several locations? In case it is a developed solution,
has the Bidder implemented similar solutions
elsewhere ?
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3 Flexibility 8 Does the solution permit easy enhancement of
functionality as the future needs of AICNET
evolve? Further, does the solution permit plug-in /
plug-out functionality so that one or more modules
could be replaced with new solutions, perhaps
from a third party? To what extent does the
solution permit platform independence?
4 Maintainability 8 To what extent is the solution maintainable? To
what extent is it built using industry-standard
processes, methodologies, tools, languages, etc?
5 Scalability 8 Has the solution been implemented across
installations of size and scale similar to AICNET?
4.4.6 Venue and Deadline for submission of BidThe Bids in ORIGINAL should reach AIC at the following address:
Agriculture Insurance Company of India Limited,
AMBADEEP (13th
Floor),14, Kasturba Gandhi Marg,
New Delhi 110001
In case the bid is submitted by hand, bidders representative(s) shall sign a
register evidencing their attendance.
4.4.7 Pre-Bid MeetingsThe bidders authorized representatives are invited to attend the Pre-Bid Meeting
at their own cost.
Venue of both the Pre-Bid Meetings shall be uploaded on the Companys website
under the link of Project AICNET 5 days in advance of the date of the
meetings.
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Pre-Bid Meeting 1 would clarify written queries received as well as any query
raised in the meeting itself.
After the Pre-Bid Meeting 1, if the Company feels necessary, it may at its sole
discretion issue a revision/addendum/corrigendum and upload it on its
website. In such case this revised document/addendum/corrigendum shall be
considered as a legal and valid, and would supercede the earlier version.
Pre-Bid Meeting 2 would clarify the written supplementary queries as well as
any query raised in the meeting itself.
4.4.8 Bid OpeningTotal transparency will be observed while opening of Bids. Sealed envelops of
the bids will be opened in the presence of authorized representatives of the
bidders who wish to attend the event. AIC reserves the right at all times to
postpone or cancel a scheduled TENDER opening. The venue and time for the
opening of Bids shall be uploaded on the Companys website under the link of
Project AICNET 5 days in advance of Bid Opening dates.
4.4.9 Erasures or alterations to the BidsBids containing un-initialled erasures or alterations will not be considered. AIC
reserves the right to treat Bids not adhering to these guidelines as unacceptable.
Bidders are advised to exercise adequate care in quoting the prices. No
modification/ correction in quotations will be entertained once the commercial
bids are submitted. Even before submission of the bid, care should be taken to
ensure that any corrections/overwriting in the bid are initialled by the person
signing the bid form.
In case of Arithmetic errors in bids for amounts mentioned in figures and in
words, the amount in words shall govern.
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4.5 Bid EvaluationSelection Basis
CQCCBS (Combined Quality Cum Cost Based Selection) evaluation
methodology will be employed for selection of Implementation Vendor (ImV).
CQCCBS uses a competitive process among eligible Firms that takes into account
the technical as well as the commercial parameters in the selection of the
successful firm. A weighted scoring pattern on a scale of 100 has been adopted to
account for the relative impact of different components of the bid.
TECHNICAL EVALUATION (WEIGHT 70): The Technical evaluation shall be
done via the following steps:
a. Shortlisting of all submitted bids on the basis of defined eligibility criteriab. Scoring of all shortlisted eligible bids on the basis of pre-defined and
structured technical parameters as mentioned in this Tender (Refer Section
8.11) (Weight: 30)
c. Scoring of all shortlisted eligible bids through a vendor presentation andinteractions session (Weight: 40)
COMMERCIAL EVALUATION (WEIGHT 30): The Commercial bid has been
called for sub-component wise in a structured tabular format.
a. Each sub-component (application / service) specified in the commercial bidtable shall be quoted for CAPEX (development and commissioning) in INR
and for Annual OPEX (running costs for services/upgradation and
maintenance within scope for applications) in INR. For some components, a
rate quote has also been called for.b. The Commercial quote carries a total weightage of 30. Out of this:
25 points will be allotted on the basis of the Grand Total of theCommercial bid only
5 points will be allotted on the basis of the Discounting Factor (DF).If the OPEX : CAPEX ratio (as indicated in the Commercial bid
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format) is 25% or more, then 5 points for DF will be allotted
(otherwise 0 points)
c. The sub-component costs are called for:i. So that Management may retain the right to exclude any
sub-component at any stage with a two month notice from
the agreed timelines.
ii. To enable the management to make milestone-basedpayments
.
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B: 50.00 + 25.00 = 75.00 points H2 rank
C: 40.00 + 27.73 = 67.73 points H3 rank
Bidder A at Rs.120 was therefore declared as H1, and recommended for
Negotiations /approval.
4.5.1 Preliminary scrutinyAIC will initially scrutinize the Bids on the following parameters:
Technical documentation has been furnished Documents have been properly signed EMD DD is valid in all aspects
A Tender Bid determined not substantially responsive will be rejected by AIC,
and the Commercial Bid for such Bidder will NOT be opened.
4.5.2 Clarification of BidsA prospective bidder requiring any clarification on the TENDER documents may
notify AIC in writing, in the format mentioned in this Tender document (Section
8.8), at the AICs address indicated in this TENDER (Section 4.4.5). All queries
should reach AIC by 14:00 hours on the respective dates.
AIC would give clarifications to the bidders in the Pre bid meetings only. AIC
would not prepare and send responses to the queries and clarifications by the
bidders in a consolidated manner and has the right not to respond to some or
any of the queries at its sole discretion. AIC will not normally entertain or
respond to bidders queries and clarifications after Pre Bid Meeting 2.
4.6 Award of ContractThe successful Bidder will be negotiated with for award of the Contract. The
assignment will commence from the date of signing of Contract. The single Firm
or all members of the consortium, as the case may be shall have to sign the
Contract.
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The draft Contract appended herewith shall form the basis of the finalnegotiation and contract between the Company and successful bidder.
However the commitments submitted by the successful bidder throughtheir bid documents stands sacrosanct from their side.
* (Read along with the tender document and the bid of successful bidder)
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4.7 Tender Costs
4.7.1
Tender Processing Fees
4.7.1.1 PurposeThe bidder is responsible for all costs incurred in connection with participation
in this process, including but not limited to, costs incurred in conduct of
informative and other diligence activities, participation in meetings,
presentation, preparation of bid and in providing additional information
required by AIC.
4.7.1.2 AmountAll Tenderers are required to pay Rs. 20,000/- (Rupees Twenty Thousand only)
towards Tender Processing Fees.
4.7.1.3 Mode of PaymentTender Processing Fees to be paid in the form of demand Draft drawn in favor of
AGRICULTURE INSURANCE COMPANY OF INDIA LIMITED and payable
at NEW DELHI
4.7.1.4 Refund / Repayment RulesThe Tender Processing Fee is Non-Refundable.
4.7.1.5 ForfeitureBid without adequate EMD will be liable for rejection without providing any
opportunity to the bidder concerned
4.7.2 Earnest Money Deposit4.7.2.1 PurposeAn earnest Money Deposit is a deposit to demonstrate that the bidder is serious
(earnest) about the tender and its execution.
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4.7.2.2 AmountBidders shall submit, along with their Bids, Bid security or EMD of Rs.
10,00,000/- (Rupees Ten Lakhs only).
4.7.2.3 Mode of PaymentEMD will be paid in the form of a Demand Draft in favor of AGRICULTURE
INSURANCE COMPANY OF INDIA LIMITED and payable at NEW DELHI.
EMD in any other form shall not be entertained
4.7.2.4 Refund / Repayment RulesEMD would be refunded to all unsuccessful bidders within 30 days of award of
the Project. EMD of successful bidder would be returned to the successful bidderor awardee on completion of the contract. The amount of the EMD shall be
adjusted towards fulfilment of the requirement of the PBG.
4.7.2.5 ForfeitureAny attempt to influence the bidding process as defined in this Tender document
(Section 4.2) shall lead to forfeiture of the EMD and shall attract blacklisting of
the bidder. EMD can also be forfeited in the following instances:
If Bid is withdrawn during the validity period or any extension thereof. If the Tender is varied or modified in a manner not acceptable to AIC after
opening of the same.
If the Bidder tries to influence the evaluation process, at any stage. If the First ranked Bidder withdraws his Bid during negotiations (However,
failure to arrive at consensus by both the parties shall not be construed as
withdrawal of Bid by such Tenderer).
4.7.3 Performance Bank Guarantee4.7.3.1 PurposeThe successful bidder shall at its own expense deposit with AIC, within fifteen
(15) working days of the date of award of the contract, an unconditional and
irrevocable Performance Bank Guarantee (PBG) from a scheduled bank, payable
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on demand, for the due performance and fulfilment of the contract by the
awardee. The PBG shall remain valid for the duration of the project timeline.
4.7.3.2 AmountThe successful bidder is required to deposit Rs. 20,000,000/- (Rupees Two Crores
only) as Performance Bank Guarantee.
4.7.3.3 Mode of PaymentAs per standard banking procedure
4.7.3.4 Refund / Repayment RulesNot applicable
4.7.3.5 ForfeitureIn the event of non-performance of the contract for reasons attributable to the
awardee, AIC would invoke the PBG. Notwithstanding and without prejudice to
any rights whatsoever of AIC under the contract in the matter, the proceeds of
the PBG shall be payable to AIC. AIC shall notify the bidder in writing of the
exercise of its right to invoke the PBG indicating the contractual obligation(s) for
which the bidder is in default, and will ask the bidder to show cause as to why
AIC should not invoke the PBG. The awardee is required to show cause inwriting, within 14 working days of the date of show cause notice.
AIC will retain sole and overriding discretion in all matters relating to the show
cause procedure.
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5 AICNET Phase II TENDER:TECHNICAL ASPECTS
5.1 Scope of Work
The scope of the project AICNET as described here includes, but not limited to:
Head Components Area Description of scop
Application Design Based on the
Specifications (FR
analysis/study, t
System Requireme
format given this8.13). The ImV sha
its stakeholders,
proposed deviatio
Applications -Portal
-HRMS
-Office Services Management
System
-Financial Management System-Product Development System
-Legal Management System
-Underwriting and Claim
processing system
-Channel Relationship and
Grievance Redressal System
-Process Management System
-Data warehousing, Business
Intelligence and Data Mining
Applications
-Knowledge Management
Application
Development /
Configuration and
Integration
The ImV shall d
Applications wi
updations /upgra
For all Applicatio
scratch, or ready
methodologies, la
and documentatio
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Head Components Area Description of scop
as per generally acSystem
User Acceptance
Testing
The ImV shall
-design and subm
Cases for each App
-submit the Test P
and schedule) and
- perform the testi
on the approved T
results and fix t
testing.
- Stress Testing of be conducted an
submitted to AIC.
Implementation and
Go-Live (for each
location)
-Data preparation,
transformation, cle
-Integration with G
-Providing Docum
Manual) and Appl
-The satisfactory cdetermine/ signify
particular Applica
Satellite Call Centre Call Handling ImV shall provide
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capable of hand
Languages with an
1000 calls per day.
All India Toll Free
Number
ImV shall provid
number. The Tol
queries both for
Centre. The IVR
calls for the Call
Desk.
SMS Gateway - ImV shall prov
which SMSs can be- ImV shall setup
support the func
Mobile Insurance
Claim Processing S
Connectivity and
Availability
ImV shall be
connectivity and a
Services
Network
Hardware -ImV shall suppl
Routers with inbuone each at AIC of
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Bandwidth -ImV shall setup
between AIC H
hosting AICNET a
- ImV shall setup
Broadband Interne
and ROs.
Email Server - ImV shall setup
exclusively for p
AIC. ImV shall cre
accounts each with
- ImV shall host tCentre facility to b
project AICNET
E-Mail
Email Clients - ImV shall instal
for 300 users
Data Centre Server Hosting - ImV shall make
Facility for hostin
scope of AICNET
- ImV shall proServers (such as
Server, Databas
Antivirus Server, F
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- The capacity
sufficient to succe
within the scope o
- ImV shall ensur
measures to cop
Hardware Comp
Failure, Power Fai
- ImV shall ensu
provided for AIC
data/ application
AICNET- ImV shall ensur
hosting the Data
shared by any othe
- At no stage of th
capacity as de
running the applic
Disaster Recovery -ImV shall ensure
hosting applicationFlood and other en
-ImV shall ensure
hosting applicati
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burglary
Data Centre
Services
- ImV shall pro
Backup, Data S
Intrusion Preventi
Application
Availability on the
Internet
- ImV shall obta
machines
- ImV shall conn
AICNET applica
ensuring ApplicaInternet through
Kbps (20 Mbps) ca
- ImV shall provi
connectivity failur
Client level Security Solutions - ImV shall ensure
AIC through Antiv
- ImV shall supp
Antivirus Server avirus solution sho
for known viruses
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- ImV should ens
regularly updated
External Tie-
ups
-STP Gateway
-Screen for online equity quotes
-Payment Gateway
-Market Information
-Mutual Fund Analysis Data
-CCIL Platform
-Weather Data
- The ImV shall
between the Comp
providers
- ImV shall int
accessible applica
application (as de
the applications
Section 8.1)
- Payment Gatewa2nd year (from the
along with the
Processing System
Licenses -Database License
-Reusable Components
-Off the Shelf Software
-Antivirus
-Email-GIS (Geographical Information
System)
-Any other License
- ImV shall provid
License Certificate
applicable) to AIC
- Licenses shall be
- ImV shall provisoftware for the
AICNET
- Licenses shall
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applicable) on a
basis
Training /
Change
Management
-Collateral Development
-IT Department Sensitization
Training
-Training to Nodal banks and
intermediaries
Refer Section 8.10 ImV shall under
interventions as p
objectives, and inc
and end-user staf
stakeholders in its
Managed IT
Services
IT Support Desk -The ImV shall p
from the Go-L
Application to be
and cumulatively they go-live, upt
Warranty period o
- The services
stabilization, hard
administration,
database administ
resolution
-ImV shall coordissues related to an
under the scope of
- ImV shall provi
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Head Components Area Description of scop
logging and status
under the scope of
-The Managed IT
through an equipp
HO.
-At ROs, the Im
services from its ow
IT Infrastructure Management -Hardware
maintenance
-System
Administration-System Security
Administration
-AIC Office
connectivity and
end-user problem
resolution.
ImV shall take
Infrastructure at A
any user issues re
the duration of the- At present, AIC
Hardware (appro
nos of Compaq P
Compaq PIII based
based Desktops, 1
based Desktops, 1
based Laptops, 30
one Printers, 55 Matrix Printers (13
5 nos of 2 KVA U
100 nos of HP Co
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Head Components Area Description of scop
16 nos of Dell Co
some of the DM
ones, UPSs etc. are
date.
-SEVOTTAM The ImV shall be
of all components
conflict with the pr
The ImV shall p
necessary for certif
The ImV shall faci
through the entire
Since Sevottam en
activities (and h
separate Sevottam
However, the abov
the final sign-off p
Documentation Security Policy for
Ensuring standards -Roll out of the Sec-Pre-Audit of the S
Certifications
Support
-ISO 27001
Support for The ImV shall faci
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certification through the enti
Expected jobs-
Accreditation Age
(if any) and arrang
Warranty Solution Warranty -The ImV shall w
overall Solution s
from the design o
any act of omission
-This Warranty
tuning, optimizing
to serve its intentApplication. The
up to the Sign-Off
from the last G
Application, OR t
whichever is later.
Note1: ImV shall submit an Inception Report after signing of the contract detailing th
Structure, agreed Scope, Work Breakdown Structure, Project Plan, Deliverables, MilestonesRisk Management Plan, Communication Plan, various templates to be utilized for project repo
effect the framework for successful execution of the project AICNET.
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Note 2: Licenses and Intellectual Property Right (IPR)
-Source Code, Documentation, executables, Usership Rights, etc. of all the Applications / Com
AIC shall be the IPR of AIC.
-All Components such as DLLs / APIs / executables for which source code cannot be providfor successful operation of AICNET shall be provided to AIC with perpetual usage rights.
-ImV shall ensure that the licenses of all the software required for running AICNET be in the n
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5.2 General Principles of Solution Design1. ApplicationThe Applications described shall be web-enabled unless specified otherwise. This
suggested Design takes into account the following advantages of web
applications over traditional applications:
a. End-user does not need to install any softwareb. Platform independence, only a web browser requiredc. Easy version management - newer versions & updates are easily installed
on the server, rather than on each individual computer
d. A central server processes all user-transactionse. Anywhere-Access - Applications are accessible from within the AIC
organisation as well as anywhere else.
f. The design of the Application should follow the N Tier Architecture withseparate layers for Presentation, Business Logic, Database, etc.
g. The security of the data transfer should be ensured through encryption.2. UsabilityA critical success factor for AICNET is a simple, intuitive user interface. It must
be noted that a majority of the users (external users) of AICNET may have just abasic familiarity with computers, and the user interfaces must be designed
accordingly.
a. For Applications meant primarily for office environment, user-interfaceshould be rich and interactive.
b. For applications to be used in rural settings over a low bandwidthconnection, the pages served to the user should be in small size.
c. Response time of web pages should be fast even for low bandwidth users asdefined in this Tender (Section 5.7).
d. Page elements that require additional downloads (not included on astandard web browser) should be avoided and in any case restricted for
those applications that are likely to be accessed from low bandwidth
locations.
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3. Touch PointsThere will be three new touch points between AIC and its various stakeholders,
in addition to the current physical offices:
a. Web based interaction: This is the primary means of interaction withstakeholders. System functionality is planned around a web portal.
b. Voice based interaction: Capability will be established so that stakeholdersinformation needs may be satisfied over the telephone with the assistance of
voice based support. The following services will be available over the
telephone ideally by dialing a toll free number or local number. The key to
success in a voice interaction model is tightly defining the set of services thatare offered and providing the voice support staff with the relevant
information to provide that service.
Sales Information: Product information (scheme structure, cost, benefits)relevant to the end customer (Farmer) and to the intermediary will be
available over the telephone. The nearest point of sale of the product (bank
branch, e-choupal etc) to the customer will be available.
End customer servicing information: The farmer may call up the call centerto get updated information on the current status of his policy if the policy
is in force and complete in all respects, claim accrued as on date, scheduled
payout dates etc.
Intermediary servicing information: The intermediaries such as e-choupalrepresentatives or bank representatives can call to enquire about the
payment of commission.
Claim related information: The farmer may call to confirm details of theclaim due to him and to which bank account it was electronically creditedwith the credit date.
Grievance redressing: In case any of the requests from intermediaries andfarmers cannot be tackled at the first level of voice based support, they
would be escalated to be taken up by an AIC official as defined by an
escalation matrix.
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Information elicitation: The voice channel will also be used for elicitinginformation from stakeholders. For instance in the planned redesign of
forms a two step information gathering procedure is envisaged. The
detailed information could be taken from the farmer over the telephone.
Similarly if there is an operational issue or missing information from an
intermediary that can be resolved over the telephone, a ticket may be raised
for a voice support executive to track and resolve the issue.
Internal Stakeholder needs: Voice support may also be provided to internalstakeholders for a limited set of routine services such as finding out about
HR issues, or opening a ticket for IT support.
c. SMS based interaction: All sms communication will be in English.Sales Channel: AICNET will receive inbound SMSes from farmers and respond
with a message on how to get in touch with AIC nearest intermediary outlet,
website address and be optionally be followed up by a call. This is will serve as a
first point of contact for the end customer. AIC would advertise a number to sms
on for more information in their print, poster and TV ads. Schemes could be
directly advertised in specific areas to the database of farmer mobile numbers so
built up.
Information Channel for Intermediaries: Intermediaries would be able to receive
a defined set of information via sms-on-demand services. For Example:
By smsing commission an intermediary would receive
his total outstanding commission amount and last amount paid.
Information Channel & Policy Renewal: Farmers would be able to renew existing
policies or gain information about their policies via sms. For Example:
By smsing [renew] a farmer would be sentpolicy details and allowed to renew the policy. Such a system is envisaged to be
piloted.
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4. Local Language interfaceThe interface (website only) offered by various applications to external users
such as the interface of the underwriting system, should be available in a local
language in addition to
English. There are 22 official
languages included in the
eighth schedule of the
Constitution of India (Article 344(1) & 351). The languages to be implemented are
specified above.
5. Map based ReportsMap based reports should be incorporated for relevant applications through GIS.
6. IT Support DeskIT Support desk facilities will be provided by the ImV to enable effective support
to users in their interactions with the solution. The ImV shall setup the IT
Support Desk to provide the information and service status tracking facilities to
users.
All interactions with user will be assigned a ticket number and the number willbe made available to the user along with the identification of the agent without
the client having to make a request in this regard, at the beginning of the
interaction.
All interactions will be noted on system. The transactions shall also bemonitored both on line and off line - on a statistically appropriate sampling
basis to assess service level as well as delivery effectiveness and for providing
training/ feedback to agents.
All complaints/ grievances of user will be recorded and followed up forresolution if necessary in coordination with departments. The user will be kept
informed of the progress of resolution and the final resolution.
Senior members of the IT Support Desk team shall contact the user on needbasis.
Solicit user satisfaction level from the user in call.Conduct the user satisfaction surveys.
Assamese Oriya Urdu Kannada
Punjabi Gujarati Tamil Telugu
Bengali Marathi Malyalam English
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The IT Support Desk shall be available during working hours on all workingdays of AIC.
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5.3 Network Architecture
The suggested network architecture for AICNET is depicted below:
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Figure 1: AICNET Network Architecture
AIC Head Office (HO) and the 17 Regional Offices (RO) at present are
envisaged to be connected securely via broadband to the Internet. While
broadband Internet connections will be sufficient to run AICNET at the ROs, a
leased line connection is recommended between the HO and the Server Hosting
Setup, especially to ensure high performance for the top management
dashboards. AIC Offices shall be connected securely to the internet, protected by
firewalls with Intrusion Prevention Systems.
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Customers, Intermediaries, Payment Gateway, SMS gateway, IVRS gateway are
envisaged to be connected to AICNET over the internet. ImV shall be solely
responsible for connecting AIC offices to AICNET Server Hosting Site.
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5.4 Security ArchitectureSecurity is fundamentally about protecting assets. Assets may be tangible items,
such as a web page or AICs customer database or they may be less tangible,
such as the company's reputation which may be affected due to a security
incident.
Information security means protecting information and information systems
from unauthorized access, use, disclosure, disruption, modification, or
destruction.
AICNETs information security needs can be broken down into the following
categories:
1. Hardware Infrastructure
a. Internal Desktops, Laptops, Network Equipments (switches & routers),
b. External Servers (Web Server, Application Server, Database Server, email
Server)
2. Dataa. Application Code
b. Master Data
c. Transaction Data
Assumptions
The defined Security Architecture depends on the following assumptions:
1. AIC is responsible for the security at AIC HO and AIC RO (and also for theserver hosting facility if owned by AIC)
2. AIC is not responsible for provisioning & maintenance of hardware and
connectivity to all external stakeholders (channel partner locations, Nodal Bank,
PACS/Branch, e-Kiosk, Intermediary, Individual Farmers etc)
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BS7799 / ISO 27002 Security Standards
The latest standard in the series is BS7799-3, Guidelines for Information Security
Risk Management. BS7799-3 covers the major aspects of the ISO security
standard ISO/IEC 27002:2005- Information technology - Security techniques -
Code of practice for information security management. AIC may choose to
comply with BS7799-3 by undergoing a security audit once its systems are in
place. The first step to compliance is to establish a comprehensive Information
Security Policy at AIC. The company needs to ensure the confidentiality,
integrity, and availability of both vital company information and customer
information.
The security architecture described below is the first step in preparing a fullfledged Security Policy covering all applications, and functions within the
organization. Complete compliance to the ISO standard covers the following 12
areas:
1. Risk Assessment
2. Security policy
3. Organization of information security - governance of information security
4. Asset management - inventory and classification of information assets
5. Human resources security - security aspects for employees joining, movingand leaving an organization
6. Physical and environmental security - protection of the computer facilities
7. Communications and operations management - management of technical
security controls in systems and networks
8. Access control - restriction of access rights to networks, systems, applications,
functions and data
9. Information systems acquisition, development and maintenance - building
security into applications10. Information security incident management - anticipating and responding
appropriately to information security breaches
11. Business continuity management - protecting, maintaining and recovering
business-critical processes and systems
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12. Compliance - ensuring conformance with information security policies,
standards, laws and regulations
Physical Security
The security issues related to Hardware can be addressed through employing
measures of Physical Security such as:
1. Access Control
Access to hardware infrastructure should be restricted to authorized users only.
Different hardware components need to be grouped based on the group of
intended users. Servers need not be accessible to every employee in theorganization. Only an authorized group of users need to access servers. Access
rights need to be defined for every hardware asset class.
2. Surveillance
Physical as well as electronic surveillance through measures such as Closed
Circuit Television (CCTV) surveillance needs to be employed to monitor the
exceptions from expected behavior in people. Any exception needs to be
identified and tackled according to possible impact on the security scenario.
Data Security
Security of data in transit over the network will be ensured at two levels.
Application Level
Network Level
Measures for Application Level Security comprise of features built in the
Applications (e.g. Underwriting & Claim Processing System) used generationand processing of transactional data. Features such as those listed below must be
ensured for Application Level security.
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Input Validation Features must be built in the developed application to
ensure validation of its input to avoid exploits like buffer overflows or sql
injections.
Authentication Application functionalities and databases must be accessible
establishing authenticity of the user. System must be able to contain risks such as
brute force attacks, dictionary attacks, credential theft, network eavesdropping
and cookie replay.
Authorization Application functionalities should be selectively available to
users with appropriate authorization. This is required to avoid data tampering
and disclosure of confidential data.
Session management Application must securely maintain sessions. At any
point of time, only one session per user should be maintained. This reduces the
chances of scenarios such as session hijacking, session replay or eavesdropping.
Cryptography Developed applications must store and transmit data in
encrypted form by employing strong cryptography algorithms.
Exception Management Exception management needs to be an important
feature of the developed application software. Exceptions can be generated by
malformed data, infrastructure or connectivity issues, ill formed business rules,
etc.
Auditing and logging All transactions must be logged and audit trail
maintained. This can help set the responsibility for every action including which
have resulted in unwarranted or unwanted ones.
Layered Approach
A layered security approach has been adopted while designing the Network
Level Security Architecture for AIC. The layered approach is both a technical
strategy, deploying adequate measures be put in place at different levels within
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the network infrastructure, and an organizational strategy, requiring buy-in and
participation from the senior management down to the operations level. The
layered-security approach centers on maintaining appropriate security measures
and procedures at three different levels within the IT environment.
Host Level
Security
Perimeter LevelSecurity
Internal NetworkLevel Security
Security Levels
INTERNET
Database
Server
Webserver ApplicationServer
End User
(Farmer/ Intermediary)
Payment GatewayDisaster Recovery Center
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Figure 2: AICNET Security Architecture
Security level Security Applicable security measures
1. Perimeter Firewall
Network-based anti-Virus
VPN encryption
IPS/IDS
2. Internal Network Intrusion detection /prevention system (IDS/IPS)
Firewall
Network access control
Access control /user authentication
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3. Host Host IDS
Host vulnerability assessment (VA)
Network access control
Anti-virusAccess control/user authentication
Perimeter Security
The perimeter should ideally consist of well configured firewalls and a set of
strictly controlled servers located in a portion of the perimeter referred to as the
DMZ (demilitarized zone). A DMZ typically contains the Web servers, email
gateways and network antivirus etc. that need access to the Internet. Presence of
DMZ provides an additional layer of security to the existing setup safeguarding
internal network from external attacks. While the server perimeter will be
secured by the hosting service provider, AIC would need to secure its own
perimeter.
The firewall must have strict rules about what can enter inside the network as
well as rules about how machines in the DMZ can interact with the Internet,
third party and the inside network. The technologies that provide security at the
perimeter level are firewall, gateway level anti-Virus, and IPS and VPNencryption etc. which need to be implemented.
In order to ensure uninterrupted Internet services it is recommended to deploy a
redundant link; preferably another link should be procured from different
service provider in order to achieve redundancy at service provider level.
Additional link can also be used for load balancing purpose for growing
numbers of internet users at AIC.
Network SecurityThe internal network includes desktops & servers and point-to-point connections
to remote offices. The technologies that provide security at the network level are
Intrusion detection /prevention system (IDS/IPS), firewall, network access
control & access control /user authentication.
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Host Security
Certain parameters which include registry settings, services (applications)
operating on the device, or patches to the operating system or important
applications should be appropriately set and maintained. The technologies that
provide security at the host level are host IDS/IPS, host vulnerability assessment
(VA), patch management, network access control, anti-virus, access control/user
authentication etc. which need to be implemented on a need basis.
Detailed Recommendations for Security Architecture
Firewalls
It is recommended to implement firewall in high availability mode; to ensureuninterrupted connectivity to Internet services. Firewall can be configured on
failover mode in order to eliminate manual intervention in case of failure of
primary firewall. Firewall shall be configured to block all unneeded services/
ports. Logging must be enabled on the firewall; this will help in analysis of
suspected events/ activities. Remote administration of firewall shall be strictly
controlled by port level authentication also same shall be guided by strict change
control mechanism; whereby vendor shall be allowed to modify only approved
changes. Every administrator shall be configured separate account with requiredprivilege levels. Backup of firewall configuration shall be stored on to a secure
media.
Redundancy
All critical systems, devices and links which can become single point of failures
leading to business loss should be configured in a redundant mode to provide
high availability. Redundancy is must, but not limited to the below list
Firewalls
Internet Links
Routers (Internet, WAN etc.)
Core, other critical Switches
NTP Server
Syslog Server
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Authentication, Authorization and Accounting (AAA)
AAA system should be implemented for all critical systems & devices in the AIC
network. This will ease the authentication and authorization process and also
help to maintain accountability of actions done by users.
Two-Factor Authentication
Two-Factor or Strong Authentication mechanism should be enforced for all
critical systems, devices and users. A proper solution / product should be
worked out based on integration factors, user friendliness, features etc. The AAA
system integrated with the Two-Factor Authentication solution will help in
enhancing security.
Systems & Devices:
Two-Factor authentication is a must, but not limited to the following devices /
systems.
Security Devices: Firewalls, Intrusion Detection / Prevention Systems, etc.
Networking Devices: Routers, Switches, etc.
Crucial Servers: Database etc
Critical Users:
Two-Factor authentication is a must, but not limited to the following types of
users.
Senior Management: Accessing critical information via Internet or shared
networks
Business Users: Critical Business users accessing critical data
Administrators: Sys admins, Security Admins, Network Admins, DBAs, etc.
Third Party / External Users: e.g. Vendors accessing critical information fromAIC network
Intrusion Detection and Prevention Systems
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It would help monitoring, detecting and preventing malicious traffic. AIC can
also consider installing Host based Intrusion Detection Systems (HIDS) on
critical systems (wherever possible) in the network. Signature updates for the
same shall be done regularly.
Access Control
Access to data, systems, servers, and devices should be made available based on
business requirement and on a need to know basis only. Strict access controls
should be deployed at the network and application layers. This can be achieved
by implementing Access Control List (ACL) on switches and routers, policies on
firewalls