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Request for proposal (RFP)

Empanelment of Vendors for

Printing of offset and variable data

printing Activities

for IDBI BANK LIMITED

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Disclaimer

This Request for Proposal (RFP) document has been prepared solely for the purpose of

inviting bids from service providers / Vendors for empanelment in the Bank for various

printing jobs, including offset and variable data printing (VDP) activities as mentioned in the

Scope of Work.

The information contained in this (RFP) document or information provided

subsequently to Bidder(s) or applicants whether verbally or in documentary form by or on

behalf of IDBI Bank Limited (“IDBI Bank/ the Bank/ Purchaser”), is provided to the

Bidder(s) on the terms and conditions set out in this RFP document and all other terms and

conditions subject to which such information is provided.

This RFP document is not an agreement and is neither an offer nor

invitation to offer. This RFP is to invite proposals from applicants who are

qualified to submit the bids (hereinafter individually and collectively referred

to as “Bidder/Service Provider” or “Bidders/Service Providers”

respectively for the purpose mentioned above The purpose of this RFP is to provide

the Bidder(s) with information to assist the formulation of their proposals. This RFP does not

claim to contain all the information each Bidder may require. Each Bidder may conduct its

own independent investigations and analysis and is free to check the accuracy, reliability and

completeness of the information in this RFP. Bank makes no representation or warranty and

shall incur no liability under any law, statute, rules or regulations as to the accuracy, reliability

or completeness of this RFP. Bank may in its absolute discretion, but without being under any

obligation to do so, update, amend or supplement the information in this RFP.

The information contained in the RFP document is selective and is subject to updating

expansion, revision and amendment. It does not purport to contain all the information that a

Bidder may require. IDBI Bank does not undertake to provide any Bidder with access to any

additional information or to update the information in the RFP document or to correct any

inaccuracies therein, which may become apparent. IDBI Bank reserves the right or discretion

to change, modify, add to or alters any or all of the provisions of this RFP document and / or

the bidding process, without assigning any reasons, whatsoever. However, any such change

will be intimated to all Bidders on its occurrence. Any information contained in this RFP

document will be superseded by any later written information on the same subject made

available to all recipients by IDBI Bank at its website.

Information provided in this RFP is on a wide range of matters, some of which may

depend upon interpretation of law. The information given is not intended to be an exhaustive

account of statutory requirements and should not be regarded as a complete or authoritative

statement of law. IDBI Bank does not own any responsibility for the accuracy or otherwise for

any interpretation or opinion on law expressed herein. Further, IDBI Bank also does not accept

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liability of any nature whether resulting from negligence or otherwise howsoever caused

arising from reliance of any Bidder upon the statements contained in this RFP.

IDBI Bank may in its absolute discretion, but without being under any obligation to do

so, update, amend or supplement the information in this RFP. All information about IDBI

Bank and the proposed assignment furnished to the Bidder by IDBI Bank in the context of the

proposed assignment referred in this RFP document is to be considered as “Confidential

Information” and is to be kept strictly confidential.

IDBI Bank reserves the right to reject any or all the expression of interest / proposals received

in response to this RFP document at any stage without assigning any reason whatsoever. The

decision of IDBI Bank shall be final, conclusive and binding on all the parties. It may be noted

that notice regarding corrigenda, addendums, amendments, time-extensions, clarifications,

response to Bidders’ queries etc., if any to RFP, will not be published through any

advertisement in newspapers or any other media. Prospective bidders shall regularly visit

Bank’s website for any changes / development in relation to this RFP. Prospective bidders shall

regularly visit Bank’s website, www.idbibank.in for any changes / development in relation to

this RFP.

Bids not satisfying the procedure prescribed in the Bid document will be treated as

invalid and rejected summarily.

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Technical Empanelment of Vendors for various printing jobs of the Bank

Tender ref:– IDBI/CPU/TN/2020/35

Tender commencement date: – February 14, 2020

Tender closing date: – March 06, 2020 till 03.00 pm

Tender opening date: - March 07, 2020 @ 11.00 am

INDEX

Sr.

No.

Particulars Page No.

1 News Paper Advertisement 5

2 Tender Notice 6

3 General Information and Instructions 7

4 Tender Submission Process 9

5 Scope of Work

Annexure - I 12

6 Technical Empanelment Details 13

7 Application of Tender

Annexure – II 15

8 Prequalification Criteria - Offset and VDP

(Annexure III) 18

9 Terms and Conditions of Contract

(Annexure IV) 22

10 Service Level Agreement 30

11 Deed of Indemnity-Cum-Undertaking 47

12 Checklist for various documents / certificates to be submitted

(Annexure V) 51

13 Pre Contract Integrity Pact 52

14 Empanelment Form

(Annexure VI)

As per excel

file

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Central Processing Unit (CPU)

Annex Building, 3rd

floor,

Plot No.39/40/41,

Sector 11, CBD Belapur,

Navi Mumbai - 400 614.

EMPANELMENT NOTICE

Empanelment of Vendors for various printing jobs

Tender Ref :- IDBI/CPU/TN/2020/35 Date: February 14, 2020

Sealed tenders are invited from reputed Vendors / services providers for empanelment in the

Bank for various printing jobs including offset and variable data printing (VDP) for above

office. Last date for submission of tender is 03.00 p.m. on March 06, 2020. For further

details, please visit the Bank's website at www.idbibank.in

Sd/-

Deputy General Manager

Central Processing Unit

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IDBI Bank Limited

Central Processing Unit (CPU)

Tender Notice Ref No: IDBI/CPU/TN/2020/35

IDBI Bank proposes to prepare a panel of Vendors / service providers for providing various

printing services to the Bank. Sealed Tenders are invited from eligible Vendors / service

providers for the Empanelment of various printing jobs including offset printing and variable

data printing (VDP) Brief details of which is given in Annexure - III.

Interested Vendors / service providers may download the details of the tender document and

submit the same by dropping in the tender box kept for this purpose on 3rd Floor, Annex

Building, Plot No.39/40/41, Sector 11, CBD Belapur, Navi Mumbai – 400 0614 on or before

3:00 p.m. on March 06, 2020. The tender opening date is proposed on March 07, 2020 at 11.00

am. Tenders received by Courier / Post will not be accepted and will be rejected. Tenders not

satisfying the procedure prescribed in the tender document will be treated as invalid and

rejected summarily. Further, the Bank reserves the right to accept or reject any or all offers

without assigning any reason thereof. The decision of IDBI Bank in this regard shall be final,

conclusive and binding on all the Printers.

For further details/clarifications please contact:

Kunjan Pandya, 022-66700594

Email : [email protected]

Shri Vejay M Mane, 022-66700717,

Email : [email protected]

IDBI Bank Ltd.

Stationery Department – CPU

Annex Building, Plot No.39/40/41,

Sector 11, CBD Belapur,

Navi Mumbai – 400 0614

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General Information and Instructions

1. Background:

IDBI Bank is a company incorporated and registered under Companies Act, 1956 (1 of

1956) and a company within the meaning of Section 2 (20) of the Companies Act 2013

(18 of 2013) and a banking company under section 5 (c) of the Banking Regulation

Act, 1949 (10 of 1949) with CIN.:L65190MH2004GOI148838. The Bank is also a

Scheduled Bank as notified by the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) under the Reserve

Bank of India Act, 1934. The Bank is engaged in providing finance to industries and

conducting banking business

2. Purpose:

The purpose of this RFP is inviting bids from eligible Vendors / services providers/

bidders for empanelment in the Bank for various printing jobs including offset, variable

data printing (VDP), as detail in the Scope of Work is mentioned in Annexure - I.

3. Eligibility:

The Eligibility for the Bidder is more particularly described in Annexure III and IV

along with the Terms and Conditions.

4. General Instructions:

i. The Bid documents to be submitted in person at the office address specified herein.

ii. If a holiday is declared on any of the dates mentioned above, the bids shall be

received /opened on the next working day at the same timings specified above.

iii. All costs and expenses (whether in terms of time or money) incurred by the Bidder

in any way associated with or incidental to the preparation and submission of

response/Bids, including, but not limited to attendance at meetings, discussions,

demonstrations etc. and providing any additional information required by IDBI

Bank, will be borne entirely and exclusively by the Bidder. IDBI Bank shall in no

case be held responsible or liable for such costs, regardless of the conduct or

outcome of the bid process including but not limited to

cancellation/abandonment/annulment of the bidding process.

iv. The Bidder shall submit their offers strictly in accordance with the terms and

conditions of the Bid Documents. Any Bid, which stipulates conditions contrary to

the terms and conditions given in the Bid Documents, shall be rejected. Any

decision in this regard by IDBI Bank shall be final, conclusive and binding on the

Bidder.

v. The Bidder cannot quote for the services / project in part.

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vi. IDBI Bank reserves the right to alter, amend & modify the quantity of the above

mentioned items.

vii. The validity of the quote would be for 90 days from the date submission of Bid.

viii. The pre-bid meeting with the vendors would be conducted on 25th February, 2020

at 11.00 a.m. for resolution of any query at the end of the proposed bidder/service

provider.

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Procedure for submitting Tender

The Technical Bid shall be submitted in in cover which is to be sealed and put in a master

envelop super-scribing with the words "Tender for various printing jobs including offset

and variable data printing (VDP).

Cover

This Cover forming the Tender Bid should be super-scribed with the words "Tender for

various printing jobs including offset and variable data printing (VDP)” containing

following information / documents, duly addressed to the Deputy General Manager (CPU –

Administration Department), IDBI Bank Ltd., Navi Mumbai and be dropped in the Bid Box

placed on 3rd floor of Annex Building up to 03:00 pm on or before March 06, 2020. The Bids

received after the cut-off time will not be considered even if the EMD amount has been

remitted by the bidder in advance. Under no circumstances Bid should be sent by Courier / by

Post or to be handed over to any official of the Bank. IDBI Bank will not be responsible for

any tender received through courier / by post or hand delivery.

Documents / Information to be submitted :

a) Certified copies of Memorandum of Association, Articles of Association, Board

Resolutions, LLP Agreement, Self-attested copy of deed of partnership, based on the

constitution of the Vendors /providers.

b) Self-attested copies of GSTN and updated certificate issued in the name of the company

under Shops and Establishments Act.

c) Copy of PAN card.

d) List of establishments where the bidder is currently supplying stationery items with

information regarding name of the Organization, full address, Telephone number,

contact person, copy of Purchase order (along with order dates and value ) or

consolidated statement of invoices for last two years attested by the purchaser.

e) The Earnest Money Deposit amounting to Rs.2,00,000/- (Rupees Two lakh only) must

be deposited by demand draft / pay order from any scheduled commercial bank in favour

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of ‘IDBI Bank Limited’, payable at Mumbai) along with technical bid – it may be noted

that the EMD shall not carry any interest and that EMDs of the unsuccessful bidders

would be refunded within 90 working days after selection of the bidder for carrying

out the proposed assignment. The EMD of the successful bidder would be converted

into Security Deposit and shall not carry any interest and would be refunded after

satisfactory completion of the job or such extended period as may be decided by IDBI

Bank Ltd. at its own discretion. Tenders not accompanied with EMD’s receipt and

those received after due date as specified above will not be considered.

f) The relaxation of norms for startups and Micro and Small Enterprises (MSE) in

the Public Procurement, would be extended to the eligible tender as per The

Public Procurement Policy for Micro and Small Enterprises (MSEs) Order 2012

and other relevant orders/notifications issued by the Ministry of Micro, Small

and Medium Enterprises, Govt. of India. The tender registered as Micro and

Small Enterprise, will have to submit a valid certified copy of NSIC Registration

Certificate / Udyog Aadhar Renewal Certificate.

MSME registered with DIC/KVIC/KVIB/Coir board/NSIC/directorate of

Handicrafts and handloom or any other body specified by Ministry of MSME”.

Accordingly, NSIC/KVIC/DIC registration, if applicable, is mandatory to be

furnished by the Bidder for exemption from payment of EMD.

g) Technical specifications and samples of papers of reputed paper mills for selection

by the Bank; (with mill’s name and other specifications written thereon) and letter

from the respective mill that they are authorized distributors appointed by them.

h) Application for Tender duly signed by the authorized person(s) of the bidder.

i) The bidders must enclose the copy of terms and conditions duly signed by the

authorized person(s).

N.B. :-

1) It may be noted that tenders not accompanied by any one of the above documents or

satisfactory explanation thereof will be liable for rejection forthwith.

2) Documents mentioned above are to be submitted in serial order.

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All concerned may note that Technical Bid will be opened at 11.00 am on March 07, 2020 for

pre-qualification of the bidders.

a) Bidder shall satisfy pre-qualification criteria to qualify in the Technical Bid round.

b) The Bank does not bind itself to accept the lowest or any tender and reserves the right

to reject any tender without assigning any reason whatsoever. Any decision of the Bank

in this regard shall be final, conclusive and binding on the bidders.

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Annexure –I

Scope of Work:

Bank needs to carry out offset as well as VDP printing activities on an ongoing basis.

The scope of work would include printing and dispatching of Pre-printed stationery items for

its PAN India branches as well as printing and dispatching of letters to respective clients (as a

part of VDP job) as per instructions of bank or statutory authority. Offset printing includes

banking stationeries like forms, pads, booklets, etc. and marketing collaterals like fliers,

posters, danglers, etc. The Vendors would be expected to complete the assigned work within

the given timelines by maintaining quality as instructed by the Bank.

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Technical Empanelment Details

Procedure:

1. Sealed Bids along with all other documents should be submitted in a cover duly

super scribed with the words

“Tender for Empanelment of Vendors for various printing jobs.”

<<Vendor Company Name>>

and should contain the followings :

a. Annexure II (Tender Application duly filled and signed on letter head of the Vendor).

b. Duly signed copy of all pre-qualification criteria (Annexure - III) and the relevant

Annexure for which the Vendor is applying to be empanelled with the Bank, confirming

that the Vendor fulfills all the criteria as mentioned therein.

c. Signed copy of Terms and Conditions (Annexure - IV), accepting all the terms and

conditions mentioned thereon unconditionally.

d. Duly signed copy of Empanelment Form (Annexure - VI) thereby agreeing to abide by

the Terms and Conditions contained therein.

All the documents should be signed by a person or persons duly authorized to bind the Vendor

to this Bid Document. Certified copy of authority letter, power of attorney, board resolution etc.

should be enclosed wherever applicable. The person or persons signing this Tender Document

shall put their initial on all pages of this Bid Document,

Please refer the Annexure - V for checklist of the conditions to be complied with while

submitting the applications.

The sealed cover containing the Bid shall be addressed to the Deputy General Manager

(Tenders), CPU Department, Annex Building, Plot No.39/40/41, Sector 11, CBD Belapur,

Navi Mumbai – 400 0614.. Tender application should be dropped in Tender box kept for the

purpose on 3rd floor of above office in person on or before 03.00 pm of March 06, 2020. The

Bid received by India Post / Courier will not be accepted. Any bids received by the Bank

after the deadline for submission of bids prescribed by the Bank will be summarily

rejected and returned unopened to the Vendor.

The Bank reserves the right for carrying out amendments/ modification / changes including any

addendum to this Tender document. All the Vendors shall be notified of the amendment in

writing by email or fax or post, or the same may be hosted on IDBI Bank’s website

(www.idbibank.in) and all such amendment(s) shall be binding on the Vendors..

The Bidder shall bear all costs associated with or incidental to the preparation and submission

of the Tender and the Bank will in no case be held responsible or liable for these costs,

regardless of the conduct or outcome of the tendering process.

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The Bids shall be opened at 11.00 am on March 07, 2020 at IDBI Bank, CPU Department,

Annex Building, Plot No.39/40/41, Sector 11, CBD Belapur, Navi Mumbai – 400 0614 for

evaluation of the documents submitted by the bidder.

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(On the Letter Head of the bidder )

Annexure II

Application for Tender

The Deputy General Manager,

IDBI Bank Ltd.,

Central Processing Unit (CPU),

Annex Building, 3rd Floor,

Plot No.39/40/41,

Sector 11, CBD Belapur,

Navi Mumbai – 400 0614.

Dear Sir,

Technical Empanelment of Vendors for various printing jobs of the Bank

Tender No:- IDBI/CPU/TN/2020/35

1. Having read and examined all instructions, forms, terms, specifications, annexure in this

Bid Document and after carefully studying the same and also having understood the

implications, we hereby convey our absolute and unconditional acceptance to the same

and also apply / offer ourselves for empanelment of us as Vendor in conformity with

your requirements and the terms and conditions set for the same.

2. We confirm that we fulfill all the qualification criteria laid down herein to be empaneled

as a Vendor and we have necessary statutory permissions in place for undertaking and

providing the printing services to the Bank.

3. We agree to abide by this Tender as amended from time to time and it shall remain

binding on us.

4. We note that IDBI Bank Ltd reserve the right to

a. not to empanel the Vendor in case of Tender documents are not as per

requirement of bank and / or rejected by IDBI Bank due to any reason

whatsoever.

b. reject any and/or all offers without assigning any reasons thereof.

c. offer the same type of services to more than one Vendor.

We are also aware that the decision of IDBI Bank Ltd. shall be final, conclusive and

binding on us.

5. We declare that we have never been involved in providing services to any anti social

groups / outlaw organization and / or we have never been involved in any kind of fraud

/ legal cases arises out of fraud / illegal cases.

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6. We are enclosing the Pre Qualification Criteria and Terms and Conditions of the tender

(Annexure III and IV respectively) duly signed by authorized representative of our firm

/ company.

7. We declare that neither we nor any of our employees / directors has been barred from

providing the services as contemplated herein nor are we blacklisted by any public

sector banks, statutory or regulatory or investigative agencies in India or abroad.

8. We further declare that no legal proceeding(s) has / have been initiated and/or pending

or threatened against us which shall affect our ability to provide the printing services

that may be assigned by the Bank to us and no inquiry or investigation is pending or

threatened against us from any statutory regulatory and / or investigation agency.

9. We declare that the above information furnished by us is true and correct and also

confirm that in case of our empanelment with the Bank, we shall abide by the terms and

conditions stipulated by the Bank regulating such empanelment.

10. The details of our Firm/Establishment are as follows :

Sr. No. Particulars Details

1. Name of the Firm/Establishment:

2. Address:

Administrative/Regd. Office: [ ] Owned/[ ] Leased (if on lease please

mention the period………...)

3. Contact Person/s :

Telephone Numbers

E-mail id

3. Print Shop :

[ ] Owned/[ ] Leased (if on lease

please mention the period………...)

For multiple locations enclose

separate list of address along with

contact nos.

4. Constitution :

Proprietorship, Partnership,

Company, etc.

5. Date of Establishment :

(submit necessary proof)

____/____/_________

6. In the business since :

(submit necessary proof)

____/____/_________

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7. Applying for : 1. Offset Stationery printing [ ]

2. Variable Data Printing [ ]

We enclose the following Demand Draft issued In favour of IDBI Bank payable at Mumbai:

DD No.: XXXXXX Dated DD-MMM-YYYY for Rs. 1000/- (Rupees Ten thousand only) as

application fee of RFP issued by______________________________________________

DD No.XXXXXX Dated DD-MMM-YYYY for Rs. 2,00,000/- (Rupees two Lakhs only) as

EMD issued by_______________________________________________.

Dated this day of 2020

Signature :

In the Capacity of :

Duly authorized to sign the tender offer for and on behalf of

Note: To be provided on the letter head of the entity.

Signature of the authorized person ______________________________

Name of the signatory (in block capital letters) _____________________

Seal of the Vendor : _____________________ Date : __________________

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Annexure III

Pre Qualification Criteria

Offset Stationery and Variable Data Printing

Track record

The Vendor should be in business of printing for at least three years

with good track record, should not have any involvement in illegal

activities or financial frauds and capability to handle large volumes.

Financial standing

The Vendor shall be a profitable concern and shall have

minimum annual turnover of at least Rs.50 lakhs during each of the last

3 years (Audited Balance Sheet for the last 3 Financial Years, i.e.

2016-17, 2017-18 and 2018-19 to be furnished.

Application Money

(non refundable)

The Vendor should submit a Non Refundable Application money of

Rs.1,000/- must be deposited by demand draft / pay order from any

scheduled commercial bank in favour of ‘IDBI Bank Limited’, payable at

Mumbai . No tender shall be considered unless the Application money

is received. The Vendor hall be a profitable concern and shall have

minimum annual turnover of at least Rs.50 lakhs during each of the

last 3 years (Audited Balance Sheet for the last 3 Financial Years, i.e.

2016-17, 2017-18 and 2018-19 to be furnished.

Earnest Money

Deposit (EMD)

The EMD amounting to Rs.2,00,000/- (Rupees Two lakh only) must

be deposited by each bidder. EMD may be must be deposited by demand draft / pay order scheduled commercial bank in favour of

‘IDBI Bank Limited’, payable at Mumbai may be submitted along

with technical bid – it may be noted that the EMD shall not carry

any interest and that EMDs of the unsuccessful bidders would be

refunded within 90 working days (normal practice) after selection

of the bidder for carrying out the proposed assignment. The EMD

of the successful bidder would be converted into Security Deposit

and shall not carry any interest and would be refunded after

satisfactory completion of the job or such extended period as may

be decided by IDBI Bank Ltd. at its own discretion. Tenders not

accompanied with EMD’s receipt and those received after due date

as specified above will not be considered.

Printing locations

The location should be invariably in Mumbai / Navi Mumbai / Thane

(Distance of Vendor establishment locations from Navi Mumbai CPU

should not exceed 60 kms)

Printer

requirements

Web offset printing, four colour printing, sheet fed printing in four

colour and binding (centre pinned and perfect binding). Vendor with

less than 4 colour offset printing are not eligible for empanelment /

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apply under this tender.

VDP printing facility on normal letters / envelopes as well as in Inland

letter format.

Language Support Vendor should have facility of typesetting in English, Hindi and

preferably other regional languages. The Vendors must have “Akruti

XP” of Cyberspace Multimedia Ltd. to facilitate typesetting / printing

of Hindi version provided by Bank.

Designing / Mail

Merging capacities

The Vendor should have excellent designing capabilities using

computer software and good photographic / graphic resources for

producing high quality design concepts, colour schemes, layouts for

superior quality production.

The Vendor should have excellent software management team required

for VDP activity / mail merging of database in addition to excellent

designing capabilities using computer software and good photographic /

graphic resources for producing high quality design concepts, colour

schemes, layouts for superior quality production.

Clientele List Vendor should have provided in past (and preferably must also be

providing at present), the similar printing services to Banks, Financial

Institutions, Insurance Companies, Corporate etc.

The clientele list for offset printing should include at least 5 clients,

out of which minimum one client should be a bank.

The clientele list for VDP should include at least 3 clients, out of

which minimum one client should be a bank.

Volume of Business The volume of business should be of at least Rs.20 lakhs per year from

offset printing in last 2 years with good track record.

The volume of business should be of at least Rs.10 lakhs per year

from VDP in last 2 years with good track record.

Minimum two experience certificates (One must be from any bank)

from Banks, Financial Institutions, Insurance Companies, Corporate

etc. should be enclosed with tender applications.

Previously

terminated/debarred

from IDBI Bank,

refused to continue

contract, refused to

The Vendor who was awarded printing contract in the past by IDBI

Bank Ltd., but the contract was terminated during its service period due

to unsatisfactory performance or the Vendor not accepting printing

order at approved rates, will not be considered / empanelled.

A Vendor who was awarded the contract earlier but refused to

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sign the agreement

as given by the Bank

continue the contract/refused to sign the agreement as given by the

Bank will also be not eligible for this service contract.

Enlisted in negative

list by any PSB,

Govt. organization

The Vendor should not have been put in negative list by any public

sector bank / Govt. organization, for breach of applicable Laws or

violation of regulatory prescriptions or breach of agreement.

Litigation Self certification on litigations against the service provider.

Solvency Certificate Certificate of Financial Soundness from Bankers. The certificate should

clearly specify the word solvent along with net worth of business.

Binding Facilities The Vendor should have in-house facilities for “perfect binding” of the

consignment wherever required. Perfect binding shall mean binding

which, at the sole discretion of the Bank, meets the quality standards /

requirements set and communicated by IDBI Bank to the Vendor from

time to time.

Self Certification should be enclosed for above.

Storage of printed

materials

The Vendor will be required to print and store the materials at their

premises solely at their own cost and risk. The Vendor will be required

to dispatch the printed materials at the addresses provided by the Bank

in accordance with the orders that will be released by the Bank. The

Balance of printed material will be held in Vendor’s custody at

Vendor’s own cost and responsibility.

Dispatches The Vendor will be required to print and keep ready the entire quantity

for which the Bank places an order with the Vendor. However, the

Bank may require the Vendor to dispatch the printed material in smaller

lots, at same or different locations at same or different time, as may be

instructed by the Bank from time to time. Bills will be settled on the

basis of dispatches made and the same being received by the branches /

addresses specified by the Bank and not on the basis of quantity

printed. Further, no advance will be paid to the Vendors.

Infrastructure The Vendor should be carrying on the printing activity in its self owned

premises / in the premises granted on lease for considerably long

period. In case of leased premises, the lease period shall cover the

period of the contract granted to the Vendor for carrying out the

printing services contemplated herein.

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The Vendor should have internet connection, telephone, cell phone,

fax, e-mail IDs and any other latest modern communication facility

along with adequate data storage capacity.

We have read the above mentioned criteria and accept the same unconditionally.

Signature of the authorized person : ______________________________

Name of the signatory (in block capital letters) : _____________________

Seal of the Printer : _____________________ Date : __________________

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Annexure IV

Terms and Conditions of the Contract

1. The Successful Vendor should have establishment invariably in Mumbai / Navi

Mumbai / Thane (Distance of bidder establishments/locations from CPU, Navi Mumbai

should not exceed 60 kms)..

2. The tenure of empanelment will be for 3 years. IDBI Bank reserves the right to extend,

reduce and cancel the tenure of empanelment as per the performance of Vendor. IDBI

Bank also reserves the right to empanel more Successful Vendor and remove any / all

Vendor from empanelment in the intervening period. IDBI Bank will also have the

right to change the basic eligibility criteria at any time and also re-evaluate existing

empanelled Vendor.

3. The Successful Vendor should have internet connection, telephone, cell phone, e-mail

ids and any other latest modern communication facility along with adequate data

storage capacity.

4. The Successful Vendor will be required to print and store the material at their premises

and at their cost. Vendor will be required to dispatch to Bank Branches as per orders

that will be released by the Bank. The Balance of printed material will be held in

Vendor’s custody at Vendor’s cost and responsibility.

5. The Successful Vendor would be empanelled on a non-exclusive basis and the Bank

may empanel more than one Vendor for providing similar kind of printing services to

the Bank. Further, the Bank, at its sole discretion, may at any time without assigning

any reason remove the name of the empanelled Vendor from its panel.

6. Empanelment does not confer any right to claim work from the Bank. The Bank

reserves the right to call or to seek quotation rates from any / some or all of the

empanelled Vendors for any activity.

7. Empanelment of Vendors in the Bank’s panel of approved Vendors does not amount to

employment of the Vendor or any of its personnel or confer any right for an

employment in Bank and the Bank shall be free assign to printing work to any other

Vendor as per its choice.

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8. Empanelment on the Bank’s panel does not entitle to any benefits from the Bank except

the prices will be paid by the Bank to the Vendors in accordance with the printing order

that Bank may place with the Vendor.

9. Empanelment does not confer the right to use Bank's name or symbol or logo without

the written permission of the Bank or in accordance with the orders that may be placed

by the Bank with Vendor.

10. IDBI Bank shall seek rate quotations from the empanelled Vendors for various items

sought to be printed by IDBI Bank. Such rate should be inclusive of all cost except

GST. Any additional amount as tax, duty or cost will not be admissible and shall be

borne by the Vendors.

11. IDBI Bank shall seek rate quotations from the empanelled Vendors for various

stationeries to be printed. The volume of such stationeries to be printed will be based on

as and when the need arise. The Vendors should not refrain themselves from submitting

their quotes stating reason as low volume or any other reason that may affect the

tendering process. Submission of quotation and participation in the tender process is

expected by the empanelled Vendors.

12. The Successful Vendor shall confirm in the price quotation that the quoted cost is the

composite cost inclusive of all costs including, but not limited to designing, printing,

packing and delivery, storage facilities, etc. Further, the Successful Vendor shall not

claim any amount over and above the price quoted by it whatsoever including any

amount on account of taxes (except GST).

13. IDBI Bank reserves the right to reject any / all quotation(s) for any / all items received

from the Vendors and to resort to Reverse Auction. IDBI Bank may at its sole discretion

decide to not to invite any Vendor for such Reverse Auction. Decision of the Bank

shall be final, conclusive and binding on the Vendors.

14. Vendors invited for Reverse Auction will be apprised and trained on the Reverse

Auction process free of cost, by IDBI Bank before the actual bidding process. The

exact date and time of the Reverse Auction will be intimated to the short-listed Vendors.

No travel / conveyance expenses for training or for participating in Reverse Auction

will be paid / reimbursed by IDBI Bank

15. Dispatches to the stationery department at CPU will be at Vendor’s cost and the Bank

will not reimburse any charges for such dispatches. The Vendor need to bear the

charges for loading unloading for the dispatches made to stationery department, CPU.

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In respect of dispatches other than stationery department CPU, the courier agents

appointed by the Bank will pick-up the consignment from Vendor’

s premises. The Bank will settle the bills of couriers directly and Vendors shall submit

relevant documents copies / consignment details along with the bill.

16. IDBI Bank reserves the right to offer the same activity to more than one Vendor at a

time or as it deem fit.

17. IDBI Bank does not bind itself to accept the lowest or any tender and reserves the right

to reject all or any quotations or cancel the Tender without assigning any reason

whatsoever. IDBI Bank also reserves the right to re-issue the Tender without the

Vendors having the right to object to the re-issue.

18. IDBI Bank may allot the work to more than one Vendor on L-1 / negotiated rates and

in such case the total quantum of work shall be divided amongst the Vendors as per

requirement of IDBI Bank. In case more than one required Vendor opts for working on

L-1 / negotiated rates, the required number of Vendors shall be selected on the basis of

selection criteria decided by IDBI Bank and in such case decision of IDBI bank shall be

final and binding on the Vendors.

In the event of a tie between / among the bidders, the bidder with higher average

annual sales turnover in the last 3 years based on audited balance sheet shall

qualify as L1.

19. In case, successful Vendor(s) does / do not perform as per requirement, IDBI bank

reserves the right to offer the same work to any other Vendor or call for complete new

quotations from the empanelled Vendors.

20. The Vendor shall be responsible for inferior quality / bad printing / not matching

specification given to them at the time of calling quotation and shall be liable to

compensate IDBI Bank for the losses incurred as may be decided by the IDBI Bank Ltd.

Compensation, if any, may be recovered from the bills / security Deposit of the Vendor.

21. In case of non-acceptability of the printing material due to bad printing / inferior quality

printing not matching specification given to the Vendors at the time of calling

quotation, the Vendor shall be liable to repeat the work to the satisfaction of the IDBI

Bank, without any extra cost / payment / compensation, etc. Any decision taken by the

Bank as regards to the acceptability of the printing material supplied to the Bank shall

be final, conclusive and binding on the Vendor.

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22. IDBI Bank shall issue offer letters to the selected empanelled Vendor(s). The said

selected Vendor(s) shall be required to accept the offer letter within 7 days from the

date of its issuance. Failure to accept the offer within this period will result in

cancellation of the order. Upon acceptance of the offer letter, the successful Vendor(s)

shall be required to enter into an agreement with the Bank within 10 days of the

acceptance of the offer letter.

23. No escalation in rates on any account will be permitted during the contract period. No

increase in cost will be considered for any reason unless there is a major change in

number of pages / specifications. Any such decision will need to be taken mutually.

24. All admissible taxes and levies shall be deducted at source as per the applicable laws at

the time of settlement of bills, unless the vendor produces the certificates to the contrary

from the Income Tax authorities.

25. Conditional tenders, which stipulate conditions, contrary to the conditions given in the

tender document, will be summarily rejected.

26. Vendors shall be required to pack the printed articles in appropriate packaging / BOX

packing suitable for delivery through courier / post and place address labels of

destination appropriately. In case of poster printing and packaging, printing and tube

packaging prices have to be mentioned separately at the time of submission of quotes.

No additional payment will be made for packaging. Insurance charges if any, for

transporting printed items ordered by the Bank shall be borne by the Vendor. It shall be

the sole responsibility of the Vendor till the printed articles are delivered to IDBI Bank

in proper and good condition. IDBI Bank shall not be liable for any damages caused to

the materials ordered for supply in case of any accident or other incidents whatsoever.

27. In case of poster printing and packaging, printing and tube packaging prices have to be

mentioned separately at the time of submission of quotes. Insurance charges if any, for

transporting printed items ordered by the Bank shall be borne by the Vendor. It shall be

the sole responsibility of the Vendor till the printed articles are delivered to IDBI Bank

in proper and good condition. IDBI Bank shall not be liable for any damages caused to

the materials ordered for supply in case of any accident or other incidents whatsoever.

28. In case of delivery address is located other than the places situated in stationery

department CPU Navi Mumbai, the Bank’s appointed courier agents will pick the

consignments up from Vendor’s premises. The Bank will settle the bills of couriers

directly and Vendor shall give relevant document copies along with the bill.

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29. The Vendor shall arrange to collect Art work / CDs from office of IDBI Bank Ltd. (time

to be decided by IDBI Bank Ltd.) at their own expenses. Vendor should be required to

maintain storage device (CD, Pen drive, external hard disk, etc.) in order to collect the

data required to be printed.

30. The Bank follows the practice of printing the required quantity in one lot but dispatches

to the branches in small quantity. Bills should be raised based on dispatches made to

the branches and not on the basis of quantity printed. Consolidated bills should be raised

for all deliveries in a month and will be settled subsequently. One time job orders must

be executed within the period, as specified, while placing the order. No advance will be

paid.

31. In the event of any default or failure in printing / timely delivery or maintaining quality,

IDBI Bank reserves the right to take any necessary action including, inter alia,

deducting any amount as a penalty from the amounts due to the Vendor and also the

Bank may terminate the contract with such Vendor without giving any notice.

The Bank reserves the right to accept/reject any tender or to annul the bidding process

at any time prior to award of the contract, without assigning any reason thereof or

without incurring any liability to the affected bidder (s) or any obligation to inform the

affected bidder(s) of the grounds of Bank’s action. The Bank shall also have the right to

restrict the list of bidders to any number as deemed suitable. Bank also has the right to

reject all the applications and to go in for re-advertisement without assigning any

reason thereof. Any decision in this regard by Bank shall be final, conclusive and

binding on the Bidder.

32. The Bank reserves the right to terminate the contract any time during the tenor of the

contract period without assigning any reason thereof. In case of deficiency of services,

IDBI Bank reserves the right to terminate the contract with 15 days notice period.

33. IDBI BANK shall have the liberty to depute at any time on any working day during the

service provider’s working hours, its officials, representatives from regulators and/or

consultants to inspect and audit the printing facility, IDBI BANK's information and

Records in the service provider’s possession.

34. No advance will be paid for carrying out any type of job / activity.

35. IDBI Bank reserves the right to benchmark the rates to be offered for any items to be

printed. IDBI Bank also reserves the right to resort to reverse auction to finalize the

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rates to be fixed for any of the item respectively and for future items. Decision of IDBI

Bank in this regard would be final.

36. Payments shall be made by electronic mode only. It is advisable that the selected

Vendor may open an account with IDBI Bank and same should be mentioned on the

invoices. Otherwise, the Vendor may provide the required details of their other Bank

account to IDBI Bank for electronic mode (NEFT/RTGS) payments.

37. The Vendor shall inform the Bank by e-mail and other mode as decide by the Bank

about the dispatch of the printed material within a period of 24 hours from its dispatch

in the format as decided by the Bank from time to time..

38. IDBI Bank reserves the right to demand more information / documents / clarification

subsequent to opening of tender documents. Vendor(s) who fail to furnish the same in

stipulated time-frame may not be considered / debarred at the sole discretion of Bank.

39. All information provided by the Bank to the Vendor or its staff or agents should be

treated as confidential and they should not use, divulge or disclose such information to

any other person or party other than as permitted or required for the performance of

service.

40. The Vendor shall not misuse the logo, letter head and other stationery provided or

printed in the name of the Bank. The Vendor shall destroy all excess stationery /

letterhead on termination of this contract. Vendor shall also furnish a certificate to that

effect.

41. Printing of any of the stationeries may be started after approval of sample. Vendor shall

provide samples on email as well as physical samples to Bank Officials.

42. Sub-contracting the jobs assigned will not be permissible. In case it has to be sub-

contracted prior written permission of IDBI Bank must be taken.

43. The Vendor shall be responsible for recruitment and managing requisite manpower for

undertaking the jobs given to them. IDBI Bank will not be responsible / liable for any

issues / litigation in this regard.

44. Any legal disputes will be subject to Mumbai jurisdiction only.

45. In the event of the last date for the receipt of bids is declared a public holiday for IDBI

Bank, the bids will be received up to the specified time on the succeeding working day.

46. The bidder shall bear all costs associated with the preparation and submission of its bid

and IDBI Bank shall, in no case, be held responsible or liable for these costs, regardless

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of the conduct or outcome of the bidding process including cancellation or

abandonment of the bidding process.

47. The written offer of contract issued to the successful Vendor shall have to be accepted

by the Vendor in writing within 7 (seven) (normal practice) days from the date of issue

of the offer. Failure to accept the offer within this period will result in forfeiture of the

EMD and cancellation of the award.

48. In the event of any default like non-compliance of terms of service or delay in

providing the service or failure in printing or maintaining quality, the Bank reserves the

right to take any necessary action including, inter alia, deducting 5% as a penalty from

the amounts due (invoice amount) to the Vendor/s and also the Bank may terminate the

contract with such Vendor/s without giving any notice.

Any such recovery of penalty shall not in any way relieve the Bidder from any of its

obligations to complete the works / Services or from any other obligations and

liabilities under the Contract.

49. Successful Vendors / providers would be required to execute the legal documents i.e.

Contract Form / Service Level Agreement, Indemnity etc., with the Bank at Mumbai

only.

50. Integrity Pact –

IDBI Bank has implemented Integrity Pact (IP) and has appointed Independent External

Monitors (IEMs) for the IP in consultation with Central Vigilance Commission to avoid

all forms of corruption by following a system that is fair, transparent and free from any

influence / prejudice dealings prior to, during and subsequent to the currency of the

Contract to be entered into for the purpose of this RFP. The Bidder is required to

submit duly executed pre-contract Integrity Pact in line with Annexure as a pre-

requisite condition while submitting the bid.

51. Terms of delivery –

IDBI Bank Ltd. may request for staggered delivery. The items are to be delivered as per

specific delivery instructions from time to time. Bank will not reimburse any delivery /

conveyance charges, loading / unloading charges over and above the rates quoted by

the Vendor.

The rates quoted by the bidders shall be self-supportive and shall have no bearing on

the price and quantities of the other items to be ordered by the Bank. In case the

delivery is not made within the stipulated period and quality of the items does not meet

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our standards, IDBI Bank Ltd. shall have the right to cancel / reject entire / part order /

delivery.

52. Each page of the tender document shall be signed & stamped by a person / persons

authorized by the bidder / bidder entity.

53. The Vendor shall open and maintain an account with any branch of IDBI Bank Ltd. in

Mumbai/Navi Mumbai during the period of the contract.

54. This Tender document is not an agreement and is neither an offer nor an invitation to

offer by IDBI Bank. This Tender is to invite proposals from applicants who are

qualified to submit the bids (“Bidders”). The purpose of this Tender is to provide the

Bidder(s) with information and to assist them in formulation of their proposals (Bids).

IDBI Bank makes no representation or warranty and shall incur no liability whatsoever

under any law, statute, rules or regulations as to the accuracy, reliability or

completeness of this Tender.

We have read the above terms and conditions and accept the same

unconditionally.

Signature of the authorized person : ______________________________

Name of the signatory (in block capital letters) : _____________________

Seal of the Vendor : ___________________________________________

Date : _______________

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EMPANELMENT AGREEMENT /SERVICE LEVEL AGREEMENT

THIS AGREEMENT made and entered at Navi Mumbai on this........ day of .................

2020.

BETWEEN

IDBI Bank Limited, a company registered under the Companies Act, 1956 and a banking

company within the meaning of Section 5(C) of the Banking Regulation Act 1949, with

Corporate Identity No. L65190MH2004GOI148838 and having its Registered Office at IDBI

Tower, World Trade Center Complex, Cuffe Parade, Mumbai-400005 and its Central

Processing Unit (CPU) Department at 3rd Floor, Annex Building, Plot No.39/40/41, Sector 11,

CBD Belapur, Navi Mumbai – 400 0614 (hereinafter referred to as "IDBI Bank”, which

expression shall, unless repugnant to context and meaning hereof, mean and include its

successors and assigns) ON THE ONE PART ;

AND

…….. a proprietorship / partnership firm / company registered under the Indian

Companies Act 1956 and having its Registered Office at

………………………………….(hereinafter referred to as “Service Provider”, which

expression shall unless repugnant to the context or meaning hereof shall deem to include its

successors and assigns) on the OTHER PART;

IDBI Bank and Service Provider are hereinafter collectively referred to as “the Parties” and

individually as “the Party”, as the context may require.

WHEREAS:

1. IDBI Bank is in the business of banking and desires to outsource its various printing

jobs including Variable Data Printing and offset printing,-(hereinafter referred to “Services”)

for the said purpose, IDBI Bank vide, its Tender Notice No.IDBI/CPU/TN/2020/35 dated

February 14, 2020 had invited tenders from eligible Vendors / service providers to include

their names on IDBI Bank’s panel of service providers for providing Services.

2. The Service Provider is in the business of providing Services, amongst other activities,

and pursuant to the Tender Notice, the Service Provider had submitted its tender for including

its name on the IDBI Bank’s panel of service providers. The Service Provider emerged as one

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of the successful bidder for empanelment as one of the service providers for providing Services

to IDBI Bank.

3. The Service Provider agrees to perform the Services for any Order that is placed with it,

in the manner as prescribed herein or that may be prescribed from time to time.

4. IDBI Bank and the Service Provider agree that the following terms shall apply to any

Order placed by IDBI Bank with the Service Provider. In the said premises, the Parties hereby

enter into this Agreement to provide the Service(s), on the terms and conditions appearing

hereinafter.

1. DEFINITIONS

In this Agreement, the following terms shall have the following meanings and shall be

interpreted accordingly:

“Agreement” means this agreement, all documents attached hereto, Tender Notice and

any Order placed by IDBI Bank (along with the terms and conditions of such Order), as

amended from time to time.

“Applicable laws” means, with respect to any Person all laws, statues, treaties, rules,

regulations, determinations, orders, notification, writs, processes, decrees, injunctions,

judgments, or awards of an arbitrator, a court or any other governmental authority and all

governmental authorisations binding upon or applicable to such Person or to any of its

properties or asset.

"Confidential Information" means, (i) intellectual property information and

information relating to Intellectual Property Rights; (ii) technical or business information or

material not covered in (i); (iii) proprietary or internal information related to the current, future

and proposed products or Service(s) of the Parties including, financial information, process /

flow charts, business models, designs, drawings, data information related to products and

Service(s), procurement requirements, purchasing, customers, investors, employees, business

and contractual relationships, business forecasts, business plans and strategies, information the

Parties provide regarding third parties; (iv) information disclosed pursuant to this Agreement

and (v) all such other information which by its nature or the circumstances of its disclosure is

confidential.

“Good Industry Practice” means the exercise of degree of skill, diligence and prudence

which is expected from a highly skilled experienced and internationally recognised and reputed

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service provider engaged in the same type of undertaking engaged in similar activity under

similar circumstances and acting generally in accordance with the prevailing laws, rules,

regulations codes and industry standards.

“Order” means a statement of work, purchase order or an offer letter for availing

Services as specified in the said Order which is issued by IDBI Bank and is accepted by the

Service Provider within a period of 7 days from the date of its issuance. A statement of work,

purchase order or an offer letter so issued by IDBI Bank shall expire 7 days after its issuance,

unless extended by IDBI Bank in writing.

“Person” means any natural person, firm, corporation, company voluntary association

(incorporated or otherwise), partnership, joint venture, trust, limited organisation, unlimited

organisations or any other entity.

2. INTERPRETATION

i. The Tender Notice together with all Annexure as amended from time to time and

this Agreement, and the other related documents shall be deemed to form and be read

and construed as part of these presents. The Agreement supersedes any prior contract,

understanding or representation of the Parties on the subject matter.

ii. Time is of the essence in the performance of the Parties respective obligations, if any

time period specified herein is extended, such extended time shall also be of the

essence.

iii. Unless the context requires, word importing the singular shall include the plural and

vice versa.

iv. Reference to any Applicable Law includes a reference to such Applicable Law as

amended or re-enacted from time to time and any rule or regulation promulgated there

under.

v. Where a word or phrase is given a particular meaning it includes the appropriate

grammatical forms of that word or phrase which have corresponding meanings

vi. In case of any ambiguity / difference / conflict in the terms and condition of this

Agreement, Tender Notice and/or instructions given by IDBI Bank, the interpretation

/ decision of IDBI Bank as regards such ambiguity /difference / conflict shall be final

and binding upon Service Provider.

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3. OBLIGATION OF IDBI Bank :

a) IDBI Bank shall furnish to Service Provider the data / specifications for performance

of the Services on CDs / Pen drive / external hard disks or through email format or in

such other format as IDBI Bank may decide. Service Provider should be required to

maintain storage device (CD, Pen drive, external hard disk etc.) in order to collect the

data required to be printed.

b) IDBI Bank shall also provide the logo, design layout, etc. of the letters to be printed

before the commencement of printing.

c) IDBI Bank shall provide the information about the branches to the Service Provider in

advance. IDBI Bank as and when required shall send email communications for

updating the information. Service provider shall be required to update the information

on their end within the stipulated time.

d) In case, if the Service Provider requires any clarifications, then the same shall be

communicated to IDBI Bank in writing and obtain the required clarifications from

IDBI Bank before commencement of the Services.

e) IDBI Bank reserves the right to receive quotes / place the order to any of the other

empanelled Service Providers and the Service Provider herein is not entitled, as a

matter of right, to compel IDBI Bank for submission of quote / placing the order. The

decision of IDBI Bank in this regard is final and binding on the Service Provider.

4. SCOPE AND STANDARD OF SERVICES OF SERVICE PROVIDER

a) Service Provider will complete the Services in a manner and fashion as per terms and

conditions contained herein, in Tender Notice and the instructions given to them by

IDBI Bank from time to time.

b) Service Provider shall upon receipt of the printing data / specifications from IDBI

Bank, perform the Services in the manner specified at the time of placing the Order

and complete the same within a period specified by the IDBI Bank.

c) Service Provider shall provide to IDBI Bank the samples, on email as well as physical

samples, before printing the Order and obtain the written / e-mail concurrence of IDBI

Bank.

d) Service Provider should provide CD / DVD to IDBI Bank in PDF format for all

stationeries printed by it under any Order, with same serial and reference number as is

printed on physical format.

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e) IDBI Bank shall not be liable to accept any printed material which does not meet the

specifications prescribed by it. Further, IDBI Bank shall not incur any liability / costs

for such unaccepted printed materials.

f) The Service Provider shall ensure that the requisite numbers of stationeries required

under any Order are kept as base stock with him/her/it at his/her/its premise / godown

for a period of at least six weeks projected requirement (as will be intimated by IDBI

Bank).

g) The Service Provider will ensure that there are no discrepancies in the process of

printing and the printed stationery meets the specifications as received from IDBI Bank

and Service Provider shall also maintain the highest level of consistency and diligence

in the discharge of its duties and obligations under this Agreement.

h) The Service Provider shall ensure that the equipment to be used for performance of the

Services are maintained in good working condition.

i) The Service Provider shall ensure that in the course of usage, all errors related to print

work shall be rectified immediately at the cost of the Service Provider, so as to

facilitate minimal interruption of the printing process and performance of Services.

j) The Service Provider shall ensure that for the purpose of providing cost effective

services to IDBI Bank, it shall maintain the best quality standards, which will be

evaluated and approved by IDBI Bank from time to time.

k) The Service Provider will perform the Services in a manner as set out herein and the

Tender Notice and the instructions issued by IDBI Bank from time to time.

l) The Service Provider shall maintain list of names and details of staff who are

attending the work at their office and it should be made available as and when

required by IDBI Bank.

m) The Service Provider undertakes to ensure that it renders its obligations under this

Agreement to the satisfaction of IDBI Bank.

n) The Service Provider shall render all services as may be necessary and incidental to

fulfil its obligations under this Agreement. Further, all services necessary and required

to satisfactorily fulfil its obligations under this Agreement, shall be deemed to be

included in the scope of Services.

o) The Service Provider shall be responsible for bad printing / inferior quality of printing

not matching specification made available to him/her/it. Any decision taken by the

IDBI Bank as regards the acceptability of the Order (printed stationary) shall be final,

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conclusive and binding on the Service Provider. In case of non-acceptability of the

same, the service Provider shall be liable to repeat the work to the satisfaction of the

IDBI Bank, without any extra cost / payment / compensation, etc. to IDBI Bank and

shall further be liable to pay compensation to IDBI Bank at such rates as may be

decided by IDBI Bank.

p) In the event of any default or failure in performance of the Services by the Service

Provider (including but not limited to prompt delivery or maintaining quality), IDBI

Bank reserves the right to take any necessary action including deducting any amount as

a penalty from the amounts due to the Service Provider and also IDBI Bank may

terminate the Agreement without giving any prior notice.

q) The Service Provider will be required to print and store the material at his/her/its/their

premises and cost and will be required to dispatch to Bank Branches as per orders that

will be released by IDBI Bank. The Balance of printed material will be held in Service

Provider’s custody at Service Provider’s cost and responsibility.

r) Service Provider shall be required to pack the printed articles / stationeries in

appropriate packaging medium suitable for delivery through courier / post and place

address labels of destination appropriately. No additional payment will be done for

packaging. Insurance charges, if any, for transporting printed items ordered by IDBI

Bank shall be borne by the Service Provider. It shall be the sole responsibility of the

Service Provider till the printed articles are delivered to branches of IDBI Bank in

proper and good condition. IDBI Bank shall not be liable for any damages caused to

the materials ordered for supply in case of any accident or other incidents whatsoever.

s) In case of poster printing and packaging, printing and tube packaging prices have to be

mentioned separately at the time of submission of quotes. Insurance charges if any, for

transporting printed items ordered by the Bank shall be borne by the Vendor. It shall be

the sole responsibility of the Vendor till the printed articles are delivered to IDBI Bank

in proper and good condition. IDBI Bank shall not be liable for any damages caused to

the materials ordered for supply in case of any accident or other incidents whatsoever.

t) Service Provider shall take utmost care in providing services and shall ensure that that

printed material for the IDBI Bank shall not be misused, misplaced and/or handed over

to other entities intentionally or by mistake and Service Provider shall be responsible

for any such misuses in this regard.

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u) The Service Provider should have internet connection / telephone / cell phone / fax / e-

mail IDs and any other latest modern communication facility along with adequate data

storage capacity.

5. CONSIDERATION

IDBI Bank shall seek rate quotations from the empanelled Vendors and service providers

before placing any Order. Such rate should be inclusive of all cost except GST. Any

additional amount as tax, duty or cost will not be admissible and shall be borne by the

Service Provider.

IDBI Bank reserves the right to benchmark the rates to be offered for any items to be

printed

The Service Provider shall confirm in the price quotation that the quoted cost is the

composite cost for the performance of Services inclusive of all costs including but not

limited to designing, printing, packing & delivery and storage facilities etc. Further, the

Service Provider shall not claim any amount over and above the price quoted by it

whatsoever including any amount on account of taxes (except GST).

A. As consideration for the Services, IDBI Bank shall pay to the Service Provider as

follows:

a. Price as agreed from time to time with respect to any Order. All such prices and

special conditions mutually agreed afterwards shall also become part of this

Agreement.

b. The Service Provider may open an account with the specified Branch of IDBI

Bank and all the payments to be made by IDBI Bank under this Agreement shall

ordinarily be routed through the said account. Otherwise, the Vendor may

provide the required details of their other Bank account to IDBI Bank for

electronic mode (NEFT/RTGS) payments.

c. The bill will be paid for all the items supplied as per the mutually acceptable

standards during a month.

B. In case IDBI Bank decides to make payment for Services (or other payment, if any)

through Pay Order / Cheque, such Pay Order / Cheque shall be drawn only in the name

of the Service Provider and not in any other name including that in the name of sister

concern/associate company.

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C. Such payments shall be made by IDBI Bank to the Service Provider within 30 days of

the receipt of the bills from the Service Provider.

D. All payments shall be made subject to the deduction of taxes at source as per applicable

laws prevailing at the time of each payment unless the Service Provider produces the

certificates to the contrary from the Income Tax authorities.

E. IDBI Bank reserves rights to dispute/deduct payment/withhold payments/further

payment due to the Service Provider under this Agreement as penalty, if the Service

Provider has not performed or rendered the Services in accordance with the provisions

of this Agreement, if there are lapses on the part of the Service Provider in printing etc.

or if there is deficiency of Services on the part of the Service Provider. In the event

IDBI Bank disputes payment, IDBI Bank will inform the Service Provider in writing,

and the Parties will attempt to settle the payment dispute amicably. If the Parties agree

that the Services were not performed in accordance with this Agreement, then such

disputed payment, if any, shall – (i) if already paid by IDBI Bank to the Service

Provider be refunded by the Service Provider , and (ii) if payable or outstanding, shall

cease to be so payable or outstanding.

F. In respect of Order pertaining to Variable Data Printing, all payments will be done only

two months after satisfactory completion of the Services (or part thereof) and receipt of

confirmation and proper invoices from the Service Provider. Further, postage charges

will be paid directly to the concerned post office on actual basis or to the service

provider on actual basis after submission of Reimbursement Bill with Original Postal

Challans.

G. At the time of billing, the Service Provider would be required to provide a certificate

that the Services or part thereof has been performed in accordance with terms and

conditions governing such Services.

H. No increase in agreed prices will be considered for any reason unless there is a major

change in number of pages / specifications. Any such decision will need to be taken

mutually and prior written concurrence from IDBI Bank has to be taken by the Service

Provider.

6. REVIEW OF OPERATION OF THE SERVICE PROVIDER BY IDBI BANK

a) IDBI Bank shall be entitled to depute one of its employees with the requisite authority

(“IDBI Bank employee”) to review the operations of the Service Provider from time to

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time with a view to ensure that the Services are performed by the Service Provider in

accordance with the terms and conditions governing such Services..

b) The Service Provider shall cooperate with the IDBI Bank employee for any assistance

he/ she may require for the inspection and review. However, this does not dilute the

responsibility of the Service Provider to comply with all the provisions of this

Agreement/Tender Notice/ instructions issued by IDBI Bank from time to time.

7. REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES

The Service Provider represents and warrants that :

a) The Service Provider is a proprietorship / partnership firm / company registered under

the Indian Companies Act, 1956 duly organized and validly existing under the laws of

India and the Service Provider has full authority to enter into this Agreement and to

execute, deliver and perform all of its obligations hereunder according to the terms

hereof.

b) The Service Provider has the requisite experience, licences, permissions, approvals,

expertise, qualified manpower and other requisite resources to provide the Services

and hereby represents and warrants that the Services provided hereunder shall at all

times strictly conform to the requirements of this Agreement as set out herein; Service

Provider warrants that the Services provided hereunder shall confirm to the

requirements of this Agreement.

c) The execution, delivery or performance by the Service Provider, of the Agreement shall

not contravene constitutional documents of the Service Provider.

d) The Service Provider has full power and authority to enter into this Agreement and to

take action and execute any documents required by the terms hereof and this

Agreement is enforceable in accordance with the terms hereof and the person(s)

executing this Agreement on behalf of the Service Provider is/are duly empowered and

authorized to execute this Agreement and perform all its obligations in accordance

with the terms herein.

e) The Service Provider warrants that there are no legal proceedings instituted or

threatened against the Service Provider before any court or administrative body or

arbitral tribunal which might adversely affect the ability of the Service Provider to

perform its obligations under this Agreement.

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f) Each of the representations is true and correct in all material respect as of the date of

signing and that none of them omits to state any matter which makes any of such

representations misleading in any material respect.

g) The Service Provider acknowledges that it has made the representations with the

intention of persuading IDBI Bank to enter into Agreement and that IDBI Bank has

entered into the Agreement on the basis of, and in full reliance on, each of such

representations.

8. OBLIGATIONS OF THE SERVICE PROVIDER

The Service Provider shall –

a. render the Services in a lawful manner.

b. perform and observe all rules and regulations as may be applicable from time to time,

while providing Services to IDBI Bank under this Agreement.

c. not to do or cause to be done anything which is prejudicial to the interest of the IDBI

Bank or whereby the business or reputation of IDBI Bank may be injured or damaged

or harmed.

d. maintain in full force and effect all applicable licenses, permits, registration and

permissions as may be required for the purpose of rendering the Services under this

Agreement and for matters incidental thereto.

e. engage requisite number of staff at its sole responsibility for rendering of the Services

in an efficient and timely manner and to supervise the work of staff while rendering

the Services. All employees/personnel, executives engaged by the Service Provider

shall be in sole employment of the Service Provider and the Service Provider shall be

solely responsible for their salaries, wages, statutory payments etc. Under no

circumstances, shall IDBI Bank be liable for any payment or claim or compensation

(including but not limited to any compensation on account of any

injury/death/termination) of any nature to the employees and personnel of the Service

Provider.

f. be solely responsible and liable for payment of salaries, wages, bonuses, payroll taxes

or accruals in respect of the staff engaged for delivering the Services under this

Agreement.

g. meet IDBI Bank’s personnel to discuss and review its performance and progress of the

Services under this Agreement as may be stipulated by IDBI Bank.

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h. to compensate IDBI Bank for any loss and / or damage caused to IDBI Bank as a

consequence of misconduct or negligence, forgery, fraud committed in person or in

collusion with the third party by all or any of Service Provider’s staff.

9. BANK’s COVENANTS

a) Data / specifications required for (printing of) any Order will be given in the

prescribed format and any errors / misprints arising out of such erroneous in file data

would be chargeable to IDBI Bank to the extent of the value (as may be agreed

between the parties) of stationery printed and delivered, however the Service Provider

shall do a double check and take all precautions before processing the data.

b) The scope of the work would initially be for the IDBI Bank branches on all India basis

as may be advised by IDBI Bank from time to time.

10. TERM AND TERMINATION

a) This Agreement shall commence on ……. ……… 2020 and shall continue and be in

force till …….. …… 2023. This Agreement can be extended with IDBI Bank

discretion, unless terminated earlier as per the clause below.

b) IDBI Bank shall be entitled to terminate this Agreement without assigning any reason

by giving 15 days notice in writing to the Service Provider for which no damages shall

be payable by IDBI BANK to the Service Provider.

The termination of this Agreement shall not affect the rights, remedies and obligations

of the Parties accruing prior to such termination.

The Service Provider shall upon termination of this Agreement forthwith hand over to

IDBI Bank all records / documents and any other property belonging to IDBI Bank

including any information given to the Service Provider pursuant to this Agreement.

The Service Provider, if so required by IDBI Bank, shall destroy all stationeries /

letterhead or any other articles on termination of this Agreement. Service Provider shall

furnish a certificate to this effect.

11. INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY RIGHTS

As a part of this Agreement, the Service Provider shall respect IDBI Bank’s intellectual

property rights including without limitation, patent, copyright, trade / service mark(s), trade

names(s), trade secret(s) and logos.

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a) Execution of this Agreement does not confer the right to use IDBI Bank's name or

symbol or logo without the written permission of the Bank or in accordance with the

Orders that may be placed by the IDBI Bank

b) The Service Provider agrees not to use or cause to be used the trade name, service

mark or trademark or logo or symbol, device, brand, heading, label, name, word, letter,

combination of colours or any combination thereof, or any other intellectual property

right owned by IDBI Bank , in any communication to a third party or otherwise

without explicit prior written permission from the IDBI Bank and further that the

Service Provider shall not claim any rights, title or interest in the same or any part of it.

c) The Service Provider hereby indemnifies and agrees to indemnify IDBI Bank in the

event of any misuse of trade name, service mark or trademark or logo or symbol,

device, brand, heading, label, name, word, letter, combination of colours or any

combination thereof, owned by IDBI Bank by the Service Provider or its staff.

d) The provisions of this clause shall survive the termination of this Agreement.

12. INDEMNIFICATION

The Service Provider agrees to indemnify, protect and save harmless IDBI Bank, its officers,

directors, agents and employees to the fullest extent, permitted by law, from and against any

and all actions, suits, claims, proceedings, costs damages and expenses or any loss of any kind

whatsoever in case of any misappropriation, negligence, omission, deficiency of services, non-

observance and non-performance of the terms and conditions of this Agreement or fraud on

the part of the Service Provider or its staff or agents who are handling these instruments. The

Service Provider shall bear all loss, in case of misappropriation, misuse or damage or fire

incident to the documents or any other security instruments which are in possession of the

Service Provider or its personnel or within the control of the Service Provider or its personnel

until such time they are handed over to IDBI Bank under proper acknowledgement.

In the event of IDBI Bank incurring any loss as stated above, IDBI Bank reserves a right to

withhold payments / further payments due to the Service Provider and adjust the same towards

the loss incurred by it and inform the same to the Service Provider. This provision shall

survive the termination of this Agreement.

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13. NON-EXCLUSIVITY

The arrangement contemplated in this Agreement is non-exclusive in character and either

Party is at the liberty to enter into similar contracts and arrangements with third parties in

respect of the transactions contemplated herein.

14. CONFIDENTIALITY

The Service Provider hereby agrees that all information provided pursuant to this Agreement

by IDBI Bank to the Service Provider is strictly confidential (including but not limited to the

data/specifications made available to the Service Provider or any information contained

therein or contents of stationery required to be printed) and proprietary to IDBI Bank and the

Service Provider or its staff, agents shall not use, divulge or disclose such information to any

other person or a third party other than as permitted by IDBI Bank in writing. The Service

Provider further agrees that such information shall not to be used for any purpose other than as

may be absolutely necessary for the due performance of the Service Provider’s obligations

under this Agreement and information to its employees, agents etc. shall strictly be disclosed

on need to know basis.

This clause shall survive the termination of this Agreement.

15. COMPLIANCE WITH LAW

The Service Provider shall comply with all Applicable Laws while undertaking the duties and

obligations as set out under this Agreement.

16. NON-ASSIGNMENT

The Service Provider shall not assign or sub contract any of its duties or obligations under this

Agreement to any other person or party without the prior written consent of IDBI Bank.

17. WAIVER

The failure of IDBI Bank at any time during the currency of this Agreement, to require

performance of any provision of this Agreement by the Service Provider shall in no way affect

the full right of IDBI Bank to require such performance at any time thereafter. The waiver by

IDBI Bank of a breach of any provision of this Agreement by the Service Provider does not

constitute a waiver of any succeeding breach of the same or any other provision, nor shall it

constitute a waiver of the provision itself.

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18. SEVERABILITY

If any provision of this Agreement shall be held to be illegal, invalid or unenforceable, in

whole or in part, under any enactment or rule of law, such provision or part shall to that extent

be deemed not to form part of this Agreement, but the legality and enforceability of the

remainder of this Agreement shall not be affected.

19. ARBITRATION

a) In the event of any dispute or difference of opinion between the Parties arising out of or

in connection with this Agreement or with regard to performance of any obligations by

either Party, the Parties hereto shall use their best efforts to settle such disputes or

differences of opinion amicably by mutual negotiation. However, if the same still

remains unresolved, then such dispute or difference in respect of this Agreement or the

subject matter thereof, shall be referred to a single Arbitrator acceptable to both the

parties for the decision. In case the Parties fail to agree upon a single arbitrator, then

each party shall appoint one arbitrator and the appointed arbitrators shall appoint a third

arbitrator and the dispute or difference in respect of this Agreement or the subject

matter thereof, shall be referred to the three arbitrators so appointed.

The arbitration proceedings shall be in accordance with the provisions of the Arbitration

Act, 1996 and any statutory modification/amendment made thereof. The award of the

arbitrator(s) shall be conclusive, final and binding and the place of arbitration shall be

Mumbai City . The arbitration proceedings shall be conducted in English. The cost of

the arbitration shall be borne by respective Parties including fees and expenses of the

arbitrators, unless the award otherwise provides.

b) Any Legal Dispute shall be subject to Mumbai city jurisdiction.

20. NON-PERFORMANCE OR DEFAULT :

IDBI Bank may terminate this Agreement, forthwith, upon written notice to the Service

Provider under the following circumstances:

a) If in the opinion of the IDBI Bank, the performance of the Services by the Service

Provider is not acceptable.

b) If there is a breach on the part of the Service Provider with respect to terms and

conditions of this Agreement, or

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c) If a petition of bankruptcy is filed by or against the service provider and such petition

is not vacated within ninety (90) days, or if the Service Provider makes an arrangement

for the benefit of its creditors, goes into liquidation or receivership, or ceases to do

business in a normal and customary manner.

d) If in the opinion of the IDBI Bank, the Service Provider and/or its employees fail to

keep confidential information pertaining to IDBI Bank in this regard.

e) Negligence on the part of the Service Provider in rendering the Services.

f) If in opinion of the IDBI Bank the Service Provider is not able to meet the service

standards as contemplated under this Agreement.

g) In the event the Services provided herein is/are in contravention of Applicable Laws or

in the event the Service Provider performs acts or omission that would under the

circumstances amount to objectionable service.

h) If any of the representations or warranties provided by Service Provider are found to be

false or incorrect

i) When IDBI Bank has the information from any source or otherwise for blacklisting by

peer banks/apex agencies/regulators.

j) If in the opinion of the IDBI Bank, the interests of IDBI Bank are jeopardized in any

manner whatsoever.

k) Other Remedies Cumulative : The provisions of this section shall not preclude the IDBI

Bank from recourse to any other remedies available to it under any statute or otherwise,

at law or in equity.

21. INSPECTION :

IDBI Bank shall have the liberty to depute at any time on any working day during the Service

Provider’s working hours upon giving reasonable notice, its officials, representatives and/or

consultants to inspect and audit IDBI Bank's information and records in the Service Provider’s

possession pursuant to this Agreement.

22. INDEPENDENT SERVICE PROVIDER :

a) This Agreement is on a principal to principal basis and does not create any employer-

employee relationship.

b) The Service Provider shall provide the Services hereunder as an independent service

provider and nothing contained herein shall be deemed to create any association,

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partnership, joint venture or relationship of principal and agent or master and servant, or

employer and employee between the IDBI Bank and the Service Provider.

c) The service provider’s personnel, employees, agents, etc., have no authority / right to

bind IDBI Bank in any manner. It is also clarified that the personnel employed by the

Service Provider will be governed by the terms of the Service Provider's employment

and the Service Provider alone shall be responsible and liable for the payment of salary,

payment of minimum wages, payment of bonus and statutory remittances. IDBI Bank

shall have no liability or obligation, whatsoever towards the employees or officers or

any person working at the instance or on behalf of Service Provider for the payment of

salaries, remuneration or any perquisites, etc.

23. Integrity Pact

IDBI Bank has implemented Integrity Pact (IP) and has appointed Independent External

Monitors (IEMs) for the IP in consultation with Central Vigilance Commission to avoid

all forms of corruption by following a system that is fair, transparent and free from any

influence / prejudice dealings prior to, during and subsequent to the currency of the

contract to be entered into for the purpose of printing jobs. The Bidder is required to

submit duly executed pre-contract Integrity Pact as a pre-requisite condition while

submitting the bid.

24. MISCELLANEOUS

a) Execution of this Agreement shall not entitle the Service Provider for any Order from

IDBI Bank.

b) This Agreement and the Annexure to it (together with Tender Notice and Order) shall

constitute the entire agreement and understanding between the Parties with respect to all

matters, which are referred to and shall supersede any previous agreement(s) between

the Parties in relation to the matters referred to herein.

c) No variations to this Agreement shall be effective unless they are reduced in writing

and duly signed by both the Parties and duly authorized representatives of both the

Parties.

d) All notices required to be given or served by IDBI Bank on the Service Provider shall

be deemed to have been given or served if the same shall have been delivered to, left at

or sent by Registered Post / Speed post / Courier by IDBI Bank at the address

mentioned herein above. In case of change of address of the Service Provider, the

Service Provider shall forthwith notify IDBI Bank of the same. Nothing stated

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aforesaid shall affect any communication given using Internet or other electronic

medium as otherwise provided in this Agreement for the purpose of rendering the

Services.

e) This Agreement shall be governed by Laws of India.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF of the parties hereto have set their respective hands the day and year

first hereinabove written.

SIGNED AND DELIVERED on behalf of IDBI Bank by

Deputy General Manager

In the presence of :

(Witness)

SIGNED AND DELIVERED on behalf of ….

by its

Authorized Signatory viz.

(Name): (Designation):

In the presence of :

(Witness)

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DEED OF INDEMNITY-CUM-UNDERTAKING

This Deed of Indemnity executed at ………….. on the ______ day of _______ by

________________________________________ (hereinafter referred to as “the Obligor”

which expression shall unless it be repugnant to the context, subject or meaning thereof, shall

be deemed to mean and include successors and permitted assigns);

IN FAVOUR OF

IDBI BANK LIMITED, a company registered and incorporated under the Companies Act,

1956 (1 of 1956) and a banking company within the meaning of section 5 (c) of the Banking

Regulation Act, 1949 (10 of 1949) with Corporate Identity No. L65190MH2004GOI148838

having its registered office at IDBI Tower, WTC Complex, Cuffe Parade, Colaba, Mumbai –

400 005 (hereinafter referred to as “IDBI Bank ” which expression shall, unless it be

repugnant to the subject or context or meaning thereof, be deemed to mean and include its

successors and assigns)

WHEREAS IDBI Bank vide its RFP ref. IDBI/CPU/TN/2020/35 dated February 14, 2020 had

invited Bids for empanelment of eligible, competent and capable Service providers in the panel

of IDBI Bank for providing offset and variable data printing jobs (Services) pursuant to tender

notices IDBI/CPU/TN/2020/35 (dated February 14, 2020) and the Obligor empanelled, in

terms of the Agreement dated ------------------------- read with said RFP, entered with IDBI

Bank and Obligor for providing the Services.

WHEREAS, one of the conditions of the aforesaid Agreement is that the Obligor is required to

furnish an indemnity in favour of IDBI Bank indemnifying the latter against any loss, damages

that occurs to IDBI Bank due to non-compliance of terms of Agreement and also any claims

arising out of any violations of the applicable laws, regulations, guidelines during the execution

and rendering/delivery of Services to IDBI Bank and/or due to breach of terms and conditions

of the Contract by the Obligor and/or on account of misconduct, omission or negligence or

otherwise by the Obligor.

In pursuance thereof, the Obligor has agreed to furnish an indemnity in the form and manner

and to the satisfaction of IDBI Bank as hereinafter appearing;

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NOW THIS DEED WITNESSETH AS UNDER : -

The words and expressions not specifically defined shall have the same meanings as are

respectively assigned to them in the RFP/the Contract.

In consideration of IDBI Bank having agreed to award the Contract to the Obligor, the Obligor

hereby unconditionally, absolutely and irrevocably agree and undertake that: -

(1) the Obligor shall, at all times hereinafter, save and keep harmless and indemnified IDBI

Bank, including its respective directors, officers, employees, agents and representatives and

keep them indemnified from and against any claim, costs, charges, damages, demand, losses,

liabilities or expenses of any nature and kind whatsoever and by whomsoever made in respect

of the Agreement and any loss or damage caused from and against all suits and other actions

that may be instituted taken or preferred against IDBI Bank by whomsoever and all losses,

damages, costs, charges and expenses that IDBI Bank may incur by reason of any claim made

by any claimant for any reason whatsoever or by anybody claiming under them or otherwise

for any losses, damages or claims arising out of all kinds of accidents , destruction, natural

calamities, deliberate or otherwise with respect to the contractual terms, direct or indirect, from

those arising out of violation of applicable laws including those relating to intellectual property

rights, rules, regulations, guidelines and also from the environmental damages, if any, which

may occur or result from the terms of the Agreement.

(2) The Obligor further agrees and undertakes that the Obligor shall, ensure that all the

permissions, authorisations, consents and licenses are obtained and renewed from the local

and/or municipal and/or governmental authorities, as may be required under the applicable

laws, rules, regulations, guidelines, orders framed or issued by any appropriate authorities.

(3) The Obligor hereby indemnifies and keeps indemnified IDBI Bank including its respective

directors, officers, employees, agents and representatives against any levies / penalties / claims

/ demands litigations, suits, actions, judgments, and or otherwise on account of any default and

or breach and or otherwise in this regard.

(4) If any additional approval, consent or permission is required by the Obligor to execute and

perform the Contract during the currency of the Contract, it shall procure the same and/or

comply with the conditions stipulated by the concerned authorities without any delay.

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(5) The obligations of the Obligor herein are irrevocable, absolute and unconditional, in each

case irrespective of the value, genuineness, validity, regularity or enforceability of the

aforesaid Contract or other agreement, or the insolvency, bankruptcy, reorganization,

dissolution, liquidation or change in ownership of IDBI Bank or Obligor or any other

circumstance whatsoever which might otherwise constitute a discharge or defence of an

indemnifier.

(6) The obligations of the Obligor under this deed shall not be affected by any act, omission,

matter or thing which, would reduce, release or prejudice the Obligor from any of the

indemnified obligations under this indemnity or prejudice or diminish the indemnified

obligations in whole or in part, including in law, equity or contract (whether or not known to it

or to IDBI Bank).

(7) This indemnity shall survive the Contract.

(8) Any notice, request or other communication to be given or made under this indemnity

shall be in writing addressed to either party at the address stated in the Contract and/or as stated

above.

(9) This indemnity and other non-contractual obligations arising out of this indemnity, shall

be governed by, and construed in accordance with, the laws of India. The Obligor irrevocably

and unconditionally agrees that any legal action, suit or proceedings arising out of or relating to

this indemnity may be brought in the Courts/Tribunals at Mumbai. Final judgment against the

Obligor in any such action, suit or proceeding shall be conclusive and may be enforced in any

other jurisdiction, by suit on the judgment, a certified copy of which shall be conclusive

evidence of the judgment, or in any other manner provided by law. By the execution of this

indemnity, the Obligor irrevocably submits to the exclusive jurisdiction of such Court/Tribunal

in any such action, suit or proceeding.

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(10) IDBI Bank may assign or transfer all or any part of its interest herein to any other person.

Obligor shall not assign or transfer any of its rights or obligations under this indemnity, except

with the prior written consent of IDBI Bank.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF the Obligor has signed these presents on the day, month and year

first above written.

Signed and Delivered on behalf of )

___________________ )

by the hand of ___________________,)

_________, the authorised official )

of the Obligor

Witness

1.

2.

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Annexure V

Checklist for various documents / certificates to be submitted

Documents should be submitted strictly in the following order.

Any additional documents to be submitted at the end only

SR No. Particulars Yes / No

1 Application for Tender (Annexure II)

2 Prequalification Criteria - (Annexure III) - Offset and Variable

Data Printing.

3 Terms and Conditions of the Contract- (Annexure IV)

4 Empanelment Form (Annexure VI)

5 Authority letter for signing Tender document

6 Proof of Establishment for Mumbai / Navi Mumbai and Thane

printing facility

7 Necessary proofs for the Vendor being in business of printing for

the period mentioned in qualification criteria.

8 Certificates either from Banks, Financial Institutions, Insurance

Companies, Corporate etc. should be enclosed with tender

applications.

Necessary required certificates for different types of printings.

9 Volume of business handled as per the desired printing activity

Offset Printing

VDP Printing

10 Address and Locations of print shops in various cities

11 List of Vendors and Machinery available at various locations /

Print shops

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PRE CONTRACT INTEGRITY PACT

This pre-bid pre-contract Agreement (hereinafter called the Integrity Pact) is made

on ____________ day of the month of ___________ 2020, between, IDBI Bank Ltd.,a

company within the meaning of Section 2(20) of the Companies Act, 2013 (18 of 2013) and

a banking company within the meaning of Section 5 (c) of the Banking Regulation Act,

1949 (10 of 1949), with Corporate Identity No.L65190MH2004GOI148838 and having its

registered office at IDBI Tower, WTC Complex, Cuffe Parade, Mumbai 400005 through its

CPU Department (Administration Section) / Office at Annex Building, 3rd

floor, Plot

No.39/40/41, Sector 11, CBD Belapur, Navi Mumbai – 400 614., (hereinafter called the

"PRINCIPAL'', which expression shall mean and include, unless the context otherwise

requires, its successors) of the First Part and M/s. ______________represented by Smt./

Shri___________________________, Authorised Signatory / POA Holder / MD/CEO/

CMD (hereinafter called the "BIDDER / Seller which expression shall mean and include,

unless the context otherwise requires, its/ his successors and permitted assigns) of the

Second Part.

WHEREAS the PRINCIPAL proposes to procure (_____________________) and

BIDDER/ Seller is willing to offer/ has offered the same to the Principal.

WHEREAS the BIDDER is a private company / public company / Government

undertaking / partnership / registered export agency, constituted in accordance with the

relevant law in the matter and the PRINCIPAL is an Office / Department of IDBI Bank Ltd.

performing its functions on behalf of IDBI Bank Ltd.

NOW, THEREFORE,

To avoid all forms of corruption by following a system that is fair, transparent and free

from any influence/prejudiced dealings prior to, during and subsequent to the currency of

the contract to be entered into with a view to :

Enabling the PRINCIPAL to obtain the desired service/ product at a competitive

price in conformity with the defined specifications by avoiding the high cost and

the distortionary

impact of corruption on public procurement; and

Enabling BIDDERs to abstain from bribing or indulging in any corrupt practice in

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order to secure the contract by providing assurance to them that their competitors

will also abstain from bribing.

The parties hereto hereby agree to enter into this Integrity Pact and agree as follows:

1. Commitments of the PRINCIPAL

1.1 The PRINCIPAL undertakes that no official of the PRINCIPAL, connected directly

or indirectly with the contract, will demand, take a promise for or accept directly or through

intermediaries, any bribe, consideration, gift, reward, favour or any material or immaterial

benefit or any other advantage from the BIDDER, either for themselves or for any person,

organisation or third party (which is not available legally) related to the contract in exchange

for an advantage in the bidding process, bid evaluation, contracting or implementation

process related to the contract.

1.2 The PRINCIPAL will, during the pre-contract stage, treat all BIDDERs alike, and

will provide to all BIDDERs the same information and will not provide any such

information to any particular BIDDER which could afford an advantage to that particular

BIDDER in comparison to other BIDDERs.

1.3 All the officials of the PRINCIPAL will report to the appropriate authority any

attempted or completed breaches of the above commitments as well as any substantial

suspicion of such a breach.

2. In case any such preceding misconduct on the part of such official(s) is reported by

the BIDDER to the PRINCIPAL with full and verifiable facts and the same is prima facie

found to be correct by the PRINCIPAL, necessary disciplinary proceedings, or any other

action as deemed fit, including criminal proceedings may be initiated by the PRINCIPAL

and such a person shall be debarred from further dealings related to the contract process. In

such a case while an enquiry is being conducted by the PRINCIPAL the proceedings under

the contract would not be stalled.

3. Commitments of the BIDDERs

The BIDDER commits itself to take all measures necessary to prevent corrupt practices,

unfair means and illegal activities during any stage of its bid or during any pre-contract or

post-contract stage in order to secure the contract or in furtherance to secure it and in

particular commit itself to the following:

3.1 The BIDDER will not offer, directly or through intermediaries, any bribe, gift,

consideration, reward, favour, any material or immaterial benefit or other advantage

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commission, fees brokerage or inducement to any official of the PRINCIPAL, connected

directly or indirectly with the bidding process, or to any person, organization or third party

related to the contract in exchange for any advantage in the bidding, evaluation, contracting

and implementation of the contract.

3.2 The BIDDER further undertakes that it has not given, offered or promised to give,

directly or indirectly any bribe, gift, consideration, reward, favour, any material or

immaterial benefit or other advantage, commission, fees, brokerage or inducement (not

available legally) to any official of the PRINCIPAL or otherwise in procuring the Contract

or forbearing to door having done any act in relation to the obtaining or execution of the

contract or any other contract with IDBI Bank Ltd for showing or for bearing to show

favour or disfavor to any person in relation to the contract or any other contract with IDBI

Bank Ltd.

3.3 The BIDDER confirms and declares that they have not made any payments to any

agents/brokers or any other intermediary, in connection with this bid/ contract.

3.4 The BIDDER further confirms and declares to the PRINCIPAL that the BIDDER is

the original Vendor or service provider in respect of product / service covered in the bid

documents and the BIDDER has not engaged with any individual or firm or company

whether Indian or foreign to intercede, facilitate or in any way to recommend to the

PRINCIPAL or any of its functionaries, whether officially or unofficially to the award of

the contract to the BIDDER, nor has any amount been paid, promised or intended to be paid

to any such individual, firm or company in respect of any such intercession, facilitation or

recommendation.

3.5 The BIDDER, at the earliest available opportunity, i.e. either while presenting the

bid or during pre-contract negotiations and in any case before opening the financial bid and

before signing the contract, shall disclose any payments he has made, is committed to or

intends to make to officials of the PRINCIPAL or their family members, agents, brokers or

any other intermediaries in connection with the contract and the details of the services

agreed upon for such payments.

3.6 The BIDDER will not enter into any undisclosed agreement or collude with other

parties interested in the contract/ other BIDDERs to impair the transparency, fairness and

progress of the bidding process, bid evaluation, contracting and implementation of the

contract or with respect to prices, specifications, certifications, subsidiary contracts etc.

3.7 The BIDDER will not accept any advantage in exchange for any corrupt practice;

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unfair means and illegal activities.

3.8 The BIDDER shall not use improperly, for purpose of competition or personal gain

or pass on to others, any information provided by the PRINCIPAL as a part of the business

relationship, regarding plans, technical proposals and business details including information

contained in any

electronic data carrier. The BIDDER also undertakes to exercise due and adequate care lest

any such information is divulged.

3.9 The BIDDER commits to refrain from giving any complaint directly or through any

other manner without supporting it with full and verifiable facts.

3.10 The BIDDER shall not instigate or cause to instigate any third person to commit any

of the actions mentioned above.

3.11 If the BIDDER or any employee of the BIDDER or any person acting on behalf of

the BIDDER, either directly or indirectly, is a relative of any of the officers of the

PRINCIPAL, or alternatively, if any relative of an officer of the PRINCIPAL has financial

interest/stake in the BIDDER's firm, the same shall be disclosed by the BIDDER at the time

of filing of tender.

3.12 The BIDDER shall not lend to or borrow any money from or enter into any

monetary dealings or transactions, directly or indirectly, with any employee of the

PRINCIPAL.

3.13 The BIDDER/ Contractor shall not directly or through any other person or firm use

coercive practices against IDBI Bank and/ or other BIDDERs / Contractor(s).

3.14 BIDDERs are not to pass any information provided by the PRINCIPAL as a part of

business relationship to others and not commit any offence under PC / IPC Act.

3.15 Foreign BIDDERs if any, to disclose name and address of agents and representatives

in India and Indian Bidders to disclose their foreign principal or associates.

3.16 BIDDERs to disclose any transgressions with any other company that may impinge

on anti- corruption principle.

4. Previous Transgressions

4.1 The BIDDER declares that no previous transgression occurred in the last three years

immediately before signing of this Integrity Pact, with any other company in any country in

respect of any corrupt practices envisaged hereunder or with any Public Sector Enterprise /

Public Sector Banks in India or any Government Department in India or RBI that could

justify BIDDER’s exclusion from the tender process.

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4.2 The BIDDER agrees that if it makes incorrect statement on this subject, BIDDER

can be disqualified from the tender process or the contract, if already awarded, can be

terminated for such reason.

5. Earnest Money (Security Deposit)

5.1 While submitting commercial bid, the BIDDER shall deposit an amount (specified in

RFP) as Earnest Money / Security Deposit, with the PRINCIPAL through any of the modes

mentioned in the RFP/ bid document and no such mode is specified, by a Bank Draft or a

Pay Order in favour of IDBI Bank Ltd.. However, payment of any such amount by way of

Bank Guarantee, if so permitted as per bid documents / RFP should be from any

nationalized Bank other than IDBI Bank Ltd and promising payment of the guaranteed sum

to the PRINCIPAL on demand within three working days without any demur whatsoever

and without seeking any reasons whatsoever. The demand for payment by the PRINCIPAL

shall be treated as conclusive proof for making such payment to the PRINCIPAL.

5.2 Unless otherwise stipulated in the Bid document / RFP, the Earnest Money /

Security Deposit shall be valid upto a period of five years or the complete conclusion of

the contractual obligations to the complete satisfaction of both the BIDDER and the

PRINCIPAL, including warranty period, whichever is later.

5.3 In case of the successful BIDDER, a clause would also be incorporated in the Article

pertaining to Performance Bond in the Purchase Contract that the provisions of Sanctions

for Violation shall be applicable for forfeiture of Performance Bond in case of a decision by

the PRINCIPAL to forfeit the same without assigning any reason for imposing sanction for

violation of this Pact.

5.4 No interest shall be payable by the PRINCIPAL to the BIDDER on Earnest Money /

Security Deposit for the period of its currency.

6. Sanctions for Violations

6.1 Any breach of the aforesaid provisions by the BIDDER or anyone employed by it or

acting on its behalf (whether with or without the knowledge of the BIDDER) shall entitle

the PRINCIPAL to take all or any one of the following actions, wherever required:

6.1.1 To immediately call off the pre contract negotiations without assigning any

reason and without giving any compensation to the BIDDER. However, the

proceedings with the other BIDDER(s) would continue, unless the

PRINCIPAL desires to drop the entire process.

6.1.2 The Earnest Money Deposit (in pre-contract stage) and/or Security Deposit /

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Performance Bond (after the contract is signed) shall stand forfeited either

fully or partially, as decided by the PRINCIPAL and the PRINCIPAL shall

not be required to assign any reason therefore.

6.1.3 To immediately cancel the contract, if already signed, without giving any

compensation to the BIDDER.

6.1.4 To encash the advance bank guarantee and performance bond/warranty bond,

if furnished by the BIDDER, in order to recover the payments, already made

by the PRINCIPAL along with interest.

6.1.5 To cancel all or any other Contracts with the BIDDER. The BIDDER shall be

liable to pay compensation for any loss or damage to the PRINCIPAL

resulting from such cancellation/ rescission and the PRINCIPAL shall be

entitled to deduct the amount so payable from the money(s) due to the

BIDDER.

6.1.6 To debar the BIDDER from participating in future bidding processes of the

PRINCIPAL or any of its subsidiaries for a minimum period of five years,

which may be further extended at the discretion of the PRINCIPAL.

6.1.7 To recover all sums paid, in violation of this Pact, by BIDDER(s) to any

middle manor agent or broker with a view to securing the contract.

6.1.8 Forfeiture of Performance Bond in case of a decision by the PRINCIPAL to

forfeit the same without assigning any reason for imposing sanction for

violation of this Pact.

6.1.9 Intimate to the CVC, IBA, RBI, as the PRINCIPAL deemed fit the details of

such events for appropriate action by such authorities.

6.2 The PRINCIPAL will be entitled to take all or any of the actions mentioned at para

6.1.1 to 6.1.9 of this Pact also on the Commission by the BIDDER or any one employed by

it or acting on its behalf (whether with or without the knowledge of the BIDDER), of an

offense as defined in Chapter IX of Indian Penal Code, 1860 or Prevention of Corruption

Act, 1988 or any other statute enacted for prevention of corruption.

6.3 The decision of the PRINCIPAL to the effect that a breach of the provisions of this

Pact has been committed by the BIDDER shall be final and conclusive on the BIDDER.

However, the BIDDER can approach the Independent External Monitor(s) appointed for the

purposes of this Pact.

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7. Fall Clause

7.1 The BIDDER undertakes that it has not supplied/ is not supplying similar product /

systems or subsystems at a price lower than that offered in the present bid in respect of any

other Ministry / Department of the Government of India or PSU or any other Bank and if it

is found at any stage that similar product / systems or sub systems was supplied by the

BIDDER to any other Ministry / Department of the Government of India or a PSU or a

Bank at a lower price, then that very price, with due allowance for elapsed time, will be

applicable to the present case and the difference in the cost would be refunded by the

BIDDER to the PRINCIPAL, if the contract has already been concluded.

8. Independent External Monitors

8.1 The PRINCIPAL has appointed Independent External Monitors (hereinafter referred

to as Monitors or IEMs) for this Pact in consultation with the Central Vigilance

Commission, the Names and

Addresses of the Monitors is given as under :

Sr.No. Name of IEM Contact

Number

E-mail Address

1 Shri S. Srinivasan, IAS

(Retd.)

9483536100 [email protected]

2 Shri Ajai Kumar, ex-

CMD, Corporation Bank

9619272893 [email protected]

8.2 The task of the Monitors shall be to review independently and objectively, whether

and to what extent the parties comply with the obligations under this Pact.

8.3 The Monitors shall not be subject to instructions by the representatives of the parties

and perform their functions neutrally and independently.

8.4 Both the parties accept that the Monitors have the right to access all the documents

relating to the project/procurement, including minutes of meetings.

8.5 As soon as the Monitor notices, or has reason to believe, a violation of this Pact, he

will so inform the Authority designated by the PRINCIPAL.

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8.6 The BIDDER(s) accepts that the Monitor has the right to access without restriction

to all Project documentation of the PRINCIPAL including that provided by the BIDDER.

The BIDDER will also grant the Monitor, upon his request and demonstration of a valid

interest, unrestricted and unconditional access to his project documentation. The same is

applicable to Sub-contractors. The Monitor shall be under contractual obligation to treat the

information and documents of the BIDDER/ Sub-contractor(s) with confidentiality.

8.7 The PRINCIPAL will provide to the Monitor sufficient information about all

meetings among the parties related to the Project provided such meetings could have an

impact on the contractual relations between the parties. The parties will offer to the Monitor

the option to participate in such meetings.

8.8 The Monitor will submit a written report to the designated authority of

PRINCIPAL/Secretary in the Department/ within 8 to 10 weeks from the date of reference

or intimation to him by the PRINCIPAL/ BIDDER and, should the occasion arise, submit

proposals for correcting problematic situations.

9. Facilitation of Investigation

In case of any allegation of violation of any provisions of this Pact or payment of

commission, the PRINCIPAL or its agencies shall be entitled to examine all the documents

including the Books of Accounts of the BIDDER and the BIDDER shall provide necessary

information and documents in English and shall extend all possible help for the purpose of

such examination.

10. Law and Place of Jurisdiction

This Pact is subject to Indian Law. The place of performance and jurisdiction is the seat

of the PRINCIPAL.

11. Other Legal Actions

The actions stipulated in this Integrity Pact are without prejudice to any other legal action

that may follow in accordance with the provisions of the extant law in force relating to any

civil or criminal proceedings.

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12. Validity

12.1 The validity of this Integrity Pact shall be from date of its signing and extend upto 5

years or the complete execution of the contract to the satisfaction of the PRINCIPAL and

the BIDDER/Contracters, including warranty period, whichever is later. In case BIDDER is

unsuccessful, this Integrity Pact shall expire after six months from the date of the signing of

the contract, with the successful bidder by the PRINCIPAL.

12.2 Should one or several provisions of this Pact turn out to be invalid; the remainder of

this Pact shall remain valid. In this case, the parties will strive to come to an agreement to

their original intentions.

13. The parties hereby sign this Integrity Pact at _______________ on___________.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Parties have signed and executed this

Integrity Pact at the place and date first hereinabove mentioned in the presence of following

witness:

Signature Signature

(For & on behalf of the PRINCIPAL) (For & on behalf of the BIDDER/ Contractor)

Office Seal Office Seal

Name Name

Designation Designation

Witness 1:

(Name & Address) __________________________

Witness 2:

(Name & Address) ____________________________