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Reply to queries for RFP for “Selection of Call-centre Service Provider (CSP) on Outsourced
model” for Ministry of Health & Family Welfare (MoHFW), (GoI)
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Subject: Corrigendum-1 Clarification & Amendment
In connection with the Request for Proposal (RFP) for “Selection of Call-centre Service
Provider (CSP) on Outsourced model for Ministry of Health & Family Welfare (MoHFW),
Government of India (GoI) vide Tender Document No.: JSK/14(03)/2015/Helpline, published on
27th October, 2017.
1. The clarifications & amendments to the RFP based on queries/ clarification requested by the
bidders is enclosed in Annexure-A.
2. Further, it is also intimated that the (i) Last date & time for bid submission, and (ii) Date &
time of opening of pre-qualification cum technical bids are being extended and are as under:
S. No. Particular Date
1. Last date for issuance / sale of RFP document 22nd Nov,2017
2. Last date and time for bid submission 28th Nov, 2017 by
1530 hours.
3. Date and time of opening of prequalification-cum-technical bids 28th Nov, 2017 by
1600 hours
4. Date and time for opening of financial bids To Be intimated
later
3. All other terms and conditions of the RFP will remain unchanged.
- Sd –
ED JSK
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Annexure-A
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No.
RFP document reference(s)
[Section, clause and page
number(s)]
Content of RFP requiring
clarification(s)
Points of
clarification
Response of MoHFW
1. Page no.11/ Clause 3.1 Call
Centre space including ICT &
Non-ICT Infrastructure
a) The bidder shall provide services
from a fully functional call centre in
Delhi/ National Capital Region.
Please clarify, any support is to be provided by
MOHFW for running call centre regarding
services to be delivered from here
The details are already provided in the
RFP.
2. Page no.11/ Clause 3.1 Call
Centre space including ICT &
Non-ICT Infrastructure
b) The call centre to be provided should
be equipped with the required ICT
infrastructure
for smooth calling operations for
various programmes of MoHFW in line
with the requirements and service
levels as stated in this RFP.
Please Clarify, in point no.ii) Hardware and
software infrastructure specification clearly or it
is assumed that it is this is sole responsibility of
CSP and in future no questions or audits being
done by MoHFW in this regard, however
scalability will be taken in concern by CSP for
future
The ICT infrastructure to be used by the
bidder should comply with the
requirements stated in the RFP so as to
meet the defined SLAs. Audits may
happen as mentioned in the RFP
3. Page no.11/ Clause 3.1 Call
Centre space including ICT &
Non-ICT Infrastructure
b) The call centre to be provided should
be equipped with the required ICT
infrastructure
for smooth calling operations for
various programmes of MoHFW in line
with the requirements and service
levels as stated in this RFP.
Please Clarify, in point no b) i. Network
Infrastructure: Internet Lease line or MPLS cost
will be borne by MoHFW like the payment to
the Telecom Service Provider (TSP)which shall
be done by MoHFW and MoHFW will provide
additional PRI lines to the CSP
No it has to be borne by the CSP
4. Page no.11/ Clause 3.1 Call
Centre space including ICT &
Non-ICT Infrastructure
b) The call centre to be provided should
be equipped with the required ICT
infrastructure
for smooth calling operations for
various programmes of MoHFW in line
with the requirements and service
levels as stated in this RFP.
Please Clarify, the mechanism of inbound &
outbound call which shall also be defined by
MoHFW. Which type of mechanism?
In case of inbound, a short code, toll free
or long code will be provided by the
MoHFW for the routing the call to the
CSP.
Outbound calls will be made from the PRI
lines provided by the MoHFW.
5. Page no.12/ Clause 3.2.Call
Centre Solution
a)CSP will be required to design,
develop, manage and maintain an
integrated web based customized
solution .The requirement would
broadly consist of a CRM solution, IVRS
solution, Voice Loggers, TTS etc. with
respect to the scope of work specified
in this RFP
Please clarify integrated customized solution,
as currently only one JSK project requirement
is in RFP, excluding future needs.
The integration is for the solutions under
the concerned project or programme as
mentioned in the RFP and reproduced
below:
"CSP will be required to design, develop,
manage and maintain an integrated web-
based customized solution as per the
requirement of the project for the
respective programmes of MoHFW for the
entire duration of the contract period
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(refer 3.2 point a on page 12 of the RFP
Vol 1)"
6. Page no.12/ Clause 3.2.Call
Centre Solution
i.CSP will Prepare the Functional
Requirement Specifications (FRS),
software requirements specification
(SRS) and developing algorithms for
the project:
Please Clarify, will study of exiting system in
MoHFW documents will be provided before
developing application or it should be done by
only discussion between nominated officer and
CSP to understand the requirements for the
development of solution
As mentioned in RFP clause 3.2 point a
(i) "The CSP shall interact with the key
officials of programme division or any of
its nominated agency for understanding
the requirements for the development of
solution. The CSP shall document the
functional requirements and get it signed
off from the programme division."
7. Page no.13/ Clause 3.2.Call
Centre Solution, point no. c
v. The system shall be capable of
supporting both IP based hard phones
as well as PC based Soft phones
Please Clarify about its concept of having IP
based hard phones and pc based soft phones,
as it has be taken great care while developing
communication server and architecture
The clause to be read as "The system
shall be capable of supporting PC based
Soft phones"
8. Page no.13/ Clause 3.2.Call
Centre Solution, point no.c
vi. The call processing and signalling of
the offered system shall be based on
open standards.
Please clarify, what is meant by open standard
here
This implies that there should not be any
vendor /technology lock-in and shall
facilitate interoperability and data
exchange amongst various systems and
should comply with the 'Policy on Open
Standards for e-Governance ' of
Government of India
9. Page no.14/ Clause 3.2.Call
Centre Solution, point no.c
xi. The caller must be provided
announcement / music in case of
queue/delay until the call is answered.
If an agent is not available to handle a
call, the call must queue for the next
available agent.
Please clarify, music or tone in between call
queue can be used as a source of revenue
generation from advertisement with dignity of
the project or it will be provided from MOHFW.
No aspect of the call centre shall be used
as a source of revenue either through
advertisement or any other mode without
the prior written approval of MoHFW
10. Page no.23/ Clause 3.5.Other
Requirements of the Project
h) Support Services: i. Pantry
Services:, ii. Physical Security: ii.
Housekeeping
Please Clarify, can these services can be given
to other specified work agencies as facility
management, Housekeeping management
Yes, it can be sub-contracted. Please
refer clause 6.5.5. on page 32 of the Vol
1 of the RFP.
11. Page no.34/6.5.14.Format and
Signing of Bid
6.5.15.1. Enclosing of Bid, The bids
should be enclosed in envelopes as
under: sealed envelope A original and
sealed envelope B Duplicate
Please clarify, what is the purpose of having a
duplicate copy of bid as it is sufficient to have
an original copy of bid
It is for internal record and evaluation
purpose
12. Page no.74/9.7.8 SLA Metrics C.
PERFORMANCE
4 Feedback on Call Centre
Random calls will be made and SMS
may be forwarded to the beneficiaries
for seeking feedback
Please clarify, is there provision for sms
solution in this project or sms for feedback will
be done on MOHFW part
CSP needs to provide sms solution.
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Performance
13. 3.2. Call Centre Solution xiii. Maintain 100% recording of calls
for a period of last 6 months. The
recording should contain detailed call
information, feedback of analysed calls,
updation in questionnaires etc.
SL% of 100% - No voice vendor can assure,
request relaxation here. Propose to change the
same to 95%
No change
14. 3.2. Call Centre Solution b) The first point of interaction will be
the IVRS menu. IVRS menu will provide
them the option to either talk with the
Call centre Agents or listen to pre-
recorded or live text-to-speech
messages.
On IVR playing the message, in case agent is
busy and playing any IVR/ voice message basis
text-to-speech message are 2 different
solutions. And it is a little costly solution, and
may not be required due to different language
dilates in India
No change. TTS is only in English and
Hindi language as mentioned on page 16
of Vol 1 of the RFP.
15. 3.2. Call Centre Solution c) iii. The CSP should have mechanism
for managing Business Continuity and
Disaster Recovery Plan in case of
disaster.
Need more clarity here, as setting up a
different DR site is a little expensive solution.
Having said the same, the Tech Solutions
includes system, IVR, Toll Free, Connectivity,
etc. do have Primary and Secondary for each
component in-place
Only DR site is required for keeping the
backup of data and application
executables.
16. 3. Scope of Work, Page # 10 The overall scope of work for Call
centre Service Provider (CSP) under
this RFP is to provide and operate a Call
centre in Delhi/ National Capital Region
for various programmes of MoHFW on
an outsourced model (hereafter
referred to as „Project‟). Some of the
key aspects of the project are as given
below:
1. What is the estimated timelines for
scalability and maximum requirement for PRI
and agents? 2. Please share the concurrent no.
of Application users / transactions
envisaged?For example, the scalability of call
centre would require increasing capacity
through IT (PRI, Bandwidth, Licenses etc.),
increasing real estate capacity (count of seats
and additional space for training, common area
etc.), increasing manpower (hiring of resources
and supervision). This will have time and cost
implication and hence for the CSP to
understand the maximum size required will
help in choosing the best and optimal solution.
Since there are different programs
/projects for which separate contract
shall be entered into by CSP, these
details may be discovered during the
course of the respective assignment
17. Volume 1, 9.1 Annexure
1:Prequalification Criteria, Page
46
The bidder (any member in case of
consortium) should have a fully
functional Call Centre facility with at
least 200 physical seats setup in Delhi
or National Capital Region as on date of
As per our understanding the services under
this project needs to be provided to multiple
northern states which may need to be extended
to the other states of India. We request you to
relax the requirement to operate from
No change
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submission of the bid Delhi/NCR and allow bidder to operate the call
centre from anywhere within north India.
Request MoHFW to relax the pre-qualification
criteria to the following
The bidder (any member in case of consortium)
should have a fully functional Call Centre
facility with at least 200 physical seats setup in
Delhi or National Capital Region North India as
on date of submission of the bid
18. Volume 1, 9.1 Annexure
1:Prequalification Criteria, Page
46
The bidder (each member in case of
consortium) should have a positive Net
Worth (Paid up Share Capital plus Free
Reserves after deducting accumulated
Losses / Fictitious Assets) for each of
the financial years 2013-2014, 2014-
2015 & 2015-16.
Request MoHFW to relax the pre-qualification
criteria to the following
The bidder (each member in case of
consortium) should have a positive Net Worth
(Paid up Share Capital plus Free Reserves after
deducting accumulated Losses / Fictitious
Assets)as on 31st March 2017 for each of the
financial years 2013-2014, 2014-2015 & 2015-
16.
OR
The bidder (each member prime bidder in case
of consortium) should have a positive Net
Worth (Paid up Share Capital plus Free
Reserves after deducting accumulated Losses /
Fictitious Assets) for each of the financial years
2013-2014, 2014-2015 & 2015-16.
The clause may be read as "The bidder
(each member in case of consortium)
should have a positive Net Worth (Paid
up Share Capital plus Free Reserves after
deducting accumulated Losses / Fictitious
Assets), as on 31st March 2017"
19. 3.3. Human Resource
Requirement, Page # 17
Operational Resources - Call Centre
Agents (English & any regional
language)
(The requirement for regional language
will be provide to the CSP by MoHFW as
and when required
Please suggest the expected lead period to
provide Call Centre agents with fluency in
regional language and please provide the list of
all regional languages included as part of the
project.
The lead period will be 3 weeks from the
date or formal request.
22 languages to be considered will be as
per Eighth Schedule of Constitution:-
(1) Assamese, (2) Bengali, (3) Gujarati,
(4) Hindi, (5) Kannada, (6) Kashmiri, (7)
Konkani, (8) Malayalam, (9) Manipuri,
(10) Marathi, (11) Nepali, (12), Oriya,
(13) Punjabi, (14) Sanskrit, (15) Sindhi,
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(16) Tamil, (17) Telugu, (18), Urdu (19)
Bodo, (20) Santhali, (21) Maithili and
(22) Dogri.
20. Sec 3, SCOPE OF WORK, clause
d, page no 10
The appointed CSP needs to add
various features through various modes
including inbound/ outbound/ IVRS /
SMS /e-mail etc.
Request MoHFW to specify the modes explicitly
please.
Shall be provided during the FRS/SRS
stage
21. Sec 3.2. Call Centre Solution,
clause a, page no 12
CSP shall migrate the existing data of
project with the solution developed by
the CSP.
Request MoHFW to share details of existing
data, the data is required for bidders effort
estimation.
Details shall be shared with the selected
bidder
22. Sec 3.2. Call Centre Solution,
clause a sub clause vi, page no
12
CSP will provide the requisite training
to the operational staff on the
developed application
Please specify the number of MoHFW staff to be
trained, frequency- if any, location and infra for
the same.
The training shall be arranged by CSP in
the call centre proposed for the project.
Further, the training may be required for
around 10 staff of MoHFW for each
program
23. Sec 3.2. Call Centre Solution,
clause c sub clause i, page no
13
MoHFW may depute its representative
for monitoring and evaluation of the
project. CSP will be responsible for
providing adequate physical seating
space to them
Please specify the number of representative
staff for whom physical seating space needs to
be provisioned.
This shall depend on the requirement of
respective programme division and hence
the respective contract. Accordingly a
line item for per seat cost for staff of
MoHFW to be placed in the call centre is
added in the amendment.
Thus the financial format (Annexure 5 of
Vol I of the RFP), Methodology of
calculation of Absolute Financial Quote
((Annexure 6 of Vol I of the RFP) ) and
Terms of Payment ( Clause 8 of Vol I of
the RFP) of the RFP are modified as
provided in Appendix 1, Appendix 2 &
Appendix 3 of this corrigendum,
respectively
24. 3.2. Call Centre Solution vii. CSP will define the Data Protection
Standards & get these approved by the
programme division and enforce the
same to ensure protection and
confidentiality of data.
If there are any specific Data Protection
rule/regulations needs to be adhered then
request MoHFW to please specify the details?
Various GOI standards as issued by MeitY
may kindly be referred.
25. 3.2. Call Centre Solution xiv. The developed solution must
provide advanced searching
What is the expected archival frequency and
coverage?
Will be defined during the FRS /SRS
stage
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capabilities. The archived media will be
provided by the CSP to the programme
division.
26. 3.2. Call Centre Solution / F
/Page 10
All required cabling will be the
responsibility of the CSP. CSP has to
make the necessary arrangements for
providing authorized and secure
internet access for the project at the
proposed call centre locations.
We understand that CSP shall setup a single
Call solution location in Delhi-NCR region and
provide secured internet access at that location
only. Please confirm our understanding
The services will be managed by the CSP
from proposed call centre only.
27. 3.2. Call Centre Solution / G /
Page 10
Data Centre should have provision of
ISDN / lease lines connectivity and PRI
Lines dedicatedly for this project.
Network devices (Routers, Switch,
modem, PRI cards etc.) with dual
redundancy should also be managed by
the CSP.
Kindly advise if CSP needs to provide the
infrastructure services from Data Centre or
from call centre location provided by CSP?
The services will be managed by the CSP
from proposed call centre only.
28. 3.2. Call Centre Solution / G /
Page 10
Data Centre should have provision of
ISDN / lease lines connectivity and PRI
Lines dedicatedly for this project.
Network devices (Routers, Switch,
modem, PRI cards etc.) with dual
redundancy should also be managed by
the CSP. The internet lease line / MPLS
provisioned by the CSP should maintain
99.99% monthly uptime. CSP has to
ensure the traffic which is flowing from
the proposed call centre site should be
encrypted using appropriate protocols
(such as HTTPS, IPSec etc.), algorithm
etc.
Please clarify if bidder can provide the call
centre solution over the public cloud to ensure
faster scalability of overall solution.
Please also share if you have any minimum
specification requirement for
hardware/software components on which call
centre solution will be hosted.
The services will be managed by the CSP
from the proposed call centre only.
The ICT infrastructure to be used by the
bidder should comply with the
requirements stated in the RFP so as to
meet the defined SLAs.
29. 3.2. Call Centre Solution / G /
Page 10
Data Centre should have provision of
ISDN / lease lines connectivity and PRI
Lines dedicatedly for this project.
Network devices (Routers, Switch,
modem, PRI cards etc.) with dual
redundancy should also be managed by
the CSP. The internet lease line / MPLS
Please clarify the method to calculate the
internet leased line/MPLS uptime as to
provision such a high uptime of 99.99%, bidder
has to provision more than one link and the
aggregate uptime of all the links should be
equal to or more than 99.99%. The premium
SLA offered for Internet lease line / MPLS by
The clause to be read as "Data Centre
should have provision of ISDN / lease
lines connectivity and PRI Lines
dedicatedly for this project. Network
devices (Routers, Switch, modem, PRI
cards etc.) with dual redundancy should
also be managed by the CSP. The
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provisioned by the CSP should maintain
99.99% monthly uptime. CSP has to
ensure the traffic which is flowing from
the proposed call centre site should be
encrypted using appropriate protocols
(such as HTTPS, IPSec etc.), algorithm
etc.
ISPs is 99.5%. Request MoHFW to please
revise the monthly uptime SLA for Internet
lease line / MPLS.
internet lease line / MPLS provisioned by
the CSP should maintain 99% monthly
uptime. CSP has to ensure the traffic
which is flowing from the proposed call
centre site should be encrypted using
appropriate protocols (such as HTTPS,
IPSec etc.), algorithm etc."
30. 3.2. Call Centre Solution / G /
Page 10
The internet lease line / MPLS
provisioned by the CSP should maintain
99.99% monthly uptime. CSP has to
ensure the traffic which is flowing from
the proposed call centre site should be
encrypted using appropriate protocols
(such as HTTPS, IPSec etc.), algorithm
etc.
1. Request to please confirm that the cost for
Internet lease line / MPLS will be borne by
MoHFW?
2. We understand that MoHFW shall provide
MTNL and other Telecom provider PRI lines as
per requirement at CSP's call centre location for
the project. Please confirm our understanding
The cost for the same shall be borne by
CSP.
31. 3.5. Other Requirements of the
Project/ Page 23
Call Centre Access Numbers (PSTN
lines): Programme division will either
provide its own Toll-Free numbers
based on the requirement or may ask
CSP for integration with the existing
number. In such a case, CSP will have
to map such toll-free numbers to the
PRI lines. CSP will ensure that these
lines will be accessible across India via
multiple telephony networks on a single
toll – free access number.
The accessibility of Toll free number from
multiple telephony networks is based on
arrangements between Telecom service
providers. CSP shall have no control on the
accessibility of the Toll free number from
multiple telephony networks. CSP request
MoHFW to procure Toll Free and PRI lines from
Telecom service provider with maximum
accessibility.
In case of inbound, a short code, toll free
or long code will be provided by the
MoHFW for the routing the call to the
CSP.
Outbound calls will be made from the PRI
lines provided by the MoHFW.
32. Volume 1, Section 1.1 Fact
Sheet, Clause "Evaluation
Method", Page 6
The proposal will be evaluated using
QCBS method as detailed out in clause
6.5.18 of this RFP
The clause 6.5.18 is silent on the QCBS matrix
and weightage. Please elaborate
Its QCBS and not CQCCBS thus no
weightages for technical and financials
are required.
33. Volume 1, Section 3. "Scope of
Work", Clause (a) Page 10
CSP will keep a provision to increase
and decrease seats in each shift and
timings of shift as per requirement of
the MoHFW. MoHFW would have the
right to vary quantities i.e., number of
seats and shift or both in the Call
centre, at the time of award of the
contract and subsequently at any time
We request MoHFW to provide details around
the percentage increase or decrease of seats in
each shift and timings of shifts, so that
appropriate estimations can be done. We also
request you to provide minimum seats required
for JSK project during the first year so that
appropriate effort estimation and subsequently
costing can be proposed as a part of this
These shall depend on the requirement of
respective programmes
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during the contract period. project.
34. Volume 1, Section 3. "Scope of
Work", Clause (b) Page 10
CSP will ensure the updating of the
FAQs bank on fortnightly-basis after the
validation by the MoHFW.
We assume domain expert shall be provisioned
by MoHFW. Please confirm if our understanding
is correct.
Please refer the said clause wherein it is
stated "The question bank developed by
the CSP will be validated by the
programme divisions before the rollout.
CSP may also be asked for identifying the
knowledge gaps for domain specific areas
and is expected to collaborate with the
domain experts appointed by MoHFW to
develop appropriate content as per the
requirement of the initiatives"
35. Volume 1, Section 3. "Scope of
Work", Clause (g) Page 10
Network devices (Routers, Switch,
modem, PRI cards etc.) with dual
redundancy should also be managed by
the CSP.
We request MoHFW to give flexibility to CSP for
provision of services and design the
infrastructure and network to meet the
Availability Service Levels as per Annexure 7
and relax the requirement of dual redundancy
clause from it.
No change
36. Volume 1, Section 3.1. "Call
Centre space including ICT &
Non-ICT Infrastructure", Clause
(c), Page 12
The call centre to be provided by the
CSP should be equipped with the
required non-IT infrastructure such as
access control system, CCTV cameras,
electricity, generator set, UPS, headsets
/ phones, air conditioning units,
electrical grounding, furniture and
fixtures, and any other civil
infrastructure required for the operation
of the project. CSP will record and
manage the availability of CCTV
recording, vice recordings access logs
for the last 6 months to MoHFW at any
point of time.
We request MoHFW to provide minimum
specification for different Non-IT infrastructure
components to ensure quality of services to the
different departments.
The ICT infrastructure to be used by the
bidder should comply with the
requirements stated in the RFP so as to
meet the defined SLAs.
37. Volume 1, Section 3.1. "Call
Centre space including ICT &
Non-ICT Infrastructure", Clause
(c), Page 12
c) The call centre to be provided by the
CSP should be equipped with the
required non-IT infrastructure such as
access control system, CCTV cameras,
electricity, generator set, UPS, headsets
/ phones, air conditioning units,
Please clarify, whether all programmes getting
added to CSP in future need to have separate
enclosed area with access control system
allowing only the respective staff of the
programme to access the programme facility or
CSP can use common area defined for MoHFW
The area may be common for all
programmes but should be logically
divided based on the seats required along
with required considerations of reduction
in sound /noise interference
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electrical grounding, furniture and
fixtures, and any other civil
infrastructure required for the operation
of the project. CSP will record and
manage the availability of CCTV
recording, vice recordings access logs
for the last 6 months to MoHFW at any
point of time.
related all programmes.
38. Volume 1, Section 3.3. Human
Resource Requirement, Page no
17
All other cost of these technical
resources including the maintenance of
the call centre application /solution and
the infrastructure shall be bundled in
the operational resource cost by the
CSP.
We request MoHFW to create an additional line
item under their financial forms (Annexure 5:
Contents and Format of Financial Bid 9.5.1) for
providing the cost of maintenance of call centre
application / solution which may include cost of
hardware/software warranty/AMC cost as a
separate line item. This will help to reflect the
actual cost of resources and other cost
separately. Also when new contracts will be
signed with CSP by other departments, costing
can be done more accurately.
No change
39. Volume 1, Section 3.5. Other
Requirements of the Project,
Clause e, Page 22
Access & Audit: MoHFW may depute an
agency or on its own carry out
inspection or audit of the call centre.
MoHFW may also depute an agency for
getting the application audit done on
security parameters. The observations
of these inspections & audits will be
incorporated by the CSP. Further
security audit of the web services for
sending and receiving the data from
CSP end will be the responsibility of the
CSP.
Please confirm the frequency and the scope of
audit.
Shall be decided and conveyed by
respective project / programme division
at the time of signing of the contract
40. Vol 1, pg. 10, 3 a MoHFW would have the right to vary
quantities i.e., number of seats and
shift or both in the Call centre, at the
time of award of the contract and
subsequently at any time during the
contract period.
We propose "Any changes in the number of
seats and shift or both in the Call centre needs
to be mutually agreed between the Parties and
in case of reduction of seats the cost related to
ramp down needs to be borne by the Client"
No change
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41. Vol 1, pg. 25, 4.2 e CSP may be asked to integrate with the
other existing or upcoming solution.
The web services for forward and
backward integration on account of
either party will be created by the
respective party for the exchange of
data
Integration to any new/upcoming solution shall
be intimated to CSP in advance and also the
cost related to the integration needs to be
borne by the Client.
No change
42. Vol 1, pg. 44, 8 b iii All taxes, duties etc. shall be payable
by the CSP. However, in case of change
or revision of service tax or its
equivalent in any new tax structure, the
payment will be made as applicable.
The documentary evidences for
payment of applicable tax structure will
be submitted by the CSP.
We propose, all the prices to be exclusive of
Taxes and the taxes need to be borne and paid
by the client based on actuals
No change
43. Vol 1, Pg. 11 Section 3.1 (iii &
iv)
Section 3.1 (iii & iv) - MoHFW will
provide additional PRI lines to the CSP
and MoHFW will provide unique PRI
lines for each programme,
section 3 (g) Data Centre should have
provision of ISDN / lease lines
connectivity and PRI Lines dedicatedly
for this project. Network devices
(Routers, Switch, modem, PRI cards
etc.) with dual redundancy should also
be managed by the CSP.
Section 3.1 (iii & iv) states that MoHFW will
provide additional PRI lines to the CSP and
MoHFW will provide unique PRI lines for each
programme, however section 3 (g) states that
Data Centre should have provision of ISDN /
lease lines connectivity and PRI Lines
dedicatedly for this project. Network devices
(Routers, Switch, modem, PRI cards etc.) with
dual redundancy should also be managed by
the CSP. Our understanding is that PRI lines
shall be provided by MoHFW, as and when
required during the scope of this RFP.
Yes PRI lines shall be arranged / provided
by the programme division of the
MoHFW.
44. Vol 1, Pg. 71 Section 9.6.3 Table for Cost of JSK Project Application
Development (Fj)
1. The cost of Technical resources in Fj is
already covered under Fa where resources for
JSK are covered in total resources as 20, 14, 7
and 5. It will duplicate the application
development resources and cost for JSK.2.
Does MoHFW want CSP to put the cost of
additional requirement of Technical resources in
Fj over and above the resources mentioned in
Fa? 3. What resources should be included in
table for Fj calculation 4. Form B has only 3
Annexure 6 is only for bid evaluation
purpose and the financial quotes need to
be provided by the bidder as per
Annexure 5
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resources for JSK Project Application
Development, however Step 3 of Section 9.6.3
resources for JSK has 4 resources type. Please
clarify
45. Vol 2, pg. 11, 3.2 General Please suggest in how many days(post
invoicing) the payment shall be made to the
CSP
Based on the acceptance and correctness
of the invoices along with documentary
proofs submitted by CSP and verified by
MoHFW
46. Volume 1, Page No. 5 9.2.10 Form 10: Format for Bank
Guarantee for EMD
Please provide an updated format for bank
guarantee for EMD.
The dates specified are dated to 2016
The format is provided in Annexure 2,
9.2.10, form-10 on page 54 of Vol 1 of
the RFP. 2016 therein needs to be read
as 2017
47. RFP Volume 1, Section 6.5.22.2
(b), Pg. 40
6.5.22.2 (b) Signing of Contract: The
contract shall be signed on all the
pages by the person(s) duly authorized
to bind the successful bidder to the
contract. The stamp of the organization
shall also be affixed on each page of
the contract. MoHFW may discuss
certain terms with successful bidder
before signing of the contract. The
bidder with whom the contract is signed
will be the „Call Centre Service Provider
(CSP).
As the terms of contract (provided in volume II
of the RFP) may need to be modified depending
on the final scope and terms and conditions
agreed, it is prudent that the terms be
discussed between the parties at the time of
signing the contract.
We request to modify this clause to read as
under:
Signing of Contract: The contract shall be
signed on all the pages by the person(s) duly
authorized to bind the successful bidder to the
contract. The stamp of the organization shall
also be affixed on each page of the contract.
MoHFW will discuss and finalize the terms of
the contract with successful bidder before
signing of the contract. The bidder with whom
the contract is signed will be the „Call Centre
Service Provider (CSP).
No change
48. RFP Volume II, Section 1.5.2.1,
Pg. No. 10
1.5.2.1 In the event of any dispute
relating to the meaning of any terms
and conditions which could not be
solved amicably by the parties, the
parties may refer the matter to the
It is requested that the appointment of
arbitrator be by mutual consent of parties.
No Change
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Arbitrator to be appointed by Client on
the request of either of the parties for
arbitration in consonance with the
provisions of the Arbitration and
Conciliation Act, 1996 (Act 26 of 1996)
on the designated reference in dispute.
All legal proceedings shall lie to the
jurisdiction of courts situated in New
Delhi.
49. RFP Volume II, Section 6.4.1,
Pg. No. 16
The CSP shall keep accurate and
systematic accounts, files and records
(„the Records‟). The Records shall
clearly identify, among other things,
the basis upon which invoices have
been calculated and the CSP shall keep
the Records throughout the duration of
this Contract following its termination.
To maintain the records in perpetuity will be an
ongoing and forever obligation of the CSP. We
request that the obligation to maintain the
records be for a period of 5 years following
termination or as required by law whichever is
higher.
The clause to be read as “The CSP shall
keep accurate and systematic accounts,
files and records („the Records‟). The
Records shall clearly identify, among
other things, the basis upon which
invoices have been calculated and the
CSP shall keep the Records until 5 years
from the closure of the contract or
termination of the contract.”
50. RFP Volume II, Section 6.5.1.4
Pg. No. 16
6.5.1.4 The aggregate liability of the
CSP to the Client, whether under the
contract, or otherwise, shall not exceed
the total contract value, provided that
this limitation shall not apply to any
obligation of the CSP to indemnify the
Client with respect to infringement of
intellectual property rights and the
liability as mentioned in GCC clause
7.3.2.
As the exclusion entailed in the clause will
defeat the purpose of limitation of liability and
make CSP's liability unlimited, we request that
the clause be modified to read as under:
The aggregate liability of the CSP to the Client,
whether under the contract, or otherwise, shall
not exceed the total contract value.
No change
51. RFP Volume II, Section 9.3, Pg.
No. 21
9.3 Termination for Convenience
Termination for Convenience: Client
reserves the right to terminate by prior
written notice, the whole or part of the
contract. The notice of termination shall
specify that termination is for Client's
convenience, the extent to which
performance of work under the contract
We request to have the clause modified to read
as under:
Parties reserves the right to terminate by prior
written notice of 60 business days to the other
party, the whole or part of the contract. The
notice of termination shall specify that
termination is for convenience, the extent to
which performance of work under the contract
No change
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is terminated and the date on which
such termination becomes effective.
is terminated.
52. RFP Volume 1, Section 9.7.8
SLA Metrics: Sr. No. 6 Call
Quality Analysis: Page no. 75
Measurement Method: Average Quality
Score = Sum of scores on the quality
form filled ÷ Number of calls heard.
Note: For every call heard by the
Supervisors / Medical Specialists /
Medical Counsellors (as the case may
be) it is mandatory that he / she should
fill the form as devised in the FRS/SRS
stage. MoHFW may validate some calls
along with CSP on the quality
parameter and deviation in score by 20
% will....
Request MoHFW to share the complete
measurement method for call quality analysis.
Details shall be provided during FRS/SRS
stage and it shall depend on the
respective project / programme
53. Page No-16, 3.2. Call Centre
Solution
Voice Logger- 100% automatic call
recording
In call recording pls confirm if screen recording
required or not. If yes then what is the %?
The scope is limited to voice recording
only.
54. Page No-13, 3.2. Call Centre
Solution
The CSP should have mechanism for
managing Business Continuity and
Disaster Recovery Plan in case of
disaster.
Is there any location preference for BCP & DR
Pls confirm.
Only DR is required and it needs to be
located in India in a seismic zone
different to the DC.
55. Page 10.Clause 3(a SCOPE OF
WORK
CSP will keep a provision to increase
and decrease seats in each shift and
timings of
shift as per requirement of the MoHFW
Typically this is limited to plus/minus 15% per
month. Please confirm on quantum of increase
/ decrease per month
No change
56. Page 17 - Clause 3.3.(c) Manpower Need the manpower ratios. Alternatively the
total number of resources needed for following
positions:
- Supervisor
- Medical counsellor
- Medical specialist
- Application developer
- Content writer
- Any other supervisory resources like Trainer,
Quality Analyst, MIS specialist, etc.
Will be decided for each project or
programme separately
57. Page 44, Clause 8, Terms of
payment - periodic payment of
operations post go-live
Periodic payment for operation and
management after Go Live till the entire
duration of the project
Quarterly invoice ---- Request to review this
and change to monthly invoice as per industry
practice. All salaries are payable every month.
No Change
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Increase in payment cycle will require extra
working capital and thereby increase in the
pricing
58. General General Kindly allow a US company to participate in the
tender in consortium with Indian companies.
The turnover and other eligibility criteria may
be jointly met by the consortium.
No change
59. General General Would request you to give an extension by 2
weeks
Last date of bid submission has been
revised as 28th Nov, 2017 by 1530 hours.
60. Volume 1, 3.3, Page 17 Manpower- Agent Should be below 40
years of age
Matured People with experience have good
convincing skill specially women.
No change
61. Volume 1, 3.5, Page 23 Publicity: Any publicity of the project by
the CSP should be done only with the
prior written permission of the MoHFW.
Time duration not mentioned No change
62. Volume 1, 9.7.8, Page 75 SLA Metrics- Average call handling time AHT not defined for calculating Base line
metrics
AHT would differ based on the
requirement of Programmes / Projects
and shall be provided during FRS/SRS
stage as mentioned in the concerned SLA
in the RFP
63. Volume 1, 3, Page 10 e) CSP will keep a provision in the
system to forward some specific calls
from dialler / IVRS / agent to other
number or location as per the logic
provided by the MoHFW.
For forwarding specific calls to other location,
provision of DOT license from MoHFW is
required
These lines stand deleted and the revised
point (e) is to be read as "The appointed
CSP will ensure terminals including data
cabling, furniture / fixture (workstations /
cubicles / seats) for as per the provision
of a typical Call Centre. However, the
space should be adequate for the
deployed staff at an earmarked space
including provision of scale-up."
64. Volume 1, 3, Page 10 b)CSP may also be asked for identifying
the knowledge gaps for domain specific
areas and is expected to collaborate
with the domain experts appointed by
MoHFW to develop appropriate content
as per the requirement of the initiatives
Needs Clarification This is in reference to the knowledge
repository & FAQs which the CSP needs
to prepare using their own team /
experts. However CSP needs to interact
with domain experts appointed by
MoHFW for strengthening and finalizing
the knowledge repository
65. Volume 1, 9.5.3, Page 65 &
Volume 1, 5.1., Page 26
e) The above rates shall be fixed and
remain valid for the entire contract
ambiguity in clause 5.1 & 9.5.3 in price revision The clause may be read as "e)The above
rates along with the annual increment as
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period and extensions thereof if
provided by MoHFW.
specified in clause 5.1 of this RFP shall be
fixed and remain valid for the entire
contract period and extensions thereof if
provided by MoHFW."
66. Volume 1, 3, Page 10 Scope of Work Required More Clarification/ Is assistance will
be provided by MoHFW to develop initial
Question Bank
Initial draft need to be prepared by CSP
and then discuss and finalise the same
with domain experts of MoHFW
67. Volume 1, 9.7.8, Page 73 QUESTION BANK / CONTENT
CREATION-
what will be scoring for the quarter Incase of
No new Queries received .Contact Details of
MoHFW for Approval of QUESTION BANK /
CONTENT CREATION-
It shall be considered as 100% i.e. score
of 15 shall be allocated
68. Volume 1, 9.7.8, Page 73 Percentage Availability of Manpower:90
days and 6 holidays
Required More Clarification It‟s self-explanatory. Please refer page
73 & 74 of Vol I of the RFP where the
same has been explained with an
example also
69. Volume 1, 3.3, Page 17 Manpower- Supervisor Post-Graduation or Graduation with Experience
should be consider
The clause to be read as "At least
Graduate with minimum 3 years of
experience in call centre and minimum 1
year of experience in supervising call
centre operations"
70. Volume 1, 3, Page 10 Scope of Work-CSP will keep a
provision to increase and decrease
seats in each shift and timings of shift
as per requirement of the MoHFW.
Minimum 6 Weeks of Notice Required for
Agents and for the rest 8 Weeks
The required increase should be made
effective by CSP within 3 weeks from the
date of intimation by MoHFW and the
required decrease in seats should be
made effective by CSP within 4 weeks
from the date of intimation by MoHFW
71. Volume 1, 9.7.8, Page 74 Performance- Feedback on call centre
performance
Mechanism of SMS for feedback for Call centre
performance to be defined
This shall be defined during the FRS
stage for the respective programmes /
projects
72. Volume 1, 9.7.8, Page 74 Project Environment Criteria for project site environment rating for
FRS /SRS
As mentioned in the concerned SLA in
the RFP, the same shall be defined during
the FRS /SRS stage for the respective
programs
73. Volume 1, 9.7.8, Page 75 D. Agent occupancy rate-45 mins/ Hour Is it based on Inbound call Flow or other. When
call volume is less, how to evaluate
If such situation arises, CSP needs to
bring the same to the notice of MoHFW
so that the required decision / changes
may be taken
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74. Volume 2, 9.1, Page 17 7.2.2.2 for one year following the
expiry or termination of the contract,
valid and enforceable insurance policies
(if relevant),
Needs Explanation The validity of insurance should be till
one year from expiry or termination of
the contract
75. Volume 1, 3, Page 10 Scope of Work- d) Emails Standard Format will be provided from
MoHFW
The draft of the same need to discussed
and finalised by CSP with MoHFW
76. Term of Payment Quarterly payment what is the time line to release the payment,
on monthly basis considered
No change
77. Volume 1, 9 Annexures:
9.1. Annexure 1:
Prequalification Criteria Page
No. 45. Sr. No. 3
The bidder (each member in case of
consortium) should be registered in
India under Companies Act 1956 / 2013
(as amended from time to time) for a
period of at least 3 years from the date
of submission of the bid
To leverage global best practices/ experience
and capabilities, Request MoHFW to change the
pre-qualification criteria to below.
The bidder (each member prime bidder in case
of consortium) should be registered in India
under Companies Act 1956 / 2013 (as
amended from time to time) for a period of at
least 3 years from the date of submission of
the bid.
No change
78. Volume 1, 9 Annexures:
9.1. Annexure 1:
Prequalification Criteria Page
No. 46 Sr. No. 8
The bidder (any member in case of
consortium) should have a fully
functional Call Centre facility with at
least 200 physical seats setup in Delhi
or National Capital Region as on date of
submission of the bid
Request MoHFW to change the pre-qualification
criteria to below.
The bidder (any member in case of consortium)
should have a fully functional Call Centre
facility with at least 200 physical seats setup in
Delhi or National Capital Region India / Abroad
as on date of submission of the bid
No change
79. Volume 1, 9 Annexures:
9.1. Annexure 1:
Prequalification Criteria Page
No. 46 Sr. No. 8
Proof Required: An undertaking from
the Authorized Signatory of the firm,
certifying the same as per form 5 of
Annexure 2 of this RFP. Along with a
copy of a valid OSP license
Request MoHFW to change the proof required
criteria to below.
An undertaking from the Authorized Signatory
of the firm, certifying the same as per form 5 of
Annexure 2 of this RFP. Along with a copy of a
valid OSP license / equivalent license as
applicable
No change
80. Volume 1, 9 Annexures:
9.1. Annexure 1:
Prequalification Criteria Page
The bidder (any member in case of
consortium) should have successfully
completed a similar call centre project
Request MoHFW to change the pre-qualification
criteria to below.
No change
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No. 46 Sr. No. 9 of value not less than INR 40 lakhs or
two similar call centre projects of value
not less than INR 25 lakhs, within the
last 5 years in India as on date of
submission of the bid.
Note: One year of successful operations
of a call centre will also be considered
as completed for the purpose of
evaluation under this criteria.
The bidder (any member in case of consortium)
should have successfully completed a similar
call centre project of value not less than INR 40
lakhs or equivalent value in foreign currency or
two similar call centre projects of value not less
than INR 25 lakhs or equivalent value in foreign
currency, within the last 5 years in India /
Abroad as on date of submission of the bid.
Note: One year of successful operations of a
call centre will also be considered as completed
for the purpose of evaluation under this
criteria.
81. Volume 1, 9 Annexures:
9.1. Annexure 1:
Prequalification Criteria Page
No. 46 Sr. No. 9
Proof Required: Details of the
assignments as per form 6 of Annexure
2, along with the copy of work order
and certificate of completion or one
year of successful operation issued by
the Client / self-certificate attested by
the authorized signatory of the bidder
Request MoHFW to change the proof required
criteria to below.
Details of the assignments as per form 6 of
Annexure 2, along with the copy of work
order/engagement document or equivalent and
certificate of completion / engagement
document or equivalent or one year of
successful operation issued by the Client / self-
certificate attested by the authorized signatory
of the bidder.
In addition, for furnishing experience
certificate, Bidder may also use credentials of
its affiliates/subsidiaries/sister concern/ parent
entity (India and/or overseas).
No change
82. Volume 1, 9 Annexures: 9.1.
Annexure 1: Prequalification
Criteria Page No. 46 Sr. No. 10
The bidder (any member in case of
consortium) should have experience in
operating at least one call centre
project of 40 seats in India for a
duration of at least one year, within the
last 5 years from the date of
submission of the bid.
Request MoHFW to change the pre-qualification
criteria to below.The bidder (any member in
case of consortium) should have experience in
operating at least one call centre project of 40
seats in India / Abroad for a duration of at least
one year, within the last 5 years from the date
of submission of the bid.
No change
83. Volume 1, 9 Annexures:
9.1. Annexure 1:
Proof Required: Details of the
assignments as per form 6 of Annexure
Request MoHFW to change the proof required
criteria to below.
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2, along with the copy of work order
and certificate of completion or one
year of successful operation issued by
the Client / self-certificate attested by
the authorized signatory of the bidder
Details of the assignments as per form 6 of
Annexure 2, along with the copy of work
order/engagement document or equivalent and
certificate of completion / engagement
document or equivalent or one year of
successful operation issued by the Client / self-
certificate attested by the authorized signatory
of the bidder.
In addition, for furnishing experience
certificate, Bidder may also use credentials of
its affiliates/subsidiaries/sister concern/ parent
entity (India and/or overseas).
84. Volume 1, 9 Annexures:
9.1. Annexure 1:
Prequalification Criteria Page
No. 46 Sr. No. 11
As on the date of submission of the bid,
Bidder (each member in case of
consortium) should not have any
undisputed statutory liability
outstanding for more than 6 months
from the date such dues had become
payable for payment.
Request MoHFW to change the pre-qualification
criteria to below.
As on the date of submission of the bid, Bidder
(each member prime bidder in case of
consortium) should not have any undisputed
statutory liability outstanding for more than 6
months from the date such dues had become
payable for payment.
No change
85. Volume 1, 9 Annexures:
9.1. Annexure 1:
Prequalification Criteria Page
No. 47 Sr. No. 13
Bidder (each member in case of
consortium) should not have withdrawn
from similar government projects or
should not have any contract
termination from similar project with
Govt. of India / State Govt. /Govt.
Agencies in the last 3 years from the
date of submission of the bid.
Request MoHFW to change the pre-qualification
criteria to below.
Bidder (each member prime bidder in case of
consortium) should not have withdrawn from
similar government projects or should not have
any contract termination from similar project
with Govt. of India / State Govt. /Govt.
Agencies in the last 3 years from the date of
submission of the bid.
No change
86. Volume 1, 9 Annexures:
9.3. Annexure 3: Technical
Evaluation Criteria Page No. 58
Sr. No. 8
The bidder (any member in case of
consortium) should have experience in
operationalization of call centre solution
with integrated CRM, IVRS, CTI, Voice
Logger etc. within the last 5 years in
Request MoHFW to change the technical
evaluation criteria to below.
The bidder (any member in case of consortium)
should have experience in operationalization of
No change
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India from the date of submission of
the bid.
call centre solution with integrated CRM, IVRS,
CTI, Voice Logger etc. within the last 5 years in
India / Abroad from the date of submission of
the bid.
87. Volume 1, 9 Annexures:
9.3. Annexure 3: Technical
Evaluation Criteria Page No. 58
Sr. No. 9
Proof Required: Details of the
assignments as per form 6 of Annexure
2, along with the copy of work order
and certificate of completion or one
year of successful operation issued by
the Client / self-certificate attested by
the authorized signatory of the bidder
Request MoHFW to change the proof required
criteria to below.
Details of the assignments as per form 6 of
Annexure 2, along with the copy of work
order/engagement document or equivalent and
certificate of completion / engagement
document or equivalent or one year of
successful operation issued by the Client / self-
certificate attested by the authorized signatory
of the bidder.
In addition, for furnishing experience
certificate, Bidder may also use credentials of
its affiliates/subsidiaries/sister concern/ parent
entity (India and/or overseas).
No change
88. General We understand the desire of the Ministry to
consolidate multiple small call centres across
various outreach and health programs that
currently span many locations and vendors
across the nation. We believe an efficiently run
and consolidated Contact Centre would also
have the ability to deliver further efficiencies
over time, as well as easily provide contact
centre services for new programs and
initiatives. In this context, we request MoHFW
to consider the following changes/observations:
• We believe that any new consolidated setup
should truly be a Multi-Channel Contact Centre
(including SMS, WhatsApp, e-mail, Web based
Chat, IVR etc.) instead of just a call centre• We
also believe the interests of the RFP are better
served by partners with capability to deliver the
No change
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S.
No.
RFP document reference(s)
[Section, clause and page
number(s)]
Content of RFP requiring
clarification(s)
Points of
clarification
Response of MoHFW
following. We request these be considered as
part of technical qualification, or even in a full
QCBS model:o Ability to deploy mHealth Apps
and micrositeso Proactive outreach using SMS
and WhatsApp o Ability to deploy Sophisticated
Chatbots which can help increase penetration
within beneficiaries without linear increase in
headcount With our ability to and history of
year on year optimization of call handling
greater than 10%, we request MoHFW to
modify the RFP to incentivize these efficiencies.
89. Pg 10 Scope of work para (g) Data Centre should have provision of
ISDN / lease lines connectivity and PRI
Lines dedicatedly for this project
We request Ministry to provide minimum
number of Channels that needs to be given
based on anticipated volume of incoming and
outgoing calls. Also the minimum bandwidth in
Mpls. This is to ensure uniformity of Telecom
BOQ
PRI lines shall be provided by MoHFW
90. Pg 10 Scope of work para (g) The internet lease line / MPLS
provisioned by the CSP should maintain
99.99% monthly uptime
To provide 99.99% uptime for data links that
too on monthly basis; it is suggested that
bidder gives bandwidth from 2 different Telco's
The uptime to be read as 99%.
91. Pg 11 3.1 Call centre Infra For JSK, MoHFW already has a toll free
number 1800116555 from MTNL. The
same would need to be configured by
the CSP for JSK calling operations at
the call entre to be proposed by the
CSP. The payment to the Telecom
Service Provider (TSP) shall be done by
MoHFW and the mechanism of inbound
& outbound call shall also be defined by
MoHFW.
For a project of national importance we suggest
that bidder also proposes an additional Toll free
number from another telco. This would ensure
load balancing, redundancy, routing etc.
without adding to cost for MOHFW. The actual
recurring is anyways be paid by the ministry.
Its upto the bidder to decide inline with
the requirements of the RFP
92. Pg 13 3.2 Call Centre Solution
column C para (iii)
The CSP should have mechanism for
managing Business Continuity and
Disaster Recovery Plan in case of
disaster.
If the ministry expecting BCP/ DR call centre in
another location? Will bidder be allowed to
propose an additional Toll free number from
another telco? This would ensure load
balancing, redundancy, routing etc. without
adding to cost for MOHFW. The actual recurring
is anyways be paid by the ministry.
Its upto the bidder to decide inline with
the requirements of the RFP
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No.
RFP document reference(s)
[Section, clause and page
number(s)]
Content of RFP requiring
clarification(s)
Points of
clarification
Response of MoHFW
93. Pg 11 Call Centre Infra Para iv MoHFW will provide unique PRI lines for
each programme.
To reduce footprints of PRI; pl allow bidder to
also propose SIP based channel which are
being deployed in many government and PSU
call centre projects too.
PRI lines are being provided for the
project as mentioned in the RFP
94. Page no.74/9.7.8 SLA Metrics C.
PERFORMANCE
4 Feedback on Call Centre
Performance
Random calls will be made and SMS
may be forwarded to the
beneficiaries for seeking
feedback
Please clarify, is there provision for sms
charges need to bundle with call centre cost.
The bidder needs to quote the cost for
outbound sms i.e. sms sent for the
project. For the number of sms to be
sent prior approval and details shall be
taken from MoHFW in writing. Please
refer Appendix to this corrigendum for
revised formats.
95. Page 11, 3.1 a Call centre space including ICT and
non-ICT infrastructure
As per the requirement of the RFP, the service
provider shall have fully functional call centre in
Delhi/NCR. However, we request you to kindly
clarify for either of the locations as there shall
be a discrepancy in overall cost of the project
from various bidders based on the proposed
location. Also for the ease of communication
and management by MOHFW, we suggest the
call centre activities from Delhi location.
No Change
96. Page 43, 7.2.a Penalties We request for reconsideration of the clause for
overall penalty capping of 10% quarterly.
No Change
97. Page 44, 8.a.1 Terms of payment We would request clarity on whether the CSP
needs to provide cumulative application
development cost or cost of approved deployed
technical resources. We suggest payments
based on cumulative application development
cost as deploying the technical resources only
for phase of development would be a challenge
for CSP
It‟s clearly mentioned on page 44 of the
RFP. Cumulative development cost is
applicable for JSK for which the quotes
are to be provided by the bidder in the
required financial format. For other
programmes based on the discovered
rates, cost needs to be ascertained as
and when the requirement arises.
98. Page 44, 8.a.2 Periodic payments We would request for reconsideration in the
clause for monthly payments
No Change
99. Page 45 Annexure 1: Pre-qualification criteria We would request for consideration of financial
year 2016-17 for calculation on average annual
turnover for past three years
The financial years in the following
criteria and clauses are to be read as
2014-2015, 2014-2016 & 2016-2017
instead of 2013-2014, 2014-2015 &
2015-2016:
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S.
No.
RFP document reference(s)
[Section, clause and page
number(s)]
Content of RFP requiring
clarification(s)
Points of
clarification
Response of MoHFW
1) Clause 9.1. Annexure-1: Pre-
qualification criteria -S.No. 4, 5 & 6
2) Clause 92.4.1-FOrm 4.1, clause
9.2.4.2-Form 4.2, clause 9.2.4.3-Form
4.3
3) Clause 9.3.Annexure 3: Technical
Evaluation Criteria- S.No. A.1., A.2.&
A.3.
100. Page 45, 9.1.4.a Annexure 1: Pre-qualification criteria We request for reduction on annual turnover
from 20 to 5 crores for facilitation participation
from bidders
The criteria to be read as "The bidder
(prime bidder in case of consortium)
should have:
a. An average annual turnover of at least
INR 10 Crores during the financial years
2014-2015, 2015-16 & 2016-17
b. An average annual turnover of at least
INR 5 crores from IT or Information
Technology enabled Services (ITES),
during the financial years 2014-2015,
2015-16 & 2016-17"
101. Page 45 Annexure 1: Pre-qualification criteria We request for reconsideration of clause 4b 5 &
6 as we have various unique projects with the
collective scope of providing IT/ITES, call
centre as well as software development
services. Regarding the same we request for
consideration of the overall cost of the project.
We can also submit the client certificate based
on the completion of work duly audited and
certified by CA.
No Change
102. Scope Page No 11, 3.1. Call Centre space
including ICT & Non-ICT Infrastructure;
ii. Hardware & Software Infrastructure:
Is the client looking for basic 2-3 Level IVR?
Kindly share complete IVR flow along with
action points at each nodes
As mentioned in RFP clause 3.2 point a
(i) "The CSP shall interact with the key
officials of programme division or any of
its nominated agency for understanding
the requirements for the development of
solution. The CSP shall document the
functional requirements and get it signed
off from the programme division."
103. Scope Page No .12 3.2. Call Centre Solution Please confirm the % language breakup of The bidder has to have a mix of staff able
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No.
RFP document reference(s)
[Section, clause and page
number(s)]
Content of RFP requiring
clarification(s)
Points of
clarification
Response of MoHFW
English and Hindi?
How many concurrent IVR port need for TTS?
to speak English and Hindi fluently.
Shall be provided during the FRS/SRS
stage
104. Scope Page No 11, 3.1. Call Centre space
including ICT & Non-ICT Infrastructure;
ii. Hardware & Software Infrastructure:
How much storage client is looking for? Bidder has to assess the same based on
their solution proposed by them.
105. Scope Page No 11, 3.1. Call Centre space
including ICT & Non-ICT Infrastructure;
(iv)
The CSP may need to integrate with different
TSPs with the same dialer / or may use
multiple dialers for managing multiple projects
of the MoHFW.
Is there a requirement to integrate IVR/CTI
with any Client or 3rd party applications? What
would be the mechanism and order of such
integration?
The bidder may need to integrate with
3rd party applications in future. The
requirements for the same will be
provided by the MoHFW then. Bidder has
to keep the provision of integration in
their system.
106. Scope Page No 12 3. Scope of work, g Data Centre should have provision of ISDN /
lease lines connectivity and PRI Lines
dedicatedly for this project. Network devices
(Routers, Switch, modem, PRI cards etc.) with
dual redundancy should also be managed by
the CSP. The internet lease line / MPLS
provisioned by the CSP
Please specify the overall Mpls Bandwidth to be
consider to connect to client DC & DR (if
available).
Please clarify who will be providing the WAN
components (router, firewall, etc.) at client's
data centres; Vendor or client?
Bidder has to assess the same based on
the solution proposed by them.
107. General General Do the agents require any licensed applications
like MS office, etc. for BAU?
Bidder has to assess the same based on
their solution proposed by them. MoHFW
doesn‟t expect call centre agents to work
on these tools.
108. Scope 3.2. Call Centre Solution, Clause (d)
S.No. 1 Customer Relationship
Management (CRM) solution, Page No
14
The customised CRM should be a web based
solution with seamless integration to the other
tools such as IVRS, CTI, SMS gateway etc.
Our CRM solution is a home grown solution
using the .NET Platform and MS SQL as
backend. Is such a solution acceptable?
The CRM should meet the requirement of
the MoHFW envisaged in the RFP.
Web chat, Website self-service, Social
Media is not envisaged in the scope of
RFP.
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S.
No.
RFP document reference(s)
[Section, clause and page
number(s)]
Content of RFP requiring
clarification(s)
Points of
clarification
Response of MoHFW
Will CRM require to manage inbound SMS as a
channel for contact?
Will CRM require to manage inbound Email as a
channel for contact?
Please indicate if any other channels like Web
chat, Website self-service, Social Media need to
be handled via this CRM?
109. It should have mechanism to integrate
for fetching data for validation and
pushing back the validated data.
Will this require system integration with
MoHFW systems? If Yes please indicate number
of systems where integration will be required?
Please indicate desired methodology for
integration i.e. Web-services, API's?
It is assumed here that MoHFW will provide the
required Web-services/API's else will provide
necessary technical support and documentation
for development of the same.
How will MoHFW provide us data for outbound
calling? File Transfer Via SFTP OR system
integration with MoHFW system
Will this data require DNC scrubbing?
At most one for each programme initially.
The web-services of respective sides will
be developed by the respective vendor.
Through web services or other
mechanism as deemed fit by the MoHFW.
110. General General Complete management of service sets for both
incoming and outgoing calls
111. 3.4. Operational Requirement of the
Call Centre, b) Calling operations, ii)
Inbound Calls, Page No. 20
Inbound Calls: Call centre Agents will act as a
first point of contact. The agents will resolve
the queries of the callers. The caller may be
calling on toll free no or short code of MoHFW
as the case may be. CAs will provide complete
and accurate information as approved by the
MoHFW to the caller. In case the Call centre
Agent is unable to resolve the caller's query,
the call needs to be referred to the medical
counsellor / specialist in conference mode. The
medical counsellor / specialist will assist the
agent in providing resolution to the caller. In
case the medical counsellor / specialist is also
not able to resolve the query, the call centre
will arrange a call back to the caller within 7
It is our understanding here that a
ticketing / escalation management
system will be required here for
escalations of cases where Call centre
Agent is unable to resolve caller query.
The medical counsellor / specialist will be
a part of the contact centre team.
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No.
RFP document reference(s)
[Section, clause and page
number(s)]
Content of RFP requiring
clarification(s)
Points of
clarification
Response of MoHFW
calendar days if the question is within the
scope of the project.
112. The bidder (prime bidder in case of
consortium) should have:
1. a. An average annual turnover
of at least INR 10 Crores during the
financial years 2013-2014, 2014-2015
& 2015-16.
2. b. An average annual turnover
of at least INR 5 crores from IT or
Information Technology enabled
Services (ITES), during the financial
years 2013-2014, 2014-2015 & 2015-
16.
Please revise this to clause:
The bidder (prime bidder in case of consortium)
should have:
1. a) An average annual turnover of at
least INR 4 Crores during the financial years
2014-2015, 2015-16 and 2016-2017.
2. b) An average annual turnover of at
least INR 2 crores from IT or Information
Technology enabled Services (ITES), during the
financial years 2014-2015, 2015-16 and 2016-
2017.
The criteria to be read as "The bidder
(prime bidder in case of consortium)
should have:
a. An average annual turnover of at least
INR 10 Crores during the financial years
2014-2015, 2015-16 & 2016-17
b. An average annual turnover of at least
INR 5 crores from IT or Information
Technology enabled Services (ITES),
during the financial years 2014-2015,
2015-16 & 2016-17"
113. The bidder (each member in case of
consortium) should be registered in
India under Companies Act 1956 / 2013
(as amended from time to time) for a
period of at least 3 years from the date
of submission of the bid
Please revise this to clause:
Please allow Sole Proprietorship firms or
Partnership firms to participate in this tender,
as these are also legal form of business.
The pre-qualification criteria of the RFP is
modified as provided in Appendix 4 of
this corrigendum.
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Appendix 1: Contents and Format of Financial Bid
1.1. Form A: Financial Format for Monthly Rate per person
The bidder is required to quote the monthly rates for each of the resources (operational
& technical) along with their shifts and shift timings. MoHFW or its divisions based on the
requirement of the project will sign a contract with the bidder. The requirement of the
project will be assessed by the CSP. Based on the assessed requirement, MoHFW will
validate the same and accordingly sign a contract with the CSP. The payment to the CSP
will be made based on the operational manpower approved by the MoHFW and the rates
quoted by the CSP. The technical manpower will be analysed by the CSP based on the
approved rates and submitted to the MoHFW. The payment to the CSP will be made
based on the technical manpower approved by the MoHFW. The process will be followed
for all the project of the MoHFW subsequently signed under this RFP.
The contract will initially be signed for the JSK project and subsequently based on the
provisions of the RFP other programme may on-board by using this RFP for availing the
services for CSP based on the rates quoted by the approved bidder (i.e. CSP).
The table below provides the format for providing monthly rates for each of the
resources (operational & technical) along with their shifts and shift timings as applicable.
These rates as quoted by the bidder would be used by the programme divisions of
MoHFW for deployment of required resources for operations and technical aspects at the
call centre proposed by the bidder for the execution of the respective projects of the
programme divisions of MoHFW.
S
No Resource type Shifts & Shift Timings
Monthly
Rate per
person
for each
shift,
exclusive
of taxes
(in INR)
(A)
Taxes
(in INR)
(B)
Total Rate
inclusive of
Taxes (in INR)
(C) = (A + B)
A Operational Resources
1 Supervisor
One general shift (9:00
hours to 18:00 hours)
Two shifts in a day of
eight hour each (07:00
hours to 15:00 hours and
15:00 hours to 23:00
hours)
Three shifts in a day of
eight hour each i.e24 X 7
(06:00 hours to 14:00
hours, 14:00 hours to
22:00 hours and 22:00
hours to 06:00 hours)
2 Medical
Counsellor
One general shift (9:00
hours to 18:00 hours)
Two shifts in a day of
eight hour each (07:00
hours to 15:00 hours and
15:00 hours to 23:00
hours)
Three shifts in a day of
eight hour each i.e24 X 7
(06:00 hours to 14:00
hours, 14:00 hours to
22:00 hours and 22:00
hours to 06:00 hours)
3 Medical
Specialist
One general shift (9:00
hours to 18:00 hours)
Two shifts in a day of
eight hour each (07:00
hours to 15:00 hours and
15:00 hours to 23:00
hours)
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S
No Resource type Shifts & Shift Timings
Monthly
Rate per
person
for each
shift,
exclusive
of taxes
(in INR)
(A)
Taxes
(in INR)
(B)
Total Rate
inclusive of
Taxes (in INR)
(C) = (A + B)
Three shifts in a day of
eight hour each i.e24 X 7
(06:00 hours to 14:00
hours, 14:00 hours to
22:00 hours and 22:00
hours to 06:00 hours)
4
Call Centre
Agent (Hindi
& English)
One general shift (9:00
hours to 18:00 hours)
Two shifts in a day of
eight hour each (07:00
hours to 15:00 hours and
15:00 hours to 23:00
hours)
Three shifts in a day of
eight hour each i.e24 X 7
(06:00 hours to 14:00
hours, 14:00 hours to
22:00 hours and 22:00
hours to 06:00 hours)
5
Call Centre
Agent (English
& Regional
Language)
One general shift (9:00
hours to 18:00 hours)
Two shifts in a day of
eight hour each (07:00
hours to 15:00 hours and
15:00 hours to 23:00
hours)
Three shifts in a day of
eight hour each i.e24 X 7
(06:00 hours to 14:00
hours, 14:00 hours to
22:00 hours and 22:00
hours to 06:00 hours)
B Technical Resources
6 Application
Developers
To be managed by the
CSP
7 Database
Administrators
To be managed by the
CSP
8 Business
Analyst
To be managed by the
CSP
9 Content
Writer
To be managed by the
CSP
9 Content
Translator
To be managed by the
CSP
Note:
a) The day the first project of any programme division of MoHFW is awarded (Letter
of award is issued to the CSP), would be taken as the start date for the prices
quoted above i.e. these rates would form the base price. Beyond this base year,
an annual increment of 10% would be applicable on the base rates quoted by the
bidder. This would be used in determining the value of the respective projects as
and when they are initiated as well as any additional requirement taken up during
the period of contract.
b) In case of two shifts in a day and three shifts in day, the monthly rate per person
for each shift should be quoted as an average rate per person per shift
irrespective of the timings of shift.
1.2. Form B: Financial Format for Application Development Cost for JSK Project
Table below provides the format for providing the application development cost for the
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JSK project under this RFP wherein CSP would be required to operate the call centre on
outsourced and turnkey basis for the requirements of JSK Programme division as
provided in this RFP. For JSK this cost and cost for operational resources (as required by
MoHFW) shall form the contract value for JSK.
S No Resource type
Efforts
in
number
of
Person
Months
(m)
Rates should be same as quoted in
Form A: Financial Format for
Technical Resources Total
Rate
inclusive
of Taxes
(in INR)
(G) =
(m) X
(F)
Monthly
Rate per
person
exclusive
of taxes(in
INR)
(D)
Taxes (in
INR)
(E)
Monthly
Rate
inclusive of
Taxes (in
INR)
(F) = (D +
E)
C JSK Project Application Development
1 Application
Developer
2 Database
Administrator
3 Business Analyst
Note:
Rates quoted above should be same as quoted in Form A: Financial Format. In case
of discrepancy in the rates quoted here and the rates quoted in Form A: Financial
Format, the rates as quoted in Form A: Financial Format would prevail for all
contractual maters.
1.3. Form C: Financial Format for Monthly Rate per Seat for MoHFW Staff
Table below provides the format for providing the monthly rates per seat in any of the
shift for MoHFW staff to be deployed /posted in CSP‟s proposed call centre.
S No
Monthly Rate per Seat
for each shift for
MoHFW staff,
exclusive of taxes (in
INR)
(H)
Taxes (in INR)
(I)
Total Rate inclusive of Taxes
(in INR)
(J) = (H + I)
Note:
a) The day the first project of any programme division of MoHFW is awarded (Letter
of award is issued to the CSP), would be taken as the start date for the prices
quoted above i.e. these rates would form the base price. Beyond this base year,
an annual increment of 10% would be applicable on the base rates (i.e. per seat
rate) quoted by the bidder. This would be used in determining the value of the
respective projects as and when they are initiated as well as any additional
requirement taken up during the period of contract.
1.4. Form D: Financial Format for Outbound SMS Rate
Table below provides the format for providing the rates for outbound sms i.e. sms sent
for the project.
S No
Rate per outbound
sms, exclusive of
taxes (in INR)
(K)
Taxes (in INR)
(L)
Total Rate inclusive of Taxes
(in INR)
(M) = (K + L)
Key considerations on the financial format (i.e. form A, form B, form C & form D as
provided above)
a) The prices or the rates quoted above should include all charges incurred by
the bidder for providing the services as mentioned in this RFP.
b) In case of any change or revision of service tax or its equivalent in any new
tax structure by the Government of India, the payment will be made as
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applicable. The documentary evidences for payment of applicable tax
structure will be submitted by the bidder.
c) The Mandatory taxes / duties etc. as applicable shall be deducted by MoHFW.
d) No deviations from the above financial formats will be accepted, by the
MoHFW.
e) The above rates shall be fixed and remain valid for the entire contract period
and extensions thereof if provided by MoHFW.
f) Conditional rates /quotes will not be accepted and may lead to rejection of the
bid.
Signature of the bidder_____________________
Address_____________________
Date: _____________________________
Place:_______________________________
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Appendix 2: Methodology for calculation of Absolute Financial Quote (Fb)
This section provides the methodology for calculation of „Absolute Financial Quote (Fb)‟,
which will be used only for the purpose of evaluation of financial bids which have
qualified the technical bid evaluation stage. This methodology is a 4 step process as
given below:
1.1. Step 1: Estimation of Total Person Requirement (n)
For calculation of Fb, an indicative number of resources required for each programme
and in total is provided in the table below for first year.
S
N
o
Resource
type
Shifts & Shift
Timings
Indicative Person Requirement in First Year
JS
K
Kilkari &
Mobile
Academ
y
Adolescent
Health
Other
Program
mes of
MoHFW
Total
(n)
A Operational Resources
1 Supervis
or
One general shift
(9:00 hours to
18:00 hours)
2 1 1 10 14
Two shifts in a day
of eight hour each
(07:00 hours to
15:00 hours and
15:00 hours to
23:00 hours)
10 10
Three shifts in a day
of eight hour each
i.e24 X 7 (06:00
hours to 14:00
hours, 14:00 hours
to 22:00 hours and
22:00 hours to
06:00 hours)
10 10
2
Medical
Counsello
r
One general shift
(9:00 hours to
18:00 hours)
1 1 5 7
Two shifts in a day
of eight hour each
(07:00 hours to
15:00 hours and
15:00 hours to
23:00 hours)
3 3
Three shifts in a day
of eight hour each
i.e24 X 7 (06:00
hours to 14:00
hours, 14:00 hours
to 22:00 hours and
22:00 hours to
06:00 hours)
2 2
3 Medical
Specialist
One general shift
(9:00 hours to
18:00 hours)
1 1 2 4
Two shifts in a day
of eight hour each
(07:00 hours to
15:00 hours and
15:00 hours to
23:00 hours)
1 1
Three shifts in a day
of eight hour each
i.e24 X 7 (06:00
hours to 14:00
hours, 14:00 hours
to 22:00 hours and
22:00 hours to
06:00 hours)
1 1
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S
N
o
Resource
type
Shifts & Shift
Timings
Indicative Person Requirement in First Year
JS
K
Kilkari &
Mobile
Academ
y
Adolescent
Health
Other
Program
mes of
MoHFW
Total
(n)
4
Call
Centre
Agent
(Hindi &
English)
One general shift
(9:00 hours to
18:00 hours)
12 4 12 18 46
Two shifts in a day
of eight hour each
(07:00 hours to
15:00 hours and
15:00 hours to
23:00 hours) 10
10
Three shifts in a day
of eight hour each
i.e24 X 7 (06:00
hours to 14:00
hours, 14:00 hours
to 22:00 hours and
22:00 hours to
06:00 hours) 10
10
5
Call
Centre
Agent
(English
&
Regional
Language
)
One general shift
(9:00 hours to
18:00 hours)
6 8 14
Two shifts in a day
of eight hour each
(07:00 hours to
15:00 hours and
15:00 hours to
23:00 hours)
8 8
Three shifts in a day
of eight hour each
i.e24 X 7 (06:00
hours to 14:00
hours, 14:00 hours
to 22:00 hours and
22:00 hours to
06:00 hours)
8 8
B Technical Resources
6
Applicatio
n
Develope
rs
To be managed by
the CSP
4 4 4 8
20
7
Database
Administr
ators
To be managed by
the CSP 2 2 2 8 14
8 Business
Analyst
To be managed by
the CSP 1 1 1 4 7
9
Content
Writer /
Content
Translato
r
To be managed by
the CSP 1 1 1 2 5
1.2. Step 2: Deriving Total Person Months Cost (Fa)
The total person requirement as calculated in step 1 will be multiplied with the months of
deployment and the monthly rate per person (exclusive of taxes) as quoted by the
bidder in their financial bids as per the format provided in „Form A: Financial Format for
Monthly Rate per person‟ to derive „Total Person Months Cost (Fa)‟ as given in table
below:
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S No Resource
type
Shifts & Shift
Timings
Total
Indicativ
e Person
Require
ment in
First
Year (n)
Number
of months
of
deployme
nt in First
Year (p)
Monthly Rate
per person
(in INR) as
quoted by
bidder
(exclusive of
taxes)
(A)
Total Person
Months Cost
(Fa) (in INR)
(exclusive of
taxes)
(B )=(n) x
(p) x (A)
A Operational Resources
1 Supervis
or
One general
shift (9:00
hours to 18:00
hours)
14 12 As quoted by
the bidder
Two shifts in a
day of eight
hour each
(07:00 hours to
15:00 hours
and 15:00
hours to 23:00
hours)
10 12 As quoted by
the bidder
Three shifts in a
day of eight
hour each i.e24
X 7 (06:00
hours to 14:00
hours, 14:00
hours to 22:00
hours and
22:00 hours to
06:00 hours)
10 12 As quoted by
the bidder
2
Medical
Counsell
or
One general
shift (9:00
hours to 18:00
hours)
7 12 As quoted by
the bidder
Two shifts in a
day of eight
hour each
(07:00 hours to
15:00 hours
and 15:00
hours to 23:00
hours)
3 12 As quoted by
the bidder
Three shifts in a
day of eight
hour each i.e24
X 7 (06:00
hours to 14:00
hours, 14:00
hours to 22:00
hours and
22:00 hours to
06:00 hours)
2 12 As quoted by
the bidder
3
Medical
Specialis
t
One general
shift (9:00
hours to 18:00
hours)
4 12 As quoted by
the bidder
Two shifts in a
day of eight
hour each
(07:00 hours to
15:00 hours
and 15:00
hours to 23:00
hours)
1 12 As quoted by
the bidder
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S No Resource
type
Shifts & Shift
Timings
Total
Indicativ
e Person
Require
ment in
First
Year (n)
Number
of months
of
deployme
nt in First
Year (p)
Monthly Rate
per person
(in INR) as
quoted by
bidder
(exclusive of
taxes)
(A)
Total Person
Months Cost
(Fa) (in INR)
(exclusive of
taxes)
(B )=(n) x
(p) x (A)
Three shifts in a
day of eight
hour each i.e24
X 7 (06:00
hours to 14:00
hours, 14:00
hours to 22:00
hours and
22:00 hours to
06:00 hours)
1 12 As quoted by
the bidder
4
Call
Centre
Agent
(Hindi &
English)
One general
shift (9:00
hours to 18:00
hours)
46 12 As quoted by
the bidder
Two shifts in a
day of eight
hour each
(07:00 hours to
15:00 hours
and 15:00
hours to 23:00
hours)
10 12 As quoted by
the bidder
Three shifts in a
day of eight
hour each i.e24
X 7 (06:00
hours to 14:00
hours, 14:00
hours to 22:00
hours and
22:00 hours to
06:00 hours)
10 12 As quoted by
the bidder
5
Call
Centre
Agent
(English
&
Regional
Languag
e)
One general
shift (9:00
hours to 18:00
hours)
14 12 As quoted by
the bidder
Two shifts in a
day of eight
hour each
(07:00 hours to
15:00 hours
and 15:00
hours to 23:00
hours)
8 12 As quoted by
the bidder
Three shifts in a
day of eight
hour each i.e24
X 7 (06:00
hours to 14:00
hours, 14:00
hours to 22:00
hours and
22:00 hours to
06:00 hours)
8 12 As quoted by
the bidder
B Technical Resources
6 Applicati
on
To be managed
by the CSP 20 12
As quoted by
the bidder
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S No Resource
type
Shifts & Shift
Timings
Total
Indicativ
e Person
Require
ment in
First
Year (n)
Number
of months
of
deployme
nt in First
Year (p)
Monthly Rate
per person
(in INR) as
quoted by
bidder
(exclusive of
taxes)
(A)
Total Person
Months Cost
(Fa) (in INR)
(exclusive of
taxes)
(B )=(n) x
(p) x (A)
Develope
rs
7
Databas
e
Administ
rators
To be managed
by the CSP 14 12
As quoted by
the bidder
8 Business
Analyst
To be managed
by the CSP 7 12
As quoted by
the bidder
9
Content
Writer /
Content
Translato
r
To be managed
by the CSP 5 12
As quoted by
the bidder
1.3. Step 3: Deriving Total Cost of JSK Project Application Development (Fj)
In this step the total cost for JSK project application development (Fj) exclusive of taxes
is calculated based on the efforts and rates quoted by the bidder in their financial bids as
per the format provided in „Form B: Financial Format for Application Development Cost
for JSK Project‟, as given in table below:
S No Resource type
Efforts in
number
of Person
Months
(m)
Monthly Rate
per person (in
INR) exclusive
of taxes
(D)
Total (in INR)
exclusive of
taxes
(Q)=(m) X (D)
C JSK Project Application Development
1 Application Developer
2 Database Administrator
3 Business Analyst
4 Content Writer / Content
Translator
Total Cost of JSK Project Application Development (Fj) i.e. Sum of
Column „Q‟
1.4. Step 4: Deriving Total Seat Cost for MoHFW Staff at proposed call centre (Fm)
In this step the total seat cost for MoHFW staff (Fm) for Year exclusive of taxes is
calculated based on the rates quoted by the bidder in their financial bids as per the
format provided in „Form C: Financial Format for Monthly Rate per Seat for MoHFW Staff‟
as given in the table below:
S No
Total Indicative
Seats
Requirement in
First Year (n)
Number of
months of
requirement of
seat in First Year
(p)
Monthly Rate
per Seat for
each shift for
MoHFW staff,
exclusive of
taxes (in INR)
(H)
Total (in INR) exclusive
of taxes
(L) = (n)x(p)X(H)
1 10 12
1.5. Step 5: Deriving Total Seat Cost for MoHFW Staff at proposed call centre (Fs)
In this step the total cost of sms sent for the project (Fs) for Year exclusive of taxes is
calculated based on the rates quoted by the bidder in their financial bids as per the
format provided in „Form D: Financial Format for Outbound SMS‟, as given in the table
below:
Table below provides the format for providing the rates for outbound sms i.e. sms sent
for the project.
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S No Total Indicative SMS
sent in First Year (n)
Rate per outbound
sms, exclusive of
taxes (in INR)
(K)
Total (in INR) exclusive of
taxes
(M) = (n)x (K)
1 50, 000
1.6. Step 6: Arriving at the Absolute Financial Quote (Fb)
In this step the „Absolute Financial Quote (Fb)‟ is calculated using Fa, Fj, Fm & Fs as
derived in step 1 to 5 above, respectively, as per the formula given below:
Fb = Fa+Fj+Fm+Fs
Note:
The above details are only for evaluation purpose & for calculation of Fb. The
contract value for each of the programme divisions may vary based on the
requirement provided at the time of signing of the contract.
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Appendix 3: Terms of Payment
a) CSP will have to setup and operationalize the project conforming to the scope
mentioned in the RFP. After the Go-Live of the project, CSP shall be paid based
on the actual utilization on quarterly basis. Additional cost, if desired by MoHFW
and other operational expenses as mentioned in the RFP for implementation of
other requirements of MoHFW, shall be paid additionally based on the rates
quoted by the CSP in the financial bid.
Sl No Payment Milestones Payable Amount
1. On Go-Live of the
project
Payment based on the financial quotes provided
by the CSP (i.e. application development cost or
cost of approved deployed technical resources
for the project, as the case may be) less
penalties (if any)
2. Periodic payment for
operation and
management after Go-
Live till the entire
duration of the project
Quarterly invoice raised based on the approved
number of deployed operational resources in
various shifts as approved in writing with MoHFW
less penalties and deductions (if any)
3. Payment for seats
provided for MoHFW
staff in the call centre
Quarterly invoice raised based on the approved
number of seats to be provided for MoHFW staff
in the call centre in various shifts as approved in
writing with MoHFW less penalties and
deductions (if any)
4. Payment for outbound
sms for the project
Quarterly invoice raised based on the number of
outbound sms sent from the call centre for the
project as directed and approved in writing with
MoHFW less penalties and deductions (if any)
5. Change management
cost (if applicable)
Payment based on the financial quotes provided
by the CSP (approved by MoHFW as cost for the
change) less penalties (if any) on completion of
the activity (or as agreed by the MoHFW and
CSP)
b) Note:
i) Applicable SLA deductions and other penalties for the quarter shall be
deducted from the respective invoices raised by the CSP
ii) CSP will be paid additionally for deployment of additional resource if
desired by MoHFW and deployment duly approved by MoHFW in writing as
per the rates mentioned in the financial quotes
iii) All taxes, duties etc. shall be payable by the CSP. However, in case of
change or revision of service tax or its equivalent in any new tax structure,
the payment will be made as applicable. The documentary evidences for
payment of applicable tax structure will be submitted by the CSP.
iv) The Mandatory taxes / duties etc. as applicable shall be deducted by
MoHFW.
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Appendix 4: 9.1 Annexure 1: Prequalification Criteria (Section of RFP), sub-
point 3
The clause is revised and may be read as:
S.
No. Prequalification Criteria Proof Required
3.
The bidder (prime bidder in case of
consortium) should be registered in
India under Companies Act 1956 /
2013 (as amended from time to time)
and for a period of at least 3 years
from the date of submission of the bid.
The consortium members may be a
sole proprietorship firm / a partnership
firm / society / limited liability
partnership firm registered in India.
Copy of Certificate of Incorporation /
Registration and the details as per
form 3, Annexure 2 of this RFP.