Tender Overview
The Andhra Pradesh Home Department invites bids for a DIGITAL FORENSIC PLATFORM SOFTWARE under a licensing model. The tender specifies multiple licensing dimensions (types, concurrent users, subscription period, hosting, deployment, and OEM support) with an EMD of ₹33,000. The scope emphasizes ongoing OEM support, user licences, installation scope, and training, all aligned to a government deployment. The procurement targets a robust forensic software solution, including licence delivery, renewal options, and updated versions, with potentially flexible quantity handling per the option clause. The tender highlights a data-sheet alignment requirement and non-obsolescence conditions, aiming for a reliable, standards-aligned product with long-term vendor commitment.
Technical Specifications & Requirements
- Product category: DIGITAL FORENSIC PLATFORM SOFTWARE
- Category details include: Software Type; Types of Licence; Period of Subscription (in Years); Period of Renewal of existing Licence (in Months); OEM Licensing policy; Licence Delivery Mode; Type of Licence; Number of Concurrent Users; Hosting Environment/Deployment Option; Scope of Installation; OEM support for updates; Years of OEM support for patches, bug fixes, and version upgrades; Training Options; Number of Training Days.
- Documentation requirements imply a data sheet alignment and to avoid obsolescence (minimum 5 years residual market life);
- The terms specify installation, commissioning, testing, and training to be performed by OEM or authorized resellers; emphasis on 3-year government supply experience and non-liquidity clause.
Terms, Conditions & Eligibility
- EMD: ₹33,000
- Experience: Bidder or OEM must have supplied similar category products to Central/State Govt or PSU for at least 3 years prior to bid opening; evidence via contracts.
- Delivery/Installation: OEM-certified resources or OEM-authorized resellers for on-site deployment, commissioning, and training.
- Data Sheet alignment and non-obsolescence: product data sheet must match offered specifications; end-of-life not allowed within five years residual market life.
- GST responsibility lies with bidder; GST reimbursement as per actuals or applicable rates, up to quoted rate.
- Option clause allows quantity variation up to 25% during contract; extended delivery time calculated as (additional quantity/original quantity) × original delivery period, minimum 30 days.
- Payment terms not explicitly stated; vendors should prepare terms compliant with buyer policies.
- Warranty/Support: OEM support periods for patches, bug fixes, and version upgrades implied but not numerically defined.
- Documentation: bid must include physical/electronic evidence of experience, data sheets, and OEM authorizations.
