Tender Overview
The Uttarakhand Medical Health and Family Welfare Department invites bids for an Automated Blood Culture System under the state procurement program in 2025. The project encompasses supply, installation, testing, commissioning, and operator training, with an EMD of ₹180,000 and an emphasis on MDR 2017 compliance, medical device licenses, and batch-wise testing reports. The contract allows a ±25% quantity variation and requires complete lifecycle support, including calibration checks, alarms for positive cultures, and integrated data management with barcode capability. The objective is a fully functional system capable of continuous monitoring, growth kinetics displays with hard-copy outputs, and delayed-specimen analysis. The delivery scope includes installation at the designated hospital facility in Uttarakhand and supplier-supplied uptime protection via an integrated UPS. Key differentiators include on-site calibration, dedicated bottle-position optics, and external printer connectivity; adherence to safety and electrical standards is mandatory.
Technical Specifications & Requirements
- System must support continuous monitoring of all culture samples with growth kinetics display and hard-copy printouts for growth data
- In-built calibration checks and per-batch test reports as per MDR 2017 rules; validity of Medical Device license under Drugs and Cosmetic Act 1940
- Each bottle position equipped with its own optics/detection device; barcode reader included
- Category: Data Management System with touch-screen monitor, UPS for power backup, and external printer availability
- Compliance standards: MDR 2017, medical device license, electrical safety; manufacturer certification required
- Warranty: standard warranty with option for comprehensive warranty selectable via bidding; OEM alignment required
- No BOQ items available; Scope includes supply, installation, testing, commissioning, operator training, and statutory clearances
- EMD: ₹180,000; turnover criteria apply to bidder and OEM; 3-year average turnover to be demonstrated
- Delivery clauses permit 25% quantity variation and apportioned delivery window with minimum extension rules
Terms, Conditions & Eligibility
- EMD: ₹180,000 (mandatory); payment terms aligned with delivery milestones
- Turnover: minimum average annual turnover over last 3 years as specified by bid document; OEM turnover criteria also apply
- Compliance: MDR 2017, valid Medical Device license under Drugs and Cosmetic Act 1940, manufacturing unit certification, batch test reports for each product
- Scope: supply, installation, testing, commissioning, operator training, and statutory clearances
- Additional terms: option clause allows quantity variation up to ±25% at contracted rates; delivery schedules extendable per clause; GST as per applicable rules; no obsolescence risk; supplier to ensure non-liquidation status
- Documentation: bidders must present experience evidence, financials, and all required certifications at submission or with supplies
- Warranty: standard warranty with optional comprehensive warranty chosen via bid; penalties/liquidated damages not specified in excerpt