IFB No.FA/54/WB/99                       Date: 17th November 1999

1. The Government of India (GOI) has received a credit from the International Development Association (IDA) to finance the India Rubber Project (CR 2409 IN). It is intended that part of the proceeds of this loan will be applied to eligible payments under the contracts for which this invitation for Bids is issued.

2. The Rubber Board, now invites sealed bids from eligible bidders for the supply and installation of Computers and Networking Systems, Cabling Systems and UPS Systems. Evaluation will be done separately for each package.

3. Interested eligible bidders may obtain further information and inspect the bidding documents at the office of the Director Finance, Rubber Board, Kottayam - 686 002, Kerala State, India.

4. A complete set of Bidding documents may be purchased by an interested eligible bidder on the submission of a written application, to the above addressee and upon payment of non-refundable fee of Rs.2000/- or US$ 50 by a Demand Draft in favour of Director (Finance), Rubber Board, payable at Kottayam. The bidders who purchase the Bidding document in their names only are eligible for submission of bid.

5. The provisions in the Instructions to Bidders and in the General Conditions of Contract are the provisions of the World Bank Standard Bidding Documents, Procurement of goods.

6. Bids must be delivered to the above addressee (para 3) on or before 15.00 Hrs IST on 18th January 2000 and must be accompanied by a Bid Security as mentioned in ITB Clause 15 thereof.

7. Bids will be opened in the presence of bidders' representatives who choose to attend at 10.00 Hrs IST on 19th January 2000 at Rubber Board, Kottayam - 686 002, Kerala, India.

8. A complete set of Bidding Document may be obtained from the office of the Director (Finance), Rubber Board, Kottayam - 686002, Kerala, India during office hours on or before 17th January 2000 15.00 Hrs on all working days either in person or by post.

9. The details are as follows:

   9.1	Bid reference	FA/54/WB/99
   9.2	Price of bidding document (non-refundable)	Rs.2000/- each or US $ 50
   9.3	Courier charges, Inland	Rs.500/- each
   9.4	Courier charges, Overseas	Rs.1000/- each or US $ 25
   9.5	Date of commencement of sale of Bidding Documents	Monday 29th November 1999 10.00 Hrs IST
   9.6	Last date of sale of Bidding Documents	Monday 17th January 2000 15.00 Hrs IST
   9.7	Last date and time for receipt of bids	Tuesday 18th January 2000 15.00 Hrs IST
   9.8	Date and time of opening of bids	Wednesday 19th January 2000 10.00 Hrs IST
   9.9	Date of pre-bid conference	Monday 20th December 1999 10.00 Hrs IST
   9.10	Place of opening of bids and pre-bid conference	Rubber Board, Kottayam - 686 002, Kerala, India
   9.11	Address for communication	Director (Finance), Rubber Board, Kottayam - 686 002, Kerala, India, Telephone: 91-481-571231/571232/571235 Telex: 888 205 RUBR IN Fax: 91-481-571380/572707 E-mail: rrii@vsnl.com rpc@md3.vsnl.net.in

10. Bidders who desire to obtain the Bidding Document in person can do so by submitting an application and upon payment of the price of the Bidding Document either in Cash or by Demand Draft drawn in favour of the Director Finance, Rubber Board payable at Kottayam on office hours.

        
                                                             Sd/-
                                                      DIRECTOR (FINANCE),
                                        Rubber Board, Kottayam - 686 002, 
                                                           Kerala, India.

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