Supply and Installation of Fluorescence/Luminescence Spectrometer.

Sealed tender in two bids system (Technical Bid & Price bid) is invited from bonafide, resourceful and eligible manufacturer/exclusive distributor/vendors for Fluorescence Spectrometer with the following specifications & Accessories. Part – I (Technical Bid) of the tender should contain technical details and commercial terms and conditions and Part – II (Price Bid) should indicate group-wise price as mentioned in the Technical Bid. The Technical Bid and Price bid are to be submitted in two separately sealed envelopes distinctly marked accordingly and both to be put inside another envelope, which should be sealed and superscribed with tender reference no. and due date. Complete tender bids should reach the office of the Registrar, Indian Association for the Cultivation of Science, Jadavpur, Kolkata – 700032 on or before the scheduled date & time specified below. The bidders may submit bids duly signed in their own letterheads.

The technical bids will be opened first to evaluate technical specifications of the equipment and there after the price bids of only the technically qualified distributor/vendors will be opened

Last date for submission of the tender: January 09, 2012 up to 02.00 PM in the office of the Registrar, Indian Association for the Cultivation of Science, Jadavpur, Kolkata -700032

Opening of Technical Bids: Technical Bids will be opened on ~~January 09, 2012~~ January 16, 2012 at 03.00 PM at J. C. Bose Meeting Hall in the presence of intending bidders or their representatives.

Opening of price-bid: The Price Bids of the bidders qualifying the technical bid will only be opened, the date of which will be intimated to the short-listed bidders at their email addresses. The rest of the bids will be rejected.

Please note that IACS will not provide any accommodation or expenses to any of the bidders for attending opening of technical bid/price bid.

A). TECHNICAL BID:

Technical Bid should contain technical details and commercial terms and conditions and kept in a separate envelope duly superscribed as “Technical Bid” on the outer cover of the envelope.

Detailed Technical Specifications of "Fluorescence Spectrometer"

(1) The instrument would be used for fluorescence/luminescence measurement.

(2) Source: It should have the pulsed xenon flash lamp.

(3) Monochromator: To have excitation 200-800 nm and Emission 200-900 nm.

(4) Wavelength Accuracy: +/- 1.0 nm

(5) Spectral band pass: Excitation- 2.5-15 and Emission 2.5-20 nm

(6) Scan Speed: 20 to 1500 nm per min.

(7) Sensitivity: Minimum signal to noise ratio level using the Raman band of water, excitation 350 nm is 500:1 RMS for peak and 2000:1 RMS measuring noise on the baseline.

(8) Operating system: The instrument should have window operating system.

B). Price BID:

Price Bid should indicate group-wise price as mentioned in the Technical Bid and kept in a separate envelope duly superscribed as “Price Bid” on the outer cover of the envelope.

C) GENERAL INSTURCTIONS:

1. Incomplete & conditional tenders and tenders received after the due date will be summarily rejected without assigning any reasons thereof.

2. At any time prior to the bid due date, IACS may, for any reason, whether at its own initiative or in response to a clarification requested by a prospective bidder during pre-bid meeting, modify the bidding documents. The amendment(s) will be notified on the Institute website. Prospective bidders are advised to occasionally visit the website for any amendment.

3. Payment: 100% against delivery and successful installation

4. Warranty: Minimum 1 year Warranty

5. Installation/Demonstration/Application Training at site: Free of cost by the supplier

6. Service facility: Supplier should mention their details of service setup and Manpower in Kolkata who are responsible for after sales support. Response time should be within 24 hours

7. Validity of tender: Tender submitted shall remain valid at least for four months from the date of opening the tender. Validity beyond four months from the date of opening of the tender shall be by mutual consent.

8. The tender should accompany a compliance chart.

9. The rate should be inclusive of all taxes, transportation etc. Nothing extra will be paid in addition to the quoted rate.

10. The model number, make, and a printed literature of the product shall submit positively.

11. Proposed delivery schedule should be mentioned clearly.

12. Manufacturers/exclusive distributors/vendors should have history of supplying this type of instrument to this or other Scientific Organizations.

13. Number of installations with a list of customers (with proper documents) of such equipment in India in last five years should be mentioned.

14. Authorized Dealership Certificate is must in case of principal manufacturing company is not quoting directly.

15. Guarantee certificate, users manuals etc. are to be handed over to the user after successful commissioning of the system.

16. At any time prior to the bid due date, IACS may, for any reason, whether at its own initiative or in response to a clarification requested by a prospective bidder, modify the bidding documents. The amendment(s) will be notified in the Institute website. Prospective bidders are advised to occasionally visit the website for any amendment www.iacs.res.in/tender

17. In the event of date being declared a closed holiday for purchaser’s office, the due date for submission of bids and opening of technical bids will be the following working day at the appointed time.

18. For any clarification regarding technical specifications, etc. please send your queries to Dr Narayan Pradhan (camnp@iacs.res.in)

19. The Institute reserves the right to reject any or all of the tenders received without assigning any reason thereof.

Registrar