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OPPORTUNITY FOR VARIOUS EPABX MANUFACTURERS'/AUTHORIZED DISTRIBUTORS'
TO PROVIDE VOICE & DATA EPABX'S TO BSNL's CUSTOMERS ON REVENUE SHARE
BASIS (Authorized distributors may also participate)
BSNL seeks to provide Telecommunication Services to Public
Sector Undertakings, Government Organisations, MNCs, Corporates,
Hotels, Housing Societies and all other Commercially Important
Customers (CIC's) through the provision of Voice & Data EPABX's at
their premises on a rental cum usage charge basis and accordingly
seeks to empanel eligible parties for providing such Voice & Data
EPABX's on a Revenue Share Basis to BSNL. Proposals are accordingly
invited from interested companies for providing these EPABX's on
non-exclusive, revenue sharing basis. The services can be offered by
the concerned parties/companies after signing of the agreement with
BSNL. Salient points of the agreement and eligibility criteria are
given below.
TELECOMMUNICATIONS SERVICES THROUGH THE PROVISION OF
VOICE & DATA EPABX'S TO BSNL'S CUSTOMERS
BSNL
contemplates to provide the following services to its customers under
this scheme
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Intra & Inter
Office Voice Connectivity
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Data
Connectivity & Internet Access through dialup & xDSL
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Value Added
Services (VAS) - Voice mail and optionally services such as
Predictive Dialers, Automatic Call Distribution, Information Pop-Up
Screens, VoIP, Voice Mail, Inter Office Video-Conferencing etc
BSNL seeks to
propagate the scheme in the following circles/licensed service areas
1 |
Andhra
Pradesh |
14 |
Orissa |
2 |
Bihar
|
15 |
Punjab |
3 |
Jharkhand |
16 |
Rajasthan |
4 |
Chennai
Telecom District |
17 |
Tamil Nadu |
5 |
Calcutta
Telecom District |
18 |
Uttar Pradesh
(East) |
6 |
Gujarat |
19 |
Uttar Pradesh
(West) |
7 |
Haryana |
20 |
Uttaranchal |
8 |
Himachal
Pradesh |
21 |
West Bengal |
9 |
Karnataka |
22 |
Andaman &
Nicobar |
10 |
Kerala |
23 |
North East-I |
11 |
Madhya
Pradesh |
24 |
North East-II |
12 |
Chattisgarh |
25 |
Assam |
13 |
Maharashtra |
26 |
Jammu &
Kashmir |
The salient
features of the scheme are as under
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The
proposed agreement with the prospective parties/companies shall be
entered for an initial period of five year with a provision of
servicing each customer enrolled under the scheme for an initial
period of five years.
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Empanelled parties/companies shall supply, install, operate and
maintain the Voice & Data EPABX's on BSNL's advice.
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BSNL
shall provide all back haul voice and data connectivity's to the said
Voice & Data EPABX's.
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The
customer shall provide all infrastructure for the installation and
operation of the said equipment, as also provide internal wiring,
telephone instruments and computers etc. for the smooth operations of
the Voice & Data EPABX.
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The
customers under the scheme shall not be charged the rentals for the
junction connectivity and shall only be charged a rental on the
extensions provided. Call usage shall be charged on applicable rates
of BSNL and data connectivity would be charged on the applicable rates
of the bandwidth.
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BSNL
shall share both the rentals and the call usage revenue at the rates
prescribed in the Agreement.
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All
revenue shares shall be paid only on the collected portion of the
revenue.
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Parties shall be empanelled on the basis of the eligibility criteria
provided in the Agreement and subject to their equipment meeting the
technical specifications as set out in the agreement.
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The
agreement shall be subject to the empanelled party/company providing
to BSNL a Performance Guarantee of Rs. 25.00 lacs in the form of a
Bank Guarantee.
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The
services shall be provided under the brand names of BSNL only.
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Both
BSNL and the empanelled parties/companies shall jointly market the
scheme.
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The
empanelled party/companies shall be allowed to operate in circle(s) of
its choice made at the time of signing the agreement or as may be
enhanced and reduced from time to time subject to the terms and
conditions set out in the agreement.
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The
empanelled parties/companies can be subsidiary companies of the
eligible party/company.
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The
empanelled parties/companies can be authorized distributors of the ISO
certified manufacturer of EPABX. The company should be authorized by
the manufacturer to this effect. The authorized distributors should
give a certificate of support from OEM/EPABX Manufacturer.
The prospective
parties shall fulfill the following eligibility criteria for the
purposes of signing the agreement.
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The eligible
company shall be registered & incorporated in India under the
Companies Act, 1956 as amended.
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The total foreign equity in the company shall not, at any time
during the tenure of this Revenue Share Agreement exceed 49% of the
total paid up equity share capital or as per the Foreign Direct
Investment (FDI) limit for Telecom Companies prescribed by the
Government of India from time to time.
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The signing company shall make no change in the Indian and Foreign
promoter(s) or their equity participation without prior intimation
to BSNL.
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The signing company shall ensure that its management control shall
remain in Indian hands at all times
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The minimum
annual turnover of the signing company shall be Rs. 2.00 crores in
Telecom during each of the three most recent financial years.
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The signing
company shall be an ISO Certified Manufacturer of such Voice & Data
EPABX.
Or
The empanelled parties/companies shall be authorized distributors of
the ISO certified manufacturer of EPABX. The company should be
authorized by the manufacturer to this effect. The authorized
distributors should give a certificate of 10 years support from OEM/EPABX
Manufacturer.
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The signing
company shall possess support facilities in the Areas of Operation.
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The signing company or its group companies shall not be a Licensed
Telecom Operator for any of the Telecom Services in India (except
Delhi & Mumbai) nor acquire such license in the duration of this
Agreement.
The equipment
proposed to be installed under the scheme by the eligible
parties/companies shall necessarily meet the following technical
specifications.
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The equipment provided should be TEC approved
in terms of the latest TEC GR's for ISDN and DID connectivity valid
for at least 2000 ports as per the TEC GR I/IPX-01/02.MAR 2000 and
IR/PBX-02/04.OCT 2003 respectively (as amended and superseded from
time to time). The said TEC Interface Approval must clearly mention
the status of the Applicant Company as a "Manufacturer" of the
equipment sought to be provided.
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The PBX's so offered shall among other features
also necessarily contain the following Phone Plus Features provided
by BSNL:
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Call Waiting
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Abbreviated
Dialing
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Hot Line
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Call
Transfer (Call Forward)
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Caller Line
Identification Presentation (CLIP) on all Extensions
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Phone Bell
Check
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Electronic
Locking for STD/ISD
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The offered system shall also be ready for
sending and receiving SMS (Short Messaging Service) through the use
of SMS Phones.
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The PBX's so offered for the services should be
able to support DID facilities.
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The PBX's so offered be scalable on the same
platform from 50 ports to 1000 ports without any hardware shift.
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The PBX's so offered for installation should be
able to support Analog, Digital, xDSL and Other Value Added Service
Ports with complete interchangeability within and across the
installation. The offered exchange shall be an ISDN & VoIP ready
switch.
ARE YOU INTERESTED....
Please get in touch
with us with the details of the Telecommunication Services you can
provide on our network along with the information on the circles in
which you want to provide these services, at the following address:
O/o Sr. DDG (Business Development)
BHARAT SANCHAR NIGAM LIMITED
Room No 908, Statesman House,
Barakhamba Road,
New Delhi-110 001
Tel: 011-23734010
Fax 011- 23734012
The agreement can
be availed by interested manufacturer after submitting the necessary
documents as mentioned below. It is further intimated that interested
manufacturers should submit the documents at the abovementioned
address.
The copy of the
Agreement containing the Commercial, Financial Conditions & Technical
conditions shall be supplied on receipt of the following documents:
Please note that
requests made on FAX/e-mail for supply of the Agreement shall not be
entertained.
FORMAT OF THE NON-DISCLOSURE UNDERTAKING
We further
undertake and declare that we shall be responsible for safe custody of
the Papers/ documents including the Agreement proposed to be entered
into between M/s BHARAT SANCHAR NIGAM LIMITED and ourselves. We shall
take all necessary steps to safeguard the privacy and confidentiality
of the Agreement and shall use our best endeavors to secure that no
person acting on our behalf or ourselves divulge or disclose or use
any part of the Agreement without the written consent of M/s BHARAT
SANCHAR NIGAM LIMITED.
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