BASTI
BASTI
FOR
Scanning and Digitization of Records including indexing and Meta Data entry of Records
and upload eoffice for BASTI commissionerate
   Critical Dates
       SN                    Particulars                       Date              Time
        1           Publishing Date                        22 July 2024      06:55 PM
        2           Bid Submission Start Date              22 July 2024       6:55 PM
                                                                             Onwards
        3           Bid Submission End Date               03 Aug 2024        12:30 PM
        4           Bid Opening Date                      03 Aug 2024        01:30 PM
Limited Tender
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                                   Index
SN                                Contents                               Page
                                                                          Nos
1    e-Bid Notice                                                          3
2    SECTION I : Letter of Invitation                                      5
3    SECTION II: INSTRUCTIONS TO BIDDERS (ITB)                            11
4    SECTION III: TERMS OF REFERENCE (TOR) AND SCOPE OF WORK              12
5    SECTION IV: BIDDER'S ELIGIBILITY CRITERIA                            13
6    SECTION V : STANDARD TERMS AND CONDITIONS                           14-22
7    SECTION VI: TECHNICAL PROPOSAL SUBMISSION FORM (Annexure I & II)    23-24
8    DECLARATION FOR PROPOSAL SUBMISSION FORM (Annexure III)              25
9    FINANCIAL PROPOSAL SUBMISSION FORM (Annexure IV)                     26
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                                   e-Bid Notice
FOR
Scanning and Digitization of Records including indexing and Meta Data entry of Records
and upload eoffice for BASTI commissionerate
Online e-bids are invited from experienced Service Providers, who are already empanelled
with U.P. Electronics Corporation Limited under Job Category-II (IT ENABLE
SERVICES ) and Service Provider Category (“A”“B, C”) only for Scanning and
Digitization of Records including indexing and Meta Data entry of Records and upload
eoffice for Directorate of Electrical Safety, Lucknow Department.
The e-bids are invited from 22 July 2024 to 03 Aug 2024 and e-Bids shall be opened on the 03
Aug 2024 or afterwards. The details of submission of e-Bids are available in the e-Bid document
uploaded on the e-tender portal http://etender.up.nic.in. The Corporation reserves the right to
cancel any or all the e-Bids or annul the Bidding process without assigning any reason thereof.
                                                                Managing Director
                                                         U.P. Electronics Corporation Ltd.
                                                                 10 Ashok Marg
                                                                 Lucknow-226001
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                                             Request for Proposal
                                                     For
        Scanning and Digitization of Records including indexing and Meta Data entry of Records
        and upload eoffice for BASTI commissionerate
        The Information Technology (I.T.) Act, 2000 enacted by Government of India provides the
        necessary legal and regulatory frame work in which we will use IT in our daily lives. This law
        has created the right environment for the entry of the private entrepreneur and at the same time,
        defines the standards of services to the consumers and mainly to the rural masses.
        U.P. Electronics Corporation Ltd (UPLC) is the nodal agency appointed by the Government of
        Uttar Pradesh to provide IT/ITES solutions to the departments. One of the main objectives of the
        State Government’s IT effort is to provide speedy, transparent, accountable and efficient conduct
        of Government Systems and Delivery of Services. The Government of UP shall use Information
        Technology as a tool to reduce poverty. The Government is the largest service provider to the
        rural masses who are handicapped by the lack of information. The UPLC, being the nodal agency
        is committed to provide the necessary inventories for the spread of IT based education,
        healthcare, agriculture and allied information in the rural areas.
(ii)    To provide services as `System Integrator’ to Various State Government Establishments of Uttar
        Pradesh.
(iii)   To Provide Hardware Solutions with Installation, Commissioning and Warranty (ICW) to meet
        out the requirement of Various State Government Establishments of Uttar Pradesh.
(iv)    To Provide Software Solutions to cater to the requirement of Various State Government
        Establishments of Uttar Pradesh.
(v)     To Provide IT&ITES Solution on a turnkey basis suitable for end-to-end or partial functioning of
        State Government Establishments.
(vi)    To provide Computer Education and Training to the officials of various Government
        Departments/ Organizations/Institutions
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    SECTION I: Letter of Invitation
  Through this Request for Proposal (RFP), it is intended to invite e-Bids for the selection of
  appropriate Software Agency/firm for the work Scanning and Digitization of Records
  including indexing and Meta Data entry of Records and upload eoffice for BASTI
  commissionerate
  Bidders are advised to study the e-Bid document carefully.
  1. Submission of e-Bids against this tender shall be deemed to have been done after careful study
      and examination of the procedures, terms and conditions of the e-Bid document with full
      understanding and its implications.
  2. The Corporation may, at its own discretion, extend the date for submission of e-Bids. In such
      case all the rights and obligations of the Corporation and Bidders previously subject to the
      deadline will thereafter be subject to the deadline as extended.
  3. Only those Service Providers who are empanelled in U.P. Electronics Corporation Ltd
      under the Job Category-II            (IT enable services) and Service Provider Category
      (“S”“A”“B,C”) vide e-bid reference no UPLC/ Software / Empanelment 016/2019-20 and
      UPLC/ Software / Empanelment 018/2021-22 and UPLC/ Software / Empanelment
      019/2022-23 and UPLC/ Software / Empanelment 020/2023-24 are eligible to participate in
      this Tender. e-Bids submitted by any other bidders will be treated as non responsive and will
      not be considered against this e-Bid.
  4. The e-Bid document is available on e-tender portal http://etender.up.nic.in and also on UPLC's
      website www.uplc.in. Interested Bidders May view, download the e-Bid document, seek
      clarification and submit these e-Bids online only on e-tender portal http://etender.up.nic.in, up
      to the date and time mentioned in the table below:-
e-Bid Reference No.                   UPLC/Software /2024-25/20
Purpose                               Request For Proposal (RFP Scanning and Digitization of
                                      Records including indexing and Meta Data entry of Records
                                      and upload eoffice for BASTI commissionerate
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                    SECTION II: INSTRUCTIONS TO BIDDERS (ITB)
1. DEFINITIONS
   d. “Instructions to Bidders” means the document which provides interested Bidders with all
      information needed to prepare their Bids. This document also details out the process for
      the selection of the Consultant for the work mentioned in this tender document.
   e. “Scope of work” (SOW) means Scope of work mentioned in Section III: Terms of
      Reference of the RFP which explains the objectives, Scope of work, activities, tasks to be
      performed, and expected results and deliverables of the assignment, respective
      responsibilities of the Purchaser and the Bidder.
   f. “The Contract rates” mean the charges for the various consultancy assignment payable to
      the Consultant under the Contract for the full and proper performance of its contractual
      obligations;
   g. “The Project Site”, where applicable, means the sites or office of BASTI
       commissionerate
   h. “Services” means the Development and implementation of application Software services
      and other obligations of the Service provider covered under the Work Order/Contract;
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2. THE BIDDING DOCUMENT
     The Bidders are expected to examine all the instructions, forms, terms and conditions,
     requirements and qualifications in the e-tender documents. Failure to furnish all the
     information required as per the Bidding documents or submission of an e-Bid not
     responsive to the e-tender document in every respect will be at the Bidder’s risk and May
     result in the rejection of his e-Bid.
     It shall be the sole responsibility of the prospective Bidders to check the e-tender portal
     http://etender.up.nic.in and www.uplc.in from time to time for any amendment in the e-Bid
     document. In case of failure to get the amendments, if any, the UPLC shall not be
     responsible for any negligence on part of the Bidder.
     In order to allow prospective Bidders a reasonable time to take the amendment into
     account in preparing their e-Bids, UPLC at its discretion, May extend the deadline for the
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       submission of e-Bids. Such extensions shall be posted/up-loaded on the e-tender portal
       http://etender.up.nic.in.
       The Bidder shall furnish, as part of Technical Proposal (Annexure I& II), documents
       establishing the qualification to perform the Contract. The documentary evidence in
       support of the information furnished should be submitted by the Bidder electronically in
       the PDF format. The Bidder's eligibility criteria and selection procedure are defined in
       Section IV of e-Tender document.
       It is suggested that the PDF files should be made in grayscale using the minimum readable
       appropriate resolution so that the size of the files is minimized for fast uploading on the e-
       Bid portal.
The Bidder shall prepare one electronic copy for the e-Bids.
       Bidder or a person or persons duly authorized to bind the Bidder to the Contract. All the
       pages/ documents of the e-Bid shall also be signed manually by the person authorized to
       sign the e-Bids before converting them into PDF and uploading them as bidding
       documents.
5 Submission of e-Bids
The Bidders have to follow the following instructions for submission of their e-Bids:
       For participating in e-tender through the e-Biding system, it is necessary for the Bidders to
       be the registered users of the e-tender portal http://etender.up.nic.in. For this, the Bidders
       have to register themselves by depositing a fee of Rs 6000/- (Rupees Six thousands only)
       in the office of U.P. Electronics Corporation Limited, 10, Ashok Marg, Lucknow-226 001
       for getting a valid User ID and password and the required training/ assistance etc. on e-
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tender portal http://etender.up.nic.in. The Bidders May contact U.P. Electronics
Corporation Limited at the contact details given in Section I of e-tender document.
In addition to the normal registration, the Bidder has to register with his/her Digital
Signature Certificate (DSC) in the e-Biding system and subsequently he/she will be
allowed to carry out his/her e-Bids submission activities. Registering the Digital Signature
Certificate (DSC) is a onetime activity till its validity. Before proceeding to register his/her
DSC, the Bidder should first log on to the e-Biding system using the User Login option on
the home page with the Login Id and Password with which he/ she has registered as
enumerated in the preceding paragraph above.
The Bidder can search for active Bids through "Search Active Bids" link, select a Bid in
which he/she is interested in and then move it to ‘My Bids’ folder using the options
available in the e-Bid Submission menu. After selecting and viewing the Bid, for which the
Bidder intends to e-Bid, from "My Bids" folder, the Bidder can place his/her Bid by
clicking "Pay Offline" option available at the end of the view Bid details form. Before this,
the Bidder should download the Bid document and study hem carefully. The Bidder
should keep all the documents ready as per the requirements of e-Bid document in the PDF
format.
After clicking the ‘Pay Offline’ option, the Bidder will be redirected to the Terms and
Conditions page. The Bidder should read the Terms & Conditions before proceeding to fill
in the Processing Fee offline payment details. After entering and saving the Processing fee
details, the Bidder should click "Encrypt & Upload" option given in the offline payment
details form so that "Bid Document Preparation and Submission" window appears to
upload the required documents Technical Proposal Submission Form etc (Annexure "I" to
Annexure "IV") of this e-tender document. The details of the Demand Draft or any other
accepted instrument which is to be physically sent in original before Bid submission and
date and time, should tally with the details available in the scanned copy and the data
entered during e-Bid submission time otherwise the e-Bid submitted will not be accepted.
Before uploading, the Bidder has to select the relevant Digital Signature Certificate. He
May be prompted to enter the Digital Signature Certificate password, if necessary. For
uploading, the Bidder should click "Browse" button against each document label in
Technical schedules/packets and then upload the relevant PDF files already prepared and
stored in the Bidder's computer. The required documents for each document label of
Technical. Schedules/packets can be clubbed together to make single different files for
each label.
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       The Bidder should click "Encrypt" next for successfully encrypting and uploading of
       required documents. During the above process, the Bid documents are digitally signed
       using the DSC of the Bidder and then the documents are encrypted/locked electronically
       with the DSC’s of the Bid openers to ensure that the Bid documents are protected, stored
       and opened by concerned Bid openers only.
       After successful submission of e-Bids, a page giving the summary of e-Bid submission
       will be displayed confirming end of e-Bid submission process. The Bidder can take a
       printout of the Bid summary using the "Print" option available in the window as an
       acknowledgement for future reference.
       The UPLC May extend this deadline for submission of e-Bids by amending the e-tender
       document in accordance with ITB Clause 4, in which case all rights and obligations of the
       UPLC and Bidders previously subject to the deadline will thereafter be subject to the
       deadline as extended.
       UPLC shall not consider any request for date-extension for e-Bid-submission on account
       of late downloading of e-tender (RFP) by any prospective Bidder. E-Bids should be
       uploaded on e-tender portal http://etender.up.nic.in on or before 02:00 P.M. of 03 Aug
       2024.
7 Late e-Bids
       The server time indicated in the Bid Management window on the e-tender portal
       http://etender.up.nic.in will be the time by which the e-Bids submission activity will be
       allowed till the permissible date and time scheduled in the e-tender. Once the e-Bids
       submission date and time is over, the Bidder cannot submit his/ her Bid. Bidder has to start
       the e-Bid Submission well in advance so that the submission process passes off smoothly.
       The Bidder only, will be held responsible if his/ her e-Bids are not submitted in time due to
       any reasons.
       At any point of time, a Bidder can withdraw his/ her e-Bids submitted online before the e-
       Bids submission end date and time. For withdrawing, the Bidder should first log in using
       his/ her Login Id and Password and subsequently by his/ her Digital Signature Certificate
       on the e-procurement portal http://etender.up.nic.in. The Bidder should then select "My
       Bids" option in the Bid Submission menu. The page listing all the Bids submitted by the
       Bidder will be displayed. Click "View" to see the details of the Bid to be withdrawn. After
       selecting the "Bid Withdrawal" option, the Bidder has to click "Yes" to the message "Do
       you want to withdraw this Bid?" displayed in the Bid Information window for the selected
       Bid. The Bidder also has to enter the Bid Withdrawing reasons and upload the letter giving
       the reasons for withdrawing before clicking the ”Submit" button. The Bidder has to
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       confirm again by pressing "Ok" button before finally withdrawing his/ her selected Bid.
       Once the Bidder has withdrawn his /her Bid he/she cannot re-submit this Bid again.
       The Bidder has to request the UPLC with a letter, attaching the proof of withdrawal and
       submission of e-Bids Processing Fee in the office of Managing Director, UPLC, to return
       back the e-Bids Processing Fee as per the procedure.
       The Bidder can resubmit his/ her e-Bids as and when required till the Bid submission end
       date and time. The e-Bids submitted earlier will be replaced by the new one. The payment
       made by the Bidder earlier will be used for revised e-Bids and the new Bid submission
       summary generated after the successful submission of the revised e-Bids will be
       considered for evaluation purposes. For resubmission, the Bidder should first log in using
       his/ her Login ID and Password and subsequently by his/ her Digital Signature Certificate
       on the e-procurement portal http://etender.up.nic.in. The Bidder should then select "My
       Bids" option in the Bid Submission menu. The page listing all the Bids submitted by the
       Bidder will be displayed. Click "View" to see the details of the Bid to be resubmitted.
       After selecting the "Bid Resubmission" option, click "Encrypt & Upload" to upload the
       revised e-Bids documents by following the methodology provided in clauses 09 above.
       The Bidders can submit their revised Bids as many times as possible by uploading their e-
       Bids documents within the scheduled date & time for submission of e-Bids.
       No e-Bids can be resubmitted subsequently after the deadline for submission of e-Bids.
       After evaluation of technical e-Bids, UPLC shall notify those bidders whose e-Bids were
       considered non-responsive to the Conditions of the Contract and not meeting the
       Qualification Requirements indicating that they did not technically qualify for selection as
       Consultant. UPLC will simultaneously notify the bidders, whose technical e-Bids were
       considered acceptable and they have been short listed for opening of their financial e-bids.
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Scanning and Digitization of Records including indexing and Meta Data entry of Records
and upload eoffice for BASTI commissionerate
Scope of Work
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                   SECTION IV: BIDDER'S ELIGIBILITY CRITERIA
Only those bidders shall be eligible for bidding in this tender who are empanelled in UPLC
under Job Category-II (IT enable services ) and Service Provider Category (“A”“B, C”) only
vide e-bid reference UPLC/ Software / Empanelment 015/2019-20 and UPLC/ Software /
Empanelment 016/2019-20 and UPLC/ Software / Empanelment 018/2021-22 and UPLC/
Software / Empanelment 019/2022-23 and UPLC/ Software / Empanelment 020/2023-24
  (i)       Strategy and Work Plan of completing the entire job work (as per scope of
                    work)
  (ii)      Bidder should have executed at least 2 projects in scanning in govt department
  (iii)     Details of Hardware Infrastructure for Scanning
  (iv)      Manpower Details for Scanning
  (v)       ISO 27001 or above
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     SECTION V – Standard Terms and Conditions
       “After successful completion of Job, you will provide all data, source code, complete
       solutions of project to the client department.”
1. Prices
1.1   The total Prices (F.O.R. destination) quoted by the Service Provider should be F.O.R.
      destination and inclusive of all prevalent Taxes e.g. GST, Duties, License fees, etc till
      delivery , installation and implementation of application software and all the services to the
      end-customer.
1.2   If at any time during the said period, the Service Provider reduces the sale price, sells, or
      offers to sell such Services and goods to any person/organization, Central or State
      Government Departments etc as the case May be, at a price lower than the price chargeable
      under the contract, the Service Provider shall forthwith notify such reduction, or sale or
      offer to sell to the UP Electronics Corporation Ltd (UPLC) and the price payable under the
      contract for the supply of Services and material after the date of coming into force of such
      reduction or sale or offer to sell, shall stand correspondingly reduced.
2. Period of Validity of Offer
      The offer shall remain valid for 150 days after the date of offer opening prescribed by
      UPLC. Any offer valid for a shorter period shall be rejected by UPLC as non-responsive.
3. UPLC's Centage Charges
    UPLC's Centage Charges as per norms, would be added over and above the prices quoted by
    the Vendor/negotiated prices payable to the Service Provider, before submission of final
    proposal of UPLC to the end-customer, by UPLC.
4. Scope of Work
    The Scope of Work shall be as per requirement of the end-customer, as mentioned in Section –
    III (Terms of Reference (TOR) And Scope of Work.
5. Time Schedule/Delivery Period
    The supply or installation of Software and training as per schedule mentioned in Section-III
    and all other items and integrated Solution, if required in the project to the end-customer
    should be completed within the time specified by the end-customer/as per requirement of the
    project.
6. Submission of Offer
    The Service Provider should submit their e-bid duly signed and stamped by the authorized
    Signatory on each and every page of the documents.
7. Evaluation of Offers
    The Service Providers will upload their e-bid within stipulated time. The selection will be
    based on the proven competence of technically qualified bidder and lowest bid.
8. Changes in Technical Specifications
8.1     UPLC reserves the rights to effect changes within the general scope of work in consultation
        with the end-customer in any one or more of the following:
         (a) technical specifications of the systems and Goods to be furnished under the scope of
             work are to be specifically designed and manufactured to meet the requirement of
             project for supply to end-customer; and the application software so developed on the
             required SW environment to meet the requirement of project
         (b) the method of transportation or packing;
         (c) the place of delivery; and/or
         (d) The Services to be provided by the Service Provider.
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8.2    Any such change will be notified in writing, before opening of the financial
       proposal/quotation. In case, any of the Service Provider has already submitted its offer
       before receiving the notification of changes from UPLC, will be allowed to submit its
       revised offer. If any such change causes an increase or decrease in the cost, or the time
       required for, the Supplier’s performance of any provisions under the Contract, an equitable
       adjustment shall be made in the Contract Price or delivery schedule, or both, and the
       Contract shall accordingly be amended. Any claims by the Supplier for adjustment under
       this clause must be asserted within seven (7) days from the date of the Supplier’s receipt of
       the Purchaser’s change order.
8.3   UPLC reserve the right to reject the bid in following conditions
a.    if and only if the bidder has participated as a consortium.
 b.   if the bidder has participated in the bid with conditions.
9. Right to negotiate
    The negotiation, if required shall be carried out only with the technically qualified with the
    lowest Bidder by UPLC and/or end-customer / any other competent authority/ high power
    purchase committee of the State Government as per the procedures/policy of the Government
    of UP, prevailing at that point of time.
10. Award Criteria
    10.1        The UPLC will determine to its satisfaction whether the Service Provider that is
    selected as having submitted the lowest evaluated responsive offer, meets the criteria
    specified, and is qualified to perform the contract satisfactorily.
    10.2        Lowest (L-1) cost will be evaluated based on the total cost quoted against on Serial
    No. 1 Financial Bid (BOQ) – Annexure -IV.
    10.3       The UPLC will award the contract/order after receiving work order/confirmation of
    contract from client department to the lowest evaluated successful Service Provider whose
    offer has been determined to be responsive to all the conditions of the contract and meeting the
    Technical specification and qualification requirement of the end-customer.
    .
11. Acceptance of the Bid
    UPLC do not bind itself to accept the lowest or any bid, and reserves the right to:-
        (a)    Reject any or all offers with/without any reason
        (b)    Accept any offer of Service Provider without assigning any reason and also reduce
               or extend the period of contract without assigning any reason.
        (c)    Accept any offer of Service Provider, who is capable to handle the project and/or
               whose offer is viable.
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           f) Intellectual Property Protection: Service Providers shall neither use nor
               encourage the use of Pirated Software in their own and their client’s organizations.
               All Software and other related Software Products must be Original, Licensed and
               genuine and must conform to the norms and guidelines of Information Technology
               (IT) Act, 2000 and its amendments from time to time, failing which the
               empanelment of Service Providers will automatically stand terminated.
31. Use Of Documents And Information For Software Projects
       The Service Providers shall not, without UPLC's prior written consent, disclose any
       document containing specification, plan, drawing, pattern, sample or information furnished
       by or on behalf of end-customer in connection therewith to any person other than a person
       employed by the Service
       Providers in the performance of the allotted job. Disclosure to any such employed person
       shall be made in confidence and shall extend only as far as May be necessary for purpose
       of such performance.
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                 SECTION VI - Technical Proposal Submission Form
                                                                              Annexure -I
     Bid Reference No: UPLC/Software /2024-25/20
B.    Contact Details
      a) Address
d)Mob No.–
e) Fax
f) email
g) Website
      h) Name of         Managing
      Director/ CEO
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2- Technical / Managerial Staff [Enclosed Separate Sheet if required]
                                                                                  Years of
   Sl. No.     Name                          Position            Task
                          Qualification                                          Experience
  1.
  2.
  3.
  4.
 Start date (Month / Completion date (Month / Job Completion Certificate Ref no:
 Year):              Year):
NOTE:
  1. Bidder must enclose copy of the LOI/LOA/WO/Agreement / Client certificate placed
     by the Procurer /Department/sponsoring authority on the Bidder towards award of
     Consultancy assignments.
  2. Bidder must have sufficient infrastructure for smooth implementation of the project.
  3. The Bidder must enclose separate sheets for each requirement.
Signature………………
In the capacity of………..
Duly authorized to sign proposal for
and on behalf of…………..
Date…………………
Place……………..
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                                                                                       Annexure III
Dear Sir,
       Kindly refer your letter no. UPLC/Software /2024-25/20 on the subject cited above and
find enclosed our Techno-Commercial Proposal on your prescribed format.
Regards.
Yours faithfully
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                                                                                       Annexure IV
                                Financial Proposal Submission Form
Ref: Submission of Proposal against your RFP Reference No. UPLC/Software /2024-25/20
Our details financial proposal is as follows:
S.       Description                                     Quantity   Price    GST           Grand
No.                                                                 (Rs.)    @18.00%        Total
                                                                                            (Rs.)
 (1)                           (2)                                    (3)        (4)       5=(3+4)
         Scanning and Digitization of Records including indexing and Meta Data entry of
         Records and upload eoffice for BASTI commissionerate
Amount in Words:-
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