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BHARAT SANCHAR NIGAM LIMITED

(A Government of India Enterprise)
MM Section, 2nd Floor,

Bharat Sanchar Bhawan, Harish Chander Mathur Lane
Janpath, New Delhi-110001

DETAILED NOTICE INVITING EXPRESSION OF INTEREST (DNIEOI)

EoI No. MM/Taxation/Tax-Consultant/E-717/2021 issued on 19.10. 2021

Expression of Interest (EOI) for appointment of a Tax Consultancy Firm for making

GST compliances regarding filing of all kind of GST returns for all BSNL GST

Registrant States/ UTs.

1. Online digitally Sealed EOI is invited by CMD, BSNL Corporate office for

provision of services to undertake the following work:-

Bid Security /Earnest Money

S. No. Name of the Item/ Work Deposit Amount for the
EOI

Expression of Interest (EOI) for appointment

of a Tax Consultancy Firm for making various

1. GST compliances regarding filing of all kind of Bid Security Declaration is to be
GST Returns for all BSNL GST Registrant submitted in lieu of Bid Security/EMD

States/ UTs
for two Years ( 24 months)

Note-1 Guidelines on Public Procurement (Preference to Make in India), Order 2017 with latest

revision vide No. P-405021/2/2017-PP (BE-II) dated 16/09/2020 shall be applicable for this
procurement tender.

Note-2 Any bidder from a country which shares land border with India will be eligible to
bid if the bidder is registered with the competent authority as specified in Annexure-I of
O.M. No. 6/18/2019-PPD Dated 23.07.2020 from Department of Expenditure, Ministry of
Finance. The bidders shall submit an undertaking as per Section-6(D) Format in this
regard.[For details F. No. 6/18/2019-PPD Department of expenditure Public procurement
Division dated 23rd July 2020 may be referred.]

BSNL is engaged in the business of providing telecommunication services to
various domestic and international clients. BSNL has its operations across
India. BSNL is registered in GST law in 36 States/ UTs across the country which
comprises of operational units, business units, cost units, Maintenance units,
Project units, Telecom Factories, other units etc.

In GST law, BSNL is required to file various GST returns. BSNL intends to
comply all applicable GST returns filing requirements as per GST law. The
objective is to avoid any non-compliance related to filing of GST returns.

BSNL hereby invites proposals from interested & eligible bidders for all work
related to various GST Returns of all BSNL GST Registrant States/UTs for
proper tax compliance under GST laws for 2(two) years.

1.1 There is a single bid form, which should be filled. The evaluation of the EOI
as well as allotment of the work will be done on single bid form basis.
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2. Purchase of Tender Document: EoI document can be obtained by downloading it from the website
“www.bsnl.co.in” following “Link for E-tenders by BSNL” w.e.f. 19.10.2021 onwards. The Bid
document shall also be available for downloading from e-tender portal
https://etenders.gov.in/eprocure/app w.e.f 22.10.2021 onwards. For online bid submission etc.
bidders have to mandatorily register (if not already registered) on tender portal NICs e-tender
system- (https://etenders.gov.in/eprocure/app) and follow all steps as per functionality of e-tender
portal.(Kindly refer Section 4 Part B of Bid Document for instructions on e-tendering).

2.1 Bidders are required to submit Tender fee of Rs.1000/- plus 18% GST total amounting to Rs 1,180/-
(INR One thousand one hundred and eighty only) through E-payment mode with details as below:-

Beneficiary Name : A.O. (Cash) Bharat Sanchar Nigam Ltd.

Name of Bank : Punjab National Bank

Name of Branch : ECE House K.G. Marg New Delhi 110001

IFSC Code : PUNB0112000

Bank A/c No. : 1120002102306372

MICR Code : 110024043

The tender fee is non-refundable.

2.2 MSE bidders are exempted from payment of tender document cost provided they submit
requisite proof (UAM or URN etc.) in respect of valid certification issued from the Ministry of
MSME for the tendered items. Declaration of URN or UAM Number by MSE bidders on
CPPP is mandatory, failing which such MSE bidders will not be able to enjoy the benefits as
per public procurement policy for MSEs order 2012 for Tenders invited electronically
through CPPP. The undertaking/self-declaration regarding submission of URN or UAM
number on CPPP portal (etenders.gov.in) is to be uploaded online. MSE bidders should
also mention their special Category (e.g.SC/ST/Women), if any.

3. Availability of EOI Document: The EOI document shall be available for downloading

from e-tender portal https://etenders.gov.in/eprocure/app w.e.f. 22.10.2021
onwards.

4. Eligibility Criteria: [Clauses 4.1 to 4.9]

4.1 The Bidder should be a Partnership Firm/Limited Liability Partnership (LLP)
/Company, registered in India and must have been operational for at least 05
years in India.

4.2 The Bidder should have average annual turnover (audited) of INR 50 Lakhs
or more in last three financial years i.e. 2017-18, 2018-19 & 2019-20.

4.3 The bidder should have successfully executed GST compliances of at least one
licensed telecom operator in India for two years. Copy of Client certificate is to
be submitted.

4.4 The Bidder should have handled at least one client where the data is required
to be extracted from different IT system (s) including SAP ERP for undertaking
GST Compliances (Minimum 01 project)(Client certificate is to be submitted).

4.5 The Bidder should be both an Application Service Provider (ASP) & approved/
registered GST Suvidha Provider (GSP) as per the list issued by GSTN. Self-
certified copy of the list issued by GSTN is to be submitted.

4.6 The bidder should have fully operational office in Delhi or NCR. A self-
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certificate from the bidder, citing the address (es) and telephone number(s)
for all offices is required at the time of responding to this bid.

4.7 The bidder should be registered under GST laws. In case of multiple GST
numbers, all the numbers can be provided as Annexure. Copy of GST
Registration certificates should be enclosed.

4.8 The bidder should have PAN number issued by Income Tax Department. Copy
of PAN allotment Certificate should be enclosed.

4.9 The bidder should not have been blacklisted for supply of any service to BSNL
or any other Government agency in India. In case the supplier gets black-
listed during the tenure of BSNL contract, then adequate indemnity clause
should be inserted to ensure that no loss of Input Tax credit is borne by BSNL
due to a default of supplier. A self- declaration to this effect should be
provided by the bidder’s Authorised Signatory in the technical bid.

5. Bid Security/EMD:
5.1 The bidder shall furnish the EMD/ Bid security Declaration as per Format under section-6(C)

6. Date & Time of Submission of EOI bids: on or before 11:30 Hrs of 09.11.2021

Note 1: In case the date of submission (opening) of bid is declared to be a
holiday, the date of submission (opening) of bid will get shifted automatically
to next working day at the same scheduled time. Any change in bid opening
date due to any other unavoidable reason will be intimated to all the bidders
separately.

7. Opening of EOI Bids: At 12.00 Hrs. of 10.11.2021.

8. Place of opening of EOI bids:

8.1 EOI bids shall be opened through ‘Tender Opening Event (ToE) in MM
Cell, BSNL Corporate Office, 2nd Floor, Bharat Sanchar Bhawan, Janpath,
New Delhi.-110001. BSNL’s Officers as well as authorized representatives
of bidders can attend the Tender Opening Event (ToE) from the comfort
of their offices.

9. EOI bids received after due time & date will not be accepted.
10. Incomplete, ambiguous, Conditional, unsealed EOI bids are liable to be rejected.

11. CMD BSNL reserves the right to accept or reject any or all EOI bids without
assigning any reason. He is not bound to accept the lowest EOI.

12. The bidder shall furnish a declaration in his EOI bid that no addition/ deletion/
corrections have been made in the downloaded EOI document being
submitted and it is identical to the EOI document appearing on the website.

13. In case of any correction/ addition/ alteration/ omission in the EOI document,
the EOI bid shall be treated as non-responsive and shall be rejected
summarily.
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Note 2: All documents submitted in the bid offer should be in English. In case
the certificate viz. experience, registration etc. is issued in any other
language other than English, the bidder shall attach an English
translation of the same duly attested by the bidder & the translator to
be true copy in addition to the relevant certificate.

Note 3: All computer generated documents should be duly signed/ attested by
the bidder.

14. The bidder shall deploy suitable personnel on the project whose job profile
matches with the Detailed Scope of Work (Annexure-II). Self declaration is
required to be submitted by bidder.

15. For the project, the bidder needs to appoint one single point of contact with
BSNL for all communications. Self declaration is to be submitted with Name,
Designation, Address, Mobile No. E-mail ID etc.

16. The successful bidder is required to sign and submit a mutual Non-Disclosure

Agreement (NDA) with Purchaser (here BSNL) as per the format available in

Annexure-III of the EoI document on a non-judicial stamp paper of Rs. 100/- at

the time of award of contract.

17. The queries in respect of the tender document, if any, can be submitted through

email, latest by 29.10.2021. Any query received after this date will not be

entertained.

BSNL Contact-1

Contact Person Sh. Bhagwati Prasad; AGM(MMT)

Telephone (011) 2371 7844 [between 9:30 hrs. to 18:00 hrs. on working days]

E-mail ID bhagwatiprasad@bsnl.co.in

BSNL Contact-2

Contact Person Sh. Sanjay Vatsa; DM(MMT-I)

Telephone (011) 2303 7172 [between 9:30 hrs. to 18:00 hrs. on working days] Mobile

No.9868176305

E-mail ID sanjay.vatsa@bsnl.co.in

e- File.No: BSNLCO-MMT/14(11)/25/2021-MMT Digitally signed by
BHAGWATI PRASAD
Date: 2021.10.19
19:14:07 +05'30'

AGM (MMT)

Email ID:-bhagwatiprasad@bsnl.co.in

Mobile No.9412750222

Copy to:

1. Director (Finance), BSNL for favour of kind information.

2. All prospective bidders (through BSNL website)

3. Sr.GM (Taxation)/ GM (MM)/ GM (PF)

4. DM (MMT-I) for updating on BSNL website.

5. Office copy.

Regd. & Corporate Office : Bharat Sanchar Bhawan, H.C.Mathur Lane, Janpath, New Delhi-110 001.
Corporate Identity Number (CIN) : U74899DL2000GOI107739
www.bsnl.co.in