ARMY WIDE AREA NETWORK (AWAN) - Indian Army

SER
NO
CRITERIA
V. CAPABILITY AND EXPERIENCE CRITERIA
(a) SI
1. Has the Firm successfully completed at least one
or more projects of such a large scale (including
supply, installation and integration of IT
equipments like Routers, High-end Servers,
Network Area storage, Switches etc.) as a System
Integrator in last five years?
2. The proposed system is to be integrated with
the existing networks of the Indian Army. The
proposed system should be open-standard
and fully integrable with the existing networks.
Does the Firm have experience in integration to
existing networks?
3. Is the Firm capable of providing maintenance
support for minimum of ten years? It will include
facilities and spares backup for on-site
maintenance support to include resident
engineer.
(b) IP-MPLS/ Software OEMs
1. The IP-MPLS OEM equipment offered should be
deployed in MPLS network in India with large No.
of nodes.
2. The OEM of main technology block for this project
must have supplied equipment
(Routers/switches/security systems) for such a
large scale network in the last ten years.
3. The OEMs should be able to support the system
for seven years after the warranty period.
COMPLIANCE
STATUS
(YES/NO)
DOCUMENTARY EVIDENCE IN SUPPORT OF
COMPLIANCE STATUS
Details of such projects along with performance
certificate from the customer in this regard to
include maintenance aspects.
Firm shall produce performance certificate from
the customer in this regard. The performance
certificate/report should also provide broad details
of Network topology & equipment details.
Existing establishment in India for on-site
maintenance, technical support, repair and
training along with address and contact numbers.
Details of such networks with No of nodes and
Client reference certificate from existing
customers.
Undertaking to be provided by the OEM.
A letter from OEM signed by authorized signatory
(who is legally competent to sign the agreement
on behalf of the OEM) to be enclosed.
DOCUMENTS
SUBMITTED
(YES/NO)
REFERENCE
FROM THE
DOCUMENTS
SUBMITTED BY
FIRM
Note: Criteria mentioned above are broad criteria for selection of vendors. Responses to the RFI will form basis for short listing vendors for participating in
the project. Conditional/partial compliance may not be sole criteria for rejection.