Agricultural and Processed Food Products Export Development Authority “APEDA” is participating in following international event to set up its pavilion to display and market the Indian Agricultural and Processed Food Products.

SIAL 2012 event at Paris, France from 21st to 25th Oct. 2012 (hereinafter referred to as the “Event ”)

The total area of the India Pavilion for the Event is approx. 1538 Sq.mtrs. in international pavilion (layout of the Event is attached as Annexure.

Agencies having following minimum qualifications are hereby invited to bid for the event on turnkey basis.

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i) A minimum of 5 years experience in conceptualizing, designing and executing the projects on turnkey basis for setting up of pavilion/s in International events organized outside India and

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ii) ii) A turnover of minimum Rs.5,00,00,000/- (5 crores) during the preceding financial year i.e. 2011-12 for implementation of Event Management Business pertaining to Trade Fair Pavilion

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A reception with backdrop of backlit collage on glass, acrylic or lycra material.

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A wet sampling area for basmati biryani, wine  and processed food etc.  and to have display counters, shelves, microwave oven, chiller, freezer etc.

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The overall look of APEDA pavilion should be contemporary and reflect the colour and vibrancy of modern India. A suitable branding has to be done and shall be followed all over.

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All the common areas for APEDA use should be distinguished with raised wooden floor.

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The selected bidder shall require to undertake the following activities:

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1. Construction of Semi/compartmentalized space in multiple of 9 Sq. Mtrs. for approximately 100 stalls/exporters for display of their products and area for interaction with the buyers/visitors, including the requirement of furniture. Individual stall for exporter would be provided with atleast four chairs, one table, one waste paper basket, 6 shelves, one lockable counter with storage with front lit posters and 6 lights.

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2. Preparation of 3 panel posters of size 3’ * 6’ sq. ft. for each 9 Sq. Mtrs. stall, as per the TPs/design to be rranged from the concerned exhibitors. The panels and the posters prepared by the agency, shall be identical in dimension as no exhibitor will be allowed to put their individual panel/ posters.

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For wet sampling of Basmati Rice Biryani, an Indian restaurant has to be identified in consultation with Indian Embassy or directly for preparation and serving of Biryani. The identified restaurant may be asked to prepare two types of biryani one vegetarian and other non vegetarian, transporting and delivering at exhibition site in their crockery,  2 attendants for serving  and to supply the required serving material such as disposable plates, napkins and spoons etc. For preparation of biryani the  rice will be provided by APEDA, which would be 40 kg. per day (20 kg for non vegetarian biryani and 20 kg for vegetarian briyani), however, charges for preparation  and serving etc. to be included in the bid.

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Development and printing of Basmati Recipe book, exhibitors’ directory and processed food fliers etc.

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The selected bidder will be responsible to ensure that suitable manpower is present at the site for construction and maintenance of the pavilion and coordination of the event till the end. The selected bidder would settle all the applicable bills of the organizers at the end of the Event.

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Power supply and Main Electrical connections, water supply and other support system etc., shall be available as per the show organizers recommendations.  Accordingly, aforesaid provisions need to be checked by the selected bidder.

Sealed technical and financial bids in separate envelops are required to be submitted for each of the Events mentioning the name of the event at the envelope within 15 days from the date of release of this advertisement.  Bidders may notes that conditional bids are not allowed and shall be liable for rejection summarily.

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Track Record – previous experience of handling similar nature of work. The company must have 5 years work experience in event management (excluding advertising and printing).

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Earnest Money Deposit “EMD” for Rs.1,00,000/- (Rs. One Lakh) in the form of draft / irrevocable and unconditional bank guarantee in favour of APEDA, New Delhi. EMD will be returned to the unsuccessful, bidder after the final selection. For the selected bidder, EMD amount would be adjusted in the final payment.

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vi. A self undertaking has to be submit mentioning that they have never been blacklisted by any government organisation.

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Details pertaining to the pavilions of the Event.

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Design of the APEDA pavilion in print and soft copy.

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Materials and their specifications to be used for the pavilion and displays/decoration in the pavilion.

The concept/design of the pavilion with layout, decoration plan etc. as indicated above must be submitted in hard copy as well as on CD. The sample of the material to be used in decoration must be shown during presentation.

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1. The Financial Quotation, duly dated, with detailed breakup of each component suggested separately in Indian Rupees only. No lumpsum amount shall be considered.

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The outer sealed cover containing cover 1 and cover 2  as indicated above  should be superscribed  with “Technical and Financial Bid for SIAL 2012”   and should have the full name, Postal Address, Fax, E-mail, Telephone number and mobile number of the bidding agency.

A Committee in APEDA will carry out a preliminary screening of the bidders and will shortlist the bidders fulfilling the prescribed requirements.  The short listed bidders will be required to make technical presentation before the selection committee.

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The marking would be done on all the presentations. The vendors who secure minimum 70% marks (49 out of 70 marks) in technical presentations will be short listed and their financial bids shall then be opened. Financial bid will carry a maximum of 30 marks. The calculation of marking will have the following method:

L1 = 30 marks
L2 = 30XL1
L2 = 30XL1(the cost quoted by L1)/L2 (the cost quoted by L2) and similarly L3, L4 ----- (depending on no. of parties)

After the financial marks are obtained the technical and financial marks will be added up and the bidder scoring highest aggregate marks will stand selected.

Selection Committee reserves the right to accept or reject any or all the bids at any time prior to award of contract/order, without assigning any reasons and without incurrence of any liability on APEDA. APEDA also reserves the right to negotiate the prices with the selected bidders to bring down the prices.

An advance up to 50% of the total cost, on submission of proof of expenses incurred.