National Testing Agency
NTA requires physical submission of BSD 24 hours before deadline
The National Testing Agency (NTA) is inviting bids to empanel experienced agencies to provide ancillary security services, including CCTV surveillance, biometric authentication, and crowd management, for offline pen-and-paper examinations…
The National Testing Agency (NTA) is inviting bids to empanel experienced agencies to provide ancillary security services, including CCTV surveillance, biometric authentication, and crowd management, for offline pen-and-paper examinations conducted in approximately 4,000 centers across India.
Who can bid: The document text provided does not contain the specific eligibility criteria, minimum turnover, years of experience, or required certifications. These details are listed in the index under 'Qualification/Eligibility Criteria' (Pages 9-10), but the actual text for that section is not included in the provided excerpt.
Key terms
- Tender Form Cost: Rs 10,000/-
- Earnest Money Deposit (EMD): Rs 20,00,000/- (Twenty Lakhs)
- Tender Type: Open Tender (Single stage two bid system)
- Bid Submission Deadline: 02 August 2021 at 03:00 PM
- Technical Bid Opening: 03 August 2021 at 03:00 PM
- Contract Duration: Not stated in the provided text (listed in index as 'Period of Contract' on pages 14-18, but text not included)
Also in the document
- Bidders must physically submit a sealed Bid Securing Declaration (BSD) to the NTA Okhla office at least 24 hours before the bid submission deadline; failure to do so results in outright rejection.
- The scope of work requires the installation of approximately 100,000 IP-based CCTV cameras of 2 megapixel or higher resolution.
- A Corrigendum dated 25 July 2021 revised the Bills of Quantity (BOQ), requiring bidders to quote prices based on the updated BOQ available on the CPP portal.
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National Testing Agency (NTA)
Tender · Ref. NTA/2020-21/034 · 25 Jul 2021
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Questions a citizen might ask
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- The department changed this document 1 time after first publishing it.
- What prompted each amendment, and was the closing date extended to give bidders time to respond?
- Do the eligibility and scope requirements match the stated purpose and estimated value?
- Were all amendments published on the portal before the deadline?
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