Koshi College,Khagaria ( A constituent unit of T.M.B.U.Bhagalpur ) Correspondence address: P.O. Koshi College, Dist. Khagaria,Bihar,851205 Notice Inviting Tender/Quotation for 24 Seated Digital Language Lab Ref: Koshi College,Khagaria./2014/ Dated: 25.09.2014 Sealed bid is invited from Manufacturers/authorized distributers/interested firms for the supply of equipments for complete Digital English Language Lab, Koshi College,Khagaria. Items EMD Tender Fee (Non-refundable) Digital Language Lab Rs.25000.00 only Last Date of the Opening of Opening of the Submission of the Technical Financial Bid Tender/Quotation Bid Rs.250.00 only in 14.10.2014 favour of The Principal, Koshi College,Khagaria. 15.10.2014 by 3.00 p.m. 16.10.2014 by 12.00 p.m. Eligibility for participating firms The bidder must comply with the terms & conditions given in the tender document. While applying for the tender participating firms must read the terms & conditions carefully and sign each paper else bid will be rejected. The university will not be responsible for any postal delay. The college reserves all the right to reject or accept any or all tender in part or full without assigning any reason thereof. The equipments will be installed and demonstrated at the Digital Language Lab Koshi College, Khagaria as per date given by the college. The Financial bid quotation must be inclusive of all charges e.g. packing, forwarding, freight, transit insurance, taxes etc. The Bid are to be filled in two parts . The Financial Bid Envelop 2 will be opened after the Technical Bid Envelop1 qualifies the requirements. Participating firm or publisher or the supplier must be an ISO 9001:2008 certified company . The supplier/principals must be in the business of supplying items of Digital Language labs for a minimum period of 5 years and documentary proof of the same has to be submitted to substantiate the claim by means of order copies received from customers, clearly stating supply of Language Lab failing which the tender will be rejected.It must have a track record of establishing English Language Labs & should have experience of working with at least 20 universities and also overseas preferably. It should have in-house facility for designing, developing and customizing the software & Content and designing, furnishing, fixtures in establishing the Digital English language lab. The supplier/principals should have done a minimum business of atleast 75 Lakhs per year for the last 5 years exclusively for the supply of language labs and content. The above should be certified by the auditor along with a detailed report for these 5 years by giving name of the customers/Order value of each order year wise, clearly stating Language Lab / English content. The Principal Page 1 of 21 TERMS AND CONDITIONS ATTACHED TO TENDERS/ QUOTATIONS FOR THE INSTALLATION,TESTING,TRAINING AND COMMISSIONING Digital OF LANGUAGE LAB Following terms and conditions must be read carefully while filling the tenders: 1. The tenders must be enclosed in a properly sealed envelope according to the directions given in the tender notice. 2. The rate unit must not under any circumstance be altered and the rates must be entered in words as well as in figures. 3. Participating firm filling tender should be ISO certified or publisher or the supplier must be an ISO 9001:2008 certified company . The supplier/principals must be in the business of supplying items of Digital Language labs for a minimum period of 5 years and documentary proof of the same has to be submitted to substantiate the claim by means of order copies received from customers, clearly stating supply of Language Lab failing which the tender will be rejected. 4.Evaluation Criteria: - Evaluation will be based on the Technical Proposal. Financial Bid will be opened for only those bidders who are technically qualified 5. The contractor shall not assign or sublet his contact or any substantial part thereof to any other agency. 6. All the items supplied shall be of the best quality, to the specifications, trade mark laid down for them and in strict accordance with the approved standard samples and in case of any materials, of which there are no standard or approved supplies, the supplies shall be of the very best quality and description obtainable in India. The decision of the accepting authority shall be final as to the quality of the items and shall be binding upon the tenderers and in case any of the articles supplied not being approved and thus shall be liable to be rejected or replaced and any expense or loss caused to suppliers as a result of rejection or replacement of supplies, shall be entirely at the account of the tenderer. 7. In case the goods / items other than of the approved quality, make or size are supplied they shall be rejected and will have to be replaced within a reasonable time by the supplier, without extra cost. 8. The rates quoted should be inclusive of all taxes. 9. The items supplied shall carry the Logo / Manual / Catalogue of the concerned manufacturing company. 10. The supplier/principals should have done a minimum business of atleast 75 Lakhs per year for the last 5 years exclusively for the supply of language labs and content. The above should be certified by the auditor along with a detailed report for these 5 years by giving name of the customers/Order value of each order year wise, clearly stating Language Lab / English content. 11. The English content offered by any vendor/ agency should be in use by any central/ state government English language teaching institute like CIEFL/ RIE which specialises in teaching of English to government school teachers and the vendor must attach a certificate from any of these two agencies certifying the quality, pedagogy of the content offered by them, failing which the tender will be rejected. 12. The software programme should be a multiple structured programme beginning with a base level programme covering six aspects of English language training namely grammar, reading, writing, listening , speaking and pronunciation. All of these should be accessible through a single screen with a built in note pad, feature and progress chart on the main screen. Page 2 of 21 13. The successful tenderers will have to execute an agreement in the prescribed form. The bid quotation must be inclusive of all charges e.g. packing, forwarding, freight, transit insurance, taxes etc. The expenses of completing and stamping the agreement shall be paid by the supplier. 14. The rates quoted shall remain in force for the period of one year. 15. The contract of supply can be repudiated at any time if the supplies are not made to the satisfaction of the College Administration. 16. The tenderer should sign the tender form along with Company’s seal at each page at the end in token of the acceptance of all the terms and conditions of the tender and the agreement. 17. The supplies and installation of both the projects i.e. Language Lab. and Smart Class/Interactive Whiteboard must be completed within a period of 100 days from the date of issuance of supply order. 18. The undersigned reserves the right to accept any tender not necessarily the lowest tender and reject any tender without assigning any reasons thereof. 19. All legal proceedings if necessity arises to institute any, or by any of the parties shall have to be logged in the High court situated in the state of Bihar and not elsewhere. 20. No conditional tender shall be accepted. 21. No other conditions except those mentioned above will be entertained in the tender. 22. The rates shall be quoted for each make/trade mark. The Principal Koshi College, Khagaria Page 3 of 21 Koshi College,Khagaria ( Digital Language Lab) TECHNICAL BID 1. Tender Number : 2. Name of the Tenderer : 3. Full Address of the Tenderer : 4. Name of the actual signatory of the : Product(s) offered 5. Name & address of the officer : 6. Telephone : 7. Mobile : 8. Website : 9. E-mail : Signature of Tenderer Name - _______________________ Address- _____________________ _____________________________ Page 4 of 21 Envelop No. 1 Technical Bid Tender No: ___________ Sir, We declare: i) That we have domain knowledge in implementing the project under reference ii) That we/our principals are equipped with adequate manpower/machinery/technology for providing the services as per the parameters laid down in the Tender Document and we are prepared for live/technical demonstration of our capability and preparedness before the Principal, the Co-ordinator of the Language Lab and the members of Purchasing Committee , Koshi College Khagaria. We hereby offer to provide the Services at the prices and rates mentioned in the Financial Bid Schedule for Providing Services 1.We do hereby undertake, that, in the event of acceptance of our bid, the Services shall be provided as stipulated in the schedule to the Bid document and that we shall perform all the incidental services, 2. We enclose herewith the complete Technical as required by you, This includes: i) DD in favour of __________________ payable at ______________ for the amount of Rs. ___________/- as EMD ii) Technical Bid Particulars (Annexure 1,Section A & Section B) iii) Financial Bid Particulars (Annexure 2,Section A & Section B) (iv) Company’s Profile ( Annexure 3) 3. We hereby under take that we will complete the work of the installation of the Language Lab and smart whiteboard within a period of 100 days from the date of issuance of the supply order 4 We have carefully read and understood the terms and conditions of the tender and the conditions of the contract applicable to the tender and we do hereby undertake to provide services as per these terms and conditions . 5 Certified that the tenderer is a company and the person signing the tender is the duly constituted attorney, Page 5 of 21 6 We do hereby undertake, that, until a formal contract is prepared and executed, this bid, together with your written acceptance thereof or placement of letter of intent awarding the contract, shall constitute a binding contract between us. 7 The office of the Principal has the rights to omit items which may exceed the Budget. Signature of Tenderer Name - _______________________ Address- _____________________ _____________________________ Contact No. ____________________________ Email-______________________________ Name of the Authorized Signatory-______________________________ Sales Tax /CST No.-______________________________ Income Tax No. /PAN/GIR No. -________________________ Year of Establishment -____________________________ ` Technical Bid Annexure- 01, Section-(A) LANGUAGE LAB AND ENGLISH TEACHING SOFTWARE COURSES SPECIFICATION CLASSROOM CONTROL SOFTWARE LANGUAGE LAB The software must work on Wireless LAN The software must to be monitored not less than 16 students at a time. The software must have dual Track facility for student to record their voice and compare The software must have facility to conduct online exam with one answer, multiple answer, alternative and easy type. The software must have to broadcast voice and screen of Master Computer The software must have facility to broadcast voice to all students. The software must have to do two way communications The software must have facility to Monitor and Control key Board and Mouse of Students’ computer. The software must have to record and Play Back all computer operation. The software must have facility to do Group Chatting and discussions The software must have facility for teacher to select all or a specific group The software must have facility to do common settings The software must have facility to use streaming media over network to share all media files. The software must have facility to Control web access for students. The software must have facility to limit access to certain application. The software must have facility to create segment. The software must have Voice speed adjustment so as the tone remains unchanged for students to follow the content. The software must restrict students on using any USB storage drive. ENGLISH INTERACTIVE SOFTWARE COURSES . The English content offered by any vendor/ agency should be in use by any central/ state government english language teaching institute like CIEFL/ RIE which specializes in teaching of English to government school teachers and Page 6 of 21 the vendor must attach a certificate from any of these two agencies certifying the quality, pedagogy of the content offered by them, failing which the tender will be rejected. The software program should be a multiple structured program beginning with a base level program covering six aspects of english language training namely grammar, reading, writing, listening , speaking and pronunciation. All of these should be accessible through a single screen with a built in note pad, feature and progress chart on the main screen. The software program should be a multiple structured program beginning with a base level program covering six aspects of english language training namely grammar, reading, writing, listening , speaking and pronunciation. All of these should be accessible through a single screen with a built in note pad, feature and progress chart on the main screen. All these six learning areas should have minimum 15 units of learning each with pronunciation section having at least 25 units to practice and pronounce. The grammar unit should cover learning areas of Adjectives, Conjunctions , prepositions, plurals, A , An The, Questions and Negatives1 and 2, The simple past, The present Continuous, The simple present, Pronouns, Countable and uncountable nouns, Adverbs , Comparative and Superlative. Intermediate should cover the passive, will and going to, equality, relative clauses, question tags, conditional. Upper intermediate should cover past continuous, present perfects, Models: must, might, can’t, Adjectives and adverbs. Advance level should cover past perfect, phrasal verbs, nouns, the passive and article The program must also give the students to do the marking with the exercises and then study the feedback and explanations this is a concomitant feature failing which the program will be rejected. The pronunciation unit should have minimum 25 units. PRONUNCIATION SOFTWARE Pronunciation 1 (Sounds) should helps learners recognise and pronounce 44 English phonemes; vowels, consonants and diphthongs. The program should include over 1,000 audio clips and 50 videos which provide both comprehensive input for the sounds, and models for learners to copy. The Recorder should enable users to record their voice and assess their pronunciation against a native speaker. Each of the 25 units in the program contrasts should have two sounds, for example head/had, there/dare, hair/hear. The first screen presents each sound independently — both in isolation and in the context of individual words — through video and audio. Examples are provided of each position in which the phoneme is commonly found: initial, middle and final. The second activity presents should have examples of the sound in sentences for learners to listen to and repeat. They then move on to a discrimination exercise where they listen to the target phonemes and identify them to complete a task. Again, learners can use the Recorder for further practice in producing the sound. Learners then meet the target sounds in a real-world context. They might listen to someone describing a photograph, a child singing a nursery rhyme or the repeated vowel sounds in movie titles (for example the diphthong in Trading Places and Snakes on a Plane). The final activity is a randomised IPA test where learners refine and test their knowledge of phonemic symbols. This enables them to use phonemic transcriptions in dictionaries with confidence. Learners find it extremely useful to practise pronunciation as a self-study activity. They can repeat activities as many times as they like, and can make mistakes without embarrassment. Pronunciation 2 (Speech), students should learn to put the sounds of English together in natural speech. This program should helps them recognise and accurately produce word stress, sentence stress, consonant clusters, connected speech and intonation. By the end of the program, learners have a comprehensive understanding of the key features of English pronunciation. Page 7 of 21 Teacher can clearly explains and illustrates each topic in a series of videos. Learners then listen to audio clips, identify the target pronunciation feature and practise repeating it. The integrated Recorder enables users to record their voice and assess their pronunciation against a native speaker. If they want to, they can save their recordings as MP3 files, and monitor their progress over time. .The vendor should supply alongwith the above software should also supply the Furniture, 1 DELL Teacher system and Multimedia Stations for 24 students with Interactive Visual Display System in their offer including all installation, Testing, Training and Commissioning. The program as mentioned above should have all the above features and qualification criteria for the vendor/ agency to qualify for this project and this is mandatory. Failure to qualify for any one of the above features as requested will be cause for rejection. Particulars of Software Offered by ....................................... ........................................ Technical Bid Annexure-1,Section-(B) Particulars of Tender/ Quotation S.No. 1 Particulars Offered by ................................ Items DIGITAL LANGUAGE LABS : The scope of the project is to establish and implement Digital Language Lab (DLL) that meets the social, technical and educational requirements of the Language Lab REQUIREMENTS : The office of the Principal,Koshi College,Khagaria will consider responses from any vendor who can provide a solution that meets the requirements. Vendors should respond to each of the mandatory items listed below indicating how their product meets each listed requirement. The decision as to whether to proceed with a detailed evaluation of the product will be based largely on how the selection criteria are addressed, including the ability to address the mandatory requirements below. It is expected that the vendor would provide any Detailed Software & Configuration Page 8 of 21 appropriate marketing brochures and product descriptions to support their responses & demo sessions before finalizing Mandatory technical requirements Software environment : It is expected that the system will preferably adopt a Digital audio/video console approach. The preference is for in-house developed audio/video software required for English language learning along with voice and accent training. Hardware environment : The system must operate on a console mode and should be programmable to form one-to-one to any number of groups of students as per requirement. Graphical analysis of voice and accent training must be possible. Each learner’s audio recording should be possible for analytical/examination point of view. Simultaneous recording facility must be available if required. A large screen LCD T.V should be used for audio/visual training. APPLICATION FUNCTIONALITY ADD AUDIO EXERCISES : Flexibility may be provided for the teachers to add own exercises in speech practice module to help student improve his/her pronunciation. Added lessons should be embedded and be part of the pronunciation software/module accessed by the student. All the features like wave comparison should be functional Video / Audio broadcast : Facilitate faculty to broadcast Audio in real time to select/all students. Conduct class : Communication with students Teacher may communicate with students through audio chat in diff. modes: 1-1 , 1-many & group chat. Teacher may form groups, assign students to each group & facilitate group discussion Conduct class : Review student performance : Student's performance like the time of study, duration for studying each module, performance in the voice and accent training should be recorded on the digital console operated by the teacher. Speech practice exercises completed by the students should be monitored by the teacher on the large screen TV with graphical analysis . Teacher should have facility to view wave comparison on console side in the lab session. The course material should be in line to: Enhance the students communication skills & Language Skills: To enhance student's capabilities of using English in everyday communication situations and to provide the Page 9 of 21 student with an opportunity to test his or her language skills and perfect the pronunciation to handle situations in highly competitive corporate world. Vocabulary building & aptitude module to help students aspiring for higher education like TOFEL, GRE, GMAT etc. The course material should be in line to: Training in Soft Skills: To train students in crucial soft skills to help them succeed in recruitment process. The courses like personality development, GD , time management, interview skills, entrepreneurship skills etc. Specific Features Proposed systems must have: Teacher console & Learners’ Console 1. Audio chat (one-one/group) 1. Full control of student system (audio/video/file transmission) etc 3. Provision for faculty to add new resources 4. Provision to include practice words in phonetics and vocabulary modules 5. Audio / Video broad casting possibility 6. Usage of General Indian English and content developed keeping the Indian context would be preferred 7. Video samples of Group Discussions / Interviews and other skills 8. Thorough analysis of GD, interview, presentation skills, etc Proposed systems must have: Digital language lab 1. Phonetics 2. Listening Skills with technical topics for graduates. 4. Reading Skills 5. Writing skills 6. Vocabulary Building 7. Situational Dialogues 8. Grammar 9. Describing Objects/People/Situation 10. Conversations with technical topics for graduate students 11. Giving Directions 12. Body language 13. Corporate etiquettes Proposed systems must have: Advanced English Communication Skills Lab a. Functional English b. Reading Comprehension c. Role Play d. Debate e. Public Speech f. Just A Minute Page 10 of 21 g. Telephoning Skills h. Group discussion i. Interview Skills j. Presentation Skills k. Panel discussion l. One minute games m. Management games TRAINING/ Workshop : The Company shall give Training to the English Trainers on the methodology of teaching for 2 days during Installation of the language lab at Koshi College Khagaria. The Training Location will be held at the Language Lab Centre of the college and Training may be in different batches. The Trainers expenses shall be borne by the Company including Travel and stay. TRAINING : At least one day demonstration and hand holding training shall be provided by the company's functionaries at the college which will not only test the hardware but also make the teachers aware about various facilities on the methodology by hand holding. This should be done immediately after the installation at the site. ELECTRONIC GADGETS : A DIGITAL MULTIMEDIA LANGUAGE LAB SOFTWARE WITH MULTIMEDIA STATION FOR 1 Teacher Unit + 24 Multimedia Receiving Station 1no. teacher having I-3 processor, 4GB RAM, 1 TB HDD, 10/100/1000 Ethernet, USB: 4 external USB Ports ; 2 USB 3.0 via add-on cards, Audio: Six back-panel connectors: microphone-in, line-in, and 4 line-out to support 5.1 audio jack; two front-panel connectors for headphone-output and microphone-in, Other: HDMI, VGA port, S/PDIF connector, eSATA, RJ-45 (10/100/1000 Ethernet) with 24 Receiving Station having configuration of Intel Atom 1.6GHz Embeded, 3 GB Ram Memory, 10/100 Ethernet, 2ps2 ports, 6 USB ports, 1-VGA port, Intel HD Audio, 12V @ 5A 60W DC adaptor including 25nos. 25 Headphones, Keyboards, mouse, LCD Monitors, CAT5 Network cables and 100/1000 switches. Smart Board- MAGIC Interactive White Board 104" Works with any digital projector Hard coated scratch resistant surface, Extra space to use your marker pen, Fully integrated PowerPoint functionality, My Script's Handwriting Recognition, Media rich Gallery and Built-in meeting feature to collaborate with anyone - 1 piece LCD TV (42'' size) –Standard company Full High Definition LCD / USB Supplied with all necessary accessories including wall mount kit Page 11 of 21 WebCam of sony, Samsung or any other good brand / High Resolution Digital Visualizer- 1 piece Inverter (1 KV Capacity) - Standard company – 1 piece TECHNICALS: Digital Language Lab - Skills Development Centre Installation Technical knowhow and Human Resourcing Training at company head office for 2 days - one teaching faculty and a technical assistant at Company’s cost Licensed modules: 3. Communicative English modules 4. Examination System (offline and online) with inbuilt result maker Anti-Virus Furniture: Wooden Furniture : Wooden Door-1, laboratory podium, lab assistant's computer table, console cabinet 1 Table with 1 Chair for Teacher and booth for 24 Students with front side glass and both side compressed wood. 24 Chairs for students. 1Chair for lab technician Signature of Tenderer Name - _______________________ Address- _____________________ _____________________________ Phone no. - ___________________ Website - ___________________ Email id - ________ CHECK LIST (Pl. Tick for Yes and Cross for No in front of the point, after furnishing the related Documents / information) 1. Firm Registration Certificate included 2. Latest Income tax Clearance Certificate included 3. Latest Commercial tax Clearance Certificate included Page 12 of 21 4. Sales Tax Registration Certificate enclosed 5. Is this quotation submitted directly or through dealer? 6. List of customers/Installations 7. Tender proposal submitted as per the format of Tender Submission Table? 8. Quoted Rates [Total Unit Cost in Rs. (incl. all Taxes)] are covered with transparent cello tape Financial Bid Koshi College,Khagaria Digital English Language Lab Name of Work Consolidated Cost Envelop No. 2 Consolidated Cost In Indian Rupees Complete Digital Language Lab. as per requirement Of the Technical bid with all Features and fixtures. 1. Tender Number : 2. Name of the Tenderer : 3. Full Address of the Tenderer : 4. Name of the actual signatory of the : a. Product(s) offered 5. Name & address of the officer : 6. Telephone : 7. Mobile : 8. Website : 9. E-mail : Signature of Tenderer Name - _______________________ Address- _____________________ _____________________________ Page 13 of 21 Financial Bid Tender No: ____________ Sir, We declare: That we have domain knowledge and experience as specified in the advertisement in implementing the project under reference. That we/our principals are equipped with adequate manpower/machinery/--technology for\ providing the services as per the parameters laid down in the Tender Document and we are prepared for live/technical demonstration of our capability and preparedness before the Principal, the Co-ordinator of the Language Lab and the members of the Purchase Committee, Koshi College ,Khagaria. 1. We hereby offer to provide the Services at the prices and rates mentioned in the Financial Bid at Annexure - 2 ( Section A&B) 2. Schedule for providing Services We do hereby undertake, that, in the event of acceptance of our bid, the Services shall be provided as stipulated in the schedule to the Bid document and that we shall perform all the incidental services. 3. We enclose herewith the complete Financial Bid as required by you, This includes: i) Financial Bid : Annexure – 2 (Section A &B) We agree to abide by our offer as mentioned in the Technical Bid and shall complete the supplies and installation of both the projects i.e. Language Lab. and Smart Class/Interactive Whiteboard within a period of 100 days from the date of issuance of supply order . The items mentioned may be hereby reduced in number if the budget exceeds by the office of the Principal, Koshi College,Khagaria. We have carefully read and understood the terms and conditions of the tender and the conditions of the contract applicable to the tender and we do hereby undertake to provide services as per these terms and conditions, the commercial deviations are only those mentioned in. We do hereby undertake, that, until a formal contract is prepared and executed, this bid, together with your written acceptance thereof or placement of letter of intent awarding the contract, shall constitute a binding contract between us. Signature of Tenderer Name - _______________________ Address- _____________________ ________________________ E-mail_____________________________ Financial Bid Annexure 2, Section A LANGUAGE LAB AND ENGLISH TEACHING SOFTWARE COURSES SPECIFICATION CLASSROOM CONTROL SOFTWARE LANGUAGE LAB : The software must work on Wireless LAN The software must to be monitored not less than 16 students at a time. The software must have dual Track facility for student to record their voice and compare The software must have facility to conduct online exam with one answer, multiple answer, alternative and easy type. The software must have to broadcast voice and screen of Master Computer The software must have facility to broadcast voice to all students. The software must have to do two way communications The software must have facility to Monitor and Control key Board and Mouse of Students’ computer. The software must have to record and Play Back all computer operation. Page 14 of 21 The software must have facility to do Group Chatting and discussions The software must have facility for teacher to select all or a specific group The software must have facility to do common settings The software must have facility to use streaming media over network to share all media files. The software must have facility to Control web access for students. The software must have facility to limit access to certain application. The software must have facility to create segment. The software must have Voice speed adjustment so as the tone remains unchanged for students to follow the content. The software must restrict students on using any USB storage drive. ENGLISH INTERACTIVE SOFTWARE COURSES . The English content offered by any vendor/ agency should be in use by any central/ state government english language teaching institute like CIEFL/ RIE which specializes in teaching of English to government school teachers and the vendor must attach a certificate from any of these two agencies certifying the quality, pedagogy of the content offered by them, failing which the tender will be rejected. The software program should be a multiple structured program beginning with a base level program covering six aspects of english language training namely grammar, reading, writing, listening , speaking and pronunciation. All of these should be accessible through a single screen with a built in note pad, feature and progress chart on the main screen. The software program should be a multiple structured program beginning with a base level program covering six aspects of english language training namely grammar, reading, writing, listening , speaking and pronunciation. All of these should be accessible through a single screen with a built in note pad, feature and progress chart on the main screen. All these six learning areas should have minimum 15 units of learning each with pronunciation section having at least 25 units to practice and pronounce. The grammar unit should cover learning areas of Adjectives, Conjunctions , prepositions, plurals, A , An The, Questions and Negatives1 and 2, The simple past, The present Continuous, The simple present, Pronouns, Countable and uncountable nouns, Adverbs , Comparative and Superlative. Intermediate should cover the passive, will and going to, equality, relative clauses, question tags, conditional. Upper intermediate should cover past continuous, present perfects, Models: must, might, can’t, Adjectives and adverbs. Advance level should cover past perfect, phrasal verbs, nouns, the passive and article The program must also give the students to do the marking with the exercises and then study the feedback and explanations this is a concomitant feature failing which the program will be rejected. The pronunciation unit should have minimum 25 units. PRONUNCIATION SOFTWARE Pronunciation 1 (Sounds) should helps learners recognise and pronounce 44 English phonemes; vowels, consonants and diphthongs. The program should include over 1,000 audio clips and 50 videos which provide both comprehensive input for the sounds, and models for learners to copy. The Recorder should enable users to record their voice and assess their pronunciation against a native speaker. Each of the 25 units in the program contrasts should have two sounds, for example head/had, there/dare, hair/hear. The first screen presents each sound independently — both in isolation and in the context of individual words — through video and audio. Examples are provided of each position in which the phoneme is commonly found: initial, middle and final. The second activity presents should have examples of the sound in sentences for learners to listen to and repeat. They then move on to a discrimination exercise where they listen to the target phonemes and Page 15 of 21 identify them to complete a task. Again, learners can use the Recorder for further practice in producing the sound. Learners then meet the target sounds in a real-world context. They might listen to someone describing a photograph, a child singing a nursery rhyme or the repeated vowel sounds in movie titles (for example the diphthong in Trading Places and Snakes on a Plane). The final activity is a randomised IPA test where learners refine and test their knowledge of phonemic symbols. This enables them to use phonemic transcriptions in dictionaries with confidence. Learners find it extremely useful to practise pronunciation as a self-study activity. They can repeat activities as many times as they like, and can make mistakes without embarrassment. Pronunciation 2 (Speech), students should learn to put the sounds of English together in natural speech. This program should helps them recognise and accurately produce word stress, sentence stress, consonant clusters, connected speech and intonation. By the end of the program, learners have a comprehensive understanding of the key features of English pronunciation. Teacher can clearly explains and illustrates each topic in a series of videos. Learners then listen to audio clips, identify the target pronunciation feature and practise repeating it. The integrated Recorder enables users to record their voice and assess their pronunciation against a native speaker. If they want to, they can save their recordings as MP3 files, and monitor their progress over time. .The vendor should supply alongwith the above software should also supply the Furniture, 1 DELL/Samsung/Sony/HP Teacher system and Multimedia Stations for 24 students with Interactive Visual Display System in their offer including all installation, Testing, Training and Commissioning. Particulars of Software Offered by ....................................... ........................................ Financial Bid Annexure-1,Section-(B) Particulars of Tender/ Quotation S.No. 1 Particulars Offered by ................................ Items DIGITAL LANGUAGE LABS : The scope of the project is to establish and implement Digital Language Lab (DLL) that meets the social, technical and educational requirements of the Language Lab REQUIREMENTS : The office of the Principal,Koshi College,Khagaria will consider responses from any vendor Detailed Software & Configuration Page 16 of 21 who can provide a solution that meets the requirements. Vendors should respond to each of the mandatory items listed below indicating how their product meets each listed requirement. The decision as to whether to proceed with a detailed evaluation of the product will be based largely on how the selection criteria are addressed, including the ability to address the mandatory requirements below. It is expected that the vendor would provide any appropriate marketing brochures and product descriptions to support their responses & demo sessions before finalizing Mandatory technical requirements Software environment : It is expected that the system will preferably adopt a Digital audio/video console approach. The preference is for in-house developed audio/video software required for English language learning along with voice and accent training. Hardware environment : The system must operate on a console mode and should be programmable to form one-to-one to any number of groups of students as per requirement. Graphical analysis of voice and accent training must be possible. Each learner’s audio recording should be possible for analytical/examination point of view. Simultaneous recording facility must be available if required. A large screen LCD T.V should be used for audio/visual training. APPLICATION FUNCTIONALITY ADD AUDIO EXERCISES : Flexibility may be provided for the teachers to add own exercises in speech practice module to help student improve his/her pronunciation. Added lessons should be embedded and be part of the pronunciation software/module accessed by the student. All the features like wave comparison should be functional Video / Audio broadcast : Facilitate faculty to broadcast Audio in real time to select/all students. Conduct class : Communication with students Teacher may communicate with students through audio chat in diff. modes: 1-1 , 1-many & group chat. Teacher may form groups, assign students to each group & facilitate group discussion Conduct class : Review student performance : Student's performance like the time of study, duration for studying each module, performance in the voice and accent training should Page 17 of 21 be recorded on the digital console operated by the teacher. Speech practice exercises completed by the students should be monitored by the teacher on the large screen TV with graphical analysis . Teacher should have facility to view wave comparison on console side in the lab session. The course material should be in line to: Enhance the students communication skills & Language Skills: To enhance student's capabilities of using English in everyday communication situations and to provide the student with an opportunity to test his or her language skills and perfect the pronunciation to handle situations in highly competitive corporate world. Vocabulary building & aptitude module to help students aspiring for higher education like TOFEL, GRE, GMAT etc. The course material should be in line to: Training in Soft Skills: To train students in crucial soft skills to help them succeed in recruitment process. The courses like personality development, GD , time management, interview skills, entrepreneurship skills etc. Specific Features Proposed systems must have: Teacher console &learners’ console 1. Audio chat (one-one/group) 1. Full control of student system (audio/video/file transmission) etc 3. Provision for faculty to add new resources 4. Provision to include practice words in phonetics and vocabulary modules 5. Audio / Video broad casting possibility 6. Usage of General Indian English and content developed keeping the Indian context would be preferred 7. Video samples of Group Discussions / Interviews and other skills 8. Thorough analysis of GD, interview, presentation skills, etc Proposed systems must have: Digital language lab 1. Phonetics 2. Listening Skills with technical topics for graduates. 4. Reading Skills 5. Writing skills 6. Vocabulary Building 7. Situational Dialogues 8. Grammar 9. Describing Objects/People/Situation 10. Conversations with technical topics for graduate students 11. Giving Directions 12. Body language 13. Corporate etiquettes Page 18 of 21 Proposed systems must have: Advanced English Communication Skills Lab a. Functional English b. Reading Comprehension c. Role Play d. Debate e. Public Speech f. Just A Minute g. Telephoning Skills h. Group discussion i. Interview Skills j. Presentation Skills k. Panel discussion l. One minute games m. Management games TRAINING/ Workshop : The Company shall give Training to the English Trainers on the methodology of teaching for 2 days during Installation of the language lab at Koshi College Khagaria. The Training Location will be held at the Language Lab Centre of the college and Training may be in different batches. The Trainers expenses shall be borne by the Company including Travel and stay. TRAINING : At least one day demonstration and hand holding training shall be provided by the company's functionaries at the college which will not only test the hardware but also make the teachers aware about various facilities on the methodology by hand holding. This should be done immediately after the installation at the site. ELECTRONIC GADGETS : A DIGITAL MULTIMEDIA LANGUAGE LAB SOFTWARE WITH MULTIMEDIA STATION (Desktop) FOR 1 Teacher Unit + 24 Multimedia Receiving Station(Desktops) 1no. teacher having I-3 processor, 4GB RAM, 1 TB HDD, 10/100/1000 Ethernet, USB: 4 external USB Ports ; 2 USB 3.0 via add-on cards, Audio: Six back-panel connectors: microphone-in, line-in, and 4 line-out to support 5.1 audio jack; two front-panel connectors for headphone-output and microphone-in, Other: HDMI, VGA port, S/PDIF connector, eSATA, RJ-45 (10/100/1000 Ethernet) with 24 Receiving Station having configuration of Intel Atom 1.6GHz Embeded, 3 GB Ram Memory, 10/100 Ethernet, 2ps2 ports, 6 USB ports, 1-VGA port, Intel HD Audio, 12V @ 5A 60W DC adaptor including 25nos. Headphone, Keyboards, mouse, LCD Monitors, CAT5 Network cables and 100/1000 switches. Page 19 of 21 Smart Board- MAGIC Interactive White Board 104" Works with any digital projector Hard coated scratch resistant surface, Extra space to use your marker pen, Fully integrated PowerPoint functionality, My Script's Handwriting Recognition, Media rich Gallery and Built-in meeting feature to collaborate with anyone LCD TV (42'' size) –Standard company Full High Definition LCD / USB Supplied with all necessary accessories including wall mount kit – 1 piece WebCam of sony, Samsung or any other good brand / High Resolution Digital Visualizer Inverter (1 KV Capacity) - Standard company -1 piece TECHNICALS: Digital Language Lab - Skills Development Centre Installation Technical knowhow and Human Resourcing Training at company head office for 2 days - one teaching faculty and a technical assistant at Company’s cost Licensed modules: 3. Communicative English modules 4. Examination System (offline and online) with inbuilt result maker Anti-Virus Furniture: Wooden Furniture : A laboratory podium, lab assistant's computer table and console cabinet 1 Table with Chair for Teacher and booth for 24 Students with front side glass and both side compressed wood. 24 Chairs for students. 1Chair for lab technician Signature of Tenderer Name - _______________________ Address- _____________________ _____________________________ Phone no. - ___________________ Website - ___________________ Email id - ________ Page 20 of 21 CHECK LIST (Pl. Tick for Yes and Cross for No in front of the point, after furnishing the related Documents / information) 1. Firm Registration Certificate included 2. Latest Income tax Clearance Certificate included 3. Latest Commercial tax Clearance Certificate included 4. Sales Tax Registration Certificate enclosed 5. Is this quotation submitted directly or through dealer? 6. List of customers/Installations 7. Tender proposal submitted as per the format of Tender Submission Table? 8. Quoted Rates [Total Unit Cost in Rs. (incl. all Taxes)] are covered with transparent cello tape Page 21 of 21