HLFPPT/HRIS/RFP/01 Date: August 03, 2012 Hindustan Latex Family Planning Promotion Trust Request for Proposal for HRIS Introduction:Hindustan Latex Family Planning Promotion Trust or HLFPPT (A Trust Promoted by HLL Lifecare Limited) was born in the year 1992 with the sole aim of providing complete and compassionate care for people from all walks of life. Over the years we have undertaken numerous pioneering projects, that have helped us empower and help many communities understand the basic necessity of a healthy lifestyle and thus contribute to the achievement of national health and population development goals. HLFPPT is promoted by HLL Life care Limited and has over the years, grown and matured into a professional services organization that spreads smiles and the message of good health among the populace of this great country. Inviting Proposal:HLFPPT is looking for agencies to develop an integrated software for HLFPPT where all functions of HR to work on a single platform. To automate our HR processes and manage HR & Payroll related information within the organization for faster delivery and increased efficiency. Interested agencies are requested to respond to the request for proposal (RFP) with detailed proposal specifying the deliverables of the Software system, time line for completion and Financial Proposal. The Financial Proposal may be submitted in a separate sealed cover in annexure 2, which will be opened only if the technical proposal is found acceptable. Due Dates:All proposals are due by time as per schedule of events below. Any proposal received at the designated location after the required time and date specified for receipt shall be considered late and nonresponsive. Any late proposals will not be evaluated for award. SCHEDULE OF EVENTS:Event Date 1. RFP Distribution to Vendors 03rd August 2012 2. Written Confirmation of Vendors with Bid Intention 09th August 2012 3. Questions from Vendors about scope or approach due 09th August 2012 4. Proposal Submission Last Date 16th August 2012 5. Target Date for Review of Proposals 17th August 2012 6. Final Vendor Selection Discussion(s)--Week of 22nd August 2012 7. Anticipated decision and selection of Vendor(s) 24th August 2012 8. Anticipated commencement date of work 29th August 2012 Intent of Request for Proposal HLFPPT is to be provided with customized HRIS system which should be easily integrated with our existing technology platform. The proposed HRIS system should help in automation of entire gamut of HR functions starting from Recruitment and Application Management Module Employee Master Database Module Reporting Relationships & Department Heads Process, Projects & Team Module Performance Appraisal Management Module Increment & Promotion Module Confirmation & Contract Renewals Module Transfer Module Training and Development Payroll Management Module Disciplinary Action Module Exit Management HR Letters Employee Self Service etc. Office Property Modules The desired deliverables are: S.No 1 Module Category Recruitment & Application Management Module 2 Employee Master Database Module: Deliverables Automate the entire Recruitment process from Manpower Requisition to receiving Resume, Short listing, Interview details and Ref Check Manpower Requisition: Enable to raise manpower requisition specifying various criteria like qualification details, skills sets and responsibilities details, experience, gender and age group requirements among other requirements. Resume Master: Enable to capture all important information about a candidate here like contact details, all addresses, DOB, father name, all past experience details, qualification details and References Short listing of Candidates: Able to do short listing of candidates based on various criteria like qualification, age group, city, gender, experience etc Interview: Set up and conduct interviews and record results. On Hold and Rejected Candidate Database: Able to See database of On Hold and Rejected Candidates. These can be purged as per our requirements. Reference Check: Enable to create a database of questions that need to be asked during Ref Check and conduct Ref Check Enable to capture as much as important information about an Employee. These information to be the backbone of an Employee Database Employee General Information: All basic information about an Employee such as -Name, Emp. Code, Fathers name, all Contact Addresses, Email Addresses, Mobile Numbers etc 2 3 Reporting Relationships and Department Heads 4 Process, Project & Team Modules 5 Performance Appraisal Management Modules 6 Increment Module & Promotion Employee Salary Structure: Complete Employee Salary Structure details covering all Earning and Deduction heads and Benefits Employee Dependent Details: All information about Employee Dependents that is required from Payroll and Reimbursement perspectives Employee Payroll Information: Important information like Bank Details, Account Number, PF and ESIC Number, PAN Number, Blood Group etc. Past Employment Details: Important information of past employment including Employer Name, Salary Structure and Positions held Past Training Details: All information on Trainings attended by the employee. Membership Details: Details of memberships held by the employee. Attachments: Facility to attach Resume, Increment Letter, any other letter. Facility to scan photograph or signature and attach the same to the HR software. Health: Facility to enter health information of an employee Configure Head of Departments and Employee Reporting Relationships. HOD Configuration: Enable to configure Head of Departments. Reporting Relationships: Who is reporting to whom? Let us have more than 1 supervisor for an Employee Define as many Processes, Projects and Teams as possible: Processes: Define as many Processes as required. Let us have the facility to add and remove Employees to/from a Process Projects; Define as many Projects as required and then add & remove Employees to an Project Team: Define as many Teams as required and then add & remove Employees to a Team KPI's: Define as many KPI as required, define measurement criteria, weight age and ratings as required. These can be designation specific or Employee specific. Potential Traits: Define as many Potential Traits as required, define measurement criteria, weight age and ratings as required. These can be designation specific or Employee specific Appraisal: We should be able to record complete Appraisal records. Can record achievements against each KPI set, conduct Self Appraisal, do Performance Review Planning, Potential Appraisal and Overall Performance Appraisal Define as many Increment Types as required - Annual, Performance and Ad Hoc Increment to meet our organization needs. Flexibility to give Increment WEF date, Declaration date, Arrear giving date. Flexibility to 3 7 Confirmation & Renewals Module Contract 8 Transfers Modules 9 Training & Development 10 Payroll Management Module give Increment as Amount or Percentage Annual Increment: Allows us to do Annual increment Performance Increment: Increment based on Performance Ad hoc Increment: Increment that can be given any time Promotion: Give Promotion to Employees. Facility to define Promotion Date Re-designation : Facility to redesignate an Employee Confirmation: Facility to confirm an Employee Probation Extension: Facility to extend Probation of an Employee Contract Renewal: Automate Contract Renewal of Employees: Pop up (alarm) the contract renewal date in advance. Facility to Transfer an Employee to any other Office or Company Training Masters: Masters driven software and enable us to define various masters like Training Needs Identification Sources, Training Types and also define as per our needs fields that shall come when we collect Employee feedback. Trainers Details: Define as many Trainers as possible, categorize them and collect as much information about them as required Training Budget: Define Training Budget in terms of money value and hours Training Calendar: Plan out Training Calendar Training Record: Facility to record details of Training Attended by Employees Training Feedback: Facility to record Feedback given by Employees. Supervisor Feedback: Facility to record Supervisor Feedback. End to End Payroll Management Completely Masters Driven Payroll Software: Define our own rules / business logic. Payroll Software to be designed in a manner so that it can take care of variations in business logic / rules. Powerful and Flexible: Define our business logic for Earnings, Deductions, Salary Rules, Arrears, Leave and Attendance, Income Tax, Professional Tax, PF and ESIC and other important areas. So we can create rules that exist in our organization. A powerful Organizational Structure module that lets us create multiple office types and offices. Define the Organizational Structure as applicable in our organization. Create multiple Divisions, Departments or Sections as well as Multiple Grades, Levels, Bands or Designations CD Generation: Create CD for Bank Transfer, PF, ESIC, Insurance and TDS Linking with Attendance Machine: An in built import module which should help us import Attendance data 4 11 Disciplinary Action Module 12 Exit Management 13 HR Letters from any Attendance Machine. Also can import data from any DBF or MDB file that is commonly used by all Attendance Machines Powerful reporting capabilities: Unparalleled Payroll Reporting capabilities. User should have the control on selecting reporting criteria. An advanced Report Designer that allows us to create reports the way we want. We decide which fields we want to select and then take out a report as per our specific needs. Managing multiple documents in multiple locations / systems. We can attach any Windows document to Payroll Module. Payroll Module should give us facility to attach any document be it Word, Excel, Notepad or any other document and then open it from HRIS Payroll itself. Scan photographs and signatures and attach to HRIS Payroll module Facility to export all Reports : Export all Reports into Excel, Word and many other formats Multi Company Multi Location Payroll Software: A Multi Company, Multi-Location Payroll Module. We should be able to create multiple offices. Windows based Easy- to- use Payroll Module: Module/Software should be built using Microsoft Technologies and easy to use and operate. Backup and Restore Module: A Robust Backup Module that enable us to create our own backups and specify where we wish to take backup Alerts: Enable us to create Automatic Alerts so that we can get timely reminders of important events at times we want. So we can get reminders of Increments due, Important statutory date etc. Facility to Email Salary Slips: Email Salary Slips to all Employees. Personalized Salary Slip Printing: We choose between common messages for all Employees on Salary Slip or personalized messages for individual employees. So enable us to go ahead and wish our Employees "Happy Birthday" and Happy Anniversary" on their important day Powerful Security Module: An advanced Security Module that lets us create Roles and then assign these to as many users as possible. Create form and report level security. Restrict access to each Form and in that too we can specify for each user these activities Whether he / she can view the form, modify data or delete data. Record any Disciplinary action incident, action taken and other details and helps us build its history Separation Details: Record separation related information - date of resignation, type of separation, notice period details, reason etc Exit Interview: Conduct exit interview. Centralize all important letter creation through our 5 14 Employee Self Service Module 15 Office Property Modules software. We can take out Offer letters, Appointment Letters, Increment Letters, Award Letters, Transfer Letters, F&F letters etc from HRIS software Employee login, Tour Apply, Leave apply Festival Advance request etc. Office Property Masters: Create as many categories of Properties as required and then create multiple Properties Office Property Issue: Facility to issue Office Property Office Property Return: Facility to return Office Property Customizations 100% customizable. In case we have any special needs Agency can customize the Software as per our specific needs at a nominal cost. In case we require any special report specific to our organizational needs that too shall be done. Implementation Support: Selected Agency shall help us in entering all Masters and shall understand our business logic and guide you in inputting these in HRIS Shall guide us in building up the Employee Masters. Keeping our time deadlines in mind Agency shall guide us with the fastest way of building up Employee Masters. Shall help us in entering Leave and Attendance related data. These shall be imported from our Attendance machine also. Shall hand hold us in entering all Payroll data in the first month of installation. That’s way we shall get valuable insight on usage of the software and various features available Shall provide onsite support on the first salary processing day where your experts shall assist us while processing salary. You shall help us in matching our salary. Shall support us in Data Entry in case our organization wishes to outsource the same. In case we have data in Excel and wish it to be ported in HRIS system, agency shall support there too. Shall provide us with pre defined Excel formats and then import the same. Training Support: Selected Agency shall provide extensive Training to all users to get up to speed in the shortest possible time. At the start of the implementation charts out the Training Map and by the end of Implementation users gain valuable expertise of the usage of the software. Procedure for submission of bids and terms and conditions a) The proposals are to be submitted on two-bid basis with separate technical (annexure-1) and financial bids (annexure-2) sealed in separate envelopes clearly marked on the respective envelopes and then submitted in a sealed cover clearly marked “Bid for HRIS for HLFPPT, Noida. b) Bid responses must be addressed and submitted at the following address:Mr. Alok Singh Sr. Manager -IT Hindustan Latex Family Planning Promotion Trust (HLFPPT) (A Trust Promoted By HLL Lifecare Limited) B-14A, Second Floor, Sector-62, Noida, Gautam Budh Nagar -201301, Uttar Pradesh. Ph: 0120-4673673, Fax: 4231065 6 c) Bids, both technical and financial, should reach the above address before 15:00 hours on 16th August 2012. Late bids will not be considered. It shall be responsibility of the bidder to ensure that the bid has been received on time and at proper place before the deadline. Bids submitted through fax and e-mails will not be considered. d) All bids are to remain valid for a period of one month from the date of submission. Eligibility Criteria a) The bidders must have successfully integrated HRIS in organization of repute and should submit documents in their support. b) The bidder must have PAN (Permanent Account Number) and registered with the Sales/Service Tax and the documents for the same is to be attached. c) The bidders must provide after sales support for implementation and integration. Specifications The specifications below are to be considered an outline of the desired services. HLFPPT will consider any recommended changes in the specifications and will issue amended specifications as needed. At the option of the vendor, proposals for more extensive services may be quoted. However, any deviations from the specifications for more limited services must be indicated on the proposal or by explanatory letter. Otherwise, the submitting company will be bound by the terms of the specifications. Conceptual Approach Each bidder must submit as a part of its proposal a narrative describing the conceptual approach it will take to providing HRIS/Payroll services to HLFPPT. The conceptual narrative should address the firm’s capability with regard to serving an HLFPPT agency’s needs using a creative approach to secure affordable, broadly worded coverage from financial stable providers. Proposal Format The proposal should be submitted using the following format and should be based on the activities of your office, unless otherwise directed by HLFPPT. General Information 1. Name of firm: Contact Address: Phone: Facsimile: Web site: Contact’s email address: 2. Corporate History A. Describe the history and growth of your company. Specifically, how long has your company been in business? B. Define your company’s mission statement. C. Describe the corporate structure of your company. D. Is your company privately or publicly owned? E. Please highlight any technological leadership, awards, innovative products, and support and customer care programs. F. What makes your company unique from your competitors? What competitive advantage and/or specialization do you feel your company possesses? G. Please provide an audited copy of your company’s financial information along with an annual report. 7 H. Please indicate the size of our account relative to your other clients. 3. WORK EXPERIENCE A. Total number of clients or accounts: B. Number of years working with not for profit clients: C. List membership or participation with professional associations and/or not for profit organizations: D. Describe your experience with not for profit organizations generally and HLFPPT in particular. STAFFING 4. Account Service Team A. Support Staff/Service Team: List the personnel who will be assigned to work on this account in support of the assigned principal, including their job title and primary area of responsibility or expertise. Include brief information on the professional qualifications of each service team member. SERVICES 5. Services Overall Approach to this Account: In this section of your proposal we ask that you describe your firm’s proposed overall approach to this account. Services and Time Estimate: Please answer the questions below to help demonstrate how you would manage HLFPPT Inc’s account. How would you manage a transition process to your company? What is the training method and process plan for new clients? Describe the services offered to convert data from the current system to the proposed system. What security measures do you currently have in place during implementation to protect from unauthorized access or use of sensitive employee information? Provide a transition timeline How would you assist HLFPPT, Inc. in administering all group insurance plans and responding to questions from staff on a day to day basis? How would you assist HLFPPT, Inc. in complying with laws and regulations related to employee benefits? How would you assist in reviewing claims experience, claim service and administration to ensure maximum benefit to HLFPPT, Inc? Please explain how you would determine and recommend the most economical funding methods for our employee benefit plans. How would you assist HLFPPT, Inc. with the implementation and communication of new programs or changes to our existing program? Please explain your involvement during our open enrollment process. Please explain how our renewal process would work. How would you interface with insurance carriers to resolve adds/deletes, billing issues and other problems associated with our benefit program? What technology tools would you use to manage our employee benefits program to include training and monitoring? 8 What is your procedure for evaluating cost and risk when making changes related to plan design changes? What is your process to help us review employer/employee premium contribution structure? How would you help us with wellness initiatives? How would you help us to ensure we are in compliance regarding human resources laws and regulations? Provide a list and describing services you propose and the annual fees. How often should you obtain competitive bids on employee benefit plans? How would you assist in the creation of an overall benefits compensation strategy? Demonstrate Cost Management – Performance Outcomes Provide samples of open enrollment materials Provide samples of legislative updates over the past 12 months Have you or your organization had any claims or lawsuits filed against you? Designations assigned to our account that shows a specialization in health & welfare benefits industry describe how this benefits our organization Provide proof of E&O insurance CLIENTS 6. HLFPPT: Please list by name (and include websites) for your three largest not for profit agency accounts. 7. References: Provide the names, addresses, phone numbers and email addresses of at least three references from current not for profit accounts. CONFLICT OF INTEREST GUIDELINES If, prior to or following submission of your proposal, you discover any perceived, potential or actual conflict of interest between you and a party (lies) from the list below, you must promptly disclose the perceived, potential or actual conflict of interest in a written statement to the Chief Financial Officer. Parties of Potential Conflict 1. Members of the Board of Directors 2. Senior Management 3. Members of the Evaluation Committee 4. Employees 9 TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF CONTRACT (To be enclosed with technical bid) Terms & Conditions 1. The bidder should have an annual minimum turnover of Rs 50 lacs per annum as average of last three financial years. 2. Proof of certificate for turnover is required to be submitted with the technical bid (CA certificate or a copy of the Balance Sheet, Profit & Loss account of last three years). 3. The bidder should be able to work as per agreed terms and conditions mentioned herewith. 4. At any time before the submission of Proposals, HLFPPT may, for any reason, whether at its own initiative or in response to a clarification requested by any Consultant, modify the RFP documents by amendment. Any amendment shall be issued in writing through addenda. Addenda shall be posted on the website of HLFPPT at http://hlfppt.org for information to the consultants and will be binding on them. HLFPPT may at its discretion extend the deadline for the submission of Proposals. 5. Consultants/company must be registered under sales tax/ value added tax and service tax authorities, and the registration certificates must be enclosed along with the Technical Proposal. 3 Consultants/company is requested to submit proposals written in English language with indelible ink. It shall contain no inter-lineation or overwriting, except as necessary to correct errors made by the firm itself. Any such corrections must be initialed by the person or persons who sign(s) the Proposals. 4 The Technical proposal should provide the following information using the attached formats: Executive Summary Approach and Methodology Project Deliverables Project Management Approach References Project Team Staffing with CVs Company Overview 5. In preparing the Technical Proposal, consultants are expected to examine the documents comprising this RFP in detail. Material deficiencies in providing the information requested may result in rejection of a Proposal 6. The Technical Proposal shall not include any financial information. 7. The Financial Proposal should follow the standard format attached. It lists all costs associated with the Assignment, including (a) remuneration for staff, and (b) reimbursable such as subsistence (per diem, housing), transportation (for mobilization and demobilization), services and equipment), etc. If appropriate, these costs should be broken down by activity. Cost should be quoted only in Indian Rupees (INR) & Payment Terms. 1 0 8. For each Proposal, the Consultants shall prepare 2 copies. Each Technical Proposal and Financial Proposal should be marked “Original” or “Copy” as appropriate. If there are any discrepancies between the original and the copies of the Proposal, the original governs. 9. The original and all copies of the Technical Proposal (annexure-1) shall be placed in a sealed envelope clearly marked “Technical Proposal” and the original and all copies of the Financial Proposal (annexure-2) in a sealed envelope clearly marked “Financial Proposal”. 10. The completed Technical and Financial proposals must be delivered at the submission address mentioned below by registered post/ courier/ by hand on or before the 15.00 hours on 16th August, 2012. Any Proposal received after the closing time for submission of proposals or not received in the mode/ address mentioned shall be rejected. Technical proposals will be opened immediately after receipt; however, the financial proposals would be opened only after evaluation of the technical proposals and meeting with the consultants and seeing the demo of the software. 11. HLFPPT shall without prejudice to its other remedies under the contract, deduct from the Contract Price, as Liquidated Damages a sum equivalent to 2.5% of the price of agreed unperformed Services or for delay of each day until actual delivery or performance, up to a maximum deduction of 20% of the contract Price. Once the maximum is reached, HLFPPT may consider termination of the contract/work order. 12. Proposals must remain valid for 90 days from the last date of submission of the proposals. HLFPPT will make its best effort to complete negotiations within this period. If HLFPPT wishes to extend the validity period of the proposals, the consultants who do not agree have the right not to extend the validity of their proposals. 13. Please note that the costs of preparing the proposal and of negotiating the contract, including a visit to HLFPPT, are not reimbursable as a direct cost of the Assignment. 14. Consultants or any of their affiliates shall not be hired for any assignment which, by its nature, may be in conflict with another assignment of the consultants. The consultants should disclose other assignments being carried out or those proposed to be carried out by the consultant having potential conflict of interest with the current assignment. 15. In the event of award of contract the bidder shall be able to complete the work within 60 days of award of contract as per the schedule provided by HLFPPT. If the work not completed within specified timeline penalty clause will be applicable as per HLPPT norms. 16. The desired timeline for completing the HRIS software is two months from the date of award of the contract. 17. The proposals will be evaluated by a committee formed by HLFPPT 18. Selection of agencies would be done by the committee on the basis of Evaluation for Technical 70 marks & Financial 30 marks. 19. Agencies who will obtain 70% marks or more in Technical evaluation would be considered for opening of financial bids. 20. Award of the contact shall be made to the consultant with best experience, professionally qualified staff, technically strong approach/ methodology and least cost. If due to any circumstance, the selected lowest responsive consultant is not willing to accept the assignment after award of contract, the contract would be awarded to the next lowest responsive consultant. 1 1 21. Final Selection of the agencies would be done on the basis of total marks obtained in the Technical & Financial Evaluation. 22. HLFPPT reserves the right to accept or reject any quotations and to cancel the bidding process and reject all quotations at any time prior to the award of contract. 23. HLFPPT reserves the right to accept /reject/ select one or more consultants, and to annul the bidding process, any or all proposal at any time prior to award of contract without incurring any liability to the affected consultant. 24. The agencies not qualified in the technical evaluation by the committee will not be entertained for financial bid. 25. Agencies would not be allowed to further subcontract, partial/full of the work will be assigned to them. 26. Any effort by the consultant to influence HLFPPT in its proposal evaluation, proposal comparison or contract award decisions may result in the rejection of the consultant’s proposal. 27. Information relating to evaluation of proposals and recommendations concerning awards shall not be disclosed to the consultants who submitted the proposals or to other persons not officially concerned with the process, until the winning firm has been notified that it has been awarded the contract. 28. The Technical proposal should follow format attached in Annexure 1 29. The Financial proposal should follow format attached in Annexure 2 30. The bidder has to submit along with his technical bid a copy of the Terms and Conditions (all pages) and the technical bidding format duly filled, signed by the authority and stamped on all pages indicating their unqualified acceptance. 31. The Agencies should also submit an undertaking (Annexure-3) duly signed & Stamped. We agree and abide by all terms and conditions as mentioned above including the validity of the offer. 32. Documents required to release the payment: 33. Bill / Invoice mentioning Permanent Account Number of Income Tax. Documentary proof of the deliverables as per work order. The payment shall be made after delivery of HRIS software. Other details as required for the activities. RFP received after the closing date will not be considered. Utmost confidentiality of the data provided shall be maintained. Name, Designation & Signature of the bidder with the Seal 1 2 Annexure 1 Technical Proposal Format (To be enclosed in separate sealed cover) Please maintain the flow of the format while furnishing to the detailed information 1. Name of the Bidder a. b. c. d. Full postal address Telegraphic address Telephone and fax numbers Year of starting of organization 2. Organizational Profile and capability statement with Organogram 3. Number of Clients Worked in the last 3 years-2009-2012 (Pl give client wise details) Client 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. State Work Period Concept Paper which contains the appropriate methodology, sampling technique, tools and software to be used. Execution plan including Data Collection, data processing and report submission plan. Details of team with specific role and responsibilities (detailed CV’s for each of the proposed team members should be attached as annexure). Data processing management including data entry, cleaning and Analysis (with the required software packages that are proposed to be used should be specified) Time line with deliverables. Signature and seal of the bidder 1 3 Annexure 2 S.No. 1 2 3 4 5 6 Financial Bidding Format (To be enclosed in separate sealed cover) Description Qty. All Administration module Analysis modules All Data entry and linking Modules of HRIS & Payroll Customization Installation Support package for 12 months Amount Subtotal Service Tax ( As applicable) Grand Total Total Sl. no. AGENCY’S RESPONSE SPECIFICATIONS (FINANCIAL) 1. The rates quoted will be inclusive of all taxes/Levies/ etc. 2. The human resource, transportation, lodging & boarding cost of the Field staff should be mentioned separately in the financial cost sheet (all the costs should be mentioned in the financial quote) 3. Penalty clauses will apply as per the company’s policy, as per terms of the work order: the decision of the HLFPPT/Project Management shall be final and binding in this regard. 4. No advances will be given to the agency. 5. Constitution of the agency whether Proprietor ship/ Partnership/Company. Give details of Proprietor/ Partner/Directors. 6. Name of firms wherein party/ proprietor having the same interest. 7. Final payment adjustment shall be made after completion of the evaluation work and after the submission of the final report 8. The payment will be done through Local Cheque/NEFT/RTGS. 9. 10. TDS as applicable will be deduced as per I.T. rules. The Agency will work in close consent of the HLFPPT-Noida office and will not take independent decision on any matter. 11. Penalty clauses will apply as per the company’s policy, as per terms of the work order: the decision of the HLFPPT/Project Management shall be final and binding in this regard. 12. Payment will be released after 45 days of submission of final bill and successful implementation & testing of software by the HLFPPT. 13. 14. PAN 1 4 15. Service Tax/VAT Number 16. Last 3 years balance sheets ( attested by a CA) Signature and seal of the bidder 1 5 Annexure -3 Undertaking from Vendors. This has reference to the RFP published in the website of HLFPPT on………….… ….In response to the RFP, we have submitted our technical & financial bids on………………at your office ………………………………………………………………. In connection with the above bids, we hereby declare as under:i- That we are neither related to any of your Trustees, Officers and other employees nor do we have any financial, commercial or other interests with any of the above persons in any capacity whatsoever. ii- That we have submitted the bids in the name of M/S…………………….......................and declare that no other bids have been submitted by us in the name of any other firms/companies/proprietors/individuals which comes under the same management and related parties. iii- We herby undertakes that in case of any violations to the above declarations at any stage of the contract , HLFPPT reserves the sole right to cancel the contract and recover the full value of the contract from us. For and on behalf of …………….. (Authorized Signatory with company seal /Stamp.) 1 6