TIOL-DDT 431 · Monday, 21 August 2006 · story 3 of 3

TENDER FOR APPOINTMENT OF A SYSTEMS INTEGRATOR in Income tax opens today.

The Income tax department has invited tenders for Appointment of a Systems Integrator for providing a turnkey solution towards Supply, Installation, Integration, Commissioning, Management & Maintenance of Servers, Storage, Security and other components and Facilities Management Services for the Department. Obviously this is a huge contract. The security deposit is Rs. Three Crores and the Benchmark Suite and Data Set is a whopping non refundable Rs. 2 lakhs. The application form costs Rs. 5000/-

The Schedule of Date and Time

i) Sale of tender document, Release of Benchmark Suite and Data Set

21.08.06 to 31.08.06

ii) Last date for submission of written queries for clarifications on Tender Document

06.09.06

iii) Pre-Bid Conference

12.09.06

iv) Last time and date for submission of bids

on or before 1300 Hrs on 16.10.06

v) Time and Date of opening of letters of Pre-qualification and Technical Bids

1500 Hrs on 16.10.06

If you are interested, please contact, Directorate of Income Tax (Systems), CIT(Systems)–IV, ARA Centre, E-2, Jhandewalan Extension, New Delhi –110055

“There’s no special red-carpet tax loophole for the stars, whether you’re popping the popcorn, sitting in the audience or starring on the big screen, you need to respect the law and pay your taxes.”

- IRS (the US version of our Income Tax) Commissioner Mark Everson

Until tomorrow with more DDT

Have a nice day.

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