Project:
PAYMENTS AND BANKING SYSTEM MODERNIZATION PROJECT
Financing: World
Bank
Abstract:
SUPPLY, INSTALLATION AND SUPPORT OF A BANKING INFORMATIONAL SYSTEM AND GENERAL
LEDGER
Sector: Finance
Loan/Credit
Number: Credit No. 3871-KG; Project ID No. P074881 Contract/Bid Number: IFB No.
4 Deadline: 19 February 2009
1. This Invitation for Bids (IFB) follows the General Procurement Notice
(GPN) for this project that appeared in UN Development Business No.624
of 31 January 2004.
2. The Kyrgyz Republic has received a credit from the International Development
Association toward the cost of Payments and Banking System Modernization
Project, and it intends to apply part of the proceeds of this credit to
payments under the contract for supply, installation and support of a Banking
Informational System and General Ledger (BIS GL or simply BIS) for the National
Bank of the Kyrgyz Republic (NBKR).
3. The Payments and Banking Modernization Project Project Implementation Unit
of the National Bank of the Kyrgyz Republic (PIU NBKR) now invites sealed bids
from eligible Bidders for the supply, installation and support Banking
Informational System and General Ledger (BIS GL).
3.1. Banking Informational System and General Ledger (BIS GL or simply BIS) is
a uniform automated information system of the NBKR ensuring the account of its
operations. This system should be integrated with the depository for government
securities and trading platform for securities and foreign exchange, as well as
with the gross settlement system and international payments (Swift). Its
flexible architecture shall enable to organically build-in new and improve
existing business processes. This system should maintain the automated
accounting for operations with securities, deposits, credits and other
instruments, a cash management system, automation of the daily interbank
operations handling process, maintaining accounting and generation of
consolidated reports, the automated system for economic operations, personnel
management, planning and budgeting. BIS GL should have a single multi-currency
core.
3.2. Suppliers responsibility and products supplied will cover:
Consulting services and initial
study;
Hardware and system software for
the main center (primary and alternate sites) to provide required performances
and a full business continuity of operations, related uninterrupted power
supply (UPS) requirements and communication network interfaces;
Customization, testing, and
implementation of the BIS GL system;
Training of the NBKR's staff in the
day-to-day operation and administration;
Documentation. Production and
delivery of manuals describing operational procedures for all users (financial
and technical operations);
Operation support of NBKR's team
for running the BIS GL system for a period of two months after cutover.
Maintenance support: one year warranty, and
four year maintenance of the system, beginning from operational acceptance. The
costs associated with providing this service during the first year should be
included in the bidders price proposal. A support agreement with separate
pricing covering the subsequent 4 years period should be included in the bidders
proposal.
4. Bidding will be conducted using the International Competitive Bidding (ICB)
procedures specified in the World Banks Guidelines: Procurement under IBRD
Loans and IDA Credits (published by the Bank in
January 1995 and revised in January and August 1996; September 1997 and January
1999) and is open to all Bidders from eligible source countries as defined in
the Guidelines that meet the following minimum qualification criteria:
Operation in the banking system
during last 7 years;
successfully implementation of
similar Banking Informational Systems GL at least in 5 banks, at least one of
which should be preferably in CIS region. BIS GL implementation in the Central
Bank is preferable. BIS GL implementations shall have successfully functioned
in full production mode not less than 2 years in each case in no fewer than 2
banks;
The Bidders equity should be no
less than US$ 3 million (or equivalent) according to the audited financial
statement for the last year;
Its annual turnover should be in
average of at least US$ 5 million (or equivalent) per year over last 3 years.
The Bidder should have its own resources and technical expertise to manage the
project and customize the product to be delivered. The Bidder will provide
audited financial statement for the last 3 years.
5. Interested eligible Bidders may obtain further information from PIU NBKR and
inspect the bidding documents at the address given below from 8:30 a.m. - 12
a.m. till 13:00 p.m.-17:30 p.m. local time.
6. A complete set of Bidding Documents in English may be purchased by
interested Bidders on the submission of a written application to the address
given below and upon payment of a nonrefundable fee of US$ 200. The method of
payment should be Bank transfer.
Payments in Kyrgyz soms should be made to account below:
National Bank of the Kyrgyz Republic
BIC 101001
Tax Inspection Code 999
OKPO 0970100
INN 01212199210017
Account No. 1010100065120093
Payments in US dollars should be made to account below:
Deutsche Bank Bankers Trust Company Americas, NY, USA
SWIFT: BKTRUS33
Account number. 04413996
A pre-bid meeting which potential bidders may attend will be held on January
13, 2009, 10:00 AM local time in the Main Building of the NBKR.
7. Bids must be delivered to PIU NBKR at the address given below by or before
19 February 2009 at 2:00 p.m. of local time. All bids must be accompanied by a
bid security of not less than US$ 30,000. Late bids will be rejected. Bids will
be opened in the presence of the Bidders representatives who choose to attend
at the address of the NBKR, Main Building, Conference room.
8. The attention of prospective Bidders is drawn to (i) the fact that they will
be required to certify in their bids that all software is either covered by a
valid license or was produced by the Bidder.
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