Providing selection of 2nd/Alternative Agency BHARAT BILL PAYMENT OPERATING UNITS (BBPOUS) for collection of electricity bill payments for GESCOM through BBPS Platform

The bidder should be authorized by Reserve Bank of India (RBI) to provide Electronic/Other Payment Services. Certificate of authorization issued by Reserve Bank of India (RBI) to provide Electronic/Other Payment Services under the payment and settlement act 2007

Bidder should be an authorized entity (BBPOU) in BBPS system Copy of certificate issued by RBI/National payment corporation of India (NPCI) for providing BBPS and Bharath/ Dynamically generated QR payment service.

Bidder shall be a company incorporated in India under the Companies Act, 2013 Valid certificate of registration of the company shall be scanned in original and uploaded

The firm should have valid Registration Number of GST. Valid Certificate of registration of GST shall be scanned in original and uploaded

Bidder should comply PCI-DSS (Payment Card Industry-Data Security Standard).Self-declaration to be uploaded

The bidder should have experience as Biller Operating Unit (BOU) with approximate minimum number of transaction per year shall be 30 lakhs at one live biller across BBPS categories. Certificate issued by National Payment Corporation of India to assure the BBPOU is capable of handling approximate minimum 30 lakh number of transaction per year, should be scanned in original and uploaded or Performance Certificate shall be uploaded issued by the authority who is competent to place the DWA/Purchase Order/LoI/LOA/Extension order of BBPOUs, to be in operation at the time submission of bid.

Bidders should abide to provide BBPS service in accordance with the guidelines laid down by NPCI for BBPS services issued from time to time. Self-declaration to be uploaded

The bidder dealing with services that allow the consumers to pay bills (Electricity, Telephone, Mobile, Water etc.) through any electronic mode i.e. Net Banking, Debit or Credit Card, IMPS, Mobile, e-wallets, Kiosks, POS, Cash, Cheque, Draft, Collection Centre, UPI and Bharath QR/Dynamically generated QR. Self-declaration for all payment modes to be uploaded.

Any cost with respect to setup, integration or Operation and maintenance shall be borne by bidder. Self-declaration to be uploaded.

The Bidder must have not Defaulted/Barred/Short closed/Black listed in providing service against any of the previous purchase order placed by any power utility/State Goverment/ Central Government / Public sector under takings/ Private Sector from last 05 Years as on the date of submission of bid. Self-declaration to be uploaded.

The payment service must offer at least 128 bit encryption SSL (Secure Sockets Layer) for transaction security. Self-declaration to be uploaded.

Consortium and sub-contracting any part of this work is Not Allowed. Self-declaration to be uploaded.

Bidder selected in last tender enquiry ID : GESCOM/CEE/SEE/EE/2022-23/IT21 Dated: 04.11.2022, is not eligible for this tender as this Tender is invited for additional BBPOU. Self-declaration to be uploaded.

Bidder shall have an average annual financial turnover of not less than 100% of the amount put to tender during the last 3 preceding financial years i.e., FY 2020-21, 2021-22, & 2022-23.Certified copies of audited Financial Statements (P&L), Balance Sheets duly signed by Directors and sealed and signed by auditors with UDIN for FY 2020-21, 2021-22, 2022-23 shall be uploaded.

The Liquid Assets consisting of term deposits indicating the maturity date beyond six months from the date of tender invitation and/or availability of fund based credit facility in any scheduled commercial bank /nationalized bank shall not be less than 25% of the amount put to tender and which have not be earlier than 60 days from the date of tender invitation. The credit facility certificate as per Annexure-B issued by any Nationalized Bank/Scheduled Indian Bank addressed to the Chief Engineer Electy., (Operations), Corporate Office, GESCOM, Kalaburagi shall be scanned and uploaded in Original.(This criteria is exempted for Nationalized and Schedule Banks)(Note: The Bank credit facility without the name of the bidder, Bid Enq. No. is liable for rejection. Conditional credit facility certificates are also liable for rejection).