UNIVERSITY LIBRARY
GADVASU, Ludhiana
Phone 0161-2414064
Proposals for Provision of Wi-Fi Services in GADVASU
Notice No.: 1727
Dated: 2-02-2018
Guru Angad Dev Veterinary and Animal Sciences University Ludhiana is interested in creation of Digital Campus involving private and public players. This facility is to be provided by the TSP/ISP at their own cost and there will be no financial implications to the Institution on account of implementation of this project.
Minimum Standards for the provision of Wi-Fi Services in the campuses will be as per MHRD letter no. F. NO. 16-5/2017 – TEL dated 15-01-2018.
a) The role of the TSPs: The TSP desirous of participation in this effort shall be responsible for the following:
i. Conduct the site survey, design, build-own-operate and manage state-of-the-art carrier grade Wi-Fi services at the Institution campus, meeting the optimalcoverage and adequate capacity to serve the data download requirements of the students, teaching and non-teaching staff at the campus.
ii. Deploy network equipment which shall have carrier grade features such as High Availability, High Reliability, Multiple Redundancy levels, LowMaintenance and Low MTTR.
iii. Set up network inside the college, which would consist of optical fibre, Access switches, Wireless Access Points, Security equipment (UTM andFirewall) etc. meeting the cost from their own resources. The fibre should also be made available to the institution free of cost for running the campusLAN.
iv. Provide Wi-Fi services that support the centralized provisioning, monitoring and enforcing the policies for the subscribers with associated 24*7monitoring of the network infrastructure on end-to end basis covering access, backhaul and internet gateway facilities.
b) Service standards: The TSPs shall maintain the following service standards:
i. The TSP should offer free data, which shall not be less than 1 GB per month per user (students and faculty) in the university/Institute/college for the entire period of this arrangement.
ii. The data speed should not be less than 4 Mbps.
iii. Wi-Fi service shall be available at the hotspots selected by the Institution.
iv. Each user shall be allowed a minimum of two devices (Laptop/Smartphone) concurrently.
v. The broadband network of the TSP should be interconnected to the National Knowledge Network (NKN) at their own cost, so that access to theEducational resources connected to NKN is available to all users from the colleges.
c) Condition of provision of service
i. The TSP would not have any exclusivity to provide service in the University/Institute/College.
ii.TheTSP is free to offer any other service which is permitted under their licence. The users would be free to select the service and tariff package oftheir choice.
iii. The TSP would be responsible for maintaining the user and other records as required under the law/regulations.
iv.The TSP shall comply with all mandatory government of India regulations and security guidelines to provide information on Wi-Fi sessions uponsuch request to Law Enforcement Agency (LEA)
The University will have role as follows:
i. The university/institute/college would provide space and give permissions for laying the fibre, installing the switches, UPS etc free of cost.
ii. The college would provide electricity for operating the equipment.
iii. Provide data about the users (students/faculty/admin staff) for the purpose of giving access to Wi-Fi.
Other Terms & Conditions
1. The project may be executed as per the minimum standard guidelines of MHRD issued.
2. The TSP/ISP providing best deal to the University will be preferred on the basis of negotiations.
3. The project must be executed in a time bound manner so that it is preferably completed before 15.08.2018.
4. The University will have the right to accept or reject the offer of TSP/ISP.
5. The selected company must sign a MOU with the University for various services as per minimum standard of MHRD guidelines.
6. There shall be no financial liability of any kind on the University for this project. The electricity bill for this service will be paid by the company.
7. The other terms and conditions will remain same as per MHRD minimum standard of guidelines.
The detailed proposals duly signed by authorized person may be sent in the name of "The University Librarian, GADVASU, Ludhiana and should reach by post or by hand on or before
15-02-2017 up to 1:00 pm at the following address:
University Library,
Guru Angad Dev Veterinary & Animal Sciences University,
Ferozepur Road, Ludhiana-141004.
Any query regarding the proposal can be obtained from office of the University Library, GADVASU, Ludhiana through Email- librarygadvasu@rediffmail.com or through Phone 0161-2414064.”
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University Librarian
GADVASU, Ludhiana
