Procurement Know-How – Special Edition – Europe

Posted on June 10, 2013 by admin

 

The European Union Public Procurement Guidelines and Laws are binding on all entities that constitute the public sector. This includes Government Departments / Offices, local and regional authorities, commercial and non-commercial State bodies. The authorities that facilitate health, sanitation, and public works also fall under this set.

Also, most works and related services contracts awarded by a private entity, having 50% or more financial support from public funds are covered by the EU Directives if they exceed the EU thresholds.

Contracts Awarded with 50% or more subsidy are most certainly abiding by the national guidelines.

The basic principles before Tendering for purchase of supplies rely on a competitive process. The competitiveness of the process is often determined by the value and nature of the requirement. Legalities in various forms are involved at every stage/ threshold of the EU procurement directives.

Options to invite parties to tender directly are also available within the EU procurement system.

The level is set at €25,000 and only contracts below €25,000 are eligible for availing this facility. Through this relevant suppliers or service providers can be invited to compete for such contracts.

The Role of OJEU is significant through the European Procurement  Process. All contracts above the EU threshold have to be mandatorily advertised in the OJEU (Official Journal of the European Community). This is a legal requirement by the system.

Time Limits for submission of tenders vary depending on conditions if the contract is above or below the EU threshold. There are no prescribed time limits for the contracts below the EU threshold. However, for contracts above the EU threshold the procurement directive time limits apply.

GCC (Government Contracts Committee) is a committee of procurement officers from the central government departments and agencies. Officers from this committee have been given roles that function within key procurement domains. They are basically the policy makers in conjunction with the Department of Finance and National Procurement Service. It is their responsibility to draft guidelines and boost the best procurement practices while addressing procurement issues.

Tendering Authorities outside the Central Government have been given the privilege of granting their own contact approvals without necessarily routing it through the GCC.

Post-tender negotiations are something that the EU Rules do not permit.

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The SMART CARDS INDUSTRY

Posted on May 24, 2013 by admin

Introduction

A smart card, chip card, or integrated circuit card (ICC) is any pocket-sized card with engrafted integrated circuits and are made up of plastic, generally polyvinyl chloride, but sometimes polyethylene terephthalate based polyesters, acrylonitrile butadiene styrene or polycarbonate.

For telephone calling, electronic cash payments, and other applications, it can be loaded up with data and then periodically refreshed for additional use. Currently or soon, you may be able to use a smart card to:

  • Dial a connection on a mobile and be charged on a per-call basis
  • Show your identity when logging on to an Internet access provider or to an online bank
  • Pay for parking at parking meters or to get on subways, trains, or buses
  • Give hospitals or doctors personal data without filling out a form
  • Make small purchases at electronic shops on the Web (a kind of cybercash)

 

As per the global System for Mobile Communication (GSM) standard, the most outstanding application of smart card technology is in Subscriber Identity Modules (SIM), required for all phone systems.

Technology

A contactless smart card is a card in which the chip communicates with the card reader through an induction technology similar to that of an RFID (at data rates of 106 to 848 kbit/s), these cards require only close proximity to an antenna to complete a transaction and are often used when transactions must be processed quickly or hands-free, such as on mass transit systems, where a smart card can be used without even removing it from a wallet.

How Smart Cards Work

A smart card holds more information than a magnetic stripe card and it can be programmed for several applications. Smart cards can be designed to be inserted into a slot and read by a special reader or to be read at a distance, like, at a toll booth. Cards can be disposable (as at a trade-show) or reloadable (for most applications).

An industry standard interface between programming and PC hardware in a smart card has been fixed by the PC/SC Working Group, representing Microsoft, IBM, Bull, Schlumberger, and other interested companies.

Types of Smart Cards 

  • Attendance Cards
  • ATM Cards 
  • Credit Cards 
  • Debit Cards
  • Discount Cards 
  • Driving License 
  • E-Purses
  • Access Cards 
  • Photo ID Cards 
  • Loyalty Cards 
  • National ID Cards 
  • Payphone Cards 
  • Scratch Cards 
  • Warranty Cards 
  • Zap Cards

Financial

Smart cards also works as a credit or ATM cards, fuel cards, mobile phone SIMs, authorization cards for pay television, household utility pre-payment cards, high-security identification and access-control cards, and public transport and public phone payment cards, they are also used as electronic wallets.

The smart card chip can be “loaded” with funds to pay parking meters and vending machines or at various merchants. Cryptographic protocols protect the exchange of money between the smart card and the accepting machine.


Identification

In this application, the cards are used for authentication of identity and the smart card will store an encrypted digital certificate issued from the PKI along with any other relevant or needed information about the card holder.

Example: the U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) Common Access Card (CAC), and the use of various smart cards by many governments as identification cards for their citizens. When combined with biometrics, smart cards can offer two- or three-factor authentication and are not always a privacy-enhancing technology, for the subject carries possibly incriminating information about him all the time, by employing contactless smart cards, that can be read without having to remove the card from the wallet or even the garment it is in, one can add even more authentication value to the human carrier of the cards.

 

Smart Card Industries

These vendors currently render SmartCard solutions.

Terminal, software test and POS Equipment

Ingenico

Key Corp

Hypercom

Intellect Holdings Ltd

Thales e-Security

Card Logix

Lipman Canada

WaySystems

Phoenix Interactive

Magicard

Collis

The Future

In 2011, it reached 6.1 Billion units, growing at the rate of around 11% over previous year. Though the telecom sector is still the major user of smart cards, other sectors, such as financial services and healthcare are also anticipated to increase the rate of usage.

The global shipments of smart cards are likely to reach approx 8.8 billion units by 2015 from 5.2 billion units in 2009, growing at a CAGR of 9.6% during 2010 – 2015, whereas, growth of awareness among the masses about the benefits of smart cards in access and identity security and growing adoption in sectors like telecommunications, healthcare, and banking have been responsible for the prolong growth of the smart card market and the rising of mobile phones has made telecommunications sector the huge consumer of smart cards globally in the form of SIM (Subscriber Identification Module).

As a smart infrastructure for mobile computing, Smart Card technologies will prove to be the killer application for the networked economy.

In the near future, the traditional magnetic strip card will be substituted and integrated together into a single card by using the multi-application Smart Card, which is known as an electronic purse or wallet in the Smart Card industry. It will be used to carry a lot of sensitive and critical data about the consumers ever more than before when compared with the magnetic strip card.

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Procurement and the Machinery Industry

Posted on February 2, 2013 by admin

 

 machinery tenders

The Machinery Industry has been benefiting as one of the key sectors in the traditional markets including manufacturing, construction, mining, energy, agriculture, and expansion of transportation etc. The machinery industry expects to continue growing in demand in the next few years due to the expansion of other sectors, like agriculture industry, and factors such as rapid growth in mechanization of agriculture in developing countries, increasing adoption of advanced technologies and replacement sales in developed markets.

 

The major growth drivers for the industry are new construction and infrastructure repair. With major new construction and infrastructure projects underway or planned worldwide, demand for construction machinery and equipment will continue to grow as developed countries rebuild infrastructure and emerging markets build new infrastructure to sustain development.

 

Over the recent decades, due to the massive development and industrialization across the globe the global machinery industry has shown improved graphs.

 

Prospects of Machinery Industry in different countries:

 

United States

 In the US the Machinery industry is one of the most attractive industries. More than 1,800 companies comprise this sector. It is estimated to grow 2.0% in 2013.

 

Japan

 The latest report published by Japan’s Cabinet Office, on a monthly basis shows that core machinery order in November 2012 arose 3.9%, and overseas demand for machinery raised to 17.0%, showing solid demand growth in the months ahead.

 

 Among other major developing countries China, India, Korea and Thailand are also aiming at improving growth in this sector

 

In addition, the Brazilian government is also making efforts by investing in the improvement of the country’s infrastructure, growing trade relations with other economies, as well as huge foreign direct investments, for economic wellbeing.

 

South Africa is also making progress and has aimed on enhancing its mining, manufacturing and agricultural sectors, while keeping huge public investments in the infrastructure development programs as the main priority.

 

The Machinery Industry’s important players are Deere & Company, Caterpillar Inc, CNH Global NV. Whereas other top players in the agricultural, construction and mining industry are AGCO Corporation ( AGCO ), The Toro Company ( TTC ), Terex Corp. ( TEX ) and Kubota Corporation ( KUB ), among others.

 

Rockwell Automation Inc. ( ROK ), Illinois Tool Works, Inc. ( ITW ), Manitowoc Company, Inc. ( MTW ), are the prime companies operating in machinery industries other than agricultural, construction and mining among others.

 

OPPORTUNITIES

 

There are great prospects in the emerging and developing nations for machine manufacturers across the globe. TendersInfo offers an array of live opportunities within Machinery Equipments in the form of Machinery Tenders, Machinery Projects, Construction Machinery Tenders, Printing Machinery Tenders, Chemical Machinery Tenders, Plant and Machinery Tenders, Textile Machinery Tenders, Medical Equipment Tenders and more.

 

 

The Procurement Process for Machinery Tenders:

 

1.      Selection of Suppliers to be Invited to Tender :

 The company while procuring machineries and materials will select suited manufacturers or suppliers of the machinery to be purchased from among registered manufacturers or suppliers and then tenders will be conducted by competitive bidding between selected machinery providers as per the rule.

 

2. Request For and Submission of Tenders:

 A request for tenders indicating the conditions of the tender, contract conditions, and tender specifications will be furnished to potential machinery suppliers who will be invited to submit tender proposals.

 

3. Technical Evaluation:

 Before opening the financial proposal technical proposals will be evaluated to make sure that the technical proposal aligns with the conditions and requirements set forth by procuring company.

 

4. Negotiation and Award of Contract:

 A negotiation round will be carried out between the procuring company and the most competitive bidder over the contract price and other conditions. And then a contract or agreement will be awarded.

 

5. Delivery, Inspections, and Payment:

 The procuring company will then remit the payment after receiving the products from the machinery supplier as agreed in the contract.

 

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Security Tenders

Posted on January 18, 2013 by admin

CCTV; Access Control: Market Insights when coupled with Procurement Requirements!!

CCTV Tenders- Security Tenders

Security System

A security system is an electrical device which sets off an alarm when someone tries to break in. In order to have safe and secure workplaces and houses, Security Systems & Equipments are intended to be high in demand across the world.

 

Security Equipments are comprises of CCTV (Closed circuit television cameras) Security Cameras; Burglar Alarm Systems; Surveillance Systems; Home Security Systems; Security Monitoring Systems; Fire Alarm Systems; IP Cameras and Access Control Systems.

 

The world society and its scenario demands surveillance systems to be widely used in day to day lives of its citizens and be cautious to unexpected situations.

 

These equipments are mainly used to enhance the security of certain important areas such as airports, railway terminals, banks, government buildings, hotels, and other public places. It also used for Crime Prevention purposes; Traffic Safety; Industrial Safety; Home Safety.

 

Companies like Bosch, Honeywell, GE, Pelco, Samsung, Yoko, Meritt Lilin, Hanse, Hi Sharp, CBC, Sanyo, American Dynamics, Vicon and more recently Sony, Axis, DVTel, and Verint have captured the larger pie of the CCTV market.

 

On the other hand, the Access Control  market which is also demanding in terms of security services and systems is ruled by players like HID, Europlex, Cardax, GE (Casi Rusco), Lenel, Syris, Poris, Pegasus, Elid, IDTEK, Tyco (Sensormatic), JCI (Card Key) Solus, MBux and Kantech.

 

Closed-circuit television (CCTV) has the biggest market share in world security, the largest markets being Asia and America.

 

Of the total world CCTV market, China represents 16%, North America 23%, while U.K., which despite being one of the most developed markets for CCTV, represents only 4%. It is estimated that over the period 2011-2015 the Global Video Surveillance market can rise at a CAGR of 14.33 percent and has also been witnessing the growing demand of high-quality images.

 

 

The UK is the most surveyed country in Europe with an estimated 4.25 million CCTV cameras. The UK security market is more matured in comparison with many other international markets. As per the latest edition of BSRIA report on the world market for electronic security systems, the UK market for CCTV, access control and intruder alarms were worth over £2 billion in 2010.

 

South Africa has been taking measures for the development of their security. Consumers in the country are more open to advanced technologies in security systems. With the new security products the dynamics of the South African security systems and services market will be changed and innovative technologies will lead to new market competition and a probable redistribution of existing market share.

 

Share of CCTV products converged by value, 2010:

 

GOVERNMENTS DEMAND FOR SECURITY SERVICES THROUGH TENDERS AND PROJECTS!

 

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Sample Descriptions for CCTV RFPs:

  • Ø  Maintenance of CCTV system
  • Ø  Parking services CCTV equipment resources upgrade
  • Ø  Provision of installation of electric fence system and removal and re-installation of alarm systems and CCTV presence
  • Ø  Supply and Install RealTime CCTV Surveillance Systems with additional 2 years onsite server supports, parts and labor

 

Sample Descriptions for Access Control Systems RFPs:

  • Ø  Supply of Technical specifications and other details for biometric fingerprints attendance cum card based access control system
  • Ø  Supply of network access control solution
  • Ø  Preventative Maintenance, Breakdown, Fault Detection and Corrective Maintenance of Security Access Control and Monitoring Systems
  • Ø  Operation & All inclusive comprehensive maintenance of CCTV system & Access Control System

 

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South Africa’s Construction Stance

Posted on January 11, 2013 by admin

CONSTRUCTION is a process that consists of the building or assembling of infrastructure, and in case of large scale construction is a feat of human multitasking. It can be fractioned into four parts, Building construction, Industrial construction, Commercial Building construction and Heavy Civil construction.

Latest construction tenders from south africa

 

The process of construction will initiate from the designing team and then this formal design team may be assembled to plan the physical proceedings, and to integrate those proceedings with the other parts. The design mentioned above will include drawings and specifications, usually prepared by a design team including surveyors, civil engineers, cost engineers (or quantity surveyors), mechanical engineers, electrical engineers, structural engineers, fire protection engineers, planning consultants, architectural consultants, and archaeological consultants.

 

Similar as many other construction industries in other developing countries, the South African construction industry is also challenged by many systemic problems such as unstable and insecure employment, financial instability, a bias towards urban development, and an erratic approach for the integration of the construction industry within overall government policy.

 

The South African government has introduced a process to develop an effective strategy for its construction industry within a national agenda of social and economic transformation in order to meet the aim of its Reconstruction and Development Programme.

 

Both the public and private sectors own construction work projects. But majority of buildings within any country are possessed by the private sector on the other hand the public sector holds the bulk of civil engineering works. However a special team of professional service providers is set up for both buildings and civil engineering works for planning, designing, constructing and maintaining essential resources like finance and funding for projects and much more.

 

Normally, construction works are developed and maintained through a supply chain, where by a main contractor may subcontract portions of the works to subcontractors for various reasons; and can also contract with:

i) manufacturers and fabricators to provide components, plant or equipment,

ii) service providers to provide a range of services including professional services,

iii) equipment hire firms to hire equipment; and

iv) suppliers to provide consumables incidental to the works and materials for incorporation into the works.

 

 

Prerequisites the development of the construction industry:

Construction industry development requires to be driven by a set of objectives or end outcomes at a national level as follows:

1) Enough internal capability to meet the constructing and maintaining construction works demands; and

2) a competitive construction industry which delivers to global standards of performance in terms of quality, productivity, safety, health and the environment.

 

This involves the development of the entire supply chain across all regions within a country.

 

Procurement system requirements in South Africa:
The national standards for procurement are ISO/FDIS 10845-2, ISO/FDIS 10845-3 and ISO/DIS 10845-4 in South Africa.

 

ISO/FDIS 10845-2 sets up at both a main and subcontract level. It is a format for the compilation of calls for expressions of interest and tender and contract documents, as well as creates the general principles for compiling procurement documents.

 

On the other hand, ISO/FDIS 10845-3 establishes the rules governing the process of offer and acceptance when tenders are invited, while ISO/FDIS 10845-4 establishes the rules governing the processes associated with the registering of interest in undertaking a specific contract or to participate in a project or programme. Both demonstrates standard conditions of tender and standard conditions for the calling for expressions of interest, respectively.

 

Industry development in South Africa is aimed at establishing an internationally competitive industry, which enables contracting most of the construction projects and export services and products, as well as assuring value for money to industry clients and considering environmental responsibility while executing construction projects.

 

In recent years, the government has taken a number of economic reforms that has gradually carried on bringing positive economic effects.

 

The Construction Industry Policy along with the national strategic goals also takes into account the significant role of the other guiding national initiatives including National Poverty Eradication Strategy, Civil Service Reform programme, Parastatal Sector Reform, Private Sector Involvement in Economic Development, Strategic Environmental Sustainability,Gender Issues, Eradication of Diseases and Literacy Campaign and other sectoral development programmes.

 

The Public and Private Sector’s Expenditure in 2012:

 

In March 2012, the Private Sector awarded residential contracts worth R105m, with low-income housing amounting to R35m, while the value of residential contracts amounted to R70m. The value of contracts awarded to non-residential buildings by the Private Sector R2,26bn for the month of March 2012 increasing from R1,93bn.

 

On the other hand, In March 2012, the Public Sector’s construction expenditure in the residential market amounted to R139,1m, with R107,2bn being spent on low-income housing and R31,9m, while for the non-residential sector amounted to R1,5bn.

 

As per the new energy efficiency building regulations, South Africa’s construction industry are aimimg at a green revolution creating new engineering careers to promote a growing trend of cutting-edge green architecture in the country.

 

In President Zuma’s state of the union address  5 geographically focussed infrastructure development programmes were listed:

1) Develop and integrate rail, road and water infrastructure centred around the Waterberg andSteelpoort areas of Limpopo, to unlock coal, platinum, palladium, chrome and other minerals.

2) Improve the movement of goods through the Durban Free State Gauteng logistics and industrialcorridor by prioritising a range of rail and port improvements, supported by Transnet over sevenyears.

3) A new ‘South Eastern node’ in the Eastern Cape, to bolster industrial and agriculturaldevelopment and export capacity. Including construction of a dam on the Umzimvubu river anda 16mn tonne/year manganese export channel through the Port of Ngqura.
4) An initiative to expand transport and electricity infrastructure in the north-west of the country,including the upgrading of 10 priority roads.

5) A number of projects on the West Coast, including the expansion of the Sishen-Saldanha ironorecorridor to 100mn tonnes.

As part of the Accelerated and Shared Growth Initiative of South Africa (Asgisa), the government is planning to separate poverty and unemployment by 2014  and also declared that R372-billion would be invested on infrastructure development in the next few years.

 

 

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Worldwide Scenario: “SMEs” by definition and law

Posted on December 23, 2012 by admin

 

SME

 

The companies whose personnel numbers fall below certain limit are called as small and medium enterprise or small and medium-sized enterprise (SMEs, small and medium-sized businesses, SMBs and variations thereof).

 

The European Union and the international organizations such as the World Bank, the United Nations and the World Trade Organization (WTO) use the abbreviation “SME”. It is stated that SMEs are responsible for driving innovation and competition in many economic sectors.

 

SMEs have the direct economic effects of making new services and products available and creating employment. It also has effects on the functioning of transitional societies that move through more indirect channels. The development of this sector is very important as to create the political and social ‘environmental conditions’ necessary to allow desirable changes to occur elsewhere in the system.

 

SME in Europe:

 

The EU members have had individual definitions of an SME. For example, the definition in Germany had a limit of 255 employees, while in Belgium it could have been 100.

 

The European Commission in July 2011 stated that it will be establishing a consultation on the definition of SMEs in 2012.

 

There are three broad parameters in Europe that define SMEs: micro-entities are companies with up to 10 employees; small companies employ up to 50 workers, whilst medium-sized enterprises have up to 250 employees. SMEs are also described as firms with either revenue (turnover) of €10–50 million or a balance-sheet total of €10–43 million.

 

United States:

 

The Small Business Administration in the United States has fixed small business criteria depending on industry, ownership structure, revenue and number of employees (which in some circumstances may be as high as 1,500, although the cap is typically 500).

 

Generally, both the US and the EU use the same threshold of fewer than 10 employees for small offices (SOHO).

 

SME in India:

 

India has defined the sector in three parts Micro-enterprise, Small enterprise and Medium enterprise

 

Micro-enterprise is an enterprise where the investment in plant and machinery (their original cost excluding land, building and items specified by the Ministry of Small Scale Industries in its notification No. S.O. 1722(E) dated October 5, 2006) does not exceed Rs.25 lakh.

 

Small enterprise is described as an enterprise with the investment in plant and machinery is more than Rs.25 lakh but does not exceed Rs.5 crore.

 

 

On the other hand, Medium enterprise is where the investment in plant and machinery is more than Rs.5 crore but does not exceed Rs.10 crore.

 

Kenya & Somalia:

 

In Kenya and Somalia, the term SME is for “small, medium and micro enterprises”, while elsewhere in Africa, MSME stands for “micro, small and medium enterprises”. Maximum number of employees and maximum revenue it generates.

 

Canada

 

In Canada, the SME is defined as small business that has fewer than 100 employees (if the business is a goods-producing one) or fewer than 50 employees (if the business is service-based), and a medium-sized business as one with fewer than 500 employees.

 

New Zealand & Israel

 

In New Zealand, a SME has 19 or fewer employees, while in Israel, a business is regarded small if it has no more than 50 employees and a medium business having between 50 to 250 workers.

 

Nigeria

 

According to the Central Bank of Nigeria, small and medium enterprises in Nigeria are defined as per their asset base and number of staff employed. The criteria are an asset base between N5 million and N500 million, and a staff strength between 11 and 300 employees.

 

 

World Bank Small & Medium Enterprise Department:

 

In the developing countries, the IFC’s Small and Medium Enterprise Department works to push small business growth by establishing better business environments, which often means governments putting in place more business-friendly regulatory, tax and trade policies.

 

The department also provides direct technical assistance and capacity building programs for the enhancement of the skills of small and medium enterprise owners and strives to boost their access to capital and information technology.

 

 

TendersInfo as an assistant to SMEs with their Public Procurement Needs:

 

TendersInfo has been successful in helping SMEs across the globe by providing eligible updates for their public procurement needs.

 

We have helped various SMEs with bidding assistance to qualify pre-qualification criterions towards bidding for tenders and projects.

 

If you are an SME looking to expand, TendersInfo has been a venture specialist with advisory wings for bid management and facilitation to help you expand.

 

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PRINTING AND PUBLISHING When Combined with GOVERNMENT BUYING!!

Posted on November 30, 2012 by admin

Tenders for printing

Introduction:

 

The printing and publishing industry mainly covers production of a huge range of printed products and materials used in the printing process as well as content generation and its distribution.

 

The industry produces products such as newspapers, books, greeting cards, checks, annual reports, magazines, and packaging. It also includes processes like bookbinding, cutting, trimming, mounting, and laminating.

 

The industry is made up of companies including suppliers, publishing houses, printing brokers, salespersons, print media, academic institutions, equipment vendors, and other service providers and manufacturers, as well as firms performing operations commonly associated with printing, such as platemaking or bookbinding, and publishers.

 

Current trend:

In the Printing and Publishing industry has recently witnessed demand within digital printing. The digital printing processes include screen printing, ink jet printing, electronic publishing systems and digital imaging etc.
Many media channels and publishing houses are posting their articles on the internet, to enable users accessing articles online. Innovation and adoption of new technologies, increasing customer demand for low-cost and good-quality products and services, and increasing competition among vendors are some of the other trends noted within the industry.

Companies are radically changing their business models to fall in line with industry trends.

Partnership of companies:

With an aim to provide complete and sophisticated printing and publishing services to the customers, some of the national and regional printing and publishing companies in this industry are partnering. With such an approach, small and medium-sized companies are able to improve their competitiveness and technical expertise.

 

Operations of the Printing and Publishing industry:

The most vital role is played by Raw material suppliers, who supply various printing and publishing supplies such as printing materials, printing software, scanners, laminating machines, prepress equipment, print finishing equipment, binding machines, printer ink, label printers, bar tag id printers, copiers, and other printing machines to publishers. Then the content generated by the writers, authors, and journalists reaches the editorial office of publishing where the editor analyzes, records and edits the data to form the final Information to be published. This analyzed data then reaches the printing office to print the material as per the requirement of the publishing houses.

 

Sales and marketing activities cover the advertising and sale of printed products, while the Distribution and wholesale activities are responsible for the warehousing, shipping, and distribution of the various printed products to retailers, book stores, and booksellers, from where the printed products finally reach the end-users, the readers of the content.

 

Top Exporters, Importers, and Producers countries across the globe:

The top producing markets in the world are US, Canada, Japan, Germany, Italy, the UK, Australia, China, and India.

The US, Hong Kong, the UK, Germany, and Singapore are among the chief import markets, while the US, Germany, Japan, Hong Kong, Singapore, France, and Italy are some of the chief export markets in this industry.

 

Foreign investment in India:

A booming Indian economy, growing need for content and government initiatives that have opened the sector to foreign investment are factors driving growth in the print media. The print medium, in particular, has become one of the favorite segments for overseas investors with maximum overseas investment within this industry. Joint ventures and licensing of titles from international publishers are daily coming to the newsstands and local publishers are also seen collaborating to form  joint publications.

Now, in this industry, 100 percent foreign direct investment (FDI) is allowed for non-news publications and 26 percent FDI is allowed for news publications. India now permits the printing of facsimile editions of foreign journals.

 

Employment:

Publishing is also an important productive sector which provides a number of skilled jobs including writers, designers, artists, editors, publishers, printers, freighters, wholesalers, and retailers across the world.

 

PRINTING AND THE PUBLIC PSCENARIO

 Printing and Publishing are active services that are demanded through procurement systems by way of government Printing tenders, projects. Analysts often release procurement forecasts where a popular chunk zeros to printing and publishing.

Demand Ranking of Continents on basis of Government Buying for Printing and Publishing Services:

 

  • 1 Africa
  • 2 Middle East
  • 3 Asia and Asia Pacific
  • 4 Europe

REGION-WISE DEMAND PIE FOR LIVE TENDERS FLOATED TODAY

 Tenders for Printing and Publishing Industry.

 

Governments regularly request proposals and quotations for services like:

 

  • Hiring of consultancy services for the conceptualization, development, publication and dissemination specialized features publications
  • Supply of text books
  • Supply and Installation of Publications (Registers, Cards and X-Ray Envelops).
  • Filling and printing service.
  • Offset printing (including paper and luminaries) publications for the national welfare bodies
  • Acquisition of Technical Equipment for Printing
  • Recruitment company specializing in laser printing service, auto-wrapping, handling and preparation at home

 

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CONSULTANCY SERVICES TENDERS

Posted on November 16, 2012 by admin

 

Consultancy service tenders

 

Consultancy service is a service where expert advice are provided in the areas of business interests such as security (electronic or physical), management, accountancy, law (tax law, in particular), human resources, marketing (and public relations), finance, engineering, construction and many other specialized fields.

 

Consultancy agencies offer services and guidance related to any area against payment. This is primarily a particular type of service which is offered under a contract for services, separated from other contracts by the nature of the work carried out like medical, legal and IT consultancy. Nevertheless consulting firms have their specialized sectors that they render services for considering the expertise and experience that this field commands.

 

Types of Consultancy services:

There are several different types of consulting in the market namely Management Consulting; Strategy Consulting; Human Resources Consulting; IT consulting; Corporate Finance & Financial Advisory; Consultant Engineers; Marketing Consulting; Consulting in Politics and the Public Sector; Real Estate Consulting. Each type has its own focus, knowledge, and techniques.

Management Consulting: This service is specialized in offering companies and start-ups with expertise in setup and development, operations, finance, economics, market analysis, marketing, and branding. Management consultation can range from one consultant donning many hats in a small scenario to a diverse team in a large one. A management consultant is mainly aimed on developing strategies and fine-tuning them both for the requirements of the business and the individual demands of the team.

Strategy Consulting: It is one of the core components of management consulting services. In small- to mid-size scenarios, both the strategy consultant and the management consultant will often be one in the same, while in large business scenarios, the management consultation team will mostly include a specialized strategy consultant.

HR Consulting (Human Resources consulting): This is also a key component of management consulting, but it has expanded into its own specialization to meet the more complex and specialized businesses demands. There is a great deal of overlap between in the services provided by firms specializing in HR consulting, IT consulting, and management consulting.

IT Consulting: It offers businesses with the tools essential to best leverage information technology, as well as provide experience and advice. On behalf of the company, an IT consultant will often implement, deploy, and administer IT systems.

Corporate Finance: With Corporate Finance Consulting, start-ups, small businesses and public traded companies are able to achieve the perfect financing structure with the right mixture of debt and equity.

Engineering Consulting: Provides value creating knowledge in different industries. Its main areas include production as well as the construction sector. These industries account for a major stake of the economy.

Marketing Consulting: Marketing consulting with its deep knowledge and a solid experience in how to plan an optimal marketing mix, help firms to sell their products and services.

Politics and Public Sector Consulting: In the recent years, consulting in Politics and the Public sector has become an important market for consulting services.

Real Estate Consulting: Real Estate Consulting renders various services and assist in acquiring and selling property. It also helps to develop Real Estate construction projects e.g. Specialized tenancy solutions.

Construction Consulting: Construction consulting is a specialized form of business consultation, which concentrates on all forms of construction, most notably building construction.

Government Consulting: Government consulting is a diverse form of consultation. Firms that offer these types of consultation services are often highly specialized and focused as the consulting required by governments is far more elaborate than the consulting demanded in the business sector.

Governments also take advantage of consultation services, like for security and war-related strategies, which are not required in the business world. The needs of a civil agency are much different from the needs of a law enforcement agency.

Besides this, there are consulting firms who specialize in interfacing with governments around the world and offer these services to businesses.

Governments also hire consulting firms to act as liaisons between them and businesses in the private sector. Often government agencies have business contracts with these businesses. Prime examples of these contracts are the defense contracts between manufacturers and a country’s military.

 

TENDERSINFO also is an example of a consulting firm which operates within the public procurement domain and offers bid consultancy services. Bid consultancy services are offered to companies in order to assist them to bid successfully for Government Tenders and Projects worldwide.

 

You may also find how the public procurement domain has consultancy bidding as its subset by browsing through tenders onwww.tendersinfo.com

 

A few Popular sectors that float consultancy Tenders are:

 

Ø  Education Consultancy Tenders

Ø  Engineering Consultancy Tenders

Ø  Financial Consultancy Tenders

Ø  Healthcare Consultancy Tenders

Ø  HR Consultancy Tenders

Ø  Management Consultancy Tenders

Ø  Oil & Gas Consultancy Tenders

Ø  Security Consultancy Tenders

Ø  Tourism Consultancy Tenders

Ø  Law Consultancy Tenders

 

  Let us give you a brief idea of how what these consultancy tenders could call for:

 

Education Consultancy:

Provision of services for training on health and safety, and testing on safety 208-E of customs officials.” Russian Federation

Engineering Consultancy:

Tenders for a state contract for execution of work “Development of territorial schemes Trinity Administrative District of Moscow”.

Oil & Gas Consultancy:

Hiring Of Engineering Consultant For Revamping Of Neelam Well Head Platform And Multiphase Pump Project.

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INDIAN RAILWAYS – Tenders and Procurement Business Opportunities

Posted on October 19, 2012 by admin

 

 Government Tenders for indian railway

In India, railways were first introduced in 1853 between Bombay and Thane and then in 1951 the systems were nationalized as one unit, the Indian Railways (IR), which is owned and operated by the government of India through the Ministry of Railways.

Indian state-owned enterprise IR, is one of the largest railway networks in the world. It controls both long distance and suburban rail systems on a multi-gauge network of broad, metre and narrow gauges. Its networks cover 115,000 km (71,000 mi) of track over a route of 65,000 km (40,000 mi) and 7,500 stations.

IR serves twenty four states and three union territories along with limited international services to Nepal, Bangladesh and Pakistan. It conveys approximately 7,500 million passengers a year or more than 20 million passengers daily (more than a half of which are suburban passengers) and 2.8 million tons of freight a day.

India, railways also has locomotive and coach production facilities at various places in India and are assigned codes identifying their gauge, kind of power and type of operation. Its rolling stock includes Locomotives, Goods wagons or freight cars, Passenger coaches.

 

IR PRODUCTION UNITS:

Indian Railways besides manufacturing most of its rolling stock and heavy engineering components at its six manufacturing plants, known as Production Units, it also exports rolling stock to other countries. These Production Units are managed directly by the Ministry and is headed by a General Manager, who also reports directly to the Railway Board.

The Production Units are Golden Rock Locomotive Workshops, Chittaranjan Locomotive Works, Diesel Locomotive Works, Diesel-Loco Modernisation Works, Integral Coach Factory, Rail Coach Factory, Rail Wheel Factory, Rail Wheel Factory.

Popular rolling stock builders are CLW and DLW for electric and diesel locomotives; ICF and RCF for passenger coaches are Production Units of Indian Railways.

Under the administrative control of the Ministry of Railways, there are eleven public undertakings namely : Bharat Wagon and Engineering Co. Ltd. (BWEL); Centre for Railway Information Systems (CRIS); Container Corporation of India Limited (CONCOR); Dedicated Freight Corridor Corporation of India Limited (DFCCIL); Indian Railway Catering and Tourism Corporation Limited (IRCTC); Indian Railway Construction (IRCON) International Limited; Indian Railway Finance Corporation Limited (IRFC); Konkan Railway Corporation Limited (KRCL); Mumbai Railway Vikas Corporation (MRVC); Railtel Corporation of India Limited (Rail Tel); Rail India Technical and Economic Services Limited (RITES); and Rail Vikas Nigam Limited (RVNL).

 

ZONES:

Indian Railways presently has 16 zones, which are further sub-divided into sixty-eight divisions, each having divisional headquarters. A General Manager (GM), who reports directly to the Railway Board, heads each of the 16 zones.

The existing Indian Railways zones are: Central Railway, Eastern Railway, East Central Railway, East Coast Railway, Konkan Railway, Northern Railway, North Central Railway, North Western Railway, North Eastern Railway, Northeast Frontier Railway, Southern Railway, South Central Railway, South Eastern Railway, South East Central Railway, South Western Railway, Western Railway, West Central Railway, and Kolkata Metro.

 

CENTRAL RAILWAY: Its headquarters is in Mumbai at Chhatrapati Shivaji Terminus (formerly Victoria Terminus). It is one of the largest of the 17 zones of Indian Railways and comprises a large part of the state of Maharashtra and parts of North-Eastern Karnataka and Southern Madhya Pradesh.

EASTERN RAILWAY: Its headquarters is at Fairlie Place, Kolkata, and has four financial departments including Howrah, Malda, Sealdah, and Asansol. Each of these divisions has an assistant divisional financial manager (ADFM), divisional railway manager (DRM), and senior divisional railway manager (Sr.DFM).

WESTERN RAILWAY: It is one of the busiest railway networks in India and is divided into six operating divisions such as Vadodara, Ahmedabad, Rajkot, Bhavnagar, Ratlam and Mumbai.

SOUTHERN RAILWAY: It is headquartered at Chennai, Tamil Nadu and one of the earliest zones built in independent India. It is comprise of six divisions: Chennai, Madurai, Tiruchirappalli, Salem, Palakkad, and Thiruvananthapuram. It differs from the other zones of India in that its revenue is derived from passengers only.

NORTHERN RAILWAYS: It is one of nine old zones of Indian Railways and also the biggest in terms of network with 6807 kilometer route. It is headquarter in Delhi at New Delhi Railway Station.

 

 

It may be interesting for a manufacturer of railway equipment and also a sub-contractor to know the various workshops of the IR and explore relevant opportunities through Railway tenders and projects available on www.tendersinfo.com

 

The three major workshops are:

The Jamalpur Workshop, which is focused on wagon repair, periodic overhaul (POH) of diesel locomotives, manufacturing of cranes and tower-wagons. The Liluah workshop is dedicated for POH of coaching & freight vehicles, while the Kanchrapara workshop is for POH of electric locomotives, EMU Locals and coaches.

 

Railway Tenders worldwide can be expected for the following types of services:

Railway sleepers Tenders

Railway-track construction materials Tenders

Railway-station platform tractors Tenders

Railway and tramway passenger coaches, and trolleybuses Tenders

Partially underground railway works Tenders

Support services for railway transport Tenders

Many more..

 

TendersInfo provides a comprehensive coverage by capturing worldwide railway tenders, central railway tenders, south railway tenders, western railway tenders, northern railway tenders, Indian railway tenders and tenders from railway authorities of any other country/county or state globally.

 

Subscribe to our daily alerts at www.tendersinfo.com for customized updates on Railway Tenders for your products and your target country.

 

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GIS INDUSTRY

Posted on October 5, 2012 by admin

 

Tenders from Gis industry

Introduction:

A system that is able to capture, store, manipulate, analyze, manage and present all types of geographical data is called as “Geographic information system (GIS)”. It offers a powerful tool to study problems or issues with spatial components. GIS is a comparatively new and growing field, which has developed rapidly along with other sectors of the technology industry. The main component of Geographic Information Systems is its requirement for spatial data.

 

Spatial data is a kind of information that has been gathered, compiled, or processed with a spatial component, that is, a tie to a geographic location on the surface of the Earth. Spatial information comes from a variety of sources, in a broad range of often-proprietary formats and is contained in a number of frequently incompatible data management systems. Government, at all levels, and commercial businesses collect and manage information that has spatial components.

 

GIS Software:

GIS software includes huge variety of applications that pursue the use of a combination of digital maps and georeferenced data. It is an increasingly specialized industry, with applications often exclusively considered to fulfill certain industries requirements.

 

Some of the important GIS software are: Desktop GIS; Spatial database management systems (Spatial DBMS); WebMap Servers; Server GIS; WebGIS Clients; Libraries and Extensions; and Mobile GIS.

 

Desktop GIS:

It is used for creating, editing, managing, analyzing and displaying geographic data, which are sometimes classified into three functionality categories such as GIS Editor, GIS Analyst and GIS Viewer.

 

Spatial database management systems (Spatial DBMS):

The systems are mainly used to store the data, however also offer analysis and data manipulation functionality.

 

WebMap Servers: It helps to distribute maps over the Internet (see also for the Open Geospatial Consortium standards: WFS and WMS).

 

Server GIS provide basically the same functionality as desktop GIS including access to this functionality through networks (so-called geoprocessing).

 

WebGIS Clients:

It is useful for data display and to access analysis and query functionality from Server GIS over the internet or intranet. It includes Thin and Thick client.

Thin clients (e.g. a web browser used to display google maps) offer only display and query functionality, whereas Thick clients (e.g. Google Earth or a Desktop GIS) render often additional tools for data editing, analysis and display.

 

Libraries and Extensions:

It offers additional functionality, which is not part of the basic GIS software as it may be not needed by the average user.

 

Mobile GIS:

Mainly used for data collection in the field.

 

Industries Using Geographic Information System Include:

 

Advertising; Air Traffic; Agriculture; Architecture; Automated Mapping; Banking; Business; Cadastral/Tax Mapping; Census; Community Development; Construction; Crime Analysis; Defense; Demographics; Direct Marketing; Education; Emergency Services; Engineering; Environmental Management; Epidemiology; Facility Management; Financial Services; Fleet Management; Forestry; Health Care; Hotel Marketing; Insurance; Intelligence; Land Management; Local Government; Logistics; Manufacturing; Military/Defense; Natural Resources; Oil and Gas; Pipeline; Property Management; Public Health; Public Information; Public Safety; Public Transit; Publishing; Real Estate; Redistricting; Retail Silting; Route Planning; Target Marketing; Tax Assessment; Telecommunications; Tourism; Transportation; Travel; Trucking; Utilities; Water/Wastewater; Wildlife Management.

 

 

It is believed that Global Geographic Information Systems market will grow significantly through the increasing use of the technology in industries such as oil and gas distribution, electric power, and other government sectors.

 

 

GIS currently is used in large array of applications including gas and oil exploration, identification of utility lines, and mapping and planning among others.

 

 

GIS is becoming a fundamental tool for operating an efficient service from private to public sectors. In today’s world customers and the public prefer to access information online through request via phone, email or snail mail.

 

 

5 MAJOR PHASES OF A GIS IMPLEMENTATION PROCESS:

 

PHASE 1

Planning the GIS project-determining the purpose and boundaries of the project

 

PHASE 2

Outlining the functional necessities

 

PHASE 3

 Cementing the structure and design that shall support the functional necessities

 

PHASE 4

 Implementation and sourcing of the system components-software, hardware, data, etc

 

PHASE 5

 Maintenance and operation of the system and data

 

A GIS company seeking to explore opportunities through GIS tenders and projects from any country of the world can look up/browse www.tendersinfo.com

 

For example, GIS tenders can be for the following types of services:

 

Ø  GIS Software Tenders

Ø  GIS installation Tenders

Ø  GIS Services Tenders

Ø  GIS Projects for topographical services

Ø  GIS security projects

Ø  GIS support and operation services

 

 

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