GUIDELINES FOR SUBMISSION OF EXPRESSION OF INTEREST FOR APPOINTMENT AS ADVERTISING AGENCY FOR NTCS PRODUCTS IN COORDINATION WITH NTCs

MARKETING TEAM

INVITATION FOR EXPRESSION OF INTEREST

NATIONAL TEXTILE CORPORATION LIMITED (A GOVT. OF INDIA UNDERTAKING) 5TH AND 6TH FLOOR, CORE-IV, SCOPE COMPLEX, 7, LODI ROAD, NEW DELHI-110003, INDIA

This document is a guideline for submission of Offers for Advertising Agency for NTCs products in Coordination with NTCs Marketing Team

TABLE OF CONTENTS
UNDERLYING OBJECTIVE ....................................................................................................................3 SCOPE OF WORK FOR AGENCY ...........................................................................................................3 ROLE OF NTC .....................................................................................................................................3 VALUE PROPOSITION FOR THE AGENCY ..............................................................................................3 QUALIFICATION CRITERIA....................................................................................................................4 FORMAT OF SUBMISSION OF OFFER ....................................................................................................4 DISQUALIFICATIONS............................................................................................................................5 OTHER TERMS AND CONDITIONS.........................................................................................................5 FURTHER PROCESS............................................................................................................................6 ENQUIRIES .........................................................................................................................................6 ACKNOWLEDGEMENT BY APPLICANT ...................................................................................................6 ANNEXURE .........................................................................................................................................7 FORM-I: LETTER OF EXPRESSION OF INTEREST ................................................................................7 FORMII: STATEMENT OF LEGAL CAPACITY ......................................................................................9 FORM-III: REQUEST FOR QUALIFICATION - PROFILE.........................................................................10 FORM - IV: STATEMENT AS REGARDS TO ANY INDICTMENT BY ANY REGULATORY AUTHORITIES .......12 FORM-V: REQUEST FOR QUALIFICATION STATEMENT OF TURNOVER DETAILS ...............................13

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UNDERLYING OBJECTIVE
The objective of NTC is to appoint Advertising Agency for NTCs products in Coordination with NTCs Marketing Team. The Appointed Agency would have following key objective 1. Advertisement and Artwork designing. 2. Advertising and Promotion of NTCs products.

SCOPE OF WORK FOR AGENCY

The appointed agency should give due importance to the key objectives stated above. The scope of work for appointed agency is mentioned below but not limited to the following 1. Provide professional human resource to take care of the following functions for brand RAASA. (i) Design and develop Advertisements for NTC and its products. (ii) Develop a proper media plan for NTC in the allocated budget. (iii) Coordinate with the print and live media agencies on behalf of NTC. (iv) Coordinate with agents and agencies for celebrity endorsements for NTC. 2. Coordinate with the NTC team to facilitate in Planning and developing campaigns to develop Brand Image as per requirements of NTC.

ROLE OF NTC
1. Provide policy and guideline to Agency. 2. Management of Agency. 3. Continuous process of improvement in the product and its operational execution based on the feedback provided.

VALUE PROPOSITION FOR THE AGENCY

The appointed agency will be associated with the growth of NTCs emerging brand s like RAASA in Indian Textile Industry. The agency will help NTC in rebranding and developing its new brands through process . NTCs RAASA brand is a promising brand and hold significant value proposition for the participating organization, some of which are 1. RAASA is the first brand launched by NTC since its revival. 2. NTC has a market experience of more than 42 years. 3. NTC is backed by its strong hold in manufacturing with 22 mills out of which 4 are composite.

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QUALIFICATION CRITERIA
Eligible applicants must seek to meet the following criteria (based on audited results): (i) (ii) (iii) (iv) (v) Experience of working on at least three national campaigns. Experience in the field of retail and/or fashion led products. Must have a setup of at least 40 employees. Should be capable of handling media buying (maybe separate agency). The interested party should have its office and operations in the region of Delhi/ NCR.

FORMAT OF SUBMISSION OF OFFER

The interest parties should submit the offer which shall comprise of the following: a. b. c. d. Letter of Expression of Interest as per Form I Statement of legal capacity as per Form II Request for qualification as per Form III Earnest Money Deposit in form of Demand Draft to be drawn in favour of National Textile Corporation payable at New Delhi for Rs. 50000/- (Rupees Fifty Thousand only).

The form should be duly signed by the interested party. The Request for Qualification should be duly filled in and accompanied by the following details: a. Name and Profile of the applicant. b. At least details of last five projects done by the organization. c. Certificate (on the letterhead of the interested party) stating that there has been no indictment by any income tax, sales tax, customs, excise or any other regulatory authorities (please give details of the individual cases of indictment, if any). Kindly refer format given in Form IV. d. A certificate from a chartered accountant/auditor certifying the Net Worth as on March 31, 2008, March 31, 2009 and March 31, 2010. e. Evident documents, brochures, awards, client list etc. to support the experience criteria set-out in criteria above. f. Any other information considered material. The offer must be submitted in duplicate and each copy shall be bound in a separate volume. Submission of the aforesaid documents by fax, e-mail or any other electronic means will not be acceptable. The offer duly completed along with the details should be submitte d not later than 17:00 Hours (IST) on 17 th October 2011, in a sealed envelope super scribed Private and Confidential Offer for Appointment as Advertising Agency for NTC Branding and Advertising Campaign. at the following address and marked to the attention of the under mentioned officer:

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Mr. Aloke Banerjee Director (Marketing) National Textile Corporation Limited, 5TH AND 6TH Floor, Core-IV, Scope Complex 7, Lodi Road New Delhi-110003, India. Tele Fax No. 011-2436 1112, Email: marktng.ho@ntcltd.org It is the responsibility of the interested party alone to ensure that the offer with required documents is delivered at the above mentioned address on or before the stated time and date. NTC shall not be responsible for non-receipt of any correspondence.

DISQUALIFICATIONS
a) NTC shall not entertain for the purpose of qualification, an offer that in its considered opinion, does not seek to achieve the NTCs underlying objective. b) An offer that is found to be incomplete in content or attachments or authenticity shall not be considered for the purpose of qualification. c) Without prejudice, an interested party may be disqualified and its offer dropped from further consideration for any of the reasons listed below Material misrepresentation by such party in the EOI, RFQ, SLC and/ or indictment statement. Failure by such party to provide the information required to be furnished in the EOI, RFQ, SLC and indictment statement. Submission of EOI, RFQ, SLC and indictment statement in respect of any party twice. If any information becomes known after the interested party has been qualified which would have entitled NTC to reject or disqualify the relevant party NTC reserves the right to reject the interested party at the time or at any time after such information becomes known to NTC. The interested parties not satisfying the eligibility and requisite qualification criteria specified in the above sections are not eligible.

OTHER TERMS AND CONDITIONS

a. This document constitutes no form of commitment on the part of the NTC other than to provide further information on the tender. Furthermore, this document confers neither the right nor an expectation on any party to participate in the proposed process of inviting external investment. b. NTC reserves the right to withdraw from the process or any part thereof, to accept or reject any /all offer(s) at any stage of the process and/or modify the process or any part thereof or to vary any terms without assigning any reasons. No financial obligations will accrue to NTC in such an event. NTC shall not be responsible for non-receipt of correspondence sent by post / e-mail / courier /fax. c. The interested party shall bear all costs associated with the preparation and submission of the offer. NTC shall not, under any circumstances, be responsible or liable for any such costs, whether direct, incidental or consequential.

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FURTHER PROCESS
The offer submitted by interested parties shall be evaluated on the basis of NTCs underlying objective for the Agency together with the criteria specified in this document. NTC reserves the right to reject, without assigning any reason whatsoever, any offer which, in its sole judgement, does not meet NTCs underlying objective. If at any time during the evaluation process, NTC requires any clarification, it reserve the right to request such information from any or all of the interested parties and the interested parties will be obliged to provide the same within a reasonable timeframe. Based on an evaluation of the offers received, interested parties, which are deemed fit (qualified interested parties or QIP), will be qualified to participate in the subsequent selection process (without conferring any right or expectation whatsoever to the QIP). All QIPs will be required to execute a Confidentiality Undertaking.

ENQUIRIES
1. Any clarification, enquiries with respect to the submission of EOI and EOI guidelines may be sent to the official mentioned above by post, fax or email latest by 10st Oct 2011. The response to the clarification shall be provided by 15th Oct 2011 and posted on the NTC website and replied through email. 2. NTC reserves the right not to respond to questions raised or provide clarifications sought, in their sole discretion, if it is considered that it would be inappropriate to do so. Nothing in this document shall be taken or read as compelling or requiring NTC to respond to any question or to provide any clarification. 3. No extension of any time and date referred to in this Guideline shall be granted on the basis or grounds that NTC has not responded to any question/ provided any clarification.

ACKNOWLEDGEMENT BY APPLICANT
It shall be deemed that by submitting the Application, the Applicant has: 1. Made a complete and careful examination of the RFQ; 2. Accepted the risk of inadequacy, error or mistake in the information provided in the RFQ or furnished by or on behalf of the Corporation relating to any of the matters referred to in section on other terms and conditions mentioned above; and 3. Agreed to be bound by the undertakings provided by it under and in terms hereof.

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ANNEXURE
FORM-I: LETTER OF EXPRESSION OF INTEREST (To be forwarded on the letterhead of the interested party submitting the EoI) Reference No.______________ Mr. Aloke Banerjee Director (Marketing) National Textile Corporation Limited, 5TH AND 6TH Floor, Core-IV, Scope Complex 7, Lodi Road, New Delhi-110003, India. Sub: OFFER FOR ADVERTISING AGENCY FOR NTCS PRODUCTS. Sir, This is with reference to the advertisement dated ___________ inviting offer for Advertising Agency for NTCs products. As specified in the advertisement, we have read and understood the contents and Guidelines for EOI and are desirous of participating in the above process: We propose to submit our offer as __________________ (insert name of interested party) We certify that we have not been convicted by a Court of law or indicted or adverse orders passed by a regulatory authority which would cast a doubt on our ability which relates to a grave offence that outrages the moral sense of the community. We further certify that no investigation by a regulatory authority is pending either against any of us or against our sister concerns or against any of our CEOs or any of our Directors/Managers/ Employees. We undertake that in case due to any change in facts or circumstances during the pendency of the process for invitation, we are attracted by the provisions of disqualification in terms of the subject guidelines; we would intimate NTC of the same immediately. The Statement of Legal Capacity, Request for Qualification and Statement as regards to any indictment by any regulatory authorities, as per formats indicated hereinafter, duly signed by us/respective members, who jointly satisfy the eligibility criteria, are enclosed. We shall be glad to receive further communication on the subject. Yours faithfully, Authorized Signatory For and on behalf of the party Date ___________

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Enclosure: 1. Statement of Legal Capacity 2. Request for Qualification 3. Statement as regards to any indictment by any regulatory authorities.

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FORMII: STATEMENT OF LEGAL CAPACITY (To be forwarded on the letterhead of the interested party submitting the EoI) Reference No.______________ Mr. Aloke Banerjee Director (Marketing) National Textile Corporation Limited, 5TH AND 6TH Floor, Core-IV, Scope Complex 7, Lodi Road, New Delhi-110003, India. Sub: OFFER FOR ADVERTISING AGENCY FOR NTCS PRODUCTS Sir, This is with reference to the advertisement dated ___________ inviting offer for Advertising Agency for NTCs Products. As specified in the advertisement, we have read and understood the contents and Guidelines for offer and pursuant to this hereby confirm that: We satisfy the eligibility criteria laid out in the Guidelines for EOI. We have agreed that ______________ (insert individuals name) will act as our representative on our behalf and has been duly authorized (vide Board Resolution dated _________) to submit this letter. Further, the authorized signatory is vested with requisite powers to furnish such letter and Request for Qualification and authenticate the same. Yours faithfully, Date ___________

Authorized Signatory For and on behalf of (party)

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FORM-III: REQUEST FOR QUALIFICATION - PROFILE (To be submitted in respect of interested party) Name of the interested Party /Member ___________________________ 1. Constitution (Tick, wherever applicable) (i) (ii) (iii) Public Limited Company Private Limited Company Others, if any (Please specify)

2. Details of Shareholding : 3. Business description: (Should also cover the following) Organization Mission, Vision and Strategic Objectives, Product / services portfolio, India and International presence, Number of full / part time employees, Awards and recognitions, Corporate Social Responsibility Programs: (Interested party may use separate page for writing business description not to exceed 5 pages).

4. Date & Place of incorporation : 5. Date of commencement of business : 6. Number of years of operations : 7. List of Clientele (Organizations) who have taken the services required by NTC. 8. Full address including phone number./fax number Registered Office: Head Office: 9. Address for correspondence :

Yours faithfully, Authorized Signatory For and on behalf of the (party) Place: Date:
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To be put as annexure as a part of Form III: a. The Audited Balance Sheet and Profit & Loss Account of the sole party for the last 3 financial years. b. Certificate (on letterhead of the interested party) stating that there has been no indictment by any income tax, sales tax, customs, excise or any other regulatory authorities (please give details of the individual cases of indictment, if any). Kindly refer format given in Form IV. c. A certificate from a chartered accountant/auditor certifying the Net Worth as on March 31, 2009, March 31, 2010 and March 31, 2011 and annual average Net Worth in last three preceding financial years

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FORM - IV: STATEMENT AS REGARDS TO ANY INDICTMENT BY ANY REGULATORY AUTHORITIES (To be forwarded on the letterhead of the interested party submitting the EoI) Date ___________ Mr. Aloke Banerjee Director (Marketing) National Textile Corporation Limited, 5TH AND 6TH Floor, Core-IV, Scope Complex 7, Lodi Road, New Delhi-110003, India.

We certify that there has been no indictment by any income tax, sales tax, customs, excise or any other regulatory authorities {except as stated below:}* Yours faithfully,

Authorized Signatory For and on behalf of party Name: Designation: Address & Contact Number: * Delete, if not applicable.

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FORM-V: REQUEST FOR QUALIFICATION STATEMENT OF TURNOVER DETAILS Name of the Company: _______________________ Details of turnover Particulars Turnover 2010-11 2009-10 2008-09

Total

The statement of technical capability should have write up on: 1. A statement on the applicants fitment with the NTCs objectives mentioned above in the Background and Underlying Objective (Do not exceed more than 5 pages) 2. A statement of purpose and strategic interest for partnering in as Regional Distributor (Do not exceed more than 5 pages). 3. Any other information considered material

Yours faithfully,

Authorized Signatory For and on behalf of the party Place: Date:

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