April 1, 2020
Bid Notice
< RFP No. KARI-2020-0091>
Korea Aerospace Research Institute (KARI) invites sealed bid from eligible Bidders for the Contract for the
Procurement of High Level Induced Susceptibility Test Set for Spacecraft EMC Test Equipment.
The fol owing is an outline of the requirements, so potential Bidders are requested to careful y review the
fol owing instructions and to submit their Proposals in accordance with the guidelines and requirements as
contained in the RFP.
* EMC: Electro-Magnetic Compatibility
1. Main Scope
- Item: Procurement of High Level Induced Susceptibility Test Set for Spacecraft EMC Test Equipment
- Quantity: 1 Set (For the details, please refer to the RFP)
- Contract Period: 6 months from the Effective Date of Contract.
- Estimated Budget: CHF 120,000.00
- Method of Contract: a limited competitive bid
2. Qualification of Bidder
- Bidder shal be qualified under Article 12 (Requirement to Participate in Competitive Tender by Law) of the
ENFORCEMENT DECREE OF THE ACT ON CONTRACTS TO WHICH THE STATE IS A PARTY.
- Bidders shal have the experience of instal ation, operation and arranging integration of waveform generators
set for lightning induced transient susceptibility test to be instal ed in EMC test facility in Korea specified in
the RFP.
3. Submission of Proposal
- Six (6) proposals, one (1) price proposal and bid bond shal be hand carried or sent via appropriate courier
service to KARI personnel or his designee within the Bid Closing Date and Time.
- The main bid currency is EUR but other currency could be accepted.
- On submission of proposal by Bidder’s deputy, one (1) power of attorney and a copy of his identification are
required to be presented.
- The proposal shal be made in English or Korean
- Bid Closing Date and Time: April 13, 2020 14:00 Korean Local Time
- Opening of Bid and Declaration of Successful Bid: KARI wil announce the opening date within seven (7) days
after the evaluation of technical part.
- The Bid currency is CHF (However, other currency can be al owed).
4. Bid Bond
- Bidder shal establish a bid bond in favor of KARI before the Bid Closing Date and Time (by April 13, 2020
14:00 Korean Local Time). The total amount of the bid bond shal be at least five percent (5%) of total bid
price and shal be valid for at least three (3) months from Bid Closing Date.
- The currency of bid bond is CHF (However, other currency can be al owed).
- The Bid Bond shal be in the form of a surety bond issued by the Seoul Guarantee Insurance Company, in the
form of an irrevocable standby letter of credit by first class international bank, cash or other means of
gurantee acceptable to KARI. In case of cash, bank guarantee, or the irrevocable standby letter of credit, it
shal be advised through “Woori Bank” (Daejeon Branch at 29 Munye-ro, Seo-gu, Daejeon, 35241 Korea,
Tel:+82-42-488-9704, Ext.312). The bond shal be available by KARI’s request on the Seoul Guarantee
Insurance Company or by KARI’s draft at sight drawn on the bank, accompanied by the statement of KARI
stating that Bidder has refused to enter into a contract with the terms and conditions in the Requeste for
Proposal as amended, if any, that Bidder has hindered the fair bidding by fraud or mispresentation, or that
Bidder has withdrawn its Proposal after the Bid Closing Date.
- Al of the bid bonds wil be released promptly at the time of contract award by KARI without interest.
5. Nullification of Bid
- This bidding may be nul ified in accordance with Article 39(4) of ENFORCEMENT DECREE OF THE ACT ON
CONTRACTS TO WHICH THE STATE IS A PARTY and Article 44 of ENFORCEMENT RULE OF THE ACT ON
CONTRACTS TO WHICH THE STATE IS A PARTY.
6. Selection of Successful Bidder
- At first, Bidders who get score more than eighty (80) point in technical evaluation for one hundred (100)
points wil be selected as Qualified Bidders. Second, after technical evaluation, the Bidder who proposes the
lowest price under the Estimated Price among the Qualified Bidders wil be selected as Successful Bidder.
- For the price evaluation, the first basic exchange rate noticed by KEB Hana Bank on the price evaluation date
wil be applied for each currency, and a Successful Bidder wil be selected by lowest bid price. In case of equal
bid price, a Successful Bidder shal be determined by means of drawing lots.
7. Remarks
- The Bidder shal have a ful understanding of al matters necessary for this Bidding including the RFP prior to
making a bid and shal be responsible for any and al disadvantages arising from insufficient understanding of
matters necessary for this Bidding.
- Bidder shal prepare the Proposal in truth. In case that any content of the Proposal is founded to be false later,
KARI may terminate or cancel the Contract even after the Contract is concluded.
- Al documents submitted in response to the RFP including the Proposal for this Bidding shal not be returned.
- Al expenses incurred by Bidder in connection with its Proposal for this Bidding are for its own account and
KARI wil not disclose the evaluation result of Bidder’s Proposal.
- If any Bidder is bankrupted or insolvent as of the date of this bid notice, such Bidder shal not be al owed to
participate in this Bidding.
- Bidders are required to keep confidential any data and information acquired in the Contract award. If any
Bidder violates it, such Bidder may assume civil and criminal liability, sanction for inappropriate business
entity, and other disadvantages (such as penalty for security violation, subtraction of evaluation scores in
future biddings, etc.).
8. Specification, Requirements and Contract
- For the detailed information of specification, requirements, and contract terms and conditions, please refer
to the Request for Proposal as attached.
9. Point of Contact for Bidding
For further details, please refer to the RFP Documents
Contractual matters
Technical matters
Procurement Team
Korea Aerospace Research Institute
169-84 Gwahak-ro, Yuseong-gu,
Daejeon, 34133, Korea
Attn. : Mr. Sean KIM (Young-Taek KIM)
Tel. : +82-42-860-2613, Fax : +82-42-860-2666
e-mail : kimyt@kari.re.kr
Space Environment Test Division
Korea Aerospace Research Institute
169-84 Gwahak-ro, Yuseong-gu,
Daejeon, 34133, Korea
Attn. : Dr. Jae-Woong JANG
Tel : +82-42-860-2977
e-mail : jjw0302@kari.re.kr