May2017 Zip 22853383 TD 03431712435023RT Vol. II of II TS PDF

(A Government of India Enterprise)
CITY GAS DISTRIBUTION PROJECT

FOR
BENGALURU
BID DOCUMENT
FOR
SCADA SYSTEM
UNDER INTERNATIONAL COMPETITIVE BIDDING
E-Tender no. 6000000996

Bid Document No.: MEC/23RT/01/51/D2/T31/SU/0021
VOLUME II of II
PREPARED AND ISSUED BY

MECON LIMITED
(A Govt. of India Undertaking)
BENGALURU, India
MAY, 2017
GAIL Gas Limited
CITY GAS DISTRIBUTION PROJECT AT BENGALURU
SCADA System
E-Tender no. 6000000996
SL. NO. CONTENT
1.0 INTRODUCTION
2.0 SCOPE OF WORK
3.0 EXCLUSIONS
4.0 GENERAL INSTRUCTION TO BIDDER
5.0 CODES AND STANDARDS
6.0 POWER SUPPLY AVAILABILITY
7.0 DESIGN BASIS
8.0 TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS
9.0 INSPECTION & TESTING
10.0 INSTALLATION AND COMMISSIONING
11.0 TRAINING REQUIREMENTS
12.0 DOCUMENTATION
13.0 TRIAL RUN
14.0 WARRANTY
15.0 POST WARRANTY MAINTENANCE CONTRACT
16.0 PENALTY CHARGES DURING WARRANTY AND AMC PERIOD
17.0 LIST OF PREFERRED MAKES
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1.0 INTRODUCTION
GAIL Gas Limited, a wholly owned subsidiary company of M/s GAIL (India) Limited,
is engaged in development of CNG & City Gas Distribution Networks (CGDN) at
different Geographical Areas in the country for distribution of CNG and PNG to
various consumer segments. Presently, GAIL Gas Limited is planning to implement
CNG & City Gas Distribution Network (CGDN) to supply Natural Gas to domestic,
commercial, industrial and automobile Consumers distributed over the Geographical
Area (GA) of Bengaluru city.
This technical specification covers the requirement of SCADA System, exclusively

for CGDN, Bengaluru.
The proposed System Configuration which gives a broader picture of the

requirements is attached with this tender as Annexure-I.
2.0 SCOPE OF WORK
Bidders scope includes, Design, Engineering, Project management, Procurement,

Fabrication/Manufacturing/Assembly, Integration, Inspection & Factory Acceptance
Tests at manufacturers works, Supply, Packing, Transportation to site, Storage &
safety, Installation, testing, commissioning, Site Acceptance Tests. Training,
Warranty, AMC & Documentation on Turnkey basis for complete, satisfactory and
stable operation of the SCADA system.
Bidders scope of supply & services shall include the following but not limited to:
2.1 Supply of redundant SCADA master stations at Gail Gas office with licenses as
required.
2.2 Supply of all required hardware and software with original license in the name of
GAIL Gas Ltd.
2.3 SCADA Server along with server panel and all necessary accessories.
2.4 SCADA client station at central control room (Gail Gas Bangalore office)
2.5 GPRS modems including SIM cards along with explosion-proof enclosure, scope
includes supply of all cables between IEDs to modem, SPDs for power and
communication. The scope shall also include upgradation of free issue modems.
2.6 Two nos. of VPN server with firewall with two static IPs for establishing two
independent VPN tunnels (From different service providers). Scope includes
establishing VPN tunnels, registering two static IPs for GAIL Gas and liaising
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leased line of different service providers. Leased Line connectivity shall be provided
using minimum 2MBPS communication link. The VPN server shall be configured for
a min of 500 GPRS connections.
2.7 Engaging service provider and establishing the GPRS communication network for
monitoring all the equipment such as DRS, MRS, CNG stations & SV stations and
controlling the SV station operations along with supply and installation of all
necessary equipment, accessories, etc. including liasoning for necessary approvals,
monitoring, controlling, if required. Finalisation of Service provider shall be done
only after approval of GAIL Gas/ MECON. Data plan shall be with 100 MB as
minimum data usage per month. All initial &fixed charges, one time charges (OTC),
hardware/software charges, advance charges/payments (Including advance rentals)
shall be in bidder's scope. However actual Monthly rental/bandwidth usage bills will
be paid by GAIL Gas at actuals after completion of the month/year from the day of
commissioning.
2.8 Integration of SCADA with IEDs such as DRS (flow computer / EVC), MRS
(Industrial customers), CNG station, Dispenser, etc. through GPRS. Also close co-
ordination with above vendors for successful integration and data exchange. For
free issue modems, any requirement of hardware/software upgradation due to
compatibility issues, shall also be in the scope of the Bidder.
2.9 All required hardware such as cables, erection hardware, junction boxes, cables for
multidropping all controllers/IEDs & interfacing with GPRS modems at a single
location on RS 485 Modbus. Incase the controllers are communicating on Ethernet,
suitable Ethernet switches shall be considered for establishing a local network and
interfacing with GPRS modems.
2.10 Redundant network/ LAN using L2 manageable switches of industrial/commercial

grade at the Control Room
2.11 Microsoft office and anti-virus software for servers and clients machine
2.12 Videowall along with controller, other accessories and software for configuration
and preparation of layout. All supporting structure & Interior panelling as required for
Videowall equipment mounting along with requisite number of licenses.
2.13 Interaction & co-ordination with vendors of smart meters, CCTV& GIS for
interfacing video wall controller and display of data / images. Scope shall also
include supply of all necessary cables from each video wall cube to controller and
workstation
2.14 10 KVA hot redundant UPS at GAIL Gas office location
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2.15 All necessary cables like, power supply cables, serial cables, Ethernet cables and
other cables as necessary.
2.16 Surge protection devices for Ethernet signals, power supply & serial communication
and Active barriers for analog signals
2.17 Earthing of equipment inside control room
2.18 GI Cable trays, GI conduits, Support structures, etc.
2.19 The civil works associated with the installation of supplied equipment and
modification if any of the existing flooring. Also the scope shall include any masonry
work associated inside the control rooms including mounting, grouting, erection etc.,
at the remote sites.
2.20 Obtain all statutory clearances as required for implementation of the project.
However, GAIL Gas / MECON shall provide necessary assistance, as required.
2.21 Factory Training and Site Training as detailed in the Tender
2.22 Inspection of all items before delivery, conducting integrated factory acceptance test
at successful Bidders works, etc. GAIL GAS/MECON reserves the right to witness
testing of all items at various stages at Bidders works. FAT shall be conducted as
per Pre-approved testing procedure. No instrument / equipment shall leave
manufacturers works without written permission/clearance from the MECON/GAIL
GAS.
2.23 Site testing and acceptance, Pre-commissioning checks, and Commissioning of the
entire system
2.24 Trial run.
2.25 Arranging third party audit and obtaining Security Compliance report and further
compliance by the bidder to the observations.
2.26 If any trouble or defect, originating with the design, material, workmanship or
operating characteristics of any materials, arises at any time prior to expiry of
twelve(12) months from the date of completion of successful trial run for 30 days of
the SCADA System, and the SELLER is notified thereof, SELLER shall, at his own
expense and as promptly as possible, make such alterations, repairs and
replacements as may necessary to permit the materials to function in accordance
with the specifications and to fulfill the foregoing guarantees.
2.27 During this period Bidder shall post one engineer continuously at Gail Gas office for
Facility management and support for 8 hrs per day. Bidders scope shall include any
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software up-gradation (providing the software, including installation, testing of

software, etc., all complete) & configuration of new GPRS modems till warranty
period without any cost implication to GAIL Gas.
2.28 Bidder to note that commissioning of DRS / MRS / Compressor at CNG station and
other equipment will be as per the gas demand and requirement by the various
consumers. Each equipment will be provided with a flow computer / controller (i.e
IEDs) which is required to be interfaced with SCADA. The scope shall also include
updating the SCADA database, building new HMI pages, trends, reports, alarm
generation etc.
2.29 Post warranty Comprehensive annual maintenance contract for the entire system
supplied by the bidder for 3 years including supply of all hardware / spares. Bidders
scope shall include any software up-gradation (providing the software, including
installation, testing of software, etc., all complete) till & configuration of new GPRS
modems till end of AMC period within AMC cost
2.30 Safety and security of equipment at site locations shall be in the Bidder's scope till
handing over of the equipment.
2.31 GAIL Gas will provide the space for storage of control room equipment at GAIL Gas
office. Safety of the supplied equipment is in the scope of Bidder till commissioning
of the system
2.32 Construction power shall be arranged by Bidder till commissioning.
2.33 Crane & manpower for loading/unloading shall be in the scope of Bidder.
2.34 Commissioning spares shall be arranged by the Bidder without any cost implication
to GAIL Gas till successful commissioning of the entire system.
3.0 EXCLUSIONS
The following are excluded from the scope of supply of the Bidder:
1. Supply & laying of optical fibre cable.
2. Construction & air conditioning of panel rooms
3. Control room furniture for mounting printer & HMI client
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4.0 GENERAL INSTRUCTIONS TO BIDDERS
4.1. The SCADA system shall be designed to meet the operational requirement to
monitor all the equipment of the City Gas distribution network (CGDN).
4.2. Bidder shall be the single point of responsibility to design, execute and commission
the entire system as per the scope of work.
4.3. The offered system(s) shall be complete in terms of both hardware and software to
meet the technical requirements for safe and secured operation as stipulated in the
tender.
4.4. GAIL GAS/MECON reserves the right to modify, revise and alter the specifications
of equipment, system prior to acceptance of any offer. System requirements may be
modified after selection of successful Bidder to meet operational requirements not
envisaged at the time of selection of Bidder.
4.5. GAIL GAS/MECON reserves the right to modify the system requirements till such
time the system is ready for final acceptance. Bidder shall undertake to meet the
revised requirements without any charges to the GAIL GAS, provided no additional
hardware is required.
4.6. During the course of execution of the work, if any discrepancy or inconsistency,
error or omission in any of the provisions of the contract is discovered, the same
shall be referred to the GAIL GAS/MECON who shall give his decision in the matter
and issue instruction directing the manner in which the work is to be carried out.
The decision of the GAIL GAS/MECON shall be final and conclusive and the Bidder
shall carry out the work in accordance therewith.
4.7. Completeness and correctness of the quantities of various components, racks,

cables, cable trays, conduits, electrical systems etc. to be supplied and installed to
meet the above requirements shall be the Bidders sole responsibility.
4.8. Bidder shall supply equipment from the list of preferred vendors only. Bidders may
propose additional vendors for the items which are not listed along with relevant
supporting documents as required by GAIL GAS / MECON. However same shall be
subject to approval from client/consultant.
4.9. Tenderer shall ensure that each of the equipment offered shall be supported and
have authorized service centres along with spare availability for minimum 10 years
in India. The support confirmation letter from each OEM (like SCADA, Firewall/VPN
Servers, GPRS modems, Videowall, UPS, etc.) shall be submitted by the bidder.
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5.0 CODES AND STANDARDS
As a minimum, all equipment shall be designed, manufactured, and delivered in

accordance with the relevant section of the national/international Codes, Standards,
and Regulations as listed below. However, in all cases, latest revisions with
amendments shall be followed.
It is the main responsibility of Bidder to inform the GAIL GAS/MECON of any

deviations or exceptions to the listed specifications, codes, and standards. GAIL
GAS/MECON shall take non- listing or non-specification of exception or deviation by
Bidder in the bid proposal document, as being in full compliance with the
specifications, codes, and standards listed.
If there is a conflict between the various codes, standards, specifications and the
attached drawings, the following shall govern:
Bidder shall seek GAIL GASs / MECONs final interpretation of any conflicts prior to
the execution of work. Rework of engineering and relevant scope arising out of
underestimation shall be done at no additional cost to the GAIL GAS.
The latest editions of Codes, Standards including all addenda, supplements, or

revisions current at time of order placement, as issued by the following authorities
shall apply:
Bureau of Indian Standards (BIS)
British Standard Institution (BS)
International Electro-technical Commission (IEC)
Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (lEEE)
Instrument Society of America (ISA)
Oil Industry Safety Directorate (OISD)
Petroleum & natural gas regulatory board (PNGRB)
6.0 POWER SUPPLY AVAILABILITY
One no. hot redundant 230 V AC 1Ph 10KVA UPS shall be provided by the Bidder
for control room & server room equipment. Further conversion to required voltage
levels and distribution through power supply units & distribution board etc, shall be
in the scope of Bidder only.
In case other voltage levels are required for powering ON the supplied equipment,
then Bidder shall consider required converters in their scope of supply at individual
stations / control room
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230VAC UPS power shall be available at all CNG stations and 12VDC solar power
shall be available at all DRS / MRS locations. Bidder shall arrange any specific
power required by using suitable converters.
7.0 DESIGN BASIS
Bidder shall be responsible for design, engineering, supply, erection, testing and
commissioning of equipment required for data communication and integration of the
distribution points like DRS, MRS, commercial centres, CNG stations, etc., with
proposed SCADA system in the CGD Network.
7.1 System Description
The overall proposed configuration of the GAIL Gas Ltd-CGDN- SCADA system is
shown in the System Architecture Drawings attached as Annexure 1.
The basic design of the SCADA system shall be based on a 24/7operation from
manned Control room at GAIL Gas office, Bangalore.
7.2 SCADA
a) SCADA servers shall be hot redundant in configuration on a redundant LAN and located at
GAIL GAS control room.
b) Incase of failure of primary SCADA server, secondary SCADA server shall takeover and
vice versa.
c) The data shall be synchronized on real time basis.
d) SCADA clients shall be located at GAIL GAS control room.
e) The SCADA shall receive data from GPRS modems GPRS through routers, firewalls,
switches, etc
f) SCADA shall poll Flow computers / IEDs at regular intervals as well as on operator
requirement.
g) SCADA system shall be able to integrate with RTUs on DNP3.0 over IP in future.
h) For detailed technical specifications, refer clauses 8.1, 8.2 & 8.3.
7.3 GPRS
a) IEDs (flow computers / EVC for DRS / MRS, PLC at CNG stations) shall be provided with
GPRS modems for data communication with SCADA system.
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b) GPRS modems for IEDs shall have one serial (RS 232 / RS 485) port and one Ethernet port
as minimum.
c) The IEDs shall have either serial and/or Ethernet ports, the Bidder shall ensure to provide
suitable modem for interfacing with the IEDs at respective locations, if required, necessary
conversion of ports for interfacing GPRS modems with IEDs shall be included in the scope.
d) Wherever, more than one IEDs are available in the same station/facility, all the IEDs shall be
multi-dropped on serial port and connected to a single modem which in turn will
communicate with SCADA system. The supply & laying of necessary serial and other
cables, supply & laying of trays/conduits, termination of cables at IEDs, supply & installation
of JBs, etc. shall be in the scope of Bidder only.
e) Modems shall be provided with external antenna wherever necessary.
f) Incase the IEDs are available with Ethernet ports in the same station / facility, all IEDs shall
be connected to an Ethernet switch along with the modem which in turn will communicate
with SCADA system. The supply &laying of necessary Ethernet cables, termination of cables
at both the ends, supply of Ethernet switch and other cables, supply & installation of trays,
conduits, JBs, etc. shall be in the scope of Bidder only.
g) Modems located outdoor shall be provided with suitable explosion proof enclosures.
h) To create successful secured communications system using GPRS network, special
consideration must be taken. Since the Public Services are to be used for Private
Communications, the remote sites can be connected using Secured VPN Connections with
data encryption to the highest levels. The remote stations should create a Secured Private
Connection with Master (SCADA) location using Public GPRS Services through VPN. This
must be equipped with capability to provide redundancy at various levels.
i) Two nos. of VPN servers with firewall shall be considered at GAIL Gas control room, each of
the server shall have an individual static IP address. Both the servers shall fetch data from
the GPRS modems, however SCADA shall be configured to fetch data from one of the VPN
server, incase data is not received from that VPN server, SCADA shall immediately start
fetching data from the second VPN server
j) The firewall shall be configured with all required protections for keeping the SCADA network
secured. Major protection shall include IPS / DDOS and any other feature which is essential
to maintain the security of the SCADA network
k) Each VPN Server at Master end must be a Single device capable of handling more than 500
Remote connections concurrently. It must also support the Dematerialized Zone installation
of the Firewall for additional Security
l) A maximum of 12 nos. of Maestro M100 modems shall be provided to the bidder as free
issue, Bidder is required to integrate these modems in the VPN tunnel to fetch data.
m) Bidder shall note that the finalization of location for various IEDs, equipment, CNG stations
is under progress. The final locations and availability of the same for installation of GPRS
modems will be intimated to the SCADA Bidder as and when it is ready. Bidder shall take up
the installation of modems, etc. along with integrating and software mapping in SCADA.
n) The VPN server shall be compatible to multi-vendor / make of modems. The same shall be
tested during FAT & SAT
o) All initial & fixed charges, one time charges (OTC), hardware/software charges, advance
charges/payments (including advance rentals) shall be in bidder's scope. However actual
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Monthly rental/bandwidth usage bills will be paid by GAIL Gas at actual after completion of
the month/year from the day of commissioning.
p) For detailed technical specifications, refer clause 8.5.
7.4 Videowall
a) A DLP-LED based Video wall of 3x2 matrix (3 columns and 2 rows) with 50
diagonal size cubes shall be provided in the control room.
b) The available space in the control room is 3850mmX2250mm (approx). Bidder shall
visit & check the space availability before submitting the tender.
c) The SCADA and two other third party systems (ie) Smart meter system, CCTV &
GIS shall also be displayed in the Videowall.
d) The primary display shall be of SCADA, However GAIL GAS/MECON shall decide
the layout for display of all five systems using the supplied software. The software
shall be loaded on the SCADA client and the operator shall prepare the layouts at
the time of display. Bidder to note that all the five systems are independent and not
at any time on the same network
e) The controller shall be suitably supplied with requisite number of ports and relevant
software.
f) The support structure and frame shall be in the scope of Bidder only. The design of
the support structure and frame shall be optimized for the space available in the
control room
g) For detailed technical specifications, refer clause 8.6.
7.5 UPS
a) A compact, hot redundant UPS of capacity 2x10 KVA shall be provided by the
Bidder. The UPS shall be suitable for control room equipment like Servers, HMI
stations, Video wall, etc. Selection of UPS model shall be carefully done considering
the space availability at GAIL Gas Ltd office.
b) For detailed technical specifications, refer clause 8.7.
7.6 Free Issue Items
a) A maximum of 12 nos. of Maestro M100 GPRS modems will be issued to the

SCADA Bidder as free issue. Installation, Integration & establishing communication
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of these modems with SCADA shall be in the scope of Bidder only. The scope shall
also include upgradation of these modems with required hardware, software, tools &
tackles, etc.
b) In case of any requirement due to compatibility issues, supply of suitable hardware,

software, etc. to establish the communication shall also be included in the scope of
the Bidder.
7.7 Security Compliance
Bidder scope shall obtain Security Compliance certification from reputed

Indian/International third party auditors like KPMG, PWC, E&Y, etc. prior to
handover. Bidders scope includes arranging, coordinating and obtaining the
security compliance certificate. Finalisation of third party auditor shall be done only
after the approval of GAIL Gas/MECON.
8.0 TECHNICAL SPECIFICATION
8.1. SCADA System
8.1.1 General
1) SCADA shall be configured at GAIL Gas-Control room with primary and secondary
SCADA Servers, SCADA Operator Work stations, and printers, system.
2) The SCADA system should be based on "open architecture".
3) The SCADA system shall be configured on client server architecture on Global

database concept. Querying between SCADA clients and servers shall be on TCP/
IP protocol. System shall be fully dual hot redundant.
4) Each of the SCADA servers and operator work stations shall be adequate to fulfill
the entire monitoring, operations and control requirements with SCADA. These are
to be sized so that CPU, memory, disc utilization do not exceed 40% in the offered
architecture.
5) The SCADA servers shall work on peer to peer basis and the redundancy of servers
shall be achieved through LAN. The switch over time from one server to the other
one at Gail Gas control room along with the clients shall be bumpless. The switch
over time from one server to the other shall be specified by the Bidder in his offer.
6) The Ethernet LAN shall be suitable for 100 MBPS speed as minimum for data
transfer. Suitable switch or hardware shall have ports for point to point
communication between SCADA & other stations.
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7) The Ethernet LAN shall use a switching hub/ network interface controller (in SCADA
server, MMI server) for dual fault tolerant and adaptive load balancing. Maximum
LAN loading shall not exceed 35%.
8) All system diagnostic/ communication parameters shall be monitored by the SCADA

system.
9) The communication protocol between SCADA Server shall be as per DNP-3.0 over
IP& GPRS.
10) The communication protocol between SCADA server and HMI shall be TCP/ IP.
11) SCADA software shall be consisting of multi-programmed, multitasked operating

system and languages (latest versions). The Operating system for SCADA servers
shall be on Windows (64 Bit). SCADA software shall be structured for 64 bits
Operating system and shall be able to support and utilize 64 bit computer
architecture. SCADA software shall be same at both servers.
12) HMI (Human Machine Interface) software shall be based on Windows operating
system platform.
13) The philosophy and functionality of the system should be improved and should be
made upto date in time, following the plants and the computers modernization till it
reach the actual state of art based as a tried, proven and experienced software
package.
14) SCADA software shall have Database for real time data acquisition and process
control.
15) SCADA software shall be supported by appropriate technique for handling both
real-time and interactive relational structures and the related database
communication. The Database Management software for processing SCADA
historical database and configuration data shall be based on latest version of
ORACLE (Oracle enterprise for SCADA server) / SYBASE / equivalent. The HMI
shall have SQL interface to SCADA real time database.
16) Reports shall be generated using MS Excel and pdf.
17) SCADA system software shall be full blown and shall not be partitioned on the basis
of field I/O tags. Modular and decoupled software structure which makes the
development and maintenance easier and more contained.
18) The SCADA software shall have Report By Exception (RBE) feature for updation
of data from other devices.
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19) The SCADA software shall ensure fully reliable data security for control operation by
means of Cyclic Redundancy Check/ any latest internationally acceptable
technique.
20) The overall design of the system should ensure complete data updation at SCADA
station within 10 seconds or better.
21) The number of HMI screens to be developed shall be as per actual requirement and
with a variation of 20% on the above.
22) The SCADA system shall have facility to integrate with RTUs at a later date on
GPRS and OFC communication. The primary communication shall be on DNP 3.0
over IP and secondary communication shall be on GPRS. The SCADA software
shall include integration with RTUs on DNP 3.0 over IP, Modbus (RTU & IP). All
required protocols shall be included in the SCADA system.
23) Bidder shall submit undertaking (Companys Letter Head) indicating the make and
model no. of RTUs compatible with the supplied SCADA software system.
24) Bidder shall submit undertaking (Companys Letter Head) indicating the make and
model no. of GPRS modems compatible with the supplied SCADA software
system.
8.1.2 Functional Requirements
1) The SCADA System shall be based minimally on the following open industry
standards:-
a) SQL interfaces to high performance real-time databases, maintenance (data

engineering) databases, etc.
b) Communication Standards, the ISO/OSI Reference Model together with
CCITT recommendations, such as:
c) IEEE 802.3 (ENET ISO 8802.3) for LAN communication.
d) TCP/IP for LAN and WAN communication.
e) X.25/3 for WAN communication.
f) IEC 870-6 for MCS to SCC communication (inter centre communication)
g) IEC 870-5/ DNP 3.0 for MCS to PLC and RTU communication in future
h) Modbus IP / Modbus Serial
2) The processors shall be of state-of-art design incorporating all features necessary

for efficient operation of a real time system under symmetric multi-processing
environment.
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3) The time synchronization of SCADA Servers and GPRS modems shall be achieved
from the SCADA servers.
4) Whenever a system start up is required such as after power interruption, all

functions shall be automatically started without requiring operator intervention. It
should be ensured that temporary loss of power supply does not corrupt system
data in any way. Also the system shall be designed so that a single component
failure anywhere in the system will not result in an inadvertent control action.
5) Master station shall be equipped with required numbers of communication ports

with appropriate hardware interface at both the ends and communication routines.
Each circuit shall have a normal route of interrogation and in event of failure of
normal route, stand by route to be utilised without operator intervention.
6) The operator / system interface shall be via identical colour graphic visual display
units, keyboards - alphanumeric and functional - with mouse and keyboard, printers.
Operating system shall have a facility to drive all the above equipment. The facility
to print any VDU display shall be possible without locking the screen.
7) The system proposed shall be fail safe type under all abnormal conditions.
Provision of free fail over operation wherein one critical device or process
malfunctioning results in server switchover without any data loss.
8) Master Station shall have self diagnostic routine facilities to check and indicate self
and its subsystems and peripherals healthiness at periodic intervals. Provision of
diagnostic S/W modules to be employed as a troubleshooting tool under the
operating system minimally for the following system areas:
a) System memory and file system
b) Peripherals and
c) Network and communication systems.
9) The normal gathering of data from all the remote stations shall be on programmed
basis with periodic polling. The complete database of the network shall be updated
every 5 sec or less. Reporting of alarms and events shall be made on priority basis
by using interrupt feature or employing faster scan cycle ensuring spontaneous
reporting at Master Station end. "Report by exception" feature for fetching data from
IEDs shall be implemented for fast collection of data to improve upon the updation
time specified above.
10) The message structure shall utilise a high message security (employing B.C.H.
code / CRC code or any better method) system including efficient error checking
code in the message security structure. Address as well as reply shall be allocated
a unique parity code. Bidder to state and submit to the GAIL GAS / MECON in the
bid the message structure with security checks of the proposed system. Redundant
transmission for control and set points commands e.g. select-check back-execute
shall be provided.
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11) The scan cycle shall be structured to fully utilise the data channel provided within
the communication network. The main scan shall consist of the common change of
state address, which on detection of change shall initiate a full update of alarm and
status address at the IEDs. A background scan of alarm & status address shall also
be included. The measurement addresses (analogue and digital) shall be interfaced
with the change of state scan to update the current data. These addresses shall be
acquired in a regular background scan. The control and set point addresses shall be
interfaced on the highest priority and shall only be initiated on demand. Bidder to
state & submit to the GAIL GAS / MECON in the bid the level of priorities and the
scan details. Scan time calculations to be submitted to the GAIL GAS / MECON
in the bid to substantiate the scan rates assigned.
12) In the event of long term failure of IEDs / modem or its associated communication
link, the system shall provide a simple facility to selectively remove the failed device
from all the scans. A procedure shall also be included to re-establish the IED into
the scan.
13) Selection of controls through HMI client shall be operator selectable with continuous
display of mode on operator control workstations.
8.1.3 Software Requirement
Bidder shall give the detailed estimate for memory requirement for main memory
and hard disk memory with the system considering a maximum of 40% loading. The
system should not consume more than 40% of the memory without degrading the
performance in case all possible interrupts occur simultaneously in the network. It is
also required to furnish the details of the memory to be consumed by the respective
S/W and the memory left for future use. The scan time calculation of each
communication circuit is to be submitted with the offer.
Bidder to note that the GAIL GAS / MECON shall be consulted during the data base
generation of the system. The GAIL GAS / MECON engineers shall be associated
during the preparation of Functional Design Specifications (FDS).
Each software module, which will be supplied with the system, should be indicated
separately. Limitations on software usage, if any, should also be indicated clearly in
the techno-commercial bid. On-site support by the Bidder for software as well as for
development and implementation of systems as per GAIL GAS / MECON
requirement shall have to be confirmed.
Bidder to confirm that all the software packages for SCADA are inclusive of one
time license.
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The performance/ runtime of SCADA software shall be clearly indicated. Also

screen updation time at master station for various parameters shall be furnished
which should be better than 10 seconds.
The performance of the software shall be tested over a period of one year after
commissioning of SCADA Control System in totality. Only after the satisfactory
performance of the software over a period of one year after commissioning, Bidder
shall be relieved of his guarantees. Bidder shall make suitable changes in software
if flaws/ bugs are detected during the warranty/guarantee period at his cost.
Bidder shall provide figures with requisite calculations for MTBF, MTTR for various
equipment and sub systems so as to meet 99.5% system availability under actual
field conditions.
Bidder shall ensure compatibility of SCADA System with GPRS modems. The
SCADA system shall also have facility to establish communication with RTUs
through GPRS connections for data transfer at a later date.
8.1.4 Electromagnetic Interference
The equipment offered shall incorporate the most effective techniques available to
minimize the electromagnetic interference effects to ensure that other electronic
systems neither adversely affect nor get adversely affected by the system supplied
by the Bidder. The Bidder shall ensure that the electromagnetic interference
generated by the system is well below the permissible levels as per applicable
standards.
The equipment shall be effectively screened against EMI, RFI and conductive
interference and shall not interfere with other equipment in the vicinity or installed in
the same building.
The equipment shall be required to meet one or more of the following standards:
i. IEC 801-3:1984
ii. BS 6667:PART 3:1985
iii. ANSI/IEEE C 37.1-1989
iv. MIL-STD-461
Bidder shall be required to confirm in his proposal which of the above standards the
offered equipment shall comply. The equipment to be supplied shall be type tested
for Electromagnetic Compatibility if certificate of compliance from an independent
test authority or test laboratory cannot be furnished.
8.1.5 Test and Measuring Instruments
Equipment to be supplied in this contract shall include comprehensive built in

diagnostic and test facility for system maintenance.
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The Bidder shall include a list of all general purpose test instruments necessary for
the maintenance of the system as specified elsewhere in the tender.
It is to be noted that the Bidder shall arrange all test equipment, tools, accessories
required for the installation and commissioning of the system to be supplied against
this contract and for the commissioning of the GAIL GAS / MECON supplied free
issue items including warranty and AMC period.
8.2. SCADA Software
8.2.1 General
The objective of the software shall be to provide a proven, comprehensive and

flexible method of obtaining and presenting the fundamental data described in the
operation and to use this data to calculate parameters which enable the control in
an efficient and safe manner. The system shall also store relevant data for pre-set
periods to aid historical analysis. The SCADA software shall be based on a well
proven real time operating system using a modular database and structure, which
can be readily modified to take account of both minor and major additions/
modifications. The Bidder shall also state the internal design procedure used to
develop, code and test the Application processing software. The database shall
have adequate space for present and future expansion requirement.
The system shall support both operator and engineering functions. The operator
function shall be related to city gas distribution and control and engineering function
shall correspond to data base generation, display/ picture building, report/ load
generation, alarm inhibiting etc. The engineering function shall be possible to carry
out on-line while the system is running SCADA. The system shall have both
operator and engineering commands - all shall be menu driven - with a provision of
multi-level security bar.
8.2.2 Software Supply:
Master station shall be provided with following Supervisory Control and Data
Acquisition software packages.
a. SCADA Software
i. Data acquisition
ii. Alarm processing
iii. Event processing
iv. Control processing/ commands
v. Data display
vi. Message display
vii. Over view display
viii. Trend generation
ix. Data failure
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x. Status charge annunciation

xi. Management information report generation
b. Man-Machine Interface
c. Networking software
8.2.3 Functional requirements of each SCADA Software Module
1) Data Acquisition:
Master station shall poll IEDs and communicate through different channels / mode
of communication system. Following features shall be possible:
a. Data from IEDs shall be online and with an option of fetching on regular
intervals.
b. The updation of complete database at MCS for the system to acquire fresh
measured values from IEDs from all stations shall not exceed 5 seconds for
SCADA.
c. Facility of putting analog/ digital points off scan, so that reporting of these points
is masked.
d. It should be possible to get these masked details by operator's intervention as
and when required.
e. It shall process analog data points for rate of change and checks against
predefined reference value.
f. Conversion of raw data to engineering units.
2) Alarm Processing
The master station shall facilitate alarm reporting to alert the system operator of
abnormal condition.
It will be required to raise alarm with respect to all variables if their value crosses or
is beyond a pre-set minimum and maximum value. The operator must be able to on-
line modify the limit values of any variable. This operation shall be printed on event
logger and printer. The alarm may be an absolute value of measured variable, rate
of change of measured variable, deviation high and low, set points high and low,
outputs high and low. The system shall also be capable of generating desired
computed alarms.
All alarms conditions as follow shall be displayed on the VDU as in lists (windows)
and pictures.
Continuous flashing : Operator unacknowledged alarm

Steady display : Operator acknowledged alarm
The system shall not put off the visual indication as soon as the condition returns to
normal, before operator acknowledgement. Occurrence of any alarm in any device
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shall be immediately reported and displayed on VDU with minimum three character
code of the process service name/ picture to which the particular alarm point
belongs, such that operator knows which graphic, overview or group display page is
to be accessed for details.
Separate alarm summary pages shall be provided to keep a historical record of all
the alarms occurred at least for one month. The alarm summary shall provide Tag
No., description, set value, actual value, time of occurrence, date, sequence of
alarm, etc. for minimum 30 days. A system wise alarm summary of acknowledged
and unacknowledged alarms shall also automatically be maintained. Bidder to keep
a provision for periodic logging of historical record of all alarms occurred during this
period. It shall be possible to sort the alarms based on all the fields of the alarm
table mentioned above.
The system shall display latest five alarms at the bottom of all MMI pages.
Occurrence of any alarm shall be indicated by a flashing signal on every screen.
Flashing signal shall not disappear until all the alarm is acknowledged individually or
as per the selection of the operator.
It shall be possible to assign different colours to the alarm message different class
of alarms. All alarms shall be time stamped. Separate operator configurable alarm
summary for process alarms shall be provided.
3) Event Processing
Occurrence of events, which indicate the behaviour of the pipeline and associated
equipment, will be displayed on operator request via an event summary display.
The events shall be displayed in chronological order, time stamped with description,
with filtering feature i.e. events from entire system or limited to events for a part of
the system. The newest event is found at the end of list. Additional facility of event
extracts i.e. limiting the event summary to events of a certain priority, certain type,
particular station, and system/ subsystem. Typical events which are to be stored are
given:
o Commanded device changes
o Uncommanded device changes
o Command failure alarms
o Device time out alarms
o Remote no reply alarms
o Alarm enable / disable messages
o Countdown alarms
o Every operator action
Event summary for at least one month shall be maintained in the system.
Provision of delay processing for both measured values and indications.
4) Control Processing And Commands
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Control Processing:
Control commands, close / open, on / off and set points will be initiated either by the
system or by the operator. All such commands issued by the operator will be
processed and transmitted on a Check before execution basis. This means that
the selection of all the commands shall be verified before issue of execution
command.
The transmission procedure of set points shall also have automatic "Check before
execute" feature i.e., These two values shall be compared by Master station and
after ascertaining no transmission error is found, the execute command shall be
transmitted.
If after sending a control to the controlled installation the relevant signal of

completed manoeuvre does not arrive at the master station within a preset time, an
alarm will be given by the master station indicating "Command-Not-Executed".
The initiation and execution of the commands shall automatically be recorded on

the event logger/ printer.
The control commands shall be implemented sequentially on first come first serve
basis.
Control Commands:
Remote control commands shall be initiated by the operator manually.
The shutdown of the section or the entire pipeline shall be carried out sequentially
and taking precautions of the pipeline, equipment safety into consideration.
All the above control commands shall be executed only by selecting the particular
page, which will display the actual status of the equipment in graphical manner.
Commands shall also be generated from software sequences or the emergency
shutdown of the pipeline initiated by the operator and software.
Control commands shall be implemented sequentially on a first come first serve

basis. Any of the above controls initiated from the master station shall secure
operation by transmitting correct control address which on receipt of the error free
address shall reply with unique check back code of confirm selection, which shall be
compared with the master with the code expected. If the check back is confirmed in
manual control mode, execution command shall be transmitted for execution.
Only one remote control action shall be permitted at one time. When the control
command has been completed an event message describing the control may be
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recorded. For any control command after execution, the executed status of the
equipment also shall be displayed.
Bidder shall develop sequential interlocking logic in the SCADA software so that
automatic control of station and pipeline parameters through PID loop/ or other
logic/ analog control shall be possible from MCS when the stations are put on
control from MCS for effective and efficient operation of pipelines. For implementing
this feature, the remote loop control shall be performed on priority using "report by
exception feature".
5) Data Display
A variety of selectable VDU displays shall provide instant system visibility for real
time operational monitoring. On graphics displays, different colours and special
effects such as zoom, pan, overlays, declutter, drag & drop functions shall be used
to indicate various operating conditions. These displays normally provide the
following information:
a. Value and status of real-time parameters. The parameter value/ status displayed
should not be older than 5 seconds.
b. Indications for alarms and abnormal system conditions, change in status must
cause resulting change in colour or shape.
c. System operating constants and variables.
d. Information pictures, tabular pictures presenting detailed information about a
specific object/ device in the database.
e. Schematic layouts for system operations.
f. Current and historical trends and multiple trends in graphical representation.
g. Accumulated historical information.
h. Data related to special system Applications, System formats are composed of
display areas, which include:
i. Page numbers
ii. Format title
iii. Date and time
iv. System alarm
v. Operator response like acknowledgement of alarms or status.
vi. Available display area.
i. Every display shall be provided with request facilities modes such as:
i. Direct request through a code
ii. Request via the message display
iii. Request through a catalogue
iv. Request via a cursor position in various displays and index page.
Shifting from one display/ screen to other display/ screen shall be possible with the
facility of screen definitions/ buttons available in every screen.
Following types of displays shall be possible:
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Message Display:
Alarms and status change information produced from input and processing
programs shall be presented in the display.
This message display function can also be switched to any desired display.
a) The alarm display shall consist of following format:

Message name
Time indication of the message
Comment, if any, on the message (standardised comment consisting of e.g.,
2 or 3 symbols)
Message marking (This marking indicates for instance, if the message is
coupled to a related display with messages or is a repeat message etc).
b) Colour coding for various messages to distinguish between them.
6) Overview Display:
This display will enable the operator to have overall picture of pipeline system being
monitored and controlled. Provision of linking pictures to facilitate the chaining of
pictures together in a linked list as per requirement. Every picture composed of
static part depicting the configuration, all devices, sub-systems and systems and the
dynamic part depicting dynamic status, parameters as per the current database of
the pipeline. When a picture is selected, all dynamic data fields are initialised to
their current database values and subsequently updated automatically.
a) Contents of overall display shall contain the following:

The schematic of network under control of Master Station and a number of
important stations are displayed. Display of schematic of entire network
including all the IEDs shall be realised.
i) Important measured values and messages are indicated.
ii) All the alarms in the stations and pipeline sections are also displayed.
iii) Trending of historical data.
b) Planned Operations:
This display will facilitate overview of results of simulation and optimisation
calculations.
c) Presentation of actual measured values and status as well as projected values

and status from compensated calculations.
7) Trend Generation
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The trending of current and historical values of any process parameters and derived
parameters selected through keyboard averaged over a period of time shall be
possible. The display should be presented in a group form for immediate trend
analysis and monitoring and/or tabulated and averaged over equal time intervals for
statistical analysis with zoom and pan feature. The sampling rate for trending shall
be operator selectable and Bidder shall mention the maximum and minimum limits
for real and historic trends with minimum 100 sampling points and historic trends.
Additional information associated with the trend shall be looped with Tag number,
engineering units, span, and present value of trend point and alarm status. Recall of
up to 30 days of all loops shall be possible in case of historical trending and 48
hours for current trends. Multi trend capability with number of trends of process
variable on a single display shall be possible. A library of tag nos. in historical trend
with sampling rate assigned shall be capable of being called from the keyboard.
Provision of collecting, storing and accessing time related data facilitating data
collection at fixed cyclic intervals and non-cyclic data collection with discrete time
definitions. Such data can be presented in tabular form or flexible trend curve
element integrated into a dedicated picture also.
8) Status Change Annunciation
Any status change, which is either obtained by status contact operation at IEDs
shall be suitably annunciate (by distinct colour) for acceptance by the Operator.
9) Management Information Report Generation Software
This software package shall provide for generation of various types of reports for
maintenance routines, delivery of product etc. The package shall have provision of
generating additional reports in the user defined formats. Data reports in a
predefined format shall be printed hourly, shift wise or daily. They shall also be
printed on demand. Management information tasks could also be made event
driven as for example engine start / stop could schedule a management information
task run for computing motor pump shutdown/ start up statistics. Shift related
management information tasks will run automatically after completion of shift.
Typically following reports / formats shall be provided as a minimum:

a) Overall material balance for the pipeline system
b) Quantity and type of gas delivered per day
c) Quantity and type of gas delivered at each point
d) Communication statistics regarding availability of communication channels.
e) Logs of all IEDs availability, commands issued and executed/ failed to
execute, overall integrated system availability for last 48 hours.
Support for a variety of reports and printouts, spontaneous event printouts, event
reports, statistical data reports, status reports, operator message reports and
hardcopy printouts.
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The report generation shall be done through Microsoft Excel/Word and pdf.
10) Human- Machine Interface
System through VDU display, keyboard and mouse provides man-machine

dialogues between Pipeline System and operator on full graphics display system -
Graphical User Interface built on latest Windows platform. All user-initiated system
action is controlled by selecting valid combination of commands on the operator
console - S/W menu driven with multi-level security bars - through keyboard and
mouse. The commands entered via keyboards should be concise and use minimum
number of key operations. Some typical operator commands to be supported are:
a) VDU format selection
b) Log selection and VDU hard copying
c) Alarm acknowledging
d) Alarm inhibiting on a point or station basis
e) Controls including discrete outputs, set points.
f) Data override of scanned valves, system constants, alarm limits and other
variables.
g) Commands associated with special system Applications.
h) Scan control allowing points or stations to be placed on/ off scan or selected
for critical scanning.
Programming / engineering terminals shall provide the facility for carrying on line
critical modifications configuration, change of alarm limits, group or multi group
alarm inhibit. These functions should be possible online while the system is running
SCADA and to down load to the system.
The above terminal shall have provision of security password locking arrangement
so that only authorised person can log on to the system.
The interface shall have the following features as a minimum:

a) Full graphics features including multi windowing, zoom, pan, declutter,
overlays, drag and drop etc.
b) Distributed operator station concept.
c) Windows based screens and interface to SCADA servers on Windows
platform.
d) Support of hardcopies and plotters from different vendors.
e) Fast call uptimes for even large pictures.
f) Bitmap font enhances readability. Vector fonts provide the facility for non-
horizontal text.
g) Entry of operator notes on all SCADA pictures.
h) On-line help.
11) Networking Software
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It shall facilitate the following link-ups:

a) Connectivity with Videowall system.
b) Connectivity with VPN server and modems.
8.2.4 SCADA Software Specifications
The software supplied with the system shall be operator friendly, having
conversational mode (Question & Answer, SQL based menus, user defined Names
and Mnemonics), which can be used bynon-software person.
The software supplied with the system shall contain the following components:
a) Operating system software
b) Data acquisition and supervisory control software
c) Man-machine interface software
d) Communication and Networking software
e) Management information and report generation software
f) RDBMS
g) Pipeline Application Software
h) Any other software required for completion of the system
Operating System Software:
The operating system software shall be Windows based having real time
capabilities conforming to real time standards for SCADA servers and Windows for
operator workstations for MMI. It shall provide effective utilization of resources and
facilities and provisions for any future expansion by being compliant to the latest
versions of open system standards. The interfaces and services provided in the
operating system shall be compliant with the Programming Interface Environment
Specification (AES), which is based on the above-defined standards only.
It shall provide effective utilisation of resources and facilities and provisions for any
future expansion.
System software shall have the following features as a minimum:

a) Real time capabilities including pre-emptive real time kernel, priority
scheduling etc.
b) Multiprogramming and multitasking facility including background and
foreground operations in real time mode.
c) Dynamic memory allocation.
d) System security features.
e) Real time programming/processing.
f) Symmetric multi-processing.
g) Assembler
h) Online and detailed offline diagnostic package to troubleshoot CPU, memory
and various peripherals to card level.
i) Bulk storage management.
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j) Redundant LAN support.

k) Input/ Output drivers for all peripherals including Videowall system.
l) Graphics support package.
(It should support all features of high-resolution displays).
m) Line and page editors, library management.
n) Scientific subroutines package.
o) Network processor software for interlinking two SCADA systems
p) Online and detailed offline diagnostics package to troubleshoot CPU,
memory and various system and peripheral cards etc.
The operating system shall have industrial standard for high performance graphic
user interface and programming interface. General purpose networking software
shall also be provided and each processing unit shall be able to operate as
connected node and stand-alone node.
8.2.5 Data Acquisition and Supervisory Control Software
The data acquisition and control software shall fulfill the functional specification as
defined elsewhere in the tender. The software should facilitate updating of real time
database for use of operator/ application programmes.
Following data base facilities to be provided:

a) Multi-user support on multi-CPUs in real time environment.
b) Efficient data transfer between database and user.
c) SQL interface.
d) Concurrently open databases support.
e) High speed disk I/O with efficient caching.
f) Provision of query language for use in terminal sessions as well as in
programs.
g) Redundant configuration support.
h) Distributed data access facilities.
i) Centralizes database accesses to achieve independence of physical storage
location.
j) Multi level alarm processing.
k) Data conversion processing and user defined.
l) Ensures integrity of data against destruction.
m) Provision of recovery and restart functions in event of system failure.
n) Concurrent multi-program update/retrieval of data from database.
o) Inter-process communication.
p) Data base maintenance routines shall be provided to maintain data security
and perform centralised data processing.
The following data services - including special access functions as well as utility
functions for generation, backup, maintenance and performance monitoring - shall
constitute an integral part of the overall database management system:
a) Start and restart.
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b) Transfers to standby SCADA servers.

c) Synchronization of databases in the redundant configuration of SCADA
servers.
d) Message handling.
e) Backup copying of database for recovery purposes.
f) Security copying of main memory database.
g) Database definition and generation.
h) Access and statistics.
i) Interactive database manipulation.
j) Access time measurement.
k) Message system analysis.
Communication and Networking Software:
The communication software concurrently running with SCADA software shall

facilitate communication with SCADA and all the IEDs.
System Database
The system should provide a comprehensive real-time database incorporating data

from analog, logical or pulse inputs. The database should be configurable by the
end user without the need for any programming and should be able to be modified
on-line without interrupting the operation of the system.
However, in case if graphical presentation is required, little programming may be

necessary. The database should also provide historization of selected attributes and
should be accessible by all facilities of the system including standards displays,
customized displays, reports, trends, etc.
Configuration
All configuration of the database should be possible while the system is on-line by
users with sufficient security access. Configuration should not require the need for
any programming, compiling or linking and should not require shutting down or
restarting of the system. However SCADA/ driver process may need restarting, if
changes are for device driver or new device is to be incorporated or new graphical
representation is required. In addition, historical data collection should not be
interrupted for device attributes, not affected by configuration changes.
The system will maintain portions of the database requiring frequent high-speed
access as memory resident information and other less frequently accessed data as
disk resident data. Memory resident data shall be check pointed to disk every
minute to minimize loss of data in the event of loss of power of other system failure.
Database backup shall be possible with the system on-line including backup of
historical based data. The backup may be stored to HDD/DVD media.
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Historical Database
Historical database shall be based on standard RDBMS package like Oracle /

Sybase / Equivalent. Historization of parameters / attributes shall be available and
shall be configurable for the same type of attribute. Historization for the selected
attributes shall be provided for snapshots with interval ranging from 5 seconds to 24
hours.
Once assigned to history, attribute data shall be available through standard SQL
statements. The graphical operator interfaces, trend and report generation should
be able to access historical data. Modifications to the history collection of an
attribute data shall be possible on-line without the loss of previously collected data
for the attribute being changed or any other attribute in the system currently being
historized. Historical data shall be stored in the hard disk for a period of 30 days.
Provision shall be made in the MMI to archive the historical time stamped data in
CD ROMs periodically. While archiving data, digital & analog parameters, event,
alarms, date & time etc. shall be selectable.
Event Database
The system will maintain the following event information:

Alarms
Alarm Acknowledgements
Return to Normal
Operator Control Actions [i.e. Operator initiated device control actions]
Operator Login & Security Level Changes
On-line Database Modifications
Communications Alarms
The Event Database shall be capable of holding up to any number of events on-line.
Standard Displays shall be provided to show the current event information with the
most recent event at the top of the display. Subsequent page forward actions will
allow display of progressively older events. Sorting and filtering of the events shall
be possible with pre-configured standard reports.
The Event Database entries should contain the following information:

Time & Date Stamp
Device Name [i.e. Device Tag]
Event Type [i.e. Device type for the event]
Alarm Priority
Device Description
New Attribute Value
Engineering Units
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The Event Database must also be accessible from other subsystems such
as the Operator Interface and Report Generation.
The operator shall be permitted to sign on the system and shall be correct operator
unlimited (Up to 6 characters) and the operator password (Up to 6 characters) has
entered. This password shall be encrypted. Each operator shall be assigned a
password and a set of authorized areas / group. The operator may sign off at any
time by issuing a sign-off command.
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8.3. SCADA HARDWARE
8.3.1 SCADA Servers
The following minimum specifications shall be adhered for SCADA Server. Bidder
may have to supply a better server specification so as to meet the function
requirements at the same time to ensure that CPU/RAM utilization will not cross
40% at any point of time.
Make & Model IBM /DELL / HP. Bidders to specify the Model.
Any other make or model selection shall require
technical bid stage consent from GAIL
GAS/MECON
Operating System Windows server / Latest version of Windows
server compatible with SCADA software
Processor Min. two 64 bit Processor of 4core each @ 2.4
GHz, 20 MB (L3).
Cache 20 MB L3 Cache or higher
Memory 32 GB RAM or higher. Atleast expandability
free slots to increase the RAM to 64 GB shall
be provisioned
I/O riser Board PCIe or PCI requirements as per Bidder
requirement and to be indicated
Power Supply Redundant Power Supply, The server should
provide an independent power input receptacle
for each power supply (c13/C14 type). The
independent design provides protection against
losing the connection from a power cord or
breaker.
Storage Expandable up to 5.4TB of internal storage with
900GB HDDs, Minimum. 900GB 10K SAS SFF
HDD
Support for eight (8) internal Hard Disk Drive
(HDDs) and Solid State Drives (SSDs)
Min. Factory Level RAID 5
Hard disc usage shall be segregated into OS,
Realtime Data application and History
Application.
DISC MIRRORING SHALL BE REQUIRED, for
all these three application use of Hard discs.
Optical Storage DVD+/-RW
Drive Bays Bidders to suitably design and indicate
Expansion Slots Bidders to suitably design and indicate
Network 4-port 1000Base-T Gigabit Adaptor
Ports Bidders to suitably design and indicate
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Input Devices Keypad and Mouse

Monitor 17 KVM Monitor 19 rack mountable
Form Factor Rack Mounted, draw out type, Racking Kit
should be supplied. Bidders to indicate the
Rack space requirement
1. License to be provided with each machine with latest versions and service pack
(SP) System Management Integrated management controller for monitoring the
health of system. OEM's management software should be provided.
2. Anti-virus software with latest updates
3. Accessories Complete with all interconnecting cables, cords, connectors,
peripherals, adaptors & display mounting accessories, keyboard, mouse etc.
4. One number additional hard disk & power supply of similar make & model and
features per server shall also be supplied under the scope of this work.
5. The workstations shall have the facility of disabling the USB / serial ports, DVD
drives etc so that only registered devices can be plugged to these ports and DVD
drives are password protected.
8.3.2 SCADA Clients
The MMI shall consist of 64 Bit workstation having internal memory, cache memory,
floating point processor, and shall operate on latest Windows platform.
The features of workstation computers:
1. Processor 64 bit Intel Xeon with 2.8 GHz or higher

2. Cache 8 MB cache or higher
3. RAM 8 GB DDR3 with ECC capability expandable to 24 GB
4. Graphics NVIDIA Quadro with 2 GB video memory or better
5. HDD 1 TB (minimum), DVD Drive DVD R/RW 16X or better
6. Expansion slots Minimum 04 Nos. PCI slots
7. Expansion bays 02 Nos. Internal and 03 Nos. external
8. Redundant Network Interface Integrated dual 10/100/1000 MBPS Ethernet card
with failover& load balancing
9. Interfaces Serial port - 01 No. minimum
USB 04 Nos.
Parallel port 01 No.
Network RJ-45 02 Nos.
10. Power Supply 220 10% VAC, 50 Hz, PF ( min 0.9) corrected & surge
11. Monitor (of same make as the workstation)
22 wide screen LED colour display
12. Features Audio, line in, line out, microphone in OS Support Windows Professional
or higher
13. License to be provided with each machine with latest versions and service pack
(SP)System Management Integrated management controller for monitoring the
health of system. OEM's management software should be provided.
14. Anti virus software with latest updates
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15. Accessories Complete with all interconnecting cables, cords, connectors,

peripherals, adaptors & display mounting accessories, keyboard, mouse etc.
16. Additional one number hard disk & power supply of similar make & model and
features per station shall also be supplied under the scope of this work.
17. The workstations shall have the facility of disabling the USB / serial ports, DVD
drives etc so that only registered devices can be plugged to these ports and DVD
drives are password protected.
18. The client machine shall be provided with HDMI port for interfacing with video wall
controller
8.3.3 Printers
One number A3 size B/W laser printer shall be provided for SCADA system.
1. Type Laser
2. Paper size supported A3 & A4
3. Cartridge type B/W
4. Resolution 1200 X 1200 dpi
5. Speed 40 ppm
6. Data interface 1 X Ethernet
7. Make & model As per preferred vendor list
given in clause 15.0
8.3.4 Server Panel
S.No Functionality/ Minimum Specifications

Description
1. Make As per preferred vendor list given
in clause 15.0
2. Model No. Bidder to specify
3. Design & Construction The height of the cabinet shall
be maximum 2100mm
excluding 100 mm channel
base. Width of the cabinets
shall be 600 mm for 19
equipment mounting. Depth of
the cabinet shall be minimum
1000 mm.
Colour shall be Black
Cabinet to be provided with
fully perforated front and rear
doors with cam locks. Side
panels shall be provided with
slam latches and key locks.
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Cabinet to have 19 rack

mountable power distribution
units for powering of the
servers. MCBs for isolation of
individual servers,
19 rack mountable LAN patch
panel for terminating the dual
LAN cables of each server to
be provided.
A top mounted fan housing
unit equipped with 4 fans (230
VAC, 90CFM) & ON/OFF
controls fitted to the underside
of the top cover shall also be
provided.
Cabinet to be provided with
cable managers for proper
routing of all types of cables
like LAN, KVM cables, power
etc.
As may be needed the Servers
may need to be mounted using
Pull out Rails.
4. Panel Lights Each panel to have suitable
panel light on front and rear
side
Light to be controlled by door
switch and shall also have a
separate on / off switch
5. Earthing lug Earthing lugs for panel
earthing to be provided as per
industry practice and
standards
6. Cable Entry Shall be bottom / top entry
only. Bidder to check feasibility
at control room before
finalization
7. LCD Monitor, Cabinet to be provided with
Keyboard, mouse & 17 LCD monitor keyboard
KVM switch Keyboard to be full size
compact with numeric keypad
and 3 button trackball mouse.
The LCD monitor shall be
Grade A server grade; contrast
ratio: 450:1 & Resolution:
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1024x768 as minimum
The KVM switches shall be of
8 with USB & PS/2 local port
support and on screen display.
8. Spare Capacity
a Cable Manager 30% spare to be provided for future
use
b Rack Capacity 30% of the total rack capacity to be
left spare for future use
c AC sockets 30% of the total sockets be left
spare for future use
9. Name Plates
10. Type and colour Black/ white metallic sandwich
type, and engraved with,
tagnumber, mark number and/ or
legend, as applicable
11. Identification Tags for all servers, switches,
lamps, panels etc. Each rack to
have Station name, panel number,
company logo.
12. Drawings / Documentation to be submitted during detailed
engineering
General Arrangement (IGA / OGA) drawings
Foundation Details
Top cover plate details for cable glands and cable entries.
8.4. GPRS MODEMS
8.4.1 General
The MODEM shall be an intelligent device connected to Flow computer / other IEDs
by means of Ethernet and/or RS485 /RS232 port, installed at various consumer
premises (DRS/MRS/CNG stations) to collect the following data online, as per
configured frequency and On demand.
GPRS modem shall be provided with SIM having capability for polling (read and
write) to Flow Computer /other IEDs through GPRS. All the necessary
software/hardware and program for getting data has to be supplied by the Bidder.
Also the Bidder has to demonstrate this functionality for atleast one controller,
dispenser, flow-computer data through GPRS modem during FAT.
8.4.2 Features
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In general, the offered GPRS modem shall have the following features:
a) SIM for continuous cellular data connections

b) Support 3G and support 2G
c) VPN tunnel: IPSec shall support 802.1Q VLAN Trunk, PPPoE Bridge (IP
Passthrough), Modbus gateway (Modbus RTU/ASCII to Modbus TCP).
d) Auto reboot via SMS/Caller ID/Timing.
e) Interfaces: RS232/RS485 and Ethernet.
f) The metal enclosure shall be wall mount type.
g) Shall have auto restart feature with built-in watchdog timers and intelligence
h) Shall have program over the air (POTA) feature which will reduce the manual
field visits and also save project time. The modem firmware shall be
reprogrammed from the server remotely.
i) Remote start/stop
j) Auto recover feature incase modem / network hanging
k) Comprehensive self-diagnosis feature which will create log file with all at a
periodicity and link check for communication.
l) Shall have capability to work under continuous power on condition.
m) Shall have meter detect and meter data read feature which enables
communication with all industry standard Flow computers/IEDs used in Oil &
Gas industries.
n) For determining the health of the device an LED shall be provided on the GPRS
MODEM which will depict the current functioning status (power up/ registered in
network/transmitting data).
8.4.3 Power Supply
GPRS MODEM should also be capable of operating on single phase 230V, 50 Hz /

24VDC (or 12V DC for solar power) power supply. The GPRS MODEM shall be
suitably protected against surges. Only 230 V AC will be made available at site at
one point. In case of requirement depending on site conditions, any other
power/current/voltage rating and further distributions, etc., same shall be arranged
by the Bidder only.
In the DRS/MRS locations only solar power will be available. Hence the power
consumption shall be minimum. Bidder shall note the same and before selecting a
particular model.
Withstand capacity against surges should be according to Indian conditions i.e.6.0 kV
8.4.5 SIM Card
a) For placing the SIM Cards, SIM Card Holder shall be provided on the motherboard
and shall be accessible only by opening/sliding the cover, GPRS MODEM shall not
be opened for replacing the SIM card.
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b) The SIM Card supported shall be of 1.8V/3V Interface as per industry standard.
c) Interlocking facility shall be provided under the device cover.
8.4.7 EMI/EMC Specifications
The GPRS MODEM shall meet the following EMI/EMC specifications:
Electrostatic Discharge IEC6100042

Fast Transient Burst IEC6100044
Surges Immunity IEC6100045
Conducted Emission CISPR22 (class B)
8.4.9 Environmental specifications
The GPRS MODEM shall meet the following environmental specifications:
Temperature : 10 degrees to 55 degree

Humidity : up to 95% RH (non condensing)
8.4.10 Functional specifications
The GPRS MODEM should be an intelligent device and capable of providing the
following functionalities on GPRS network:
a) The GPRS MODEM should be capable for long duration data transfer to MCS
as per configuration via secured communication.
b) Power Outage Notification: In the event of an outage, the GPRS MODEM

should be able to send the outage alert to MCS.
c) The GPRS MODEM should be capable of operating with GPRSSIMs of Telecom

Service provider.
d) GPRS MODEM should be capable for continuous working for 24 hours every
day under field conditions, even when enclosed in additional enclosure at
Consumer sites.
8.4.11 Data transfer in pull Mode
a) In case the data is required on demand from the Server end, then connection
shall be established from server end to the remote GPRS device.
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8.5. VPN Server cum Firewall
The VPN server shall be with a detachable Memory Card
The VPN server shall capable of withstanding temperature variation from -50C to
+70C and having Relative Humidity from 30 to95% without condensation.
Electromagnetic Compatibility for Electro static discharge and radiated

electromagnetic fields shall confirm to relevant Standards as follows
EN 55022 Emission Test (Class A)

Radiated Emissions (30-1000MHz)
Conducted Emissions (0.15-30MHz)
EN 50082-1 Immunity Test
IEC 801-3: Radio Frequency Electromagnetic Field
IEC 801-2: Electrostatic Discharge
IEC 801-4: Fast Transients, AC Power Ports and Signal cables
The VPN server at MCS shall be protected against system surges and harmonics at
the input side.
The VPN server shall have communication capability of different protocols.
Basic Features
Industrial GPRS router

Firewall and VPN for secure communication
2x 10/100 Base-T Ethernet port 2 nos.
1 x RS-232/422/485 serial port
1 x RS-232 devise or console serial port
battery back-up
Automatic re-establishment of communications in case of temporary failure
of GPRS link.
Provision of fixed IP addresses needed for two-way communications.
Inbuilt security mechanisms to prevent unauthorized entry to the system
Watchdog to reboot the system in case of a fault condition.
Industrial-grade hardware with -30 to +70 degrees celcius.
8.6. VIDEOWALL
1. Available space 3850 mm (length) x 2250 mm (height)
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2. Configuration 3x 2 configuration complete with covered base stand
3. Size of cubes 50 diagonal

4. Resolution Full HD; 1920x 1080 (minimum)
5. Display technology DLP-LED rear projection technology
6. Light Source Type Redundant DLP-LED light source for each cube
Automatically switch to secondary input if primary input

7. Source Redundancy
is not available.
Screen to Screen
8. 0.2 mm
Gap
9. Screen Anti reflective
Inputs:
Smart meter Domestic HDMI
Control terminals in Smart meter Commercial - Ethernet
10.
controller SCADA HDMI
GIS DVI
Spare HDMI& DVI interfaces
Auto color adjust
11. Required (Auto & Manual)
function
Control & monitor individual cube, multiple cubes and
multiple layouts
12. Control & Monitoring Input sources selection - user configurable
Automatically launch alerts, warnings, error popup
windows in case there is an error in the system
13. Operating System Windows 8 or latest

14. Processor Xeon/ i5/ i7
15. RAM 8 GB DDR3 expandable
Support upto minimum 2nos. of HDD of 500GB each
16. HDD
as minimum with RAID 1
17. Networking Dual-port Gigabit Ethernet Controller inbuilt
18. Power Supply ( 1+1) Redundant hot swappable
19. Accessories Keyboard and mouse
20. Control functions Brightness / contrast / Crop / rotate
Operating Temperature: 10 to 40C
21. Operating Conditions
Humidity: 10 to95% non-condensing
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Software to enable the user to display multiple sources

22. Scaling and display
in any size and anywhere on the display wall.
Auto Source
23. Software for auto source detection
Detection
Support Desktop Application; Save and Load desktop
24. Layout Management layouts from Local or remote machines shall be
possible
25. Authentication Software should offer different levels of Authentication
System should have Hardware License key to protect

26. Protection
the software from unauthorized access.
Bidder shall furnish input voltage & power requirement, life of light source, heat
dissipation, space confirmation, etc. along with the offer.
Bidder to include supply and laying of cables from smart meter HMIs (workstations),
CCTV HMIs, SCADA HMIs and GIS HMIs to controller
8.7 UNINTERRUPTED POWER SUPPLY (UPS)
1. Type : On-line, compact, Hot standby configuration

2. Application : Control room & For Servers, Videowall, Work
stations, etc.)
3. Capacity : 2x10 KVA
4. Input voltage : 23010% V AC, 1Ph, 505% Hz
5. Output voltage : 2301% V AC, 1 Ph, 501% Hz
6. Output waveform : Pure sine wave
7. Power factor : 0.8
8. Rectifier : IGBT based
9. Battery backup : 30 minutes at full load
10. Battery type : VRLA Sealed Maintenance Free (SMF)
11. Battery charger : Boost cum Float
12. Transfer time : < 1mS
13. Operating temperature : 40deg C (max)
14. Humidity : 55% RH (max)
15. Noise level : <50 dB at 1 m distance
16. Protection : Lightning, Surge, Short circuit, Overload
17. Electrical protection : input / output / under voltage protection, over
temperature, overload, short circuit, battery low trip
18. Bypass switch : Required
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19. Display of parameters : LCD for parameters, faults, alarms, diagnosis, etc.
20. Ports : RS 232/RS 485
21. Standards : EN, IEC 62040 1, 2, 3
22. Accessories : All required for mounting, safety and operational
accessories, battery rack
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9.0 INSPECTION AND TESTING
9.1 GENERAL
All equipment and components of the equipment shall be subject to inspection and
testing both during and upon completion of manufacture and on site. The Bidder
shall include with his response full details of all type tests carried out on boards
and modules, and tests normally carried out in their works including to what
standards these are carried out. These tests shall preferably be in accordance with
International or National Standards.
9.2 INSPECTION DURNG MANUFACTURING
GAIL GAS / MECON reserves the right to inspect any part or the whole of the
Works during or on completion of manufacture. Every facility shall be provided by
the Bidder to enable the GAIL GAS / MECON or his nominated representative to
carry out the necessary inspection of the plant.
No item shall be dispatched from the Bidders works without a release being issued
by the GAIL GAS / MECON.
The approving of such inspection or waiver of inspection shall not prejudice the
right of the GAIL GAS / MECON to reject the itemif it is subsequently found that it
does not comply with the Specification.
9.3 FACTORY ACCEPTANCE TESTING (FAT)
The Bidder shall prepare a detailed system test schedule /procedure and submit to
the GAIL GAS / MECON for approval 30 days prior to the scheduled test.
FAT shall be conducted with the SCADA servers, SCADA software, SCADA
clients, networking components, GPRS Modems & Gateways.
The testing shall include:
a. Verifying the correct inventory of hardware, software and documentation.
b. Demonstrating correct operation of all SCADA system functions including
SCADA, HMI, applications, etc.
c. Control operation of each control output shall be demonstrated with proper
lights or other indications to confirm the operation for all control points.
d. Create and handle typical error and device failure conditions including data link
failure, telemetry failure, modem failure, VDU failure, etc.
e. Demonstrate SCADA communication with GPRS gateway &modem. Bidder to
ensure successful communication with atleast one no. of GPRS modem
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(physically located at any site in Bangalore) and free issue modems with the
SCADA software during FAT. The Bidder to include the static IP required for
the GPRS gateway and also establish the VPN communication between the
modem and gateway. Bidder to ensure demonstration of GPRS communication
with two different makes during FAT.
f. Demonstrate the correct operation of the SCADA communication and
networking plan, protection of the SCADA network by the firewall, address
allocation strategies etc.
g. All specified VDU displays and hardcopy reports must be shown to be
implemented and verified for accuracy.
h. Demonstration of power fail-restart
After the successful completion of all the above tests, a 36-hour continuous run of
the SCADA system shall be performed without loss of any function, without any
hardware or software/firmware failure, during which time actual operation is
simulated and all functions are exercised to determine possible weaknesses. The
time may also be used for unstructured testing by the GAIL GAS / MECON.
Faulty and/or incorrect operation of major functions (major discrepancies) may, at

the discretion of GAIL GAS / MECON, because for the dispersion or restarting of
the entire test, pending the correction of the problem. Minor discrepancies noted
shall be corrected and retested. The GAIL GAS / MECON reserves the right to
request additional retesting of modules that it suspects may be impacted by
corrections. The rerun of the 24-hour continuous test shall be mandatory after any
major or minor corrections to the SCADA system. The Bidder shall demonstrate at
their premises, to the satisfaction of the GAIL GAS / MECON, that the complete fully
assembled system performs in the manner specified herein.
The Bidder shall prepare a set of test procedures which will be used for testing the
SCADA system. Each inspection or test procedure/record shall be laid out clearly
and include the following details: - The inspection or test name.
a. A Purpose section explaining the reason for the inspection or test.
b. A Procedure section explaining step-by-step the procedures to be followed and
the responses/values to be expected at each step. Where a range of values
can be obtained the range is to be identified.
c. A space for recording the name of the test.
d. A space for the signature of the GAIL GAS / MECON's Representative.
e. A space for any comments.
The Bidder shall provide input simulation and output monitoring equipment, together
with any other necessary test equipment to permit all plant input/output signals to be
simulated/monitored simultaneous and the system functional requirements to be
readily verified (with no modification to the software).
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In case GAIL GAS / MECON decides to conduct any additional tests which is not
listed in the approved FAT procedure, Bidder to demonstrate the same. The FAT
shall be conducted at the SCADA OEMs works only.
In case GAIL Gas/ MECON is not able to witness the FAT outside India, Foreign
bidder shall conduct FAT at their works as per approved FAT procedure. After the
FAT, the signed FAT document along with test certificates, etc. shall be submitted
to GAIL Gas / MECON for obtaining dispatch clearance. Further the FAT shall be
repeated as per the approved FAT procedure at GAIL Gas India in presence of
GAIL Gas / MECON. The payment for supply items for foreign bidders as per cl. no.
1.2 (A) (ii) of SCC shall be released only after the successful completion of FAT at
GAIL Gas India.
The Bidder shall provide office facilities for the GAIL GAS / MECON during the FAT.
Upon completion of the tests and before dispatch of the equipment from the works,
the Bidder shall forward certified test sheets to the GAIL GAS / MECON for
approval.
For all testing in the Bidder's premises (including configuration testing) the Bidder
shall provide:
a. All power supplies for the duration of testing
b. All test equipment and interconnections
c. All labour/manpower required for testing
9.4 Site Acceptance Test
The Bidder shall carry out commissioning checks to ensure the SCADA system is
performing satisfactorily before offering the SCADA system for Site Acceptance
Test. The Bidder shall demonstrate the functionality of SCADA system for each flow
computer& EVC at DRS& MRS locations and other services connected to SCADA
for data communication.
Written evidence of satisfactory performance resultsduring the pre- Commissioning

tests will be required before site acceptance tests may proceed. A Site Acceptance
Test (SAT) of all SCADA system functions similar to that for the FAT shall then be
performed. The Bidder shall be responsible for writing the SAT test procedure
manual, with suitable provision for sign-off of each section and/or comments on
retesting, and submitting same to the GAIL GAS / MECON for approval prior to
commencement of testing.
Site Acceptance tests shall comprise an Operations test, during which no failure
shall occur, followed by a long-term Performance Test. The dates for these tests will
be determined by the GAIL GAS / MECON, and will be conducted with the SCADA
system on-line and connected to the actual field devices.
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The SAT shall also include:

Repeat of subset of FAT tests, e.g. (loss of data, operator interaction,
communications, etc);
SCADA Bidder shall submit a full list of proposed site acceptance tests during the
system development stage for review by the GAIL GAS / MECON. These tests shall
demonstrate successfully the performance guarantees of the supplied hardware
and SCADA functionality.
Re-testing and Repairs
The GAIL GAS / MECON may require certain retests due for verifying the
performance of the system. All costs of such re-tests and repairs that may be
directed by the GAIL GAS / MECON shall be at the cost of the Bidder provided that
the test results demonstrate that the work under Contract is not in accordance with
the Specifications.
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10.0 INSTALLATION AND COMMISSIONING
10.1 INSTALLATION
Transportation, lifting, unloading, shifting and installation of any equipment required

for the SCADA system to be in Bidder's scope.
The Bidder shall be responsible for the installation of all the, Operator interface, and
cabinets, processors and communications equipment. Start-up of all equipment
supplied is part of the SCADA system contract. The Bidder shall provide the
necessary personnel and equipment to install the SCADA system.
The installation and commissioning of all the equipment in Bidders scope of supply
at various sites
The activities of signal identification at site, cable tagging, cable termination,

ferruling, glanding, are in Bidders scope.
All the erection work shall be carried out as per the established recommended
practices and best workmanship.
Bidder shall bring all installation aids, test equipment and qualified and experienced
personnel, in order to carry out the job successfully. A list of the same shall be
submitted to the GAIL Gas / MECON for the review.
All technical personnel assigned to the site by Bidder must be fully conversant with
the specific system and its software packages. The Bidders field personnel shall
have both hardware and software capability to bring the system on line quickly and
efficiently and with a minimum of interference with other concurrent construction
and commissioning activity.
The commissioning spares for all the items/ equipment shall be included along with
commissioning services as required to commission the complete system shall be
arranged by the bidder. The consumables required during commissioning of system
shall be included as part of commissioning spares.
To the extent that the Standard of the works has not been specified in the Contract,
the Bidder shall use good quality materials, techniques and standards and execute
the Contract with the care, skill and diligence required in accordance with best
engineering practices.
Bidder shall at his own expense supply and provide all the equipment, tools,
temporary works materials both for temporary and for permanent works, labour,
supervisors, engineers and specialists, movement of the supplied equipment at the
site, required for installation, commissioning, execution and completion of the works.
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The Bidder shall make his own arrangements at his own cost for the transport where
necessary of his staff and labour to and from the Site of the works.
The Bidder shall provide and maintain an office at the Site, during Installation,
Testing & Commissioning phase, for his staff, and such office shall be open at all
reasonable hours to receive instructions, notice or other communications as per the
advice of GAIL Gas / MECON
Appropriate storage of the materials to be supplied in this contract will be arranged at

the site by the Bidder at the various stations after the materials have been delivered
by the Bidder. The Bidder shall be responsible for the storage, security and safety of
all other materials, tools etc. brought by the Bidder for the installation and
commissioning of the system at the site till the final commissioning and handing over
of the system.
The Bidder's responsibility at site shall include all the activities necessary to be
performed to complete the entire job as per the contract requirements including the
following as a minimum.
a. Receipt of hardware, software and checking the adequacy and completeness of
supply.
b. Storage, safety and security of the equipment and other materials including
software at site.
c. Installation of the complete system including power supply, earthing, cable
terminations, calibration, civil & electrical works. Obtaining information/
Coordination/ interfacing with various other contractors (Instrumentation,
Telecom etc.).
d. Checking of equipment installation.
e. Checking of interconnection and overall system functionality.
f. Online/ offline debugging of the system.
g. Coordination/ interfacing (including obtaining relevant details for wiring,
terminations, serial link details) with Instrumentation contractor and Electrical
contractor.
h. Coordination/ interfacing (including obtaining relevant details) with Telecom
contractor.
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11.0 TRAINING REQUIREMENTS
General
The Bidder shall provide a comprehensive training program for the GAIL GAS
engineering, maintenance and operations staff. Training shall be imparted at SCADA
vendors works as well at site before handing over of the system. The Bidder shall
provide for the approval of the GAIL GAS a training program that shall provide the
required standard of operational expertise needed to operate and maintain the
installation.
The training shall be specific to the SCADA system software, operation & installation,
addition / deletion of screens and not general in nature. It shall include:
Training facility at manufacturing works / Vendor premises for 03 days
Provision of site lectures and on site training for 03 days.
Comprehensive explanatory and guidance notes - Visual and audio aids
Practical hands on training
The personnel offered by the Bidder shall be suitably experienced and qualified and
be sufficient in number to ensure that the GAIL GAS staffs are effectively and
comprehensively trained.
12.0 DOCUMENTATION
All drawings, documents, information, correspondence, test reports, operating and

maintenance manuals, etc. shall be in the English language and SI Units. In the case
of pamphlets and brochures, English translations neatly marked on the documents
shall be deemed to have complied with this clause.
a. Drawing and Documentation Schedule
b. Documents that need submission/approval, as a minimum shall be as given
below:
Functional Design Specifications
GPRS architecture
Database Configuration detailing I/Os, ranges, States, Alarm Limits etc.,
Graphics
Datasheets
FAT Document
SAT Document
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13.0 TRIAL RUN
Bidder shall conduct trial run for a minimum period of 30 days after the successful
completion of SAT and compliance to SAT punch points. These trial runs are
conducted to verify the satisfactory performance of the system
Incase of major failure of the system or breakdown of the system, the trial run shall
restart for a period of 30 days.
Bidder shall obtain Security Compliance certification from reputed

Indian/International third party auditors like KPMG, PWC, E&Y, etc. prior to
handover. Finalisation of third party auditor shall be done only after the approval of
GAIL Gas/MECON.
On successful completion of trial run and on receipt of security compliance

certification, the system shall be handed over to the client for regular operations.
14.0 WARRANTY
If any trouble or defect, originating with the design, material, workmanship or

operating characteristics of any materials, arises at any time prior to twelve(12)
months from the date of completion of 30 days successful trial run of the SCADA
System.
Bidder shall deploy a dedicated engineer throughout the year as facility

management and support for 8 hrs per day. The engineer shall perform day to day
monitoring activities of the SCADA and other subsystems. Additional engineer shall
be envisaged to attend to any breakdown which requires immediate attention and
rectification. All incidental expenses including for travelling, local conveyance,
boarding etc. shall be inclusive. This warranty shall survive inspection of goods and
acceptance of the system.
Cost towards warranty shall be included in the basic cost of the system pricing itself.
Bidder to note that commissioning of additional DRS / MRS / Compressor and other
equipment will be as per the gas demand and requirements from various
consumers. Each equipment will be provided with a flow computer / controller (i.e
IEDs) at DRS /MRS /CNG stations which is required to be interfaced with SCADA.
Bidder shall include supply of GPRS modems and establish connectivity with these
IEDs during warranty period also. The scope shall also include updating the
SCADA database, building new HMI pages, trends, reports, alarm generation etc.
The qty of modems, location details shall be informed to the Bidder as fronts are
getting ready. Bidder shall initiate procurement of the modems and complete all
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other engineering activities in advance. The performance of the supplied modems

and the system shall be observed till the end of warranty,
The make and model of the supplied modem during warranty shall be same as per
approved datasheet and incase of change in model no. prior approval shall be taken
from MECON / GAIL GAS.
In Addition to the above, the following shall also apply:
a) During the warranty, the Bidder shall use his own instrument, spares, man-hour,
communication facilities, hardware, software, materials, etc. for the rectification of
any problem.
b) Bidder shall constantly be checking the redundancy functionalities of the servers
and also the data synchronization.
c) Troubleshooting of entire hardware and software supplied
b) Installation of GPRS modems and integrating with SCADA system
c) Upgrade/changes to all types of displays, reports and the database and creation of
new displays and reports
d) Adding additional I/O points to the database or changing the existing database
e) Upgradation of software including antivirus as and when the upgrades and/or the
patches are released
f) Modification of hardware/software logics as per operational and maintenance
requirements
g) All the consumables except printer cartridges and paper to be supplied
h) The "turnaround time" for the rectification of the problem shall be minimum. GAIL
GAS / MECON envisage that the system, due to built in redundancies, shall always
be operational. GAIL GAS / MECON shall be within its powers to impose penalty for
complete break in SCADA system for more than the designed specifications.
15.0 POST WARRANTY ANNUAL MAINTENANCE CONTRACT
General
The Bidder shall quote separately for Post Warranty Maintenance Contract
(PWAMC) of 3 consecutive years for providing these services after successful
completion of warranty period for 1 year or after successful completion of extended
warranty period if any.
The Comprehensive AMC rates shall be quoted year-wise for 3 years for entire
system supplied.
Bidder shall also include services for software up gradation during comprehensive
AMC.
Tender during PWAMC shall do all needed co-ordination work with such OEMs to
ensure uninterrupted service of SCADA
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The proposal shall include arranging of tools and tackle as required; travel to the
respective manned stations, boarding lodging and any other incidental expenses of
service engineer.
PWAMC services shall include site visit for preventive as well as breakdown visit
purposes.
In the event of any malfunction of the system hardware / system software,

experienced service engineer shall be made available at site within 24hours on the
receipt of such written information from GAIL GAS / MECON, and 12 hours during
emergency breakdown. Penalty shall be imposed as per clause 16.0.
Bidder shall be fully responsible to attend and rectify the root cause and the failure
at the shortest possible time.
The service under Post Warranty comprehensive Maintenance Agreement services

shall broadly comprise of:
a. Maintenance of all the hardware. This would include, but not limited to, periodic
checking of the equipment by Bidders Maintenance Engineer/Service Engineer/
Software Engineer/Specialist Engineer/System Expert, identifying the faulty
hardware and advise replacement of defective parts, generating reports of site
visit and the maintenance work carried out.
b. Maintenance of the operator interface software including periodic house
cleaning of the disks to remove unwanted files, re-organisation of the files on the
disk to improve performance and the installation of any upgrade software
c. Upgrade/changes to all types of displays, reports and the database and creation
of new displays and reports
d. Adding additional I/O points to the database or changing the existing database
e. Upgradation of SCADA software including antivirus as and when the upgrades
&/or the patches are released
f. Bidder shall constantly be checking the redundancy functionalities of the servers
and also the data synchronization between the two servers
g. Troubleshooting of entire hardware and software supplied
Network maintenance with all related network software/hardware configuration is

under the scope of ANNUAL maintenance contract. This also shall include
renewing/providing of fresh licenses for network security software like firewall,
antivirus etc for the entire network and also providing/maintaining the latest updates
available for such software.
Bidders Maintenance Engineer/Service Engineer/ Software Engineer/Specialist

Engineer/System Expert shall carry with them required tools, equipment & spares
whenever the site visit requirements are initiated. Bidder shall depute trained and
qualified Maintenance Engineer for attending break down maintenance and
rectification of the equipment/system.
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16.0 PENALTY CHARGES DURING WARRANTY PERIOD AND AMC PERIOD
Penalty charges
Time in case of delay
Sl.No Description allowed for beyond
rectification stipulated
period/days
Failure of any one SCADA server, Rs.1000/Day/

1. 24 hours
VPN Server including software equipment
Failure of communication with Rs.1000/Day/

2. 12 hours
GPRS modem at site modem
Failure of both SCADA servers,

Rs.2000/Day/
3. VPN Servers including software 12 hours
equipment
and UPS
Control / server room equipment -

Rs.1000/Day/
4. Equipment having redundancy i.e 48 hours
equipment
networking components, UPS, etc.
Video Wall, printer

5. 48 hours Rs.1000/Day
6. Non availability of Engineer 8 hours Rs 1000/Day
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17.0 LIST OF PREFERRED MAKES
1. PANELS / CABINETS RITTAL, PYROTECH

MOXA, MAESTRO, Inhand
2. GPRS EQUIPMENT
networks, Pheonix contact,
3. VIDEOWALL DELTA, BARCO
4. SERVER HP, DELL, IBM
5. HMI CLIENT HP, DELL, Lenovo
6. SURGE PROTECTION DEVICES MTL, P+F, Pheonix, OBO
7. BARRIERS MTL, P+F, pheonix
8. L2 SWITCHES CISCO, Hirschmann,MOXA,
9. PRINTER HP, Samsung, Canon,
10. UPS Hi-Rel, Emerson, Schneider/APC
11. KVM monitors Rittal, ATEN, HP, Emerson
CISCO, Juniper, Fortigate,
12. UTM / firewall
Cyberoam, MOXA
Baliga, CEAG Flameproof control
gears, Ex Protecta, Flameproof
Ex proof enclosure / Junction eqpt. (p) Ltd, Flexpro Electricals (P)
13.
boxes Ltd, Sterling Switch gears controls
(po) Ltd, Sudhir Switch gears (P)
Ltd, Flamepack
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(A Government of India Enterprise)

CITY GAS DISTRIBUTION PROJECT

E-Tender no. 6000000996

PREPARED AND ISSUED BY

SL. NO. CONTENT

2.0 SCOPE OF WORK

4.0 GENERAL INSTRUCTION TO BIDDER

5.0 CODES AND STANDARDS

6.0 POWER SUPPLY AVAILABILITY

7.0 DESIGN BASIS

8.0 TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS

9.0 INSPECTION & TESTING

10.0 INSTALLATION AND COMMISSIONING

11.0 TRAINING REQUIREMENTS

13.0 TRIAL RUN

15.0 POST WARRANTY MAINTENANCE CONTRACT

16.0 PENALTY CHARGES DURING WARRANTY AND AMC PERIOD

17.0 LIST OF PREFERRED MAKES

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This technical specification covers the requirement of SCADA System, exclusively

The proposed System Configuration which gives a broader picture of the

2.0 SCOPE OF WORK

Bidders scope includes, Design, Engineering, Project management, Procurement,

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2.10 Redundant network/ LAN using L2 manageable switches of industrial/commercial

2.14 10 KVA hot redundant UPS at GAIL Gas office location

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2.17 Earthing of equipment inside control room

2.18 GI Cable trays, GI conduits, Support structures, etc.

2.21 Factory Training and Site Training as detailed in the Tender

2.24 Trial run.

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software up-gradation (providing the software, including installation, testing of

2.32 Construction power shall be arranged by Bidder till commissioning.

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4.0 GENERAL INSTRUCTIONS TO BIDDERS

4.7. Completeness and correctness of the quantities of various components, racks,

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5.0 CODES AND STANDARDS

As a minimum, all equipment shall be designed, manufactured, and delivered in

It is the main responsibility of Bidder to inform the GAIL GAS/MECON of any

The latest editions of Codes, Standards including all addenda, supplements, or

6.0 POWER SUPPLY AVAILABILITY

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7.0 DESIGN BASIS

7.1 System Description

c) The data shall be synchronized on real time basis.

d) SCADA clients shall be located at GAIL GAS control room.

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g) For detailed technical specifications, refer clause 8.6.

b) For detailed technical specifications, refer clause 8.7.

7.6 Free Issue Items

a) A maximum of 12 nos. of Maestro M100 GPRS modems will be issued to the

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b) In case of any requirement due to compatibility issues, supply of suitable hardware,

7.7 Security Compliance

Bidder scope shall obtain Security Compliance certification from reputed

8.0 TECHNICAL SPECIFICATION

8.1. SCADA System

2) The SCADA system should be based on "open architecture".

3) The SCADA system shall be configured on client server architecture on Global

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