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[null,"CSIR RFQ Number",null,"RFQ No. 9493/26/02/2025\n"]
[null,"CSIR RFQ Name",null,"Request for Quotation (RFQ) for the renewal of Autodesk licenses and/or subscriptions on an “as and when” required basis up to a maximum period of five (5) years for the Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR)"]
[null,"Bidder's Name"]
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[{"$nulls":3},"NOTES :  ","Bidders must carefully read the NOTES before completing the Price Template"]
[null,null,1,"Bidders must input their company name on the yellow field labelled \"Bidder's Name\" on all such fields of the pricing template."]
[null,null,2,"Bidders are required to complete all cells highlighted in \"Yelllow\" only."]
[null,null,3,"Bidders must ensure that the total price is inclusive of VAT as per the required cells per license and or subscription."]
[null,null,4,"The pricing must remain firm for contract duration; CSIR reserves the right to negotiate with the recommended bidder prior to signing of the contract."]
[null,null,5,"Pricing must be provided in South African Rand (including all applicable taxes less all unconditional discounts). The discounts must be reflected on the pricing schedule."]
[null,null,6,"Bidders MUST NOT change the Pricing Template. CSIR may at its sole discretion disqualify a bid in the event that the pricing template has been changed.  "]
[null,null,7,"The quoted prices MUSTbe inclusive of all CSIR' requirements as per the Specification document. No additional costs will be considered post award."]
[null,null,8,"Bidders are required to complete pricing for ALL ITEMS within a license and or subscription OEM/Publisher. "]
[null,null,9,"CSIR reserves the right to terminate the contract of any licenses and or subscriptions listed within the duration of the contract. Should there be a change in business need that lead to the license and or subscription not required for the remainder of the contract the CSIR will in writing give a ninety (90) days termination notice to the winning bidder"]
[null,null,10,"Bidders are required to clearly indicate their proposed annual escalation and thereafter provide basis of such annual escalation (e.g. CPI).  It is the sole responsibility of the Bidder to ensure all factors for this basis have been considered. CSIR will not allow any additional costs for consideration over what has been submitted by the Bidder."]
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[null,"CSIR RFQ NUMBER:","RFQ No. 9493/26/02/2025\n"]
[null,"CSIR RFQ NAME:","Request for Quotation (RFQ) for the renewal of Autodesk licenses and/or subscriptions on an “as and when” required basis up to a maximum period of five (5) years for the Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR)"]
[null,"BIDDER'S NAME"]
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[null,"Prices that are subject to escalation and exchange rate fluctuations are to be clearly indicated, with the currency and ROE used in the quotation must be clearly indicated"]
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[null," Autodesk licenses and/or subscriptions ","Architecture Engineering & Construction Collection:  Commercial Single-user  Subscription","Expired",1]
[null,null,"AutoCAD LT: Commercial subscription; Single- user annual Subscription Renewal Switched From Maintenance (switched between May 2019 - May 2020 and Ongoing","Active",1]
[null,null,"Product design & manufacturing collection: Commercial subscription; Multi-user","Active",2]
[null,null,"Product design & manufacturing collection: Commercial subscription; Multi-user","Active",1]
[null,null,"Product design & manufacturing collection: Commercial subscription; Multi-user","Active",2]
[null,null,"AutoCAD - including specialized toolsets AD Commercial New Single-user ELD Annual Subscriptions. \nAutoCAD - including specialized toolsets","New requests ",2]
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[null,"*Trade Discount % on published rates"]
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[null,"*Settlement Discount %"]
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[null,"Definition of discounts"]
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[null,"A settlement discount is where a business offers the CSIR a discount when an invoice is paid on time or within 45 days from receipt of statement."]
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[null,"A trade discount is defined as a type of discount that is immediately deducted from the retail or proposal price of an item. "]
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