E-TENDER (No. KFRI/471/2026-ASST(P2) Dated 27.04.2026

Kerala Forest Research Institute invites sealed proposals (Technical & Financial) from reputed, experienced, and eligible firms for web hosting, file hosting and e-mail hosting , the registration and renewal of main & sub domains, Design, Development, Hosting, Maintenance, and Management of the official websites and divisional website for a period of 1 year .

2. Scope of Work (SOW)

The selected vendor will be responsible for:

  • Website Redesign/Development: Creating a responsive, bilingual (if applicable), secure, and user-friendly website.
  • CMS Integration: Implementing a robust Content Management System to enable easy content updates.
  • Content Migration: Migrating existing content from the old website to the new one.
  • Hosting: Providing secure, high-uptime web and email hosting.
  • Security Audit: Conducting VAPT (Vulnerability Assessment and Penetration Testing) and obtaining Cert-In certification.
  • Maintenance & Support: Providing annual maintenance (updates, patches, minor modifications

3. Terms and Conditions

  • IPR: Intellectual Property Rights of the website and content will be with KFRI

·         Maximum uptime of the website and associated services shall be ensured.

·         Technical support, updates, troubleshooting, security monitoring, and maintenance shall be provided.

·         Website updates shall be carried out based on instructions from the authorized officials of the Institution.

·         Adequate security measures and periodic data backups shall be maintained.

·         All institutional data and information shall be treated as confidential.

·         The location of the data centre/server hosting the website shall be clearly specified.

·         All applicable laws and regulations related to domain registration, hosting, and information security shall be complied with.

·         The Institution reserves the right to terminate the agreement by giving three months notice if the services are unsatisfactory or if there is any violation of the terms and conditions. In such cases, the service provider shall hand over all website data, files, databases, backups, and domain credentials to the Institution or to any firm authorized by the Institution.

·         Bidders should have similar experience (2 years) in KSCSTE or R&D centres

·         Bidders shall submit the rates for each item specified in Annexure-A.

·         The service provider shall submit valid documents including registration details, GST number, and any other relevant supporting documents as required.

·         Tender should be sealed, super scribed as the ‘web hosting, file hosting and e-mail hosting , the registration and renewal of main & sub domains, Design, Development, Hosting, Maintenance, and Management of the official websites and divisional website for a period of 1 year with  Tender No and date  and should be submitted to  the Registrar, Kerala  Forest Research Institute, Peechi, Thrissur-680 653, on or before 08-05-2026 latest by 3.00 PM

  • Bids will be opened at 3.30 PM on the same day.
  • Any Bids received after the date and time fixed is liable to be rejected.
  • The rate quoted should be valid for 1 year
  • No representation for enhancement of price once accepted will be considered during the period of validity of the offer.
  • The rate of GST and additional charges if any should be shown separately.
  • KFRI reserves the right to reject any or all of the Tenders without assigning any Reasons thereof. In case of any dispute the jurisdiction shall be Ernakulam District,Kerala.

·         The service provider shall remit the prescribed Tender fee and EMD

1.      Non refundable Tender document fee(Tender Fee)-1500+18% GST

2.      Earnest Money Deposit (EMD) payable-Rs. 8,000/-

Security Bank Guarantee

      

 5% of the Work Order Value should be submitted to KFRI as Bank Guarantee from any Nationalised bank/ scheduled bank, which will be refunded after successful completion of the agreement period, subject to satisfactory performance.

 

Specifications- Annexure-A

Sl. No

Item Description

Amount (₹)

1. Web Hosting Services

1

Web Hosting (Shared  SSD/ Cloud) able to host multi domain , With space 30GB SSD, and Monthly Bandwidth of 125GB,  have 12 hosting spaces.

 

2

Additional web hosting charge Per domain

 

2. Domain Registration & Renewal

1

Domain Renewal of 3  org domains (kfri.org,  citiscindia.org, citisciclub.org) for 1year

 

2

Domain  Renewal of 5  .in domains ( bambooinfo.in, citsciclub.in,  invasionwatch.in,  citsciindia.in, xylarium.in) for 1 Year

 

3

Additional domain Registration  & Renewal .org for 1 Year

 

4

Additional domain Registration  & Renewal .in for 1 Year

 

5

kfri.res.in Domain res.in Renewal – for 9 year

 

6

caik.res.in Domain Renewal – for 9 year

 

7

Additional Domain res.in Registration for 10 years

 

3. Site Maintenance Charges

1

Site Maintenance charge for KFRI, Bamboo Info, caik.res.in, xylarium.in

 

2

Additional Site Maintenance charge  Per Main domain

 

3

 Site Maintenance charge for 7 sub  domains (bamboo-cane, ccsbi, docs.kfri.res.in, ifa, invasiveplants, nodalcentre.invasiveplants, retplants)

 

4

Additional Site Maintenance charge Per sub domains

 

4. File   Storage Services

1

2TB Cloud Storage with 2TB space on Google

 

2

Additional Cloud Storage with every 1TB of space on Google

 

5. Email Hosting Services

1

Email Accounts ( 5 GB per user) Registration & Renewal for 125 users

 

2

Email Accounts ( 5 GB per user) Registration & Renewal (Per User)

 

3

Additional Email Storage (5GB Block for E-mail account)

 

6. Website Revamping -KFRI

1

Home Page Redesign (UI/UX)

 

2

Inner Page Redesign (30 pages)

 

3

Content Restructuring & Formatting

 

4

Design & Development of Additional Web Page (including layout, content placement, and responsiveness)

 

5

Backend Improvements / CMS Update for 3 Module

 

7. Website Revamping -CAIK

1

Home Page Redesign (UI/UX)

 

2

Inner Page Redesign (10 pages)

 

3

Content Restructuring & Formatting

 

4

Design & Development of Additional Web Page (including layout, content placement, and responsiveness)

 

5

Backend Improvements / CMS Update for 5 Module

 

8. Website Design/ Revamping -Jubilee

1

Requirement Analysis & Planning

 

2

Home Page Design (UI/UX)

 

3

Inner Page Design (4)

 

4

Image Processing / Optimization (50)

 

5

Frontend and   Development

 

6

Database Design & Integration

 

7

Backend/Content Management System (CMS) Setup for 2 Module

 

9 Web site Design/Revamping Charges (Additional)

1

Requirement Analysis & Planning

 

2

Home Page Design (UI/UX)

 

3

Inner Page Design Per Page

 

4

Content Restructuring & Formatting

 

4

Image Processing / Optimization  Per 50 images lot

 

5

Database Design & Integration

 

6

Frontend and   Development

 

7

Backend/Content Management System (CMS) Setup  Per  Module

 

8

Server Configuration and Hosting on the Server

 

10. Provision of other web related service where in mandatory other PAC vendors required for provision on service charge as part of Total cost in percentage

 

 

 

  REGISTRAR

 


Published on: Tuesday, April 28, 2026