MIB scouts for social media agency

The Ministry of Information and Broadcasting (MIB) has invited proposals for selection of agencies at its Social Media Communication Hub for Response Management Services related to 24x7 function, operation and maintenance, and supply, installation, testing of software.

The agency will be appointed for a period of one year, which could be extended for a period of two years. The estimated date of start of operations and services will be March 2016.

Broadcast Engineering Consultants India (BECIL) has been engaged by MIB to undertake the bid process management and execute the project and functioning,
operationalisation and maintenance of the social media communication hub.

The proposal is to be submitted in two bid system, with separate Technical and
Financial bids. The bids, both technical and the financial, should reach the office of BECIL by 12 noon on February 26, 2016.

Each bidder is required to submit Earnest Money Deposit (EMD) of Rs 110,000.

The selected agency is also required to provide the essential equipment/ hardware, software, networking and required services, including bandwidth.