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APPLITECH SOLUTION

August 21, 2000

3P Consultants Pvt Ltd,

B-1, Lok Bharati Complex,

Marol Maroshi Road, Andheri (E)

Mumbai: 400 059

Kind Attention: Mr. Hemen C Parikh

Director

Dear Sir,

Sub: Proposal for Internal Management System

This refers to the discussions we had in the recent past on the above-referred subject.

Further to the discussions and the Pre – System Requirement Study conducted by our Mr.Tapan Shah from Ahmedabad, we have prepared our offer f or the customized software solution for your Internal Management System as per your requirement. Please find the proposal enclosed for your kind perusal.

We have taken care that the system proposed would cater your future requirements of integration with the web-enabled applications.

As we are in the process of getting the coveted CMM level 3 certification, all the process to be followed in the making of the software solution for you would be as per the CMM methodologies and the ISO 9001 procedures. You can be rest assured about the delivery and the quality of the software solution.

We have also included the company profile, the partial client list and the profiles of our director for your reference.

We hope you find our offer in line with your requirement and place your valuable Purchase Order with us at the earliest.

Please do contact us should you require further information or clarification.

Thanking you and assuring you our best services at all times

For Applitech Solution Ltd

K. Sudhakar

Manager – Sales

Encl.: As above

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Proposal For

Internal Order Processing Management System

3P Consultants Pvt. Ltd.

Applitech Solution Limited

Enterprise Wide Computing Group

701, Satkar, Netaji Marg, Navrangpura

Ahmedabad: 380014

Call: 91(79) 6560248, 6568709, 6568797

Fax: 91(79) 6568488

Mumbai Office:

102, Rock Garden,

New Link Road, Andheri (W),

Mumbai: 400 053

Phone: 91-(22) 6327119 / 6310142

E-mail: aslahd@vsnl.com / aslbmv@bol.net.in

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INDEX

Executive Summary

Scope of work

4-5

System Tool

Commercial offer

7-11

Company profile of Applitech Solution Ltd

Details of Director

Company Background

14-15

Projects Executed

Web project expertise

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Executive Summary:

3P consultants Pvt Ltd, is a leading Human Resource solution providing organisation having leading industries and companies as their clients. The exploitation of the latest technologies in communication and IT by 3P Consultants has provided them a cutting edge in their field of operation. The innovative schemes offered by them to the various sources of collecting the resource (the information of the candidates) have accelerated the reach to the grass root levels and are poised for a leaping growth with the explosion of IT and convergence technology growth in the coming years.

3P Consultants Pvt Ltd, having visualised the growth potential, would like to have an Internal Order Processing Management System, which would allow them to address the present and future demands.

We, Applitech Solution Ltd, a leading IT solution provider specialising in providing customised applications, discussed with 3P consultants about their requirement of the Internal Order Processing Management System. Having conducted a Pre – System Requirement Study at 3P consultants, we propose the following solution for the Internal Order Processing Management System.

A broad overview of the internal Order Processing Management System is given below:

It would be a Client –Server based solution with web enabled components for the future expansions and integration using the web technology

The system would be implemented in the Mumbai office of 3P Consultants Pvt Ltd

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Scope of Work:

The entire operation is divided in 3 Phases.

Phase I : Creation of modules which would take care of the normal work flow.

Phase II : Auto e- Mailing to candidates shortlisted from the search about the interview, extensive MIS reports, Balance of Payment for each P.O, Client etc

Audit trails on the above

Phase III : data migration from the currently existing database to the new database structure.

Auto email- enabling the alerts to the potential candidates about the new requirements, and alerts to the clients on the availability of new CVs as per their requirements.

In Phase I and Phase II, the database masters of the candidates and the clients have to be newly constructed. The modules will not access the existing database directly.

The details of scope of work in each phase is given below

Phase I:

This involves the System Requirement Study, design coding and implementation of the essential modules of the Internal Order Processing Management System.

The modules would allow transactions between Client, 3P Consultants and the Candidate.

The logical sequence of the workflow would be as below.

Phase I

Creation of database structure for client, candidate
Registration of Purchase Order for each enquiry from a client
Scanning the database for the requirement
Sending the suitable resume for the evaluation
Scheduling the interview

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(Phase I Continued)

6. Getting the details of offer given to the selected candidates

7. Raising invoice for the service charges

8. Documentation of follow up for the Balance of Payment

9. MIS reports of the cases handled, Advance given, B.O.P/ receivables etc., client wise, P.O wise, Consultant wise & date wise

Why is this left out in revised offer of sept 12?

All the correspondence with the client and the candidate would be registered and is subject to audit trail.

Phase II

Auto E Mail to candidate once the client selects the CV for a particular assignment
B.O.P reminder for each client, Purchase Order.
Documentation on Correspondence on the follow up
Extensive MIS reports

Note: All the data of candidate and the client have to be entered in the new system masters for the access. The system would not provide direct access to the current database

Phase III

Data Migration for the existing CV, client database

deleted in revised offer dt. 12.9.00

Auto e mail to the candidate once a client registers a new requirement suitable to the candidate’s resume

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Auto e mail to the client once a candidate registers a new cv suitable to the client’s requirement

The System Tool

The Back end for the system would be Oracle 8i for allowing the easier web enabled upgrades in future.

The front end would be decided only during the System Requirement Study, as this would involve the following factors apart from suitability to the system to be developed.

Ease of use
Tool's availability, life cycle
Cost of the tool

The front end would be chosen keeping in mind that the future requirements of web based software components have to be interfaced seamlessly.

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Commercial offer

Ref: ASL/3P/ERP/03

August 20, 2000

QUOTATION
Description	Prices (Rs.)
Internal Order Processing Management System - customized Application software including: System Requirement Study, Design, Coding, Implementation and Training	5,70,000.00/- (Rupees five lakhs seventy thousands only)
Professional service charges(DBA visit for OS installation, fine tuning of Database, Network related consultations, etc)	Rs.2500.00/- Per manday
Transport charges – II AC Rly ticket from Ahmedabad to the site	At actuals
Boarding and lodging charges for implementation duration more than 2 months – as given in the schedule.	Rs.2500.00/- Per Manday

* The application would be developed in 3 Tier architecture to cater the future needs of web enabled application integration.

Roles and Responsibilities:

Once the work is awarded, Applitech will take the overall responsibility of the Project Execution and Project Management. However for the successful implementation, quality time and timely approvals of various documents at different stages by ¹Adani Port will be essential.

Sr. No.	Activity	Responsibility
1	Preparation of System Design document and Screen prototypes	Applitech
2	Timely approval of System Design Document and Screen prototypes	3P Consultants
3	Coding, Testing and Documentation	Applitech
4	User Acceptance Testing and approval of the documentation	3P Consultants
5	Implementation	Applitech
6	Training	Applitech
7	Scheduling of the users for the Training	3P Consultants
8	Supply and Set Up of Hardware	3P Consultants
9	Supply and set up of Networking Components	3P Consultants

Note: Enough time will have to be given by 3P Consultants Personnel to study and approve the System Design Document and Screen prototypes.

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It is presumed that the site would be ready in all respects (including the required hardware and networking components) at the time of implementation. However, Applitech would recommend the exact hardware specifications only after the Design phase is over.

During Implementation and Training the users of the system at 3P Consultants will have to give full co-operation in terms of availability and time given.

Project Execution Plan

Applitech proposes to implement application software development phases. The Project development plan for application development is broadly divided into 3 phases.

Stage I

During this stage, following activities will be performed:

System Requirement Study

Entry Criterion

Receipt of confirmed Purchase Order along with advance at Applitech Solution Ltd, as per the commercial offer and terms and conditions mutually agreed.

Exit Criterion

Completion of the System Requirement Study

Deliverables

Detailed System Requirement Study document. Sufficient time would be given to 3P consultants to study the System Requirement Study documents. The System Requirement Study documents would be mutually agreed in writing, to pave the way for the stage II.

The approximate time schedule for this stage would be 10 DAYS. $\rightarrow$ Raised to 20 days in sept. 12 offer

Stage II

During this stage, following activities will be performed:

Design and system specification

Physical design

Entry Criterion

Approval of System Requirement Study document

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Exit Criterion

Completion of the System Design

Deliverables

Detailed System Design document which shall include final data model, updated process description, screen design document and menu design document

Time Length for this stage is 30 Days from completion of stage I. $\rightarrow$ Raised to 35 days in sept. offer.

Stage III

During this stage, following task shall be performed:

Coding, testing and documentation for application software

User Acceptance Testing at development site

Entry Criterion

Approval of the System Design and Screen Prototypes

Exit Criterion

Successful User Acceptance Testing and provisional sign-off by 3P Consultants

Deliverables

Implementation Schedule

Time Length for this stage is 40 days from completion of stage II $\rightarrow$ Raised to 45 days in sept. offer.

Stage IV

During this stage, following task shall be performed:

Installation of the software at 3P Consultants

Training of the users

Entry Criterion

Provisional sign-off of the software

Exit Criterion

Implementation and completion of training of the different users

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Deliverable

Executable software

All documentation (i.e. System documentation, user and operational manuals)

Time Length for this stage depends on 3P Consultants users and the readiness of various departments. The time length proposed is 20 Days Services $\rightarrow$ Raised to 25 days in sept. offer.

During implementation, Applitech will provide the following services:

Software Installation & Test Run

ASL will install the software on the hardware and carry out the test run jointly with 3P Consultants. This exercise will be carried out with sample test data prepared by 3P Consultants Pvt. Ltd., and all outputs taken and verified by the joint team.

Training

ASL will conduct training at different levels to prepare 3P Consultants personnel's for the computerized operations. The typical training plan is as follows:

TRAINING PROGRAM	Duration	No. of Participants
Orientation Program for Top Management	1 day	2 to 3
Functional Operation Training for Operators/staff	1 week	7 / week
System Administration Training	2 day	1

Warranty Maintenance

ASL will provide warranty maintenance for the software for a period of 90 days from the date of software installation at Mumbai site.

After the warranty maintenance period, ASL can provide software maintenance services under an annual contract.

Annual Maintenance Contract

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After the expiry of the warranty period at the first site, 3P Consultants Pvt. Ltd. can choose to undertake an Annual Maintenance Contract (AMC) with ASL for the individual sites which will be charged at 15% of the total price per site per annum. The annual maintenance contract would be restricted to the correction of any bug or software defect in the application software. The AMC would not include site-visits for any purpose other than bug fixing.

Payment terms

20% with the Purchase Order
20% on Submission of System Design Documents (including ER diagram, Screen prototypes and Data Dictionary)
20% on the Provisional acceptance of the software at the Development Lab or Installation of software at site (which ever is earlier)
20% on Installation
20% within 2 weeks of running complete software at site.

Terms and Conditions

Prices

The prices quoted include the supply of run-time version of the software, license copy for 3P Consultants Mumbai.

The prices do not include the cost for System Software like Oracle 8i, Windows NT, multimedia tools etc. All other Govt. levies including Sales tax, Octroi etc., if applicable are extra. Master data creation, site preparation, cabling and power conditioning is not included.

License fee

The software License is for the 3P Consultants Mumbai. Installation of the software at additional site will be charged extra at mutually agreed price.

Functionality

The scope and functionality of the application software will be as mentioned in System Requirement Study Report. Any change in the scope and functionality of the application software will charged extra at Rs.60,000/- per man-month basis.

Travel and Stay

For all visits from Ahmedabad to Mumbai, during the Design / coding / implementation / training stage the travel will be charged at a rate equivalent to the second AC railway fares from Ahmedabad to the site. All travel and stay required for on-site maintenance and support services, would be extra, if out side warranty period.

Validity of offer

The license fees quoted above are firm for a period of 30 days from date of this offer. These prices may be revised thereafter.

Non-applicable Costs

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Electrical work, UPS, Air conditioning, furniture, cables, line drivers, master data creation, etc. are not included in the cost and would be provided by 3P Consultants Pvt. Ltd.

Development Work

All the development work will be carried out at Applitech Solution Ltd, Ahmedabad/ Mumbai

Company Profile

Name of the company	Applitech Solution Limited
Year of Establishment	1993
Reg. Office address	503, 'Paritosh', Usmanpura, Ahmedabad 380 013, Gujarat, India.
Locations of office with address	Ahmedabad
	503 'Paritosh', Usmanpura, Ahmedabad - 380 013, India
	Tel: (079) 7550683 / 7550685
	Ahmedabad
	701, 'Shikhar', Netaji Marg Navrangpura, Ahmedabad - 380 009, India
	Tel: (079) 6560248 / 6568797
	Vadodara
	55, Kamlesh Park, Near Karelibaug Water Tank, Hami Road, Vadodara - 390006.
	Tel: (0265) 442843
	Mumbai
	102, Rock Garden, New Link Road, Andheri (West), Mumbai - 400 053.
	Phone (022) 6310142/6327119
	USA
	1501 Ben Crenshaw, Austin, Texas 78746
	Phone 1(512) 3271323
	Singapore
	12, Prince Edward Road, #04-09
	Podium B Bestway Building, Singapore – 079212.
	Phone (65) 2271184
	UK
	74 A High Street, Wansted, London EU 2RJ
	Phone: 0181 989 1110
	Australia
	Suite B, 30-32 Rutland Road, Box Hill, Victoria 3128 Australia
	Phone (61-3) 9897 4865

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Details of Directors

Mr. Ankil C Patel, Managing Director

Academic Qualifications:

B.E. in Electrical Engineering from M.S. University, Baroda

M.S. in Electrical Engineering from University of Texas, Austin

Experience:

Worked in Intel Corporation, Santa Clara, California, USA, a world-renowned company in the field of computers, for seven years as Sr. Design Engineer. At Intel his duties included product definition, implementation plan, logic and circuit design and simulation, layout supervision, design verification and supporting product engineers for bringing up test programs and transfer of product into production. He worked on several products including microprocessors and peripherals. He has played a major role in the team, which has developed the 80386 chips at Intel.

In India, he has received 'IEEE Award' for best software product DialAnything, a communication software package for Personal Computers.

Mr. Jayesh A. Parekh, Director

Academic Qualifications :

B.E. in Electrical Engineering from M.S. University, Baroda

M.S. in Electrical Engineering from University of Texas, Austin

Experience:

Worked in IBM, a world renowned company in the field of computers, for fifteen years in its offices world wide, namely, IBM Houston Marketing office, IBM Offshore Operations Singapore, IBM Corporation USA & IBM Singapore Pte. Ltd.

He is currently Managing Director of Frontier Technologies Pte. Ltd. Singapore.

Other Engagements

Director – Frontier Information Technologies Inc. (USA)

Director – Dyxlar International, Inc. (USA, Singapore & India)

Director – Applitech Solution Limited, India

Director – SONY Entertainment Television (Singapore & India)

Director – Argos Communications Enterprises Pte Ltd. (Singapore)

Director – Ace TeleFilms Pvt. Ltd. (India)

Director – Atlas Equifin Pvt. Ltd. (India)

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Company Background

INTRODUCTION

Applitech is a leading software developer in India, providing software solutions, consultancy and software development services. It is positioned to deliver rapid, reliable and robust Information Technology solutions that work.

Applitech’s mission:1

Excellence through partnership, solutions and technology. Unrelenting in our drive to offer the best solutions, linking our core competencies with our customer's business requirements in ways that ensure that we are the cus2tomers preferred technology partner.

Applitech has a technical and project management staff strength of over two hundred IT professionals. Collectively this adds up to more than 500 person years of software development experience. Applitech has an established local presence in USA, Singapore and the UK, and works through business alliances in Australia.

SERVICES

Applitech has successfully executed many projects in each of the following four business focus areas:

ERP solutions for manufacturing, healthcare and service industries
Web computing based solutions and customized applications
Process Control and Automation based solutions for the Manufacturing Industry
Software solutions in Network and Communications

Applitech provides a portfolio of solutions, services and products, both its own and its alliance partners, that offer superior value by integrating the best combination of price, quality, reliability and delivery.

Applitech also provides a range of professional services to both its clients and alliance partners (in domestic and international markets) including IT consultancy and business process re-engineering.

Applitech's group company Dyxlar has set-up a dedicated conversion center (DDC) or software factory in India, to undertake projects for Year 2000 code correction and testing. Necessary Data Conversion service is also offered. Equipped with Dyxlar suite of Year 2000 tools and workbench Applitech has currently invested in setting up a 50-person year production capacity.

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Applitech has positioned itself to provide a single Total Business Solution. It has the required development and quality assurance processes to ensure timely delivery of hardware, networking and high quality, low maintenance software.

Applitech offers to establish Dedicated Development Centers (DDC) in India, for its clients and alliance partners, from India and abroad, in their respective niche areas. This is a long-term partnership where a team of professionals and other development resources are dedicated to work on behalf of the client/partne³r. The teams are trained to match clients' specific requirements and standards. Team management and software development process allow for extensive input and monitoring by client (via a dedicated datacom link where required). This facility works as an extension of clients' facility and has the key advantage of high quality service at lower costs.

Skills and Capabilities

Applitech technical personnel is highly qualified (a majority with technical or science degrees and over 20% with some form of postgraduate qualification), trained in a range of computer hardware and software areas. All members of top management have lived, studied and worked abroad, a ideal basis for overcoming the 'culture gap,' as well as comprehending clients' intangible and qualitative needs and requirements.

Applitech's managers and project leaders possess the experience and management skills necessary for successful execution of large software projects. In-house processes, infrastructure and communications skills ensure trouble free interaction and smooth liaison with clients at any distance.

Overall, Applitech can deliver a competitive edge through cost and quality advantage, use of the state-of-art skills, high reliability and ability to save time on projects.

Applitech's Advantage:

Experience in Oracle based applications since 1994
State-of-the-art development facilities
Global support infrastructure
Proven capabilities to build and maintain large complex systems
Culture for building application knowledge, value added professional services
Adherence to standards and methodologies
Quality - an on going process of change

Our philosophy is building relationships that last with all our stakeholders - clients, employees and shareholders. We will do so by being sensitive and responsive, and by being true to our commitments.

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Projects Executed

Expertise in Specific Industry

Applitech has catered to customers from different business segments and offered solutions to their satisfaction. The following is the partial list of type of Industries for which we had done project development.

No.	Industry	Some of our clients
1.	Manufacturing (FMCG)	* Nirma Ltd.
2.	Manufacturing (Production)	* Shree Rama Multi-tech Ltd.
3.	Manufacturing (Electronics)	* Western Digital, Singapore.
4.	Manufacturing (Engineering)	* Budhram Ranka Ltd.
		* Vijay Tanks & Vessels Ltd.
5.	Import and Trading	* Adani Wilmar Limited
6.	Petrochemical	* IPCL
7.	Mineral / Mining	* GMDC.
8.	Dairy (Milk Distribution)	* Gujarat Co-operative Milk Marketing Federation (GCMMF), Anand.
		* Dudhasagar Dairy, Mehsana.
9.	Garment Export	* Vogue.
		* Hanes Overseas.
10.	Drugs and Pharmaceuticals	* Hoechst Marion Roussel (HMR).
11.	Entertainment Industry	* SONY Entertainment Television.
12.	Fixed Deposit System	* Interface Capital Market Ltd.
		* Crossby Finance Ltd.
13.	Health / Pathology Laboratory	* VIP Diagnostics Ltd.
		* Specialty Ranbaxy Ltd.
14.	Port	* Maritime and Port Authority of Singapore.
		* Kandla Port Trust
15.	Telecommunications	* Agrix Systems, Canada (for Telecommunications Dept of Argentina and Morocco Government).
16.	MOA Shell for Oceanography and Meteorology applications	* Space Application Centre (ISRO)
17.	Website Creation & Directory	* Southern Gujarat Chamber of Commerce and Industry (SGCCI)