limited tender for biannual revision of rates and discovery of new line items to be included in the rate card by empanelled cloud vendors-3 managed database refers to the services providing the following capabilities: automated backup, software patching, built-in recommendations around things like security and performance, service monitoring and event notifications, integration with configuration governance – all with the ability to fine-tune parameters by the end customer. the db is managed as much as possible through automation and integrated monitoring features, so that the dba on the customer side can focus on fine tuning performance. availability slas have to be offered on the managed database as a service. the same will be validated by psegs during the technical evaluation as well as during the course of empanelment. in case there are any discrepancies found, the bidder may be de-empaneled by psegs. 4 next generation firewall should provide same protections as standard firewalls, while also adding application-level inspection, intrusion prevention, and full-stack visibility. it should also offer virtual firewall appliances that can be deployed as an in-line gateway for inbound or outbound network traffic. firewall appliances provide additional application-level filtering, deep packet inspection, ips / ids, and advanced network threat protection features. 5 devops as a service refers to service for team to have a cloud repository for sharing & managing code, version control, managed ci / cd pipeline. => limited