Tender Document

S.No	Document Name	Stage	Document Type
1	As per Estimate	COMMON	Mandatory

General Terms and Conditions / Eligibility

GOVERNMENT OF ANDHRA PRADESH TRIBAL WELFARE ENGINEERING DEPARTMENT **** NIT No:6/2021-22/EE/TW/CCDP/DB/Dt.18.01.2022 NAME OF WORK: Construction of MPP School at Palamamidi (V) in Koyyuru (M) of ASR District - Esti.Rs.24.00 lakhs OFFICER INVITING BIDS: Executive Engineer, Tribabl Welfare, Paderu 1. Bids are invited on the e-procurement platform for the above -mentioned work from the Contractors / Contracting firms registered with Government of Andhra Pradesh. The details of bid conditions and terms can be downloaded from the electronic procurement platform of Government of Andhra Pradesh i.e. www.apeprocurement.gov.in 2. Approximate Estimate Contract value of work: Rs.12,42,068/- 3. Contractors would be required to register on the e-Procurement Market place www.apeprocurement.gov.in and submit their bids online. The department will not accept any bid submitted in the paper form. 4. i) As per G.O.Ms.No. 8/Dt.08.05.2016 of ITE&C,Dept. The bidders shall pay the EMD Rs.19,292/- using net banking /RTGS/NEFT from their registered bank accounts only. The unsuccessful bidder?s EMDs will be refunded to their registered bank accounts only. ii) The bidder?s can pay the EMDs using Credit Card/Debit Card, as per the VISA/Master Card Guidelines. However the return of EMD will be only to the Originating Card from which payment was made, as per the standard practice, and the balance EMD @ 1.5% of Tender Contract Value to be paid at the time of concluding agreement. As per G.O.Ms.No.174 IRRIGATION AND CAD (PW-REFORMS) DEPARTMENT Dated: 01.06.2008 submission of Hard copies of Earnests Money Deposit is dispensed with as follows: 1. Submission of original Hard copies of the uploaded scan copies of EMD towards Earnest Money Deposit by participating bidders to the tender inviting authority before opening of the price bid is dispensed forthwith. 2. All the bidders shall invariably upload the scanned copies of EMD in e-procurement system and this will be the primary requirement to consider the bid as responsive. 3. The Department will notify the successful bidder for submission of original hard copies of all uploaded documents. EMD towards Earnest Money Deposit prior to entering into agreement. 4.The successful bidder shall invariably furnish the original EMD towards Earnest Money Deposit, certificates/ documents of the uploaded scanned copies to the tender inviting Authority before entering into agreement either personally or through courier or post and the receipt of the same with in the stipulated date shall be the responsibility of the successful bidder. The Department will not take any responsibility for any delay in receipt / non receipt of original EMD towards Earnest Money Deposit. Certificates / Documents, from the successful bidder before the stipulated time. On receipt of documents, the Department shall ensure the genuinely of the EMD towards Earnest Money Deposit and all other certificates/ documents uploaded by the bidder in e-procurement system in support of the qualification criteria before concluding the agreement. 5. If any successful bidder fails to submit the original Hard Copies of uploaded certificates / documents EMD towards Earnest Money Deposit with in the stipulated time or if any variation is noticed between the uploaded documents and the hard copies submitted by the bidder, the successful bidder will be suspended from participating in the tenders on e-procurement platform for a period of 3 years. The e-procurement system would deactivate the user ID of such defaulting successful bidder based on the trigger / recommendation by the tender inviting authority in the system. Besides this, the Department shall invoke all processes of law including criminal prosecution of such defaulting bidder as an act of extreme deterrence to avoid delays in the tender process for execution of the development schemes taken up by the Government. 5. Period of completion of work: 6 Months. 6. The bidders can view/ down load the bid documents from the 'e? market place. 7. Form of contract ? Lump sum contract.

General Technical Terms and Conditions (Procedure)

8. Class of Contractors eligible is as given below: i) This invitation to bid is open to all Contractors who are registered as. a) Class II Civil as per or higher class of registration as per G.O. Ms.No. 178 dated 27th September 1997 of Irrigation & CAD (PW:COD) Department. OR b) Class III Civil Contractors OR higher class of registration as per G.O.Ms. No. 132 dated 11th August 1998 of TR & B(R-I) Department. OR c) Class IV Civil contractors or higher class of registration as GO Ms No. 94, I&CAD DT 1.7.2003 1. Issue of Bid Documents: From. 04.03.2024 after 4.00 PM to 11.03.2024 up to 4.30 PM (online only) 2. Date and time for Receipt of bids: 11.03.2024 after 4.00 PM to 11.03.2024 up to 4.30 PM. (online only) 3. Time and date of opening of bids: 4. (a) Price Bid: 11.03.2024 after 5.00 PM Note: The dates stipulated above are firm and under no circumstances they will be relaxed unless otherwise extended by an official notification or happen to be Public Holidays. 12. Procedure for submission of Bids: (a) Bidders need to contact Executive Engineer, Tribal Welfare, Paderu, for any information on e-Procurement. (b) Bidders need to register on the electronic procurement market place of Government of Andhra Pradesh i.e., ?http://apeprocurement.gov.in?. On registration on the e-Procurement market place they will be provided with a user Id and password by the system using which they can submit their bids online. (c) While registering on the e-procurement market Place, Bidders need to scan and upload the required documents as per the bid requirements onto their profile. (d) Such uploaded documents need to be attached to the bid while submitting the bids online. 13. Qualification Requirements: To qualify for consideration of award of the contract each bidder should fulfil the following criteria; i) As per G.O.Ms.No. 8/Dt.08.05.2016 of ITE&C,Dept. The bidders shall pay the EMD Rs.13,000/- using net banking /RTGS/NEFT from their registered bank accounts only. The unsuccessful bidder?s EMDs will be refunded to their registered bank accounts only. 6. The bidder is subjected to be black listed and the EMD forfeited if he is found to have misled or furnished false information in the forms / statements / certificates submitted in proof of qualification requirements or record of performance such as abandoning of works, non completion of works properly in time in earlier contracts, inordinate delays in completion of the works, litigation history and / or financial failures and /or participated in the previous bidding for the same work and had quoted unreasonably high bid prices 7. Even while execution of the work, if found that the contractor had produced false/fake certificates of experience he will be black listed and the contract will be terminated. 8. All the Bidders should pay Rs. 456/-(0.03% of ECV + 18% as Service Tax) through electronic payment gateway provided by ICICI/HDFC banks using their credit cards .The payment gateway accepts all Master and Visa Credit Cards issued by any bank (Please see GO MS NO 13 Dt 5-7-2006).to M/s APTS Private Limited, Hyderabad 9. towards non-refundable transaction fee on AP e-procurement platform. 9 The lowest successful bidder should pay Rs. 515/-in the form of crossed Demand Draft to MD, APTS, Hyderabad towards corpus fund and hand over the same to Executive Engineer, Tribal Welfare, Paderu,

Legal Terms & Conditions

The Executive Engineer, Tribal Welfare, Paderu, invites bids for the above works vide NIT No:86/2019-20/EE/TW/CCDP/DB/Dt.17.02.2020 The bidder shall hand over the hard copies except the price bid offer( duly signed by the bidder) of Bid documents to the Office of the Executive Engineer, Tribal Welfare, Paderu, directly or through his agent or by Registered Post or by courier service. The bids will be opened by the Executive Engineer, Tribal Welfare, Paderu, or his nominee at his office on the dates mentioned in NIT. If the Office happens to be closed on the dates, the opening of bids gets automatically postponed to the next working date, the time being unaltered, unless extended by a notification published in News papers or displayed in the e-Market place. 1.1 The successful bidder is expected to complete the work within the time period specified in the NIT / Bid document. 2. Bidders Eligible to Bid: 2.1 The Bidders who i) Possess the valid registration in the class and category mentioned in the NIT and satisfy all the conditions therein. ii) are not blacklisted or debarred or suspended by the competent authority for what ever the reason, prohibiting them not to continue in the contracting business iii) Have complied with the eligibility criteria specified in the NIT are the eligible bids. 2.2 Bidders Ineligible to Bid: i) A retired officer of the Govt. of AP or Govt. of India and their under takings is not eligible for biding for a period of two years from the date of retirement without the prior permission of the Government. ii) The Bidder who has employed any retired officer as mentioned above shall be considered as an ineligible bidder. iii) The Bidder himself or any of his employees is found to be an employee who retired from Government/ Government undertakings and had not obtained permission from the Government for Biding or accepting the contractor?s employment within a period of 2 years from the date of his retirement. iv) The Contractor or any of his employees is found at any time after award of contract, to be such a person who had not obtained the permission of the Government as aforesaid before submission of the bid or engagement in the Contractor?s service. v) Contractor shall not be eligible to bid for works in the division / circle where any of his near relatives are employed in the rank of Assistant Engineer or Assistant Executive Engineers and above on the Engineering side and Divisional Accounts Officer and above on the administrative side. The Contractor shall intimate the names of persons who are working with him in any capacity or are subsequently employed. He shall also furnish a list of Gazetted /Non-Gazetted, State Government Employees related to him. Failure to furnish such information bidder is liable to be removed from the list of approved contractors and his contract is liable for cancellation. Note: Near relatives include 1. Sons, step sons, daughters, and stepdaughters. 2. Son-in-law, and daughter-in-law. 3. Brother-in-law, and sister-in-law. 4. Brothers and Sisters. 5. Father and Mother. 6. Wife / Husband. 7. Father-in-law and Mother-in-law 8. Nephews, nieces, uncle and aunts 9. Cousins and 10. Any person residing with or dependent on the contractor. 3. Qualification data of the Bidders 3.1 The bidder shall furnish the following particulars in the formats enclosed, supported by documentary evidence as specified in the prescribed formats. a) Check slip to accompany the bid (in Annexure-I). b) Attested copies of documents relating to the Registration of the firm, Registration as Civil Contractor, Partnership deed, Articles of Association, GST Registration (TIN No.),Income Tax PAN card ( F.No.153/161/2002-TPL, Govt.of India, Ministry of Finance and Company affairs, New Delhi dt 13.2.2003) ., etc. Note: The Partnership firms, which are registered as Contractors shall intimate the change in partnership deed, if any, as per GO Ms No.58, I & CAD, dt.23.4.2002 within one month of such change. Failure to notify the change to the registration authority in time will entail the firms to forfeit their registration and their bid will be rejected. The intimation of change of partners if any and the acceptance by the Registration authority may be enclosed. c) C to G deleted. h) Deleted i) Information regarding any litigation, with Government in which the Bidder is involved in (Statement-VII); j) Deleted. k) The proposed methodology and program of construction, backed with equipment planning and deployment, duly supported with broad calculations, justifying their capability of execution and completion of the work as per technical specifications within the stipulated period of completion as per milestones. c) l) The particulars of quality control testing Lab owned, OR tie up with established quality control testing laboratories 3.2 Bids from Joint Ventures are not acceptable unless specifically stated otherwise. Tenders submitted by a joint venture Firm shall comply with the following requirements. a) one of the partners shall be nominated and authorised to deal with the contract on behalf of the Firm and authorisation shall be evidence by submitting a Register Power of Attorney signed by all the legally authorised partners. b) The partner nominated to deal with the contract shall be authorised to incur liabilities and receive instructions for and on behalf of any and all partners of the Firm.The entire execution of the contract including payment shall be done exclusively with the partner authorised as in charge c) All the partners of the firm shall be liable jointly and severally to this effect of the contract in accordance of the contract terms and relevant statement to this effect shall be included in the authorisation mentioned under clause (a) above as well as in the form of tender and agreement. d) A copy of the agreement entered into by the partners shall be submitted with the tender .In case of successful tender. The form of agreement shall be signed so as to be legally binding on all the patners of the firm. 3.3 QUALIFICATION CRITERIA FOR OPENING OF THE PRICE BID. 1 Class of contractor eligible 2. As per G.O.Ms.No. 8/Dt.08.05.2016 of ITE&C,Dept. The bidders shall pay the EMD Rs.13,000/- using net banking /RTGS/NEFT from their registered bank accounts only. The unsuccessful bidder?s EMDs will be refunded to their registered bank accounts only 3.4 Even though the bidders meet the above qualifying criteria, they are liable to be disqualified / debarred / suspended / blacklisted if they have ? Furnished false / fabricated particulars in the forms, statements and /annexures submitted in proof of the qualification requirements ? Not turned up for entering into agreement within the time specified. ? Record of poor progress such as abandoning the works, not properly completing the contract, inordinate delays in completion, litigation history or financial failures etc. ? Participated in the previous bidding for the same work and had quoted unreasonably high bid percentage and ? Even while execution of the work, if found that the work was awarded to the Contractor based on false / fake certificates of experience, the Contractor will be blacklisted and work will be taken over invoking clause 61 of PS to APSS. 3.5 Bids with an excess of above estimated contract value shall summarily be rejected. 3.6 Additional security Deposit : In addition to the earnest money deposit of 2.5% (including 1�% payable at the time of agreement), the successful bidder who has offered his bid amount less than 15% below the estimated contract amount shall have to pay additional security deposit equivalent to higher of the following two A & B. A) The difference between quoted bid amount and the amount arrived by deducting 15% from the estimated contract value. or B) Rs. This additional security deposit shall be paid by the bidder within 7(seven) days from the date of intimation and prior to entering into agreement. 3.7 a) If the percentage quoted by a bidder is found to be either abnormally high or with in the permissible ceiling limits prescribed but under collusion or due to unethical practices adopted at the time of biding process, such bids shall be rejected. b) A bidder submitting a Bid which the bid accepting authority considers excessive and or indicative of insufficient knowledge of current prices or definite attempt of profiteering will render himself liable to be debarred permanently from biding or for such period as the bid accepting authority may decide. The bidder overall percentage should be based on the controlled prices for the materials, if any, fixed by the Government or the reasonable prices permissible for the bidder to charge a private purchaser under the provisions of clause-6 of the hoarding and profiteering prevention ordinance of 1643 as amended from time to time and on similar principle in regard to labour supervision on the construction. 4. One Bid per Bidder: 4.1 Each Bidder shall submit only one Bid for the work. A Bidder who submits more than one Bid will cause dis-qualification of all the Bids submitted by the Bidder. 5. Cost of Biding 5.1 The Bidder shall bear all costs associated with the preparation and submission of his Bid and the bid inviting authority will in no case be responsible and liable for those costs. 6. Site Visit. 6.1 The Bidder, at the Bidder?s own responsibility and risk is advised to visit and examine the Site of Work and its surroundings and obtain all information that may be necessary for preparing the Bid for entering into a contract, for construction of the work. The costs of visiting the site shall be at the Bidder?s own expense. B. BID DOCUMENT 7. Contents of Bid document. 7.1 One set of Bid document, comprises of the following: Technical bid 1) Notice Inviting Bids (NIT) 2) Instruction to Bidders 3) Forms of Bid and qualification information 4) Conditions of Contract. 5) Specifications. 6) Drawings. 7) Forms of Securities. i.e., EMD, Additional Security etc. Price bid Bill of Quantities and Price bid. 8. Clarification on Bid Documents 8.1 A prospective Bidder requiring any clarification on Bid documents may contact the Bid Inviting Officer at the address indicated in the NIT. The Bid Inviting Officer will also respond to any request for clarification, received through post. 9. Amendment to Bid Documents 9.1 Before the last date for submission of Bids, the Bid Inviting Officer may modify any of the Contents of the Bid Notice, Bid documents by issuing amendment / Addendum. 9.2 Any addendum/amendments issued by the Bid Inviting Officer shall be part of the Bid Document and it shall either be notified in the News Papers in which NIT was published or displayed in e-market place. 9.3 To give prospective Bidders reasonable time to take an addendum into account in preparing their bids, the Bid Inviting Officer may extend if necessary, the last date for submission of bids. C. PREPARATION OF BIDS. 10. Language of the Bid. 10.1 All documents relating to the bid shall be in the English Language only. 11. Documents comprising of the Tender. 11.1 The bidders who are desirous of participating in apeprocurement shall submit their bids etc., in the standard proscribed in the tender documents, displayed at e market place. The bidders should upload the scanned copies of all the relevant certificates, documents etc., in the e market place in support of their technical bids. The bidders shall sign on all the statements, documents, certificates, uploaded by him, owning responsibility for their correctness/authenticity. After uploading the bid, the EMD and Transaction fees are to be submitted by the bidder to the concerned Executive Engineer. Failure to furnish the uploaded documents, will entail rejection of the bid and forfeiture of the E.M.D. Similarly if any of the certificates, a document etc., uploaded by the bidder is found to be false/fabricated/bogus, the bidder will be black listed and the E.M.D. forfeited. The bids will be opened on line by the concerned Executive Engineer at the time and date as specified in the tender documents. All the statements, documents, certificates, EMD etc., uploaded by the tenderers will be down loaded for verification. The clarifications, particulars if any required from the bidders will be obtained or in the conventional method by addressing the bidders. . 12. Bid Offer: 12.1 Bill of Quantities called Schedule ?A? and the bid offer accompanies the bid document as Volume II. It shall be explicitly understood that the Bid Inviting Officer does not accept any responsibility for the correctness or completeness of this schedule ?A? and this schedule ?A? is liable to alterations by omissions, deductions or additions at the discretion of the Executive Engineer (TW), Paderu or as set forth in the conditions of the contract. The Schedule ?A? shall contain the items of work indicated as part? I and LS provisions as part?II. The percentage quoted by the contractor shall be applicable only to part ?I. However, the provisions contained in the part ?II will be operable basing on the conditions provided in the Bid Document. The bidders will have to state clearly their willingness to execute the work at certain specific percentage of excess or less or at par of the ECV indicated in Part-I at the space provided therein in Schedule ?A?. The L.S. amounts indicated in part-II are maximum reimbursable amounts. The bidder should however quote his lump sum bid based on this schedule of quantities. He should quote his offer as a overall bid percentage. The over all bid percentage should be written both in words and figures. 12.2 The Schedule ?A (or Price-bid) contains not only the quantities but also the rates worked out by the Department and the amount for each item and total value of the estimated contract. The bidder should workout his own rates keeping in view the work, site conditions and quote his overall bid percentage with which he intends to execute the work. 12.3 The bid offer shall be for the whole work and not for individual items / part of the work. 12.4 All duties, taxes, and other levies payable by the contractor as per State / Central Government rules, shall be included in the bid percentage quoted by the bidder; however keeping in view the maximum reimbursable amounts specified in Part II of Price bid. 12.5 The bided contract amount as computed based on overall bid percentage is subject to variation during the performance of the Contract in accordance with variation in quantities etc. 12.6 Charges payable to M/s APTS Pvt. Ltd., / MD, APTS, Hyderabad The service charges payable to M/s APTS Pvt. Ltd., as laid down in the G.O.Ms.No.2, Information and Communication Department, dt.15-01-2003 and subsequent guide lines issued to the Govt. vide memo No. 1287/COD/2004-17 of I&CAD Dept., dt 23.

Procedure for Bid Submission

D. SUBMISSION OF BIDS. 16. Submission of Bids: 16.1 The following self attested certificates, documents etc, are to be scanned and uploaded on to the ?e ?procurement platform at www.apeprocurement.gov.in. a) Copy of contractors registration certificate under appropriate class with Government of Andhra Pradesh b) EMD as specified in the form (EMD shall be paid online only) c) PAN Card and Latest I.T. Returns d) GST Registration certificate incorporating Tax Identification Number (TIN) e) Qualification certificate of Key personnel 16.2 The bidders who are desirous of participating in ?e? procurement shall submit their Technical bids, price bids etc., in the Standard formats prescribed in the Tender documents, displayed at ?e? market place. The bidders should upload the scanned copies in support of their Technical bids. The bidders shall sign on all the statements, documents, certificates, uploaded by him, owning responsibility for their correctness/authenticity. 16.3 The Department will not hold any risk and responsibility for the loss in transit during uploading of the scanned document, for the invisibility of the scanned document online, and any other problems encountered by the Tenders while submitting their bids online. 17 Deleted 18 Last date / time for Submission of the Bids. 18.1 Bids must be submitted not later than the date and time specified in NIT. In the event of the specified date / time for the submission of bids declared as holiday, the bids will be received on the next working day up to the time specified.. 18.2 The Executive Engineer may extend the dates for issue and receipt of Bids by issuing an amendment in which case all rights and obligations of the Executive Engineer and the Bidders will remain same as previously. 19 Late Bids. 19.1 Any Bid received after the last date / time prescribed in NIT will be summarily rejected. 20 Modification to the Bid. 20.1 No Bid shall be modified after the last date /time of submission of Bids. E. BID OPENING AND EVALUATION 21 Bid opening 21.1 The Technical bids will be opened online by the concerned Executive Engineer at the time and date as specified in the tender documents. All the Statements, documents, certificates, EMD shall be paid online only etc, uploaded by the Tenders will be verified and downloaded, for technical evaluation. The clarifications, particulars if any required from the bidders, will be obtained either online or in the conventional method by addressing the bidders. The technical bids will be evaluated against the specified parameters/criteria same as in the case of conventional tenders and the technically qualified bidders will be identified. The result of Technical bids evaluation will be displayed on the ?e? market place, which can be seen by all the tenderers who participated in the tenders. The department shall carry out the technical bid evaluation solely based on the uploaded certificates/documents, EMD shall be paid online only in the e-procurement system and open the price bids of the responsive bidders. 22 Clarification on the Technical Bid. 22.1 The tender opening authority may call upon any tenderer for clarification on the statements, documentary proof relating to the technical bid. The request for clarification and response thereto shall be in writing and it shall be only on the qualification information uploaded online by the tenderer. The clarification called for from the tenderers shall be furnished within the stipulated time, which shall not be more than a week. 22.2 The tenderer if so desirous, shall agree in writing to furnish the clarification called for within the stipulated time and, for disqualification and rejection of his tender in the event of failure to do so. 23 Examination of technical Bids and Determination of Responsiveness --Deleted- 24 Price Bid Opening: b) Price Bid Opening: 24.1 Only the Price Bids of qualified Bidders whose Bids are found satisfying the eligibility criteria shall be opened. 24.2 Bids shall be scrutinised in accordance with the conditions stipulated in the Bid document. In case of any discrepancy of non-adherence Conditions the Bid accepting authority shall communicate the same which will be binding both on the bid Opening authority and the Bidder. In case of any ambiguity, the decision taken by the Bid Accepting Authority on bids shall be final. 25. Evaluation and Comparison of Price Bids 25.1 The Executive Engineer, Tribal Welfare, Paderu, will evaluate and compare the price bids of all the qualified Bidders. 25.2 Negotiations at any level are strictly prohibited. However, good gesture rebate, if offered by the lowest bidder prior to finalisation of bids may be accepted by the bid accepting authority. 25.3 Selection of Bidder among the lowest & equally quoted bidders will be in the following orders: a) The bidder whose bid capacity is higher will be selected. b) In case the bid capacity is also same the bidder whose annual turnover is more will be preferred. c) Even if the criteria incidentally become the same, the turnover on similar works and thereafter machinery available for the work and then the clean track record will be considered for selection. 26. Discrepancy in Tender percentage quoted 26.1 In case of any discrepancy between the overall bid percentage quoted in words and figures, the percentage quoted in words shall prevail. In case the bidder has quoted overall bid percentage only in words and not in figures or vice versa, such bid shall be treated as incomplete and rejected. 27. Process to be Confidential. 27.1 Information relating to the examination, clarification, evaluation and comparison of Bids and recommendations for the award of a contract shall not be disclosed to Bidders or any other persons not officially concerned with such process until the award to the successful Bidder has been announced by the bid accepting authority. Any effort by a Bidder to influence the processing of Bids or award decisions may result in the rejection of his Bid. 27.2 No Bidder shall contact the Executive Engineer, Tribal Welfare, Paderu, or any authority concerned with finalisation of bids on any matter relating to its Bid from the time of the Bid opening to the time the Contract is awarded. If the Bidder wishes to bring additional information to the notice of the Executive Engineer, Tribal Welfare, Paderu, it should do so in writing. 27.3 Before recommending / accepting the bid, the bid recommending / accepting authority shall verify the correctness of certificates submitted to meet the eligibility criteria and specifically experience. 27.4 Bids will be finalised by the Executive Engineers / Superintending Engineers / Chief Engineers for the works costing up to Rs.2.00 Crores. The bids for the works costing more than Rs.2.00 Crores will be referred to COT along with technical bid evaluation for consideration. The Commissioner of bids shall scrutinize the bids submitted by Engineer-in-Chief / Chief Engineer / Project administrators in accordance with the conditions stipulated in the bid document and in case any discrepancy of non-adherence to the conditions, the same shall be communicated which will be binding both on the bid concluding authority and contractor. In case of any ambiguity the decision taken by the COT on bids shall be final. F. AWARD OF CONTRACT 28 Award Criteria 28.1 The Executive Engineer, Tribal Welfare, Paderu, will award or recommend to the Competent bid accepting authority for award of the contract to the Bidder who is found Technically qualified as per the Bid conditions and whose price bid is lowest. 28.2 The bid accepting authority reserves the right to accept or reject any Bid or all bids and to cancel the Biding process, at any time prior to the award of Contract, without thereby incurring any liability to the affected Bidder or Bidders or any obligation to inform the affected Bidder or Bidders of the reasons for such action. 29 Notifications of Award and Signing of Agreement. 29.1 The Bidder whose Bid has been accepted will be notified of the award of the work by the Executive Engineer, Tribal Welfare, Paderu, prior to expiration of the Bid validity period by registered letter. This letter (hereinafter and in the Conditions of Contract called ?Letter of Acceptance?) will indicate the sum that the Government will pay the Contractor in consideration of the execution, completion, and maintenance of the Works by the Contractor as prescribed by the Contract (hereinafter and in the Contract called the ?Contract Amount?). 29.2 When a bid is accepted the concerned bidder shall attend the office of the Executive Engineer, Tribal Welfare, Paderuon the date fixed in the Letter of acceptance. Upon intimation being given by the Executive Engineer, Tribal Welfare, Paderu of acceptance of his bid, the bidder shall make payment of the balance E.M.D., and additional security deposit wherever needed by way of Demand Draft obtained from a Schedule Bank, and sign an agreement in the form prescribed by the department for the due fulfilment of the contract. Failure to attend the Executive Engineer, Tribal Welfare, Paderu office on the date fixed, in the written intimation, to enter into the required agreement shall entail forfeiture of the Earnest Money deposited. The written agreement to be entered into between the contractor and the Government shall be the foundation of the rights and obligations of both the parties and the contract shall not be deemed to be completed until the agreement has first been signed by the contractor and then by the proper officer authorised to enter into contract on behalf of the Government. 29.3 The successful bidder has to sign an agreement within a period of 15 days from the date of receipt of communication of acceptance of his bid. On failure to do so his bid will be cancelled duly forfeiting the E.M.D., paid by him without issuing any further notice and action will be initiated for black listing the bidder. 29.4 If the successful bidder backs out from entering into agreement at the last minute causing loss to Govt. will be debarred for one year from participating in the tendering process of any department of the Govt. besides forfeiture of the 1% EMD. 29.5 If the successful bidder of a single bid received backs out from entering into agreements the EMD will be forfeited but the bidder will be debarred for six months from participating in the tendering process of any department of the Govt 30.Corrupt or Fraudulent Practices 30.1 The Government require that the bidders / suppliers / contractors under Government financed contracts, observe the highest standard of ethics during the procurement and execution of such contracts. In pursuance of this policy, the Government (a) define for the purposes of the provision, the terms set forth below as follows: (i) ?corrupt practices? means the offering, giving, receiving or soliciting of any thing of value to influence the action of a Government official in procurement process or in contract execution: and (ii) ?fraudulent practice? means a misrepresentation of facts in order to influence a procurement process or the execution of a contract to the detriment of the Government and includes collusive practice among Bidders (prior to or after Bid submission) designed to establish in Bid prices at artificial non-competitive levels and to deprive the Government of the benefits of free and open competition. (b) Will reject a proposal for award if it determines that the Bidder recommended for award has engaged in corrupt or fraudulent practices in competing for the contract in question. (c) Will blacklist / or debar a firm, either indefinitely or for a stated period of time, if at any time determines that the firm has engaged in corrupt or fraudulent practices in competing for, or in executing a Government Contract. (d) Further more, Bidders shall be aware of the provisions stated in the General Conditions of Contract. FORMS OF BID QUALIFICATION INFORMATION Annexure ?I CHECKLIST TO ACOMPANY THE BID S.No Description Submitted in Cover ?A? Page No. (see Note below) 1 2 3 4 1 Copy of Contractors valid Registration under appropriate Class with Government of Andhra Pradesh. Yes / No 2 Copy of PAN Card and SARAL for proof of having files IT Returns Latest Yes / No 3 Copies of AP GST (TIN No.) Registration . Yes / No 4 List of certificates enclosed Yes / No DECLARATION I / WE ????????????????????????. have gone through carefully all the Bid conditions and solemnly declare that I / we will abide by any penal action such as disqualification or black listing or determination of contract or any other action deemed fit, taken by, the Department against me / us, if it is found that the statements, documents, certificates produced by me / us are false / fabricated. I / WE hereby declare that, I / WE have not been blacklisted / debarred / Suspended / demoted in any department in Andhra Pradesh or in any State due to any reasons. Signature of the Bidder CONDITIONS OF CONTRACT BID Date: ????? To The Executive Engineer, Tribal Welfare, Paderu. Sir, I / We do hereby bid and if this bid be accepted, I/WE under take to execute the following work viz?- Construction of MPP School at Palamamidi (V) in Koyyuru (M) of ASR District - Esti.Rs.24.00 lakhs as shown in the drawings and described in the specifications deposited in the office of the Executive Engineer, Tribal Welfare, Paderu with such variations by way of alterations or additions to, and omissions from the said works and method of payment as provided for in the ?conditions of the contract? for the sum of Rupees ?????............???????????????????????...................................................................????. ?????????????????????or such other sum as may be arrived under the clause of the standard preliminary specifications relating to ?Payment on lump-sum basis or by final measurement at unit rates? I/WE have also quoted percentage excess or less on E.C.V., in Schedule ?A? Part-I, annexed (in words and figures) for which I/We agree to execute the work when the lump sum payment under the terms of the agreement is varied by payment on measurement quantities. I/WE have quoted Percentage excess or less on E.C.V., in Schedule ?A? Part ? I both in words & figures. In case of any discrepancy between the Percentage excess or less on E.C.V., in words and figures, the rates quoted in words only shall prevail. I/WE agreed to keep the offer in this bid valid a period of Three month(s) mentioned in the bid notice and not to modify the whole or any part of it for any reason within above period. If the bid is withdrawn by me/us for any reasons whatsoever, the earnest money paid by me/us will be forfeited to Government. I/WE hereby District. (2nd call) inctly and expressly, declare and acknowledge that, before the

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