Tender Document

S.No	Document Name	Stage	Document Type
1	Copy of Contractors valid registration under appropriate Class with Government of Andhra Pradesh	COMMON	Mandatory
2	EMD certificate	COMMON	Mandatory
3	Transaction fee certificate	COMMON	Mandatory
4	Copy of PAN card along with a copy of latest Income Tax returns submitted along with proof of receipt	COMMON	Mandatory
5	Scanned copy of declaration on critical equipment on non-judicial stamp paper worth of Rs.100 along with Proof	COMMON	Mandatory
6	Declaration in on line stating that the soft copies uploaded by them are genuine	COMMON	Mandatory
7	Self Declaration	COMMON	Mandatory
8	Any other certificates required as per NIT	COMMON	Mandatory
9	Details of existing commitments of the bidder i.e., works on hand in Statement-IV (A) with Supporting Certificates and also details of tenders Participated submitted in StatementIV(B)	COMMON	Mandatory
10	Information regarding any litigation with Government during the last Eleven Years, in which the Bidder is involved in Statement VII	COMMON	Mandatory
11	Copies of Registration under GST Act 2017 with AP GST registration ieTaxpayer Identification Number, Proof of payment of Annual Professional tax for the previous year	COMMON	Mandatory
12	Availability of Key and critical construction Either own or leased with written proof of owning and quality control equipment with the bidder in Statement V	COMMON	Mandatory
13	Availability of key personnel with the bidder for administration or site management and execution viz technical personnel required for the work Statement VI and Availability of the Key personnel must be the full time employees and out of them at least 20percent must be having experience in Quality control	COMMON	Mandatory
14	Availability of working capital for the work	COMMON	Mandatory
15	Liquid assetsor credit facility with proof from chartered accountant certified with audit reports on liquid assets and Bank or financial institution certificate on credit facilities	COMMON	Mandatory
16	Details of existing commitments of the bidder i.e., works on hand in Statement IV (A) with Supporting Certificates and also details of tenders Participated submitted in StatementIV(B) and Tenders submitted/likely to be awarded.	COMMON	Mandatory
17	Proof of liquid assets in the shape of Solvency certificates etc for the required amount shall not be EARLIER THAN ONE YEAR ie 04.09.2023 and the solvency certificate provided by the Contractor should not be more than 1year old and the credit facilities certificate shall be work specific	COMMON	Mandatory
18	Details of value of Civil and other Engineering works executed in Government Contract works in the last 10 financial Years (i.e. from 2014-2015 to 2023-2024) by the Bidder in Statement-I with supporting certificates.	COMMON	Mandatory
19	Details of similar works completed (Contract Value) by the bidder during the last 10 financial Years (i.e. from 2014-2015 to 2023-2024) in Statement II with supporting certificates	COMMON	Mandatory
20	Details of year wise physical Quantities of work executed by the bidder in the last 10 financial Years (i.e. from 2014-2015 to 2023-2024) in Statement III with supporting certificates	COMMON	Mandatory
21	The Machinery certificate should not be earlier than 04.09.2023 for consideration of their bids	COMMON	Mandatory
22	The bidder should submit the Hot Mix Plant 100-120TPH Batch Mix Type either own or lease with in a distance of 100Km from the work site	COMMON	Mandatory

General Terms and Conditions / Eligibility

GOVERNMENT OF ANDHRA PRADESH ROADS AND BUILDINGS DEPARTMENT NIT.No. 06/TO/2024-25, Dt:04.09.2024 of the Superintending Engineer(R&B) Circle, Vijayawada Name of work: CONSTRUCTION OF HIGH LEVEL BRIDGE ACROSS KRISHNA RIVER YETIMOGA - YEDURUMUNDI ISLAND, KRISHNA DISTRICT. Tenders approving authority: Chief Engineer(R&B) Rural Roads & NABARD, M.G.Road, Vijayawada Officer inviting bids: Superintending Engineer(R&B) Circle, Vijayawada 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 Tender conditions and terms can be downloaded from the electronic procurement platform of Government of Andhra Pradesh i.e., www.apeprocurement.gov.in. Approximate Estimate Contract Value of work: Rs.103,71,16,388 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. E.M.D. for Rs. 1,03,71,164/- (i.e., 1% of ECV), to be paid using Net banking/ RTGS/ NEFT from their registered bank accounts (or) using Credit Card/ Debit Card, from Nationalised Bank or any Scheduled commercial bank, as per the VISA/ MASTER Card Guidelines (or) Unconditional and irrevocable Bank Guarantee in favour of Superintending Engineer (R&B), Vijayawada obtained from Nationalised Bank or any Scheduled commercial bank, valid for 6 months. 5. Period of completion of work: 24 Months 6. The bidders can view/ down load the tender documents from the 'e? market place. 7. Form of contract ? Lump sum contract 8. Class of Contractors eligible is as given below: Eligible class of contractor as per G.O. Ms. No: 8, T.R&B Dept., Dt. 08-01-2003 Special Class (Civil) 94, I&CAD (PW&COD) Department, Dated: 01-07-2003: Special Class (Civil). 9.Issue of Tender Documents: From 12.09.2023 at 11.00AM to 26.09.2024 up to 3:00 PM 10. Pre Bid Meeting (in the Office of the Chief Engineer(R&B) Rural Roads & NABARD, M.G.Road, Vijayawada : NOT APPLICABLE Last date and time for Receipt of tenders: 26.09.2024 up to 3.30 PM 11. PQ Stage Date & Time: 26.09.2024 @ 4.00 PM 12. Conformation from the Banks on issue of Bid Security in the shape of the BG: An authorized communication or a letter or a scanned and uploaded copy of that letter on e-procurement Website or an e-mail from the issuing bank or any authorized communication from the bank with regard to issue of the Bank Guarantees is sent to the Tender Inviting authority before Commercial Stage opening date & time fixed.. 13. Commercial Stage Date & Time: 28.09.2024 @ 4.00 PM 14. Auction Date & Time (Reverse Auction) 30.09.2024 @ 2.00 PM. 15. TQ Stage Date & Time:01.10.2024 @ 11.00 AM 16. Bid validity: 90 Days. 17. Qualification Requirements and submission of bids: a) Assessed available bid capacity as per formula (2AN-B) should be greater than the Estimate Contract Value as specified in the tender document. b) The details and certificates are to be furnished as per the proforma/ formats available in the tender schedules vide Annexure-I for the following; 18 (i) The bidder should have satisfactory completed, as prime contractor in similar nature of bridge works value not less than Rs. 25,92,79,097 in any one financial year during last Ten financial years i.e., from 2014-2015 TO 2023-2024 (This value will be updated to the year 2024-2025. ii) The Bidder should have Executed the following minimum quantities in any one financial year during the last ten financial years i.e., from 2014-2015 TO 2023-2024. The bidder should enclose certificate issued by the Engineer-in-Charge of the State/Central Government Departments undertakings not below the rank of E.E., or equivalent and countersigned by the officer of the rank of Superintending Engineer or equivalent. Certificate to be enclosed as prescribed in the format under Annexure-I. Sl. No. Item For this work 1 VCC or PCC or VRCC or RCC or Combined Qty 1637.50cum 2 Length of Piles with more than 1.0Mtr dia 1385.00Rmt 3 Precast/Post tensioned concrete Girders 2009.50 Cum 4 High Tensile Strands 116.75 MT 5 HYSD / Mild Steel in MT 715.65MT 6 Earthwork for formation of embankment/ Sub grade/Shoulders with side earth (or) carted earth (or) selected earth (or Combined Quantity 20,706.75Cum iii) Availability (either owned or leased or to be procured) of the following key and critical equipment a) Availability [either owned or leased of the following key and critical equipment for this work)]. The bidder should submit the latest Certificate obtained from Executive Engineer/Invoices for the owned machinery and or lease deed along with proof of owning machinery for the leased machinery of the lessee. b) The certificate shall not be earlier than 04.09.2023 for consideration of their bids. c) All the previous Machinery Certificate issued by the Executive Engineer will be treated as Null and Void and New Machinery Certificates issued by the Executive Engineers thereafter and the certificate issued by the Executive Engineer shall not be earlier than 04.09.2023 shall be uploaded by the Contractors for consideration of their Bids. Sl No Equipment Character/ Capacity Minimum Number 1. Hydraulic Excavator 1.00 Cum 2 2. Water tankers 6KL 4 3. Loader 1 Cum Bucket 2 4 Tippers 5.5 Cum 12 5 Concrete Batching plant 20 cum/hr 1 6 Concrete Mixers 0.40/0.28 Cum 4 7 Transit Mixer 4.0 Cum 4 8 Generator 100 KVA 1 9 Pile Driving Rig for 1.5m dia RCC cast-in-situ pile in wa 1.5 M dia 2 10 Concrete Pump 45 Cum 2 11 Crane 35 Tonnes 2 12 Trailor 30 Tonnes 2 13 Vibratory Roller (8-10 T) (8-10 T) 2Nos 14 Smooth Wheeled Roller (8-10 T) (8-10 T) 2Nos 15 Wet Mix plant or Pug mill 60 Tonnes 1 No 16 Hydrostatic Paver finisher with sensor control 100TPH 1 No 17 Hot Mix Plant 100-120TPH (Batch Mix Type) (own or lease) with in a distance of 100Km from the work site 100-120TPH 1No iv) Availability of the key personnel (Full Time with 20% among them having quality control experience) S.No Designation of Personnel No Minimum Qualification Minimum Years of Experience Minimum experience in Similar Works 1 Project Manager cum Sr Bridge Engineer 1 Post graduation or Masters Degree in Structures. & must have worked as project Manager 20 10 2 Bridge Engineer 1 Post graduation or Masters Degree in Structures. & must have worked as Bridge Engg. 15 10 3 Material Engineer 1 Degree in Civil Engg. & must have worked as Material Engg 10 10 4 Environmental and Safety Manager 1 Degree in Civil Engg. & must have worked as Environmental engg. Most desirable to have certificates on environment health and safety and / or Masters in Envt.Egg. 10 5 5 Quantity Surveyor 1 Degree in Civil Engg. & must have worked as Quantity Surveyor 10 5 6 Lab Manager/Technician 1 Degree in Civil Engg 5 3 7 Site Supervisor 1 Degree in Civil Engg 5 3 v) Liquid assets and / or credit facilities of not less than Rs.12,96,39,548.50 (Credit facility / letter of credits / Solvency certificates from Nationalised Banks or any scheduled commercial bank etc). The solvency certificate should not be earlier than 04.09.2023 vi) Availability of working capital for the work Note.1: [Liquid assets/ credit facility-with proof from chartered accountant certified with audit reports on liquid assets and Bank/financial institution certificate on credit facilities]. Note.2: The solvency certificate provided by the Contractor should not be more than 1 year old and the credit facilities certificate shall be work specific. 19.Reverse tendering process will be carried out as detailed in the bid document vide GO MS No.67, Water Resources (Reforms) Department dated: 16-08-2019, All bidders must upload all supporting documents in the e- Procurement portal validating their declarations and uploaded in the templates provided for the same under the technical and commercial pre-qualification criteria laid down in the check list. ? The bidders should quote their initial price offer at the prescribed field / place provided in the e-market place within the prescribed period. The bidder shall sign on all the documents uploaded by him including EMD along with the self-declaration for fulfilling pre - qualification criteria set by the Department (on the check list) owning responsibility for their correctness / authenticity and upload along with Tender. ? The system shall carry initially the evaluation based on the information furnished in the given templates with regard to both technical and commercial pre-qualification criteria and the declaration up loaded by the bidder. ? The price bids will be opened on the date and time fixed. ? Only those bids will be evaluated and considered for comparison to arrive at L1 value and allowed to participate in reverse bidding in whose favour an authorized communication or a letter or a scanned and uploaded copy of that letter on e-procurement Website or an e-mail from the issuing bank or any authorized communication from the bank with regard to issue of the Bank Guarantees is sent to the Tender Inviting authority within the stipulated time. ? The bidders shall furnish willingness in participating reverse tendering process and an undertaking shall be uploaded to that effect along with submission of initial price offer. After identification of the L-1 Initial Price Offer, eligible (those who have submitted original hard copies of the BG for EMD bidders shall be transferred to the Reverse Auction Platform. (All the bidders to be registered with https://www.konugolu.ap.gov.in? for participating in Reverse Tendering). ? The time and date will be displayed for reverse tendering process. Finally, after completion of reverse tendering process, the Department shall carry out the technical bid evaluation of L1 bidder solely based on the uploaded certificates/documents, BG towards EMD in the e-procurement system. 20. The tenderer 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 work not properly completed in earlier contracts, inordinate delays in completion of the works, litigation history and / or financial failures and /or participated in the previous tendering for the same work and had quoted unreasonable high bid prices. 21. 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. 22. All participate bidders shall pay 0.03 % of Estimate Contract Value + 18.00% of GST i.e., Rs.29,500/- towards transaction fee at the time of bid submission in the form of DD payable to Managing Director, A.P.T.S., Vijayawada, and the successful bidder shall pay 0.04% of ECV i.e., Rs. 25,000- towards corpus fund through electronic payment gateway in favour of Managing Director, A.P.T.S., Vijayawada at the time of concluding agreement and hand over same to the Superintending Engineer (R&B), Vijayawada. 23.After submission of the bid and Letter of Acceptance issued, no contractor can claim that the Site Visit not properly made. It is deemed for all purposes that the Site Visit has been properly conducted by the contractor with any Technical Assistance required at their cost and with their men, for nothing contra is left open to raise.? 24.Declaration of the bidder/s along with information on the genuineness of information:The Employer reserves the right to undertake a verification of the experience so stated, through engaging the services of its officers or of other departments or of a Professional Agency, and if any discrepancies are noticed in the information provided by the Contractor/ Successful Contractor/ sub-Contractor regarding previous relevant experience, said Contractor/ Successful Contractor/ sub-Contractor shall be disqualified duly forfeiting EMD and value of work done and shall be liable to pay damages as determined by the Employer. Further, the Contractor/ Successful Contractor/ sub- Contractor shall be blacklisted.

General Technical Terms and Conditions (Procedure)

3. Procedure for Bid Submission a) Tender schedule can be downloaded from the web site: https://tender.apeprocurement.gov.in. b) Intending bidders can contact Superintending Engineer, (R&B) Circle, Vijayawada, Andhra Pradesh Land Line No. 0866 2475183 for any clarification, information on any working day during working hours. c) The bidder shall submit the bid and all related correspondence in English language only. d) All bidders must fill in the pre-qualification checklist in the templates provided and sign on the self-declaration form stating their compliance with all the technical and financial pre - qualification criteria and up load the same. e) E.M.D. to be paid in the shape of Bank Guarantee in favour of Superintending Engineer, (R&B) Circle, Vijayawada to be valid for 6 months from the Date of NIT, issued by any Nationalized Bank /scheduled Bank in the standard format (or) Using Net Banking / RTGS/ NEFT from registered bank accounts OR using Credit Card / Debit card (i.e., 1% of ECV). f) All bidders must upload all supporting documents in the e- Procurement portal validating their declarations and uploaded in the templates provided for the same under the technical and commercial pre-qualification criteria laid down in the check list. g) The bidders should quote their initial price offer at the prescribed field / place provided in the e-market place within the prescribed period. h) The bidder shall sign on all the documents uploaded by him including EMD along with the self-declaration for fulfilling pre - qualification criteria set by the Department (on the check list) owning responsibility for their correctness / authenticity and upload along with Tender. i) The system shall carry initially the evaluation based on the information furnished in the given templates with regard to both technical and commercial pre-qualification criteria and the declaration up loaded by the bidder. j) The price bids will be opened on the date and time fixed. k) Only those bids will be evaluated and considered for comparison to arrive at L1 value and allowed to participate in reverse bidding in whose favour an authorized communication or a letter or a scanned and uploaded copy of that letter on e-procurement Website or an e-mail from the issuing bank or any authorized communication from the bank with regard to issue of the Bank Guarantees/Demand Draft is sent to the Tender Inviting authority within the stipulated time. l) The bidders shall furnish willingness in participating reverse tendering process and an undertaking shall be uploaded to that effect along with submission of initial price offer. m) After identification of the L-1 Initial Price Offer, eligible bidders shall be transferred to the Reverse Auction Platform. (All the bidders to be registered with ?https://www.konugolu.ap.gov.in? for participating in Reverse Tendering). n) The time and date will be displayed for reverse tendering process. o) Finally, after completion of reverse tendering process, the Department shall carry out the technical bid evaluation of L1 bidder solely based on the uploaded certificates/documents, BG towards EMD in the e-procurement system. Reverse Tendering Process: As per G.O.Ms. No. 67 Water Resources (Reforms) Department dated: 16-08-2019 and G.O.Ms.No 50 Water Resources (Reforms) Department dated: 15-10-2020. (i) Submission of Hard Copies of uploaded Scan copies of Bank Guarantee towards EMD by participating bidders to the tender Inviting authority before opening of Price Bid is dispensed with. (ii) Only those bids will be evaluated and considered for comparison to arrive at L1 value and allowed to participate in reverse bidding in whose favour an authorised communication or a letter or a scanned and uploaded copy of that letter on e- procurement Website or an e-mail from the issuing bank or any authorised communication from the bank with regard to issue of the Bank Guarantee is sent to the Tender Inviting authority within the stipulated time. (iii) All Bank Guarantees uploaded by all Bidders would be verified with the issuing Bank, subsequently and if any uploaded Bank Guarantee is found (iv) To be forged or tampered with or fake, then it would be considered as fraud and would be liable for criminal action invariably. (v) Tenders up to 25% less (-25%) than the estimate may be accepted. Tenders which are less beyond minus 15% {(<-15%)} of the estimate but upto minus 25%, a Bank Guarantee for the difference between the tendered amount and 85% of the estimate value should be taken, over and above other guarantee, which would be released after the completion of work with other Bank Guarantees. Illustration: If a L1 bidder quotes Rs 75 for an estimated value of Rs 100, then the bidder will have to give an additional BG of Rs 10 {Rs 85 (that is 85% of Est. Value)- Rs 75 (Tendered amount )}. (vi) All the bidders shall invariably upload the scanned copies of Demand Draft /Bank Guarentee in e- Procurement system and this will be the primary requirement to consider the bid as responsive. (vii) The Department shall carry out the technical bid evaluation solely based on the uploaded certificates / documents, BG towards EMD/ affidavit, in the e-Procurement system and open the price bids of the responsive bidders and proceed further for reverse auctioning. (viii) The Department will notify the successful bidder for submission of original hard copies of all uploaded documents, BG towards EMD prior to entering into agreement. (ix) The successful bidder shall invariably furnish the original certificates /documents of the uploaded scanned copies to the Tender Inviting Authority, original Bank Guarantee towards EMD before entering into agreement either personally or through courier or post and the receipt of the same within 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 BG towards EMD, certificates /documents, from the successful bidder before the stipulated time. On receipt of documents, the Department shall ensure the genuineness of the BG towards EMD and all other certificates / documents uploaded by the bidder in e-Procurement system in support of the qualification criteria before concluding the agreement. (x) If any successful bidder fails to submit the original Hard Copies of uploaded certificates / Documents, BG towards EMD within 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 deter frivolous bidders and to avoid delays in the tender process for execution of the development schemes taken up by the Government. The information to this extent may be displayed in the e- Procurement platform website and all Govt. Dept./Public Sector Units/ Local Bodies/Autonomous Bodies in AP would prevent such bidders from participating in the bidding process xi) All bidders shall self-declare their details under each technical and financial criterion on the e-procurement platform along with an undertaking confirming their compliance with the technical and financial criterion prescribed in the bid document. xii) All bidders shall submit supporting documents for their submittals under each technical and financial criterion. In case of documents found to be defective, incorrect or forged and therefore claim of Qualification is not supported, severe action including forfeiture of EMD shall be taken. xiii) The threshold values of Technical and Financial qualification as prescribed by the department shall be displayed to the bidders on the screen of online e-procurement site. The bidders have to submit their details of qualification criterion in prescribed text boxes along with their self-declaration on the fulfillment of qualification criterion prescribed. The system automatically evaluates the qualification details uploaded by the bidders and enable the qualified bidders only to quote for their price bid in the prescribed box for the work. xiv) All bidders satisfying pre-qualification criterion as per their submittals and self-declaration on e-procurement site shall quote their price offer. xv) The Price bids of all the bidders shall be opened and the lowest quoted price bid among the qualified bidders in the tender process shall be determined. xvi) To conduct the reverse tender process at least two bidders would be required. xvii) The L1 Price Offer (Initial) shall be the maximum allowable Bid price for the reverse tendering process. xviii) Only one round of reverse tendering shall be carried out in which bidders can revise their bids multiple times within the time limits specified. xix) At the start of the Reverse Tendering process the Maximum Allowable Bid Price will be set and bidders shall submit their bids in an online platform. xx) Names of the bidders / vendors shall be anonymously masked in the Reverse Tendering process and vendors will be given suitable dummy names. xxi) The initial period of the Reverse tendering process will start after 3 hours, following which there will be auto extensions of time by 15 minutes in case of any reduction in bids recorded in the prior 15 minutes. xxii) Only the current L1 bid shall be visible to all bidders who may revise their bids until the end of the process. xxiii) Decrements made in each subsequent bid shall not be less than 0.5% of the IBM/ECV uploaded. xxiv) The L1 bid may be determined following a period of inactivity of more than 15 minutes of reverse bidding after the initial 3 hour period after closure of the main bidding. xxv) Deleted. xxvi) Deleted.. xxvii) In case there are discrepancies between the L1 bidder?s declarations under the technical and financial criteria and the supporting documents submitted, the L1 bidder shall be disqualified, his EMD shall be forfeited, he will be removed from the reverse tendering process and the remaining bidders shall be notified of the date and time when the reverse tendering process shall be resumed. xxviii) The reverse tendering process shall be resumed with the L2 price as the Maximum Allowable Bid Price. xxix) Only 15 minutes shall be initially allowed for the remaining bidders to revise their bids, subject to automatic extensions of 15 minutes in case of any reduction in bids recorded in the prior 15 minutes. xxx) The reverse tendering process shall continue until the determination of a successful bidder. Conclusion of the Reverse Tendering Process:- i) After conclusion of the reverse auction process, the pre-qualification criteria of all bidders shall be verified. In case of successful verification of pre-qualification criteria of the L-1 Bidder and if qualified he will be awarded the contract and the EMDs of un successful bidders shall be refunded. ii) If any variation is noticed between the up loaded documents, information furnished in the given templates in respect of both technical and commercial prequalification criteria and the self-declaration submitted by the bidder, the bidder will be suspended from participating in the tenders on e-procurement platform for a period of 3 years. If any of the documents furnished by the bidder are found to be false / fabricated / bogus, at any time the bidder will be black listed and the EMD will be forfeited. iii) In case of the L1 bidder being disqualified, the Department reserves the right to restart the reverse auction process with the L2 price of the concluded reverse auction as the start/ maximum bid price OR to restart the entire tendering process from the NIT Stage. In either case, the date and time of the subsequent process shall be communicated to the remaining bidders thru online. iv) e-procurement corpus fund: An e-procurement corpus fund of Rs.10,000/- administered by APTS has to be paid by the successful bidder through online like payment of Transaction fee in favour of Managing Director, AP Technological Services, and Vijayawada at the time of concluding the agreement. Special conditions 1. The Employer reserves the right to accept or reject any or all the Bids without assigning any reason whatsoever. 2. The dates stipulated in the NIT are firm and under no circumstances they will be relaxed unless officially extended / notified. 3. The Contractors shall submit their Bids online only. For any sort of difficulties or the problems in the internet, web site in submission of tenders, the Employer is not responsible. 4. Only those bids will be evaluated and considered for comparison to arrive at L1 value and allowed to participate in reverse bidding in whose favour an authorised communication or a letter or a scanned and uploaded copy of that letter on e- procurement Website or an e-mail from the issuing bank or any authorised communication from the bank with regard to issue of the Bank Guarantee is sent to the Tender Inviting authority within the stipulated time. 5. Tenders up to 25% less (-25%) than the estimate may be accepted. Tenders which are less beyond minus 15% {(<-15%)} of the estimate but upto minus 25%, a Bank Guarantee for the difference between the tendered amount and 85% of the estimate value should be taken, over and above other guarantee, which would be released after the completion of work with other Bank Guarantees. Illustration: If a L1 bidder quotes Rs 75 for an estimated value of Rs 100, then the bidder will have to give an additional BG of Rs 10 {Rs 85 (that is 85% of Est. Value)- Rs 75 (Tendered amount )}. 6. The Employer reserves the right to cancel the Bids at any time without assigning any reasons. 7. The Contractor should submit a copy of valid GST registration certificate issued by the registration authority. 8. The Contractor should submit copy of PAN card and copy of latest Income Tax return submitted to IT Department along with proof of submission. 9. Any other condition regarding receipt of Bids in conventional method appearing in the Bid documents is to be treated as not applicable. 10. The Contractors should invariably upload the scanned copies of Bid Security and experience certificates and other relevant documents duly signed by them. 11. Bids shall be valid for a period of 90 days from the last date of submission of Bids. Before expiry of validity, the authority who called for the Tenderers, shall seek for further extension of validity from the Contractors and in case the validity is not extended by any Contractor, his Bid will not be considered after such ex

Legal Terms & Conditions

As per Tender document

Procedure for Bid Submission

The bidder shall submit his response through Bid submission to the tender on eProcurement platform at www.apeprocurment.gov.in by following the procedure given below. The bidder would be required to register on the e-procurement market place https://tender.apeprocurement.gov.in and submit their bids online. Offline bids shall not be entertained by the Tender Inviting Authority for the tenders published in e-procurement platform. The bidders shall submit their eligibility and qualification details, Technical bid, Financial bid etc., in the online standard formats displayed in eProcurement web site. The bidders shall upload the scanned copies of all the relevant certificates, documents etc., in support of their eligibility criteria/technical bids and other certificate/documents in the eProcurement web site. The bidder shall sign on the statements, documents, certificates, uploaded by him, owning responsibility for their correctness/authenticity. The bidder shall attach all the required documents for the specific tender after uploading the same during the bid submission as per the tender notice and bid document. The Bidder shall also ensure prior to Final Bid submission that the Encryption certificate present in the DSC Key token is the same as that mapped into his Profile page in the Eprocurement system. Service provider shall not be responsible for Non-submission of Bid in case there is a variance in the Encryption certificate between the Key token and the Uploaded certificate in the Bidders profile in the Eprocurement system. Registration with eProcurement platform: For registration and online bid submission bidders may contact HELP DESK. https://tender.apeprocurement.gov.in Digital Certificate authentication: The bidder shall authenticate the bid with his Digital Certificate for submitting the bid electronically on eProcurement platform and the bids not authenticated by digital certificate of the bidder will not be accepted on the eProcurement platform. For obtaining Digital Signature Certificate, you may please Contact: You may please Contact Registration Authorities of any Certifying Authorities in India. The list of CAs are available by clicking the link https://tender.apeprocurement.gov.in/digital-signature.html# 3. Hard copies: i) Vide ref. G.O.Ms.No.174, I&CAD dept dated:1-9-2008, submission of original hard copies of the uploaded scanned copies of Proof of online Payment (Remittance)/BG towards EMD by participating bidders to the tender inviting authority before the opening of the price bid is dispensed forthwith. ii) All the bidders shall invariably upload the scanned copies of Proof of online Payment (Remittance)/BG in eProcurement system and this will be the primary requirement to consider the bid responsive. iii) The department shall carry out the technical evaluation solely based on the uploaded certificates/documents, Proof of online Payment (Remittance)/BG towards EMD in the eProcurement system and open the price bids of the responsive bidders. iv) The department will notify the successful bidder for submission of original hardcopies of all the uploaded documents Proof of online Payment (Remittance)/BG towards EMD prior to entering into agreement. v) The successful bidder shall invariably furnish the original Proof of online Payment (Remittance)/BG towards EMD, Certificates/Documents of the uploaded scan copies to the Tender Inviting Authority before entering into agreement, either personally or through courier or post and the receipt of the same within 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 Proof of online Payment (Remittance)/BG towards EMD, Certificates/Documents from the successful bidder before the stipulated time. On receipt of documents, the department shall ensure the genuinity of the Proof of online Payment (Remittance)/BG towards EMD and all other certificates/documents uploaded by the bidder in eProcurement system. In support of the qualification criteria before concluding the agreement. 4. The GO. Ms. No. 174 -I&CAD dated: 1-9-2008 Deactivation of Bidders If any successful bidder fails to submit the original hard copies of uploaded certificates/documents, Proof of online Payment (Remittance)/BG towards EMD within stipulated time or if any variation is noticed between the uploaded documents and the hardcopies submitted by the bidder, as the successful bidder will be suspended from participating in the tenders on eProcurement platform for a period of 3 years. The eProcurement system would deactivate the user ID of such defaulting 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. Other conditions as per tender document are applicable. The bidder is requested to get a confirmed acknowledgement from the Tender Inviting Authority a proof of Hardcopies submission to avoid any discrepancy. 5. Payment of EMD: It is mandatory for all participant bidders to electronically pay EMD Online by utilizing the ?Payment Gateway Service on E-Procurement platform". The Electronic Payment Gateway accepts all Master and Visa Credit Cards issued by any bank and Direct Debit facility/Net Banking/NEFT payment modes through ICICI Bank and/or Axis Bank Payment Gateways to facilitate the transaction. This is in compliance as per G.O.Ms. 08 dated 08.05.2016. A GST of 18.00% + Bank charges on the transaction amount payable to APTS shall be applicable. In addition to this, Bidders can also pay the EMD through Download of PDF format of RTGS Challan for respective Payment gateway and pay the EMD through their Parent Bank account. Once the EMD is received by the EProcurement application, Bidders can automatically continue with their Bid Submission online. IMPORTANT NOTE REGARDING EMD PAYMENT: 1. Bidders are encouraged to use only Net banking facility for payment of EMDs as far as possible for faster refunds in case of unsuccessful Bids for the Tender. 2. Bidders are advised not to use RTGS Challan downloads at the penultimate hour of Bid submission closing as any delay by their banker would not enable Bid submission on the platform. Please allow a minimum of 60 minutes for enabling ?Continuation of Bid Submission? from the time the Pool Account receives credit of the EMD from the Bidder?s Bank for both NEFT and RTGS Transfers. For RTGS Transfers, the Pool Account can get immediate credit whereas NEFT transfers would follow RBI Payment Cycle time. 3. Bidders are advised to pay EMD Online atleast T-1 or T-2 days before Bid submission closing date (T= Bid submission closing date) to avoid last minute delays and denials of successful Bid submission and to take care of any delays in Banking procedures. Un Successful Bidder EMD Refund process: - The bid is declared unsuccessful, under the following circumstances. Bid submitted by the bidder is not the lowest bid. Upon Finalization of the L1 Bid. Technical Disqualification of the Bid in case of 2 cover system. EMD paid but bid not submitted EMD refund will be initiated by the Tender Inviting Authority directly and through Online only and through the same payment channels as EMD received by the Department. (RTGS / NEFT /Credit Card /Debit Card refund), within 30 days from the date of publishing the Decision / Result. However, Vupadhi /GoAP will not be held responsible for the delays occurring due to banking channels/procedures/processes of the respective vendor. IMPORTANT NOTE REGARDING EMD REFUNDS: Bidders are requested to use discretion in their choice of payment channel for remittance of EMD. Time taken for Refunds under Ideal conditions: 1. Net Banking / NEFT / RTGS Challan: �One (1) Banking Business Day from time of initiation of refund by Tender Inviting Authority subject to RTGS/NEFT timings of RBI. 2. Credit card/ Debit card: 7-10 working days from time of initiation of refund by the Tender Inviting Authority. However, this may be longer in case of certain bank cards. In case of delays, bidders are requested to contact the Card issuing Bank for faster resolution. 6. Payment of Transaction Fee: It is mandatory for all the participant bidders from 1st January 2006 to electronically pay a Non-refundable Transaction fee to M/s. APTS , the service provider through "Payment Gateway Service on E-Procurement platform". The Electronic Payment Gateway accepts all Master and Visa Credit Cards issued by any bank and Direct Debit facility/Net Banking of ICICI Bank, Axis Bank to facilitate the transaction. This is in compliance as per G.O.Ms. 13 dated 07.05.2006. A GST of 18.00% + Bank charges on the transaction amount payable to APTS shall be applicable. 7. Corpus Fund: As per GO MS No.4 User departments shall collect 0.04% of ECV (estimated contract value) with a cap of Rs. 10,000 (Rupees ten thousand only) for all works with ECV upto Rs.50 Crores, and Rs. 25,000/- (Rupees twenty-five thousand only) for works with ECV above Rs.50 Crores, from successful bidders on eProcurement platform before entering into agreement / issue of purchase orders, towards eprocurement fund in favour of Managing Director, APTS . There shall not be any charge towards eProcurement fund in case of works, goods and services with ECV less than and upto Rs. 10 lakhs 8. Tender Document: The bidder is requested to download the tender document and read all the terms and conditions mentioned in the tender Document and seek clarification if any from the Tender Inviting Authority. Any offline bid submission clause in the tender document could be neglected. The bidder has to keep track of any changes by viewing the Addendum/Corrigenda issued by the Tender Inviting Authority on time-to- time basis in the E-Procurement platform. The Department calling for tenders shall not be responsible for any claims/problems arising out of this. 9. Bid Submission Acknowledgement: The bidder shall complete all the processes and steps required for Bid submission. The system will generate an acknowledgement with a unique bid submission number after completing all the prescribed steps and processes by the bidder. Users may also note that the bids for which an acknowledgement is not generated by the e-procurement system are treated as invalid or not saved in the system. Such invalid bids are not made available to the Tender Inviting Authority for processing the bids. The Government of AP are not responsible for incomplete bid submission by users.

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