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GOVERNMENT OF ANDHRA PRADESH
ANDHRA PRADESH MEDICAL SERVICES &
INFRASTRUCTURE DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION
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Short Tender Notice No. 3-4 /EE/APMSIDC Divn/Krishna-Dt/ VJA/DB/2021-22, Dt: 20.05.21
Name of work: Providing single Vacuum Pipeline for 134 Beds for OP Block in New Govt. General Hospital, Vijayawada ( 4th Call )
OFFICER INVITING TENDERS: Executive Engineer, APMSIDC Division,
Krishna District, Vijayawada
Short Tenders 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 plat form of Government of Andhra Pradesh i.e
1. . www.eprocurement.gov.in
Estimate Contract value of work : Rs.1579363/-
Contractors would be required to register on the e-Procurement Market place “www.e-procurement.gov.in” and submit their bids online. The department will not accept any bid submitted in the paper form.D
2. Processing fee of The tenderer shall remit Processing fee (Rs:2000) through on line to the account of the Managing Director, APMSIDC, Mangalagiri (Account No. 142410011000314 of Andhra Bank, Mangalagiri Branch, Mangalagiri, IFSC Code : ANDB 0000366) or Non refundable Processing fee of Rs.2000/- to be paid by way of crossed Online payment drawn in favour of M.D., APMSIDC, Mangalagiri.and upload the original Transaction slip with UTR number. Failure to pay the Processing fee in the aforesaid manner will entitle for rejection of the bid.
3. a) E.M.D. to be paid by way of Online for Rs.15794/-(i.e., 1.0% of ECV) drawn in favour of Executive Engineer, APMSIDC Division, Krishna District, Vijayawada along with bids and the balance EMD @ 1.5% of Estimate Contract Value / Tender Contract Value which ever is higher is to be paid at the time of concluding agreement.
b) All the participating bidders should pay a Transaction fee of Rs.559/- [(@0.03% of ECV (estimate contract value) with a cap of Rs.10,000/- + service tax @ 18% on transaction fee)] to A.P.T.S. by using Credit cards (Any MASTER / VISA Card) issued by any bank or through net banking accounts with ICICI or HDFC Banks as per G.O.Ms.No.13/ IT&C Dept. Dt.07.05.06 with effect for 02.02.2007.
Scanned E.M.D. and Processing fee may be uploaded with the bids and processing fee originals must be submitted to the Executive Engineer, APMSIDC Division, Krishna District, Vijayawada so as to reach before 3.00 PM on the date of opening of price bid either personally or through courier or by post and the receipt of the processing fee original within the stipulated time shall be the responsibility of the tenderer. Failure to furnish the processing fee original DD before 3.00 PM on price bid opening date will entail rejection of bid.
4. Period of completion of work : 1 month
5. The tenderers can view/ down load the tender documents from the 'e’ market place.
6. Form of contract – Lump sum contract.
7. Class of Contractors eligible is as given below:
Eligible class of contractor as per G.O. Ms. No:
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94 of I & CAD (PW-COD) Dept. Dt. 01-07-2003
Class IV and Above
Bid document Downloading start date : 09.06.2021 10.30 AM
Bid document Downloading end date ; 14.06.2021 3.00 PM
Price bid meeting : No meeting
Last date & Time for receipt of bids : 14.06.2021 5.00 PM
Bid validity period : 30 days
Price bid opening date : 14.06.2021 5.30 PM
(Financial bid stage)
For more information contact No.0866 2533455
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.
13. Procedure for submission of Tenders :
(a) Tenderers need to contact Executive Engineer, APMSIDC, Krishna District, Vijayawada for information on e-Procurement.
(b) Tenderers need to register on the electronic procurement market place of Government of Andhra Pradesh i.e., “www.eprocurement.gov.in”. On registration on the e-Procurement market place they will be provided with a user id and password by the system through which they can submit their tenders online.
(c) While registering on the e-procurement market Place, tenderers need to scan and upload the required documents as per the Tender requirements onto their profile.
(d) Such uploaded documents pertaining to Technical Bid need to be attached to the tender while submitting the tenders on line. The original DD towards processing fee should be submitted to the Executive Engineer, APMSIDC Division, Krishna District, Vijayawada before 3.00 PM on the date of opening of Price Bid.
14. Qualification Requirements: To qualify for consideration of award of the contract each tenderer should fulfill the following criteria;
1. The details and certificates are to be furnished as per the Proforma available in the tender schedules.
2. The contractor shall furnish a copy of “Registration of contractor” obtained from the Govt. of AP.
3. The contractor shall furnish a copy of valid GST registration (A.P) with commercial tax department and copy of GST clearance update.
4. The contractor should furnish copy of permanent account number (PAN).and copy of I.T. assessment update).
5. Processing fee of The tenderer shall remit Processing fee (Rs:2000) through on line to the account of the Managing Director, APMSIDC, Mangalagiri (Account No. 142410011000314 of Andhra Bank, Mangalagiri Branch, Mangalagiri, IFSC Code : ANDB 0000366) or Non refundable Processing fee of Rs.2000/- to be paid by way of crossed Online payment drawn in favour of M.D., APMSIDC, Mangalagiri.and upload the original Transaction slip with UTR number. Failure to pay the Processing fee in the aforesaid manner will entitle for rejection of the bid.
6. Transaction fee of Rs.559/- [(@0.03% of ECV (estimate contract value) with a cap of Rs.10,000/-+ service tax @ 18% on transaction fee)] shall be payable to A.P.T.S., in the manner mentioned at 5(b) above.
7. EMD in the shape of Online payment for Rs.15794/-issued be valid for 3 Months from
the date of NIT.
8. Information on Litigation history as per Statement – II.
The Hard copies of the above particulars should submitted to this office before
opening of the price bid. Failing which, the price bid will not be accepted.
The tenderer should submit the particulars preferably in the format specified in the tender schedule along with necessary certificates.
9. 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
10. 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 under clause 60 (a) of PS to APSS.
11 The Tenderer should submit signed undertaking of tender on line.
12. Procedure for Tender Submission
1 The Tenderers 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 tenderers should upload the scanned copies of documents in support of their Technical bids. The bidders shall sign on all the statements, documents, certificates, uploaded by them, owning responsibility for their correctness / authenticity.
2 After uploading the Technical bid / Price bid, the original Online payments in respect of Processing fee (except the Price bid / offer) is to be submitted by the tenderer to the EXECUTIVE ENGINEER, so as to reach before 3.00 PM on the date of opening of the price bid. The Corporation shall not hold any risk on account of postal delay or non receipt.
3 The Corporation 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 problem(s) encountered by the Tenderers while submitting his bids online.
4. The tenderers shall authenticate the bid with his digital certificate for submitting the bid electronically on e-Procurement platform and the bids not authenticated by digital certificate of the bidder will not be accepted on the e-Procurement platform.
13. General Terms & Conditions
Officer inviting tenders : Executive Engineer, APMSIDC Division, Krishna District,
Vijayawada
1. Tenders are invited on the e-procurement platform for the above-mentioned work from the contractors / contracting firms eligible as per clause-13.8 registered with State Govt.
2. estimated contract value of work: Rs.1583310/-
3. a) Processing fee: A Online payment (non-refundable) for Rs.2,000/-in favour of MD APMSIDC Mangalagiri The Processing fee once received will not be refunded under any circumstances nor adjusted for other works or subsequent ,calls or on any other account.
b) All the participating tenderers should pay a Transaction fee of Rs.560/- [(@0.03% of ECV (estimate contract value) with a cap of Rs.10,000/-+ service tax @ 18% on transaction fee)] shall be payable to M/s. C1 India Pvt. Ltd., in the manner mentioned at 5(b) above.
4. a) E.M.D. to be paid by way of Online payment for Rs.15794 /-(i.e.1 % of ECV) drawn in favour of Executive Engineer, APMSIDC Division, Krishna District, Vijayawada Scanned Processing fee and E.M.D. may be uploaded with the tenders
5. Period of completion of work: 1 month
6. Tender Schedules: Tender schedules can be downloaded from the Web site “www.eprocurement.gov.in”
7. Form of Contract: Lump sum contract.
8. Class of contractor eligible: Class IV and above as per Go.Ms No. 94 Date: 01/07/2003.
Note: The dates stipulated above are extendable by an official notification by the department or happen to be Public Holidays.
12. The technical bid evaluation of the tenderers will be done on the certificates /documents uploaded through online only towards qualification criteria furnished by them.
8. After uploading the Technical bid / Price bid, the original Online payment in respect of Processing fee (except the Price bid / offer) is to be submitted by the bidder to the EXECUTIVE ENGINEER, so as to reach before 3.00P.M. on the date of opening of the price bid.
9. The tenderer is subject to be disqualified, 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 completion of the works, litigation history and or financial failures and or participated in the previous tendering for the same work and has quoted unreasonable high bid price.
10. 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 as per clause 60(a) of PS to APDSS and his EMD will be forfeited.
11. Any other condition regarding receipt of tenders in conventional method appearing in the tender documents may please be treated as not applicable.
12. The contractors are requested to upload the information’s in Zip format preferably.
13. Transaction fees: A transaction fee at 0.10% of the estimate contract value of the work towards service charges has to be paid by successful bidder at the time of concluding agreement in the form of Online payment as follows in favour of :
1) Managing Director, APTS, Vijayawada for Rs. /- @ 0.04% of estimate contract value with a cap of Rs10,000/-
2) Managing Director, APMSIDC, Mangalagiri for Rs. /- @ 0.06% of estimate contract value)
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EXECUTIVE ENGINEER
IMPORTANT NOTE
After uploading the Technical bid / Price bid, the original Online payments in respect of Processing fee and EMD (except the Price bid / offer) and Copy of Registration, PAN No., GST Registration is to be submitted by the bidder to the EXECUTIVE ENGINEER, APMSIDC Division, Krishna District, Vijayawada so as to reach before 3.00P.M. on the date of opening of the price bid.
INSTRUCTIONS TO TENDERERS
Name of work: Providing single Vacuum Pipeline for 134 Beds for OP Block in New Govt. General Hospital, Vijayawada ( 4th Call )
Scope of work : Building work
ECV put to tender. : Rs.1579363
a) Period of completion. : 1 month
b) SSR adopted : Common SSR of 2020-21
c) Rates adopted for
a) Cement : -
b) Steel (Fe-500) : -
c) Mild steel -
Allowances
a) Municipal Allowance – 40%
g) Seigniorage Charges : As per Government Orders issued from time to time.
h) Value Added Tax (GST ). GST 12 %
1) Toward Insurance Premium : Applicable.
The Executive Engineer, APMSIDC Division, Krishna District Vijayawada invites tenders for the above works vide Short Tender Notice No. 3-4 /EE/APMSIDC Divn/Krishna-Dt/ VJA/DB/2021-22, Dt: 20.05.21
1.1 After uploading the Technical bid / Price bid, the original Online payment in respect of processing fee (except the Price bid / offer) is to be submitted by the tenderer to the EXECUTIVE ENGINEER, so as to reach before 3.00 PM on the date of opening of the Price bid. The Corporation shall not hold any risk on account of postal delay. Similarly, if any of the certificates, documents, etc., furnished by the tenderer are found to be false / fabricated / bogus, the tenderer will be disqualified, blacklisted, action will be initiated as deemed fit and the EMD will be forfeited.
The Corporation 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 problem(s) encountered by the Tenderers while submitting his bids online
1.2 The successful tenderer is expected to complete the work within the time period specified in the Tender Notice.
1.4 The successful (L1) Tenderer shall furnish the hard copies of the all the documents/Certificates/statements up loaded by him at the time of concluding agreement.
2. Firms Eligible to Tender:
2.1 The Firms who
i) Possess the valid registration in the class and category mentioned in the Tender Notice and satisfy all the conditions therein are the eligible tenderers.
ii) are not blacklisted or debarred or suspended by the Government for what ever the reason, prohibiting them not to continue in the contracting business are the eligible tenderers.
iii) Have complied with the eligibility criteria specified in the Tender Notice are the eligible tenderers.
2.2 Firms Ineligible to Tender:
i) A retired officer of the Govt. of AP or Govt. of India executing works is disqualified from tendering for a period of two years from the date of retirement without the prior permission of the Government.
ii) The Tenderer who has employed any retired officer as mentioned above shall be considered as an ineligible tenderer.
iii) The contractor himself or any of his employees is found to be Gazetted Officer who retired from Government Service and had not obtained permission from the Government for 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 tender or engagement in the Contractor’s service.
v) Contractor shall not be eligible to tender 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 tenderer 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 Tenderers
3.1 The tenderer shall furnish the following particulars in the formats enclosed, supported by documentary evidence as specified in the formats.
a) Check slip to accompany the tender (in Annexure-I).
Attested copies of documents relating to the Registration of the firm, Registration as Civil Contractor, Partnership deed, Articles of Association, Commercial Tax Registration, Permanent Account Number.
Note: The Partnership firms, which are registered as Contractors shall intimate the change in partnership deed, if any as per G.O.Ms.No.58, I & CAD dated 23-04-2002 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 tender will be rejected. The intimation of change of partners if any and the acceptance by the Registration authority may be enclosed.
b) Information regarding any litigation, with Government during the last five years, in which the Tenderer is involved in (Statement II);
Note : The tenderer shall sign all the statements /documents and certificates up loaded by him owning the responsibility for their correctness/ authenticity.
3.2 a) Tenders from Joint Ventures are not accepted.
c) Contractors against whom Vigilance / disciplinary / blacklisting cases are pending in the Corporation are not entitled to participate in the tender for the above work
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3.3 QUALIFICATION CRITERIA FOR OPENING OF THE PRICE BID.
To qualify for opening the price Bid, each contractor / firm
3.3(i) should furnish copy of Permanent Account Number (PAN) card
3.3(ii) Copy of Registration as mentioned in Tender Notice.
3.3(iii) Information on Litigation history in which tenderer is involved if any.
3.3(iv) Processing fee of The tenderer shall remit Processing fee (Rs:2000) through on line to the account of the Managing Director, APMSIDC, Mangalagiri (Account No. 142410011000314 of Andhra Bank, Mangalagiri Branch, Mangalagiri, IFSC Code : ANDB 0000366) or Non refundable Processing fee of Rs.2000/- to be paid by way of crossed Online payment drawn in favour of M.D., APMSIDC, Mangalagiri.and upload the original Transaction slip with UTR number. Failure to pay the Processing fee in the aforesaid manner will entitle for rejection of the bid.
3.3(vi) All the participating bidders should pay a Transaction fee of Rs.559/-[(@0.03% of ECV (estimate contract value) with a cap of Rs.10,000/- + service tax @ 18% on transaction fee)] shall be payable to A.P.T.S., in the manner mentioned at 5(b) above.
3.3(vii) E.M.D. to be paid by way of Online payment for Rs.15794 /-(i.e.1 % of ECV) drawn in favour of Executive Engineer, APMSIDC Division, Krishna District, Vijayawada Scanned Processing fee and E.M.D. may be uploaded with the tenders
3.3(ix) Signed undertaking of tender
The bidder should submit the particulars preferably in the format specified in the tender schedule along with necessary certificates.
Note 1 : Tenders from joint ventures will not be accepted.
Note 2 : Contractors against whom Vigilance / disciplinary / blacklisting cases are
pending in the Corporation are not entitled to participate in the tender for
the above work.
No relaxation will be given to any of the qualification criteria.
3.4 Even though the tenderers 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 and/or
Not turned up for entering into agreement, when called upon.
record of poor progress such as abandoning the work, not properly completing the contract, inordinate delays in completion, litigation history or financial failures etc. and/or
participated in the previous bidding for the same work and had quoted unreasonably high tender 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 60(a) of PS to APSS.
The tender of the contractor will be disqualified along with the forfeiture of E.M.D. and the contractor will be debarred from future tendering for a further period of 2 years in the event of furnishing of false/fraudulent certificates along with the tender.
3.5 For tenders up to 15 % less than the estimated contract value of work, no additional security deposit is required. But for tenders less than 15% of the estimated Contract Value of work, the difference between the tendered amount and 85% of the estimated contract value, shall be paid by the successful tenderer at the time of concluding agreement as an additional security to fulfill the contract through a Bank Guarantee or Online payment on a Nationalised Bank / Scheduled bank in the prescribed format valid till completion of the work in all respects
3.6 a) If the percentage quoted by a tenderer 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 tendering process, such tenders shall be rejected.
d) A tenderer submitting a Tender which the tender 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 tendering or for such period as the tender accepting authority may decide. The tenderer 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 tenderer to charge a private purchaser under the provisions of clause-6 of the hoarding and profiteering prevention ordinance of 1943 as amended from time to time and on similar principle in regard to labour supervision on the construction.
3.7 CONDITIONAL TENDER
Conditional tenders are not accepted. Submission of tender would be construed as acceptance to all the terms and conditions of the tender which include conditions of contract, drawings and accompanying specifications.
4. One Tender per Tenderer:
4.1 Each Tenderer shall submit only one Tender for the work. A Tenderer who submits more than one Tender will cause disqualification of all the Tenders submitted by the Tenderer.
5.
Cost of Tendering
5.1 The Tenderer shall bear all costs associated with the preparation and submission of his Tender and the tender inviting authority will in no case be responsible and liable for those costs.
6. Site Visit.
6.1 The Tenderer, at the Tenderer’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 Tender for entering into a contract, for construction of the work. The costs of visiting the site shall be at the Tenderer’s own expense.
B. Tender Document
7. Contents of Tender document.
7.1 One set of Tender document, comprises of the following:
Technical bid
1) Notice Inviting Tenders (NIT)
2) Instruction to Tenderer
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3) Forms of Tender 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 Tender Documents
8.1 A prospective Tenderer requiring any clarification on Tender documents may contact the Tender Inviting Officer at the address indicated in the NIT. The Tender Inviting Officer will also respond to any request for clarification, received through post.
9. Amendment to Tender Documents
9.1 Before the last date for submission of Tenders, the Tender Inviting Officer may modify any of the Contents of the Tender Notice, Tender documents by issuing amendment / Addendum.
9.2 Any addendum/amendments issued by the Tender Inviting Officer shall be part of the Tender Document and it shall be attatched to the Tender Notice on web site (i.e) eprocureme.gov.in
9.3 To give prospective Tenderers reasonable time to take an addendum into account in preparing their bids, the Tender Inviting Officer may extend if necessary, the last date for submission of tenders.
C. PREPARATION OF TENDERS.
10. Language of the Tender.
10.1 All documents relating to the tender shall be in the English Language only.
11. Documents comprising of the Tender.
11.1 The bidders who are desirous of participating in e-procurement shall submit their technical bids, price bids etc., in the standard prescribed format 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 technical/price bid, the original DD towards processing fee is to be submitted by the tenderer to the Executive Engineer so as to reach before 3.00 PM on the date of opening of the price bid.
The technical bids will be opened on line by the EXECUTIVE ENGINEER or his authorized representative at the time and date as specified in the tender documents. All the statements, documents, certificates, DD/BG etc., uploaded by the tenderers will be down loaded for technical evaluation. The clarifications, particulars if any required from the bidders will be obtained 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 bid evaluation will be displayed on the e market place, which can be seen by all the bidders who participated in the tenders.
12. Bid Offer:
12.1 Bill of Quantities called Schedule “A” and the bid offer accompanies the tender document as Volume - II. It shall be explicitly understood that the Tender 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 or as set forth in the conditions of the contract. The tenderers 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 at the space provided therein in Schedule ‘A’. The tenderer should however quote his lump sum tender based on this schedule of quantities. He should quote his offer as a overall tender percentage. The over all tender percentage should be written both in words and figures. The bid offers i.e., percentage shall be quoted both in figures and words.
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 tenderer should workout his own rates keeping in view the work, site conditions and quote his overall tender 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 tender percentage quoted by the tenderer.
12.5 The tendered contract amount as computed based on overall tender percentage is subject to variation during the performance of the Contract in accordance with variation in quantities etc.
12.6 A Transaction fee at 0.10% of the estimate contract value of the work towards service charges has to be paid by successful bidder at the time of concluding agreement in the form of Online payment as follows in favour of :
1) Managing Director, APTS, Vijayawada for Rs. /-
(@ 0.04% of estimate contract value with a cap
of Rs.10,000/-)
2) Managing Director, APMSIDC , Mangalagiri for Rs. /-
(@ 0.06% of estimate contract value)
13. Validity of Tenders:
13.1 Tenders shall remain valid for a period of not less than three months from the last date for receipt of Tender specified in NIT.
13.2 During the above mentioned period no plea by the tenderer for any sort of modification of the tender based upon or arising out of any alleged misunderstanding of misconceptions or mistake or for any reason will be entertained.
13.3 In exceptional circumstances, prior to expiry of the original time limit, the Tender Inviting Officer may request the bidders to extend the period of validity for a specified additional period. Such request to the Tenderers shall be made in writing. A Tenderer may refuse the request without forfeiting his E.M.D. A Tenderer agreeing to the request will not be permitted to modify his Tender, but will be required to extend the validity of his E.M.D. for a period of the extension.
14. Processing fee:
a) The Tenderer shall furnish, Processing fee of Rs.2,000/- in favour of MD APMSIDC Mangalagiri. through online and upload the receipt
b) All the participating bidders should pay a transaction fee of Rs.559/-[(@0.03% of ECV (estimate contract value) with a cap of Rs.10,000/-+ Service tax @ 18% on transaction fee)] shall be payable to A.P.T.S., in the manner mentioned at 5(b) above.
14. c)Earnest Money Deposit
14.1 The Tenderer shall furnish, Earnest Money Deposit equivalent to 1% of ECV along with hard copies of Tender documents. The online EMD amount shall be from a Nationalised Bank/Scheduled Bank in favour of “Executive Engineer, APMSIDC Division, Krishna District , Vijayawada valid for a period of 4 Months. Xerox copy of the DD is to be scanned and uploaded along with the Bid and the original DD shall be sent to the Executive Engineer, APMSIDC Division, Krishna District, Vijayawada so as to reach before 3.00 PM on the date of opening of the price bid. Failure to furnish the original DD/BG before 3.00PM on the date of opening of price bid will entail rejection of bid and blacklisting.
14.2 The successful tenderer should however pay the E.M.D. at 2½% on Estimated Contract Value / Tender Contract Value which ever is higher plus the additional EMD for tenders less than 15% of the Estimate Contract Value in accordance with Clause 3.6 at the time of signing the agreement in the shape of crossed Online payment on any Nationalised Bank./Scheduled Bank .
14.3 Online payments furnished towards EMD shall be valid for a period of six months from the date of tender notice.
15. Return of E.M.D. to unsuccessful tenderer.
The earnest money deposit will be refunded to the unsuccessful tenderer by registered post at the expiry of the period of validity of tender or the entrustment of the work to the successful tenderer whichever is earlier.
16. Return of EMD to successful tenderer
The EMD paid by the successful tenderer at the time of tendering will be discharged when the tenderer has signed the agreement and furnished the required EMD pursuant to Clause 14.2.
17. The earnest money deposited by the successful tenderer will not carry any interest and it will be dealt with as provided in the conditions stipulated in the tender. The E.M.D. given in the form of Bank Guarantee on a Nationalised / Scheduled Bank, shall be valid for the duration of contract period plus defect liability period of two years and in case any valid extension of contract period is granted, the validity of BG shall also be extended for the corresponding period. The Bank Guarantee on Nationalised / Scheduled Bank furnished by the tenderer towards additional security amount shall be valid till the work is completed in all respects.
17.1 The E.M.D. shall be forfeited.
(a) if the Tenderer withdraws the Tender during the validity period of Tender.
(b) in the case of a successful Tenderer, if he fails to sign the Agreement for whatever the reason.
17.2 In consideration of the EXECUTIVE ENGINEER undertaking to investigate and to take into account each tender and in consideration of the work thereby involved, all earnest monies deposited by the tenderer will be forfeited to the Corporation in the event of such tenderer either modifying or with-drawing his tender at his instance within the said validity period of three months.
D. SUBMISSION OF TENDERS.
18. Submission of Tenders:
18.1 The Tenderers 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 tenderers should upload the scanned copies in support of their Technical bids. The documents are to be uploaded in ZIP format only. The bidders shall sign on all the statements, documents, certificates, uploaded by him, owning responsibility for their correctness / authenticity. The documents uploaded online will only be considered for evaluation.
After uploading the Technical / Price bid, the original Online payment in respect of processing fee (except the Price bid / offer) is to be submitted by the bidder to the EXECUTIVE ENGINEER, so as to reach before 3.00 PM on the date of opening of the price bid.
18.2 The Corporation 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 problem(s) encountered by the Tenderers while submitting his bids online.
18.3 Related certificates, documents etc., duly self attested are to be scanned and uploaded on to the e-procurement platform at www.eprocurement.gov.in in support of items mentioned in clause 3.
18.4 Any other condition regarding receipt of tenders in conventional method appearing in Tender document may be treated as Non-applicable.
19. Last date / time for Submission of the Tenders.
a) Tenders must be submitted online not later than the date and time specified in the Tender Notice / Tender Document.
The EXECUTIVE ENGINEER or his nominee may extend the dates for issue and receipt of Tenders by issuing an amendment in which case all rights and obligations of the EXECUTIVE ENGINEER and the Tenderers will remain same as previously.
Late Tenders.
Tenders will not be received after the last date / time prescribed in NIT / Tender Document..
Modification to the Tender.
Tenderers can modify their Tender online before the last date/time prescribed in Tender Notice / Tender Document and amendments issued, if any.
No tender shall be modified after the last date /time of submission of Tenders.
Submission of Tenders:
The tenderer shall invariably ensure that the following are uploaded online
a) Check slip
b) Copy of contractors registration certificate under appropriate class with Government of Andhra Pradesh
c) Copy of permanent account number (PAN) card and copy of latest Income Tax returns submitted along with proof of receipt..
d) The information on litigation history in Statement II
e) DDs for processing fee and EMD.
f) Signed under taking of tender.
Note:- Any incorrectness / deviation noticed in the soft copies will be viewed seriously and apart from canceling the tender duly forfeiting the EMD, criminal action will be initiated including suspension of business.
E. TENDER OPENING AND EVALUATION
20. Tender opening
20.1 The Technical bids will be opened online by the EXECUTIVE ENGINEER or his nominee at the time and date as specified in the Notice Inviting Tender. All the Statements, documents, certificates, Online payment etc., uploaded by the Tenderers will be downloaded for technical evaluation. 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.
21. Clarification on the Technical Bid.
21.1 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.
21.2 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.
22. Examination of technical Bids and Determination of Responsiveness
22.1 The EXECUTIVE ENGINEER or his nominee will evaluate whether each Tenderer is satisfying the eligibility criteria prescribed in the tender document and declares them as a qualified Tenderer if he satisfies the eligibility criteria.
22.2 If any alteration is made by the tenderer in the tender documents, the conditions of the contract, the drawings, specifications or statements / formats or quantities the tender will be rejected.
23. Price Bid Opening:
23.1 At the specified date and time, the price bids of all the technically qualified bidders will be opened online by the EXECUTIVE ENGINEER or his nominee and the result will be displayed on the e-market place which can be seen by all the bidders who participated in the Tenders.
23.2 The Price Bid of the Unqualified Tenderers will not be opened.
23.2.1 Tenders shall be scrutinised in accordance with the conditions stipulated in the Tender document. In case of any discrepancy of non-adherence to conditions, the Tender accepting authority shall communicate the same which will be binding both on the tender Opening authority and the Tenderer. In case of any ambiguity or dispute, the decision taken by the Tender Accepting Authority on tenders shall be final.
24. Evaluation and Comparison of Price Bids
24.1 The EXECUTIVE ENGINEER or his nominee will evaluate and compare the price bids of all the qualified Tenderers.
24.2 Negotiations at any level are strictly prohibited. However, good gesture rebate, if offered by the lowest tenderer prior to finalisation of tenders may be accepted by the tender accepting authority.
24.3 Selection of Tenderer among the lowest & equally quoted tenderers will be in the following orders:
a) The tenderer whose bid capacity is higher will be selected.
b) In case the bid capacity is also same the tenderer 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.
25. Process to be Confidential.
25.1 Information relating to the examination, clarification, evaluation and comparison of Tenders and recommendations for the award of a contract shall not be disclosed to Tenderers or any other persons not officially concerned with such process until the award to the successful Tenderer has been announced by the tender accepting authority. Any effort by a Tenderer to influence the processing of Tenders or award decisions may result in the rejection of his Tender.
25.2 No Tenderer shall contact the EXECUTIVE ENGINEER or any authority concerned with finalisation of tenders on any matter relating to its Tender from the time of the Tender opening to the time the Contract is awarded. If the Tenderer wishes to bring additional information to the notice of the EXECUTIVE ENGINEER, it should do so in writing.
25.3 Before recommending / accepting the tender, the tender recommending / accepting authority shall verify the correctness of certificates submitted to meet the eligibility criteria and specifically experience. The authenticated agreements of previous works executed by the lowest tenderer shall be called for.
F. AWARD OF CONTRACT
26. Award Criteria
26.1 The EXECUTIVE ENGINEER or his nominee will award the contract on approval of the tender by Competent authority.
26.2 The tender accepting authority reserves the right to accept or reject any Tender or all tenders and to cancel the Tendering process, at any time prior to the award of Contract, without thereby incurring any liability to the affected Tenderer or Tenderers or any obligation to inform the affected Tenderer or Tenderers of the reasons for such action.
27. Notification of Award and Signing of Agreement.
27.1 The Tenderer whose Tender has been accepted will be notified of the award of the work prior to expiration of the Tender 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”).
27.2 When a tender is accepted , the concerned tenderer shall attend the office of the EXECUTIVE ENGINEER on the date fixed in the Letter of acceptance. Upon intimation being given by the EXECUTIVE ENGINEER, of acceptance of his tender, the tenderers shall make payment of the E.M.D., and additional security deposit wherever needed by way of Online payment or unconditional and irrevocable Bank Guarantee obtained from a Nationalised / Scheduled Bank with a validity period of duration of Contract period plus defects liability period of 2 years and sign an agreement in the form prescribed by the department for the due fulfillment of the contract. Failure to attend the EXECUTIVE ENGINEER’s 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 Corporation shall be the foundation of the rights and obligations of both the parties and the contract shall not be deemed to be complete until the agreement has first been signed by the contractor and then by the proper officer authorised to enter into contract.
27.3 The successful tenderer has to sign an agreement within a period of 15 days from the date of receipt of communication of acceptance of his tender. On failure to do so his tender 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 tenderer.
28. Corrupt or Fraudulent Practices
28.1 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 Tenderers (prior to or after Tender submission) designed to establish in Tender 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 Tenderer 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, Tenderers shall be aware of the provisions stated in the General Conditions of Contract.
33 Rights of the Corporation
33.1 The management of the Corporation reserves the right to reject any or all of the tenders, without assigning any reason whatsoever.
33.2 In the event of any dispute regarding any of the tender conditions, the decision of the management shall be final.
FORMS OF TENDER
QUALIFICATION INFORMATION
AND
UNDER TAKING OF TENDERER
QUALIFICATION INFORMATION
CHECKLIST TO ACOMPANY THE TENDER
Documents to be submitted by tenderer on the
e-procurement platform on line
Sl. No.
Document to be uploaded to profile
Description to be given
Scanned documents to be uploaded
Page No. (see Note 4 below)
(1)
(2)
(3)
(4)
(5)
1.a)
b)
Contractors registration under appropriate class with Govt. of A.P.
Partnership deed in case
of firms & Article of Association in case of companies
Registration
Yes / No
2
Copy of Permanent Account Number (PAN) card and copy of latest Income Tax returns submitted along with proof of receipt.
ITCC
Yes / No
3
Processing fee in favour of MD,APMSIDC
Processing fee
Yes / No
4
E.M.D
EMD
Yes / No
5
Undertaking of Tender
Undertaking
Yes / No
6
GST Registration with Commercial Tax Department.
GST Registration
Yes / No
7
Declaration
Declaration
Yes / No
8
Availability of key personnel as in statement-II.
Statement
Yes / No
Note: 1. Please upload documents in ZIP format with suitable description as defined above.
2. The scanned documents shall be legible failing which they will not be considered.
3. Shall sign on all statements, documents, certificates uploaded owning responsibility for their correctness / authenticity.
4. All the statements copies of the certificates, documents etc., enclosed to the Technical bid shall be given page numbers on the right corner of each certificate, which will be indicated in column (5) against each item.
STATEMENT – II
Availability of Key Personnel
Qualification and experience of Key Personnel proposed to be deployed for execution of the contract.
S. No
Name
Designation
Qualification
Total Experience
Working with the Tenderer since.
1
2
3
4
5
6
Signature of the Tenderer
UNDERTAKING OF TENDERER
Date: ……………
To
The EXECUTIVE ENGINEER,
A.P.M.S.I.D.C Division,
Krishna District,
Vijayawada
Sir,
I / We do hereby tender and if this tender be accepted, under take to execute the following work as shown in the drawings and described in the specifications available on online and also in the office of the Executive Engineer, APMSIDC Division, Krishna District, Vijayawada 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 as quoted online 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’, 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’ 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 words only shall prevail.
I/We agreed to keep the offer in this tender valid a period of Three month(s) mentioned in the tender notice and not to modify the whole or any part of it for any reason within above period. If the tender is withdrawn by me/us for any reasons whatsoever, the earnest money paid by me/us will be forfeited to Corporation.
I/We hereby distinctly and expressly, declare and acknowledge that, before the submission of my/our tender I/We have carefully followed the instructions in the tender notice and have read the A.P.S.S. and the preliminary specifications therein and the A.P.S.S. addenda volume and that I/We have made such examination of the contract documents and the plans, specifications and quantities and of the location where the said work is to be done, and such investigation of the work required to be done, and in regard to the material required to be furnished as to enable me/us to thoroughly understand the intention of same and the requirements, covenants, agreements, stipulations and restrictions contained in the contract, and in the said plans and specifications and distinctly agree that I/We will not hereafter make any claim or demand upon the Government based upon or arising out of any alleged misunderstanding or misconception /or mistake on my/or our part of the said requirement, covenants, agreements, stipulations, restrictions and conditions.
I/We enclosed to my/our tender a crossed Online payment No. DD.No. dt. for Rs. DD.No.
towards Earnest Money Deposit not to bear any interest.
I/WE enclosed to my/our tender a crossed Online payment No. for Rs 2,000/- towards Processing fee which is non-refundable.
I/We shall not assign the contract or sublet any portion of the same. In case if it becomes necessary such subletting with the permission of the Engineer-in-Charge shall be limited to (1) Labour contract (2) Material contract (3) Transport contract (4) Engaging specialists for special items of work enjoined in A.P.S.S.
If my/our tender is not accepted the sum shall be returned to me/us on application when intimation is sent to me/us of rejection or at the expiration of three months from last date of receipt of this tender, whichever is earlier. If my/our tender is accepted the earnest money shall be retained by the Corporation as security for the due fulfillment of this contract. If upon written intimation to me/us by the Managing Director’s Office, I/We fail to attend the said office on the date herein fixed or if upon intimation being given to me/us by the Managing Director or acceptance of my/our tender, and if I/We fail to make the additional security deposit or to enter into the required agreement as defined in condition- 14.2 of the tender conditions, then I/We agree the forfeiture of the earnest money. Any notice required to be served on me/us here under shall be sufficiently served on me/us if delivered to me/us personally or forwarded to me/us by post to (registered or ordinary) or left at my/our address given herein. Such notice shall if sent by post be deemed to have been served on me/us at the time wherein due course of post it would be delivered at the address to which it is sent.
I/We fully understand that the written agreement to be entered into between me/us and Corporation shall be the foundation of the rights of the both the parties and the contract shall not be deemed to be complete until the agreement has first been signed by me/us and then by the proper officer authorised to enter into contract on behalf of Government.
I/WE agree to pay the Transaction fee at 0.04% or as amended from time to time on Estimated contract value of the work through a Online payment drawn in favour of M/s A.P.T.S. Hyderabad at the time of conclusion of Agreement.
I/WE agree to pay the Service charges at 0.06% or as amended from time to time on Estimated Contract Value of the work through a Online payment drawn in favour of EE, APMSIDC, Ongole at the time of conclusion of Agreement.
I/We will employ the following technical staff for supervising the work and will see that one of them is always at site during working hours, personally checking all items of works and pay extra attention to such works as required special attention (eg) Reinforced cement concrete work.
I / We declare that I/We agree to recover the salaries of the technical staff actually engaged on the work by the department, from the work bills, if I/We fail to employ technical staff as per the tender condition.
TENDERERS / CONTRACTOR’S CERTIFICATE.
(1) I/We do hereby declare that I/We have perused in detail and examined closely the Andhra Pradesh Standard Specifications, all clauses of the preliminary specifications with all amendments and have either examined all the standards specifications or will examine all the standard specifications for items for which I/We tender, before I/We submit such tender and agree to be bound and comply with all such specifications for this agreement which I/We execute in the Corporation.
(2) I/We certify that I/We have inspected the site of the work before quoting my Percentage excess or less on ECV, I /We have satisfied about the quality, availability and transport facilities for all the materials.
(3) I/We am/are prepared to furnish detailed data in support of all my quoted rates, if and when called upon to do so without any reservations.
(4) I/We hereby declare that I/We will pay an additional security deposit in terms of conditions, the difference between 85% of ECV and my/our tender amount, in case if my / our offer is less than 15% as per clause 3.6
(5) I/We hereby declare that I am/we are accepting to reject my tender in terms of condition, if my /our offer is more than 5% of ECV as per clause 3.5.
(6) I/We hereby declare that I am/We are accepting for the defect liability period as 24 months instead of 14 Months under clause 28 of APSS.
(7) a) I/We declare that I/WE will procure the required construction materials including earth and use for the work after approval of the Engineer-in-Charge. The responsibility for arranging and obtaining the land for borrowing or exploitation in any other way shall rest with me/us for the materials for construction, I/We shall ensure smooth and un-interrupted supply of materials.
b) I/We declare that the responsibility for arranging and obtaining the land for disposal of spoil/soil not useful for construction purposes shall rest with me/us.
c) I/We declare that I/We shall not claim any compensation or any payment for the land so arranged for disposal of soil and the land for borrow area. My/our quoted percentage excess or less on ECV, are inclusive of the land so arranged and I/We will hand over the land so arranged for disposal of soil to the Corporation after completion of work.
(8) I/We declare that I/WE will execute the work as per the mile stone programme, and if I/WE fail to complete the work as per the mile stone programme I abide by the condition to recover liquidated damages as per the tender conditions.
(9) I/We declare that I/WE will abide for settlement of disputes as per the tender conditions
DECLARATION OF THE TENDERER.
1) I/We have not been black listed in any department / Corporation of State / Central Govt due to any reasons.
2) I/We have not been demoted to the next lower category for not filing the tenders after buying the tender schedules in a whole year and my/our registration has not been cancelled for a similar default in two consecutive years.
3) I/We agree to disqualify me/us for any wrong declaration in respect of the above and to summarily reject my/our tender.
I / WE have gone through carefully all the Tender 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 us, if it is found that the statements, documents, certificates produced by us are false / fabricated.
Address of the Tenderer :
Signature of the tenderer.
Note: If the tender is made by an individual, it shall be signed with his full name and his address shall be given. If it is made by a firm, it shall be signed with the co-partnership name by a member of the firm, who shall also sign his own name, and the name and address of each member of the firm shall be given, if the tender is made by a corporation it shall be signed by a duly authorised officer who shall produce with his tender satisfactory evidence of his authorisation. Such tendering corporation may be required before the contract is executed, to furnish evidence of its corporate existence. Tenders signed on behalf of G.P.A. holder will be rejected
Conditions of Contract
A. General
1. Interpretation:
1.1 In interpreting these Conditions of Contract, singular also means plural, male also means female, and vice-versa. Headings have no significance. Works have their normal meaning under the language of the contract unless specifically defined. The Engineers-in-charge will provide instructions clarifying queries about the conditions of Contract.
1.2 The documents forming the Contract shall be interpreted in the following order of priority:
1) Agreement
2) Letter of Acceptance, notice to proceed with the works
3) Contractor’s Tender (Technical bid)
4) Conditions of contract
5) Specifications
6) Drawings
7) Bill of quantities (Price-bid)
8) Any other document listed as forming part of the Contract.
2. Engineer-in-Charge’s Decisions:
2.1 Except where otherwise specifically stated, the Engineer-in-charge will decide the contractual matters between the Department and the Contractor in the role representing the Department.
3. Delegation:
3.1 The Engineer-in-charge may delegate any of his duties and responsibilities to other officers and may Cancel any delegation by an official order issued.
4. Communications:
4.1 Communications between parties, which are referred to in the conditions, are effective only when in writing. A notice shall be effective only when it is delivered (in terms of Indian Contract Act)
5. Other Contractors:
5.1 The Contractor shall cooperate and share the Site with other contractors, Public authorities, utilities, and the Department. The Contractor shall also provide facilities and services for them as directed by the Engineer-in-charge.
6 Contractor’s Risks:
6.1 All risks of loss of or damage to physical property and of personnel injury and death, which arise during and in consequence of the performance of the Contract are the responsibility of the Contractor.
6.2 Schedule of Key Personnel:
The successful tenderer shall have to employ the following technical staff on full time basis to be available at site.
Cost of work (Technical sanction amount)
Qualification of Technical Staff
1
2
From Rs.50,000/- to Rs.1 Lakh
One I.T.I. candidate
Above Rs.1.00 lakh up to Rs.15.00 lakhs
One diploma holder
Above Rs.15.00 lakh up to Rs.50.00 lakhs
One Graduate Engineer
Above Rs.50.00 lakh upto Rs.100.00 lakhs
One Graduate Engineer and One Diploma holder
Above Rs. 100.00 Lakhs
Two Graduate Engineers
6.3 Employment of technical personnel shall be with reference to the estimate cost of work put to tender.
6.4 In case the contractor himself is a Diploma holder / Graduate Engineer no agent need to be appointed to supervise works costing upto Rs.5.00 lakhs. Even if the contractor is himself a technically qualified person, he shall employ technical staff on the scale prescribed for supervising works when more than one work is undertaken and if they are beyond a radius of 5 Kms. One or more works within a radius of say 5 Km. shall be treated as a single work for the purpose of employment of technical staff.
6.5 The appointment of technical staff shall be on full time basis for which they shall be reimbursed staff wages as below:
I.T.I Candidate - Rs. 15000/- per month.
Diploma Engineer - Rs. 18000/- per month.
Graduate Engineer - Rs. 24000/- per month.
The Technical staff shall be available at work site for supervising the work including quality checking of all items from time to time. Failure to employ the required technical personnel by the contractor the amounts will be recovered at the above rates from the contractor.
6.6 The Engineer-in-charge is the sole judge (a) to decide whether qualified technical staff is actually supervising the work and (b) to decide the actual period of absence of such staff which requires the above recovery to be enforced and his decision is final and binding on the contractor.
6.7 The technical agents appointed by the contractor shall have to maintain properly all the records required by the department under safe custody at site, like checklists, calibration registers/records, Quality Test Registers, Test reports file, site order book, etc. and make signatures at appropriate places towards proof of verifications, conduction of tests, compliance to instructions etc.
6.8 The technical personnel should be on full time and available at site whenever required by Engineer in Charge to take instructions.
6.9 The names of the technical personnel to be employed by the contractor should be furnished in the statement enclosed separately.
6.10 In case the contractor is already having more than one work on hand and has undertaken more than one work at the same time, he should employ separate technical personnel on each work.
6.11 If the contractor fails to employ technical personnel the work will be suspended or department will engage a technical personnel and recover the cost at penal rate of two times thereof from the contractor.
6.3 If the Engineer-in-charge asks the Contractor to remove a person who is a member of Contractor’s staff or his work force stating the reasons the Contractor shall ensure that the person leaves the site forthwith and has no further connection with the work in the contract
8. Insurance:
8.1 The Contractor shall provide insurance cover, in the name of the Department, from the Start Date to the end of the construction period and defects liability Period i.e., 24 months after completion of the work for the following events which are due to the Contractor’s risks.
a) loss of or damage to the Works, Plant and Materials;
b) loss of or damage to the Equipment;
c) loss of or damage of property in connection with the Contract; and
d) personal injury or death of persons employed for construction.
8.2 Policies and certificates of insurance shall be delivered by the Contractor to the EXECUTIVE ENGINEER at the time of concluding agreement of the work. All such insurance shall provide for compensation to be payable to rectify the loss or damage incurred.
i) The contractor shall furnish insurance policy in force in accordance with proposal furnished in the Tender and approved by the Department for concluding the agreement.
ii) The contractor shall also pay regularly the subsequent insurance premium and produce necessary receipt to the Engineer-in-Charge, well in advance.
iii) In case of failure to act in the above said manner the department will pay the premium and the same will be recovered from the Contractors payments.
1.3. Alterations to the terms of insurance shall not be
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