GAIL (India) Limited (A Govt. of India Undertaking) (A Maharatna Company)

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1 GAIL (India) Limited (A Govt. of India Undertaking) (A Maharatna Company) PEST CONTROL SERVICE AT GAIL s TERMINAL AND RR STATION OF NCR REGION TENDER/BID DOCUMENT NO: GAIL/NOIDA/C&P/13006 Contact person :- Sh. Y P DHAWAN SR. OFFICER(C&P) ypdhawan2@gail.co.in Office: B-35-36, Sector-1, Noida (UP)

2 INVITATION FOR BIDS (IFB)/REQUEST FOR QUOTATION (RFQ) Ref.: GAIL/NOIDA/C&P/ To Sub.: PEST CONTROL SERVICE AT GAIL s TERMINAL AND RR STATION OF NCR REGION Dear Sirs, M/s. GAIL (India) Limited, Noida, invites you to submit your bid for the captioned work in complete accordance with enquiry documents and attachments UNDER SINGLE STAGE TWO BID SYSTEM. The brief details are as follows: Bid Security/Earnest Money Deposit (EMD) : Rs. 32,200 as mentioned in IFB/RFQ in the Form of DD/BG payable at NOIDA Bid Validity : Three (03) months from the date of final bid due date of Opening including extension of bid due date if any. Contract Period : Two (02) years from the date of LOI/WO whichever is earlier. Contract Performance Bank Guarantee (CPBG) : The successful bidder shall submit within 15 days of receipt of LOI/LOA a Bank Guarantee(s) for an amount equivalent to 7.5% of the Contract Value excluding taxes & duties (valid upto 3 months beyond /Defect Liability Period (if applicable). Date of Pre Bid Meeting : , 15:00 Hrs. IST Venue of Pre-Bid Meeting : GAIL (India) Limited, Infohub, B-35 & 36, Sector-1, Noida (UP) Guarantee/ Warranty Due date and time for submission of Bids Date and time for opening of un-priced bids : (14:00 Hrs.) : (15:00 Hrs. ) 2.0 MODE OF SUBMISSION OF OFFER BID IS TO BE SUBMITTED IN THREE PARTS AS FOLLOWS:- PART A- UNPRICED BID Complete with all technical and commercial details other than price (i.e. including price schedule WITH PRICES BLANKED OUT), Agreed Terms and Conditions as per Form F-VIII to the tender documents (duly filled in) all other documents as mentioned in the Instruction to bidders and elsewhere in the tender document and a copy of bid document duly signed and stamped on each page

3 PART- B- PRICED BID It should contain only prices and no conditions whatsoever. PART- C- BID SECURITY / EARNEST MONEY DEPOSIT (EMD) It should contain the bid security in original in the prescribed form and for requisite value and validity. Bidder shall ensure that Bid Security of Rs. 32,200/- (Rupees Thirty Two Thousand Two Hundred Only) as mentioned in RFQ/IFB having a validity of two months beyond the offer validity i.e. validity of 5 months from the bid due date, must accompany the offer in the format made available in the Bid Document. Offer if unaccompanied with Bid Security will be rejected. This shall be in the form of Crossed Demand Draft/Banker s Cheque or Bank Guarantee in favour of GAIL (India) Limited payable at NOIDA. Bank Guarantee shall be from any Indian scheduled bank or a branch of an International bank situated in India and registered with Reserve Bank of India as scheduled foreign bank in case of Indian bidder and from any reputed International bank or Indian scheduled bank in case of foreign bidder. However, other than the Nationalized Indian Bank, the bank whose BG are furnished, must be commercial banks having net worth in excess of Rs.100 crores and a declaration to this effect should be made by such commercial bank either in the bank guarantee itself or separately on a letter head, as per proforma enclosed in the Tender Document. Bid is to be submitted separately in three parts (Part-A, B & C), each part in a sealed envelope, superscribed with the above Tender no., due date, item and nature of bid (Priced or Un-priced or Bid Security) as per details given in section-2 (Instruction to Bidder) of the tender document. The three envelopes containing Part- A, Part -B and Part -C of the bid separately should be enclosed in larger envelope duly sealed and pasted with the Enclosed CUT OUT slip and superscribed with enquiry number, due date and time. The offers should be submitted to the IN-CHARGE (C&P) GAIL(INDIA) LIMITED, B-35 & 36, Sector-1, Noida (U.P) 3.0 BID EVALUATION CRITERIA (BEC) 1. TECHNICAL CRITERIA : (A) The bidder should have executed at least one single work of Pest Control Services or any other similar work valuing not less than Rs.4,02,193/- in previous 07 years. The period of seven year shall be reckoned from the date of bid due date. The similar work shall mean the experience in carrying out/providing Pest Control Services any PSU/Govt/Reputed Private organization. In support of above, a copy of Work Order and Completion Certificate of same work order duly notarized by Notary Public must be submitted along with the offer/bid. (B) The bidder must have a valid license from the concerned Statutory Authority for storing and using the pesticides and other chemicals for commercial pest control

4 operations under Insecticides Act Notarized copy must be submitted along with the offer/bid 4.0 Bid s Evaluation Methodology: Following evaluation methodology shall be adopted for evaluation and finalization of contract: Bidder should quote for entire items of Schedule of Rate (SOR). The techno-commercially acceptable bids shall be evaluated based on overall lowest total cost to GAIL including all taxes and duties and service tax after taking into consideration the effect of Cenvat credit. The bidders shall provide required documents for availing Cenvat Credit benefit. 5.0 General: 5.1 No extension in the bid due date/time shall be considered on account of delay in receipt of any document. 5.2 This is a ZERO Deviation Bidding Document. Bidder is to ensure compliance of all provisions of the Bidding Document and submit their bid accordingly. Bids with any deviation to the bid conditions shall be liable for rejection. Corrigenda/Addenda, if any, shall also be available on the GAIL web sites. Further, bidder shall give an undertaking on their letter head that the content of the bidding document have not been altered or modified. 5.3 Bid document is non-transferable. Bids received from bidders in whose name Bid Document fee has been submitted shall only be considered. Bidder must submit the Bid Document Fee in their name 5.4 Payment of bid document fee shall be by Crossed Bank Draft from a first class International Bank or an Indian Nationalized/Scheduled Bank, in favour of GAIL (India) Limited, payable at Noida /New Delhi and the same shall be submitted in physical form along with Bid Security. Bank Draft shall be valid for 3 months. The bid of any bidder shall be considered only if the bid is accompanied by the prescribed bid document fee in the form of demand draft along with Bid Security. The foreign bidders can purchase the bidding document by submitting bid document fee in US Dollars or Indian Rupees (directly or through their authorized Indian representative). 5.5 Bids must be accompanied with Bid Security as mentioned above in the form of Demand Draft/ Banker s Cheque/ Bank Guarantee/ Letter of Credit. Bidders shall ensure that Bid Security having a validity of two months beyond the required validity of bid, must accompany the bid in the format made available in the Bid Document. Bids not accompanied with Tender fee & Bid Security in requisite form & value shall be summarily rejected. Bid Security and tender fee to be submitted as per addendum to Instruction to Bidders of Bid Document. 5.6 However, The firms registered with National Small Industries Corporation (NSIC) (under its Single Point Registration Scheme) or Registered as Micro, Small and Medium enterprises under MSMED Act 2006 with District Industries Centers, and Khadi & Village Industries Commission or Khadi & Village Industries Board or Coir Board or Directorate of Handicrafts and Handloom or any other body specified by Ministry of Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises will be exempted from the payment of tender fee and earnest money / Bid Bond provided they are registered for the items they intend to quote against GAIL tenders. If the MSE is owned by SC/ST Entrepreneurs, the bidder shall furnish appropriate documentary evidence in this regard. The documents submitted by the bidder shall be duly certified by the Statutory Auditor of the bidder or a practicing Chartered Accountant (not being an employee or a Director or not having any interest in the bidder s company/firm) where audited accounts are not mandatory as per law

5 5.7 The Government departments / PSUs will also be exempted from the payment of tender fee and earnest money / Bid Bond. 5.8 GAIL will not be responsible for cost incurred in preparation and submission of bids. 5.9 This Invitation for Bids (IFB) is an integral and inseparable part of the enclosed Bid Document Purchase preference to Central Public Sector Undertakings as admissible under the prevailing Government of India policy shall be applicable GAIL reserves the right to carry out capability assessment of the bidder including referral to in-house information 5.12.Bidder should not be under liquidation, court receivership or similar proceedings Bidder should not be black listed with any PSU and should not be on holiday list of GAIL and its PMC (i.e. SENES, PEC, EIL, Mecon, Tractabel and JP Kenny etc.) Bids sent through Fax/ / Courier/ Computer floppy/cd/flash Drive or through any other mode shall not be accepted The following documents in addition to uploading the bid on the GAIL s e-tendering website must be submitted in Original in physical form: a. Demand Draft towards Bid Document Fee. (IF APPLICABLE) b. EMD/Bid Bond c. Power of Attorney d. Integrity Pact (IF APPLICABLE) 5.16 SUMMARY TERMINATION OF CONTRACT DUE TO SUBMISSION OF FALSE DOCUMENTS: Bidder is required to furnish the complete and correct information / documents required for evaluation of their bids. If the information / documents forming basis of evaluation is found to be false / forged, the same shall be considered adequate ground for rejection of the Bids and forfeiture of Earnest Money Deposit. In case, the information / document furnished by the contractor forming basis of evaluation of his bid is found to be false /forged after the award of the contract, GAIL shall have full right to terminate the contract and get the remaining job executed at the risk & cost of such contractor without any prejudice to other rights available to GAIL under the contract such as forfeiture of Security Deposit, withholding of payment etc. In case this issue of submission of false document comes to the notice after execution of work, GAIL shall have full right to forfeit any amount due to the contractor along with forfeiture of Security Deposit furnished by the contractor. Further, such contractor / bidder shall be blacklisted for future business with GAIL In case after price bid opening the lowest evaluated bidder (L1) is not awarded the job for any mistake committed by him in bidding or withdrawal of bid or varying any term in regard thereof leading to retendering, GAIL shall forfeit Earnest Money paid by the bidder and such bidders shall be debarred from participation in re-tendering of the same job(s) / item(s) GAIL reserves the right to reject any or all the bids received at its sole discretion without assigning any reason whatsoever

6 5.19 Bidder(s) are advised to quote strictly as per terms and conditions of the tender documents and not to stipulate any deviations/exceptions. Once quoted, the Bidder shall not make any subsequent price change after due date and time of submission of bid. Price changes through any other mode shall render the offer liable for rejection Subsequent to bid submission, GAIL may not seek confirmations / clarifications and any bid(s) not in line with tender conditions may be liable for rejection. Bidders are also requested to submit the documents / confirmations strictly as per the check list enclosed in the tender document. 6. Acknowledgement cum Consent Letter : On receipt of tender document/information regarding the tender, Bidder shall acknowledge the receipt and confirm his intention to bid or reasons for non-participation against the enquiry/tender through e- mail/fax to concerned executive in GAIL issued the tender, by filling up the Format attached at Appendix-A below. THIS IS NOT AN ORDER. For & on behalf of GAIL (India) Limited (Y P DHAWAN) SR. OFFICER(C&P)

7 To Incharge (C&P) GAIL (India) Ltd B-35&36, Sector-1, Noida Fax: 91-(11) / CONSENT LETTER Sub: Bid Document No. GAIL/NOIDA/C&P/13006 Dear Sir, We hereby acknowledge receipt of a complete set of bidding document along with enclosures for subject item/job and/or the information regarding the subject tender. o o We intend to bid as requested for the subject item/job and furnish following details with respect to our quoting office: Postal Address with Pin Code:. Telephone No. :. Fax No. : Contact Person : Address :. Mobile No. :. Date : Seal/Stamp : We are unable to bid for the reasons given below: Reasons for non-submission of bid: Agency Name: Signature : Name :.. Designation:.. Date :.. Seal/Stamp:

8 TABLE OF CONTENTS Request for Quotation Section 1 Section 2 Section 3 Section 4 Section 5 Section 6 Section 7 SECTION-8 Cut-out slips Instructions to Bidders General Conditions of Contract Special Conditions of Contract Scope of Work Bid form & Schedule of Rates Format I to X DISCLAIMER

9 Section - 1 Cut-out Slips

10 DO NOT OPEN- THIS IS A QUOTATION Bid Document No. : GAIL/NOIDA/C&P/13006 Item : PEST CONTROL SERVICE AT GAIL s TERMINAL AND RR STATION OF NCR REGION Due date & time : HRS. (IST) From: To: In-charge (C&P) GAIL (India) Limited, B-35&36, Sector-1 Noida (To be pasted on the outer envelope containing offer)

11 PART- A (UN-PRICED BID) Bid Document No. : GAIL/NOIDA/C&P/13006 Item : PEST CONTROL SERVICE AT GAIL s TERMINAL AND RR STATION OF NCR REGION Due date & time : HRS. (IST) From: To: In-charge (C&P) GAIL (India) Limited, B-35&36, Sector-1 Noida (To be pasted on the outer envelope containing offer)

12 PART- B (PRICE BID) Bid Document No. : GAIL/NOIDA/C&P/13006 Item : PEST CONTROL SERVICE AT GAIL s TERMINAL AND RR STATION OF NCR REGION Due date & time : HRS. (IST) From: To: In-charge (C&P) GAIL (India) Limited, B-35&36, Sector-1 Noida (To be pasted on the outer envelope containing offer)

13 PART- B (EMD) Bid Document No. : GAIL/NOIDA/C&P/13006 Item : PEST CONTROL SERVICE AT GAIL s TERMINAL AND RR STATION OF NCR REGION Due date & time : HRS. (IST) From: To: In-charge (C&P) GAIL (India) Limited, B-35&36, Sector-1 Noida (To be pasted on the outer envelope containing offer)

14 Section 2 Instructions to Bidders

15 Instruction of bidders A. General 1. Scope of Bid The Employer, as defined in the General Conditions of Contract, hereinafter the Employer, wishes to receive bids for the Work as described in Section 5 i.e. Scope of work hereinafter referred to as the Works. The successful bidder will be expected to complete the Works within the period stated in Special Conditions of Contract. Throughout these bidding documents, the terms bid and tender and their derivatives ( bidder/ tenderer, bid/ tendered, bidding/ tendering, etc.) are synonymous, and day means calendar day. Singular also means plural. The bidder should submit all the relevant documents duly notarized by Notary Public along with the UN- PRICED BID for meeting BEC, failing which their bid shall not be considered for further evaluation and shall be rejected and on demand by GAIL, Bidder should produce the originals to GAIL for verification 2. Eligible Bidders Bidders shall, as part of their bid, submit duly executed power of attorney authorizing the signatory of the bid to bind the bidder. This invitation for bid is open to any bidder and to pre-qualified bidders. A bidder shall not be affiliated with a firm or entity (i) (ii) That has provided consulting services related to the Works to the Employer during the preparatory stages of the Works or of the Project of which the works form a part, or That has been hired (or is proposed to be hired) by the Employer as Engineer/ Consultant for the contract. The bidder shall not be under a declaration of ineligibility by Employer for corrupt or fraudulent practices. The bidder or any member of the Consortium is not put on holiday by GAIL or black listed by any Government Department / Public Sector. Bidders shall submit proposals of work methods and schedule in sufficient detail to demonstrate the adequacy of the bidders proposals to meet the technical specifications and the completion time referred to in Clause 1 above. 3. One Bid per Bidder A firm shall submit only one bid in the same bidding process. No firm can be a subcontractor while submitting a bid individually in the same bidding process. A firm, if acting in the capacity of subcontractor in any bid, may participate in more than one bid, but only in that capacity. A bidder who submits or participates in more than one bid will cause all the proposals in which the bidder has participated to be disqualified. 4. Cost of Bidding The bidder shall bear all costs associated with the preparation and submission of the bid, and GAIL will in no case, be responsible or liable for these costs, regardless of the conduct or outcome of the bidding process

16 5. Site Visit 5.1 The bidder is advised to visit and examine the Site of Works and its surroundings and obtain for itself on its own responsibility all information that may be necessary for preparing the bid and entering into a contract for construction of the Works. The costs of visiting the Site shall be at the bidder s own expense. The bidder and any of its personnel or agents will be granted permission by the Employer to enter upon its premises and lands for the purpose of such visit, but only upon the express condition that the bidder, its personnel, and agents will release and indemnify the Employer and its personnel and agents from and against all liability in respect thereof, and will be responsible for death or personal injury, loss of or damage to property, and any other loss, damage, costs, and expenses incurred as a result of the inspection. The Employer may conduct a Site visit concurrently with the pre-bid meeting. B. Bidding Documents 6. Content of Bidding Document The Bidding Documents/Tender Documents are those stated below and should be read in conjunction with any addenda issued in accordance with ITB Clause 10. Section 1 Section 2 Section 3 Section 4 Section 5 Section 6 Section 7 Cut-out slips Instructions to Bidders General Conditions of Contract Special Conditions of Contract Scope of Work Bid form & Schedule of Rates Format I to X The bidder is expected to examine all instructions, forms, terms and specifications in the bidding documents. The Request for Quotation (RFQ) together with all its attachments thereto, shall be considered to be read, understood and accepted by the bidders. Failure to furnish all information required by the bidding documents or submission of a bid not substantially responsive to the bidding documents in every respect will be at bidder s risk and may result in the rejection of his bid. 7. Clarification of Bidding Documents 7.1 A prospective bidder requiring any clarification (s) of the bidding Documents may notify M/s GAIL (India) Limited in writing or by fax at GAIL s mailing address indicated in the Request for quotation not later than 08 days prior to the deadline. GAIL may, if deem appropriate, respond in writing to the request for clarification. Written copies of GAIL s response (including an explanation of the query but without identifying the source of the query) will be sent to all prospective bidders who have received the bidding documents. Any Clarification or information required by the bidder but same not received by the Employer, fifteen days prior to the bid due date, the same is liable to be considered as no clarification / information required. 7.2 Pre-bid meeting: (If mention in IFB/RFQ). The bidders or their designated representatives are invited to attend the pre bid meeting at the date and place. The bidder is requested, as far as possible, to submit any query by courier or fax/ to reach GAIL not later than 02 days before the meeting. It may not be practicable at the

17 meeting to answer queries received late but queries and responses/ clarifications will be transmitted in accordance with the following sub- clause. The text of queries raised and responses prepared after pre bid meeting will be transmitted to all the purchasers of the bidding documents and will also be hosted at GAIL website prior to the bid due date. Any modifications of the bidding documents listed in clause 6 of ITB that may become necessary as a result of the pre bid meeting shall be made by the Employer exclusively through the issue of an Addendum pursuant to clause no 8 of ITB and not through the minutes of Pre bid meeting. 8. Amendment of Bidding Documents At any time prior to the bid due date, GAIL may, for any reason, whether at its own initiative or in response to a clarification requested by a prospective bidder, modify the bidding documents. The amendment will be notified in writing or by fax or to all prospective bidders, at the address, fax numbers, id provided by the bidder, who have received the Bidding Documents and will be binding on them. In order to afford prospective bidders, reasonable time in which to take the amendment into account in preparing their bids, GAIL may, at its discretion, extend the bid due date. C. Preparation of Bids 9. Language of Bid 9.1 The bid prepared by the bidder and all correspondence/drawings and documents relating to the bid exchanged by bidder and GAIL shall be written in English language. Any printed literature furnished by the bidder may be written in another language so long as accompanied by an ENGLISH translation duly authenticated by the chamber of commerce of Bidders country, in which case, for the purpose of interpretation of the bid, the ENGLISH translation shall govern. Metric measurement system shall be applied. 10. Documents Comprising the Bid The bid prepared by the bidder shall comprise the following components: Envelope -1: Super scribing Techno-Commercial Un priced Bids (PART-I) Part-I: Techno-commercial /Un-priced Bid (to be furnished in original ) and shall contain the following: Covering Letter mentioning details of submission of tender alongwith enclosed documents:- Bidder s general details/information as per format F-I. Bid security for amount specified in IFB and in accordance with Clause 14 of ITB to be furnished either in the form of Cashier s / Banker s cheque / Bank Draft payable to GAIL (India) Ltd. at NOIDA (UP) / Bank guarantee as per format F-II Certificate as per format F-II Checklist for bidder as per format F-III Confirmation of no deviation as per Format F-IV. Letter of authority in favour of any one or two of bidder s executives having authority to attend the un-priced and price bid opening on specified dates and venue as per Format F-V

18 Note: Agreed Terms & Conditions duly filled-in Format F-VI. Confirmation of MSME Fomat-VII. Bidders are also required to submit copies of latest valid Employees Provident Fund registration certificate, ESIC and service tax registration/electrical license/ pest control as per Format-VIII. Declaration of holiday/banning as per Format-IX Bank details As per Format-X. Copies of MSME Registration, PAN No. and Service Tax Registration. All pages of the bid to be signed and sealed by authorized person of the bidder. Envelope II : Super scribing Price Bid- Not to Open with Techno- Commercial Un priced Bid PART- II Part-II price Bid (i) Part-II shall contain one original and one copies of Schedule of Rates duly filled in, in separate sealed envelopes duly signed and stamped on each page super scribing on the sealed envelope Price Do Not Open. In case of any correction, the bidders shall put his signature and his stamp. Envelope III ; Super scribing Bid Security - PART-III Part-III shall contain original Bid security in separate sealed envelope. 11. Bid Prices 11.1 Unless stated otherwise in the Bidding Documents, the Contract shall be for the whole works as described in Bidding Document, based on the unit rates and prices submitted by the Bidder and accepted by the EMPLOYER. Bidder shall quote all inclusive prices for entire scope of work as specified in bid document with single point responsibility basis Prices must be filled in format for Schedule of Rates enclosed as part of Bidding Document. If quoted in separate typed sheets and any variation in item description, unit or quantity is noticed; the bid is liable to be rejected. Bidder shall quote for all the items of Schedule of Rates after careful analysis of cost involved for the performance of the completed item considering all parts of the Bidding Document. In case any activity though specifically not covered in description of item under Schedule of Rates but is required to complete the works as per Scope of Work, Scope of supply, Specifications, Standards, Drawings, General Conditions of Contract, Special Condition of Contract or any other part of Bidding Document, the prices quoted shall deemed to be inclusive of cost incurred for such activity. Items against which no rate or price is entered by the bidder will not be paid for by the Employer when executed and shall be deemed covered by the rates for other items and prices in the SOR Prices quoted by bidder, shall remain firm and fixed and valid until completion of contract and will not be subject to variation on any account except statutory variation in service tax as mentioned below. Statutory variation in service tax during the contact period, shall be to the Employer(s)account for which Contractor will furnish documentary evidence(s) in support of their claim to GAIL

19 However, any increase in the rate of these service taxes and duties beyond the contractual completion period shall be to contractor s account and any decrease shall be passed to GAIL Prices quoted by the bidder, shall remain firm and fixed and valid until completion of the Contract and will not be subject to variation on any account except as provided for elsewhere in this tender document The Bidder shall quote the prices both in figures as well as in words. There should not be any discrepancies between the price indicated in figures and the price indicated in words Alternative bids shall not be considered Discount/rebate if any, must be included in the quoted price and only discounted price is to be quoted in SOR. In case any bidder offer discount/rebate separately, the same will not be considered for comparative evaluation of their bid vis-à-vis other bid but such discount/rebate will be considered at the time of ordering, if such a bidder still get the order based on the price quoted without discount. 12. Bid Currencies Bidders may submit bid in Indian Rupees only. 13. Bid Validity 13.1 Bids shall be kept valid for 90 days from the final bid due date. A bid valid for a shorter period may be rejected by GAIL as non-responsive In exceptional circumstances, prior to expiry of the original bid validity period, the Employer may request that the bidders extend the period of validity for a specified additional period. The request and the responses thereto shall be made in writing or by fax / . A bidder may refuse the request without forfeiture of his bid security. A bidder agreeing to the request will not be required or permitted to modify his bid, but will be required to extend the validity of its bid security for the period of the extension and in accordance with tender in all respects. 14. Bid Security 14.1 Pursuant to Clause-10, the bidder shall furnish, as part of his bid, bid security in the amount specified in the Request for Quotation (RFQ)/IFB The bid security is required to protect GAIL against the risk of bidder s conduct which would warrant the security s forfeiture, pursuant to Clause-14.6 GAIL shall not be liable to pay any bank charges, commission or interest on the amount of Bid Security. In case Bid Security is in the form of a Bank Guarantee or irrevocable Letter of Credit, the same shall be from any Indian scheduled bank or a branch of an International bank situated in India and registered with Reserve bank of India as scheduled foreign bank in case of Indian bidder and from any reputed International bank or Indian scheduled bank in case of foreign bidder. However, in case of Bank Guarantee from banks other than the Nationalised Indian banks, the bank must be commercial bank having net worth in excess of Rs 100 crores and a declaration to this effect should be made by such commercial bank either in the Bank Guarantee itself or separately on its letterhead. Bid Security shall be valid for 2 months beyond the validity of the Bid Any bid not secured in accordance with Clause-14.1 and 14.2 may be rejected by GAIL as nonresponsive

20 14.4 Unsuccessful bidder s bid security will be discharged/returned as promptly as possible, but not later than 30 days after the expiration of the period of bid validity prescribed by GAIL, pursuant to ITB Clause The successful bidder s bid security will be discharged upon the bidder s accepting the award & signing the Agreement, pursuant to Clause-34 and furnishing the Contract Performance Security pursuant to Clause The bid security may be forfeited: i) If a bidder withdraws his bid during the period of bid validity. ii) in the case of a successful bidder, if the bidder fails: iii) to accept the Notification of Award/Fax of Intent (FOI) or iv) to furnish Contract Performance Security. v) to accept arithmetical corrections Bid Security should be in favour of GAIL (India) Limited and addressed to GAIL. In case Bid Security is in the form of Bank Guarantee or Letter of Credit, the same must indicate the Bid Document and the work for which the bidder is quoting. This is essential to have proper co-relation at a later date. The Bid Security shall be in the form provided at F-4 (Bank Guarantee) For Indian Bidders : Central Public Sector Undertakings and firms registered with NSIC are exempted from furnishing bid security provided they are registered for the quoted items upto the monetary limit they intend to quote and subject to their enclosing with their bid a copy of the latest and current Registration Certificate. 15. Format and Signing of Bid 15.1 The original and all copies of the bid shall be typed or written in indelible ink (in the case of copies, photocopies are also acceptable) and shall be signed by a person or persons duly authorized to sign on behalf of the bidder. The name and position held by each person signing, must be typed or printed below the signature. All pages of the bid except for unamended printed literature where entries or amendments have been made shall be initialed by the person or persons signing the bid The bid shall contain no alterations, omissions, or additions, unless such corrections are initialed by the person or persons signing the bid. 16. Zero Deviation Bidders to note that this is a ZERO DEVIATION TENDER. GAIL will appreciate submission of offer based on the terms and conditions in the enclosed General Conditions of Contract (GCC), Special Conditions of Contract (SCC), Instructions to Bidders (ITB), Scope of Work, technical specifications etc. to avoid wastage of time and money in seeking clarifications on technical/commercial aspects of the offer. Bidder may note that no technical and commercial clarifications will be sought for after the receipt of the bids. Bids with any deviation to the bid conditions shall be liable for rejection. Following is the BID REJECTION CRITERIA: Any deviation to the following clauses will lead to rejection of bid as the bid will be considered as Nonresponsive. No technical and commercial clarifications will be sought for such bids. 1. Firm Price 2. EMD/Bid Bond 3. Scope of Work 4. Specification

21 5. Price Schedule 6. Delivery/ Completion Schedule 7. Period of Validity of bid 8. Price Reduction Schedule 9. Performance Bank Guarantee / Security Deposit 10. Guarantee 11. Arbitration / Resolution of Disputes. 12. Force Majure 13. Applicable Laws 14. EPF, ESIC and Service tax Registration in case of Domestic bidder. 15. Any other condition specifically mentioned in the tender documents elsewhere that noncompliance of the clause lead to rejection of bid. 17. E-Payment All payments against the contract shall be released by HEAD OF DEPARTMENT (F&A) GAIL, NCR, India. The invoices must be addressed to: HEAD OF DEPA (F&A) GAIL (India) Limited, Bharat Scout & Guide Building, 16, M.G.Marg,I.P.Estate,Ring Road, New Delhi Bidders have to furnish details of their any bank account in the following format-x: a. Account no. b. Account Type c. Bank Name d. Branch Name and Address e. Branch Code f. MICR Code g. PAN GAIL (India) Limited has initiated payments to suppliers and contractors electronically and to facilitate the payments electronically through RGTS & NEFT, the bidder should have an account with any Bank so that the payment through e-banking be made to the bidder, in case work is awarded to him. Further, the bidder should give the details of his bank account in any banks to facilitate payment through e-banking in case of award of work on him. i. SERVICE TAX a. The vendors charging service tax have to issue bills/invoices in accordance with rule 4A of the Service Tax Rules, b. Vendors shall submit copies of challan and certificate from Chartered Accountant for deposit of service tax collected from GAIL as and when required to do so by GAIL. c. Payment of service tax shall be released to the vendor after submission of the above documents. ii. PAYMENT OF FINAL BILL:

22 D. Submission of Bids Contractor must submit his final bill along with Indemnity Bond and No Demand/ No Claim Certificate (Format-XI A&B) as per the proforma provided in the bidding document within sixty days of completion of the work and payment of the final bill shall be made to the contractor within thirty days of submission of the bill after completion of all obligations under the contract, site clearance certificate etc. The final bill shall be processed only on submission of Indemnity Bond and No demand/ No Claim certificate. 18. Sealing and Marking of Bids 18.1 a) Bid shall be submitted in the following manner in separately sealed envelopes duly superscribed as below as headings of envelope: Part I - Techno-commercial Part II - PRICE BID Part III - Bid security. b) Bid must bear the Bid Document No., and the words DO NOT OPEN BEFORE 1500 HRS. ON. In addition to the information required in sub-clause (a) and (b) above, the inner envelopes shall also indicate the name and address of the Contractor. If the outer envelope is not sealed and pasted with the corresponding cut-out slip, GAIL will assume no responsibility for the Bid's misplacement or premature opening. 19. Deadline for Submission of Bids 19.1 Bids must be received by GAIL at the address specified in the Request for Quotation (RFQ) not later than the date and time stipulated in the RFQ GAIL may, in exceptional circumstances and at its discretion, on giving reasonable notice by fax or any written communication to all prospective bidders who have been issued the bid documents, extend the deadline for submission of bids, in which case all rights and obligations of GAIL and the bidders, previously subject to the original deadline will thereafter be subject to the deadline as extended. 20. Late Bids Any bid received by GAIL after the deadline for submission of bids prescribed on main body of RFQ will be rejected and returned unopened to the bidder. 21. Modification and Withdrawal of Bids 21.1 The bidder may modify or withdraw his bid after the bid submission but before the due date for submission, provided that written notice of the modification/withdrawal is received by GAIL prior to the deadline for submission of bids The modification shall also be prepared, sealed, marked and dispatched in accordance with the provisions of Clause 18, with the outer and inner envelopes additionally marked modification or withdrawal, as appropriate. A withdrawal notice may also be sent by telex or cable, but followed by a signed confirmation copy post marked not later than the deadline for submission of bids No bid shall be modified after the deadline for submission of bids

23 21.4 No bid shall be allowed to be withdrawn in the interval between the deadline for submission of bids and the expiration of the period of bid validity specified by the bidder on the Bid Form. Withdrawal of a bid during this interval shall result in the bidder s forfeiture of his bid security pursuant to Sub-Clause E. Bid Opening and Evaluation 22. Bid Opening 22.1 Unpriced Bid Opening: GAIL will open bids, including withdrawals and modifications made pursuant to Clause 21, in the presence of bidders designated representatives who choose to attend, at date, time and location stipulated in the RFQ. The bidders representatives, who are present shall sign a bid opening register evidencing their attendance Priced Bid Opening: GAIL will open the price bids of those bidders who meet the qualification requirement and whose bids is determined to be technically and commercially responsive. Bidders selected for opening of their price bids shall be informed about the date of price bid opening. Bidders may depute their authorized representative to attend the opening. The bidders representatives, who are present shall sign a register evidencing their attendance The price bids of those bidders who were not found to be techno-commercially responsive shall be returned unopened after opening of the price bids of techno-commercially responsive bidders. 23. Process to be Confidential 23.1 Information relating to the examination, clarification, evaluation, and comparison of bids, and recommendations for the award of a contract, shall not be disclosed to bidders or any other persons officially concerned with such process. Any effort by a bidder to influence the Employer s processing of bids or award decisions may result in the rejection of the bidder s bid. 24. Contacting the Employer From the time of bid opening to the time of Contract award, if any bidder wishes to contact the Employer on any matter related to the bid, it should do so in writing. Any effort by the bidder to influence the Employer in the Employer s bid evaluation, bid comparison, or Contract award decisions may result in the rejection of the bidder s bid. 25. Examination of bids and Determination of Responsiveness Prior to the detailed evaluation of bids, the Employer will determine i) whether each bid has been properly signed; ii) is accompanied by the required securities iii) is substantially responsive to the requirements of the bidding documents; iv) and Provides any clarification and/or substantiation that the Employer may require to determine responsiveness pursuant to Sub-Clause A substantially responsive bid is one which conforms to all the terms, conditions and specifications of the bidding documents without material deviations or reservations. A material deviation or reservation is one (a) that affects in any substantial way the scope, quality, or performance of the Works;

24 (b) (c) that limits in any substantial way, inconsistent with the bidding documents, the Employer s rights or the bidder s obligations under the contract; or whose rectification would affect unfairly the competitive position of other bidders presenting substantially responsive bids If a bid is not substantially responsive, it will be rejected by the Employer and may not subsequently be made responsive by correction or withdrawal of the nonconforming deviation or reservation. 26. Correction of Errors 26.1 Bids determined to be substantially responsive will be checked by the Employer for any arithmetic errors. Errors will be corrected by the Employer as follows: (a) (b) Where there is a discrepancy between the amounts in words and in figures, the amount in words will govern; and Where there is a discrepancy between the unit rate and the total resulting from multiplying the unit rate by the quantity, the unit rate as quoted will govern The amount stated in the bid will be adjusted by the Employer in accordance with the above procedure for the correction of errors and, with the concurrence of the bidder, shall be considered as binding upon the bidder. If the bidder does not accept the corrected amount of bid, its bid will be rejected, and the bid security shall be forfeited. 27. Evaluation and comparison of prices of previously determined substantially responsive bids shall take into account stipulations given in Article Evaluation and Comparison of Bids 28.1 The evaluation and comparison of bids will be done as per the provisions of the bid evaluation criteria as stated in the RFQ/IFB Bids shall be evaluated on the basis of over all amount quoted to complete the job in all respect. RATES WILL BE INCLUSIVE OF ALL TAXES & DUTIES EXCEPT SERVICE TAX. Applicable Rate of Service Tax shall be mentioned separately in SOR The award of work shall be based on overall evaluated cost including Service Tax quoted by the bidder Evaluation methodology: Bidder s quoted price in Schedule of Rate (inclusive of all taxes and duties) after considering the effect of CENVAT able Service Tax shall be considered for comparison of bids CENVAT CREDIT Bidder shall indicate Cenvatable service tax in Schedule of Rate. Evaluation will be done considering the effect of Cenvat benfit towards service tax. Cenvatable documents for Service Tax indicated in the Schedule of Rates shall be furnished by bidder failing which service tax will not be paid. Payment against Cenvatable service tax will be made against submission of requisite documents to avail Cenvat benefit by GAIL

25 29. In case of work contract involving supply of materials, domestic Bidder shall furnish details of equipment/ Items, applicable Central Sales Tax rate without Form-C along with the corresponding amount. 30. The Sales Tax amount indicated by the Bidder as included in the prices shall be paid by GAIL against documentary evidence only. In case the Bidder is not able to produce documentary evidence for full value of the sales tax, the payment shall be limited to the value for which documentary evidence is furnished The evaluation and comparison of bids will be done as under: The total prices for complete scope of services in SOR on overall basis inclusive of Service Tax shall be taken into consideration For evaluation and comparison purpose total CENVAT amount (where applicable) mentioned in SOR shall be deducted from total prices at Purchase Preference 31.1 Purchase Preference to Central Government Public Sector Undertakings shall be allowed as per government guidelines in vogue. F. Award of Contract 32. Award 32.1 Subject to Clause 25, GAIL will award the contract to the successful bidder whose bid has been determined to be substantially responsive and has been determined as the lowest, is determined to be qualified to satisfactorily perform the contract. 33. Employer s Right to Accept Any Bid and to reject any or All Bids 33.1 GAIL reserves the right to accept or reject any bid, and to annul the bidding process and reject all bids, at any time prior to award of contract, without thereby incurring any liability to the affected bidder or bidders or any obligations to inform the affected bidder or bidders of the ground for GAIL S ACTION Bidders, if so desire, may seek in writing, the reasons for rejection of their bid(s), to which GAIL shall respond quickly. 34. Notification of Award Prior to the expiration of period of bid validity GAIL will notify the successful bidder in writing by fax, cable or telex to be confirmed in writing, that his bid has been accepted. The notification of award / Fax of Intent will constitute the formation of the Contract. Delivery shall be counted from the date of notification of award / Fax of Intent. The notification of award will constitute the formation of a Contract, until the Contract has been affected pursuant to signing of Contract as per Clause 35 of ITB. Upon the successful bidder s furnishing of contract performance security, pursuant to Clause 36 of ITB, GAIL will promptly notify each unsuccessful bidder and will discharge his bid security, pursuant to Clause 14 of ITB. 35. Signing of Agreement

26 GAIL will award the Contract to the successful bidder, who, within 15 days of receipt of the same, shall sign and return the acceptance copy to GAIL. The successful bidder shall be required to execute an AGREEMENT in the proforma given in of this standard bidding document on non-judicial paper of appropriate value (the cost of stamp paper shall be borne by the Contractor), within 15 days of the receipt by him of the Notification of Acceptance of Tender. In the event of failure on the part of the successful bidder to sign the AGREEMENT within the above stipulated period, the Bid Security shall be forfeited and the acceptance of the tender shall be considered as cancelled. 36. Contract Performance Security Within 15 days of the receipt of the notification of award / Fax of Intent from GAIL, the successful bidder shall furnish the contract performance security in accordance with Article 24 of General Conditions of The Contract in the form provided in the bidding documents. The Contract Performance Security shall be in the form of either Banker s Cheque or Demand Draft or Bank Guarantee or Letter of Credit and shall be in the currency of the Contract. The contract performance security shall be for an amount equal to 7.5% / (Initial SD of 2.5% of contract value and remaining 5% to be deducted from the running RA bills) of the contract value towards faithful performance of the contractual obligations and performance of equipment. The Bank guarantee shall be valid upto three (03) months beyond the contract period /defect liability period (if any). This Bank Guarantee/DD/Letter of Credit shall be from any Indian scheduled bank or a branch of an International bank situated in India and registered with Reserve bank of India as scheduled foreign bank. However, in case of bank guarantees from banks other than the Nationalized Indian banks, the bank must be a commercial bank having net worth in excess of Rs 100 crores and a declaration to this effect should be made by such commercial bank either in the Bank Guarantee itself or separately on its letterhead. This bank guarantee shall be valid for a period as stated in Article-24 of General Conditions of The Contract. Failure of the successful bidder to comply with the requirements of this article shall constitute sufficient grounds for the annulment of the award and forfeiture of the bid security, in which event GAIL may award the order to the next lowest evaluated bidder or call for new bids. 37. Corrupt or Fraudulent Practices 37.1 GAIL requires that bidders/contractors observe the highest standard of ethics during the execution of contracts. In pursuance of this policy, the Employer : a) defines, for the purposes of this provision, the terms set forth below as follows : corrupt practice means the offering, giving or soliciting of anything of value to influence the action of a public official in the procurement process or in contract execution; and 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 Employer, and includes collusive practice among bidders (prior to or after bid submission) designed to establish bid prices at artificial non-competitive levels and to deprive the Employer of the benefits of free and open competition; b) will reject a proposal for award if it determines that the bidder recommended for award has engaged in corrupt or fraudulent practices in competing for the contract in question;

27 c) will declare a firm ineligible and put on holiday, either indefinitely or a for a stated period of time if it at any time determines that the firm has engaged in corrupt or fraudulent practices in competing for, or in executing a contract a) Bidder is required to furnish the complete and correct information/documents required for evaluation of their bids. If the information/documents forming basis of evaluation is found to be false /forged, the same shall be considered adequate ground for rejection of the bids and forfeiture of Earnest Money Deposit. b) In case, the information/document furnished by the vendor/contractor forming basis of evaluation of his bid is found to be false/forged after the award of the contract, GAIL shall have full right to terminate the contract and get the remaining job executed at the risk & cost of such vendor/contractor without any prejudice to other rights available to GAIL under the contract such as forfeiture of CPBG/Security Deposit, withholding of payment etc. c) Incase this issue of submission of false document comes to the notice after execution of work, GAIL shall have full right to forfeit any amount due to the vendor/contractor along with forfeiture of CPBG/Security Deposit furnished by the vendor/contractor. d) Further, such bidder/vendor/contractor shall be put on Blacklist Holiday List of GAIL debarring them from future business with GAIL TAXES & DUTIES: EXCISE DUTY / CENVAT GAIL can avail the benefit of CENVAT on the supplies, subject to fulfillment of certain conditions. (i) The contractor will prepare excise invoice and the same will accompany the material from his work to GAIL, NOIDA Consignee name GAIL (India) Limited, NOIDA should be mentioned in all excise invoice of the supply items. The following excise particulars of GAIL, NOIDA (Consignee) should be mentioned on the Excise Invoiced. Consignee: GAIL (India) Limited, NOIDA District: GAUTAM BUDHA NAGAR (U.P.) Range: 6 Division: 1 (SERVICE TAX ) NOIDA Consignee s ECC: No. AAACG1209JST002 (ii) (iii) (iv) (v) In case the contractor has procured the duty paid material from a vendor / sub vendor, the name of the contractor may appear as buyer and the name & address of GAIL (India ) Limited, NOIDA shall be appear as Consignee. The contractor will ensure that in the invoices and other duty paying documents raised by the vendor / supplier, the name & ECC no. of GAIL (India) Limited, NOIDA, as mentioned above, must appear. In case the contractor has imported the equipments / materials in his name, he will endorse the Bill of Entry giving complete address of GAIL (India) Limited, NOIDA along with ECC no. The endorsement will be made by him at the port of entry on the back side of the bill of entry and the material will accompany endorsed Bill of Entry from the Port to GAIL, NOIDA. All the excise invoices / Bill of pertaining to the supply portion shall be handed over to GAIL, NOIDA. The bidders are required to confirm at the appropriate place in the tender whether they will submit cenvetable invoice against the excise duty for the supply portion quoted in the tender SALES TAX :