SPECIAL COMMERCIAL TERMS AND CONDITIONS 1.0 Fiscal Concessions for Nuclear Power Projects (NPPs) 1.1 (a) Nuclear Power Project of capacity 440 MW or more have been notified by GOI for eligibility towards fiscal concessions. As such the goods required for setting up these projects are subject to NIL Customs duty as per the extant policy of Government of India (vide Customs Notification No. 50/2017 dated 30-6-2017 at Sr. No. 602). In consideration of the aforesaid Fiscal Benefits, no customs duty on goods shall, therefore, be payable/ reimbursable by the Purchaser to the Contractor. Similarly, as per the paragraph 7.02 (h) of Foreign Trade Policy 2015-2020 of Government of India, Domestic Contractors supplying goods for these projects under the procedures of National competitive bidding or International Competitive bidding shall be eligible for benefits of Deemed Export under paragraph 7.03 (a) relating to advance authorisation and 7.03 (b) relating to deemed export draw back of the Policy and paragraphs 7.02(d), 7.03(g) and 7.05(b) of Hand Book of Procedures issued by the Director General of Foreign Trade, Department of Commerce, Ministry of Commerce and Industry, Government of India (DGFT Trade Notice Number 11/2018 dated 30.06.2017). In consideration of the aforesaid Fiscal Benefits, no customs duty on goods shall, therefore, be payable/ reimbursable by the Purchaser to the Contractor. 1.1(b) The bidders are solely responsible for adherence and compliance with the necessary processes, procedures and documentation as may be stipulated by the concerned Statutory Authorities connected in respect of availing such fiscal benefits. The Purchaser, shall, however, make available only the requisite documents or certifications as per the extant rules and procedures for availing the above exemptions/concessions by the Contractor. 1.1(c) In the event of subsequent denial of the above benefits prevailing as on the last date of submission of the bid, by the designated authorities to the Contractor, either on the basis of interpretation of the provisions of such benefits or due to change in law, such indirect taxes will be reimbursable by the Purchaser at actual rates for the supplies made within the Contractual Delivery Dates or extended Contractual Delivery Dates due to reasons attributable to the Purchaser/Force Majeure. And for the supplies that are made beyond the Contractual Delivery Date due to reasons attributable to Contractor, the reimbursement of taxes shall be made by the Purchaser limiting to the rates prevailing on the Contractual Delivery Date. 1.2 Bid Format Bidders are required to submit their quotation as below: 1.2.1 Items and materials supplied from abroad o To quote for the items and materials to be supplied from abroad on FOB port of shipment basis. These Prices shall remain firm throughout the currency of the contract which should specifically be confirmed by the tenderers. o FOB prices shall be inclusive of all taxes, duties, levies, inland transportation up to the port of shipment and export licensing charges. Other than FOB prices, remaining price elements shall be inclusive of taxes and duties applicable in India. Further IGST applicable on Imported finished goods shall also be indicated separately to be paid by contractor for reimbursement by NPCIL. SPT/IND B2: 1 of 9
o Marine Insurance and Ocean freight to be shown separately. 1.2.2 Items and materials to be supplied from indigenous sources o To quote for items and materials to be supplied from indigenous sources on Free and Safe Delivery at Purchaser s Site basis, inclusive of Packing, Forwarding, Transportation and Transit Insurance & including GST and other indirect taxes and duties. These Prices shall remain firm throughout the currency of the contract which should specifically be confirmed by the tenderers. 1.2.3 Indirect Taxes and Duties a) The Bid prices shall be inclusive of Goods and Services Tax (GST) and any other Indian Indirect Taxes payable in India for the final product / services. b) The Contractor shall bear all non-indian taxes, duties, levies etc. payable upto FOB in respect of sourcing items from abroad. c) Contractor shall be responsible for payment of all Indian Taxes, Duties including IGST on imports and all other statutory levies as applicable in connection with supply of the Stores. The prices FOR shall be inclusive of all Taxes, Duties and other Statutory levies payable under the law of the Land. The Contractor shall however take into account Fiscal Concessions available to the subject contract as detailed in the below mentioned paras and pass on the benefit to the Purchaser. GST and all other indirect taxes, duties are also not reimbursable separately on Price Adjustment for price portion, as base price is inclusive of all Taxes and Duties as applicable. d) In case of increase in existing taxes/ duties and any other new indirect taxes / cess, if levied by Government during the contractual delivery period, the same shall be reimbursed / paid by the Purchaser, as the case may be, at actual against documentary evidence. This provision shall not apply to changes in Personal Income tax or Corporate Income tax or to changes in non-indian Taxes. e) For extension in the contractual delivery period for the reasons attributable to the Purchaser and/or Force Majeure, increase in existing taxes & duties, if any, and new tax component introduced in the extended period shall be reimbursed to the Contractor subject to the submissions of necessary documentary evidence. No increase / new tax shall be payable during the delay period due to reasons attributable to the Contractor. f) The bidders are required to examine the provisions of The Central Goods and Services Tax Act 2017 (CGST), The Integrated Goods and Services Tax Act 2017 (IGST), The relevant SGST act of the State Government, The Union Territories Goods and Services Tax Act 2017(UTGST) and The Goods and Services Compensation to States Tax Act 2017 and their Rules as being enacted and amended from time to time. The bidders are required to take into account all input tax credits and the exemptions available therein while furnishing their bids. g) GST as applicable or quoted, whichever is lower will be reimbursed by Purchaser limiting to the rate prevailing within the contractual delivery schedule. SPT/IND B2: 2 of 9
h) Towards invoicing for the GST, Bidders are required to take note of the following & comply accordingly. i) Bidders are required to provide their GST Registration numbers, the HSN code of the goods/sa Code for services and the applicable rate of GST as in the Commercial Terms and Conditions of the bid submitted. j) While claiming the GST the Tenderers are required to adhere to the provisions available therein. The Contractors are required to populate the details of GST paid by them in the GST portal, only upon which reimbursement of GST would be considered. k) Please note that in case any refund/credit to GST if granted to Tenderers by GST Authorities in respect of stores supplied under the contract, Tenderers will pass on the credit to the Purchaser immediately along with a certificate from bidder s Director/Manager/Proprietor/Accountant that the credit so passed on relates to the GST originally paid for the stores supplied under the contract. l) When GST is claimed by the Contractor / supplier in general the certificate as per Appendix A should be submitted to the paying authority with their invoices. 1.2.4 Direct Tax: - Tax Deduction at Source a) The Purchaser shall have the right to withhold taxes on income, excess profits, royalty and other taxes from payments due to Contractor under this Contract to the extent that such withholding may be required by the government of India or any relevant authority thereof or by the government of any other country, and payment by the Purchaser to the respective governmental office of the amount of money so withheld will relieve the Purchaser from any further obligation to Contractor with respect to the amount so withheld. b) The Purchaser shall, at the time of its payments due to the Contractor, withhold the necessary taxes at such rate as is required by any Government Authority, unless and to the extent that the Contractor shall produce to the Purchaser any certificate issued by a Government Authority (having authority to issue such certificate) entitling the Contractor to receive the payments under the Contract for a prescribed period without deduction of any tax or deduction at a lower rate. c) The Purchaser shall provide the necessary withholding tax certificates to the Contractor within the time stipulated by the relevant law to enable the Contractor to file the same with the Government Authority as a proof of payment of such taxes. d) All taxes levied on Contractor s corporate income or profits shall be for the account of Contractor and shall not be reimbursed by the Purchaser. Contractor shall also be responsible for payment of income taxes of its personnel levied in India or elsewhere. 1.2.5 Indirect Tax-Tax deduction at source a) The Purchaser shall, at the time of its payments due to the Contractor, withhold the necessary tax at source at such rate if required under the legislation unless and to the extent that the Contractor shall produce to the Purchaser any certificate issued by a Government Authority (having authority to issue such certificate) entitling the Contractor to receive the payments under the Contract for a prescribed period without deduction of any tax or deduction at a lower rate. SPT/IND B2: 3 of 9
b) In case of such deductions as mentioned above, the Purchaser shall provide the necessary withholding tax certificates to the Contractor within the time stipulated by the relevant law to enable the Contractor to file the same with the Government Authority as a proof of payment of such taxes. 1.3 Bid Currency Bidders are allowed to quote in the following currencies: 1.3.1 Items and materials supplied from abroad Prices quoted shall be in the currency of the country of origin or in US Dollars/UK Pounds/EURO. Bids linking the quoted currency with some other currency are liable to be ignored. Local transportation and other services including Ocean freight, Marine insurance, Customs clearance, Port handling, Transit Insurance charges etc. in India in Indian Rupees. 1.3.2 Items and materials to be supplied from indigenous sources Items and materials to be supplied from Indigenous sources in Indian Rupees. 1.4 Bid Evaluation 1.4.1 Bid evaluation will be done based on the total of Summary Prices which are inclusive of GST and all other indirect taxes and duties for supply of items and site work portion as per Section D of the Tender document. To facilitate the evaluation and comparison of prices, all bid prices expressed in foreign currency will be converted into Indian Rupees at Bills Selling exchange rates (as established by State Bank of India) applicable on the day seven days prior to due date of submission of the bid. If the day seven days prior to due date of submission of bid happens to be a holiday, the exchange rates of next working day will be considered. For items sourced from abroad and directly delivered to the Purchaser s site, wherever the ocean/air freight and marine insurance to the port of the Purchaser s country are not mentioned, 11% of FOB prices will be considered towards ocean/air freight and marine insurance to arrive at CIF prices. For local transportation and other services including customs clearance charges, port handling, inland transit insurance etc., in India are not quoted as required, the charges towards the same will be considered as 1 ½% of CIF Value for items and materials supplied from abroad and delivered directly to the project site from Indian port of entry. Applicable IGST if not quoted will be loaded to arrive at the final price for the purpose of evaluation in case of unregistered parties. 1.4.2 For Tender where Fiscal Concessions as per SCC are available/ applicable, the following shall apply: (a) For evaluation and comparison of bids, a price preference at 15% would be given to the domestically manufactured capital goods. For this purpose, the bid price of the bidders would be increased by 15% of all such CIF components contained in their price bid including the CIF component of the imported raw materials/ components required for manufacture of indigenous items. No exchange rate variation is allowed towards the value of imported raw materials and components included in the Indigenous items. For the purposes of 15% loading as above, the base exchange rates shall be Bills Selling exchange rates (as established by State Bank of India) applicable on the day seven days prior to due date of submission of bid. If the day seven days prior to due date of submission of bid happens to be a holiday, the exchange rate of next working day will be considered. SPT/IND B2: 4 of 9
(b) Further the charges for expatriate supervision for erection and commissioning quoted in foreign currency will not be loaded by 15%. (c) IGST applicable on the import of finished goods which are to be delivered directly to the Purchaser s site from the port of import shall be indicated by the Bidder. This IGST will be considered for the purpose of evaluation of the bids. 2.0 INSURANCE 2.1 The Contractor shall, at his own cost, take out and maintain in effect the following Insurance based on reinstatement value during the performance of the contract and the Purchaser shall be named as co-insured under all insurance policies. All Insurer s rights of subrogation against coinsured shall be waived. Deductibles/excesses if any, under the insurance policies shall be borne by the Contractor. The identity of the insurers and the form of policies shall be subject to the approval of the Purchaser. Cargo Insurance During Ocean transit and Inland transportation, covering loss or damage as per ICC clause A with War/SRCC provisions, for full replacement value of the consignment/cargo from the Contractor s or Sub-contractor s works or Stores until arrival at Purchaser s project site. 3.0 CONTRACTOR'S LIABILITY / RESPONSIBILITY REGARDING DESPATCH / DELIVERY The following clause shall supplement / amend General Conditions of Contract (GCC) Form No. CMM-22/Rev.4 clause number 12 CONTRACTOR'S LIABILITY / RESPONSIBILITY REGARDING DESPATCH / DELIVERY. Wherever there is a conflict between the two, the provisions in SCC shall prevail over those in the GCC. 12.1 The Contractor shall be responsible for delivery of Stores at the destination specified by the Purchaser on FOR Site basis. 12.2 Unless otherwise expressly mentioned in the Contract, the Contractor shall pay and bear all freights and all costs and expenses for transporting the Stores to the place of delivery specified in the Contract and the price specified in the Contract shall be inclusive of all such packing, handling, freight, forwarding and transit insurance charges. The Contractor shall however, indicate the percentage of applicable GST. 12.3 Deleted 12.4 Deleted 4.0 FORCE MAJEURE The following clause shall supplement / amend General Conditions of Contract (GCC) Form No. CMM-22/Rev.4 clause number 15.2 FORCE MAJEURE. Wherever there is a conflict between the two, the provisions in SCC shall prevail over those in the GCC. SPT/IND B2: 5 of 9
15.2 Provided that Parties shall not be liable for delays in performing its obligations resulting from any force majeure cause as referred to / or defined above. The date of completion will, subject to hereinafter provided, be extended by a reasonable time even though such cause may occur after Contractor's performance of his obligations has been delayed for other cause. 5.0 TERMS OF PAYMENT The following clause shall supplement / amend General Conditions of Contract (GCC) Form No. CMM-22/Rev.4 clause number 19 Terms of payment. Wherever there is a conflict between the two, the provisions in SCC shall prevail over those in the GCC. 19.1 For supply of Stores, Purchaser's normal terms of payment shall be ninety five (95%) percent of FOR (inclusive of taxes and duties)/ FOB (along with applicable taxes and duties) value, on delivery of the Stores at the Project Site/Consignee Stores as indicated in the Contract. The Stores shall be despatched only after the Inspector has issued a Shipping Release [acceptance as stipulated in 2.14 (a)] on satisfactory completion of inspection. Balance five (5%) percent of FOR (inclusive of taxes and duties)/ FOB (along with applicable taxes and duties) value shall be paid as per clause No. 19.1.2. The details are as under: 19.1.1 Ninety five (95%) percent payment of FOR (inclusive of taxes and duties)/ FOB (along with applicable taxes and duties) value shall be released on receipt of the following documents as applicable: 19.1.1.1 Invoice in triplicate 19.1.1.2 Proof of Receipt by the Consignee in the form of Receipted LR or Receipted Delivery Challan in original. 19.1.1.3 Shipping release in original issued by the Inspector signed in ink and with Inspector's seal or with NPCIL Logo [Refer 2.14 (a)]. 19.1.1.4 Statement endorsed on Shipping Release by the Inspector for having received one set of Test Certificates. 19.1.1.5 Declaration Form for GST as per Appendix A. 19.1.2 Balance five (5%) percent of the FOR (inclusive of taxes and duties)/ FOB (along with applicable taxes and duties) value shall be released on acceptance of the Stores at Site [Refer 2.14 (b)] after inspection and issue of Site Stores Inspection Report / Receipt voucher by the consignee. Normally seventy five (75) days will be allowed for inspection and acceptance after receipt of the Stores. The Contractor shall submit the following documents as applicable: 19.1.2.1 Invoice in triplicate 19.1.2.2 Free issue material account accepted by the Purchaser's Engineer. This shall be based on the approved cutting diagram or other approval by the Purchaser's Engineer (where applicable). 19.1.2.3 Receipted delivery challan for return of balance and scrap material to Purchaser's Stores (where applicable). SPT/IND B2: 6 of 9
19.2 For Supply of plant/equipments/machinery /instruments including erection and commissioning. Purchaser s normal terms of payment shall be Ninety five (95%) percent payment of FOR (inclusive of taxes and duties)/ FOB (along with applicable taxes and duties) value for supply on delivery at Project Site/Consignee as indicated in the Contract. The Stores shall be despatched only after Inspector has issued a Shipping Release on satisfactory completion of inspection [Refer 2.14 (a)] and as further detailed in 19.2.1. Balance 5% (five) percent of the FOR (inclusive of taxes and duties)/ FOB (along with applicable taxes and duties) value shall be paid as per clause no. 19.2.2. The details are as under: 19.2.1 Ninety five (95%) percent payment of FOR (inclusive of taxes and duties)/ FOB (along with applicable taxes and duties) value of each consignment shall be released on receipt of the following documents. (Detail of consignment as indicated in the Contract). 19.2.1.1 Invoice in triplicate. 19.2.1.2 Proof of receipt by the consignee in the form of receipted LR or receipted delivery challan in original. 19.2.1.3 Shipping Release in original issued by the Inspector signed in ink and with Inspector's seal or with NPCIL Logo [Refer 2.14 (a)]. 19.2.1.4 Declaration Form for GST as per Appendix A. 19.2.2 Five (5%) percent of the FOR (inclusive of taxes and duties)/ FOB (along with applicable taxes and duties) value for supply plus one hundred (100%) percent of the cost of erection and commissioning, on acceptance of the plant / equipment / machinery / instruments at Site after satisfactory commissioning [Refer 2.14 (c)]. Unless otherwise stated the Equipment, Machinery and Instruments shall be accepted within Seventy Five (75) days from the date of satisfactory commissioning of the Stores at Purchaser s Site. The Contractor shall submit the following documents as applicable: 19.2.2.1 Invoice in triplicate 19.2.2.2 Certificate of inspection, testing and acceptance of the plant by the Purchaser 6.0 LIST OF ANNEXURES / APPENDICES APPENDIX A : FORMAT FOR CERTIFICATE TOWARDS EXCISE DUTY is substituted with Appendix A : Declaration Form for GST APPENDIX B : FORMAT FOR CERTIFICATE TOWARDS SALES TAX - DELETED APPENDIX C : FORMAT FOR CERTIFICATE TOWARDS SERVICE TAX - DELETED * * * * * SPT/IND B2: 7 of 9
Appendix -A Declaration Form for GST The Supplier/Contractors while submitting their bill to the Paying Authority shall furnish the following certificates: Certified that: (Please Tick all appropriate boxes) (a) Certified that the goods and services on which GST has been charged are not exempted under the GST Act or the rules made there under and the amount charged on account of GST on these goods and services are not more than what is payable under the relevant act or the rules there under. (b) Certified that we have taken into account all input tax credits available under GST and have not loaded the same in the basic price while furnishing their bids. (c) Certified that in respect of amount of taxes claimed in the bill no claim is pending for refund/or is admissible for refund from any other agency and /or no other tax credit is available in respect of the same. In the event of getting refund in whole or in part of the element of GST claimed from Government, the same shall be passed on the benefit to the Purchaser by remitting the amount equivalent to the amount of refund obtained. (d) Certified that the GST charged herein the invoices and other details have been populated in GSTR1 of the GSTN portal facilitating input credit to the Purchaser. (e) Certified that we have complied with the Anti-profiteering measure provisions under CGST/ SGST/UTGST Acts and passed on commensurate reduction of price to the purchaser. Signature of Contractor or their Authorised Representative with company seal. SPT/IND B2: 8 of 9
The following clause shall be read in conjunction With GCC Clause No. 22.1 Since, the requirement is for PHWR, NPCIL is system designer and technology owner, being responsible for safety design of such installation in this tender, NPCIL shall assume the role of supplier in accordance with the explanation of the term supplier given in Rule 24 of the CLND Rules, 2011 and in the context of Section 17(a) and (b) of the CLND Act, 2010. SPT/IND B2: 9 of 9