Invitation to Bid - Construction of Community Hall, Compound Wall and Shuttle Court at Gundimeda in Mangalagiri Tadepalli Municipal Corporation under CSR Funds in GUNTUR, ANDHRA PRADESH

Eligibility Criterion Eligibility Criteria:- To qualify for consideration of Award of the Contract each Tenderer should fulfill the following certificates, documents etc., are to be scanned and uploaded on to the ap e-procurement plat form. i) The Civil contractor/ contracting agency should possess required class having registration as per G.O. Ms. No. 94, Dated: 01-07-2003 and exempted to have registration in Andhra Pradesh as per G.O.Ms. No. 67 Water Resources (Reforms) Dept., dated: 16-08-2019 and G.O.Ms. No. 50 Water Resources (Reforms) Dept., dated: 15-10-2020 and G.O Ms.No.63, WATER RESOURCES (REFORMS) DEPARTMENT, Dt:13.11.2025 with previous experiance in similar nature of work ii) Copy of contractor's registration certificate with previous experiance in similar nature of work iii) Copy of Permanent Account Number (PAN) card iv) Copy of GST Registration Certificate v) EMD to be remitted in the shape of Bank Guarantee (BG) in favour of Commissioner, Mangalagiri Tadepalli Municipal Corporation (or) through online by using Net Banking / RTGS / NEFT from their registered bank account only or using Credit Card / Debit Card from Nationalized Bank or any Scheduled commercial bank. Procedure for Bid Submission "a) The bidder shall submit his response through bid submission to the tender on .apeprocurement. platform at www.apeprocurement.gov.in by following the procedure given below. The bidder would be required to register on the .apeprocurement. market place www.apeprocurement.gov.in or https://tender.apeprocurement.gov.in and submit their bids online. No offline bids shall be entertained by the Tender Inviting Authority for the tenders published in ape-procurement platform. " b) The bidders shall submit their eligibility and qualification details, Technical bid, Financial bid etc., in the standard formats displayed in .apeprocurement. web site. The bidders shall upload the scanned copies of all the relevant certificates, documents etc., in support of their eligibility criteria/technical bids and other certificates/documents in the .apeprocurement. web site. The bidder shall sign on the statements, documents, certificates, uploaded by him, owning responsibility for their correctness/ authenticity. "1). Registration with ap e-procurement platform: For registration and online bid submission bidders may contact HELP DESK of M/s A.P.T.S., Vijaywada., www.apeprocurement.gov.in or https://tender.apeprocurement.gov.in." "2). Digital Certificate authentication: The bidder shall authenticate the bid with his Digital Certificate for submitting the bid electronically on .apeprocurement. platform and the bids not authenticated by digital certificate of the bidder will not be accepted on the .apeprocurement. platform. For obtaining signature certificate, you may please contact. All the bidders need to obtain Digital Certificates from APTS: For obtaining Digital Signature Certificate, Please Contact:" "All the bidders need to obtain Digital Certificates from APTS: For obtaining Digital Signature Certificate, Please Contact: " "You may please Contact Registration Authorities of any Certifying Authorities in India. The list of CAs are available by clicking the link https://tender.apeprocurement.gov.in/Digital Certificate / Signature.html. " "3). Submission of Hard copies: i) Vide ref.G.O.Ms.No.174, I&CAD dept dated :1-9-2008, submission of original hard copies of the uploaded scanned copies towards EMD by participating bidders to the tender inviting authority before opening of the price bid id dispensed forthwith." ii) All the bidders shall invariably upload the scanned copies in .apeprocurement. system and this will be the primary requirement to consider the bid responsive. iii) The department shall carry out the technical evaluation solely based on the uploaded certificates/documents, towards EMD in the .apeprocurement. system and open the price bids of the responsive bidders. "iv)The department will notify the successful bidder for submission of original hardcopies of all the uploaded documents towards EMD prior to entering into agreement. " v)The successful bidder shall invariably furnish the original towards EMD, Certificates/Documents of the uploaded scanned copies to the Tender Inviting Authority before entering into agreement, either personally or through courier or post and the receipt of the same within the stipulated date shall be the responsibility of the successful bidder. The department will not take responsibility for any delay in receipt/non-receipt of the original towards EMD, Certificates/Documents from the successful bidder before the stipulated time. On receipt of documents, the department shall ensure the genuinity towards EMD and all other Certificates/documents uploaded by the bidder in .apeprocurement. system in support of the qualification criteria before concluding the agreement. "4) The Go.MS.No. 174 ?I&CAD dated: 1-9-2008 Deactivation of Bidders If any successful bidder fails to submit the original hard copies of uploaded certificates/documents, BG towards EMD within stipulated time or if any variation is noticed between the uploaded documents and the hardcopies submitted by the bidder the successful bidder will be suspended from participating in the tenders on .apeprocurement. platform for a period of 3 years. The .apeprocurement. system would deactivate the user ID of such defaulting bidder based on the trigger /recommendation by the Tender Inviting Authority in the system. Besides this, the department shall invoke all processes of law including criminal prosecution of such defaulting bidder as an act of extreme deterrence to avoid delays in the tender process for execution of the development schemes taken up by the government as per G.O.Ms.No. 174, I & CAD Dt. 01.09.2008. The information to this extent may be seen in the .apeprocurement. plat form web site. Other conditions as per tender document are applicable. The bidder is requested to get a confirmed acknowledgement from the Tender Inviting Authority a proof of Hardcopies submission to avoid any discrepancy. " "5). Payment Of Transaction Fee and EMD: It is mandatory for all the participating bidders from 1st January 2006 to electronically pay a Non-refundable Transaction fee to M/s. APTS, the services provider through ?Payment Gateway Service on .apeprocurement. platform?. The Electronic Payment Gateway accepts all Master and Visa Credit card issued by any bank and Direct Debit facility/Net Banking of ICICI Bank, HDFC, Axis Bank to facilitate the transaction. This is in compliance as per G.O.Ms.4 IT & C department dated: 17.02.2005. A service tax of 15% or as applicable + Bank Charges for Credit Card Transaction as applicable on the transaction amount payable to APTS shall be applicable." 6. Corpus Fund: As per GO MS No.4 User departments shall collect 0.04% of ECV (estimated contract valve) with a cap of Rs.10,000 (Rupees ten thousand only) for all works with ECV upto Rs.50 crores, and Rs.25,000/- (Rupees twenty five thousand only ) for works with ECV above Rs.50.00 crores from successful bidders on .apeprocurement. platform before entering into agreement / issue of purchase orders, towards .apeprocurement. fund in favour of Managing Director, APTS. There shall not be any charge towards .apeprocurement. fund in case of works, goods and services with ECV less than and upto Rs. 10 lakhs. "7. Tender document: The bidder is requested to download the tender document and read all the terms and conditions mentioned in the tender Document and seek clarification if any from the Tender Inviting Authority. Any offline bid submission clause in the tender document could be neglected. The bidder has to keep track of any changes by viewing the Addendum/Corrigenda issued by the Tender Inviting Authority on time-to-time basis in the .apeprocurement. platform. The Department calling for tenders shall not be responsible for any claims/problems arising out of this. " "8). Bid Submission Acknowledgement: The bidder shall complete all the processes and steps required for Bid submission. The system will generate an acknowledgement with a unique bid submission number after completing all the prescribed steps and processes by the bidder. Users may also note that the bids for which an acknowledgement is not generated by the apeprocurement system are treated as invalid or not saved in the system. Such invalid bids are not made available to the Tender Inviting Authority for processing the bids. The Government of AP and M/s APTS is not responsible for incomplete bid submission by users. " General Terms & Conditions The Agencies/Contractors who are registered in the State Governments/Public Sectors/Government under takings through out the country shall be permitted for tendering as per G.O.Ms.No:73 I&CAD (PW-Reforms) Dt:27.06.2009. 1. Assessed available bid capacity as per formula (3AN-B) should be greater than the estimated Contract value as specified in the Tender Document as per G.O. Ms. No:04, WATER RESOURCES (REFORMS) DEPARTMENT Dt:10.02.2025. "2. The details and certificates are to be furnished as per the proforma available in the tender schedules. " 3. The bidder should have satisfactorily completed the value not less than Rs 111.33 lakhs as a Prime Contractor in the same name and "style in the similar nature of works in any one financial year during last TEN financial years from 2015-2016 to 2024-2025 as per G.O.Ms.No: 372, Dt: 28.09.2012 & amendment as per as per G.O. Ms. No:04, WATER RESOURCES (REFORMS) DEPARTMENT Dt:10.02.2025. Sub-contractor/GPA holder?s experience shall not be taken into account. The bidder shall enclose the Experience certificates issued by Engineer-in-Charge of the State / Central Government Departments under takings not below the rank of Executive Engineer or equivalent and countersigned by the Officer of the rank of Superintending Engineer or equivalent. The experience certificates furnished should clearly indicate the date of commencement of the work and date of completion and payment made financial year wise and payment made year wise" 4. The bidder should have executed the minimum quantities of items of work as given below in any one financial year durning the last TEN financial years. The bidder should enclose Experience certificates issued by Engineer-in-Charge of the State / Central Government Departments under takings not below the rank of Executive Engineer or equivalent and countersigned by the Officer of the rank of Superintending Engineer or equivalent. The experience certificates furnished should clearly indicate the date of commencement of the work and date of completion and payment made financial year wise and payment made year wise. PHYSICAL EXPERIENCE: The bidder should have satisfactorily completed in any one year during the last 10 Financial Years i.e, from FY: 2015-2016 to 2024-2025 Should have satisfactorily executed the following items: Item Qty. Not less than 1) Should have satisfactorily executed VCC/RCC/VRCC M-25 and above work quantity 232.44 Cum 2) Should have satisfactorily executed High Yield Strength Deformed (HYSD)/ Thermo Mechanically Treated (TMT) / Mild steel (MS) steel bars work quantity 29151.46 Kgs 3) Should have satisfactorily executed Bick Masonry work quantity 154.50 Cum 4) Should have satisfactorily executed Plastering with CM (1:4) 20mm thick work quantity 1714.59 Sqm b) Availability of key and critical equipment (either owned or leased) duly giving an understanding declaration on a non judicial stamp paper of worth of Rs.100/- with sufficient proof of equipment or leased agreement. The bidder should submit the particulars invariably in the format specified in the tender schedule along with necessary certificates, failing which his tender shall be treated as incomplete and summarily rejected. C) The bidder should furnish the availability of following key personnel. a) Graduate Engineers b) Diploma Engineers "5. The bidder shall fulfill the available bid capacity of 3 AN-B > ECV as per G.O. Ms. No:04, WATER RESOURCES (REFORMS) DEPARTMENT Dt:10.02.2025 Where " A = Maximum value of civil engineering works executed in its name in any one financial year during the last TEN financial years (updated to current price level) taking into account the works completed as well as works in progress. N = Number of years prescribed for completion of work for which tenders are invited (Months/ 12) B = Updated value (at current price level) of all existing commitments i.e., ongoing works, works likely to be awarded to be executed during the period of completion of the work for which tenders are invited. Annual turnover, cost of completed works and balance works on hand etc., shall be updated by giving simple weightage of 10% per year to bring them to current price level. The bidder should enclose the above certificates at the time of bidding. 1. The tenderer should further demonstrate: i) EMD for Rs 1,11,326.00 in the shape of unconditional and irrevocable Bank guarantee in favour of the Commissioner, Mangalagiri Tadepalli Municipal Corporation in the standard format issued by any Nationalised Bank/ Scheduled Bank to be valid for 6 months from the date of NIT (or) E.M.D for Rs 1,11,326.00 to be paid by using Net banking/RTGS /NEFT only in favour of the Commissioner, Mangalagiri Tadepalli Municipal Corporation. ii) i) The Civil contractor/ contracting agency should possess required class having registration as per G.O. Ms. No. 94, Dated: 01-07-2003 and exempted to have registration in Andhra Pradesh as per G.O.Ms. No. 67 Water Resources (Reforms) Dept., dated: 16-08-2019 and G.O.Ms. No. 50 Water Resources (Reforms) Dept., dated: 15-10-2020 and G.O Ms.No.63, WATER RESOURCES (REFORMS) DEPARTMENT, Dt:13.11.2025 with previous experiance in similar nature of work iii) ii) Copy of contractor's registration certificate with previous experiance in similar nature of work iv) iii) Copy of Permanent Account Number (PAN) card v) iv) Copy of GST Registration Certificate

vi) Liquid assets by credit facility of not less than an amount of Rs 55.66 Lakhs (credit lines by letter of credit / solvency certificate from banks etc.,) should be submitted by the bidder. Or Net Worth certificate issued by the Chartered Accountant. vii) Annual turnover, cost of completed works and balance works on hand etc., viii) Availability (either owned or leased) of key and critical equipment. ix) The bidder should upload the list of technical persons as required for the work. 2. The tenderer is to be blacklisted and the EMD forfeited if he is found to have mislead 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 has quoted unreasonable high bid prices. 3. 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. 4. All the participating bidders shall pay transaction fee @ 0.03% of tendered contract value plus tax towards transaction fee to be paid electronically online through payment gateway services provided by ICICI and HDFC banks using their credit cards in favour of M/s. APTS, Vijayawada. 5. The successful bidder should pay an amount of Rs 4,453.00 through online in favour of APTS, Vijayawada at time of concluding agreement towards corpus fund. 6. Any further information can be obtained from the office of the Commissioner, Mangalagiri Tadepalli Municipal Corporation. General Terms & Conditions: 1. Bids are invited on the e-procurement 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 down loaded from the electronic procurement platform of Government of Andhra Pradesh i.e. www.e-procurement.gov.in. 2. Approximate Estimate Contract value of work Rs 1,11,32,611.00 3. Contractors would be required to register on the ape-procurement Market Place www.apeprocurement.gov.in and submit their bids on line. The Department will not accept any bid submitted in the paper form. 4. EMD for Rs 1,11,326.00 in the shape of unconditional and irrevocable Bank guarantee in favour of the Commissioner, Mangalagiri Tadepalli Municipal Corporation in the standard format issued by any Nationalised Bank/ Scheduled Bank to be valid for 6 months from the date of NIT (or) E.M.D for Rs 1,11,326.00 to be paid by using Net banking/RTGS /NEFT only in favour of the Commissioner, Mangalagiri Tadepalli Municipal Corporation. 5. Period of completion of work: 06 Months "6. The bidders can view/ down load the tender documents from the ?apeprocurement? market place. " 7. Form of contract ? Lump sum contract. 8) Documents Details: Document Type i) The bidder should enclose valid contractors registration certificate in appropriate class with GoAP as per G.O. Ms. No. 94, Dated. 01-07-2003 and G.O Ms.No.63, WATER RESOURCES (REFORMS) DEPARTMENT, Dt.13.11.2025 Mandatory ii) EMD through online /BG Mandatory iii) Transaction fee payable to M/s. APTS Mandatory iv) copy of GST Registration Cwertificate Mandatory v) Copy of PAN Card Mandatory vi) The bidder should enclose Experience certificates issued by Engineer-in-Charge of the State / Central Government Departments under takings not below the rank of Executive Engineer or equivalent and countersigned by the Officer of the rank of Superintending Engineer or equivalent. Mandatory vii) The particulars of value of civil Engineering works executed the last TEN financial years in the tenders name along with the certificates in support of the figures . Mandatory viii) The details of work executed as prime contractor (during last TEN financial years showing name) year wise breakup of value of executed duly supported with certificates Mandatory ix) The Information on existing commitments with supporting certificates. Mandatory x) Proof of liquid assets in the shape of solvency certificates etc for the required amount net worth certificate issued by the chartered Accountant. Mandatory " xi) The bidder should enclose Latest Income Tax return with proof of submission (ITR-V) " Mandatory xii) The bidder should enclose Any other documents required as per tender schedule Optional "Note:- " "The date stipulated above is firm and under no circumstances they will be relaxed unless other wise extended by an official notification or happen to be Public Holidays. " "Any other condition regarding receipt of Bids in conventional method appearing in the tender documents may be treated as not applicable. "

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The bidder shall submit his response through Bid submission to the tender on eProcurement platform at www.apeprocurment.gov.in by following the procedure given below. The bidder would be required to register on the e-procurement market place https://tender.apeprocurement.gov.in and submit their bids online. Offline bids shall not be entertained by the Tender Inviting Authority for the tenders published in e-procurement platform. The bidders shall submit their eligibility and qualification details, Technical bid, Financial bid etc., in the online standard formats displayed in eProcurement web site. The bidders shall upload the scanned copies of all the relevant certificates, documents etc., in support of their eligibility criteria/technical bids and other certificate/documents in the eProcurement web site. The bidder shall sign on the statements, documents, certificates, uploaded by him, owning responsibility for their correctness/authenticity. The bidder shall attach all the required documents for the specific tender after uploading the same during the bid submission as per the tender notice and bid document. The Bidder shall also ensure prior to Final Bid submission that the Encryption certificate present in the DSC Key token is the same as that mapped into his Profile page in the Eprocurement system. Service provider shall not be responsible for Non-submission of Bid in case there is a variance in the Encryption certificate between the Key token and the Uploaded certificate in the Bidders profile in the Eprocurement system. Registration with eProcurement platform: For registration and online bid submission bidders may contact HELP DESK. https://tender.apeprocurement.gov.in Digital Certificate authentication: The bidder shall authenticate the bid with his Digital Certificate for submitting the bid electronically on eProcurement platform and the bids not authenticated by digital certificate of the bidder will not be accepted on the eProcurement platform. For obtaining Digital Signature Certificate, you may please Contact: You may please Contact Registration Authorities of any Certifying Authorities in India. The list of CAs are available by clicking the link https://tender.apeprocurement.gov.in/digital-signature.html# 3. Hard copies: i) Vide ref. G.O.Ms.No.174, I&CAD dept dated:1-9-2008, submission of original hard copies of the uploaded scanned copies of Proof of online Payment (Remittance)/BG towards EMD by participating bidders to the tender inviting authority before the opening of the price bid is dispensed forthwith. ii) All the bidders shall invariably upload the scanned copies of Proof of online Payment (Remittance)/BG in eProcurement system and this will be the primary requirement to consider the bid responsive. iii) The department shall carry out the technical evaluation solely based on the uploaded certificates/documents, Proof of online Payment (Remittance)/BG towards EMD in the eProcurement system and open the price bids of the responsive bidders. iv) The department will notify the successful bidder for submission of original hardcopies of all the uploaded documents Proof of online Payment (Remittance)/BG towards EMD prior to entering into agreement. v) The successful bidder shall invariably furnish the original Proof of online Payment (Remittance)/BG towards EMD, Certificates/Documents of the uploaded scan copies to the Tender Inviting Authority before entering into agreement, either personally or through courier or post and the receipt of the same within the stipulated date shall be the responsibility of the successful bidder. The department will not take any responsibility for any delay in receipt/non-receipt of original Proof of online Payment (Remittance)/BG towards EMD, Certificates/Documents from the successful bidder before the stipulated time. On receipt of documents, the department shall ensure the genuinity of the Proof of online Payment (Remittance)/BG towards EMD and all other certificates/documents uploaded by the bidder in eProcurement system. In support of the qualification criteria before concluding the agreement. 4. The GO. Ms. No. 174 -I&CAD dated: 1-9-2008 Deactivation of Bidders If any successful bidder fails to submit the original hard copies of uploaded certificates/documents, Proof of online Payment (Remittance)/BG towards EMD within stipulated time or if any variation is noticed between the uploaded documents and the hardcopies submitted by the bidder, as the successful bidder will be suspended from participating in the tenders on eProcurement platform for a period of 3 years. The eProcurement system would deactivate the user ID of such defaulting bidder based on the trigger/recommendation by the Tender Inviting Authority in the system. Besides this, the department shall invoke all processes of law including criminal prosecution of such defaulting bidder as an act of extreme deterrence to avoid delays in the tender process for execution of the development schemes taken up by the government. Other conditions as per tender document are applicable. The bidder is requested to get a confirmed acknowledgement from the Tender Inviting Authority a proof of Hardcopies submission to avoid any discrepancy. 5. Payment of EMD: It is mandatory for all participant bidders to electronically pay EMD Online by utilizing the 'Payment Gateway Service on E-Procurement platform'. The Electronic Payment Gateway accepts all Master and Visa Credit Cards issued by any bank and Direct Debit facility/Net Banking/NEFT payment modes through ICICI Bank and/or Axis Bank Payment Gateways to facilitate the transaction. This is in compliance as per G.O.Ms. 08 dated 08.05.2016. A GST of 18.00% + Bank charges on the transaction amount payable to APTS shall be applicable. In addition to this, Bidders can also pay the EMD through Download of PDF format of RTGS Challan for respective Payment gateway and pay the EMD through their Parent Bank account. Once the EMD is received by the EProcurement application, Bidders can automatically continue with their Bid Submission online. IMPORTANT NOTE REGARDING EMD PAYMENT: 1. Bidders are encouraged to use only Net banking facility for payment of EMDs as far as possible for faster refunds in case of unsuccessful Bids for the Tender. 2. Bidders are advised not to use RTGS Challan downloads at the penultimate hour of Bid submission closing as any delay by their banker would not enable Bid submission on the platform. Please allow a minimum of 60 minutes for enabling 'Continuation of Bid Submission' from the time the Pool Account receives credit of the EMD from the Bidders Bank for both NEFT and RTGS Transfers. For RTGS Transfers, the Pool Account can get immediate credit whereas NEFT transfers would follow RBI Payment Cycle time. 3. Bidders are advised to pay EMD Online atleast T-1 or T-2 days before Bid submission closing date (T= Bid submission closing date) to avoid last minute delays and denials of successful Bid submission and to take care of any delays in Banking procedures. Un Successful Bidder EMD Refund process: - The bid is declared unsuccessful, under the following circumstances. Bid submitted by the bidder is not the lowest bid. Upon Finalization of the L1 Bid. Technical Disqualification of the Bid in case of 2 cover system. EMD paid but bid not submitted EMD refund will be initiated by the Tender Inviting Authority directly and through Online only and through the same payment channels as EMD received by the Department. (RTGS / NEFT /Credit Card /Debit Card refund), within 30 days from the date of publishing the Decision / Result. However, Service Provider /GoAP will not be held responsible for the delays occurring due to banking channels/procedures/processes of the respective vendor. IMPORTANT NOTE REGARDING EMD REFUNDS: Bidders are requested to use discretion in their choice of payment channel for remittance of EMD. Time taken for Refunds under Ideal conditions: 1. Net Banking / NEFT / RTGS Challan: One (1) Banking Business Day from time of initiation of refund by Tender Inviting Authority subject to RTGS/NEFT timings of RBI. 2. Credit card/ Debit card: 7-10 working days from time of initiation of refund by the Tender Inviting Authority. However, this may be longer in case of certain bank cards. In case of delays, bidders are requested to contact the Card issuing Bank for faster resolution. 6. Payment of Transaction Fee: It is mandatory for all the participant bidders from 1st January 2006 to electronically pay a Non-refundable Transaction fee to M/s. APTS , the service provider through 'Payment Gateway Service on E-Procurement platform'. The Electronic Payment Gateway accepts all Master and Visa Credit Cards issued by any bank and Direct Debit facility/Net Banking of ICICI Bank, Axis Bank to facilitate the transaction. This is in compliance as per G.O.Ms. 13 dated 07.05.2006. A GST of 18.00% + Bank charges on the transaction amount payable to APTS shall be applicable. The participating bidders will pay a transaction fee @ 0.03% of ECV (estimated contract value) with a cap of Rs.10,000/- (Rupees ten thousand only) for all works with ECV upto Rs.50 crores, and Rs.25,000/- (Rupees twenty five thousand only) for works with ECV above Rs.50 crores, at the time of bid submission electronically. For tenders wherever ECV is not available i.e., for goods and services, the transaction fee shall be calculated on quoted value. GST as levied by the GOI on transaction fee, electronic payment gateway charges shall be borne by the bidders. 7. Corpus Fund: As per GO MS No.4 User departments shall collect 0.04% of ECV (estimated contract value) with a cap of Rs. 10,000 (Rupees ten thousand only) for all works with ECV upto Rs.50 Crores, and Rs. 25,000/- (Rupees twenty-five thousand only) for works with ECV above Rs.50 Crores, from successful bidders on eProcurement platform before entering into agreement / issue of purchase orders, towards eprocurement fund in favour of Managing Director, APTS . There shall not be any charge towards eProcurement fund in case of works, goods and services with ECV less than and upto Rs. 10 lakhs 8. Tender Document: The bidder is requested to download the tender document and read all the terms and conditions mentioned in the tender Document and seek clarification if any from the Tender Inviting Authority. Any offline bid submission clause in the tender document could be neglected. The bidder has to keep track of any changes by viewing the Addendum/Corrigenda issued by the Tender Inviting Authority on time-to- time basis in the E-Procurement platform. The Department calling for tenders shall not be responsible for any claims/problems arising out of this. 9. Bid Submission Acknowledgement: The bidder shall complete all the processes and steps required for Bid submission. The system will generate an acknowledgement with a unique bid submission number after completing all the prescribed steps and processes by the bidder. Users may also note that the bids for which an acknowledgement is not generated by the e-procurement system are treated as invalid or not saved in the system. Such invalid bids are not made available to the Tender Inviting Authority for processing the bids. The Government of AP are not responsible for incomplete bid submission by users.