Directorate Of Higher Education Maharashtra Electro Blotter and Lab Equipment Tender 2025

Tender Overview

The Directorate Of Higher Education, under the Higher And Technical Education Department Maharashtra, seeks procurement in multiple lab equipment categories including Electro Blotter, Horizontal Electrophoresis with Power Pack, Colorimeter, Digital Weighing Balance, Fourier Analysis Kit, Optical Components, and Unibox content-filter router with firewall protection. The tender references a flexible quantity clause allowing up to a 25% increase or decrease in bid quantity, with extension of delivery time proportionally based on the original delivery period. This procurement emphasizes standardization across diverse science and engineering labs within Maharashtra institutions. The open-ended BOQ structure and ATC documents hint at broad supplier eligibility and a focus on compliant, compatible lab systems.

Technical Specifications & Requirements

• No explicit technical specifications are published in the tender data. Submissions should assume standard lab-grade equipment for the listed categories and comply with typical bidders’ documentation. The presence of an ATC document suggests vendor-specific terms and compliance forms will be required.
• Category coverage includes: Electro Blotter, Horizontal Electrophoresis with Power Pack, Colorimeter, Digital Weighing Balance, Fourier Analysis Kit, Optical Components, and Unibox content-filter router with firewall protection. Suppliers must align with common IS/ISO lab equipment norms and ensure component interoperability where relevant.
• The tender implies multi-item procurement across tiers, with the potential need for OEM authorizations and quality attestations during bid submission.

Terms, Conditions & Eligibility

• Quantity variation: up to 25% increase or decrease at contract award and during currency at contracted rates.
• Delivery planning: execution tied to the last date of the original delivery order with proportional extension time calculated as (increased quantity ÷ original quantity) × original delivery period, minimum 30 days.
• Bidders must comply with ATC terms and the standard buyer clauses; no BOQ items are specified in the data, indicating a flexible, framework-style procurement approach.