Tender Notice for Engaging of 40 No.s of Workers (Men/ Women) on Outsourcing basis to replacement of APCOS Sanitation Workers for maintenance of Sanitation for a period of 12 Months in Mangalgiri Tadepalli Municipal Corporation under Municipal General 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 Bidder may be a Company registered under section 25 of the Companies Act, 1956 (OR) The Bidder may be a registered Company in India as per Indian Companies Act, 1956/2013 (OR) Registered entities such as Firms, Societies, NGOs, well organized Community Based Organizations or the CSR arm of any Corporate, Private or Public Sector Companies (Less Quoted tenders are not accepted) ii) Copy of Certificate of Incorporation and Certificate of Commencement of business in case of Public Limited Company or Certificate of incorporation in case of Private Limited Company, issed by the Registrar of Companies. iii) Copy of certificate of registration of establishment from Labour department of Govt. of A.P(Form C). iv) Copy of Permanent Account Number (PAN) card v) Copy of GST Registration Certificate vi) 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. The Bank Guarantee (Proforma as per G.O.Ms.No.94, Dt.01-07-2003) / EMD shall be paid in the shape of Online payment as per clause No.7 of GO.MS No.8, dt:08.05.2016. 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 i) The Bidder may be a Company registered under section 25 of the Companies Act, 1956 (OR) The Bidder may be a registered Company in India as per Indian Companies Act, 1956/2013 (OR) Registered entities such as Firms, Societies, NGOs, well organized Community Based Organizations or the CSR arm of any Corporate, Private or Public Sector Companies (Less Quoted tenders are not accepted) 1. Assessed available bid capacity as per formula (2AN-B) should be greater than the estimated Contract value as specified in the Tender Document. "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 36.00 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. 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. 5. The bidder must comply with the Special Conditions attached to the NIT. 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: 1) Supply of workers in man months : Not less than 240 man months or 40 members for 06 months "5. The bidder shall fulfill the available bid capacity of 3 AN-B > ECV 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.

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The tenderer should further demonstrate: i) EMD for Rs 72,000.00 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 72,000.00 to be paid by using Net banking/RTGS /NEFT only in favour of the Commissioner, Mangalagiri Tadepalli Municipal Corporation. ii) i) The Bidder may be a Company registered under section 25 of the Companies Act, 1956 (OR) The Bidder may be a registered Company in India as per Indian Companies Act, 1956/2013 (OR) Registered entities such as Firms, Societies, NGOs, well organized Community Based Organizations or the CSR arm of any Corporate, Private or Public Sector Companies (Less Quoted tenders are not accepted) iii) ii) Copy of Certificate of Incorporation and Certificate of Commencement of business in case of Public Limited Company or Certificate of incorporation in case of Private Limited Company, issed by the Registrar of Companies. iv) iii) Copy of certificate of registration of establishment from Labour department of Govt. of A.P(Form C). v) iv) Copy of Permanent Account Number (PAN) card vi) v) Copy of GST Registration Certificate vii) Liquid assets by credit facility of not less than an amount of Rs 18.00 Lakhs (credit lines by letter of credit / solvency certificate viii) from banks etc.,) should be submitted by the bidder. ix) Annual turnover, cost of completed works and balance works on hand etc., x) Availability (either owned or leased) of key and critical equipment. xi) 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. Tender with an excess of more than 5% over the estimated contract value shall be summarily rejected as per G.O.Ms.No.133 I&CAD (Pw.Reforms) Dept., Dt.20-11-04. 5. 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. 6. The successful bidder should pay through online in favour of APTS, at time of concluding agreement towards corpus fund. 7. 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 72,00,000.00 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 72,000.00 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 72,000.00 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: 12 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 Registration Certificate of Incorporation and Certificate of Commencement of business in case of Public Limited Company or Certificate of incorporation in case of Private Limited Company, issed by the Registrar of Companies Mandatory ii) The bidder should enclose valid certificate of registration of establishment from Labour department of Govt. of A.P(Form C). Mandatory ii) EMD through online Mandatory iii) Transaction fee payable to M/s. APTS Mandatory iv) copy of GST Registration Certificate with Govt. of A.P only 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 similar 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 similar works 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) Copy of EPF Registration Certificate Mandatory xii) Copy of ESI Registration Certificate Mandatory xiii) Special Conditions consent Mandatory "xiv) The bidder should enclose Latest Income Tax return with proof of submission (ITR-V) " Mandatory xv) 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. " SPECIAL CONDITIONS The bidder must comply with the following Special Conditions. A) Employee contribution of ESI @ 0.75% & PF@ 13.00% are included in the remuneration. B) Employer contribution of ESI @ 3.25% & PF@ 13.00% will be added to the remuneration. C) IT @ 1% for individual bidders, 2% for firms will be deducted from contractor?s bill. D) The Firm/ Agencies have to pay minimum wages as per prevailing GO?s failing which action will be initiated as per rules. E) The firm/Agencies have to furnish the list of workers supplied every month and the same has to be handed over to the concerned officers. F) ESI/EPF is to be remitted as per prevailing rules. G) Biometric system for attendance of workers shall be implemented and the same shall be produced at the time of submission of bills and the expenditure towards Biometric system shall be borne by the Firm/ Agencies. H) Govt. Rules regarding Labour laws including PF shall be implemented. I) Less Quoted tenders are not accepted. J) Aadhar seeding has to be done for all the workers and remuneration will be paid only after Aadhar seeding. K) The Firm/ Agencies have to pay the remuneration on the 1st day of every month in advance to the Bank Accounts of all the workers. L) The Commissioner, Mangalagiri Tadepalli Municipal Corporation has the right to Cancel the tender / alter the conditions without assigning any reasons thereof. M) The contractor shall take necessary precautions for safety of the workers while working in such jobs, which require special protection and precautions and for any untoward incidents the contractor is only responsible N) The Workers shall mandatory wear personal protective equipments (PPE) like hand gloves, mouth masks, safety shoes and radium jackets supplied by department. Otherwise a fine of Rs. 50/- per day will be imposed. 1 1.1 Labour: The contractor shall, make his own arrangements for the engagement of all staff and labour, local or other, and for their payment, housing feeding and transport. Labour importation and amenities to labour and contractor?s staff shall be to the contractor?s account. His quoted percentage shall include the expenditure towards importation of labour amenities to labour and staff; The contractor shall, if required by the Engineer-in-Charge, deliver to the Engineer-in-Charge a written in detail, is such form and at such intervals as the Engineer-in-Charge may prescribe, showing the staff and the numbers of the several classes of labour from time to time employed by the contractor on the Site and such information respecting Contractor?s Equipment as the Engineer-in-Charge may require. 1.2 Transportation of Labour: The contractor shall make his own arrangement for the daily transportation of the labour and staff to the work spot and no labour or staff of the contractor shall stay at the work spot. No extra payment will be made to the contractor for the above transportation of the labour and his quoted percentage to the work shall include the transportation charges of labour from residents to work spot and back. The contractor will at all times duly observe the provisions of employment of children Act XXVI of 1938 and any enactment or modification of the same and will not employ or permit any person to do any work for the purpose under the provisions of this agreement in contravention of said Act. The contractor here by agrees to indemnify the department from and against all claims, penalties which may be suffered by the department or any person employed by the department by any default on the part of all contractor in the observance and performance of the provisions of the employment of children Act. XXVI of 1938 or any enactment or modification of the same. As per Govt. memo No.721/Gr.(1)/81-35, Dt: 17.11.87. The contractor shall obtain the insurance at his own cost to cover the risk on the works to labour engaged by him during period of employment against fire and other usual risks and produce the same to the Executive Engineer concerned before commencement of work. 2 Safety Measures: 1. The contractor shall take necessary precautions for safety of the workers and preserving their health while working in such jobs, which require special protection and precautions. The following are some of the measures listed but they are not exhaustive and contractor shall add to and augment these precautions on his own initiative where necessary and shall comply with directions issued by the Executive Engineer or on his behalf from time to time and at all times. 2. Providing protective footwear to workers where the work is done under much wet conditions. 3. Providing protective head wear to workers at paces like underground excavations to protect them against rock falls. 4. Providing masks to workers at granulates or at other locations where too much fine dust is floating about and sprinkling water at frequent intervals by water hoses on all stone crushing area and storage bins abate to dust. 5. Getting the workers in such jobs periodically examined for chest trouble due to too much breathing in to fine dust. 6. Taking such normal precautions like fencing and lightening in excavation of trenches, not allowing rolls and metal parts of useless timber spread around, making danger areas for blasting providing whistles etc. 7. Supply workmen with proper belts, ropes etc., when working in precarious slopes etc. 8. Avoiding named electrical wire etc., as they would electrocute the works. 9. Taking necessary steps towards training the workers them independently and taking all necessary precautions in around the areas where machines hoists and similar units are working. 3 Fair Wage Clause: The contractor shall pay not less than fair wages to labourers engaged by him on the work. ?Fair? wages means wages whether for time of piecework notified by the Government from time in the area in which the work is situated. The contractor shall not with-standing the revisions of any contract to the contrary cause to be paid to the labour, in directly engaged on the work including any labour engaged by the sub-contractor in connection with the said work, as if the labourers had been directly employed by him. In respect of labour directly or indirectly employed in the works for the purpose of the contractors part of the agreement the contractor shall comply with the rules and regulations on the maintenance of suitable records prescribed for this purpose from time to time by the Government. He shall maintain his accounts and vouchers on the payment of wages to the labourers to the satisfaction of the Executive Engineer. The Executive Engineer shall have the right to call for such record as required to satisfy himself on the payment of fair wages to the labourers and shall have the right to deduct from the contract amount a suitable amount for making good the loss suffered by the worker or workers by reason of the ?fair wages? clause to the workers. The contractor shall be primarily liable for all payments to be made and for the observance of the regulations framed by the Govt. from time to time without prejudice to his right to claim indemnity from his sub-contractors. As per contract labour (Regulation and abolition) Act. 1970 the contractor has to produce the license obtained from the licensing officers of the labour department along with the tender or at the time of agreement. Any violation of the conditions above shall be deemed to be a breach of his contract. Equal wages are to be paid for both men and women if the nature of work is same and similar. The contractor shall arrange for the recruitment of skilled and unskilled labour local and import

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.