Contract Bidding Open For Improvements to the road Thikkarajupalem to Cherukur from km 5/0 to 10/2 (B) Garnepudi - Thikkarajupalem Road from km 0/0 to 10/0 in Bapatla District in BAPATLA, ANDHRA PRADESH

GOVERNMENT OF ANDHRA PRADESH ROADS AND BUILDINGS DEPARTMENT NOTICE INVITING TENDERS (NIT) e NIT No.34(4)/MDR/ENC(MDR)/2025-26 Dt:18-05-2026 of the Engineer-in-Chief (R&B) MDRs, AP 1. Tenders for the work mentioned below are invited from the Contractors / Contracting firms registered with Government of Andhra Pradesh. 1) Name of the work : Improvements to the road Thikkarajupalem to Cherukur from km 5/0 to 10/2 (B) Garnepudi - Thikkarajupalem Road from km 0/0 to 10/0 in Bapatla District (2nd Call) 2) Estimate contract value of work put to tender : Rs.2,22,50,403/- 3) Period of completion of work : 9 Months 4) Form of contract/class of contractor eligible :178, I & CAD (PW-COD) Department, Dated: 27-09-1997: Class- I (Civil) & above 132, T(R&B) Department, Dated: 11-08-1998 : Class- I (Civil) & above G.O.MS 8, T, R&B dated 8-1-2003 : Class- I (Civil) & above 94, I&CAD (PW&COD) Department, Dated: 01-07-2003 : Class ? I (Civil) & above (or) As per GO MS No.63 Water Resources (Reforms) Dt 13-11-2025 Class II for Newly Registered/Re-Registered Contractors only 5) Tender Type : LS 6) Bid Call (Nos.) : 2nd Call 7) E.M.D. to be paid at 1% of the estimated contract value of work (1) In the shape of Bank Guarantee in favour of Superintending Engineer(R&B), R&B Circle, Ongole to be valid for 6 months from the date of NIT obtained from nationalized bank or any Scheduled commercial bank. or (2) By using Net Banking / RTGS / NEFT from their registered bank account only or using Credit Card / Debit Card from Nationalised Bank or any Scheduled commercial bank. : Rs. 2,22,600-00 8) Bid Document Downloading Start Date : 25-05-2026 @ 05.00 PM 9) Bid Document Downloading End Date : 08-05-2026 @ 5.00 PM 10) Last Date & Time for Receipt of Bids : 08-05-2026 @ 5.15 PM 11) Date of opening of Technical bid : 08-05-2026 @ 5.30 PM 12) Date of opening of price bid : 09-05-2026 @ 4.00 PM 13) Bid Validity Period : 90 Days 14) Tender inviting authority ie Officer inviting bids and opening the bids : Engineer-in-Chief (R&B), MDR & NABARD, AP 15) Agreement concluding authority : Superintending Engineer, (R&B) Circle, Ongole 2. a) The bidders need to contact the Superintending Engineer, (R&B) Circle, Ongole for information on e-procurement. b) The bidders need to register on the electronic procurement market place of Government of Andhra Pradesh, that is, www.apeprocurement.gov.in. On registration on the e-procurement market place they will be provided with a user ID and password by the system using which they can submit their bids on line. c) While registering on the e-procurement market place, bidders need to scan and upload the required documents as per the tender requirements on to their profile. The e-procurement market place provides an online self-service registration facility to such of the contractors who are already registered with respective participating departments for supply of specified goods and services. As an incentive for early registration, basic registration by suppliers, that allows them to participate in the e-procurement process, shall be enabled on the e-procurement market place without levy of any registration or subscription fee up to 31st March 2003 or such later date as decided by the steering committee. However, the e-procurement market place levy charges for such value added services as decided by the steering on the e-procurement as laid down in the G.O.Ms. No. 2, Information Technology and Communication department dated: 15-01-2003. 3.a) Furnishing of hard copies by the tenders before opening the technical bids is dispensed with (except, Declaration of the bidder before PQ stage date and time as indicated). b) The technical bid evaluation of the tenders done on the certificates / documents uploaded through online only towards qualification criteria furnished by them. c) The successful (L1) tenderer shall furnish the original hard copies of all the documents/ Certificates / statements uploaded by him before concluding agreement. d) The tenderer shall be required to furnish a declaration in online stating that the soft copies uploaded by them are genuine. Any incorrectness / deviation noticed will be viewed seriously and apart from canceling the work duly forfeiting the EMD, criminal action will be initiated including suspension of business. e) Before concluding the agreement with the L1 tenderer, the tender inviting authority shall ensure the genuenity of furnished by bidder towards all the certificates uploaded by the bidder online by deputing responsible departmental officials. f) The Government as further decided that notwithstanding any existing provisions of the A.P. Public works Department Code as well as other orders and executive instructions in force if any tenderer fails to submit the hard copies of uploaded documents within the stipulated time the tenderer will be suspended disqualified from participating in the tenders on ?procurement plat form? for a period of 12 months from the date of bid submission. The suspension of tenderer shall be automatically enforced by the e-procurement system (As per G.O.Ms. No.6 I&CAD (PW-Reforms) Dept., dt.11-01-2005 and G.O.Ms.No.245 I&CAD (PW-Reforms) dept., dt. 30-12-2005) 4. Procedure for Bid Submission a) Tender schedule can be downloaded from the web site: https://tender.apeprocurement.gov.in. b) Intending bidders can contact Superintending Engineer, (R&B) Circle, Ongole, Andhra Pradesh Land Line No.9440818028 for any clarification, information on any working day during working hours. Eligibility criteria for opening the Price bid: The Government of Andhra Pradesh T.R&B(R.I) Department has issued orders vide G.O.Rt.No.342, Dt.11-11-2024 for adoption of 10 Years block period for qualification / bid capacity instead of 5 Years for Road Works for the period of 3 Years from now onwards i.e. upto financial year ending of 2026-27 ? Consider due to COVID.19 pandemic as a special case. Hence the qualification criteria for this work is fixed as follows. i) The bidder should have satisfactory completed, as prime contractor in similar nature works value not less than Rs.1,48,33,602/- in any one financial year during last ten financial years i.e., from 2015 ? 2016 to 2024 ? 2025 (This value will be updated to the year 2025 ? 2026 in which the tenders for this work is called duly giving 10% weightage for each financial year. Subcontractors/GPA holders experience shall not be taken into account. ii) Executed the following minimum quantities in any one financial year during the last Ten financial years i.e., from 2015 ? 2016 to 2024 ? 2025. Sl. No. Item For this work 1. BM SDBC DBM AC BC MSS (or Combined Qty): 557 M3 4. WBM/ WMM/ CRM/CRB (or Combined Quantity): 2230.67 M3 Proof of Owning or Leasing of Batch type Hot mix plant of 100/120 TPH Capacity located with a distance of 100 Kms distance from the work site as per GO Rt No 180 T,R&B (R-I) department dated 19-06-2017 is made mandatory. The tenderer shall obtain and upload a certificate signed by the Executive Engineer certifying that the tenderer is having Batch type Hot mix plant of 100/120 TPH Capacity and it?s location and for leased Batch type Hot mix plant of 100/120 TPH, the tenderer shall upload a lease agreement and a certificate signed by the Executive Engineer certifying that the lessor is having Batch type Hot mix plant of 100/120 TPH Capacity and it?s location. Further the tenderer shall upload an affidavit certifying that the said hot mix plant is located within 100 Km from the work site, along with route map which shall have to be confirmed by the Superintending Engineer during evaluation. a) Each bidder should further demonstrate: b) Availability [either owned or leased of the following key and critical equipment for this work)]. The bidder should submit the latest Certificate Obtained from Executive Engineer/Invoices for the owned machinery and lease deed along with proof of owning machinery for the leased machinery. c) All the previous Machinery Certificate issued by the Executive Engineers will be treated as Null and Void up to 01-01-2017 and New Machinery Certificates issued by the Executive Engineers there after shall be uploaded by the Contractors for consideration of their Bids. Sl. No Equipment type and characteristics Minimum Nos required i) Vibratory Roller (8-10 T): 1 No ii) Smooth Wheeled Roller (8-10 T): 1 No iii) Front End Loader (1cum): 1 No iv) Hydrostatic Paver finisher with electronic sensor: 1 No v) Hot Mix Plant 100-120TPH (Batch Mix Type) (either own or lease) with in a distance of 100Km from the work site: 1 No vi) Wet Mix Plant/Pug Mill: 1 No vii) Water Tankers : 2 Nos. viii) Tippers 5.50cum capacity above: 4 Nos. ix) Q.C lab : 1 Set iii) Bid capacity computed by the formula (3 AN ?B) shall be greater than the estimated contract value. iv) Should possess the key/critical equipment and key technical personnel and liquid assets as shown in the tender documents. 5. The tenders will be opened by the Superintending Engineer (R&B), Circle, Ongole or his nominee at his office in the presence of tenderers/or their authorised representatives on the date mentioned above. 6. The price bids of such tenderers who are determined to have complied with the eligibility criteria will only be opened. 7. If the office happens to be closed on the dates specified above, the respective activity will be performed at the designated time on the next working day without any notification. 8. Any other details can be had from the office of the Superintending Engineer, (R&B) Circle, Ongole. The tenderer shall upload either a certificate issued by the Executive Engineer or self declaration on Non - judicial stamp paper worth Rs 100/- as prescribed in the statement V of the Bid document along with sufficient proof in support of owning the equipment such as invoice/certificate of Registration. In case of lease the tenderer should upload the lease deed executed on Non - judicial stamp paper worth Rs 100/- along with sufficient proof in support of owning the equipment by the Lessor such as invoice/certificate of Registration c) For all works costing more than Rs.2.00 Crores, the contractor shall submit quality plan and also show proof of owning quality lab or tie-up with an established quality lab. The following equipment is required. i) Testing machine for determining crushing strength of cement concrete cubes 1 No ii) Liquid limit and Plastic limit apparatus 1 No iii) Slump test apparatus 1 No iv) Physical balance 1 No v) Electrically operated oven 1 No vi) Proctor?s compaction equipment 1 No vii) Sand replacement method equipment 1 No viii) Bitumen extraction equipment 1 No ix) Aggregate Impact value equipment 1 No x) Flakiness and elongation index equipment 1 No xi) Set of IS sieves 1 Set d) Availability of the key personnel i. Graduate Engineer : 1 No ii. Diploma Holders : 1 No a) Liquid assets and/or credit facilities of not less than Rs.74,16,801/- Credit facility/letter of credits/Solvency certificates from Nationalised/Scheduled Commercial Banks in the prescribed proforma enclosed to the Bid Document and the certificate shall not be earlier than ONE YEAR (from the last date for submission of bid). The solvency certificate should not be earlier than ONE YEAR from last date of submission of the tender. (Not earlier than 08-05-2025)

As per tender document

As per tender document

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.