Procurement Opportunity: Handri Neeva Sujala Sravanthi (HNSS) Project Phase II Widening of Madakasira Branch Canal for a discharge of 18.18 Cumecs from Km 53.300 to Km 71.000 and construction of additional vents for CM and CD works in Sri Satya Sai District in SRI SATYA SAI, ANDHRA PRADESH

27 Procedure for Bid Submission. : Tender schedule can be downloaded from the web site: https://tender.apeprocurement.gov.in a) Intending bidders can contact Superintending Engineer,HNSS Circle No.2, Ananthapuramu for any clarification, information on any working day during working hours. b) All bidders shall fill out the pre-qualification checklist and sign on the self-declaration form stating their compliance with all the technical and financial pre-qualification criteria c) All bidders shall upload documents in the e-Procurement portal validating their declarations under the technical and commercial pre-qualification criteria laid out in the checklist. d) The bidders shall quote their initial price offer at the prescribed field / place provided in the e-market place. e) The quoted initial price offer cannot be in excess of 5% over the Estimated Cost Value (ECV) provided filing which it is liable to be rejected outright by the department. f) The bidder shall sign on all the documents uploaded by him including scanned copies for the EMD owning responsibility for their correctness / authenticity and upload along with Tender. If anything is found untrue or incorrect liable for legal consequences including forfeiture of EMD. The Tender initiating authority shall cross verify with the bank before accepting the EMD. g) The Department shall carry out the technical bid evaluation solely based on the uploaded certificates / documents, BG towards EMD in the e-procurement system and open the price bids of so received. h) Successful bidder shall furnish the original hard copies of all the documents / certificates /statements, BG uploaded by him before concluding agreement within the stipulated time. i) If the successful bidder fails to submit the original hard copies of up loaded certificates / documents BG towards EMD within the stipulated time or if any variation is noticed between the up loaded documents and the hard copies submitted by the bidder, the bidder will be suspended from participating in the tenders on e-procurement platform for a period of 3 years as per G.O.Ms.No. 174, Dated 01.09.2008. If any of the documents furnished by the bidder are found to be false / fabricated / Bogus, at any time the bidder will be black listed and the EMD will be forfeited. j) e-procurement corpus fund: An e-procurement corpus fund of @ 0.04% on TCV + Service Tax @ 18% on 0.04% administered by APTS has to be paid by the successful bidder in favour of Managing Director, AP Technological Services, Vijayawada through the Electronic Payment Gateway before concluding the agreement. 28 Special conditions : 1 The Scope of Work shown above is only indicative and detailed scope has been described in the Bid Document. 2 The time for completion of the Construction Works is 18 months, followed by Defect Liability Period of 24 months after successful completion of Construction Works. 3 Issue of Bid Document will not automatically construe the eligibility of the Contractor(s) for participation in the subsequent Bidding process and will be determined during evaluation. 4 The Employer reserves the right to accept or reject any or all the Bids without assigning any reason whatsoever. 5 The dates stipulated in the NIT are firm and under no circumstances they will be relaxed unless officially extended / notified. 6 The Contractors shall submit their Bids online only. Any sort of difficulties or the problems in the internet, web site in submission of tenders, the Employer is not responsible. 7. The processing of designs in respect of some of the components is at various stages in the department. The Contractor shall process all those designs and he/they shall initiate the designs and drawings for the remaining components involved under the Scope and process them till they are approved by the competent authority. The Contractor shall take all these aspects into consideration while quoting the tender. 8. Bids received with an excess of more than 5% over the Estimated Cost Value (ECV Specified by the employer shall be summarily rejected. Negotiations are not permitted to be conducted at any level. 9. a) In case of discount tenders, tenders up to 25% less (-25%) than the estimated contract value may be accepted. b) But the Tenders which are less beyond minus 15% {(<-15%)}of the estimate but upto minus 25%, a Bank Guarantee or Demand Draft or CFMS Challan for the difference between the tendered amount and 85% of the estimate contract value should be taken, over and above other guarantee at the time of concluding Agreement, which would be released after the completion of work with other Bank Guarantees. (Illustration: If a L1 bidder quotes Rs.75 for an estimated value of Rs.100, then the bidder will have to give an additional BG/DD of Rs.10 {Rs.85 (that is 85% of Est. Value)- Rs.75 (Tendered amount)} so that if the tenderer leaves the work mid way and the department is forced to call for tenders for the work once again, the BG/ CFMS Challan should be used to finance the retendered work. 10. The Employer reserves the right to cancel the Bids at any time without assigning any reasons. 11. The Contractor shall submit a copy of valid GST registration certificate issued by the registration authority. 12.The Contractor shall submit copy of PAN card and copy of latest Income Tax return submitted to IT Department along with proof of submission. (a) The Contrctor shall submit Proof of Profession Tax Registration Certificate as per G.O.Ms.No.44 Water Resources (Reforms) Department; Dt:09.09.2021. 13. Any other condition regarding receipt of Bids in conventional method appearing in the Bid documents may please be treated as not applicable. 14.The Contractors should invariably upload the scanned copies of Bid Security and experience certificates and other relevant documents duly signed by them. 15. The successful tenderer should however pay E.M.D. i.e., the E.M.D. calculated at 2.50% (Two and Half Percent) of Tender Contract Value (TCV) at the time of concluding the agreement in the shape of CFMS challan in favour Superintending Engineer, HNSS Circle No.2 Ananthapuramu (or) unconditional and irrevocable Bank Guarantee as per the standard format with Bank Guarantee / Demand Draft of 2.50% of agreement value shall be valid for a total period of 43 months (i.e. period of completion of 24 months plus defect liability period of 24 Months + 28 Days) in favour of Superintending Engineer, HNSS Circle No.2, Ananthapuramu. The EMD paid at the time of submission of tender will be returned. 16. Bids shall be valid for a period of 3 months from the last date of submission of Bids. Before expiry of validity, the authority who called for the Contractor, shall seek for further extension of validity from the Contractors and in case the validity is not extended by any Contractor, his Bid shall not be considered after such expiry and his Bid Security shall be returned. 17. The recovery of FSD amount from the bills will be deducted at the rate of 7.50 % on the value of work done. 18. The successful bidder will have to pay further fee to APTS at 0.04% of TCV (Tender Contract Value) + 18% GST Payable to APTS through the Electronic Payment Gateway in favour of Managing Director, APTS, Vijayawada at the time of conclusion of Agreement. It is mandatory for the bidders to pay the transaction fee through the Electronic payment Gateway. 19.All necessary permissions / clearances / approvals are to be processed and obtained by the Contractor only at his own cost. As an user agency, the Employer will cooperate in processing the proposals in respect of the above. 20. In case of discrepancy between the Price Bid quoted online and in supporting documents uploaded, the Price Bid quoted in the template provided online only would be considered for evaluation. 21. Bid Price should be quoted online in the specified template. 22. Experience relating to the works executed in State/ Central Government Departments or State/Central Government under takings in India shall only be considered. 23.In case of Projects executed in Government departments /Government undertakings, the experience certificates should be certified by the Executive Engineer or equivalent and counter signed by the Superintending Engineer or equivalent and copies may be uploaded along with tender duly self attested. Further, the Employer reserves the right to undertake a verification of the experience so stated, through engaging the services of a Professional Agency, and if any discrepancies are noticed in the information provided by the Contractor/ Successful Contractor/ Contractor (meaning one or more members, in case of JOINT VENTURE / CONSORTIUM) regarding previous relevant experience, the said Contractor/ Successful Contractor/ Contractor shall be disqualified duly forfeiting EMD and value of work done and shall be liable to pay damages as determined by the Employer. Further, the Contractor/ Successful Contractor/ Contractor shall be black listed. 24.The Contractor is subjected to be disqualified and liable for black listing and forfeiture of Bid Security, if he is found to have misled or furnished false information in the documents submitted in proof of qualification requirement. 25.Even during execution of the work, if found that the Contractor had produced false/fake certificates of experience, he will be liable for black listing and the Contract will be liable for termination duly forfeiting EMD and all the amounts due to him. 26.Articles of Contract Successful Bidder/Contractor shall have to execute Articles of Contract as provided in the Bid Document.

29 General Terms & Conditions (1) The details and certificates are to be furnished as per the proformae available in the tender schedules in proof of Qualification Criteria. The details of works not furnished in the relevant formats shall not be taken in to consideration for evaluation, though up loaded along with Bid. (2) The Contractor should have the key and critical equipment (either owned or leased) as mentioned in the Bid Document. 3) The Contractors shall submit a written Power of Attorney duly registered authorizing the signatory of the Bid to sign for the Contractor. In case of JOINT VENTURE / CONSORTIUM, Power of Attorney shall be provided by Lead Member of the JOINT VENTURE / CONSORTIUM, in the formats provided.

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.