Contract Bidding Open For Construction of Althurupadu Balancing Reservoir, 3nos of O.T Sluice, 2nos of Inlets and Outfall regulators near Althurupadu Village of Dakkili Mandal of SPSR Nellore District (Balance work) (Presently Tirupati District) in TIRUPATHI, ANDHRA PRADESH

E-PROCUREMENT NOTICE INVITING TENDER NIT No.03/2026-27, DATED:16.06.2026 1. Department Name : WATER RESOURCES DEPARTMENT 2. Circle : SSLC & SB CIRCLE, NELLORE 3. Tender Notice No. : 03/2026-27, DATED:16.06.2026 4. Name of Project: Construction of Althurupadu Balancing Reservoir, 3 Nos of O.T Sluices, 2 Nos of Inlets and Outfall Regulators near Althurupadu village of Dakkili mandal of SPSR Nellore District (Balance work) (Presently Tirupati District). 5. Tender Subject: Construction of Althurupadu Balancing Reservoir, 3 Nos of O.T Sluices, 2 Nos of Inlets and Outfall Regulators near Althurupadu village of Dakkili mandal of SPSR Nellore District (Balance work) (Presently Tirupati District). 6. Estimated Contract Value : Rs.457,58,91,105/- 7. Period Of Contract : 24 Months 8. Type of Work: Civil Works 9. Tender Type : Open 10. Tender Category : Works 11. Bid Call: 1 12. Currency Type: INR 13. Default Currency: Indian Rupee ? INR 14. Form Of Contract : Lump Sum (LS) 15. EMD / Bid Security : Rs.4,57,58,911/- 16. EMD/Bid Security Payable To : 1) Bank Guarantee in favor of the Superintending Engineer, SSLC & SB Circle, Nellore to be valid for a period of 6 months from the date of bid submission to be obtained from any Government owned Public Sector Bank or any Scheduled Commercial Bank (or) 2) To be paid through Net banking/RTGS/NEFT from the Registered Bank Account. 3) Insurance surety bonds issued as per IRDAI guidelines are also allowed as per G.O.Ms.No.94, Dt:13.11.2024. 17. Mode of Payment: Online Payment, Challan Generation, Bank Guarantee and insurance bonds 18. Transaction Fee : As prescribed in e-procurement platform 19. Transaction Fee Payable To : Online payment to A.P.T.S., Vijayawada 20. Tender Schedule downloaded Opening Date : Dt: 29.06.2026 at 11:00AM 21. Tender Schedule downloaded Closing Date &Time : Dt: 13.07.2026 at 3.00PM 22. Bid Submission Closing Date & Time : Dt: 13.07.2026 at 05.00PM 23. Hard Copy submission : The bidder shall give an undertaking that the Duly Scanned Soft Copies uploaded are genuine and the originals are available with him and the same being produced as and when required and further that if anything found untrue or incorrect therein he is liable for Prosecution and other Legal Consequences. 24. Technical Bid Opening Date: Dt:14.07.2026 at 11.00AM (Online only) Office of the Superintending Engineer, SSLC & SB Circle, Nellore. 25. Price Bid Opening Date (Financial Bid Stage) : Dt:17.07.2026 at 11.00AM onwards (Online only) at o/o The Superintending Engineer, SSLC & SB Circle, Nellore. 26. Pre-Bid Meeting Date: Dt: 09.07.2026 at 11.00 AM 27. Declaration of successful bidder by competent authority: After Completion of Evaluation 28. Bid Validity Period: 90 Days 29. Place Of Tender Opening : Office of The Superintending Engineer, SSLC & SB Circle, Nellore. 30. Officer Inviting Bids/Contact Person : The Superintending Engineer, SSLC & SB Circle, Nellore.; Representing the Governor Of Andhra Pradesh 32. Address/E-mail id : Dargamitta, Near MGB Mall/Opposite to NGO Home, Nellore - 524003 [email protected] 33. Contact Details/Telephone, Fax : Sri G.K.Subrahmanyeswara Rao, Superintending Engineer, SSLC & SB Circle, Nellore. Andhra Pradesh. Phone No: 0861-2328888 Mob : 9490883994 34. Class of Contractor eligible for tendering; The bidders who a) Possess the valid registration in the class and categories mentioned in the NIT and satisfy all the Conditions therein b) Are not blacklisted or debarred by the Government of Andhra Pradesh / any other Governments (State & Central) in India / PSUs / Suspended from the business by the Registering Authority for whatever the reason, prohibiting them not to continue in the contracting business c) Have complied with the eligibility criteria and other conditions specified in the NIT and tender document are only eligible to participate in the tender. A. GENERAL REQUIREMENTS: 1) Individual/Firm/Company registered as Special Class Contractor in Civil works, with Government of Andhra Pradesh with valid registration in terms of G.O.MS. No. 94 I&CAD(PW-COD) Dept. dt. 01.07.2003, G.O.MS. No. 130 I&CAD(PW-Reforms) Dept. dt. 22.05.2007 and GO.Ms.No.63, Water Resources(Reforms) Dept: Dt.13-11-2025 are only eligible to participate in Tenders. 2) The Bids are limited to those individuals, firms, companies who meet the following qualification and eligibility requirements and herein after referred to as ?Contractor?. 3) The Contractor should submit a Power of Attorney for Signing of Bid. The Power of Attorney must be in writing duly stamped and either registered or notarized as per the applicable Indian law. 4) Foreign companies/Firms are not eligible for participating the bid. B. TECHNICAL REQUIREMENT: The Contractor should satisfy the following. 1. The Bidder should have substantially completed (90%) of similar nature of works, executed the following minimum quantities in any one year during the last 10 financial years i.e., from 2016-17 to 2025-26. Sl. No. Item (Main components) Minimum Quantity Required 1. Earth work (Cutting and Banking) 13,13,308 Cum 2. Filters (Graded filter, Sand filter, Metal filter, Sand blanket) 98,176 Cum 3. Rough Stone Revetment/Rip-Rap 73,475 Sqm or 33,063 Cum 2. Each bidder should further demonstrate: a) Availability (either owned or leased or to be procured) of the following key and critical equipment for this work. S.NO Type of machinery Number required 1 Excavator 20T Machine 15 Nos 2 Excavator 0.5Cum Machine 4 No 3 Tippers 14 cum Capacity 35 Nos 4 Air Compressor 8.5cmm (Diesel) 4 Nos 5 Tippers 5 cum Capacity 6 Nos 6 Angle Dozer 90HP 6 Nos 7 Pump 5HP (Diesel) 8 Nos 8 Water Tanker 8000Lts 9 Nos 9 Vibratory roller 8 to 10 Tonne capacity 9 Nos 10 Concrete Mixer 300/200 ltr (Diesel) 6 Nos 11 Needle Vibrator 40mm & 60mm dia(Petrol) 7 Nos 12 Mobile Crane 1 Nos Availability of (Either own or leased-with written proof of owning with registration or written lease agreement as the case may be and in case of lease, the lease period shall be for a period not less than 30 months covering the contract period to count from date of LOA followed by contract agreement and with a provision that in case of any extensions of time of completion the lease shall be under taken to be extended till completion & commissioning. b) The contractor shall submit quality plan and also show proof of owning quality lab or tie-up with an established quality lab of NABL Accreditation. c) Availability of the key personnel i. Graduate Engineer (Civil) : 4 Nos. ii. Graduate Engineer (Mechanical) : 1 Nos. iii. Diploma Holders with adequate experience (Civil) : 7 Nos. iv. Diploma Holders with adequate experience (Mechanical) : 3 Nos. Availability of the Key personnel: must be the full time employees and out of them at least 20% must be having experience in Quality control. d) Copy of PAN card with a copy of latest income tax return submitted with Proof of receipt. e) Copy of GST Registration ? Should be registered in Andhra Pradesh State only. The prospective bidder/contractor is liable to produce proof of its GST registration within the State of Andhra Pradesh as one of the eligibility criteria of technical bid qualifications. f) Liquid assets or Solvency Certificate from Indian Nationalized or Scheduled Banks in their proforma or net worth certificate issued by the Charted Accountant. of value not less than Rs.57,19,86,388.125/- g) Scanned copy of Online payment receipt/BG/Insurance Surety Bond towards EMD for Rs.4,57,58,911/- h) Scanned copy of Transaction fee Receipt. C. Financial Requirement: The Contractor should satisfy the following. 1. The bidder should have substantially completed (90%) of similar works of value, as a prime Contractor, not less than Rs.114,39,72,776/- in any one year in the last (10) years (i.e., 2016-17 to 2025-26) updated by giving 10% simple weightage per year to bring them to 2026-27 price level. 2. Liquid assets or Solvency Certificate or Credit facilities from Indian Nationalized or Scheduled Banks in their proforma or net worth certificate issued by the Charted Accountant of value not less than Rs.57,19,86,388.125/- 3. Assured available Bid capacity as per formula (3AN-B) should be greater than ECV assessed by employer. (3 *A * N ? B > ECV i.e. Rs. 457,58,91,105/-) A = Maximum value of Civil Engineering works executed in any one year during the last 10 (ten) financial years i.e., 2016-17 to 2025-26 (updated by giving 10% simple weightage per year to bring them to 2026-27 price level) taking in to account the completed as well as works in progress. N = Number of years prescribed for completion of the works for which tenders are invited. B = Value of existing commitments and ongoing works to be completed during the period of completion of work for which bids are invited (updated by giving 10% simple weightage per year to bring them to 2026-27 price level). Note 1: 1) Annual turnover of the bidder based on Civil and other Engineering works executed in Government Department works and also the balance value of works on hand etc., shall be updated by giving weightage of 10% per year to bring them to current price level. 2) In case of individual / firm/ companies, the maximum value of Similar works / Maximum Physical Quantity executed by the bidder in any ONE financial year within the block period of 10 Years will be added and considered to evaluate the qualification criteria of the bidders. Note 2: In case the bidder submits that there are no existing commitments and ongoing works anywhere in the country, he shall file an affidavit to that effect duly notarized with undertaking for criminal prosecution if anything found in the affidavit information is untrue besides right of the employer to terminate the contract and for other legal recourse. 4. Certificate regarding Annual Financial turnover of the firm in all Civil Engineering works duly authenticated by Statutory Auditor along with audit balance sheet be furnished. 5. Even though the Contractors meet the above Qualification Criteria, they are subject to be disqualified if they have: a) Record of poor performance such as abandoning the works, not properly completing or financial failures etc., in preceding 10 (ten) financial years (2016-17 to 2025-26). b) Consistent history of litigation or arbitration awards against the Contractor in preceding 10 (ten) financial years (2016-17 to 2025-26). 6. Sub contractor?s experience for the works awarded in terms of Government of Andhra Pradesh/CPWD/ Other State Governments and PSU norms by the competent authority shall alone be considered. Certificate in proof of such Sub Contractor?s experience as stated above shall be signed by the Executive Engineer or equivalent and counter signed by the Superintending Engineer or equivalent and furnished along with the Bid. Any deviations to these norms shall not be entertained. Sub Contractor?s experience for the works awarded/ carried out not in accordance with the norms of Government of Andhra Pradesh/CPWD/ Other State Governments and PSU shall not be taken in to account. The Sub-Contractor?s experience certificate should contain all relevant particulars required for consideration under Qualification Criteria. General Power of Attorney holder?s experience shall not be taken into Account. Bids, which do not fulfill the Eligibility Criteria, will not be considered. 7. Besides submission of the above and GST registration in State of AP, registration certificate with due renewal etc., required any for which since payment of professional tax is mandatory as per G.O.Ms.No.44, WR (R) Dept.,dt.09-09- 2021, as per Cir. Memo. No.ICD01- COOR/ 167/ Reforms/2020-21,dt.09-09- 2021, the bidder is required to submit proof of payment of annual professional tax for the previous year by duly uploading the same and to produce the original when required as part of the eligibility criteria in the bid evaluation.

Procedure for Bid Submission: A) Request for Proposal/Tender schedule can be downloaded from the web site: https://tender.apeprocurement.gov.in a) Intending bidders can contact Superintending Engineer, SSLC & SB Circle, Nellore; Representing The Governor Of Andhra Pradesh Ph.No. 0861-2328888/ 9490883994 for any clarification, information on any working day during working hours. b) All bidders must upload documents in the e-Procurement portal validating their declarations under the technical and commercial qualification criteria. c) The bidders should quote their bid at the prescribed field / place provided in the e-market place. d) The quoted initial price offer cannot be in excess of 5% over the Estimated Contract Value (ECV) value provided by the Department. e) The bidder shall sign on all the documents uploaded by him including EMD owning responsibility for their correctness / authenticity and upload along with Tender. f) The Department shall carry out the technical bid evaluation solely based on the uploaded certificates / documents, in the e-procurement system. g) If the successful bidder fails to submit the original hard copies of uploaded certificates / documents within the stipulated time or if any variation is noticed between the uploaded 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. h) Charges payable to M/s APTS, VIJAYAWADA: i. The service charges payable to M/s APTS, VIJAYAWADA are as indicated below. ii. The participating bidders will pay transaction fee @ 0.03% of ECV (Estimate Contract Value) + 18% GST as applicable on 0.03% of ECV. The ceiling amount of Transaction fee for works costing ECV upto Rs 50 Crores is Rs 10,000/- + 18 % GST as applicable on Rs.10,000/- and for works costing with ECV above Rs 50 Crores, the ceiling amount of transaction fee is Rs 25,000/- + 18% GST as applicable on Rs.25,000/-. iii. All the participating bidders shall electronically pay the transaction fee to the Service provider (APTS) through Payment Gateway service on e-procurement platform. Payment of transaction fee by the participating bidders through the Electronic Payment Gateway is made mandatory for tenders. iv. GST as levied by the GOI on transaction fee; electronic payment gateway charges are to be borne by the bidders. v. The Successful bidder will pay further fee @ 0.04% of ECV (Estimate Contract Value) payable to the Managing Director, APTS to create an e-Procurement corpus fund to be administered by APTS (The ceiling amount of the above fee for works costing ECVupto Rs 50 Crores is Rs 10,000 and for works costing with ECV above Rs 50 Crores is Rs 25,000). vi. The above fee is payable by the successful bidder through online Electronic Payment gateway in favour of Managing Director, APTS, VIJAYAWADA at the time of conclusion of the agreement. 36.Qualification data of the Bidder?s: The Bidder shall furnish the following particulars in the formats enclosed, supported by documentary evidence as specified in the formats. Failure to comply with the condition, the bid shall be considered incomplete and summarily be rejected. 10.1 Check slip to accompany the tender (in Annexure-I) 10.2 Attested copies of documents relating to the Registration of the firm / company, Partnership deed / Articles of Association 10.3 Details of value of Civil/Mechanical/HM/Other Engineering works executed in Government Contract works in the last 10 financial years by the Bidder in Statement-I with supporting certificates. 10.4 The bidder should have substantially completed (90%) of similar works of value, as a prime Contractor, not less than Rs.114,39,72,776/- in any one year in the last (10) years (i.e., 2016-17 to 2025-26) updated by giving 10% simple weightage per year to bring them to 2026-27 price level in Statement-II with supporting certificates. Official Sub contractor?s experience shall be taken in to account towards qualification criteria. 10.5 Details of year wise specified physical Quantities of work executed by the bidder in the last 10 financial years in Statement ? III with supporting certificates 10.6 Details of existing commitments of the bidder i.e., works on hand in Statement-IV-(A) with Supporting Certificates and also details of tenders Participated /submitted/awarded in Statement?IV(B) 10.7 Availability of Key & critical construction and quality control equipment with the bidder in Statement ?V 10.8 Availability of key personnel with the bidder for administration/site management and execution viz., technical personnel required for the work (Statement-VI) 10.9 Information regarding any litigation, with Government during the last TEN Years, in which the Bidder is involved in (Statement-VII) 10.10 Availability of working capital for the work [Liquid assets/ Solvency/ Net Worth Certificate] 10.11 The bidders shall furnish a declaration in online stating that ?I am eligible for tendering and the soft copies uploaded by me are genuine?. Any incorrectness/deviation noticed will be viewed seriously and apart from cancelling the tender and forfeiting EMD, Criminal action will be initiated including suspension of business. 10.12 The proposed methodology and program of construction, backed with equipment, material and manpower planning and deployment, duly supported with broad calculations and quality control procedures to be adopted, justifying their capability of execution and completion of the work as per technical specifications within the stipulated period of completion as per milestones 37. Special conditions; 1. The Estimate is prepared based on the approved drawings of CE/CDO and the work is to be carried out as per CE/CDO/Mechanical Drawings/IS Codes and Standard Specifications and as per the circular and guidelines issued by the WR Department from time to time at the satisfaction of Engineer-in-charge. The materials supplied to the site for carrying out the work are to be verified and accepted by the Engineer-in-charge of work/Quality Control personnel. 2. The scope of work, Schedule?A and drawings furnished in the Tender Document are only indicative and are liable to change in accordance with the instructions of the Competent Authority as and when necessitated in site during execution. Hence, the Contractor shall abide by such modifications, and shall commence and proceed with the work in conformity with the instructions issued by the Employer (or) Engineer-in-Charge in this regard and such instructions will be final and binding. 3. The time for completion of the Construction Works is 24 months, followed by Defect Liability Period of 24 months after successful completion of Construction Works. 4. 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. 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. Bids received with an excess of more than 5% over the ECV Specified by the employer shall be summarily rejected. Negotiations are not permitted to be conducted at any level. 8. Tenders up to 25% less (-25%) than the estimate will be accepted. For Tenders which are less beyond minus 15% (<-15%) of the estimate but up to minus 25%, a Bank Guarantee or Demand Draft for the difference between the tendered amount and 85% of the estimate value should be submitted, over and above other guarantee, 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). The DD shall be drawn in favor of Concerned Superintending Engineer 9. The Employer reserves the right to accept (or) reject any (or) all the Bids without assigning any reason whatsoever. 10. The Contractor should submit a copy of valid GST registration certificate issued by the registration authority i.e from the APGST with TAN No. If not already obtained, with undertaking to obtain. 11. The Contractor should submit copy of PAN card and copy of latest Income Tax return submitted to IT Department along with proof of submission. 12. Any other condition regarding receipt of Bids in conventional method appearing in the Bid documents may please be treated as not applicable. 13. The Contractors should invariably upload the scanned copies of Bid Security and experience certificates and other relevant documents duly signed by them. 14. The bidders shall invariably pay the Earnest Money Deposit of 1% of ECV through Net Banking/ RTGS/NEFT from their registered bank accounts only Challan (or) unconditional and irrevocable Bank Guarantee (or) Insurance surety bonds issued as per IRDAI guidelines are also allowed as per G.O.Ms.No.94, Dt:13.11.2024, in favour of Superintending Engineer, SSLC & SB Circle, Nellore. 15. All the bidders shall invariably upload the scanned copies of Online payment receipt / unconditional and irrevocable.BG towards EMD as indicated in the NIT along with the tender in e-Procurement system and this will be the primary requirement to consider the tender for technical bid evaluation. 16. The unconditional and irrevocable BG shall be from a Nationalized Bank / Scheduled Commercial Bank valid for a period of 6 Months from the date of issue of tender notice. Copy of the Online payment receipt /unconditional and irrevocable BG towards EMD is to be scanned and uploaded along with the Bid. Further, the E.M.D. paid by the successful Bidder at the time of submission of tender in the shape of Online Payment receipt / Unconditional and Irrevocable Bank Guarantee will be discharged if the Bidder furnishes Unconditional and Irrevocable Bank Guarantee for the full Performance Security of 2.5 % on Agreement value furnished by the successful Bidder at the time of concluding agreement. The 2.5% EMD Unconditional and Irrevocable BG shall be valid for a total period of 49 months (i.e. period of completion of 24 Months plus Defect Liability Period of 24 Months + 28 Days) in favour of Superintending Engineer, SSLC & SB Circle, Nellore; Representing the Governor Of Andhra Pradesh. 17. 2.5% on Agreement value for performance security furnished by the successful Bidder at the time of concluding Agreement will be released after successful completion of defect liability period authorized by the Engineer-in-charge. 18. The Earnest Money deposit will be returned to the qualified but unsuccessful Bidder either after the finalization of the tenders or on expiry of validity of tender whichever is earlier. 19. The original Unconditional and Irrevocable BG/DD must be furnished to the concerned competent authorities by the successful bidder/bidders, as and when informed, for taking further process. 20. Bids shall be valid for a period of 3 months from the date of submission of bids. Before expiry of validity, the tender inviting authority may seek further extension of validity of the bid from the bidder and in case, the validity is not extended, the bid will not be considered after such expiry. During the period of validity if any bidder with draw bid his / her / their EMD shall be forfeited. 21. The retention amount from the bills will be deducted at the rate of 7.5% as per the G.O supra or any subsequent instructions of Government, whichever is earlier. 22. The participating bidders will have to pay transaction fees to APTS, Vijayawada as per the amount prescribed in e-procurement platform. It is mandatory for the bidders to pay the transaction fee through the Electronic payment Gateway. 23. 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. 24. Bid Price should be quoted online in the specified template. 25. Experience relating to the works executed in State / Central Government Departments or State / Central Government under takings in India shall only be considered. 26. 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. 27. 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 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 shall be black listed. 28. 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 29. 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. 30. The Employer reserves the right to relax the conditions if required for eligibility of the Contractor in the public interest. The contractor(s) shall not have any right to question the decision taken by the employer in this regard. 31. Labour CESS: It is the liability of the Contractor to pay the Labour cess as per Government Rules/norms from time to time. The Government Water Resources Department is no way liable for the same in any contingency. 32. National Academy Construction: The Bid price quoted by the Contractor is exclusive of NAC and shall be recovered at the rate 0.1% on the cost of construction in each bill of the contractor and reimbursed within provisions made in the Schedule-A, Part II. 33. Goods and Service Tax (GST) Component: The GST component of 18% loaded in Schedule-A, Part-II of Agreement. The GST will be applied as per Government rules varies from time to time. 34. Seigniorage charges: The estimate Unit Rates of various items are exclusive of Seigniorag

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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.