Bids are Invited For Consultancy services for Updating of the Detailed Project Report of Upper Bhadra Project with Revised Cost Estimate (RCE) in KARNATAKA

Bidders shall not be under a declaration of ineligibility for corrupt and fraudulent practices issued by Government of Karnataka

It shall be the responsibility of the Bidder to ensure credit of Tender Processing Fee and EMD into the respective receiving bank accounts of e-Procurement on or before the last date and time of bid submission.

EMD Payments through e-Payment mode shall be made as one single transaction and payments made in part are liable for rejection.

The bidder shall ensure credit of tender processing fee in to the respective receiving bank accounts on or before the last date of bid submission

The work done certificate should be obtained from competent authority not below the rank of Executive Engineer

The evaluation of the technical bid will be done based on the uploaded information provided by the contractor in KPPP portal as per his documents, duly verified if necessitates. If the employer finds that any certificates/ information furnished is false, such bidders will be disqualified and barred from participation in the bid

The intended bidder shall submit original document for verification at the time of technical evaluation on specified/intimated date failing which the bid considered to be non-responsive

If the percentage quoted by the Consultant for the work is below 90% of the estimated amount put to tender or recast amount put to tender of the department, then the Consultant shall furnish an Additional Performance Security at the time of executing the agreement in the form of Bank Guarantee for an amount equivalent to the difference between the cost as per quoted percentage & amount put to tender or recast amount put to tender. In case of Consultant quoted rates above 125% of the estimated rates, then the amount over & above 125% will be withheld during the progress of work. The Additional Performance Security will be released proportionately to the bill amount till the Consultant achieves progress of the entire cost of the work as per the agreement.

Successful bidders should execute the agreement within 20 days from the date of approval intimated. An additional 30 days time may be allowed with a penalty of 0.5% of Contract value. If the contractor fails to enter into the agreement within the said period, the EMD of the contractor shall be forfeited and action shall be initiated for banning to participate in the tender of VJNL

Conditional / incomplete tenders are liable to be rejected. The officer competent to accept the tender shall have the right to reject any or all the tenders without assigning any reason whatsoever

Corrigendum/addendum will be published in the website www.KPPP.karnataka.gov.in for all modifications /corrections, if any

The Tender processing charges paid by the bidders are not refundable even if the tenders are cancelled

Tendering by Joint venture is not allowed

If any bidder fails to satisfy the conditions, such bids shall be rejected

The tenders for works remain open for acceptance for a period of One hundred eighty days (180 days) from the date of opening of tenders. If any tender withdraws his tender before the said period, makes any modifications in the terms and condition of the tender which are not acceptable to accepting Authority, then the whole amount of Earnest Money Deposit specified shall be forfeited to VJNL. The Nigam is also at liberty to take any other penal action as it deems fit against such Consultant

If delay in deciding the tender is considered to be inevitable, the Executive Engineer may seek in advance, the consent of the Consultant agreeing to keep open their offers for further period specified by the Executive Engineer

The authority competent to accept the tenders shall have the right of rejecting all or any of the tenders without assigning any reasons and will not be bound to accept the lowest tender

The Consultants who are capable to complete the work within the stipulated period of completion can only apply

The tender of any Consultant who does not accept the conditions contained in the Tender Documents is liable to be rejected

The bidder whose tender is accepted shall attend the office of the Executive Engineer on the date fixed by the written intimation for executing Agreement Bond and completing other requisite formalities

A monthly program chart has to be submitted by successful bidder at the time of concluding agreement

No interest what-so-ever will be paid by the Visvesvaraya Jala Nigam Limited on the Earnest Money deposited

Within 20 days of receipt of the Letter of Acceptance, the successful Tenderer shall deliver to the Employer a Security deposit in any of the forms given below for an amount equivalent to 5% of the Contract price plus full difference amount for below quoted tenders as additional security (for unbalanced tenders) The additional performance security will be released proportionately to the bill amount till the contractor achieves progress of the entire cost of the work as per the agreement

The successful bidder shall pay compensation to workmen working under him for any injury caused during the execution of work as per Workmens Compensation Act in force from time to time, failing which the amount will be deducted from his bills and paid to the injured workmen

The submission of tender by a Consultant implies that, the Consultant has read the contents of the Tender Notice and Contract Form and all other papers included in the tender document and made him aware of the scope and the specifications of the work to be done and the availability of the quantity of materials required

If any of the dates mentioned above happens to be a general holiday, the next working day holds good

The rates to be quoted by the contractor must be exclusive of applicable GST but should be inclusive of all other levies and taxes whatsoever in nature. No extra payment on this account will be made to the contractor

Further information can be had from the office of the undersigned during office hours or obtained from www.KPPP.karnataka.gov.in

Corrigendum will be published in web site for all modifications/corrections if any

The contractor should mention their recent correct postal address and e-mail address in the declaration form

Incomplete tender documents will be rejected

The contractors shall send the authorization letter for their representatives duly attesting their signature

The payment of bills of this work will be made as and when the letter of credit is received under the same head of account from VJNL/Government of Karnataka

The contractors should adhere to the accepted action plan submitted by him under any circumstances without linking to the pending bill payment of the work

Typo-graphical errors if any will not be the ground for any claims by the Contractor

The EMD of the unsuccessful bidder will be refunded only after the acceptance of the tender by the competent authority as per tender clause

In case of death of contractor after executing the agreement commencement of the work, his legal heir if any eligible registered contractor and willing can execute and complete the work at the accepted tender rates irrespective of the cost of the work

The intending bidder should have satisfactorily completed (not less than 90 percent of contract value) as a prime contractor, at least one similar work such as Consultancy Services for Survey Investigation, Preparation of Designs, Drawings, Estimates and DTP s for Lift Irrigation Scheme and Pipe Network for Irrigation/Tank filling/Drinking Water as per CWC guidelines and shall have got approved from CWC of value not less than Rs.20.70 Lakhs during last 5 financial years (i.e 2021-22 to 2025-26) The work done certificate should be issued by an officer not below the rank of Executive Engineer of the concerned Division / Equivalent officer. An additional weightage of 10% each year will be added to the cost of work to bring it to the present price level

The intending bidder should have prepared consultancy services for 1 Nos Canal Project/Lift Irrigation Scheme/tank filling scheme having a cost of minimum Rs.1000 Crores during the last five years reckoned back from 2025-26 i.e work executed during 2021-22 to 2025-26 will be considered. Certificate should be obtained from an officer not below the rank of Executive Engineer of the concerned division

The intending bidder should have achieved in at least two financial years a minimumannual financial turnover of Rs. 23.00 Lakhs during the last 5 financial years reckoned back from 2025-26 Note Audited balance sheets and Turnover certificate duly certified by Chartered accountant with their unique document identification number (UDIN) generated by ICAI portal should be uploaded. Financial turnover of previous years will be given a weightage of 10% per year based on the rupee value to bring them to present price levels. Certificate uploaded without UDIN will be considered and treated as invalid document

A proposal scoring minimum technical score of 75 out of 100 will be deemed to be technically responsive. Others will be rejected and their financial bids will not be opened

The intending bidders are advised to visit the site before submitting their tenders.