Bids are Invited For Laying of CC Road at south side of the Hindu burial ground, leading to Kankipati Garuvu and Ammajipeta in the 8th ward of Tuni Municipality. in KAKINADA, ANDHRA PRADESH

1. Registered Civil Contractor as mentioned below are eligible : Civil contractors having registration as Class V or class IV under the Control of Public Health Circle , Rajamahendravaram, or class III Civil and above Registration in any Engineering department in A.P as per G.O. Ms. No. 94 I & CAD, Dt: 01.07.2003 and G.O.MS. NO. 63 WR ( Reforms) Dept Dt.13-11-2025 as applicable. (Mandatory) The tenderer should fulfill the following certificates, documents etc., are to be scanned and uploaded on to the ?e?procurement plat form. i) PAN card. ( Mandatory ) ii) GST Registration certificate in A.P. (Mandatory) iii) The availability of Key personal in statement ?II (Optional) iv) GST/VAT Clearance Certificate A.P Latest (Optional) v) Litigation History (Mandatory) 2. EMD for Rs. 6,027/- Through online Payment only in favour of Commissioner, TUNI Municipality as per G.O.MS.No.8 I & TECH Dept., dt 08-05-2016 in the new version as A.P ?e?procurement . The bidder shall pay the EMDs using NET banking/ RIGS/NEFT/in the registered bank accounts only. The unsuccessful bidders EMDs will be returned to their registered bank only. 3. Transaction fee @ 0.03% of estimated contracted value (ECV) + 18.00% A Goods and Service Tax, on 0.03% ECV i.e., Rs. 213/- in the form of Electronic Payment gateway through specified banks i.e ICICI/HDFC, payment gateway as per G.O Ms.No.13, Dt.05.07.2006 of IT&C department to M/s Vupadhi Techno Services Pvt., Ltd., Hyderabad. 4. The tenderer is subjected to be blacklisted and the EMD forfeited if he is found to have misled or furnished false information in the forms/ Statements/ certificates submitted in proof of qualification requirements or record of performance such as abandoning of work not properly completed in earlier contracts, inordinate delays in completion of the works, litigation history and/ or financial failures and /or participated in the previous tendering for the same work and has quoted unreasonable high bid prices. 5. Even while execution of the work, if found that the contractor had produced false/ fake certificates of experience he will be black listed and the contract will be terminated. 6. The Successful tenderer will furnish the original hard copies of all the documents uploaded by him before concluding agreement 7. During execution of work, the contractor shall take photographs at various stages at his own cost and produce three sets of the same to the Engineer- in ? charge for documentation purpose. 8. Any further information can be obtained from the Office of the Commissioner, TUNI Municipality. 9. Such uploaded document pertaining Technical Bid need to be attached to the tender while submitting the bids online. 10. The bidder shall mandatory pay the transaction fee M/s Vupadhi Techno Services Pvt., Ltd., through the electronic payment gateway through specified banks i.e ICICI & HDFC payment gateway as per G.O Ms.No.13/Dt.05/07/2006 of IT & C Department. 11.The successful tenderer has to sign an agreement within a period of 15 days from the date of receipt of communication of acceptance of his tender. On failure to do so his tender will be cancelled duly forfeiting the E.M.D., paid by him without issuing any further notice.

. Firms In-eligible to Bid: (a) A retired officer of the Govt. of AP or Govt. of India executing works is disqualified from tendering for a period of two years from the date of retirement without the prior permission of the Government. (b) The contractor himself or any of his employees is found to be Gazetted Officer who retired from Government Service and had not obtained permission from the Government for accepting the contractor?s employment within a period of 2 years from the date of his retirement. (c) The Contractor or any of his employees is found at any time after award of contract, to be such a person who had not obtained the permission of the Government as aforesaid before submission of the tender or engagement in the Contractor?s service. (d) The contractor or any of his employees is found at any time after award of contract, to be such a person who had not obtained the permission of the Government as aforesaid before submission of the tender or engagement in the Contractor?s service. (e) Contractor shall not be eligible to tender for works in the division/circle where any of his relatives are employed in the rank of Assistant Engineer or Assistant Executive Engineer and above on the Engineering side and Divisional Accounts Officer and above on the administrative side. The contractor shall intimate the names of the persons who are working with him in any capacity or subsequently employed. He shall also furnish a list of Gazetted/Non-Gazetted State Government employees related to him. Failure to furnish such information, tenderer is liable to be removed from the list of approved contractors and his contract is liable for cancellation. Note: Near relatives include sons, step sons, daughters, step daughters, son-in-law, daughter-in-law, brother-in-law, sister-in-law, brothers, sisters, father, mother, wife, husband, father-in-law, mother-in-law, nephew, niece, uncle, aunt, cousins and any person residing with or dependent on the contractor. 26 Site Inspections: 26.1 The contractor should inspect the site and also proposed quarries of choice for materials source of water and quote his percentage including quarrying, conveyance and all other charges etc. 26.2 The responsibility for arranging the land for borrow area rests with the Contractor and no separate payment will be made for procurement or otherwise. The contractor?s quoted percentage will be inclusive of land cost. 26.3 The intending Bidders are advised to inspect and examine the site and its surroundings and satisfy themselves before submitting their bids as to the nature of the ground and sub-soil (so far as is practicable), the form and nature of the site, the means of access to the site, the accommodation they may require and in general shall themselves obtain all necessary information as to risks, contingencies and other circumstances which may influence or affect their bid. A bidder shall be deemed to have full knowledge of the site not and no extra charge consequent on any misunderstanding or otherwise shall be allowed 27 Contractor?s design obligations: 27.1 On completion of work, the Contractor shall submit 6 sets of as built drawings in hard copies and soft copies. The Contractor shall construct and Commission the Work in accordance with the specifications and Drawings. 27.2 Deleted 27.3 Deleted 27.4 The Contractor shall construct and Commission the Work in accordance with theapproved specifications and Drawings (GFC). 28 Diversion of streams / Vagus / Drains. 28.1 The contractor shall at all-time carry out construction of cross drainage works in a manner creating least interference to the natural flow of water while consistent with the satisfactory execution of work. A temporary diversion shall be formed by the contractor at his cost where necessary. No extra payment shall be made for this work. 28.2 No separate payment for bailing out sub-soils, water drainage or locked up rain water for diversion, shoring, foundations, bailing of pumping water either from excavation of soils from foundations or such other incidental will be paid. The percentage to be quoted by the contractor is for the finished item of work in situ and including all the incidental charges. The borrow pits are also to be de-watered by the contractor himself at his expense, if that should be found necessary. 28.3 The work of diversion arrangements should be carefully planned and prepared by the contractor and forwarded to the Executive Engineer technically substantiating the proposals and approval of the Executive Engineer obtained for execution. 28.4 The contractor has to arrange for bailing out water, protection to the work in progress and the portion of works already completed and safety measures for men and materials and all necessary arrangements to complete the work. 28.5 All the arrangements so required should be carried out and maintained at the cost of the contractor and no separate or additional payment is admissible. 29 Power Supply. 29.1 The contractor shall make his own arrangements for obtaining power from the Electricity dept., at his own cost. The contractor shall pay the bills of Electricity Department for the cost of power consumed by him. 29.2 The contractor shall satisfy all the conditions and rules required as per Indian Electricity Act 1910 and under Rule-45 (I) of the Indian Electricity Rules, 1956 as amended from time to time and other pertinent rules. 29.3The power shall be used for bonafide departmental work only. 30 Ramps: Ramps required during execution may be formed wherever necessary and same are to be removed after completion of the work. No separate payment will be made for this purpose. 31 Monsoon Damages: Damages due to rain or flood for excavation either in cutting or in banks etc., shall have to be made good by the contractor till the work is handed over to the Department. The responsibility of de-silting and making good the damages due to rain or flood rests with the contractor. No extra payment is payable for such operations and the contractor shall therefore have to take all necessary precautions to protect the work done during the construction period. 32 The works to be Completed by the Intended Completion Date: 32.1The Contractor may commence execution of the Works on the Start Date and shall carry out the Works in accordance with the programme submitted by the Contractor, as updated with the approval of the Employer/Employer?s representative and complete the work by the Intended Completion Date. 33 Safety: The Contractor shall be responsible for the safety of all activities on the Site, pursuant to the requirement mentioned in Schedule L& elsewhere in this document and below. 33.1 Precautionary measures: 33.1.1 Contractor shall take all precautionary measures to avoid any damage to adjoining property. All necessary arrangement shall be made at his own cost. The contractor shall take all precautions to prevent his workmen and employees from removing and damaging any Flora (plant/vegetation) from the campus/site. 33.1.2 The contractor shall take all precautions to avoid accidents by exhibiting necessary caution boards day and night, speed limit boards, red flags, red lights and providing barriers. He shall be responsible for all damages and accidents caused to work due to negligence on his part. In case of any accident of the laborers/ contractual staff, the entire responsibility will rest on the contractor and any compensation under such circumstances, if becomes payable, shall be entirely borne by the contractor. 33.1.3 The contractor, his authorized representative, workmen etc. shall strictly observe orders pertaining to fire precautions prevailing in the area. 33.1.4 The Contractor shall take all necessary precautions to prevent any nuisance or inconvenience to the owners, tenants or occupants of the adjacent properties and to the public in general. The Contractor shall use such methodology and equipment?s for execution of the work, so as to cause minimum environmental pollution of any kind during construction, to have minimum construction time and minimum inconvenience public in general, etc. The Contractor shall take all precautions to prevent any pollution of streams and waterways. All waste or superfluous materials shall be carted away by the Contractor, entirely to the satisfaction of the Engineer-in-Charge. Utmost care shall be taken to keep the noise level to the barest minimum so that no disturbance as far as possible is caused. No claim what so ever on account of site constraints mentioned above or any other site constraints not specifically stated here, shall be entertained from the Contractor. 33.2 SAFETY MEASURES 33.2.1 The issue of construction safety & standards has gained utmost importance in recent times. This subject is to be dealt with in an integrated manner with an approach to developing and establishing a safety culture at work sites. Broadly, its components are: (i) Creating awareness. (ii) Education. (iii) Training. (iv) Implementation. (v) Enforcement measures. All workers of contractor and associate agencies, invariably and at all the times, must follow all safety norms, adopt safe construction practices and use all required safety gadgets in their working throughout the project duration. 33.2.2 The contractor shall issue Photo Identity Cards with unique numbers containing salient information of workers for the labour & his staff. 33.2.3 The Contractor shall monitor and achieve the objectives of construction safety continuously, progressively and through affirmative action, and shall oversee implementation of safety program over the entire construction period. 33.3 Warning / Caution Boards All temporary warning / caution boards / glow signage display such as ?Construction Work in Progress?, ?Keep Away?, ?No Parking?, Diversions & protective Barricades etc. shall be provided and displayed during day time by the Contractor, wherever required and as directed by the Engineer-in-Charge. These glow signage and red lights shall be suitably illuminated during night also. The Contractor shall be solely responsible for damage and accident caused, if any, due to negligence on his part. Also he shall ensure that no hindrance, as far as possible, is caused to general traffic during execution of the work. This signage shall be dismantled & taken away by the Contractor after the completion of work, only after approval of the Engineer ? in ? Charge. Nothing extra shall be payable on this account. 33.4 Sign Boards 33.4.1 The Contractor shall provide and erect a display board of size and shape as required and paint over it, in a legible and workman like manner, the details about the salient features of the project, as required by the Engineer-in-Charge. The Contractor shall fabricate and put up a sign board in an approved location and to an approved design indicating name of the project, PM / owner, architects, structural consultants, Department etc. besides providing space for names of other Contractors, Associate contractors and specialized agencies. Nothing extra shall be payable on this account. 33.4.2 A display board shall be kept at site which would list the names of workers, teams and agencies following safety program in the best manner. This would be updated weekly. 33.4.3 Necessary protective and safety equipment?s shall be provided to the Site Engineer, Supervisory staff, labour and technical staff of the contractor by the Contractor at his own cost and used at site. 33.4.4 No inflammable materials including P.O.L shall be allowed to be stored in huge quantity at site. Only limited quantity of P.O.L may be allowed to be stored at site subject to the compliance of all rules / instructions issued by the relevant authorities and as per the direction of Engineer -in- Charge in this regard. Also all precautions and safety measures shall be taken by the Contractor for safe handling of the P.O.L products stored at site. All consequences on account of unsafe handling of P.O.L shall be borne by the Contractor. 34 Discoveries: Anything of historical or other interest or of significant value unexpectedly discovered on the Site is the property of the Government. The Contractor is to notify the Employer/Employer?s representative of such discoveries and carry out the Employer/Employer?s representative instructions for dealing with them. 35 Possession of the Site. 35.1 The Authority shall give possession of the site to the Contractor. If possession of a part site is given, the Department will ensure that the part site so handed over is amenable to carry out the work at site by the Contractor. Date of concluding the Agreement is the date of handing over the site. The Site for the execution of the work will be available as soon as the work is awarded. In case it is not possible for the Authority to make entire site available on the award of the work, due to any unforeseen reasons like court orders etc., the contractor will have to modify his working programme accordingly. No claim whatsoever for not giving the entire site in one stretch on award of work, (or) for handing over the site in phases will be tenable. 36 Access to the Site: 36.1 The Contractor shall provide the Employer/Employer?s Representative and any person Authorised by the Engineer-in-Charge, access to the site and to any place where work in connection with the contract is being carried out or is intended to be carried out. 36.2 The contractor shall at times during the usual working hours and at all times at which reasonable notices of the intention of the Engineer-in-charge or other officers as stated above to visit the works shall have been given to the contractor, either himself be present to receive the orders and instructions or have a responsible representative duly accredited in writing, to be present for that purpose. 36.3 Dignitaries from Ministry / Department, State Government and PM Department Authorities shall be inspecting the on-going work at site at any time with or without prior intimation. The contractor shall, therefore, keep updated the following requirements and detailing:- (i) Display Board showing detail of work, weekly progress achieved with respect to targets, reason of shortfall, status of manpower, wages being paid for different categories of workers. (ii) Entrance and area surrounding to be kept cleaned. (iii) Display layout plan key plan, building drawings including plans, elevations and sections. (iv) Up to date displays of programme chart. (v) Keep details of quantities executed, balance quantities, deviations, possible Extra item, substituted Item etc. (vi) Keep plastic / cloth mounted one sets of building drawings. (vii) Set of Helmets and safety shoes for safety. 37 Instructions: 37.1The Contractor shall carry out all instructions of the Employer/Employer?s Representativeand co

. Procedure for Bids Submission: The bidder shall submit his response through bid submission to the tender on Procurement platform at www.eprocurement.gov.in by following the procedure given below. The bidder would be required to register on the e-procurement market place www.eprocurement.gov.in or https://tender.eprocurement.gov.in and submit their bids online. No offline bids shall be entertained by the Tender Inviting Authority. The bidders shall submit their eligibility and qualification documents, Technical bid, Financial bid etc., in the standard formats prescribed in the Tender documents, 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 in the eProcurement web site. The bidder shall sign on the statements, documents, certificates, uploaded by him, owning responsibility for their correctness/ authenticity. 1. Registration with eProcurement platform: For registration and online bid submission bidders may contact HELP DESK of M/s Vupadhi Techno Services Pvt., Ltd., .,www.eprocurement.gov.in or https://tender.eprocurement.gov.in. 2. 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. All the bidders need to obtain Digital Certificates from APTS: For obtaining Digital Signature Certificate, Please Contact: Andhra Pradesh Technology Services Limited Room No: 314, 3rd Floor, New R&B Building, Opposite to Indira Gandhi Municipal Stadium, M.G Road, Vijayawada. 3. Submission of Hard copies: After submission of bid online, the bidders are requested to submit the originals of Online payment towards EMD, towards transaction fee, bid processing fee to the Tender Inviting Authority before opening of the price bid and other uploaded documents at the time of concluding agreement. The bidder shall invariably furnish the original to the tender inviting authority before opening price bid either personally or through courier or by post and the receipt of the same within the stipulated time shall be the responsibility of bidder. The department shall not take any responsibility for any delay or non-receipt. If any of the documents furnished by the bidder is found to be false/fabricated/bogus, the bidder is liable for black listing, forfeiture of the EMD, cancellation of work and criminal prosecution. The bidder is requested to get a confirmed acknowledgement from the Tender Inviting Authority as a proof of Hardcopies submission to avoid any discrepancy. The bidder has to attach the required documents after uploading the same as required by Tender Inviting Authority in its tender conditions. 4. Deactivation of Bidders: The bidders found defaulting in submission of hard copies of original Online payment receipt for EMD /Transaction fee to the Tender Inviting Authority on or before the tender stipulated time for Price Bid Opening and other uploaded documents before concluding the agreement will be suspended / disqualified from participating in tenders on eProcurement platform for a period of 12 months from date of bid submission as per G.O Ms No 245 I&CAD Dept. dated 30-12-2005 and GO Ms No 155 I&CAD Dept. dated 23-08-2006 besides forfeiture of EMD. Other conditions as per tender document are applicable. 5. Payment Of Transaction Fee and EMD Through online Payment only It is mandatory for all the participating bidders to pay electronically the Transaction fee to M/s Vupadhi Techno Services Pvt., Ltd., through "Payment Gateway Service on E-Procurement platform ". The Electronic Payment Gateway accepts all Master and Visa cards issued by any bank and Direct Debit facility / Net Banking of ICICI Bank, HDFC to facilitate the transaction. This is in compliance as per G.O Ms No 13 IT & C Dept, dated 5-7-2006. A Goods and service tax of 18.00% + Bank Charges for Credit Card Transaction of 1.85% on the transaction Amount payable to C1 India Pvt, Ltd. shall be applicable. 6. 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 in doubt from the Tender Inviting Authority. Any offline bid submission clause in the tender document shall not be considered. The bidder has to keep track of any changes by viewing the addendum / Corrigendum's 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. 7. Bid Submission Acknowledgement: The user should complete all the processes and steps required for bid submission. The successful bid submission can be ascertained once acknowledgement is given by the system through bid submission number after completing all the process and steps. GOAP and C1 India is not responsible for incomplete bid submission by users. Users may also note that the incomplete bids will not be saved by the system and are not available for the Tender Inviting Authority for processing. 20. General Terms & Conditions: 1) Bids are invited on the e-procurement for the above mentioned work from the Contractors/ Contracting firms registered with Government of Andhra Pradesh. The details of Tender conditions and terms can be down loaded from the electronic procurement platform of Government of Andhra Pradesh i.e. www.eprocurement.gov.in 2) Approximate Estimate Contract value of work Rs 6,02,681.00/- 3) Contractors would be required to register on the e-procurement Market Place and submit their bids on line. The Department will not accept any bid submitted in the paper form. 4) EMD to be paid by way of online payment for Rs. 6027/- (i.e. 1% of ECV) drawn in favour of Commissioner, TUNI Municipality. 5) Period of completion of work: 3 Months + 2years defect liability period 6) The bidders can view/ down load the tender documents from the ?e? market place. 7) Civil contractors having registration as Class V or class IV under the Control of Public Health Circle , Rajamahendravaram, or class III Civil and above Registration in any Engineering department in A.P as per G.O. Ms. No. 94 I & CAD, Dt: 01.07.2003 and G.O.MS. NO. 63 WR ( Reforms) Dept Dt.13-11-2025 as applicable. (Mandatory) 8) Tender Documents made : From 2026 at 11.00AM available online To 2026 Up to 3.00PM 9) Date and time of late date of - 2026 at 4:00 PM submission of Tenders online 10) Time and date of opening of Tenders: a) Technical Bids : b) Price Bid : 2026 at 4:30 PM Note: The date stipulated above is firm and under no circumstances they will be relaxed unless otherwise extended by an official notification or happen to be Public Holidays Commissioner, TUNI Municipality.

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.