Open Tender for Procurement Services in TELANGANA

As per tender documents Legal Terms

Not with standing any thing stated above, TSGENCO reserves the Right to assess thebidder'scapabilitytoperform the supply, should the circumstances warrant such assessment in overallinterestof TSGENCO.2.Responsibility for correctness of the information submitted in the online bidlies withbidder. Ifanyinformation furnished in the bid is proved to be false at a later date, the bid willberejected. Thebiddershall submit his response through Bid submission to the tender on e-Procurement platformatwww.eprocurement.telangana.gov.in by following the proceduregivenbelow. The bidder wouldberequired to register on the e-procurement marketplacehttps://tender.telangana.gov.in and submittheirbids online. Offline bids shall not beentertainedbythe Tender Inviting Authority for the tenderspublishedin e-procurement platform. Thebiddersshall submit their eligibility and qualification details,Technical bid,Financial bid etc., in theonlinestandard formats displayed in e-Procurement web site. Thebidders shallupload the scannedcopiesof all the relevant certificates, documents etc., in support of theireligibilitycriteria/technicalbids andother certificate/documents in the e-Procurement web site. The biddershall signonthestatements,documents, certificates, uploaded by him, owningresponsibilityfortheircorrectness/authenticity. The bidder shall attach all the required documents forthespecifictenderafter uploading the same during the bid submission as per the tender noticeandbiddocument. Thesystem would only authenticate the Encryption certificate uploaded into the e-procurement system atthe time of User Registration or updated through User profile. The bidderhastoensure that theuploaded certificate in the e-procurement system is used for the Bid submissionandnoothercertificate though valid will not be recognized by the eprocurement system.Registration with e-Procurement platform: For registration and online bid submission bidders maycontactHELPDESK.http://tender.telangana.gov.in Digital Certificate authentication: The bidder shallauthenticatethebidwith his Digital Certificate for submitting the bid electronically on e Procurementplatform andthebidsnot authenticated by digital certificate of the bidder will not be accepted on thee-Procurementplatform.For obtaining Digital Signature Certificate, you may please Contact: Address forsubmissionof Applicationfor Digital Certificate: TSTS Office, 2nd floor, HACA Bhavan, OppPublicGardens,Saifabad, Hydrabad -500004 Contact Helpdesk : 9177769764 (OR) You maypleaseContactRegistration Authorities of anyCertifying Authorities in India. The list of CAs are availablebyclickingthe linkhttps://tender.telangana.gov.in/digitalsignature. html# 3. Hard copies: i)Videref.G.O.Ms.No.174,I&CADdept dated:1-9-2008, submission of original hard copies oftheuploadedscanned copies of Proof of onlinePayment (Remittance)/BG towards EMD byparticipatingbidders tothe tender inviting authority before theopening of the price bid is dispensedforthwith. ii)All thebidders shall invariably upload the scannedcopies of Proof of online Payment(Remittance)/BGin e-Procurement system and this will be the primaryrequirement to consider the bidresponsive. iii)Thedepartment shall carry out the technical evaluationsolely based ontheuploadedcertificates/documents, Proof of online Payment (Remittance)/BG towardsEMD in the e-Procurement system and open the price bids of the responsive bidders. iv) The departmentwillnotifythesuccessful bidder for submission of original hard copies of all the uploadeddocumentsProofofonline Payment (Remittance)/BG towards EMD prior to entering into agreement.v)Thesuccessfulbidder shall invariably furnish the original Proof of onlinePayment(Remittance)/BGtowardsEMD,Certificates/Documents of the uploaded scan copies to the TenderInviting Authoritybeforeenteringinto agreement, either personally or through courier or post and thereceipt of thesamewithin thestipulated date shall be the responsibility of the successful bidder. Thedepartment willnottake anyresponsibility for any delay in receipt/non receiptof original Proof ofonlinePayment(Remittance)/BGtowards EMD, Certificates/Documents from thesuccessful bidderbeforethestipulated time. Onreceipt of documents, the department shall ensurethe genuinity of the Proofofonline Payment(Remittance)/BG towards EMD and all othercertificates/documents uploaded bythebidder in e-Procurement system. In support of the qualification criteria beforeconcludingtheagreement. 4. TheGO. Ms. No. 174 -I&CAD dated: 1-9-2008 Deactivation of Bidders Ifanysuccessfulbidder fails tosubmit the original hard copies of uploaded certificates/documents, ProofofonlinePayment(Remittance)/BG towards EMD withinstipulated time or if any variation isnoticedbetweentheuploaded documents and the hard copies submitted by the bidder, as the successfulbidderwillbesuspended from participating in the tenderson e- Procurement platform for a period of 3years.Thee-Procurement system would deactivate the user ID of such defaulting bidderbasedonthetrigger/recommendation by the Tender InvitingAuthority in the system. Besidesthis,thedepartmentshall invoke all processes of law including criminal prosecution of such defaultingbidderasan act ofextreme deterrence to avoid delays in thetender process for execution ofthedevelopmentschemestaken up by the government. Otherconditions as per tender documentareapplicable. Thebidder isrequested to get a confirmedacknowledgement from the Tender InvitingAuthoritya proofofHardcopies submission to avoid any discrepancy. 5.Payment of EMD: It ismandatoryforallparticipant bidders to electronically pay EMDOnlinePayment of EMD: It ismandatoryforallparticipant bidders to electronically pay EMDOnline by utilizing the ?Payment GatewayService onE-Procurement platform". The ElectronicPayment Gateway accepts all Master and VisaCreditCardsissued byany bank and Direct Debitfacility/Net Banking/NEFT payment modes throughICICIBankand/or Axis BankPayment Gateways to facilitate the transaction. This is in complianceasper.O.Ms.No. 14 Dated: 18-09-2017. A GST of18.00% + Bank charges on the transactionamountpayableto TSTS shall be applicable. Inaddition to this, Bidders can also pay the EMDthroughDownload ofPDF format of RTGS Challan forrespective Payment gateway and pay the EMDthroughtheir ParentBank account. Once the EMD isreceived by the e-Procurement application, Bidderscanautomaticallycontinue with their Bid Submissiononline.IMPORTANT NOTE REGARDING EMDPAYMENT:1. Biddersare encouraged to use only Net bankingfacility for payment of EMDs as far aspossible forfasterrefunds in case of unsuccessful Bids for the Tender.2. Bidders are advised not to use RTGSChallandownloads at the penultimate hour of Bid submissionclosing as any delay by theirbanker wouldnotenable Bid submission on the platform.Please allow aminimum of 60 minutes forenabling ?Continuation of Bid Submission? from the time the Pool Accountreceives credit of the EMDfromtheBidder?s Bank for both NEFT and RTGS Transfers. For RTGS Transfers,the Pool Accountcangetimmediate credit whereas NEFT transfers would follow RBI Payment Cycle time. 3.Biddersareadvisedto pay EMD Online at least T-1 or T-2 days before Bid submission closing date(T=Bidsubmissionclosing date) to avoid last minute delays and denials of successful Bid submissionandtotake care ofany delays in Banking procedures. Un Successful Bidder EMD Refund process: - Thebidisdeclaredunsuccessful, under the following circumstances. Bid submitted by the bidder is notthelowestbid.Upon Finalization of the L1 Bid.Technical Disqualification of the Bid in case of 2 coversystem.EMDpaidbut bid not submitted EMD refund will be initiated by the Tender Inviting Authoritydirectly andthroughOnline only and through the same payment channels as EMD received by theDepartment.(RTGS /NEFT/Credit Card/Debit Card refund), within 30 days from the date of publishingtheDecision /Result.However,Vupadhi /GoTS will not be held responsible for the delays occurringduetobankingchannels/procedures/processes of the respective vendor. IMPORTANT NOTEREGARDINGEMDREFUNDS:Bidders are requested to use discretion in their choice of paymentchannel forremittance ofEMD. Timetaken for Refunds under Ideal conditions: 1. Net Banking / NEFT /RTGSChallan: One (1)BankingBusinessDay from time of initiation of refund by Tender InvitingAuthoritysubject to RTGS/NEFT timings ofRBI. 2.Credit card/ Debit card: 7-10 working days fromtime ofinitiation of refund by the TenderInvitingAuthority. However, this may be longer in case ofcertainbank cards. In case of delays, biddersarerequested to contact the Card issuing Bank forfasterresolution. 6.Payment of Transaction Fee: Itismandatory for all the participant bidders from1stJanuary 2006 to electronically pay a Non-refundableTransaction fee to M/s. TSTS , theserviceprovider through"Payment Gateway Service on EProcurementplatform". The ElectronicPaymentGateway accepts all Master and Visa Credit Cards issued byany bankand Direct Debitfacility/NetBanking of ICICI Bank,Axis Bank to facilitate the transaction. This is incompliance as perG.O.Ms. 13dated 07.05.2006. A GST of 18.00% + Bank charges on thetransactionamount payable toTSTS shallbe applicable. 7. Corpus Fund: As per GO MS No.4 Userdepartments shallcollect 0.04% ofECV(estimated contract value) with a cap of Rs.10,000 (Rupees tenthousand only) for allworks withECVup to Rs.50 Crores, and Rs.25,000/- (Rupees twenty-five thousandonly) for works withECVaboveRs.50 Crores, from successful bidders on e- Procurement platform beforeenteringintoagreement /issue of purchase orders,towards eprocurement fund in favour ofManagingDirector,TSTS . Thereshall not be any charge towards e- Procurement fund in case of works,goods andserviceswith ECVless than and up to Rs. 10 lakhs. 8. Tender Document: The bidder is requestedtodownloadthe tenderdocument and read allthe terms and conditions mentioned in the tenderDocumentandseekclarification if any from theTender Inviting Authority. Any offline bid submission clauseinthetenderdocument could be neglected. The bidder has to keep track of any changesbyviewingtheAddendum/Corrigenda issuedby the Tender Inviting Authority on time-to- time basis in theE-Procurement platform. The Department calling for tenders shall not be responsibleforanyclaims/problemsarising out of this. 9.Bid Submission Acknowledgement: The biddershallcompleteall the processes andsteps required for Bid submission. The system willgenerateanacknowledgement with a unique bidsubmission number after completing all theprescribedstepsand processes by the bidder. Users may alsonote that the bids for which anacknowledgementis notgenerated by the eprocurement system aretreated asinvalid or not saved in thesystem. Suchinvalidbids are not made available to the Tender InvitingAuthority for processing the bids.TheGovernmentof TS are not responsible for incomplete bidsubmissionby users. Procedure for BidSubmission Procedure for Bid Submission The bidder shall submit his response through Bid submission tothe tender on eProcurement platform at www.eprocurement.telangana.gov.in by following the proceduregiven below. The bidder would be required to register on the e-procurement market entertained by theTender Inviting Authority for the tenders published in e-procurement platform.
The bidders shallsubmit their eligibility and qualification details, Technical bid, Financial bid etc., in the online standardformats displayed in eProcurement web site. The bidders shall upload the scanned copies of all therelevant certificates, documents etc., in support of their eligibility criteria/technical bids and othercertificate/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 shallattach all the required documents for the specific tender after uploading the same during the bidsubmission as per the tender notice and bid document.
The system would only authenticate theEncryption certificate uploaded into the Eprocurement system at the time of User Registration or updatedthrough User profile. The bidder has to ensure that the uploaded certificate in the eprocurement system isused for the Bid submission and no other certificate though valid will not be recognized by theeprocurement system.
Registration with eProcurement platform: For registration and online bidsubmission bidders may contact HELP DESK.
https://tender.telangana.gov.in
DigitalCertificate authentication:
The bidder shall authenticate the bid with his Digital Certificate forsubmitting the bid electronically on eProcurement platform and the bids not authenticated by digitalcertificate of the bidder will not be accepted on the eProcurement platform. For obtaining DigitalSignature Certificate, you may please Contact: Address for submission of Application for DigitalCertificate: TSTS Office, 2nd floor, HACA Bhavan, Opp Public Gardens, Saifabad, Hydrabad - 500004Contact Helpdesk : 9177769764 (OR) You may please Contact Registration Authorities of any CertifyingAuthorities in India. The list of CAs are available by clicking the link https://tender.telangana.gov.in/digital-signature.html# 3. Hard copies: i) Vide ref. G.O.Ms.No.174, I&CAD dept dated:1-9-2008, submission oforiginal 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 isdispensed forthwith. ii) All the bidders shall invariably upload the scanned copies of Proof of onlinePayment (Remittance)/BG in eProcurement system and this will be the primary requirement to considerthe bid responsive. iii) The department shall carry out the technical evaluation solely based on theuploaded certificates/documents, Proof of online Payment (Remittance)/BG towards EMD in theeProcurement system and open the price bids of the responsive bidders. iv) The department will notify thesuccessful bidder for submission of original hardcopies of all the uploaded documents Proof of onlinePayment (Remittance)/BG towards EMD prior to entering into agreement. v) The successful bidder shallinvariably 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 intoagreement, either personally or through courier or post and the receipt of the same within the stipulateddate shall be the responsibility of the successful bidder. The department will not take any responsibility forany delay in receipt/nonreceipt of original Proof of online Payment (Remittance)/BG towards EMD,Certificates/Documents from the successful bidder before the stipulated time placehttps://tender.telangana.gov.in and submit their bids online.

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