Open Tender for Improvements to road from Km.14/0 to 16/0 & 22/0 to 23/8 of Dharmavaram - Kalyandurg road (SH 049) in Sri Satya Sai District (3rd call) in SRI SATYA SAI, ANDHRA PRADESH

GOVERNMENT OF ANDHRA PRADESH ROADS AND BUILDINGS DEPARTMENT * * * NIT No.16/TO/2026-27, Dt: 01-06-2026 VOLUME ? I NAME OF WORK : ?Improvements to road from Km. 14/0-16/0 & 22/0-23/8 of Dharmavaram - Kalyandurg road (SH 049) in Sri Satya Sai District (3rd Call) NAME AND ADDRESS OF THE CONTRACTOR WHO DOWN LOADED THE BID DOCUMENTS. : GOVERNMENT OF ANDHRA PRADESH Roads & Buildings DEPARTMENT * * * NOTICE INVITING TENDERS (NIT) NIT No.16/TO/2026-27, Dt: 01-06-2026 1. Tenders for the work mentioned below are invited from the Contractors / Contracting firms registered with Government of Andhra Pradesh. 1) Name of the work : ?Improvements to road from Km. 14/0-16/0 & 22/0-23/8 of Dharmavaram - Kalyandurg road (SH 049) in Sri Satya Sai District (3rd Call) 2) Estimate Contract value of work put to tender : Rs.11,91,965/ - 3) Period of completion of work : 3 Months 4) Form of contract / class of contractor eligible : Class-V (Civil) 5) E.M.D. to be paid in the shape of Demand Draft in favour Executive Engineer (R&B) Division, Dharmavaram obtained from Nationalised Bank or any Scheduled commercial bank, at 1% of the estimated contract value of work Rs.11,919/- 6) Date and time for downloading of tender schedules : 08-06-2026.00 P.M to 15-06-2026 up to 3.00 P.M. 7) Last date and time for submission of Tenders : 15-06-2026 up to 3.30 P.M. 8) Date & Time for opening of tenders : 15-06-2026 at 4.00 P.M. 2. a) The bidders need to contact the EXECUTIVE ENGINEER, (R&B) Division, Dharmavaram for information on ?e? procurement. b) The bidders need to register on the electronic procurement market place of Government of A.P., that is, www.eprocurement .gov.in. On registration on the eprocurement market place they will be provided with a user ID and password by the system using which they can submit their bids on line. c) While registering on the eprocurement market place, bidders need to scan and upload the required documents as per the tender requirements on to their profile. The eprocurement market place provides an online self service registration facility to such of the contractors who are already registered with respective participating departments for supply of specified goods and services. 3. The tenderer shall invariably furnish the original DD towards EMD and hard copies of uploaded documents etc., to the tender inviting authority before opening of Price bids either personally or through courier or by post and the receipt of the same within the stipulated time shall be the responsibility of the tenderer. Department will not take any responsibility for any delay or non receipt. If any tenderer fails to submit the original DD towards EMD and hard copies of uploaded documents before Price bid opening, the tenderer will be suspended , disqualified from participating in the tenders on e-Procurement platform for a period of 12(Twelve months) from the date of bid submission. The suspension of tenderer shall be automatically enforced by the ?e? procurement system. 4. The tenders will be opened by the EXECUTIVE ENGINEER, (R&B), Division, Dharmavaram or his nominee at his office in the presence of tenderers / or their authorized representatives, on the date mentioned above. 5. If the office happens to be closed on the dates specified above, the respective activity will be performed at the designated time on the next working day without any notification. 6. Any other details can be had from the Office of the EXECUTIVE ENGINEER(R&B) Division, Dharmavaram 7. 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 e Procurement platform. INSTRUCTIONS TO TENDERERS A ? GENERAL Name of work : ?Improvements to road from Km. 14/0-16/0 & 22/0-23/8 of Dharmavaram - Kalyandurg road (SH 049) in Sri Satya Sai District (3rd Call)? Scope of work : Road work Give brief description and location ?Improvements to road from Km. 14/0-16/0 & 22/0-23/8 of Dharmavaram - Kalyandurg road (SH 049) in Sri Satya Sai District (3rd Call)? List out Principal Components of the work.: ECV put to tender. Rs.11,91,965/- a) Give breakup of cost of major items covered in the ECV.: N/A b) Period of completion.: - 3 Months c) SSR adopted : Common SSR for the Year -2025-26 d) Rates adopted for a) Cement. : -Rs./- per MT b) Steel : - Rs.------- per MT c) Bitumen. of 80/100 Grade:- Rs. /- per MT d) Bitumen of 60/70Grade :-Rs. /- per MT e) Emulsion Rs. f) Earthwork :- Nil Details of provisions included in the ECV put to Tender. i) LA & LI at : - i) Seigniorage charges : As per tender condition No 100 ii) Overhead Charges.: 4.615% iii) Store shed : - -- iv) Bore wells : - -- v) Other allowances (Agency, Municipal, Industrial etc).: e) Reimbursable Provisions. i) Avagahana Sadassu : Rs. -______ ii) Any other item. : Rs. -___

THE EXECUTIVE ENGINEER (R&B) DIVISION, DHARMAVARAM invites tenders for the above work vide NIT No.16/TO/2026-27, Dt: 01-06-2026 1.1 The tenders will be opened by the EXECUTIVE ENGINEER (R&B) Division, Dharmavaram or his nominee at his office in the presence of tenderers or their authorized representatives, on the dates mentioned in NIT. If the office happens to be closed on the dates, the opening of tenders gets automatically postponed to the next working date, the time being unaltered, unless extended by a notification published in News papers or sent through Fax / telegrams to all those who purchased the tender documents. 1.2 The successful tenderer is expected to complete the work within the time period specified in the NIT. 2. Firms Eligible to Tender: 2.1 The Firms who i) possess the valid registration in the class and category mentioned in the NIT and satisfy all the conditions therein . ii) are not blacklisted or debarred or suspended by the Government for what ever the reason, prohibiting them not to continue in the contracting business iii) have complied with the eligibility criteria specified in the NIT. are the eligible tenderers. 2.2 Firms Ineligible to Tender: i) 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. ii) The Tenderer who has employed any retired officer as mentioned above shall be considered as an ineligible tenderer. iii) 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. iv) 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. v) Contractor shall not be eligible to tender for works in the division / Division where any of his near relatives are employed in the rank of Assistant ENGINEER or Assistant EXECUTIVE ENGINEERs and above on the ENGINEERing side and Divisional Accounts Officer and above on the administrative side. The Contractor shall intimate the names of persons who are working with him in any capacity or are 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 1. Sons, step sons, daughters, and step daughters. 2. Son-in-law, and daughter-in-law. 3. Brother-in-law, and sister-in-law. 4. Brothers and Sisters. 5. Father and Mother. 6. Wife / Husband. 7. Father-in-law and Mother-in-law 8. Nephews, nieces, uncle and aunts 9. Cousins and 10. Any person residing with or dependent on the contractor. 3. Qualification data of the Tenderers 3.1 The tenderer shall furnish the following particulars in the formats enclosed, supported by documentary evidence as specified in the formats. a) Check slip to accompany the tender (in Annexure-I). b) Attested copies of documents relating to the Registration of the firm, Registration as Civil Contractor, Partnership deed, Articles of Association, Registration copy under AP.VAT Act 2005 i.e Taxpayer Identification Number along with VAT clearance certificate in the prescribed proforma , Copy of Permanent Account Number (PAN) Card and copy of Latest Income tax returns submitted along with proof . Note: The Partnership firms, which are registered as Contractors shall intimate the change in partnership deed, if any, as per GO Ms No.58, I & CAD, dt.23.4.2002 within one month of such change. Failure to notify the change to the registration authority in time will entail the firms to forfeit their registration and their tender will be rejected. The intimation of change of partners if any and the acceptance by the Registration authority may be enclosed. 3.2 Tenders from Joint Ventures are not acceptable unless specifically stated otherwise. 3.3 deleted 3.4 Even though the tenderers meet the above qualifying criteria, they are liable to be disqualified / debarred / suspended / blacklisted if they have ? Furnished false / fabricated particulars in the forms, statements and /annexures submitted in proof of the qualification requirements and/or ? Not turned up for entering into agreement, when called upon. ? record of poor progress such as abandoning the work, not properly completing the contract, inordinate delays in completion, litigation history or financial failures etc. and/or ? participated in the previous bidding for the same work and had quoted unreasonably high tender percentage and ? even while execution of the work, if found that the work was awarded to the Contractor based on false / fake certificates of experience, the Contractor will be blacklisted and work will be taken over invoking clause 61 of PS to APSS. 3.5 Tenders with an excess of above 5 % of estimated contract value shall summarily be rejected. 3.6 For tenders up to 25% less than the estimated contract value of work, no additional security deposit is required. But for tenders less than 25% of the estimated Contract Value of work, the difference between the tendered amount and 75% of the estimated contract value, shall be paid by the successful tenderer at the time of concluding agreement as an additional security to fulfill the contract through a Bank Guarantee or Demand Draft on a Nationalised Bank/Scheduled commercial bank in the prescribed format valid till completion of the work in all respects 3.7 a) If the percentage quoted by a tenderer is found to be either abnormally high or with in the permissible ceiling limits prescribed but under collusion or due to unethical practices adopted at the time of tendering process, such tenders shall be rejected. b) A tenderer submitting a Tender which the tender accepting authority considers excessive and or indicative of insufficient knowledge of current prices or definite attempt of profiteering will render himself liable to be debarred permanently from tendering or for such period as the tender accepting authority may decide. The tenderer overall percentage should be based on the controlled prices for the materials, if any, fixed by the Government or the reasonable prices permissible for the tenderer to charge a private purchaser under the provisions of clause-6 of the hoarding and profiteering prevention ordinance of 1943 as amended from time to time and on similar principle in regard to labour supervision on the construction. 4. One Tender per Tenderer: 4.1 Each Tenderer shall submit only one Tender for the work. A Tenderer who submits more than one Tender will cause dis-qualification of all the Tenders submitted by the Tenderer. 5. Cost of Tendering 5.1 The Tenderer shall bear all costs associated with the preparation and submission of his Tender and the tender inviting authority will in no case be responsible and liable for those costs. 6. Site Visit. 6.1 The Tenderer, at the Tenderer?s own responsibility and risk is advised to visit and examine the Site of Work and its surroundings and obtain all information that may be necessary for preparing the Tender for entering into a contract, for construction of the work. The costs of visiting the site shall be at the Tenderer?s own expense. B. TENDER DOCUMENT 7. Contents of Tender document. 7.1 One set of Tender document, comprises of the following: Technical bid 1) Notice Inviting Tenders (NIT) 2) Instruction to Tenderers 3) Forms of Tender and qualification information 4) Conditions of Contract. 5) Specifications. 6) Drawings. 7) Forms of Securities. i.e., EMD, Additional Security etc. Price bid Bill of Quantities and Price bid. 8. Clarification on Tender Documents 8.1 A prospective Tenderer requiring any clarification on Tender documents may contact the Tender Inviting Officer at the address indicated in the NIT. The Tender Inviting Officer will also respond to any request for clarification, received through post. 9. Amendment to Tender Documents 9.1 Before the last date for submission of Tenders, the Tender Inviting Officer may modify any of the Contents of the Tender Notice, Tender documents by issuing amendment / Addendum. 9.2 Any addendum/amendments issued by the Tender Inviting Officer shall be part of the Tender Document and it shall either be communicated in writing to all the purchasers of the Tender documents or notified in the News Papers in which NIT was published. 9.3 To give prospective Tenderers reasonable time to take an addendum into account in preparing their bids, the Tender Inviting Officer may extend if necessary, the last date for submission of tenders. C. PREPARATION OF TENDERS. 10. Language of the Tender. 10.1 All documents relating to the tender shall be in the English Language only. 11. Documents comprising of the Tender. The bidders who are desirous of participating in eprocurement shall submit their price bids etc., through online in the standard proscribed in the tender documents, displayed at e market place. The bidders should upload the scanned copies of all the relevant certificates, documents etc., in the e market place in support of their bids. The bidders shall sign on all the statements, documents, certificates, uploaded by him, owning responsibility for their correctness/authenticity. 11.2 deleted 11.3 deleted 11.4 The tenderer shall invariably furnish the original DD towards EMD and Original DD towards Transaction fee to the tender inviting authority one day before opening of Price bids either personally or through courier or by post and the receipt of the same within the stipulated time shall be the responsibility of the tenderer. Department will not take any responsibility for any delay or non receipt. Failure to furnish the original DD towards EMD and Original DD towards Transaction Fee before Price bid opening will entail rejection of bid and blacklisting.

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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.