Jodhpur e-Tendering Guide
Jodhpur e-Tendering Guide
1.02.1    Tenders shall be submitted online in the electronic format attached here to and all
           blanks in the tender and the schedule to the specification shall be duly filled in.
           The completed forms, schedule(s) shall be considered as part of the contract
           documents in the case of successful tenderer(s).
1.02.2      No alteration should be made to the format of the tender specification        and
            schedules. The tenderer must comply entirely with specification.
1.02.3      The tender and all accompanying documents shall be in Hindi/English Language
            and shall be signed digitally by a responsible and authorized person. The name,
            designation and authority of the signatory shall be stated in the tender.
1.02.4      Tender should be filled in only with ink or typed and must be submitted online
            after signing digitally .
1.02.5      All additions, alterations and over-writing in the bid must be
            clearly signed by the signatory of the bidder otherwise bid will
            be summarily rejected.
1.02.6      The bidder must quote the prices strictly in the manner as
            indicated herein, failing which bid is liable for rejection. The
            rate/prices shall be entered in words as well as in figures. These
            must not contain any additions, alterations, over-writing,
            cuttings or corrections and any other marking which leave any
            room for doubt.
1.02.7      The Purchase Authority will not be responsible to accept any cost
            involved in the preparation or submission of bids.
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1.02.8         Any printed conditions of sale on the bid shall not be accepted by
               the purchase Authority. The bidder shall incorporate their
               conditions of sales, if any, in the text of the bid itself.
1.02.9         The tender offer shall be submitted in time            specified on
               http://eproc.rajasthan.gov.in in electronic format in the following
               manner:
          i)     COVER – I for details of EMD / Valid exemption certificate/
                 Registration certificate with copy of letter indicating validity of
                 B.G. / Tender processing fee and Cost of Tender document (to be
                 filed in pdf format).
          iii) COVER – III for Financial/Price Bid/BOQ (to be filed in pdf and
               xls format).
               This price bid shall include submission of details of prices as per
               schedule-IV of the specification. The price bid will be opened only
               after being satisfied with Technical and Commercial Bid as per
               qualifying requirement stipulated in the Specification and bid of such
               qualified bidders will only be opened. The date of opening of such
               price Bids will be intimated in due course of time.
                 Note : Separate price bid and technical bid are required to be
                 submitted incase total bid value exceeds Rs. 50 Lacs and if the
                 same is upto 50 Lacs, technical bid and price bids shall be
                 submitted in a single envelope. However, two part bidding could
                 be adopted for the item of special nature technology,
                 sophistication or for any other item in the opinion of
                 purchasing officer considered suitable for two part bidding
                 system also irrespective of value.
1.02.10          Bidders shall indicate in their bid the name and complete address
                 of Excise authorities under whose jurisdiction are their works /
                 offices falls.
1.02.11          All bids and accompanying documents shall be addressed to the
                 Jodhpur Vidyut Vitran Nigam Limited.
1.02.12          The tenderer should sign the tender documents digitally and
                 stamped on each page.
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1.02.13    The tenders/quotations given in the form other than prescribed form will
           not be considered.
1.02.14    Only one representative, on submission of valid authorization
           of the signatory of the bid, will be allowed to be present
           during the opening of the bid.
1.02.15    The bidder shall clearly indicate the deviation such as
           Technical Deviation & Commercial Deviation in the
           prescribed format only. The deviation indicated elsewhere in
           the bid shall not be accepted.
1.02.16    The bidder must clearly fill up each and every particular of
           Guaranteed Technical Particulars annexed with Technical
           specification otherwise he will be responsible for Technical
           non-responsiveness.
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1.03.3             No interest shall be payable on such deposits.
1.03.4             The Purchase authority reserves the right to forfeit
                   Earnest Money deposit or a part thereof in circumstance,
                   which according to him indicate that the bidder is not
                   earnest in accepting/executing any order placed under
                   the specification.
1.03.5             The following categories of bidders are exempted from
                   payment of earnest money :-
              i.   Firms registered with the respective Discom under the
                   scheme for registration of firms under relevant class /
                   Contractors on furnishing original or Photostat copy
                   duly attested by an officer of the company regarding
                   registration with the name of the item for which
                   registered. However, vender registered under ‘A’ class
                   shall be exempted for all items. If the bidder is not
                   registered for the material under bid enquiry, they would
                   not be entitled for exemption from earnest money.
             ii.   Rajasthan / Central Government undertaking                           /
                   Corporation / Company [Refer clause 1.02.9 (i)].
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   c) Departure / deviation from Purchaser’s specification in respect               of
      Technical details including GTP & Bill of Material in schedule VI (A)         of
      Specification.
   d) Departure /deviation from Purchaser’s specification in respect                of
      Commercial terms & conditions in schedule VI (B) of Specification.
   e) Details of Past supplies in schedule VII of Specification.
   f) Departure from Delivery schedule in Schedule VIII of Specification.
   g) Details of Equipments & technical hand available in Schedule IX               of
      Specification.
h) Qualifying Requirement :-
1.05.1         Bidder shall submit their bid in electronic format, digitally signed
               and stamped on each page. Bidder shall procure Digital Signature
               Certificate (DSC) as per IT act - 2000.
1.05.2         The electronically received bids will be opened in the office of the
               Superintending Engineer (MM&C) / Sr. AO (MM & C), JdVVNL,
               Jodhpur on stipulated date & time in the presence of such tenderers
               or their authorized representative, who choose to be present. The
               system does not permit electronic submission of late tenders after the
               due date & time.
1.05.3         In case, the date fixed for opening of the tenders be declared as a
               public holiday, the bid shall be opened on the next date on which office
               re-opens after such holiday(s).
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 1.06    VALIDITY OF OFFERS:
1.06.1     Bids shall be valid for a minimum period of 120 days from the
           next date of opening of techno-commercial bids. Bids
           mentioning a shorter validity period than specified are likely to
           be ignored.
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         variation formula specified in the section-III of the
         specification. In case ‘IEEMA / CACMAI’ changes the
         applicable formula for price variation for any item and issues
         guidelines for adopting the same during pendency of the
         contract, the new formula and guidelines shall become
         applicable. The price variation shall be applicable only on Ex
         – works prices. No variation shall be applicable on freight
         and insurance charges.
1.09.2   All rates / prices must be quoted for delivery F.O.R.
         destination anywhere in the jurisdiction of Discoms. The
         contractor / supplier shall be required to dispatch and deliver
         the ordered goods / material in the store of the Discom as per
         directions of the Discoms. Unless otherwise specifically
         indicated in the schedule of prices, requirement and desired
         deliveries.
1.09.3   The rates / prices quoted shall include the following:-
         i)     Ex-works prices including packing and forwarding
                charges.
         ii)    Excise duty including cess, if any.
         iii)   Central Sales Tax / VAT.
         iv)    Insurance Charges.
         v)     Freight Charges including unloading charges at site and
                levies thereof, if any.
         vi)    All local duties and taxes, including entry tax for firms
                located outside the state.
1.09.4   Further the bidders are required to give the component-wise
         breakup of the quoted prices in schedule-IV. In case of
         difference between the component-wise total and the
         indicated total price, then lesser of the two shall be taken into
         account.
1.09.5   The bidders quoting ‘firm’ prices (except in case of bids
         where prices are required to be quoted on firm price basis)
         are likely to be ignored. The basic price indices considered for
         the various components of the price variation formula shall
         have to be indicated by the bidders in their bids along-with
         the date so that there may be no difficulty in finalizing the
         claim on the basis of such price variation formula. The
         bidders not indicating the basic prices / indices as required
         are likely to be rejected.
1.09.6   Any bid containing prices not quoted in the manner prescribed
         under the above sub-clause (1.09.1) to (1.09.4) is liable to be
         ignored.
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1.09.7      No representation for enhancement of rates once accepted will
           be considered.
 1.09.8      In the event of receipt of more than two bids of a bidder, while
           opening the bids on scheduled time all such price bids may be
           opened (if the bidder is found qualified for opening of price bids
           in case of two parts bidding system) and for evaluation purpose,
           lower of such bids will be considered.
 1.09.9    When there is a difference between the rates in figure and words,
           lower of the two rates shall be taken as valid and correct.
 1.09.10   In case the bidders quote rate of any existing tax / duty higher
           than the maximum prevailing statutory rate, their bids shall be
           evaluated at corrected rate of tax / duty i.e. the maximum
           prevailing statutory rates and accordingly placement of order
           shall be considered at rates with correct rate of tax / duty if
           considered reasonable.
 1.09.11   In case bidder quotes taxes / duties “not applicable” or “Zero” or
           “Nil” or “ - ” or indicates the rates lower than the maximum
           applicable rate / concessional rate against any prevailing rates
           duties the bidder shall absorb the taxes / duties upto maximum
           applicable rate.
 1.09.12   In case bidder quotes any tax / duty inclusive in the Ex-works
           price and does not indicate the applicable rate of tax / duty then
           no variation in tax / duty shall be allowed and all the statutory
           variations in tax / duty shall be on bidder’s account.
 1.09.13   In case bidder quotes any tax / duty inclusive in the Ex-works
           price and also indicates the applicable rate of tax / duty lower
           than minimum applicable rate against any prevailing taxes /
           duties, the bidder shall absorb the taxes / duties upto maximum
           applicable rate.
 1.09.14   In case bidder quotes Nil or Dash (-) in the column of insurance
           in price bid, it shall be the bidder’s responsibility to deliver the
           material safely at designated store / site and comply with the
           clause no. 1.32 of G.C.C.
 1.09.15   Any downward variation in the applicable rates of existing
           taxes / duties or abolition of existing taxes / duties shall be
           passed on by the supplier to the Nigam irrespective of the
           timing of supply while in case of upward variation, the same
           shall be allowed to the supplier only upto the stipulated
           delivery time. Any statutory levy and taxes imposed after
           submission of bids shall be on the Nigam’s account. However,
           supplier shall have to furnish supporting document(s) in the
           form of gazette notification for approval before claiming any
           upward variation.
 1.09.16   Evaluation of the price bids will take into account the Unit
           landed cost of the material / equipment at the final
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             destination. For the purpose of evaluation the unit landed
             cost will be arrived at by adding all the elements of the Ex-
             works / basic price / excise duty, taxes and other statutory
             levies, freight and insurance charges. So unit landed cost will
             be (i) Ex-works price + (ii) ED (on ex-works price) + (iii)
             CST/VAT (on Ex-works + ED) + F&I + Entry Tax. No
             separate packing and forwarding charges will be paid extra.
1.09.17      Necessary tabulation of bids shall be prepared indicating all
             invents of unit landed price of all the bidders in the ascending
             order and L1, L2, L3…..position of the bids will be
             ascertained.
1.10     APPLICABLE FOR VARIABLE PRICE CONTRACT
1.10.1       The base date for price variation shall be the date as
             indicated in section – III of the specification irrespective of
             date of techno-commercial bid opening. In the event any
             bidder quoting base date different than that indicated in the
             specification, such a bid will be evaluated considering the
             base date as indicated in the specification. In case such a
             bidder appears at L-I position and the order is placed on the
             bidder then the base date whichever is beneficial for the
             Nigam i.e. indicated in the specification /quoted by the bidder
             will be considered for allowing PV to such bidder.
1.10.2       The date of delivery applicable for claiming price variation
             shall be the date prevailing on the first day of Calendar
             month which shall be determined in the manner prescribed
             hereunder.
             (i)     When the material is offered within stipulated delivery
                     schedule : For allowing P.V. the date of delivery shall
                     be considered the date on which material is notified as
                     being ready for inspection or date of receipt of
                     inspection call in the office.
             (ii)    When the material is offered after expiry of stipulated
                     delivery schedule : For allowing P.V. in the cases
                     supplies are made after the expiry of scheduled
                     delivery, the price prevailing in the last month of the
                     stipulated scheduled delivery or the date on which
                     material is notified as being ready for inspection or
                     date of receipt of inspection call in the office, whichever
                     is beneficial to Nigam shall be allowed.
             (iii)   When the material if offered ahead of delivery schedule
                     on the request of Jodhpur Vidyut Vitran Nigam
                     Limited : Normally supplies ahead of delivery schedule
                     shall not be accepted. However in case of urgency of
                     material, if supplies are accepted ahead of delivery
                     schedule, PV shall be allowed on the basis of the
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                     material is notified as being ready for inspection or
                     date of receipt of inspection call in the office.
              (iv)   When the material is offered ahead of delivery
                     schedule by firm at their own and accepted by Jodhpur
                     Vidyut Vitran Nigam Limited on the request of firm:
                     Normally the request of the firm to accept the material
                     ahead of delivery schedule will not be accepted. In case
                     firm offers supplies ahead of delivery schedule at their
                     own and such request is accepted by Jodhpur Vidyut
                     Vitran Nigam Limited, the price prevailing in the last
                     month of stipulated delivery schedule or the date on
                     which material is notified as being ready for inspection
                     or date of receipt of inspection call in the office,
                     whichever is beneficial to Nigam shall be allowed.
1.11     SALES – TAX
              Jodhpur Vidyut Vitran Nigam Limited is registered dealer under
              Rajasthan VAT and Central Sales Tax Act under VAT Reg. No
              08442703458 and is entitled to concessional rate of Central
              Sales Tax / VAT as per rules in force.
1.12     QUANTITIES:
1.12.1        The tendered quantity indicated in the accompanied schedule (s)
              is only provisional and the purchaser reserves the right of
              revising the same at the time of placing the order.
1.12.2        The purchaser also reserves the right to split the quantities
              and to entrust the order for the supplies to two or more
              suppliers. The bidder shall agree to supply part quantities
              ordered on them at the rates / prices mentioned in their bid or the
              counter offer accepted by the bidder.
1.12.3        Minimum quantity:
              The bidder shall be required to quote minimum quantity as under,
              failing which the offer may be considered non-responsive:
           a) 2% of tendered quantity in case of poles.
           b) 5% of tendered quantity for distribution transformers of
              rating 40 KVA & below and
           c) 10% of the tendered quantity in case of all other items.
              However, this would be only 25% of aforesaid quantity in
              respect of Rajasthan based bidders. In case the quoted
              quantity is higher than the required Minimum quoted
              quantity & the firm does not qualifies for the quoted quantity
              as per evaluation criterion, the offer be considered for the
              quantity for which the bidder qualifies as per evaluation
              criterion but not less than minimum required quoted
              quantity.
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1.12.4   Counter Offer
           Depending upon the quantum of purchase, counter offer
         may be given maximum to (I) first 30 firms or 50% of
         responsive firms, whichever is more in case of distribution
         transformers of rating 40 KVA and below, LT Cables,
         Conductors, poles (II) to all firms in case of poles (III) first
         10 firms in case of other items except for items mentioned in
         item No. I & II above.
1.12.5   Notes :
         i)     Wherever there are more than one bidder quoting the
                same price at any level, their ascending order would be
                determined on the basis of drawl of lottery in presence
                of the bidder who wishes to be present.
         ii)    Where the firms are required to be identified by way of
                draw of lottery, such draws would be taken at the level
                of respective purchase committee except for purchase
                cases falling within the competence of corporate level
                purchase committee, such draw shall be made by CE
                level committee.
         iii)   The L-1, L-2….. Status of firms who have matched the
                counter offered prices may be in accordance with their
                position as per original ascending order subject to note
                (i) above.
         iv)    Where the bidder by indulgence in carteling quotes
                unreasonable high price, the Nigam reserves the right
                to cancel the bids with penal action against the
                defaulting firms such as severing of business relations
                with them, or debarring in the next one / two bids as
                may be considered appropriate by the competent
                authority.
         v)     When it is felt that the L-1bidder/ the one agreeing to
                supply at the counter offered price cannot supply the
                total quantity in required time schedule or it is not
                desirable to depend on a single supplier, the quantities
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                     can be distributed to other firms (not necessarily all
                     agreeing to the L-1 rates).
1.13     DELIVERY:
              The delivery schedule being the essence of the Contract, the
              bidder should quote firm deliveries in the schedules appended
              with this specification. The bidder shall clearly state delivery
              schedule i.e. the commencement period of supplies and the
              quantity of each item to be supplied per month.
1.14.8      The Purchaser may revise or amend the specification and timings prior to
             the date notified for opening of the tenders. Such revision or
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             amendment, if any will be communicated to all the tenderers through
             corrigendum(s) on http://eproc.rajasthan.gov.in. as amendment or
             addenda to this invitation of the tender.
1.16.2       The supplier shall treat the details of the specification and
             other bid documents as private and confidential and they
             shall not be reproduced without the written authorization of
             the purchaser.
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1.16.3         The purchaser does not bind him to accept the lowest or any
               bid or any part of the bid and shall not assign any reason(s)
               for the rejection of any bid or a part thereof.
1.16.4         The fact of submission of bid to the purchaser shall be deemed to
               constitute a contract between the bidder and purchaser whereby
               such bid shall remain open for acceptance by the purchaser within
               the validity period and bidder shall not have any option to
               withdraw their offer or impair/ derogate the same. Where the
               bidder is notified about acceptance of their bid by the
               purchaser during the validity period, they shall be bound by
               the terms and conditions of various contract documents as
               per specifications of the bid documents in question until
               formal contract in this regard, has been executed between
               them and the purchaser.
1.16.5         The Successful bidder shall have to execute contract
               documents for the proper fulfillment of the same.
1.16.6         Any action on the part of the bidder to revise the rates/prices
               on their own after the opening of the bid may result in
               rejection of the bid and also debar them from submission of
               bids to the Nigam at least for one year or next bid whichever
               is later.
NOTE :
1.       The bidders are requested to submit their bids prior to last date
         of submission to avoid Non-submission of their bids up to
         prescribed date & time due to non-availability / hanging of
         website at last moments or any reason whatsoever. The last
         date of submission of bids will not be extended on such
         accounts.
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6. a) The prices quoted shall be variable without any ceiling as per
      IEEMA / CACMAI price variation formula .
14.   Bidder shall submit their offer online in electronic formats both for
      technical and financial proposals. However, cost of specification
      and EMD in the office of Sr. A.O. (Cash & CPC), JdVVNL,
      Jodhpur and processing fees in the office of SE (MM&C),
      JdVVNL, Jodhpur should be submitted physically at New Power
      House Premises, Industrial Area, Jodhpur-342003, up to
      stipulated date & time. The tenderer shall upload scanned copies of
      receipts / acknowledgement of above fee documents along with
      their online bid.
15.   Bidders are also advised to refer “Bidders Manual” available under
      “Downloads” section for further details about the e-tendering
      process.
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                                        CHECK LIST
           List of required Schedules/documents to be submitted online duly
                        signed digitally by Authorized Signatory
S.       Particulars as per             Description of required document            Details of
No         specification                                                         documents to be
.                                                                                  uploaded by
                                                                                  bidder along
                                                                                  with relevant
                                                                                    page Nos.
1)   Envelope – I : Details of fee / certificates for EMD, Tender processing fee and Cost of
Tender documents ( .pdf) )
 1 Details of EMD/            Proof of depositing EMD (DD/Banker’s Cheque)
    Registration certificate  /vendor Registration certificate/ central or state
                              Govt. undertaking certificate for exemption.
Note:
         5. The purchaser may advise any bidder to furnish the documents in original or
            copy duly attested by Notary as the case may be for verification, in physical
            form on short notice of three days.
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