CorrigendumNo.1
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Organisation Chain : NTPC Limited||Western Region - II Headquarter
Tender ID : 2019_NTPC_20255_1
Tender Reference Number : NTPC/SSC - WR-II(Sipat)/9900180403
Tender Title :
Engaging fire crew for operation and maintenance
of fire tender at NTPC
Corrigendum Type : Date
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Ref Bidding Document No: 9900180403
NAME OF PACKAGE: ENGAGING FIRE CREW FOR OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE OF FIRE TENDER AT
NTPC KHARGONE STPP
S.
No.
Point
Clause No. & Pages
No.
NTPC Clause
Agency Query
1.
Minimum Wages
i.
Clause No. -19 of
SCC, Page No. –
126
ii.
Clause No. – 5 of
condition of
Contract, page no.
-158
Payment to workers : Contractor has
to pay their workers as per Central
Minimum wages applicable in M.P.
Contractor shall pay wages in the
presence of the representative of EIC
to the deployed staff at the rates
prescribed and notified by office of
Regional
Labour Commissioner (Central) from
time to time.
Please confirm which minimum
wage to be followed (Whether
central or state). Also confirm
you site zone as per minimum
wages?
2.
Minimum Wages
Escalation
Clause no. 8 of
condition of
Contract Page No.
158
Contract shall be on firm price basis
throughout the contract period. No
escalation in contract price,
whatsoever shall be payable to
contractor on any account not
withstanding any increase in cost of
inputs and wages to workers etc.
What if minimum wages
increase abnormally high
during the contract period? As
there could be any unexpected
increase in minimum wages,
being principal employer NTPC
Khargone should reimburse the
same to contractor. Please
confirm.
3.
Estimate Value
Clause No. 23.4 -
ABNORMALLY HIGH
OR LOW RATED
ITEMS
Page No. – 32
If the rates/prices quoted by the
successful Bidder
for certain items of the Schedule of
quantities
(wherever such rates/prices have been
called for in
the bids) are found to be having a
variation of +/-
25% or above in relation to the
Employer's
estimate of the cost of work to be
performed
under the Contract, then such items of
works shall
be identified as abnormally high rate
(AHR) or
abnormally low rate (ALR). After
evaluation of the
rate/price analysis which includes
early cash flow
analysis, Employer/NTPC may require
that the
amount of Performance be increased
at the
expense of the recommended Bidder
by 25% of
the value of variation in respect of ALR
item, to
protect Employer against financial loss
in the event
of default by the Contractor under the
Contract, to
carry out such low rated items of
work, if award is
placed on such recommended bidder.
Further the
Employer/ NTPC may require the
contractor to
provide a suitable undertaking to
execute the
items of works to complete the entire
work under
the contract. The items for which
performance
security is enhanced shall be identified
separately
in the contract. Upon execution of
such identified
items, the enhanced value of
Performance security
will be reduced every three months on
a pro-rata
basis.
Kindly share your breakup of
Estimate value, so that we can
accordingly?
4.
Insurance
Page No. 102
46.5 Insurance
GCC
Employer shall be named coinsured in the
policy and it shall include the extended
cover at-least for the following:
a)
Third Party Liability
b)
Cross Liability
c)
Earthquake
d)
Cost of removal of debris
e)
Custom duty as applicable
f)
Escalation during re-
execution Employer’s
surrounding property
a)
Storage risk at Fabricator’s
premises as applicable
b)
Cost of tools and tackles and
material handling equipment used for
construction purposes.
c)
War, SRCC & terrorism
As we are Service provider, we
will provide either ESI or WCP
whichever is applicable.
What other types of insurance
policies are required? Kindly
confirm
GCC clause as
mentioned in Tender
document applicable
5.
Manpower
requiremen
t
Clause No. 2, Scope
of Work
Page No. 156
Bidder shall deploy one crew team per
shift (of 8 hrs) consisting of ten persons
(One Fire Supervisor, two drivers of Fire
tender/vehicle, 4 firemen). i.e. three
crew teams in 24 hours.
As per your requirement, there
are 7 persons in one crew. You
have mentioned 10 persons in
one crew. What is exact
requirement? Kindly reconfirm.
7 persons
comprising of 01
supervisors, 02
drivers cum pump
operator and 04
firemen will be
deployed in each
shift. Therefore, the
total number of
crew member
required is 21.
6.
Accommodation
&
Transportation
Clause No. – 1 & 3,
contractors Inputs
Page No. – 157
1. Agency should arrange residential
accommodation for the Fire men and
their staff at their own cost.
3. Transportation facility of all Fire team
at project site shall be provided by the
agency at their own
cost.
Kindly confirm the distance
from Plant to nearby residential
area.
1. Selda village is
located at a distance
of about 02 KM from
the plant site.
02.Bedia is the
nearest town
located at a distance
of about 11 KM from
plant site.
7.
B A Sets
Clause No. – 4,
Contractors Inputs,
Page No. – 157
The Agency / contractor shall provide
the required personal protective
equipment’s to their employees as
required such as Safety Shoes, Fire
men’s helmet, Safety Belt, Safety Net,
BA Sets etc.
All PPE's shall conform to IS Standard.
We will not provide BA Sets.
Kindly include this in your
scope, & remove from
Contractor’s Scope.
Whatever
mentioned in the
tender document
needs to be strictly
adhered to.
8.
Mobilization
Period
Please confirm mobilization
period.
Within one week
after the award of
contract.