c) OTHER CONDITIONS
1. Earnest money deposit (EMD):
(A) The EMD offered shall, at bidders option, be in the form of (i) A Crossed Demand Draft/Pay
Order/Bankers Cheque in favour of NTPC Limited payable at, Bhubaneswar or (ii) an
unconditional and irrevocable Bank Guarantee (BG) from any of the banks specified in the
bidding documents. The format of Bank Guarantee towards bid security shall be in accordance
with the ‘Proforma for BG’ included in the bidding documents. EMD for an amount less than or
equal to Rs. 50,000.00 shall not be accepted in the form of Bank Guarantee. EMD can also be
paid through e-payment by Credit Card/ Debit card/ Net Banking on the NTPC e-tender
portal. (Note: Upon successful E-payment on the portal, an e-receipt shall be issued to the
bidder by the system, a copy of which is to be submitted by the bidder with the bid as
document towards e-payment of EMD).
(B) The bid security shall remain valid for a period of forty five (45) days beyond the original bid
validity period or beyond any extension in the period of bid validity subsequently requested
(C) ANY BID NOT ACCOMPANIED BY AN ACCEPTABLE BID SECURITY IN A SEPARATE SEALED
ENVELOPE SHALL BE REJECTED BY THE EMPLOYER AS BEING NON-RESPONSIVE AND SHALL NOT
BE OPENED.
(D1)NSIC / SSI units registered with OSID (Odisha) for the items / services for which such
units are registered, shall be exempted from payment of Tender Fee/Bid Security / Earnest
Money Deposit. Eligible NSIC/SSI units shall be exempted from paying Security Deposit
(SD) up to the monetary limit for which the unit is registered with NSIC/ OSIDC. This shall
be subject to submission of a self certified legible copy of valid registration certificate giving
details, such as ‘items / services for which registered, validity, monetary limits etc’ in the
EMD envelope. This should reach us before stipulated bid opening Date.
D2) Tender document will be issued free of cost to Micro and Small Enterprises. Such
Enterprises are not required to submit EMD, however they have to submit copy of
Enterprise Memorandum II issued by DIC/Registration Certificate issued by khadi and
village Industries Commission/Coir board/NSIC/Directorate of handicrafts and handloom or
any other body specified by Ministry of Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises GOI
E) Notwithstanding anything stated above, NTPC reserve the right to assess bidder’s capability and
capacity to perform the contract, should the circumstance warrant such assessment in overall
interest of the owner.
F. NTPC reserves the right to reject any or all bids or cancel / withdraw the Notice Inviting
Tender without assigning any reason whatsoever and in such case no bidder / intending
bidder shall have any claim arising out of such action. In such circumstances, EMD only
shall be returned without any additional financial liability to NTPC Limited.
G. Tender documents are not transferable. Issuance of tender documents does not
automatically mean that the bidders are considered qualified. NTPC shall evaluate the
qualifying requirements of each bidder as per NIT after opening of Technical Bid and the
Price bids of the bidder who is not meeting the qualifying requirements shall not be
opened.
H. If the last date of receiving application and date of bid opening coincides with a holiday,
the date will be shifted to the next working day.