D. Tender Opening
Tenders shall be opened online as follows:
a) First Part of Opening:
EMD / MSE CERTIFICATE for EMD exempted cases (received offline) will
be opened as and when received before the technical opening date.
Technical Bid (QR documents / Technical offer as per attachments mentioned
in Attachment -A ) shall be opened online on the scheduled day only of the
bidders whose EMD are found in line with our requirements as mentioned in
the tender documents.
Note:
i. All the supporting documents should have at least certified / attested by
the bidder.
ii. After opening of Technical-bids, the documents submitted by the bidders
against QR conditions will be scrutinized. NTPC reserves the right to
seek clarifications / confirmations on Technical Bid during the evaluation
of same (i.e. before opening the Price Bid) and the bidders shall furnish
the details within a short period of time.
The bidders shall produce the original documents for verification of
NTPC, as & when called for.
iii. In case the bidder fails to submit the documents in support of meeting
the qualifying requirement (QR), the offer shall be liable for rejection.
Offer of the bidder not fulfilling the QR shall be rejected and the bid
security shall be returned.
b) Second Part of Opening
The price bids of only those parties shall be opened who are found qualified after
evaluation of the first part bid, for which separate intimation will be sent to such
qualified bidders.
c) Other Conditions:
(A) Earnest Money Deposit (EMD): 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, Surat 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 ‘ Performa 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.
(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.