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.
I. 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.
(D)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.
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.