ii.If Bid Security (EMD) in Original of any agency is not received in a sealed envelope, their bid shall not be opened. If the EMD
amount submitted by any agency is less than the stipulated EMD, their offer shall be rejected.
iii.EMD may be furnished in any of the following forms:
a)For EMD amount of any value:
Pay Order / Cross Demand Draft / Banker#s Cheque in favor of NTPC Limited and drawn preferably on SBI, Shaktinagar Branch,
Shaktinagar (Branch Code-5767) or UNION BANK OF INDIA, SHAKTINAGAR, (Br. Code No.541486)/ E-Payment by
Credit/Debit card/Net Banking etc. or any other mode as deemed appropriate.
In case EMD amount is >Rs 50000/- then, besides above:
Bank Guarantee (BG) from a Nationalized Bank / other banks (as per NTPC approved list) also will be acceptable. Format of BG
against Bid Security and List of Banks for Bid Security are attached as Annexure-I and VII respectively. BG should be unconditional
and irrevocable and should be valid for a period of 90 days beyond the bid validity period. The Bank Guarantee Verification Check
List duly filled in as per format attached as Annexure-V has to be submitted in this regard. Bidder shall ensure that all the points of
check list are replied in #Yes#.
b)Micro and Small Enterprises (MSEs) registered with District Industries Centres or Khadi and Village Industries Commission or
Khadi and Village Industries Board or Coir Board or National Small Industries Corporation or Directorate of Handicrafts and
Handloom or any other body specified by Ministry of Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises as per MSMED Act 2006,for goods
produced and services rendered, shall be issued the bidding documents free of cost and shall be exempted from paying Earnest Money
Deposit.
c)Further, in tender, participating MSMEs quoting price within price band of L1 + 15 percent shall also be allowed to supply a portion
of requirement by bringing down their price to L-1 price in a situation where L-1 price is from someone other than a Micro and Small
Enterprises, and such Micro and Small Enterprises shall be allowed to supply up to 20 percent of total tender value. In case of more
than one such MSE, the supply will be shared proportionately (to tendered quantity).
However, for procurement of services or supplies where splitting of quantity is not possible, the award shall be as follows:
(i) Award shall be given to L1 bidder if L1 bidder is a MSE.
(ii) In case L1 bidder is not MSE, then all the MSE vendor(s) who have quoted within the range of L1+15%, shall be given the
opportunity in order of their ranking (starting with the lowest quoted MSE bidder and so on) to bring down its price to match with L1
bidder. Award for full quantity shall be placed on the MSE vendor who matches its price with L1 bidder at the price quoted by L1
bidder.
(iii)If no MSE vendor who has quoted within range of L1+15% accepts the price of L1 bidder then the award shall be made to L1
bidder.
The benefit as above to MSEs shall be available only for goods/services produced & provided by MSEs for which they are registered.
MSEs seeking exemption and benefits should enclose a attested/self certified copy of valid registration certificate, giving details such
as validity, stores/services etc. failing which they run the risk of their bid being passed over as ineligible for the benefits applicable to
MSEs
Note : EMD should be kept in one separate envelope. tender without EMD shall be liable for rejection. MSEs seeking exemption for
EMD should submit hard copy of attested/self certified valid MSE registration certificate, giving details such as validity,
stores/services etc. in separate sealed envelope mentioning tender no., bid due date and work details, on or before bid due date and
time, failing which they run the risk of their bid being passed over as ineligible for the benefits applicable to MSEs. Request for
seeking exemption for EMD by e-mail shall not be considered.
In case of any doubt on eligibility of such exemption/concession, bidder may get clarification from NTPC official before submission
of his bid.