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ii. If Bid Security (EMD) (Incase offline) 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:
a.1 Pay Order Cross Demand Draft / Banker’s Cheque in favor of NTPC Limited and
drawn preferably on STATE BANK OF INDIA, Shaktinagar Branch, Dist.Sonebhadra
(UP) (Branch Code 5767) .
a.2 One-line: Vendor can also avail the option of submitting EMD amount on-line after
logging in to our NTPC Limited eProcurement Portal.
b) In case EMD amount is >Rs 20000/- 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-07 of Vol.I Section-IV . BG should be unconditional
and irrevocable and should be valid for a period of 45 days beyond the bid validity period.
The Bank Guarantee Verification Check List duly filled in as per format attached as
Annexure-10 has to be submitted in this regard. Bidder shall ensure that all the points of
check list are replied in “Yes”.
c) 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 bid in
documents free of cost and shall be exempted from paying Earnest Money Deposit.
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 Enterprise shall be allowed to supply up
to 20 percent of total tendered 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 given
to L-1 bidder only.
The benefit as above to MSMEs shall be available only for goods/services produced &
provided by MSMEs for which they are registered.
MSMEs 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 MSMEs.
In case of any doubt on eligibility of such exemption/concession, bidder may get
clarification from NTPC official before submission of their bid.
d) The Bid Security of all the unsuccessful Bidders will be returned after finalization of the
case.
e) The Bid Security shall be forfeited in any of the following circumstances by the Owner
without any notice or proof of damage to the Owner:
(i) If the Bidder withdraws or varies its Bid during the period of Bid validity specified by
the Bidder in the Bid Proposal.
(ii) In case the Bidder does not accept the corrections towards the discrepancies in their
bid, where ever the breakup of prices have been asked separately.
(iii) If any deviation, variation or additional condition etc found anywhere in our technical
and / or / Price Bid implicit or explicit, shall stand unconditionally withdrawn, without