rendered, shall be issued the bid documents free of cost and shall be exempted from paying
Earnest Money Deposit.
ii) IIMs/IITs/NITs/IISc./CBRI/CPRI/GSI/CWPRS/CWC and other Govt. Institutes/agencies
(excluding PSUs) are also exempted from submission of EMD.
Further, In case of tenders where splitting of quantity is not possible, participating MSEs
quoting price within price band of L1 + 15 percent shall be allowed to execute the package
by bringing down their price to L1 price in a situation where L1 price is from someone
other than a Micro and Small Enterprise. The award shall be made as follows:
a) Award shall be given to L1 bidder if L1 bidder is a MSE.
b) In case L1 bidder is not a 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 shall be placed on the MSE vendor who matches the price quoted by L1 bidder.
c) 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 the L1 bidder.
The benefit as above to MSEs shall be available only for Goods/Services produced &
provided by MSEs. MSEs seeking exemption and benefits should enclose a attested/self-
certified copy of registration certificate as a part of his bid, giving details such as
stores/services, validity (if applicable) etc. failing which they run the risk of their bid being
passed over as ineligible for the benefits applicable to MSEs.
Note: Because of Overall evaluation, splitting is not allowed.
Exemptions for Tender fees:
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 or Udyog Aadhar
registered vendor 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 documents free of cost and shall be exempted from paying
Tender fees.
Bidders seeking exemption for EMD & Tender Fee should submit a Photocopy of valid
registration certificate preferably attested by Notary / Gazetted Officer/ Magistrate 1st
class, giving details such as validity, stores etc.
If the validity of the certificate has expired or the stores items not matching with the tendered
items run the risk of their tenders being passed over as ineligible for this concession /exemption.
In case of any doubt on eligibility of such exemption/concession, bidder may get
clarification from NTPC official before submission of their bid.
The Bid Security of all the unsuccessful Bidders will be returned after award of the
Job.