Further, bidder may opt for paying of EMD and Tender Fee in online through GePNIC
portal
Important: MSE certificate submitted in GePNIC portal will also be considered for
providing MSME benefits.
IMPORTANT NOTE: Any online bids without acceptable Tender Fee (in online/offline
mode, whichever is applicable as per above), EMD (in online/offline mode, whichever is
applicable as per above) will be considered as non-responsive bids and will be liable to
be rejected , hence will not be opened
MSME Exemptions: -- Applicable --
Exemptions:
i) 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 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