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6.0 Bid Security (EMD) and Tender Fee shall be submitted in a sealed
envelope separately offline by the stipulated bid submission closing
date and time at the address given below. Any bid without an
acceptable Bid Security (EMD), Tender Fee shall be treated as non-
responsive by the employer and shall not be opened. All credential
filled up formats & supporting documents as asked by NTPC are to be
given online as attachments with the bid.
7.0 Any document submitted by the agency in hard copy other than the
documents mentioned at Para 6.0 above, will not be considered. In
spite of this condition, if any document is submitted by the agency in
hard copy other than the documents mentioned at Para 6.0 above before
bid opening shall be ignored and the offer submitted through the e-
tendering shall be binding on the agency.
8.0 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(NSIC) or Directorate of Handicrafts and
Handloom or Udyog Aadhar 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.
The above benefits to MSEs are meant for procurement of only goods
produced and services rendered by MSEs. However, traders are excluded
from the purview of Public Procurement Policy and not eligible for
Benefits to MSEs. Also, benefits under Public Procurement Policy for
MSEs shall not be extended in Works Contract.
The bidders are requested to send Tender Fee/MSE/ NSIC/ Udyam
Registration certificate and EMD, Power of Attorney well in advance to
NTPC Ltd., SSC(ER-I), Barh office so as to reach before the scheduled
bid submission end date and MSE’s should upload MSE/ NSIC/ Udyam
Registration certificate in Fee cover in GePNIC, failing which the bid
shall be liable for rejection.
In order to avail MSME benefits, the Bidder must submit Valid MSE
Certificate/Documents online. The valid MSME certificate w.e.f.
01.07.2020 is ‘Udyam Registration Certificate’
However, apart from ‘Udyam Registration certificate’, following
documents will also be considered valid till 31.03.2021, provided it
is combined with a ‘certificate by registered Chartered Accountant
regarding their MSME status in the specified format attached as ‘MSME
CERTIFICATE BY CA’:
• Udyog Aadhaar Memorandum (UAM)
• District Industries Centers (DICs)
• NSIC
• Khadi & Village Industries Commission (KVIC)
• Khadi & Village Industries Board (KVIB)
• Coir Board
• Directorate of Handicrafts and Handloom
• Any other body specified by Ministry of Micro, Small & Medium
Enterprises (M/o MSME).
9.0 NTPC shall allow purchase preference, as indicated in the bidding
documents, to bids from local suppliers as defined in the bidding