5.0 The date of opening of Price Proposal shall be intimated separately by NTPC after
completion of evaluation of Techno-Commercial Proposal.
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 Udyam Registration Certificate 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/ Udyog Aadhar certificate
and EMD, Power of Attorney well in advance to NTPC Ltd.,Visakhapatnam office so
as to reach before the scheduled bid submission end date and MSE’s should upload
MSE/ NSIC/ Udyog Aadhar certificate in Fee cover in GePNIC, failing which the bid
shall be liable for rejection.
9.0 NTPC shall allow purchase preference, as indicated in the bidding documents, to
bids from local suppliers as defined in the bidding documents. The bidders may
apprise themselves of the relevant provisions of bidding documents in this regard
before submission of their bids.
10.0 A complete set of Bidding Documents may be downloaded by any interested
Bidder at our E Tender Site (https://eprocurentpc.nic.in/nicgep/app). For logging
on to the E Tender Site, the bidder would require to create user ID and Password
as per the Bidder’s Manual Kit provided in the aforementioned web site. The
payment (non- refundable) of the cost of the documents as mentioned above in the
form of a crossed account payee demand draft in favor of NTPC Ltd., Payable at
Visakhapatnam shall be submitted in a sealed envelope separately offline by the
stipulated bid submission closing date and time at the address given below.