Indian Army Tender

Headquarters 15 Corps PIN - 908516 c/o 56 APO 4010/2/ST-5/2019-20 Mar 2019 ________________________ ________________________ NOTICE INVITING TENDER CONCLUSION OF CONTRACTS FOR SUP OF PERISHABLE ITEMS FOR THE YEAR 2019-20 Dear Sir/Madam, 1. Online bids are invited from registered Class ‘A', 'B’ and ‘C’ ASC contractors for Sup of Perishable items at various Sup P and Del P of 15 Corps Zone for the year 2019-20 commencing from 01 May 2019 to 31 Mar 2020. The tender documents will be uploaded on Central Public Procurement Portal (CPPP). Tendering will be carried out by e-tendering mode through National Informatics Centre (NIC) portal (https://eprocure.gov.in). The tender will be opened at 0900h on 01 Apr 2019. 2. Details of station wise contracts in respect of perishable items are attached to this NIT as Appendix ‘A’. 3. All contractors are requested to ensure that the General Power of Attorney is attested in presence of Magistrate First Class. 4. Attention of all bidders is invited to para 70 of Govt of India, Ministry of Defence letter No PC/RAKSHA/63060/Q/ST-5/3633/D(QS) dt 26 Sep 2006 which states “In case rates quoted are lower than 20% of reasonable rates the same will be treated as fictitious and rejected by Panel of Officers. No relaxation must be given even if the rates are 20.01%”. To know about current contract rates (CCR), the contractors/firms can login to CPP Portal and search for Award of Contracts (AOC) in respect of 15 Corps. 5. Tender fee for each set of tender form, which was remitted in the form of MROs/Postal order in favour of PCDA (Northern Command), Jammu is not reqd to be paid due to GFR (General Financial Rules) 2017 Rule 159 (iv) which states “ In order to promote wider participation and ease of bidding, no cost of tender document is charged for the tender documents downloaded by the bidders” 6. Earnest Money Deposit (EMD). Bidders are required to submit only Earnest Money Deposit (EMD) for amounts as mentioned at Appendix ‘A’ to enable opening of their e-bids. Earnest Money Deposit may be submitted in the form of Fixed Deposit Receipt duly discharged in favour of Brig ASC, Headquarters 15 Corps. NO FDR WILL BE ACCEPTED UNLESS THE SAME IS DISCHARGED BY THE FIRM/CONTRACTOR DULY AFFIXED WITH THE REVENUE STAMP AND OFFICIAL SEAL OF THE FIRM/ CONTRACTOR. In absence of EMD, the e-bid is liable to be rejected. EMD is to remain valid for a period of 135 days from the date of opening of tender ie 01 Apr 2019. EMD of the unsuccessful bidders will be returned to them at the earliest on or before 30 days after award of the contract or latest after expiry of the final bid validity. The EMD of the successful bidder would be returned, without any interest whatsoever, after the receipt of security deposit from the contractor as called for in the contract. The EMD will be forfeited if the bidder withdraws or amends or impairs or derogates from the tender in any respect within the validity period of their tenders. Bids received without depositing the requisite earnest money are liable to be rejected. Validity of EMD will be as under :- Ser No Date of Opening of tenders Validity of EMD (135 days) Bid Validity (90 days) (a) 01 Apr 2019 13 Aug 2019 29 Jun 2019 7. Tendering / Bidding Procedures. (a) Physically in Tender Box. In order to consider your e-bids in the above mentioned contract the documents required physically must be received by Brig ASC, ST Branch, Headquarters 15 Corps, Srinagar (J&K) on or before the date of opening of Cover-1 bids which is at 1800 hrs on 31 Mar 2019 in sealed envelope super-scribed TENDER REFERENCE NUMBER, ITEM, STATION and name of the bidder stamped and signed on the envelop and dropped in the tender box placed at BRS Gate (Batwara Gate). The documents must be invariably forward in the following manner :- (i) EMD. Origin