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The bid document is dated 22-08-2026; no separate pre-bid meeting or clarification deadline is stated in the tender documents.
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Automated Overhead Pick and Place System with associated control system for radioactive Lead-Cell
Department Of Atomic Energy · Mumbai Suburban, Maharashtra9723778
Written by TenderKart AI from the documents published when it was generated. Check the tender for later corrigenda before you bid.
22 Aug 2026
15 Sept 2026
₹96,000
All important dates as they stand after corrigenda: publication, pre-bid/clarification deadline, bid submission deadline, bid opening, and bid validity period.
The bid document is dated 22-08-2026; no separate pre-bid meeting or clarification deadline is stated in the tender documents.
Bid submission closes on 15-09-2026 at 09:00:00, and bid opening is on 15-09-2026 at 09:30:00.
Offers must remain valid for 120 days from the bid end date; further extension requires mutual consent.
Tender value or estimated cost, EMD/bid security (amount, acceptable forms, validity), tender document fees, performance security, and key payment terms.
Neither an estimated tender value/cost nor a tender document fee is specified in the supplied tender documents.
EMD is INR 96,000. Tender-specific accepted routes are an account-payee demand draft, a surety bond, or online Bharatkosh payment; the EMD must be valid 45 days beyond the 120-day bid validity and carries no interest.
The successful bidder must furnish 5% ePBG/performance security for 17 months, within 15 days of contract award. It may be furnished through GeM-compliant security, an account-payee demand draft, or Bharatkosh; payment does not become due until the security is received and verified.
For goods, 100% payment is released within ten days after issue of CRAC and online submission of the bill, subject to receipt and verification of performance security. No advance or milestone payment is stated.
Every pass/fail eligibility and qualification requirement: experience and past performance, turnover/net worth, registrations and certifications, consortium/JV rules, and debarment or blacklisting conditions.
Only Class-I and Class-II local suppliers are stated as eligible. Class-I requires minimum 50% local content and Class-II minimum 20%; the mandatory local-content declaration must quantify content and location of value addition.
A bidder from a country sharing a land border with India, including a bidder with the specified transfer-of-technology linkage, is eligible only when registered with the Competent Authority; registration must be valid at bid submission and acceptance. The Annexure-XII declaration is mandatory, with the registration copy where applicable.
No numeric experience, past-performance, bidder-turnover, OEM-turnover, profitability, or net-worth threshold is printed in the supplied bid. The bid nevertheless enables MSE and DPIIT-startup relaxation from experience and turnover criteria, subject to technical compliance and upload of exemption evidence.
To claim MSE preference, the bidder must hold a valid Udyam Certificate with online-validated credentials and must be the manufacturer/OEM of the offered goods; traders are excluded. Preference applies within L1+15% for up to 25% of bid quantity/amount.
False local-content declarations breach the Code of Integrity and may cause debarment for up to two years; false land-border declarations can cause immediate contract termination and legal action.
What is being procured: the work, supplies or services, deliverables and quantities, locations, phases, completion or delivery timelines, applicable standards, and notable exclusions.
Design, fabrication, pre-dispatch inspection, testing and supply of one automated overhead pick-and-place system with associated remote control system for a radioactive Lead-Cell; the commercial scope is marked “Only supply of Goods.”
The system works overhead in a 6 m × 2.1 m × 3.5 m lead-shielded cell inaccessible during normal operation because of very high radiation. It must provide long/cross travel, a telescopic 5-DOF robotic arm, two-finger gripper, C-type point hook, and operation by radio remote from 30 m away.
The structure and fasteners must be AISI 304 stainless steel; bearings, ball screw and linear-motion guides AISI 440C; rack and pinion SS 17-4PH. Long travel uses rack-and-pinion, cross travel uses ball screw/nut and linear guides, with suitable servomotors and magnetic encoders.
Deliver one unit within 90 days to Material Receipt Cell, North Gate, Central Stores Unit, BARC, Trombay, Mumbai 400085. Pre-dispatch inspection at the seller’s premises is required before clearance to dispatch; the seller must allow seven days from the readiness email for inspection.
Warranty is one year from final acceptance, or from completion of installation/commissioning/testing if those activities are included. The seller must rectify breakdowns and maintain an India-based installation, commissioning, training, troubleshooting and maintenance service group.
The complete checklist of documents to submit — mandatory vs conditional, with any prescribed formats, proformas or annexures — plus how to submit: portal and mode, envelope/cover structure, digital signature requirements, signing and attestation rules, and physical originals with their deadline.
Submit the bid online on GeM as a Two Packet Bid. The supplied documents do not state a digital-signature class or separate attestation rule beyond the express authorized-signatory requirements on Annexures XI and XII.
If EMD is paid by demand draft, upload its scan with the bid and submit the original in a sealed, superscribed envelope within five working days of bid opening to the Assistant Purchase Officer, Despatch Section, DPS, Vikram Sarabhai Bhavan, Anushaktinagar, Mumbai 400094. No other bid-stage physical document is required.
Every corrigendum/addendum in order — what changed (original vs amended value), its impact, and the action for the bidder — ending with the values that finally apply.
The AI found nothing to report for this question.
Genuine conflicts within and across the documents (original vs corrigenda, clause vs annexure, tender document vs BOQ): both sides with citations, and which value prevails.
The bid summary says empanelled-agency inspection is not required, but the buyer-added specific term mandates pre-dispatch inspection at the seller’s premises and bars dispatch before clearance. The specific buyer-added clause governs performance; price and schedule for mandatory inspection, including the seven-day allowance.
The MII table restricts participation to Class-I/Class-II local suppliers, while the generic MII paragraph first excludes non-local suppliers and then says eligible MSEs will be allowed to participate. The explicit bid-level “Allow participation only” selection is more specific and should prevail, but an MSE that is not Class-I/Class-II should obtain written clarification before bidding.
Only critical, tender-specific pre-bid queries that could materially change bid/no-bid, pricing, eligibility or contractual risk. Skip generic or obvious questions the documents already answer clearly.
Confirm whether erection/installation inside the 3.5 m-high radioactive Lead-Cell, commissioning, integration, site testing, training and final site acceptance are excluded or included, and identify buyer-provided interfaces/utilities. The bid says “Only supply of Goods,” while the equipment is described as an overhead installed system and warranty timing refers to installation/commissioning if included; this materially changes engineering, radiation/site controls, price and acceptance risk.
Confirm that buyer/consignee pre-dispatch inspection at the seller’s works is mandatory despite the bid-summary “Inspection Required: No,” state the inspection/test protocol and acceptance records, and confirm whether any external inspection authority will be nominated.
Confirm whether an otherwise eligible MSE that does not meet Class-I/Class-II local-content thresholds may participate. The explicit eligibility selection and the generic MSE exception point in different directions and affect bid/no-bid eligibility.
Confirm whether the 90 days runs from contract date and whether buyer review/approval of design drawings is required within that period, including whether buyer-caused approval delay will be recorded in Annexure-X and re-fixed without LD. The tender requires bespoke design/fabrication but gives no design-submission or approval milestones.
Commercial, legal and execution risks a bidder should weigh: liquidated damages and penalties, unusual or one-sided clauses, tight timelines, and payment or security risks.
Delay attracts LD at 0.5% of the delayed quantity’s contract value per week or part, normally capped at 5% of total contract value; delay exceeding 25% of the completion period is “inordinate” and permits deduction up to 10%. After the delivery period, the buyer may cancel the unsupplied portion, forfeit performance security, downgrade rating or seek debarment.
The supplier has only 90 days for bespoke design, fabrication, testing, mandatory pre-dispatch inspection and delivery. Seven days must be allowed for inspection after the readiness email; buyer delay beyond seven days is regularized without LD, but other extensions retain LD and do not allow price increases.
There is no advance payment: 100% follows CRAC and online billing, and no amount becomes due until the 5% performance security is received and verified. The security runs 17 months and may be forfeited wholly or partly for failure to perform.
Passing pre-dispatch inspection does not waive the consignee’s right to reject after delivery. Rejected goods earn no payment and must be removed within ten days at seller cost, failing which storage charges and disposal at seller risk may follow.
The equipment is intended for a very-high-radiation, normally inaccessible cell, but the tender provides only one page of technical requirements and labels the scope “Only supply of Goods.” Missing interface, installation, commissioning and radiation-qualification responsibilities create material design, price and warranty risk unless clarified.
The buyer selected neither arbitration nor mediation for this bid. Disputes therefore carry court-litigation exposure under Indian law and the exclusive jurisdiction tied to the buyer’s principal place of business.
Vehicles fitted with GPS cannot enter the purchaser’s premises. Delivery is only on working days from 10:00 to 16:00 with advance email intimation, requiring a compliant transporter and careful scheduling.
The inviting authority and relevant contacts: office, person, designation, address, phone and email — and which address receives physical submissions, if any.
Buyer/office: Directorate of Purchase and Stores, Department of Atomic Energy. Grievance HOD email: [email protected]; buyer email: [email protected]. No phone number or named buyer is printed.
Assistant Purchase Officer, Despatch Section, Directorate of Purchase & Stores, Vikram Sarabhai Bhavan, Anushaktinagar, Mumbai – 400094 receives the original EMD demand draft.
Dattatray Ashok Vispute, Material Receipt Cell (MRC), North Gate, Central Stores Unit, BARC, Trombay, Mumbai – 400085.