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Border Roads Organisation · Sonitpur, Assam2026_BRO_780912_1
Written by TenderKart AI from the documents published when it was generated. Check the tender for later corrigenda before you bid.
25 Jul 2026
29 Sept 2026
₹112.4 Cr
₹1.1 Cr
All important dates as they stand after corrigenda: publication, pre-bid/clarification deadline, bid submission deadline, bid opening, and bid validity period.
25 Jul 2026 at 1800 Hrs.
Queries close 18 Aug 2026 at 1200 Hrs; pre-bid meeting is the same day at 1430 Hrs; the Authority's response is due by 23 Aug 2026 at 1100 Hrs.
Online Technical and Financial Bids are due 07 Sep 2026 at 1100 Hrs IST.
Technical Bids open 08 Sep 2026 at 1200 Hrs IST; financial-bid opening will be intimated later.
Not less than 120 days from the Bid Due Date (07 Sep 2026), extendable by mutual consent.
Tender value or estimated cost, EMD/bid security (amount, acceptable forms, validity), tender document fees, performance security, and key payment terms.
Rs. 112.36 Cr, being the civil-works cost excluding GST.
₹ 1,12,35,932. Acceptable instruments are IRDAI-authorised insurance surety bond, account-payee demand draft, fixed deposit receipt, banker's cheque, or e-bank guarantee from an eligible nationalised/scheduled bank; physical BG is allowed where e-BG is not possible. Instrument validity must be at least 180 days from Bid Due Date inclusive of a 60-day claim period.
The payable figure is ₹ 20,000, supported by the NIB and the submission checklist. RFP Clause 1.2.4 contains a drafting conflict: ₹20,000 in figures but 'Rupees Thirty Thousand Only' in words; seek written confirmation before payment.
Selected Bidder must provide Performance Security equal to 5% of Bid Price. It may provide 50% of PS and APS within 30 days of LOA and the balance within 30 days after signing; PS remains valid until 60 days after the later of Maintenance/Defects Liability Period.
Abnormally low bids trigger APS: below 10%/20% thresholds it escalates under Clause 2.21.1, and at 30% or more below project cost it increases by 0.5% for every percentage below 30% in addition to 3% of Bid Price. APS is e-BG only; 25%/25%/50% releases are tied to completion, one-year performance and DLP, with 5% non-refundable APS penalty per failed PQI/IRI assessment.
Lump-sum EPC payments are stage-based. The Authority releases 90% part payment after the Engineer's recommendation, certifies the IPC within 15 days, and final payment is due within 30 days; late payment carries Bank Rate + 3%. Retention is deducted at 6% from Works payments, capped at 5% of Contract Price, and returned within 15 days of Completion Certificate after adjustments.
Mobilisation advance is 10% of Contract Price in two 5% instalments at Bank Rate + 3%; up to another 5% is available for qualifying newly purchased key equipment, against 110% security. Works are subject to formula-based input price adjustment; GST is excluded from Contract Price and payable at applicable rates, while base-date duties, royalties, cess, charges and fees are included.
For the stated 5-year flexible-pavement maintenance model: no charge in year 1, 0.50% of Contract Price in years 2-4, and 1% in year 5; paid quarterly within 30 days after the last monthly IPC, subject to permanent reductions for non-compliance.
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.
Available bid capacity, calculated as A×N×2.5 − B + C and updated immediately before financial-bid opening, must exceed the total Bid value of Rs. 112.36 Cr.
Over the preceding 5 financial years for this normal highway project, adjusted eligible construction receipts/works must exceed Rs. 112.36 Cr.
Pass either: two similar completed works of at least Rs. 28.09 Cr each (25% of estimated cost), or one of at least Rs. 39.33 Cr (35%). More than 90% completion qualifies if the completed value reaches the threshold. Eligible normal-highway work types are listed in Clause 2.2.2.2(ii); client certificates are required, with government/client approval for claimed subcontract/JV work.
Highway-sector experience has factor 1 and core-sector experience factor 0.75; OECD-developed-country experience is further multiplied by 0.5. Maintenance-only and listed repair/earthwork/building works do not qualify. Category 3/4 receipts below Rs. 11.24 Cr per eligible project are not counted, and double counting is prohibited.
Minimum net worth is Rs. 11.24 Cr at the close of the preceding financial year; updated average annual turnover over the last 5 financial years must be at least Rs. 22.47 Cr. Auditor/CA certificates require UDIN, and UDIN-portal figures prevail.
JV is allowed because estimated cost exceeds Rs.100 Cr, with at most 3 members. Lead member must meet at least 60% of bid, technical and financial capacity and perform at least 51% of project cost; every other member must meet at least 20%; JV collectively must meet 100%; every member must hold at least 26%. One similar work equal to 20% of estimated cost must have been completed individually by a JV member. Members are jointly and severally liable through DLP.
The bidder and every JV member must not be a non-performing party on submission date under any Clause 2.1.14 trigger, including missed milestones, unresolved NCRs, failures, penalties, unsatisfactory rating, failure to furnish PS, or qualifying expulsion/termination. All covered projects, litigation, ongoing blacklisting processes and ongoing projects must be disclosed; the Authority may reject an otherwise eligible bidder.
No conflict of interest is permitted. Material misrepresentation, false qualification information, or failure to provide verification evidence can disqualify the bidder, terminate an issued LOA/agreement, forfeit security and trigger debarment consequences.
A bidder from a country sharing a land border with India is eligible only if registered with the competent authority; the same restriction applies to subcontractors. A signed compliance certificate is mandatory, and false certification is grounds for rejection/termination and legal action.
Where 50% or more equity/control is foreign, award is subject to national-security/public-interest approval. Entities from countries identified as denying reciprocal participation to Indian companies are barred for relevant items unless expressly permitted.
Technical Bid must carry local-content certification. Class-I requires at least 50% and Class-II at least 20%; because procurement exceeds Rs.10 Cr, the percentage must be certified by the statutory/cost auditor or a practising cost accountant/CA. Omission causes treatment as a Non-Local Supplier.
What is being procured: the work, supplies or services, deliverables and quantities, locations, phases, completion or delivery timelines, applicable standards, and notable exclusions.
Design, engineering, procurement, construction and post-completion maintenance of the greenfield New Melling–Damteng road from Km 0.000 to Km 22.000, design length 19.653 km, in Arunachal Pradesh, to NHSL (PS) specification under 120 RCC/763 BRTF/Project Vartak.
Single-lane 3.75 m carriageway with 1.0 m paved shoulders on both sides, 0.5 m earthen shoulder at valley side, hill-side drain and valley-side parapet; design speed is 40 km/h ruling, 30 km/h absolute minimum in mountainous/steep terrain and 20 km/h at hairpin bends. Minimum pavement is flexible from Ch.0.000-16.000 and M-50 paver-block rigid pavement from Ch.16.000-19.653, subject to final IRC design and minimum 5 MSA.
Minimum structural scope includes four minor bridges (three 1×60 m and one 1×40 m), 92 new precast box culverts, 19.128 km precast concrete roadside drain, 5,363 m retaining walls, 2,020 m breast walls and 1,950 m gabion walls. Bridge span/number changes are eligible for Change of Scope, but increased culvert number/opening and increased wall length/height are expressly not.
Provide a 19,653 m single-row utility duct with 39 chambers and 98 handholes, crash barriers, road markings/signs and specified furniture including 78 hectometre stones, 16 km stones, 4 fifth-km stones, 2 gantries, 862 delineators, 1,092 studs, 15 convex mirrors and 35 snow markers.
Design/construction must follow Schedule-D and applicable IRC/MoRTH requirements, expressly including IRC SP:48:2023, IRC 52:2019, IRC SP:73:2018, IRC 37:2018 and IRC 67:2012. Alignment and cross-sections are indicative; the EPC contractor must investigate, design and improve them to site requirements.
Construction period is 1,095 days from Appointed Date. Milestones are day 383 with at least 10% stage-payment statements, day 657 with 35%, and day 930 with 70%. The stated maintenance/defects-liability period is 5 years from actual completion.
No rehabilitation/augmentation is separately listed. Stage construction is prohibited. Schedule-B quantities are often bare minima: additional pavement thickness, drainage, utility duct, crash barrier, retaining/breast/gabion work and most structures required by investigation/site conditions are not Change of Scope; only the specified minor-bridge span/number variation is expressly eligible.
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.
Single-stage, two-part e-bid on https://defprocure.gov.in: Technical Bid first and Financial Bid second. Upload each supporting file as PDF/JPEG no larger than 30 MB; the financial BOQ/template must not be modified. Physical originals under Clause 2.11.2 go in one sealed, project-marked envelope showing bidder name/address and Bid Due Date.
Class-III DSC and valid NIC portal registration are mandatory. DSC must be in the authorised signatory's/corporate capacity (lead-member capacity for JV), supported by documentary proof; otherwise the bid is non-responsive. Online Bid must use the authorised representative's DSC.
Bid must be typed and signed in indelible blue ink; alterations must be initialled. The RFP is internally inconsistent on physical timing: Clause 2.11.2 says the Lowest Bidder submits originals before LOA, the next paragraph requires original Bid Security within 5 working days after Bid Due Date before 1100 Hrs, while Clauses 2.12-2.13 say all Clause 2.11.2 documents are due physically by the Clause 1.3 deadline. Obtain a written ruling and, prudently, meet the earliest deadline.
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.
RFP Clause 1.2.4 says ₹20,000 in figures but 'Rupees Thirty Thousand Only' in words. NIB and Clause 2.11.1(g) both state ₹20,000/rupees twenty thousand, so ₹20,000 is the repeatedly supported payable value; bidder should still seek written confirmation.
Clause 2.11.2 limits the original-document obligation to the Lowest Bidder before LOA; its own following paragraph requires original Bid Security within 5 working days after Bid Due Date; Clauses 2.12-2.13 and the NIB instead require all Clause 2.11.2 physical documents by the bid deadline. No corrigendum resolves this. The safest operational approach is to submit the entire physical set by 07 Sep 2026 at 1100 Hrs and ensure original security is no later than that.
Schedule-B first says flexible pavement shall be provided over the entire project, but the same clause specifies flexible Ch.0.000-16.000 and rigid paver-block pavement Ch.16.000-19.653. The chainage-specific table is more specific and should govern pricing, subject to written confirmation.
RFP and DCA state a 5-year maintenance/DLP for the project, but DCA's rigid-pavement payment subclause assumes a 10-year maintenance period. Since this project expressly contains a rigid section, the duration and rate for that portion are unresolved; the project-specific 5-year statements are more specific, but bidder needs a pre-bid ruling.
Schedule-B gives 13,868 m minimum W-beam barrier under hazardous locations but 11,134 m in the roadside-furniture list. The former is expressly a minimum and is the conservative pricing quantity unless the Authority clarifies whether the quantities overlap or are additive.
Clause 2.11.2(k) requires a Rule 144(xi) certificate 'as per format given in Appendix-XI', but RFP contents and printed appendices end at Appendix-X. The required prescribed form is absent from the issued RFP.
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 exactly which bidders must submit the Clause 2.11.2 original set, which documents are required, and whether the deadline is 07 Sep 2026 at 1100 Hrs, within 5 working days after Bid Due Date, or only before LOA for L1. This is a rejection-risk issue.
Confirm whether Ch.16.000-19.653 is rigid M-50 paver-block pavement despite the 'flexible entire project' sentence, and confirm whether that rigid portion has 5-year or 10-year maintenance and which percentage-payment schedule applies.
Clarify the measurable baseline and Change-of-Scope treatment for additional pavement thickness, culverts, drains, retaining/breast/gabion walls, utility duct, crash barriers, hill-slope protection and landslide mitigation that Schedule-B makes contractor-borne beyond stated minima. Request design/quantity data sufficient to price this open-ended exposure.
Provide current documentary status and firm dates for forest/environment approval, forest diversion and muck-disposal land; confirm Appointed Date will not occur until full 24 m ROW and disposal land are legally available, and define time/cost relief if delayed.
Issue the absent Appendix-XI Rule 144(xi) certificate format and confirm tender-document fee as ₹20,000 notwithstanding Clause 1.2.4 spelling it as thirty thousand.
Clarify whether the 13,868 m hazardous-location minimum replaces, includes, or is additional to the 11,134 m roadside-furniture quantity, and issue the pricing quantity/alignment.
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.
After a 30-day milestone/completion grace, damages accrue at 0.05% of Contract Price per day, capped at 10%. Exceeding the cap is an incurable Contractor Default permitting termination. Timely final completion can refund milestone damages, but without interest.
The contractor accepts EPC design responsibility and many scheduled quantities are bare minima with no Change-of-Scope entitlement for increases. High-risk items include pavement thickness, 92 culverts/openings, walls, drainage, utility duct, barriers and hill/landslide protection; bridge changes are the notable stated exception.
Bidder is deemed to have inspected and accepted inadequacy/errors in Authority information; lack, incompleteness or incorrectness does not support compensation, damages, EOT, lost profit or termination. This is material on a greenfield mountain alignment with extensive cutting and slope protection.
Environment/forest approval and forest diversion for 24 m land plus muck-disposal land were only 'in final stage'/'being obtained', although full ROW is promised on Appointed Date. Delay could disrupt the 1,095-day programme and cash-flow milestones.
5% Performance Security, possible escalating APS, 6% payment retention capped at 5%, and 110% advance guarantees create substantial banking exposure. Failure to complete PS/APS after the extra 60-day period cancels award, encashes Bid Security and causes one-year BRO debarment; extension costs 0.01% of Bid Price per day.
Maintenance non-compliance reductions are permanent and repeat monthly until cured. The project says 5 years overall, but the rigid-pavement payment clause assumes 10 years, leaving a material duration/pricing uncertainty for Ch.16.000-19.653.
Contract Price includes all base-date duties, royalty, cess, fees and charges except GST. It is not adjusted for unforeseen difficulties, and any cost increase not fully compensated by the contractual formula is deemed included in the price.
On Contractor Default the Authority can encash PS, APS, retention and outstanding advance security; the contractor receives only valuation of unpaid compliant work after offsets. Contract termination also makes the settlement full and final.
The inviting authority and relevant contacts: office, person, designation, address, phone and email — and which address receives physical submissions, if any.
Chief Engineer, Project Vartak, Border Roads Organisation, Ministry of Defence; HQ Chief Engineer (P) Vartak, PIN 931 716, C/o 99 APO.
Shri Nand Kishore, Director (Contracts), HQ Chief Engineer (P) Vartak, C/O 99 APO, PIN 931 716; phone 03712-221513/230501; email [email protected]. This is the address for the sealed physical envelope and the pre-bid venue/contact.
Shri Arun Kumar Gupta, SE (Civ), Director (EPC) for DGBR: [email protected]. Shri Dinesan Karayi, EE (Civ), VSM, JD EPC: [email protected], 03712-221513/230501.