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Handling
Food Corporation Of India · 24 Paraganas North, West Bengal9898702
Written by TenderKart AI from the documents published when it was generated. Check the tender for later corrigenda before you bid.
16 Sept 2026
6 Oct 2026
₹14.1 Cr
₹28.2 L
All important dates as they stand after corrigenda: publication, pre-bid/clarification deadline, bid submission deadline, bid opening, and bid validity period.
16-09-2026.
25-09-2026 at 15:00 at FCI Regional Office (West Bengal), G.B. Block, Salt Lake, Sector III, Kolkata-700097. No separate clarification-query submission deadline is stated.
06-10-2026 at 15:00.
07-10-2026 at 15:00, using the later GeM Bid Document/NIT value. The MTF says 15:30; this conflict is separately flagged.
75 days from the bid end date, up to and including 20-12-2026; FCI may seek a further 30 days with mutual consent.
Tender value or estimated cost, EMD/bid security (amount, acceptable forms, validity), tender document fees, performance security, and key payment terms.
Rs. 14,10,89,000/- (INR 141,089,000), inclusive of all taxes. The reference BOQ/consignee base is only Rs. 9,64,71,300; this valuation mismatch is separately flagged.
Rs. 28,21,780.00 (2% of estimated contract value). Pay electronically by NEFT/RTGS/other electronic means and upload UTR/proof; the GeM bid also accepts a surety bond. MSE service providers and eligible startups may claim exemption with proof; Udyam traders are excluded. No separate instrument-validity period is stated; the bid itself remains valid 75 days.
Buyer documents require 5% of contract value as security deposit plus a 10% irrevocable unconditional bank guarantee, both due within 15 working days of acceptance; the BG must remain enforceable until six months after contract expiry. The GeM Bid Details simultaneously say ePBG 'Required: No', so bidders should obtain written confirmation before pricing/issuance.
Where the relaxation is legally available, an inexperienced successful bidder must furnish an additional 10% performance BG, also enforceable until six months after contract expiry. Here the relaxation clause applies only below Rs. 5 crore, while this tender is Rs. 14.1089 crore and the NIT says inexperienced bidders cannot participate.
No fixed tender-document fee is stated. Any fee/portal charge levied by GeM is payable by the bidder; MSEs are expressly not charged tender-document cost.
GeM states payment within 30 days after SDAC and online bill submission. FCI requires digitally signed bills through BTS/other online system with supporting documents; EPF challans/certificate are a release condition, GST may be held until GSTN matching, and no interest is payable on outstanding bills.
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.
Bidder must be an experienced sole proprietorship, registered partnership, Indian private limited company, or Indian public limited company. HUF bids are prohibited; no consortium/JV route is provided, and the contract cannot be sublet, transferred or assigned.
For this HC tender, only labour-handling experience counts, obtained from a manufacturer/PSU/government department/public or private limited company dealing in fertilizer, food grains, cement, sugar, coarse grains or similar products. Partnership bids may rely only on the firm's experience, not partners' individual experience.
The GeM bid requires 1 year and, over the stated last three/current financial-year window, 3 completed services at 40% each, 2 at 50% each, or 1 at 80% of estimated cost. The MTF instead tests the immediate preceding five financial years at 20% in one contract in one FY, 40% in multiple contracts in one FY, or 75% in single/multiple contracts irrespective of FY. Safest compliance is to evidence both until FCI clarifies which test governs.
The NIT bars bidders without requisite experience. The MTF relaxation for inexperienced bidders exists only when estimated contract value is below Rs. 5 crore, so it is unavailable against the stated Rs. 14,10,89,000 value. No independent numeric turnover or net-worth threshold is stated.
Bidder should hold a separate EPFO employer code. Experienced bidders submit EPF and ESIC numbers where applicable. The post-award one-month cure for missing codes is stated for inexperienced bidders, but the inexperienced route is not available at this tender value.
Ineligible if currently blacklisted/debarred/banned/suspended by the listed food-procurement authorities; if a relevant contract was performance-terminated in the last two years; if EMD/SD was performance-forfeited in the preceding two years; or if proprietor/partner/director was ever sentenced to imprisonment for three years or more. Disqualification follows the person across capacities.
Bidder must be enrolled on GeM. A bidder from a country sharing a land border with India is eligible only if registered with the Competent Authority and must undertake compliance. MII compliance is enabled; local-content self-certification is required at bid stage, and because the contract exceeds Rs. 10 crore, auditor certification is required after completion.
No relaxation in experience/turnover is enabled for MSEs or startups. Eligible MSE service providers/startups may claim EMD exemption, but MSE purchase preference is not enabled.
What is being procured: the work, supplies or services, deliverables and quantities, locations, phases, completion or delivery timelines, applicable standards, and notable exclusions.
Appointment of a Handling Contractor for food grains and allied materials at FSD Kalyani under DO Nadia, on regular basis for two years.
Services include unloading/loading bags from/to railway wagons, trucks, other vehicles or containers; stacking; carrying; bagging/rebagging; weighment; standardization; cleaning; drying; mixing/blending; handling empty bags and allied incidental duties directed by FCI.
Primary location is FSD Kalyani, a railway-siding-served depot with stated storage capacity 108,291 MT. The tender's radius and shed count fields are blank, and FCI may add/remove godowns during the contract without rate revision.
No definite work volume is guaranteed. BOQ quantities are prior-contract reference quantities, including 1,695,526.4 bags for direct unload/load, 11,238,848 bags for stacking up to 10 high, and 11,781,435.2 bags for carrying/loading; actual instructions govern.
Contractor must supply adequate labour, scales, trucks/carts/other vehicles/containers, tarpaulins and handling resources; vehicles must have AIS-140 GPS (or buyer-prescribed standard). Mechanisation is optional at contractor cost and at the same quoted rate; FCI bears depot electricity only.
Bid one uniform percentage against the complete Schedule of Rates; rates are inclusive of all taxes including GST. No separate payment is due for routine stacking/carrying and several incidental services expressly treated as included.
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 online through GeM under a two-part system: technical bid and price bid. Upload the signed MTF excluding price bid and supporting documents in the technical part; quote the price at the designated GeM financial field. Manual bids/hard-copy prequalification submissions are not accepted.
Upload through the authorised signatory's GeM account/DSC. Every MTF document, annexure and appendix uploaded using DSC is deemed signed; the bidder remains responsible for authenticity. Alterations/overwriting in supporting documents must be initialled by the authorised signatory.
Sole proprietor signs in that capacity; all partners sign unless a duly constituted attorney binds them; a company submits a board resolution authorising its signatory. The power of attorney must be signed by all partners, the proprietor, or a person able to bind the company, as applicable.
Do not place any price element in the technical bid: MTF requires the price only in the GeM price field and GeM GTC rejects technical bids containing price. The NIT's 'TECHNICAL DOCUMENTS' list unusually includes a signed Price Bid; seek written clarification and follow the segregated GeM financial cover meanwhile.
Only the successful bidder must submit the complete signed physical tender including Price Bid for record before the contract award letter. The original MTF must be signed on every page, with annexures/appendices attested, by the date/time later stipulated by FCI; the hard-copy power of attorney is also due at award.
Upload all required documents with the bid. FCI may, once and at its sole discretion, request only historical documents that existed at bid opening; it cannot accept a new contract/document merely to make the bidder qualify. Missing filled schedules/annexures cause rejection.
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.
GeM Bid Details and NIT say 07-10-2026 at 15:00; the MTF says 15:30. Use 15:00 as the later portal-facing value, but FCI should correct/confirm the MTF time.
GeM applies a 1-year plus 40%/50%/80% completed-services test over a three/current-year window; MTF applies 20%/40%/75% over the preceding five financial years. There is no corrigendum resolving this. Bidder should evidence both and seek a ruling.
NIT/MTF expressly require a 5% security deposit and 10% BG, but GeM Bid Details say ePBG is not required. The GeM portal field is later and specific, while buyer documents state actual amounts; written clarification is essential before arranging security.
NIT lists the signed Price Bid among 'TECHNICAL DOCUMENTS', while MTF and GeM GTC require price only in the financial bid and warn of rejection if disclosed technically. The segregated MTF/GTC rule should prevail operationally; bidder should not upload price in technical cover without written instruction.
Estimated bid/contract value is Rs. 14,10,89,000, but the BOQ and consignee requirement use approximately Rs. 9,64,71,300 as base value. The bid says estimated value guides EMD/eligibility and not quoting, but the mismatch still changes experience/security calculations and needs confirmation.
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.
Please state whether the GeM 1-year/40%-50%-80% test or MTF 20%-40%-75% five-year test governs, and confirm the precise financial-year window and whether running contracts count. This directly determines eligibility.
Please confirm why estimated value is Rs. 14,10,89,000 while BOQ/consignee base is Rs. 9,64,71,300, and specify which amount governs experience thresholds, 5% SD, 10% BG, and percentage-price evaluation.
Please confirm whether the successful bidder must provide 5% SD plus 10% BG despite GeM showing ePBG 'Required: No', and identify the exact GeM/offline workflow and applicable BG amount.
Please confirm that Appendix-VII/any signed Price Bid must not be uploaded in the technical cover notwithstanding the NIT list, because GeM GTC makes technical price disclosure a rejection ground.
Please issue the missing depot radius, shed/godown count, leads, railhead-to-godown distances, and forecast operation-wise quantities, because volume is unguaranteed and the BOQ uses historical quantities while rates cannot be revised for added/removed godowns.
Please confirm whether technical opening is 15:00 or 15:30 on 07-10-2026 and correct the inconsistent MTF/NIT values.
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.
FCI guarantees no volume and may add/remove godowns without compensation or rate revision. The radius/shed details are incomplete, creating labour, lead and mobilisation risk under a fixed percentage rate.
Delay in labour/weighment/other services can attract Rs. 2,000 per day, capped at 15% of contract value; missing truck tarpaulins attract Rs. 200 per truck. Contractor also bears railway demurrage/wharfage and related losses caused by delay.
Transit shortage/wastage/loss/damage is recoverable at twice average acquisition cost for food grains/commodities other than sugar and three times for sugar, without prejudice to civil/criminal action. Buyer decisions on liability and quantum are repeatedly stated final and binding.
FCI may terminate for breach and complete the unexpired work at contractor risk and cost, forfeit security, and recover excess cost. Repeated demurrage can trigger termination/debarment and replacement contractor appointment.
Contract runs two years from acceptance or a later start set by FCI (not beyond six months after acceptance), but FCI can terminate at any time without reasons on 30 days' notice and owes no compensation.
Buyer documents imply 15% total security (5% SD plus 10% BG), no interest on SD or delayed bills, EPF proof as a payment gate, and GST retention until portal matching. GeM's 'ePBG No' conflict adds issuance/compliance risk.
Contractor must continuously provide sufficient labour/equipment/vehicles, comply with labour laws, maintain registrations, use GPS-equipped vehicles, and absorb mechanisation/fuel and many incidental handling costs. FCI may procure deficient resources at contractor risk and cost.
The inviting authority and relevant contacts: office, person, designation, address, phone and email — and which address receives physical submissions, if any.
General Manager (West Bengal), Food Corporation of India, Regional Office (West Bengal), G.B. Block, Salt Lake, Sector III, Kolkata-700097. This is also the beneficiary/office and the address for any post-award physical originals when called for.
HOD grievance email: [email protected]. Buyer email: [email protected]. Consignee/reporting officer: Subhojit Jana, FCI Regional Office, West Bengal. No phone number is populated in the tender documents.