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The GeM bid document is dated 01-09-2026; no corrigendum is present in the tender folder.
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Custom Bid for Services - Hiring of High Boom Telescopic Crane Similar Category Hiring of Special Purpose Mining or Earth Moving Machines and Cranes (Shift Based)
Power Grid Corporation Of India Limited · Seoni, Madhya Pradesh9667268
Written by TenderKart AI from the documents published when it was generated. Check the tender for later corrigenda before you bid.
1 Sept 2026
22 Sept 2026
All important dates as they stand after corrigenda: publication, pre-bid/clarification deadline, bid submission deadline, bid opening, and bid validity period.
The GeM bid document is dated 01-09-2026; no corrigendum is present in the tender folder.
Bid submission closes on 22-09-2026 at 11:00:00 and bids open on 22-09-2026 at 11:30:00. The documents specify no separate pre-bid meeting or clarification deadline.
Bid offers remain valid for 180 days from the bid end date.
Tender value or estimated cost, EMD/bid security (amount, acceptable forms, validity), tender document fees, performance security, and key payment terms.
The GeM Availability Report records an estimated procurement value of ₹ 460200.0. The BOQ requires bidders to price two mobilisation/demobilisation units and three hiring days, excluding and including GST.
EMD is not required because the GeM bid field expressly says “Required: No”; accordingly no EMD amount applies. This also aligns with the estimated value being below ₹5 lakh, for which GeM GTC provides no bid security.
Performance security/CPG is 5% of the contract price, valid for 8 months when furnished as a bank guarantee or Insurance Surety Bond, and must be submitted within 15 days of GeM contract award.
No initial advance is payable. The bid states payment within 30 days of SDAC and online bill submission, while BATC payment language requires completion, invoice, work-completion evidence and GeM CRAC.
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.
The bidder must have executed crane/hydra service work in a POWERGRID or reputed transmission-licensee substation and submit the executed purchase order.
The bidder must maintain an office around a 150 km radius of Seoni district, preferably Nagpur, Jabalpur or Chhindwara, so the crane can be deployed within 24 hours in an emergency; address proof must be submitted and is subject to verification.
Participation is open to firms, companies and government-owned enterprises registered and incorporated in India; government departments, foreign bidders/MNCs not incorporated in India, and parties banned by POWERGRID are barred.
Only Class-I and Class-II local suppliers are eligible: minimum local content is 50% and 20% respectively. The BATC simultaneously marks the prescribed local-content affidavit “Not Applicable”, creating a submission ambiguity reported under contradictions.
A bidder from a country sharing a land border with India is eligible only with valid Competent Authority registration at bid submission and contract award; the successful bidder may not subcontract to such a contractor unless it is similarly registered.
Any conflict of interest is disqualifying, including common control, financial stake, legal representative, access/influence, consultant/project-manager conflicts, or more than one bid by the same bidder individually or through a JV/agency route.
Bidders can be non-responsive for one year following specified POWERGRID performance events such as default termination, CPG encashment, major-equipment failure, excessive subcontracting/direct payment or insolvency. Current GeM debarment, POWERGRID banning and safety-accident ineligibility also apply.
The tender contains no affirmative permission, size cap or equity rules for consortium/JV bidding. References to JV in generic forms and conflict clauses do not establish that a JV is permitted for this package; bidders should not assume consortium eligibility without buyer confirmation.
What is being procured: the work, supplies or services, deliverables and quantities, locations, phases, completion or delivery timelines, applicable standards, and notable exclusions.
Hire a high-boom telescopic crane of 40-60 ton capacity and at least 22 metre height for arresting oil leakage from the Wardha spare line-reactor HV turret/bushing at POWERGRID Seoni.
The BOQ provides two mobilisation/demobilisation units and three day-wise hiring days. The GeM contract period is six months.
Deploy within 2-3 days of intimation and within 24 hours in an emergency. The agency supplies fuel and a skilled, experienced driver at no extra cost; POWERGRID may provide driver lodging subject to availability, while food remains the agency’s cost.
The contractor bears safety responsibility, property damage caused by driver negligence, and comprehensive insurance for the crane, driver and passengers, indemnifying POWERGRID against accident claims.
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 through the GeM portal as a two-packet bid. Put all price elements only in the financial packet; a price in the technical bid makes the offer non-responsive.
The successful bidder must deliver the original buyer-specific Integrity Pact and original local-content affidavit within 10 days of contract award to DGM (RPC Grp 6), POWERGRID, Durg Pooling Station. Failure is treated as bid withdrawal.
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 GeM bid says EMD is not required, while BATC pages 7-10 prescribe EMD documents, acceptable forms, 225-day validity and physical submission. The BATC itself limits those provisions to cases where bid security is applicable; the GeM bid field and sub-₹5 lakh GTC rule prevail, so no EMD should be paid absent a formal amendment.
The ATC limits eligibility to Class-I/Class-II local suppliers and demands self-certification, and Annexure-B lists Form 2; however, both the submission clause and the printed Form 2 state “Not Applicable”. No amendment resolves this. Local-supplier eligibility still applies, but whether Form 2 and its post-award original are required must be confirmed by the buyer.
BATC Clause 12.4(i) says 100% of contract price excluding GST is payable on completion, but Clause 12.4(ii) then retains a “balance” 10% excluding GST until all supplies and LD finalisation. The intended split is not stated, so neither figure can safely be treated as the final payable milestone without clarification.
The GeM bid field states Arbitration Clause: No, whereas the BATC sets out sole-arbitrator appointment and Nagpur venue. The GeM disclaimer makes buyer-added clauses that contravene bid-detail fields invalid; therefore the “No” selection prevails, though the remaining consultation/conciliation/court provisions may operate.
The CPG clause says security is returned after the Warranty/Defect Liability Period, but the next contractual section says Guarantee and Warranty are not applicable. The 8-month ePBG validity is clear, but the actual release event is ambiguous and should be tied expressly to completion/acceptance.
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 confirm that no EMD/bid security or exemption proof is required because the GeM EMD field is “No” and the estimated value is ₹460200.0, notwithstanding BATC pages 7-10 and Annexure-B.
Is Form 2 local-content affidavit required online and in original after award, or is it not applicable as marked on BATC pages 8 and 40? If not required, specify the evidence that will establish Class-I/Class-II eligibility.
Please issue a corrected milestone schedule: is payment 90% on completion plus 10% after LD finalisation, or 100% on completion with no further retention? Also confirm that the 30-day GeM payment timeline starts after CRAC/SDAC and complete online bill submission.
Please define “reputed transmission licensees”, accepted work-completion proof, and how the “around 150 km radius” is measured. Confirm whether equivalent crane work at generating stations, industrial substations or other utilities qualifies, since this determines bid eligibility.
Does comprehensive motor/crane insurance plus WC/ESIC and public liability satisfy the contract, or must the contractor also procure the BATC’s EAR/CAR policy for 100% contract price with listed add-ons? Confirm before pricing premiums and deductibles.
Confirm whether the two mobilisation/demobilisation “Nos” mean two complete round trips or separate mobilisation and demobilisation events, whether three hiring days are guaranteed, and how standby/partial days or emergency 24-hour deployment are paid.
Since warranty is declared not applicable, confirm that the 5% CPG/ePBG is released after completion and acceptance/CRAC, and identify any defect-liability period that is intended to run within the stated eight-month validity.
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.
The crane must reach Seoni within 2-3 days of normal intimation and within 24 hours for an emergency, while eligibility requires a verifiable office around 150 km away. Fleet availability, permits, route planning and backup equipment must support this call-off obligation throughout the six-month contract.
The contractor bears property damage due to driver negligence, comprehensive vehicle/crew insurance and accident claims. POWERGRID can procure missing insurance and recover premium plus 15% overhead; BATC additionally appears to require EAR/CAR at 100% contract price, third-party cover and WC coverage, creating potentially disproportionate premium and deductible exposure for a short crane hire.
No advance is available, performance security is a payment prerequisite, and the payment schedule is internally inconsistent at 100% plus a further 10% balance. Cash flow also depends on CRAC/SDAC, completion certification, BTS submission and hard-copy invoices, exposing the bidder to delayed acceptance and disputed retention.
CPG is due within 15 days. Delay can extend DLP/security validity or trigger recovery at SBI Inland BG card rate +2% per annum; failure to submit within 90 days permits immediate termination and future non-responsiveness.
POWERGRID may terminate without cause on 15 days’ notice and without financial implication, and can vary total quantity by ±25% of contract price while individual item quantities may vary to any extent. A separate convenience clause allows scope abandonment/reduction with no lost-profit compensation.
The buyer may terminate when cumulative penalties reach 10% or after more than three SLA breaches. Breach/SLA cancellation permits forfeiture of security, GeM action and one year of POWERGRID tender ineligibility.
Fatal accidents can make bids non-responsive across POWERGRID packages for six months or longer; concealment triggers one year. For original contracts above ₹1 crore, separate Safety Corpus recoveries are 1%, 2% and 3% of contract price for successive fatal or ≥25% permanent-disablement accidents, plus GST where applicable.
The inviting authority and relevant contacts: office, person, designation, address, phone and email — and which address receives physical submissions, if any.
DGM (RPC Grp 6), Power Grid Corporation of India Ltd., 765/400/220kV Durg Pooling Station, 22nd KM Milestone, Village-Medesara, Tahsil-Ahiwara, Durg (Chhattisgarh) 490036. Mobile: +91 9560890343; email: [email protected]. This is the address stated for correspondence and post-award physical originals.
DGM (RPC Grp 6), Regional Procurement Cell, Western Region Transmission System-I, Regional Headquarters, Sampriti Nagar, P.O. Uppalwadi, Nagpur 440026, Maharashtra.
Nilesh Bhikkulal Goudiya, POWERGRID Corporation of India Limited, Seoni Substation, NH-7, Jabalpur Road, Lugharwada, Seoni, Madhya Pradesh 480661.
HOD grievance email: [email protected]. Buyer email: [email protected].