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Revised RFP for Selection of Project Implementing Agency For Implementation Of ABP(Amended BharatNet Program) in Gujarat under GFGNL
Gujarat Fibre Grid Network Limited · Gandhinagar, Gujarat310787
Written by TenderKart AI from the documents published when it was generated. Check the tender for later corrigenda before you bid.
4 Jun 2026
25 Sept 2026
₹50 Cr
All important dates as they stand after corrigenda: publication, pre-bid/clarification deadline, bid submission deadline, bid opening, and bid validity period.
04/06/2026.
The last additional bid-query window closed on 22/08/2026 at 03:00 PM. The original pre-bid queries closed on 18/06/2026 at 11:55 PM and the pre-bid conference was held on 18/06/2026 at 03:00 PM.
05/09/2026 at 06:10 PM, after extensions from 02/07/2026.
The latest RFP does not announce a fixed qualification/technical bid-opening date; it says it will be announced later. Financial-bid opening will be intimated through the portal or email to qualified bidders.
180 days from the final bid-submission date; the EMD must also cover an additional claim period of more than 45 days (225 days stated in the EMD clause).
Tender value or estimated cost, EMD/bid security (amount, acceptable forms, validity), tender document fees, performance security, and key payment terms.
No estimated tender value or fixed project cost is stated; quantities are notional and payment/order value is based on actual work ordered and executed.
Non-refundable bid processing/tender fee: Rs. 15K/- plus GST at 18% (Rs. 17,700 total), payable by DD on a nationalized bank in favour of Gujarat Fibre Grid Network Limited. The checklist recognizes MSE proof where exemption is claimed.
Rs. 50 Cr (Rupees Fifty Crore only). Clause 4.9 permits an unconditional bank guarantee or insurance surety bond from the listed classes of Indian banks; DD/pay orders are not accepted. Validity is 180 days plus a claim period over 45 days (225 days from bid deadline).
Three PBGs apply: 5% of CAPEX, 5% of existing Phase-I/II OPEX, and 5% of entire Phase-III OPEX. CAPEX and existing-O&M PBGs are due within 15 calendar days of award and remain until 100% go-live/30 months (whichever later); the Phase-III O&M PBG is due at 100% go-live and valid 180 days beyond contract expiry. If the accepted price is at least 15% below GFGNL's estimate, security rises to 10% of APO value; lead member supplies at least 50% in a consortium.
Up to 10% interest-free mobilization advance is available against 110% additional BG, with two further advances up to 5% each at Milestones II and IV and prescribed recovery/penal-interest terms. Certified milestone invoices are payable within 45 days; 10% of listed electronics is retained until completion of the one-year warranty.
O&M is paid quarterly, GP-wise and SLA-adjusted. Yearly OPEX is 5.5% of CAPEX/notional CAPEX in years 1-5 and 6.5% in years 6-10. GFGNL pays 50% within 45 days and the remaining 50% after audit/verification within 90 days.
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.
Sole bidder and every consortium member must be an Indian company under the Companies Act 1956/2013 or LLP under the LLP Act 2008, hold GST and PAN registrations, and have operated in India for at least five years at publication.
Bidder(s) must be in OFC, telecom, or EPC underground utility business. Average annual turnover over the specified last three years must total Rs. 4700 Cr. Sole bidder requires positive net worth of Rs. 470 Cr; in consortium, each member must be positive and the Rs. 470 Cr threshold may be met cumulatively. For two-member consortium, lead turnover minimum is Rs. 2350 Cr and other member minimum Rs. 100 Cr; for three members, lead minimum Rs. 1900 Cr and each other member minimum Rs. 100 Cr.
Within India during the last 10 years: maximum three orders/organizations totaling 30,000 km or INR 1200 Cr of EPC OFC network construction, with alternatives of three orders each 12,000 km/Rs.500 Cr, two each 15,000 km/Rs.600 Cr, or one 25,000 km/Rs.1000 Cr. Consortium may aggregate; lead must meet at least 50% and at least one other member 25%. Up to 40% may be qualifying 24F-or-more aerial OFC experience.
Final threshold stated in the amendment sequence is 30,000 Year-Km of O&M in India in the last 10 years for 24F-or-more OFC, with at least one completed year; up to 40% may be aerial. Consortium may aggregate with lead at least 50% and another member at least 25%. The same table still contains superseded 57,000 references; bidders should seek written confirmation.
Bidder needs experience of 1,000 active equipment units; in consortium at least one partner must show 500. Offered Block and GP router make-model (or earlier version) must have supplied at least 30% of relevant required quantities, reduced to 10% for Class-I/Class-II local suppliers.
Lead/sole bidder must provide MAFs from each quoted OEM: maximum two active and four passive OEMs, with stated priority restrictions. Quoted active/passive hardware needs valid TSEC/TAC or accepted proof of application/BSNL QA documentation; support must cover the full contract.
The bidding entity/entities must submit at least one distinct valid certification among CMMI Process Level 3+, ISO 9001:2015, ISO 27001, or ISO/IEC 20000.
Maximum three members including lead; no entity may bid alone or in another consortium simultaneously. A pre-bid-date binding JBA/MoU is mandatory, roles must be defined, members are jointly and severally liable for the entire contract, GFGNL pays only the lead, and award/PBG interface is through the lead. Consortium breakup/change impacting delivery attracts Rs.20 Cr plus possible security forfeiture.
Bidder, consortium members and OEMs must not be blacklisted/debarred/terminated by the listed central/state/public bodies; must not be insolvent or recently criminally convicted; and must not be declared a non-performer in any DBN project at bid date. Conflict of interest causes disqualification and potential one-year exclusion/security forfeiture.
Sole/lead bidder must have a Gujarat office or undertake to open one within 45 days of work order. An ISP/TSP license/authorization holder for Gujarat LSA is expressly ineligible.
What is being procured: the work, supplies or services, deliverables and quantities, locations, phases, completion or delivery timelines, applicable standards, and notable exclusions.
Single-package design, survey, construction, supply, implementation, testing, commissioning, upgrade, operation and maintenance of Gujarat BharatNet Phase-III, integrating greenfield and existing Phase-I/II networks into carrier-grade IP-MPLS rings.
Indicative scope covers 34 districts in six zones, 14,229 Gram Panchayats and 4,141 revenue villages, plus around 480 strategic government locations. Design must provide 1 Gbps per GP scalable to 10 Gbps. Counts may change with boundaries and actual design/work orders.
Connect unconnected GPs, upgrade existing linear OFC to redundant ring topology, replace GPON with IP-MPLS routers, reconstruct damaged routes, underground existing aerial routes as required, and connect revenue villages on demand (minimum five registered home-fibre demands).
Upgrade and operate GFGNL's S-NOC/SDC hardware and software; deploy/integrate EMS, NMS, OSS/BSS, GIS and RFMS; migrate existing systems to a unified platform and integrate with Central NOC. GFGNL supplies master-block-to-S-NOC ILL/P2P; this bandwidth is excluded from PIA supply scope, though provisioning support is required.
Upgrade/construct and maintain active/passive shelter infrastructure; operate and maintain existing and new network from day one; provision retail, enterprise, wholesale, horizontal customer and dark-fibre services; support urgent VIP/major/ad-hoc temporary connectivity within 24-48 hours.
Implementation milestones: 12% GPs at T0+180 days, 40% at +360, 60% at +540, 80% at +720 and 100% at +900 days. T0 is appointed date or FWO date, whichever later. Contract is stated as 10 years, comprising a three-year implementation period and 10 years O&M from work order, with possible extension.
Work must follow Section 10 technical specifications, Annexure A/B test parameters, Engineering Instructions Annexure C and Annexure D; QA, PAT/FAT, measurement books, GIS/as-built updates and IE/GFGNL certification govern acceptance and payment.
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.
Register and upload digitally signed eligibility, technical and commercial bids on https://gfgnltender.nprocure.com. Prices belong only in the prescribed price-bid section; disclosure elsewhere disqualifies.
Electronic bids must be signed with a valid Digital Certificate under the IT Act 2000. Bid/correspondence is in English; non-English certificates require an English translation attested by bidder and translator.
In addition to online scans, original PoA, EMD, tender-fee instrument/exemption proof and Integrity Pact go in one sealed envelope to the CFO/GFGNL head office. Fact Sheet permits delivery within five working days after online submission (working hours to 06:10 PM), although Clause 1.2(iv) separately says bid security by the online deadline; bidder should deliver by the earlier deadline.
Use prescribed forms; PoA must be on appropriate non-judicial stamp paper and notarized/registered, with banker-attested specimen signature. Number and combine all pages in checklist order and place any additional clause-required documents afterward.
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.
Added the inadvertently omitted existing BharatNet Phase-I/II inventory workbook. Bidder action: use the uploaded inventory alongside the RFP, while recognizing later query replies allow controlled GIS access under NDA for further details.
Changed the pre-bid venue from Conformance Hall, Block 7 to CR-1, Block 1, 4th Floor, New Sachivalaya; date/time remained 18/06/2026 at 03:00 PM. Bidder action: attend the revised venue and allow time for entry pass.
Bid deadline moved successively from 02/07/2026 to 16/07, 30/07, 14/08, 18/08, 25/08, 27/08 and finally 05/09/2026 at 06:10 PM. The physical-submission formulation remained within five working days. Bidder action: submit online by 05/09/2026 06:10 PM and treat the earlier bid-security deadline conflict conservatively.
Issued a revised master RFP, horizontal-connectivity annexure and extensive pre-bid decisions. Key rulings kept Rs.50 Cr EMD without PSU declaration or consortium splitting, retained a single statewide package, and incorporated revised scope, eligibility, financial schedules and query-driven text into the master. Bidder action: price only the revised master/annexure and comply with unchanged EMD requirement.
Issued another master RFP and 369-page reply set, opened a final two-day query window to 22/08/2026 03:00 PM, and clarified that additional detailed existing-network/GIS information could be inspected by an authorized person under NDA without extending bid time. It also revised schedules/quantities and clauses incorporated in the VII master. Bidder action: execute NDA/access due diligence and base design on the VII/VIII master rather than earlier schedules.
Final 193-page reply set and 621-page master changed/confirmed numerous technical quantities and commercial interpretations. Quantities remain indicative and subject to Clause 8.4; revised financial-bid quantities include RFMS/EMS RTUs changing from 394 to 638, while RCC poles remain 205,000. Bidder action: use only the VIII master and final price tables and include contingency for actual quantities.
Published 04/06/2026; final bid deadline 05/09/2026 06:10 PM; bid validity 180 days; EMD Rs.50 Cr; fee Rs.15,000 + 18% GST; 34 districts/14,229 GPs/4,141 revenue villages; implementation to T0+900 days; 10-year O&M; PBGs generally 5% each for CAPEX, existing O&M and entire Phase-III O&M. Qualification/technical opening remains to be announced.
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.
Fact Sheet says the physical originals may be submitted within five working days after the online bid date, but Clause 1.2(iv) requires bid security at GFGNL by the online deadline. The more stringent specific bid-security clause should prevail operationally: deliver EMD by 05/09/2026 06:10 PM and the other originals no later than five working days afterward.
Fact Sheet says EMD 'should be in the form of BG' and rejects DD/pay orders, while Clause 4.9 and printed Format VII permit an Insurance Surety Bond. The later integrated detailed clause/form supports either unconditional BG or insurance surety bond, but written portal confirmation is prudent.
Appendix tables preserve multiple amendment values (85,000, 57,000 and 30,000 Year-Km); the final/rightmost value and the final note say 30,000, but consortium subtext still says 57,000. Latest amendment sequencing makes 30,000 the applicable threshold; obtain written confirmation because eligibility is pass/fail.
General tax/payment clause says invoices are paid within 30 calendar days, while the amended project-payment clause shows '30 45' and milestone clause expressly says 45 days; O&M splits payment into 45/90 days. The specific amended schedules prevail: 45 days for certified CAPEX milestone invoices and 45/90 split for O&M.
Fact Sheet labels the contract '10 Years' but parenthetically says three years implementation and 10 years O&M from work order, which could imply 10 or 13 elapsed years. Scope text says O&M for 10 years including three construction years. The specific scope wording supports a 10-year total contract with O&M from day one, but extension/expiry should be confirmed before pricing.
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 by formal corrigendum that the minimum OFC O&M qualification is 30,000 Year-Km, and replace residual 57,000 references in Appendix A Table-02; also confirm the exact 50%/25% consortium computation.
Please confirm whether all four originals are due by the online deadline or within five working days, and expressly confirm acceptance of Insurance Surety Bond despite the Fact Sheet's BG wording.
Provide downloadable route-wise as-builts, fibre type/core availability, health/loss data, splice/joint records and open fault/ROW liabilities, or guarantee an adequate NDA data-room period before bid. Corrigendum-VII only offers case-by-case GIS access without extending bid time, while PIA must take over O&M from day one.
Confirm whether the commercial term ends 10 years from work order or after three implementation years plus 10 O&M years, and align all PBG validity and OPEX years to the same date.
Confirm that certified CAPEX invoices use 45 days (not Clause 4.60's 30 days), O&M uses the 45/90 split, and state whether delayed-payment interest applies. This materially affects working capital for a Rs.50 Cr EMD and large PBG exposure.
Provide final reconciled SoR/BOQ quantities and a contractual change-control mechanism for actual quantities, design optimization, additional GPs/revenue villages and government-network requirements; clarify which additions are paid versus included without extra cost.
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.
All counts are indicative; GFGNL can vary overall quantities ±25%, order additional quantities up to 50%, pay only actual feasible/executed work, and requires some broader government-network support without further cost. This creates material design, inventory and stranded-capacity risk.
PIA takes existing Phase-I/II and NOC assets as-is and carries day-one O&M, reconstruction, lossy-fibre restoration and migration obligations. Detailed route/health data is only conditionally accessible under NDA, increasing unknown-defect and mobilization risk.
100% GP commissioning is due by T0+900 days; non-adherence attracts penalties, and DoT may take over implementation where milestones are delayed by more than 60 days. RoW application/mobilization must start in the first two months.
Rs.50 Cr EMD, three PBGs, 110% advance BG, 10% electronics retention through one-year warranty, SLA deductions and O&M's 50% balance only after audit within 90 days create substantial working-capital and security-line exposure.
Site SLA penalties are generally capped at 20% of quarterly site OPEX for specified clauses, but customer dark-fibre penalties are passed through above the cap; software patch delay is Rs.2,000/day, and repeated low SLA can trigger termination. NOC implementation penalties cap at 20% of relevant NOC CAPEX while milestone payments remain withheld.
GFGNL may terminate for default/SLA, procure replacement work at PIA's excess cost, or terminate for convenience with three months' notice. Delay sanctions include performance-security forfeiture, penalties and short closure; risk-purchase excess may be recovered from dues/security and then legally.
General liability is capped at total awarded project cost, but third-party liabilities and indemnities arising from fraud/gross negligence, law/permit breach, IP infringement, injury/death and property damage are uncapped. PIA obtains permits/ROW and bears pursuit costs, with authority demand-note charges reimbursable on proof.
Any consortium conflict/change that impacts deliverables or breaks the partnership can attract Rs.20 Cr against the lead plus EMD/PBG forfeiture; change of control can cause disqualification or termination.
The inviting authority and relevant contacts: office, person, designation, address, phone and email — and which address receives physical submissions, if any.
Gujarat Fibre Grid Network Limited (GFGNL), a Government of Gujarat company. Communication is addressed to the Chief Finance Officer (CFO), GFGNL, Block No. 6, 5th Floor, Udyog Bhavan, Sector-11, Gandhinagar-382010.
[email protected]; [email protected]; [email protected]; [email protected]; [email protected]. No named individual or phone number is printed in the cited latest fact sheet.
Original offline documents are delivered to the Chief Finance Officer, Gujarat Fibre Grid Network Limited, Block No. 6, 5th Floor, Udyog Bhavan, Sector-11, Gandhinagar-382010.