Issue/publication date
The bid document is dated 28-08-2026; no later corrigendum is included in the tender folder.
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Procurement of Kitchen Utensil sets
Indian Council Of Agricultural Research · Pune, Maharashtra9817743
Written by TenderKart AI from the documents published when it was generated. Check the tender for later corrigenda before you bid.
28 Aug 2026
18 Sept 2026
₹45,000
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 28-08-2026; no later corrigendum is included in the tender folder.
18-09-2026 at 14:00:00.
18-09-2026 at 14:30:00.
180 days from the bid end date. The bidder must be ready to extend validity if required, without additional financial implications. No separate pre-bid/clarification deadline is stated in the supplied tender documents.
Tender value or estimated cost, EMD/bid security (amount, acceptable forms, validity), tender document fees, performance security, and key payment terms.
No estimated cost or tender value is stated in the supplied tender documents; bidders should not infer it from the EMD.
INR 45,000. The buyer ATC directs online payment and upload of the transaction receipt; the bid detail also expressly says a surety bond is accepted. Under the GTC, the security must remain valid 45 days beyond the 180-day bid validity and earns no interest.
The bid's ePBG detail says 'Required: No'. Annexure II nevertheless states that the L1 bidder has to provide 3% within 15 days of the supply order and retain it through warranty, but marks this 'If applicable'; on the current bid detail it is not applicable unless the buyer formally clarifies/amends the bid.
For indigenous supply, payment is on bill basis only after supply, satisfactory installation, commissioning and performance at Baramati and end-user certification. The GTC's default is 100% within 10 days of CRAC and online bill submission, but it expressly yields to ATC; the buyer ATC does not state a payment deadline.
No tender fee or document fee is specified in the supplied tender documents.
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 not be under liquidation, court receivership or similar proceedings and must not be bankrupt; an undertaking must be uploaded with the bid. PAN, GST and firm registration/Shop Act/MSME evidence are required.
Submit an experience certificate or certificate showing regular work/supply of the bid items, supported by only 2-3 supply orders. The tender sets no numeric years, value or turnover threshold. MSEs and DPIIT-recognized startups receive complete relaxation from experience and turnover criteria, subject to meeting quality/technical specifications and uploading exemption proof.
An OEM bidder must submit a letterhead self-declaration that it regularly manufactures, supplies, installs, tests and commissions similar items. An authorised distributor/dealer must hold a valid OEM-issued distributorship/dealership certificate showing issue date and validity; vague or undated certificates are rejected.
The buyer ATC limits MSME exemption to an OEM holding an OEM certificate and Udyog/Udyam Aadhaar; suppliers, dealers and distributors are excluded. For EMD specifically, the bid likewise limits MSE exemption for goods to manufacturers and excludes traders.
Only Class-I and Class-II local suppliers may bid; non-local suppliers are ineligible. The MII certificate must state local-content percentage and locations of value addition. Minimum local content is 50% for Class-I and 20% for Class-II. Where bid value exceeds INR 10 crore, the declaration needs statutory/cost auditor or practicing CA/CMA certification as applicable.
The firm must certify that it has not been blacklisted by any government organisation/institute/department during the last five years. The prescribed declaration must be on non-judicial stamp paper of INR 100 or more and only the buyer's format is accepted.
A bidder from a country sharing a land border with India, and a bidder having a specified technology-transfer arrangement with such an entity, is eligible only if registered with the Competent Authority. False declaration/non-compliance can cause immediate termination and legal action.
Same buyer/seller IP causes summary rejection; matching IPs between sellers disqualify both. Conditional bids and incomplete prescribed conditions are liable to rejection. No consortium/JV participation rule or consortium qualification framework is stated in the supplied bid-specific documents.
What is being procured: the work, supplies or services, deliverables and quantities, locations, phases, completion or delivery timelines, applicable standards, and notable exclusions.
Supply 218 complete kitchen-utensil sets under SCSP, comprising 18 item lines and 11,772 individual/set units in total. Each set includes plates, bowls, glasses, spoons, small plates, tava, kadai, cups, tiffin, 5-litre ISI cooker, idli cooker, parat, 20-litre water pot, turner, serving spoons, seven aluminium toaps, four steel containers and one roti container.
Deliver all item lines within 30 days to Girish Vijaykumar Kulkarni at Gat No.35, Malegaon Kh, Baramati, Pune 413115. Before bulk supply, show one kitchen-utensil set to the Institute and proceed only after consent.
The formal scope is only supply of goods. Price must include all cost components, including loading/unloading and FOR delivery; the seller bears transit/defective-packing risk. Installation/demonstration within 15 days of arrival is stated only 'If Applicable'.
The purchaser may increase or decrease the bid quantity by up to 25% at contract placement and may increase ordered quantity by up to 25% during the contract at contracted rates, with additional delivery time calculated under the option clause.
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 on GeM as a Two Packet Bid. Technical documents are uploaded online; the commercial offer is entered in the GeM price schedule and evaluation is total-value-wise.
Endorse the Annexure II checklist, fill attachment page numbers, and stamp and sign every submitted document. Failure to endorse/fill the checklist or attach a listed document causes technical disqualification; attaching documents beyond the list may also cause disqualification.
GeM applies Aadhaar-based e-signing to documents; the GTC states this e-sign is legally at par with a digital signature under the Information Technology Act framework. No separate DSC class is specified.
For a non-online EMD instrument used under the bid/GTC, upload its scan with the online bid and submit the hard copy directly to the buyer within 5 working days of bid opening. An online EMD payment has no physical original; upload its transaction receipt with the bid.
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 buyer ATC prefers/restricts EMD to online payment and says DD 'may not be accepted', while the bid detail expressly accepts a surety bond and the GTC defines several instrument types. The bid disclaimer says ATC clauses contravening EMD Detail are invalid; therefore online payment and the expressly allowed surety bond should prevail, but bidders should obtain written buyer confirmation before relying on a non-online instrument.
The bid detail says ePBG is not required, but Annexure II says the L1 bidder has to provide 3% within 15 days and retain it through the warranty period, qualified by 'If applicable'. The explicit bid detail currently prevails, so no performance security applies unless formally amended; the bidder should not price a warranty-linked security without confirmation.
Bid Details mark Arbitration Clause 'No', while the buyer ATC appoints a sole arbitrator through the Secretary, ICAR. The conflict is not expressly resolved for arbitration in the bid; seek a written ruling. The bid-specific 'No' and GeM dispute mechanism should be treated as operative unless amended because the ATC disclaimer invalidates ATC terms contravening Bid Details.
The buyer ATC charges 0.5% of total contract value per week up to 10%, whereas GTC charges 0.5% of delayed-quantity value per week, normally capped at 5% of total contract value and 10% only for inordinate delay. GTC clause 5 states ATC supersedes GTC, so the harsher ATC formulation applies unless the buyer clarifies otherwise.
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 whether online payment is mandatory or whether the bid-detail/GTC forms—especially surety bond—will be accepted, and identify the recipient/address for any hard-copy instrument due within 5 working days after opening.
Please confirm that ePBG/performance security is not required. If 3% security is intended, specify instrument, beneficiary, exact submission trigger, warranty period and validity/claim period because Annexure II ties retention to an unstated warranty while Bid Details say 'Required No'.
Please confirm whether arbitration is excluded as shown in Bid Details or whether the ATC's sole-arbitrator mechanism applies; this materially changes dispute risk.
Please state the sample submission location/date, approval criteria and response time, and confirm whether the 30-day delivery period pauses while consent is pending. Bulk supply is barred before consent, but no approval SLA is provided.
Please confirm that the GTC's 10-day CRAC payment timeline applies after end-user certification, clarify whether installation/commissioning is applicable to utensils, and provide the Institute GSTIN required on invoices.
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 218 sets are due in 30 days, but bulk supply may start only after buyer consent to a sample and no approval turnaround is given. Delay can therefore arise from buyer review unless the bidder secures a dated approval plan.
Buyer ATC imposes LD at 0.5% of total contract value per week up to 10%, allows cancellation after delivery expiry, and permits recovery from dues or by legal means. This is broader than the GTC delayed-quantity basis.
The buyer can reduce or increase bid quantity by 25% at award and increase contracted quantity by 25% during the contract at the same rates. Price and production capacity should cover this swing.
Payment is conditional on supply, satisfactory installation/commissioning/performance and end-user certification even though the formal scope says only supply. The ATC gives no payment deadline, creating acceptance and working-capital risk.
Annexure II says an unendorsed/unfilled checklist or missing listed document causes technical disqualification, no further clarification will be entertained, and even extra documents may lead to disqualification; only two days are allowed for technical clarifications in Bid Details.
Seller bears loading/unloading, FOR transit risk and damage from defective packing. Rejected goods receive no payment and must be lifted within 10 days without cost to the buyer, after which storage/disposal risk shifts to seller.
The Director reserves the right to reject any bid wholly or partly without reasons. Unresolved EMD, ePBG, arbitration, LD and warranty inconsistencies should be clarified before bid submission.
The inviting authority and relevant contacts: office, person, designation, address, phone and email — and which address receives physical submissions, if any.
Director, ICAR-National Institute of Abiotic Stress Management (ICAR-NIASM), Department of Agricultural Research and Education, ICAR, Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare, Baramati, Pune, Maharashtra 413115.
Dr. A. V. Nirmale, Chief Technical Officer, and Dr. G. C. Wakchaure, Principal Scientist — phone 02112-258000.
Sh. Dayanandd Kharat, AAO (Purchase) — phone 02112-258000.
Sh. Girish Kulkarni / Girish Vijaykumar Kulkarni, AAO (Stores), phone 02112-258000 (packing clause also lists 02112-258000/258005). Delivery: Gat No.35, Malegaon Kh, Baramati, Dist. Pune, Maharashtra 413115. The documents do not separately identify a physical-original EMD recipient/address.
HOD grievance email: [email protected]. Buyer email: [email protected].