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The third re-invitation NIT is dated 02-09-2026; the RFP download starts 03-09-2026.
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Selection of a bidder for operation and maintenance of a 250 TPD municipal solid waste management plant at suthni for gorakhpur munucipal corporation (GMC).
Gorakhpur Municipal Corporation · Gorakhpur, Uttar Pradesh2026_DOLBU_1165633_3
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3 Sept 2026
14 Sept 2026
₹21.6 L
All important dates as they stand after corrigenda: publication, pre-bid/clarification deadline, bid submission deadline, bid opening, and bid validity period.
The third re-invitation NIT is dated 02-09-2026; the RFP download starts 03-09-2026.
The only stated pre-bid meeting was 10-07-2026 at 12:00 PM in the GMC Meeting Hall. No clarification deadline or fresh pre-bid date is stated in the third re-invitation.
14-09-2026 at 05:00 PM, online.
15-09-2026 at 12:00 PM. Financial-bid opening will be communicated only to technically qualified bidders.
180 days from the Bid Due Date (14-09-2026); any requested extension also requires corresponding extension of bid security.
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 is stated. Bid a single all-inclusive processing fee in INR per MT; the BOQ quantity is 1 MT and estimated rate is 0.
INR 11,800 including 18% GST, non-refundable, payable online before bid submission with proof uploaded.
INR 21,60,000. Accepted modes: NEFT, DD, FDR or bank guarantee; proof is uploaded and DD/FDR/BG originals are due physically within 7 days after the bid due date. DD/FDR/BG validity is 180 days from Bid Due Date; the BG form adds a 30-day claim period. The RFP says refund not later than 180 days from LOA.
The addendum changes PBG from 5% of estimated project cost to 5% of contract value. It is due after LOA and before agreement signing. The RFP states only that it remains valid for 180 days, without a clear start date or contract-period coverage.
Monthly payment equals approved processing fee × actual certified fresh waste processed; third-party inspection cost is bidder-borne and certified invoices are payable within 30 days. GST is additional. Annual fee escalation is 5% from year 3. The bidder retains revenue/ownership of recovered RDF, recyclables, compost and other sold/removed recoverables.
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.
Single Indian entity only: private company, LLP, partnership or registered proprietorship, incorporated/registered for at least 5 years. JV, consortium and SPV bids are prohibited.
Final addendum threshold is continuous fresh-waste O&M experience for 3 years. Capacity route: 1 project of 200 TPD, or 2 projects of 150 TPD, or 3 projects of 100 TPD. A later clarification also admits 3 ongoing projects, each above 200 TPD, each running over 1 year at three different ULBs, subject to ULB verification.
Claimed projects must be direct contracts with a ULB/government in India or globally; subcontract experience is excluded. Certificates must show month-wise or annual quantities and be issued by an Executive Engineer, Executive Officer or Additional Municipal Commissioner (or higher/equivalent).
Average annual turnover must be at least INR 4 crore (reduced from INR 5 crore), net worth at least INR 2 crore, and bank solvency at least INR 2 crore from a scheduled commercial bank. The bidder must not incur a loss in the three relevant years. Audited FY 2025-26 may be used where available.
Mandatory: incorporation/registration, Income Tax/PAN, GST, EPF, ESIC, Department of Labour establishment registration, Aadhaar and valid character certificates for all directors/partners/proprietor, ISO 9001:2015 and ISO 14001:2015.
Bidder must have no current bar/debarment/blacklisting by government, PSU or ULB, no disqualifying conflict of interest, and no public-entity penalty, expulsion or termination for cause in FY 2023-24 to 2025-26. RFP separately disqualifies any contract termination for cause as of Bid Due Date.
Qualified mechanical engineers, plant operators and supervisors must each have at least 4 years' experience. Bidder must own at least 2 JCBs, 2 excavators and 1 ballistic separator; maintain valid RDF-disposal tie-ups with cement/WtE plants; and evidence at least 80,000 MT RDF co-processing disposal in the last 5 years.
Technical bid must include Environmental, Health and Safety guidelines/implementation and an operation plan for processing and disposing 250 MT/day fresh MSW.
After all pre-qualification requirements pass, bidder must score more than 70/100 for financial-bid opening. Scoring covers turnover, net worth, annual processing, RDF disposal, owned assets, number of projects and presentation.
What is being procured: the work, supplies or services, deliverables and quantities, locations, phases, completion or delivery timelines, applicable standards, and notable exclusions.
Operate and maintain GMC's existing 250 TPD fresh-MSW processing plant at Suthni, process delivered waste, and operate all existing trommels, conveyors, ADS and screening systems.
Initial 2 years from agreement signing, extendable by 3 years on performance and mutual consent. Detailed operation plan: 15 days; statutory clearances/mobilization: 30 days from LOA; additional machinery/vehicles: 40 days; full-scale operation: 45 days from LOA, while primary segregation is stated to start within 30 days of LOI.
Segregate/screen fresh waste, recover recyclables, generate RDF, stabilize organics, sieve through 4 mm trommel, and scientifically dispose rejects/inerts under SWM Rules 2016/2026, CPCB/UPPCB, labour, safety and environmental requirements.
Operate 365 days/year; process at least 90% of incoming waste through the 80 mm trommel daily and at least 90% of installed capacity monthly; prevent accumulation and keep RDF/by-products on-site no longer than 30 days.
Deploy all manpower, DG backup, CCTV linked to ICCC, weighbridge MIS integration, maintenance/spares, housekeeping and environmental controls. Conduct gap analysis and supply any extra plant/vehicles required at no extra cost. GMC provides water/electricity connections; bidder pays electricity consumption.
Existing trommels/ADS are brand new and under installation; stated capacities are 80 mm: 40 t/hour, 25 mm: 40 t/hour, 4 mm: 25 t/hour. GMC provides weighbridge, road, drainage, a 40 KVA transformer/100 KW connection expandable to 320 KW, water to plant boundary, and an in-campus inert-disposal location. GMC states 250 TPD is the minimum assured quantity.
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 at http://etender.up.nic.in in three electronic envelopes: ED (security proof), TI (technical PDFs), CI (online BOQ only). Financial bid outside the portal BOQ is rejected.
All uploaded documents must be signed/stamped and digitally signed by the authorized signatory using a valid DSC. Bid/correspondence must be English; other-language support requires an English translation, which prevails.
No physical bid is accepted, but original DD/BG/FDR must be delivered physically within 7 days after the 14-09-2026 bid due date. The RFP does not identify a separate receiving officer; correspondence is addressed to the Municipal Commissioner at Townhall.
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 initial notice had download 29-06-2026, pre-bid 10-07-2026, submission 27-07-2026 and opening 28-07-2026. After a second invitation dated 06-08-2026, the third re-invitation finally sets download 03-09-2026, submission 14-09-2026 05:00 PM and technical opening 15-09-2026 12:00 PM. Bidder action: use only the September deadlines.
PBG changed from 5% of estimated project cost to 5% of contract value; continuous fresh-waste O&M reduced from 5 to 3 years; minimum average turnover reduced from INR 5 crore to INR 4 crore; FY 2025-26 audited statements allowed. JV/consortium and legacy-waste substitutions were rejected. Bidder action: price PBG on contract value and evidence fresh-waste O&M plus amended financial thresholds.
GMC confirmed electrical capacity, water to boundary, in-campus inert-disposal location, new-machine capacities, basic infrastructure, 250 TPD minimum assured quantity, bidder ownership of recovered-product revenue, and existing 5% escalation from year 3. Bidder action: include electricity use, processing/disposal and extra-machinery costs in tipping fee, while crediting recoverable-product revenue.
The 3-year continuous O&M criterion was reaffirmed. An additional eligibility route was accepted for three ongoing O&M projects above 200 TPD, each running over one year at three different ULBs; project-scoring wording on completed fresh-waste projects stayed as RFP. Bidder action: if relying on ongoing projects, obtain competent-ULB verification for all three.
Third-invite dates in `nit.pdf`; tender fee INR 11,800; EMD INR 21,60,000; PBG 5% of contract value; turnover INR 4 crore; net worth INR 2 crore; fresh-waste O&M 3 years (plus the accepted three-ongoing-project route); individual bidder only; 2+3-year term; bid validity 180 days.
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 Clauses 3.2.4(d), 3.2.6 and 3.2.7 still say five years, while both addenda set continuous fresh-waste O&M at three years. The later specific addenda prevail for the duration, but GMC should confirm whether all five-year certificate-detail wording is correspondingly reduced.
RFP pass/fail criterion says INR 5 crore for FY 2022-23 to 2024-25; addendum accepts INR 4 crore and permits FY 2025-26 where audited; Appendix V instead prints FY 2023-24 to 2025-26. The addendum's INR 4 crore prevails; use the latest audited three-year set including FY 2025-26 where available and seek confirmation if unavailable.
RFP says 5% of estimated project cost; addendum says 5% of contract value, which prevails. RFP then gives only '180 days' validity despite a 2+3-year O&M term, leaving start/renewal/claim-period requirements undefined.
Clauses say no physical part of the bid is accepted and hard-copy attempts make the bid non-responsive, but Clause 2.3(c) mandates physical DD/BG/FDR within 7 days. Treat security originals as the express exception and seek delivery acknowledgement.
Technical-bid list calls Appendix II a covering letter, Appendix III bid security, Appendix IV PoA and Appendix VII technical proposal; printed forms are Appendix II PoA, III BG, IV capacity, V finance, VI blacklisting, VIII finance—there is no printed Appendix VII. Use the actually titled forms and obtain portal clarification on the nonexistent/misnumbered items.
Pass/fail Clause 3.2.18 requires 2 JCBs, 2 excavators and 1 ballistic separator, while QCBS item E awards 5 marks for 3 excavators, 3 JCBs, 5 dumpers and 1 front loader. Apply the first as minimum eligibility and the latter as scoring evidence; neither replaces the other.
The table says A.1 'Up to 29 Cr', A.2 'Above 29 Cr–218 Cr' and A.3 'Above 18 Cr', creating overlap and a reversed range. No rule establishes which band prevails; written clarification is essential before technical scoring.
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 issue a clean amended Clause 3.2.4–3.2.7 confirming whether the final requirement is three years for every route, how the three ongoing >200 TPD projects route interacts with the 200/150/100 TPD routes, and whether certificates need three or five years of quantity data.
GMC calls 250 TPD the minimum assured quantity, but payment is only on actual processed quantity and no deemed-payment/compensation formula is given for GMC short supply. Confirm minimum monthly tonnage and bidder compensation.
State the PBG validity start date, required coverage through the 2+3-year contract, extension/claim period, release conditions and contract-value calculation base. Current text only says 180 days.
Issue corrected turnover scoring bands and a definitive technical-bid checklist mapping each required document to the correct printed form, especially the absent Appendix VII and misnumbered PoA/technical proposal references.
Provide the exact in-campus inert disposal point/capacity, responsibility and acceptance records for rejects, permitted RDF off-takers, and relief if off-take is unavailable; RDF/by-products cannot remain over 30 days and bidder bears disposal compliance.
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.
No payment for unprocessed/rejected quantities; payment depends on certified weighbridge records and bidder-funded third-party inspection, with 30-day payment clock only after certified invoice.
Monthly shortfall below 90% attracts 2% of tipping fee on shortfall; rejects above 10% attract 5%; unprocessed waste can incur 5% then 15% deductions plus non-payment and disciplinary action; weighbridge downtime and leachate/spillage have daily penalties.
Failure to achieve COD within 30 days after scheduled completion triggers 0.20% of performance security per day, while timeline language inconsistently uses LOA, LOI and full-scale operation dates.
Any item necessary for successful operation is deemed included at no extra cost. Bidder must gap-assess and add machinery/vehicles, maintain all plant and provide DG backup while recovering only the tipping fee.
Bidder pays electricity, obtains CTO/clearances quickly, bears environmental/statutory penalties, and assumes complete accident responsibility including police complaints and court trials.
Bidder must arrange lawful RDF disposal, evidence substantial historical disposal, transport RDF/inerts in covered vehicles, and avoid storage beyond 30 days. Revenue is retained, but market/off-take risk remains bidder-side.
GMC may reject/annul without reasons and the bidder broadly indemnifies the Authority and waives claims connected with exercise of bidding rights, increasing bid-cost and challenge risk.
Only two years are firm; three-year extension requires performance and mutual consent. GMC anticipates capacity augmentation and reserves decision where waste increases beyond 25%; 5% escalation starts only in year 3.
The inviting authority and relevant contacts: office, person, designation, address, phone and email — and which address receives physical submissions, if any.
Additional Municipal Commissioner-II, Nagar Nigam, Gorakhpur. Current NIT query phones: 8810709400 / 8810709304; email: [email protected].
Office of the Municipal Commissioner, Gorakhpur Municipal Corporation, 01 Townhall, Gorakhpur – 273001. The RFP uses +91-8810709304/98 and emails [email protected], [email protected]. This is the only stated address for correspondence and therefore the stated destination for required security originals, subject to obtaining receipt confirmation.