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The e-tender documents are available from 21.08.2026; the notice itself is dated 13.08.2026.
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Tambaram City Municipal Corporation · Chengalpattu, Tamil Nadu2026_DMA_696908_1
Written by TenderKart AI from the documents published when it was generated. Check the tender for later corrigenda before you bid.
21 Aug 2026
21 Sept 2026
₹3.8 Cr
₹3.8 L
All important dates as they stand after corrigenda: publication, pre-bid/clarification deadline, bid submission deadline, bid opening, and bid validity period.
The e-tender documents are available from 21.08.2026; the notice itself is dated 13.08.2026.
07.09.2026 at 11.00 AM at Tambaram Corporation Main Office is the consistent, tender-specific date. The Tamil notice pages 2 and 5 incorrectly print 07.08.2026, and Tamil page 3 prints 21.09.2026; bidders should obtain written confirmation.
Requests must reach the Commissioner earlier than 7 working days before the bid-submission deadline; the tender gives no separate clock time.
21.09.2026 at 3.00 PM (15:00 hours), by online upload.
Technical bids open on 21.09.2026 at 3.30 PM at Tambaram City Municipal Corporation office; price bids open later after technical qualification, on a separately notified date.
At least 90 days after the 21.09.2026 submission deadline; TCMC may seek one extension not exceeding 30 days.
Tender value or estimated cost, EMD/bid security (amount, acceptable forms, validity), tender document fees, performance security, and key payment terms.
Rs. 384.30 Lakh for 18 months: Year I Rs. 21,00,000/month for months 1-12 and Year II Rs. 22,05,000/month for months 13-18. Bid evaluation uses the quoted Year-I monthly rate, with Year II automatically 5% higher.
1% of estimate value, Rs. 3,84,300.00, payable online only. No independent EMD validity/claim period is stated; it remains exposed through bid validity and is released after agreement and performance security. It may be forfeited for withdrawal, failure to accept correction, sign the agreement, or furnish security.
Rs. 10,000.00, remitted online through the e-tender payment gateway; other forms are not accepted.
2% of tendered value. ITB Clause 28.4 requires an irrevocable bank guarantee within 7 days of LOA; the model LOA instead says Rs. 7,68,600 including EMD, by deposit or BG within 15 days, valid until 15 days after the Defects Liability Period. This conflict needs written clarification before relying on the 15-day option.
Monthly payment is not tonnage/M-Book linked. Submit countersigned trip/tonnage and maintenance reports; payment is due within 30 days, subject to performance deductions. TCMC retains 2.5% from every monthly payment and releases it within 60 days after satisfactory completion, with no outstanding defects or LD.
Quoted rates exclude GST, but the tender treats this pure municipal SWM service as GST-exempt while exemption conditions continue; if exemption ceases, TCMC pays GST. Year II carries 5% escalation. Extra quantities above Annexure J are separately payable with prior approval/supporting records.
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 a registered O&M service provider for static compactors, hook loaders and containers (or equivalent hydraulic machinery/vehicles), with Tamil Nadu GST registration. Consortium/JV and subcontracting are not allowed.
Clause 4.4 requires satisfactory O&M of transfer station(s) with 2 static compactors, 3 hook loaders and 8 x 22 Cum containers, up to 150 TPD, at least 30,000 cumulative tons, under up to two stations, continuously for at least 12 months during the last three years for Government/ULB/PSU; ongoing works qualify after commissioning and during O&M. Certificate must be from at least Executive Engineer/equivalent. Bidder must also be OEM with O&M experience or an O&M service provider, hold valid Government registration, and have minimum Class I licence. The value-based Annexure C/checklist criterion conflicts and requires clarification.
Positive net worth at preceding year-end; at least Rs. 252.00 Lakh turnover from transfer-station O&M contracts in any one of FY 2023-24 to 2025-26; audited balance sheets and paid-tax certificates for all three years; current/latest GST return; and nationalized-bank working-capital proof. Clause 4.3 says credit equal to tender value and not older than 30 days, while Annexure B says 15% (Rs.57,64,500) and issued after publication—clarification is essential.
Submit Government/local-body registration, GST, ESI and PF registrations. GST must be active in Tamil Nadu continuously for at least 12 months at submission. Maintain a registered/branch office in Tambaram/Tamil Nadu, or undertake by affidavit to establish one before agreement, plus local authorized workshop tie-up for maintenance/emergency support.
Proposed team qualifications and experience are: 2 BE (Mechanical/Electrical or equivalent) with 5 years, 4 engineering diploma holders with 2 years, 2 degree-qualified computer operators with 2 years, and 6 heavy-truck drivers. Submit educational certificates, valid heavy-truck licences, employment proof and the notarized Rs.100 declaration. Also prove availability by invoice of the listed maintenance equipment.
Ineligible if currently barred or under subsisting termination notice from Government/ULB/PSU; bidder must not have foreclosed an SWM agreement during the last five financial years. Disqualification also follows false/misleading submissions, abandonment/non-completion, inordinate delay, adverse litigation/financial failure, or LD above 5%/other execution penalty in an SWM project in the last five years. Conflict-of-interest and multiple-bid rules also apply.
What is being procured: the work, supplies or services, deliverables and quantities, locations, phases, completion or delivery timelines, applicable standards, and notable exclusions.
Operate, maintain and manage the Kannadapalayam Zone IV MSW transfer station for 18 months from work order. The station is designed for 150 TPD and stated operating capacity is 135 TPD; receive, weigh, compact and transport waste to Appur.
Receive MSW, record inbound/outbound weights, mechanized load/unload, operate compactors and closed containers, and transport to Appur on a 66.4 km to-and-fro lead. Scope/BOQ state up to 10 trips/day, while Annexure J states up to 3 trips per vehicle/day for 3 trucks (9 total), a pricing conflict requiring confirmation.
Maintain 2 static compactors/change-over systems, 3 hook-loader trucks, 8 x 22 Cum containers, weighbridge, pumps/electrical/lighting, odour control, CCTV/RFID/GPS, plant insurance, fuel/lubricants, spares, tyres, housekeeping and sanitation. Detailed annual quantities are in Annexure J pages 45-46.
Deploy plant/project manager, compactor operators, drivers with standby, helpers, security, computer operator, housekeeping and maintenance technicians. Maintain daily operating and maintenance logs, report incidents within 24 hours, and submit monthly trip/tonnage and maintenance reports.
TCMC pays electricity/water, truck-fleet insurance and provides Appur dumpsite operator/excavator. Annexure J quantities cap included spares/consumables/fuel; approved excess is separately reimbursable. Extra lead beyond 66.4 km is paid at actual prevailing fuel rates/km; waste above 150 TPD is paid per excess ton. Contract may be extended twice for 18 months each by mutual agreement and satisfactory performance, each with 5% escalation over the preceding monthly rate.
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 only through https://tntenders.gov.in. Cover 1 / Technical Bid contains scanned EMD proof, pre-qualification documents and tender document; Cover 2 / Price Bid contains the unmodified filled BOQ. Technical cover opens first; price cover opens only for technically qualified bids.
Register the authorized-certifying-authority e-token/DSC, digitally sign uploaded documents, keep each upload under 2 MB (zip if needed), submit by server clock and retain the portal acknowledgement as proof.
Bid documents must be in English, typed or indelibly written, signed by an authorized person, and corrections/entered pages initialled. All supporting certificates and agreements must be notarized; Annexures requiring stamp paper/notary must follow their printed wording. No physical-original submission deadline is stated.
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 English notice and tender-specific Annexure-1 state 07.09.2026 at 11:00 AM. Tamil notice pages state either 07.08.2026 (before the 13.08.2026 notice) or 21.09.2026. The specific technical tender and English notice should prevail, but written portal confirmation is prudent.
Checklist/Annexure C use value-based completion thresholds (80% one contract, 50% two, 40% three in any one preceding year), while Clause 4.4 uses equipment, 150 TPD, 30,000-ton and 12-month requirements under up to two stations. Neither clause expressly overrides the other; bidders should satisfy both until TCMC clarifies.
Clause 4.3 requires credit equal to the tender value and issued within 30 days before submission; Annexure B requires only 15%, Rs.57,64,500, received after publication. The eligibility clause is stricter and should be used unless TCMC confirms Annexure B's 15% threshold.
ITB requires 2% by irrevocable BG within 7 days of LOA. The model LOA permits deposit or BG, includes EMD in Rs.7,68,600, and allows 15 days; agreement clauses also mention 15 or 21 days. The ITB's specific 7-day mandatory security requirement is safest pending clarification.
Scope and price BOQ require up to 10 trips/day, but Annexure J provides 3 trips/vehicle/day for 3 trucks (9 trips/day). Annexure J's stated annual diesel quantity of approximately 7,085 litres is also arithmetically inconsistent with its printed basis (3 x 3 x 66.4 x 365 / 3.4, approximately 64,159 litres). Pricing exposure is substantial; TCMC must correct/confirm the basis.
Contractor maintenance scope includes genset fuel and Annexure J includes average two hours/day; page 12 says only operation beyond that average is extra-paid. Page 13 broadly says backup during power failure is at additional cost. The quantified Annexure J/read-together interpretation is that the first two hours/day are included and only excess is reimbursable, but TCMC should confirm.
Clause 12 says duties/taxes other than GST are included and Clause 28 says rates exclude GST; Clause 41 states this contract is GST-exempt while conditions continue and TCMC pays GST if exemption ceases. Clause 41 is the specific treatment and should prevail.
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 the pre-bid meeting is 07.09.2026 at 11:00 AM and issue a correction to the 07.08.2026 / 21.09.2026 dates. Also confirm the exact email/online channel and cut-off date for written questions, since no email is printed.
Must bidders satisfy both the value-based 80%/50%/40% experience criterion and Clause 4.4's 30,000-ton/equipment/12-month criterion? Confirm whether up to three contracts are permitted, because Clause 4.4 caps evidence at two transfer stations.
Confirm whether required bank credit is 100% of tender value under Clause 4.3 or 15% / Rs.57,64,500 under Annexure B, and whether a scheduled bank (Annexure B) is acceptable or only a nationalized bank (Clause 4.3).
Confirm payable/included daily trips (10 total versus 3 per truck/9 total), correct the diesel quantity because ≈7,085 litres/year does not match the printed formula, and state who bears any fuel shortfall up to the mandated trip level.
Confirm whether 2% security is an irrevocable BG within 7 days or deposit/BG within 15 days, whether the EMD is included in the 2%, and whether agreement execution is due in 15 or 21 days.
Provide current condition, service history and handover inspection protocol for TCMC-owned compactors, trucks, containers and weighbridge, and define the Defects Liability Period—the security validity and defect obligations refer to it, but no duration is stated.
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.
Standards require 100% clearance within 24 hours and at least 90% uptime, housekeeping and record accuracy. Penalties are Rs.1,000/day for backlog, Rs.500/instance for record/safety lapses, and twice the per-day monthly rate for machinery outage over 7 consecutive days due to bidder fault. Monthly LD is capped at 10%, but sustained failure can terminate the contract and forfeit security and retention.
The 10-trip/day requirement conflicts with 9 trips/day in Annexure J, and the printed annual diesel allowance is about one-ninth of the amount produced by its own formula. Unless corrected, fuel and fleet costs could be severely underpriced.
Contractor funds monthly operations, suffers 2.5% retention until completion plus up to 60 days for release, and monthly payment is due within 30 days only after reports/verification and net of penalties. Security terms and timing conflict. Contractor termination right for nonpayment arises only after continuous default over 90 days.
Except limited employer risks, all property loss, injury and death arising from performance sit with the contractor. Contractor bears site safety and plant/equipment insurance; natural-calamity losses are not payable by Government. On contractor-default termination, site materials, plant, equipment and works are deemed Employer property.
No party may terminate for force majeure. Employer-caused access/delay/instruction events grant time only and expressly no financial compensation. TCMC also reserves broad discretion to require work in a manner different from tender terms, and its interpretation of inconsistencies is final/binding.
The contractor must repair/maintain specified existing assets and remedy damage through the end of a Defects Liability Period, but the tender does not state the assets' current condition or define the DLP duration. This also makes final security validity uncertain.
No subcontracting is permitted. Contractor must transport waste the same day and, during machine failure, clear it using alternative resources at its own cost; continuous failure beyond the stated periods can terminate the contract.
The inviting authority and relevant contacts: office, person, designation, address, phone and email — and which address receives physical submissions, if any.
Thiru Balachander IAS, Commissioner, Tambaram City Municipal Corporation, 1 Muthuranga Mudali Street, West Tambaram, Tambaram, Chennai, Tamil Nadu 600045. The tender prints no phone number or email.
Tambaram City Municipal Corporation Main Office is the stated bid-opening and pre-bid venue. Clarifications are addressed in writing to the Commissioner at the invitation address; the Engineering Section can provide additional details during office working days/hours.
No physical-original submission is prescribed; the offer is expressly e-submission only. Accordingly, no separate address/deadline for physical originals is stated.