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27.08.2026.
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National Highways Authority of India · Bilaspur, Chhattisgarh2026_NHAI_289126_1
Written by TenderKart AI from the documents published when it was generated. Check the tender for later corrigenda before you bid.
27 Aug 2026
12 Oct 2026
₹124.0 Cr
₹2.5 Cr
All important dates as they stand after corrigenda: publication, pre-bid/clarification deadline, bid submission deadline, bid opening, and bid validity period.
27.08.2026.
Pre-bid meeting: 08.09.2026; Authority response to queries: 21.09.2026. The schedule anomalously states the last date for receiving queries as 12.10.2026; this conflict is flagged under contradictions.
12.10.2026 up to 11:00 Hours IST.
13.10.2026 at 11:30 Hours IST, per the bidding schedule. Clause 2.15.2 instead says 12.10.2026; bidders should obtain written clarification.
At least 120 days from the Bid Due Date; extension may be by mutual consent.
Tender value or estimated cost, EMD/bid security (amount, acceptable forms, validity), tender document fees, performance security, and key payment terms.
Rs. 124,02,50,000.00/- (INR 1,240,250,000), stated as exclusive of GST in the project table and BOQ. Clause 1.1.2 incorrectly calls it inclusive of GST; pricing is percentage above/below the stated estimated cost.
The RFP contains three incompatible amounts: Rs. 1,24,02,500/- in Clause 1.2.4; Rs. 1,46,35,000/- in Clauses 2.11.1/2.11.2 and the bank-guarantee form; and Rs. 1.51 Crore in the surety-bond form. No corrigendum resolves this. Do not issue the instrument until NHAI confirms the amount in writing.
Rs. 20,000/- by online payment through SFMS to NHAI; upload the payment receipt. This conflicts with the database context but Rs. 20,000 is the amount printed in the RFP.
3% of Bid Price, due within 30 days of LOA. Accepted as insurance surety bond, account-payee DD, FDR, banker's cheque, or unconditional BG/e-BG. It remains valid until 60 days after the Defects Liability/Maintenance Period; the DCA permits initial two-year validity with extensions at least two months before expiry.
Applies to abnormally low bids: 0.1% increments for bids more than 10% but less than 20% below estimate; 1% plus 0.2% per percentage below 20% for bids 20%-<30% below; and 3% plus 0.5% per percentage below 30% for bids at least 30% below. Only e-BG is accepted.
Works are paid as lump-sum stage payments for completed stages; incomplete stages cannot be claimed. Maintenance is paid as fixed monthly amounts (1/12 of annual maintenance cost), certified monthly but paid quarterly, with permanent deductions for non-compliance. Payment certificates are payable within 30 days.
Interest-bearing mobilisation advance is 10% of Contract Price in two 5% instalments at Bank Rate + 3%; up to another 5% may be advanced for newly purchased key equipment. Each draw requires a 110% BG. Recovery is 15% from each stage payment and must finish before 80% of the construction period. Retention is 6% from each works payment, capped at 5% of Contract Price, refundable within 15 days of Completion Certificate after adjustments.
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.
Available bid capacity must exceed the total bid value, calculated as (A × N × 2.5 − B + C), using the maximum annual civil-engineering works value over the last five years, existing commitments/won works, and EPC bonus.
Over the five financial years preceding Bid Due Date, eligible construction payments/PPP construction experience, after prescribed factors, must exceed Rs. 124.03 Cr.
At least one similar highway-sector work of Rs. 24.805 Crore (20% of estimated cost) must be completed under Category 1 and/or 3. A project counts as completed when over 90% of its value is complete and the completed value is at least 20% of estimated project cost.
Minimum net worth: Rs. 12.40 Crore at close of the preceding financial year. Minimum updated average annual turnover: Rs. 24.805 Crore over the last five financial years.
JV is permitted because the estimated cost exceeds Rs. 100 Crore; maximum three members. Lead member must meet at least 60% of bid, technical and financial capacity and perform at least 51% of total project-highway length; every other member must meet at least 20%; JV collectively must meet 100%. Members are jointly and severally liable through the Defect Liability Period. One JV member must individually satisfy the similar-work requirement.
A bidder may submit only one bid, whether alone or through a JV. Conflicts include common controlling interests, common constituents/representatives, cross-subsidy or influential relationships with another bidder, and participation as the Authority's consultant for project documents/design/specifications.
Bidder and every JV member must not be a non-performing party on bid date and must be neither debarred on tender opening nor on LOA date. Debarment extends to allied firms; debarment of a JV/consortium extends to all partners. The RFP lists project delay, unresolved NCRs/maintenance failures, structural failures, failure to furnish security, expulsion/termination and other defaults as non-performance triggers.
A bidder from a country sharing a land border with India, including a JV containing such a member, is eligible only if registered with the Competent Authority. Registration must be valid at bid submission and acceptance; the required certification must be true, failing which the bid may be rejected/contract terminated with legal action.
Where at least 50% of L1 bidder/member equity is held by persons outside India, or it is foreign-controlled, award requires competent-authority national-security/public-interest approval. Entities from countries identified by MoRTH as barring Indian companies from relevant government procurement are ineligible except for permitted items.
What is being procured: the work, supplies or services, deliverables and quantities, locations, phases, completion or delivery timelines, applicable standards, and notable exclusions.
Design, engineering, procurement, construction and maintenance of five MoRTH-identified black spots on NH-130, including underpasses, junction improvements and other road-safety measures, on EPC basis.
The five site stretches are: Km 23+315–24+150 at Sendri, Bilaspur (0.835 km); Km 31+861–32+877 at Rani Goan, Bilaspur (1.016 km); Km 49+650–50+085 at Bansakara, Baloda Bazar-Bhatapara (0.435 km); Km 61+215–62+675 at Dharchura, Baloda Bazar-Bhatapara (1.460 km); and Km 89+930–91+535 at Mohbhatta, Durg (1.605 km).
Provide four VUPs at Km 23+723, 32+370, 61+950 and 90+750, each with 1×20.0 m span and 5.5 m minimum clearance; provide eight PUPs at Km 23+512, 23+934, 32+088, 32+632, 61+660, 62+230, 90+490 and 91+050, each 1×7.0 m with 3.0 m clearance. Improve listed at-grade and grade-separated junctions after detailed engineering.
Construction period is 12 months / 365 days from Appointed Date, followed by 10 years' maintenance. Milestones fall at 35%, 60% and 85% of the construction period, requiring cumulative valid stage-payment statements of at least 10%, 35% and 70% of Contract Price respectively.
Works must follow Schedule-B, facilities Schedule-C, and specifications/standards Schedule-D. Deliverables include working drawings and certified as-built drawings for highway works, black spots, junctions, underpasses/PUPs, structures, road furniture, traffic diversions, drainage and lighting; completion tests include visual/physical checks, NDT and load testing for qualifying bridges, and reflectivity/illumination tests.
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.
Single-stage, two-part bidding: technical eligibility is evaluated first and only responsive bidders' financial bids are opened. Upload through CPPP/e-procurement at https://etenders.gov.in and also apply on the E-TENDERS portal; bids by fax, telex, telegram or email are rejected.
Class-III DSC is mandatory in the name of the authorised signatory/firm/organisation/owner and in corporate capacity (lead-member capacity for JV), supported by DSC evidence. Prepare and scan Clause 2.11.1 documents as separate PDF/RAR files no larger than 30 MB and digitally sign the online submission.
Bid must be typed and signed in indelible blue ink by the authorised signatory; every alteration, omission, addition or amendment must be initialled. Internationally issued powers of attorney must be apostilled/notarised in the issuing jurisdiction and comply with the Indian Stamp Act.
The Lowest Bidder must deliver Clause 2.11.2 originals in a sealed, project-marked envelope to the Regional Officer, NHAI Regional Office Raipur, before LOA. DD/FDR/banker's-cheque bid security must arrive within five working days of Bid Due Date. Failure to provide originals causes unconditional five-year debarment from NHAI bidding.
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.
Clause 1.2.4 states Rs. 1,24,02,500/-; Clauses 2.11.1/2.11.2 and Appendix-II state Rs. 1,46,35,000/-; Appendix-X states Rs. 1.51 Crore. No corrigendum exists, so no amount can safely be treated as prevailing. Obtain a written addendum before arranging security.
The standalone NIT says download/submission on 12.10.2025 and opening on 12.10.2025, impossible for a tender dated 27.08.2026. The later and internally structured RFP schedule uses submission 12.10.2026 and opening 13.10.2026; use the RFP schedule, subject to portal confirmation.
Clause 1.3 schedules opening at 11:30 IST on 13.10.2026, while Clause 2.15.2 says 11:30 IST on 12.10.2026, only 30 minutes after bid close. The schedule date should be followed provisionally, but written confirmation is essential.
Clause 2.11.1(q) says 03.10.2026, while Clauses 1.3 and 2.12 say 12.10.2026. The repeated schedule/operative due-date clause supports 12.10.2026, but the portal should be treated as operational confirmation.
The project table and BOQ state the Rs. 124,02,50,000 estimate is exclusive of GST, but Clause 1.1.2 calls the same estimate inclusive of GST. The financial-bid clause and DCA separately say Bid Price/Contract Price excludes GST and GST is payable at applicable rates, so exclusive-of-GST treatment is the more specific and consistent reading.
The schedule sets last receipt of queries on 12.10.2026 but promises responses by 21.09.2026 and holds the pre-bid meeting on 08.09.2026. This is chronologically impossible; seek the actual query cut-off immediately.
The schedule allows 50% of PS/APS within 30 days of LOA and the balance within 30 days of agreement, while Clause 2.21.1 requires the full 3% within 30 days of LOA. Follow the stricter full-security deadline unless NHAI confirms the staged option.
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.
Which amount finally applies—Rs. 1,24,02,500/-, Rs. 1,46,35,000/-, or Rs. 1.51 Crore—and will NHAI issue corrected Appendix-II and Appendix-X forms? This is a bid-responsiveness blocker.
Please confirm the actual last query date, technical-bid opening date, and financial-bid due date, because the RFP contains mutually impossible or inconsistent dates (12/13 October opening, 3/12 October financial due date, and query deadline after response date).
Please confirm that the Rs. 124,02,50,000 estimate and percentage bid are exclusive of GST and that GST will be paid separately at applicable rates, notwithstanding Clause 1.1.2 saying the estimate is inclusive.
Provide verified utility inventories/approvals and clarify compensation for quantities beyond the stated +5% band. Schedule-A places all above/below-ground relocation in contractor scope, says variations may affect cost, and bars COS up to +5%, creating material unquantified pricing risk.
Schedule-B lists four VUPs although the project covers five black spots. Please issue a black-spot-wise final scope matrix identifying the exact long-term measure, junction works, service/slip roads and quantities at each of the five locations, especially the Km 49+650–50+085 Bansakara stretch.
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.
Construction is due in 365 days. Missing any milestone or completion date by more than 30 days attracts damages of 0.05% of Contract Price per day, capped at 10%; exceeding the cap is an incurable default permitting termination.
The contractor maintains the highway for 10 years. Maintenance certificates are paid quarterly, and Schedule-M reductions for non-compliance are permanent even after rectification; this creates long-tail performance and working-capital exposure.
Besides 3% performance security and possible additional security for low bids, 6% is withheld from each works payment until retention reaches 5% of Contract Price. Performance security can remain locked until 60 days after the later of maintenance/DLP expiry and defect rectification.
The bidder is deemed to have examined the site and accepts inadequacy/error risk in Authority information; no claim is admissible on that account. The DCA also states Contract Price is not adjusted for unforeseen difficulties unless expressly provided.
All overhead/underground utility relocations, permissions and protections fall within contractor scope; quantities may vary and up to +5% does not qualify as Change of Scope. The Contract Price includes utility shifting and utility-department centages except supervision charges.
Mobilisation/equipment advances carry Bank Rate + 3%, require 110% BG cover, and are recovered at 15% of each stage payment. If certified stage payments fail to reach 20% of Contract Price by halfway through the construction period, the advance plus interest may be recovered by encashing the BG.
If the Lowest Bidder fails to submit required originals before LOA, it is unconditionally debarred from NHAI projects for five years. This magnifies administrative risk around PoAs, Integrity Pact, experience documents and the disputed bid-security instrument.
The inviting authority and relevant contacts: office, person, designation, address, phone and email — and which address receives physical submissions, if any.
Regional Officer, National Highways Authority of India, Regional Office Raipur, Ministry of Road Transport & Highways, Government of India, House No. F-1, Anupam Nagar, TV Tower Road, Raipur-492006, Chhattisgarh, India. This is also the address for the Lowest Bidder's sealed physical originals.
[email protected]. No named individual or telephone number is specified in the tender documents reviewed.