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13 July 2026 at 12:09 IST.
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STEEL PIPELINE LAYING AT WB GA 11A.03
Hindustan Petroleum Corporation Limited · Malda, West Bengal2600027481-HD-09050
Written by TenderKart AI from the documents published when it was generated. Check the tender for later corrigenda before you bid.
13 Jul 2026
3 Aug 2026
₹11.8 L
All important dates as they stand after corrigenda: publication, pre-bid/clarification deadline, bid submission deadline, bid opening, and bid validity period.
13 July 2026 at 12:09 IST.
17 July 2026, 15:00-16:00 IST, by video conference.
Use the earlier stated deadline, 14 July 2026 at 18:00 IST, unless HPCL confirms otherwise; the portal header instead shows 17 July 2026 at 18:00 and no corrigendum resolves the conflict.
3 August 2026 at 14:00 IST.
3 August 2026 at 14:30 IST, or a convenient date thereafter; financial-bid opening will be intimated later.
120 days from the final bid due date; a shorter validity is non-responsive.
Tender value or estimated cost, EMD/bid security (amount, acceptable forms, validity), tender document fees, performance security, and key payment terms.
SOR-type contract with a financial limit of INR 6,16,85,267.00 including GST; award is overall L1 for the complete scope.
INR 0.
INR 11,75,000. Acceptable modes are internet-banking e-payment, original BG from a scheduled commercial bank other than a co-operative bank, or IRDAI-regulated Insurance Surety Bond. BG/ISB validity is 165 days from the final tender due date. BG claim-period wording requires a three-month gap after expiry; ISB requires a 60-day gap. No MSE/start-up exemption; only Public Sector Enterprises are exempt.
Post-award alternatives are: PBG 10% plus SD 2%; CPBG 10%; SD 2% plus 10% retention from each RA bill; ISB 10% plus SD 2%; or CISB inclusive of security deposit in lieu of 10% retention. CISB/CPBG remains valid through three months beyond the defect-liability period. The 2% SD is due within 15 days of acceptance intimation.
No mobilisation advance. Monthly RA bills are milestone-based: underground-pipeline payments are split 15%/20%/10%/10%/10%/10%/10%/5%/10% across construction through final reconciliation. At least 75% of an eligible RA bill is due within 10 working days and the balance after final checking within 28 working days; final bill payment is due within 30 days after certified receipt. First and subsequent RA bills require the specified insurance/statutory documents and prior-month RPFC/ESI/BOCW challans.
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.
During the seven years ending the last day of the month before invitation, complete either one similar work of at least INR 4.93 crore, two each of at least INR 3.08 crore, or three each of at least INR 2.47 crore (values include taxes/GST). Similar work means laying/installation and hydrotesting, including swabbing or drying or EGP or N2 purging, of buried hydrocarbon steel pipeline of minimum 4-inch diameter. Past values are escalated at simple 7% per annum.
Average annual turnover for the last three years ending 31 March 2025 must be at least INR 1.85 crore, excluding other income. Missing-year turnover is treated as nil with a denominator of three. Section VIII states no separate net-worth threshold.
Eligible Micro and Small Enterprises receive 15% relaxation in prior-experience and turnover PQC, subject to quality/technical compliance. Start-ups receive no PQC relaxation.
Running rate contracts qualify only to the executed threshold with an end-user/owner/authorised-consultant certificate. Own-plant/project work is excluded; subsidiary/fellow-subsidiary/holding-company work and approved-subcontract work may qualify with the specified supporting evidence. If main contractor and subcontractor rely on the same credential, only the main contractor is considered.
Permitted bidders are a sole entity, an incorporated JV, or an Indian-registered subsidiary/affiliate. An incorporated JV older than three financial years must itself meet every PQC. A newer incorporated JV may qualify itself or through one identified constituent/promoter that meets every PQC and guarantees full performance/support and non-withdrawal. Parent/affiliate credentials may support an Indian subsidiary only if the subsidiary meets the other technical or financial PQC and the parent/affiliate guarantees completion. Only one affiliate may bid.
Only Class-I and Class-II local suppliers are eligible; minimum local content is 20% (Class-I: at least 50%; Class-II: at least 20% but below 50%). A bidder, proposed subcontractor, or relevant parent/affiliate from a country sharing a land border with India must satisfy the DPIIT registration rules stated in the tender.
Bidder must not be insolvent, in receivership, bankrupt, winding up or subject to similar proceedings; must not be HPCL/government/PSU/GeM ineligible, holiday-listed, blacklisted, banned or debarred as specified; and must disclose any ban. A non-performing firm is ineligible, and misleading representations or poor performance in the preceding five years can disqualify the bidder or any constituent partner.
Any substantial conflict of interest is disqualifying. A bidder cannot participate in more than one bid, including as a subcontractor in another bid; only one bid from affiliated entities is permitted.
GST registration evidence is required unless a valid statutory exemption applies. Technical PQC documents must be notary-attested with legible stamp; audited financial statements must be CA-certified and notary-attested, and CA certificates/reports must carry UDIN.
What is being procured: the work, supplies or services, deliverables and quantities, locations, phases, completion or delivery timelines, applicable standards, and notable exclusions.
Lay approximately 16.2 km of 4-inch OD, 6.4 mm wall-thickness API 5L Grade X-52 PSL 2 natural-gas pipeline from Sagardighi to Raghunathganj in the stated Malda GA, West Bengal, including associated works. The length is tentative and may change with site conditions.
Complete pipeline construction covers survey/ROU management, clearing/grading/stringing, bending/manual welding, trenching, joint coating, lowering, crossings including HDD where specified, tie-ins, NDT/destructive testing, backfilling/restoration, hydrotest, dewatering, swabbing, drying, nitrogen purging, pre-commissioning, commissioning and gas-in.
Include SV/isolation/tap-off station piping and valve chambers; mechanical, civil, architectural, structural, cathodic-protection/corrosion-monitoring, electrical, instrumentation and telecom works; HDPE duct and OFC in the common trench; crossings and restoration; as-built drawings, pipe books, test certificates, inspection reports, photographs and project records.
HPCL supplies designated free-issue items including externally coated/bare line pipe and other identified materials; the contractor receives, transports, stores, installs and protects them and supplies all other required materials, consumables, labour and equipment. Work must follow approved-for-construction drawings, procedures, specifications and applicable codes/standards; unlisted activities required for complete performance remain in contractor scope without extra time or cost.
Contract period is one year from LOA/PO, with completion in 10 months: nine months for mechanical completion and one month for commissioning. The period includes mobilisation and intervening monsoon. If gas is unavailable, preserve the pipeline with nitrogen at 2 bar(g), initially up to six months as stated.
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 online at https://etender.hpcl.co.in under a single-stage, two-bid system: password-free PDF technical/unpriced documents with no price hint, and a separately submitted online Price Schedule. Manual bids are not accepted.
The authorised signatory must digitally sign every uploaded statement, document and certificate. Upload the authorisation document; scanned originals or specified self-attested copies must be clear and password-free.
Deliver original EMD/BG/ISB and the signed, stamped and witnessed Integrity Pact to VCS Noida by the online bid deadline (3 August 2026, 14:00 IST). Use sealed double cover/tender box. The original prevails over a discrepant scan.
Place all technical and financial PQC evidence in a separately indexed, page-numbered section/booklet titled ‘Documentation against Pre-Qualification Criteria (Technical and Financial)’ with the unpriced bid. Fresh PQC documents submitted later will not be evaluated.
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.
TIS gives 14 July 2026 at 18:00 IST, while the portal-generated tender header gives 17 July 2026 at 18:00. No corrigendum is included to resolve it; bidders should act by 14 July and seek portal confirmation.
TIS lists only EMD/ISB/bid-security documents for physical submission, but SCC 81.2 additionally requires a hard-copy Integrity Pact with the EMD before bid due time. Comply with the stricter SCC requirement and submit both.
The detailed work section and main scope table state 16.2 km, while the construction-front table states 16 km. Use 16.2 km for bid planning, subject to the express note that length is tentative and actual SOR/site quantities govern.
Detailed SOW specifies 4-inch x 6.4 mm API 5L Grade X-52 PSL 2, but SOR item 9.1 describes purging for API 5L Grade X-56 pipe. The specific pipeline definition (X-52 PSL 2) should prevail for the installed pipeline, but HPCL should correct the SOR description before pricing.
Multiple qualification, annexure, form and SCC pages carry a Rajasthan 10-inch/8-inch IbrahimPur-to-Karauli project header, while their substantive clauses and the governing tender identify this Malda 4-inch work. Treat those headers as template errors; the tender number, NIT and Malda-specific body text prevail, but obtain written confirmation.
The portal header marks MSE Preference ‘Applicable’, but NIT says this works contract does not carry MSE purchase preference. The specific NIT statement prevails; only the separate 15% PQC relaxation for MSEs remains stated.
NIT's generic wording refers to Class-II and Non-Local Suppliers as eligible subject to ITB, but the tender-specific TIS allows only Class-I and Class-II. The TIS restriction prevails; non-local suppliers are ineligible.
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.
Ask HPCL to confirm the operative clarification deadline and the complete physical-submission set, specifically whether both original EMD and hard-copy Integrity Pact must reach VCS by bid due time.
Request a corrected schedule confirming 16.2 km versus 16 km and API 5L Grade X-52 PSL 2 versus X-56 before pricing, and confirm that all Rajasthan/Ibrahimpur-Karauli headers are non-operative template errors.
The project is about 64.8 inch-km (4 inches x 16.2 km), yet SCC says the monthly target will generally be not less than 220 inch-km and imposes INR 2,50,000 per inch-km shortfall. Ask HPCL to state the project-specific monthly target, measurement method, exclusions for unavailable fronts/materials/permissions, and aggregate cap.
Ask HPCL to correct SCC 86.1-86.2, which refers to clauses 85.2 and 85.1 rather than clearly specifying the safety default and applicable amount, and confirm whether these penalties are cumulative with LD and monthly-target penalties.
Request the current status/schedule for ROU, road/rail/water/forest and utility permissions, free-issue pipe availability, and compensation/time relief when fronts or owner materials are delayed; the completion period includes monsoon and many approvals/restoration duties sit with the contractor.
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.
LD is 0.5% of total order value per week or part-week, capped at 5% of total contract value at the contractual completion date. The 10-month period includes mobilisation and monsoon.
SCC contemplates at least 220 inch-km/month and INR 2,50,000 per inch-km shortfall, at HPCL's discretion, in addition to delay price adjustment. This appears disproportionate to the stated 4-inch x 16.2-km project and should not be priced without clarification.
Safety failures can stop work and trigger INR 5,000 then INR 10,000 per instance, up to 1% RA-bill deduction and possible blacklisting; statutory-document delays, uninspected materials, valve-chamber delay and nitrogen-purging delay carry separate deductions up to INR 1,00,000/week or INR 50,000/week.
No advance is available; 10% of underground-pipeline payment is held to final reconciliation, while security alternatives can require 10% performance coverage plus 2% SD or 10% RA-bill retention. First bills are blocked until statutory/insurance documents are submitted.
Prices are firm with no price variation. Contractor bears utilities, temporary facilities, access/permits, testing and restoration, and even work not expressly listed but needed for completion can be required without extra time/cost.
Contractor is responsible for custody and return of free-issue materials; excess/unreturned material is recovered at 200% of landed cost. The monthly equipment schedule shifts only if line pipe issue is later than 75 days from LOA/PO.
Owner's aggregate liability is capped at 10% of PO value, while no equivalent aggregate cap is stated there for contractor liability. During force majeure, contractor has no entitlement to delay costs or contract-price payment for the affected period.
If HPCL considers the lowest bid non-workable, it may reject it and forfeit EMD; it may also demand increased performance security after reviewing price analysis.
The inviting authority and relevant contacts: office, person, designation, address, phone and email — and which address receives physical submissions, if any.
Hindustan Petroleum Corporation Limited, Head of Department, Central Procurement Organisation, 9th Floor, A Wing, Marathon Futurex Building, N. M. Joshi Marg, Lower Parel, Mumbai 400013, Maharashtra, India.
M/s VCS Quality Services Pvt. Ltd., Unit 1116-1121, Tower 4, Assotech Business Cresterra, Plot 22, Sector 135, Expressway, Noida 201301, Uttar Pradesh. Contacts: +91 7988086125 / 8010489356 / 8447121518; [email protected], [email protected], [email protected], [email protected]. This is the address for physical originals.
Telephone 022-41146666 or +91 7710911191; [email protected].
Mr Anshul Sharma (RCM, VCS), +91 9718636050.
Mr Neel Mani Neeraj, Sr. Manager – HPCL CGD Project; mobile 9999550775; email [email protected].