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RFP invited on Monday, 17 August 2026.
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Strengthening work from km 115.670 to km 133.936 length 18.266km and specialized slope protection works at km 133.94 and km 150.737 on Changlang-Khonsa road section of NH 215 under Khonsa Highway Division in the State of Arunachal Pradesh
Ministry of Road Transport and Highways · Khonsa, Arunachal Pradesh2026_MoRTH_922313_1
Written by TenderKart AI from the documents published when it was generated. Check the tender for later corrigenda before you bid.
17 Aug 2026
22 Sept 2026
₹74.5 Cr
₹74.5 L
All important dates as they stand after corrigenda: publication, pre-bid/clarification deadline, bid submission deadline, bid opening, and bid validity period.
RFP invited on Monday, 17 August 2026.
Last date for queries and the pre-bid meeting: Monday, 24 August 2026; Authority's response targeted by Tuesday, 1 September 2026.
Online technical and financial bids close Thursday, 17 September 2026 at 11:00 IST.
Online technical bids open Friday, 18 September 2026 at 11:00 IST.
120 days from the Bid Due Date, stated to expire Friday, 15 January 2027; extension requires mutual consent.
Tender value or estimated cost, EMD/bid security (amount, acceptable forms, validity), tender document fees, performance security, and key payment terms.
₹74,53,82,225/- excluding GST.
₹74,53,822. Acceptable forms: IRDAI-authorised insurance surety bond, account-payee demand draft, banker's cheque, or e-bank guarantee from an eligible bank. It must remain valid at least 180 days from Bid Due Date, inclusive of a 60-day claim period.
₹10,000, paid online through Bharat Kosh in favour of the Regional Pay & Accounts Officer, MoRTH, Guwahati; upload the receipt.
Performance Security is 3% of Bid Price, due within 30 days of LOA; the bidder may provide 50% before agreement signing and the balance within 30 days after signing. PS remains valid until 60 days after the Defects Liability Period. Additional Performance Security applies to abnormally low bids.
Works are paid against completed lump-sum stages. By the 7th of the month the contractor submits the stage statement; the Engineer broadly determines 90% within 10 days and the Authority pays that part within 10 further days. Final/IPC payments are due within 30 days; delayed payment bears 9% p.a.
Interest-bearing mobilisation advance is 10% of Contract Price at Bank Rate +3% in two 5% instalments; up to another 5% is available for new key equipment. Each advance requires a 110% bank guarantee and is recovered at 15% from stage payments. The Authority deducts 6% from each works payment as retention, capped at 5% of Contract Price. Maintenance is paid separately in fixed monthly amounts but settled quarterly, within 30 days of the last IPC for the quarter.
Works payments are adjusted for labour, cement, steel, plant/machinery/spares, bitumen, fuel/lubricants and other material indices; maintenance lump sums are adjusted quarterly.
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.
A bidder may generally be a natural person/private entity, but JV is not allowed where estimated project cost is up to ₹100 crore. Because this project's estimated cost is ₹74,53,82,225, bid as a single entity.
Available Bid Capacity must exceed the total bid value. Formula: A×N×2.5 − B + C, using peak annual civil-engineering works in the last five years, commitments due during this contract, and eligible EPC bonus.
Over the preceding five financial years, adjusted eligible construction receipts/self-construction must exceed ₹55,90,36,669.
Complete either two similar works of at least ₹18,63,45,556 each (25% each) or one of at least ₹26,08,83,779 (35%), in Category 1 and/or 3. A project counts as completed when over 90% of value is complete and the qualifying completed value is reached. Each similar work must include at least 1,244 RM self-drilling hollow soil/rock anchors and 228 RM micro-piles in hilly/mountainous terrain.
Eligible projects include highway/expressway, specified hilly-road, bridge/tunnel, runway, rail/metro viaduct and port-container-yard works. Maintenance-only works such as PR/OR/FDR/SR, resurfacing, repairs and similar listed works do not qualify. Client certificates are mandatory; approved subcontract/JV experience is limited to the allowable share.
Minimum net worth at close of the preceding financial year: ₹3,72,69,111. Minimum updated average annual turnover over the last five financial years: ₹14,90,76,445.
The bidder and its members/allied firms must not be debarred or declared non-performing on tender opening or LOA date. The RFP's 20 non-performance triggers include milestone delay, unrectified NCRs, unsatisfactory maintenance, structural failure, failure to furnish security, adverse performance findings and expulsion/termination for breach. The Authority may reject an otherwise eligible bidder based on ongoing-project, litigation and blacklisting information.
No conflict of interest is permitted. A bidder from a country sharing a land border with India must be registered with the Competent Authority and certify Rule 144(xi) compliance; false certification is grounds for rejection/termination and legal action. If 50% or more foreign ownership/control applies to L1, award is subject to national-security/public-interest approval.
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 and construction for strengthening NH-215 from km 115.670 to km 133.936 (18.266 km), plus specialised slope protection at km 133.94 and km 150.737 under Khonsa Highway Division, Arunachal Pradesh. Construction period is 12 months/365 days from Appointed Date, followed by five years' maintenance/Defects Liability obligations.
Overlay the existing 1×10 m two-lane plus paved-shoulder carriageway over 18.266 km with 115 mm crust (75 mm DBM + 40 mm BC). Existing alignment is retained; geometric improvement and reconstruction stretches are expressly deleted/NIL.
Includes 982 m new CC drains, RCC slabs over existing drains at 30 minor junctions, 537 m of 4 m-high breast wall, 235 m of 5 m-high PCC retaining wall, and construction-period painting, lettering, 40,050 m³ landslide clearance, 22,593 RM hillside-drain clearance, 73,064 m² jungle clearance and maintenance of 80 culverts.
Detailed table specifies works at two 55 m reaches: km 133.94 area (alternate chainage 18.270-18.325) with gabion wall/channel, RCC road on friction micro-piles, self-driven rock anchors, box culvert, catchpit and drainage; and km 150.737-150.792 (old chainage 35.067-35.122) with high-tensile cable net, hollow anchors, gravity/gabion walls and blocks, channels, catchpit and drainage.
Provide road markings over 18.266 km, regulatory/warning/information signs, 111 solar street lights, 8,443 road studs, 1,323 delineators, 5,257 crash-barrier stickers and 9,533 m thrie-beam crash barrier. Design/construction follows IRC:SP:73-2018, MoRTH Specifications for Road and Bridge Works, IS 14448, IRC HRB Special Report 23 and listed road-safety/hill-road standards.
Schedule-B quantities/lengths are approximate; the contractor must determine actual requirements through detailed investigation, and variation does not constitute Change of Scope unless formally ordered under Article 13.
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 bid: upload the Technical Bid first and the Financial Bid separately on CPPP; only technically responsive bidders' financial bids are opened. Files under clause 2.11.1 must be scanned separately in PDF/RAR, each no larger than 30 MB.
Submit online only at https://eprocure.gov.in/eprocure/app using the authorised representative's Class-III DSC. DSC must be in the authorised signatory/firm/organisation/owner name and corporate capacity; upload supporting DSC proof. Portal registration must remain valid through bid submission.
Bid must be typed and signed in indelible blue ink by the authorised signatory; every alteration/omission/addition/amendment must be initialled. Bid and communications must be in English. Foreign bidder powers of attorney must be apostilled and comply with the Indian Stamp Act.
Only the Lowest Bidder submits clause 2.11.2 originals before LOA at Regional Office, House No.522, Milan Nagar (Gutlung), Tezpur, Assam-784001. Exception: bid security in demand draft/banker's cheque must arrive in a sealed, project-marked envelope within five working days of Bid Due Date by 11:00. Failure by L1/JV members to submit originals causes unconditional five-year debarment from NH 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.
RFP/EPC clauses generically allow insurance surety bond, DD, banker's cheque or e-BG for APS, but the enclosed 30 June 2026 circular says APS shall only be an e-bank guarantee and rejects surety bonds. Follow the later, specific circular: e-bank guarantee only.
Schedule 1.3 requires return of signed duplicate LOA the next day, while clause 3.3.4 allows seven days from receipt. The tender-specific schedule is more stringent; plan for next-day return and obtain written confirmation.
Schedule-B says slope work is at three locations, but its detailed table and the tender title identify two. The first table row says km 133.94 to km 134.49 with length 55 m, although that range is 550 m; the alternate chainage 18.270-18.325 is 55 m. The detailed two-site table/55 m alternate chainage is the workable basis, but written clarification is essential.
The BOQ workbook contains unrelated water-supply sample items such as a 100 mm sluice-valve chamber and supply/fixing lines, while the RFP/EPC scope is highway strengthening and slope protection and the financial bid is a lump-sum Bid Price. Do not price the stray rows without a corrected BOQ/portal instruction.
Clause 2.11.2(g) calls the bid-security insurance surety format Appendix IX, while clause 2.11.1(f) and the printed form identify Appendix X. Use the printed Appendix X form and seek portal confirmation.
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.
Issue a corrected Schedule-B identifying whether there are two or three specialised slope sites and correcting the first reach (km 133.94-134.49 versus 55 m / chainage 18.270-18.325), with final coordinates, drawings and quantities. This changes geotechnical design, access, quantities and price.
Confirm the only editable financial field and issue a clean BOQ matching this lump-sum road/slope EPC scope; explain whether unrelated sluice-valve/water items are inert template rows. An incorrect portal workbook can invalidate or distort the financial bid.
Confirm that the 30 June 2026 circular overrides the RFP/EPC options so APS must be e-BG only, and confirm that its staged release through DLP (rather than 28 days after completion stated in EPC clause 7.1(B)/7.4) applies.
Identify which DPR/RSA/geotechnical parameters form the contractual baseline and whether materially different subsurface conditions, additional anchors/micro-piles or treatment lengths qualify as Change of Scope. The contract otherwise transfers unforeseen conditions and quantity growth to the contractor without price/time adjustment.
Confirm whether an insurance surety bond must use printed Appendix X; clause 2.11.2 incorrectly points to Appendix IX, which is the Rule 144(xi) certificate.
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.
The contractor is deemed to have inspected surface/subsurface, geotechnical, hydrological and climatic conditions; unforeseen difficulty does not adjust price or completion date. Actual structure/slope quantities come from contractor investigation and variation is generally not Change of Scope. The DPR is only preliminary and non-binding on the Authority.
Milestone/completion delay beyond 30 days attracts 0.05% of Contract Price per day from the milestone date until achievement. Aggregate damages cap at 10% of Contract Price; exceeding the cap is an incurable default allowing termination. Damages can continue for incomplete works after time extension.
3% PS remains tied until 60 days after DLP/maintenance and cannot be released until all defects are rectified. Works payments suffer 6% retention capped at 5%. Abnormally low bids require APS, with staged release through DLP and recurring 5%-of-APS penalties for failed PCI/IRI assessments.
Five-year maintenance is paid quarterly, but every non-compliance reduction is permanent even after later rectification. Emergency lane closure delay also attracts 0.1% of monthly maintenance payment per day.
The 365-day construction period includes heavy-rainfall, nala erosion, deep debris/overburden, steep slopes, cavities and subsidence vulnerability at the specialised sites. Price and schedule must include monsoon access, dewatering, slope monitoring and temporary traffic protection.
Appointed Date can proceed with only 90% of construction-zone possession. For late ROW, formula damages are the contractor's exclusive monetary remedy. Utility shifting is reimbursable at owner estimate approved by Authority, but contractor-caused shifting delay gets no EOT or claim.
Mobilisation advance carries Bank Rate+3%, is deducted at 15% of each stage bill and must be cleared before 80% of time. If certified stages do not reach 20% of Contract Price by halfway through the period, the Authority may encash the advance BG; contractor-default termination reprices outstanding advance at Bank Rate+5%.
The inviting authority and relevant contacts: office, person, designation, address, phone and email — and which address receives physical submissions, if any.
Sri W. Blah, Regional Officer–Itanagar, Ministry of Road Transport & Highways. Address for physical originals: Regional Office, House No. 522, Milan Nagar (Gutlung), Tezpur, Assam-784001. Email: [email protected]. No tender-specific phone number is stated.