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Published/datum: 07-09-2026.
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Custom Bid for Services - Supply of service launches at Mumbai JNPT Anchorage Similar Category Goods and Transport Service for Over Dimensional Cargo (ODC) Hiring of Boats
The Shipping Corporation Of India Limited · Mumbai, Maharashtra9855605
Written by TenderKart AI from the documents published when it was generated. Check the tender for later corrigenda before you bid.
7 Sept 2026
28 Sept 2026
₹7.8 L
All important dates as they stand after corrigenda: publication, pre-bid/clarification deadline, bid submission deadline, bid opening, and bid validity period.
Published/datum: 07-09-2026.
28-09-2026 at 17:00:00 IST. No corrigendum is listed or supplied changing this date.
29-09-2026 at 17:00:00 IST.
180 days from the bid end date. The SCI attachment describes the same period as six months from the due date; the GeM numeric field is the precise value to use.
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 disclosed. The GAR masks it and the price schedule leaves the total at zero until bidders enter rates.
INR 7,81,700. Accepted forms in the SCI terms are Insurance Surety Bond, DD, FDR, Banker’s Cheque, Bank Guarantee/e-BG, or online remittance. It must remain valid 45 days beyond the 180-day bid validity; no interest is payable.
The SCI attachment demands INR 2,500 + 18% GST INR 450 = INR 2,950, but the controlling GeM bid disclaimer says asking any tender/bid participation fee makes the bid/resultant contract null and void. Treat the fee as not validly chargeable unless GeM/Buyer issues a formal clarification.
The GeM bid’s ePBG field says “Required: No.” The SCI attachment nevertheless asks 5% security deposit/performance guarantee, valid 60 days beyond all obligations (including DLP/extension), and may demand an additional 5% from new or previously unsatisfactory contractors. Under the GeM disclaimer, an ATC contradicting the ePBG field is invalid; obtain written confirmation before pricing/security arrangements.
The GeM bid specifies payment within 45 days after issue of the Service Delivery Acceptance Certificate and online bill submission; this expressly supersedes the GTC timeline. The SCI attachment’s 120-day term conflicts and should not govern.
Quote all-inclusive rates excluding GST, but submit the two-year lump-sum Offer Price including GST. Rates are firm except statutory levy changes and limited fuel adjustment: no fuel revision for six months, only changes of at least 10%, fuel element 35% of base rate, and at most two revisions.
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.
Two years’ experience is required. GeM states similar services to a Central/State Government organisation or PSU, supported by contracts/orders for each financial year; the SCI attachment instead narrows this to continuous service-launch supply to Shipping Companies during the preceding five years with client certificates. The GeM disclaimer invalidates experience tied to a specific organisation type, so seek confirmation; conservatively evidence both.
Minimum average annual financial turnover: INR 58 lakhs during the last three years ending 31 March 2026. Upload certified audited balance sheets or a CA/Cost Accountant certificate.
MSE bidders receive complete relaxation from experience and turnover subject to meeting technical specifications and uploading proof. Startup relaxation is “No” in the GeM bid. The SCI attachment’s contrary startup-relaxation sentence does not prevail over the GeM bid field.
Tenderer must own 2 launches and control at least 4 additional launches; each must have 8–10 knot speed and minimum 30-passenger capacity. Owned boats must be in the entity/director/partner name as applicable; controlled boats need lease agreements covering the full contract and any extensions.
The tendering entity and launches must be registered with Mumbai Port Trust and licensed for Mumbai/JNP limits. Every offered launch needs valid seaworthiness/registration/MMD/MMB approval and Mumbai Port Trust licence to ply from Ballard Pier. Bidder must maintain an office inside Mumbai Port premises at Mole Station/Ballard Pier and hold valid Dock Entry Permits for employees.
All service launches require valid insurance. Bid acceptance also requires a valid GST registration; GSTIN and PAN copies must be enclosed.
SCI may consider prior poor performance, contract breaches, disputes, false technical information, cartel/common interests, altered tender documents, conditional bids and multiple bids. Wrongful billing can trigger termination and debarment. The Form of Particulars requires disclosure of past disqualification by SCI or any shipping company.
No bespoke consortium/JV size, lead-member or equity criteria are stated. If a consortium/JV is used, every member is captured by the land-border restriction: any covered member requires Competent Authority registration. The successful bidder may not subcontract to an entity from such a country unless registered.
What is being procured: the work, supplies or services, deliverables and quantities, locations, phases, completion or delivery timelines, applicable standards, and notable exclusions.
Supply mechanized service launches/motor boats, minimum 30-passenger capacity excluding crew, to transport ship personnel, port/customs officials, surveyors, workshop personnel, mail, goods, stores, lube drums and other materials to SCI-owned/managed/chartered/controlled/agency vessels.
Mumbai Port Zones A, B and C; JNPT/Nhava Sheva/NSICT; Jawahar Dweep (Butcher Island); Pir Pau TA1 and TA2 anchorages; ONGC Base Nhava; scrapping yard; and Mumbai outer anchorages A and B. Present starting point is Ballard Pier steps.
Base contract is two years from commencement. SCI alone may extend twice by three months. The GeM option clause also permits quantity/duration variation up to 25% at award and duration increase up to 25% after award; lump-sum scope/value increase requires service-provider consent.
The price schedule has 66 numbered service lines covering per-trip rates by zone, shift and number of vessels, plus per-hour waiting. Quantities are estimated for two years and expressly indicative, with no minimum commitment. Notable estimates include Zone A shift-1/one-vessel 1,268 trips; regular waiting shift 1: 4,510 hours; outer anchorage A: 120 trips, B: 10 trips; outer waiting: 220 hours.
Three shifts: 0700–1700, 1700–2400, and 2400–0700. Requisitions are normally 24 hours ahead but launches must be supplied at oral/written short notice or emergencies. Maintain seaworthiness, valid approvals, LSA/FFA, insurance, communications, sufficient certified crew, standby launch and weather protection for stores.
Regular “per trip” includes return steaming plus 30 minutes; extra waiting is per hour and must be certified. One launch may serve three vessels in a zone. Outer anchorage is approximately 5 nautical miles and its standard waiting basis is 3 hours plus an additional hour.
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 on GeM in two parts: Part I Technical Offer and Part II Price Offer. Manual, post, email and fax offers are not accepted.
Technical tab: Index/cover letter, Tender Docs (Part I), Certificates, EMD and tender-fee proof slots. Financial tab: two-year lump-sum including GST plus signed/stamped price breakup PDF. Never upload price information in the technical folder.
Fill, sign and stamp every page of Part I and all attachments; serially number the complete technical offer and state total pages in the covering letter. Integrity Pact and Banning Guidelines must be signed by the same authorised signatory with authority on behalf of the CEO and accepted without alteration. GeM Aadhaar e-sign is legally at par with a digital signature; no DSC class is specified.
The GeM GTC requires the hard copy of bid security directly to the Buyer within 5 working days of bid opening (therefore by 06-10-2026, counting working days only if no intervening holiday). No physical delivery address is expressly identified; the tender only gives the Chief Manager I/c (P&S) office address, so confirm destination before dispatch.
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.
SCI demands INR 2,950 and rejects bids without it; the GeM bid says any buyer clause asking a tender/bid participation fee makes the bid/resultant contract null and void. The GeM platform condition prevails; bidder should seek a portal clarification before paying.
GeM promises payment within 45 days after SDAC and online bill submission, while SCI’s attached payment clauses say 120 days from a complete bill. The GeM bid field is later/more specific to this portal bid and expressly supersedes the GTC timing; 45 days should prevail.
The GeM ePBG field says “No”; SCI’s attachment demands 5% security/performance guarantee and potentially another 5%. The GeM disclaimer says contradictory ATC/ePBG clauses are invalid, so “ePBG not required” prevails, but written confirmation is essential because SCI may characterize the 5% as a separate security deposit.
GeM states no startup relaxation for experience/turnover; SCI says startup eligibility shall be relaxed. The explicit GeM field prevails: startups cannot rely on relaxation unless they separately qualify as MSE and claim the MSE relaxation.
GeM requires similar service experience with any Central/State Government organisation or PSU, while SCI requires service-launch work for Shipping Companies and therefore seeks a specific client type. The GeM disclaimer invalidates experience criteria tied to a specific organisation; the GeM criterion prevails, though bidders should document both pending clarification.
The prescribed BG first says 45 days beyond six-month bid validity, then says the guarantee remains until four months after tender validity (or earlier security/formal agreement). The general GeM GTC’s 45-days-beyond rule is the clear applicable minimum; have the bank issue validity that satisfies the longer wording or obtain Buyer 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.
Please confirm that no INR 2,950 tender fee is payable because GeM Disclaimer item 11 invalidates the SCI fee clause, and confirm that non-payment will not reject the bid.
Please confirm the contractual payment timeline is 45 days after SDAC and online bill submission, not 120 days after receipt of complete bills, and identify which certification date starts the clock.
Please confirm whether any 5% security deposit/performance guarantee (and possible additional 5%) is required despite ePBG = No, and if so specify instrument, submission deadline, claim period and release trigger in a GeM corrigendum.
Please confirm whether qualifying experience may be with any Government/PSU or must specifically be launch supply to Shipping Companies, and confirm that startups receive no independent relaxation while MSEs receive full experience/turnover relaxation.
GTC requires original bid security within 5 working days after opening, but the tender does not expressly name the receiving address/person. Please confirm recipient, floor/department, acceptable proof of timely delivery and whether an e-BG eliminates physical submission.
Confirm whether each of the two awardees must keep the full six-launch qualifying fleet available despite the 53/47–60/40 work split, and provide recent actual trip/waiting volumes because all estimates are non-binding and no minimum work is guaranteed.
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.
All two-year quantities are indicative and SCI guarantees no minimum employment. Two awardees must accept one uniform rate; L2 must match L1, while SCI allocates only 40%–47% to L2 and 53%–60% to L1. SCI may also source launches elsewhere.
Three-shift coverage is required; 24-hour notice is only aspirational and launches must be available at oral/telephone short notice or emergencies. Contractor bears standby-launch, seaworthiness, approvals, crew, safety equipment and communication costs.
Second service contravention attracts 1% of annual contract value; third can terminate the contract and forfeit security. Separate scope penalty is 50% of average three-shift charges in the zone for non-performance. SCI may risk-purchase at contractor cost and claim damages/detention/consequential losses, with no stated aggregate cap.
SCI may terminate without reason on 30 days’ notice, terminate immediately for broadly judged unsatisfactory service, and forfeit security wholly or partly on termination. Government-policy suspension/termination gives no loss-of-business claim.
SCI attachment requires complete invoicing within 15 days, original certified work-done evidence and completion of all PO services; it can withhold part-service payment. GST reimbursement depends on SCI obtaining ITC, and tax, interest and penalties attributable to vendor may be recovered. The 45-vs-120-day contradiction remains a material cash-flow risk until clarified.
Rates are firm for six months; fuel adjustment starts only after at least 10% movement, applies only to a deemed 35% fuel element, excludes waiting charges, permits only two revisions and requires application within one month. Labour, insurance, maintenance and other cost inflation are not indexed.
Contractor carries liability for launch/crew/material damage, injury/death, SCI/Port property damage and contact incidents; SCI disclaims responsibility for damage to launches and is sole judge of loss unless contractor immediately demands a joint survey.
EMD can be forfeited for withdrawal, unacceptable amendment requests, refusal/failure to contract, failure to furnish security, or Integrity Pact breach. The MSE declaration additionally permits a two-year SCI tender suspension if the bidder withdraws/modifies the bid or fails to furnish security/sign contract.
The inviting authority and relevant contacts: office, person, designation, address, phone and email — and which address receives physical submissions, if any.
The Shipping Corporation of India Ltd.; Purchase & Services Department, “Shipping House”, 12th Floor, 245 Madame Cama Road, Mumbai 400 021, India. Tender contact designation: Chief Manager I/c (P&S). No personal name, phone or tender-specific email is printed with this office contact.
HOD grievance email: [email protected]. Buyer email: [email protected].
Vinitha Vinod, Shipping House, 245 Madam Cama Road, opposite Mantralaya, Mumbai 400021. No phone/email is provided.
Integrity Pact contacts: Mr. Ashwani Kumar — [email protected]; Dr. Subhash Chandra Khuntia — [email protected]; Smt. Dolly Chakrabarty — [email protected].
GTC says the hard copy goes “directly to the Buyer” within 5 working days after opening, but no explicit receiving address is tied to that instruction. Confirm whether the Chief Manager I/c (P&S) address above is the delivery address.