Selection of Consultant for Providing Handholding and Technical Support to Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation for MIS-based Data Collection, Compilation, Reporting on centralized Online Portal, Compliance, Dashboard Support for activities under SWM Rules, 2026.

Technical Bid of tender with PQ Danapith, Ahmedabad, 380001. through in person/ RPAD/

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Supporting documents Speed Post through postal authority only.

Opening of Tender (online) 17/07/2026 From 11:00 am onwards at Solid Waste

Management Dept., Sardar Patel Bhavan, Danapith,

Bid Processing Fee Rs.6,000/- (Rupees Six Thousand only) in form of Demand

(Non-Refundable) Draft / Pay order from any bank payable at Ahmedabad in the

favor of The Commissioner, Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation

payable at Ahmedabad.

Bid security (Refundable)/ The bid shall be accompanied by an Earnest Money Deposit / Bid

EMD Security of ₹1,00,000/- (Rupees One Lakh only) in the form of

Demand Draft / Pay Order / Bank Guarantee / NEFT, as

permitted by Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation, in favour of

“The Municipal Commissioner, Ahmedabad Municipal

Corporation”, payable at Ahmedabad. The bid shall be

summarily rejected if it is not accompanied by the prescribed

EMD / Bid Security.

Date and Time of opening of Intimated later

Address for communication Swachh Bharat Mission Office, Ground Floor, B Block, Sardar

and Bid submissions

Patel Bhavan, Danapith, Khadia, Ahmedabad –

Bid Validity 90 days from last date of submission of bids

Minimum qualification The bidder shall meet the following minimum eligibility

criteria criteria as part of pre-qualification stage. Only bidders

meeting all pre-qualification requirements shall be

considered for technical evaluation (Stage - 2) under QCBS.

1) The bidder shall be a registered company / firm / LLP

registered in India and shall submit valid registration

documents. (Submit Copy of Certificate of Incorporation,

Copy of PAN Card, Copy of EPFO Certificate, Copy of ESIC

Certificate, and Copy of GST Certificate)

2) The bidder company / firm shall be established and

operational for at least ten years as on the bid submission

date. (Submit valid evidence of company incorporation

3) The bidder shall have minimum average annual turnover

of INR 5 Crore during the last three financial years, i.e., FY

2022-23, FY 2023-24 and FY 2024-25. (Submit audited

financial statements and a Chartered Accountant

4) The bidder must have performed “similar work” in at

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least three cities / Urban Local Bodies / Municipal

Corporations during the last seven years, out of which at

least one city shall have population not less than 5 million

persons as per the last Census of India. (Submit relevant

work order and experience certificates)

5) The bidder shall have empanelment for SWM consultancy

works with at least one of MoUD / MoHUA / State

Government / Urban Local Body / Municipal Corporation

/ Government authority (Submit evidential notification /

circular / empanelment order)

6) Joint Venture / Consortium is not allowed.

7) For continuous handholding / MIS / programme

management assignments, ongoing assignments shall be

considered eligible if at least three months of satisfactory

services have been completed and a client certificate /

satisfactory performance certificate is submitted. (Submit

evidential certificate)

8) The bidder shall not have been blacklisted / debarred by

any Urban Local Body, Municipal Corporation, State

Government, Union Government or government agency

for the last five years from the bid submission date.

(submit Notarized undertaking on non-judicial stamp as

per Annexure -6)

9) The bidder shall submit the CV of the proposed Project

Coordinator. The proposed Project Coordinator shall have

at least three years of experience in municipal solid waste

management/ MIS reporting and shall be qualified with a

post-graduation degree from a UGC-recognized /

approved university. (Submit CV in format as per as per

Bid Evaluation Quality Cost Based Selection basis.

4) Check List for Bidders:

The bidder shall ensure that his/her bid is complete in all respects and shall go through the following

check list & tick mark for the enclosures attached with the bid:

Sr. No. Description Remark

1 List of all documents submitted with technical bid on the

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Sr. No. Description Remark

bidder’s letterhead

2 Bid processing fee

3 Earnest Money Deposit

Tender document duly Digitally signed & online

4 submitted, as a confirmation of acceptance of the terms

& conditions of the tender.

5 Copy of Registration under relevant Act

Experience Certificates of the Key Responsible

Persons/Work orders/ Agreements

7 Copy of Pan Card

8 Copy of EPFO Certificate

9 Copy of ESIC Certificate

10 Copy of GST Registration

Last 3 years audited report and CA certified turnover

13 Copy relevant experience certificates

14 Annexures and Forms

Deputy Municipal Commissioner

(Solid Waste Management)

Signature of the Contractor Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation.

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Section II - Instruction for Bidders

1) Minimum Eligibility Criteria

The bidder shall meet the following minimum eligibility criteria as part of pre-qualification stage. Joint

Venture / Consortium is not allowed. Only bidders meeting all pre-qualification requirements shall be

considered for technical evaluation (Stage - 2) under QCBS.

a) The bidder shall be a registered company / firm / LLP registered in India and shall submit valid

registration documents. (Submit Copy of Certificate of Incorporation, Copy of PAN Card, Copy of

EPFO Certificate, Copy of ESIC Certificate, and Copy of GST Certificate)

b) The bidder company / firm shall be established and operational for at least ten years as on the bid

submission date. (Submit valid evidence of company incorporation date)

c) The bidder shall have minimum average annual turnover of INR 5 Crore during the last three

financial years, i.e., FY 2022-23, FY 2023-24 and FY 2024-25. (Submit audited financial statements

and a Chartered Accountant certificate)

d) The bidder must have performed “similar work” in at least three cities / Urban Local Bodies /

Municipal Corporations during the last seven years, out of which at least one city shall have

population not less than 5 million persons as per the last Census of India. (Submit relevant work

order and experience certificates)

e) The bidder shall have empanelment for SWM consultancy works with at least one of MoUD /

MoHUA / State Government / Urban Local Body / Municipal Corporation / Government authority

(Submit evidential notification / circular / empanelment order)

f) For continuous handholding / MIS / programme management assignments, ongoing assignments

shall be considered eligible if at least three months of satisfactory services have been completed and

a client certificate / satisfactory performance certificate is submitted. (Submit evidential certificate)

g) The bidder shall not have been blacklisted / debarred by any Urban Local Body, Municipal

Corporation, State Government, Union Government or government agency for the last five years

from the bid submission date. (submit Notarized undertaking on non-judicial stamp as per Annexure

h) The bidder shall submit the CV of the proposed Project Coordinator. The proposed Project

Coordinator shall have at least three years of experience in municipal solid waste management/ MIS

reporting and shall be a Graduate in Civil / Environmental / Computer / IT / Planning / Urban

Management / Science / Engineering or equivalent, with a post-graduation degree from a UGC-

recognized / approved university. (Submit CV in format as per as per Annexure -7)

A. Definition of Similar Work

Similar Work shall mean consultancy / advisory / technical handholding / MIS support in the field of

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Solid Waste Management; SWM Master Plans / DPR related to municipal solid waste processing facilities

(either of MRF, RDF, legacy waste processing / biomining, sanitary landfill, C&D waste) for any Urban

Local Body / Municipal Corporation.

B. Documentary Evidence

a) Work orders / completion certificates / satisfactory performance certificates shall clearly indicate

the name of work, client name, scope of services, period of assignment, value of work and

completion / ongoing status.

b) In case of ongoing assignments, the certificate shall clearly mention the period completed and

satisfactory performance.

c) For empanelment, a valid empanelment letter / order / notification / client certificate shall be

d) For city population qualification, bidders shall submit documentary basis as per the last Census of

India or official government data.

C. Special Notes

I Disqualification

Disqualification Even though the Applicants meet the above criteria, they are subject to be

disqualified if Applicant or any of its constituent partners have: - Made misleading or false

representation in the forms, statements, and attachments submitted; or - Been debarred or

terminated or blacklisted (and effect is continue on due date of this tender) by Central Govt.

organization / State Govt. organization / AMC / Any Municipal Corporation / ULBs

In case of a proprietary firm, partnership, private ltd, limited firm the following are the

disqualification in case of failure to disclose information by partners or the proprietor:

(i) If, any of the directors, partners or the proprietor is debarred / blacklisted by Central govt.

organization / State Govt. organization / ULB / Any Municipal Corporation / AMC or any other

Agency of Government of India or any of the State Government and effect is continue on due date

of this tender.

(ii) If, any of the directors, partners or the proprietor has a criminal history or has been convicted by

any court of law for any of the offenses under any Indian laws.

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(iii) If, any criminal proceeding is pending in any court of law in India against any of the directors,

partners or a proprietor and if any such proceeding culminates into conviction.

(iv) If, any criminal proceeding is pending in any court of law in India against any of the directors,

partners or a proprietor and if any such proceeding culminates into conviction.

However; merits of such actions will be reviewed by Municipal Commissioner; AMC (If need be) and

can take decision accordingly after review, which will be final & binding to all tenderer.

D. Technical Proposal:

For qualifying under this category, the Bidder shall have (“Technical Capacity”) as specified in the

table below. The Bidder needs to score at least 70 marks to qualify for the Project.

Parameter Scoring Method

1 Company establishment Established and operational for 10 years to less

than 15 years: 0 marks under this parameter;

established and operational for 15 years or more:

2 Empanelment for Solid 2.5 marks for each empanelment; maximum 5

Waste Management marks

consultancy works with at

least either of MoUD /

Government / ULB /

Government authority

3 Last three years annual Up to INR 5 Crore: 3 marks; each additional INR 1

average turnover Crore beyond INR 5 Crore: 1 additional mark;

maximum 5 marks

4 Experience in SWM Experience under SBM 1.0 / SBM 2.0 / SWM

handholding program management / MIS handholding.

City having population of 5 million or more:

marks; any other city: 5 marks each; maximum

6 Experience in preparation SWM Master Plans / DPR related to municipal

of Master Plan/DPR for solid waste processing facilities (either of MRF,

SWM sector in a ULB RDF, legacy waste processing / biomining, sanitary

landfill, C&D waste) for any Urban Local Body /

Municipal Corporation: 3 marks. For each Master

Plan / DPR; maximum 15 marks.

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Parameter Scoring Method

7 Approach and Assessment of understanding of SWM Rules, 2026

Methodology for reporting requirements, methodology for data

performing the flow, validation, dashboard support, compliance

assignment calendar, proposed manpower details and CV of

Project Coordinator

8 Technical Presentation Presentation on company profile, relevant

experience, approach and methodology,

deployment strategy, dashboard approach, data

validation system and assignment management

Minimum qualification

Note: Similar Work shall mean consultancy / advisory / technical handholding / MIS support in the field

of Solid Waste Management; SWM Master Plans / DPR related to municipal solid waste processing

facilities (either of MRF, RDF, legacy waste processing / biomining, sanitary landfill, C&D waste) for any

Urban Local Body / Municipal Corporation.

The bidder must achieve a minimum of 70% marks overall, for it to be eligible for opening of financial

The weightage given to technical evaluation for bid evaluation is 80%. The weightage given to

financial proposal for bid evaluations is 20%. Kindly refer to page 28, Tender Evaluation Criteria for

further details on evaluation.

2) Bid Processing Fee

The bidder shall download the tender document from https://tender.nprocure.com web site and

shall submit a non-refundable bid processing fee of Rs. 6,000/- (Rupees Six Thousand only) shall be

paid along with the bid submission in the form of a demand draft/NEFT in favour of “The Municipal

Commissioner, Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation” from Nationalized Bank/Schedule bank / Bank

as per AMC Circular and payable at Ahmedabad.

Earnest Money Deposit (EMD) /Bid Security

The bid shall be accompanied by an Earnest Money Deposit / Bid Security of ₹1,00,000/- (Rupees

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One Lakh only) in the form of Demand Draft / Pay Order / Bank Guarantee / NEFT, as permitted by

Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation, in favour of “The Municipal Commissioner, Ahmedabad

Municipal Corporation”, payable at Ahmedabad. The bid shall be summarily rejected if it is not

accompanied by the prescribed EMD / Bid Security.

Security Deposit

• The successful bidder shall pay a total of 5% of the approved yearly contract amount as

Security Deposit, in the form of a Bank Guarantee / Demand Draft issued in favour of “The

Municipal Commissioner, Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation”, by any Bank as per AMC

Circular and payable at Ahmedabad. Further timely renewal of same is required during the

contract period.

• The Security Deposit (5%) shall be released after completion of the successful contract

period, subject to clearance from the Audit Department of AMC, without any interest.

3) Cost of Bidding

The Bidder shall be responsible for all the costs associated with the preparation of the Proposal and

their participation in the selection process. Municipal Corporation will not be responsible or in any

way liable for such costs, regardless of the conduct or outcome of the selection process.

4) Clarification of the Bidding Document

A prospective Bidder requiring any clarification of the Bidding Document shall contact Municipal

Corporation in writing at “Swachh Bharat Mission Office, Ground Floor, B Block, Sardar Patel Bhavan,

Danapith, Khadia, Ahmedabad – 380001” address indicated in the Bid Data Sheet. Ahmedabad

Municipal Corporation will respond in writing to any request for clarification, provided that such

request is received not later than seven (7) days prior to the deadline for submission of Bids.

5) Amendment of Bidding Document

At any time prior to the deadline for submission of the Bids, Municipal Corporation may amend

the Bidding Document by issuing addenda. Any addendum is used shall be part of the Bidding

Document and shall be placed in Municipal Corporation’s web site where tender document

was placed. Therefore, bidders are supposed to see the website till last day of bid submission.

To give prospective Bidders reasonable time in which to take an addendum into account in

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preparing their Bids, Municipal Corporation may, at its discretion, extend the deadline for the

submission of the Bids.

The Bid, as well as all correspondence and documents relating to the Bid submitted by the

Bidder to Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation, shall be written in English language only.

Supporting documents and printed literature that are part of the Bid may be in another language

provided they are accompanied by an accurate translation of the relevant passages in the

language English, in which case, for purposes of interpretation of the Bid, such translation shall

7) Bid Validity

Bids shall remain valid for a period of Three (3) months from the Bid Submission Due Date. In

exceptional circumstances, prior to the expiration of the bid validity period, Municipal

Corporation may request Bidders to extend the period of validity of their Bids. The request and

the responses shall be made in writing. If validity of their Bids is extended the bid security shall

also be extended for a corresponding period. Bidder may refuse the request without forfeiting its

Bid security. In case of Bidder accepting the request, it shall not be required or permitted to

modify its Bid.

8) Documents Comprising Bids

The Bidder shall submit the Technical Bid and the Financial Bid using the appropriate Bidding Forms

along with required documents to prove their eligibility. These forms must be completed without any

alterations to their format, and no substitutes shall be accepted. All blank spaces shall be filled in

with the information requested. The Bidder shall submit, as part of the Price Proposal using the

prescribed form.

a) Technical Bid: The Technical Bid shall contain the followings:

i. Bid Processing Fee.

ii. Earnest Money Deposit (EMD).

iii. Technical Bid Forms at Annexures

iv. Copy of Registration as company/firm/NGO, as the case may be, under relevant Act

v. Experience Certificate/Work Order/Agreement of the Past Experience.

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vi. This Tender document duly signed & stamped on each page as a confirmation of

acceptance of the terms & conditions of the tender.

vii. Copy of Pan Card.

viii. Copy of GST Registration.

ix. Copy of ESIC and EPFO if applicable.

b) Financial Bid: The Financial Bid shall be the price quoted by the bidder in the financial bid

form at Annexure – 3. The price quoted should include all duties and levies, all taxes as

applicable on proposed work.

9) Bid Submission Procedure

a) Bidder shall prepare the documents and submit online only Municipal Corporation may

ask the original documents for verification, if required.

b) The successful bidder will be asked to submit the Demand Draft/EMD/Copy of NEFT / BG.

10) Deadline for Submission of Bids

Bids must be received not later than the date and time indicated in Invitation Notice for E TENDER of

this document. Municipal Corporation may, at its discretion, extend the deadline for the submission

of Bids by amending the Bidding Document as addenda, in which case all rights and obligations of

Municipal Corporation and Bidders previously subject to the deadline shall thereafter be subject to

the deadline as extended.

11) Bid Opening

Municipal Corporation shall conduct the opening of technical bids on the date and time indicated in

Invitation Notice for E TENDER of this document. The Financial Bids will remain unopened and will be

held in custody of Municipal Corporation until the time of opening of the Financial Bids. Municipal

Corporation shall conduct the opening of Financial Bids of all Bidders who are qualified in technical

evaluation. Municipal Corporation shall prepare a record of the opening of Financial Bids that shall

include, as a minimum: the name of the Bidder, the Bid Price.

12) Clarification from Bidders

To assist in the evaluation of Proposal submitted by bidders, Municipal Corporation may, at its

discretion, ask any bidder for clarification of its Proposal. The request for clarification and the

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response shall be in writing within the requested time. All the bidders fulfilling the eligibility criteria

may be given an opportunity to make a presentation of their proposal before an evaluation

13) Forfeiting of the Bid Security

The Bid security of the unsuccessful Bidders shall be returned as promptly as possible upon the

successful Bidder entering into an agreement with Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation. The Bid

security of the successful Bidder shall be returned as promptly as possible after completing the work

successfully. But, bid security of a bidder may be forfeited

a) If a Bidder withdraws Bid during the period of bid validity.

b) If the successful Bidder fails to: Sign the Contract.

Information relating to the examination, evaluation, comparison, and post qualification of Bids,

and recommendation of contract award, shall not be disclosed to Bidders or any other persons not

officially concerned with such process until information on Contract award is communicated to all

Bidders. Any attempt by a Bidder to influence Municipal Corporation in the examination,

evaluation, comparison, and post qualification of the Bids or Contract award decisions may result in

the rejection of its Bid.

15) Responsiveness of Technical Proposal

Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation determination of the responsiveness of a Technical Proposal is

to be based on the contents of the Technical Proposal itself.

a) A substantially responsive Technical Proposal is one that conforms to all the terms,

conditions, and specifications of the Bidding Document without material deviation,

reservation, or omission. A material deviation, reservation, or omission is one that:

i. Affects in any substantial way the scope, quality, or performance of the Services

and Related Services specified in the Contract; or

ii. Limits in any substantial way, in consistent with the Bidding Document, Municipal

Corporation's rights or the Bidder's obligations under the Contract; or

iii. If rectified would unfairly affect the competitive position of other Bidders

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presenting substantially responsive Technical Proposals.

b) If a Technical Proposal is not substantially responsive to the Bidding Document, it shall be

rejected by Municipal Corporation and may not subsequently be made responsive by the

Bidder by correction of the material deviation, reservation, or omission.

16) Power of Attorney

The Bidder should submit a Power of Attorney as per the format at Annexure – 2, authorizing the

signatory of the Bid to commit the Bidder.

17) Non-Conformities, Errors and Omissions

a) Provided that a Technical Proposal is substantially responsive, Municipal Corporation may

request that the Bidder submit the necessary information or documentation, within areas

on able period of time, to rectify nonmaterial, non- conformities or omissions in the

Technical Proposal related to documentation requirements. Such omission shall not be

related to any aspect of the Price Proposal of the Bid. Failure of the Bidder to comply with

the request may result in the rejection of its Bid.

b) Provided that the Technical Proposal is substantially responsive, Municipal Corporation

will correct arithmetical errors during evaluation of Price Proposals on the following basis,

i. If there is a discrepancy between the unit price and the total price that is obtained

by multiplying the unit

ii. Price and quantity, the unit price shall prevail, and the total price shall be

iii. If there is an error in a total corresponding to the addition or subtraction of

subtotals, the individual item rates all prevail, and the total shall be corrected.

c) If the Bidder that submitted the lowest evaluated Bid does not accept the correction of

errors, its Bid shall be disqualified, and its Bid security may be forfeited.

18) Right to Accept Any Bid, and to Reject Any or All Bids:

Municipal Corporation reserves the right to accept or reject any Bid, and to annul the bidding

process and reject all Bids at any time prior to Contract award, without there by incurring any liability

to the Bidders.

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19) Award Criteria:

Municipal Corporation shall award the Contract to the Bidder whose combine technical and financial

(S= St x T + Sf x P) score is the highest (H1).

20) Right to Vary Quantities at Time of Award

At the time the Contract is awarded, Municipal Corporation reserves the right to increase or decrease

the quantity of Services and Related Services originally specified in Bid document, provided this does

not exceed the percentages indicated in the Bid Data Sheet, and without any change in the unit

prices or other terms and conditions of the Bid and the Bidding Document.

21) Letter of Intent (LoI)

Prior to the expiration of the period of bid validity: Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation shall issue a

Letter of Intent notifying the successful bidder that its Bid has been accepted. Until a formal

Contract is prepared and executed, the LoI shall constitute a binding Contract and the successful

bidder shall sign and return the LoI within (3) days of date of LoI.

22) Signing of the Contract

Promptly after receiving the LoI, the successful bidder shall attend execute the Agreement with

Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation within fifteen (15) days of acceptance of LoI. Failure of the

successful Bidder to sign the Contract within 7 days shall constitute sufficient grounds for the

annulment of the award and forfeiture of the bid security. In that event Municipal Corporation may

award the Contract to the next highest (H2) Bidder whose offer is substantially responsive and is

determined Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation to be qualified to perform the Contract

satisfactorily.

23) Payment Terms

Payments by the Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation will be made on monthly basis and in

accordance with the terms and conditions of the agreement between the agency and the

Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation, and will be subjected in all respects to the terms and conditions

of the Agreement. All payments shall be subject to deduction of taxes at source as per Applicable

Laws. No party other than the agency shall derive any rights from the Agreement. The approved

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amount will be applicable for the first year.

The approved monthly lump-sum consultancy fee quoted by the successful bidder and accepted by

Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation shall remain fixed for the first year from the date of

commencement of the assignment / work order.

Upon successful completion of first year of satisfactory services, and subject to continuation of the

contract by AMC, the approved monthly lump-sum consultancy fee shall be increased by 5% over the

immediately preceding applicable monthly lump-sum fee. Such increment shall be applicable from

the beginning of the second year of the contract.

Thereafter, for each subsequent completed year of satisfactory service, the applicable monthly lump-

sum consultancy fee shall be increased by 5% over the immediately preceding applicable monthly

lump-sum fee, until completion, expiry or termination of the contract, whichever is earlier.

The annual increment shall be subject to satisfactory performance of the Consultant, continuation of

the assignment, and fulfilment of all contractual obligations by the Consultant. No escalation,

revision or additional claim shall be admissible during the first years of the contract, except statutory

taxes as applicable and expressly payable under the contract.

The 5% increment shall not be construed as automatic in case of unsatisfactory performance,

discontinued requirement, non-extension of contract, termination of contract or any breach of

contract conditions by the Consultant.

24) Examination of Terms and Conditions; Tender Documents Evaluation

a) Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation shall examine the Bids to confirm that all terms and

conditions specified in Bid Document have been accepted by the Bidder without any

material deviation or reservation.

b) Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation shall evaluate the technical aspects of the Bid

submitted in accordance to confirm that all requirements specified in Schedule of Supply

of the Bidding Document have been met without any material deviation or reservation.

c) If, after the examination of the terms and conditions and the technical evaluation,

Municipal Corporation determines that the Technical Proposal is not substantially

responsive it shall reject the Bid.

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25) Contract Period

The successful tenderer on award of contract shall have to commence the work within 2-weeks’

time from the date of award of contract. The Contract will be for a period of 05 Years from the

date of start of execution of work subject to annual renewal. The Contract will be renewed

automatically at the end of each year.

26) Taxes and Duties

"The rate and charges shall be inclusive of all the taxes. Duties including all the statutory levies

applicable during the tenure of Contract (excluding GST). During the course of execution of

contract, if there is any change in rate of GST (Goods and Service tax) by the government, the

same shall be reimbursed/recovered separately by AMC, subject to the submission of original

receipt /proof for the amount actually remitted by the successful Tenderer/ Contractor to the

competent authority along with the certificate from Chartered Accountant of

contractor/successful bidder certifying that the amount of GST paid to the government and the

same shall be intimated/ submitted/ claimed within 30 (thirty) days from the date of payment.

27) Jurisdiction of contract

This is subject to the jurisdiction of the competent court of Ahmedabad only. In case of any

claim, dispute of difference arising in respect of a contract, the cause action thereof shall be

deemed to have arisen in Ahmedabad and all legal proceedings in respect or any such claim,

dispute or difference shall be instituted in a competent court in jurisdiction of Ahmedabad city

Deputy Municipal Commissioner

(Solid Waste Management)

Signature of the Contractor Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation.

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Section – III - Tender Evaluation Criteria

This Section complements the Instructions to Bidders. The Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation, SWM

dept. will evaluate the bids and determine whether a Bidder has the required qualifications.

a) The SWM Dept. shall examine the Technical Proposal to confirm that all documents and

technical documentation requested have been provided, and to determine the completeness

of each document submitted. Municipal Corporation shall confirm that the bidder shall meet

the minimum qualification criteria mentioned at point 1 of Section I of this document.

b) Only bids of those bidders which clear the qualification criteria will be evaluated on technical

evaluation criteria.

c) Technical Evaluation: The technical Bid scores (St) of the technical proposals will be computed as

St=Tm in which St is the Technical Bid score, Tm is the technical score obtained by concerned

d) Financial evaluation: The lowest financial proposal (Fm) will be given a financial score (Sf) of

points. The financial scores (Sf) of the other financial proposals will be computed as Sf=100xFm/F

in which Sf is the financial score, Fm is the lowest price offer and F is the price offer of the

proposal under consideration.

e) Selection criteria: Selection will be done on QCBS basis in 80:20 (T:P) ratio. Proposals will be

ranked according to their combined technical (St) and financial (Sf) scores using the weights

(T=0.80 and P=0.20) S=St x T + Sf x P. The bidder securing the highest combined technical and

financial score (H1) will be invited for negotiations.

Deputy Municipal Commissioner

(Solid Waste Management)

Signature of the Contractor Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation.

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Section IV – Scope of Work

AMC administers a large and complex municipal solid waste management ecosystem covering waste

generation, collection, transportation, segregation, processing, recycling, landfill disposal, legacy waste

management, grievance-related reporting, compliance monitoring and statutory reporting. With the

notification and implementation of the Solid Waste Management Rules, 2026, there is an enhanced

requirement for structured data management, periodic reporting, digital dashboard preparation,

statutory portal compliance, evidence-based monitoring and inter-departmental coordination.

The Solid Waste Management Department of AMC requires sustained technical handholding support for

strengthening MIS-based reporting, dashboard preparation, data validation, portal compliance, review

documentation and statutory reporting related to SWM Rules, 2026 applicable government reporting

systems over a period of five years, with provision for extension as may be decided by AMC in

accordance with applicable rules and tender conditions.

The proposed assignment shall be advisory, technical and handholding in nature. The Consultant shall

support AMC in developing and maintaining a scientific, data-driven, transparent and compliance-

oriented municipal solid waste reporting system.

1. Objective of the Assignment

The primary objective for the Consultant is to provide continuous handholding and technical support to

1. To provide continuous handholding and technical support for MIS-based data reporting under

the provisions of SWM Rules,

2. To assist AMC in preparation of monthly, quarterly and annual reports required under the SWM

3. To assist AMC in data preparation and record compilation for the centralised online portal

developed by Central Pollution Control Board, State Pollution Control Board / Pollution Control

Committee and other competent authorities, as applicable within the purview of the SWM Rules

4. To support AMC in maintaining documentation relating to sanitary landfills, legacy waste

dumping sites, Material Recovery Facilities, solid waste processing facilities, waste

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pickers/personnel and grievance status, as applicable within the purview of the SWM Rules

5. To assist AMC in preparing review notes, presentations, advisory notes and compliance

calendars for internal and external review meetings under the SWM Rules,

The AMC dashboard may identify key reporting stakeholders as waste processing facilities, MRF units,

industrial RDF users, RDF plants, landfill operators, legacy waste processing agencies, SPCB, CPCB and

accident-reporting entities within the purview of SWM Rules,

2. MIS and Reporting Support

The Consultant shall assist AMC in designing, reviewing, maintaining and updating reporting formats,

templates, registers, summaries and dashboards for SWM Rules, 2026-related compliance. The work

shall remain limited to MIS, reporting, data validation, dashboard support, documentation and technical

advisory activities. Data ownership, official submission, approvals and statutory decisions shall remain

Activity Area Indicative MIS Coverage

Waste generation Ward-wise and zone-wise waste generation data, including data provided

by AMC for average waste generation by different establishments.

Collection and Monthly information relating to solid waste generation and collection, and

transportation related vehicle / route data provided by AMC.

Four-stream segregation Wet waste, dry waste, sanitary waste and special care waste, based on

data provided by AMC.

Processing facilities Waste received, processed, outputs, rejects and balance quantities, based

on records furnished by facility operators / AMC.

Material Recovery Waste received, availability and transportation of segregated waste to

Facilities recyclers or end-of-life disposal entities.

RDF / recovered material RDF / recovered material generation, availability, quality, lifting, offtake

flow and balance, wherever such records are provided by AMC.

Sanitary landfill Waste deposited, quarterly operation details and annual return-related

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Activity Area Indicative MIS Coverage

Legacy waste dumpsites Biomining / bioremediation progress and quarterly return-related

Grievance status Status of complaints / grievances relating to solid waste management, as

provided by AMC, for review and return-readiness support.

Personnel / waste picker Ward-wise database of personnel including informal sectors such as waste

database pickers or collectors involved in SWM activities, as provided by AMC.

The above items shall be supported by the Consultant only to the extent of data compilation, quality

review, reconciliation, format preparation, dashboard support, status tracking and submission-readiness

support. Official submission, approval and authentication shall remain with AMC.

3. Dashboard, Master Data and Review Reporting

The Consultant shall assist AMC in preparing formal dashboard inputs wherever formally prescribed or

reflected under the Solid Waste Management Rules, 2026, and may separately assist AMC in preparing

internal working dashboards for review and decision support.

A. Formal Dashboard / Portal

Particulars Proposed coverage

Centralized online portal Details of solid waste management including solid waste generated,

dashboard collected, processed and landfilled at national, state and district

level including data for urban local bodies and rural local bodies.

Sanitary landfill and legacy Details of sanitary landfills and legacy waste dumping sites, as

waste dumping sites applicable.

Solid waste flow through MRF / Details of the solid waste received, sorted and sent to processors

processing / landfill and to Sanitary Landfill Facility or operational landfills.

Audit-related information Details regarding audit of entities involved in solid waste

management including collection, treatment or processing or

recycling and disposal.

Material Recovery Facility Waste received, availability and transportation of segregated waste

monthly reflection to recyclers or end-of-life disposal entities including incinerators and

sanitary landfill sites.

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Particulars Proposed coverage

Legacy waste progress Progress of biomining or bioremediation of legacy waste on the

centralized online portal as well as on the website of the local body.

B. Internal Working Dashboards that may be prepared by AMC with Consultant Support

Particulars Proposed coverage

AMC SWM Monthly MIS Dashboard City, zone and ward-level compilation of waste generation,

collection, processing and landfill data based on AMC records.

MRF and Recyclables Flow MRF-wise waste received, sorted, dispatched, rejected and

Dashboard balanced stock.

Processing Facility Dashboard Facility-wise waste received, processed, outputs and rejects.

Sanitary Landfill Dashboard Waste deposited, daily / monthly quantities and operational

reporting status.

Legacy Waste Dashboard Biomining / bioremediation progress, recovered fractions,

balance quantity and quarterly reporting status.

Grievance Status Dashboard Grievances received, resolved, pending, ageing and annual

return readiness.

Compliance Calendar Dashboard Monthly, quarterly and annual reporting due dates, responsible

data sources and submission-readiness status.

Personnel and Waste Picker Ward-wise personnel and informal sector database, as provided

Database Dashboard by AMC.

4. Data Validation and Quality Assurance

The Consultant shall support AMC in reviewing the consistency, completeness and correctness of data,

details and records provided by AMC officials and other stakeholders (SI / SSI / Ward - Zone level

officers, contractors, facility operators, agencies, concessionaires and other authorized stakeholders).

The Consultant shall not be responsible for generation of primary data unless separately directed by

AMC. However, with data/ records/ details provided by AMC, the Consultant shall perform the

a) Check monthly, quarterly and annual data consistency.

b) Identify missing, duplicate or inconsistent entries in formats provided by AMC.

c) Reconcile ward-wise, zone-wise, facility-wise and city-level totals.

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d) Review facility-wise inflow, outflow, output, reject and balance data.

e) Compare draft portal submission datasets with internal MIS records made available by AMC.

f) Prepare exception reports for pending / incomplete or inconsistent information.

g) Provide validation notes and submission-readiness checklists.

5. Consolidated MIS Modules under the Assignment

The Consultant shall assist AMC in consolidating MIS Module inputs as reflected under the SWM Rules,

2026, and may separately assist AMC for internal review and decision support.

A. Processing Facility and Material Recovery Facility MIS

1. Compile facility-wise waste received, processed, sorted, outputs, rejects and balance data.

2. Compile MRF-wise waste received, availability and transportation of segregated waste to

recyclers or end-of-life disposal entities.

3. Prepare monthly reflection-ready formats for MRF-related data.

4. Prepare summary notes for AMC review meetings.

B. RDF / Recovered Material Flow MIS

1. Compile RDF / recovered material generation, availability, quality, lifting, offtake and

balance data, where available.

2. Prepare monthly tracking sheets and review summaries for AMC.

3. Track pending confirmations from respective agencies or facility operators, as directed by

C. Sanitary Landfill MIS

1. Compile details of waste deposited and operation of sanitary landfill.

2. Assist in quarterly and annual return-related data compilation.

3. Prepare landfill status summaries and review notes based on AMC records.

D. Legacy Waste Dumpsite MIS

1. Compile biomining or bioremediation progress data.

2. Track excavated, screened, recovered and balance quantities, wherever records are

provided by AMC.

3. Assist in quarterly return-readiness and website / portal information support.

4. Prepare legacy waste progress summaries for AMC review.

E. Personnel and Informal Sector Database MIS

1. Assist AMC in preparing ward-wise database formats for personnel, including informal

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sector such as waste pickers or collectors.

2. Compile data on persons involved in collection, segregation, sorting, transportation,

processing, recycling or disposal activities of solid waste, as provided by AMC.

3. Prepare periodic gap summaries for pending or incomplete records.

F. Grievance Status MIS

1. Compile annual return-related status of grievances relating to solid waste management.

2. Prepare category-wise and zone-wise grievance status summaries where data is provided by

3. Prepare pending / closed / ageing summaries for internal review.

G. Accident / Incident Information Support

1. Prepare event-based compilation format for accident or incident details, if such event is

reported by AMC.

2. Assist AMC in preparing prescribed information in the required format, based on details

provided by AMC.

H. Compliance Calendar and Submission-readiness Support

1. Prepare monthly, quarterly and annual compliance calendar.

2. Track data source, responsible office, due date and submission-readiness status.

3. Prepare reminder notes and pending information summaries for AMC officers.

6. Review Meetings, Presentations and Documentation

The Consultant shall assist AMC for the following:

1. Prepare monthly review notes and presentations limited to SWM Rules, 2026 MIS and

compliance-related aspects.

2. Prepare quarterly compliance presentations and dashboard summaries.

3. Prepare meeting notes, action-point trackers and pending data lists.

4. Prepare advisory notes / gap reports / improvement recommendations for strengthening SWM

Rules, 2026 data flow, reporting and record management.

5. Support AMC during inspection or visit by State / Central Government officials pertaining to

SWM Rules, 2026 activities, based on records and directions provided by AMC.

6. The Successful Bidder shall study the best Solid Waste Management practices being followed

across India and provide guidance to AMC on how these practices can be implemented to

improve AMC's Solid Waste Management system.

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7. Deliverables

The Consultant shall submit structured deliverables to AMC throughout the assignment period to

support effective monitoring, statutory reporting, data validation, dashboard preparation and

compliance review under the Solid Waste Management Rules, 2026. The deliverables shall be prepared

based on data, records, details and inputs provided by AMC, its zones, facilities, operators and other

authorised agencies. Each deliverable shall be submitted in a clear, review-ready format, enabling AMC

to track progress, identify gaps, comply with applicable reporting requirements and take informed

administrative decisions.

Sr. No. Deliverable Frequency

1 Monthly SWM Rules, 2026 MIS Report Monthly

2 Monthly Data Validation and Pending Information Note Monthly

3 Monthly Dashboard Input Summary for AMC Review Monthly

4 Quarterly SWM Rules, 2026 Compliance Support Report Quarterly

5 MRF / Processing Facility / RDF / Landfill / Legacy Waste MIS Monthly /

Compilation Quarterly

6 Grievance Status and Return-readiness Summary Annual / As

7 Annual Reporting Support for SWM Rules, 2026 Annual

8 Presentation for Review Meetings As required

9 Advisory Notes / Gap Reports / Improvement Recommendations As required

10 Final Consolidated Annual Compliance Support Report Annual /

Contract closure

Unless specifically instructed and separately approved by AMC, the following shall remain outside the

Consultant’s scope:

1. Development, hosting, maintenance or cybersecurity management of any full-scale software,

mobile application or IT platform. AMC shall provide access to relevant systems, formats or

platforms, wherever required for the assignment.

2. Primary door-to-door survey, field enumeration or independent on-field data collection. AMC

shall provide all required data, records, reports and details through its offices, zones,

contractors, facility operators or authorised agencies.

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3. Operation, monitoring or supervision of waste processing facilities, MRFs, RDF plants, sanitary

landfills, legacy waste sites or biomining operations. AMC shall provide operational records and

facility data for MIS and reporting support.

4. Legal representation before courts, tribunals or statutory authorities.

5. Laboratory testing, sampling or technical testing, unless separately assigned by AMC.

6. Printing, media purchase, campaign execution, event management or public communication

activities, unless separately assigned by AMC.

7. Visit to site, conference, meeting, seminar within Gujarat or Outside Gujarat to represent AMC.

9. Deployment and Mode of Engagement

a) The Consultant shall provide at least four designated technical resources for handholding and

technical support to AMC, comprising one Project Coordinator and three Project Officers.

b) The engagement shall be advisory, technical and MIS-support oriented.

c) The deployed team shall support and assist AMC during inspections / visits by State or Central

Government officials pertaining to SWM Rules, 2026 activities.

d) The Consultant shall not exercise administrative, enforcement, supervisory or statutory

decision-making authority.

e) All official submissions, approvals, authentication, portal credential control and statutory

decisions shall remain with AMC.

f) The Consultant shall work based on data, details, records, directions and information provided

by AMC, its zones, contractors, concessionaires, facility operators, local bodies, agencies and

other authorized stakeholders.

The Consultant shall maintain confidentiality of all municipal data and documents.

Staff Deployment:

i. The Bidder shall deploy the minimum number of office-level personnel for a contract period

of 60 months, as detailed below:

o Project Coordinator: 01 Nos.

o Project Officer (Environmental Engineer): 02 Nos.

o Project Officer (MIS and Documentation): 01 Nos.

ii. In addition to the above, the Bidder shall deploy sufficient number of staff to carry out

daily, monthly, and yearly activities as specified in the “Proposed Activities” table.

iii. Educational And Experience Qualifications:

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Position No. Minimum Minimum Relevant Experience

Qualification Experience Requirement

Project 01 Postgraduate degree in 5 years Minimum 5 years in SWM /

Coordinator Environmental urban sanitation /

Engineering / environmental compliance /

Infrastructure SWM MIS / statutory reporting /

Engineering / Civil municipal advisory / DPR /

Engineering or action plan / dashboard support

equivalent / programme management.

Project Officer 02 Graduate degree in 0-3 years 0 to 3 years in SWM /

(Environmental Environmental environmental engineering /

Engineer) Engineering / Civil waste processing / MRF / RDF /

Engineering or landfill / legacy waste /

equivalent municipal SWM reporting.

Project Officer 01 Graduate degree in 0-3 years 0 to 3 years in MIS /

(MIS and Computer Applications documentation / data

Documentation) / Civil Engineering / compilation / dashboard

Urban Management or preparation / Excel reporting /

equivalent compliance tracking / municipal

project documentation.

Responsibility Matrix for Deployed personnel:

Position No. of Primary Role

Project Coordinator 01 Overall coordination, technical supervision, reporting

finalisation, AMC interface and quality review

Project Officer – 02 SWM technical data review, facility-level MIS,

Environmental Engineer segregation, collection, processing, MRF, RDF, landfill and

legacy waste modules

Project Officer – MIS and 01 MIS compilation, dashboard inputs, data validation

Documentation support, documentation, compliance calendar and

report formatting

Role-wise Responsibility Distribution:

1. Project Coordinator – 01 No.

The Project Coordinator shall act as the main technical and coordination interface between AMC and the

Consultant’s team.

Responsibilities:

1. Coordinate with AMC SWM Department, zones, facility operators, contractors, concessionaires

and authorised stakeholders.

2. Prepare monthly task plans and allocate work to Project Officers.

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3. Supervise preparation of MIS formats, data summaries, dashboard inputs and reporting

4. Review and finalise all monthly, quarterly and annual deliverables before submission to AMC.

5. Review data validation outputs prepared by the Project Officers.

6. Ensure consistency between ward-wise, zone-wise, facility-wise and city-level data summaries.

7. Lead preparation of compliance calendars, review notes and presentation material.

8. Support AMC during inspection or review by State / Central Government officials.

9. Ensure that the Consultant’s team does not exercise administrative, enforcement, supervisory

or statutory decision-making authority.

10. Maintain confidentiality and professional discipline in handling AMC records.

2. Project Officer – Environmental Engineer

Focus Area: Waste Generation, Collection, Transportation and Segregation MIS

Responsibilities:

1. Compile ward-wise and zone-wise waste generation data based on records provided by AMC.

2. Review monthly information related to solid waste generation and collection.

3. Compile collection and transportation data, including vehicle and route information provided by

4. Compile four-stream segregation information relating to wet waste, dry waste, sanitary waste

and special care waste.

5. Prepare technical notes on trends, gaps and inconsistencies in collection and segregation data.

6. Support reconciliation of ward-level, zone-level and city-level waste quantities.

7. Provide inputs for monthly SWM Rules, 2026 MIS Report.

8. Provide technical inputs for AMC SWM Monthly MIS Dashboard.

9. Assist the Project Coordinator in review meetings relating to waste generation, collection,

transportation and segregation.

10. Prepare pending information lists for assigned modules.

3. Project Officer – Environmental Engineer

Focus Area: Processing Facilities, MRF, RDF, Landfill and Legacy Waste MIS

Responsibilities:

1. Compile facility-wise data related to waste received, processed, outputs, rejects and balance

2. Compile MRF-wise data related to waste received, sorted, dispatched, rejected and balanced

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3. Compile RDF / recovered material flow information, including generation, availability, quality,

lifting, offtake and balance, wherever records are provided by AMC.

4. Compile sanitary landfill data relating to waste deposited, operation details and return-related

5. Compile legacy waste dumpsite data, including biomining / bioremediation progress, excavated

quantity, screened quantity, recovered fractions and balance quantity, wherever records are

provided by AMC.

6. Prepare MRF, processing facility, landfill and legacy waste dashboard inputs.

7. Review facility-wise inflow, outflow, output, reject and balance data.

8. Prepare facility-level exception notes for missing or inconsistent records.

9. Assist in preparation of quarterly and annual compliance support reports.

10. Provide technical inputs for review presentations and inspection-related documentation.

4. Project Officer – MIS and Documentation

Focus Area: MIS Compilation, Dashboard Formatting, Compliance Calendar and Documentation

Responsibilities:

1. Maintain central MIS registers, templates, formats and version-wise working files.

2. Compile data received from the two Environmental Engineers into monthly and quarterly

reporting formats.

3. Prepare dashboard input summaries for AMC review.

4. Maintain compliance calendar covering monthly, quarterly and annual reporting requirements.

5. Track pending information, responsible data sources and submission-readiness status.

6. Prepare monthly data validation and pending information notes.

7. Prepare meeting notes, action-point trackers and follow-up registers.

8. Compile grievance status information based on AMC records.

9. Prepare personnel and informal-sector database formats, as provided by AMC.

10. Prepare accident / incident information formats, if such event is reported by AMC.

11. Support preparation of presentations, review notes, advisory notes and annual consolidated

12. Maintain document control, file indexing and confidentiality of records.

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Penalty Framework

i. In case of non-deployment of office-level staff, the following penalties shall be deducted

from the monthly bill@ Rs. 3,000/- per day.

• Municipal Corporation will provide:

o Provide office space with furniture at location decided by SWM department,

Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation.

o Provide local support data gathering from various stakeholder.

Deputy Municipal Commissioner

(Solid Waste Management)

Signature of the Contractor Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation.

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Section V – Fraud and Corrupt Practices

5.1. The Bidders and their respective officers, employees, agents and advisers shall observe the

highest standard of ethics during the Bidding Process and subsequent to the issue of the LOA

and during the subsistence of the Concession Agreement. Notwithstanding anything to the

contrary contained herein, or in the LOA or the Concession Agreement, the Authority may

reject a Bid, withdraw the LOA, or terminate the Concession Agreement, as the case may be,

without being liable in any manner whatsoever to the Bidder or Concessionaire, as the case

may be, if it determines that the Bidder or Concessionaire, as the case may be, has, directly or

indirectly or through an agent, engaged in corrupt practice, fraudulent practice, coercive

practice, undesirable practice or restrictive practice in the Bidding Process. In such an event,

the Authority shall be entitled to forfeit and appropriate the Bid Security or Performance

Security, as the case may be, as Damages, without prejudice to any other right or remedy that

may be available to the Authority under the Bidding Documents and/ or the Concession

Agreement, or otherwise.

5.2. Without prejudice to the rights of the Authority under Clause 5.1 hereinabove and the rights

and remedies which the Authority may have under the LOA or the Concession Agreement, or

otherwise if a Bidder or Concessionaire, as the case may be, is found by the Authority to have

directly or indirectly or through an agent, engaged or indulged in any corrupt practice,

fraudulent practice, coercive practice, undesirable practice or restrictive practice during the

Bidding Process, or after the issue of the LOA or the execution of the Concession Agreement,

such Bidder or Concessionaire shall not be eligible to participate in any tender or E TENDER

issued by the Authority during a period of 2 (two) years from the date such Bidder or

Concessionaire, as the case may be, is found by the Authority to have directly or indirectly or

through an agent, engaged or indulged in any corrupt practice, fraudulent practice, coercive

practice, undesirable practice or restrictive practices, as the case may be.

5.3. For the purposes of this Clause 5.3, the following terms shall have the meaning hereinafter

respectively assigned to them:

(a) “Corrupt Practice” means (i) the offering, giving, receiving, or soliciting, directly or

indirectly, of anything of value to influence the actions of any person connected with

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the Bidding Process (for avoidance of doubt, offering of employment to or employing

or engaging in any manner whatsoever, directly or indirectly, any official of the

Authority who is or has been associated in any manner, directly or indirectly, with the

Bidding Process or the LOA or has dealt with matters concerning the Concession

Agreement or arising therefrom, before or after the execution thereof, at any time

prior to the expiry of one year from the date such official resigns or retires from or

otherwise ceases to be in the service of the Authority, shall be deemed to constitute

influencing the actions of a person connected with the Bidding Process); or (ii) save and

except as permitted under the Clause 5.2 of this E TENDER, engaging in any manner

whatsoever, whether during the Bidding Process or after the issue of the LOA or after

the execution of the Concession Agreement, as the case may be, any person in respect

of any matter relating to the Project or the LOA or the Concession Agreement, who at

any time has been or is a legal, financial or technical adviser of the Authority in relation

to any matter concerning the Project;

(b) “Fraudulent Practice” means a misrepresentation or omission of facts or suppression of

facts or disclosure of incomplete facts, in order to influence the Bidding Process;

(c) “Coercive Practice” means impairing or harming, or threatening to impair or harm,

directly or indirectly, any person or property to influence any person’s participation or

action in the Bidding Process;

(d) “Undesirable Practice” means (i) establishing contact with any person connected with

or employed or engaged by the Authority with the objective of canvassing, lobbying or

in any manner influencing or attempting to influence the Bidding Process; or (ii) having

a Conflict of Interest; and

(e) “Restrictive Practice” means forming a cartel or arriving at any understanding or

arrangement among Bidders with the objective of restricting or manipulating a full and

fair competition in the Bidding Process.

Deputy Municipal Commissioner

(Solid Waste Management)

Signature of the Contractor Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation.

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Section VI – General Conditions of Contract

Contract Documents

Subject to the order of precedence set forth in the Agreement, all documents forming the Contract (and

all parts thereof) are intended to be correlative, complementary, and mutually explanatory.

Corrupt Practices

The Corporation/Council’s Anticorruption Policy requires that bidders, agencies, and contractors under

Corporation/Council contacts, observe the highest standard of ethics during the procurement and

execution of such contracts. In pursuance of the policy, the Corporation/Council:

(a) Defines, for the purposes of this provision, the terms set forth below as follows:

"Corrupt practice,” means the offering, giving receiving, or soliciting, directly or indirectly, of

anything of value to influence the action of any party in the procurement process or the

execution of a contract;

"Fraudulent practice” means a misrepresentation or omission of facts in order to influence a

procurement process or the execution of a contract;

“Collusive practices" means a scheme or arrangement between two or more bidders, with or

without the knowledge of the Borrowers, designed to influence the action of any party in a

procurement process or the execution of a contract;

"Coercive Practices" means harming or threatening to harm, directly or indirectly, persons,

or their property to influence their participation in a procurement process, or affect the

execution of a contract.

(b) Will reject a proposal for award if it determines that the bidder recommended forward has,

directly or through an agent, engaged in corrupt, fraudulent, collusive, or coercive practices in

competing for the Contract; and

(c) Will sanction a party or its successor, including declaring ineligible, either indefinitely or for

stated period of time to participate in Corporation/Council tender activities if it at any time

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determines that the firm has, directly or through an agent, engaged in corrupt, fraudulent,

collusive, or coercive practices in competing for, or in executing, a Corporation/Council contract.

The Contract as well as all correspondence and documents relating to the Contract exchanged by the

Agency and Corporation/Council, shall be written in English or Hindi language. Supporting documents

and printed literature that are part of the Contract may be in another language provided they are

accompanied by an accurate translation of the relevant passages in English or Hindi language, in which

case, for purposes of interpretation of the Contract, this translation shall govern.

Any Notice given by one party to the other pursuant to the Contract shall be in writing. The term "in

writing" means communicated in written form with proof of receipt.

A Notice shall be effective when delivered or on the Notice's effective date, whichever is later.

All legal matters shall be subject to the exclusive jurisdiction of the courts at Ahmedabad, Gujarat.

Prices charged agency for services and the Related Services performed under the Contract shall not vary

from the prices quoted by the agency in its bid.

Terms of Payment

The Agency's request for payment shall be made to Corporation in writing, accompanied by invoices

describing, as appropriate, the services delivered and Related Services performed, and by the

documents submitted pursuant upon fulfilment of all the obligations stipulated in the Contract. Report

formats shall be finalize in consultation and approval of Corporation and are to be submitted with

Payments shall be made on monthly basis promptly by Corporation, no later than Thirty (30) days

after submission of an invoice or request for payment by the agency, and Corporation has accepted

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The approved monthly lump-sum consultancy fee quoted by the successful bidder and accepted by

Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation shall remain fixed for the first year from the date of

commencement of the assignment / work order.

Upon successful completion of first year of satisfactory services, and subject to continuation of the

contract by AMC, the approved monthly lump-sum consultancy fee shall be increased by 5% over the

immediately preceding applicable monthly lump-sum fee. Such increment shall be applicable from

the beginning of the second year of the contract.

Thereafter, for each subsequent completed year of satisfactory service, the applicable monthly lump-

sum consultancy fee shall be increased by 5% over the immediately preceding applicable monthly

lump-sum fee, until completion, expiry or termination of the contract, whichever is earlier.

The annual increment shall be subject to satisfactory performance of the Consultant, approval of the

competent authority of AMC, continuation of the assignment, and fulfilment of all contractual

obligations by the Consultant

. No escalation, revision or additional claim shall be admissible during the first two years of the

contract, except statutory taxes as applicable and expressly payable under the contract.

The 5% increment shall not be construed as automatic in case of unsatisfactory performance,

discontinued requirement, non-extension of contract, termination of contract or any breach of

contract conditions by the Consultant.

Taxes and Duties

For services supplied, the Agency shall be entirely responsible for all taxes, duties, license fees, etc.,

levied by Corporation/Council/GoI/State Govt incurred until delivery of the contracted services to

Corporation/Council. Agency shall follow all labour laws and shall submit PF& ESIC receipts along with

Corporation/Council and the Agency shall keep confidential and shall not, without the written consent

of the other party hereto, divulge to any third party any documents, data, or other information

furnished directly or indirectly by the other party hereto in connection with the Contract, whether such

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information has been furnished prior to, during or following completion or termination of the Contract.

Joint Venture (JV)

Joint Venture is not allowed for the participation of bid process.

The agency shall insure all his employees. Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation shall not bear the cost of

insurance of the agency manpower nor be the party of any claims.

Limitation of Liability

Except in cases of gross negligence or willful misconduct:

(a) Neither party shall be liable to the other party for any indirect or consequential loss or damage,

loss of use, loss of production, or loss of profits or interest costs, provided that this exclusion

shall not apply to any obligation of the Agency to pay liquidated damages to Corporation.

i. If the Agency fails to deliver any or all of the Services within the period specified in the

Contract, or within any extension thereof granted by Ahmedabad Municipal

ii. If the Agency fails to perform any other obligation under the Contract.

The Agency shall not be liable for forfeiture of its Performance Security, liquidated damages, or

termination for default if and to the extent that it's delay in performance or other failure to perform its

obligations under the Contract is the result of an event of Force Majeure.

Either party can give termination notice 60 days in advance in writing and discharge either party

from obligation of the contract.

Termination for Default

(a) Corporation, without prejudice to any other remedy for breach of Contract, by Notice of default

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sent to the Agency, may terminate the Contract in whole or in part:

(i) If the Agency fails to deliver any or all of the Services within the period specified in the

Contract, or within any extension thereof granted by Corporation.

(ii) If the Agency fails to perform any other obligation under the Contract.

(b) In the event corporation terminates the Contract in whole or in part, Corporation may procure,

upon such terms and in such manner as it deems appropriate, Services or Related Services

similar to those undelivered or not performed, and the Agency shall be liable to Corporation for

any additional costs for such similar Services or Related Services.

(c) If the Agency, in the judgment of Corporation has engaged in corrupt or fraudulent practices, in

competing for or in executing the Contract.

(d) Any document, information, data or statement submitted by the Agency in its Proposals, based

on which the Agency was considered eligible or successful, is found to be false, incorrect or

(e) The Agency submits to the Authority a statement which has a material effect on the rights,

obligations or interests of the Authority and which the Agency knows to be false;

(f) The Authority, in its sole discretion and for any reason whatsoever, decides to terminate this

Suspension of Agreement

The Authority may, by written notice of suspension to the Agency, suspend all payments to the Agency

hereunder if the Agency shall be in breach of this Agreement or shall fail to perform any of its

obligations under this Agreement, including the carrying out of the Services; provided that such notice

of suspension (i) shall specify the nature of the breach or failure, and (ii) shall provide an opportunity to

the Agency to remedy such breach or failure within a period not exceeding 15 (Fifteen) days after

receipt by the Agency of such notice of suspension.

Dispute Resolution System

The competent authority shall decide the matter within 45 days.

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Appeal against the order of the competent authority can be preferred within 30 days to the appellate

authority i.e. the Commissioner, Corporation/Council in the contract data. The appellate authority shall

decide the dispute within 45 days.

The contractor shall have to continue execution of the works with due diligence notwithstanding

pendency of a dispute before any authority or forum.

Deputy Municipal Commissioner

(Solid Waste Management)

Signature of the Contractor Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation.

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Annexure – 1 Cover Letter

(THIS FORM OF TENDER MUST BE COMPLETED AND RETURNED BY ALL TENDERERS)

The Commissioner,

Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation

Dear Sir or Madam,

We, the undersigned, “Selection of Consultant for Providing Handholding and Technical Support to

Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation for MIS-based Data Collection, Compilation, Reporting on

centralized Online Portal, Compliance, Dashboard Support for activities under

SWM Rules, 2026 ”.

In accordance with your Request for Proposal dated _______________ and our Proposal. We are hereby

submitting our Proposal, which includes this qualification documents Proposal and a Financial Proposal

submitted online.

We hereby declare that we have examined the E TENDER documentation and offer to provide the

supplies in accordance with the E TENDER.

We undertake to deliver the services in accordance with the terms & conditions of and specifications of

We acknowledge that all costs and expenses incurred by us in producing and submitting this offer will be

borne by us in full.

We undertake to treat the details of this offer as private and confidential. We acknowledge that no part

of these documents may be transmitted by us to a third party

We hereby declare that all the information and statements made in this Proposal are true and accept

that any misleading information contained in it may lead to our disqualification.

We acknowledge that you are not obliged to accept the lowest or any offer and that this contract award

procedure may be cancelled by you.

Yours Faithfully,

Authorized Signature (In Full and Initials):

Name and Title of Signatory:

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Annexure – 2 Power of Attorney for Signing of Bid

Know all men by these presents, We, (name of the firm and address of the registered office) do hereby

irrevocably constitute, nominate, appoint and authorise Mr. / Ms (Name), son/daughter/wife

of______________________ and presently residing at ________________, who is presently employed

with us / the Lead Member of our Consortium and holding the position of _____________, as our true

and lawful attorney (hereinafter referred to as the “Attorney”) to do in our name and on our behalf, all

such acts, deeds and things as are necessary or required in connection with or incidental to submission

of our bid for the _______________ Project proposed or being developed by the (the “Ahmedabad

Municipal Corporation”) including but not limited to signing and submission of all applications, bids and

other documents and writings, participate in bidders' and other conferences and providing information /

responses to the Authority, representing us in all matters before the Authority, signing and execution of

all contracts and undertakings consequent to acceptance of our bid, and generally dealing with the

Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation in all matters in connection with or relating to or arising out of our

bid for the said Project and/or upon award thereof to us and/or till the entering into of the Agreement

with the Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation.

AND we hereby agree to ratify and confirm and do hereby ratify and confirm all acts, deeds and things

done or caused to be done by our said Attorney pursuant to and in exercise of the powers conferred by

this Power of Attorney and that all acts, deeds and things done by our said Attorney in exercise of the

powers hereby conferred shall and shall always be deemed to have been done by us.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF WE, …………………………., THE ABOVE-NAMED PRINCIPAL HAVE EXECUTED THIS

POWER OF ATTORNEY ON THIS ……………………… DAY OF,

(Signature, name, designation and address)

Witness: Office seal

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Annexure – 3 Financial Proposal

Name of work “Selection of Consultant for Providing Handholding and Technical Support to

Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation for MIS-based Data Collection, Compilation, Reporting on

centralized Online Portal, Compliance, Dashboard Support for activities under

SWM Rules, 2026 ”.

Sr. Project Title (Monthly Lumpsum (Monthly Lumpsum

No Amount) In Rupees Amount) In Rupees in

“Selection of Consultant for Providing

Handholding and Technical Support to

Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation for MIS-

based Data Collection, Compilation,

Reporting on centralized Online Portal,

Compliance, Dashboard Support for

activities under SWM Rules, 2026”.

Note: GST shall be paid extra as applicable

1. Amount quoted the bidder shall be inclusive of all taxes applicable (except GST) for the project

2. The contract total amount will be arrived by multiplying by 60 months to the amount quoted by

2. The contract total amount will be arrived by multiplying by 60 months to the amount quoted by

the successful bidder (H1).

The monthly bill submitted by the Bidder shall be supported by the following mandatory documents:

1. Activity Performance Records, including reports, presentation, web portal data screen shots

2. Dully Vetted Report from concerned Department.

3. Statement of Daily, Monthly, and Yearly Activity Performance

4. Attendance Sheets of Deployed Personnel, duly signed by the authorized representative

(Signature, name, designation and address)

Witness: Office seal

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Annexure – 4 Affidavit

(See clause 3 of Section 1 -NIT)

|| AFFIDAVIT ||

(To be contained in Envelope A)

(On Non-Judicial Stamp of Rs. 300)

the firm/company/NGO) and competent for submission of the affidavit on behalf of M/s

____________________ (consultant) do solemnly affirm an oath and state that:

I/We am/are fully satisfied for the correctness of the certificates/records submitted in support of the

following information in bid documents which are being submitted in response to notice inviting e-

tender No._______________ for _________________ (name of work) dated ___________issued by the

(name of the department).

I/we am/are fully responsible for the correctness of following self-certified information/ documents and

1. That the self-certified information given in the bid document is fully true and authentic.

a. DD as earnest money, demand draft for cost of bid document and other relevant

documents provided by the Bank are authentic.

b. Information regarding financial qualification and annual turnover is correct.

c. Information regarding various technical qualifications is correct.

Signature with Seal of the (Bidder)

Note: Affidavit duly notarized in original shall reach at least one calendar daybefore opening of the bid.

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Annexure – 5 General Information

All individual firms are requested to complete the information in this form. Individual information

should be provided for all owners, directors or applicants that are partnerships public / Pvt. Ltd. or

individually owned firms.

Particulars Details

Valid Registration of bidder in appropriate class Registration No.:_______________

through Centralized Registration of Government of

(Scanned copy of Registration

to be uploaded)

Name of Organization/ Individual/ Proprietary

Firm/ Partnership Firm

Entity of Organization Individual/ Proprietary Firm/

Partnership Firm (Registered under Partnership

3. Act)/ Limited Company (Registered under the

Companies Act 1956)/ Corporation/ Joint Venture

4. Address of Communication

5. Telephone Number with STD Code

6. Fax Number with STD Code

7. Mobile Number

8. E-mail Address for all communications

Details of Authorized Representative

10. Designation

11. Postal Address

12. Telephone Number with STD Code

13. Fax Number with STD Code

14. Mobile Number

15. E-mail Address

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Note: In case of partnership firm and limited company certified copy of partnership deed/ Articles of

Association and Memorandum of Association along with registration certificate of the company shall have to

Signature of Bidder with Seal

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Annexure – 6 Undertaking of Non-blacklisting

Notarized Undertaking for Non-Blacklisting / Non-Debarment

To be submitted on Non-Judicial Stamp Paper of INR 300.00, duly notarized

I/We, __________________________________________, aged about ______ years, having office at

signatory / proprietor / partner / director of M/s. __________________________________________,

do hereby solemnly affirm, declare and undertake as under:

1. That M/s. __________________________________________ is participating in the tender

invited by Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation for the work titled:

“Selection of Consultant for Providing Handholding and Technical Support to Ahmedabad

Municipal Corporation for MIS-based Data Collection, Reporting, centralized Online Portal

Compliance, Dashboard Support and Supportive Activities under SWM Rules, 2026”

2. That I/we am/are duly authorised to submit this undertaking on behalf of the bidder.

3. That the bidder, M/s. __________________________________________, has not been

blacklisted, debarred, banned, suspended or restrained from participating in any tender / bid /

contract by any Urban Local Body, Municipal Corporation, State Government, Union

Government, Public Sector Undertaking, Government Department, Government Agency or any

other statutory authority in India during the last five years from the bid submission date.

4. That none of the directors / partners / proprietor / authorised representatives of the bidder has

been blacklisted or debarred by any Urban Local Body, Municipal Corporation, State

Government, Union Government, Public Sector Undertaking, Government Department,

Government Agency or any other statutory authority in India during the last five years from the

bid submission date.

5. That no order of blacklisting / debarment / banning / suspension is in force against the bidder as

on the date of submission of this bid.

6. That the information submitted in this undertaking is true and correct to the best of my/our

knowledge and belief. No material information has been concealed or misrepresented.

7. That if any information furnished in this undertaking is found to be false, incorrect, misleading

or suppressed at any stage, Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation shall be at liberty to reject the

bid, cancel the award, terminate the contract, forfeit EMD / security deposit / performance

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security, and take any other action as deemed appropriate under the tender conditions and

applicable law.

I/We hereby verify that the contents of the above undertaking are true and correct to the best of

my/our knowledge and belief, and nothing material has been concealed therefrom.

Verified at ___________________ on this ______ day of __________,

For and on behalf of the Bidder

Name of Authorised Signatory: _______________________________

Name of Bidder / Firm / Company: _______________________________

Seal / Stamp of Bidder

Notary Attestation

Signed and affirmed before me on this ______ day of __________, 20 at ___________________.

Signature and Seal of Notary: _______________________________

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Annexure – 7 Format of Curriculum Vitae (CV) for Proposed Personnel

To be submitted for Project Coordinator as applicable with relevant credentials in support of details

mentioned in the CV

1. Proposed Position

Particular Details

Proposed Position Project Coordinator / Project Officer (Environmental Engineer) / Project

Officer (MIS and Documentation)

Name of Assignment Selection of Consultant for Providing Handholding and Technical

Support to Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation for MIS-based Data

Collection, Compilation, Reporting on centralized Online Portal,

Compliance, Dashboard Support for activities under

Name of Bidder / Firm

Name of Proposed Personnel

Present Employer

Current Designation

Total Professional Experience ___ years ___ months

Relevant Experience in SWM / ___ years ___ months

MIS / Documentation /

Environmental Sector

2. Educational Qualification

Sr. Degree / Discipline / University / Year of Percentage /

No. Qualification Specialization Institute Passing Grade

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Note: Copies of degree / diploma / postgraduate certificates shall be attached.

3. Professional Certifications / Training, if any

Sr. No. Certification / Training Issuing Agency / Institute Year Relevance to Assignment

4. Employment Record

Sr. No. Name of Organisation Designation From To Duration Key Responsibilities

5. Relevant Project Experience

Sr. Name of Project / Client / Location / Period of Role Brief Scope

No. Assignment Authority City Assignment Performed Handled

6. Experience Relevant to the Proposed Assignment

The proposed personnel shall provide a brief note on experience relevant to the assignment.

Area of Experience Details

Solid Waste Management

SWM Rules / Statutory Compliance Support

MIS-based Data Collection / Compilation

Data Validation and Reconciliation

Dashboard / Reporting Support

Centralised Online Portal / Government Portal Support

MRF / Processing Facility / RDF / Landfill / Legacy Waste Data Handling

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Grievance / Incident / Compliance Calendar Documentation

Municipal Coordination / ULB Experience

Review Meetings / Presentations / Documentation

7. Detailed Tasks Proposed to be Assigned

The bidder shall clearly mention the duties proposed for the personnel under this assignment.

Proposed Task Area Role of Proposed Personnel

MIS compilation and reporting support

Data validation and quality review

Dashboard input preparation

Monthly / quarterly / annual report preparation

Compliance calendar tracking

Coordination with AMC / zones / authorised stakeholders

Review meeting and presentation support

Documentation and record management

8. Computer and Software Skills

Skill / Software Proficiency Level

MS Excel Basic / Working / Advanced

MS Word Basic / Working / Advanced

MS PowerPoint Basic / Working / Advanced

MIS / Dashboard Tools Basic / Working / Advanced

GIS Software, if any Basic / Working / Advanced

Data Management / Reporting Tools Basic / Working / Advanced

Other Relevant Software

9. Language Proficiency

Language Read Write Speak

Gujarati Excellent / Good / Fair Excellent / Good / Fair Excellent / Good / Fair

Hindi Excellent / Good / Fair Excellent / Good / Fair Excellent / Good / Fair

English Excellent / Good / Fair Excellent / Good / Fair Excellent / Good / Fair

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11. Certification by Bidder

We hereby certify that the above-named personnel is proposed for the stated position under this

assignment. The details mentioned in this CV have been verified by us based on available records and

documents. We further undertake that the proposed personnel shall be made available for the

assignment as per the tender requirements, unless substitution is permitted by Ahmedabad Municipal

Corporation in accordance with the contract conditions.

For and on behalf of the Bidder:

Name of Authorised Signatory: ___________________________

Name of Bidder / Firm: ___________________________

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