Pre-paid Smart Meters notified in News Paper vide No. MESCOM/2024-25/EL/WORK-INDENT242

The bidder should have experience in implementation and maintenance of Advance Metering Infrastructure (AMI) along with MDM by using real time communication feature or technology for any electricity distribution company in India in the last 5 Years. A minimum quantity of not less than 9000 numbers of nodes installed and operational in any electricity distribution company in India. The said meters or nodes should have real time communication feature or technology

The bidder / OEM to qualify must demonstrate having, Experience and resources to meet the aggregate of the Scope of work covered in the tender document

The Bidder must have been assessed and possess a valid SEI/CMMI Institute certified CMMI (Capability Maturity Model Integration) DEV & SVC level 4 or above

The bidder or OEM should have business of smart meter equipment manufacturing complying to below points, Options(1) Should have manufactured and supplied minimum 24,000 nos. SMART meters complying to IS 16444 Part 1 or part 2 standards for AMR/ AMI complaint (cumulative) in any Indian Power Distribution Utility in the last 2 (two) years. OR Options (2) (a) Smart meters shall have all the valid type test certificate (issued within the last 5 years) and BIS certificate, compliant to IS 16444 Part-1 (b) Should have in-house NABL or ISO or IEC 17025 accredited Laboratory.(c) Should have a valid ISO 9001 2015 certification

The Bidder shall be a proprietorship firm or Partnership firm or company incorporated under Companies Act 1956/2013. The Bidder should have an office establishment at Karnataka for providing necessary support

The Bidder must Comply with all statutory obligations viz., valid certificates of Class-I Electrical Contractor license, ESI/EPF registration, Labour License, Copy of PAN Card, GST registration

The Annual Turnover of the Bidder in at least two financial years in any of the previous five financial years i.e. (FY 2018- 19, 2019-20, 2020-21, 2021-22 & 2022-23) should not be less than amount put to tender

The Liquid assets of the Bidder after date of notification of tender or at a later date before submission of the bid consisting of Cash at Bank plus Term Deposits plus Availability of fund based credit facility in any Nationalized or scheduled Bank should not be lesser than 25 percent of amount put to tender

Even though the Bidders meet the above criteria, they are subject to be disqualified if they have (i) Made misleading or false representations in the forms, statements and attachments submitted in proof of the qualification requirements and or (ii) Record of poor performance such as abandoning the works, not properly completing the contract, inordinate delays in completion, litigation history, or financial failures etc. and or (iii) Participated in the previous Tender for the same work and had quoted unreasonably high tender prices and could not furnish rational justification. (iv) Black Listed due to non performance in execution of works by any Public Electrical Utility or Govt. utility as on date of bid submission. (v) Defaulted or short closed due to non-performance in execution of works against the order placed any Public Electrical Utility or Govt. utility as on date of bid submission. (vi) Any litigation or arbitration arising out of contracts completed or under execution by it over the last five years with ESCOMS or KPTCL or any utility in India (vii) As on date of submission of the bid, the Bidder should not be under a declaration of ineligibility for corrupt or fraudulent practices with any of the State government or Central Government or PSU or Municipal agencies in India or Abroad at the time of submission.(viii) LOA is withdrawn by the owner due to inefficiency of the bidder in performing or implementing assigned project in technically or financially are not eligible to participate in this bid

Any Bidder from a country which shares a land with India will be eligible to bid in this tender only if the Bidder is registered with the Competent Authority. A certificate for having read the clauses is required to be submitted/uploaded by the Bidder separately in the following format - I have read the clause regarding restrictions on procurement from a Bidder of a country which shares a land border with India, I certify that this Bidder is not from such a country or, if from such a country, has been registered with the Competent Authority. I hereby certify that this Bidder fulfills all requirements in this regard and is eligible to be considered - . (Where applicable, evidence of valid registration by the Competent Authority shall be attached)