ADSS Optical Fiber Cable (Defence) (Q3) MSE Exemption for Years of Experience and Turnover No Startup Exemption for Years of Experience and Turnover No Document required from seller Additional Doc 1 (Requested in ATC)

ADSS Optical Fiber Cable (Defence) (Q3) MSE Exemption for Years of Experience and Turnover No Startup Exemption for Years of Experience and Turnover No Document required from seller Additional Doc 1 (Requested in ATC)

Additional Doc 2 (Requested in ATC) *In case any bidder is seeking exemption from Experience Turnover Criteria

the supporting documents to prove his eligibility for exemption must be uploaded for evaluation by the buyer Do you want to show documents uploaded by bidders to all bidders participated in bid? No Bid to RA enabled No Type of Bid Two Packet Bid Primary product category ADSS Optical Fiber Cable (Defence) Time allowed for Technical Clarifications during technical evaluation 7 Days Bid Number ( ) : GEM/2025/B/6074134 Dated : 01-04-2025 Bid Document 1/11 Inspection Required (By Empanelled Inspection Authority/Agencies pre- registered with GeM) No Evaluation Method Item wise evaluation Arbitration Clause No Mediation Clause No Bid Details EMD Detail Required No ePBG Detail Required No MII Purchase Preference MII Purchase Preference No MSE Purchase Preference MSE Purchase Preference Yes 1. Purchase preference will be given to MSEs having valid Udyam Registration and whose credentials are validated online through Udyam Registration portal as defined in Public Procurement Policy for Micro and Small Enterprises (MSEs) Order

2012 dated 23.03.2012 issued by Ministry of Micro

Small and Medium Enterprises and its subsequent Orders/Notifications issued by concerned Ministry. If the bidder wants to avail themselves of the Purchase preference

the bidder must be the manufacturer/OEM of the offered product on GeM. Traders are excluded from the purview of Public Procurement Policy for Micro and Small Enterprises and hence resellers offering products manufactured by some other OEM are not eligible for any purchase preference. In respect of bid for Services

the bidder must be the Service provider of the offered Service. Relevant documentary evidence in this regard shall be uploaded along with the bid in respect of the offered product or service and Buyer will decide eligibility for purchase preference based on documentary evidence submitted

while evaluating the bid. If L-1 is not an MSE and MSE Seller (s) has/have quoted price within L-1+ 15% (Selected by Buyer) of margin of purchase preference/price band defined in relevant policy

such MSE Seller shall be given opportunity to match L-1 price and contract will be awarded for 25% (selected by Buyer) percentage of total quantity. The buyers are advised to refer the OM No. F.1/4/2021-PPD dated 18.05.2023 OM_No.1_4_2021_PPD_dated_18.05.2023 for compliance of Concurrent application of Public Procurement Policy for Micro and Small Enterprises Order

2012 and Public Procurement (Preference to Make in India) Order

2017. Benefits of MSE will be allowed only if seller is validated on-line in GeM profile as well as validated and approved by Buyer after evaluation of documents submitted. 2. Estimated Bid Value indicated above is being declared solely for the purpose of guidance on EMD amount and for determining the Eligibility Criteria related to Turn Over

Past Performance and Project/Past Experience etc. This has no relevance or bearing on the price to be quoted by the bidders and is also not going to have any impact on bid participation. Also this is not going to be used as a criteria in determining reasonableness of quoted prices which would be determined by the buyer based on its own assessment of reasonableness and based on competitive prices received in Bid/RA process. 2/11 Evaluation Method ( Item Wise Evaluation Method ) Contract will be awarded schedulewise and the determination of L1 will be done separately for each schedule. The details of item-consignee combination covered under each schedule are as under: Evaluation Schedules Item/Category Quantity Schedule 1 Adss Optical Fiber Cable (defence) 2 Schedule 2 Adss Optical Fiber Cable (defence) 2 ADSS Optical Fiber Cable (Defence) ( 2 kilometer ) Technical Specifications * As per GeM Category Specification Specification Specification Name Bid Requirement (Allowed Values) GENERIC Product description All Dielectric Self Supporting (ADSS) Optical Fiber Cable Conformity of the specification as per GSQR issued by HQ

Eastern Command (Signals) No. 140403/TAG/Vendor Corres/19-20 dated. 29.10.19 Type of Fibre Single mode Optical Fibre ITU - G 652 D. All Dielectric Self Supporting Optical Fibre Cable No. of Fiber 12 Refractive index of the Fibre 1.4674

1.4679 Wavelength ( in nm) 1310

1550 Attenuation < 0.36 dB/Km at 1310 nm

< 0.23 dB/Km at 1550 nm Coating Diameter (?m) 245 ± 10 Cladding Diameter (?m) 125 ± 01 Colour code Yellow

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Pink CONSTRUCTION Cable armouring Unarmoured Additional Specification Parameters - ADSS Optical Fiber Cable (Defence) ( 2 kilometer ) Specification Parameter Name Bid Requirement (Allowed Values) Operating Temperature -20 deg. C to +60 deg C 3/11 Availability of Type Test report from Central Government NABL/ILAC accredited laboratory to prove conformity of products to the specification YES Specification Parameter Name Bid Requirement (Allowed Values) * Bidders offering must also comply with the additional specification parameters mentioned above. Consignees/Reporting Officer and Quantity S.No. .. .. Consignee Reporting/Officer Address Quantity Delivery Days 1 Gyan Mal Khatik 323303

Contracts & Material Management

NPCIL

Rawatbhata Rajasthan Site

Anushakti Via-Kota (Rajasthan) Phone No. 01475-242002

242048 Which is about 60 Kms. away from Kota. 2 180 ADSS Optical Fiber Cable (Defence) ( 2 kilometer ) Technical Specifications * As per GeM Category Specification Specification Specification Name Bid Requirement (Allowed Values) GENERIC Product description All Dielectric Self Supporting (ADSS) Optical Fiber Cable Conformity of the specification as per GSQR issued by HQ

Eastern Command (Signals) No. 140403/TAG/Vendor Corres/19-20 dated. 29.10.19 Type of Fibre Single Mode Os2 No. of Fiber 12 Refractive index of the Fibre 1.4674

1.4679 Wavelength ( in nm) 1310

1550 Attenuation < 0.36 dB/Km at 1310 nm

< 0.23 dB/Km at 1550 nm Coating Diameter (?m) 245 ± 10 Cladding Diameter (?m) 125 ± 01 Colour code Yellow

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Pink 4/11 CONSTRUCTION Cable armouring Armoured Specification Specification Name Bid Requirement (Allowed Values) Additional Specification Parameters - ADSS Optical Fiber Cable (Defence) ( 2 kilometer ) Specification Parameter Name Bid Requirement (Allowed Values) Operating Temperature -20 deg C to +60 deg C Availability of Type Test report from Central Government NABL/ILAC accredited laboratory to prove conformity of products to the specification YES * Bidders offering must also comply with the additional specification parameters mentioned above. Consignees/Reporting Officer and Quantity S.No. .. .. Consignee Reporting/Officer Address Quantity Delivery Days 1 Gyan Mal Khatik 323303

Contracts & Material Management

NPCIL

Rawatbhata Rajasthan Site

Anushakti Via-Kota (Rajasthan) Phone No. 01475-242002

242048 Which is about 60 Kms. away from Kota. 2 180 Buyer Added Bid Specific Terms and Conditions 1 . Generic OPTION CLAUSE: The Purchaser reserves the right to increase or decrease the quantity to be ordered up to 25 percent of bid quantity at the time of placement of contract. The purchaser also reserves the right to increase the ordered quantity up to 25% of the contracted quantity during the currency of the contract at the contracted rates. The delivery period of quantity shall commence from the last date of original delivery order and in cases where option clause is exercised during the extended delivery period the additional time shall commence from the last date of extended delivery period. The additional delivery time shall be (Increased quantity ÷ Original quantity) × Original delivery period (in days)

subject to minimum of 30 days. If the original delivery period is less than 30 days

the additional time equals the original delivery period. The Purchaser may extend this calculated delivery duration up to the original delivery period while exercising the option clause. Bidders must comply with these terms. 2 . Buyer Added Bid Specific ATC 5/11 Buyer Added text based ATC clauses Liquidated Damages Liquidated Damages as stipulated under Clause No.15 (iii) of GeM GTC shall not be applicable for the contract awarded against this Bid. Additional Specification Parameters

if any Additional Specification Parameters as stipulated in the Bid Document must be complied by the B idder/Seller and supply may be made accordingly otherwise material will be liable for rejection. Clarifications/documents submitted by the bidder Documents not submitted along with the bid and clarifications sought during the evaluation stage

but now being submitted during representation shall not be considered

for evaluation. MSE Benefits Purchase preference will be given to MSEs as defined in Public Procurement Policy for Micro and Small Enterprises (MSEs) Order

2012 dated 23.03.2012 issued by Ministry of Micro

Small and Me dium Enterprises and its subsequent Orders/Notifications issued by concerned Ministry. Trades ar e excluded from the purview of Public Procurement Policy for Micro and Small Enterprises. Releva nt documentary evidence in this regard shall be uploaded along with the bid. If L-1 is not an MSE and MSE Seller(s) has/have quoted price within L-1+15% of margin of purchase preference/price band defined in relevant policy

such Seller shall be given opportunity to match L-1 price and con tract will be awarded for defined percentage in bid document of total QUANTITY. Benefits of Publi c Procurement Policy shall be given to all eligible MSEs as stated under Point no.3 of FAQ dt. 25/0 3/2022

irrespective of product categories and the category they are registered under viz. Manufa cturing or Service. Documents related to Payment The seller shall submit Original invoice clearly marked for ‘Bill to’ and ‘Shipped to’

Annexure-F (c opy enclosed) (Additional Doc 1)

Seller’s Bank details

E-invoice if applicable to seller based on hi s turnover

Test certificate (if applicable) etc to the Paying Authority directly

immediately after di spatching material to the Consignee. As payment is to be released in a time bound manner

non-r eceipt of these document in time may lead to rejection of supplies.” Note : Following documents shall be submitted by the bidder(s) along with the bid: - 1) Bidder is mandatorily required to submit an Undertaking as per attached Annexure-D on Comp any’s Letter Head along with offer

failing which

their offer will not be evaluated and rejected wit hout asking any further clarification with regard to the same. (Additional Doc 2) 2) 'Specifications Compliance Sheet' to be filled by the bidder

if asked in the tender. BANNING OF BUSINESS DEALINGS BY NPCIL/BUYER NPCIL reserves the right to initiate Banning as per NPCIL’s Banning of business dealings as mentioned belo w and are independent of actions under GeM’s IM (Incident Management) Policy. The words banning

blacklisting

de-registered

debarred

holiday

suspension of business etc.

means the s ame. The words NPCIL

Corporation

Buyer etc.

means the same. The words Contractor

Bidder

Seller

Service Provider etc.

means the same. 1 . Grounds for Banning The business dealing with the Contractor/Bidder/Seller/Service Provider shall be liable for banning

on acco unt of the reasons attributable to them

which shall include

but not limited to the following: 6/11 1.1.1. Involvement in cartel formation during bidding. 1.1.2. Baseless allegations by the bidder on NPCIL/Corporation/Buyer evaluation processes or officials. 1.1.3. If any of the owner

proprietor or partner of the Contractor

is convicted by a court of law

during bid ding process or currency of the contract

for offences involving corrupt and fraudulent practices including misrepresentation of the facts

moral turpitude in relation to its business dealings with NPCIL. 1.1.4. Malafide/unlawful acts/malpractices or improper conduct on part of Contractor based on the appr oved findings of the Investigation Agency. 1.1.5. If the Contractor misuses the premises or facilities of the NPCIL forcefully occupies

tampers or dam ages the Company’s properties etc. or fails to vacate the properties/land/complex within reasonable time li mit as specified or even after receiving the notices from the department. 1.1.6. Security concerns for the assets of the Corporation and State. 1.1.7. Submission of bids that contain false information or falsified documents or the concealment of such i nformation in the bids in order to influence the outcome of eligibility screening or/at any other stage of th e public bidding and execution. 1.1.8. Withdrawal of a bid or refusal to accept an award of contract with the NPCIL without justifiable cause

after being adjudged as the successful bidder. 1.1.9. Supply of Counterfeit items Breach of Code of Integrity. 1.1.10. Bidder shall not act in contravention of the codes which includes 1.1.10.1 Prohibition of a. Making offer

solicitation or acceptance of bribe

reward or gift or any material benefit

either directly or indirectly

in exchange for an unfair advantage in the procurement process or to otherwise influence the p rocurement process. b. Any omission or misrepresentation that may mislead or attempt to mislead so that financial or other be nefit may be obtained or an obligation avoided. c. Any conclusion

bid rigging or anticompetitive behavior that may impair the transparency

fairness and t he progress of the procurement process. d. Improper use of information provided by the procuring entity to the bidder with an intent to gain unfair advantage in the procurement process or for personal gain. e. Any financial or business transactions between the bidder and any official of the procuring entity related to tender or execution process of contract; which can affect the decision of the procuring entity directly or i ndirectly. f. Any coercion or any threat to impair or harm

directly or indirectly

any party or its property to influence the procurement process. g. Obstruction of any investigation or auditing of a procurement process. h. Making false declaration or providing false information for participation in tender process or to secure a contract; 1.1.10.2 Disclosure of conflict of interest 1.1.10.3 Disclosure by the bidder of any previous transgression made in respect of the provisions of above 1.1.10.1 with any entity in any country during the last three years or of being debarred/banned by any ot her procuring entity. 1.2 Show Cause Notice 1.2.1 NPCIL will issue Show Cause Notice to the Contractor on noticing/receipt of a complaint of any irregul arities and/or misconduct and/or unethical practice as mentioned in clause no. 1.1. 1.2.2 Upon receipt of Show cause notice

the Contractor is required to submit the reply to Show Cause Noti ce within 30 days of its receipt and no extension shall be given without justifiable reasons. TheContractor s hall also be given an opportunity for oral hearing to present the case in person to NPCIL and the date of Or al Hearing will be indicated in the Show Cause Notice. Only the regular employees of Contractor will be per mitted to represent the Contractor during the Oral hearing

and nooutsider shall be allowed to represent th e Contractor on their behalf. 7/11 1.3 Period of Banning The period of banning shall be for a period of not exceeding 2 (two) years and not less than 6 (six) months as considered appropriate by NPCIL. 1.4 Effect of Banning of Business Dealings by NPCIL In case NPCIL has banned the business dealing with the bidder/contractor

the following shall be the conse quences on issuance of the order of banning of business dealings with the bidder/contractor: 1.4.1 No Contract of any kind whatsoever shall be placed to such banned firms including its allied firmsafter the issue of Banning Order by NPCIL. The Contractor including their allied firms shall not be allo wed to participate in any tender enquiry till completion of Banning period. If the Contractor has already pa rticipated in tender process and the price bids are not opened

his techno-commercial bid will be rejected and price bid will be kept unopened. In cases

where the price bids of Contractor have been opened prior t o the order of banning

such bids shall be rejected. However

incase such banned Contractor is Lowest (L1)

next lowest firm shall be considered as L1. Bid Security

if any

submitted by such banned Contractors sh all be returned to the bidder. 1.4.2 Contractors shall not be permitted to participate in any business process in any form or entity i.e.

as an Associate/Collaborator/Joint Venture Partner/Consortium Partner of the Main Contractor even if the bann ing order is passed subsequent to opening of Part-I bids. 1.4.3 Contractor shall not be allowed to participate as Sub-Vendor/sub-contractor in the tenders for contra cts for works

service

supplies. 1.4.4 Even if

the banned Contractor is an approved Sub-vendor under any Contract for such equipment/co mponent/service

the Main Contractor shall not be permitted to place Work order/Purchase order/Service C ontract on the banned Contractor as a sub-vendor after the date of banning even though the name of the p arty has been approved as a sub-vendor prior to the order of banning. 1.4.5 The completion certificate issued to the contractor shall make a mention regarding banning duringex ecution of the contract. 1.4.6 Banned bidders shall not be permitted to submit their bid. The bid submitted by the banned bidder s hall be summarily rejected. 1.4.7 Contracts concluded before the issue of the banning order shall

not be affected by the banning order . 1.4.8 Banning shall automatically be extended to all Allied firms of the Contractor. In case of Joint venture Consortium is banned all partners will also stand debarred for the period specified in the Banning Order. T he names of all partners should be clearly specified in the “Banning order”. 1.4.9 Banning in any manner does not impact any other contractual or other legal rights of NPCIL. 1.4.10 Banning under the provisions of Banning of Business Dealings of NPCIL is applicable only for NPCIL. 1.5 Definition of Allied Firm: Allied Firm means all concerns which come within the sphere of effective influence of the banned firm. In determining this

the following factors shall be taken into consideration: a). Whether the management is common; b). Majority interest in the management is held by the partners or directors of banned/suspended firm; c). Substantial or majority shares are owned by the banned/suspended firm and by virtue of this it has a c ontrolling voice; d). Directly or indirectly controls

or is controlled by or is under common control with another bidder; f). All successor firms will also be considered allied firms. 8/11 END USE CETIFICATE/VERIFICATION In case applicable

Bidder shall ensure that items to be imported to India do not have US origin component s above the de minims level. End use verification shall not be agreed by NPCIL in case of imports under an y circumstances. Further

the bidder/contractor shall make attempts to import raw materials/component s

if necessary

without insisting for “End User Certificate”. DELIVERY SCHEDULE Date of delivery of the Stores stipulated in the Contract

shall be the essence of the Contract and delivery of Stores must be completed by the dates specified therein. Unless otherwise agreed

the Contract shall c ome into force from the date of issue of priced Purchase Order (Effective Date) and accordingly contractual delivery period shall be reckoned from that date for the purpose of fixing Contractual Delivery Date (CDD). RIGHT OF RECOURSE UNDER CIVIL LIABILITY FOR NUCLEAR DAMAGES ACT 2010 & RULE2011 T HEREOF Since

Requirement is for PHWR

NPCIL is the system designer and technology owner

being responsible for safety design of such installations in this tender

NPCIL shall assume the role of supplier in accordance wit h the explanation of the term “supplier” given in Rule 24 of the CLND Rules

2011 and in the context of sec tion 17(a) and (b) of the CLND Act

2010. PRICE BREAK-UP A . In case of two part tenders

the Bidder shall take special care not to mix up any price details require d to be submitted against Part-II (Price bid) with Part-I (Technical & Commercial bid except price) an d vice versa. Any violation of the above shall lead to summarily rejection of bid as being non-respon sive. B . Wherever asked for

the bidder shall be required to submit complete break-up of “Total Price” as pe r prescribed “Price Bid Break-up/SOQR” format in GeM Portal. In such case

the non-submission of th e “Price Bid Break-up/SOQR” or submission of irrelevant document or submission of No/Nil value aga inst all items of the “Price Bid Break-up/SOQR” shall lead to rejection of such bids. However

in case No/Nil rate is quoted against some of the item(s)

the price of such item(s) shall be deemed to be ze ro. C . Addition/deletion/modification of any item in the prescribed “Price Bid Break-up/SOQR” format is not acceptable unless authorized by Buyer and accordingly

bids with any unauthorized addition/deletio n/modification in the prescribed “Price Bid Break-up/SOQR” format shall be summarily rejected. D . Calculations for Price Bid Evaluation for Single Packet/Part Bids

Part-II (price bid) evaluation for Two Packet/Part Bids and Contract Order Placement: 1 . For Price Bid Evaluation as per price evaluation criteria as well as for award of contract

“Total Price” quoted by Bidder in GeM Portal shall only be considered. The same “Total Price” shall only be consi dered for other purposes (i.e.

negotiation

price matching in case of MSE/MII purchase preference/B id splitting

Financial score in case of QCBS tenders

Reverse Auction (RA) etc).However

the “Price B id Break-up/SOQR” submitted in GeM Portal or “Price Bid Break-up/SOQR” arrived at as per calculati ons mentioned in below clauses

as the case may be

will only be used as price breakup for the purp ose of interim/running bill payments. 2 . The “Total Price” quoted should match with the total of price of all items of the “Price Bid Break-up/S OQR”. 3 . For arriving at the item-wise amount as well as at the total of all items of the “Price Bid Break-up/SO QR”

the quantity multiplied by the quoted rates shall govern and if required

other figures will stan d corrected accordingly. 9/11 4 . In case of mismatch between “Total Price” quoted by Bidder in GeM Portal and total of price of all it ems of the “Price Bid Break-up/SOQR”

the “Total Price” quoted by Bidder in GeM Portal only shall b e considered. The prices of all the items of the “Price Bid Break-up/SOQR” mentioned by the Bidder i n the submitted document in GeM Portal

will stand adjusted accordingly in proportion to the weight ed average of itemwise amount. 5 . Bidder get option to submit Revised “Price Bid Break-up/SOQR” during Negotiation or Reverse Aucti on (RA). While submitting the Revised “Price Bid Break-up/SOQR”

the Bidder should not increase pr ice of any item(s) from the originally submitted (i.e.

uploaded at time of Bid submission) “Price Bid Break-up/SOQR”. Incase

during negotiation price is increased for any item(s) by the bidder

the sam e shall not be accepted and will be dealt as stipulated in point above. 6 . In case of price matching scenario during MSE/MII Purchase Preference/