Silicomanganese for Steel PSUs (Q3) MSE Exemption for Years of Experience and Turnover No Startup Exemption for Years of Experience and Turnover No Document required from seller Certificate (Requested in ATC) *In case any bidder is seeking exemption from Experience Turnover Criteria

Silicomanganese for Steel PSUs (Q3) MSE Exemption for Years of Experience and Turnover No Startup Exemption for Years of Experience and Turnover No Document required from seller Certificate (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 Minimum number of bids required to disable automatic bid extension 6

-- Number of days for which Bid would be auto -- extended 3 Number of Auto Extension count 1 Bid Number : GEM/2025/B/6748073 Dated : 02-10-2025 Bid Document 1/32 Bid to RA enabled Yes RA Qualification Rule H1-Highest Priced Bid Elimination Type of Bid Two Packet Bid Time allowed for Technical Clarifications during technical evaluation 2 Days ( )/Inspection Required (By Empanelled Inspection Authority/Agencies pre-registered with GeM) No ?? Is Part Quantity Bidding Allowed? Yes Evaluation Method Total value wise evaluation Arbitration Clause No Mediation Clause No Bid Details EMD Detail Required No ePBG Detail Advisory Bank State Bank of India (%) ePBG Percentage(%) 5.00 ( ) Duration of ePBG required (Months). 8 (a).

EMD & Performance securityshould be in favour of Beneficiary

wherever it is applicable. Beneficiary : RINL VISAKHAPATNAM STEEL PLANT

Rashtriya Ispat Nigam Limited

Rashtriya Ispat Nigam Limited

Ministry of Steel (Rinl Visakhapatnam Steel Plant) Splitting Splitting Applied Yes 2/32

Maximum No. Of Bidders Amongst Which Order May Be Split 4 Split Criteria based on which quantity will be distributed AS PER BUYER ADDED ATC MII Purchase Preference MII Purchase Preference Yes MSE Purchase Preference MSE Purchase Preference Yes 1. Preference to Make In India products (For bids > 200 Crore) (can also be used in Bids < 200 Crore but only after exemption by competent authority as defined in Deptt of Expenditure OM dated 28.5.2020): Preference shall be given to Class 1 local supplier as defined in public procurement (Preference to Make in India)

Order 2017 as amended from time to time and its subsequent Orders/Notifications issued by concerned Nodal Ministry for specific Goods/Products. The minimum local content to qualify as a Class 1 local supplier is denoted in the bid document. If the bidder wants to avail the Purchase preference

the bidder must upload a certificate from the OEM regarding the percentage of the local content and the details of locations at which the local value addition is made along with their bid

failing which no purchase preference shall be granted. In case the bid value is more than Rs 10 Crore

the declaration relating to percentage of local content shall be certified by the statutory auditor or cost auditor

if the OEM is a company and by a practicing cost accountant or a chartered accountant for OEMs other than companies as per the Public Procurement (preference to Make-in -India) order 2017 dated 04.06.2020. 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. 2. 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. Part Quantity Bidding Buyer has allowed part quantity bidding

bidders can offer maximum quantity that they can deliver keeping in mind their capacity and delivery period requirements. The offer quantity has to be more than minimum bid quantity as 3/32 specified by the Buyer in the bid. Offers with quantity less than Minimum are liable to be rejected. It may however be noted that there is no guarantee that full offer quantity will be ordered by the buyer. Quantity to be ordered by the buyer will depend on various factors including the Ranking of the bidder

Offered quantity

Splitting criteria indicated by the buyer in the bid and the requirement of the buyer to have multiple sources of supply for ensuring supply chain etc. Sellers would be notified about likely order quantity or range of possible order quantity at the time of price match request made by the buyer. ward of contract will be subject to acceptance of price match request along with min/max offer quantity as decided by the Buyer. 3. Reverse Auction would be conducted amongst all the technically qualified bidders except the Highest quoting bidder. The technically qualified Highest Quoting bidder will not be allowed to participate in RA. However

H-1 will also be allowed to participate in RA in following cases: i . If number of technically qualified bidders are only 2 or 3. ii . If Buyer has chosen to split the bid amongst N sellers

and H1 bid is coming within N. iii . In case Primary product of only one OEM is left in contention for participation in RA on elimination of H-1. iv . If L-1 is non-MSE and H-1 is eligible MSE and H-1 price is coming within price band of 15% of Non-MSE L-1 v . If L-1 is non-MII and H-1 is eligible MII and H-1 price is coming within price band of 20% of Non-MII L-1 Itemwise Minimum Capacity Required From Seller .... S.No. Item Category Item Quantity Minimum Capacity 1 Silicomanganese for Steel PSUs 33000 1 Silicomanganese For Steel PSUs ( 33000 metric tonne ) ( 1 2 Minimum 50% and 20% Local Content required for qualifying as Class 1 and Class 2 Local Supplier respectively) Technical Specifications * As per GeM Category Specification Specification Specification Name Bid Requirement (Allowed Values) Technical Requirement Grade Designation Si15Mn60 Governing Specification As per IS 1470 with slight modifications as per as per PSU specific document link in STC Physical Characteristics Form of supply Lumps Particle Size Range 40mm - 100mm Chemical Composition Manganese

% min 60 Silicon

% min 15 Carbon

% Max 2 Phosphorus

% Max 0.35 Sulphur

% Max 0.03 Packing and Marking Packing Material HDPE Jumbo bag 4/32 Test Reports & Others Agree to provide all relevant documents

Test Report/Supporting document reports etc. to the buyer at the time of bidding or on demand at the time of Supply Yes Specification Specification Name Bid Requirement (Allowed Values) Additional Specification Parameters - Silicomanganese For Steel PSUs ( 33000 metric tonne ) Specification Parameter Name Bid Requirement (Allowed Values) Technical Specifications As per buyer added ATC * Bidders offering must also comply with the additional specification parameters mentioned above. Consignees/Reporting Officer and Quantity .... S.N o. Consignee Reporting/Officer Address Delivery Schedule prarambh (In number of days from contract start days) 1 Valluri Satyanarayana 530031

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VISAKHAPATNAM STEEL PLANT Quantit y Delivery to start after __________ Delivery to be completed by 4125 7 22 4125 22 37 4125 37 52 4125 52 67 4125 67 82 4125 82 97 4125 97 112 4125 112 127 Special terms and conditions-Version:2 effective from 17-07-2025 for category Silicomanganese for Steel PSUs 1 . Special Terms and Conditions for Silicomanganese for Steel PSUs 5/32 This category is designated for the procurement of different grades of Silicomanganese by Steel PSUs. The category is “BID ONLY” and procurement will occur exclusively through the bidding process. Buyer Added Bid Specific Terms and Conditions 1 . Buyer Added Bid Specific ATC Buyer Added text based ATC clauses Additional Terms and conditions(ATC) to GEM/2025/B/6748073 dt 02.10.2 025 1) If the bidder is a past supplier of the tendered item to the Purchaser

they shall be considered eligible

if as on the latest due date of submission of the offer

the bidder does not have a default quantity (supplies beyo nd delivery schedule/on proportionate basis in case due date of submission of offer falls in between of deli very schedule dates) of more than 20% of ordered quantity of tendered item scheduled for delivery against any Purchase Order placed on them by the Purchaser. 2) Technical Specification of Silico Manganese of size: 40-100 mm: Grade: Silico Manganese as per table-1 of Clause 7.2 (Chemical composition) of IS 1470 with slight modificatio ns as per RINL requirement as given below: I) Material: SILICO MANGANESE Size: 40 - 100 mm Chemical and Physical Parameters: a) Chemical Composition: Manganese: 60.0 % Min Silicon: 15.0 % Min Carbon: 2.0 % Max Phosphorus: 0.35 % Max Sulphur: 0.03 % Max Rounding off shall be done as per IS-2. b) Physical specification: Size : 40 to 100 mm. 6/32 Size Tolerance + 125mm: Nil + 100mm: allowed 3 % of the lot size - 40mm: allowed 5 % of the lot size (including 1 % of -10mm) - 10mm: shall not exceed 1 % out of 5 % of the lot size II) PENALTY: For Size and Chemical composition is as given below: a) For material deviating in size up to 3% of the lot size on (+) 100mm size and up to 5% of the lot size in the ( -) 40 mm size subject to (+) 125 mm is nil and (-) 10mm does not exceed 1% out of 5% of the lot size in the un dersize shall be accepted without any penalty. b) If the material is deviating in size beyond the allowable limits given above

up to another 3% on (+) 100 m m size or additional 5% on (-) 40 mm size subject to the condition that (+) 125 mm is nil and (-) 10mm does n ot exceed 1% out of 10% of lot size shall be acceptable with a penalty of 3% on the total lot value of the inspe cted quantity. c) If the material is deviating in size beyond the allowable limits given above

up to another 3% on (+) 100 m m size and also additional 5% on (-) 40 mm size subject to the condition that (+) 125 mm is nil and (-) 10 mm does not exceed 1% out of 10% of lot size shall be acceptable with a penalty of 6% on the total lot value of the inspected quantity. WITHOUT PENALTY Size Tolerance +125 mm: Nil +100 mm: 3% of lot size -40 mm: 5% of lot size (including 1% of -10 mm) -10 mm: 1% out of 5% of lot size No penalty WITH PENALTY Size Tolerance +125 mm: Nil +100 mm: more than 3% and less than or equal to 6% of the lot 7/32 -40 mm: more than 5% and less than or equal to 10% of the lot (including 1% of - 10 mm) -10 mm: 1% out of 10% of lot size As indicated at (b) and (c) above. Apart from what is indicated above

the material will be accepted if (-) 10 mm is beyond 1% and up to 2% of t he lot. However

payment will not be made for 1.5 times the quantity in the range beyond 1% and up to 2%. T he total lot of material will be rejected if (-) 10 mm exceeds 2% of the lot. III) Penalty shall be imposed for variations in Chemical Composition as follows: 1) For Mn: Below 60.0 % to 59.0 %: Penalty of 0.3 % of the basic price per ton for every 0.1% decrease or part thereof. B elow 59.0%: Total rejection. If RINL/VSP lab results indicate Mn content below 59% up to 54%

umpire sample is permitted for challenge by supplier and if the Mn content is below 54%

challenge of the umpire sample is not permitted. 2) For Si: Below 15.0 % to 14.75 %: Penalty of 0.4 % of the basic price per ton for every 0.1 % decrease or part thereof. Below 14.75%: Total rejection. If RINL/VSP lab results indicate Si content below 14.75% up to 12%

umpire sample is permitted for challenge by supplier and if the Si content is below 12%

challenge of the umpire sample is not permitted. 3) For C: Above 2.0 % to 2.1 %: Penalty of 1 % of the basic price per ton for every 0.1 % increase or part thereof. Above 2.1%: Total rejection If RINL/VSP lab results indicate C Content Above 2.1% up to 2.6%

umpire sample is permitted for challenge by supplier and if the C content is Above 2.6%

challenge of the umpire sample is not permitted. 4) For P: Above 0.35 % to 0.36 %: Penalty of 0.5 % of the basic price per ton for every 0.01 % increase. 8/32 Above 0.36 % : Total rejection If RINL/VSP lab results indicate P content Above 0.36% up to 0.44%

umpire sample is permitted for challenge by supplier and if the P content is Above 0.44%

challenge of the umpire sample is not permitted. 5)For S: If RINL/VSP lab results indicate S content up to 0.04%

umpire sample is permitted for challenge by supplier a nd if the S content is above 0.04%

challenge of the umpire sample is not permitted 4) Packing: The material should be securely packed in new non-returnable One MT HDPE bags or New non-retu rnable 50 Kg double Gunny/HDPE bags . The bag should be properly stitched and sealed. Each bag shall be st enciled in ink/paint which should be indelible and clearly visible with the Item/material name & size

Supplier Manufacturer Name

Net Weight of material

Contract/Purchase Order (PO) number. Serial Number of the bags starting from 0001 to 0020 or so (depending upon the number of bags in each cons ignment/Invoice) are to be pre-printed on four sides of each bag with the same font family and size to facilitat e random selection of bags from each consignment at RINL-VSP Stores. Material without pre-printed bag Serial nos. shall not be offered for Inspection and will be liable for rejection. hall bear the Standard Mark under a licence from the Bureau of Indian Standards in accordance with Scheme–I of Schedule–II to the Bureau of Indian Standards (Conformity Assessment) Regulati ons

2018. The material delivered should be moisture free and dry. The packing should avoid fines generation and conta mination from foreign particles/moisture. 5) Test cum Guarantee certificate : The Supplier shall submit Test Certificate from Government/Governmen t approved labs (or) own Lab in case of ISO certified Manufacturer

along with every consignment clearly indic ating the relevant Parameters and batch no. and other identification marks

if any and give Guarantee for repl acement in case of any deviations/manufacturing defects. Test Certificate shall bear the Standard Mark

issu ed by the Bureau of Indian Standards certified manufacturer. Replacement of defective materials shall be made free of cost (including duties to Supplier’s account) at Buye r’s site by the Supplier and the collection of the defective material to the Supplier’s works shall be the Supplier ’s responsibility and shall be made at his expense.” 6) Pre-Qualification Criteria: a. Technical: In order to qualify eligibility in this tender

each tenderer must fulfill the following criteria: - i. Tenderer should be an indigenous manufacturer of Silico Manganese. ii. Enlisted vendors in material group 66017 for Silico Manganese with RINL/VSP and the previous suppliers o 9/32 f Silico Manganese who had successfully executed any one order to RINL- VSP during the last 3 years are e xempted from submission of PQC documents. iii. Tenderer must have minimum annual capacity to produce 24000 MT of Silico Manganese per annum. Th e tenderer must submit the documentary evidence of manufacturer and installed capacity i.e. manufacturi ng License issued by Govt. authority/certificate issued by Pollution control board indicating the installed c apacity/any other certificate issued by Govt. authority in support of their being a manufacturer of Silico M anganese indicating installed capacity. The above certificate(s) must be submitted duly self-certified . iv. If the tenderer is a manufacturer and has not supplied the Silico Manganese to RINL- VSP since 1 st Janua ry 2022

then · The tenderer should submit supply credentials of minimum 10% tender Qty. of Silico Manganese in a ny one of the last 3 financial years [i.e.2022-23

2023-24 & 2024-25] or the current financial year

till d ue date of submission of offer to any Govt. Organization/PSU/Corporate Sector (Public Ltd./Pvt Ltd.)/A utonomous Bodies/Joint Venture Company where at least one partner is Govt. Organization/PSU. · Tenderer is required to submit Self-Attested PO Copies

consolidated statement of financial year-wise supplies

certified by Chartered Accountant [with registration no. and UDIN no.] indicating Purchase or der no. & date

Invoice/Challan No & Date

Quantity