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1. i)
Submission of Tender:-
THE SCHEDULE
FOR THIS TENDER MUST BE COMPLETELY AND UNAMBIGUOUSLY FILLED IN FOR EACH
CONSIGNEE SEPARATELY. The purchaser will have no responsibility for
incorrect evaluation of total unit rate and or ranking of a tender, if the
schedule is not filled in completely & unambiguously for each consignee
separately. No claim/clarification of a Tenderer regarding applicability,
inclusion or exclusion of any element of tax or duty or any other change in
the offer subsequently (after opening of tender) will be entertained. For
this the Tenderer is advised to read conditions in General conditions and
Special conditions (if specified) for submission of tender carefully.
ii)
Wherever there is duplication of
clauses in IRS and General/Special condition s of Contracts, the latter
should be read as amplification.
iii)
Tender Forms are not transferable
and their cost is not refundable.
iv)
The tenders must be submitted in
sealed cover duly indicating Tender No. and opening date on the face of the
cover (envelope) with brief description.
v)
The sealed tenders must be either
deposited in the tender box placed in the office of the Controller of
Stores, South Eastern Railway, by the specified time & date, or if
posted, must reach the said Office at 5th floor, New
Administrative Building,
11 Garden Reach Road,
Kolkata-700 043, by that time and date. It is the responsibility of the
Tenderer to ensure that the tender reaches on or before the date & time
as specified. The said office undertakes no responsibility for any postal
delay.
vi)
In case the date of closing/opening
of the tenders happens to be a holiday, the date of closing/opening of such
tenders will be the next working day.
vii)
Offer of firms who have not
purchased tender documents from the office of the Controller of Stores,
South Eastern Railway or who have downloaded from website and submitted
without the cost of the tender shall be summarily rejected without
assigning any reason. It will be presumed that the firms who have purchased
the tender documents or downloaded have gone through all the terms and
conditions of tender thoroughly and accept. IRS conditions of contract
until and unless firms specify the deviations from terms and conditions of
tender and IRS conditions of contract in their quotations. Purchased / down
loaded tender documents booklet must accompany the offer duly signed.
viii)
Quotations/Offers received through
TELEX/e-mail will not be entertained/considered.
ix)
Multiple tenders/offers from the
same Tenderer with different rates and/or terms of conditions received are
liable to be summarily ignored. Tenderers are expected to quote only one
offer price strictly conforming to Tender specification in the prescribed
schedule accompanying the tender documents.
x)
No erasures, alteration or
overwriting are permitted on the Tender Form and/or accompanying schedule.
A tender with unattested erasures, alteration, or overwriting is liable to
be considered as invalid.
xi)
Past performance particulars for
same/similar items supplied to Railways and other public sector
institutions should be submitted in the proforma attached, along with
offer.
xii)
Tenders offered by distributors of
any stores should be accompanied with valid authorization or distribution
certificate from the Principal, with clear undertaking by the principals
for quantity, originality and workmanship of the product including warranty,
if necessary. Absence of such undertaking may result in ignoring of
the offer.
xiii)
Participation in the
Advertised/Global tenders is open to unapproved and unregistered Tenderers
also. However, such Tenderers will have to submit their offers against
Advertised/Global tenders duly supported by all the documents described in
the tender in support of their claim of capability both from the technical
angle as well as financial angle, failing which their offer will be
rejected. Further, their offers will have to be competitive for being
considered for educational/developmental order. Consideration of placement
of such an order is also subject to verification of the capability
claimed/exhibited in the tender documents.
xiv)
Tenderers should furnish a list of
Plants, Machinery & Testing equipment’s duly giving the full address of
their Workshops/Plant. They should also indicate the number of technical
staff/workers engaged in their factory of workshop. This information should
be submitted alongwith their offer.
xv)
The Railway reserves the right to
order entire or bulk quantity from approved firms/tenderers with proven
performance as indicated in para (xi) above. The approval status of the
tenderer should be reckoned as on the date of opening of the tender and not
thereafter. However if there is a subsequent
downgradation/banning/suspension of the Tenderer, the status of the
Tenderer will no longer be taken as prevailing on the date of opening of
tender. The offer of other Tenderers may be considered for developmental
order if it is deemed fit.
xvi)
The Controller of Stores or any
other officer authorized on behalf of the President of India does not bind
himself to accept the lowest or any tender, and reserves the right to
cancel the tender, reduce or divide the contract without assigning any
reason for such action.
xvii)
Risk purchase for this item is
tenable for a period of nine months.
Downloading Tender documents from Internet
xviii(a) In case of down loading of tender
documents/forms from our web site (address www.serailway.gov.in/HQ/stores) or www.tenders.gov.in. the tenderers may submit their offers
accompanied by signed tender documents/forms alongwith the cost of tender
as specified therein failing which their offers shall be summarily rejected
without assigning any reason.
(b) The cost of
tender shall be deposited in cash to the Chief Cashier, S.E.Railway, 11,
Garden Reach Road, Kolkata-700 043 and the money receipt issued therefor by
the Chief Cashier be submitted alongwith their offer. Alternatively, a bank
draft towards the cost of tender from any Nationalised bank drawn in favour
of FA&CAO, S.E.Railway, 11. Garden
Reach Road, Kolkata-700 043 may be submitted
alongwith their offer. In case of the bank draft, the same should be valid
for a period of minimum four months from the date of opening of tender.
NSIC firms registered specifically for the tendered item can download the
tender form from Website and send the same without tender cost alongwith
copy of NSIC certificate. However, NSIC firms not registered specifically
for the tendered item shall submit their quotations with tender cost.
(c) The down
loaded tender documents/forms should be submitted in standard A-4 size
stationery.
(d) The Railway
reserve the right to issue any corrigendum to the tender till 10 days prior
o the date of opening of the tender. The intending tenderers are hereby
advised to check the web site before submitting their offer whether any
such corrigendum to the tender has been issued or not.
(e) The tenderers
are warned that if any change/addition/deletion with malafide intention is
made by them in the tender documents and the same is detected at any stage
even after the award of the contract, all necessary penal actions including
removal/suspension/banning of business shall be taken by the Railway Administration.
In addition, the defaulters are also liable to be prosecuted as per the
law.
2. Earnest
Money Deposit :
i)
The Earnest Money Deposit (EMD) shall have to be deposited by all
tenderers against Advertised Tenders subject to the following exemptions.
(a) Vendors
registered with NSIC within the monetary limit of their registration for
the items tendered.
(b) Vendors
registered with this Railway within monetary limit of their registration
for the items tendered/trade groups of the items tendered.
(c) Vendors
on approved list of RDSO/Production
units(CLW/DLW/ICF/RCF/DMW)/CORE/Railways etc. for those specific items for
which they are on approved list.
(d) Manufacturers
and their accredited agents with valid documentary support.
(e) Other
Railways and Government Departments.
ii) Earnest
Money is to be deposited in the form of a Demand Draft in favour of
“FA&CAO, South Eastern Railway, Garden Reach, Kolkata-700 043” payable
at Kolkata. The amount of EMD will be 2% of the estimated tender value
subject to upper limit of (a) Rs.5-Lakhs for tender value up to
Rs.10-Crores, (b) Rs.10-Lakhs for the tender value above Rs.10-Crores.
Wherever exemption is given up to the monetary limit of their registration,
the tenderers shall have to pay EMD over & above the monetary limit.
The EMD should remain valid for a period of 45-days beyond the offer
validity period of 120-days from the date of opening of the tender.
iii)
Tenderers while depositing the Earnest Money should furnish the
tender number, as well as the particulars of tender issuing authority
quoting the full references as specified in the tender notice.
iv)
A tender received without Earnest Money shall be summarily rejected.
3.
Security Deposit :
(i) For Safety Item : The security deposit (SD)/Performance guarantee shall
be taken from all firms for contract for all safety items placed against
advertised tenders and global tenders.
(i)
For other than Safety item :- The security deposit (SD) shall be taken from
all firms for contract for items other than safety items placed against
advertised tenders and global tenders subject to the following exemptions
:-
(a) Vendors
registered with NSIC up to the monetary limit of their registration for the
items ordered.
(b) Vendors
registered with this Railway up to the monetary limit of their registration
for the items ordered/trade groups for items ordered or vendors on approved
list of RDSO/Production units/CORE/Railways etc. for those specific items
for which they are on approved list or other Railways, Government
Departments on their specific request and on merit of the case considered
by Tender Committee.
(ii)
The usual Security deposit should however be taken in case the contracts
are placed on unregistered/unapproved firms or for items for which a particular
firm is not registered/approved.
(iii)
The amount of SD to be taken, wherever applicable will be 10% of the total
value of contract subject to upper ceiling of Rs.10-Lakhs for contract
value up to Rs.10-Cores, and Rs.20-Lakhs for contract value above Rs.10-Crores.
Wherever exemption is given up to the monetary limit of their registration,
the tenderers shall have to pay SD over & above the monetary limit. The
SD should remain valid for a minimum period of 60-days beyond the date of
completion of all contractual obligations of supplier/s.
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General
Conditions of Tender
1.
Tenderers must accept IRS Terms & Conditions of contract fully.
2.
Price :-
i)
The rates and all other figures involving financial implications
must be quoted both in words & figures.
ii)
The firm should quote their price for Free delivery at destination. The
break up of such price must be given completely and unambiguously in the
prescribed form (Tender schedule) accompanying the tender for each
destination/consignee. The purchaser will not be responsible for
any incorrect evaluation & consequent inter-se ranking, if a Tenderer
does not fill in this form and quotes incomplete, ambiguous and/or
misleading rates of taxes & duties and other charges in general terms.
In case the Tenderer quote ex-works or ex-Godown price, they should
invariably indicate the total freight charges i.e. from their Works/Godown
to destination. In the event any Tenderer does not specifically record
anything about the place of delivery in his offer it will be assumed that
the Tenderer will bear the freight and that the offer is for Free delivery
at the destination. This assumption will be final and binding on the
Tenderer and will not be subject to any legal dispute or arbitration in
future.
iii)
Normally Tenderers should submit their offer on fixed price basis
only. In case they stipulate an escalation clause in their quotation, they
must indicate the formula for escalation with base prices and date, as
applicable immediately before the tender opening date.
iv)
Whenever a price variation clause is applicable, the firm will
submit alongwith the Tender a copy of the relevant raw material price
circulars (IEEMA, SAIL, HCL, HZL etc.) so that variations in prices can be
worked out.
v)
Effect of PVC will be considered on the base prices applicable on
the month/date of opening of tender for the purpose of determining inter-se
ranking.
vi)
Packing & Forwarding charges should be quoted separately. The
Excise Duty (ED), Sales Tax (ST) applicable on the Packing/Forwarding
charges should be stated clearly & in words, failing which ED/ST on
Packing/Forwarding charges will be not taken into account & considered
payable.
vii)
Conditional discounts (for quantity, early payment, delivery at
other than specified location etc.) will not be considered for the purpose
of determining inter-se ranking.
3.
Taxes
& Duties
i) Tenderers
must clearly indicate the exact rate/amount of Sales Tax, claimed by them,
as may be applicable for the consignees located in different states,
alongwith their S.T. Registration Number and the Excise Duty
applicable.
ii) The rate/amount of Sales
tax and Excise Duty even when included in the rate quoted by a Tenderer
must be spelt out separately. Where the rate/amount of Sales tax/ED
included in the rate is nil, this should also be specifically stated in the
offer.
iii) If the Tenderer in the matter
of clearly indicating the chargeable E.D. and S.T. leaves any ambiguity for
each consignee, the purchaser shall evaluate the offers by taking into
account the highest rate of S.T. & E.D. as known to the purchaser’s
decision in this regard will be final and no claim regarding applicability
of S.T. & E.D. or otherwise will be entertained after opening of the Tender.
The purchasers will, however, still reserve the right not to pay any
S.T./E.D. not specifically claimed/indicated clearly or unambiguously by
the Tenderers.
3.1
Excise Duty & MODVAT :-
i) Exact rate of
Excise Duty as applicable must be stated. Vague offers regarding Excise
Duty (like E.D. as applicable extra at the time of supply) without giving
the said information shall be loaded with the maximum applicable rate of
E.D. for that item, for the purpose of evaluation and inter-se ranking. The
MODVAT benefits, where applicable, shall be passed on to the railways.
ii) Claim of E.D. due to
increased turnover after entering into contract shall not be entertained.
iii) If concessional Excise duty
based on the turnover is applicable at the time of quoting and the tenerers
wish that actual Excise duty as applicable at the time of supply should be
paid, then the Tenderers should clearly indicate that the E.D. will vary
based on the slabs of turn-over and they should indicate the upper ceiling
limit of E.D. payable. In that circumstance, offers will be evaluated and
the inter-se positions of the tenderers will be arrived at, on the basis of
such upper ceiling limit of E.D. If the tenderers quote “ED at Actuals” then
the tender will be evaluated based on the maximum rate of E.D. as known to
the purchaser as applicable for that item. The purchaser’s decision in this
behalf will be final. In case, variation of E.D. on account of increases in
turn over is not claimed in the offer, the purchaser will not admit any
increase in E.D. due to increase in turn over.
iv) If Tenderers quote a lower
Excise Duty rate due to misclassification of the goods under Excise tariff
rules, the purchaser will not pay increased E.D. payable due to such
misclassification.
v) A format for submitting
declarations in respect of applicable ED & MODVAT benefit is enclosed
as Annexure – ‘A’. This must be duly filled in and submitted alongwith the
offer duly signed by the tenderer or his authorized signatory.
3.2
VAT of Local Sales Tax/CST in the Tenders as a Special Conditions
i) The Tenderer
should quote the exact percentage of VAT that they will be charging extra.
ii) While quoting the rates,
tenderer should pass on (by way of reduction in prices) the set off/input
tax credit that would become available to them by switching over to the
system of VAT from the existing system of sales tax, duty stating the
quantum of such credit per unit of the item quoted for.
iii) The tenderer while quoting for
tenders should give the following declaration :
“We agree to pass on
such additional set off/input tax credit as may become available in future
in respect of all the inputs used in the manufacture of the final product
on the date of supply under the VAT scheme by way of reduction in price and
advise the purchaser accordingly.”
iv) The suppliers
while claiming the payment will furnish the following certificate to the
paying authorities:-
“We hereby declare that additional set offs/input tax credit to the
tune of Rs.______________
has accrued and accordingly the same is being passed on to the purchaser
and to that effect the payable amount may be adjusted.
v)
Even for contracts where CST is payable, this input tax credit may become
admissible to the supplies where the supplier happens to be located in the
state in which VAT has been implemented. Accordingly the certificate under
para (4) above should also be obtained in all such existing contracts where
CST is payable.
vi)
For the states in which the VAT has not yet been introduced, the existing
system of sales tax shall continue.
3.3
Other
States Sales Tax:-
i)
Other State or Inter-State Central Sales Tax, where leviable and
intended to be claimed from the purchaser, must be clearly shown for each
consignee separately.
ii) Where Sales Tax
Registration No. is not quoted, the claim for the payment of Sales tax will
not be admitted.
3.4
Octroi Charges :-
Purchaser will not pay any Octroi duty. The purchaser if required will
issue the octroi exemption certificate. In respect of Road deliveries where
the Municipal/Local authorities do not accept Octroi Duty Exemption
Certificate, the Octroi levy shall be borne by the Seller.
3.5
Entry Tax/Road Permit/Octroi :-
Suppliers/Contractors must quote Road Permit charges / Entry Tax / Octroi
specifically in their offer. In case Entry Tax/Octroi is not quoted
specifically, it will be construed that Entry Tax/Octroi element is already
included in the quoted rate. In other words the Railway will not reimburse
any Entry Tax/Octroi to the Contractor/Supplier. In case of quotation
with remarks as “Entry Tax/Octroi” to Purchaser’s account or Entry Tax/Octroi
extra as applicable”, the quotation will be evaluated with Nil. Entry
Tax/Octroi, and no reimbursement shall be paid to the Supplier/Contractor.
Only if Entry Tax has been quoted specifically, the same will be paid
against documentary evidence and no Road Permit/Octroi Exemption
Certificate will be issued in that case.
4.0
Conditions of Delivery :-
4.1
Delivery Period :-
i) The Tenderer should refer
to the desired Delivery Schedule given in the Tender Schedule and
quote accordingly.
ii)
The delivery stipulations in the offer should be clearly defined as to
commence within
…………..
days/months @ _____
per month/week and completion in ……….. days/months from date of issue of
the purchase order. This may also be stated in terms of installments with
definite date for completion of supply for each installment.
iii) Deliveries like 2 to 10 months, without
indication of rate of supply will be treated as unresponsive. The Tenderer
may also define such delivery terms for each installment. In case a monthly
rate of delivery is quoted, the purchaser will have the right to define the
delivery period of each installment.
4.2
Terms of Delivery :-
i) Material should preferably be delivered by Road
Transport/Personal Courier Service direct to the respective consignee.
ii) Risk in Transit is to be borne by the Tenderer.
iii) Delivery of stores required to be delivered to one
Depot/Consignee will not be accepted at another Depot/Consignee’s place.
Therefore, Tenderers should submit offers for direct delivery to the
ultimate consignee only, otherwise, the offers are liable to be
ignored.
5.
Specification & Drawing :-
i) IRS
Specifications, IRS Drawing, ICF Drawing, BEML Drawing or RDSO Drawing is
not available with this Railway. These may be obtained from the Director
General Research Design and Standards Organisation, Manak Nagar (Alambagh),
Lucknow – 226 011 or from the respective Organizations on payment.
ii) This
Railway’s Drawing will be available from IB (Drawing) Section of the Office
of the Controller of Stores, S.E.Railway or from other offices, wherever
indicated in the Notice inviting tender, on payment of cost from the
respective section or office. Cost of Drawing, as indicated in the tender,
should be remitted separately, this is not a part of the cost of the
tender.
6.
Payment terms :-
i) 100% payment shall be admissible on consignee’s
receipt and acceptance of the stores. Only in cases of Tenderers of repute
and of sound financial standing, payment up to 98% against Receipt Challan
and Inspection Certificate, hereafter referred to as I/C, and balance
against R-Note will be admissible. The purchaser'’ decision as to whether a
Tenderer is of repute & sound financial standing will be final. In a
case, where Price Variation Clause (PVC) is applicable, working sheet
supported with documents in support of the PVC is required to be submitted
at the time of claiming any payment.
ii) In case of booking by Railway Transport, Railway may
however, agree for advance payments against clear RR or PWB and I/C in
original alongwith other documents, if and as, mentioned in the contract.
Balance payment will be made only after final acceptance of stores by
consignee.
7.
Inspection :-
The inspection will be conducted by M/s. RITES/RDSO/DQA or the
representative of the Railway as decided by the Railway at
manufacturer’s/Vendor’s premises. The tenderer’s acceptance of the same
will be implied unless his offer stipulates inspection clause to the
contrary.
8.
Purchase/Price Preference :-
The
purchaser reserves the option to give a purchase/price preference to offers
from Public Sector Units and/or from the Small Scale/Cottage Industries
Units registered with the prescribed authorities, over those from other
firms in accordance with the policies of the Govt. issued from
time-to-tome. The purchase preference above can not, however, be taken for
granted and every endeavor needs to be made by such units to bring down
cost and achieve competitiveness.
9.
Warranty/Guarantee: -
Unless otherwise specified in
the tender schedule, the warranty/guarantee shall be as
specified in the IRS condition of contract.
Suppliers are advised to ensure that the materials are invariably stamped
with manufacturers name, month and year of manufacture as may be detailed
in the Drawing/Specification of material, so that warranty can be correctly
acted upon.
10.
Validity of offer :-
The tender should be valid for acceptance for a minimum period of 120 days
or as specified in the tender. Tenderers should hold the offer open till
such time as may be specified in the tender, which is for a minimum period
of 120 days from the date of opening of the tender. The contravention of
the condition would automatically result in forfeiture of Earnest Money and
render the tender liable to be rejected.
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Purchase according to Sample :-
i) When samples are required this fact will be indicated
in the tender form. Samples must strictly conform to the specification,
drawing and description given. Any sample submitted will be considered as
supplement to and not in supercession of any specification issued unless
otherwise specifically indicated. In the absence of a specified acceptance
in writing of any variation, the purchaser shall be entitled to reject a
claim for an acceptance of a supply embodying such variation.
ii)
Samples where called for, should be sent duly sealed separately to
the Reception Counter or Sample section of the Office of the Controller of
Stores, S.E.Railway, Garden Reach before the date & time of opening of
tender. These should not be enclosed with tender quotation.
iii)
The tenderers, who deposit samples with their offers, are required
to collect the samples so offered within 6-months from the date of opening
of tenders. If the samples are not collected within 6-months, they will be
disposed of and no claims whatsoever will be entertained thereafter.
12.
Evaluation of the offers :-
i)
Rates quoted without any conditions attached (viz.
Discount/Rebates having linkages to quantity, payment, Inspection agency,
destination, delivery place etc.) will only be considered for evaluation
purpose. Thus discounted rates linked to quantities, prompt payment etc.
will be ignored for determining interse position. Purchaser however
reserves the right to use the discounted rate/rates considered workable and
appropriate for counter offer to the successful Tenderers.
ii) Total
unit rate comprises of the Basic Rate, Excise Duty, Sales Tax, Packing
charges, Forwarding Charges, Insurance (if any) and freight charges up to
destination.
iii)
All offers will be arranged in the ascending order of the Total Unit
Rate.
iv)
After arranging the offers, as above, technically unsuitable offers
will be passed over. Offers not confirming to tender schedule may also be
passed over.
v)
The Tender quantity may be split among two or more Tenderers for
reasons like vital/critical nature of the items, quantity to be procured,
meeting production targets, past performance and capacity of the bidders,
delivery required etc. Zone of consideration of such eligible tenderers
will be the right of the purchaser.
vi)
Though the rates without any conditions attached will only be
considered for evaluation purposes, this does not preclude Purchaser from
making counter offer for rates of any of the discounted offers.
vii)
For multiple items with single consignee: if unit is not specified
as a set or a kit, the criteria for evaluation of offers will be based on
the basis of individual items and not on the basis of total value for all
items unless otherwise mentioned in the tender schedule.
viii)
For Single item with multi-consignees: the criteria for evaluation
of offers will be consignee-wise unless otherwise mentioned in the tender
schedule.
ix)
For multiple items with multi-consignee: The criteria for evaluation
of offers will be consignee-wise and item-wise unless otherwise mentioned
in the tender schedule.
13. Splitting of Quantity :-
In all cases of pre-decided split ordering, the following will be followed
:
(i)
The Purchaser reserves the right to distribute the procurable
quantity on one or more of the eligible tenderers. Zone of
consideration of such eligible tenderers will be the right of the
Purchaser.
(ii)
Whenever such distribution / splitting of the tendered / procurable
quantity is made, the quantity distribution will depend upon the
differential of rates quoted by the tenderers (other aspects i.e. adequate
capacity-cum-capability, satisfactory past performance of the tenderers,
outstanding orders load for the Railway making the procurement etc. being
same/similar). For example; if the differential of rates between the
L-1 and L-2 eligible vendors is 5%, then the distribution of quantity will
be approximately in the ratio 55:45 (55% for the L-1 tenderer). If
the price differential is 3%, then the distribution of quantity will be
approximately in the ratio 53:47 (53% for the L-1 tenderer) and so
on.
14.
Conditions for sources approved by RDSO/CLW/DLW/ICF etc. only.
(i)
If the bulk quantity of this item is procurable from sources approved
by RDSO/CLW/DLW/ICF etc. only. Tenderers must submit the valid and current
approval certificate for this item alongwith their offer failing which
their offer is liable to be ignored. Exception can, however, be made only
in case the Tenderer’s name appears in the current list of approved sources
if available with the purchaser.
(ii)
If the tendering firms(s) is not approved by RDSO/Pus/CORE as
mentioned above as Part-I or Part-II, then they must submit their
credential details i.e. Machinery & Plants, Testing Facilities, QAP,
Technical Man Power etc.
(iii)
All Part-II approved tenderers must submit attested photocopies of
Pos, inspection certificates and receipt notes/certificates related to the
maximum quantity of the material under procurement, successfully supplied
by them in any single order placed on them over the preceding three years
by any Zonal Rly./PU. Such tenderers are to note that non-submission of such
documents shall be taken as their not having any such past performance and
their offers shall be considered further as per extant rules and no back
reference in this regard will be made to them.
15.
i) Tenderers may, however, note that in case all or
most of the approved firms quote equal rates and cartel formation is
suspected, Purchasers reserve the right to place order on one or more firms
with exclusion of the rest without assigning any reasons thereof.
ii) Wherever cartel formation is suspected, Purchaser
reserves the right to place orders on any firm/firms for any quantity
without assigning any reason thereof.
iii) Firms are
expected to quote for a quantity not less than 50% of tendered
quantity. Offers for a quantity less than 50% of tendered quantity will be
considered unresponsive and liable to be rejected in case cartel formation
is suspected. Purchaser, however, reserve the right to place order on one
or more firms for any quantity.
iv) The firms,
who quote in cartel should note that their names are likely to be deleted
from the list of approved sources.
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