OFFICE OF THE COMMISSIONER OF CUSTOMS,

C.R.BUILDINGS, QUEEN'S ROAD, BANGALORE – 560 001

 

C.No.VIII/48/07/2010-Cus Tech                                                                                                                                          Dated: 21-07-2010

 

LIMITED TENDER NO.01/2010/CUS /BNG

BID DOCUMENT

(Not Transferable)

 

Limited Tender for Supply of Gold Purity Analyser/Spectrometer

(Visit us at www.bangalorecustoms.gov.in)

 

Cost of Bid documents                     : Rs.500/- (Non-refundable)

 

NOTICE INVITING TENDER

 

Office of Issue                                 : Office of the Commissioner of Customs,

                                                              C.R. Building, Queen’s Road,

                                                              BANGALORE – 560 001

 

Date of Issue of Bid document   : 21-07-2010

 

Tender No.                                       : 01/2010/CUS.TECH/BNG

 

Due date of Receipt                       : 02-08-2010    Time - 13.00 Hrs

Date of Opening of Bid                 : 02-08-2010    Time - 15.00 Hrs onwards

 

 

Tenders are invited under two bid system for and on behalf of the President of India from established and reliable Indian manufacturers/authorized dealers/suppliers in sealed cover for supply of ONE Gold Purity Analyser / Spectrometer (Equipment) along with accessories of following specifications:

 

Description

 Specifications

 

Gold Purity Analyser / Spectrometer    (Equipment)

Along with Accessories

 

 

 

 

 Equipment :   X-Ray Tube with Ti or W Cathode;

 50kv adjustable in 200 v steps;

     Current - adjustable in 1΅A steps;

                       Gas filled counter /Semi conductor pin diode;

              Au, Ag, Pt, Pd, Rh, Ru, Cu, Cd, Zn, Ni;

                        0.1----99.99%;

                        30-300 sec;

                    +/- 0.05 - 0.1 % in Homogeneously melted            

                      sample (accuracy level in comparison with fire Assay results only);

         Measurement area 20 – 30 mm;

                          Temperature 15-25° C;

 Relative Humidity 10-80 %;

                          Power – 220 v, 50 Hz;

         Power consumption 50 – 100 w;

                          Weight 25-35 Kg;

                   System requirement- External PC with   

                 Window XP, Window based Software 

                          

2. Accessories:      

                          Monitor, CPU, Key Board, Mouse;

                          IPS Battery 12v;

                          Power connecting Cable, Program  Cable;

                          Spike buster;

                          Weighing machine (Neldr-PJ 600) –Range  

                          Minimum  5  Kg capacity

 

2.                  (i) The technical bid consisting of all technical details along with commercial terms and conditions;  and

          (ii)  Financial bid indicating price for the equipment mentioned in the    technical bid should be sealed by the bidder in separate covers duly   superscribed and both the sealed covers are to be put in a bigger cover    which should also be sealed and duly superscribed.

 

3. The bid document cost of Rs.500/- (Rupees Five hundred only) shall be payable through a Demand Draft/Pay Order drawn in favour of “the Commissioner of Customs Bangalore”, at the time of submission of the sealed cover tender.    

 

4. The bid documents may also be down loaded from the departmental web site www.bangalorecustoms.gov.in . Bid documents without the prescribed fee are liable to be summarily rejected.

                                                                                  Sd/-

                                                                                     (B. BHATTACHARYA)

                                                                                    COMMISSIONER

 

 

 

LIMITED TENDER ENQUIRY

 

Invitation of tender for supply of Gold Purity Analyser / Spectrometer

 

 

To,

 

M/s …………………………..

……………………………….

……………………………….

……………………………….

 

1. Two bid Tender in sealed cover is invited for supply of ONE No. of Gold Purity Analyser.

 

2. General Information about the tender:

 

(a) Office of Issue                              : Office of the Commissioner of Customs,

                                                              C.R. Building, Queen’s Road,

                                                               BANGALORE – 560 001

 

(b) Tender Reference No.                :  01/2010/CUS/BNG

 

(c) Date of Issue of Bid document :  21-07-2010

 

(d) Last date and time for receipt of

      Tenders                                        :  02-08-2010     Time - 13.00 Hrs  

           

(e) Time and Date for Opening of

      Tenders                                        :  02-08-2010    Time - 15.00 Hrs onwards,

 

(f) Place of Opening the tender       :  Office of the Commissioner of Customs,

                                                               C.R. Building, Queen’s Road,

                                                               BANGALORE –   560 001

 

 

(g) Address for communication      : The Additional Commissioner (P&A),

                                                         Office of the Commissioner of Customs,

                                                         4th Floor, Annex ‘D’, C.R. Building,

                                                         Queen’s Road,

                                                         BANGALORE –   560 001

 

 

SUBMISSION/OPENING OF TENDERS:

 

3. Both Technical bid and Financial bid should be sealed by the bidder in separate covers duly superscribed as “Technical Bid” / “Financial Bid” as the case may be, and both these sealed covers are put in a bigger cover which should also be sealed and duly superscribed on the face of the sealed cover as “TENDER FOR Gold Purity Analyser/SPECTROMETER”.  

 

4. Sealed quotations addressed to “The Commissioner of Customs, C.R. Buildings, Queen’s Road, Bangalore-560 001” should be dropped in the Tender Box placed with the Additional Commissioner of Customs, Office of the Commissioner of Customs, 4th Floor, Annex ‘D’, C.R. Building, Queen’s Road, Bangalore-560 001.  Alternatively, the tender may be sent by registered post so as to reach the above address within the due date and time.  No responsibility will be taken for postal delay or non-delivery /non-receipt of tender documents.

 

5. Sealed quotations will be opened by a Committee on the due date and time.  Your representative from the company can attend the tender opening.  For   any exigency the due date for opening the tender so fixed is declared to be a closed holiday, the tenders will be opened on the next working day at the same time or any other day/time as intimated by the buyer.

 

6. The Technical Bids will be opened at the first instance and evaluated by a competent committee or authority.  At the second stage, financial bids of only the technically acceptable offers will be opened for further evaluation and ranking before awarding the contract by the tender purchase committee. Further negotiations will be done only with the lowest bidder (L-1 as determined by the tender purchase committee).  

 

7. In case the firm has downloaded the tender documents through Internet, they must ensure that requisite tender fee/cost is enclosed with their tender in the form of Account Payee Demand Draft from any of the commercial bank in favour of “The Commissioner of Customs, Bangalore” failing which, the tender will be treated as incomplete and liable to be rejected.

 

8. Tenders sent by fax will not be considered.  Tenders found in sealed box will only be considered.  To avoid any complication with regard to late receipt/non-receipt of tenders, it may please be noted that the responsibility rests with the bidder to ensure that tenders reach before the due date and time.  Late quotes/receipts will be rejected out rightly.

 

9. In case your firm is not willing to quote due to any reason, your regret may be faxed well before the due date.

 

10. The bidder is required to submit the following documents before award of the contract –

    (a) Income-tax clearance /IT Certificate

    (b) Copy of PAN Card

    (c) Sales tax registration Certificate

    (d) TIN number of the firm

    (e) Telephone number (landline & mobile)

 

11. Clarification of Bid Documents: A prospective bidder requiring any clarification on the bidding documents shall notify to the purchaser in writing.  Copies of the queries and clarification by the purchaser shall be sent to all prospective bidders who have received the bidding documents.

 

12. Amendments of Bidding Documents: At any time prior to the last date for submission of bid, at his own or in response to a clarification requested by a prospective bidder, the purchaser may modify bid documents by amendments.  The amendments shall be notified in writing to all prospective bidders.  In order to afford a reasonable time to take the amendment into account in preparing the bid, the purchaser at his discretion, may extend the dead line for submission of bids.

 

13. Modification and withdrawal of bids: A withdrawal notice may be sent by fax but followed by a signed confirmation copy by post not later than the deadline for submission of bids.

 

14. Clarification of Bids: During evaluation and comparison of bids, the purchaser may at his discretion ask the bidder for clarification on bid submitted by the bidder.  The request for clarification shall be in writing and no change in prices or substance of the bid shall be sought, offered or permitted.  No post bid clarification at the initiative of the bidder shall be entertained.

 

15. Delivery Schedule: The delivery of the equipment shall be within 10 days of placement of purchase order in writing.  The purchaser however reserves the right to delay the delivery within the stipulated time period.  The equipment will be delivered at the office of the purchaser or at the office address mentioned at the time of placement of order.

 

16.  Contract can be cancelled unilaterally by the buyer in case equipment is not received within the contracted delivery period.  Extension of contracted delivery period will be at the sole discretion of the buyer with applicability of liquidated damages clause.

 

17. Liquidated damages: 0.5% per week subject to a maximum of 5% of the value of the goods will be recovered in case of delay in delivery beyond the accepted delivery period as per general conditions of contract.

 

18. Price: Price quoted should be firm and not subject to variation on any account during the fulfillment of the order.  The price quoted shall be inclusive of all taxes and other charges like supply, installation and testing charges, packing and handling, forwarding, freight charges, transit insurance, charges for visit of technicians and any other charges as per trade practice.   This office will not provide Form “C” and “D” (Sales Tax) or any other certificate to the supplier.

 

19. Performance Security: Successful bidder has to furnish Bank Guarantee for a sum of 10% of the order value within 7 days of receipt of the formal order.  Performance Guarantee should be valid up to the warranty period of equipment.  Performance Security is to be submitted by the successful bidder irrespective of the registration status, etc.  It will be payable in the name of “The Commissioner of Customs, Bangalore”.  Bank Guarantee from a Commercial Bank should be in a required format as given in Annexure enclosed herewith.  Performance Security should remain valid for a period of 60 days beyond the completion of all contractual obligations of the supplier including warranty obligations.  (ANNEXURE-I)

 

20. Evaluation Period: The broad guidelines for evaluation of offer will be as follows:

 

(a) Only those offers shall be evaluated which are found to be fulfilling all the eligibility and qualifying requirements of the tender both technically and commercially.

 

(b) This office shall evaluate the bids to determine whether they are complete, whether any computational errors have been made, whether the documents have been properly signed and whether the bids are generally in order.

 

(c) Arithmetical errors shall be rectified on the following basis.  If there is a discrepancy between words and figures, the amount in words shall prevail.  If the supplier does not accept the correction of errors, his bid shall be rejected.

 

(d) Prior to detailed evaluation, this office will determine the substantial responsiveness of each bid to the bid document.  A substantially responsive bid is one which confirms to all the terms and conditions of the bid documents without material deviation.  The determination of bid’s responsiveness is to be based on the contents of the bid itself without recourse to extrinsic evidence.

 

(e) A bid determined as substantially non-responsive will be rejected by this office and shall not, subsequent to the bid opening, be made responsive by the bidder by correction of the non-conformity.

 

(f) This office may waive any minor infirmity or non-conformity or irregularities in a bid which doesn’t constitute a material deviation provided such waiver doesn’t prejudice or affect the relative ranking of any bidder.

 

(g) The lowest acceptable tender shall be considered further for placement of contract/supply order after complete clarification and price negotiations as applicable.

 

21. Right to vary quantities: The purchaser reserves the right to increase the specified quantities without any change in the unit price or other terms and conditions within the agreed delivery schedule.

 

22. Payment terms: 100% payment against supply, installation and testing at the specified location supported by Photostat copy of Bank guarantee and against consignee’s provisional receipt.

 

23. Warranty for product performance:

(A) The Seller shall expressly warrant that the equipment to be furnished  hereunder shall be free from all defects and faults in material, workmanship and manufacture and shall be of the highest grade and consistent with the established and generally accepted standards for the material of the type ordered and in full conformity with the contract specification.

 

(B) The warranty shall be on-site and the warranty terms should be clearly mentioned in the tender form.  The seller shall replace any defective unit/parts thereof free of charges during the warranty period.

 

 (C) The seller shall, if required, replace the equipment or such portion thereof as is found to be defective or sub standard in the opinion of the purchaser due to non functioning or malfunctioning of the equipment during the warranty period   free of cost  at the ultimate destination or at the option of the purchaser, the seller shall pay to the purchaser value thereof at the contract price or in the absence of such price, at price decided by the purchaser or such other expenditure and damages as may arise by reason of the breach of the condition herein specified.

 

(D) All replacement that the purchaser shall call upon the seller to deliver or perform under this warranty shall be delivered and performed by the seller within 15 days promptly and satisfactorily.  If the seller so desires, the replaced items can be taken over by him or his representative for disposal as he deems fit at the time of replacement of equipment or parts thereof.  No claim whatsoever shall lie on the purchaser for the replaced items thereafter.

 

(E) The decision of the purchaser in regard to seller’s liability and the amount if any, payable under this warranty shall be final and conclusive.

 

24. The Performance Security shall remain in full force and in effect during the period that will be taken for satisfactory performance and fulfillment in all respects of the contract. If the contractor fails to supply the equipment to the satisfaction of the purchaser, the performance bank guarantee shall be enforced by the purchaser on expiry of agreed delivery period as per contract. 

 

25. On the performance and completion of the contract as per the general conditions, the performance bank guarantee bond will be returned to the contractor without any interest.

 

26. If the performance of the equipment and/ or spares during inspection and tests is not found satisfactory, the purchaser reserves the right at his discretion and without any claim for compensation to the contractor, to either cancel the order altogether or modify the terms of contract.

                                                                                                                                                                                                     Sd/-

(B. BHATTACHARYA)

COMMISSIONER

 

 

ANNEXURE – I

 

BANK GUARANTEE FORM FOR PERFORMANCE SECURITY

 

To,

The President of India

 

WHEREAS ……………………………………………………………………… ……….. (Name and address of the supplier) (Hereinafter called “the supplier” has

undertaken in pursuance of contract no. …………….……………………………. Dated ……………………. to supply……………………. (description of goods and services) (herein after called “the contract”).

 

AND WHEREAS it has been stipulated by you in the said contract that the supplier shall furnish you with a bank guarantee by a scheduled commercial bank recognized by you for the sum specified therein as security for compliance with its obligations in accordance with the contract ;

 

AND WHEREAS we have agreed to give the supplier such a bank guarantee

 

NOW THEREFORE we hereby affirm that we are guarantors and responsible to you, on behalf of the supplier, up to a total of ………………………………………….. (amount of the guarantee in words and figures), and we undertake to pay you, upon your first written demand declaring the supplier to be in default under the contract and without cavil or argument, any sum or sums within the limits of (amounts of guarantee) as aforesaid, without your needing to prove or to show grounds or reasons for your demand or the sum specified therein.

 

We hereby waive the necessity of your demanding the said debt from the supplier before presenting us with the demand.

 

We further agree that no change or addition to or other modification of the terms of the contract to be performed there-under or of any of the contract documents which may be made between you and the supplier shall in any way release us from any liability under this guarantee and we hereby waive notice of any such change, addition or modification.

 

This guarantee shall be valid up to and including the …………. Day of …..   2010.

 

 

(Signature with date of the authorized officer of the Bank)

…………………………

(Name and designation of the officer)

…………………………

…………………………

Seal, name & address of the Bank and address of the Branch

-11-

 

      BID FORM

 

 

Tender No. …………………… Date ……………………..

(Name & Address of the Purchaser)

 

Dear Sir,

 

Having examined the conditions of contract and specifications including addenda Nos. …………………..the receipt of which is hereby duly acknowledge, we, undersigned, offer to supply and deliver ……………………………………….in conformity with conditions of contract and specifications for sum of Rs…….. (Total Bid amount in words and figures) or such other sums as may be  ascertained in accordance with the schedule of prices attached herewith and made part of this Bid.

 

We undertake, if our Bid is accepted, to  deliver the equipment within 30 days to complete delivery of  the  equipment specified in the contract  calculated from the date of issue of your purchase order. If our Bid is accepted, we will obtain the guarantees of a Scheduled Bank for a sum not exceeding 10% of the contract sum for the due performance of the Contract.

 

We agree to abide by this Bid for a period of 120 days from the date fixed for Bid

opening and it shall remain binding upon us and may be accepted at any time before the expiration of that period.

 

Until a format Work Order of Contract is prepared and executed, this Bid together

with your written acceptance thereof in your notification of award shall constitute a binding contract between us.

 

Bid submitted by us is properly sealed and prepared so as to prevent any subsequent alteration and replacement.

 

We understand that you are not bound to accept the lowest or any bid, you may receive.

 

 

Dated this …….day of …….2010.

 

Signature of

 

in the capacity of

 

Duly authorized to sign the bid for and on behalf or ……………

Witness …………………….. Tele No(s):-………………………

Signature …………………… FAX No(s):-……………………….

Address …………………….. E-Mail Address:- …………………

 

 

BID SECURITY FORM

 

Whereas …………………………… (Hereinafter called “the Bidder”) has submitted its bid dated ………………… for the supply of ……………………….

 

KNOW ALL MEN by these Presents that WE OF ……………………………………… …..having our registered office at ………………………………………… (hereinafter called “the Bidder”) are bound unto ……………………………… .. (hereinafter called “the Purchaser”) in the sum of …………………… ……. For which payment will and truly to be made of the said Purchaser, the Bank binds itself, its successors and assigns by these presents.

 

THE CONDITIONS of the obligation are:

 

1. If the Bidder withdraws its bid during the period of bid validity specified by the Bidder on the Bid form; or

 

2. If the Bidder, having been notified of the acceptance of its bid by the Purchase during the period of Bid validity

(a) Fails or refuses to execute the Contract, if required or

(b) Fails or refuses to furnish performance security in accordance with the instructions to Bidders.

 

3. We undertake to pay to the Purchaser up to the above amount upon receipt of its first written demand without the Purchaser having to substantiate its demand, provided that in its demand, the purchaser will note that the amount claimed by it is due to it owing to the occurrence of one or both of two conditions specifying the occurred condition or conditions.

 

4. This guarantee will remain in force up to and including Thirty (30) days after  the period of bid validity, and any demand in respect thereof should reach the Bank not later than the above date.

 

 

Signature of the Bank Signatory

Signature of the Witness …………………….. Tel. No. :- ………………………

Name of Witness….…………………………..  FAX No. :-………………………….

Address of Witness …………………………..  E-Mail Address:- …………………..

 

 

 

LETTER OF AUTHORISATION FOR ATTENDING BID OPENING

 

Subject: Authorization for attending bid opening on ………………….. (Date) in the tender of …………….

 

Following persons are hereby authorized to attend the bid opening for the tender mentioned above on behalf of …………………….. (Bidder) in order of preference given below:

 

Order of Preference Name                          Specimen signature

 

I

 

II

 

Alternate Representative

 

 

Signatures of bidder

Or

Officer authorized to sign the bid

 

Documents on behalf of the bidder

 

Note: 1. Maximum of two representatives will be permitted to attend bid opening. In case it is restricted to one, the first preference will be allowed. Alternate representative will be permitted when regular representative are not able to attend.

 

2. Permission for entry to the hall where bids are opened may be refused in case Authorization as prescribed above is not recovered.