FOOD CORPORATION OF INDIA

REGIONAL OFFICE SHIMLA (HIMACHAL)

LANE – 1 SECTOR 2, NEW SHIMLA
171009

Phone: 01772672906 e mail: [email protected]

No Sales 5(3) OMSS (D)/Wheat /17-18/HP Dated: 01.01.2018

Food Corporation of India invites bids from empanelled traders/ bulk

consumers for sale of Wheat under OMSS (D) lying at various Depots under
FCI Regional Office, Shimla(HP) through e- Auction.

The intending empanelled traders/ bulk consumers of Wheat may participate in

the e-auction conducted by M/s mjunction Services Limited on behalf of FCI
on the website http://www.valuejunction.in/fci as per the following schedule:

(a) Date & time of start of e-auction 04.01.2018 at 11.00 AM

(b) Date & time of close of e-auction 04.01.2018 at 02.00 PM

Detailed instructions to bidders and terms &conditions governing the e- auction

may be seen at http://www.valuejunction.in/fci

Food Corporation of India reserves the right to reject any or all bid(s) or cancel
or withdraw any lot or quantity of stocks and/ or scrap the sale of Wheat
through e-Auction at any stage without assigning any reasons and without any
liability.

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Sale of Wheat to the empanelled traders/ bulk consumers of Wheat under
OMSS (D) lying at various Depots under FCI Regional Office Shimla
through e- Auction (Auction No 29. date 04.01.2018)

On behalf of the Food Corporation of India, General Manager

Shimla(HP), invites bid(s) through M/s mjunction Services Limited for sale
of wheat lying at FCI/State Agencies Depots, the details of depot-wise quantity
offered is indicated in Appendix-I, in FCI Himachal Region on as is where is
basis only from bulk consumers/ traders of wheat already empanelled by FCI/
M/s mjunction Services Limited prior to the date of invitation of bid(s) for E-
Auction. The terms and conditions governing the sale and the instructions to be
followed for submitting the bid are set out below: -

Instruction to Bidders and Terms & Conditions governing e- auction

1. DEFINITIONS:

i) The term ‘Trader/Bulk Consumer’ shall mean bulk consumers/traders of

Wheat.
ii) The term ‘E-Auction’ shall mean auction of food grains through the e
auction platform of the service provider M/s mjunction Services
Limited.
iii) The term ‘Corporation’, “Food Corporation” and “FCI” wherever occurs
shall mean the Food Corporation of India established under the Food
Corporations Act.1964.
iv) mjunction shall mean M/s mjunction Services Limited, which has
been appointed by FCI for conducting E-Auction on its behalf.
v) The term “General Manager” shall mean the General Manager of Food
Corporation of India under whose administrative jurisdiction, the Food
Corporation Depots/ Godowns to which the contract relates fall. The
term “General Manager” shall also include the Deputy General Manager,
Area Manager and any other officer authorized for the time being to
execute contracts on behalf of the Food Corporation of India.
vi) The terms ‘buyer/ intending buyer/bidder’ shall mean and include the
person or persons, firm or company with whom the contract has been
entered into including their heirs, executors, administrators, successors
and their permitted assignees as the case may be.
vii) The term ‘food-grains’ shall mean and include Wheat stocks conforming
to prescribed quality parameters of ‘issuable food-grains’ and fit for
human consumption.
viii) The term “deposit through electronic mode” means the transfer of
amount through NEFT/RTGS/any other electronic mode from the
bidder’s bank account to the designated bank account of FCI.
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ix) Validity period of bids under e-auction shall mean seven working days
from the date of Auction.

2. Only those bidders who are empanelled with FCI and already registered
with M/s mjunction Services Limited before the day of issue of this
Notice of e- auction on M/s mjunction Services Limited /FCI
websiteare permitted to participate in the e-auction. The requirements of
empanelment are to be read and construed as part and parcel of this
document and binding on the bidders. The empanelment of interested
bidders is an ongoing and continuous process and those bidders who
are interested to get themselves empanelled may contact help desk
provided by M/s mjunction Services Limited on Toll Free No. 1800
102 7136
3. The details of bidding and process of E-auction is available on the link
http://www.valuejunction.in/fci which may be read and construed as part
of these Terms & Conditions. Bidders are advised to acquaint
themselves with the bidding procedure before bidding. Bidder may also
contact helpdesk provided by mjunction on toll free no 1800 102
7136
.

4. INSPECTION OF STOCKS: The stocks may be inspected by the

intending bidder(s) on the production of empanelment letter at the
godown(s)/ depot (s) from where the stocks have been offered (as per
Appendix - I) during working hours on any working day of FCI prior to the
day of E-Auction.

5. EARNEST MONEY DEPOSIT (EMD):

(i) Bidder has to electronically deposit EMD calculated @ 10% of the cost
of stocks intended to be purchased at the reserve price of Wheat of Rs.
1790 per quintal plus freight/road transportation charges. The EMD has
to be credited through electronic mode in the designated FCI Bank
Account No. 33655976539, IFSC Code SBIN0000718 one day prior to
the start of E-auction in single installment only. It is the responsibility of
the bidder to ensure that such payment is credited to FCI account within
the scheduled time.
(ii) If EMD is not credited in the designated bank account of FCI one day
prior to the start of E-auction or Bids is submitted without/ with
insufficient EMD if shall be summarily rejected and bidder shall not be
allowed to participate in the bidding process.
(iii) EMD furnished by the bidder shall be forfeited, if the bidder withdraws
his offer or modifies the terms & conditions thereof or does not keep his
offer open for acceptance during the validity period or resiles from the
offer or fails or neglects to observe/perform any of the obligations under
the contract or violates any of the terms of contract subject to clause10
A (v).

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(iv) The EMD of all unsuccessful tenderers shall be refunded within three
working days from the date of issuance of acceptance letter to the
successful bidder. However, no interest shall be payable for delay in
refund of EMD, in any case.

6. SIGNING OF BID DOCUMENT:- During participation in the bidding

process, bidder has to electronically accept the terms and conditions of
E-Auction for sale of Wheat under OMSS (D) for bulk
consumers/traders. Participation in the e auction signifies the express
consent of the bidder to his acceptance of all terms & conditions of the e
auction.

7. SUBMISSION OF BID(S):

(i) The bidder(s) shall participate in the e- auction separately for each
Depot. The bidder shall quote the rate per quintal at or above the
reserve price of Wheat of Rs.1790/- at e- auction platform as depicted
at Appendix-II. Railway freight from Ludhiana to nearest Railhead and
Road transportation cost from such railhead to depot will be added in
the quoted price to arrive at the sale price. Applicable taxes will be
levied extra. Each bid shall be for a minimum quantity of 100 MT and a
bidder can bid per depot per e-auction up to 500 MT and maximum
bidding quantity per bidder for all the depots put together in a single
e-auction shall not exceed 2000 MT (For Bulk Buyers).

(ii) Once submitted, the bids can be modified only upward in terms of either
rate [in multiple of Rs. 5/- (Rs. Five)] or quantity (in multiple of 50 MT) or
both. All bid(s) shall be irrevocable. The bidders are not permitted to
withdraw the bids. Bidders shall keep their offers open for acceptance
for seven working days from the date of e auction, failing which the EMD
furnished by the bidders is liable to be forfeited.

8. ACCEPTANCE OF BIDS :

For acceptance of Bids, each depot shall be treated as a separate unit.

Bid(s) will be accepted on the principle of Price, Time and Quantity. For
each depot, first the quantity as quoted by H-1 will be approved at H-1
rates. Then the quantity as quoted by H-2 will be approved at H-2 rates.
This process will continue till the depot wise quantity offered is
exhausted. In case of similar rate being quoted by multiple tenderers at
any stage i.e. H1, H2…etc, the available quantity (if less than the total
bid quantity) shall be accepted on “first quoted first allotted basis” i.e the
bidder who has quoted the rate first will be allotted the bid quantity
subject to availability of stocks for allocation. In case of similar rate being
quoted by multiple tenderers at the same time, the bidder who has
quoted for the higher quantity shall be allotted the bid quantity subject to
availability of stocks for allocation.
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09. Communication of Acceptance.

The contract, if any, which may eventuate from the E-Auction, shall be
governed by the conditions as mentioned in the terms and condition(s)
for E-Auction, its Appendices and Annexures, Notice Inviting Bid and
Acceptance Letter.

After the close of the e–auction, Acceptance letters will be

communicated to the successful bidders by e mail in the e-mail ID
provided by the bidder at the time of empanelment and the same can
also be viewed by logging into the system at
http://www.valuejunction.in/fci
The acceptance of the Bid by the General Manager or an officer
authorized by him on his behalf shall constitute the contract between the
bidder and the Food Corporation of India and no separate Agreement is
required to be executed after the issue of the Acceptance Letter.

10. PAYMENT OF COST & DELIVERY SCHEDULE:

A.i) Price of wheat shall be payable on the net weight basis. All taxes, levies,
fees, charges etc. of any nature whatsoever leviable by any authority in
respect of the sale of wheat through e auction shall be payable by the
buyer in addition to the sale price of Wheat.

ii) The EMD furnished by the successful bidders shall be adjusted towards
the cost of stocks and applicable taxes. The successful bidder(s) shall
deposit remaining cost of the stocks along with applicable taxes within
seven (7) working days from the next date of issue of the acceptance
letter in FCI Bank Account No.33655976539,IFSC Code SBIN0000718
through electronic mode.
In case, the allotted quantity is equal to or more than 2000 MT, on
the request of buyer, FCI may allow extension in period of deposit of
cost of stocks and applicable taxes for a maximum period of another
7 working days. However, penal interest of 2% over and above the
Bank rate at which the FCI is borrowing would be charged upto date
of deposit of cost beyond free period of 7 working days. The total
cost in respect of the entire stocks allotted from various depots
against e-auction no….dated …….shall be deposited the by the buyers
in maximum two installments within the above prescribed period.
Release order can be downloaded by the bidder only after deposition
of full cost along with applicable taxes and no part Release Order
shall be issued.In case of Inter-State sale, the buyers have to opt
for one out of two options i.e. with ‘C’ form and ‘without ‘C’ form’.
For the purpose of depositing the cost of stocks/lifting of stocks, the
day of communication of acceptance shall not be counted.

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 iii) In case the successful bidder fails to deposit the balance cost along with
applicable taxes & levies within the stipulated time, his bid is liable to be
cancelled and the EMD furnished will be forfeited. No extension of time
will be granted for deposit of Cost at any circumstance.

iv) The buyer shall complete the lifting within free period of fourteen (14)
working days from the next date of communication of acceptance by
FCI.

v) After Fourteen (14) working days, on the request of buyer, Area

Manager, FCI may allow the extension for a maximum period of another
Fourteen (14) working days for lifting the stocks from FCI godowns on
payment of storage charges in case the allotted quantity is less than
2000 MT.
In case, the allotted quantity is equal to or more than 2000MT, on the
request of buyer, Area Manager, FCI may allow the extension for a
maximum period of another Twenty one(21) working days for lifting the
stocks from FCI godowns on payment of storage charges.
The lifting of stocks in the extended period beyond free period of
fourteen (14) working days shall be on payment of storage charges at
the rate of 50 paise per qtl. per day subject to total minimum of
Rs.2000/-. These storage charges shall be recovered in respect of the
un-lifted quantity of stocks during the extended period (actual period for
which the stocks remain in the godown). After expiry of twenty eight (28)/
thirty five (35) working days, as the case may be, no further extension
will be granted and an amount equivalent to value of the unlifted quantity
or amount equivalent to EMD, whichever is lower, shall be recovered/
forfeited and the balance amount if any, to be refunded to the bidder.

vi) In case, FCI is unable to provide the full/part quantity from a depot
approved in the tender due to non- availability of stock or operational
constraints of FCI, the shortfall in the quantity may be offered by the
concerned Area Manager from other depot(s) on the request of the
buyer without any additional cost to FCI, subject to availability.

vii) FCI will not be responsible for delayed receipt of payment of EMD / Cost
due to failure of third parties like banks etc.

viii) If the successful bidder is unable to lift the allotted stocks within the
stipulated period of lifting because of operational difficulties of FCI or
reasons beyond human control (Force Majeure) the concerned General
Manager, Region, FCI may consider to refund the balance amount
equivalent to the un-lifted stocks of Wheat based on merit of each case,
provided Force Majeure event is notified by the tenderer to FCI in writing
within seven (7) days of occurrence of such event. A speaking order has
to be passed by General Manager, Region elaborating the operational
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 difficulties of FCI and action taken if such difficulties are caused due to
negligence. Under no circumstances, stocks shall be delivered to any
successful bidder after the expiry of the stipulated delivery period.

(B) The food grains will be sold on “as is where basis is”.

(C) The Food Corporation of India reserves the right to withdraw from the
sale any quantity included in the E-Auction prior to the acceptance of
offer(s).

(D) The buyer shall make his own arrangement for transport and will not be
entitled to claim any facility or assistance for transportation from the
Food Corporation of India. However, the stocks shall be loaded in the
trucks of the successful bidder at the cost of FCI.

(E) In case the successful bidder wishes to take delivery of the stocks,
through a representative, he (buyer) must authorize such representative
through a Letter of Authority in prescribed format (Appendix- III) which
shall be presented to the Depot in-charge of concerned Depot. Depot in-
charge after verifying the bonafides of the authorized
representative/Letter of Authority shall issue the stocks to Authorised
representative. However, such Delivery shall be at buyer’s sole
responsibility and risk and no claim whatsoever, shall lie against the
Food Corporation of India on any account, if delivery is affected to a
wrong person.

(F) The FCI shall deliver stocks on 100% weighment basis. The weighment
Slip shall be prepared in triplicate and signed by the buyer/his
representative in token of acceptance of quantity & quality.

(G) Delivery shall be given only during working hours on all FCI working
days on presentation of the copy of the Release Order digitally signed
by FCI and mjunction, by the buyer/his representative to the Depot
Incharge,.

(H) The Food Corporation of India does not guarantee to make available any
definite quantity to the bidder.

(I) The Food Corporation of India reserves the right to accept or reject the
bid(s), without assigning any reason.
(J) The bidders shall make their arrangements for obtaining permits, if any
required from the State Government /any other authority.

(K) The wheat so purchased from FCI under OMSS through e auction will
be utilized domestically and shall not be exported by the bidder. If the
bidder violates any of the terms and conditions of the empanelment or
found to be furnishing any wrong/false information at any stage, then in
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 addition to forfeiture of EMD, bidder will be debarred from participating in
future tenders floated by FCI for disposal of food-grains and coarse
grains for a period of one year.

11. CORRUPT PRACTICES:

If any bribe, commission, advantages offered or promised by or on
behalf of the tenderers to any officer/ employee/ servant of the
Corporation and mjunction, then such bidder(s) shall be debarred from
the E-Auction in addition to initiating criminal action. Canvassing in any
form on the part of the bidder on or his behalf will also make his tender
liable for rejection.

12. INDEMNITY:
The bidder shall defend, indemnify and hold FCI and their respective
officers, directors, agents, and employees, harmless during and after the
E-Auction against any and all liabilities, damages, claims, fines,
penalties, actions, procedures and expenses of any nature arising out of,
resulting from any violation of any laws by the bidder any way connected
with the acts, negligence, breach, failure to perform obligations relating
to the bidder.
13. COMPLIANCE OF LAWS: Both FCI and Bidder shall comply and abide
by all applicable laws including without limitation all applicable Rules
made there under.
14. LIMITATION OF LIABILITY: In no event shall FCI be liable for any
direct or indirect or consequential damages of any kind suffered by the
bidders or their agents or beneficiaries, in connection with the sale of
food grains through e auction and/or use of e auction platform of the
service provider.

15. GOVERNING LAW & DISPUTES RESOLUTION:

The grievances of the affected bidders and general public will be

decided by GM (Region) FCI in a time bound manner and if Bidder(s) is
not satisfied/ still aggrieved with the decision of GM (Region), an appeal
lies with concerned ED (Zone) FCI. Any unresolved disputes between
the bidder(s) to the contract will be settled in the Court of Law of
competent jurisdiction at Shimla

The contract shall be governed and interpreted in accordance with the

Laws of India in force.

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For and on behalf of Food Corporation of India
General Manager, Regional office, Shimla
Himachal Pradesh.

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 Appendix – I

Details of depot-wise quantity of wheat offered to empanelled traders/ bulk

consumers of Wheat under OMSS (D) lying at various Depots under FCI
Regional Office Shimla through e- Auction (Auction No 29 dated 04.01.2018)
for e-auction.

SI. Name of Depot Details of quantity offered (in MT)

No. Crop Year-2016-17 and 17-18 as per FIFO principle.

Quantity Reserve Price (Rs./Qtl)

FCI District Office Dharamshala/Shimla

1 FSD GKT 500 1872.00

2 FSD, Sarkaghat 500 1931.00

3 PEG Kala Amb 500 1825.00

(*):- Applicable taxes:-

1 GST. N.A.
2 Market Fee @ 1% per Quintal.

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 APPENDIX - II

ON NON JUDICIAL STAMP PAPER OF Rs. 100

LETTER OF AUTHORITY

I/WE……………………………….S/O……………………………
PROPRIETOR/PARTNER/DIRECTOR OF
M/S……………………………………………., ADDRESS, DO HEREBY
AUTHORISE SHRI……………………………S/O……………………………FOR
TAKING DELIVERY OF THE STOCKS ON MY/OUR BEHALF ALLOTTED TO
ME/US IN THE E AUCTION DATED …………. RELEASED BY FOOD
CORPORATION OF INDIA, REGIONAL OFFICE,
________________________ vide release order No. …. Dated ….
SIGNATURE OF THE AUTHORISED REPRESENTATIVE

IS ATTESTED AS UNDER.

SIGNATURE OF AUTHORISED REPRESENTATIVE

WE ARE BOUND BY THE ACTS OF OUR AUTHORISED

REPRESENTATIVES AND CONFIRM AND RATIFY THE ACTIONS AND
DEEDS OF THE SAID AUTHORISED REPRESENTATIVE AND UNDERTAKE
AND DECLARE THAT THE STOCKS DELIVERED TO THE AUTHORISED
REPRESENTATIVE IS COMPLETE AND CONCLUSIVE DISCHARGE OF FCI
FROM ITS CONTRACTUAL OBLIGATIONS.

(PROPRIETOR/PARTNER/DIRECTOR)

(ATTESTED BY NOTORY PUBLIC WITH NOTORY STAMP & SEAL)

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