BSNL Tendernotice 1

BHARAT SANCHAR NIGAM LIMITED
(A Government of India Enterprise)
T.E.No: TSCO-21/12(17)/12/2022-BB AND TP/11 Dated 17.10.2022
From: To:
AGM (TX-PLG),
O/o CGMT, BSNL
Telangana Circle
Sub: Tender document for Outsourcing of comprehensive maintenance of OFC Network routes in
Peddapalli zone under Warangal Business Area.
Please find enclosed herewith the tender document in respect of above-mentioned tender which
contains the following.
Section No. Item Page No.
1. Detailed NIT 2-7

2. Tender Information 8-11
3. Scope of work 12-24
4 Part A General Instructions to Bidders(GIB) 25-39
4 Part B Special Instructions to Bidders(SIB) 40-41
4 Part C E-tendering Instructions to Bidders 42-44
5 Part A General (Commercial) Conditions of Contract (GCC) 45-50
5 Part B Special (Commercial) Conditions of Contract (SCC) 51
Undertaking & declaration, Near Relationship Certificate
6A , 6B, 6C and No Deviation’ statement or Clause-by-Clause 52-54
compliance statement
7 Proforma (s) 55-59
8 Bidder’s profile 60
9 Bid Form & Price Schedule 61-67
Annexure-1 Deed of Indemnity 68-69
Annexure-2 Checklist for the Bidders 70-71
If interested, kindly submit your bid offers online on or before date & time specified in Clause 8 of
detailed NIT.
AGM (TX-PLG) O/o CGMT, BSNL, TS Circle

Tel.: +91 94400 00411
E-Mail: [email protected]
Signature of the bidder Page 1 of 71

SECTION – 1
DETAILED NOTICE INVITING E-TENDER (DNIT)

BHARAT SANCHAR NIGAM LIMITED
(A Government of India Enterprise)
Telangana Telecom Circle
1. On behalf of CGMT, BSNL, Telangana Telecom Circle Digitally Sealed Tenders are invited
for Outsourcing of comprehensive maintenance of OFC (Optical Fiber Cable) Network routes under
Peddapalli zone in Warangal Business Area.
Total OFC RKM Annual Cost of the

S Estimated Tender
Zone Name OA Cost incl EMD
No. Document
UG OH GST (in ₹) (incl GST)
1 Peddapalli Karimnagar 712.03 126.89 88,39,451 1,76,789 Rs.1,180/-
Note :
1) Each bidder can participate in any number of zones by paying the tender document cost and
EMD separately for each zone, but maximum 2 (Two) zones will be allotted to the bidder in BA.
However, the competent authority reserves the right to allocate more than two zones in BA as
per the field requirement in the event of single bidder or in the exigencies of service.
2) The total quantity stated above is estimated and BSNL reserves the right to vary the above
mentioned quantity to the extent up to ±50% of specified quantity / amount during the contract
period without any change in unit price of respective routes and other terms & conditions.
2. A separate bid form along with the price bid (as per Section 9 Part A & B) should be filled for
each zone separately if the bidder wishes to participate for more than one zone and each zone shall
be treated as a separate tender.
3. Purchase of Tender Document: Tender document can be obtained by downloading it from

the website www.telangana.bsnl.co.in and e-tender portal https://etenders.gov.in/eprocure/app
4. The bidders downloading the tender document shall pay an amount of Rs.1,180/- (including
18% GST) through NEFT / RTGS / or any other online payment facility towards cost of the Bid
Document / Tender Fee for each zone separately in the following Bank Account :
1 Name of Beneficiary AO Cash BSNL, TSCO Collection Account

2 Name of Bank Bank of Baroda
3 Name of Branch Hyderabad Main Branch
4 Account No. 05110200001650

5 IFSC Code BAR0HYDERA (BAR-numeric zero-HYDERA)
6 MICR Code 500012002
If the Cost of the Bid Document / Tender Fee is not paid, then the bid shall be left archived /
unopened / rejected. However, the tender fee / cost of the bid document is exempted to the MSE
bidders subject to -
4.1. The MSE bidders registered with the designated MSME bodies like National Small Scale

Industries Corporation etc., are exempted from payment of tender fee. However, they shall
furnish a proof regarding registration with bodies under the Ministry of Micro, Small &
Medium Enterprises for the construction / operations / maintenance and installation of OF
cables, valid on the date of opening of tender.
4.2. The scope of area of the above MSE registered bidders must be for construction /
maintenance of underground telecom cables / maintenance and installation of OF cables /
telecom outdoor network etc.
4.3. MSE bidders claiming exemptions from Tender fee & EMD as per MSME guidelines must
also register their UAM on CPPP and submit proof in this regard along with their bid.
5. Availability of Tender Document on the e-tender portal for bid submission: The tender
document shall be available for downloading from BSNL website www.telangana.bsnl.co.in from
18:00 Hrs of 17.10.2022 onwards. The same tender document uploaded on BSNL website shall be
made available on e-tender portal (https://etenders.gov.in/eprocure/app) from 18:00 Hrs of
17.10.2022 onwards for start on online bid submission.
i. Physical copy of the tender document would not be available for sale.
ii. The Tender document shall not be available for download from e-tender portal on its
submission / closing date.
6. Eligibility Criteria: The bidder should meet following eligibility requirements

6.1. General Qualification
6.1.1. The Bidder must be Indian registered Companies under Companies Act 1956 / 2013 or
a Limited Liability Partnership (LLP) or a Firm registered under applicable Acts. Any
bidder (as defined in MoF order issued vide F. No 6/18/2019-PPD dated
23.07.2020) from a country which shares a land border with India will be eligible
to bid only if the bidder is registered with the competent authority prescribed in
the MoF order dated 23.07.2020 (available on MoF’s website). Registration
Certificate must be submitted along with the bid. However, if the aforesaid MoF
order does not apply to the bidder (as defined in afore cited order), then a
certificate as per Annexure to the DNIT must be submitted along with the
application for empanelment.
6.1.2. The Bidder must not be black-listed for Telecom business anywhere in the country by
any Central / State Governments / PSUs / Telecom Service Providers in India at the
time of submission of bid. An undertaking must be submitted in this regard. In case of
any wrong declaration which came to the notice of BSNL during the entire period of
contract, the contract will be terminated immediately and EMD / PBG will be forfeited,
as the case may be.
6.1.3. The Bidder must have a valid PAN & valid registration under GST Act, valid labour
license, EPF & ESI registration. If the bidder is not registered with GST authority at the
time of bid submission, then he shall have to submit GST registration at the time of
award of APO / LoI, if declared successful.
6.1.4. The bidder must own / lease JCB machine either in his name or in the name of the
firm. The validity of lease should be at least 15 months from the date of opening of
Tender. Documentary evidence of ownership of JCB machine or certified copy of the
lease deed along with the attested copy of ownership documents, in case the bidder is
not owner of JCB machine are required to be enclosed with the technical bid and are to
be shown in original as and when required.
6.1.5. The bidder must have minimum Teams with tools and testers for the maintenance work
like splicing machine, OTDR, power source and power meter etc. with hard top Utility
vehicle either in his name or in the name of firm. Documentary evidence of ownership
of tools, tester and vehicle required to be enclosed with the technical bid and to be

shown in original as and when required.
6.2. Technical Qualification

6.2.1. The Bidder must have an experience in execution of OF cable construction /
maintenance works in Telecom Sector for at least two years. A certificate establishing
the experience obtained from the authority not below the rank of AGM in PSUs or
Project in-charge in case of Private Telecom Operators must be submitted.
OR
6.2.2. BSNL Franchisee associated with BSNL for last 2 years
OR
6.2.3. BSNL TIPs (registered under Case–III or Case–IV) with BSNL for the last two years
OR
6.2.4. MSOs / LCOs having optical Cable Network of minimum 50 Kms either Overhead or
Underground
OR
6.2.5. Any agency which is having experience of minimum 50 Km OF Cable laying /
maintenance / construction per annum for two years. The copies of the agreement of
such work and receipts of the payment are to be submitted as proof of experience.
Note :
1. The Bidder should NOT be a licensed Telecom Service Provider to
provide Basic Services / Cellular Telephony Services / Internet Services /
UASL / NLD / ILD Services anywhere in India. Undertaking to this
effect must be submitted by bidder.
2. A self-declaration on the company’s letterhead giving list of employed
skilled technical personnel and/or Undertaking regarding employment of
skilled technical personnel has to be submitted by the Bidder.
6.3. Financial Qualification:

6.3.1. The Bidder must have minimum average Annual Turnover of 30% of the estimated
cost of the Tender during last two years. In case the bidder intends to participate in
more number of zones, then the minimum average annual turnover shall be 30%
combined estimated cost of all such zones.
6.3.2. Bidders will be required to support claims of their financial qualification through their
Audited Financial Statements duly certified by their CA or IT Returns.
6.3.3. Solvency Certificate - Certified copy of Solvency Certificate from the nationalized/
scheduled bank of the bidder for 30% of the estimated tender cost in case of a single
zone or 30% of the combined estimated cost in case of multiple zones has to be
submitted. The Solvency Certificate should not be older than six months from the
date of issue of this Tender.
Note
1. The bidders shall submit necessary document proof showing that they meet the
eligibility criteria along with their tender bid. All documents submitted will also be
self-attested by the bidder.
2. Work Order(s) will be issued or Contract agreement(s) will be signed only upon
successful verification of the eligibility documents submitted in the bid, with the
originals of the eligibility documents, which shall have to be produced by
successful bidder.
7. Bid Security / EMD: The bidder shall furnish the bid EMD equivalent to 2% of the tender
estimated cost in one of the following ways:
7.1. Demand Draft/ Banker’s cheque drawn in favour of “AO Cash BSNL, TSCO Collection

Account, BSNL, O/o CGMT, Telangana Circle” and payable at Hyderabad
7.2. Bank Guarantee(s) from a Scheduled Bank in India, drawn in favour of “AO (Cash), BSNL,
O/o CGMT, Telangana Circle” and payable at Hyderabad which should be valid for 150
days (i.e. one month above the offer / bid validity period) from the tender opening date.
7.3. The MSE bidders registered with the designated MSME bodies like National Small Scale
Industries Corporation etc for the scope of the work are exempted from payment of bid
security.
8. Date & Time of Submission of Tender bids: on or before 18.00 Hrs of 07.11.2022 (tender
closing date).
8.1. In case the date of submission (opening) of bid is declared to be a holiday, the date of
submission (opening) of bid will get shifted automatically to next working day at the same
scheduled time.
8.2. Any change in bid opening date due to any other unavoidable reason will be published in E-
tender portal.
9. Opening of Tender Bids: At 12:00 Hrs of 10.11.2022
10. Place of opening of Tender bids: The tenders shall be opened through ‘Online Tender
Opening Event’. BSNL’s Tender Opening Officers as well as authorized representatives of bidders
can attend the online Tender Opening Event (TOE) from the comfort of their offices. Kindly refer
Section-4 Part C of Tender document for further instructions.
11. Incomplete, ambiguous, conditional tender bids are liable to be rejected.
12. CGMT, BSNL, Telangana Circle reserves the right to accept or reject any or all the tender
bids without assigning any reason. He is not bound to accept the lowest bid.
13. The bidder shall furnish a declaration, as per Section-6 Part A, in his tender bid that no
addition / deletion / corrections have been made in the terms & conditions of the downloaded tender
document for which their bid is being submitted and these are identical to the tender document
appearing on the website.
13.1. In case of any addition / alteration / omission in the tender document, the tender bid shall be
treated as non-responsive and shall be rejected summarily.
13.2. All documents submitted in the bid offer should be preferably in English / Hindi / State’s
official language. In case the certificate viz. experience, registration etc. is issued in any
other language other than English / Hindi / State’s official language, the bidder shall attach a
translation of the same in English / Hindi / State’s official language, duly attested by the
bidder & the translator to be true copy in addition to the relevant certificate.
13.3. All the computer generated documents should be duly signed/ attested by the bidder/ bidder
organization.
14. The queries in respect of this bid document, if any, can be submitted through Email latest
upto 24/10/2022 (7 days from issue of NIT).
BSNL Contact -1
Name RAJANIKAR. A
Telephone Number 94400 00411
Email [email protected]

BSNL Contact -2
Name SANTOSHKUMAR REDDY. B
Telephone Number 9486109245
Email [email protected]
AGM (TX-PLG)
For and on behalf of Chief General Manager Telecom
BSNL, Telangana Telecom Circle, Hyderabad.

ANNEXURE TO THE DNIT
Certificate to be submitted by Bidders

(On Company’s Letter Head)
Reference 1: BSNL DNIT No........................................issued on...............
Reference 2: Department of Expenditure Office Memorandums (OMs) No. 6/18/2019-PPD

dated 23rd July 2020 and its Clarification dated 24/07/2020.
I, in capacity of authorized signatory of M/s................................................having Regd. office

at............................................................................................................ being a participant bidder
in BSNL Tender cited at reference 1 above, hereby declare that I have read and understood the
clause
regarding Restrictions under Rule 144(xi) of the General Financial Rules (GFRs) 2017 on grounds
of Defence of India and National Security issued vide OM cited at reference 2 above, on
procurement from a bidder of a country which shares a land border with India and on sub-
contracting to contractors from such countries.
I, hereby, further certify that our Company is not from such a country which shares a land border
with India and in light of conditions & restrictions imposed vide cited OMs, we fulfil all the
requirements in this regard to become eligible to be considered in the subject Tender Enquiry by
BSNL.
(Name of the authorized signatory)
Signature
Designation in Company
Seal / Stamp of Company
Counter signed by Company Secretary of the Company with seal / stamp

SECTION- 2
Tender Information
1. Type of tender – Single stage submission & two stage opening : Digitally signed online
bids are to be submitted in Single Stage Bidding and two stage opening e-tendering process using
two electronic envelopes from the eligible bidders by the time and date specified in the Bid
Document.
Note: The bids will be evaluated techno-commercially first and thereafter financial bids of
techno-commercially compliant bidders only, shall be opened.
2. Bid validity period - The bid remains valid for 120 days from the tender opening date
3. The electronic envelopes shall contain documents satisfying the eligibility / Technical &
commercial conditions in first envelope called Techno-commercial envelope and second envelope
called as Financial Envelope containing financial bid / quote.
3.1. Techno-commercial envelope shall contain
1 Scanned copy of EMD.
2 Scanned copy of payment of tender document i.e. tender fee.
3 Certificate(s) showing fulfilment of the eligibility criteria(s) stated in Clause 6 of the
detailed NIT.
4 Power of Attorney (PoA) & authorization for executing the power of Attorney in
accordance with Clause 13.3 of Section 4 Part A (not required in case of proprietary /
partnership firm if the proprietor / partnership himself signs the documents) and board
resolution in favor of authorized signatory.
5 Copy of Articles and Memorandum of Association or Partnership deed or
proprietorship deed as the case may be.
6 Details of the firm along with List of Directors on the Board of the Company, list of
partners, as applicable.
7 Attestation of the signature of the authorized signatory, issuing PoA ,by Bank.
8 Bidder’s Profile duly filled & signed as per Section-8.
9 Indemnity bond declaration for indemnifying BSNL against any non-compliance by
bidder towards all applicable statutory requirements, if work is awarded, as per
Annexure-1.
10 Letter of authorization for attending bid opening event as per Section -7 Part (C).
11 No Near-Relationship Certificate duly filled & signed as per Section-6 Part B.
12 Undertaking & declaration duly filled & signed as per Section-6 Part A
13 Tender / Bid form-Section 9 Part A.
14 Certified copy of the lease deed along with the attested copy of ownership documents,
in case the bidder is not owner of JCB machine
15 Checklist of the documents submitted as per Annexure-2.
3.2. Financial envelope shall contain:

1 Price Schedule (as per Section 9 Part-B)
3.3. Offline Documents :

The following documents are required to be submitted offline (i.e. offline submissions)
i.e. to be dropped in tender box kept at “AGM (TX-PLG) O/o CGMT, BSNL, 2nd Floor,
Room no. 210, Door Sanchar Bhawan, Nampally Station Road, Abids, Hyderabad
– 500 001” on or before the date & time of submission of bids in a sealed envelope.
The envelope shall bear the tender number, name of work, name of OA, name of zone,
zone number and the phrase: “Do Not Open Before (due date & time of opening of

tender).
1) EMD – Bid security (in original) or NSIC / MSME Certificate
2) DD/ Banker’s cheque of Tender fee (in original) or NSIC / MSME Certificate
3) Power of Attorney in accordance with Clause 13.3 of Section 4 Part A and
authorization for executing the power of Attorney.
4) Details of SSA wise Bids submitted by the bidder to be intimated as per Appendix-
1, Section-2
Note: At the time of opening the bids, initially offline submission envelope of
all bidders will be opened. The Electronic envelope consisting Technical bid of
only those bidders will be opened who have submitted required documents as
offline submissions.
3.4. Pre-bid Meeting :

In case of any queries, the prospective bidder shall submit the query related to the
tender clause on Email [email protected] as stipulated in clause 14 of Detailed NIT
i.e. within 7 days of publication of NIT. A pre-bid meeting shall be organized with
prospective bidders and clarifications will be issued.
All such clarifications issued by BSNL will form part of bid document and shall be
uploaded on online portal also.
4. PAYMENT TERMS (Contract charges and Payments):

4.1. Performance Report as prescribed by BSNL Telangana Circle has to be generated and
signed jointly by the contractor and the concerned Divisional Head / any other designated
officer specified by the OA Head by 3rd of each month for the completed work of previous
month. In case the contractor did not come forward for joint signature, then the
concerned Divisional Head / any other designated officer specified by the OA Head
shall prepare the performance report Suo moto and send the same to the contractor
by email and/or registered post. The performance report shall invariably contain the
details such as –
4.1.1. Unsatisfactory performance in meeting the agreed SLAs
4.1.2. Failure to maintain OF network leading to failure of exchanges / BTS affecting
services of BSNL
4.1.3. Delay in attending the faults
4.1.4. Non-deployment of FRTs / Route Patrollers
4.2. On receipt of the performance report, the contractor shall verify the same for its correctness.
In case of any discrepancy, the contractor shall submit a representation within 2 days either
by email and/or registered post. Otherwise, the contractor shall submit the invoice in
duplicate to the concerned Divisional Head / any other designated officer specified by the OA
th
Head by 5 of each month for the completed work of the previous month for each zone
separately. In case of failure, the Divisional Head / any other designated officer
specified by the OA Head shall generate the invoice for further processing based on
the performance report.
4.3. The monthly payments will be made after deducting penalties wherever applicable. The
payment will be made by cheques or through RTGS / NEFT. The bidder has to intimate his
bank account number and branch details for payment. In case of consortium, the bidder has
to intimate the details of the account of the lead bidder.
4.4. Income tax at the prevailing rates with applicable surcharge and education cess for which
the bill has been passed will be deducted as Tax Deduction at Source under relevant rules.
Necessary Income Tax Deduction Certificate will be issued by BSNL.
4.5. The final settlement of the bills and refund adjustment / appropriation of any amount
retained, the contractor shall be made fully free after the Divisional Head / any other
designated officer specified by the OA Head is satisfied that all the contractual obligations
have been fully met and no amount remains due for recovery from the contractor on any

count.
4.6. Each Tax invoice, clearly indicating GST, submitted by contractor must accompany the
following documents with self-certification:-
4.6.1. Performance report duly indicating the penalty calculations.
4.6.2. Declaration from the contractor regarding compliance of terms and conditions of EPF
Act, ESI Act or valid workmen compensation Act and other statutory payments.
Documentary proof is to be submitted for statutory payments of paid bills.
4.6.3. The contractors should produce the copies of valid labour license to carry out the work
with their first claimed monthly bill.
4.6.4. Certificate is to be given on bill by JTO/SDE and counter signed by Division Head.
4.7. If the contractor fails to submit the GST invoice and also, fails to upload the information on
GSTN in respect of taxes / duties for which input tax credit is available, an amount equivalent
to such taxes / duties shall be deducted from the payment due to the contractor. The same
is applicable when the invoice is generated by the BSNL officers in accordance with the
clause 4.2 of this section.
5. Timeline for start of services:

The successful bidder should start the work immediately after entering into the agreement.
6. Duration of Contract (Validity of tender):

6.1. Normally, the contract will be awarded for one year with a provision to extend for two more
years.
6.2. After the expiry of the contract for one year period, BSNL reserves the right to extend the
contract for further two years or part thereof with the same terms and conditions of the tender,
keeping in view the various factors such as exigency of service, satisfactory performance of the
firm.
6.3. After 3 years, extension of the contract further shall be negotiable for two more years or part
thereof at the choice of BSNL depending upon the performance of the contractor during the
period of earlier term.

APPENDIX-1 of Section-2
To,
AGM (TX-PLG)
O/o CGMT, BSNL, TS Circle
HYDERABAD.
Sir,
I, M/s________________________________________________ submitted the bid for the
following Zones of BSNL, TELANGANA Circle Tender No. ……………………………………………..
Dated at Hyderabad the 17-10-2022 above tender.
S No. Zone Name OA Bid Submitted (Yes / No)

1 Mahabubabad Warangal
2 Warangal Warangal
3 Peddapalli Karimnagar
4 Karimnagar Karimnagar
Yours Sincerely,
(Signature of Bidder)

SECTION- 3
SCOPE OF THE WORK
1. E-Tenders are invited from reputed, qualified, experienced and financially strong Firms /
Agencies for comprehensive maintenance of OFC network of 2F / 4F / 6F / 12F / 24F / 48F / 96F /
288F routes & other Works as defined in the Scope of Work in the tender at appropriate places. The
OF cable is generally laid along the side of the Road (National Highways, State Highways, Municipal
Corporation, Rural roads) to connect Telecom Installations and various network elements in BSNL
and the Overhead cables are erected using the electrical poles, BSNL poles etc.
2. The Route Index Drawings (RID) will be provided to the contractor by BSNL, wherever
available, within 1 week of signing the agreement. No claim of the contractor will be entertained
on account of the inaccuracy of the RID. The locations of the cable as reflected in the drawings /
details are indicative only. In view of road widening, some portion of OFC has come under tar
surface of the road and at some places OF cable has been drawn on overhead temporarily
3. At certain sections multiple OFC cables have been laid on the same trench / other side of
the road. The bidder is required to visit the sites and ascertain the geographical conditions and its
latest status.
3.1. Multiple cables in the same trench in the same route shall be treated as “Single Route”. For
example, in a route of 10 RKM, if multiple OF cables are laid, then the route length shall be
10 RKM only.
3.2. Cables available in both sides of the road will be treated as 1.5 times of the Route Length.
For example, in a route of 10 RKM, if multiple OF cables are laid on both sides of the road,
then the route length shall be 15 RKM.
4. Route Length shall be in physical road length and not OFC length. The exact route
length shall be ascertained by the Contractor after conducting a Joint inspection / Survey along with
the designated officer of BSNL. The zone wise survey report shall be duly signed and submitted by
the designated authorities from both the parties within 10 days from the date of LOI.
5. Details of Peddapalli Zone under Warangal Business Area:

S
Zone Name OA List of SDCAs
No.
Peddapalli, Manthani, Mahadevpur, Jagtial,
1 Peddapalli Karimnagar
Metpally
6. The Detailed scope of the contract is as under:

6.1. Preventive Maintenance:
6.1.1. Route Patrolling :
6.1.1.1. Contractor shall deploy one route patrolling team for every sub-link 30 to 40
RKM of OF Cable in Metro Cities / 50 to 60 RKM of OF cable in Non-Metro
Cities to avoid the occurrence of OF cable cuts / damage to OF cable due to
any activity by any person or agency, etc., The route patrolling has to be done
365 days of the year. Whenever any digging / road widening works are
being carried out by other agencies during night hours, night patrolling at
those routes have to be arranged mandatorily.
6.1.1.2. The contractor shall maintain and submit the route patrolling tracking reports on
daily basis. For this purpose, the contractor may use online methods also.

6.1.1.3. The Contractor shall safeguard BSNL OFC against any signs of damage or
potential damages which is required to avoid OFC cuts that may arise during
the execution of works by various authorities / agencies. The Contractor shall
take suitable precautionary steps in consultation with the designated officer of
BSNL ahead of time, such as re- routing of OFC either underground or
overhead, providing additional protection to the existing alignment etc.,
6.1.1.4. The contractor shall keep good rapport and coordinate with all the authorities so
as to get updates on the proposed works in near future which may cause
damage to BSNL OFC network. However, some of the activities which likely
cause damage to BSNL OFC are indicated below (list is indicative and not
exhaustive):
a) National Highway works such as widening of roads, embankment works,
major bridge, sub-way, Flyover, culvert works, tar melting work on the cable
routes, etc.,
b) State Highways, R&B Department, Water Supply Department works
c) Railway department works such as construction of over / under bridges, etc.
d) Forest department works such as plantation / removal of trees on the cable
routes
e) Electricity board works like trenching / erection / removal of electrical poles,
etc.
f) Other Telecom Operators activities like trenching, HDD (Horizontal
Directional Drilling), erection of Telegraph posts etc., and similar activities
by other local telephone / BSNL working parties.
g) Any and all Central / State / District / Municipal / Local / Panchayat / Political
Authorities / Agencies / Bodies, etc.
h) Putting up of pandals by social organizations in connection with the visit of
VIP meetings and functions / religious functions.
i) Digging wells / pump sets by private parties near the brim of the Highways.
j) Works carried out like storm water drain, diversion of rain water on the
Highways concerned by Village Panchayat and Municipal Authorities of the
area.
k) Excavation / Renovation work being undertaken by private land owners /
farmers.
6.1.1.5. Contractor has to ensure that the Route / Joint indicators already placed at
regular intervals along the routes are not stolen. The missing / damaged
route and joint indicators, if any, shall be planted by the contractor as per BSNL
specifications and the cost will be reimbursed by BSNL as per specified SOR
after completion of the activity in the subsequent monthly bill.
6.1.2. Testing of Optical Power Levels :

6.1.2.1. The contractor shall test the spare fibers and live fibers using Optical Power
Meter once in a week and quarter respectively.
6.1.3. Testing of Fibers with OTDR:

6.1.3.1. The contractor shall test the fibers as detailed below and in case of any change
in the parameters, corrective action has to be undertaken by contractor without
any cost to BSNL
a) All the spare fibers at least once in a week
b) All the live fibers at least once in a quarter
6.1.3.2. In case at the time of taking over of the OFC route, if any fibers are found
faulty, the contractor has to take necessary action to make them good as per

the rates specified in the SOR. For this purpose, a separate work order will be
issued by the designated officer after obtaining the approval of the BA Head.
6.2. Corrective Maintenance:

6.2.1. Under Ground OF Cable :
6.2.1.1. If a cable cut occurs, the contractor shall restore the fault within the permissible
time period as specified at clause 8.6 of this section. The fault restoration shall
be done on permanent basis and no separate digging charges will be paid.
6.2.1.2. Wherever it is not possible to restore the fault permanently, temporary
restoration can be resorted to avoid traffic loss at contractor’s own cost and
permanent restoration can be done subsequently by the contractor within the
specified SLAs. The contractor has to submit a detailed report regarding the
cause of fault, restoration details within 24 hrs of restoration to the designated
officer of BSNL.
6.2.1.3. The corrective maintenance activities to be carried out by the contractor are as
under:
a) Localization of OFC break.
b) Obtaining permissions from the concerned local authorities.
c) Excavation of earth to expose cable for fault rectification.
d) Identification of broken OFC ends and laying additional OFC.
e) Laying of required length of OFC with protection wherever required.
f) Testing of fibers.
g) Preparation of jointing pit and back filling of pit
h) Splicing of cable.
i) Protection arrangement for OFC joint.
j) Planting of cable Route indicators and Joint indicators.
k) Final Testing of OFC splices loss at the joint from the terminal stations using
power meter.
l) Updation of route index diagrams.
6.2.1.4. On receipt of information of OFC fault, the Fault repair team (FRT) shall attend
and rectify the fault as per the response time specified at clause 8.6 of this
section. All the fibre cuts have to be spliced and end-to-end tested.
6.2.1.5. After attending the fault and ensuring the splice loss as per SLA, the route index
diagram shall be updated by incorporating offset along with route and joint
indicators, OFC coils used etc., and has to be submitted to the concerned in
charge along with the monthly invoice.
6.2.1.6. During the corrective action by the contractor, in case other service provide
cables / utilities like existing OFC, local telephone copper cable, water pipes,
electricity cables, any other pvt. / public property etc. are damaged, the penalty
/ compensation if any, shall be borne by the Contractor only. The
restoration of all such damages caused will be rectified immediately by the
contractor at his own cost. However this shall not hamper the BSNL OF cable
restoration activity.
6.2.1.7.Damages / Theft of OF cables: Incident Report for all damages / theft of OF cables
shall be submitted by the contractor to the concerned Police station through the
designated officer of BSNL. The contractor shall own a camera with a provision
for date and time stamp for the photos taken. The following are to be submitted to the
DESIGNATED OFFICER OF BSNL. -
a) Photos of the spot
b) Complaint / FIR from concerned police station
c) The necessary documentation required and compiled by the Contractor
including investigation report

6.2.2. Over Head OF Cable :
6.2.2.1. The contractor shall arrange to attend overhead faults by utilising the existing
cable, if not damaged, otherwise new cable supplied by BSNL has to be laid
overhead in the existing path / route.
6.2.2.2. In case, if Poles are not available for laying the overhead cable then the
contractor has to erect the six meter poles supplied by BSNL or contractor has
to procure six meter poles (as per the specifications of the BSNL) and lay the
overhead cable at the SOR rates specified by the bidder in the financial bid.
For this a separate work order will be issued by the designated officer after
obtaining the approval of the OA/BA head.
6.3. Scheduled & Planned Maintenance:

6.3.1. The scheduled & planned Maintenance is a planned activity for improving the quality of
fibers in a OF cable for bringing the overall section loss within the permissible limits.
The standard OF section loss specified per Km is 0.3 dB at 1550nm / 1310nm. The
standard splice loss is specified as < 0.02dB for all joints / tappings. The fibers in a
section shall have continuity from end to end. This planned activity is required to be
done at the discretion of BSNL.
6.3.2. The planned maintenance activity shall be carried out with the prior approval of
designated officer of BSNL. The shutdowns for carrying out the activity will be
permitted by BSNL generally during 00:00 AM to 05:00 AM hours only on Saturdays
and Sundays. But, in exceptional cases where the designated officer of BSNL is
satisfied the shutdown will be given during day hours.
6.3.3. The scheduled planned activity for UG cable requires the following activities:-
6.3.3.1. Check for rectification of fault to avoid repeat faults.
6.3.3.2. Protection for the exposed OFC due to various reasons like soil erosion etc.
6.3.3.3. Laying of OF cable on overhead for the sections identified by BSNL.
6.3.3.4. Re-splicing of fiber for improving the fiber performance.
6.3.3.5. Verification of route and joint indicators.
6.4. Route Improvement Work (underground or overhead cable)

6.4.1. Restoration of Faulty OF Cable sections :
6.4.1.1. The lossy sections and the sections where the OF cable faults have been
restored temporarily by laying OH OF cable have to be restored by laying
underground OF cable by the contractor.
6.4.1.2. The work involves trenching, repair of duct / laying of new PLB, protection
pipes, RCC, cable pulling, jointing, fixing of route / joint indicators, splicing etc.
as per the norms
6.4.1.3. In case any route loss exceeds by > 5% from the existing values (end-to-end of
the route) or the working systems become inoperative, the contractor has to
undertake improvement of the route in the following manner :
a) Replacement of cable for damaged patches will be done by contractor for
which a separate work order along with time schedule for completion
of aforesaid work will be issued by BSNL designated officer after
obtaining the approval of BA Head.
6.4.2. Retrieval of faulty / lossy fibers :

6.4.2.1. Contractor has to identify the faulty sections route wise for permanent
restoration of either underground / overhead / opening of joint chamber & re-
splicing as deemed fit which has to be done in consultation with BSNL officer.

6.4.2.2. For this purpose, a separate work order will be issued by the designated
officer after obtaining the approval of the BA head.
6.5. Special Conditions :

6.5.1. Defective Work / Service : If any service rendered by the contractor in repair and
maintenance of OF cables is found defective or delayed, the same shall be got
completed from outside or BSNL source at the discretion of the BSNL and the cost of
any such work made by BSNL shall be deducted from the amount payable to the
contractor. This shall be over and above penalty capping. No representation /
appeal shall lie against the decision of BSNL in this regard.
6.5.2. Response Time : Response time is the time taken by the Contractor to mobilize (set in
motion) all the necessary resources (like materials, labour and equipment) required for
attending the fault. It shall be maximum 15 minutes from the time BSNL informs
the fault. And the intimation to the contractor will be through SMS / E-mail / WhatsApp /
telephone/any other mechanism mutually agreed.
6.5.3. Transportation of Materials : The materials required for executing the work entrusted
to the contractors against a work order shall be made available at District /
Divisional / Sub-Divisional Store Depot. The contractor shall arrange for transporting
the materials to be supplied by the department or otherwise to execute the work under
the contract to site at his/their own cost. The costs of transportation are subsumed in
the standard Schedule of Rates and therefore no separate charges are payable on this
account
6.5.4. Disposal of Empty Cable Drums : The contractor shall arrange to dispose off the
empty cable drums after laying of the cables at his own cost. The contractor shall not
be allowed to dump the empty cable drums in Government / Public places which may
cause inconvenience to the department / public. If the contractor does not dispose off
the empty cable drums within 3 days of becoming empty, BSNL shall be at liberty to
dispose off the drums in any manner deemed fit and also recover the amount fixed in
this contract from the bills / security deposit / any other amount due to the contractor.
6.5.5. Supply of Materials: There are some materials required to be supplied by the
contractor at his own cost for execution of works like bricks, cement, wire mesh and
steel for protection etc., besides using other consumables which do / do not become
the part of the asset. The contractor shall ensure that the materials supplied are of
best quality and workmanship and shall be strictly in accordance with the standard
specifications as decided by the designated BSNL Officer.
6.5.6. Steps involved in OF Cable construction and maintenance:
6.5.6.1. The OF Cable shall be laid through PLB Pipes burying at a nominal depth of
165 cms.
6.5.6.2. Excavation of trench upto a nominal depth of 165 cms according to
Construction specifications along National / State Highways / other roads and
also in city limits in the Zones mentioned in the notice inviting tender.
6.5.6.3. Laying of PLB pipes / coils coupled by PLB sockets in excavated trenches, on
bridges and culverts, drawing of 6mm Polypropylene para pro rope (P.P. rope)
though the PLB pipes / coils as per Construction Specifications and sealing of
PLB pipe ends at every manhole by PLB end caps of suitable size.
6.5.6.4. Providing of mechanical protection by R.C.C. Pipes / DWC Pipes and / or
concreting / chambering according to construction specifications, wherever
required.
6.5.6.5. Fixing of DWC Pipes / troughs with clamps at culverts / bridges and / or
chambering or concreting of DWC Pipes / troughs wherever necessary.
6.5.6.6. Back filling and dressing of the excavated trenches according to construction
specifications.

6.5.6.7. Opening of manholes (of size 3 meters x 1 meters x 1.65 or 3 meters x 1 meters
x 1.20 meters depth) replacing existing 6mm P.P. ropes by 8 mm P.P. rope
(from manhole to manhole) for ensuring smooth passage for pulling the cable.
6.5.6.8. Pulling of OFC with proper tools and accessories as per construction
specifications, sealing both ends of the manholes by hard rubber bush of
suitable size to avoid entry of rodents into the PLB pipes.
6.5.6.9. Putting split PLB pipes and split RCC pipes with proper fixtures over cable in
the manhole to protect the bare cable in the pulling manhole, back filling and
dressing of manholes.
6.5.6.10. Digging of pit of size 2 meter x 2 meter x 1.8 meter (depth) for construction of
jointing chamber at approximately every 2 Kms of internal size of 1.5 meter x
1.5 meter x 1.2 meter using bricks and mortar or fixing pre-case jointing
chamber of internal of 1.2 meter filling of jointing chamber with clean sand,
placing either pre-case RCC cover or stone of suitable size on jointing chamber
to protect the joint and back filling of jointing chamber with excavated soil.
6.5.6.11. Digging of pits 1 meter towards jungle side at every manhole and jointing
chamber to a depth of 60 cms.
6.5.6.12. Fixing of route indicator / joint indicator, concreting and back filling of pits,
painting of route indicators with yellow colour and joint indicator by red colour
and sign writing denoting route / joint indicator number as per construction
specifications.
6.5.6.13. Splicing OF cable and making terminations at the exchanges / BTS containers
as per norms of BSNL by fitting OF cable through green pipe with proper
protection and end to end testing of fibers.
6.5.6.14. Conversion of O/H OFC cables, if any, to U/G OFC cables as per the
instructions of the Work Order issuing authority.
6.5.6.15. Laying of Overhead OF cables on need basis for immediate restoration of
services by erecting poles, if required.
6.6. Documentation.
6.6.1. The contractor shall prepare As-Built Drawings for each OFC route (both digital and
paper) and updated drawing shall be submitted on monthly basis. The updation of
ABD has to be done on regular basis (list is indicative and not exhaustive) –
6.6.1.1. After attending the fault, the joint particulars with offset along with route and
joint indicators
6.6.1.2. Change in the OF cable route due to any of the activity carried out by the
contractor
6.6.1.3. Addition of new routes / deletion of routes
6.6.1.4. Conversion from OH OFC to UG OFC and vice versa
6.6.2. Monthly detailed report on activities carried out by the contractor duly indicating the
faults occurred, cause of fault, restoration details, etc.,
6.6.3. Weekly Spare Fiber Testing report (with OTDR) including splice loss details
6.6.4. Weekly Optical Power Level Reports measured using Power Meter
6.6.5. Weekly stock position report of the inventory issued by BSNL along with utilisation
particulars and request for replenishing the stock
6.6.6. Quarterly live fiber testing reports with OTDR and Optical Power Meter
6.6.7. Daily route patrolling report
7. ROLE OF BSNL
7.1. BSNL shall be represented by the following officers for day-to-day interaction with the
contractor.
7.1.1. JTO / SDE / DE: Person responsible for a portion of the route / routes.

7.1.2. BA /OA Head will be the overall in-charge for addressing any unresolved issues.
7.2. BSNL shall give full details of staff responsible for each section of OF routes along with the
details of the OFC Routes to be maintained by the Contractor before commencement of the
contract.
7.3. All the activities to be carried out by the contractor shall be supervised on daily basis by
designated officer of BSNL.
7.4. Inspection of the FRT location and the condition of the tools on weekly basis
7.5. Surprise inspection of the FRT location / Route Patroller
7.6. Following materials will be issued by BSNL for stocking with the Contractor as imprest stock,
which will be replenished as per consumption. The contractor shall be responsible for the
safety of the materials. The maximum quantity of items that can be issued are as below:
Sl. No. Item Quantity
1 OF cable 2F / 4F / 6F / 12 F / 24 F / 48F / 96F / 288F 2 Km
2 PLB pipe along with accessories 600m
3 Patch cords 10 Nos.
4 Pig Tails 10 Nos.
5 Couplers for PLB HDPE duct 10 Nos.
6 Simple Plug 10 Nos.
7 End Plug 10 Nos.
8 Joint Closures (SJC/BJC) 10 Nos.
9 Splicing sleeves 200 Nos.
10 10GE 10Km SFP 2 Nos
13 Six-meter poles 4 Nos
Note : The Quantity of above material is only indicative, however, the actual will be
finalized at the time of award of contract .
8. ROLE OF CONTRACTOR
8.1. CONTRACTOR’S OFFICE :
8.1.1. The Contractor’s office shall be equipped with the following facilities within 7 days
from the issue of LoI:
8.1.1.1. Landline, Computer with net connectivity, Smart Mobile
8.1.1.2. GPS co-ordinates of all offices and locations of the teams
8.1.2. The contractor’s office should be located at BA headquarters as directed by PGM /
GMTD / DGM / DE of Concerned BA. However for operational convenience it is
preferable that the contractor may have multiple offices in routes as per the area
defined in tender.
8.1.3. After award of the contract, the Contractor has to furnish within 7 days full
information about their staff at various locations.
8.2. MANPOWER TO BE DEPLOYED

8.2.1. The Contractor shall deploy separate Manpower for the following works :
8.2.1.1. Preventive maintenance.
8.2.1.2. Corrective Maintenance.
8.2.1.3. Scheduled and planned Maintenance.
8.2.1.4. Network Improvement initiatives.
8.2.2. Contractor shall ensure that proper safety precautions are adhered to by the
manpower employed by him and indemnify BSNL from any losses.
8.2.3. Contractor shall follow all instructions / applicable laws like EPF, ESI, Insurance,
Labour Act, etc., in respect of the manpower deployed by him.

8.3. FAULT REPAIR TEAMS (FRTs):
8.3.1. The contractor shall deploy at least one FRT for approx. 250 RKM of OFC except
HTD Urban. For HTD Urban, one FRT for every 300 RKM shall be deployed. For
example, if the RKM in a zone except HTD Urban is more than 250 RKM and less
than 500 RKM, then the contractor shall deploy 2 FRTs mandatorily.
8.3.2. In case, the contractor fails to attend the faults within prescribed SLA parameters,
BSNL reserves the right to direct the contractor to deploy one or more additional
FRTs in addition to the FRTs deployed as per clause 8.3.1 above. This will be
binding on the contractor.
8.3.3. The locations for stationing the FRT shall be intimated to the bidder by the
concerned BSNL Nodal officer within 10 days after signing the agreement. The
contractor shall intimate the location details where FRT team has been stationed and
any change in the location of the FRT shall be notified to BSNL immediately on such
change. Further, the contractor shall provide a small office accommodation for
BSNL officers the FRT location.
8.3.4. The Contractor at his liberty can deploy more FRT teams, than mandated in clause
8.3.1 of this section, to meet the SLA requirement.
8.3.5. Ordering and billing will be done on a monthly basis at per RKM rate for SLA
maintenance for the length of OFC routes handed over by the OA/BA.
8.3.6. An FRT shall consist of following logistics and manpower (per each FRT):
8.3.6.1. Supervisor – 1 no.
8.3.6.2. Splicing Engineer – 1 no.
8.3.6.3. Splicing Assistant per splicing vehicle – 1 No.
8.3.6.4. Helpers / laborers for trenching, laying, preparation of joint pits, closing and
reinstatement – Minimum 2 Nos.
8.3.6.5. Suitable vehicle / vehicles (BSNL’s Logo and Advertisement should be
displayed in every vehicle).
NOTE: During natural calamities and severe monsoon season, the bidder
has to arrange for additional FRTs in advance.
8.3.7. Role Of Supervisor: The Contractor shall depute a supervisor, who has minimum 3
years of experience in OFC maintenance works, for the awarded work who shall
coordinate and manage all the maintenance activities and day-to-day liaison with the
designated officer of BSNL. BSNL will issue an entry pass to the supervisor for
entering BSNL premises for taking tests on OF cable whenever required. However,
for taking tests at unmanned stations, the designated officer of BSNL will have to be
contacted for making necessary arrangements.
8.4. ROUTE PATROLLING

8.4.1. One Route patrolling team is to be stationed for every 30~40 RKM in Metro Cities
and 50~60 RKM in Non-Metro Cities for patrolling the OF routes for 365 days in a
year as part of preventive maintenance.
8.4.2. Route patrolling tracking / record is to be monitored on regular basis. Whenever any
digging / road widening works are being carried out by other agencies during night
hours, night patrolling at those routes has to be arranged mandatorily.
8.4.3. The locations for stationing the route patrolling team shall be intimated to the bidder
by the concerned BSNL Nodal officer within 10 days after signing the agreement.
8.4.4. Route Patrolling Team shall consist of the following logistics and manpower:
8.4.4.1. Two wheeler motorcycle
8.4.4.2. One Route patrolling supervisor for every 30~40 RKM in Metro Cities and
50~60 RKM in Non-Metro Cities
8.4.4.3. Mobile with camera (with facility for taking photos with coordinates and time
stamp)

8.5. LIST OF EQUIPMENT
8.5.1. The following items and Equipment shall be arranged by the contractor at his own
cost per FRT.
8.5.1.1. Testing Equipment/ Meters consists of:
Sl. No. Item Minimum Quantity

1 OTDR 1 no
2 Power Meter 1 no
3 Power Source 1 no
4 Splicing Machine 1 no
5 Optical Fiber Took Kit – including
sheath cutter, stripper, cleaver, 1 set
ceramic scissors, etc.,
6 Rodo Meter 1 no
7 GPS Tool 1 no
8.5.1.2. Tool Kit consisting of

Sl. No. Item Minimum Quantity
1 Masonry Tool Kit As required
2 Nylon Rope 6mm 200 Mtrs
Helmets, Gloves, Safety Shoes, Gum
3 As required
Boots
4 Spades, Shovels, Pick-axe, Crow-bar etc. As required
Emergency lights/Torch/Night lamps with
5 As required
capacity suitable for splicing work at night
6 Dewatering Pump 1 No.
7 1 KVA DG set (Portable) 1 No.
Digital Camera (with date and stamp
8 1 No.
facility)
9 Small Canvas Tent 1 No.
10 Folding table 1 No.
11 Measuring tape – 5m/ 10m, 1 No.
Barricading tape (while executing OF
12 Adequate lengths
cable restoration works)
Display boards, night warning lamps
13 (while executing OF cable restoration Adequate numbers
works)
Note : Any other items other than those listed above, if required for execution
of the work should be arranged by the contractor.
8.6. SLA PARAMETERS TO BE MAINTAINED :

8.6.1. Most Critical Routes : These are the OF routes which are most critical for delivery
of services by BSNL and consists of :
8.6.1.1. All the cable routes in which CPAN B nodes are connected
8.6.1.2. Linear A nodes
8.6.1.3. High Revenue / TSWAN / High Bandwidth circuits
8.6.1.4. Important / VIP customers as furnished by concerned BSNL incharge.
8.6.1.5. SLA Parameters :
a) Underground OFC :
Sl. Parameter 1st year 2nd and

No. subsequent years
Number of OFC cuts per 100
1 2 1
RKM per month
0.01 to 0.02 db. In no case more than
2 Splice Loss per fiber
0.05 db
< 4 Hours from the time of reporting.
Mean Time To Repair
3 If fault occurs between 22:00 Hrs to
(MTTR)
06:00 Hrs, then < 6 Hours
4 Fiber Loss* 0.3 db per KM
Within 15 minutes from the time of
5 Response Time
reporting the fault
* If 2 or more fibres are working in a route, highest loss among these fibres is the
route loss.
b) Overhead OFC :
Sl. 2nd and
Parameter 1st year
1 5 2
RKM per month
0.05 db
< 2 Hours from the time of reporting.
Mean Time To Repair
(MTTR)
5 Response Time
reporting the fault
route loss.
8.6.2. Other Routes : These are the OF routes other than Most Critical routes and the SLA
parameters are –
8.6.2.1. Underground OFC
Sl. 2nd and
Parameter 1st year
1 3 2
RKM per month
0.05 db
< 6 Hours from the time of reporting
Mean Time To Repair
(MTTR)
5 Response Time
reporting the fault
route loss.
8.7. FAULT RECTIFICATION :

8.7.1. BSNL has the system of OFC fault and alarm generation through Network Operating
Centre (NOC). The contractors will be given access to websites linked to NOC for
viewing the status and alarms for failures directly.
8.7.2. In addition, the contractor will be given SMS – voice or text / e- mail and mobile app
based messages and the time of intimation will be treated as time of opening of the
fault.
8.7.3. After attending the fault, opening time and closing time of each fault shall be
recorded by the contractor. The contractor has to submit online compliance
responses through Telephone / SMS / Web / Applet based applications, after
restoration of OFC media.
8.7.4. For faults attended beyond permissible range as per SLA, AGM shall countersign all
such cases in addition to SDE/JTO.
8.8. Material Supply :

8.8.1. BSNL will issue imprest stock to the contractor as detailed in clause 7.4 of this
section. However, it is the responsibility of the Contractor to maintain at least 50% of
the above stock at his location and replenish items before depletion. For this
purpose, the Contractor shall send requirements in the prescribed format along with
weekly report of material consumption. BSNL will make the materials available to
the contractor within 7 days of receiving the request from the Contractor.
8.8.2. For the materials issued by BSNL, Contractor shall maintain a record register on
replenishment and consumption with date and countersigned by the designated
officer of BSNL on each incidence of OF work.
8.8.3. In case BSNL is not able to supply the material, the contractor is liable to supply the
following essential materials from his own arrangement. The contractor is also liable
to keep stock of these quantities and ensure that it is readily available at all times
during the period of contract & may or may not be asked to supply the same to
BSNL.
8.8.4. BSNL is not liable to pay any amount to the contractor, in case the material is not
used by BSNL.
8.8.5. All the material supplied should meet the TSEC/QA/GR specifications.
8.8.6. The material so utilized from Contractor’s arrangement from market will be
replenished or cost will be reimbursed to the contractor as per average procurement
rates of the same item in BSNL’s Circle Store Depot (CSD).
1 Supply of New 4F / 24F / 48F / 96F OFC.
2 Supply of New PLB pipes with accessories
3 Supply of SJC/BJC
4 Supply of SFPs 10GE-10/40/80KM
8.9. Liason for RoW Permissions :

8.9.1. Contractor shall be responsible for obtaining approval at his own cost from civic
authorities like Municipal Corporations, Gram Panchayats, Development authorities,
Electricity department, PWD, NHAI or any other concerned authority as required for
carrying out the repair. However, the demand note towards Right of Way (RoW)
charges shall be reimbursed by BSNL and necessary letters/support will be provided
by BSNL, if required.
9. PENALTIES :
9.1. The main objective of calling the tender is for maintenance of the OF Cable with desired SLA
parameters. However, to act as a deterrent, the following penalties shall be levied on
Contractor for not maintaining the SLA parameters:
9.1.1. Most Critical Routes :

9.1.1.1. Underground OF Cable
Sl. No. Parameter Penalty
OFC cuts per
Rs.5,000/- per each additional cut beyond the
1 100 RKM per
permitted cuts
month
Splice Loss per Rs.1,500/- per joint per occasion beyond permissible
2
fiber limits
Mean Time To Rs.1,000/- for every 2 hours beyond SLA subjected

3
Repair (MTTR) to max of Rs. 10000/- per fault per cable.
Rs.5,000/- per route for exceeding the permitted

4 Fiber Loss
levels
Rs.1,000/- per day per route in the absence of route
5 Route Patrolling
patrol
A penalty equivalent to 2% of monthly invoice value
6 FRT
for each occasion or day that FRT is not reported.
9.1.1.2. Overhead OF Cable

OFC cuts per
1 100 RKM per
permitted cuts
month
Splice Loss per Rs.200/- per joint per occasion beyond permissible
2
fiber limits
Mean Time To Rs.150/- for every 2 hours beyond SLA subjected to

3
Repair (MTTR) max of Rs. 2,000/- per fault per cable.
4 Fiber Loss Rs.600/- per route for exceeding the permitted levels
5 Route Patrolling
patrol
6 FRT
9.1.2. Other Routes :

OFC cuts per
1 100 RKM per
permitted cuts
month
Splice Loss per Rs.1,000/- per joint per occasion beyond permissible
2
fiber limits
Mean Time To Rs. 750/- for every 2 hours beyond SLA subjected to
3
Repair (MTTR) max of Rs. 10000/- per fault per cable.
Rs.3,000/- per route for exceeding the permitted
4 Fiber Loss
levels
5 Route Patrolling
patrol
6 FRT

9.2. Failure Clause: If the contractor continues to fail to restore the service outages even after
imposition of penalties as indicated in SLA, his work can be got done by BSNL through any
other contractor or agency and the actual cost so incurred by BSNL shall be deducted from
the invoices of the contractor without linking to the monthly capping of the penalty. The
expenditure so incurred by BSNL for the piecemeal work rectification may be more than the
approved rates of OA/BA.
9.3. Capping of penalty for non-maintenance of SLAs:
9.3.1. Penalty for execution of works in any given month for each Work Order will be
limited to 25% of the monthly bill / Work Order amount subject to clause 9.3.2.
9.3.2. The penalties such as the service outage penalty due to delay in rectification of
faults (MTTR), penalty for non-establishment of FRTs per day, penalty for route
patrolling and penalty for OFC cuts will be over and above the penalty capping and
the overall capping of monthly penalties due to these shall be restricted to 100% of
monthly invoice.
10. Termination of the contract :

10.1. If the bidder fails to achieve the SLA parameters for three (03) months consecutively, BSNL
reserves the right to terminate the contract without any further notice and forfeit the PBG of
the contractor.
OR
If the actual penalty for any month is more than 40% of the monthly invoice amount
consecutively for three (03) months, BSNL reserves the right to terminate the contract
without any further notice and forfeit the PBG of the contractor.
10.2. Further, in the event of termination of the contract for the reasons detailed in the clause
10.1 above, the contractor shall be blacklisted for participating in the tenders of BSNL for a
further period of 3 years and the same shall be published in the BSNL website.
11. INSPECTION AND TESTING:

11.1. For inspection of the works carried out by the contractor, BSNL will depute suitable officer.
11.2. The inspection and test results will have to be recorded in the inspection reports proforma
that shall be approved by BSNL.
12. EXAMINATION OF WORK DURING PREVENTIVE MAINTENANCE:

12.1. The contractor shall give advance notice to designated officer of BSNL whenever any work
or materials are intended to be covered up in the earth, in bodies or walls or otherwise to be
placed beyond the reach of measurement so that the work may be inspected or correct
dimension may be taken. The work shall again be covered up at the contractor’s expenses.
13. DISPUTE RESOLUTION:

13.1. If any dispute arises during the execution of work about interpretation / specifications of any
item, the same shall be referred to a committee as detailed below :
13.1.1. DGM – Chairman
13.1.2. C A O / AO – Member
13.1.3. DE / AGM / SDE - Member
13.2. The committee shall decide the case and the decision of the committee shall be final and
binding.

SECTION-4 Part A
GENERAL INSTRUCTIONS TO BIDDERS (GIB)
1. DEFINITIONS
1.1. “The Purchaser” means the Bharat Sanchar Nigam Ltd. (BSNL), Telangana Telecom Circle,
and Concerned BA / OA.
1.2. "The Bidder" means the Company or individual or firm who participates in this tender and
submits its bid.
1.3. "The Contractor" means the individual or firm awarded the contract.
1.4. "The Services" means providing maintenance services for OF Cable Routes which the
Contractor is required to supply to the Purchaser under the contract
1.5. "The Advance Work Order" or “Letter of Intent” means the intention of Purchaser to place
the Work Order on the bidder.
1.6. "The Work Order" means the order placed by the Purchaser on the Contractor signed by
the Purchaser including all attachments and appendices thereto and all documents
incorporated by reference therein. The Work order shall be deemed as "Contract" appearing
in the document.
1.7. "The Contract Price" means the price payable to the Contractor under the Work order for
the full and proper performance of its contractual obligations.
1.8. "Telecom Service Provider" means any Telecom operator in India, who is licensed by the
Department of Telecommunications (DOT), Government of India to provide telecom
services to the general public or to the other DOT licensed Telecom operators. "Telecom
Service Provider" also refers to any Telecom operator in other countries providing telecom
services to general public of that country or to other telecom operators of the same country.
1.9. “Successful Bidder(s)” means the bidder(s) to whom work in this tender is awarded.
1.10. “SSA” means Secondary Switching Areas defined by BSNL (generally comprising of one or
more revenue districts).
1.11. “OA” means Operational Area comprising of one SSA
1.12. “BA” means Business Area comprising of one or more OAs
2. ELIGIBILITY CONDITIONS:
2.1. Kindly refer to Clause 6 of Section-1 i.e. detailed NIT.
2.2. Bidder is expected to obtain clearance from Reserve Bank of India, wherever applicable.
2.3. The Bidder must furnish the documentary evidence to meet the eligibility conditions laid
down in general, technical, and financial qualification criteria.
3. COST OF BIDDING
3.1. The bidder shall bear all costs associated with the preparation and submission of the bid.
3.2. BSNL will, in no case, be responsible or liable for these costs, regardless of the conduct or
outcome of the bidding process.
4. DOCUMENTS REQUIRED
4.1. The detailed list of services required to be provided by the bidder, bidding procedures and
contract terms and conditions are prescribed in the Bid Documents. The contents of the Bid
documents are specified in the covering letter.
4.2. The Bidder is expected to examine all instructions, forms, terms and specifications in the Bid
Documents and clarifications/ amendments/ addenda, if any. Failure to furnish all
information required as per the Bid Documents or submission of the bids not substantially
responsive to the Bid Documents in every respect will be at the bidder's risk and may result
in rejection of the bid.

5. CLARIFICATION OF BID DOCUMENTS
5.1. A prospective bidder, requiring any clarification on the Bid Documents shall notify BSNL in
writing by Fax & by Email (both) to tender inviting authority as indicated in the invitation of
Bid. BSNL shall respond in writing to any request for the clarification of the Bid Documents,
which it receives latest up to 3 days from issue of NIT Copies of the query (without
identifying the source) and clarifications by BSNL shall be sent to all the prospective bidders
who have received the bid documents. (Format for submission of queries in Excel sheet
only)
5.2. Any clarification issued by BSNL in response to query raised by prospective bidders shall
form an integral part of bid documents and shall amount to an amendment of the relevant
Clauses of the bid documents.
6. AMENDMENT OF BID DOCUMENTS

6.1. BSNL may, for any reason, whether at its own initiative or in response to a clarification
requested by a prospective bidder, may modify bid documents by amendments prior to the
date of submission of Bids with due notification to prospective bidders.
6.2. The amendments shall be notified in writing by Fax or Email or by Addendum through e-
tendering portal to all prospective bidders on the address intimated at the time of purchase
of the bid document from BSNL and these amendments will be binding on them.
6.3. In order to afford prospective bidders a reasonable time to take the amendment into account
in preparing their bids, BSNL may, at its discretion, extend the deadline for the submission
of bids suitably.
7. DOCUMENTS COMPRISING THE BID

7.1. The bid prepared by the bidder shall ensure availability of the following components:
7.1.1. Documentary evidence establishing that the bidder is eligible to bid and is qualified
to perform the contract if its bid is accepted in accordance with the Clause 2 & 10 of
this section.
7.1.2. EMD / Bid Security furnished in accordance with Clause 11 of this section.
7.1.3. A Bid form and price schedule completed in accordance with Clause 8 of this
section.
8. BID FORM AND PRICE SCHEDULE

8.1. The bidder shall complete the bid form and appropriate Price Schedule furnished in the Bid
Documents, indicating the services to be provided along with the prices as per Section- 9.
9. DOCUMENTS ESTABLISHING BIDDER'S ELIGIBILITY AND QUALIFICATION -

9.1. The bidder shall furnish, as part of the bid documents establishing the bidder's eligibility, the
following documents or whichever is required as per eligibility terms and conditions of
Bid Documents.
9.1.1. Valid MSE Certificate, if applicable. In case the ownership of such MSE
Entrepreneurs happens to be from SC / ST category and / or owned by women,
proof in this regard also need to be submitted.
9.1.2. Additional documents to establish the eligibility and qualification of bidder as
specified in Section-1.
9.1.3. Power of Attorney and authorization for executing the power of Attorney as per
Clause 13.3 of this Section.
9.1.4. Documentary proof of GST registration. If the bidder is not registered with GST
authority at the time of bid submission, then he shall have to submit GST registration
at the time of award of work / LoI / signing of contract, if declared successful.

9.1.5. Certificates from all Directors / Partners of the bidder Company / firm stating that
none of their near relatives are working in BSNL in accordance with Clause 31 of this
Section.
9.1.6. Certificate of incorporation / Registration
9.1.7. Article or Memorandum of Association or partnership deed or proprietorship deed as
the case may be. List of all Directors including their name(s), Director Identification
Number(s) (DIN) and address (es) along with contact telephone numbers of office
and residence.
9.2. Documentary evidence for financial and technical capability :

9.2.1. The Bidder must have minimum average Annual Turnover of 30% of the estimated
cost of the tender(Zone wise) during last Two years.
9.2.2. Bidders will be required to support claims of their financial qualifications through their
Audited Financial Statements duly certified by their CA or IT returns.
9.2.3. Solvency Certificate - Certified copy of Solvency Certificate from the nationalized /
scheduled bank of the bidder for 30% of the estimated tender cost in case of a
single zone or 30% of the combined estimated cost in case of multiple zones
has to be submitted. The Solvency Certificate should not be older than six months
from the date of issue of this Tender.
9.2.4. The bidder shall furnish documentary evidence about Job capability to perform the
contract.
10. DOCUMENTS ESTABLISHING SERVICES’ CONFORMITY TO BID DOCUMENTS

10.1. Pursuant to Clause 7 of this Section, the bidder shall furnish, as part of its bid, documents
establishing the conformity of its bid to the Bid Documents of all services which he proposes
to supply under the contract.
10.2. The documentary evidences of the “services" conformity to the Bid Documents may be, in
the form of literature, drawings, data etc. and the bidder shall furnish:
10.3. A Clause-by-Clause compliance on the Purchaser’s Job Specifications and Commercial
Conditions demonstrating substantial responsiveness to the Job Specifications and
Commercial Conditions. In case of deviations, a statement of the deviations and exception
to the provision of the Job Specifications and Commercial Conditions shall be given by the
bidder. A bid without Clause-by-Clause compliance of the Scope of Work, Section 3,
General (Commercial) Conditions and Special (Commercial) Conditions, (Section-5
Part A and B) shall not be considered.
11. BID SECURITY / EMD

11.1. The bidder shall furnish, as part of its bid, a bid security as mentioned in Section-1 (DNIT).
11.2. The MSE bidders are exempted from payment of bid security:
11.2.1. A proof regarding valid registration with body specified by Ministry of Micro, Small &
Medium Enterprise for the tendered items will have to be attached along with the bid.
11.2.2. The enlistment certificate issued by MSME should be valid on the date of opening of
tender.
11.2.3. If a vender registered with body specified by Ministry of Micro, Small & Medium
Enterprise claiming concessional benefits and fails to accept AWO / LoI & submit
required performance security or fails to obey any of the contractual obligations after
being awarded work; he will be debarred from any further work / contract by BSNL
for three years from the date of issue of such order.
11.3. The bid security is required to protect BSNL against the risk of bidder's conduct, which
would warrant the forfeiture of bid security pursuant to Clause 11.7 of this section.

11.4. A bid not secured in accordance with Clause 11.1 and 11.2 shall be rejected by BSNL being
non-responsive at the bid opening stage and archived unopened on e-tender portal for e-
tenders and returned to the bidder unopened (for manual bidding process).
11.5. The bid security of the unsuccessful bidder will be discharged / returned as promptly as
possible and within 30 days of finalization of the tender or expiry of the period of the bid
validity period prescribed by BSNL pursuant to Clause 12.
11.6. The successful bidder's bid security will be discharged upon the bidder's acceptance of the
advance work order satisfactorily in accordance with Clause 26 of this section and
furnishing the performance security, except in case of L-1 bidder, whose EMBG / EMD shall
be released only after the finalization of ordering of complete tendered quantity in
pursuance to Clause no. 23 & 26.3 of this Section.
11.7. The bid security may be forfeited:
11.7.1. If the bidder withdraws or amends its bid or impairs or derogates from the bid in any
respect during the period of bid validity specified by the bidder in the bid form or
extended subsequently; or
11.7.2. If the bidder does not accept the AWO and / or does not submit PBG & sign the
contract / agreement in accordance with Clause 28.
12. PERIOD OF VALIDITY OF BIDS

12.1. Bid shall remain valid for period specified in Clause 2 of Section-2. A bid valid for a shorter
period and if on pointing out by BSNL for same, the bidder does not undertake to make his
bid valid for required duration, then the bid shall be rejected by BSNL and treated as non-
responsive.
12.2. In exceptional circumstances, BSNL may request the consent of the bidder for an extension
to the period of bid validity. The request and the response thereto shall be made in writing.
The bid security provided under Clause 11 of this section shall also be suitably extended.
The bidder may refuse the aforesaid request without risk of forfeiture of its bid security. A
bidder accepting the request and granting extension will not be permitted to modify its bid.
13. FORMAT AND SIGNING OF BID

13.1. The bidder shall submit his bid online, complying all eligibility conditions, other terms and
conditions of tender document to be read along with the clarifications and amendments
issued in this respect. All the documents must be authenticated, by hand signatures by the
authorized person and then uploaded on e-tender portal. The letter of authorization shall be
indicated by written power-of-attorney accompanying the bid.
13.2. The bid shall contain no interlineations, erasures or overwriting except as necessary to
correct errors made by the bidder in which case such corrections shall be signed by the
person or persons signing the bid. All pages of the original bid, except for un-amended
printed literatures, shall be manually signed by the person or persons signing the bid.
13.3. Power of Attorney
13.3.1. The power of Attorney should be submitted and executed on the non-judicial stamp
paper of appropriate value as prevailing in the concerned states(s) and the same be
attested by a Notary public or registered before Sub-registrar of the state(s)
concerned.
13.3.2. The power of Attorney be executed by a person who has been authorized by the
Board of Directors of the bidder in this regard, on behalf of the Company/ institution/
Body corporate.
13.3.3. In case of the bidder being a firm, the said Power of Attorney should be executed by
all the partner(s) in favour of the said Attorney.
13.3.4. In case, authorized signatory of the bid (i.e. PoA holder) is different than the person
who submits the online bids using digital signatures certificate (DSC), then the power

of Attorney should also include the name of this person submitting online bids on e-
tender portal.
14. SEALING AND MARKING OF BIDS

14.1. The bid should be submitted as per Clause-3 of Section-2.
14.2. The bids are being called under Single Stage Bidding & Two stage opening using two
Envelope System.
14.3. The details of sealing & marking of bids in each case is given below:
14.3.1. In Single stage bidding & two envelopes system the bidder shall submit his bid
online in two electronic envelopes; (Refer Section-4 Part C)
14.3.1.1. The First envelope will be named as Techno-commercial bid. This envelope will
contain documents of bidder’s satisfying the eligibility / Technical & commercial
conditions as per Clause 2 & 9 of this section with Bid Security as per Clause
11.
14.3.1.2. Second envelope will be named as Financial bid containing Price Schedules as
per Section 9 Part B.
14.4. OFFLINE Submission :

14.4.1. The offline envelope shall be addressed to the purchaser inviting the tender i.e. AGM
(TX-PLG), O/o CGMT, BSNL, Telangana Circle, Room No. 210, Door Sanchar
Bhawan, Nampally Station Road, Hyderabad – 500 001.
14.4.2. The offline envelope shall bear the name of the tender, the tender number and the
words 'DO NOT OPEN BEFORE' (due date & time).
14.4.3. The inner and outer offline envelopes (in case of manual tendering process) shall
indicate the name and complete postal address of the bidder to enable the
purchaser to return the bid unopened in case it is declared to be received 'late'.
14.4.4. Offline envelope should be deposited in the tender box provided by tendering
authority or sent by registered post or delivered in person on above mentioned
address. The responsibility for ensuring that the tenders are delivered in time, would
vest with the bidder.
14.4.5. Bids delivered in person on or before the day of tender submission shall be delivered
up to specified time & date as stated in NIT to O/o AGM (TX-PLG), O/o CGMT,
BSNL, Telangana Circle, Room No. 210, Door Sanchar Bhawan, Nampally Station
Road, Hyderabad – 500 001. The purchaser shall not be responsible if the bids are
delivered elsewhere.
14.4.6. Venue of Tender Opening: Room No: 210, 2nd Floor, O/o AGM (TX-PLG), O/o
CGMT, BSNL, Telangana Circle, Door Sanchar Bhawan, Nampally Station Road,
Hyderabad – 500 001 at specified time & date as stated in NIT. If due to
administrative reasons, the venue of Bid opening is changed, it will be displayed
prominently on BSNL website, e-tender portal, as the case may be.
14.5. If both the envelopes are not submitted as required at clause 14.3 and 14.4 of this
section, the bid shall be rejected.
15. SUBMISSION OF BIDS

15.1. Bids must be submitted online by the bidders on or before the specified date & time
indicated in Clause 8 of Section-I i.e. DNIT.
15.2. BSNL may, at its discretion, extend this deadline for the submission of bids by amending
the Bid Documents in accordance with Clause 6 of this section in which case all rights and
obligations of BSNL and bidders previously subject to the deadline will thereafter be
subjected to the extended deadline.

16. LATE BIDS
16.1. No bid shall be accepted after the specified deadline for submission of bids prescribed by
BSNL.
17. MODIFICATION AND WITHDRAWAL OF BIDS

17.1. The bidder may modify, revise or withdraw his bid after submission prior to deadline
prescribed for submission of bid.
17.2. The bidder’s modification, revision or withdrawal shall have to be online and digitally
authenticated as per Clause 14.
17.3. Subject to Clause 20, no bid shall be modified subsequent to the deadline for submission of
bids.
18. OPENING OF BIDS BY BSNL

18.1. BSNL shall open bids online (in case of e-Tenders) in the presence of the authorized
representatives of bidders online who chose to attend, at time & date specified in Clause 9
of Section-1 (DNIT) on due date.
18.2. The bidder's representatives, who are present, shall sign in an attendance register.
Authority letter to this effect shall be submitted by the authorized representatives of bidders
before they are allowed to participate in bid opening (A Format is given in enclosed in
Section-7 Part-C).
18.3. A maximum of two representatives of any bidder shall be authorized and permitted to attend
the bid opening.
18.4. Name of envelopes to be opened & information to be read out by Bid Opening Committee
18.4.1. In Single stage bidding & two envelopes system, the bids will be opened in 2 stages
i.e. the techno-commercial bid shall be opened on the date of tender opening given
in NIT. The financial bid will not be opened on the Date of opening of techno
commercial bids in this case & sealed financial bids will be handed over to AGM (TX-
PLG) O/o CGMT, BSNL, TS Circle for retention.
18.4.2. Thereafter the CET will evaluate Techno-commercial bids & the report of CET will be
approved by competent authority.
18.4.3. The financial bids of those bidders who are approved to be techno-commercially
compliant by the competent authority, will be opened by TOC in front of techno
commercially eligible bidders / authorized representatives by sending them a
suitable notice.
18.4.4. The following information should be read out at the time of Techno-commercial bid
opening:-
18.4.4.1. Name of the Bidder
18.4.4.2. Name of the item
18.4.4.3. EMD amount & validity and acceptability
18.4.4.4. Information in respect of eligibility of the bidder.
18.4.4.5. Details of bid modification/ withdrawal, if applicable.
18.4.4.6. The following information should be read out at the time of Financial bid
opening:-
18.4.4.7. Name of the Bidder
18.4.4.8. Name of the item
18.4.4.9. Prices quoted in the bid
18.4.4.10. Discount, if offered
18.4.4.11. Taxes & levies
(Information as per electronic forms shall be populated as comparison chart on
e-tender system and no information shall be read out)

18.5. The date fixed for opening of bids, if subsequently declared as holiday by the BSNL, the
revised date of schedule will be notified. However, in absence of such notification, the bids
will be opened on next working day, time and venue remaining unaltered.
19. CLARIFICATION OF BIDS

19.1. To assist in the examination, evaluation and comparison of bids, BSNL may, at its discretion
ask the bidder for the clarification of its bid. The request for the clarification and the
response shall be in writing. However, no post bid clarification at the initiative of the bidder
shall be entertained.
19.2. If any of the documents, required to be submitted along with the technical bid is found
wanting, the offer is liable to be rejected at that stage. However BSNL at its discretion may
call for any clarification regarding the bid document within a stipulated time period. In case
of non-compliance to such queries, the bid will be out rightly rejected without entertaining
further correspondence in this regard.
20. PRELIMINARY EVALUATION

20.1. BSNL shall evaluate the bids to determine whether they are complete, whether any
computational errors have been made, whether required documents have been furnished,
whether the documents have been properly signed and whether the bids are generally in
order.
20.2. Arithmetical errors shall be rectified on the following basis. Based on the quoted percentage
of taxes, etc. the amounts quoted thereof shall be worked out and rounded off to 2 decimal
points.
20.3. If there is a discrepancy between words and figures, the amount in words shall prevail. If
the bidder does not accept the correction of the errors, its bid shall be rejected.
20.4. Prior to the detailed evaluation, BSNL will determine the substantial responsiveness of each
bid to the Bid Document. For purposes of these Clauses, a substantially responsive bid is
one which confirms to all the terms and conditions of the Bid Documents without material
deviations. BSNL's determination of bid's responsiveness shall be based on the contents of
the bid itself without recourse to extrinsic evidence.
20.5. A bid, determined as substantially non-responsive will be rejected by BSNL and shall not
subsequent to the bid opening be made responsive by the bidder by correction of the non-
conformity.
20.6. BSNL may waive any minor infirmity or non-conformity or irregularity in a bid which doesn't
constitute a material deviation, provided such waiver doesn't prejudice or affect the relative
ranking of any bidder.
21. EVALUATION AND COMPARISON OF SUBSTANTIALLY RESPONSIVE BIDS -

21.1. The BSNL shall evaluate in detail and compare the bids previously determined to be
substantially responsive in accordance with clause 20.
21.2. The evaluation and comparison of responsive bids shall be done on the basis of Lowest
Net percentage on the prices (excluding GST) quoted in the financial bid, as per the price
schedule in the Section -9 Part B of the Bid Document after arithmetical correction in the
manner laid down in clause 20.2 above.
21.3. If the quoted rate of Two or more participating Bidders (L1 or L2 rates only) are same,
then reverse auction will be done to arrive at final L1 Rates.
22. CONTACTING BSNL

22.1. Subject to Clause 19, no bidder shall try to influence BSNL on any matter relating to its bid,
from the time of the bid opening till the time the contract is awarded.
22.2. Any effort by a bidder - to modify its bid or influence BSNL in BSNL's bid evaluation, bid
comparison or contract award decision - shall result in the rejection of the bid.

23. PLACEMENT OF ORDER
23.1. BSNL shall consider placement of orders on those eligible bidders whose offers have been
found technically, commercially and financially acceptable and whose Services have been
approved / validated. The Purchaser reserves the right to counter offer price(s) against
price(s) quoted by any bidder.
24. PURCHASER'S RIGHT TO VARY QUANTITIES

24.1. The PGM /GM OA/BA reserves the right to offer the contract to any other tenderer who
have participated in the tender or any other agency in case of unsatisfactory work by the
successful bidder. The contractor should carry out the work to the satisfaction of BSNL
officer in charge.
24.2. The decision of PGM OA/BA on any matter connected to this tender is final binding.
25. BSNL’s RIGHT TO ACCEPT ANY BID AND TO REJECT ANY OR ALL BIDS
25.1. The Purchaser reserves the right to accept or reject any bid, and to annul the bidding
process and reject all bids, at any time prior to award of contract without assigning any
reason whatsoever and without thereby incurring any liability to the affected bidder or
bidders on the grounds of purchaser’s action.
26. ISSUE OF ADVANCE WORKORDER

26.1. L-1 bidder may be issued Advanced Work Order (AWO) with the lowest evaluated price in
conformity to Clause 23 of Section 4 Part A. The issue of an Advance Work Order shall
constitute the intention of BSNL to enter into contract with the bidder.
26.2. The bidder shall within 14 days of issue of the advance work order, give its acceptance
along with performance security in conformity with the proforma provided with the bid
document at Section-7 Part-B.
26.3. In case, L-1 bidder has not submitted the acceptance along with Performance Security, the
purchaser exercises the right to take suitable action as per Appendix-1 to Section 4 Part A.
26.4. In the event of withdrawal of AWO / LoI, subsequent claim of bidder for placement of Work
Order / signing of contract, shall not be entertained by this office.
27. SIGNING OF CONTRACT

27.1. The issue of Work Order (WO) shall constitute the award of contract on the bidder.
27.2. Upon the successful bidder furnishing performance security pursuant to Clause 26 of this
Section, the Purchaser shall discharge the bid security in pursuant to Clause 11 of this
Section, except in case of L-1 bidder, whose EMBG / EMD shall be released only after
finalization of ordering of complete tendered quantity in pursuance to Clause nos. 23 & 26
of this Section.
28. ANNULMENT OF AWARD

28.1. Failure of the successful bidder to comply with the requirement of Clause 26 & 27 shall
constitute sufficient ground for the annulment of the award and the forfeiture of the bid
security in which event the BSNL may award the tender to any other bidder who
participated in the tender on its discretion or call for new bids.
29. REJECTION OF BIDS

29.1. While all the conditions specified in the Bid documents are critical and are to be complied,
special attention of bidder is invited to the following Clauses of the bid documents. Non-
compliance of any one of these shall result in outright rejection of the bid.

29.1.1. Clauses 11.1 & 12.1 of Section- 4 Part A: The bids will be rejected at opening stage
if Bid security is not submitted as per Clause 11.1 and bid validity is less than the
period prescribed in Clause 12.1 mentioned above.
29.1.2. Clause 2 & 9 of Section-4 Part A: If the eligibility condition as per Clause 2 of
Section 4 Part A is not met and/ or documents prescribed to establish the eligibility
as per Clause 9 of Section 4 Part A are not enclosed, the bids will be rejected
without further evaluation.
29.1.3. Clause 10.3 of Section-4 Part A: If Clause-by-Clause compliance as well as
deviation statements as prescribed are not given, the bid will be rejected at the stage
of primary evaluation
29.1.4. While giving compliance to Section-5 Part A General Commercial conditions,
Section-4 Part B Special Instructions to Bidders, Section-5 Part B Special
(Commercial) Conditions of Contract and Section-3 Scope of Work ambiguous
words like "Noted", "Understood", “Noted & Understood" shall not be accepted as
complied. Mere "Complied" will also be not sufficient, reference to the enclosed
documents showing compliances must be given.
29.1.5. Section-9 Price Schedule: Prices are not filled in as prescribed in price schedule.
29.2. Before outright rejection of the Bid by Bid-opening team for non-compliance of any of the
provisions mentioned in Clause 29.1 of Section-4 Part A, the bidder company is given
opportunity to explain their position, however if the person representing the company is not
satisfied with the decision of the Bid opening team, he/they can submit the representation to
the Bid opening team immediately but in no case after closing of the tender process with full
justification quoting specifically the violation of tender condition, if any.
29.3. Bid opening team will not return the bids submitted by the bidders on the date of tender
opening even if it is liable for rejection and will preserve the bids in sealed cover as
submitted by taking the signatures of some of the desirous representatives of the
participating bidder / companies present on the occasion.
29.4. The in-charge of Bid opening team will mention the number of bids with the name of the
company found unsuitable for further processing on the date of tender opening and number
of representations received in Bid opening Minutes and if Bid opening team is satisfied with
the argument of the bidder/company mentioned in their representation and feel that there is
prima-facie fact for consideration, the in-charge of the bid opening team will submit the case
for review to Officer competent to approve the tender as early as possible preferably on
next working day and decision to this effect should be communicated to the bidder company
within a week positively. Bids found liable for rejection and kept preserved on the date of
tender opening will be returned to the bidders after issue of work order against the instant
tender.
29.5. If the reviewing officer finds it fit to open the bid of the petitioner, this should be done by
giving three (working) days notice to all the participating bidders to give opportunity to
participants desirous to be present on the occasion.
30. ACTION BY PURCHASER AGAINST BIDDER(S)/ VENDOR(S) IN CASE OF DEFAULT.

As per Appendix-1 to Section 4 Part A.
31. NEAR-RELATIONSHIP CERTIFICATE

31.1. The bidder should give a certificate that none of his/ her near relative, as defined below, is
working in the units where he is going to apply for the tender. In case of proprietorship firm
certificate will be given by the proprietor. For partnership firm certificate will be given by all
the partners and in case of limited company by all the Directors of the company excluding
Government of India/ Financial institution nominees and independent non-Official part time
Directors appointed by Govt. of India or the Governor of the state and full time Directors of
PSUs both state and central. Due to any breach of these conditions by the company or firm

or any other person the tender will be cancelled and Bid Security will be forfeited at any
stage whenever it is noticed and BSNL will not pay any damage to the company or firm or
the concerned person.
31.2. The Company or firm or the person will also be debarred for further participation in the
concerned unit.
31.3. The near relatives for this purpose are defined as:-
31.3.1. Members of a Hindu undivided family.
31.3.2. They are husband and wife.
31.3.3. The one is related to the other in the manner as father, mother, son(s) & Son's wife
(daughter in law), Daughter(s) and daughter's husband (son in law), brother(s) and
brother's wife, sister(s) and sister's husband (brother in law).
31.4. The format of the certificate is given in Section 6 Part B.
32. VERIFICATION OF DOCUMENTS AND CERTIFICATES

32.1. The bidder will ensure that all the documents and certificates, including experience/
performance and self-certificates submitted by him are correct and genuine before
enclosing them in the bid. The onus of proving genuineness of the submitted documents
would rest with the bidder.
32.2. If any document / paper / certificate submitted by the participant bidder is found / discovered
to be false / fabricated / tempered / manipulated either during bid evaluation or during award
of contract or thereafter, then BSNL will take action as per Clause-1 of Appendix-1 of this
Section.
Note for Tender Opening Committee:

i). At the time of tender opening, the TOC will check / verify that the documents
conforming to eligibility part are submitted by the participant bidder duly authenticated
by the authorized signatory to obviate any possibility of doubt and dispute and
maintain veracity of the documents / papers / certificates.
ii). The documents / papers to be submitted in respective bid part have been explicitly
stated in Clause-7 of Section-4 Part A.
iii). This opened bid part which is already signed by the authorized representative of the
bidder company during bid submission will be signed by the tender opening committee
on hard copy and preserve it along with the bids received online in case of e-
tendering.
iv). These papers will be treated as authentic one, in case of any dispute.

Appendix-1 to Section 4 Part A
S.
Defaults of the bidder / contractor Action to be taken
No.
A B C
Submitting fake / forged
a) Bank Instruments with the bid to i). Rejection of tender bid of respective
meet terms & condition of tender in Vendor.
respect of tender fee and/ or EMD. ii). Banning of business for 3 years which
implies barring further dealing with the
b) Certificate for claiming exemption in bidder for procurement of Goods &
respect of tender fee and/ or EMD; Services including participation in future
tenders invited by BSNL for 3 years from
1(a) date of issue of banning order.
and detection of default at any stage iii). Termination/ Short Closure of WO, if
from receipt of bids till award of AWO / issued. This implies non-acceptance of
issue of WO. further work & services except to make
the already received complete work in
hand.
Note 1:- However, in this case the performance guarantee if alright will not be forfeited
Note 2:- Payment for already received completed work shall be made as per terms & conditions
of WO.
Submitting fake / forged documents towards meeting eligibility criteria such as
experience capability, supply proof, registration with GST, Income Tax departments etc
and as supporting documents towards other terms & conditions with the bid to meet
terms & condition of tender :
i). If detection of default is prior to i). Rejection of Bid &
award of AWO ii). Forfeiture of EMD.
1(b) ii). If detection of default after issue of i). Cancellation of AWO,
AWO but before receipt of ii). Rejection of Bid &
Performance Guarantee / SD iii). Forfeiture of EMD.
(DD,BG etc.)
iii). If detection of default after receipt i). Cancellation of AWO
of PG/ SD (DD,BG etc.) . ii). Rejection of Bid &
iii). Forfeiture of PG/ SD.
However, on realization of PG/ SD amount,
EMD, if not already released, shall be
returned.
iv). If detection of default after issue of i). Termination / Short Closure of WO and
WO Cancellation of AWO
ii). Rejection of Bid &
iii). Forfeiture of PG/ SD.
However, on realization of PG/ SD amount,
EMD, if not released, shall be returned.
Note 3:- However, settle bills for the services received if pending items do not affect working or
use of supplied items.
Note 4:- No further supplies are to be accepted except that required to make the already
supplied items work.

S.
No.
A B C
If vendor or his representative uses violent / coercive means viz. Physical / Verbal
means to threaten BSNL Executive / employee and / or obstruct him from functioning in
discharge of his duties & responsibilities for the following :
a) Obstructing functioning of tender
opening executives of BSNL in Banning of business for 3 years which
receipt/ opening of tender bids implies Barring further dealing with the
2 from prospective Bidders, vendor for procurement of Goods & Services
suppliers/ Contractors. including participation in future tenders
b) Obstructing/ Threatening other invited by BSNL for 3 years from date of
prospective bidders i.e. suppliers/ issue of banning order.
Contractors from entering the
tender venue and/ or submitting
their tender bid freely.
i). Forfeiture of EMD.
ii). Banning of business for 3 years which
Non-receipt of acceptance of AWO and implies Barring further dealing with the
3 SD/ PG by L-1 bidder within time period vendor for procurement of Goods &
specified in AWO. Services including participation in future
tenders invited by BSNL for 3 years from
date of issue of banning order.
i). Termination of WO.
ii). Under take work in accordance with
a) Failure to execute the work at all Clause 9.2 Section 3 at the risk of
even in extended delivery defaulting bidder
schedules, if granted against WO. iii). Recover the excess charges if incurred
from the PG/ SD and outstanding bills of
the defaulting Vendor.
4 i). Short Closure of WO to the service

already received by BSNL and/ or in
pipeline provided
b) Failure to execute the work in full
ii). Under take work in accordance with
even in extended delivery
Clause 9.2 Section 3 at the risk of
schedules, if granted against PO/
defaulting bidder
WO.
iii). Recover the excess charges if incurred
from the PBG/ SD and outstanding bills
of the defaulting bidder.
The site does not meet the Service Undertake recovery of financial penalty from
5 Levels as mentioned in the outstanding dues of vendor including PBG/
WO/Contract. SD.
6 Submission of claims to BSNL against i). Recovery of over payment from the
a contract outstanding dues of Vendor including
a) for amount already paid by BSNL . EMD/ PBG & SD etc. and by invoking
b) for amount higher than that ‘Set off’ Clause 13 of Section 5 Part A or
by any other legal tenable manner.
approved by BSNL for that service.
ii). Banning of Business for 3 years from
date of issue of banning order or till the
date of recovery of over payment in full,
whichever is later.
S.
No.
A B C
Note 5:- The claims may be submitted with or without collusion of BSNL Executive/ employees.
Note 6:- This penalty will be imposed irrespective of the fact that payment is disbursed by BSNL
or not.
Network Security / Safety / Privacy : If the contractor tampers with the hardware,
software / firmware or in any other way that -
a) adversely affects the normal i). Termination of PO/ WO.
working of BSNL ii). Banning of business for 3 years which
b) Disrupts / Sabotages functioning implies barring further dealing with the
of the BSNL network equipment vendor for procurement of Goods &
such as exchanges, BTS, BSC / Services including participation in future
MSC, Control equipment tenders invited by BSNL for 3 years from
including IN etc., transmission date of issue of banning order
equipment but not limited to these iii). Recovery of any loss incurred on this
7 elements and/ or any other TSP account from the Vendor from its PG/
through BSNL. SD/ O/s bills etc.
c) tampers with the billing related iv). Legal action will be initiated by BSNL
data/ invoicing/ account of the against the Vendor if required.
Customer/ User(s) of BSNL and/
or any other TSP(s).
d) hacks the account of BSNL
Customer for unauthorized use
i.e. to threaten others/ spread
improper news etc.
e) undertakes any action that affects
/ endangers the security of India.
i). Termination/ Short Closure of the WO.
ii). Settle bills for the service received if
pending work does not affect the working
or use of the services received.
If the vendor is declared bankrupt or
iii). Under take work in accordance with
insolvent or its financial position has
Clause 9.2 Section 3 at the risk of
8 become unsound and in case of a
defaulting bidder
limited company, if it is wound up or it
iv). In case of turnkey projects, If the
is liquidated.
services are provided without any
degradation of performance, then settle
bills for the acceptable service (or its
part).
i). Termination/ Short Closure of the WO.
ii). Settle bills for the service received if
pending work does not affect the working
In the event of the vendor, its
or use of the services received
proprietor, Director(s), partner(s) is /
iii). Under take work in accordance with
are convicted by a Court of Law
9 Clause 9.2 Section 3 at the risk of
following prosecution for offences
defaulting bidder
involving moral turpitude in relation to
iv). In case of turnkey projects, If the
the business dealings.
services are provided without any
degradation of performance, then settle
bills for the acceptable service (or its

S.
No.
A B C
part).
v). Undertake recovery of financial penalty
from outstanding dues of vendor
including PG/ SD.
If the vendor does not return/ refuses to i). Take action to appoint Arbitrator to
return BSNL’s dues: adjudicate the dispute.
i). Termination of contract, if any.
ii). Banning of business for 3 years which
a) Inspite of order of Arbitrator. implies barring further dealing with the
10 vendor for procurement of Goods &
Services including participation in future
tenders invited by BSNL from date of
issue of banning order or till the date by
which vendor clears the BSNL’s dues,
b) Inspite of Court Orders. whichever is later.
iii). Take legal recourse i.e. filing recovery
suite in appropriate court
If the Central Bureau of Investigation/
Independent External Monitor (IEM) /
Take Action as per the directions of CBI or
11 Income Tax/ GST Authorities / Custom
concerned department.
Departments recommends such a
course
The following cases may also be considered for Banning of business:
a) If there is strong justification for
believing that the proprietor,
manager, MD, Director, partner,
employee or representative of the
vendor / supplier has been guilty Banning of business for 3 years which
of malpractices such as bribery, implies Barring further dealing with the
12 corruption, fraud, substitution of vendor for procurement of Goods & Services
tenders, interpolation, including participation in future tenders
misrepresentation with respect to invited by BSNL for 3 years from date of
the contract in question. issue of banning order.
b) If the vendor / supplier fails to
execute a contract or fails to
execute it satisfactorily beyond
the provisions mentioned at Sl.
No. 4 above.
c) If the vendor/ supplier fails to
submit required documents/
information, where required.
d) Any other ground which in the
opinion of BSNL is just and
proper to order for banning of
business dealing with a vendor/
supplier.
Note 7: The above penalties will be imposed provided it does not clash with the provision of
the respective tender.

S.
No.
A B C
Note 8:- In case of clash between these guidelines & provision of invited tender, the provision
in the respective tender shall prevail over these guidelines.
Note 9: Banning of Business dealing order shall not have any effect on the existing/ ongoing
works which will continue along with settlement of Bills.

SECTION-4 Part B
SPECIAL INSTRUCTIONS TO BIDDERS
The Special Instructions to Bidders shall supplement the 'Instructions to Bidders' and in case of any
conflict with those in Section-4 Part A i.e. GENERAL INSTRUCTIONS TO BIDDERS (GIB), the
provisions herein shall prevail.
1. Evaluation
1.1. The evaluation process comprises the following three (3) steps:
1.1.1. Step I: Fulfillment of requirements of Eligibility criteria, EMD and tender fee.
1.1.2. Step II: Evaluation of Bidder’s fulfilment of Qualification Requirements as per Clause
6 Section 1 DNIT
1.1.3. Step III: Selection of Successful Bidder
1.2. Step I - Responsiveness check of Techno-Commercial Bids

1.2.1. The Techno-Commercial Bid submitted by Bidders shall be scrutinized to establish
responsiveness to the requirements laid down in Clause 6 of Section 1 (DNIT)
1.2.2. Any of the following may cause the Bid to be considered “Non-responsive”, at the sole
discretion of BSNL.
1.2.2.1. Bids that are incomplete i.e. not accompanied by any of the applicable formats
inter alia covering letter, power of attorney supported by a board resolution as per
Clause 13.3 of Section 4 Part A, format for disclosure, valid EMD;
1.2.2.2. Bid not signed by authorized signatory and / or stamped in the manner indicated
in this Bid Document;
1.2.2.3. Material inconsistencies in the information / documents submitted by the Bidder,
affecting the Qualification Requirements;
1.2.2.4. Information not submitted in formats specified in the Bid Document
1.2.2.5. Bid not providing information/ document to satisfy Qualification Requirements;
1.2.2.6. Bidder not meeting the criteria mentioned in Clause 6 of Section 1 (DNIT) of this
Document
1.2.2.7. A Bidder submitting more than one Bid for the same Cluster;
1.2.2.8. Bid validity being less than that required as per Clause 12 Section 4 Part A of this
Bid Document;
1.2.2.9. Bid being conditional in nature
1.2.2.10. Bid not received (Electronic and offline) by due date and time as specified in
Clause 8 of Section 1 (DNIT);
1.2.2.11. More than one Bidding Company using the credentials of the same Parent /
Affiliate;
1.2.2.12. Bidder delaying in submission of additional information or clarifications sought by
BSNL.
1.2.2.13. Bidder makes any misrepresentation of facts.
1.2.2.14. Bid not accompanied by valid EMD
1.2.3. Each Bid shall be checked for compliance with the submission requirement set forth in
this Bid Document before evaluation of Bidder’s fulfilment of Qualification Requirement
is taken up.
1.3. Step II - Evaluation of Bidder’s fulfilment of Qualification Requirements as per Clause

6 Section 1 DNIT
1.3.1. After ensuring EMD with respect to its amount and validity; evaluation of Bid will be
carried out based on the information furnished by the Bidder as per the prescribed
Formats in Section 7 and related documentary evidence in support of meeting the
Qualification Requirements as specified in Clause 6 of Section 1 (DNIT)
1.3.2. Price Bid of only those bidders will be opened whose Techno-Commercial qualification
requirement, prima facie meets the Qualifying Criteria. However, if at later stage it is
found that Techno-Commercial bid doesn’t meet the qualification criteria, bid can be
rejected at sole discretion of BSNL.
1.4. Step III – Selection of Successful Bidders

1.4.1. Only the bids qualifying in Step II above, shall be financially evaluated for respective
cluster, in this stage, on basis of their quote as per Financial schedule in Section 9
Part-B.
1.4.2. Successful Bidder shall unconditionally accept the AWO, issued by BSNL, within 14
days of issue of AWO.
1.4.3. If the Successful Bidder, to whom the AWO has been issued, does not accept the
AWO unconditionally, BSNL reserves the right to annul the award of the Letter of Intent
to such Successful Bidder and forfeit EMD ( in case of L-1 bidder).
1.4.4. It shall not be binding upon BSNL to accept the lowest bid as successful.
1.4.5. It shall not be obligatory on the part of BSNL to furnish any information or explanation
for cause of rejection of Bid or part of the Bid. Notwithstanding anything stated above,
BSNL reserves the right to assess the credibility, capability and capacity of the bidders
and viability of the Proposal to perform the contract should circumstances warrant such
an assessment in the overall interest of BSNL and Bidder shall furnish all other
required documents to BSNL.
1.4.6. BSNL reserves the right to interpret the Bid submitted by the Bidder in accordance with
the provisions of this Bid Document and make its own judgment regarding the
interpretation of the same. In this regard BSNL shall have no liability towards any
Bidder and no Bidder shall have any recourse to BSNL with respect to the selection
process.
1.4.7. BSNL shall evaluate the Bids using the evaluation process specified above, at its sole
discretion.
1.4.8. BSNL’s decision in this regard shall be final and binding.

Section- 4 Part C
E-tendering Instructions to Bidders
1. GENERAL
1.1. These Special Instructions (for e-Tendering) supplement ‘Instruction to Bidders’, as enclosed
in Sec 4 Part A of the Tender Documents.
1.2. Submission of Bids only through online process is mandatory for this Tender.
1.3. The bidders are required to submit soft copies of their bids electronically on the CPP Portal,
using valid Digital Signature Certificates. The instructions given below are meant to assist
the bidders in registering on the CPP Portal, prepare their bids in accordance with the
requirements and submitting their bids online on the CPP Portal.
1.4. More information useful for submitting online bids on the CPP Portal may be obtained at:
https://etenders.gov.in/eprocure/app .
2. REGISTRATION
2.1. Bidders are required to enroll on the e-Procurement module of the Central Public
Procurement Portal (URL: https://etenders.gov.in/eprocure/app ) by clicking on the link
“Online bidder Enrollment” on the CPP Portal which is free of charge.
2.2. “Declaration of UAM (Udyog Adhar Memorandum Number) by MSE bidders on CPPP is
mandatory. If the MSME bidders who fail to submit UAM number on CPPP portal, shall not
be able to avail the benefits available to MSEs as contained in Public Procurement Policy
for MSEs order, 2012 issued by MSME”.
2.3. As part of the enrolment process, the bidders will be required to choose a unique username
and assign a password for their accounts.
2.4. Bidders are advised to register their valid email address and mobile numbers as part of the
registration process. These would be used for any communication from the CPP Portal.
2.5. Upon enrolment, the bidders will be required to register their valid Digital Signature
Certificate (Class III Certificates with signing key usage) issued by any Certifying Authority
recognized by CCA India (e.g. Sify / nCode / eMudhra etc.), with their profile.
2.6. Only one valid DSC should be registered by a bidder. Please note that the bidders are
responsible to ensure that they do not lend their DSC’s to others which may lead to misuse.
2.7. Bidder then logs in to the site through the secured log-in by entering their user ID / password
and the password of the DSC / e-Token.
3. SEARCHING FOR TENDER DOCUMENTS

3.1. There are various search options built in the CPP Portal, to facilitate bidders to search active
tenders by several parameters. These parameters could include Tender ID, Organization
Name, Location, Date, Value, etc. There is also an option of advanced search for tenders,
wherein the bidders may combine a number of search parameters such as Organization
Name, Form of Contract, Location, Date, Other keywords etc. to search for a tender
published on the CPP Portal.
3.2. Once the bidders have selected the tenders they are interested in, they may download the
required documents / tender schedules. These tenders can be moved to the respective ‘My
Tenders’ folder. This would enable the CPP Portal to intimate the bidders through SMS /
email in case there is any corrigendum issued to the tender document.
3.3. The bidder should make a note of the unique Tender ID assigned to each tender, in case
they want to obtain any clarification / help from the Helpdesk.
4. PREPARATION OF BIDS
4.1. Bidder should take into account any corrigendum published on the tender document before
submitting their bids.
4.2. Please go through the tender advertisement and the tender document carefully to
understand the documents required to be submitted as part of the bid. Please note the
number of covers in which the bid documents have to be submitted, the number of
documents - including the names and content of each of the document that need to be
submitted. Any deviations from these may lead to rejection of the bid.
4.3. Bidder, in advance, should get ready the bid documents to be submitted as indicated in the
tender document / schedule and generally, they can be in PDF / XLS / RAR / DWF/JPG
formats. Bid documents may be scanned with 100 dpi with black and white option which
helps in reducing size of the scanned document.
4.4. To avoid the time and effort required in uploading the same set of standard documents
which are required to be submitted as a part of every bid, a provision of uploading such
standard documents (e.g. PAN card copy, annual reports, auditor certificates etc.) has been
provided to the bidders. Bidders can use “My Space” or ‘’Other Important Documents’’ area
available to them to upload such documents. These documents may be directly submitted
from the “My Space” area while submitting a bid, and need not be uploaded again and
again. This will lead to a reduction in the time required for bid submission process.
Note: My Documents space is only a repository given to the Bidders to ease the
uploading process. If Bidder has uploaded his Documents in My Documents space,
this does not automatically ensure these Documents being part of Technical Bid.
5. SUBMISSION OF BIDS
5.1. Bidder should log into the site well in advance for bid submission so that they can upload the
bid in time i.e. on or before the bid submission time. Bidder will be responsible for any delay
due to other issues.
5.2. The bidder has upload the bid document either digitally signed bid documents or physically
signed on all pages of bid document one by one as indicated in the tender document.
5.3. Bidder has to select the payment option as “offline” to pay the tender fee / EMD as
applicable and enter details of the instrument.
5.4. Bidder should prepare the EMD as per the instructions specified in the tender document.
The original should be posted/couriered/given in person to the concerned official, latest by
the last date of bid submission or as specified in the tender documents. The details of the
DD/any other accepted instrument, physically sent, should tally with the details available in
the scanned copy and the data entered during bid submission time. Otherwise the uploaded
bid will be rejected.
5.5. Bidders are requested to note that they should necessarily submit their financial bids in the
format provided and no other format is acceptable. If the price bid has been given as a
standard BoQ format with the tender document, then the same is to be downloaded and to
be filled by all the bidders. Bidders are required to download the BoQ file, open it and
complete the white coloured (unprotected) cells with their respective financial quotes and
other details (such as name of the bidder). No other cells should be changed. Once the
details have been completed, the bidder should save it and submit it online, without
changing the filename. If the BoQ file is found to be modified by the bidder, the bid will be
rejected.
5.6. The server time (which is displayed on the bidders’ dashboard) will be considered as the
standard time for referencing the deadlines for submission of the bids by the bidders,
opening of bids etc. The bidders should follow this time during bid submission.
5.7. All the documents being submitted by the bidders would be encrypted using PKI encryption
techniques to ensure the secrecy of the data. The data entered cannot be viewed by
unauthorized persons until the time of bid opening. The confidentiality of the bids is
maintained using the secured Socket Layer 128 bit encryption technology. Data storage
encryption of sensitive fields is done. Any bid document that is uploaded to the server is
subjected to symmetric encryption using a system generated symmetric key. Further this

key is subjected to asymmetric encryption using buyers/bid opener’s public keys. Overall,
the uploaded tender documents become readable only after the tender opening by the
authorized bid openers.
5.8. The uploaded tender documents become readable only after the tender opening by the
authorized bid openers.
5.9. Upon the successful and timely submission of bids (i.e. after Clicking “Freeze Bid
Submission” in the portal), the portal will give a successful bid submission message & a bid
summary will be displayed with the bid no. and the date & time of submission of the bid with
all other relevant details.
5.10. The bid summary has to be printed and kept as an acknowledgement of the submission of
the bid. This acknowledgement may be used as an entry pass for any bid opening
meetings.
6. ASSISTANCE TO BIDDERS
6.1. Any queries relating to the tender document and the terms and conditions contained therein
should be addressed to the Tender Inviting Authority for a tender or the relevant contact
person indicated in the tender.
6.2. Any queries relating to the process of online bid submission or queries relating to CPP Portal
in general may be directed to the 24x7 CPP Portal Helpdesk.
6.3. For any technical related queries please call at 24 x 7 Help Desk Number
0120-4001 002
0120-4001 005
0120-6277 787
6.4. E-mail
6.4.1. Technical - [email protected]
6.4.2. Policy Related - [email protected]

SECTION-5 Part A
GENERAL (COMMERCIAL) CONDITIONS OF CONTRACT
1. APPLICATION
1.1. The general condition shall apply in contracts made by the purchaser for the procurement of
goods/ services.
2. STANDARDS
2.1. The services under this contract shall conform to the standards prescribed in section-3
3. PATENT RIGHTS
3.1. The supplier shall indemnify the purchaser against all third-party claims of infringement of
patent, trademark or industrial design rights arising from use of the goods or any part
thereof in Indian Telecom Network.
4. PERFORMANCE SECURITY
4.1. All suppliers (including MSEs who are registered with the designated MSME bodies, like
National Small Scale Industries Corporation etc.) shall furnish performance security to the
purchaser for an amount equal to 5% of the value of Advance Work Order / LoI within 14
days from the date of issue of Advance Purchase Order by the Purchaser.
4.2. The proceeds of the performance security shall be payable to the Purchaser as
compensation for any loss resulting from the supplier's failure to complete its obligations
under the contract.
4.3. The performance security Bond shall be in the form of either FD/DD in favour of “AO Cash
BSNL, TSCO Collection Account O/o CGMT, BSNL, TS Circle” or in form of Bank
Guarantee issued by a scheduled Bank in India with a validity period of minimum 18 months
and in the proforma provided in 'Section-7 Part B’ of this Bid Document. For extension of
contract beyond 1 year, PBG shall have to be renewed accordingly.
4.4. The performance security Bond will be discharged by the Purchaser after completion of the
supplier's performance obligations including any warranty obligations under the contract.
4.5. The performance security deposit with BSNL will be considered for adjustment against
penalties, any other statutory levies and any loss to BSNL properties, if any reported, at the
time of final conclusion of the contract and final settlement of account.
4.6. In case it is found that a bidder has submitted a fake/ forged bank instrument towards
performance security deposit (say PBG), then, actions as per clause 1 (a) of Appendix -1 to
Section 4 Part-A shall be applicable.
5. PAYMENT TERMS- Refer Section-2
6. DELAYS IN THE BIDDER’S PERFORMANCE-

6.1. Delivery and performance of the Goods and Services shall be made by the bidder in
accordance with the time schedule and technical specifications provided in the Work Order.
In case the delivery of Services are not completed in the stipulated delivery period, as
indicated in the Work Order, the Purchaser reserves the right either to short close / cancel
the Work Order in part or full and / or recover liquidated damage charges. The cancellation
/ short closing of the order for Goods and Services in part or full shall be at the risk and
responsibility of the bidder and Purchaser reserves the right to order the balance short
closed/cancelled supplies and services at the risk and cost of the defaulting bidder.
6.2. In addition to the clause-9 of Section-3, delay by the bidder in the performance of its delivery
obligations with reference to both the supplies and services shall render the bidder liable to
any or all of the following actions:
6.2.1. Forfeiture of its performance security.
6.2.2. Imposition of liquidated damages.
6.2.3. Short closure of Contract in part or full and/or termination of the Contract for default.
7. PENALTY- Refer Section-3.
8. FORCE MAJEURE
8.1. If, at any time, during the continuance of this contract, the performance in whole or in part by
either party of any obligation under this contract is prevented or delayed by reasons of any
war or hostility, acts of the public enemy, civil commotion, sabotage, fires, floods,
explosions, epidemics, quarantine restrictions, strikes, lockouts or act of God (hereinafter
referred to as events) provided notice of happenings of any such eventuality is given by
either party to the other within 21 days from the date of occurrence thereof, neither party
shall by reason of such event be entitled to terminate this contract nor shall either party
have any claim for damages against other in respect of such non-performance or delay in
performance, and deliveries under the contract shall be resumed as soon as practicable
after such an event come to an end or cease to exist, and the decision of the Purchaser as
to whether the deliveries have been so resumed or not shall be final and conclusive.
8.2. Further that if the performance in whole or part of any obligation under this contract is
prevented or delayed by reasons of any such event for a period exceeding 60 days, either
party may, at its option, terminate the contract.
8.3. Provided, also that if the contract is terminated under this clause, the Purchaser shall be at
liberty to take over from the Supplier at a price to be fixed by the purchaser, which shall be
final, all unused, undamaged and acceptable materials, bought out components and stores
in course of manufacture which may be in possession of the Supplier at the time of such
termination or such portion thereof as the purchaser may deem fit, except such materials,
bought out components and stores as the Supplier may with the concurrence of the
purchaser elect to retain.
9. ACTION BY PURCHASER AGAINST BIDDER(S) / VENDOR(S) IN CASE OF DEFAULT.

9.1. In case of default by Bidder(s) / Contractor(s) such as -
9.1.1. Failure to deliver services within the time period(s) specified in the contract, or any
extension thereof granted by the purchaser pursuant to clause 6 of this section;
9.1.2. Failure to perform any other obligation(s) under the Contract; and
9.1.3. any other default whose complete list is enclosed in Appendix-1 of Section-4 Part-A;
Purchaser will take action as specified in Appendix-1 of Section-4, Part-A.
10. TAX INDEMNITY CLAUSE

10.1. BSNL has the right to recover Input Tax Credit (ITC) loss suffered by it from the bidder due
to any mis-declaration on invoice by the bidder or bidder is blacklisted by GST authorities
during currency of BSNL contract.
10.2. If the bidder fails to perform necessary compliances which would any manner restrict BSNL
to claim input tax credit, then the amount pertaining to such Duties, Taxes and Cesses will
be deducted from the payment due to the bidder.
10.3. If the bidder does not disclose the correct details on the invoice or on the GSTN viz. GSTIN,
Place of Supply, etc. which restricts BSNL to claim input tax credit, then the amount
pertaining to such Duties, Taxes and Cesses will be deducted from the payment due to the
bidder
11. ARBITRATION
11.1. Except as otherwise provided elsewhere in the contract, if any dispute, difference, question
or disagreement arises between the parties hereto or their respective representatives or
assignees, in connection with construction, meaning, operation, effect, interpretation of the
contract or breach there of which parties unable to settle mutually, the same shall be
referred to Arbitration as provided here under.
11.2. A part wishing to commence arbitration proceeding shall invoke Arbitration clause by giving
60 days notice to the designated officer of the other party.
11.3. The notice invoking arbitration shall specify all the points of disputes with details of the
amount claimed to be referred to arbitration at the time of invocation of arbitration and not
thereafter, If the claim is in foreign currency, the claimant shall indicate its value in Indian
Rupee for the purpose of constitution of the arbitral tribunal.
11.4. The number of the arbitrators and the appointing authority will be as under :
Claim amount
(excluding claim for
Number of arbitrator Appointing Authority
counter claim, if
any)
BSNL
Sole Arbitrator to be (Note: BSNL will forward a list containing
Above Rs. 5 Lakhs
appointed from a panel names of three empanelled arbitrators to the
to Rs.5 Crores
of arbitrators of BSNL other party for selecting one from the list who
will be appointed as sole arbitrator by BSNL)
One arbitrator by each party and the 3rd
Above Rs.5 Crores 3 Arbitrators arbitrator, who shall be the presiding
arbitrator, by the two arbitrators.
11.5. Neither party shall appoint its serving employee as arbitrator.
11.6. If any of the Arbitrators so appointed dies, resigns, becomes incapacitated or withdraws for
any reason from the proceedings, it shall be lawful for the concerned party / arbitrators to
appoint another person in his place in the same manner as aforesaid. Such person shall
proceed with the reference from the stage where his predecessor had left it both parties
consent for the same; otherwise he shall proceed de novo.
11.7. Parties agree that neither party shall be entitled for any pre-reference or pendente lite
interest on its claims. Parties agree that any claim for such interest made by any party shall
be avoided.
11.8. Unless otherwise decided by the parties, Fast Track procedure as prescribed in Section 29
B of the Arbitration Conciliation Act, 1996 for resolution of all disputes shall be followed,
where the claim amount is up to Rs. 5 Crores.
12. FAST TRACK PROCEDURE

12.1. Notwithstanding anything contained in the Arbitration ACT, the parties to an arbitration
agreement, may, at any stage either before or at the time of appointment of the arbitral
tribunal, agree in writing to have their dispute resolved by fast track procedure specified in
Sub Section (3).
12.2. The parties to the arbitration agreement, while agreeing for resolution of dispute by fast
track Procedure, may agree that the arbitral tribunal shall consist of a sole arbitrator who
shall be chosen by the parties.
12.3. The arbitral tribunal shall follow the following procedure while conducting arbitration
proceedings Under Sub-section (1):-
12.3.1. The arbitral tribunal shall decide the dispute on the basis of written pleadings,
documents and submissions field by the parties without oral hearing;
12.3.2. The arbitral tribunal shall have power to call for any further information or clarification
from the parties in addition to the pleadings and documents filed by them;
12.3.3. An oral hearing may be held only, if all the parties make a request or if the arbitral
tribunal considers it necessary to have oral hearing for clarifying certain issues;

12.3.4. The arbitral tribunal may dispense with any technical formalities, if an oral hearing is
held, and adopt such procedure as deemed appropriate for expeditious disposal of the
case.
12.4. The award under this section shall be made within a period of six months from the date the
arbitral tribunal enters upon the reference.
12.5. If the award is not made within the period specified in sub-section (4), the provisions of sub-
Sections (3) To (9) of section 29 A shall apply to the proceedings.
12.6. The fees payable to the arbitrator and the manner of payment of the fees shall be such as
may be agreed between the arbitrator and the parties.
12.7. The arbitral tribunal shall make and publish the award within time stipulated as under:
Period for making and publishing of the award
Amount of Claims and
(counted from the date the arbitral tribunal
Counter Claims
enters upon the reference)
Up to Rs 5 Crores Within 6 months (Fast Track procedure)
Above Rs.5 Crores Within 12 months

However, the above time limit can be extended by the Arbitrator for reasons to be recorded
in writing with the consent of parties and in terms of provisions of the Act.
12.8. In case arbitral tribunal of 3 arbitrators, each party shall be responsible to make
arrangements for the travel and stay, etc. of the arbitrator appointed by it. Claimant shall
also be responsible for making arrangements for travel / stay arrangements for the
Presiding Arbitrator and the expenses incurred shall be shared equally by the parties.
12.9. In case of sole arbitrator, BSNL shall make all necessary arrangements for his travel / stay
and the expenses incurred shall be shared equally by the parties.
12.10. The Arbitration proceeding shall be held at Hyderabad or OA/BA Headquarter (as the case
may be).
12.11. Subject to the aforesaid conditions, provisions of the Arbitration and Conciliation Act,1996
and any statutory modifications or re-enactment thereof shall apply to the arbitration
proceedings under this Clause.
13. SET OFF

13.1. Any sum of money due and payable to the supplier (including security deposit refundable
to him) under this contract may be appropriated by the purchaser or the BSNL or any other
person(s) contracting through the BSNL and set off the same against any claim of the
Purchaser or BSNL or such other person or person(s) for payment of a sum of money
arising out of this contract or under any other contract made by the supplier with the
Purchaser or BSNL or such other person(s) contracting through the BSNL.
14. COURT JURISDICTION

14.1. Any dispute arising out of the tender / bid document / evaluation of bids / issue of APO
shall be subject to the jurisdiction of the competent court at the place from where the NIT/
tender has been issued i.e. Hyderabad.
14.2. Where a contractor has not agreed to arbitration, the dispute / claims arising out of the
Contract / PO entered with him shall be subject to the jurisdiction of the competent Court at
the place from where Contract/ PO has been issued. Accordingly, a stipulation shall be
made in the contract as under.
“This Contract/ PO is subject to jurisdiction of Court at Hyderabad only”.
15. GENERAL GUIDELINES:

15.1. The General guidelines as contained in General Financial Rules (GFR)as amended from
time to time on works, procurement of goods and services and contract management
respectively will also be referred to as guiding principles.

16. INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY RIGHTS:
16.1. Intellectual Property means all processes, including business processes, domain names,
ideas, data, inventions, discoveries, databases, documentation, data, codes, algorithms,
Trade secrets, know-how, concepts, creations, developments, enhancements, works of
authorship, programs, and technical, business and other information.
16.2. All Intellectual Property and Information furnished or made available by Company to
contractor is the exclusive property of the Company.
16.3. All such Intellectual Property and Information shall be used by contractor only in connection
with the performance of the Services and this order, and all copies of the such Intellectual
Property and Information, together with any associated or derived material, notes and/or
summaries (whether handwritten or mechanically produced) shall be delivered back
promptly upon request or upon the termination of this order and in case where company
decides to give no further orders to the supplier.
16.4. This information should not be utilized for providing same or similar services / products to
any other party other than the Company.
16.5. Unless otherwise agreed between the parties hereto, all tools, equipments, dies, jigs,
specifications and other material furnished by the Company or paid for by the Company
shall be and remain the sole property of Company, and shall be plainly marked and/or
otherwise clearly identified as Property of company. Such property shall be stored separate
and apart from Supplier's own property and except only reasonable wear and use, such
property in the possession of the contractor shall be kept at contractor's risk and contractor
shall be responsible for the maintenance thereof.
16.6. At Company's request such property shall be insured at Supplier's cost in amount
acceptable to the Company with loss payable to the Company. Such property shall be used
only in connection with the performance of the orders for the company only. Such property
shall be subject to Company's inspection, Company's immediate possession in demand and
Company's total control. Such property shall be returned upon expiration or termination of
this order.
16.7. If Supplier/Contractor makes invention, devises or designs and develops a product, a
method or process or know-how that competes with or is complementary to the information
(specifications, drawings, test data or other information) furnished by Company, he shall
forthwith intimate Company and grant to Company the right to use that Industrial Property
Right, without any cost implication on Company's part
17. CONFIDENTIALITY AND PUBLICITY:

17.1. All Intellectual Property & Information as defined in Article 14 furnished or made available
by Company to bidder is the exclusive property of the Company. All such Intellectual
Property and Information shall be used by bidder only in connection with the performance of
the orders for the Company and the bidder shall keep confidential & shall not disclose the
same to any other party at any time during the life of this order and 3 (three) years after its
termination, except where necessary to disclose the same to its employee or its
subcontractors, for the purpose solely related to performance of the orders for the company
and the bidder shall take such steps as may be reasonably required to cause its employees
or subcontractors to safeguard the confidentiality of such information, unless disclosure in
confidence to a governmental agency is required by applicable law or governmental
regulation or order.
17.2. The foregoing restrictions on disclosure & use will not apply to:
17.2.1. Information which is or becomes generally known or available through no act or failure
to act by bidders.
17.2.2. Information, which is, proved by written records as already known by bidders at the
time of receipt.

17.2.3. Bidder shall not, without Company's prior written consent, engage in publicity related to
this order, or make public use of any Identification in any circumstances related to this
order. "Identification" means any semblance of any trade name, trademark, service
mark, insignia, symbol, logo, or any other designation or drawing of company or its
affiliates. Bidder shall remove or obliterate any Identification prior to any use or
disposition of any material rejected or not purchased by Company/Ordering Company.
Their use in any manner in relation to the products of bidder not for use by the
Company shall be strictly prohibited and in the case of violation of this condition the
bidder shall be liable to legal action.

SECTION –5 Part B
SPECIAL (COMMERCIAL) CONDITIONS OF CONTRACT (SCC)
The Special (Commercial) Conditions of Contract (SCC) shall supplement General (Commercial)
Conditions of Contract (GCC)) as contained in Section 5 Part A and wherever there is a conflict, the
provisions herein shall prevail over those in Section 5 Part A i.e. General (Commercial) Conditions of
Contract (GCC).
1. The successful tenderer / contractor shall submit an Indemnity bond declaration, as per
Annexure-1, for indemnifying BSNL against any non-compliance by bidder to any of the applicable
statutory requirements, if the work is awarded to them.
2. Safety of Labour and BSNL property: The successful tenderer / contractor shall be
solely responsible for payment and compensation under WC Act 1923 as in force from time to time
applicable in the event of accident causing injury/death to his workers and BSNL shall not be
responsible in any manner.
2.1. The contractor shall obtain / purchase all required insurances and make all safety
arrangements required for the laborer engaged by him at his own cost. All consequences
due to negligence or due to lapse of security / safety or otherwise shall remain with the
contractor. BSNL shall not be responsible for any mishap, injury, accident or death of the
contractor’s staff directly or indirectly. All liabilities arising out of accident or death while on
duty shall be borne by the contractor. No claims in this regard shall be entertained /
accepted by the BSNL.
2.2. The contractor shall take all precautions to avoid all accidents by exhibiting necessary
caution boards / flags and providing barriers etc. He shall be responsible for all damages
and accidents caused due to negligence on his part. No hindrance shall be caused to traffic
during the execution of work. Nothing extra shall be paid on this account.
2.3. Contractor shall be fully responsible for any damages caused to BSNL / Government /
private /other operators property / Injuries public at large/ loss of life by him or his laborer
in carrying out the work and the same shall be rectified / compensated by the contractor at
his own cost.
2.4. It will be sole responsibility of the contractor that the men deployed for the purpose of
maintenance of the external plant with BSNL are to be trained to avoid any mishap, directly
or indirectly.
2.5. On account of security considerations or on account of convenience of office staff, there
could be some restrictions on the working hours or movement of vehicles for transportation
of materials. The contractor shall be bound of follow all such restrictions and just the
program for execution accordingly.
2.6. The contractor should carry out the work to the satisfaction of BSNL officer in charge and in
the event of his failure the tendering authority reserves the right to offer the contract to any
other tenderer or any other agency in case of unsatisfactory work at the cost of the
contractor and payment will be settled on prorate Basis.
2.7. The contractor should engage workers with proven integrity to carry out the contract work.
He/His worker should vacate premises after the completion of contract work.
2.8. The contractor shall be solely responsible for payment and compensation under WC act
1923 as in force from time to time applicable in the event of accident causing injury/death to
his workers and PGM OA/BA shall not involve in any manner.
2.9. No documents, towards compliance of aforesaid requirements, will be required to be
submitted by bidder to BSNL paying authority for settlement of their payment

invoices but the contractor must comply all requirements as per applicable Law/ Acts
etc.
2.10. The decision of CGMT, BSNL, TS Circle on any matter connected to this tender is final &
binding on bidder.
SECTION-6 PART A
UNDERTAKING & DECLARATION
a) Certified that:
1. I/ We ……………………………………. have read, understood and agree with all the terms
and conditions included in the tender documents & offer to execute the work as per tender terms &
conditions (without any deviation) and at the rates quoted by us in the tender form.
2. If I/ We fail to enter into the agreement & commence the work in time, the EMD/ Performance
linked Security Deposit / PBG deposited by us will stand forfeited to the BSNL.
b) The tenderer hereby covenants and declares that:
1. All the information, Documents, Photo copies of the Documents / Certificates enclosed along
with the Tender/Bid offer are correct.
2. In case of any correction / addition / alteration / omission of the terms & conditions in the
tender document, our tender / bid shall be treated as non-responsive and shall be rejected
summarily.
3. If anything is found false and/or incorrect and/or reveals any suppression of fact at any time,
BSNL reserves the right to debar our tender offer / cancel the LOI / Purchase / work order, if issued
and forfeit the EMD/ Performance linked Security Deposit / PBG / Bill amount pending with BSNL. In
addition, BSNL may debar the contractor from participation in its future tenders.
Date: …………… …………………………………

Signature of Tenderer
Place: …………… Name of Tenderer

Along with date & Seal

SECTION-6 PART B
NEAR RELATIONSHIP CERTIFICATE:

(Format of the Certificate to be given as per Clause 31.3 of Section-4 Part-A by the bidder in
respect of status of employment of his / her near relation in BSNL)
"I…………..s/o…….……r/o……………..hereby certify that none of my relative(s) as defined in the

tender document is/are employed in BSNL unit where tender is being submitted as per details
given in tender document. In case at any stage, it is found that the information given by me is false/
incorrect, BSNL shall have the absolute right to take any action as deemed fit/without any prior
intimation to me."
Signature of the tenderer

With date and seal
OR
If the bidder has near relatives in the BSNL Unit where tender is being submitted, then they shall
submit following details of those officers:
Name of
Employed in Mobile
S.No the near Designation Address
office of No.
relative

SECTION-6 PART C
No Deviation’ statement or Clause-by-Clause compliance statement
T.E.No: TSCO-21/12(17)/12/2022-BB AND TP/11 Dtd: 17.10.2022
I/We …………………….. declare and undertake for 100% clause by clause compliance and no-
deviation of all clauses of tender document.
Signature of the tenderer

With date and seal

SECTION- 7
PROFORMAS
7(A) For the BID SECURITY / EMD Guarantee

(To be typed on Rs.100/- non-judicial stamp paper)
Sub : Bid Security / EMD inform of Bank Guarantee (EMBG).
1. Whereas M/s …………………………… having registered office at ……………… …………

……………………………………… (Hereafter referred to as Bidder) has approached us for giving
Bank Guarantee of Rs. ……………………/- (hereafter known as the “B. G. Amount”) valid up to
…../……/ 20….. (hereafter known as the “Validity date”) in favour of Chief General Manager, BSNL,
Telangana Telecom Circle, Hyderabad (Hereafter referred to as BSNL) for participation in the tender
of work of …………………………………………….. vide tender no.…………………………………
2. Now at the request of the Bidder, We …………………… Bank …………………………Branch

having ………………………………………… ………. .………………………………… …. (Address) and
Regd. office address as ……… ………...…………………… ……… ……… …………… (Hereinafter
called ‘the Bank”) agrees to give this guarantee as hereinafter contained:
2.1. We the Bank do hereby undertake to pay the amounts due and payable under this
guarantee without any demur, merely on a demand from the BSNL stating that the amount
claimed is due by way of loss or damage caused to or would be caused to or suffered by
the BSNL by reason of breach by the said bidder(s) of any of terms or conditions contained
in the said Agreement or by reason of the bidder (s) failure to perform the said Agreement.
Any such demand made on the bank shall be conclusive as regards the amount due and
payable by the Bank under this guarantee where the decision of the BSNL in these counts
shall be final and binding on the bank. However, our liability under this guarantee shall be
restricted to an amount not exceeding the “B. G. Amount”.
2.2. We undertake to pay to the BSNL any money so demanded notwithstanding any dispute or
disputes raised by the bidder(s) in any suit or proceeding before any court or tribunal
relating thereto our liability under this present being absolute and unequivocal. The
Payment so made by us under this bond shall be valid discharge of our liability for payment
there under and the bidder(s) shall have no claim against us for making such payment.
2.3. We the Bank further agree that the guarantee herein contained shall remain in full force and
effect during the period that would be taken for the performance of the said agreement and
that it shall continue to be enforceable till all the dues of the BSNL under or by virtue of the
said Agreement have been fully paid and its claims satisfied or discharged or till BSNL
Certifies that the terms and conditions of the said Agreement have been fully and properly
carried out by the said bidder(s) and accordingly discharge this guarantee. Unless a
demand or claim under this guarantee is made on us in writing or before the expiry of
Validity date from the date hereof, we shall be discharged from all liability under this
guarantee thereafter.
2.4. We the Bank further agree with the BSNL that the BSNL shall have the fullest liberty without
our consent and without affecting in any manner our obligations hereunder to vary any of
the terms and conditions of the said Agreement or to extend time of performance by the
said bidder(s) from time to time or to postpone for any time or from time to time any of the
powers exercisable by the BSNL against the said bidder(s) and to forbear or enforce any of
the terms and conditions relating to the said agreement and we shall not be relieved from
our liability by reason of any such variation, or extension being granted to the said Bidder(s)

or for any forbearance, act or omission on the part of the BSNL or any indulgence by the
BSNL to the said bidder(s) or by any such matter or thing whatsoever which under the law
relating to sureties would, but for this provision, have effect of so relieving us.
2.5. Notwithstanding anything herein contained ;
2.5.1. The liability of the Bank under this guarantee is restricted to the “B. G. Amount” and it
will remain in force up to its Validity date specified above.
2.5.2. The guarantee shall stand completely discharged and all rights of the BSNL under this
Guarantee shall be extinguished if no claim or demand is made on us in writing on or
before its validity date.
2.6. In case BSNL demands for any money under this bank guarantee, the same shall be paid
through banker’s Cheque in favour of “AO (Cash), O/o CGMT, BSNL, TS Circle” payable at
Hyderabad.
2.7. The Bank guarantees that the below mentioned officer who have signed it on behalf of the
Bank have authority to give this guarantee under its delegated power.
Place: ……………………………
Date: ………………………….. (Signature of the Bank Officer)
Rubber stamp of the bank

Authorized Power of Attorney Number: ……………….
Name of the Bank officer: ……………………………..

Designation: ……………………………………
Complete Postal address of Bank: ……………………
………………………………………………………………
Telephone Numbers ……………………………..
Fax numbers………………………………

7(B) For the Performance Guarantee
(To be typed on Rs.100/- non-judicial stamp paper)
Dated ……………..
Sub: Performance guarantee.
1. Whereas …………………………….. …………………..(hereafter referred to as BSNL) has
issued an AWO no. …………..………. Dated ……/……/20….. awarding the work of ……………
…… … ………………………………….. to M/s …………………..…………………………… R/o
………………………………………………………………… (hereafter referred to as “Bidder”) and
BSNL has asked him to submit a performance guarantee in favour of
……………………………………of Rs. …………..……/- (hereafter referred to as “P.G. Amount”) valid
up to ……/……/20………(hereafter referred to as “Validity Date”)
2. Now at the request of the Bidder, We …………………… Bank …………………………Branch

having ………………………………………… ………. .………………………………… …. (Address) and
Regd. office address as ……… ………...…………………… ……… ……… …………… (Hereinafter
called ‘the Bank”) agrees to give this guarantee as hereinafter contained:
2.1. We, “the Bank” do hereby undertake and assure to the BSNL that if in the opinion of the
BSNL, the Bidder has in any way failed to observe or perform the terms and conditions of
the said agreement or has committed any breach of its obligations there-under, the Bank
shall on demand and without any objection or demur pay to the BSNL the said sum limited
to P.G. Amount or such lesser amount as BSNL may demand without requiring BSNL to
have recourse to any legal remedy that may be available to it to compel the Bank to pay
the same.
2.2. Any such demand from the BSNL shall be conclusive as regards the liability of Bidder to pay
to BSNL or as regards the amount payable by the Bank under this guarantee. The Bank
shall not be entitled to withhold payment on the ground that the Bidder had disputed its
liability to pay or has disputed the quantum of the amount or that any arbitration proceeding
or legal proceeding is pending between Bidder and BSNL regarding the claim.
2.3. We, the Bank further agree that the guarantee shall come into force from the date of its issue
and shall remain in full force and effect up to its Validity date.
2.4. The Bank further agrees that the BSNL shall have the fullest liberty without the consent of
the Bank and without affecting in any way the obligations hereunder to vary any of the terms
and conditions of the said agreement or to extend the time for performance of the said
agreement from any of the powers exercisable by BSNL against the Bidder and to forebear
to enforce any of the terms and conditions relating to the said agreement and the Bank shall
not be relieved from its liability by reason of such failure or extension being granted to
Bidder or through any forbearance, act or omission on the part of BSNL or any indulgence
by BSNL to Bidder or any other matter or thing whatsoever which under the law relating to
sureties would but for this provision have the effect of relieving or discharging the guarantor.
2.5. Notwithstanding anything herein contained :
2.5.1. The liability of the Bank under this guarantee is restricted to the P.G. Amount and it will
remain in force up to its Validity date.
2.5.2. The guarantee shall stand completely discharged and all rights of the BSNL under this
Guarantee shall be extinguished if no claim or demand is made on us in writing on or
before its validity date.
2.6. In case BSNL demands for any money under this bank guarantee, the same shall be paid
through banker’s Cheque in favour of “ AO (Cash), O/o CGMT, BSNL, TS Circle” payable at
Hyderabad.
2.7. The Bank guarantees that the below mentioned officer who have signed it on behalf of the
Bank have authority to give this guarantee under its delegated power.

Place: ……………………………
Date: ………………………….. (Signature of the Bank Officer)

Rubber stamp of the bank
Authorized Power of Attorney Number: ...……………
Name of the Bank officer: ……………………………..
Designation: ……………………………………
Complete Postal address of Bank: ……………………
……………………………………………………………
Telephone Numbers
……………………………..
Fax numbers………………………………

7(C) For Letter of Authorization for attending Bid Opening Event.
(To be typed preferably on letter head of the company)
Subject: Authorization for attending Bid opening
I/ We Mr. /Ms. …………………………………….. have submitted our bid for the tender no.
………………………….……… in respect of ……………………
………………………………………………………….. (Item of work) which is due to open on
…………………. (date).
We hereby authorize Mr. / Ms. ………………………………& Mr. /

Ms…………….…………(alternative) whose signatures are attested below, to attend the bid opening
for the tender mentioned above on our behalf.
…………………………………….
Signature of the Representative
………………………………… Signature of Bidder/ Officer authorized to sign
on behalf of the Bidder
Name of the Representative
…………………………………….
Signature of the alternative Representative

…………………………………………..
Name of the alternative Representative
Above Signatures Attested
Note:
1. Only one representative will be permitted to attend the Bid opening.

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

SECTION- 8
Bidder’s Profile
Tenderer / Bidder’s Profile
(To be filled in and submitted by the bidder)
A) Tenderer’s Profile
1. Name of the Individual/ Firm: ………………………………………………
2. Present Correspondence Address …………………………..………………
…….…………..………………………………………………………………………….
Telephone No. …………………………….. Mobile No. ………………………... FAX No.
…………………………………………………………………………
3. Registered Office Address ……………………………………………… ……….…………….……
……….…………….………………………………………………. …………………
………………….………………………………………………………………………
Telephone No. ..……………………….. Mobile No. ……………………………
4. State the Type of Firm (Tick the correct choice) : Sole proprietor-ship / partnership firm /
Private limited company.
5. Name of the sole proprietor/ partners/ Director(s) of Pvt. Ltd Co.:
S. No. Name Father’s Name Designation

1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6. Name of the person authorized to enter into and execute contract / agreement and the
capacity in which he is authorized (in case of partnership / private Ltd company):
……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………
……………..………………………………………………………….
7(A) Permanent Account No: ……………………………………………………
7(B) GST Registration No(s): ……………………………………………….
8. Details of the Bidder’s Bank for effecting e-payments:
(a) Beneficiary Bank Name:………………………………
(b) Beneficiary branch Name:…………………………….
(c) IFSC code of beneficiary Branch……………………..
(d) Beneficiary account No.:……………………………….
(e) Branch Serial No. (MICR No.):………………………...
9. Whether the firm has Office in Hyderabad? If so state its Address

……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………
……………………………………………………
Place………………….
Signature of contractor ……………………
Date …………………. Name of Contractor ……………………………
SECTION-9 Part-A
BID FORM
From To
…………………………………. AGM (TX-PLG)
O/o CGMT, BSNL
Complete address of the Bidder Door Sanchar Bhawan
Hyderabad – 500 001
Bidder’s Reference No:……………....………………… … Dated…………………….

Ref: Tender Enquiry No. : ………………………………………………….. dated: 17.10.2022
1. Having examined the above mentioned tender enquiry document including amendment/
clarification/corrigenda / addenda Nos. ...................... dated …………….. ……………the receipt of
which is hereby duly acknowledged, we, the undersigned, offer to supply and deliver
.............................................. in conformity with the said drawings, conditions of contract and
specifications for the sum shown in the schedule of prices attached herewith and made part of the
financial Bid.
2. Bid submitted by us is properly sealed and prepared so as to prevent any subsequent
alteration and replacement.
3. We agree to abide by this Bid for a period of 120 days from the date fixed for Bid opening or
for subsequently extended period, if any, agreed to by us. This bid shall remain binding upon us up
to the aforesaid period.
4. We understand that you are not bound to accept the lowest or any bid, you may receive.
5. If our Bid is accepted, we will provide you with a performance guarantee from a Scheduled
Bank for a sum @ 3% of the contract value for the due performance of the contract.
6. If our Bid is accepted, we undertake to complete delivery of all the items and perform all the
services specified in the contract in accordance with the delivery schedule specified in the Section-2
(Tender Information).
7. Until a formal Purchase/ 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.
Dated: ....... day of ................... 2022

Signature ………………………….
Witness Name ……………………………..
Signature…………………………. In the capacity of ………………………….
Name …………………………….. Duly authorized to sign the bid for and on
Address ...................................... behalf of ..............................................

SECTION 9 PART-B
Financial Schedule
(i) ESTIMATED SCHEDULE OF RATES for OFC works
I. PREVENTIVE & CORRECTIVE MAINTENANCE OF OF CABLE ROUTES
Unit Rate
for the Rate (In Rupees) for
S.No Description of work UoM
first year subsequent years
(in Rs)
Combined rate per Kilometer
per Month for Preventive and
Corrective maintenance of
Per KM per 105% of the 1st year
1 Underground OFC in Most 900
Month Successful bidder rate
Critical Routes for all types of
soil and strata as per Scope of
Work (excluding GST)
Corrective maintenance of
2 Underground OFC in Critical 800
& Other Routes for all types of
soil and strata as per Scope of
3 Corrective maintenance of 150
overhead OFC as per Scope of
Works to be carried out by the Contractor towards Preventive & Corrective Maintenance of OF
Cable Routes (both UG & OH)
1 Route Patrolling - Sub-link wise (30 to 40 kms in Metro or 50-60km in Non-Metro)
2 OTDR Test & Report (Weekly for dark fibers & Every Quarter for Live fiber)
3 Attenuation Test & Report (Weekly for dark fibers & Every Quarter for Live fiber)
4 RoW coordination and liasoning
5 Fixing the fault location
6 Digging the fault location (not applicable for OH)
7 Cable pulling for splicing up (as required)
8 Transportation of materials (like duct, cable etc) from BSNL’s store to Fault location
9 Arranging joint closure and accessories
10 Splicing
11 Checking with OTDR
12 Check for further cut using OTDR
13 Earth work excavation to install SC / PT Chamber
14 Installation of Splicing Chamber / Pull through Chamber
15 Sand Filling for Pull through / Splicing chamber
16 Application of “0.25% Cypermethrin” in the chambers for controlling Rodents/Termites etc
17 Laying of Over Head cable at cut location for temporary restoration

18 Trenching & Ducting at cut location (not applicable for OH)
19 Arranging RCC Marker (not applicable for OH)
20 RCC Marker Concreting (not applicable for OH)
21 RCC Marker Paintings (not applicable for OH)
22 RCC marker Numbering (not applicable for OH)
23 Activities pertaining to Testing such as re- splicing and reducing splice loss and cable losses
Submission of Incident Report, Photo, FIR, Demand Note to other agency and Insurance claim
24
for OFC damage
25 Link Restoration Confirmation with NOC
Coordination with other Telecom operators / NH /SH /Corporation/Panchayat / Electricity
26 department /Water boards / JCB operators to know their work in advance and safe guarding of
our BSNL’s OFC
Restoration of Cable ducts where ever the ducts are exposed due to natural wear and tear. In
27
case of OH OF cable, replacement of the damaged cables.
28 Visual inspection of Joint Closure for water and moisture ingress.
29 Maintenance and updation of ABD after introduction of additional Joint Closures etc.
Visual inspection of Route Markers, prevent damages and repaint and renumber as and when
30
required. (not applicable for OH)
Periodic checking of FDMS and proper fixing /sealing/maintenance of the same including
31
preventing of rat bites.
32 Any other works required for maintenance of SLA parameters
II. UNDER GROUND OF CABLE ROUTE IMPROVEMENT WORKS
Unit Rate for

Sl.
Description of work UoM the first year
No.
(in Rs)
Combined rates per running Meter for laying U/G OF cable

works (Excavation OFC trench to the depth of 165 cms, PLB
laying, cable blowing, Splicing, termination wherever
1 m 285
necessary including transportation and reinstatement for
overhead normalization/OF cable works for all types of soil
and strata as per standard OFC laying practices of BSNL.
Trenching and Ducting by HDD/Boring: The scope
includes excavation of test/HDD pits, duct laying below 1.65
2 m 550
depth using HDD methodology, backfilling, compaction and
reinstatement of HDD pits to its original condition.
Supply of GI pipe (76mm dia or 65NB, Class B, medium) for

3 m 680
Bridge/culvert/railway crossing
Supply of DWC pipe (75-90mm OD/ID minimum 56mm,

4 TSEC approved) including couplers for Bridge/culvert m 68
crossing
Installation of GI /DWC/PLB pipe for Bridge/culvert/railway
5 m 77
crossing with Clamping (including supply of suitable clamps)
Installation/Concreting of GI pipe/DWC pipe/PLB pipe for
6 low depth/Bridge/culvert crossing with Concreting size of m 164
250mm*250mm
7 Laying of PLB HDPE pipe m 7
8 OFC Blowing m 7
Supply and Installation of RCC- Route Marker including

9 supply of 1:2:4 concrete size of 600*600mm*150 mm as per No 520
BSNL spec
Excavation of Joint pit in all strata and all types of soil, Supply
and installation of RCC Joint chamber at 165 cm depth. Spec
for RCC Joint chamber: OD 1.2m; Height 0.8m; Thickness
10 No 2000
60mm as per BSNL spec. placing Joint ring with covers
bottom and top in joint pit filling with sand and closing and
consolidation after completion of cable splicing work
Excavation existing Joint pit (in all strata and all types of soil),
11 re-splicing, filling with sand and closing and consolidation No 660
after completion of work.
Excavation of test pit (in all strata and all types of soil), on OF
12 cable trench suitable for 3’x2’X6’and closing and Per pit 219
consolidation after completion of work.
13 Supply of OF splice closure No 872
III. OVERHEAD O.F. CABLE ROUTE IMPROVEMENT WORKS
Rate Per Unit

Unit of
(In Rupees)
S.No Description of work/item Measure
during 1st
ment
year
Combined rates per running Meter for laying O/H OF cable works
(cable erection & tieing , Splicing, termination wherever necessary
1 including transportation & supply of binding wire etc as per Scope m 15
of Work using standard practices of laying utilizing necessary
OF overhead laying accessories (excluding GST).
Combined rates per running Meter for laying O/H OF cable works
(cable erection & tieing , Splicing, termination wherever necessary
2 m 8
including transportation & supply of binding wire etc as per Scope
of Work utilizing street furniture (excluding GST).
Supply of Galvanized Steel tubular (round hollow tubes) pipes of 114.30mm outer diameter of
thickness 4.50mm (Medium) at work site including welding of bottom plate of size
2 0.25mX0.25m(Galvanization: Priming coat of approved steel primer and Galvanization of 100
micron for steel work).The cost includes the supply at work sites including the loading, unloading
and transportation for overhead alignment of OF Cable
2(a) 6 m height(Suspension pole) 1 No 7780
2(b) 8 m height(Tension pole) 1 No 10370

Fixing of Galvanized pipe in excavated trench of size 0.45mx0.45mX0.90m and providing &
laying with cement concrete with 1:2:4 (1 cement : 2 coarse sand (zone-III) derived from natural
sources : 4 graded stone aggregate 20 mm nominal size derived from natural sources.) in the
3 excavated trench and also above ground level of size 045mx0.45mX0.20m. Cost includes of all
operations involved for providing and fixing of pipe like excavation of earth work, providing &
laying of cement concrete including centring and shuttering etc., and as per the directions of
Engg-in-Charge.
3 (a) 6 m pole (Suspension pole) 1 No 1690
3 (b) 8 m pole (Tension pole) 1 No 2120
O/H cable Accessories Supply & fittings(As per TEC/GR-TEC/GR/TX/OAF-001/03/ MAR-

4
17(Type-II)
Supply of complete set of Terminating pole assembly fittings to be

used at tension/terminating poles(dead end poles)or poles where
splices are located and the poles where the overhead alignment
takes a turn(angle exceeding more than 15 degrees) that include
(i) J-Shaped tension hook–2nos.
(ii) Turn Buckle–2nos.

4 (a) 1 set 2000
(iii) Extension Link–2nos.
iv) Clevis Thimble–2nos.
v) Protective Helix (T)–2nos.
vi) Terminating Helix–2nos.
vii) Jumper Cable Clamp–1no.
viii) Pole Mounted Stay Clamp (Tubular)–1no.
Supply of suspension pole type-I assembly fittings that include

(i) Pole Mounted Stay Clamp (Tubular)–1no.
(ii) Twisted Eye Link- 1no.

4 (b) 1 set 1250
(iii) Protective Helix(S)-1no.
(iv) Armour Grip (AGS) Helix-1no.
(v) Suspension Clipper with ElastomerPad-1pair
(vi) Spiral Vibration Damper(SVD)-2nos

Supply of suspension pole assembly fittings type-II that include
(a) Universal pole bracket (with SS Strip & buckle on pole)–1no.
4 (c ) 1 set 660
(b) Clevis Thimble- 1no.
(c)Suspension Helix(GI steel or Aluminum)-1no.
(d) Spiral Vibration Damper(SVD)-2nos
Digging charges for tracing joint location of U/G cables whenever as per
5 required to tap existing BSNL PoP/Cable end(Jointing kits will be per meter trenching
supplied by BSNL)(Trench Specs. Refer to U/G SOR) charges
Jointing/Splicing of OF Cable ( Based on field requirement)
6 a) for 2F/4F/6F/12F per joint 260

b) for 24/48F per joint 2820
c)cross capacity jointing(low capacity cable to higher based on based no. of
per joint
necessity).The low capacity cable splicing charges applicable. fibers spliced
Digging & opening of existing joint chambers for operating the joint
7 including splicing & reinstatement of the chamber to the original per unit
position.
7 (a) 2F/4F/6F/12F 760
7 (b) 24/48F 3320
8 Supply of 4F splice closures (In case of not provided by BSNL) 1 No 60
(ii) PRICE BID
Overall % quoted on the estimated basic rates
Item
In figures In words
I, II & III
Other Terms and Conditions:

1. BSNL will supply PLB/HDPE/GI/RCC/DWC pipes, OF cable, Joint Closures, PLB couplers,
end caps and 6 m poles etc.
2. All the stores to be supplied by BSNL are to be transported by contractor from BSNL store
within OA/BA.
3. The contractor will have to lay either DWC split or RCC split or stone slabs as protection as
per directions of the SDE in charge of the route on the approval of the concerned AGM OFC

maintenance.
4. The contractor will have to provide the Route/Joint Indicators as per directions of concerned
AGM OFC maintenance.
5. Applicable DOT/ BSNL instructions regarding the subject matter are to be strictly followed.
6. The bill will be paid based on the length of the route outsourced.
7. Separate payment will be made for the route improvement works as per the separate work
order issued by designated BSNL officer with the approval of OA/BA head.
NOTE
1. The rates should be inclusive of all levies but exclusive of GST.
2. Multiple cables in the same trench in the same route will be treated as single route.
3. Cables available in both the sides of the road will be treated as 1.5 times of the route length.
For example, in a route length of 10 Km if cables are available on both sides of the road, the
route length for these cables will be 15 Km.
4. Please refer to Instructions to Bidders for execution of Work & Billing (Section-III) for
responsibilities of BSNL and of contractor.
5. Please refer to Bidding process (Clause-20&21/Section-4 Part A) for tender evaluation
criteria.
GST Rate applicable ……………………%

Applicable SAC (6 Digit) …………………………….
NOTE: The Bidder has to quote his percentage (%) for financial bid in a separate sheet (BOQ)
provided in online portal, please refer e-tender instructions in SECTION-IV PART-C.

ANNEXURE - 1
DEED OF INDEMNITY
This DEED OF INDEMNITY is executed on this the ……………………………, by
1. <<Name of the Bidder>>, a company/ firm registered under the ………………………………..

(Applicable acts, as the case may be) (hereinafter referred to as the Bidder) and having its
registered office at <<Address of the Bidder>> acting through << Authorized Signatory>> is
hereinafter, for the purposes of this Deed of Indemnity.
TO AND IN FAVOUR OF
2. Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited, through the ……………………… BSNL

………………………. Office (hereinafter referred to as the Purchaser which expression shall
unless repugnant to the context or meaning thereof mean and be deemed to include its
authorized representatives and permitted assigns) on the Other Part.
WHEREAS
(a) The Purchaser had invited bids vide their Tender Enquiry
No.……………………….(hereinafter referred to as ‘Tender’) for the purpose
of…………………………………………………………………………………………………..
(b) The Bidder had submitted its bid/ proposal dated ___ (hereinafter referred to as the ‘Bid’)
for the provision of such services in accordance with its proposal as set out in its Bid and in
accordance with the terms and conditions of the Tender.
(c) The Bidder has in order to comply with the terms of the Tender agreed to execute the
Deed of Indemnity on such terms and conditions more fully mentioned below.
NOW THIS DEED OF INDEMNITY WITNESSETH AS FOLLOWS:

1. The Bidder shall, in consideration of the Purchaser making payment under and in accordance
with the Tender Document, hereby agrees to indemnify the Purchaser against any costs, loss,
damages and claims from third parties or liabilities suffered by the Purchaser and directly
arising out of the following reasons:
a. Any illegal or unauthorized use or in connection with any

claim or proceedings relating to any breach or violation of any permission / license
terms by the Bidder or any of its sub-contractor in the process of fulfilment of required
obligations during contract period.
b. The Bidder shall protect, defend, indemnify and hold

harmless to BSNL and its employees from and against any and all liabilities,
damages, fines, penalties and cost (including legal costs and disbursements) arising
from:
I. Any breach of any statute, regulation, direction, orders or
standards from any Governmental body, Agency or regulator issued with
respect to the product / services being supplied / provided under this Tender.
II. Any claim made by third parties arising out of the use of the
services of BSNL being provided using the equipment / services supplied
under the Tender to the extent these are attributable solely to the poor quality
or non-compliance of the products / services to the respective specifications.

III. Any claims arising from other utility / service providers in
connection with interruptions or degradation of their services due to services
provided by bidder under this Tender.
3. The bidder also declares that in case bidder is blacklisted by GST Authorities in future &
which results in loss of Input Tax Credit (ITC) to BSNL, then BSNL shall have right to recover
any such loss of ITC arising on account of such black-listing.
4. This Deed of Indemnity shall stand terminated on expiry of or early termination of the contract
period as envisaged in the above said Tender requirement.
5. The Deed of Indemnity shall constitute the entire indemnity provided by the Bidder for the
indemnities asked in said Tender.
6. This Deed of Indemnity shall be governed by and construed in accordance with Indian law.
(Authorized Signatory)
Date:
Place:
<< Name of the Bidder>>
Witness 1:
Witness 2:

ANNEXURE-2
CHECK LIST FOR THE BIDDERS
Please ensure that all documents are fully authenticated by the Authorized Signatory with his
signature with official seal, as per the eligible bidder’s criteria. Offer is liable to be rejected, if
enclosed documents are not authenticated.
Documents forming part of the bid: -
Submitted /
Not Submitted
Sl. No. DOCUMENTS (If Not
Applicable,
reason in brief)
Cost of the tender document ( 2,360/- (including 18% GST)-)
or
A proof regarding valid registration with body specified by Ministry of
Micro, Small & Medium Enterprise for the tendered items will have to be
1
attached along with the bid.
The address mentioned in the Registration Certificate & MSME certificate
must be the same. The enlistment certificate issued by MSME should be
valid on the date of opening of tender.
Bid Security in the form of Bank Guarantee for _____/-(as mentioned
at Clause-1 of Section-I (DNIT)) valid up to 180 days from the date of
tender opening.
Or
A proof regarding valid registration with body specified by Ministry of
2
Micro, Small & Medium Enterprise for the tendered items will have to be
attached along with the bid.
The address mentioned in the Registration Certificate & MSME certificate
must be the same. The enlistment certificate issued by MSME should be
valid on the date of opening of tender.
Scanned copy of Bid Form in Section-9 Part A and Price Schedule in
3
Section-9 Part B duly filled up and signed.
Scanned Copy of Certificate of Incorporation/ Registration of firms etc. as

4
applicable
Scanned copy of Power of Attorney attested by Notary Public or

5 Registered with Sub Registrar in favour of the signatory signing the offer
and documents as per Clause no. 13.3 of Section-4 Part A.
Scanned Copy of board resolution, authorizing a person for executing

6 power of attorney in the name of person, who is signing the bid
document. (In case of Company/Institution/Body Corporate)
Scanned Copy of Memorandum of Association (or Partnership deed, if

7
not a proprietor firm).
Scanned copy of JCB owenership / lease and tools ownership documents

8
as per clause 6.1 of Section 1
Scanned copy of Credentials regarding experience as per clause 6.2 of
9
Section 1
Scanned copy of Documents related to financial capabilities of the bidder
10
as per clause 6.3 of Section 1

Submitted /
Not Submitted
Sl. No. DOCUMENTS (If Not
Applicable,
reason in brief)
Scanned copy of ‘No Deviation’ statement or Clause-by-Clause

11
compliance statement pursuant to Clause 10.3 of Section-4 Part A.
Scanned copy of a list of all Board of Directors of the company (In case of
12
Limited Company).
Scanned copy of Near Relationship Certificate as per Section 6 Part (B)

13
Declaration that the firm is not black listed by any Central / State
14 Governments / PSUs / TSPs / GST Authorities as per clause 6.1 of
Section -1
15 Letter of Authorization to attend Bid opening event
16 Valid PAN Card
17 Valid Goods and Services Tax Registration Certificate(s)
18 Tax Indemnity as per Clause-10 of Section -5 Part A

Undertaking and Declaration as per Section-6 Part A duly filled up and
19
signed
Scanned copy of attestation of the specimen signature of the authorized
20
person
21 Bidder’s Profile as per Section-8 duly filled up and signed.
Certified copy of the lease deed along with the attested copy of
22
ownership documents, in case the bidder is not owner of JCB machine
23 Indemnity Bond as per Annexure-1.
24 Any other supporting documents asked for in bid document.
For and on behalf of M/s……………. (Insert Name of Bidding Company)
………………………………………..
Signature and Name of the Authorized signatory of the Company
Company rubber stamp/seal
Place:…………
Date:………….
Signature Not Verified

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BHARAT SANCHAR NIGAM LIMITED

(A Government of India Enterprise)

T.E.No: TSCO-21/12(17)/12/2022-BB AND TP/11 Dated 17.10.2022

1. Detailed NIT 2-7

AGM (TX-PLG) O/o CGMT, BSNL, TS Circle

Signature of the bidder Page 1 of 71

DETAILED NOTICE INVITING E-TENDER (DNIT)

Total OFC RKM Annual Cost of the

1 Peddapalli Karimnagar 712.03 126.89 88,39,451 1,76,789 Rs.1,180/-

3. Purchase of Tender Document: Tender document can be obtained by downloading it from

1 Name of Beneficiary AO Cash BSNL, TSCO Collection Account

4 Account No. 05110200001650

Signature of the bidder Page 2 of 71

6. Eligibility Criteria: The bidder should meet following eligibility requirements

Signature of the bidder Page 3 of 71

6.2. Technical Qualification

6.3. Financial Qualification:

Signature of the bidder Page 4 of 71

9. Opening of Tender Bids: At 12:00 Hrs of 10.11.2022

11. Incomplete, ambiguous, conditional tender bids are liable to be rejected.

Signature of the bidder Page 5 of 71

Signature of the bidder Page 6 of 71

Certificate to be submitted by Bidders

Reference 1: BSNL DNIT No........................................issued on...............

Reference 2: Department of Expenditure Office Memorandums (OMs) No. 6/18/2019-PPD

I, in capacity of authorized signatory of M/s................................................having Regd. office

(Name of the authorized signatory)

Seal / Stamp of Company

Counter signed by Company Secretary of the Company with seal / stamp

Signature of the bidder Page 7 of 71

3.2. Financial envelope shall contain:

3.3. Offline Documents :

Signature of the bidder Page 8 of 71

3.4. Pre-bid Meeting :

4. PAYMENT TERMS (Contract charges and Payments):

Signature of the bidder Page 9 of 71

5. Timeline for start of services:

6. Duration of Contract (Validity of tender):

Signature of the bidder Page 10 of 71

S No. Zone Name OA Bid Submitted (Yes / No)

Signature of the bidder Page 11 of 71

SCOPE OF THE WORK

5. Details of Peddapalli Zone under Warangal Business Area:

6. The Detailed scope of the contract is as under:

Signature of the bidder Page 12 of 71

6.1.2. Testing of Optical Power Levels :

6.1.3. Testing of Fibers with OTDR:

Signature of the bidder Page 13 of 71

6.2. Corrective Maintenance:

Signature of the bidder Page 14 of 71

6.3. Scheduled & Planned Maintenance:

6.4. Route Improvement Work (underground or overhead cable)

6.4.2. Retrieval of faulty / lossy fibers :

Signature of the bidder Page 15 of 71

6.5. Special Conditions :

Signature of the bidder Page 16 of 71

Signature of the bidder Page 17 of 71

8.2. MANPOWER TO BE DEPLOYED

Signature of the bidder Page 18 of 71

8.4. ROUTE PATROLLING