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NOTICE INVITING TENDER

FOR

Skid Based Modular HGU Package

(Design capacity of 2.0 KTPA)
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TABLE OF CONTENTS

A. INTRODUCTION ................................................................................................................... 3
B. BRIEF SCOPE OF WORK .................................................................................................... 3
C. SALIENT FEATURES OF NOTICE INVITING TENDER (NIT)............................................. 3
D. GENERAL ........................................................................................................................... 11
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A. INTRODUCTION

M/s. TECHNIP ENERGIES INDIA LIMITED (T.EN) as EPCM CONSULTANT on behalf of

OWNER M/s. INDIAN OIL CORPORATION LIMITED (IOCL) invite e-Bids for execution of
Skid Based Modular HGU Package having design capacity of 2.0 KTPA for Digboi
Refinery 1.0 Expansion Project on Open Domestic Competitive Bidding under Single
Stage Two-Bid system (Part-1: Techno-Commercial Bid and Part-2: Priced Bid) from
competent bidders fulfilling the Qualification Criteria as stated in this document.

B. BRIEF SCOPE OF WORK

Bidder shall execute the work on LEPC (Licensing, Engineering, Procurement and
Construction) basis with single-point responsibility. The scope of work for Skid Based
Modular HGU Package having design capacity of 2.0 KTPA (2.0 KTPA on Product
basis) includes (indicatively, but not limited to)

 Project Management,
 Licensing / Licensor selection,
 Finalization of BDEP,
 Residual Process Design,
 Detailed Design, Engineering,
 Procurement,
 Manufacturing,
 Quality assurance,
 Route Survey for Transportation of Modules
 Supply and Delivery,
 Installation at Site,
 Pre-Commissioning & Commissioning
 Six (6) months of operation assistance after Commissioning
 PGTR

The detailed scope of work is defined elsewhere in the tender document.

C. SALIENT FEATURES OF NOTICE INVITING TENDER (NIT)

1. Tender No. 214227C/T/DIGBOI/PACKAGE-1

2. Type of Tender DOMESTIC COMPETITIVE BIDDING (E-BIDDING)

3. Mode of Tendering Domestic Open Tender- Single Stage Two-Bid system

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4. Name of Work Skid Based Modular HGU plant having design capacity of
2.0 KTPA

5. Tender download From 28-Oct- 2023 to 04-Dec- 2023 (Up to 14.00 Hours)
schedule
(Minimum Duration are considered as per C&P Procedure)
Pre-Bid Meeting at 14:30 Hrs on 09-Nov-2023.
6. Pre-Bid Meeting at the following address:
Technip tower A - 4, Institutional Area, Block A, Sector 1, Noida,
Uttar Pradesh 201301

Bidders can also join Pre bid meeting online (MS teams link shall
be shared to the bidders later).

Please send bidders contact details to below Ids.

Email: [email protected]
[email protected]
[email protected]

Last date for submitting Pre-Bid queries: 08-Nov-2023

7. Bid Submission Start, Bid Submission Start Date: From 14.00 Hrs. on 20-Nov-2023
End date & Time Bid Submission End Date: Up to 14.00 Hrs. on 04-Dec-2023

8. Techno-commercial Bid 14.30 Hrs. on one day after bid submission (*). If the date identified
opening date as (*) above happens to be a declared holiday in T.EN, Noida/ IOCL,
New Delhi, the next working day shall be considered.

The date and time of Priced Bid opening will be communicated only to
Techno-commercially acceptable bidders.
For Indigenous Bidders.- INR 50,00,000/- Lakhs ( Rupees Fifty Lakhs
9. Earnest Money Deposit only)
(EMD)
Refer clause 19 of ITB for the submission of EMD.

22 Months including Commissioning from the date of issue of

10. Completion Schedule Letter of Acceptance (LOA).

For a detailed Schedule, Refer to Annexure A-II Time Schedule of

SCC Part A.

11 Public procurement Applicable

Preference to make in
India (PPP-MII) Policy
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12 Net worth Requirement Applicable

(Bidder shall have Positive Net Worth)

13 Integrity Pact (IP) Applicable

BIDDER PRE-QUALIFICATION CRITERIA (PQC)

14. Intending Bidders shall meet the minimum qualification criteria detailed below 14.1, 14.2, 14.3
to qualify. The Bidders shall have to furnish proof of their qualification credentials and other
relevant documents mentioned in the Bidding Document along with the Part-I (Techno-
commercial bid).

TECHNICAL CRITERIA
14.1

1. The Bidder should have successfully executed and completed as LEPC (Licensing
Engineering Procurement and Construction) Contractor with single point
responsibility of at least one of the Licensed Units of Oil & Gas Refinery or
Petrochemical units.

LEPC mode involves Licensing/licensor selection and detail engineering,

procurement and supply, construction, and commissioning assistance.

For the above reference Unit, in case the bidder has used services of another
agency (hereby called Licensor) for Licensing & BDEP preparation, the same shall
be considered acceptable. The bidder must submit details of such arrangement
along with the bid (documentary evidence to be provided).

14.1.1 However, if for the above reference Unit, the bidder has used services of another
agency for Residual/Detailed Engineering, then such references will not be
acceptable.

The Unit(s) as referred above must have been commissioned within the last 12
years ending on last day of the month immediately previous to the month in which
last date of bid submission falls (in case of extended bid submission date, original
bid submission date shall be considered).

The unit(s) referred at above should also have been in operation for at least 1 (one)
year after commissioning.

For the above criteria, Bidder shall submit following documents.

 Purchase order copy (Priced / Unpriced PO)
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 Proof of commissioning from Owner/End User.

 For operation for at least 1 (one) year after commissioning, any one of the
following documents is required:

o Certificate for Operation for 1 year from Client, OR

o Certificate of Release of full Security Deposit (Bank Guarantee) by

Client against the defect liability period, OR

o Certificate of Completion of Performance Guarantee and Test run

(PGTR) with completion date at least 1 year prior to bid submission.

 For any job carried out for IOCL, in support of successful operation of one
year, bidder need not submit any additional certificate. However, the
qualification of the reference job order submitted by the bidder for the tender
will be checked internally by IOCL based on the information submitted with
the bid.

2. For the work in this tender the licensor engaged by Bidder (in case bidder is not the
licensor) / the bidder itself (in case bidder is the licensor) must have the required
experience as detailed below on Licensing and BDEP preparation.
i. Licensor must have licensed a Hydrogen plant of minimum 1.0 KTPA
capacity (in terms of Hydrogen Product) producing 99.9% vol (min.) purity
of Hydrogen product ex PSA. The reference plant must have used either
natural gas or naphtha as feed.

ii. The reference unit must have been commissioned in last 12 years & such
reference unit must have completed one-year operation. The Unit(s) as
referred above must have been commissioned within the last 12 years
ending on last day of the month immediately previous to the month in which
last date of bid submission falls (in case of extended bid submission date,
original bid submission date shall be considered).

iii. The reference unit must not be revamped or debottlenecked unit.

iv. The reference unit must not be a captive unit (the unit will be considered as
captive unit where licensor has equal to or more than 50 % share capital in
the company owning the unit).

For Licensing part, experience of Bidder’s Foreign parent/principal/group company

shall also be considered as the Bidder’s experience in meeting the Technical
Criteria, provided the parent/principal/group company meets the above criteria
(Clause 2).
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Bidder shall submit with the Bid, the Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) or
Agreement between Bidder and Licensor (in case bidder is not the Licensor or if
the Licensor is a group/parent company) in connection for meeting the BQC Criteria
as per tender. The MOU shall be binding on the bidder and not to be changed
thereafter without prior approval of IOCL and shall remain in force at least till the
pendency of the Contract including Defect Liability Period.

Under the above MOU/Agreement, the Bidder shall ensure that Licensor grants a
perpetual right and license to IOCL to use the process for the design, engineering
and procurement of all necessary equipment and the construction, re-construction,
use, operation, repair and maintenance of the unit and for use of
catalyst/adsorbents therein with full freedom to market or use without restriction the
products manufactured at the unit.

For above criteria (Clause 2), bidder shall submit following documents:

 Purchase order copy (Priced / Unpriced PO) / Contract Agreement for

Licensing
 PGTR or Commissioning certificate mentioning HGU capacity.
 For operation for at least 1 (one) year after commissioning, any one of the
following documents is required.
o Certificate for Operation for 1 year from Client, OR
o Certificate of Release of full Security Deposit (Bank Guarantee) by
Client against the defect liability period, OR
o Certificate of Completion of Performance Guarantee and Test run
(PGTR) with completion date at least 1 year prior to bid submission.
 For any job carried out for IOCL, in support of successful operation of one
year, bidder need not submit any additional certificate. However, the
qualification of the reference job order submitted by the bidder for the tender
will be checked internally by IOCL based on the information submitted with
the bid.

Experience of Bidder’s Foreign parent/principal / group company shall also be considered as the
Bidder’s experience in meeting the Technical Criteria, provided the parent / principal company
gives UNDERTAKING for completing the project in case bidder fails to execute the project as per
tender terms and conditions.

14.1.2 In this case, the bidder shall comply and furnish the following documents.

a. Certificate of incorporation of the bidder, the group company and the parent company.
b. Documents for establishing the bidder and the group company (if required for the group
company) as a subsidiary of the Parent/Principal Company.
c. Corporate Guarantee of the Parent/Principal Company.
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For (b) the bidder can submit the annual report specifying the relationship or a letter from his
statutory auditor or statutory auditor/ CEO / CFO/ Company Secretary of the Parent/Principal
company clearly stating the relationship between the bidder and Parent/Principal Company.

COMMERCIAL EXPERIENCE CRITERIA:

14.2

For experience, the bidder should have executed/completed at least One or two or three Order /
14.2.1
contract(s) involving similar work with minimum value(s) as indicated below during the last 12
(Twelve) years ending on last day of the month immediately previous to the month in which last
date of bid submission falls (in case of extended bid submission date, original bid submission
date shall be considered):
 One “similar” successfully completed Work / contract / Order value not less than the
amount equal to INR 82,50,00,000/- [Eighty Two Crores Fifty Lakhs only],
OR
 Two “similar” successfully completed Work / contract / Order Value not less than the
amount equal to INR 66,00,00,000/- [Sixty Six Crores only],
OR
 Three “similar” successfully completed Work / contract / Order Value not less than the
amount equal to INR 49,50,00,000/- [Forty Nine Crore and Fifty Lakhs Only]

Date of Mechanical Completion will be considered as the date of completion and that
should fall within the qualifying period.
The above values of completed contract(s) shall be exclusive of GST /Service Tax.

“Similar Work” is as defined at Sr. no. 14.2.2

14.2.2 “Similar Work” shall mean “Execution of any Process Plant under LEPC / LSTK mode in Oil &
Gas / Fertilizer / Steel / Petrochemical sector”.

LSTK mode involves detail engineering, procurement and supply, construction, and
commissioning assistance.

LEPC mode involves Licensing/licensor selection and detail engineering, procurement and supply,
construction, and commissioning assistance

DOCUMENTATION FOR MEETING COMMERCIAL EXPERIENCE CRITERIA:-

14.2.2
a) The Bidder shall furnish documentary proof to fulfil the commercial criteria
1. the copy of work order(s)/ contract agreement(s)/ relevant pages of contract
document(s) mentioning the value and the scope of work,
2. completion certificate(s) by owner/ Consultant indicating executed value and
3. certificate(s) of commissioning of previous plants from owner/ Consultant,

b) In case, the executed value of job is more than work order value and bidder claims that
they are meeting the BQC requirement on the basis of executed value, then it is the
responsibility of the bidder to submit the documentary evidence of final executed value
(such as copy of Final Bill, executed value mentioned in Completion Certificate etc.) along
with his bid.
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c) In case Executed Value is not mentioned in the Completion Certificate, Work Order value
with amendments, if any, shall be considered towards BQC requirements. Where the
executed value is not mentioned in the Completion Certificate, the copy of certified Bill shall
also be acceptable for determining the Executed Value if submitted along with Completion
Certificate. Executed Value or Work Order Value, whichever is higher, shall be considered
towards BQC requirements as above and Offer shall be evaluated accordingly.

d) Executed value mentioned in the completion certificate should be exclusive of Service Tax/
GST. In case the value of job submitted by the bidder does not have clarity with regard to
inclusion/ exclusion of Service Tax/GST, the amount appearing in the certificate shall be
considered exclusive of Service Tax/GST and shall be evaluated accordingly.

e) A job completed by a bidder as a Sub-Contractor shall be considered for the purpose of

meeting the technical and commercial experience criteria of BQC subject to submission of
following documents in support of meeting the “Bidder Qualification Criteria”:
i. Copy of work order along with SOR issued by Main Contractor.
ii. Bidder has to submit a Certificate from the End User/ Owner/Consultant of the
Owner stating that the Main Contractor has intimated them about the engagement
of Bidder as a Sub-Contractor OR the Bidder had been allowed/permitted as a Sub-
Contractor in the concerned job(s).
iii. Copies of Completion/Commissioning Certificates (as the case may be) issued by
the Owner/ Owner’s Consultant/Main Contractor. The said Certificates shall have
details like work order no. /date, brief scope of work, ordered & executed value of
the job, completion date etc. In case bidder is not able to furnish the completion
certificates from the Owner/Owner’s Consultant in his name then the Certificate
issued in the name of Main Contractor shall also be considered as proof of
completion of the relevant job.
iv. If the bidder cites any reference of a job executed for IOCL or executed for some
client through PMC and the bidder is not able to furnish documentary evidence, the
internal records of IOCL or PMC (as the case may be) shall be considered.

f) A job executed by a bidder for its own plant/ projects can’t be considered as experience for
the purpose of meeting requirement of BQC of the Bidding Document. However, jobs
executed for Subsidiary/ Fellow subsidiary / Holding company will be considered as
experience for the purpose of meeting BQC subject to submission of tax paid invoice(s) duly
certified by Statutory Auditor of the bidder towards payments of statutory tax in support of
the job executed. Such bidders shall submit these documents over and above the other
required documents under the various Clauses of BQC.

g) For Indian Bidders, Order value(s) in multiple currencies shall be converted to equivalent
INR at the exchange rate of SBI bill selling rate as on the date of opening of Price bid of
such proposed qualifying work(s).

14.3 FINANCIAL CRITERIA :

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The Annual Turn Over [ATO] of the bidders during any of the preceding three financial years
14.3.1 should be at least INR 54,00,00,000/- [Indian Rupees Fifty Four Crores Only].

Note: The failure to meet Annual Turnover (ATO) will render the bid to be summarily rejected.

DOCUMENTATION FOR MEETING FINANCIAL CRITERIA:-

14.3.2
a) For fulfilling the Financial Criteria, annual audited published financial statements (Audited
Balance Sheet, Profit and Loss Account, Auditor Report and all other Schedules / notes to
Balance sheet and Profit & Loss Account) of the bidder shall be considered as acceptable proof.

b) In case the NIT publication date is within 09 (Nine) months from close date of preceding financial
/accounting year, the bidder can submit the balance sheets of any of the previous three years
(excluding the immediate preceding year), if the balance sheet of immediate preceding year is
not available.

c) In case, due to internal / local regulation, a Bidder is unable to submit audited balance sheet,
the following shall apply:
If the bidder, as an internal policy could not be able to submit the complete set of audited annual
financial statements, bidder can submit a letter from the statutory auditor/ practicing Chartered
Accountant (not being an employee or a Director and not having any interest in the bidder’s
company) of the bidder (as per Attachment-XII to ITB) OR a Letter from the bidder duly
certified by statutory auditor/ practicing Chartered Accountant (not being an employee or a
Director and not having any interest in the bidder’s company) (as per Attachment-XII to ITB).

In case, as per the company policy, letter from statutory auditor/ practicing Chartered is not
possible, bidder can submit the letter from CEO or CFO of the bidder (as per Attachment-XIII
to ITB).

The above Letters/Certificates shall provide a reference of the local regulation restricting this
endorsement.

Offer must be uploaded on the e-tender website

www.iocletenders.nic.in before the last date & time of submission
15 Mode of Submission
of tender. Offers submitted using any other mode will not be
accepted.

16 Other Requirements

16.1 Independent ESI (Employees State Insurance) Code or undertaking for Independent ESI code
in the Format given in Bidding Forms (Form-S).

NOTES:

a) Bidders who would like to quote directly shall have Indian ESI Registration in their own name
and submit a Copy of the same Registration Certificate along with the Bid.
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If ESI Registration is not available during Bidding as mentioned above, necessary Undertaking
b) shall be given by the Bidder as per the Tender provisions that once the Job is awarded, the
successful Bidder shall arrange for the ESI Registration as per the Statutory requirements.

All bidders shall be required to submit the Power of Attorney in the name of the
16.2 authorized signatory who is submitting the bid with his Digital Signature Certificate &
Signature. Also, the Power of Attorney of the Person who has signed the bid (if a different
person) shall be submitted.

16.3
Copy of PAN card.

PF (PROVIDENT FUND) REGISTRATION

Indian Bidders who would like to quote directly shall have Indian PF Registration in their own name
16.4 and shall submit a Copy of the PF Registration Certificate along with the Bid.

Bids of such Bidders, who shall not submit a copy of the valid PF Registration Certificate
as per the above requirement, will be rejected.
Shri LS Nagi / Shri Krishan Pal Singh / Devesh Narule
M/s Technip Energies India Limited
Technip Tower, A-4, Sector-1 |
Tender Inviting Noida, 201301 | Uttar Pradesh, India
17 Telephone: +91 120 430 1445 / 1272
Authority
Email:[email protected]
[email protected]
[email protected]

18 Tender Cost/Fee Not Applicable

Not Applicable
(Tender Evaluation shall be done on NPV Basis hence RA is not
19 Reverse Auction (RA)
applicable)

English
20 Language

The offer of the Bidder shall remain valid for 6 (Six) months from
the scheduled unpriced bid opening date (including extensions,
21 Validity of Bids if any). On account of exigencies if bidders are asked to extend their
validity the same should be without any deviation including changes in
the prices.

D. GENERAL
Bidder to note the following before bidding:

1. Offers from the following types of bidders will not be accepted

a) Who are in the Holiday/ Suspension /Banning List / Negative list of Licensor or IOCL or its
Administrative Ministry, MoP&NG on the due date of submission of the bid / during the
process of evaluation of the bids.
b) Bidders who are under liquidation, court receivership, or similar proceedings. In this
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connection, Bidder shall submit an Affidavit stating that they are not under liquidation,
court receivership, or similar proceedings.
c) Consultant or their subsidiary Company or companies under the management of
Consultant for the execution of the same project for which they are working as Consultant,
with the exception of participation as TPIA for the same job.
d) Bidder(s) who are undergoing insolvency resolution process or liquidation or bankruptcy
proceeding under Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code, 2016 (Code).
e) Bidder(s) whose insolvency resolution process or liquidation or bankruptcy proceeding is
initiated under the above Code at any stage of evaluation of the bid.

2. The subject tender is an e-tender & can be downloaded from the IOCL website,
https://iocletenders.nic.in The tender document will not be issued in person or sent by post.
Mere obtaining tender documents through the IOCL website shall, however, not be construed
that the bidder/agency being considered qualified.

3. Bidders are mandated to get enrolled on the e-Tendering portal (https://iocletenders.nic.in) and
enroll in their Digital Signature Certificate (DSC).

4. Bidders are advised to read the instructions for participating in the e-tendering from the website
https://iocletenders.nic.in The Help Documentation placed on Home Page provides necessary
guidance to bidders for using the e-Tendering site. A user ID will be issued to each prospective
bidder by the e-Procurement administrator for participation in e-tendering. Special Instruction
to Bidder for e tendering procedure is enclosed as part of tender document.

5. Bidder shall download the Bidding Document in his own name and submit the bid directly. The
Bidding Document is non-transferable. Bids submitted by Bidder/s who have not downloaded
the bidding document either directly or through their authorized person will be rejected. Please
note that the person having Power of Attorney to do the bidding process on behalf of the bidder
shall only submit/upload the bid document using their own DSC.

6. As far as possible Bidders are requested to clarify all the queries related to tender before the
bid opening and ensure compliance with all provisions of the bidding document.

7. The bidder is expected prior to the submission of its/his/their bid, as a prudent and experienced
Contractor to make its/his/their own assessment of all the requirements of the work and of the
accuracy, correctness, and completeness of any estimate, data, or information furnished by the
OWNER in the Tender Documents and of the availability, suitability, propriety, adequacy and/or
soundness of any suggestion made by the OWNER in the Tender Documents as hereinabove
referred to.

8. All documents furnished by the bidder in support of meeting the Bidder’s Qualification Criteria
(BQC) shall be self-certified.

All documents submitted by the bidder toward meeting BQC shall be furnished in a separate
booklet titled as "Documentation against Bidder Qualification Criteria" with proper indexing.

9. Submission of authentic documents is the prime responsibility of the bidder. Wherever IOCL
has concern or apprehension regarding the authenticity/ correctness of any document, IOCL
reserves the right to get the documents verified from issuing authority/any relevant source. If
documents (part or full) are found forged, such offers will be summarily rejected, EMD will be
forfeited, and orders if any placed against subject tender will be terminated and may be
debarred from future tenders. For the purpose of verification of documents, bidders shall submit
complete client details with names, addresses, phone numbers, e-mail IDs, etc.
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10. IOCL/EPCM reserves the right to carry out capacity & capability assessment of the bidder using
in-house information and past performance.

11. Relevant supporting documents towards other requirements specified are also to be uploaded
along with the bid failing which the bid is liable for rejection.

12. IOCL reserves the right to reject any or all of the tenders or any parts of the tender so received
and may cancel the tender in part or full, extend the due date of Tender submission, etc. without
assigning any reason.

13. In case any Bidder is found to be involved in cartel formation, his Bid will not be considered for
evaluation/placement of order. Such Bidder will also be debarred from bidding in the future.

14. Canvassing in any form by the Bidder or by any other agency on their behalf may lead to
disqualification of their Bid.

15. Legal dispute, if any, shall only be within the jurisdiction of the Local Court unless mentioned
otherwise.

16. All communication will be made through the e-Tendering website (www.iocletenders.nic.in).
However, IOCL reserve the right to take cognizance of the communication made outside the e-
Tendering Portal under exceptional circumstances.

17. Bidder cannot make any claim against IOCL towards its expense incurred in connection with
the preparation and delivery of their bids, participating in the discussion, and other expenses
incurred during the bidding process.
18. Offers not meeting the statutory requirement are liable for rejection.

19. Bidders are advised to visit the Announcement section/ Information for DSC/ Bidders Manual
Kit/ FAQ of the e-Tender Portal before bidding.

20. Any Addendum/Corrigendum/Sale date extension in respect of the above Tender shall be
issued on our website: https://iocletenders.nic.in only and no separate notification shall be
issued in the press. Bidders are therefore requested to regularly visit our website to keep
themselves updated. Failure of Bidder to submit tender without taking cognizance of
Corrigendum / Amendment (if any) issued by IOCL shall make bid liable for rejection.

21. IOCL does not take any responsibility for the correctness of tender documents obtained from
any other source. Bidders are advised to visit the above-mentioned website before submitting
their offer for the official version of the tender document including any corrigendum/amendment
if any, which shall be binding to the bidder.

22. Owner reserves its right to allow Public Sector Enterprises (Central/State), to purchase
preference as admissible/applicable from time to time under the existing Govt. Policy.

23. For detailed specifications, terms and conditions, and other details, refer complete Bidding
Document.

24. A Memorandum of understanding has been signed by IOCL with Transparency International
on 18.01.2008 for the adoption of the Integrity Pact in major Tenders. Bidder shall submit the
Integrity Agreement & the covering letter in the prescribed Formats (enclosed in the Bid
Document) duly signed along with the Bid.

25. Fax/ e-mail bids shall not be accepted.

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26. The terms “Pre-qualification Criteria (PQC)” and “Bidder Qualification Criteria (BQC)”
shall have the same meaning in the Bidding Document.

27. The terms ‘Sl.No.’, ‘Sr.No.’, ‘Cl.No.’ and ‘Clause No.’ used in this NIT document shall
have the same meaning.

28. Bidder to quote the NIT/Bidding Doc. no. in all Correspondence.

29. Clarification, if any, can be obtained from EPCM / IOCL.

30. The bidder is also expected prior to finalization of its/his/their bid to visit and examine the job
site and its surroundings and to familiarize itself/himself/themselves with the ground realities,
the availability, existence, and suitability of facilities, and sources of supply required for the
work(s) and the environmental conditions which can be encountered, and collect all data and
other information which the bidder may require for preparation and formulation of its/his/their
bid. The CONTRACTOR will not be entitled to make any claim against the OWNER or to raise
any objection or defense to any claim based on the ignorance of existing or expected
conditions, or the lack of adequate information, or any plan, estimate, or expectation based on
a different perception or expectation or information.

31. The tenderer shall be deemed before tendering to have undertaken a thorough study of the
proposed work, the job site(s) involved, the site conditions, soil conditions, the terrain, the
climatic conditions, the labor, power, material, and equipment availability, transport, and
communications facilities, the availability and suitability of borrow areas, the availability of land
for right of way and temporary office and accommodations, quarters, and all other facts and
facilities necessary or relevant for the formulation of the bid, supply of materials and the
performance of work

32. Unsolicited clarifications to the offer and/or changes in the prices during the validity period
would render the bid liable for rejection.

33. Techno-commercial part of the Bids shall be opened 14:30 Hrs. (IST) on the due date. The time
and date of opening of Price Bids shall be notified through e portal to the qualified and
acceptable bidders at a later date. Bidders may view the Bid opening through IOCL e-
Tendering portal: https://iocletenders.nic.in

34. Bidders shall quote their most competitive rates. Negotiations will not be conducted with the
bidders as a matter of routine. However, the Owner reserves the right to conduct negotiations.

35. Bidder should make sure that their Price-Bid (Part-II/BOQ) contains only prices. Rates
mentioned elsewhere shall not be taken into cognizance. The offer shall be liable for rejection
if any condition directly or implied, is recorded in Priced Bid (Part-II/BOQ).

36. After the opening of the technical bids but before the opening of the price bids, the bids may be
rejected for unsatisfactory performance or adverse comments which have come to the notice
of the Owner/EPCM Consultant after the issue of the tender inquiry

37. Refer ITB of the tender document /Special Instruction to Bidder (SITB) of the e-tender website
for more details.

38. The offer of the Bidder shall remain valid for 6 (Six) months from the scheduled unpriced
bid opening date (including extensions, if any).

39. Bidders from a country that shares a land border with India will be eligible to bid in this tender
only if the bidder is registered with the Competent Authority in line with requirements specified
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by the Government of India. Broad Guidelines in this regard are specified in Annexure- I. The
bidder shall complete the registration process before the last date of bid submission and submit
documentary evidence in this regard, failing which their bids will be rejected.

40. Notwithstanding any other condition/ provision in the tender documents, bidders are required
to submit complete documents pertaining to PQC along with their offer. Failure to meet the
PQC will render the bid to be summarily rejected. IOC reserves the right to complete the
evaluation based on the details furnished by the bidder, with or without seeking any additional
supporting documents /clarifications.

41. Fax of Acceptance (FOA)/LOA (Letter of Acceptance) will be issued by the OWNER to the
successful BIDDER.

LS Nagi - AVP Procurement

For and on behalf of

Technip Energies India Limited

Signature Not Verified

Digitally signed by DEVESH MAROTRAO
NARULE
Date: 2023.10.28 18:06:34 IST
Location: Indian Oil Corporation Ltd-IOCL