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GOVERNME ANDAMAN LAKSHADW TENDER No. ALHW/ENV/ 1 TENDER for “Conducting Sub Soil Investigati Campbell Bay in Great Nicobar GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF SHIPPING ANDAMAN LAKSHADWEEP HARBOUR WORKS PORT BLAIR TENDER No. ALHW/ENV/ 1 (18)/SS -04/2016 dated 03.08.2016 TENDER FOR “ Conducting sub soil investigation in connection with extension of breakwater at Campbell Bay in Great Nicobar , MUS in Car Nicobar Island and additional wharf at Hut Bay in Little Andaman” Through e -Tendering Mode Volume – I (Technical Bid) Due Date of online submission : 1500 Hrs. on 22.08.2016 Due Date & Time of bid opening : 1530 Hrs. on 22.08.2016 TENDER FOR “Conducting subsoil investigation in connection with extension of breakwater at Campbell Bay in Great Nicobar, MUS in Car Nicobar Island and additional wharf at Hut Bay in Little Andaman” 1 ANDAMAN LAKSHADWEEP HARBOUR WORKS NOTICE INVITING e-TENDER PRESS NOTICE The Executive Engineer, office of the Chief Engineer & Administrator, Andaman Lakshadweep Harbour Works, Port Blair invites on behalf of the President of India online item rate tenders from the qualified Contractor/Agencies in two bid system for the following work:- NIT No. ALHW/ENV/1 (18)/SS-04/2016 dated 03.08.2016 Name of Work: Conducting sub soil investigation in connection with extension of breakwater at Campbell Bay in Great Nicobar, MUS in Car Nicobar and additional wharf at Hut Bay in Little Andaman Islands Estimated Cost: Rs. 39,90,750,00.00 Earnest Money: Rs. 79900.00 Period of Completion: 150 Days , Last date & time of submission of Bid: 22.08.2016 up to 1500 Hrs. The tender forms and other details can be obtained from the website www.tenderwizard.com/ALHW or www.and.nic.in/tenderalhw Executive Engineer (ALHW) O/o the CE & A, ALHW, Port Blair. 2 TENDER No. ALHW/ENV/1(18) /2016/SS-04 THROUGH E-TENDERING MODE CONTENTS OBR Online Bid Reference NIT Notice Inviting Online Tender Online bid Instructions for online bid submission SECTION-1 Instructions to Bidders SECTION-2 Form of Bid, Contractor’s bid, Pre qualification of Bidders SECTION -3 Part – I General conditions of contract(As applicable CPWD Form-8) & Schedule -F Part – II – Special conditions of contract SECTION -4 Specification of materials and works SECTION -5 Schedule of Drawings SECTION -6 Forms of securities and other formats SECTION -7 Bill of quantities SECTION -8 Technical specification of works 3 ONLINE BID REFERENCE TENDER No. ALHW/ENV/1(18)/ 2016/SS-04/ TENDER FOR “Conducting sub soil investigation in connection with extension of breakwater at Campbell Bay in Great Nicobar, MUS in Car Nicobar and additional wharf at Hut Bay in Little Andaman. THROUGH E-TENDERING MODE ESTIMATED COST : Rs.39,90,750.00 EARNEST MONEY DEPOSIT : Rs.79,900.00 COMPLETION PERIOD : 150 DAYS PERIOD OF DOWNLOADING BIDDING DOCUMENT : FROM 08.08.2016 TO 18.08.2016 START DATE & TIME FOR ONLINE SUBMISSION : 18.08.2016 TIME 0900HOURS LAST DATE & TIME FOR ONLINE SUBMISSION OF BID : 22.08.2016 TIME 1500 HOURS TIME & DATE OF OPENING OF TECHNICAL BID : 22.08.2016 TIME 1530 HOURS PLACE OF OPENING : O/o CHIEF ENGINEER & ADMINISTRATOR OF TECHNICAL BID ANDAMAN LAKSHADWEEP HARBOUR WORKS PORT BLAIR-744101 EXECUTIVE ENGINEER (ALHW) O/o the CE &A, ALHW, PORT BLAIR 4 NOTICE INVITING ONLINE TENDERS Tender No. ALHW/ENV/1(18)/2016/SS-04 TENDER FOR “ Conducting sub soil investigation in connection with extension of breakwater at Campbell Bay in Great Nicobar, MUS in Car Nicobar and additional wharf at Hut Bay in Little Andaman 1.1 Online Item Rate tender through e-Tendering mode are invited by Andaman Lakshadweep Harbour Works from reputed Contractors for executing the work of “ Conducting sub soil investigation in connection with extension of breakwaters at Campbell Bay in Great Nicobar, MUS in Car Nicobar and additional wharf at Hut Bay in Little Andaman” under two cover system. The estimated cost put to tender is Rs. 39,90,750.00. 1.2 The tender document is made available through e-Tendering mode and open for downloading from 08.08.2016 to 18.08.2016 at Andaman Lakshadweep Harbour Works official website www.alhw.and.nic.in and also under www.tenderwizard.com/ALHW 1.3 Each set of tender document consists of two volumes (Volume - I & II). Volume-I (Technical Bid) comprises of all Technical & commercial offer documents including drawings and Volume-II (Price Bid) comprises of all the Price bid documents. 1.4 The complete tender document shall be submitted online as tender offer on or before the due date and time of submission. The bidder shall have to pay Rs.500/- (Rupees five hunderd only) towards the cost of tender document. The intending bidder shall pay the cost of tender document Online in favour of The Accounts Officer, o/o the Chief Engineer & Administrator, Andaman Lakshadweep Harbour Works, Port Blair in Account No : 99003170000053, IFSC : SYNB 0009900 of Syndicate Bank Main Branch, Port Blair. The scanned copy of the receipt of Online Payment made towards the cost of tender document and the Scanned copy of EMD for an amount Of Rs.79900.00( Rupees Seventy nine Thousand nine hundred only) as per clause 1.16 of ITB of Technical Bid of the tender document, towards Bid Security (EMD) shall be uploaded with the tender document - Technical bid while submitting the tender electronically in the e-tendering Portal. The indenting bidder can pay the EMD in the form of FDR/TDR/BANK GARUNTEE or online payment in favour of The Accounts Officer, o/o the Chief Engineer & Administrator, Andaman Lakshadweep Harbour Works, Port Blair in Account No : 99003170000053, IFSC : SYNB 0009900 of Syndicate Bank Main Branch, Port Blair. The Tender shall not be accepted without the PROOF OF HAVING PAID THE COST OF TENDER DOCUMENT AND EMD. The original financial instruments towards i) The receipt of Online Payment towards the cost of tender document shall be placed in a sealed envelope superscripted as “Cost of Tender document” duly mentioning the Tender no. & Name of work and Due date of opening of Bid; and 5 ii) The original financial instrument towards EMD shall be placed separately in a sealed envelope superscripted as “EMD” duly mentioning the Tender no. & Name of work and Due date of opening of Bid and iii) The originals documents such as Integrity pact and Power of attorney shall be placed separately in sealed envelope super scribed as “Original document” duly mentioning the Tender no. & Name of work and Due date of opening of Bid and all the three envelopes shall be placed in the single cover addressed to The Executive Engineer (ALHW), O/o the Chief Engineer & Administrator, Andaman Lakshadweep Harbour Works , Port Blair-744101 .The original instruments should reach the office of Chief Engineer & Administrator, Andaman Lakshadweep Harbour Works up to 1500 Hrs. on 22.08.2016 . Non submission of the original financial instruments towards cost of Tender Document and EMD within the above period leads to disqualification of bids. 1.5 The Bid security (EMD) as per Clause 1.16 of section-I shall be paid as described in the Tender Document. The tender offer shall have to be submitted by the Tenderer only through e- tendering mode as explained in the tender document. 1.5.1 The proof of EMD shall be uploaded as a scanned copy of the instrument through e-tendering mode under the Tender Document – Technical Bid while submitting tender electronically in the e-Tendering portal. The original EMD must reach Andaman Lakshadweep Harbour works in corresponding address before opening of Technical Bid as per the date and time given in this tender. Mere uploading of EMD document in the portal and non-submission of the original EMD at the address given below before the Technical Bid opening date & time will lead to technical bid opening disqualification of the bid by the bidder The Executive Engineer (ALHW) O/o the Chief Engineer & Administrator, Andaman Lakshadweep Harbour works, Port Blair – 744101. The original EMD instrument should be sealed in an envelope can also be dropped/Submitted along with Technical Bid in the Tender Box kept at the above address. 1.6 The offer (both Techno-Commercial & Price) must be valid for a minimum of 120 days from the last date of online submission of offer; otherwise the offer shall be rejected as non- responsive. 1.7 Bidding is open to all eligible bidders meeting the eligibility criteria as defined in Clause 1.4 of Section-I (Instructions to Bidders) and bidders are advised to note the minimum qualification criteria specified below to qualify for the award of the contract. i. Successful experience as main contractor in the execution of at least three projects of a nature and complexity comparable to the proposed contract within the last 7 years. The individual value of any of these projects should be not less than Rs 12.00 Lakhs (Rupees twelve lakhs only). 6 (OR) ii. Successful experience as main contractor in the execution of at least two projects of a nature and complexity comparable to the proposed contract within the last 7years ending last day of the months previous to the one in which application are invited. The individual value of any of these projects should be not less than Rs 19.95 Lakhs (Rupees nineteen lakhs ninety five thousand only). (OR) iii. Successful experience as main contractor in the execution of at least one project of a nature and complexity comparable to the proposed contract within the last 7 years. The individual value of any of these projects should be not less than Rs 31.93 Lakhs (Rupees thirty one lakhs ninety three thousand only) iv. The value of similar works completed by the bidder will be brought to current costing level by enhancing the actual value of work with the multiplication factor as detailed below for assessing the eligibility of the bidder under experience.
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