NAMBOR –GOLAGHAT– NUMALIGARH AREA GAS PIPELINE PROJECT BID DOCUMENT FOR PIPELINE INSTALLATION ACROSS RIVERS BY HORIZONTAL DIRECTION DRILLING (HDD) TECHNIQUE OPEN DOMESTIC COMPETITIVE BIDDING Bid Document No.: AGCL/BD/PMC-GHT/HDD/2019/10 Dated 07.04.2020 PMC Document No.: 1009-00-PP-TEN-2002 Rev No.: D1 VOLUME - I OF II: Commercial Prepared and Issued by VCS Quality Services Pvt. Ltd. (PMC) VCS Project Consultants Pvt Ltd (Engg.) TABLE OF CONTENT TABLE OF CONTENTS SECTION - I INVITATION FOR BIDS (IFB)...................................................................................... 4 1.0 INTRODUCTION ......................................................................... Error! Bookmark not defined. 2.0 BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF PROJECT .................................................................................... 5 3.0 BRIEF SCOPE OF WORK ..................................................................................................... 5 4.0 COMPLETION PERIOD ......................................................................................................... 5 5.0 BID VALIDITY ........................................................................................................................ 6 6.0 BIDDING PROCEDURE ........................................................................................................ 6 7.0 DETAILS OF TENDER DOCUMENTS ................................................................................... 6 8.0 DOWNLOADING OF TENDER DOCUMENT ......................................................................... 7 9.0 BIDDER EVALUATION CRITERIA (BEC) ............................................................................. 7 10.0 TENDER PROCESSING FEE & BID SECURITY ................................................................ 11 11.0 PRE-BID MEETING ............................................................................................................. 12 12.0 GENERAL ........................................................................................................................... 12 SECTION – II INSTRUCTIONS TO BIDDERS (ITB) ....................................................................... 14 1.0 INTRODUCTION .................................................................................................................. 15 2.0 BIDDING ENTITY ................................................................................................................ 15 3.0 ELIGIBILITY OF BIDDERS .................................................................................................. 15 4.0 ONE BID PER BIDDER ....................................................................................................... 15 5.0 COST OF BIDDING ............................................................................................................. 16 6.0 NON-TRANSFERABILITY OF THE BID DOCUMENTS ...................................................... 16 7.0 SITE SURVEY ..................................................................................................................... 16 8.0 CONTENT OF BID DOCUMENTS ....................................................................................... 16 9.0 CLARIFICATION ON BID DOCUMENTS ............................................................................ 17 10.0 AMENDMENT OF BID DOCUMENTS ................................................................................. 17 11.0 LANGUAGE OF BID ............................................................................................................ 17 12.0 DOCUMENTS CONSTITUTING THE BID ........................................................................... 17 13.0 BID FORM ........................................................................................................................... 18 14.0 BID PRICES......................................................................................................................... 18 15.0 PRICE BASIS ...................................................................................................................... 18 16.0 CURRENCIES OF BID ........................................................................................................ 18 17.0 DOCUMENTS ESTABLISHING BIDDER’S ELIGIBILITY AND QUALIFICATION .............. 18 18.0 BID SECURITY/ EMD .......................................................................................................... 19 19.0 PERIOD OF VALIDITY OF BIDS ......................................................................................... 20 20.0 DEVIATIONS ....................................................................................................................... 20 TABLE OF CONTENT 21.0 PREPARATION OF BIDS .................................................................................................... 20 22.0 SUBMISSION OF BID ......................................................................................................... 21 23.0 DEADLINE FOR SUBMISSION OF BIDS ............................................................................ 22 24.0 LATE BIDS .......................................................................................................................... 22 25.0 MODIFICATION AND WITHDRAWAL OF BIDS ................................................................. 22 26.0 OPENING OF BIDS BY THE PURCHASER/ CONSULTANT .............................................. 23 27.0 PRELIMINARY EXAMINATION ........................................................................................... 23 28.0 REJECTION CRITERIA ....................................................................................................... 24 29.0 OPENING OF PRICE BID .................................................................................................... 24 30.0 EVALUATION AND COMPARISON OF BIDS ..................................................................... 24 31.0 CONTACTING THE PURCHASER/ CONSULTANT ............................................................ 25 32.0 POST-QUALIFICATION ...................................................................................................... 26 33.0 AWARD CRITERIA .............................................................................................................. 26 34.0 SPLIT OF AWARD .............................................................................................................. 26 35.0 OWNER’S RIGHT TO VARY QUANTITIES AT TIME OF AWARD ..................................... 26 36.0 OWNER’S RIGHT TO ACCEPT OR REJECT ANY OR ALL BIDS ..................................... 26 37.0 NOTIFICATION OF AWARD ............................................................................................... 26 38.0 ACCEPTANCE OF WORK ORDER .................................................................................... 27 39.0 CORRUPT OR FRAUDULENT PRACTICES ....................................................................... 27 40.0 WHISTLE BLOWER POLICY .............................................................................................. 27 41.0 EVALUATION OF PERFORMANCE ................................................................................... 28 42.0 CONTRACTOR SAFETY MANUAL .................................................................................... 28 SECTION-IV SPECIAL CONDITIONS OF CONTRACT (SCC) .................................................... 101 SECTION-V FORMS & FORMATS .............................................................................................. 129 SECTION – VI SCHEDULE OF RATES (SOR) ............................................................................. 151 INVITATION FOR BID (IFB) SECTION - I INVITATION FOR BIDS (IFB) INVITATION FOR BID (IFB) 1.0 INTRODUCTION 1.1 Assam Gas Company Ltd. (AGCL) (hereinafter called as Owner/AGCL), is an ISO 9001 : 2008 certified, 57 years old Natural Gas transmission and distribution company , wholly owned by the Govt. of Assam with its registered office at Duliajan, Dist : Dibrugarh, Assam 786 602. The company transports Natural Gas through its integrated pipeline infrastructure to several market segments i.e. Power, Fertilizer, petrochemicals, Industrial, Commercial and Domestic consumers primarily located in upper Assam. The present infrastructure of the company has a transportation capacity of about 6.0 MMSCM of gas per day. 1.2 At present, AGCL is collecting and transporting Natural Gas from the gas fields of ONGCL in Khoraghat region of Golaghat District bordering Nagaland through its 8” X 12 km and 4” NB x 47 km Khoraghat - Uriumghat – Golaghat gas pipeline and distributing the same to the consumers of Golaghat / Jorhat districts of Assam through its network of established pipeline infrastructure. Presently, the company has been allotted additional Natural Gas from the above mentioned region that needs to be gainfully utilized in and around Golaghat and other districts of upper Assam. 1.3 AGCL has appointed “VCS Quality Services” as a consultant for carrying out the detail engineering and project management works for laying of the pipeline along with associated facilities from Nambor – Khoraghat - Numaligarh for catering the requirement of natural gas. 2.0 BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF PROJECT 2.1 The project involves laying of 12” X 17 km, 8” X 77 km & 6” X 6 km long pipeline from Nambor to Numaligarh. The brief project details of the pipeline are as follows:- Laying of 12” X 17 km piggable pipeline and associated terminal facilities connecting