E-tender has been invited for the captioned work and as per SOT Pre-bid meeting was scheduled at 11.00 A.M on June 24, 2022. The meeting was attended by four firms as below -
M/s Interex Arch Design Pvt. Ltd. -
M/s Priyanka Enterprises -
M/s Sanico Sanitation -
M/s Aakar - Shilp Engineers & Contractors 2. During the meeting, the vendors were briefed about the scope of work, in detail, and were appraised about the necessary precautions to be taken while executing the work, being VIP premises, etc. 3. The queries raised by the participants along with the clarifications of Estate office is furnished in table below Sl. No | Queries Raised by the Contractors | Clarifications of Estate office | 1. | All the contactors requested for increasing the duration of completion period from three months to five months citing the site constraints, monsoon, etc. | Considering the difficulties mentioned by the vendors and in order to have better participants in the tender, it is proposed to revise the completion period from 3 months to 5 months | 2. | All the contractors requested for relaxation in the amount of work required for interim bill payment from Rs.10 Lakhs to Rs. 5.0 Lakhs citing the initial financial burden of 2% EMD & 5% PBG at time of bidding and on award of the work. | It is proposed to acceded to the request of the vendors to have better participation. | 3. | The contractors also enquired whether two separate PBG towards waterproofing is to be submitted w.r.t item No 5 & 11 (a), | Bank has clarified that only one PBG of 5% of the contract value shall be submitted by the contractor. | 4. | The contractors also raised a query on Item no. 4 of the unpriced bill of quantities regarding the ratio of plain cement concrete. | The ratio is 1cement: 2 fine aggregate: 4 Coarse aggregate | 5. | In Item No 11 a, it is mentioned as “aluminium section will be measured and paid in item No 10 b” | Due to typographical error, it is written 10b which shall be 11b. Therefore, vendors were informed to read as “aluminium section will be measured and paid in item No 11 b” | Following were also informed to the firms: -
Concrete shall be machine mixed. -
Cube shall be casted for 7 days & 28 days’ compression strength as per latest IS 456 4. All remaining other terms and conditions of the tender shall remain same. Above changes are not causing any financial implications and thus the total estimated cost remains unchanged. | |