Bid Submission. 1. Bidder to log into the site well in advance for bid submission so that he/she 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. 2. The bidder to digitally sign and upload the required bid documents one by one as indicated in the tender document. 3. Bidder to select the payment option as Online” to pay the tender fee/ EMD wherever applicable and enter details of the instrument. 4. A standard BoQ format has been provided with the tender document to be filled by all the bidders. Bidders to note that they should necessarily submit their financial bids in the prescribed format and no other format is acceptable. 5. 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. 6. All the documents being submitted by the bidders would be encrypted using PKI encryption techniques to ensure the secrecy of the data, which cannot be viewed by unauthorized persons until the time of bid opening. 7. The uploaded tender documents become readable only after the tender opening by the authorized bid openers. 8. Upon the successful and timely submission of bids, 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. 9. Kindly add scanned PDF of all relevant documents in a single PDF file of compliance sheet.
Bid Submission. 1.16.1. E-bid along with the relevant documents must be uploaded and digitally signed with the digital signature of the pre-authorized personnel of the tenderer already registered with the IREPS web site. Digital signature used must be “Class IIIB with Company Name” obtained from an Authority approved by the Controller of Certifying Agency, Ministry of Information Technology, Government of India. 1.16.2. Tenderers must look out for NIT as soon as it is available in IREPS website and upload their offer well in advance without waiting for closing date and time, to avoid last minute hassles in their own computer system or communication line. NORTH EASTERN RAILWAY, GORAKHPUR shall not be responsible for non-participation of vendors due to any technical problems on the day of tender closing time.. 1.16.3. The e-procurement system does not permit submission of any offer after the closing date and time of that e-Tender. Hence there is no scope of any Late / Delayed offers in the online bidding process. 1.16.4. Firms are advised to ensure that address furnished by them for getting digital signature from accredited agencies are same as that furnished to and available with the centralized source/vendor approving authorities such as RDSO/CLW/DLW/ICF etc. They are further advised that while registering themselves in the IREPS website for participation in E-procurement system, the same address as above is filled up, to avoid any vitiation of information and consequent impairment in their credentials. 1.17.