Clarification of Tenders 26.1 To assist in the examination, evaluation, comparison of the Tenders, and qualification of the Tenderers, the Procuring Entity may, at its discretion, ask any Tenderer for a clarification of its Tender. Any clarification submitted by a Tenderer in respect to its Tender and that is not in response to a request by the Procuring Entity shall not be considered. The Procuring Entity's request for clarification and the response shall be in writing. No change, including any voluntary increase or decrease, in the prices or substance of the Tender shall be sought, offered, or permitted except to confirm the correction of arithmetic errors discovered by the Procuring Entity in the Evaluation of the Tenders, in accordance with ITT 30. If a Tenderer does not provide clarifications of its Tender by the date and time set in the Procuring Entity's request for clarification, its Tender may be rejected.
CLARIFICATION OF TERMS If any prospective bidder has questions about the specifications or other solicitation documents, the prospective bidder should contact the buyer whose name appears on the face of the solicitation no later than five working days before the due date. Any revisions to the solicitation will be made only by addendum issued by the buyer.
Clarification of Bids 25.1 To assist in the examination, evaluation, and comparison of Bids, the Employer may, at his discretion, ask any Bidder for clarification of his Bid, including breakdowns of the unit rates. The request for clarification and the response shall be in writing or by cable, but no change in the price or substance of the Bid shall be sought, offered, or permitted except as required to confirm the correction of arithmetic errors discovered by the Employer in the evaluation of the Bids in accordance with Clause 27.
Submission of Tender The tender shall be submitted online in two part, viz., technical bid and financial bid. All the pages of bid being submitted must be signed and sequentially numbered by the bidder irrespective of nature of content of the documents before uploading.
Evaluation of Tenders 33.1 The Procuring Entity shall use the criteria and methodologies listed in this ITT and Section III, Evaluation and Qualification criteria. No other evaluation criteria or methodologies shall be permitted. By applying the criteria and methodologies, the Procuring Entity shall determine the Lowest Evaluated Tender. This is the Tender of the Tenderer that meets the qualification criteria and whose Tender has been determined to be:
SUBMISSION OF TENDERS 3.01 The tenderer, should submit tenders after studying the entire tender document and instructions to the tenderer's carefully, visiting the sites, for satisfying himself of the local conditions, locations, accessibility of sites, nature, extent and character of operation, may obtain all clarifications before the tendering. Submission of tender implies that the tenderer has obtained all the clarifications required by him. No claim on ground of want of knowledge, thereafter, in such respect will be entertained. The tenderer should quote rates both in figures as well as in words in Rupees per MT Per Km for different movement slabs and in Rupees per MT., for wagon handling in the two separate formats of Schedule No. II. Tenderers have to tender the rates for transportation, only on slab rates irrespective of existence of truck union. Truck operators union / Transport Cooperatives which are registered with the registrar, Firms and Societies of the respective states to be supported with a notarized copy of the valid Registration certificate can also participate in the tenders directly but they shall have to tender the rates on slab rate basis. For tenderers other than registered truck operators unions / transport cooperatives, it shall be the responsibility of the tenderer to deal with the union if existing at any rake point. Tenderer shall have to arrange the movement as per the movement plan on rake to rake basis. Increase in transportation rates during the contract period or extended period of contract shall be considered only if there is increase in diesel rate by Government of India. The increase shall be allowed as per the formula given in the relevant clause of General terms and conditions of the tender document. The same formula shall be applicable for Truck operators unions / Transport Cooperatives also.
Preparation of Tenders ITT 10 (j) The Tenderer shall submit the following additional documents in its Tender: N/A ITT 12.1 Alternative Tenders shall not be considered.
Withdrawal, Substitution, and Modification of Tenders 23.1 A Tenderer may withdraw, substitute, or modify its Tender after it has been submitted by sending a written notice, duly signed by an authorized representative, and shall include a copy of the authorization (the power of attorney) in accordance with ITT19.3, (except that withdrawal notices do not require copies). The corresponding substitution or modification of the Tender must accompany the respective written notice. All notices must be:
ALTERATION OF TERMS 13 This Agreement, including any Exhibit(s) attached hereto and 14 incorporated by reference, fully expresses all understandings of the parties 15 and is the total Agreement between the parties as to the subject matter of 16 this Agreement. No addition to, or alteration of, the terms of this 17 Agreement, whether written or verbal, by the parties, their officers, agents, 18 or employees, shall be valid unless made in the form of a written amendment to 19 this Agreement which is formally approved and executed by both parties.
Request for clarification of the report 1. Within 10 days of the release of the report, either of the disputing Parties may submit a written request to the Panel, a copy of which shall be sent to the other Party, for clarification of any items the Party considers requires further explanation or definition. 2. The Panel shall respond to the request within 10 days following the submission of such request. The clarification of the Panel shall only be a more precise explanation or definition of the original contents of the report, and not an amendment of such report. 3. The filing of this request for clarification will not postpone the effect of the Panel report nor the deadline for compliance of the adopted decision, unless the Panel decides otherwise.
