Submission and Opening of Bids. ITB 18.1 Bidders shall have the option of submitting their bids By Electronic only option 1: "by electronic only" ITB 18.1 (b) Electronic bid submission procedure: (a) Bidders submitting Bids electronically shall follow the electronic bid submission procedures specified in this clause. i. Bidders who choose to submit their bids electronically, can view/download the bidding documents from “published bids” section of e-GP systemhttps://xxxxxxxx.xxx.xx/xxx. ii. For the purpose of e-Submission, the bidder shall, at first, register in e-GP system and maintain their organization profile data and documents required during bid response preparation. The details of e-GP registration and profile management procedure are specified in Article No 9 and 10 respectively of e-GP Directives issued by PPMO, which can be downloaded from Download section of e-GP system. iii. In order to submit the bid, interested bidders shall deposit the cost of biding document in the bank and account specified in Invitation for Bid (IFB). The scanned copy (in PDF format) of the bank deposit voucher shall also be submitted along with the bid. iv. The bidders shall prepare their bids using data and documents maintained in bidder‘s profile, instruction provided by e-GP system and forms/format provided in the bidding document. v. Bidders may submit bids as a single entity or as a joint venture (JV). Bidder submitting bid in JV shall have to upload joint venture agreement along with partner(s) Bolpatra ID provided during bidder‘s registration. vi. Bidders (all partners in case of JV) shall update their profile data and documents required during preparation and submission of their bids. vii. In case of bid submission in JV, the consent of the partners shall be obtained through the confirmation link sent to the registered email address and the partners shall have to acknowledge their confirmation. viii. Bidders shall submit the required documents as specified in Section I-Instruction to Bidders, Section II-Bid Data Sheet and Section III-Evaluation and Eligibility Criteria of the bidding document. The format of the documents shall be in PDF and/or web form as provisioned in the e-GP system. ix. After providing all the details and documents, the e-GP system will generate bid response documents for the bidder. Bidders shall download, verify and confirm the bid response documents prior to bid submission. x. For verifying the authentic user, the system will send one time password (OTP) in the registered...
