NAME OF WORK

: Civil, Structural, Electrical, HVAC, Elevators and Other Developmental Works for Establishment of Main Campus of
CUPB at Bathinda

BIDDING DOCUMENT NO. :

KNM/A372-000-CP-TN-7050/1002

REPLIES TO BIDDERS QUERIES

Sl. no.

Points

Tender Provision

BIDDERS QUERY

OWNER'S REPLY

We request to pay Escalation for all

materials, Labours and POL as per
CPWD Clause no. 10CA & 10 CC due to
the duration is 21 months. Please
confirm.
As the total security deposit become
20% of the contract value. Hence, we
request for Up-front BG of 10% of
contract Value (Performance
Guarantee-5% & Retention Money-5%)
against Security Deposit.

Refer Commercial Amendment No.

1

We request you to provide detail

drawings for utility present at site. Also
we understand that all overhead /
underground utilities will be shifted by
Client / Owner.
Request you to provide Water &
Electricity at one point within the
project boundary without any extra
cost to us. Further Distribution shall be
done by us. If client will not provide,
our request is to give us permission for
Boring / use the existing Bore-wells in
the site.
We request to provide the suitable land
for setting up labour colony in the

No live services are passing

through site. Hence drawing is not
required.

Price Escalation

Contract Price shall be adjusted for

increase or decrease in rates of Cement &
Steel only as per formula given in tender.

Security Deposit

As per SCC, the performance security shall

be paid @10% of the contract Value and
Retention/ Security @ 10% in the Form of
BG.

Utility

Water &
Electricity

Contractors Scope

Land for Labour

Contractors scope

Refer Commercial Amendment No.

1

Refer Cl. No. 3.1 of SCC.

Refer Cl. No. 3.5 of SCC.

NAME OF WORK

: Civil, Structural, Electrical, HVAC, Elevators and Other Developmental Works for Establishment of Main Campus of
CUPB at Bathinda

BIDDING DOCUMENT NO. :

KNM/A372-000-CP-TN-7050/1002

REPLIES TO BIDDERS QUERIES

Soil Investigation
Report

Not available in the Tender document.

Variation of Taxes
& Duties

Contractors scope

Approval &
acceptance with
local / statutory
authorities

Obtain proper permission / clearances

from relevant authorities /
commencement certificate, obtain
Environment Clearance for the Project
from relevant authorities.

Extension of Time

As per NIT the last date of submission of

Tender is 05.03.2015

vicinity of site at free of cost to us.

Please provide the soil investigation
report.

As per CPWD, variation of Taxes &

Duties after submission of tender shall
be paid as per actual. Hence, we
request you to pay us the variation of
Taxes and Duties after the last date of
submission of Tender.
We presume that you will get all the
permission except the construction
related work which is in the scope of
contractor. Please confirm.

As we have to get the specialized

vendors / Agency rate / Specialized
items rate as well as local material
rate, conducting site visit etc., hence
we need some more time to give our
competitive offer.

Soil Investigation Report is

available in tender Document on
page no. 202 of 520 of Volume II of
II (Technical)
Provision of Bidding Document
remains unchanged.

It was clarified that pre

construction project statutory
approvals like EIA clearance,
Building plans approval etc. are in
the scope of client. However
statutory approvals for
construction and post construction
activity like labour license, NOC
from fire Dept, NOC from electrical
inspector, Lift License, completion
certificate etc. are in the scope of
contractor.
Provision of Bidding Document
remains unchanged.

NAME OF WORK

: Civil, Structural, Electrical, HVAC, Elevators and Other Developmental Works for Establishment of Main Campus of
CUPB at Bathinda

BIDDING DOCUMENT NO. :

KNM/A372-000-CP-TN-7050/1002

REPLIES TO BIDDERS QUERIES

10

Retention Money

11

Performance
Guarantee

12

Statutory
Permission &
Clearance

As per tender Clause 62.1.3 the retention

money is to be deducted from running
bills is 10% which may be reduced to 2.5%
to facilitate sufficient cash flow with the
working contractor. Further as per this
clause non-refundable interest is to be
charged at a rate of two percent more
than the SBIs PLR rate, from the date of
BG towards security deposit becomes due
and shall be chargeable on the reducing
balance left after apportioning the SD
amount accumulated from each running
bill, till complete SD amount is recovered
from the bills.
As per tender clause 62.1.1 the
performance guarantee / security is to be
submitted by the contractor @10%.

Keeping in view the above and upcoming Holy Holidays we request for
extension of last date of submission
upto 20.03.2015.
In this regard we hereby submit that
the owner / employer should not
charge any interest when the
contractor has furnished necessary BG
of the equal amount.

May be reduced to 2.5% to facilitate

sufficient cash flow with the working
contractor.
All statutory permission & clearance
from any department / agency
required, if any before commencement
of work or after completion of work
thereof, shall be in the scope of owner
/ employer and shall be arranged well
in time so that there is no delay in the
commencement of the work.

Provision of Bidding Document

remains unchanged.

Refer Commercial Amendment No.

1
It was clarified that pre
construction project statutory
approvals like EIA clearance,
Building plans approval etc. are in
the scope of client. However
statutory approvals for
construction and post construction
activity like labour license, NOC
from fire Dept, NOC from electrical

NAME OF WORK

: Civil, Structural, Electrical, HVAC, Elevators and Other Developmental Works for Establishment of Main Campus of
CUPB at Bathinda

BIDDING DOCUMENT NO. :

KNM/A372-000-CP-TN-7050/1002

REPLIES TO BIDDERS QUERIES

13

Time Period

Time period of 21 Months stipulated for

completion of the project is very short.
Keeping in the consideration, the
magnitude and type of intricate &
complicated work; it should be increased
to 30 months.

14

Heritage &
Cultural Tax

15

Labour Cess

16

Escalation (Price
adjustment)

Heritage and Cultural Cess as applicable

in the state of Punjab shall be paid
directly by the owner itself to the
concerned department as per
procedure in vogue.
Labour Cess @1% being applicable in
the state of Punjab should be made
payable to contractor.
Price adjustment is provided for Cement & This is very Prestigious & complex
Steel only.
project where the cost of material
other than Cement & Steel is very high
and substantial. Similarly highly
technically Skilled labour is to be
deployed for this project whose cost
will also be very substantial & will
definitely escalate during 21 months.
As such price variation should be
provided as per standard formulae of
CPWD for materials other than Cement
and Steel also, along with labour &

inspector, Lift License, completion

certificate etc. are in the scope of
contractor.
Provision of Bidding Document
remains unchanged.

Refer clause no. 9.0 of SCC.

Refer clause no. 9.0 of SCC.

Refer Commercial Amendment No.

1

NAME OF WORK

: Civil, Structural, Electrical, HVAC, Elevators and Other Developmental Works for Establishment of Main Campus of
CUPB at Bathinda

BIDDING DOCUMENT NO. :

KNM/A372-000-CP-TN-7050/1002

REPLIES TO BIDDERS QUERIES

17

SOR

18

Mobilization
Advance

19

Approved Make of
Electrical

20

Office Facilities for

owner / EIL

21

Reverse Auction

22

Comprehensive
Maintenance

POL.
Rates of all the items of DNIT do not
tally with the DSR 2014 and DSR 2013.
So, basis of SOR is not clear. However,
it is worth mentioning that rate of
some of the major items like
Reinforcement Steel, Plain &
Reinforcement Cement Concrete, Brick
Work and other few major items are
very slow. The .
Interest free mobilization advance may
be allowed and bank guarantee of
equal / same amount may be accepted.
The following reputed and equivalent
best makes may also be added in the
list of approved makes:
a) MCCB: Siemens, Havel
b) Panel Manufacturer: Any other
CPRI approved make
c) Street Light Poles: Crompton
Providing office facilities as described in
tender should be subject to payment to
the contractor.
The option of reverse auction concept
as per Appendix A to ITB of Tender
document may be deleted
The concept of the comprehensive
maintenance and security deposit

No change is required as rate

available in SOR are based on
market rate analysis.

Refer Commercial Amendment No.

1
No change is required as sufficient
makes are available in Make list.

Nothing extra shall be paid for

providing office facilities for
owner/ EIL as mentioned in clause
no.61 of SCC.
Provision of Bidding Document
remains unchanged.
Refer Commercial Amendment No.
1

NAME OF WORK

: Civil, Structural, Electrical, HVAC, Elevators and Other Developmental Works for Establishment of Main Campus of
CUPB at Bathinda

BIDDING DOCUMENT NO. :

KNM/A372-000-CP-TN-7050/1002

REPLIES TO BIDDERS QUERIES

23

BQC

Similar works means composite works for

Construction of Ground / Stilt+ min. 4
floor building including electrical works.

24

BQC

Similar works means composite works for

Construction of Ground / Stilt+ min. 4
floor building including electrical works.

demanded @10% is not cleared in the

Tender document and needs to be
cleared.
In this regard, we request you to
amend the clause as follows Similar
works means composite works for
Construction of Ground / Stilt+ min.2
floor building including electrical
works.
We request you to kindly consider our
request that definition of similar work
should be made as Experience of RCC
Building of minimum 15 m height
including internal and external services.

Provision of Bidding Document

remains unchanged.

Provision of Bidding Document

remains unchanged.