GAIL (India) Limited MECON LIMITED

shall be payable by the bidder at the time of submission of the bid, alongwith an undertaking thatthe contents of the Bidding Document have not been altered or modified.2.0 [Applicable only in case of Open Competitive Bidding]Accredited representatives of foreign bidders in India are also permitted to purchase the biddocument on behalf of foreign bidder on payment of requisite document fee in Indian Rupees. Thebid of foreign bidder shall be evaluated only if the bid is accompanied by the prescribed biddocument fee in the form of demand draft in US Dollars after which the fee deposited by Indianrepresentative shall be refunded. Bid submitted by bidders, who have not purchased the biddocument either directly or through their authorised representative will be rejected.3.0 [Applicable only in case of Open Competitive Bidding]The Governments Departments are exempted from payment of tender fee. In the event a particulartender is cancelled, the tender fee will be refunded to the concerned Bidders.4.0 Bid Document is non-transferable.4.1 [Applicable only in case of Open Competitive Bidding]Bidder must buy the bid document in his own name and submit the bid directly.Bids received from bidders in whose name bid document has been purchased shall only beconsidered.5.0 Bids complete in all respects should reach on or before the BID DUE DATE AND TIME. Bids throughFax/ E-mail shall not be considered.Bidder may depute their representative with proper authorisation letter to attend of technocommercialopening of bids.6.0 The Bid Document calls for offers on single point "Sole Bidder" responsibility basis.Order will be placed on the "Sole Bidder" alone (in whose name the bid document has been issued)who will be responsible for all contractual purposes.Further the bidders are advised to ensure that their offer is on single bidder responsibility basis andin total compliance of scope of supply as specified in Bid Document.7.0 The bid should be prepared by the "Sole Bidder" and should be sent to MECON directly. MECON /GAIL reserve the right to reject offers made by intermediaries representatives.8.0 Bidder shall ensure that Bid Security having a validity of 2 months beyond the offer validity i.e.validity of 6(six) months from the bid due date, must accompany the offer in the format madeavailable in the Bid Document. Any offer, unaccompanied with Bid Security (Part-III) will not beopened except in the case of Domestic Competitive Bidding where in the company is registered withNSIC (Refer ITB Cl. 17.9).9.0 This Invitation for Bids (IFB) is an integral and inseparable part of the enclosed Bid Document.10.0 MECON / GAIL reserves the right to accept or reject any or all offers without assigning any reason,whatsoever.11.0 MECON / GAIL reserves the right to allow Purchase preference to Public Sector Undertakings asadmissible under the prevailing policy.12.0 [Applicable in case of Open Competitive Bidding]Copy of Bidding Document for reference is available at MECON, at the address given hereinabove.\\Rajesh\RAJESH\Cavery\Tender\Construction Tender-Vol - I of II.docINVITATION FOR BIDS (IFB)Page 3 of 4