(A GOVERNMENT OF INDIA ENTERPRISE)  

 

GENERAL TERMS & CONDITIONS OF TENDER

1.0  INTERPRETATION

 1.1    MSTC Limited shall be hereinafter referred to as 'MSTC', and the successful Tenderer shall be hereinafter referred to as the 'Buyer' or 'Purchaser'/'Tenderer'. The organisation on whose behalf MSTC will be selling the material as their Selling Agent, shall be referred to as the 'Principal', who is otherwise the owner and stock holder of materials to be sold.

1.2    The General Terms & Conditions (hereinafter referred to as 'GTC') are in addition to the Special Terms & Conditions (hereinafter referred to as 'STC') if any, of the relevant Tender and shall form an integral part of the Tender in so far as it has not been altered or modified by the STC. In case of any conflict between any provision of this GTC & STC the provisions of STC will prevail.

2.0  MODE OF SUBMISSION OF TENDER

2.1    All tenders must be submitted only in prescribed form and in sealed covers superscribed with the reference number of Tender Enquiry and the date of Tender opening/closing. The tenders must be addressed to the Branch Manager, MSTC Limited, Visakhapatnam or as mentioned in the STC and be dropped in a tender Box placed for this purpose at the above mentioned address. The sealed tender documents should be dropped in the tender box kept in the office of MSTC at the above address at any time prior to the closing date and time of tender. The sealed tender documents if mailed should reach the office of MSTC, Vizag at the above address sufficiently in advance of the closing date and time of tender. The tender documents submitted in any other form shall not be considered.

2.2    The Tenderers should enclose inside the sealed cover containing the Tender, all the following documents: 

(a)  Demand Draft/Pay Order towards Earnest Money in the manner indicated in the Terms & Conditions of Tender attached herewith as well as stipulations made hereunder.

(b) The Special as well as General Terms & Conditions of Tender, both duly signed by the Tenderer in token of having accepted the same in toto

(c) Cover page of the Tender  duly filled in and duly signed Declaration Form.

(d) Schedule of Rate(s) duly filled in and signed by the Tenderer(s).

 (e) Any other document(s) as may be prescribed in STC.

 NOTE

(i)   The person signing the Schedule of Rate(s) will be deemed to be the only authorised representative of the Tenderer for any or all  transactions with MSTC and Principal in connection with this Tender. For any Transaction of this Tender  any other representative, other than the above mentioned signatory, should have the letter of authorisation issued by the aforesaid signatory attesting therein the signature of the  representative.

(ii)   All rates and prices in the Tender should be quoted both in figures and in words. Tender(s) containing overwritten or revised rates without being authenticated by Tenderers signature is/are liable to be rejected. Should there be any variation between the rates indicated in figure and words the higher of the two shall be considered.

2.3    No Telex/Telegraphic/Fax/E-mail quotations will be accepted.

2.4    Tenderers sending their tenders by mail/courier/post will do so solely at their own risk and MSTC will not be responsible for any loss in transit or postal delay. No tender documents submitted or received after the specified date and time shall be accepted or be eligible for consideration.

2.5    Tenders which are not complete in all respect and/or not supported by the documents as mentioned in Clause 2.2 or with qualifying conditions or with conditions at variance with Special as well as General Terms & Conditions of Tender, are liable to be rejected.

2.6    Any type of condition and combined offers/quotations/tenders will be liable to be rejected.

2.7    The rate quoted in all cases should be exclusive of all statutory duties, levies or taxes.

2.8    In the event of MSTC's Office remaining closed on the day of closing of the tender for any unforeseen reason, the tender shall be received upto 2.30 p.m. on the next working day for MSTC and will be opened immediately thereafter in the presence of such tenderers who may like to be present. MSTC shall not entertain any complaint as to the fact that the Tenderers were not aware of the exact next working day and it is the responsibility of the tenderers to find out from the office of MSTC about such details. MSTC do not undertake any responsibility whatsoever to inform any or all the tenderers such changes and It is within the rights and discretion of MSTC to take all such decisions and same shall be binding on all the tenderers.

3.0  EARNEST MONEY DEPOSIT/SECURITY DEPOSIT

3.1    The tender shall be accompanied with Earnest Money Deposit hereinafter referred to as EMD payable @ not less than 5% (20% in case of defence tenders of the quoted material value by way of Demand Draft/Pay Order on any scheduled bank drawn in favour of MSTC Limited and payable at Visakhapatnam. No interest is payable on EMD.

3.1.1 For the purpose of calculation of EMD, no taxes or duties need to be counted.

3.2    In case the EMD submitted falls short of the amount arrived at by calculating the requisite percentage of the aggregate quoted sale value (excluding taxes and duties) for all the items, lots quoted by a Tenderer, MSTC  at its sole discretion reserves the right to summarily reject the offer, appropriate the EMD actually submitted against all those lots for which the Tenderer's offer is highest (hereinafter mentioned as H-1); or in case EMD submitted falls short, but not less than 90% of the amount, calculating the requisite percentage of the aggregate quoted sale value, MSTC at its sole discretion reserves the right to ask the tenderer to recoup the short fall maximum within 7 (seven) days and upon failure of the tenderer to do so, forfeit the EMD already paid by the Tenderer without further reference and also take action with regard to the remaining offers as may be deemed fit.

3.3    Unless otherwise notified, EMD in any other form for example cheque (including cheque made 'Good for Payment' by any Bank), Bank Guarantee, Bid Bonds, Call Deposits, etc. etc. will not be acceptable to MSTC. Similarly, any request to recoup EMD from Tenderer's pending bills or for adjustment of the same from previous EMD/Security Deposit (hereinafter called as SD), if any, or from any other amount lying with MSTC/Principal shall not be entertained.

3.4    In case of unsuccessful Tenderers, the EMD will be refunded after the expiry of the offer or even earlier at the discretion of MSTC.

3.5   In case Tender is accepted as per payment terms stipulated in the GTC and/or in the STC, the EMD deposited by such Tenderers against each accepted quotation shall be automatically converted into Security Deposit (hereinafter referred to as 'SD') while issuing Sale Acceptance Letters. In case the tender is accepted and the Tenderer(s)/Buyer(s) refuse(s)/fail(s) to make further financial arrangements towards the full value of materials and/or taxes/duties and/or any other financial arrangements as stipulated in these General as well as Special Terms & Conditions of the Tender, the SD obtained on conversion of EMD against the particular accepted lot(s) shall be forfeited without any prejudice to the Rights of MSTC to claim such further damages in this regard without further reference to the Tenderer(s)/Buyer(s). In case, the Tenderer(s) wish(es) to withdraw his offer before the expiry of the validity period of the offer, then the EMD shall be forfeited without further reference to the tenderer.

3.6    No interest is payable by MSTC on the SD. The SD(s) is/are refundable to the Buyer(s)only on fulfilment of all contractual obligations of the 'Buyer(s) to the satisfaction of the Principal whose certificate in this regard by way of issue of 'No Objection Certificate' (hereinafter referred to as 'NOC') to MSTC with a copy to Buyer, shall be final and binding on the Buyer(s).

3.6.1 In order to afford reasonable protection to the interests of the Tenderers, The Tenderers must legibly indicate in the appropriate space provided for in the tender Documents, the Banking Account No. and the Name of the Bank and Branch where such Account is held by the Tenderer, which Information can be used for the purpose of Refund/Return of any of EMDs/SDs of the Tenderers. MSTC/the Stock holder shall not be responsible in any way whatsoever for any loss and/or delay and/or Miscarriage/misplacement of such refund cheque in transit which will normally be sent to the Tenderer  by Post.

3.6.2 Demand Drafts Returned to any tenderer can not be used by some other tenderer.

4.0  PAYMENT

4.1    The  material value of each lot accepted along with all taxes and duties must be paid by the buyer(s) as stipulated in STC/Letter of Acceptance/sale order.

4.2    Wherever the Tenderer is allowed/required to pay the material value in installments, the payment should be made strictly as prescribed in the STC of the Tender.

4.3    Tenderers desirous of availing Central/State Sales Tax and/or Excise Duties concession as per rule must submit the appropriate Central/ State Sales Tax/Excise Duty Declaration form duly certified by the concerned authority along with the payment for that instalment/full value, as the case may be, failing which they must deposit the full amount of Sales Tax/Excise Duty, etc.,

4.4    No payment of Sale Value may be accepted without the payment of due Sales Tax/Excise Duty and/or submission of Declaration Form, as the case may be.

4.5    The Sale Value including Sales Tax, Duties and other charges applicable must be paid by Demand Draft/Pay Order drawn on any scheduled Bank as indicated in the Acceptance Letters/Sale Order/Special Terms of Tender.

5.0  QUALITY AND QUANTITY

5.1    The goods will be sold on "As-is-where-is" and "No Complaint" basis so far as the physical condition of the same is concerned. The Tenderer(s) will, therefore, be deemed to have made themselves aware of the physical conditions, dimensions, size, weight, working conditions, etc. by inspecting the material before submitting their tender and no complaint nor any claim in this regard, will be entertained by MSTC after the submission of the Tender.

5.2    Tenderers may quote for all or any of the lots mentioned in the Schedule of Rates, but no quotation for part quantity of material in any particular lot will be accepted. Separate Earnest Money shall be payable for each of the lot quoted for.

5.3    Where the goods are sold on "lot" basis and not by unit "weight/number" basis the entire material lying in the lot will have to be lifted by the buyer(s) so as to clear the entire lot. The quantity, if indicated against the respective lots, is purely indicative and MSTC/Owner shall not entertain any claim/complaint from the buyer(s) for any deficiency in quality/quantity/size/dimension or for refund of the whole or any part of the purchase money or loss of profit or interest damages or otherwise.

5.4    Where the goods are sold by unit i.e. weight or number and not on the basis of "lot", the quantity indicated in such cases against the respective lots are purely indicative which in actual may turn out to be more or less than the indicated quantity. In case of the actual quantity turning out to be less than the indicated quantity after due completion of the lifting by the buyer(s), the buyer(s) shall not be entitled to claim any damages, loss of interest or compensation or any other account, but shall be entitled to proportionate refund only.

5.5    Where there are items of more than one classification of any form in any lot and the tenderer has quoted in lump sum for the entire lot instead of quoting in units per item, then no refund of any kind shall be entertained by MSTC/Owners, if the quantity whatever mentioned in the tender turns out to be less at the time of delivery. However, if the quantity turns out to be more than the tendered quantity, then the delivery of materials shall be limited to tendered quantity only.

5.6 MSTC/OWNER reserves the right to accept or withdraw from sale the materials offered for sale in full or part thereof prior to or after the acceptance of the Tender even after issue of delivery order, without assigning any reason whatsoever.

5.7    MSTC reserves the right to accept or reject the highest tender without assigning any reason and the contract of any or all lots may be allotted by MSTC to one or more than one tenderer as MSTC may deem fit and no claim/complaint in this regard will be entertained by MSTC/Owner.

6.0  INSPECTION

6.1    The material quoted for may be inspected at the owner's site by prior appointment with the concerned Department of the owner and by observing the entry procedure in the Works of the owners. The discretion to allow any person to inspect the stores would rest solely with the owners and the mere fact of producing the tender paper issued in favour of any Firm/Company/Individual by MSTC, at the concerned Works of the owners will not confer any such right on the person/representative concerned.

6.2    The material quoted for may be inspected at the appropriate site(s) as indicated in the Schedule of items/Rate(s) and the Tenderer should thoroughly satisfy themselves about the nature, condition, quantity and quality of the materials and working conditions. MSTC/Owners give no guarantee or warranty as to the condition of the material or its quality or its fitness for any specific purpose or use. It should be clearly understood that no claim/complaint about the quality, quantity and condition/fitness for use shall be entertained by MSTC/Owner.

7.0  PERIOD OF CONTRACT

7.1    The period of contract will be as specified in the STC of Tender. Unless the materials are lifted within the stipulated time, the contract for the quantity not lifted within the stipulated time shall be deemed to have been cancelled and MSTC/Owner shall be at liberty to dispose of the same without prejudice to its rights against the buyer(s). If further material is left in the area allotted to the buyer(s) after the period of contract, MSTC/Owner may at its sole discretion give the extension of time to the buyer(s) to complete the contract in all respect and the buyer(s) shall remove the materials during the extended period also at the same contract rate as provided for subject to the price escalation clause.

7.2    Owner reserves the right to withdraw from sale any materials for own use even after issuance of delivery order at any point of the contract.

8.0  DEFAULT IN PAYMENT BY THE BUYER

8.1    In case of default in payment within the time limits specified in the STC of Tender, the due payment may be made together with additional charges @ 1% per week or part thereof on the due amount for the period of delay within 14 (fourteen) days from the due date However, MSTC reserves the right not to accept the payment with or without the additional charges after the expiry of the above mentioned time limits or even within the aforesaid period of 14 days at MSTC's sole discretion and in such event the sale of the lot will be automatically cancelled and the Earnest Money SD (as the case may be) will stand automatically forfeited in addition to the terms of clause 12 herein after will be applicable.

9.0  DEFAULT IN LIFTING BY THE BUYER

9.1    In case of any default in lifting the materials by the buyer(s) within the time limits specified in the STC of Tender, the outstanding material may be lifted within 14 (fourteen) days from the due date, subject to payment of ground rent for the period of delay beyond the specified free delivery period.

9.2    In case of goods sold on lot basis, the ground rent will be payable @ 1% per week or part thereof on the value of the entire lot even if lifted in part, where as in case of goods sold on unit weight and/or number basis, the ground rent will be @ 1% on the value of unlifted quantity  which, however, shall be at the sole discretion of the owner not to allow the buyer(s) to lift the material with or without the ground rent after the expiry of stipulated free delivery period or even within the aforesaid additional period of 14 (fourteen) days and in such event the sale of the material not lifted by the buyer(s) will be automatically cancelled and the Earnest Money/Security Deposit (as the case may be) will automatically stand forfeited and in addition, the terms of Clause 12 hereinafter will be applicable.  

10.0  SALES TAX, EXCISE DUTIES AND LEVIES

10.1  All taxes including Sales Tax or other Levies entailing on the transaction under any provincial, local or central statute in force for the time being or enforced hereinafter, having its impact on the transaction, will be in tenderers account and shall be deposited by the tenderer along with cost of the material.

10.2  In the case of incidence of Central Sales Tax on the transaction, the material will have to be transported by the buyer(s) through a Registered Public Transport Contractor across the State border and a copy of Goods Receipt Note duly signed by the consignee will have to be sent by the buyer(s) to the Consignor.

10.3  The material to be purchased by tenderers shall be subject to all such duties (including Excise Duty) as may be applicable from time to time and the same shall have to be borne by the buyer(s).

10.4  Whatever rate of Excise Duty, Sales Tax, other Levies etc., if any, assessed and applicable on the date of actual removal/lifting or material shall be paid by the buyer(s).

10.5  The buyer(s) will be responsible to comply with provisions of the Central and State Excise and Sales Act, and the Sales Tax Act of concerned State and the rules framed thereunder and also by the order or instruction issued in this behalf by the appropriate authority.

10.6  In the event of any dispute with regard to Excise Duty and Central Excise Authority levying additional charges. Such duty/charges shall be payable by the buyer(s). Any penalty imposed by Excise Authorities for non-observance of excise procedure by the buyer(s), shall also be borne by them.

11.0  DELIVERY

11.1  The buyer(s) shall lift the full material lying in the lot quoted for, by, employing their own labour and transport at their own risk and cost from the area allotted to them within the time stipulated in the STC of Tender or within such time as may be specified in the Delivery Order. The buyer(s) shall lift the material only from the lot/site/space as may be earmarked/demarcated by the owner from time to time which should be final and binding on the buyer(s) and they shall observe the rules and regulations and working hours as may be fixed by the owner. The  buyer(s) can and shall approach the owner for lifting of material only after fulfilling the provisions of advance payments and issue of Delivery Order by the competent authority. The buyers shall follow the owner's procedure for taking the material out. Lifting in any case is not allowed on Weekly Holidays and Closed Holidays observed by the owner.

11.2  The material have to be removed on " As-is-where-is basis" at buyer's own cost. No processing before removal from owner's premises will be permitted. Certain processing at the sole discretion of owner may be allowed only for convenient transportation. However, any/ all equipments like, dozer, gas, power, lifting equipments etc. required for removal of materials have to be arranged by the buyer at their own cost and neither the owner nor MSTC will in anyway be responsible for making any such provision. The use of such equipments in owner's premises should have prior permission of the owner.

11.3  The location where the lot or lots of material are normally stacked are one of the areas of active work of the owner. Under no circumstances shall the operation of the buyer(s) interrupt/interfere with the normal operation of the owner nor interfere, obstruct or foul with any of owner's plant/ installation located in the vicinity of that site.

11.3.1   If any damage or loss is caused to men, materials or property of the owner or even if any claim arises either against MSTC or against the owners by reasons of any act of omission or negligence on the part of the buyer(s) or on the part of their agents, representatives or employees, MSTC/Owner shall be entitled to recover such losses or damages or claim as may be ascertained by owner (which ascertainment shall be final and binding on buyer(s) from any amount due to the buyer(s) including the advances made/to be made by the buyer(s) as Earnest Money/Security Deposit, as the case may be) without prejudice to MSTC rights to take further action under the Contract as well as to recover such losses, damages or claim from any other money due or becoming due under any other transaction with MSTC/Owner or from the buyer(s) directly.

11.4  The buyer(s) shall follow the owner's procedure in regard to issue of Gate Passes for taking the materials out of the owner's premises. The buyer(s) shall use for the above purpose only such truck/vehicle/crane having "Area Passes" issued by the owner or by any other statutory authority, if and where such system prevails.

11.4.1  All the motor trucks/trailors/cranes and other material handling equipment of the buyer(s) shall be duly registered, taxes paid properly and otherwise properly maintained in accordance with Motor Vehicles Act or Rule or any other Act, Rules in force.

11.4.2   The owner shall allow a reasonable number of the buyer's authorised representatives/workmen/trucks at the sole discretion of the owner for entering into the Works Site for the purpose of removal and transportation of the materials. The owner shall have the right to ban entry of any of the buyer's representative. Worker, truck at the sole discretion of the owner without assigning any reason.

11.5  It shall be entirely the responsibility of the buyer to ensure that the vehicles are not driven in so high speed or in a reckless manner as to cause an accident or prove to be potential threat to the safety of the traffic, where speed limit has been fixed. The buyer(s) and their drivers will strictly adhere to slow and safe driving inside the owner's works. The buyer(s) will have to fulfil the relevant provision of safety and security rules of the owner(s) and shall have to be governed by the rules under Factories Act and any other statutory Act, Law, Rule prevailing from time to time in respect of themselves and their representatives, workmen and equipments. The buyer(s) shall provide Safety Equipment and appliances to their workmen at their own cost.

11.6  The buyer(s) shall be fully responsible for the acts of their representatives/workers and shall fully indemnify MSTC and/or Owner for loss or damages, if any, sustained by MSTC/Owner. The MSTC/Owner will not be responsible for any claim from labour employed by the buyer(s). The buyer(s) shall wholly and fully be responsible for such claim for compensation either for accident or injury, death or damage caused to their employees/transport or to any of the owner's employees or to others or to the owner's property, during the operation of the buyer(s).

11.7  The buyer or any of their representatives/workers/agents shall not indulge in any activity which is directly or indirectly prejudicial to MSTC/ Owner's interest or shall not commit any acts of misappropriation, pilferage or abetting misappropriation or pilferage of owner's property, or any attempt thereof, offer or attempt to offer illegal gratification including offering bribe, reward or advantage etc. pecuniary or otherwise " to any office or employee of MSTC/Owner(s) indulge in any malpractice namely, but not limited to forgery, falsification or fabrication of documents, bills, vouchers, indents, etc. in support of any claim against MSTC/Owner or any reduction of any liability or in connection with the work of MSTC/Owner, or indulge in any other act, which amounts to an offence punishable under the Indian Penal Code or any other enactment.

11.8  The buyer(s) shall abide by the Centre, State Labour Legislation as may be applicable from time to time. It shall be the responsibility of the buyer(s) to provide necessary insurance cover to their workers/labourers as may be required under the law.

11.9  For Hazardous Waste defined under the Hazardous Waste (Management & Handling) Rules, 1989 under the Enviornment (Protection) Act, such materials may be quoted by only those customers who are registered with Central Pollution Control Board. The tenderer should have a valid CPCB certificate on the date of opening of the tender which should remain valid till the date of delivery. Attention of all the tenderers is invited to Rule 20 of the Hazardous Waste (Management and Handling) Rules, 1989, in this regard. (Section referring to processing) Sale of Batteries are covered under Batteries (Management and Handling) Rules 2001 notified under Enviornment (Protection) Act, 1986. Buyers are advised to produce original certificate at the time of delivery of endorsement. The tenderer should also have valid Air, Water and Form-2 certificate from respective State Pollution Control Boards/UTs.

12.0  TERMINATION OF CONTRACT/RISK PURCHASE .

12.1  In  the  event  of  Tenderer's failure to  fulfil  any of the Tender obligation including non-lifting of the contractual materials under the Agreement, MSTC's  decision in regard to tenderer's failure being final and binding on the Tenderer. MSTC shall have the full liberty to do any or all of the following :-

a. Cancel the contract with immediate effect for the material under the contract not taken delivery of by the tenderers as on that date in which case, the Security Deposit and the Earnest Money (as the case may be) shall stand forfeited.  AND/OR

b. Retain and/or adjust/recover from tenderers any amount lying with MSTC/Owner to the Tenderer's credit either under this Contract or any other Contract or which may at any time become payable/refundable to tenderer either under this Contract or any other Contract the amount of losses or damages or claim that might be incurred by MSTC/Owner selling the material under the Contract not taken delivery of at Tenderers risks and costs. Even after such recovery/adjustment by MSTC from tenderers' any amount as mentioned above lying with MSTC/Owner, if any further amount is still found payable/refundable by the tenderer, he shall pay the same to MSTC on demand without any objection or demur, The decision of MSTC in this regard to the actual losses incurred by MSTC/Owner including the reasonableness of the rate at which MSTC/ Owner may sell the material shall be final and binding on the Tenderer, provided if no loss is incurred by MSTC/Owner. The Tenderer shall not be entitled to the refund of the amount retained by way of advance payment towards the undelivered stores without any interest thereon but not any other amount.

13.0  FORCE MAJEURE

13.1 MSTC/Owner shall not be liable for any failure or delay in performance due to any cause beyond their control including fires, floods, strikes, go-slow, lock-out, closure, pestilence, dispute with staff, dislocation of normal working conditions, war, riots, epidemics, political upheavals, Government actions, civil commotion, breakdown of machinery, demands or otherwise or any other causes or conditions beyond the control of aforesaid causes or not and the existence of such cause or consequences may operate at the sole discretion of MSTC/Owner to extend the time of performance after the cause of delay will have ceased to exist. The provisions of aforesaid shall not be limited or abrogated by any other terms of the contract whether printed or written.

14.0  ARBITRATION

14.1  In the event of any dispute and/or difference arising between the Tenderer Purchaser Buyer and/or their Agent as to the construction, interpretation and/or execution of the contract and/or the respective rights and liabilities of the parties, such disputes and/or differences shall be referred to the Sole Arbitration of the Chief Executive of the Principal for a Company registered under the Companies Act, in case of a PSUs, the Head of the Department in case of a Govt. Department, Ordnance Factory Board Units/Defence Units, who may act himself or nominate instead any officer subordinate to him or of MSTC being not below the rank of General Manager/Director in the Govt. Dept.  who shall act as the Sole Arbitrator. The provisions of the Indian Arbitration Act, 1940, and the Rules thereunder shall apply to such Arbitration. The award passed by such Sole Arbitrator, shall be final and shall conclusively bind all the parties.

15.0  GENERAL

15.1 It should be noted by the tenderer(s) that by entering into this contract MSTC/Owner is not precluded from entering into similar Contracts with anyone else of their choice at any time during the subsistence of this Contract.

15.2 MSTC shall have the right to issue addendum to tender documents to clarify, amend, modify, supplement or delete any of the conditions, clauses or items stated theirin, each Addendum so issued shall form a part of original invitation to tender.

15.3  In case offer is not accepted, the tenderer shall not be entitled to claim any cost, charges, expenses incidental to or incurred by the tenderers through or in connection with the submission of the offer even though MSTC may elect to withdraw the invitation to tender Should all invitation to tender be withdrawn or cancelled by MSTC, which shall have the right to do at any time. The Earnest Money paid by the  Tenderers with the tender will be refunded to them in due course without interest.

15.4  The tenderers shall have no right to issue addendum to tender documents to clarify, amend, supplement or delete any of the conditions, clauses or items stated therein.

15.5  However, the decision to accept/reject any offer by MSTC/Owner shall be final and binding on the tenderer.

15.6  The tenderer should note that the above GTC are in addition to the STC of Tender which form an integral part of the GTC of Tender in so far as the GTC of Tender may be altered by the STC of Tender. Tenderers are to submit Income Tax/Sales Tax clearance certificate on demand by MSTC/Owner.

15.7  Intending tenderer(s) may obtain any clarification before submission of tender after the submission of tender it implies that the tenderer(s) has obtained all the clarifications required and that he has agreed to all GTC herein specified as well as STC of 'Tender, if any.

15.8  The decision of Chairman-cum-Managing Director of MSTC Limited or his authorised nominee in the matter arising out of this sale shall be final in regard to all matters relating to the Contract.

15.9  All kinds of legal proceedings in any matter arising out of the Contract shall be tried only be appropriate Civil Court at Visakhapatnam only.

15.10 Tenderer(s) must ensure the following while submitting the tender :

THAT EVERY PAGE OF TENDER DOCUMENT IS DULY SIGNED BY THE TENDERER BEFORE SUBMITTING THE TENDER. THAT  IN  ALL  CASES,  RATE(S)  QUOTED  AGAINST  INDIVIDUAL     ITEM/LOT IS/ARE INVARIABLY QUOTED IN FIGURES AS WELL AS IN WORDS. THAT ALL ALTERATIONS, ERASURES AND/OR OVERWRITINGS, IF ANY, IN THE SCHEDULE OF RATE(S) ARE DULY AUTHENTICATED BY TENDERER'S SIGNATURE.

15.11 Unless otherwise stipulated against any particular item/material/lot put up for sale in the tender documents, the materials shall not be exported by the buyer outside the territory of India and the buyer shall have to submit an Undertaking to this effect to MSTC; such Undertaking will be in favour of the President of India and will have to be submitted with MSTC along with the payment towards material value as per Clause of the STC of Tender. In case of any failure on the part of the buyer to submit such an Undertaking within the stipulated time, the sale will be deemed not to have been accepted by the Stock-holder/MSTC and the sale will stand automatically cancelled without any further reference to the party.

15.12 Tenderer should state whether he is a relative of any Director of MSTC/Owner, or Tenderer is a Firm in which Director of MSTC or his relatives are members or Director(s).

DECLARATION BY THE TENDERER

1. Total Earnest Money payable by me/us against all the lots quoted by me/us is 

Rs....................................................................................................

2.   The aforesaid amount of Earnest Money is enclosed by me/us  with this Tender in the form of Pay Order/Demand Draft bearing

No............................ dated..................... of issuing Bank............................................... payable at Visakhapatnam only in favour of MSTC Limited.

3.   I/We have fully understood the above General Terms & Conditions of Tender as well as the Special Terms & Conditions attached with the Tender which are returned herewith duly signed by me/us in token of having accepted the same in toto and I/we have made my/our offer keeping in  view these terms & conditions. I/We fully agree that once I/We have endorsed my/our signatures herein below all conditions whatsoever in whatever way mentioned by me/us which may not be acceptable to you/your Principals shall be deemed to be withdrawn by me/us and am/are fully aware that no grievance whatsoever shall be entertained by you, if your tender/quotation is accepted/finalised.

 

SIGNATURE OF THE TENDERER

FULL NAME OF THE TENDERER

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NAME & ADDRESS OF TENDERING

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PHONE NO.........................................Fax No.............................................

MOBILE NO.....................................E-MAIL ADDRESS..................................................

DATE & OFFICIAL RUBBER STAMP

Name of Bank.............................  Branch..................................................................

A/c No........................................Where tenderer(s) is/are having A/c.