Annual Rate Contract for O&M Services for NCR GAS O&M ... - GAIL

25.2 A substantially responsive bid is one which conforms to all the terms, conditions and
specifications of the bidding documents without material deviations or reservations.
A material deviation or reservation is one
(a) that affects in any substantial way the scope, quality, or performance of the
Works;
(b) that limits in any substantial way, inconsistent with the bidding documents,
the Employer’s rights or the bidder’s obligations under the contract; or
(c) whose rectification would affect unfairly the competitive position of other
bidders presenting substantially responsive bids.
25.3 If a bid is not substantially responsive, it will be rejected by the Employer and may
not subsequently be made responsive by correction or withdrawal of the
nonconforming deviation or reservation.
26. Correction of Errors
26.1 Bids determined to be substantially responsive will be checked by the Employer for
any arithmetic errors. Errors will be corrected by the Employer as follows:
(a) Where there is a discrepancy between the amounts in words and in figures,
the amount in words will govern; and
(b) Where there is a discrepancy between the unit rate and the total resulting
from multiplying the unit rate by the quantity, the unit rate
as quoted will govern.
26.2 The amount stated in the bid will be adjusted by the Employer in accordance with
the above procedure for the correction of errors and, with the concurrence of the
bidder, shall be considered as binding upon the bidder. If the bidder does not
accept the corrected amount of bid, its bid will be rejected, and the bid security shall
be forfeited.
27. Evaluation and comparison of prices of previously determined substantially
responsive bids shall take into account stipulations given in Article 32.
28. Evaluation and Comparison of Bids
28.1 The evaluation and comparison of bids will be done as per the provisions of the
bid evaluation criteria (to be separately along with bidding document against
individual tenders).
29 Domestic Bidder shall furnish details of equipment/ Items, applicable Central Sales
Tax rate without Form-C along with the corresponding amount.
30. The Sales Tax amount indicated by the Bidder as included in the prices shall be paid
by GAIL against documentary evidence only. In case the Bidder is not able to
produce documentary evidence for full value of the sales tax, the payment
shall be limited to the value for which documentary evidence is furnished.
Tender/Bid Document No: GAIL/NCR/C&P/6114
ARC for O&M Services
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