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24.1 Purchaser will examine the Bids to determine whether they are complete, whether any
computational error have been made , whether required sureties have been furnished, whether
the documents have been properly signed, and whether the Bids are generally in order.
24.2 Arithmetical errors will be rectified on the following basis. If there is a discrepancy between
the unit price and the total price per item that is obtained by multiplying the unit price and
quantity, the unit price shall prevail and the total price per item will be corrected. If there is a
discrepancy between the total amount and the sum of the total price per item, the sum of the
total price per item shall prevail and the Total Amount will be corrected.
24.3 Prior to the detailed evaluation, pursuant to Clause 25, the Purchaser will determine the
substantial responsiveness of each Bid to the Bidding Documents including production
capability and acceptable quality of the materials offered, pursuant to Clause 13. Substantially
responsive Bid is one, which conforms to all the terms and conditions of the Bidding
Documents without material deviation.
24.4 A Bid determined as not substantially responsive will be rejected by the Purchaser and will
not subsequently allowed to be made responsive by the Bidder by correction of the non –
conformity.
25 EVALUATION AND COMPARISON OF BIDS:
25.1 The evaluation of Bids shall be done basing on the delivered cost competitiveness basis for
each item separately.
25.2 The evaluation of the Bids shall be a stage-wise procedure. The following stages are identified
for evaluation purposes:
In the first stage, the Bids would be subjected to a responsiveness check as detailed in the
clause 24. The Technical Proposals and the Commercial terms & conditions of the Bidders
would be evaluated and discussed as per clause 26 of this document.
Subsequently, the Financial Proposals along with Supplementary Financial Proposals, if any,
of Bidders with Techno-commercially Acceptable Bids submitted prior to final evaluation
shall be considered.
25.3 The Purchaser‟s evaluation of a Bid will take into account, in addition to the Bid price,
the following factors, in the manner and to the extent indicated in this Clause:
a) Delivery Schedule:
b) Deviations from Bidding Documents as mentioned in Non-Compliance Schedule.
c) Past performance and capability to execute the contract.
d) Inspection/Test reports
26.0
Bidders shall base their Bid price on the terms and conditions specified in the Bidding
Documents. The Cost of all quantifiable deviations and omissions from the specification,
terms and conditions, specified in Bidding Documents shall be evaluated. The Purchaser will
make his own assessment of the cost of any deviation for the purpose of ensuring fair
comparison of Bids.
AWARD OF CONTRACT:
In normal circumstances the Purchaser will generally award the Contract to the successful
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