Download - Andhra Pradesh Municipal Development Project Website

24
(b)
(c)
making an appropriate adjustment for any other acceptable variations, deviations, or
alternative offers submitted in accordance with ITB Clause 18; and
making appropriate adjustments to reflect discounts or other price modifications
offered in accordance with ITB Sub-Clause 23.5.
31. Deleted Deleted
30.3. The Employer reserves the right to accept or reject any variation, deviation, or
alternative offer. Variations, deviations, and alternative offers and other factors which
are in excess of the requirements of the Bidding Documents or otherwise result in
unsolicited benefits for the Employer shall not be taken into account in Bid evaluation.
30.4. The estimated effect of any price adjustment conditions under GCC Clause 47, during
the period of implementation of the Contract, will not be taken into account in Bid
evaluation.
30.5. Where bids are invited for several lots, the Employer shall determine the
application of discounts so as to minimize the combined cost of all the lots,
pursuant to ITB Sub-Clause 30.2 (c).
30.6. If the Bid of the successful Bidder is seriously unbalanced in relation to the Engineer’s
estimate of the cost of work to be performed under the contract, the Employer may
require the Bidder to produce detailed price analyses for any or all items of the Bill
quantities, to demonstrate the internal consistency of those prices with the construction
methods and schedule proposed. After evaluation of the price analyses, the Employer
may require that the amount of the performance security set forth in Clause 35 be
increased at the expense of the successful Bidder to a level sufficient to protect the
Employer against financial loss in the event of default of the successful bidder under the
Contract.
F. Award of Contract
32. Award Criteria 32.1. Subject to ITB Clause 33, the Employer will award the Contract to the Bidder
whose Bid has been determined to be substantially responsive to the Bidding
Documents and who has offered the lowest evaluated Bid price, provided that
such Bidder has been determined to be (a) eligible in accordance with the
provisions of ITB Clause 4, and (b) qualified in accordance with the provisions
of ITB Clause 5.
33. Employer’s
Right to Accept
any Bid and to
Reject any or all
33.1. Notwithstanding ITB Clause 32, the Employer reserves the right to accept or
reject any Bid, and to cancel the bidding process and reject all bids, at any time
prior to the award of Contract, without thereby incurring any liability to the
affected Bidder or bidders or any obligation to inform the affected Bidder or