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20.3 A bid, determined as substantially non-responsive will be rejected by the
Tendering officer and shall not subsequent to the bid opening be made responsive by
the bidder by correction of the non-conformity also the Tendering officer shall not be
bound to show the reasons/causes of rejection of the bid.
20.4 The Tendering officer may waive any minor infirmity or non-conformity or
irregularity in a bid, which does not constitute a material deviation, provided such
waiver, does not prejudice or affect the relative ranking of any bidder.
21. Evaluation & comparison of substantially responsive BIDs:
21.1 On the due date of bid opening the tendering Authority will open the Technical
bid specified in the bid document. If the bidder is eligible and meets all the conditions
to participate in the tender, then only the technical evaluation will be done on the
same day and the financial bid will be opened at a later date. Only those Financial
BIDs shall be opened which are found techno-commercially compliant.
21.2 The tendering Authority will make the technical/financial evaluation of the eligible
bidders.
21.3 Financial bid evaluation will be based on the net composite Price offered in the Price
schedule i.e., Section 9. The evaluation of the L-1 bidder will be decided based on the
lowest quote.
21.4 The Tendering officer shall evaluate in detail and compare the bids previously
determined to be substantially responsive pursuant to clause 20 above.
21.5 Arithmetical errors shall be rectified on the following basis. If there is a
discrepancy between the unit price and total price that is obtained by multiplying the
unit price and quantity, the unit price shall prevail and the total price shall be corrected
by the tendering authority. If there is a discrepancy between words and figures, the
amount in words shall prevail. If the bidder does not accept the correction of the
errors, his bid shall be rejected.
21.6 Tendering officer may negotiate with L1 bidder only or can make counter offer
against the prices quoted by any bidder.
21.7 Apart from the existing cellular customers, the data of prospective customers
enrolled during the contract period may have to be scanned and documented.
21.8 The tendering authority will issue the APO/Work order and fix the target date to
complete the work. The performance of each vendor will be assessed on weekly
basis. If the bidder fails to meet the target and complete the work within the specified
date, the tendering authority has the right to cancel that APO/PO/ Work Order and
allot the same work to other bidders.
21.9 There are 5 SSAs in J&K Telecom Circle and the scanning will be carried out
at 11 locations presently. The tendering authority has every right to vary the no. of
scanning locations and cancel work order, if the bidder fails to meet the targets.
22. Contacting the Tendering Authority:
22.1 Subject to Clause 19 above, no bidder shall try to influence the Tendering
officer on any matter relating to its bid, from the time of the bid opening till the time the
contract is awarded.
22.2 Any effort by a bidder to influence the Tendering officer or any other officer
authorized on his behalf w.r.t the bid evaluation, bid comparison or contract award
decisions shall result in the rejection of the bid.
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