DELHI TRANSCO LIMITED

21.0 Preliminary Examination of Bids21.1 The Employer will examine the bids to determine whether they are complete,whether any computational errors have been made, whether required suretieshave been furnished, whether the documents have been properly signed, andwhether the bids are generally in order.21.2 Arithmetical errors will be rectified on the following basis. If there is adiscrepancy between the unit price and the total price, which is obtained bymultiplying the unit price and quantity, or between subtotals and the totalprice, the unit or subtotal price shall prevail, and the total price shall becorrected. If there is a discrepancy between words and figures, the amount inwords will prevail. If the Bidder does not accept the correction of errors, itsbid will be rejected and the bid security will be forfeited in accordance withITB Sub-Clause 12.6 (c)".21.3 The Employer may waive any minor informality, nonconformity orirregularity in a bid that does not constitute a material deviation, whether ornot identified by the Bidder in Attachment 6 and 6A to its bid, and that doesnot prejudice or affect the relative ranking of any Bidder as a result of thetechnical and commercial evaluation, pursuant to ITB Clauses 23 and 24.21.4 Prior to the detailed evaluation of PART-I (TECHNO-COMMERCIALBID)”, the Employer will determine whether each bid is of acceptable quality,is generally complete and is substantially responsive to thebidding documents. For purposes of this determination, a substantiallyresponsive bid is one that conforms to all the terms, conditions andspecifications of the bidding documents without material deviations,objections, conditionality or reservations. A material deviation, objection,conditionality or reservation is one (i) that affects in any substantial way thescope, quality or performance of the contract; (ii) that limits in any substantialway, inconsistent with the bidding documents, the Employer's rights or thesuccessful Bidder's obligations under the contract; or (iii) whose rectificationwould unfairly affect the competitive position of other Bidders who arepresenting substantially responsive bids. The PART-II (PRICE BID) shall beopened only of those bidders whose TECHNO-COMMERCIAL BID bids areof acceptable quality, thereafter.21.4.1 Bids containing deviations from critical provisions relating to (i) to (vi) belowwill be considered as non responsive:(i)(ii)Appendix 2 to the Form of Contract Agreement (Price Adjustment):Clause No. 10.6 ITBBid Security: Clause No. 12.1,12.2 ITB._____________________________________________________________________T. No. DTL/DGM(T)SSC-II/GPL/09-10/GIS/GT-02Page 28 of 566