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287. If the requirement of trucks is not met by say L-1, L-2, L-3, L-4, L-5 transporters thennegotiations will be carried out with the L-1 party based on the lowest rates received in eachsector in the tender. On finalization of rate with L-1 party, the counter offer of the lowest ratewill be given to L-2 to L-5,…. transporters. In this process, in case any tenderer between L-2 toL-5,… say L-3 & L-4 transporters refuse to accept the lowest rate then corporation reserves theright to give counter offer of the lowest rate to other high ranking parties in sequence e.g. L-6 &L-7,… till the full requirement of trucks is met.. In the process the original L-3 & L-4 rankingparties will not get any contract as they have refused to accept the BPCL counter offer rate. Insuch case, the award of job will be distributed to all agreeable transporters in sequence of theirranking keeping in view the agreed lowest rates in each sector up to the requirement/ availabilityof the trucks.8. If the above process still results in not meeting the Corporation's full requirement of trucks, thennegotiations/counter-offer exercise may be conducted with the balance parties in their originalorder of ranking till the full requirement of trucks is met.9. LPG Distributors of the corporation who wish to operate as transporter also should necessarilyparticipate in the tender. Contract to such distributor cum transporter shall be awarded only on thebasis of their merit in the tender. With increase in requirement of trucks due to ever increasingmarket demand, the corporation at its sole discretion reserves the right to induct trucks from anyLPG distributor of BPCL.10. The contract will be awarded in the proportion of availability of trucks from the transporters afterconsidering the allotment of trucks as per ranking in the sectors.NOTWITHSTANDING ANYTHING CONTAINED ELSEWHERE IN THIS TENDER INTHE EVENT THAT CORPORATION RECEIVES THE SAME RATE FOR A PARTICULARSECTOR/DISTANCE SLAB W.R.T. ANY SOURCE/LOADING BASE BY A GROUP OFBIDDERS, THE CORPORATION RESERVES THE RIGHT TO BELIEVE THAT THESEBIDDERS HAVE FORMED A CARTEL AND THE RATE QUOTED AS ‘CARTEL RATE’AND MAY ACCEPT OR REJECT OR NOT RECKON SUCH RATES/OFFERED TRUCKS /RANKINGS ETC., OF SUCH OFFERS. IN SUCH CASES, THE CORPORATION ALSORESERVES THE RIGHT TO FOLLOW THE NEGOTIATION PROCESS WITH SUCHBIDDERS IF DEEMED FIT AND AMEND THE EVALUATION CRITERIA BEST SUITEDTO THE INTEREST OF THE CORPORATION.NOTE:1. The tender document contains the indicative number of locations in each sector and total no. ofloads to be transported to these locations per month and total number of trucks and no. of trucksrequired in each sector against this tender. These figures are estimated only and shall be used forthe purpose of evaluation using RTKM of individual location as an additional data. Cylinders arealso to be transported to and from the parties carrying out cylinder repair activities at variousplaces. Also cylinders are to be transported to and from the plants of the private bottlers fromwhom BPCL is taking bottling assistance at present or in future.Signature and Stamp of the Tenderer