Green Gas Limited A Joint Venture of GAIL and IOCL Fortuna Tower, 2nd Floor, 10 Rana Pratap Marg Lucknow-226001 INVITATION FOR BID TENDER NO.: GGL/C&P/LKO-AGRA/IDT/2014-15/016 DATE: 31.03.2015 Green Gas Limited invites sealed bids under Single Stage Two Bid System for appointment of Indirect Tax Consultant for Green Gas Limited 1. Name of Work and Location Appointment of Indirect Tax Consultant for Central Excise / Service Tax, for Green Gas Limited. 2. Project/Work City Gas Distribution projects of Green Gas Limited 3. Issue of Tender Documents Issuing Authority: Asst. Manager (C&P), Green Gas Limited, Lucknow. Sealed Envelope Super-scribed “Bid document” containing signed copies as token of acceptance of following:a) Invitation for Bids (IFB) (For Enquiry No. GGL/C&P/LKO-AGRA/IDT/2014-15/016 b) Conditions of Contract (CC) c) Duly filled & signed Schedule of Rates d) Supporting document against technical specifications and BEC. 4. Mode of Forwarding the Offers. 5. Receipt of Offers Offer Receiving Authority: Asst. Manager (C&P), Green Gas Limited, Lucknow. Offers should reach to our office by 15.04.2015 till 1500 hrs. 6. Earnest Money Deposit Amount to be paid: Rs. 10,000/- in the form of Demand Draft drawn in favour of “Green Gas Limited” payable at Lucknow. 7. Opening of Bids Bids shall be opened on 15.04.2015 at 1600 hrs. In the presence of bidder’s authorized representatives. 8. Coordinating Office Green Gas Limited, Lucknow 9. Eligibility Criteria As per tender document. 10. PREBID Summary 08.04.2015 at 11:00 Hours (IST) at Green Gas Limited 11. Tender Cost Not Applicable 12. Execution Location Lucknow Place: Lucknow Asst Manager (C&P) Green Gas Limited (A Joint Venture of GAIL and IOCL) Fortuna Tower, 2nd floor, 10 Rana Pratap Marg Lucknow-226001 Page 1 of 19 Annexure – I Green Gas Limited A Joint Venture of GAIL and IOCL Lucknow CONDITIONS OF CONTRACT 1.0 GENERAL: 1.1 Bid document is non-transferable (applicable only in case where tender fees/cost is to be paid) 1.2 You are supposed to have quoted after thorough study of our requirement and conditions prevailing at site. 1.3 The offer should be extensive, covering all the technical specifications of the services / items proposed and there should be an explicit mention of scope of supply in the offer. 1.4 The work observed under this contract shall be performed in all respect as per the instructions and directions of the owner’s authorized representatives/EIC/OIC and to the best standard of workmanship possible. 1.5 Wherever, it is stated in these documents that any particular work or activity is to be carried out and it shall be understood that the same shall be carried out by the bidder at his own cost, risk and responsibility without any liability on the owner. 1.6 It is, however, explicitly understood that the scope as described in this Tender Document is not limited, in so far as the responsibilities of the Bidder are concerned and shall include, inter-alia, carrying out any and all works and providing any and all facilities as are required to complete the works in all respects up-to the satisfaction level of EIC and as per relevant standards / codes. 1.7 GGL will not be responsible for cost incurred in preparation and delivery of bids. 1.8 This is a ZERO Deviation Bidding Document. The bids shall be evaluated as received without any reference to the bidders. Bidder is to ensure compliance of all provisions of the Bidding Document and submit their bid accordingly. Bids with any deviation to the bid conditions shall be liable for rejection. 1.9 The Complete Bid document is also available on web sites of Green Gas Limited (www.gglonline.net). Bidders can also submit their bid on the downloaded document on or before due date of submission with an undertaking that the contents of the bidding document have not been altered or modified. Further, the bidder has to meet the BEC criteria as specified in the bid document. Page 2 of 19 2.0 3.0 4.0 BIDDER TO OBTAIN HIS OWN INFORMATION: 2.1 The Bidder / contractor / supplier while quoting his rate shall independently obtain all necessary information for the course of action as per the requirement of the client / site. The bidder shall be deemed to have examined the Documents, obtained his own information on all matters whatsoever relevant to carry out the works / supply. Any error in the description or quantity of any other aspect in the scheduled rates or omitted there from shall not vitiate the contract or release the bidder from executing the works as per the contract at the scheduled rates. 2.2 Any neglect or failure on the part of bidder / contractor / supplier in obtaining necessary information shall not relieve him from the liability or the responsibility of completing the work at the scheduled rates and time in accordance with the requirements of the client / site. 2.3 It shall be the bidder’s responsibility to visit the site before submitting its bid document and collect all relevant data, information regarding the surrounding & local environment. 2.4 The bidder and any of its personnel or agents will be granted permission by the Employer to enter upon its premises and lands for the purpose of such visit, but only upon the express condition that the bidder, its personnel, and agents will release and indemnify the Employer and its personnel and agents from and against all liability in respect thereof, and will be responsible for death or personal injury, loss of or damage to property, and any other loss, damage, costs, and expenses incurred as a result of the inspection. 2.5 The Contractor / bidder may conduct a Site visit concurrently with the pre-bid meeting. LOCATION OF SITE 3.1 Bidder shall contact OIC for the site details. GGL is having its establishments in Agra & Lucknow Cities. 3.2 The bidder is advised to visit and examine the Site of Works and its surroundings and obtain for itself on its own responsibility all information that may be necessary for preparing the bid. The costs of visiting the Site shall be at the bidder’s own expense. PRICE REDUCTION SCHEDULE (PRS) / PENALTY FOR DELAY: 4.1 5.0 As per clause no. 21 RECEIPT / SUBMISSION OF BIDS: 5.1 Bids from consultant / Firms are acceptable. 5.2 The tender shall be processed according to an above defined procedure. Offers should be submitted in original in sealed envelopes. 5.3 The bids should be submit one original and one copy in a sealed envelope bearing the following details and the address of GGL: Envelope I: Super scribing Techno-Commercial Un-priced Bids (PART-I) Page 3 of 19 Part-I: Techno-commercial /Un-priced Bid (to be furnished in one original and one copy) Envelope II: Super scribing “Price Bid- Not to Open” (PART-II) Part-II shall contain one original and one copy of Schedule of Rates duly filled in, in separate sealed envelopes duly signed and stamped on each page super scribing on the sealed envelope “Price – Do Not Open”. In case of any correction, the bidders shall put his signature and his stamp. Envelope III: Super scribing “Bid Security”- PART-III Part-III shall contain original Bid security in separate sealed envelope (Otherwise Called Earnest Money Deposit (EMD)). 5.4 The offer should contain complete details of item / service and procedures / methodology of implementation / supply / delivery of material / services and details of various standards adopted by bidder. 5.5 The Bid Bond / security of requisite amount as mentioned must be enclosed with the Bid. 5.6 Tender should be delivered at the following address so as to reach not later than 1500 hrs of the closing date of the tender: Asst. Manager (C&P) Green Gas Limited (A Joint Venture of GAIL and IOCL) Fortuna Tower, 2nd floor, 10 Rana Pratap Marg, Lucknow-226001 5.7 Timely delivery of the bid is the responsibility of the Bidder. Bids must reach GGL office not later than the closing date & time specified above. Any bid received by GGL after the closing date and time, will be rejected and / or returned unopened to the Bidder. GGL will not be responsible for the loss of tender or for any delay during the postal transit or otherwise. 5.8 The bids can only be submitted in the name of the bidder in whose name the bid documents were issued by GGL (applicable in case where tender document cost is to be submitted). The tender papers shall be complete in all respects and submitted together with requisite information and annexure(s), if any. It shall be complete and free from any ambiguity, changes or interlineations. 5.9 The offered rates will remain firm till finalization of Tender. Any representation or request received after bid opening date, regarding revision of rates, will not be entertained and may lead to rejection of the Bid. 5.10 Bidders shall indicate their complete postal and fax/e-mail address at the time of quoting against this tender. 5.11 The conditions of the contract to enter into with the successful bidder would be based on various sections of this Tender document. Bidders Page 4 of 19 are requested to state their compliance on these terms in their technical offer itself. 6.0 7.0 OPENING OF BIDS BY GGL: 6.1 GGL shall open the Bids on the indicated date and time (1600 Hrs. (IST)) in the presence of Bidders, or their authorized representative, if any present during the bid opening. Bidder’s representative must produce an authorization letter form at the time of opening of Bids. 6.2 Priced Bid Opening: After Technical evaluation 6.3 The Price Bids of those Bidders, who’s Technical Bids are found acceptable, shall only be considered for price evaluation. 6.4 In case of unscheduled holiday on the closing/opening day of bid, the next working day will be treated as scheduled prescribed day of closing/opening of bid; the time notified remaining the same. VALIDITY 7.1 8.0 DEFECT LIABILITY PERIOD 8.1 9.0 10.0 Offers submitted by the bidders shall remain valid for acceptance for a period of four (4) months from the date of opening of the price bids. Not Applicable BID EVALUATION: 9.1 Bidders (consultants) are advised not to take any exception / deviations to the bid document in terms of technical specifications, scope of work and other terms and conditions of the bid document. Still, if exceptions / deviations are maintained in the bid, such conditional / non-conforming bids may not be considered and may be out rightly rejected. 9.2 Evaluation and comparison of bids will be done as per the provisions of Bid Evaluation Criteria at Annexure - II, the technical and commercial requirement as per the tender requirement. 9.3 The offers submitted shall be checked for the complete compliance for technical requirements. The bidder shall submit the declaration for complete compliance of the technical requirements. 9.4 The bid with lowest total price as per Price Schedule will be considered for award of service contract. 9.5 Bidder shall quote for complete work for the complete SOR as the evaluation shall be on over-all basis. CONTRACT DURATION: 10.1 The contract duration shall be 2 years from the date of LOA. 10.2 Successful bidder shall depute/mobilize its representatives for the start of work from the date intimated by GGL/OIC. Page 5 of 19 11.0 12.0 SCHEDULE OF RATES: 11.1 The bidders shall quote their rates as per schedule of rates (Annexure – III). The rates quoted shall be firm and are not subject to any escalation at any time during the period of the contract. 11.2 Bidder shall include all man-power, material, tools and tackles, transportation, boarding & lodging charges in the quoted rates. No extra payment shall be made over and above the quoted rates. Only Out of Pocket expenses as mentioned in Scope of work shall be made extra on actual. 11.3 When there is a difference between the rates in figures and words, the rate which corresponds to the amount worked out by the contractor (by multiplying the quantity and unit rate) shall be taken correct. 11.4 In case it is observed that any bidder has not quoted for any item in the Schedule of Rates (such unquoted item not being in large number), the quoted price for the purpose of evaluation shall be considered as the maximum rate quoted by the remaining bidder for such items. 11.5 If after evaluation, such bidder is found to be lowest evaluated bidder, the rates for the missing item shall be considered as included in quoted bid price. 11.6 If the estimated price impact of the unquoted items is more than 10% of the bidder’s quoted price, the above provision shall not be applicable and such bid shall be rejected. 11.7 If any unconditional rebate has been offered in the quoted rates, the same shall be considered in arriving at the net tendered amount. No cognizance shall be taken for any conditional discount for the purpose of evaluation of the bids. 11.8 If any bidder offer suo-moto discount after opening of un-priced bids before opening of price bids, such reduction/discount shall not be considered for evaluation. However, if the bidder happens to be lowest evaluated bidder without considering such discount then the benefit of discount will be availed at the time of award of work. In the event as a result of techno-commercial discussions or pursuant to seeking clarification / confirmation from bidders, while evaluating the un-priced part of the bid, any of the bidders submits a sealed envelope stating that it contains revised price; such bidder(s) will be requested to withdraw the revised prices failing which the bid will not be considered for further evaluation. PAYMENT TERMS 12.1 All payments will be made through Cheque / RTGS. The successful bidder will be required to give their correct Bank details / Account number etc. on award of contract. 12.2 GGL will not take any responsibility for delay in transmission of funds due to whatsoever reasons. 12.3 Consultant shall raise monthly invoice under this work to Green Gas Limited, Lucknow for releasing the payment. A monthly statement of Page 6 of 19 works / services delivered must also suffixed the invoice. Green Gas Limited, Lucknow shall not be liable to make any payments to any person other than Consultant for the services. 12.4 The remuneration as indicated in SOR is exclusive of service tax but including all other taxes, including with-holding tax (Income Tax), duties, levies, fees etc. required to be paid to any agency or authority incurred in the performance of the work. 12.5 All payments due and payable under this work order shall be made after deduction of tax at source as per statutory provisions. Green Gas Limited, Lucknow shall provide relevant tax deduction certificates to Consultant. 12.6 Bidder shall submit the below mentioned documents to OIC for release of payment: Invoice in triplicate. Detailed summary of works / services delivered Any other document required by OIC. 13.0 14.0 PERFORMANCE OF SERVICES 13.1 In case of any problem affecting the performance of services, the primary responsibility for troubleshooting lies with the bidder, within the defect liability period. Resolution of problem shall remain Bidder’s responsibility until the Bidder conclusively proves to OIC that it is beyond its scope. 13.2 Higher authorities of Bidder shall visit GGL Lucknow office as and when called for discussion and resolution of issues requiring immediate attention. 13.3 The Contractor / Bidder shall indemnify and keep GGL harmless of all claims arising under or by reason of this contract, like claims resulting from the fault and / or negligence or wilful act or omission of the higher authority of the Bidder or its representatives. 13.4 The Bidder shall ensure that all its personnel engaged in the above services shall promptly provide the services as per scope of work. 13.5 The Contractor / Bidder shall ensure that all its personnel engaged in the above services shall act diligently, ethically, soberly and honestly. 13.6 The Supervisor, workers and foremen of the firm providing the services should have been well trained on the latest tools and technologies in their respective areas to ensure excellence in work. EARNEST MONEY DEPOSIT (EMD) 14.1 The Earnest Money Deposit of requisite amount should be submitted along with the Tenders. Tenders without earnest money deposit shall be liable for rejection. The earnest money deposit should be paid in the form of “Demand Draft” drawn in favour of “Green Gas Limited”, Payable at Lucknow. No other mode of payment is acceptable. 14.2 The earnest money of unsuccessful bidders will be refunded as soon the contract is finalizes and PO/WO is issued to successful bidder. Page 7 of 19 14.3 Refund applications for earnest money shall be addressed to the tender issuing Authority, GGL, Lucknow and they should clearly indicate the tender No., amount of deposits and demand draft no. and date. The earnest money deposits of unsuccessful bidders shall be refunded through Accounts Payee Cheque / DD, which will be dispatched under Registered Post. 14.4 The Bid Security is required to protect the GGL against the risk of Bidder's conduct which would warrant the security's forfeiture in pursuance to below listed clause. 14.5 Government Departments and Public Sector Undertakings are exempted from payment of Bid Security. 14.6 The Bidders not covered under above clause must enclose with their offer the bid security. 14.7 The Bid Security shall be acceptable in form of Bank Draft in favour of GGL. 14.8 GGL shall not be liable to pay any bank charges, commission or interest on the amount of Bid Security. 14.9 Subject to provisions in above Para, offers without Bid Security will be ignored. 14.10 The Bid Security shall be forfeited by GGL in the following events: a) If Bid is withdrawn during the validity period or any extension thereof duly agreed by the Bidder. b) If Bid is varied or modified in a manner not acceptable to GGL during the validity period or any extension of the validity duly agreed by the Bidder. c) If a Bidder, having been notified of the acceptance of its bid, fails to furnish Security Deposit / Performance Bank Guarantee (Performance Security) 14.11 The Bid Security of unsuccessful Bidders will be returned on finalization of the bid. The Bid Security of successful bidder shall be converted in to Contract Performance Guarantee and shall be returned after the completion of contract duration/ Guarantee / warrantee/defect liability period. 15.0 PRE BID MEETING 15.1 Pre bid meeting shall be carried out at venue listed below on the scheduled date and time. 15.2 Bidders are requested to submit their enquiries in written at-lease 2 days before the pre-bid meeting so as the reply to the bidders may be communicated in writing on or before the pre-bid meeting. Page 8 of 19 15.3 The replies of the queries, which are received on the pre-bid meeting date, shall be provided after the pre-bid meeting. Venue: M/s Green Gas Limited, Fortuna Tower, 2nd Floor, 10 Rana Pratap Marg, Lucknow-226001 Contact person: Mr. S.K. Singh, Chief Manager (Finance), Lucknow –9918602005(M) Mr. Shashank Shekhar, Asst. Manager (C&P) – 09936326555 (M) 16.0 EXTRA ITEM / WORK 16.1 17.0 LATE BIDS: 17.1 18.0 No modifications in Bid document shall be permissible after the bid opening. The bids shall be rejected without assigning any reason immediately, if the bids are modified by the bidder and the EMD submitted shall be forfeited. JURISDICTION 19.1 20.0 Any bid received by the Owner after the deadline for submission of bids prescribed above, shall be rejected and not be considered for opening. However the bids shall be retained and considered for evaluation if situation arises, based on decision of the Owner. MODIFICATIONS AND WITHDRAWAL OF BIDS: 18.1 19.0 All payments for the extra work shall be based on the SOR item Unit Rate and on certification of OIC. Notwithstanding any other court or courts having jurisdiction to decide the question(s) forming the subject matter of the reference if the same had been the subject matter of a suit, any and all actions and proceedings arising out of or related to the contract (including any arbitration in terms thereof) shall lie only in the court of competent civil jurisdiction in this behalf at Lucknow Court and only the said Court shall have jurisdiction to entertain and try any such action and / or proceedings to the exclusion of all other courts. SECRECY / CONFIDENTIALITY 20.1 It is understood that the information provided to consultant by Green Gas Limited is confidential and that the information / data / documents are therefore being furnished only to Green Gas Limited, Lucknow in strictest confidence. On no account will any person from you to whom any information / data / documents are furnished by Green Gas Limited, Lucknow in course of performance of the work, part with possession thereof or copy or disclose the provisions thereof or any of them or disclose or take copies of tracings or of any drawing, plan or route forming part thereof. 20.2 Any information concerning Green Gas Limited, Lucknow, its operations, data, documentation services or manufacturing processes which are designated as proprietary information by Green Gas Limited and disclosed to Page 9 of 19 you in the course of performance of this work shall remain the property of Green Gas Limited, Lucknow and are disclosed in confidence, produced any such information or reveal, disclose, or publish any such information except that required by the Law of the land. 21.0 RESPONSIBILITIES AND LIABILITIES 21.1 22.0 FORCE MAJEURE 22.1 23.0 24.0 If the performance of any obligation is delayed for any period because of hostilities, embargo, blockades, Governmental action or interference, civil commotion, war (declared or undeclared), act of God or for any other reason beyond either party’s reasonable control, the parties shall not be held to the date of performance of such obligation and the representatives of the parties shall immediately consult each other and agree upon the necessary action to be taken. TERMINATION OF CONTRACT 23.1 GGL reserves the right to terminate the contract, without assigning any reason what-so ever with 1 month prior notice to the contractor. 23.2 GGL may even terminate the contract by serving the notice period, to rectify the job within the given notice period, if the performance of contractor is not up-to the level of satisfaction of OIC and contract conditions are not adhered. 23.3 In any case, contractor shall ensure timely completion of job as per standard/satisfaction of OIC. If contractor fails to complete the job up to desired level of standard/satisfaction, no claim will be entertain for the same. Even, it may leads to recover the loss of GGL through contractor bills/security deposit. 23.4 If the successful bidder fails to depute/mobilize its manpower within the mobilization period as mentioned in this tender document, GGL reserves the right to terminate the contract of bidder and award the job to other party/bidder as per its sole discretion. This shall be binding on contractor/bidder. INDEMNIFICATION FROM THIRD PARTY CLAIMS 24.1 25.0 Consultant shall keep GGL indemnify from all the losses and claims arising due to non-performance of Consultant against it’s responsibilities. Necessary penalties as felt appropriate by OIC shall be imposed on consultant for its non-performance or delay in submission of deliverables. Auditor shall keep Green Gas Limited, Lucknow both during and after the term of the work order, fully and effectively indemnified against all loses, damages, injuries, deaths, expenses, actions, proceedings, demands and costs and claims including but not limited to, legal fees and expenses suffered by the Green Gas Limited, Lucknow or any third party where such loss, damage, injury or death is the result of a wrongful action, negligence or violation of copyrights by you or its personnel or agents or either of them. SPLITING OF CONTRACT NOT APLLICABLE Page 10 of 19 26.0 27.0 AMENDMENT OF BID DOCUMENTS 26.1 At any time, prior to the date of submission of bids, the Client may, for any reason, whether at its own initiative or in response to a clarification requested by the prospective bidder, modify bid documents by amendments. 26.2 The amendments shall be notified in writing or by FAX to all prospective bidders on the address intimated at the time of purchase of the bid document from the purchaser and these amendments will be binding on them. 26.3 In order to afford prospective bidders a reasonable time to take the amendment into account in preparing their bids, the purchaser may, at its discretion, extend the deadline for the submission of bids suitably. TAXES AND DUTIES 27.1 All applicable taxes and duties shall be included in the quoted rates. 27.2 Details of the GGL’s CST registration number are as follows: CST Registration no. : LW 5119346 ECC Registration no. (For Lucknow) : AACCG5233GXM001 TIN No : 09352304706 28.0 INSURANCE FOR FREE ISSUE MATERIAL Nil 29.0 COMPLIANCE CLAUSE: 29.1 30.0 MISCONDUCT 30.1 31.0 If and whenever any of Consultant employees / person shall in the opinion of Green Gas Limited, Lucknow be guilty of misconduct or to be incompetent or indifferently qualified or negligent in performance or his / their duties or if in the opinion of the Green Gas Limited, Lucknow he / they are undesirable for any reason (which need not be disclosed to conditional, auditor / consultant shall forthwith repatriate such person or persons and replace such persons(s) at the expense of by a qualified and competent substitute. GOVERNING LAW 31.1 32.0 Contractor undertakes to comply with all laws/rules/regulations applicable to his business and on enquiry of the same shall furnish information/documents to GGL within 7 days for such enquiry with GGL. The contract shall be governed by Indian Law. ARBITRATION: 32.1 Unless otherwise specified, the matters where decision of the Engineer-inCharge is deemed to be final and binding as provided in the tender document and the issues/disputes which cannot be mutually resolved within a reasonable time, all disputes shall be referred to arbitration by Sole Arbitrator. Page 11 of 19 33.0 32.2 The Employer [Green Gas Limited] shall suggest a panel of three independent and distinguished persons to the bidder/contractor/supplier/buyer/Auditor (as the case may be) to select any one among them to act as the Sole Arbitrator. In the event of failure of the other parties to select the Sole Arbitrator within 30 days from the receipt of the communication suggesting the panel of arbitrators, the right of selection of the sole arbitrator by the other party shall stand forfeited and the EMPLOYER (GGL) shall have discretion to proceed with the appointment of the Sole Arbitrator. The decision of Employer on the appointment of the sole arbitrator shall be final and binding on the parties. 32.3 The award of sole arbitrator shall be final and binding on the parties and unless directed/awarded otherwise by the sole arbitrator, the cost of arbitration proceedings shall be shared equally by the parties. The Arbitration proceedings shall be in English language and venue shall be Lucknow, India. Subject to the above, the provisions of (Indian) Arbitration & Conciliation ACT 1996 and the Rules framed there under shall be applicable. All matter relating to this contract are subject to the exclusive jurisdiction of the court situated at Lucknow or High Court at UP as applicable. DISPUTE RESOLUTION 33.1 The parties shall attempt to amicably settle any dispute, differences or claims arising between them. Page 12 of 19 CHECK LIST FOR SUBMISSION OF DOCUMENTS ALONG WITH BID DOCUMENT 1) Tender document duly signed and stamped submitted. 2) Declaration that the bidder has not altered the tender document 3) Declaration that the bidder has not been put blacklisted by any Government /PSU/ CGD firm. 4) Copy of PO/WO for execution of similar type of work in last 5 years of minimum order value UNDER SINGLE ORDER as defined in BEC. 5) EMD of requisite amount. 6) Authorization for attending the bid opening at GGL Office. 7) Power of attorney in the name of person signing the bid document. 8) Confirmation that all conditions of the tender document are acceptable to bidder in totality. 9) Declaration that the bidder has not taken any deviation to the tender document conditions in terms of commercial & technical. Page 13 of 19 Appendix - 1 TECHNICAL SPECIFICATION 1.0 Scope of Work The scope of work shall be inclusive of the following but not limited to the following. Consultant is supposed to provide the services at par with best professional norms prescribed for the services in the industry and up-to the level of satisfaction of EIC. The scope is detailed as under: 1. Opinion/Advice in Preparation & filing of returns, calculation of duty / Tax / Providing information/rules regarding applicability of duty /service tax / on methods of taking credit and utilization of cenvat/service tax credit and maintenance of records, documents and register relating thereto / on inter linkage of admissibility of cenvat/service tax credit and manner of taking benefit of the same / on requirement of maintenance of various records as per rules etc. 2. Preparation of Replies of Notices / Show Cause Notices issued by the Department. 3. Attending to audit of Central Excise / Service Tax Records of GGL, drafting reply to various verbal/written queries raised by audit teams related to Central Excise / Service Tax matters. 4. Preparation & Filing of Appeal of Central Excise/Service Tax Cases (up-to Commissioner Level) along-with various Documents, Records etc. with Appellate Authority and Appearance / Pleading in appeals. 5. Appearance / Pleading in appeals of Central Excise/Service Tax Cases (upto Commissioner Level) along-with various Documents, Records etc. NOTES: a. All matters incidental or related thereto the above clauses are covered by this contract. Currently GGL is operating in two cities Lucknow & Agra and operations in two cities are to be looked after with respect to Central Excise/Service Tax etc. b. The services hired are not for monthly retainership basis. The services shall be sought as and when required. Payment shall be made based on the unit rates quoted. c. The activities as narrated above will be completed within the statutory time frame. d. Any out of Pocket expenses (excluding travelling to Lucknow from bidder’s location, which shall be included in the quoted rates) shall be payable extra at actuals on case to case basis. e. Bidder shall be required to attend the meeting at GGL Lucknow office when-ever called by OIC for discussions on matters related to In-direct taxes. f. In case of audit, inspection etc. by the Tax Authorities, Consultant is required to be present during such audit, inspection etc. for providing proper information to tax authorities as per requirement. g. Consultant has to provide all relevant notifications issued by various tax authorities which are applicable to GGL and apprise the company on applicability of various indirect taxes on the company from time to time. Page 14 of 19 h. The Contract can be extended for one more year on the basis of performance of the Consultant, on same rates, terms and conditions. i. Payment shall be made based on the unit rates quoted and against the job executed and certified by OIC/GGL. Page 15 of 19 Annexure – II Green Gas Limited A Joint Venture of GAIL and IOCL Lucknow BID EVALUATION CRITERIA 1.0 BRIEF PROJECT DETAILS 1.1 Green Gas Limited is a joint venture company of IOCL, GAIL & Govt. of U.P., GGL has been set up to distribute natural gas for household / commercial sectors including setting up filling stations for vehicle etc for the city of Agra & Lucknow. 2.0 EVALUATION CRITERIA: (A) TECHNICAL 2.1 The bidder should have executed at-least 1 (one) contract of In-direct Tax (Excise & service tax) consultancy work, for a company whose turn-over must be more than 70 crores, having order value not less than INR 70000/- in previous 5 years 2.2 Bidders are requested to submit the WO / PO copy and declaration on its letter head that the turnover of the firm (to whom consultancy was provided by bidder) is above 70 crores, yearly payment released against submitted order is 70000/- or more and services provided were satisfactory for reference and evaluation. 2.3 Bidder must not be banned by GAIL/IOCL/CGD Company due to any forgery activity. Bidder shall submit the declaration on its letter head. (B) FINANCIAL CRITERIA: Not Applicable 3.0 EVALUATION OF BIDS: 3.1 The bids shall be evaluated on the overall basis. 4.0 GENERAL 4.1 The BEC over-rides all other similar clauses operating anywhere in the Bid Documents. 4.2 Any other points arise during the tender/contract will be decided by GGL. 4.3 GGL reserves the right to reject any or all bids/bidders at any time without assigning any reasons. 4.4 Bids through Fax/ E-MAIL are not acceptable. 4.5 Bidder shall bear, within the quoted rates, the Personnel Tax as applicable in respect of their personnel and their sub-Consultant’s personnel, arising out of this contract. Bidder shall also bear, within the quoted rates, the Corporate Tax, as applicable, on the income arising out of this contract. All Taxes and Duties shall be included in prices of SOR, what’s so ever. Page 16 of 19 Annexure - III SCHEDULE OF RATES (SOR) Tender No. & Date : GGL/C&P/LKO-AGRA/IDT/2014-15/016 DATE: 31.03.2015 Subject : Appointment of Indirect Tax Consultant for Central Excise / Service Tax, for Green Gas Limited. Sr. No. 1 2 3 4 5 Particulars of Work Opinion/Advice in Preparation & filing of returns, calculation of duty / Tax / Providing information/rules regarding applicability of duty /service tax / on methods of taking credit and utilization of cenvat/service tax credit and maintenance of records, documents and register relating thereto / on inter linkage of admissibility of cenvat/service tax credit and manner of taking benefit of the same / on requirement of maintenance of various records as per rules etc. Preparation of Replies of Notices / Show Cause Notices issued by the Department. Attending to audit of Central Excise / Service Tax Records of GGL, drafting reply to various verbal/written queries raised by audit teams related to Central Excise / Service Tax matters. Preparation & Filing of Appeal of Central Excise/Service Tax Cases (up-to Commissioner Level) along-with various Documents, Records etc. with Appellate Authority and Appearance / Pleading in appeals. Appearance / Pleading in appeals of Central Excise/Service Tax Cases (up-to Commissioner Level) along-with various Documents, Records etc. Unit Tentative Quantity no. of advice 6 no. of advice 6 no. of audit 4 no. of appeal 2 no. of appearance 4 Unit Rate (INR) Amount (INR) Total Service Tax @ …………………...% Gross Total Note: 1 The services hired are not for monthly retainership basis. The services shall be sought as and when required. Payment shall be made based on the unit rates quoted. 2 Any out of Pocket expenses (excluding travelling to Lucknow from bidder’s location) shall be payable extra at actuals on case to case basis Page 17 of 19 DO NOT OPEN - THIS IS A QUOTATION Tender No. : GGL/C&P/LKO/ILL/2014-15/016 Name of Work : Appointment of Indirect Tax Consultant for Green Gas Limited, Lucknow Bid submission due date & Time : 15.04.2015 at 1500 hrs. IST To, Assistant Manager (C&P) Green Gas Limited (A Joint Venture of GAIL and IOCL) Fortuna Tower, 2nd floor, 10 Rana Pratap Marg, Lucknow-226001 Ph: 0522-4088530 TO BE PASTED ON THE OUTER ENVELOPE CONTAINING PRICED OFFER, UN-PRICED OFFER & BID SECURITY PART – I (UN-PRICED OFFER) DO NOT OPEN - THIS IS A QUOTATION Tender No. : GGL/C&P/LKO/ILL/2014-15/016 Name of Work : Appointment of Indirect Tax Consultant for Green Gas Limited, Lucknow Bid submission due date & Time : 15.04.2015 at 1500 hrs. IST To, Assistant Manager (C&P) Green Gas Limited (A Joint Venture of GAIL and IOCL) Fortuna Tower, 2nd floor, 10 Rana Pratap Marg, Lucknow-226001 Ph: 0522-4088530 TO BE PASTED ON THE INNER ENVELOPE CONTAINING UN-PRICED OFFER Page 18 of 19 DO NOT OPEN - THIS IS A QUOTATION PART – II (PRICED OFFER) Tender No. : GGL/C&P/LKO/ILL/2014-15/016 Name of Work : Appointment of Indirect Tax Consultant for Green Gas Limited, Lucknow Bid submission due date & Time : 15.04.2015 at 1500 hrs. IST To, Assistant Manager (C&P) Green Gas Limited (A Joint Venture of GAIL and IOCL) Fortuna Tower, 2nd floor, 10 Rana Pratap Marg, Lucknow-226001 Ph: 0522-4088530 TO BE PASTED ON THE INNER ENVELOPE CONTAINING PRICED OFFER Tender No. : GGL/C&P/LKO/ILL/2014-15/016 Name of Work : Appointment of Indirect Tax Consultant for Green Gas Limited, Lucknow Bid submission due date & Time : 15.04.2015 at 1500 hrs. IST To, Assistant Manager (C&P) Green Gas Limited (A Joint Venture of GAIL and IOCL) Fortuna Tower, 2nd floor, 10 Rana Pratap Marg, Lucknow-226001 Ph: 0522-4088530 TO BE PASTED ON THE INNER ENVELOPE CONTAINING BID SECURITY Page 19 of 19
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