Pre - Qualification Bid: Government of Gujarat
Pre - Qualification Bid: Government of Gujarat
Pre - Qualification Bid: Government of Gujarat
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PRE – QUALIFICATION BID
Name of work :-
Construction of Proposed Valsad ROB at km 196/16
to 196/18 (Dfcc Ch.37+541.056) at Existing ROB of
Valsad of Mumbai-Delhi Trunk Route of Western
Railway
Implementation by :- Road & Building Department
Government of Gujarat
State :- GUJARAT
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INDEX
Sr. Page
DESCRIPTION
No. No.
1 Introduction
2 Employer
3 Engineer – in – charge
4 Name of work
5 Scope of work
6 Programme of works under project
7 Conditions of contract
8 Specific instruction to applicants
9 Pre – Qualification application
10 Structure and organization
11 Financial Statement
12 Details of Personal with applicant
Plant & equipments proposed to deployed by
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the applicant
Experience : Relevant (Bridge works)
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Project in Progress
Experience : Relevant (Bridge works)
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Completed Project
16 Details of litigation
17 Additional Information
18 Project Information
19 Additional instructions to Tenderers
Technical Bid
(i) Notice inviting on line tender
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(ii) B-2 Form
(iii) Special condition of contract
21 Itemwise Technical Specification
22 Plan
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1.0 INTRODUCTION
Documents for contractor’s pre-qualification are invited for project namely
Construction of Proposed Valsad ROB at km 196/16 to 196/18 (Dfcc
Ch.37+541.056) at Existing ROB of Valsad of Mumbai-Delhi Trunk Route of
Western Railway The details of contract together with its probable estimated
cost is given in para No. 4 hereunder. General contractors who wish to bid for the
contract should fill the two bid system in the manner set out in this document. The
other tender documents i.e. price bid will be opened subsequently only to those
parties selected by the employer (Govt.) as having necessary qualification /
suitability to perform the contract satisfactorily. Documents for pre-qualification
bid will be filled by the contractors having registered in Class “AA” and above &
Sp. Bridge Cat.-I & above in State of Gujarat, or equivalent category. The firms
which are not registered in the relevant category in R&B Department of Govt. of
Gujarat shall have to obtain Registration under Class “AA” and above & Special
Bridge Cat.-I & above with Govt. of Gujarat prior to the award of work.
2.0 EMPLOYER
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Chainage :- As above
District :- Valsad
Proposed Work :- ROB Approaches & Bridge in Railway Portion (Tier-2)
The work of Bridge on Railway portion, DFCC Portion and Both side
Approaches(Tier-2) includes following items. Item wise details of work is however
as per Schedule-B named as price bid.
For Approach portion
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Valsad Side (3 Lane Bridge & Approach) is 26 span of @ 25.00
m c/c (Approx) so 650.00 mt (Approx) viaduct portion and 163.011
mt Ramp portion ,
Dharampur/NH8 Side (2 Lane Bridge & Approach) is 25 span of
@ 25.00 m c/c (Approx) so 625 mt (Approx) viaduct portion and
186.21 mt Ramp portion
Pardi/Atul Side (2 Lane Bridge & Approach) is 31 span of @
25.00 m c/c (Approx) so 775 mt (Approx) viaduct portion and
66.191 mt Ramp portion and ( Minor Bridge - (3 span of 18.0 m) x
2 nos in Service Road)
2.0 Foundation:-
In Approach Portion_R.C.C Pile Foundation size of 1500 mm in
DMC M:35, for Pier & Abutment
In Minor Bridge_R.C.C Pile Foundation size of 1200 mm in DMC
M:35, for Pier & Abutment
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(along with all parties) having already carried out satisfactorily works of
similar size, nature and complexity.
8.17 The bidder while submitting the pre-qualification bid for the works shall be
required to provide satisfactory evidence in respect of the information
furnished by them in their application for pre-qualification regarding their
structure and organization, financial position / arrangement, resources of
the firm, including personnel and equipment, experience as well as works
on hand etc. The applicant’s attention is explicitly drawn to the fact that
even after the pre-qualification of potential bidders has already carried out,
all bidders shall include statement of the change that may have occurred
since pre-qualification with particular reference to the various items listed
above and then further price bid will be opened to successful Bidders only
on the basis of careful scrutiny of all above information furnished by the
applicant.
8.18 The applicant is expected to have visited the project site before submitting
pre-qualification bid and tender documents. No cost for any clarification or
visit to site etc. will be reimbursed by the employer.
8.19 While submitting the schedule duly filled in the applicant shall enclose the
latest copies of brochures and prequalification documentation giving more
information about the firm and all the members through screening (soft
copy) only with E-tendering.
2) Qualification criteria:-
(a) Annual Turn Over
i. Annual turnover of any one of the last five financial years i.e.
from 2015-16 to 2019-20 updated to the current financial year
shall be more than Rs. 170.67 crore
ii. For arriving at updated value, turnover of any financial year shall
be multiplied by the enhancement factor corresponding to that
year. These enhancement factors shall be as given in para 4
herein below.
iii. For Joint Venture, the lead partnear must have updated annual
trunover not less than RS. 87.042 Crore (51% of X) and
remaining of each partnear must have updated annual trunover
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not less than RS. 51.201 crore (30% of X). The joint venture
must collectively have updated annual trunover not less than Rs.
170.67 crore (x).
[For guidance of deriving x: This value shall be derived by dividing
amount put to tender by the time limit expressed in year/s for the
proposed work]
(b) Successful experience
Bidder must have as prime contractor or as nominated (approved by
employer) subcontractor successful experience as follows:
i. At least one similar work having updated completion cost not less
than Rs.45.512 Crore (40% of the amount put to tender of the
proposed work).
ii. Such work must have been completed within last five financial
years. i.e. from 31-03-2015 till the due date of bid for the
proposed work.
iii. A work would qualify as similar work only if it meets with
definitions given in Appendix- A.
iv. For updating completion cost of the work to the current financial
year, procedure narrated in 2(a) ii shall mutatis mutandis apply.
v. For Joint Venture qualifying threshold amount of updated
completion cost would be
a. Lead Member : Rs. 34.134 Crore (75 % of amount mentioned
in b(i) i.e. 30% of amount put to tender)
b. Each of remaining members: Rs.23.21 Crore (51 % of amount
mentioned in b(i) i.r=e. 20.4% of amount put to tender.
(c) Bid Capacity
i. The bidder must have Available Bid Capacity (ABC) more than
the amount put to tender.
ABC = 2.5 * A * N – B
Where,
A is the maximum of updated total amount of works executed
in any one year of the last five financial years i.e. from
2015-16 to 2019-20.
N is the number of years prescribed for completion of the proposed
work.
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B is the amount of the existing commitments and ongoing
works to be discharged during time interval of 18 months
from the bid due date.
For the purpose of updating amount of works executed in any
year, procedure narrated in para 2(a) ii shall mutatis mutandis
apply.
Existing commitments shall include all such works for which
letters of acceptance of the tenders have been received by bidder
till the date on which bidder has submitted his bid for the
proposed work.
ii. For Joint venture,each member’s available bid capacity shall first
be reduced in proportion to his proposed financial participation.Sum
of reduced available bid capacity of all the members should be more
than the amount put to tender.
3) Other Requirements
a. Bidder’s registration
i. Only those bidders shall bid whose names are borne on the
approved list of registered contractors in the required class &
category with Gujarat State R&B D / W.R.D. “AA” class with Special
Category-I (Bridge) with State of Gujarat.
ii. The contractors, who are registered in appropriate category of
C.P.W.D., M.E.S., Railways,DFCC and Indian State
Governments, can also bid, provided the bidder produce such
registration certificate at the time of bidding and obtain
registration in required class & category from the Gujarat State
R&BD/ W.R.D. before issuing Work Order. Bidder will solely be
responsible for obtaining the required registration.
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b. LITIGATION HISTORY
The applicant should provide accurate information on litigation
and/or arbitration resulting from Contracts completed or under execution by
him over the last five years. A consistent history of arbitration awards /
judgments against the applicant or any partner of a joint venture may result
in disqualification for proposed work. If the details of Litigation History is
hidden by the applicant and later on it comes to knowledge of the employer
the bidder shall be disqualified for the proposed work and other appropriate
actions shall be taken against the bidder.
c. Machinery / Equipment
Bidder shall have to assure availability of machinery / equipments in working
condition as per Appendix- B. If bidder fails to provide proof of assured
availability of required machinery, he will be disqualified for the proposed
work. Machinery ownership document or lease / hire agreement for the work
under tender shall be considered as valid proof for assured availability.
d. Bidding in E-tendering
i. Submission of application must be through e-tendering i.e Electronic
format.
ii. Bidders shall have to submit the bid in E-Tendering form only.
iii. Bids of those bidders who have submitted all information, statistical
details as required in the bid documents through E-tendering will only
be considered. If the employer desires any clarification, for verification /
clarification, ambiguity or difference found in the documents/statistical
details submitted online (by E-Tendering) by the bidder the same shall
be furnished within stipulated time otherwise further processing will be
carried out in absence of above and the bidders shall be liable for any
consequence.
iv. No bidder can participate in more than one bid for proposed work.
e. Submission of documents
i. Following documents/papers shall form part of the bid.
1. JV agreement (when bidder is JV) clearly indicating the name of
lead partner and percentage financial participation of each
partner. JV Agreement must also demonstrate responsibility of
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each partner. The JV Agreement should be so signed as to be
legally binding to all partners, jointly and Severally.
2. Annual turnover certificates issued by chartered accountant for
last five financial year.
3. Form-3A issued by employer to substantiate successful
experience of similar work. When employer of similar work is not
a government, following need also to be furnished
a. Self attested copy of Work Order
b. Self attested copy of agreement
c. Self attested copy of Completion certificate
d. Self attested copy of Final Bill
e. Self attested copy of TDS certificates
f. Self attested copy of letter of permission given by
employer for subletting the work.
4. Existing commitments and ongoing works as per schedule-D
5. Litigation/Arbitration history
6. Proof of assured availability of required Machinery/equipment
7. An undertaking for truthfulness of information furnished
ii. Any information, data, statistics etc. which are not related to bid
document will not be considered in evaluation even though furnished by
the applicant.
iii. In accordance with stipulation of Para 3D (iii) Employer reserves the
right to call any information / document which is mandatory, essential
and critical for the purpose of evaluation. Any information provided by
the applicant after last date of Electronic submission will not be
considered in evaluation, unless except the employer has specifically
asked for any information / document, which is mandatory, essential
and critical for evaluation of PQ document. If required information is not
furnished within stipulated time, proposal will be liable for rejection.
iv. If any of the information provided by the bidder is found false during
scrutiny or at the later stage, his EMD shall be forfeited and he shall be
disqualified for the proposed work. In case when bidder has furnished
exemption certificate in lieu of EMD, an amount equal to EMD shall be
appropriated from his FDR pledged to avail of exemption certificate. If
any of the information provided by the bidder is found false after award
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of work, the performance security of the bidder shall be forfeited and the
contract shall be terminated.
4) Escalation Factors
Following enhancement factors will be applied to annual turnover and completion
cost of works to bring them to the base year. The current financial year in which
bid is invited shall be considered as the base year.
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APPENDIX – A
Definition of similar work :
1) Road Works
a. Strengthening & Widening / Resurfacing / Renewal work
i. Any asphalt work done by paver such as SDBC / BM / BUSG.
b. Widening work
ii. Widening up to 7 mt. of carriageway
1. Any work of widening of carriage way to minimum 5.5 m carriage
way and should have items of WBM/WMM and paver laid asphalt
work.
OR
2. New Roads construction works (minimum carriageway width not
less than 3.50 m.) including items of WBM / WMM & paver laid
asphaltic work.
iii. Widening up to 10 mt. of carriageway
1. Any road work of widening of carriage way to 10 m
OR
2. Any road work of carriageway widening involving addition of
carriageway not less than 3.0 m
OR
3. New road construction work (minimum carriageway width not less
than 3.5 m) involving items of WBM/WMM and pave laid asphalt
work.
c. New Roads / Four lanning / Six lanning
1. New road construction work (minimum carriageway width not less
than 3.5 m) involving items of WBM/WMM and pave laid asphalt
work.
OR
2. Any work of widening of carriageway upto 10 m. involving items of
WBM and WMM plus asphalt work done by paver.
OR
3. Any road work of carriageway widening involving addition of
carriageway not less than 3.0 m
Note: For prequalification cost of the work involving road widening is to be considered. If
there is a package of works / single work consisting combination of resurfacing,
strengthening and widening od road, only cost of road widening carried out is to
be considered for financial criteria. For example (1) if package consisting three
road work in which one work is for strengthening, one work is for resurfacing and
other work is for widening of road than cost of widening work is only to be
considered for criteria of successful experience (2) if any single work consisting
road works in which strengthening, resurfacing and widening of road than cost of
widening work is only to be considered for criteria of successful expriance.
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2) Bridge Works
i. Any Major bridge work having completion cost more than 40 % of the
amount put to tender and
ii. Bidder shall have experience during last 10 financial years of executing
bridges involving similar type of Foundation, superstructure, Launching of
Girder from casting yard to girder location at field site.
3) Building Works
a. Building having frame structure/composite structure: up to G+3 story
i. Bidder shall have expriance for the contruction of any building having
frame/composite structure.
b. Building having frame structure/composite structure: up to G+5 story
i. Biddre shall have expriance for the construction of any building
having frame/composite structure of G+2 story and above.
c. Building having frame structure/composite structure: up to G+5 story
ii. Biddre shall have expriance for the construction of any building
having frame/composite structure of G+4 story and above.
d. Building having load bearing structure
iii. Biddre shall have expriance for the construction of any building
having load bearing structure.
Note: Construction of water tank, lift well staircase cabin will not be
considered as storey.
4) Any work which does not fall in above categories definition or of nature of
similar work shall be approved from competent authority.
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APPENDIX – B
Indicative List of minimum Plant & Equipment to be deployed on Contract Work
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SCHEDULE – D
EXPERIENCE ALL PROJECTS IN PROGRESS
Give information about all projects which are in progress including the company has received a letter of intent
/ Acceptance but a formal contract has not yet been awarded.
Employer Engineer Location Value of Cost of Remaining Percentage Date of Stipulated Likely date Reasons for
responsible and contract work work to be of financial work order date of of slow
for description executed as executed as completion completion completion progress if
supervision of works on date of on date of cost of work any
this bid this bid
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11
Note :- Non disclosure of any information in the schedule will result in disqualification of the bidder.
_____________________
(Signature of Bidder)
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PRE -QUALIFICATION APPLICATION
Dear Sir,
Having examined the qualification documents including scope of work & time
frame of construction, we hereby submit all the necessary information & relevant
documents for qualifying us for bidding for (The above mentioned works)
The application is made by us on behalf of …………………………………………
………………………………….. in the capacity of …………………………………….... duly
authorized to submit the offer.
The necessary evidence admissible in law in respects of authority assigned to us
on behalf of the firms for applying and for completion of the contract documents is
attached herewith.
It is certified that the information furnished in these documents is authentic.
We undersigned accept the Employer (Govt.) reserve the right to reject any or all
applications without assigning any reasons.
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Performa C - 1
DECLARATION / UNDERTAKING
DECLARATION / UNDERTAKING
2. All the information and date finished herewith are correct to my / our best of
knowledge.
3. I / We agree that we have no objection if inquiries are made about our works, its
related areas and any other inquiry regarding all details, projects and works listed by
us in the Pre-Qualification document.
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SCHEDULE – A
STRUCTURE AND ORGANISATION
Telephone No. :
Telex No. :
Fax No. :
Email Address :
________________________
(Signature of Bidder)
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SCHEDULE – B
FINANCIAL STATEMENT
(To be given separately for each partner for partnership firm)
1. Name of firm :
2. Capital
(a) Authorised :
(b) Issued & paid up :
4. Financial position :
(exact amount in Rupees to be stated)
(a) Cash :
(b) Current Asset :
(c) Current Liability :
(d) Working Capital :
(e) Net worth :
5. Total liability
(a) Current Ratio : Current assets to current liabilities
(b) Acid test Ratio : Cash, Temporary investment held in
lieu of cash & current receivable to
current liabilities.
(c) Total liabilities Net worth :
Note :- Information asked against each item to be carefully filled in more preference to
balance sheet in reply to above points is acceptable.
6. Annual value (turn over) of construction works undertaken for each of the last five
years & projected for current (this will be calculated at the rate of 10% increased
for each years). Annual turn over for the works.
Current One year Two year Three year Four year Five year
Year year before i.e. before i.e. before i.e. before i.e. before i.e.
2020-21 2019-20 2018-19 2017-18 2016-17 2015-16
Home
Abroad
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7. Net profit tax
(a) Current period (2020-21) :
(b) During the last financial year :
(2019-20)
(c) During the course of the four :
financial years previous to last
financial years i.e. (2018-19 to
2015-16)
The profit and loss statement have been
certified
Through ........................................... by
.........................................
Note :- 1) Information asked against each item shall be carefully filled in any
additional information shall be given separately duly signed.
2) The above details supported by last financial year Balance sheet / profit &
loss account etc. must be audited by the Chartered Accountant. And ITC
shall be furnished if available.
3) The above information shall be supported with necessary documents
otherwise, the same shall be treated as null and void.
________________________
(Signature of Applicant)
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SCHEDULE – C
PERSONAL
DETAILS OF PERSONNEL WITH THE APPLICANT (ON ROLL)
Name of Applicant :-
Sr.
Description On Applicants Pay Roll
No.
(1) Project Manager :
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SCHEDULE - C-1
PERSONAL
DETAILS OF PERSONAL TO BE DEPLOY ON THIS PROJECT BY BIDDER
Name of the Applicant
Minimum Requirement
Sr. No. Description Qualification Yes / No
Experience in
Number
Bridge works
1 2 3 4 5 6
1 Project Manager B.E. Civil 1 10 Year Exp. (5
years on Road /
Highway
construction)
Note :- Availability for this work of project Manager having in degree in Civil
Engineering with at least ten years experience including at least five years on
Road / Bridge construction works and a material and quality control Engineer
having degree in Civil Engineering with at least five years Road/Bridge
construction experience including about three years on materials testing and
quality control for road construction works including bituminous works and slab
drain works is compulsory.
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SCHEDULE – D
Plant & Equipment proposed to deployed by the Applicant
Sr. Name of Equipment Total Requirement Equipment in Hand (Owned) Equipment to be
No. procured
No. of units for Kind Capacit No. of Year of Name of No. Capacit Throug
the project and y each manu. & Owner of y h
make present each purchas
condition e/
Lease
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11
(1) Tipper Trucks 20
(2) Motor Grader 4
(3) Dozer 2
(4) Front end Loder 4
(5) Smooth Wheeled Roller 4
Note :-
1) The above information may be furnished for each machinery and equipment listed herewith.
2) The location of machinery should be furnished in detail
i.e. (i) Site of work (ii) Own Workshop (iii) Other places
3) The documents regarding ownership of machinery / equipment etc and self attested copies of hire purchase agreement if it must be enclosed and for to
be procured the copy of work order placed shall be furnished.
If leased indicated the date when the current lease expires.
4) Describe the fabrication and workshop facilities (a) to be set up at site (b) to be sub contracted locally (c) to be set up any other place with relevant
details.
(5) The above information shall be supported with necessary documents otherwise, the same shall be treated as null & void.
(Signature of Bidder)
STATEMENT NO. 1-B
SIMILAR SINGLE WORK COMPLETION STETEMENT (INITIAL SCREENING)
NAME OF WORK:
Statement showing the details successful Experience as prime contractor at least one similar nature of road work costing the contract of more than 40% off
Estimated cost of Rs.4551.50 Lacs in the live financial years i.e.
2015-16 1.61 %`
2016-17 1.46 %
2017-18 1.33 %
2018-19 1.21 %
2019-20 1.10 %
2020-21 1.00 %
Employer Engineer Location Value of Cost of Remaining Percentage Date of Stipulated Likely date Reasons for
responsible and contract work work to be of financial work order date of of slow
for description executed as executed as completion completion completion progress if
supervision of works on date of on date of cost of work any
this bid this bid
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11
Note :- Non disclosure of any information in the schedule will result in disqualification of the bidder.
_____________________
(Signature of Bidder)
SCHEDULE – E1
EXPERIENCE RELEVANT (Road / Bridge works) PROJECTS COMPLETED
Please furnished information about relevant project (Road / Bridge works) completed over the last five years
Name of Name of Name of Contract price Final value as Additional amount Date of Stipulated Actual date Reason for
Employer Location & Engineer (Rs. in Lacs) per bill released if any work order date of of slow
type of responsible prepared by through court claims completion completion progress if
Road for the employees or by award or of work any
contracted supervision arbitrator
1 2 3 4 5 6 7-A 7-B 7-C 8
Note :- Non disclosure of any information in the schedule will result in disqualification of the bidder.
_____________________
(Signature of Bidder)
SCHEDULE – F
CONTRACT
COMPANY
EXPERIENCE GEOGRAPHICAL
Applicant should provide information on any. History of litigation or arbitration resulting from
contracts executed in last five years or currently under execution.
Years Award for / or against Name of client, Cause of Disputed amount in
applicant litigation & matter of dispute rupees
Note :- The above information shall be supported with necessary documents otherwise the same
shall be treated as null & void. If the information to be furnished in this schedule will not
be given & come to the notice subsequently will result in disqualification of bidder.
________________________
(Signature of Applicant)
CONTRACT
SCHEDULE – H
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
(The applicant can add here any further information relevant to the evaluation of their pre-
qualification bid)
Note :- The above information shall be supported with necessary documents otherwise the same
shall be treated as null & void.
________________________
(Signature of Applicant)
Schedule - I
(Form No. 3 A (Self attested))
Referred to in Rules No. 5 to (b) (II)
DETAILS OF SIMILAR WORK COMPLETED
1. Name of Contractor :
2. Name of Work :
3. Estimated cost of :
Work put to tender
4. Revised Estimated :
Cost
5. Tender Amount :
6. Date of Starting the :
Work
7. Date of completion of :
The work (As per
Contract agreement)
8. Actual date of the :
Completion of work
9. Amount of completed :
Work done
Sr. Main Component of Qty. Executed Amount Rs. In lacs
No. Work
I R.C.C Super Structure
II Composite Super Structure
III Pile Foundation
BANK GUARANTEE
1. Therefore we, hereby affirm that we are guarantors in behalf of the tenderer upto total Rs.
________________ in words Rs. ________________________________ (in figures) and we
undertake to pay to Executive Engineer, Valsad (R & B) Division, Valsad of judicial or to be specified)
upto his first written demand, without demur, without delay and without the necessity of previous
notice of judicial in administrative procedures and without the necessity to prove to the bank. The
defects or short comings or debits of the contractor any sum within the limit of Rs.
__________________.
2. We further agree that the guarantee herein contained shall remain in full force and effect during the
period that would be taken for the acceptance of tender. However, unless a demand of claim under this
guarantee is made on us in writing on or before the _______________ (date to be specified will not be
less than 180 days from the date of opening the tender) we shall be discharged from all liabilities under
the guarantee there after.
3. We under take not to revoke the guarantee during it currently except with the previous consent of the
Executive Engineer, ______________________Division, ____________ in writing.
4. We lastly undertake not to revoke the guarantee for any charge in construction of the tender of the
bank.
Date :
Signature & Seal of guarantee
Bank address.
F- Any other equipment which is not mentioned here but which is necessary for complying with
the provision of the Contractor or as required by the Engineer.
In the absence of any equipment as per test requirements of section 900 of MOST specification the
same shall be provided by the contractor at any time as directed by the Engineer. No extra payment
shall be made to the contractor.
Signature of Applicant
PROJECT INFORMATION
PROJECT INFORMATION
1.0 INTRODUCTION
Bids from contractors for qualification are invited for a project of Construction of
Valsad of Mumbai-Delhi Trunk Route of Western Railway The details of contract sub-
section together with its estimated costs are given in Para 4.0
General contractors, backed-up specialists who wishes to bid for this contract,
should apply for qualification in the manner set out in this document. The other tender
satisfactorily. Tender documents for technical bid along with "Price Bid" shall be available
on line to Contractors / Firms. Contractors Registered in Class “AA” and above & Sp.
Bridge Cat.-I & above in Gujarat State, or the Highest Class of Registration to undertake
Bridge work of unlimited amount in respect of other State with the State Public Works
Department having turnover more than the estimated cost for the individual
contract in any one year of the last five financial year or the Firm. The Firms having
“AA” and above & Sp. Bridge Cat.-I & above with the (R & B) Department
Government of Gujarat before opening of the Price bid. If this is not done before opening
of the Price bid their tender will not be considered. In this regard, the decision of the
Superintending Engineer, (R & B) Circle , Valsad will be final. No claim on this account
will be entertained.
Climate
(A) TEMPERATURE
The project road lies in the State of Gujarat. This state is situated in western part of India and
has semi arid climate. Refer Index. Map. Large part of the state lies between 350 C and
isotherms. May is the hottest month and January the coldest. The isotherm generally run east
west and the temperature increase steadily as one moves southwards.
(B) RAINFALL
Gujarat receives most of its rainfall from the south-west monsoon between June and
September with maximum intensity generally in July and August. The monsoon arrives earlier
in the south and east and last longer than in the northwest. Hence the rainfall intensity ranges
from over 2400 mm in the southwest to less than 250mm in the extreme west. Some
depressions and cyclones in the Arabian Sea which move across the coastal area sometimes
bring rains and strong winds in the months of April to June and October to November.
The State can be divided into four different rainfall Zones :-
(i) Areas with more than 1000mm rainfall, include the district of Valsad, Navsari, Dangs, Surat,
Ankleshwar and the eastern parts of Vadodara with Rajpipla Hills.
(ii) Areas receiving rainfall between 800mm and 1000mm include Panchmahals, Vadodara,
Kheda and part of Ahmedabad,
(iii) Areas having rainfall between 400mm and 800mm include Saurashtra and areas north of
Ahmedabad.
(iv) Areas receiving less than 400mm rainfall include Kachchh Banaskantha and Coastal
Jamnagar.
C) HUMIDITY
The relative humidity in all parts of the State, with the exception of the coastal areas, is low in
the summer the relative humidity varies from 75 and 80 percent in winter from 40 to 50
percent. The coastal areas, on the other hand, have moderately high humidity all the year
round with a maximum in the summer months reaching as high as 90 percent.
(D) HYDROLOGY
Narmada river & Tapi river are the major rivers (perennial) in the south of the state which
serve as the main water source.
(E) TOPOGRAPHY
Gujarat is located in western side of the India and bounder by the State of Rajasthan in the
north, Madhya Pradesh in east and Maharashtra in south. It has also an international border
with Pakistan on its northern length of about 360 Km. The state of Gujarat covers a total area
of 195514 Sq.Km. and is situated between 20''06'' to 24''42''. North latitude and 68 10'' to 74
24'' East longitude. The state has the longest coastline in the country measuring about 1600
Km. along western part of India extending from Lakhpat in North to Daman in the south.
The state is divided into five major physiographic divisions,
(i) The Alluvial Plains, extend in North Gujarat to Bulsar in the south and westward to the little
Rann and Banni area of Kachchh.
(ii) The Eastern hilly tract lies between the altitude of 300 – 1400 m and forms a major divide.
(iii) Uplands of Kachchh and Saurashtra consist of sandstone shale and basalt rock with elevations
of about 150-500 m sloping readily towards the coast. The Girnar hill forest is at an elevation
1117 m.
(iv) The low-laying coastal tract randes in elevation from 3.285 m. surrounding the Kachchh and
Saurashtra uplands. These low laying areas extend from Rann of Kachchh to little Rann of
Kachchh and to the low laying delta region of Bhadar, Nhogavo, Mahl, Dhadar, Narmada and
Tapi rivers.
(v) The Marshy to saline desert of Rann of Kachchh and little Rann of Kachchh extend into the
saline Tracts around the Gulf of Cambay. This vast expands of salt mixed with clay is devoid
of any vegetation or habitation.
Soil Characteristics
The soils of Gujarat state can be classified into Black Cotton Soils. Alluvial Soils, Saline Alkaline
Soils and Desert Soils.
a) Black Soils :- The black soils are either medium black or deep black
i) Medium Black Soil :- Medium black soils are found in Saurashtra some parts of
Sabarkantha and Panchmahal district, South west of Ahmedabad and parts of Vadodara and
Kachchh district. This soil type is not so deep. Soil textures clay loam to cleyey.
(ii) Deep Black Soil :-
The deep black soil are found in the district of Vadodara, Godhra, Surat,Ankleshwar, Navsari
and Valsad. Soil depth varies from less than one meter to as deep as six meters. These soils
have very heavy clay content.
(b) Alluvial Soils :-
These soils in Gujarat are formed due to silting by Indus river system. These soils occur
through Banaskantha district and the greater part of Mehsana and Sabarkantha. Ahmedabad,
Kheda district. Further more alluvial soils also occur in the northern part of state along the
sea coast except in Vadodara, Surat and Valsad district.
(c) Saline - Alkaline Soils :-
This soils are found in “Bhal Tract” of Bhavnagar, Ahmedabad and Kheda district and also in
southern part of state along the sea coast except in Vadodara, Surat and Valsad district. Saline
soil is also found in portions Kachchh. Mehsana and Banaskantha district due to less rain fall
and high evaporation.
(d) Desert Soils :-
These are mainly found in Rann of Kachchh (Northern and north – eastern parts).
(e) Earthquake Zone :-
The District of Kachchh comes under the Zone-5 of the earth quake where as district of
Saurashtra comes under Zone-3 & Zone-4. The part of Vadodara district comes under Zone-4
where as other district of Gujarat comes under Zone-3. Since the district of Kachchh and
some district of Saurashtra, part of Vadodara district comes under Earth quake Zones of
moderate intensity, necessary precautions are to be taken for the construction works.
(F) ACCESS TO SITE
Gandhinagar the state capital is about 950 Km. from the National Capital (New
Delhi). The state is accessible by road, rail and air from the National capital as well as from
other metropolitan cities of the country. The main arterial highway traversing through this
state is NH-8 linking Delhi to Mumbai. It enters the state from Rajasthan near Shamlaji and
touches important towns of Ahmedabad and Vadodara and enters into Maharashtra from its
southern border. The off shoots NH-8-A, 8B & 8C from NH-18,NH-59 penetrate right up to
western coastline. Index map at the end illustrates the accesses to various contacts by road
rail and air. This index map also shows the important towns of Gujarat.
Ankleshwar is situated in southern part of the Gujarat State. It can be accessed
through Vadodara –Surat- Navsari from Ahmedabad ,and is also joined with other parts of
the state and country with broad guage rail line i.e. Delhi-Vadodara-Mumbai route of
Western Railway. The nearest airport for Ankleshwar is Surat & Vadodara airport which is
about 60 Km. away from Surat city & 90 km from Vadodara city. The road under this project
is accessible directly from N.H. No.8.
(G) ROAD TRANSPORT FACILITIES
Passenger road transport in the state is mainly provided by Gujarat State Transport
Corporation, a state Government undertaking goods transport operation is with the private
sector.
Executive Engineer
(R & B) Division,
Valsad