Question : Tender Process for Road Projects

(a) whether the Government has reduced security deposits fees in the tender process for road projects and if so, the details thereof;
(b) whether the Government is planning to blacklist all such companies which take the tender by reducing tender amount and run away on agreement;
(c) whether the Government is aware that most of the companies are doing this and recently a case came to notice in district Bhagalpur wherein the company took the tender and ran away at the time of agreement;
(d) if so, the details thereof;
(e) whether the Government proposes to blacklist all such companies for some time so that the road and development work is not hindered and the project can be completed on time; and
(f) if so, the details of companies against which the Government has taken action till now?

THE MINISTER OF ROAD TRANSPORT AND HIGHWAYS

(SHRI NITIN JAIRAM GADKARI)


(a) & (b) In compliance to General Finance Rule (GFR) 170(iii), only Bid Security Declaration is required in place of Bid Security. The bidder has to furnish a Bid securing declaration, accepting that; if the bidder withdraw or modify its bid during the period of validity or if the bidder is awarded the contract and fail to sign the contract or to submit a performance security before the deadline defined in the bid documents, the bidder shall be suspended for further participation in the bidding process of Ministry for a period of one year from the bid due date.
(c) & (d) yes Sir, the details are as below:
Sr. No. Name of the Work Agency NH No.
&
State Name of the Bidder / Firm Date of Debarment /Suspension of the firm from Bidding
1. Rehabilitation & Widening to 2L/ 2L+PS of Munger-
Sultanganj-Bhagalpur
section State PWD NH-80

Bihar M/s A. G. Construction 26.07.2021
2. Rehabilitation & widening to 2L/ 2L+PS of Bhagalpur- Kahalgaon- Mirzachowki section State PWD NH-80

Bihar M/s A. G. Construction 23.07.2021

(e) & (f) There is provision in the bid document for debarment/suspension of such defaulter bidders/companies for a period of one year from the bid due date. Accordingly, action has been taken against defaulters. The details of such bidders/companies are placed at Annexure.