CONDIMENT

OPTION CLAUSE: The Purchaser reserves the right to increase or decrease the quantity to be ordered up to 25 percent of bid quantity at the time of placement of contract. The purchaser also reserves the right to increase the ordered quantity up to 25% of the contracted quantity during the currency of the contract at the contracted rates. The delivery period of quantity shall commence from the last date of original delivery order and in cases where option clause is exercised during the extended delivery period the additional time shall commence from the last date of extended delivery period. The additional delivery time shall be (Increased quantity ÷ Original quantity) × Original delivery period (in days), subject to minimum of 30 days. If the original delivery period is less than 30 days, the additional time equals the original delivery period. The Purchaser may extend this calculated delivery duration up to the original delivery period while exercising the option clause. Bidders must comply with these terms.

Buyer Added text based ATC clauses Being perishable items, Only dealers from Keralam state region may participate in the bid. .

Buyer uploaded ATC document Click here to view the file.

• 4.Purchase Preference (State) Bid reserved for MSE from the State of Bid Inviting Authority: Procurement under this bid is reserved for purchase from Micro and Small Enterprises from the State of Bid Inviting Authority having valid Udyam Registration and whose credentials are validated online through Udyam Registration portal. If the bidder wants to avail themselves of the reservation benefit, the bidder must be the manufacturer / OEM of the offered product on GeM. Traders are excluded from the purview of Public Procurement Policy for Micro and Small Enterprises and hence resellers offering products manufactured by some other OEM are not eligible to participate in this bid. In respect of bid for Services, the bidder must be the Service provider of the offered Service. Relevant documentary evidence in this regard shall be uploaded along with the bid in respect of the offered product or service, and Buyer will decide eligibility based on documentary evidence submitted, while evaluating the bid. Benefits of MSE will be allowed only if seller is validated on-line in GeM profile as well as validated and approved by Buyer after evaluation of documents submitted.

Bidder's offer is liable to be rejected if they don't upload any of the certificates / documents sought in the Bid document, ATC and Corrigendum if any.

ISO 9001: The bidder or the OEM of the offered products must have ISO 9001 certification.

Material Test Certificate Should Be Sent Along with The Supply. The Material Will Be Checked by Buyer’s Lab & the Results of the Lab will be the Sole Criteria for Acceptance of the Item.

The bidder is required to upload, along with the bid, all relevant certificates such as BIS licence, type test certificate, approval certificates and other certificates as prescribed in the Product Specification given in the bid document.

To be eligible for award of contract, Bidder / OEM must possess following Certificates / Test Reports on the date of bid opening (to be uploaded with bid): item test reports .

• 10.Ration Item ATCs Demurrage charges In case the rejected items are not lifted by the firm within 48 hrs, the demurrage charges at the rate of 0.5% of total contract value will be charged per day. In case the items are not lifted within a month, the same will be destroyed by the station board of officers and no claim will be admitted.Demurrage charges. In case the rejected items are not lifted by the firm within 48 hrs, the demurrage charges at the rate of 0.5% of total contract value will be charged per day. In case the items are not lifted within a month, the same will be destroyed by the station board of officers and no claim will be admitted.
• 11.Ration Item ATCs Inspection and Quality Check of Goods (Analysis, Verdict and appeal) Samples drawn by the inspecting officer at the time of inspection are known as Acceptance samples. Verdict shall be issued by CFL concerned on the basis of analysis of Original Sample. No additional time for tendering of stocks shall be given to the suppliers in case of rejection of stocks by CFL and verdict is issued after DP / Extended DP.
• (a). In the case of rejection of stores by the Inspecting Officer the SELLER will be at liberty to prefer an appeal and forward for examination his sample (Sample No.2) within fourteen days from the date of issue of verdict by CFL concerned rejecting the consignment for test to ST-7/8, DGST, QMG’s Branch, IHQ of MoD (Army), P-11 Havlock Lines, Lucknow Road, Timarpur, Delhi -110054 in duplicate under advice to the BUYER and the Composite Food Laboratory concerned. Failing which, the appeal will not be entertained and the consignment will be deemed to have been rejected finally.
• (b). Appeal sample will be preferred by the vendor at own risk and cost. No additional time will be offered or granted to the vendor to offset delays occurred in normal course for conduct of Appeal Board and no representation on ibid account will be accepted/ considered.
• 12.Ration Item ATCs Packing Material The items will be supplied by the successful bidder in its original packing material and the packing material will not be returned. Weight of packing material will not be included in quantity supplied and only net weight of the items will be counted. The packing should be of standardized weights of appropriate size. Item will not be accepted in non-standardized weights.Packing Material. The items will be supplied by the successful bidder in its original packing material and the packing material will not be returned. Weight of packing material will not be included in quantity supplied and only net weight of the items will be counted. The packing should be of standardized weights of appropriate size. Item will not be accepted in non-standardized weights.
• 13.Ration Item ATCs Shelf Life The supplier shall declare the shelf life/best before use for a minimum period equal to the warranty period as given in the DFS for the item. The item should be of the latest manufacture, conforming to the current production standard and having 100% defined life at the time of delivery.