Prebid Clarification to
TENDER FOR PROVIDING MANPOWER SERVICES
(Unskilled, Semi-Skilled, and Skilled)
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What should be the minimum value of contracts specified in Item 13
in the Technical Bid (Annexure II)?
The contracts specified should be of similar value to the present tender.
What is the validity of performance security Deposit?
The performance security (10% of the annual contract amount) should be
furnished in the form of a demand draft of bank guarantee from any
Nationalized/Scheduled bank, in the name of the Registrar, Indian
Institute of Science, valid for a period of 3 years and 6 months.
Clarify on what are the other allowances (Column B in Commercial
Bid) that are mandatory?
Minimum wage (including VDA) [Column A], PF [Column C] and ESI
[Column D] are the only mandatory items, applicable to IISc. Hence other
allowances [Column B] is optional, and the bidder can include any
allowance in Column B that they would like to pay the contract labourers.
Hence the value indicated in Column B can (should) be greater than or
equal to zero.
Does IISc require police verification of the contract labourers
deployed? Who will bear the charge of police verification?
IISc requires verification of antecedents of persons deployed at IISc by
local police authority or private security agency. The cost of providing
this document will not be borne by IISc.
Can IISc provide the Excel Sheets for the commercial bids
(Annexure III)?
Yes. The commercial bids (Annexure III) for the tender is provided as
Annexure_III_Manpower.xlsx IISc prefers the bidders to use the excel
sheet as it automatically calculates the total tender costs as required by
IISc. However, note that The excel sheets are provided only for the
convenience of the bidders and IISc does not take any responsibility for its
correctness. Therefore, the bidder is required to check the total value
computed manually, and discrepancy, if any, should be reported (duly
signed by the authorized representative) in the commercial bid.
Can the deadline for submission of tender be extended by a week?
Agreed. The tender submission deadline has been extended to March 23,
2016, 3.00 p.m.