OFFICE OF THE COMMISSIONER OF CENTRAL EXCISE, AHMEDABAD-I, CENTRAL EXCISE BHAVAN, NEAR POLYTECHNIC, AMBAWADI, AHMEDABAD-I

 

F.NO.I/20-08/07-08/Adm.                              1                                Dated: 30.03.2010

 

NOTICE INVITING TENDERS FOR HIRING OF VEHICLES

 

          Sealed Tenders are invited for hiring of vehicles from the vehicle providers as per the requirement mentioned below in the schedule for the Office of the Commissioner of Central Excise, Ahmedabad-I. This service will be required for a period of one year i.e. upto 31st March, 2011.

 

 

SCHEDULE

 

 

Sl. NO.

Type of Vehicle

No. of vehicle required

01

Non - A.C. Tata Indigo to be used for 25 days subject to maximum of 2000 kms. in a month.

04

02

Non - A.C. Innova to be used for 25 days subject to maximum of 2000 kms. in a month.

01

 

1)     The interested parties are requested to submit their bids in two bid systems i.e. Technical bid and financial bid separately. The tender documents consisting of Terms & Conditions may be obtained either from the Administration Section, Office of the Commissioner of Central Excise, Ahmedabad-I, 5th floor, Central Excise Bhavan, Near Polytechnic, Ambawadi, Ahmedabad-380 015 or may be downloaded from the website : www.cenexahmedabad.nic.in

 

2)     The sealed tenders should be addressed to the undersigned and received upto 09.04.2010 upto 17.00 hrs.

 

3)     The Central Excise Commissionerate reserves the right to accept or reject any tender wholly or partly without assigning any reason thereof.

 

 

Encl.: As above.

 

(M. Rahman)

Joint Commissioner (P&V),

Central Excise,

Ahmedabad-I.

 

Copy to: (1) NIC Officer for display on the website.

               (2) Notice Board.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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TERMS AND CONDITIONS FOR HIRING OF VEHICLES

 

The interested parties must be capable of providing vehicles on their own on the following terms and conditions:-

 

1)      The bidder should have a registered and well established Taxi Agency/Firm having sufficient number of latest models of taxi cars for hiring. The Bidder should own minimum five vehicles either in his own name or in the name of his firm and they should furnish self certified R.C. Books of vehicles evidencing ownership must be enclosed along with the Bid. He should also be registered with the Service Tax Department. He should also enclose the copy of Service Tax Registration Certificate.

 

2)      The bidder should have past experience of providing vehicles on hire basis to the Government Departments like Income Tax, Service Tax, Customs, and Central Excise etc. The bidder should enclose a Service Satisfactory Certificate from minimum two Commissionerates / Government organizations in this regard while submitting bid documents. The financial bids of only those bidders would be considered who provide service satisfactory certificate in their respective technical bid.

 

3)      The successful bidder shall have to provide the desired number of vehicles. However, in case the successful bidder expresses his inability to supply the total number of vehicles required, the option shall be given to the next lowest bidder to supply remaining number of vehicles at the lowest quoted rate.

 

4)      The Taxi cars will be kept neat and clean and in perfect running condition with shining body and clean interior with good upholstery/white towels. The cars should not be older than the Model / make year 2008.

 

 

5)      In case condition of taxies is not found to be satisfactory, they shall be returned for immediate replacement. In case no replacement is provided on time, this Office would have a right to hire a vehicle from the market and the additional cost incurred by this Office will be borne by the Contractor.

 

6)      The Firm would ensure that the drivers employed have valid driving license. The vehicle should be registered with the concerned authority of Central/State Govt. The Transport operator shall provide a certificate to this effect. The driver of the vehicle provided must follow Traffic Rules and other regulations prescribed by the Govt. from time to time.

 

7)      The Firm should have an adequate number of telephones for contact round the clock. The driver shall observe all the etiquette and protocol while performing the duties & shall be neatly dressed, should wear proper uniform & must carry a mobile phone in working condition, for which, no separate payment shall be made by the customer.

 

8)      The rates quoted should specifically mention the Service Tax amount. No Service Tax will be paid if the operator fails to provide / submit proof of payment of Service Tax to the Service Tax Department.

 

9)      This Office reserves the right to accept or reject the quotation wholly or partly without assigning any reasons thereof or accept more than one offer.

 

10)  The billing will be done on monthly basis; bill preferably typed and in triplicate, in connection with the service shall be submitted to this Office through General Service Officer (GSO) in the 1st week of every month. The payment will be made as per the availability of fund.

 

11)  A daily record indicating time and mileage for each vehicle shall be maintained in a log book and log book shall be submitted to GSO in Central Excise, Ahmedabad-I Commissionerate, regularly for scrutiny.

 

12)  Once the hiring of cars commences from a particular operator, the driver should not be changed unless requested by the Office. The vehicle must be available at any time on any day as desired by the Officers concerned.

 

 

 

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13)  The Central Excise Commissionerate shall be liable to pay the hiring charges only. Hiring charges are inclusive of monthly charges of driver, maintenance of vehicles, petrol/diesel oil and any other incidental expenses relating to the hired vehicles. The Department reserves the right to increase or decrease the number of hired vehicles at any time during the period of agreement between the Department and the service provider.

 

14)  In case of breakdown of any vehicle during duty, it shall be the responsibility of the Firm to provide a substitute of the vehicle immediately. In case vehicle does not report on time/does not report at all, the Department would have a right to hire vehicle from the market and the additional cost incurred by the customer will be borne by the Transport Operator. If there is any hiring of vehicles by the successful bidder from any sub-contractor for deployment of the same on duty to this Office then a notarized agreement between the successful bidder and the sub-contractor has to be furnished to this Office before deploying such vehicles to this Office. Such agreement should contain appropriate clauses for use of the sub-contracted vehicles for deployment to this Office without any conditions or liabilities on the part of the Department towards the sub-contractor.

 

15)  The vehicle should have the comprehensive insurance as per the law applicable to cover the risk during the contract period. In case of any accident, all the claims arising out of it shall be on the Contractor/service provider.

 

16)  In case of any dispute of any kind and in any respect whatsoever, the decision of the Commissioner of Central Excise, Ahmedabad-I shall be final and binding.

 

17)  The vehicle may be available/running in the Gujarat State as and when the Commissioner of Central Excise, Ahmedabad-I/Divisional Offices so desire. Usually the vehicles will be utilized during the period from 09.00 hrs. to 20.00 hrs. However, the vehicle will be utilized for preventive work or in any case of an emergency without bringing to the knowledge of transport operator.

 

18)  As regards vehicle timings, the transport operator will not pass on the instructions directly to the driver concerned. All the instructions should be routed through the General Service Officer of Central Excise, Ahmedabad-I Commissionerate.

 

19)  Vehicle should be kept ready with sufficient fuel. However, in case of any emergency, if any Officer refuels on payment from his pocket, the same should be reimbursed by the Contractor on production of the bill.

 

20)  A declaration regarding acceptance of the above mentioned terms and conditions is to be submitted along with the tender.

 

21)  The Contract may be renewed for a further period of one year as mutually agreed upon, subject to satisfactory performance.

 

22)  If any of the terms & conditions shown above at Sl. No. (1) to (21) or for any other reasons, when the service is not found to be satisfactory, the work contract / the services of the contractor will be liable to be discontinued without giving any notice and with immediate effect. The Central Excise, Ahmedabad-I Commissionerate also reserves its right to discontinue the contract without assigning any reason thereof.

 

 

 

(M. Rahman)

Joint Commissioner (P&V),

Central Excise,

Ahmedabad-I.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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FORMAT OF TENDER DOCUMENT

 

 

1. Name, address and telephone No.

    of the tenderer                               :

 

 

 

 

2. Service Tax No.                            :

 

 

 

 

3. Name & address of the Proprietor/

    Partners/Directors                                    :

 

 

 

 

4. Rate per vehicle per month          :

   (Exclusive of Service Tax)

 

 

 

 

Sl. NO.

Category

No. of vehicle requirement

Rate (in Rupees)

01

Non - A.C. Tata Indigo to be used for 25 days subject to maximum of 2000 kms. in a month.

04

 

02

Non - A.C. Innova to be used for 25 days subject to maximum of 2000 kms. in a month.

01

 

 

 

 

 

5. Name(s) of the existing customer(s),

    If any                                                           :

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Name and signature of

 the Authorized signatory with Stamp