KERALA STATE ROAD TRANSPORT CORPORATION
TRANSPORT BHAVAN, FORT, THIRUVANANTHAPURAM-695 023
Telephone No: 0471-2471011, (Extn: 232)
E-mail: estate@kerala.gov.in Web:www.keralartc.com
TENDER No.S001-ES04/40/2024-EST
Dtd: 16.01.2025
RE-TENDER (NIT)
TENDERS ARE INVITED FOR AWARDING LICENSE TO DESIGN,
INSTALLATION, OPERATION, MAINTENANCE, AND MANAGEMENT OF FAST
CHARGING STATION FOR PUBLIC VEHICLES
Pre-Qualification Bid
a
Re-Tender No. & Date
TENDER No S001- ES04/40/2024 dtd: 16/01/2025
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Tender Details
Tenders Are Invited For Awarding License To
Design, Installation, Operation, Maintenance,
And Management Of Fast Charging Station For
Public Vehicles (Re-Tender)
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Place of Opening
Tender Form Fees
(Non Refundable)
Earnest Money Deposit.
Kerala State Road Transport Corporation,
Transport Bhavan, Fort, Thiruvananthapuram.
Rs.2,500/- +GST@12% (Rs.2,800/-)
(Rupees Two Thousand Eight Hundred Only)
e (EMD) EMD Exemption NOT Rs 25,000/- (Rupees Twenty Five Thousand Only)
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allowed.
Performance Security for
supply (For successful
tenderer)
Mode of Payment of EMD &
Cost of Tender
form
Mode of Submission of
Tender
Contact address/ Telephone
nos. for help in case of any
doubt in Re-Tendering
process (Help desk)
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Tender inviting Authority
Rs 20,000/- per location.
DD drawn in favour of Financial Adviser & Chief
Accounts Officer, KSRTC, TVM - 23 payable at
Thiruvananthapuram
Sealed Tenders should be submitted in the
following Address in Tapal section only.
The Estate Officer, Transport Bhavan, Fort,
TVM-695023
Estate section: 04712471011(232)
Estate Officer: 9188619384
Chairman and Managing Director,
Kerala State Road Transport Corporation,
Transport Bhavan, East Fort, Thiruvananthapuram
-695023

Important dates
1.
2.
Last date for receipt of
completely filled tender 23/01/2025, Before 5.00 pm
applications
Date of Opening of
Technical bid
1. Introduction
24/01/2025, 11.00 AM
a. Kerala State Road Transport Corporation (KSRTC), one of India's largest Public
Transport Corporation, is inviting Tender for the installation, operation,
maintenance, and management of a charging station for public vehicles (Re-
Tender).
b. Kerala State Road Transport Corporation operates bus services from 73 depots
and 20 operating centres in Kerala. These locations include high-range areas
where electric charging stations are necessary.
c. In response to the demand for E-Vehicles and the pace at which the
technology is expanding, KSRTC would like to support the augmentation of the
increase in EVs by installing electric charging stations throughout Kerala
through the Build and Operate Model.
d. Private participation plays a vital role in speeding up the installation and
operation of charging stations in KSRTC premises. Hence KSRTC invites Re-
Tender for the design, Installation, operation, maintenance, and management
of a charging station for electric vehicles owned by the public.
e. Electric Vehicles are growing in numbers day by day. This has necessitated the
installation of a sufficient number of charging stations in Kerala and Kerala
State Road Transport Corporation would like to play a major role in the setting
up of charging stations as it will provide additional income to the Corporation.
f. Therefore Kerala State Road Transport Corporation is inviting Tender from
eligible parties for the design, Installation, operation, maintenance, and
management of a charging station for publicly owned vehicles in selected
locations of KSRTC throughout Kerala (Re-Tender).
g. The technical and commercial bids should be submitted separately. The
technical bids will be opened first and the qualification of the bidders will be
ascertained by a technical committee constituted for the purpose. The
commercial bids (price bid) of those bidders who have been found eligible as
per prequalification conditions of this Request for Proposal will only be opened
for further process.
h. In this tender, the highest rate offered per Kilowatt of Consumption of
electricity used for charging (amount to be paid to KSRTC on the basis
of Kilowatt consumption of charging) among the technically qualified
bidders as per pre-qualification conditions is the sole criteria for
selection. There is a minimum assured monthly rental charge need to
be paid to KSRTC that do not less than 500 units of Electricity charging
for per Charger.

The two-bid system, which is followed, has been designed to eliminate those
who do not match the Qualifications or do not have proven experience and to
eliminate firms that do not have the financial or technical capability.
i. Transparency: It is assumed that the KSRTC will uphold the highest level of
transparency in the Re-Tender process. The decisions/results at the two stages
of the tender process will be published on our website to enable the
prospective officers to submit their remarks /objections. Canvassing or
involving in fraudulent practices in any form, at any stage, will lead to
automatic disqualification of the tenderers. Visits to the offices/officers without
written permission of the CMD will not be entertained. All queries/clarifications
on the tender documents/process/specifications etc shall only be through the
email ID given.
2.SCOPE AND DESCRIPTION OF CONTRACT
2.1 General Definitions
2.1.1 Government means Government of Kerala, represented by the Secretary
to Transport Department, Government of Kerala.
2.1.2 Technical Committee is a Committee of officers authorized by the Board
of Directors/Chairman and Managing Director to look into all the
technology-related matters for the finalization of this tender and its
operation during the contract period.
2.1.3 Tender Inviting Authority is the Chairman and Managing Director of the
KSRTC, who finalizes tenders for the installation, operation, maintenance,
and management of a charging station for public vehicles.
2.2 SCOPE OF WORK IN BRIEF
2.2.1 Scope of work involves Design, Supply, Installation, Operation,
Commissioning, Maintenance, and Management of a charging station as
per the charging requirement for publicly owned vehicles. The project shall
have the following requirements.
•	The facility shall have a minimum one number of charging point and
can be limited to a total power of less than 100 KWH in the given
location as per the site details given in Appendix I.
•	The selected bidder will be required to implement a software
program enabling the public to utilize electric vehicle charging
stations.
•	Services would be provided on a 24-hour, 365-day-a-year (full-time)
basis with sufficient resources and personnel to successfully support
and maintain the program.
•	The bidder must demonstrate a level of expertise, technical
knowledge, innovation, and overall capacity to provide self-service
electric vehicle charging station services.
•	Timeline: The selected bidder shall complete the work and
commission the fast charging station(s) within four months from the
issuance of the selection notice.
•	The site location of the charging station at a particular depot shall
be decided by joint inspection of KSRTC and the bidder.
2.2.2 24x7 Customer service support: The bidder(s) entering into to contract
with KSRTC for Design, Installation, operation, maintenance, and
management of a charging station shall have 24x7 customer support and
shall exhibit the contact details of such customer support in the charging
station.
2.3
The bidder should Produce the "General Information about the
tenderer" as per ANNEXURE-IV.
3. PRE-QUALIFICATION CRITERIA
3.1
a) The bidder shall be a legal entity registered in India owned by a proprietor/
partnership, LLP, Joint Venture company (JV), or Startups registered with
Kerala Startup Mission.
b) The bidder shall have a registered office in Kerala and a minimum of 2
years of experience in the design, installation, operation, and maintenance
of fast charging stations across Kerala.
c) The bidder shall be competent in establishing electric vehicle fast charging
stations across Kerala simultaneously.
d) The bidders shall have experience in establishing a minimum of 25 fast
charging stations for light vehicles onwards across Kerala or the country in
2 years of experience. A document supporting this such as a copy of work
orders and a certificate of satisfactory work completion to be furnished by
the bidder.
e) The Bidder should have a positive average net worth.
f) The Bidder should have an average turnover of a Minimum of 50 Lakhs in
the last two financial years.
g) The bidder should Produce the "ANNUAL TURN OVER STATEMENT" as
per ANNEXURE-V
Eligible Bidders shall submit relevant documents as mentioned
below:
3.1.1
3.1.2
In case of Company - Copy of Registration/ Incorporation Certificate.
In case of Partnership - Copy of Deed of Partnership
3.1.3
In case of LLP - Copy of Deed of Partnership
3.1.4
In case of Sole Proprietor Duly notarized Undertaking from Sole
proprietor.
3.1.5
The bidder shall provide the required GST registration certificate with a
legible GSTIN. The Bidder must have a valid PAN Number.
3.1.6
Certificate fulfilling required financial criteria in the name of Bidder duly
certified by Practicing Chartered Accountant.
3.1.7
Firm's Annual Audit Report, Balance sheet, Profit & Loss and Income Tax
Returns / CA certificate for last Two Years.

3.2
NON BLACKLISTING CERTIFICATE:- Neither the bidder / prime
bidder/partner should not have been blacklisted by any PSU/ Corporation
/ Board or State / Central Government in India. In this regard an
affidavit (Annexure-II) duly attested by the notary must be submitted
by the bidder/ prime bidder (Mandatory). The declaration should be
furnished in Indian stamp paper worth Rs.200/- duly signed and stamped
by the bidder/prime bidder with full address and date should be
produced. ORIGINAL document in hard form should be submitted to
KSRTC before the time of opening of the Pre-qualification bids.
3.3
3.4
3.5
Acceptance of RFP:- This Request for proposal (RFP) should be signed
and stamped on all pages by the prime bidder and it should be submitted
to KSRTC before the time of opening of the Prequalification bids.
Authorisation Certificate:- The bidder (Company/firm) should issue an
Authorisation Certificate authorizing their representative to participate
and sign on behalf of the bidder (Annexure-III).
BIDDING PARAMETERS: -
3.5.1 PRICE/BIDDING OF RATES:- The bidder shall quote the offered rate
per Kilowatt of energy consumed for charging exclusive of GST (ie. The
amount to be paid to KSRTC per kilowatt consumption of electricity
charging for the public vehicles) (as per ANNEXURE-VI).
3.6 PAYMENT CLAUSE:-
3.6.1 The billing cycle is monthly. KSRTC will prepare the bill for the
electricity consumed per month at an offered/agreed rate per Kilowatt.
However, There is a minimum assured monthly rental charge need
to be paid to KSRTC that do not less than 500 units of Electricity
charging for per Charger. The payment against the submitted bill shall
be made by the contractor within five working days from the receipt of
the bill.
3.6.2 Any delay in payment of the due bill by the contractor will incur a
penalty.
3.6.3 There shall be a maximum rent-free period of four months from the
issuance of the selection notice. The payment shall be started with effect
from the date of commissioning of the charging station or from the fifth
month onwards whichever is earlier.

3.7
PENALTY CLAUSE:- The penalty includes under mentioned
clauses.
SL.No Clause
3.7.1
The payment as
per the agreed
rate shall be made
by the contractor
Defined
Penalty for
deviation
rate of 1.5% per
Penalty at the
5 working days month of the
from the receipt outstanding
amount which is
overdue.
within 5 working of bill.
days from the
receipt of the bill
from KSRTC
3.7.2
If any payment due to KSRTC has not been made in stipulated time a
notice shall be issued to remit the amount by giving 15 days. In any
case, if the payment is not made within 30 days the contract shall be
cancelled without any further notice and suitable action shall be taken to
recover the dues.
3.8
PERFORMANCE SECURITY:- The successful bidder (selected
contractor) shall, for the performance of its obligations hereunder till the
expiry of the Contract period plus one year provide to KSRTC as an
irrevocable and unconditional guarantee for Rs 20000/- per location in
the form of an Account payee DD / Bank Guarantee from any
scheduled/nationalized bank in India. The bank guarantee (as per
Annexure -I) submitted should be valid for a minimum period of one
(1) subsequent year at any point of time during the period of contract
(Contract period plus one year). In case of DD it shall be drawn in favour
of FA and CAO, KSRTC, Fort, Thiruvananthapuram. The performance
security amount will not carry any interest. Notwithstanding anything to
the contrary contained in this Agreement, in the event Performance
Security is not provided by the contractor within 90 days, EMD will be
forfeited and appropriate the proceeds thereof as Damages, and
thereupon all rights, privileges, claims and entitlements of the contractor
under or arising out of this Agreement shall be deemed to have been
waived by, and to have ceased with the concurrence of the contractor,
and this Agreement shall be deemed to have been terminated by mutual
agreement of the Parties.
3.9
APPROPRIATION OF PERFORMANCE SECURITY:
In the event, the bidder fails to honor any of the commitments entered
into under the agreement and / in respect of any amount due from the
bidder to KSRTC, KSRTC shall have absolute discretion to invoke the said
Bank Guarantee from the Bank in full or part as the case may be. And in
the case of account payee DD it will be forfeited in full or part as the
case may be. Until such time the Performance Security is provided by
the contractor pursuant hereto and the same comes into effect, the Bid
Security (EMD) shall remain in force and effect, and upon such provision
of the Performance Security pursuant hereto, the KSRTC shall release
the Bid Security (EMD) to the contractor. Upon such encashment and
appropriation from the Performance Security, the contractor shall, within
15 (fifteen) days thereof, replenish, in case of partial appropriation, to
its original level the Performance Security, and in case of appropriation
of the entire Performance Security provide a fresh Performance Security,
as the case may be, and the contractor shall, within the time so granted,
replenish or furnish fresh Performance Security as aforesaid failing which
the KSRTC shall be entitled to terminate the Agreement.
3.10
CONTRACTUAL AGREEMENT:- Successful bidder will have to execute
an agreement with KSRTC in Rs.200/- INDIAN STAMP PAPER after
furnishing the Performance security for satisfactory operation of the
contract, incorporating terms and conditions.
3.11
AGREEMENT PERIOD:- The period of the agreement shall be for five
years with provisions for an extension on satisfactory performance up to
two more years.
3.12
REVISION ON MONTHLY ASSURED AMOUNT:- There will be a yearly
revision of 10% on the minimum assured amount per charger per month
per location during the entire contract period.
3.13
RESPONSIBILITY OF THE CONTRACTOR.
3.13.1 The selected bidder shall Design, Install, Operate, Commission, and do
Maintenance & Management of fast charging stations for publicly owned
vehicles in the locations awarded by KSRTC.
3.13.2 The selected bidder shall submit a plan for the selected site and shall
get approval from KSRTC and with the appropriate authorities.
3.13.3
All the cost pertains to design, supply of equipment, installation,
commissioning, and getting required approvals from respective
authorities including KSEB shall be the scope of the selected bidder.
3.13.4 All debris and other waste material derived from site activities shall be
disposed off by the contractor at his own cost.
3.13.5
Permits and Approvals: All the necessary permits and approvals
including KSEB, Building Permit etc, if any, required for the successful
commissioning of the EV charging station shall be in the scope of the
bidder.
3.13.6
Maintenance: The bidder shall take complete responsibility for
Maintenance of the charging infrastructure including all the
infrastructure developed and deployment of necessary staff, as a part of
the Contract, from the date of signing of Contract till the end of the
contract period.
3.13.7
It is the responsibility of the contractor to ensure that all the equipment
used for the installation is as per the norms and guidelines issued by
competent and certifying authorities.
3.13.8
Power Connection: The bidder shall be responsible for taking a new
HT/LT service connection from KSEBL and KSRTC shall provide
necessary documents for this purpose. Power feasibility for the
connected load of each site should be collected from concerned KSEB
section offices and necessary fees to be paid by the bidder.
3.13.9 It is the responsibility of the contractor to visit the site and make
assessments before the submission of the bid.
3.13.10 The contractor shall use online software programme for charger usage
and management and shall provide access to KSRTC to verify the
energy used per day or during a given period.
3.13.11 The energy meter shall be installed in such a way that the readings can
be taken manually.
3.13.12 The contractor shall collect and submit original energy bills from KSEBL.
3.13.13 The contractor is obliged to pay all the energy bills related to charging
station and related lightings and accessories in due time.
3.13.14 KSRTC shall not be responsible for any operational and maintenance of
the charging station and any claim arising out of damage to third party
or any claim from any authority.
3.13.15 All legal obligations are to be complied with by the bidder (s) including
awards from Consumer courts, labour courts and all other courts.
3.13.16 The installed charging station shall have the provision for cashless
payment.
3.13.17 The contractor on the successful completion of contract/Termination of
contract shall give back the site to KSRTC after removing all the
installation and after clearing all liabilities to any of the service providers
if any. In this connection, the contractor has to submit the duly issued
No Dues Certificates from the concerned authorities.
3.14
RESPONSIBILITY OF KSRTC
3.14.1
KSRTC shall provide site for the installation of Electric Vehicle fast
Charging Stations.
3.14.2
KSRTC shall provide necessary documents available for getting
approvals from Governemnt agencies or statutory bodies.
3.14.3
KSRTC shall suggest necessary changes in the site plan of individual
location submitted by the contractor and approve the same.

4.
GENERAL CONDITION OF TENDER/CONTRACT
a) Firms who are not blacklisted by KSRTC or by Govt. of Kerala can participate
in the tender.
b) The bids will be opened at the KSRTC, Transport Bhavan, Fort,
Thiruvananthapuram. Any change in the opening date/time/venue due to
other reasons shall be informed by way of Corrigendum published in the
website of KSRTC.
c) All documents should contain the signature. Documents enclosed without
signing shall entitle rejection of the Tender.
d) The signed Tender document and other specified documents shall be
submitted at following address, well in advance before the last date and
time. No submission shall be allowed after the last date mentioned. Sealed
envelope marked to the captioned address, mentioning "TENDER FOR AWARDING
LICENSE TO DESIGN, INSTALLATION, OPERATION, MAINTENANCE, AND
MANAGEMENT OF FAST CHARGING STATION FOR PUBLIC VEHICLES (RE-
TENDER)" on the top cover. The Tender may be submitted to the
Address for submission: Tapal section, Transport Bhavan,
Fort, Thiruvanathapuram
e) Bidders are advised to go through all conditions of the Notice Inviting
Tender and the Tender documents carefully and to comply them to avoid
rejection of their tender.
f) Furnishing of any false information / fabricated document would lead to
rejection of the tender at any stage.
g) The bidder shall bear all costs associated with the preparation and
submission of its bid and Kerala State Road Transport Corporation,
Thiruvananthapuram, hereinafter referred to as "Tender Inviting Authority",
will in no case be responsible or liable for these costs, regardless of the
conduct or outcome of the bidding process.
h) Conditional tenders will be summarily rejected.
4.1
TENDER PROCESS:
The tender evaluation will be undertaken in four rounds.
Round 1 - Opening of Pre-Qualification bid documents
Round 2 - Document evaluation.
Round 3 - Opening of Price Bid.

Round 1- Opening of Pre-Qualification bid documents
The documents submitted shall be opened at the time and date mentioned.
Round 2 - Document evaluation:-
The documents submitted as part of the bids shall be scrutinized by the
Tender Committee. The Tenders without necessary documents shall be
rejected by the Tender committee and only successful bidders of round 2
only will be considered further
Round 3 - Opening of Price Bid.
a. The PRICE Bid of those bidders, who satisfied all of the Pre-qualification
Criteria, shall only be opened for further consideration. The PRICE BID of
those bidders who do not satisfy even any one of the pre-qualification
condition will not be opened.
b. Opening of Tender will be done at the time and date noted in the NIT at the
Office of the Chairman and Managing Director, KSRTC.
c. The bidders have the liberty to resubmit fresh tender/documents till the last
date and time of submission of the tender.
d. Resubmission of offer will not be allowed after the time and date fixed for bid
submission. The offer once made cannot be withdrawn or modified after the
closing of tender under any circumstances. Withdrawal or modification of the
offer once made in Tender will be resulted in the forfeiture of EMD remitted. In
such cases the bidder will not have the right to claim the refund of EMD.
e. The Chairman and Managing Director KSRTC reserve the right to
make any modifications or additions in this notice in the event if it is felt that it
is in the public interest.
5 Force Majeure
5.1 For purposes of this clause, Force Majeure means an event beyond the
control of KSRTC/the successful tenderer and not involving the
successful tenderer's fault or negligence and which is not foreseeable
and not brought about at the instance of, the party claiming to be
affected by such event and which has caused the non performance or
delay in performance. Such events may include but are not restricted to,
acts of the Tender Inviting Authority either in its sovereign or contractual
capacity, wars or revolutions, hostility, acts of public enemy, civil
commotion, sabotage, fires, floods, explosions, hartals, bandhs,
epidemics, quarantine restrictions, strikes excluding by its employees,
lockouts excluding by its management, and freight embargoes.
5.2
If a Force Majeure situation arises, the successful tenderer shall promptly
notify the Tender Inviting Authority in writing of such conditions and the
cause thereof within twenty-one days of the occurrence of such event.
Unless otherwise directed by the Tender Inviting Authority in writing, the
successful tenderer shall continue to perform its obligations under the
contract as far as reasonably practical, and shall seek all reasonable
alternative means for performance not prevented by the Force Majeure
event.
5.3
If the performance in whole or in part or any obligation under this
contract is prevented or delayed by any reason of Force Majeure for a
period exceeding sixty days, either party may at its option terminate the
contract without any financial repercussion on either side.
5.4
In case due to a Force Majeure event the Tender Inviting Authority is
unable to fulfill its contractual commitment and responsibility, the Tender
Inviting Authority will notify the successful tenderer accordingly and
subsequent actions taken on similar lines described in above sub
paragraphs.
6
GENERAL INDEMNITY
The BIDDER indemnifies against all claims, actions, loss, damages,
reputation loss, costs, expenses, charges, including legal expenses which
the Corporation may suffer or incur on account of any deficiency in
services rendered by the company or breach of any, the company agrees
to make good the loss suffered by the Corporation. The BIDDER shall
undertake all responsibilities at his own risk and cost for the installation
and maintenance of the entire. Consumer complaints/litigations arising
out of the default due to the bidder on service.
7.
Termination of Contract
7.1
Termination for default:- The Tender Inviting Authority, without
prejudice to any other contractual rights and remedies available to it (the
Tender Inviting Authority), may, by written notice of default sent to the
successful tenderer, terminate the contract, if the successful tenderer
fails to perform any other contractual obligation(s) within the time period
specified in the contract, or within any extension thereof granted by the
Tender Inviting Authority.
7.2
Unless otherwise instructed by the Tender Inviting Authority the
successful tenderer shall continue to perform the contract to the extent
not terminated.
7.3
Notwithstanding anything contained herein, the KSRTC may at its sole
discretion terminate the agreement by giving to the bidder thirty (30)
days written notice in case of breach of any terms and conditions of the
contract or on any other administrative ground. Also if the project is
found not viable to the Corporation in future, the Corporation shall have
the right to terminate the agreement without any reason thereof, after
giving notice without assigning any reason.
7.4
Acceptance / Rejection of Tenders
7.4.1
It is also not necessary that the offer of the firm quoting the highest
rates shall be accepted. Usually the highest offers of bidders qualified
for the price bid opening shall be accepted, unless one sided conditions
unacceptable to the Tender Inviting Authority are provided in such price
bid.
7.4.2
At any point of time, the Tender Inviting Authority reserves the right to
cancel or modify the supply order even after it is awarded to the
successful bidder in the event the firm deviates from the agreed terms
and conditions.
7.5
Notices
7.5.1
The Tender Inviting Authority shall publish the following information on
its website at the appropriate time as part of ensuring transparency in
the tender process;
7.5.2
7.5.3
7.5.4
7.5.5
7.5.6
The tender notices, documents, corrigendum, addendum etc if any.
Amendments to the tender conditions, if any
Results of the responsiveness of the technical bids and minor
infirmities / clarifications sought.
Final list of technically qualified bidders.
Summary of price bid opening.
7.5.7
Notice, if any, relating to the contract given by one party to the other,
shall be sent in writing by email or fax and confirmed by post. The
procedure will also provide the sender of the notice, the proof of receipt
of the notice by the receiver. The addresses of the parties for
exchanging such notices will be the addresses as incorporated in the
contract.
7.5.8
The effective date of a notice shall be either the date when delivered to
the recipient or the effective date specifically mentioned in the notice,
whichever is later.
7.6
7.6.1
Amendment of tender documents
At any time prior to the dead line for submission of Tender, the Tender
Inviting Authority may, for any reason, modify the tender document by
amendment.
7.6.2
7.7
The Tender Inviting Authority shall not be responsible for failure to
inform the prospective bidders for any notices published related to each
tender. Bidders are requested to browse website of the Tender Inviting
Authority for information/general notices/amendments to tender
document etc on a day to day basis till the tender is concluded.
Award of Contract
7.7.1 Criteria:
-
The contract will be awarded to the highest evaluated
responsive bidder qualifying to the final round after scrutiny of the
technical bids, i.e. after price bid opening.

7.7.2
7.7.3
7.8
7.8.1
Variation of Quantities at the Time of Award/ Currency of Contract:-At
the time of awarding the contract, the Tender Inviting Authority
reserves the right to increase or decrease the quantity by up to twenty
five (25) per cent.
The successful bidder shall execute an agreement with the Tender
Inviting Authority Withdrawal or non-compliance of agreed terms and
conditions after the execution of agreement or issuance of selection
order will lead to invoking of penal provisions and may also lead to
blacklisting/debarring of the successful bidder.
Resolution of disputes
If dispute or difference of any kind shall arise between the Tender
Inviting Authority and the successful tenderer in connection with or
relating to the contract, the parties shall make every effort to resolve
the same amicably by mutual consultations.
7.8.2
If the parties fail to resolve their dispute or difference by such mutual
consultation within twenty one days of its occurrence, then, unless
otherwise provided in the tender document, either the Tender Inviting
Authority/ User Institution or the successful tenderer may give notice to
the other party of its intention to commence arbitration, as provided the
applicable arbitration procedure will be as per the Arbitration and
Conciliation Act, 1996 of India.
7.8.3
Venue of Arbitration: The venue of arbitration shall be the place from
where the contract has been issued, i.e., Trivandrum, Kerala.
7.8.4
Disputes if any shall be settled through mediation and the Corporation
will notify mediating official from time to time and only when mediation
is failed, litigation within the jurisdiction of the courts at
Thiruvananthapuram and Ernakulam need to be sought.
7.9
Applicable Law & Jurisdiction of Courts
7.9.1
The contract shall be governed by and interpreted in accordance with
the laws of India for the time being in force.

7.9.2 Disputes arising out of this tender will be subject to the jurisdiction of
courts of law in Thiruvananthapuram and Ernakulam.
7.9.3 Bidders are advised to go through all conditions of the Notice Inviting
Tender and the tender documents carefully and to comply them to avoid
rejection of their tender.

Tender In Inviting Authority
Kerala State Road Transport Corporation
Place: Transport Bhavan, Fort,
Thiruvananthapuram
Date: 16/01/2025
I/We hereby accept all the above terms and conditions in its entirety.
Signature of bidder:
Name of bidder:
Address of bidder:
Mobile No. of bidder:

APPENDIX-I
Land locations in KSRTC for the Installation of
Charging Station for Electric Vehicles.

| SI No | Depot Name (Location) | Land for setting up of charger with 3 bay |
|---|---|---|
| 01 | Munnar | 2 Cents |
| 02 | Vithura | 2 Cents |
| 03 | Sulthan Bathery | 2 Cents |

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ANNEXURE-I
FORMAT OF BANK GUARANTEE
The Kerala State Road Transport Corporation
(Address)
WHEREAS
(Name and address of the Company)
(Hereinafter called "the bidder") has undertaken, in pursuance of tender no
dated
(herein after called "the tender") to participate
in the tender of The Kerala State Road Transport Corporation, (address) with
for the Design, Installation, Operation, Commissioning,
Maintenance and Management of a charging station for electric vehicles.
AND WHEREAS it has been stipulated by you in the said tender that
the bidder shall furnish you with a bank guarantee by a scheduled commercial
bank recognized by you for the sum specified therein as Earnest Money Deposit
for compliance with its obligations in accordance with the tender;
AND WHEREAS we have agreed to give the bidder (name and address) such a
bank guarantee;
NOW THEREFORE we hereby affirm that we are guarantors and
responsible to you, on behalf of the bidder, up to a total amount of
(Amount of the guarantee in words and figures), and we undertake to pay you,
upon your first written demand declaring the bidder to be in default under the
tender conditions and without cavil or argument, any sum or sums within the
limits of (amount of guarantee) as aforesaid, without your needing to prove or to
show grounds or reasons for your demand or the sum specified therein.
We hereby waive the necessity of your demanding the said debt from
the bidder before presenting us with the demand.
We undertake to pay you any money so demanded notwithstanding
any dispute or disputes raised by the bidder(s) in any suit or proceeding pending
before any Court or Tribunal relating thereto our liability under these presents
being absolute and unequivocal.
We agree that no change or addition to or other modification of the
terms of the tender to be performed there under or of any of the Tender
Documents which may be made between you and the supplier shall in any way
release us from any liability under this guarantee and we hereby waive notice of
any such change, addition or modification.
No action, event, or condition that by any applicable law should
operate to discharge us from liability, hereunder shall have any effect and we
hereby waive any right we may have to apply such law, so that in all respects our
liability hereunder shall be irrevocable and except as stated herein, unconditional
in all respects.
This guarantee will not be discharged due to the change in the
constitution of the Bank or the bidder(s).
We,
(indicate the name of bank) lastly undertake not to revoke this
guarantee during its currency except with the previous consent, in writing, of The
Kerala State Road Transport Corporation.
This Guarantee will remain in force up to
(Date). Unless a
claim or a demand in writing is made against the bank in terms of this guarantee
on or before the expiry of
(Date) all your rights in the said guarantee
shall be forfeited and we shall be relieved and discharged from all the liability
there under irrespective of whether the original guarantee is received by us or
not.
(Signature with date of the authorised officer of the Bank)
Name and designation of the officer
Seal, name & address of the Bank and address of the Branch

ANNEXURE-II
(Proforma of declaration to be furnished in a Indian Stamp Paper of Rs.
200/-)
{Notarization is Mandatory}
Format of self certificate stating that the Entity/Promoter/s/Director/s
of Entity are not blacklisted anywhere.
Anti-Black Listing Certificate
Tender No: ES04/40/2024
Date:
We, M/s..
.., the (successful
bidder in the Design, Installation, Operation, Commissioning, Maintenance and
Management of a fast charging station for electric vehicles) in the e- tender No.
dated
-
[TENDER No. ES/
] do here
certify and confirm that we or any of our promoter/s / director/s are not barred by
State Government / any other Government entity or blacklisted by any state
government or central government / department / Local Government / agency in
India or from abroad from participating in Project/s, as on the.
(Last
date of submission of Bid).
We further confirm that we are aware that our Application for the captioned
Project would be liable for rejection in case any material misrepresentation is
made or discovered with regard to the requirements of this tender at any stage of
the Biding Process or thereafter during the agreement period. Dated this
Day of
20.......

Name & Signature of Authorized
Signatory of bidder

(Seal of bidder)

ANNEXURE-III
(Proforma of Certificate be furnished along with Technical Bid)
AUTHORIZATION CERTIFICATE
(On a Stamp Paper of relevant value)
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