All Contractors will be treated as outsider Contractor and deduction of security deposit will be followed as above.

####### 4B. Refund/Settlement Process for EMD:

- i. Once the bid evaluation is processed by the TEC, EMD of the bidders other than that of the successful bidder will be refunded, on receipt of application from the bidder in that respect within 2 working days.
- ii. As soon as the successful bidder is awarded the contract (AOC), the same will be deposited to the specific headof security deposit against concerned operating code of the Executive Engineer.
- iii. If the tender is cancelled, then the EMD draft would be released by the Tender Inviting Authority.
- iv. TIA reserves the right to forfeit the EMD Draft or electronically after depositing in specified head of account in case of breach/violation of tender rules as defined under clause 8 & 9.

##### 5. Credential Certificate (CC) as Prequalification Work Credential:

- i. Credential Certificates (CC) for one/single 100% completed work within last five financial years on the date of publication of NIT will only be accepted as valid PQ credential of work. Incomplete ongoing work shall not be considered for valid PQ Credential. Payment Certificate without containing mandatory details shall not be treated as valid.
- ii. It is desirable that CC should preferably contain the name with designation, postal address of office, contact Telephone No./FAX / e-mail ID of the authority issuing the CC for the work along with name of work, amount put to tender, date of completion of the work, gross final billed value of the 100% completed work, certificate of issuing authority indicating successful and satisfactory completion. Illegible certificates, absence of contact details making it time consuming for verification purposes of CC issued by authorities outside the State are liable to be rejected by the Bid Evaluation Committee (TEC).
- iii. Credential Certificates (CC) of successfully completed works in any Department/autonomous authority of the Government of West Bengal will be considered. CC of 100% completed works executed under any other State / Central Government Ministry / Department / Nationalized Financial Institution Organization / Govt. Undertaking / Govt. Enterprises or Government Institutions or Local Government Bodies(Municipalities, Zilla Parishad & Panchayat Samities within West Bengal, will also be considered as valid PQ Credential. Such CC are to be issued by an officer/authority not below the rank of Executive Engineer / Divisional Engineer /District Engineer/Project Manager of the State/Union Government Departments/ Organizations; authorized signatories of CC for Panchayat Samities and Municipalities shall be the BDO & Executive Officers or equivalent administrative officers respectively. It is desirable to have telephone and FAX or e-mail addresses of the signatory of the CC for all offices outside West Bengal for verification purposes.

##### 6. Pre-Qualification (PQ) eligibility criteria

Prequalification (PQ) eligibility of a contractor/ bidder based on one single 100% completed works contract and financial capacity achieved within the zone of last five financial years will be determined as per Rules stated below:

6 I (a). Firstly, the gross value of the work submitted as PQ Credential as per CC of similar in nature completed during the current financial year before date of publishing of NIT or within the preceding five FY will be multiplied by the following factors to take care of the inflationary effects to arrive at the gross notional amount.

Year	Description	Multiplying factor to arrive at gross notional amount
Current	The financial year of floating of NIT	1.00
1 1	1year preceding the current financial year	1.08
2 2	2years preceding the current financial year	1.16
3 3	3 years preceding the current financial year	1.26
4 4	4 years preceding the current financial year	1.36
5 5	5 years preceding the current financial year	1.47

Note: For cases where two contractors/bidders are participating in a Tender for a particular work are such that one happens to have worked as a sub-contractor of the other, and both the contractors/bidders PQ submit work credential of having completed the same job either wholly or partly, then in such case the PQ credential of the principal contractor will be considered while that of the sub-contractor will not be taken into consideration for determining the eligibility criteria of the contractor/bidder during technical evaluation of the tender. If the PQ Credentials submitted by hitherto contractors/bidders are for different works, then both the PQ Credentials will