Lok Sabha Question No. 838 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2021-12-02
Subject: Tender Process for Road Projects
Ministry: ROAD TRANSPORT AND HIGHWAYS
Asked by: Ajay Kumar Mandal

## be pleased to state:

- (a) whether the Government has reduced security deposits fees in the tender process for road projects and if so, the details thereof;
- (b) whether the Government is planning to blacklist all such companies which take the tender by reducing tender amount and run away on agreement;
- (c) whether the Government is aware that most of the companies are doing this and recently a case came to notice in district Bhagalpur wherein the company took the tender and ran away at the time of agreement;
- (d) if so, the details thereof;
- (e) whether the Government proposes to blacklist all such companies for some time so that the road and development work is not hindered and the project can be completed on time; and
- (f)  if  so,  the  details  of  companies against which the Government has taken action till now?

## ANSWER

THE MINISTER OF ROAD TRANSPORT AND HIGHWAYS

(SHRI NITIN JAIRAM GADKARI)

(a) & (b) In compliance to General Finance Rule (GFR) 170(iii), only Bid Security Declaration is required in place of  Bid Security. The bidder has

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

## MINISTRY OF ROAD TRANSPORT AND HIGHWAYS

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.838 ANSWERED ON 2 nd  DECEMBER, 2021

## TENDER PROCESS FOR ROAD PROJECTS

838. SHRI AJAY KUMAR MANDAL:

## Will the Minister of ROAD TRANSPORT AND HIGHWAYS

सड़क परिवहन औि िाजमार्ग मंत्री

to  furnish  a  Bid  securing  declaration,  accepting  that;  if  the  bidder withdraw or modify its bid during the period of validity or if the bidder is awarded  the  contract  and  fail  to  sign  the  contract  or  to  submit  a performance security before the deadline defined in the bid documents, the bidder shall be suspended for further participation in the bidding process of Ministry for a period of one year from the bid due date. (c) & (d) yes Sir, the details are as below:

| Sr. No.   | Name of the Work                                                                       | Agency    | NH No. & State   | Name of the Bidder / Firm   | Date of Debarment /Suspension of the firm from Bidding   |
|-----------|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|-----------|------------------|-----------------------------|----------------------------------------------------------|
| 1.        | Rehabilitation & Widening to 2L/ 2L+PS of Munger- Sultanganj- Bhagalpur section        | State PWD | NH- 80 Bihar     | M/s A. G. Construction      | 26.07.2021                                               |
|           | 2. Rehabilitation & widening to 2L/ 2L+PS of Bhagalpur- Kahalgaon- Mirzachowki section | State PWD | NH- 80 Bihar     | M/s A. G. Construction      | 23.07.2021                                               |

(e) & (f) There is provision in the bid document for debarment/suspension of such defaulter bidders/companies for a period of one year from the bid due date. Accordingly, action has been taken against defaulters. The details of such bidders/companies are placed at Annexure.

ANNEXURE

ANNEXURE REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PART (e) & (f) OF THE LOK SABHA  UNSTARRED  QUESTION  NO.  838  FOR  ANSWER  ON  2 ND DECEMBER, 2021. ASKED BY SHRI AJAY KUMAR MANDAL MEMBERS OF  PARLIAMENT  (LS)  REGARDING  TENDER  PROCESS  FOR  ROAD PROJECTS.

|   Sr. No . | Name of the Work                                                                       | Agency    | NH No. & State           | Name of the Bidder / Firm                         | Date of Debarment /Suspensio n of the firm from Bidding   |
|------------|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|-----------|--------------------------|---------------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------------------|
|          1 | Strengthening of road from Sikandarpur to Ballia section                               | State PWD | NH- 727B Uttar Pradesh   | M/s Ravi Construction                             | 28.07.2021                                                |
|          2 | Widening to two lane with paved shoulder (2L+PS) from Jewargi chamarajanagar section   | State PWD | NH-150A Karnataka        | M/S Haigreeva Infratech Project Limited           | 23.08.2021                                                |
|          3 | Construction of ROB at Chandwa                                                         | State PWD | NH-99 Jharkhand          | M/s MVV Satyanaraya na, Hyderabad                 | -                                                         |
|          4 | Up-gradation to 2L+PS of Ngopa - Pawlrang section of Aizawl - Imphal Economic Corridor | NHIDCL    | NH-102B Mizoram          | M/s. BLA Projects Pvt. Ltd. - G. P. Projects (JV) | 23.09.2021                                                |
|          5 | Balance work of 2L+PS of Joram- Koloriang road                                         | NHIDCL    | NH-713 Arunachal Pradesh | M/S Tanor Engineering - Suman Constructon (JV)    | 26.10.2021                                                |
|          6 | Restoration/ Rehabilitation of Imphal to Jiribam road                                  | NHIDCL    | NH-37 Manipur            | M/S. Satya Builders                               | 07.12.2021                                                |

|   7. | Construction of High Altitute Hill road from Taksing to Ghora in Upper Subansiri District                                         | NHIDCL   | State Road Arunachal Pradesh   | M/s. Ramjo Pordung - M/S Zeliezhu & Sons (JV)   | 07.06.2021   |
|------|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|----------|--------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------|--------------|
|    8 | Construction of 2 Lane with Hard Shoulder of Peren-Dimapur section                                                                | NHIDCL   | NH-129A Nagaland               | M/s Asean Agencies                              | 09.06.2021   |
|    9 | Construction of High Altitute Hill road in Upper Subansiri District                                                               | NHIDCL   | State Road Arunchal Pradesh    | M/s. Globes Infracon Pvt. Ltd.                  | 10.06.2021   |
|   10 | Barbed wire fencing work along with the perimeter of NHIDCL-Site Office Sarchu                                                    | NHIDCL   | Ladakh                         | M/s. JMM Infracon                               | 15.07.2021   |
|   11 | Construction of High Altitude Hill road from Tasking to Ghora from in Upper Subasiri                                              | NHIDCL   | Arunachal Pradesh              | M/s. Shreehari Associates Pvt. Ltd.             | 29.07.2021   |
|   12 | Construction of Foot Track from Mipi to Andra La Omkar in Anini District of                                                       | NHIDCL   | Arunachal Pradesh              | M/s. Pera Enterprises                           | 16.08.2021   |
|   13 | Construction of Foot Track from Goiliang village - Dudhakaru via Glotong la                                                       | NHIDCL   | Arunachal Pradesh              | M/s Salo Enterprises                            | 10.09.2021   |
|   14 | Construction of Foot Track from Bruni to Luma in Anni District &Foot Track from Basam to Tathi in Upper Subansiri Valley District | NHIDCL   | Arunachal Pradesh              | M/s Amar Construction                           | 10.09.2021   |

|   15. | Construction of Two Major Bridges on existing Hunli- Anini Road on EPC mode          | NHIDCL   | Arunachal Pradesh            | M/s Buru Enterprises                    | 10.09.2021   |
|-------|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|----------|------------------------------|-----------------------------------------|--------------|
|    16 | Rehabilitation of Karala to Kalipur section alongwith hard shoulders on EPC mode     | NHIDCL   | NH-04 Andaman & Nicobar      | M/s Mohan Mutha Exports Private Limited | 14.09.2021   |
|    17 | Construction of VOP at Basaveshwara Circle on Ilkal Bypass in Hungund-Hospet Section | NHAI     | NH-13 (New NH- 50) Karnataka | M/s Nikhil Infratech                    | 25.03.2021   |

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