VIJAYAWADA: The state Water Resources Department has released the modalities to be implemented for the reverse tendering process for the ongoing works and fresh tendering process for the existing works.
The new modalities were issued in the wake of the government getting ready to call fresh tenders for Polavaram project works after pre closing the tenders of Navayuga company.
The same modalities are to be followed for other irrigation projects where the state government has cancelled the old tenders and are getting ready for reverse tendering.
Interestingly, as per the modalities, the existing contractor may also be given a chance to participate in the tender-cum-reverse auctioning process.
“The guidelines are intended to be applicable for contracts where the government is desirous of discovering a fair price through a competitive bidding process for the execution of ongoing projects. In this process it should be ensured that the prevailing terms and conditions of the contract remain unchanged besides a seamless transfer of responsibilities between the contractors and agencies,” said the GO that had issued the modalities.
Before initiating the process of tender-cum-reverse auctioning for ongoing works for which agreements are in force, the agreement had to be terminated under appropriate clause of agreement as there was every chance of existing contracting agencies raising objections for the reversal of the tendering process while their agreements were in force.
In this regard, legal opinion may be obtained, if required, before initiating the termination of the existing agreement to avoid legal complications, said one of the modalities.
After terminating the existing work, the estimated value of the balance work had to be prepared with the original agreement rates which will become the Initial Bench Mark (IBM) value of the Estimated Contract Value (ECV) on which tender-cum-E Auction (reverse tendering) shall be proceeded. It should be the existing agreement value minus value of work done that would become the ECV of Reverse bidding.
