(1) According to the approved program and procurement plan, the public body may purchase goods, construction work or any service with an estimated cost of up to twenty million rupees by calling for a sealed price list in accordance with Section 40 of the Act. (1a) Notwithstanding anything written elsewhere in this regulation, X-rays, ECGs, medicinal goods, health-related equipment used for diagnosis and treatment of up to five million rupees may be purchased by calling for a sealed price list.
(2) In the form of the sealed tender, the public body shall mention the following things in addition to the things mentioned in sub-section (2) of section 40 of the Act:-
(a) a description of the goods to be supplied, the works to be carried out or the services to be rendered,
(b) Eligibility of Sealed Bidders (Except Construction Purchases)
(c) If a performance bond is required,
(d) Period during which the sealed bond is valid,
(e) the thing to be duly stamped by the tenderer in the sealed tender form,
(f) Manner of Valuation of Sealed Bonds,
(g) In the case of goods, liability related to warranty and in the case of construction work, the liability up to the period of correcting the error.
(3) By-laws. After the form is prepared as per (2), the public body shall publish a notice in accordance with sub-section (3) of Section 40 of the Act to request a sealed bond and the following shall be mentioned in such notice:--
(a) The place where the Seal Bandi Darbhaupatra form can be obtained and the fee for the same,
(b) the type, amount and period of security, if required,
(c) Manner of sending the sealed invoice,
(d) the name and address of the office or officer to whom the sealed bond should be sent,
(e) the last date and time for filing the sealed bond,
(f) date, time and place of opening of the sealed bond,
(g) Other necessary things. 28 (3ik) In case of publication of notice under sub-rule (3), if less than three sealed bids are submitted or if no bids are submitted, mention something in that regard.According to the same sub-rule, the notice should be published for the second time.
(3b) If the required number of sealed bids are not submitted even after publishing the notice for the second time according to sub-rule (3a), there will be no hindrance in accepting the bids from among the submitted bids.
(4) A person, firm, institution or company interested in submitting a sealed bid must pay a fee of one thousand rupees and purchase a bid form from the relevant public body and submit the sealed bid in the same form.
(5) The form of the tender as per sub-rule (4) must be signed and stamped by the head of the relevant public body or the employee designated by him.
(6) When a public body requests a bond for a sealed bond, it must specify a fixed amount within the limit of two to three percent of the approved cost estimate and specify the bond amount in the notice of demand for a bond. The person, firm, company or organization issuing the sealed bond must submit the bank guarantee (bank guarantee) issued by the commercial bank in cash or for a period of seventy-five days with the sealed bond.
(7) The validity period of the sealed bond will be forty-five days.
(8) As soon as the deadline for submission of sealed tender documents is over, the public body shall, as far as possible, open the sealed tender form in the presence of the sealed tender holder or his representative at the place specified in the notice of call for sealed tender documents.
(9) The evaluation committee will examine and evaluate the sealed bids.
(9A) The evaluation committee shall select the lowest-ranking bid only in cases where at least three bids submitted according to the first notice are considered effective.
(10) According to sub-rule (8), within fifteen days from the date of opening of the sealed bid, the public body shall approve the sealed bid in accordance with sub-section (5) of section 40 of the Act and the information thereof shall be given to all the sealed bid holders.
(11) "According to sub-rule (10) Sealed Deeds sWithin seven days of the approval, the public body must give notice to the concerned bidders to come and sign the purchase agreement.
(12) The Silwandi bidder who receives the notice as per sub-rule (11) shall submit the performance guarantee as per rule 110 within seven days from the date of receiving the notice and enter into the purchase agreement.
(13) The surety deposited by the seal bond guarantor in accordance with sub-rule (6) shall be forfeited in the following cases:-
(a) If the selected Sealbandi Bidder does not enter into a Purchase Agreement,
(b) If the performance bond mentioned in the sealed promissory note form is not given within the time limit for entering into the purchase agreement,
(c) In case of conduct contrary to the provisions of Section 62 of the Act.
(14) Other procedures related to the sealed bond will be in accordance with the provisions mentioned in paragraph-5.