NH/TSV/Cont/MC-159/NIT-1060/2025-26/366                                                                       Dated : 10/01/2026 SECTION-0: NOTICE INVITING E-TENDER (NIT)(Domestic Open Competitive Bidding) Online electronic bids (e-tenders) under two cover system are invited on behalf of NHPC Limited (A Public Sector Enterprise of the Government of India) from domestic bidders registered in India. Description of work: “Statutory testing & certification of lifting tools-tackles, pressure vessels and equipment under factory act, 1948 of Power House”              Tender Specification No.:   NH/TSV/Cont/MC-159/NIT-1060/2025-26/366         Dated : 10/01/2026 Tender document can be viewed and downloaded from NHPC Limited website www.nhpcindia.com and and GeM portal at https://gem.gov.in.The bid is to be submitted online only on https:// https://gem.gov.in. up to last date and time of submission of bids. Sale of hard copy of tender document is not applicable.  Brief Details & Critical Dates of Tender:1.1 Brief Details of Tender: Items Statutory testing & certification of lifting tools-tackles, pressure vessels and equipment under factory act, 1948 of Power House.Tender Specification No. Custom Bid Service via GeM PortalGeM Bid No. Not Applicable for GeMEstimated cost of work                              Not applicableCompletion Period / Schedule Bid validity will be as per GeM PortalIndependent External Monitor DGM (Elect.), Contract Division, Teesta -V Power Station, NHPC Ltd., Balutar, PO-Singtam, East Sikkim, Pin: 737 134Email: teestav-contract@nhpc.nic.in 1.2     Critical Dates of Tender: As per GeM Bid No. GEM/2026/B/7079641However, for offline bid submission as per ITB Cl. No. 5.2, bidders has to ensure delivery of hardcopy to the Tender Inviting Authority within 05 days of Bid End date / Bid Opening date (at 16:30 Hrs) failing which bid shall be liable for rejection.      Eligibility Criteria for Bidders: Bids of those Bidders who have not submitted the requisite Cost of bidding document and EMD (as per Instructions to Bidders (ITB) Clause 3.0 & 4.0) shall not be considered for evaluation, except in case of exemption as per Clause No. 3.2 & Clause No. 4.1 of ITB. The bidders must fulfil the following minimum Qualifying Criteria:- Qualification Criteria: The bidder should have latest Income Tax challan/ return/ Income Tax exemption certificate, PAN No., GST Registration No., EPF Registration No., and ESIC Registration No. (If Applicable), Mediclaim Policy Undertaking (in case ESI is not available). Average annual financial turnover during the last three (03) financial years ending 31st March of previous financial year should be at least 30% of the Estimated Cost. Experience of having satisfactorily completed similar work during last Seven (07) years ending last day of the month of previous to the one in which applications are invited should be either of the following: Three (03) “similar completed works*”, each costing not less than the amount equal to 40% of the estimated cost.ORTwo (02) “similar completed works*”, each costing not less than the amount equal to 50% of the estimated cost.OROne (01) “similar completed works*”, each costing not less than the amount equal to 80% of the estimated cost. *Definition of similar work means “ Testing, Examination, Inspection and Certification of Lifting Tools and Tackles, Lifting Equipments & Machinery and Pressure Vessels of any Power Plant / Manufacturing Plant etc.”.  (In case of experience certificates produced by the contractors for having executed works for Private Organizations, TDS Certificates shall also be produced along with experience certificate.)Note: Self attested copies of relevant documents such as ‘Letter of Award’ and ‘Completion certificate mentioning final work executed amount and date of completion’ should be submitted by the bidders in this regard. Bidder shall submit the Competency Certificate issued by Government department in support of carrying out statutory testing which includes tests, examination, inspection and certification of Lifts & Hoists as per Section-28, Lifting machinery & Lifting tackles as per Section-29 and Pressure Plants as per Section-31 or similar items as per Factories Act, 1948.  All Start-ups (whether MSEs or otherwise), falling within the definition as per Gazette notification- G.S.R. 501(E) dt. 23.05.2017 or as amended from time to time are exempted from meeting the qualification criteria in respect of Prior Experience-Prior Turnover subject to their meeting the quality and technical specification. However, the Employer reserves the right to deny such exemptions to Start-ups (whether MSEs or otherwise) in case of circumstances like procurement of items related to public safety, health, critical security operations and equipments etc. Declaration in this regard is to be submitted by the Bidder as per Annexure-VIII. . (Note: The Udyog Aadhar Memorandum shall be valid upto 30.06.2022, thereafter Udyam registration shall be the ONLY valid MSME registration document.) All Micro and Small Enterprises (MSEs) are exempted from meeting the qualification criteria in respect of Prior Experience-Prior Turnover in public procurement subject to meeting of quality and technical specifications for which necessary documents shall be submitted by such bidders. (Note: The Udyog Aadhar Memorandum shall be valid upto 30.06.2022, thereafter Udyam registration shall be the ONLY valid MSME registration document.)The reference date for considering the period for eligibility / qualification requirements above shall be the last day of the month previous to the one in which tenders are invited.Each bidder must also produce with their Bid – PAN, Goods & Services Tax Identification No. (GSTIN), EPF Registration No. and ESIC Registration No.The Bidder should not have been banned / de-listed / black listed / debarred from business or declared ineligible on the grounds mentioned in para 6 of Guidelines on Banning of Business Dealings (Annexure-A) to Integrity Pact [if applicable], ITB Clause 9.0. Self-declaration in this regard is to be submitted as per enclosed Annexure-III.To improve transparency and fairness in tendering process and/or during execution of work undertaken, the Employer is implementing Integrity Pact as per Clause No. 9.0 of the ITB. The bidder must submit the Integrity Pact as per Proforma (Annexure-II) duly signed [if applicable] as per Clause 9.0 of ITB.  Pre-contract Integrity Pact [if applicable] is to be executed on plain paper with NHPC Ltd. at the time of submission of Bids. The successful bidder (Contractor) shall submit duly executed Integrity Pact on Non-Judicial Stamp Paper of appropriate value prior to signing of Contract Agreement.  To oversee the compliance of obligation under the Integrity Pact, Dr. Vinod Aggarwal, Sh. Prabhash Singh and Sh. Upendra Malik has been appointed as Independent External Monitor (IEM) by the Employer. The Contact address of IEM is as under:2. Sh. Prabhash Singh,E7M702, Housing Board Colony, Arera Colony, Bhopal Madhya Pradesh-462016, e-mail: srgmhrbpl@gmail.com