e-Auction Notice for extraction of minor minerals namely Boulder Gravel & Sand/only Sand from the mines of the districts of Ambala and Panchkula will be granted through the process of e-Auction to be held on 11-12.04.2018.

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Haryana Government Gazette

EXTRAORDINARY

Published by Authority

© Govt. of Haryana

No. 40-2018/Ext.] CHANDIGARH, THURSDAY, MARCH 8, 2018 (PHALGUNA 17, 1939 SAKA)

HARYANA GOVERNMENT

MINES AND GEOLOGY DEPARTMENT

SECTOR-17, CHANDIGARH

The 8th March, 2018

E-Auction Notice

No. DMG/HY/e-Auction/PKL/2015/1095.—

It is hereby notified for the information of the General Public that mining contracts for extraction of minor minerals namely Boulder Gravel & Sand/only Sand from the mines of the districts of Ambala and Panchkula will be granted through the process of e-Auction. The e-Auction will be held on 11.04.2018 at 09.00 hours and bids can be submitted from 11.04.2018 at 09:00 AM to 12.04.2018 till 12:00 Noon, extendable maximum up to 04.00 PM. The important instructions for participation in the online e-Auction are as under:

A. The bids shall be made online on the e-procurement website https://haryanaeprocurement.gov.in.

B. The intending bidders before participation in the e- auction/ bidding process will be required to create their user account online by selecting the option of e auction from discipline column and obtain user-id /password on the website https://haryanaeprocurement.gov.in (If alread y created user account, this step needs to be skipped). For necessary instructions regarding participation in e- Auction of mines/blocks, please visit the aforementioned website and click on the available link "How to…" at the Home Page.

C. After getting the user account created, the prospective/intending bidders shall upload following documents (in PDF format not exceeding limit of 10 MB for individual document) along with deposition of earnest money (EMD) and e-service fee in order to participate in the e-Auction latest by 09.04.2018 till 05:00 PM anytime after the publication of this document. Further, the intending bidders must ensure that the afore-said amounts should remitted as specified above i.e. on or before 05:00PM 09.04.2018 and verify on line his/her transaction on or before 05:00 PM 09.04.2018 so as to be eligible to participate in the e-Auction. In case, if the aforesaid amount is not remitted or on before 05:00PM 09.04.2018 for any reason whatsoever, and due to which the system does not verify such transaction, and therefore the bidder will not be permitted to participate in the e-Auction. The details of documents to be uploaded are as under:

(i) "No Dues Certificate" from the concerned officer of district or an affidavit sworn before any Magistrate to the effect that no amount of contract money, royalty, dead rent or surface rent is due in respect of any mining lease/mining contract or mineral concession held by him earlier or in respect of any mineral concession currently held b y him or his family members;

(827)828 HARYANA GOVT. GAZ. (EXTRA.), MAR. 8, 2018 (PHGN. 17, 1939 SAKA) (ii) Copy of the Partnership deed or Article of Association (in case of company), or an affidavit (in case of sole proprietor). No transfer or addition or deletion of the partners/Directors will be permissible before execution of the agreement;

(iii) A copy of authority letter by the Partnership Firms or Copy of resolution of the Board of Directors (BoD) of the Company in favour of the person who shall be offering the bids online for such intending agency.

(iv) Earnest Money equal to 10% of the reserve price of the mining area/site for which bid has to be made, rounded by an amount of Rs.10,000/-, through online payment in due course of time i.e. up to 09.04.2018 till 05:00 PM. In case the intended bidder fails to pay online EMD fee & successfully verification under the stipulated time frame will not be allowed to enter in e-Auction of mine(s)/ block(s). The payment for EMD fee can be made b y eligible bidders online through RTGS/NEFT or OTC. (Please refer to important Payment Guidelines under Annexure – 'A' provided by online payment gateway service provider i.e. ICICI Bank).

The payment shall be made against the beneficiary account number as mentioned in the challan to be generated online at the e-Procurement portal https://haryanaeprocurement.gov.in.

(v) Details of the bidding agency in case of requirement of refund of EMD (a) Refund Account Name (b) Refund Account No. (c) IFSC code of the Bank. Note: Please cross check the information to be submitted online before saving the same as the information in non editable.

(vi) The Bidders shall have to pay e-Service Fee of Rs.1000/- online b y using the service of secure electronic payment gateway. The secure electronic payments gateway is an online interface between contractors and online payment authorization networks. The Payment for e-Service Fee can be made by eligible bidders/ contractors online directly through Debit Cards & Internet Banking Accounts.

Note: Any document uploaded as per (i), (ii) and (iii) above at later stage/ after auction found to be wrong/ false shall invite revocation /cancellation of bid and forfeiture of amount deposited at the time of auction apart from debarring the bidder from participation in any subsequent bids for a period of 5 years 1. In case of any query regarding process of e-Auction and for undertaking training purpose, the intended bidder can also avail the following and can contact service provider as per below:

Office Timings of Help-desk support for Single e Procurement Portal of Government of Haryana- Technical Support Assistance will be available over telephone on Monday to Friday between 09:00 am. to 5:30 pm & Training workshop will be conducted on every 1st, 2nd Wednesday (from 3:30 pm upto 5:00 pm) of each month.

All queries would require to be registered at their official [email protected] for on- time support (Only those queries which are sent through email along with appropriate screenshots or error description will be considered as registered with the Help-desk).

Important Note:-

(a) Any intending bidder can contact the helpdesk on or before prior to 4 hours of the scheduled closing date & time of respective e-Auction/ Tender event.

(b) For queries pertaining to e-Payment of EMD, please contact the helpdesk at least 2 business days prior to the closing date & time of e-Auction/Tender event.

(c) Help-desk support will remain closed during lunch break i.e. from 1:30 PM upto 2:15 PM on each working day.

Schedule for Training:

M/s Next Nextenders (India) Pvt. Ltd. Office will remain closed on Saturday, Sunday and National Holidays.

2. Any bidder interested to participate in the auction can submit his bid/s from date 11.04.2018 09:00 am to 12.04.2018 till 12:00 Noon.

3. However, in case any bid in respect of any mine/ block is received 10 minutes prior to time fixed for closure for the bids i.e. bid received between 11:50 AM to 12 noon, then the time for closure of the auction would be extended automatically by 10 minutes, so that equal opportunity is made available to the persons participating in the bidding process. Such extensions of ten minutes will continue till bids are received within next 10 minutes of last bid for any of the mines, otherwise the same would get concluded.

4. In case, the bidding would continue during such extensions of 10-10 minutes, the bidding process will finally conclude at 04:00 pm and no further extension would be given thereafter.

5. The minimum bid incremental value during the initial time provided (i.e. 11.04.2018 from 9:00 AM to 12.04.2018 upto 12:00 noon) will be multiple of Rs. 50,000 (Fifty Thousand). However, the increment during extended period (12.04.2018 from 12:00 noon to 04:00 PM) will be multiple of 1,00,000 (one lakh) instead of 50,000 (Fifty Thousand).

The details of the areas of the Mining Blocks along with reserve price and period of mining contract, which are to be granted on mining contracts and other terms and conditions of the auction, are given below:

(ii) District Panchkula

The terms and conditions of the Auction:

1. The period of contract shall commence w.e.f. the date of grant of environmental clearance by competent authority as required under EIA notification dated 14.09.2006 and as amended from time to time by the MoEF, GoI or on expiry of a period of 12 months from the date of acceptance of highest bid/issuance of "Letter of Intent",(LoI) whichever is earlier;

2. Any site/area can be withdrawn from the Auction without assigning any reason;

3. Due care had been taken in specifying the details of the areas of the mining blocks. However, in case of any inadvertent clerical mistake, the same shall be got rectified/corrected even after the auction but before execution of contract agreement;

4. The Block areas are Tentative and are being notified on 'as is where is basis' and all prospective bidders are expected and presumed to have surveyed the areas to make their own assessment for the potential of the areas for which bids are to be offered. The State government shall not be responsible for an y kind of loss in land /area or any other loss to the bidders/contractors at any point of time (before or after grant of contract) on account of reduction of land/ area or otherwise. Further, the bidders are also expected to have gone through the terms and conditions of auction notice and also the applicable Acts and Rules for undertaking mining;

5. No request regarding reduction in bid amount on account of reduction in land/area of the Mining Block, on any account including that of change in description of khasra numbers / location etc. at any stage will be entertained on any ground. This shall also include any loss/reduction of area for actual mining for want of compliance of applicable laws/restrictions for mining or part of the contracted area had already been operated in the past. Needless to state that this also includes the changes, if any, as per condition no. (3) and the prospective bidder shall give their bids taking account of all such eventualities;

6. No person shall be eligible to participate in the Auction, who or any of his family members is a defaulter of any mining dues in respect of an y mineral concession granted in the past or any other current mineral concession. In case an y of the partners of a Partnership Firm or a Director of a company participating in the auction process or any of their family members are found to be defaulter, the bidder firm/company would be held ineligible.

Further, any person, firm or company as the case may be who had been specifically debarred to participate in the auction would not be eligible to participate in the auction;

7. In case any bidder participated in the auction is found to be in arrears at any stage, his bid shall be revoked /cancelled with forfeiture of the amount deposited by him;

8. All intended participant can view the highest quoted bid during online bidding process. The highest bidder will be informed for confirmation of the same through e-mail and SMS alert at his online registered email and Mobile Number respectively;

9. The highest bid received shall become the 'annual contact money' amount payable by the bidder/ contractor. The amount of annual contact money initially determined on the basis of competitive bids/auctions shall be increased by 25% on completion of each block of three years;

Explanation: If the initially determined annually bid/contract Rs. 100/, it shall be increased to Rs. 125/- with the commencement of the fourth year and to Rs. 156.25 with the commencement of the 7th year and so on and so forth for the next each block of three years.

10. The highest bidder would be informed about the same- confirmation that he being declared as highest bidder- as per which he shall be liable to deposit 25% of the annual bid/contract money amount as "security" and one month's advance contract money. The above said amount shall be deposited as per following schedule:

(a) an amount equal to 10% of the annual bid amount/highest bid, after adjusting the EMD deposited for said mine/ block, as 'initial bid security' within 24 hours of conclusion of the bidding process. The payment has to be made through RTGS/NEFT b y secured online payment gateway ;

(b) balance amount of bid security i.e. 15% of the annual bid amount along with one month's advance contract money before commencement of the mining operation or before expiry of the period of 12 months, whichever is earlier;

11. In case the highest bidder fails to deposit 10% of the annual bid amount online towards the "Initial bid Security" within 24 hours given for the same the earnest money deposited shall stand forfeited. Further such bidder(s) shall not be eligible to participate in any future auctions/Tenders/competitive bidding process in respect of any area for obtaining mineral concession in the State for a period of 5 years;

12. The bids offered/ received during the e-auction process shall be provisionally accepted and the Director shall obtain the orders of Government thereon. No bid shall be regarded as successful bid unless accepted by the Government;

13. After deposit of 10% of the bid amount (as initial bid security) after the conclusion of auction by the highest bidder(s), No request from the highest bidder(s) regarding revocation or the withdrawal of the highest bid shall be considered. In case, any such request is made the same shall be followed by the Penal action i.e 10% amount deposited towards initial bid security shall stand forfeited and un- paid 15% amount towards security shall be recovered as arrears of land revenue and such bidder(s) shall debarred from participation in any future auctions/Tenders/competitive bidding process in respect of an y area for obtaining mineral concession in the State for a period of 5 years;

14. The earnest money deposited by the bidders other than highest bidders shall be refunded upon completion of the auction proceedings;

15. After the acceptance of highest bid by the State Government and on issuance of Letter of Intent, the LoI holder shall execute an agreement in Form MC-I appended to the 'Haryana Minor Mineral Concession, Stocking, Transportation of Minerals and Prevention of Illegal Mining Rules, 2012' within a period of 90 days of the order of grant of LoI;

16. The agreement executed shall be got duly registered under relevant law with concerned Registering Authority and they shall be liable to pay applicable stamp duty and registration fee etc. as per the applicable rates and demanded by the Registering Authority/Revenue Department.

17. In case of failure to execute the agreement, after issuance of acceptance of bid/LoI within prescribed period, the acceptance/LoI shall be deemed to have been revoked and 10% amount deposited towards initial bid security shall stand forfeited and un- paid 15% amount towards security shall be recovered as arrears of land revenue and such bidder shall debarred from participation in any future auctions/Tenders/competitive bidding process in respect of any area for obtaining mineral concession in the State for a period of 5 years;

18. After execution of agreement, either before commencement of the mining operation or before expiry of the period of 12 months from the date of issuance of LoI, whichever is earlier. In case of failure to deposit the balance 15% amount towards security (as required under clause 10(b) above) the acceptance of bid/issuance of LoI/execution of agreement shall be deemed to have been revoked and 10% amount deposited towards as initial bid security after the conclusion of auction shall stand forfeited. Further un paid 15% amount towards security shall be recovered as arrears of land revenue and such bidder shall debarred from participation in any future auctions/Tenders/competitive bidding process in respect of any area for obtaining mineral concession in the State for a period of 5 years;

19. The contractor shall also deposit/pay an additional amount equal to 10% of the due contract money alongwith installments towards the 'Mines and Minerals Development, Restoration and Rehabilitation Fund';

20. The contractor shall be liable to pay advance Income Tax as per provisions of Section 206(c) of the Income Tax Act, in addition to the contract money payable as per term and condition of the contract agreement;

21. On enhancement of the contract money with expiry of every three years period, the contractor shall deposit the balance amount of security so as to upscale the security amount equal to 25% of the revised annual contract money as applicable for one year with respect to the next block of three years;

22. No interest, whatsoever, shall be payable on the security amount deposited under proper security head of the government;

23. The LoI holder/contractor shall also furnish a solvent surety for a sum equal to the amount of the annual bid for execution of the agreement. In case the surety offered b y the contractor(s) during the subsistence of the contract is not found solvent, the contractor(s) shall offer another solvent surety and a supplementary deed to this effect shall be executed;

24. The mining contractor shall got prepare a Mining Plan along with the Mine Closure Plan (Progressive & Final) from the Recognised Qualified Person as per chapter 10 of the "Haryana Minor Mineral Concession, Stocking, Transportation of Minerals and Prevention of Illegal Mining Rules, 2012" for mining area granted on contract. The contractor shall not commence mining operations in any area except in accordance with such Mining Plan duly approved by an officer authorized b y the Director, Mines & Geology, in this behalf.

Further, the actual mining will be allowed to be commenced only after prior Environmental Clearance is obtained by the LoI holder/mining contractor for the Mining block (s) / area from Competent Authority as required under notification dated 14/09/2006 issued by the MoE&F, GoI or as amended from time to time.

25. The Mining contractor would also be liable to pay following to the land owners;

(a) The annual rent in respect of the land area blocked under the concession but not being operated, and;

(b) The rent plus compensation in respect of the area used for actual mining operations.

The amount of annual rent and the compensation shall be settled mutually between the landowner and the mining contractor. In case of non-settlement of the rent and compensation, the same shall be decided by the District Collector concerned in accordance with the provisions of Chapter 9 of the "Haryana Minor Mineral Concession, Stocking, and Transportation of Minerals and Prevention of Illegal Mining Rules, 2012".

26. The total mineral excavated and stacked by the concession holder within the area granted on mining contract shall not exceed two times of the average monthly production as per approved Mining Plan at any point of time;

27. The Mining contractor shall not stock any mineral outside the concession area granted on mining contract, without obtaining a valid mineral dealer license as per provisions contained in Chapter 14 of the "Haryana Minor Mineral Concession, Stocking, Transportation of Minerals and Prevention of Illegal Mining Rules, 2012";

28. The contractor shall not carry out any mining operations in any reserved/protected forest or any area prohibited by any law in force in India, or prohibited by any authority without obtaining prior permission in writing from such authority or officer authorized in this behalf. In case of refusal of permission by such authority or officer authorized in this behalf, contractor(s) shall not be entitled to claim any relief in payment of contract money on this account;

29. Following special conditions shall be applicable for excavation of minor mineral(s) from river beds in order to ensure safety of river-beds, structures and the adjoining areas:

a. No mining would be permissible in a river-bed up to a distance of five times of the span of a bridge on up-stream side and ten times the span of such bridge on down-stream side, subject to a minimum of 250 meters on the up-stream side and 500 meters on the down- stream side;

b. There shall be maintained an un-mined block of 50 meters width after every block of 1000 meters over which mining is undertaken or at such distance as may be directed by the Director or any officer authorised b y him;

c. The maximum depth of mining in the river-bed shall not exceed 3 meter from the un-mined bed level at any point in time with proper bench formation;

d. Mining shall be restricted within the central 3/4th width of the river/ rivulet;

e. In case of areas adjoining to rivers/rivulets, no mining shall be permissible in an area up to a width of 500 meters from the active edges of embankments on either side of all other rivers/ rivulets in case of river Yamuna. (This clause is applicable for mining outside riverbed area);

f. Any other condition(s), as may be required by the Irrigation Department of the state from time to time for river-bed mining in consultation with the Mines & Geology Department, may be made applicable to the mining operations in riverbeds.

30. That no mining operation shall be allowed in the urbansizable zone of area notified by Town and Country Planning Department. Further, in case of the agriculture zone notified by Town and Country Planning Department mining shall be permissible only after obtaining prior permission from the competent authority;

31. A safety margin of two meters (2m) shall be maintained above the ground water table while undertaking mining and no mining operations shall be permissible below this level unless a specific permission is obtained from the competent authority in this behalf. Further the depth of excavation of mineral shall not exceed nine meters (9m) at any point of time. (This clause is applicable for mining outside riverbed area);

32. The contractor shall not undertake an y mining operations in the area granted on mining contract without obtaining requisite permission from the competent authority as required for undertaking mining operations under relevant laws;

33. The contractor shall be under obligation to carryout mining in accordance with all other provisions applicable as per Mines Act, 1952, Mines and Minerals (Development and Regulation) Act, 1957, Forest (Conservation) Act, 1980 and Environment (Protection) Act.1986 and the rules made there under Wild Life (Protection) Act, 1972, Water (Prevention and Control of Pollution) Act, 1974 and Air (Prevention and Control of Pollution) Act, 1981;

34. Further information, if any required, can be had on any working day from the office of the Senior Geologist/Mining Officer, Mines & Geology Department, Ambala and Panchkula or from the O/o the Director, Mines and Geology, Haryana, 30 Bays Building, Sector-17,Chandigarh.

SANJAY JOON, Director, Mines & Geology, Haryana.

Annexure-A

Guideline for Online Payments in e-Auction

Post registration, bidder shall proceed for bidding. Bidder shall proceed to select the e-auction he is interested in. On the respective Department's page in the e-auction portal the Bidder would have following options to make payment for e-Service fee & EMD:

a. Debit Card

b. Net Banking

c. RTGS/NEFT

d. OTC

Operative Procedures for Bidder Payments

(A) Debit Card

The procedure for paying through Debit Card will be as follows:

(i) Bidder selects Debit Card option in e-Procurement portal.

(ii) The e-Procurement portal displays the amount and the card charges to be paid by bidder. The portal also displays the total amount to be paid by the bidder.

(iii) Bidder clicks on "Continue" button.

(iv) The e-Procurement portal takes the bidder to Debit Card payment gate way screen.

(v) Bidder enters card credentials and confirms payment.

(vi) The gateway verifies the credentials and confirms with "successful" or "failure"message, which is confirmed back to e-Procurement portal.

(vii) The page is automatically routed back to e-Procurement portal.

(viii) The status of the payment is displayed as "successful" in e-Procurement portal. The e-Procurement portal also generates a receipt for all successful transactions. The bidder can take a print out of the same.

(ix) The e-Procurement portal allows Bidder to process another payment attempt in case payments are not successful for previous attempt.

(B) Net banking

The procedure for paying through Net banking will be as follows:

(i) Bidder selects Net banking option in e-Procurement portal.

(ii) The e-Procurement portal displays the amount to be paid by bidder.

(iii) Bidder clicks on "Continue" button.

(iv) The e-Procurement portal takes the bidder to Net banking payment gateway screen displaying list of Banks.

(v) Bidder chooses his / her Bank.

(vi) The Net banking gateway redirects Bidder to the Net banking page of the selected Bank.

(vii) Bidder enters his account credentials and confirms payment.

(viii) The Bank verifies the credentials and confirms with "successful" or "failure" message to the Net banking gateway which is confirmed back to e-Procurement portal.

(ix) The page is automatically routed back to e-Procurement portal.

(x) The status of the payment is displayed as "successful" in e-Procurement portal.

(xi) The e-Procurement portal also generates a receipt for all successful transactions. The bidder can take a print out of the same.

(xii) The e-Procurement portal allows Bidder to process another payment attempt in case payments are not successful for previous attempt.

(C) RTGS/ NEFT

The bidder shall have the option to make the EMD payment via RTGS/ NEFT. Using this module, bidder would be able to pay from their existing Bank account through RTGS/NEFT. This would offer a wide reach for more than 90,000 bank branches and would enable the bidder to make the payment from almost any bank branch across India.

(i) Bidder shall log into the client e-procurement portal using user id and password as per existing process and selects the RTGS/NEFT payment option.

(ii) Upon doing so, the e-procurement portal shall generate a pre-filled challan. The challan will have all the details that is required by the bidder to make RTGS-NEFT payment.

(iii) Each challan shall therefore include the following details that will be pre-populated:

Beneficiary account No: (unique alphanumeric code for e-tendering) Beneficiary

IFSC Code: Amount:

Beneficiary Bank Branch:

Beneficiary Name:

(iv) The Bidder shall be required to take a print of this challan and make the RTGS/NEFT on the basis of the details printed on the challan.

(v) The bidder would remit the funds latest by 09.04.2018 in advance and make the payment via OTC to the beneficiary account number as mentioned in the challan.

(vi) Post making the payment, the bidder would login to the e-Auction portal and go to the payment page. On clicking the RTGS/NEFT mode of payment, there would be a link for real time validation. On clicking the same, system would do auto validation of the payment made.

List of Net Banking Banks

1. Allahabad Bank

2. Axis Bank

3. Bank of Bahrain and Kuwait

4. Bank of Baroda

5. Bank of India

6. Bank of Maharashtra

7. Canara Bank

8. City Union Bank

9. Central Bank of India

10. Catholic Syrian Bank

11. Corporation Bank

12. Deutsche Bank

13. Development Credit Bank

14. Dhanlaxmi Bank

15. Federal Bank

16. HDFC Bank

17. ICICI Bank

18. IDBI Bank

19. Indian Bank

20. Indian Overseas Bank

21. Indusind Bank

22. ING Vysya Bank

23. J and K Bank838 HARYANA GOVT. GAZ. (EXTRA.), MAR. 8, 2018 (PHGN. 17, 1939 SAKA) 24. Karnataka Bank

25. Kotak Mahindra Bank

26. Karur Vysys Bank

27. Punjab National Bank

28. Oriental Bank of Commerce

29. South Indian Bank

30. Standard Chartered Bank

31. State Bank of Bikaner and Jaipur

32. State Bank of Hyderabad

33. State Bank of India

34. State Bank of Mysore

35. State Bank of Travencore

36. State Bank of Patiala

37. Tamilnad Mercantile Bank

38. Union Bank of India

39. United Bank of India

40. Vijaya Bank

41. Yes Bank

(D) OTC

The bidder shall have the option to make the EMD payment via OTC. Using this module, bidder would be able to pay from their existing ICICI Bank account through CASH/DD/ICICI BANK CHEQUE.

(i) Bidder shall log into the client e-procurement portal using user ID and password as per existing process and selects the OTC payment option.

(ii) Upon doing so, the e-procurement portal shall generate a pre-filled challan. The challan will have all the details that are required by the bidder to make OTC payment.

(iii) Each challan shall therefore include the following details that will be pre-populated:

Beneficiary account no: (unique alphanumeric code for e-tendering) Beneficiary

IFSC Code:

Amount:

Beneficiary Bank Branch:

Beneficiary Name:

(iv) The Bidder shall be required to take a print of this challan and make the OTC on the basis of the details printed on the challan.

(v) The bidder would remit the funds latest by 09.04.2018 in advance and make the payment via OTC to the beneficiary account number as mentioned in the challan.

For making payment through Demand Draft against the online Challan generated for OTC:

If the amount is more than 50,000 (Fifty Thousand) then the intended bidders are required to provide ICICI Bank cheque or draw demand draft in favour of below furnished details:-

56080—C.S. —H.G.P., Chd.