Work Description - Procurement Of Hydraulic Sheet Metal Cupping Test Machine

The Department of Higher Education, through the Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur, invites open tenders (Tender ID: 2024_DoHE_776234_1; Reference No: IIT/ME/EQ/HCTM/MF/SKP/2024/02) for the procurement of a Hydraulic sheet metal cupping test machine. This open tender, managed by Prof. Sushanta Kumar Panda (Dept of Mechanical Engineering IIT Kharagpur), requires a tender fee of ₹1500 and an EMD of ₹90,000 (payable to IIT Kharagpur, Kharagpur, 721302, West Bengal). The tender documents can be downloaded from [insert download link here] between October 25th, 2024, 10:00 AM and November 29th, 2024, 3:00 PM. Bid submission starts October 25th, 2024, 10:00 AM, closing November 29th, 2024, 3:00 PM, with bid opening scheduled for December 2nd, 2024, 11:00 AM at the Metal Forming Lab (inside Steel Tech Centre), Department of Mechanical Engineering, IIT Kharagpur. The contract is for ₹42,00,000 and has a 180-day completion period. A pre-bid meeting will be held on November 4th, 2024, at 3:30 PM at the same location. Interested bidders should submit two covers: technical details (.pdf) and financial details (.xls). EMD exemption and tender fee exemption are allowed (as per tender documents). The successful bidder will be responsible for the supply and installation of the hydraulic sheet metal cupping test machine within the stipulated timeframe.