Auction Notification

The Agriculture Research and Development Center, Samtenling (Bhur), Sarpang is pleased to announce the interested bidder to bid for the auction of Arecanut and Litchi fruit available in the centre through sealed tender. Therefore, interested bidders are invited to participate through sealed tender along with the security deposit of Nu 10,000.00 (Ngultrum Ten thousand) only for Arecanut and Nu. 10,000.00 (Ngultrum Ten thousand) only for litchi in cash which must be addressed to the Program Director, ARDC Samtenling (Bhur), Sarpang.

The tender form is attached for quoting the price and submitted to the above address in a sealed envelope. The bid must be submitted on or before 24th  May 2022 10:30 AM and shall be opened at 11:00 AM at the conference hall on the same day. 

The details of Arecanut and Litchi allocation and terms and conditions will be available on the Ministry of Agriculture and Forest website (www.moaf.gov.bt) and for more information please contact Ms. Yangchen during working hours at 17947214.

TENDER FORM

TERMS AND CONDITIONS

1. The participants are required to deposit a sum of Nu 10,000.00 (Ngultrum Ten thousand) only for Arecanut and Nu. 10,000.00 (Ngultrum Ten thousand) only for Litchi fruits as security deposit by cash payable to the Program Director, ARDC, Samtenling (Cheques will not be accepted). The amount will be refunded to the unsuccessful bidders at the end of the opening.
2. The security deposit of the successful bidder will be forfeited if he/she refuses to accept the winning bids (tender).
3. The bid must be submitted to the store section, ARDC Samtenling, Gelephu on 24th   May, 2022 at 10:30AM and shall be opened at 11:00AM at the conference hall on the same day.
4. The opening committee shall read the quoted bid amount to all the participants and hand it over to the evaluation committee for evaluation. The tender will be awarded to the highest bidder after evaluation.
5. It is mandatory that only the successful bidder himself should undertake responsibility of harvesting and marketing of the Arecanut and Litchi fruits.
6. The ARDC management expects all the participants to be familiar with the area and product they intend to bid. The agency will not be responsible for any shortcomings after the completion of bids.
7. At the same time, bidders can only harvest from the trees allotted to them in the auction.
8. ARDC management shall not at all be responsible for the security problems that might arise in the process of harvesting and marketing the Arecanut and Litchi fruits.
9. There are 68 numbers of fruit bearing Arecanut trees and the floor price of Nu 29000.00 (Ngultrum Twenty-Nine Thousand) only is fixed by the Auction Committee considering the production and easy access to the markets.

There are  25 numbers of fruit bearing Litchi trees and the floor price of Nu 15000.00 (Ngultrum Fifteen Thousand) only is fixed by the Auction Committee considering the production and easy access to the markets

1. Any bidder who wishes to attend the tender opening, to witness the entire opening process and bid prices will be invited in the conference hall.
2. If there is a tie between bidders then a lucky dip shall be held as “YES” or “NO” to decide the ultimate winner.
3. All the above terms and conditions must be strictly abided by all the bidders
4. The bid shall be quoted in the format given in the separate sheet below.

Having made aware of the terms and condition, I do hereby quote the purchase rate for Arecanut and Litchi

-DoA