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Revised rules for Registration of Contractors

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Govt. of Maharashtra
Public Works Department
Govt. Circular No. CAT / 1096/ C.R. 172/ Bldg-2
Mantralaya, mumbai – 400 032

Dated 11-10-2001

Govt. in Public Works Department has made modifications, in the original Govt. resolution No. CAT / 1096/ C.R. 172 / Bldg-2 dated 20/04/1998 regarding Registration of Contractors vide Govt. Circular No. CAT/ 1096 / C.R. 172 / Bldg-2 dated 21/09/2001.
Govt. in Public Works Department has noticed some difference in the registration of contractors viz. Machinery, Private Works etc. issued by Public Works Department prior to 20/04/1998 and registrations issued after 20/04/1998 and prior to 21/09/2001. Hence the Govt. desires that contractors registrations issued before 21/09/2001 and that issued after 21/09/2001 should be broght on common platform.
In view of the above facts, Govt. is pleased to issue an order that "The Contractors who have registered themselves or renewed their registrations in class I to V on or before 21/09/2001 with reference to G.R dated 20/04/1998, should get themselves registered to Terms and Conditions of Govt. Circular dated 21/09/2001, before 31/12/2001 from competent authority, otherwise the cases which do not confirm with the Terms and Conditions of Govt. circular dated 21/09/2001 will be automatically cancelled"
As per the Govt. Circular dated 21/09/2001, the proposals fulfilling the Terms and Conditions in Govt. Circular regarding Class/ Sub Class of Contractor should be submitted to competent authority through the original Registration Authority (i.e the Executive Engineer)

S. V. Tamkhede
Deputy Secretary
Govt. of Maharashtra

Rules For Registration of Contractors

1. The contractors shall be classified according to their financial status and technical capability. The classification, solvency, registration fees, annual turnover and cost of works in hand and officer competent to sanction registration Renewal of registration / Up-gradation are shown below in the following table.

General Work

Class

Minimum solvency

Capable of executing the work estimate to cost upto

Avg. Annual turnover

Cost of work in hand

Registration fees in Rs.

Registration Sanctioning Authority

Registration Authority Officer.

1.a

150 Lakhs

2500 Lakhs and above

300 Lakhs

450 Lakhs

7500

Secretary to Govt. P.W.D.

Ex. Engineer

1.b

150 Lakhs

More than 1500 Lakhs but upto 2500 Lakhs

300 Lakhs

450 Lakhs

7500

- do -

- do -

1.c

150 Lakhs

More than 750 Lakhs but upto 1500 Lakhs

300 Lakhs

450 Lakhs

7500

- do -

-do -

2

75 Lakhs

750 Lakhs

200 Lakhs

300 Lakhs

4500

- do -

-do -

3

30 Lakhs

300 Lakhs

90 Lakhs

150 Lakhs

3000

- do -

-do -

4

15 Lakhs

150 Lakhs

60 Lakhs

80 Lakhs

1500

CE PW Region

-do -

4.a

9 Lakhs

90 Lakhs

40 Lakhs

60 Lakhs

1500

- do -

-do -

5

5 Lakhs

50 Lakhs

25 Lakhs

30 Lakhs

750

SE PW Circle

-do -

6

2 Lakhs

15 Lakhs

7.5 Lakhs

10 Lakhs

750

- do -

-do -

7

1 Lakhs

7 Lakhs

1.5 Lakhs

3 Lakhs

600

- do -

-do -

8

0.5 Lakhs

3 Lakhs

1.0 Lakh

1.5 Lakhs

400

EE PW Division

-do -

9

0.25 lakhs

2 Lakhs

0.5 Lakh

1.0 Lakh

400

- do -

-do -

Electrical Works

Class

Minimum solvency

Capable of executing the work estimate

to cost upto

Avg. Annual turnover

Cost of work in hand

Registration fees in Rs.

Registration Sanctioning Authority

Registration Authority Officer.

A

8 Lakhs

Without Limit

20 Lakhs

40 Lakhs

2000

CE (Elec) PWD

EE of Electrical

B

4 Lakhs

25 Lakhs

90 Lakhs

30 Lakhs

1500

-do-

-do-

C

3 Lakhs

10 Lakhs

200 Lakhs

15 Lakhs

600

SE of Elec. Pwd

-do-

D

1.5 Lakhs

7.5 Lakhs

60 Lakhs

8 Lakhs

400

-do-

-do-

E

0.5 Lakh

2 Lakhs

40 Lakhs

1.75 Lakhs

300

EE of Elec. Dins.PWD

-do-

2. For registration of class-I contractors, turn over be taken as 4.5 times minimum or 3 times maximum for 3 to 5 years which ever is higher as mentioned in the latest income tax certificate produced by contractor shall be considered.

3. Verification of income tax clearance certificate be done separately from concerned income tax office. Proposal shall not be considered for registration till the verification of income tax certificate from concerned office.

4. In case of private works executed / in hand, if certified by licensed Architect or Chartered Engineers, 50% of the estimated cost of these works shall be considered while working out Annual turnover.

5. For registration of contractors from Class-I to Class-V the contractor should have his own minimum machinery as mentioned below. Documentary proof regarding ownership of machinery shall be produced by the contractor while submitting proposal.

Contractor should have set of machinery of any one group as mentioned below.

Details of Machinery

Class- 1/2/3

Class- 4/4A

Class-5

Group-1

     

Trucks / Tipper / Tractor-Trolly.

4

3

2

Concrete Mixer.

3

2

1

Vibrator

3

2

1

5 H.P. Pump.

2

1

1

Centering Material.

500 Sqm.

300 Sqm.

100 Sqm.

Mechanical Hoist

1 Set.

-

-

       

Group-2

     

Trucks / Tipper / Tractor-Trolly.

10

6

2

Excavator

2

1

-

Road Roller. (DRR)

2

1

1

Vibratory Roller

1

-

-

Water Tanker.

2

1

1

Air Compressor.

2

1

-

Concrete Mixer.

2

1

1

Vibrator

2

1

1

       

Group-3

     

Trucks / Tipper / Tractor-Trolly.

6

3

2

Road Roller. (DRR)

2

1

1

Vibratory Roller

1

-

-

Asphalt Mixer and Boiler.

1

1

1

Drum Mix Plant.

1

-

-

Sensor Paver Finisher.

1

-

-

Mechanical Asphalt Spryer.

1

-

-

Concrete Mixer.

1

1

1

Vibrator

1

1

1

Additional Useful Information

1) A register containing names and the addresses of the Registered Contractors shall be maintained by the Registering Authorities and the Registration Sanctioning Authorities. Such consolidated list shall be circulated by Registering Authorities to all Public Works and Irrigation Division once in a year for the first time and subsequently the list of contractors added or deleted from the list should only be circulated from the next year.

2) The name of contractor who has not tendered for any work and who has tendered but failed to secure any contract of the Government or  Semi-Government bodies, local bodies or registered co-operatives during the period of five years from the date of registration/renewal, should be removed from the register of approved contractors.

3) In order to facilitate scrutiny by the registering authority, the contractors shall submit by 30th of April every year to the registering authority concerned an annul return ending March every year in the form prescribed  with the remarks regarding his performance from the Executive Engineers in whose Division the contractor has tendered/executed works shown in the return.

4) It is likely that some contractors may omit some works from annual return, where there performance is not satisfactory. The Executive Engineer concerned should ensure that whenever it is observed that the performance of contractor is not satisfactory and some action towards his down grading or removal from a particular category is necessary he shall report the matter directly to the registration/renewal Sanction authority with full justification for taking necessary action against the contractor.

5) If the contractor, whose name has been removed, desires to take up contracts subsequently, he should apply for re-enrolment along with all prescribed documents with payment if prescribed fees. Such application shall be considered on its merit.

6) The contractor may, if he so desires, deposit the amount as per scale prescribed below with Government and secure exemption from the payment of earnest money after executing the necessary bond and a copy of which should be submitted to Government record. The original shall be preserved carefully in the Office of the registering authority. After executing necessary bond, the Executive Engineer shall issue necessary exemption certificate to the contractor registered in a particular category for the period up to which his registration is valid. This will exempt the contractor from payment of earnest money with each individual tender if he produces a copy of bond and certificate before the local officer whenever he tenders for works and seeks exemption

A. General Works
Category Capable of Executing    Work of  Value Earnest Money Deposit for Obtaining Exemption Remarks
  Class-1   Without Limit   Rs. 5.00 lakhs

-

  Class-2   Rs. 750 lakhs    Rs. 3.50 lakhs -
  Class-3   Rs. 300 lakhs   Rs. 3.00 lakhs -
  Class-4   Rs. 150 lakhs   Rs. 2.00 lakhs -
  Class-4a   Rs.   90 lakhs   Rs. 1.50 lakhs -
  Class-5   Rs.   50 lakhs   Rs. 1.25 lakhs -
  Class-6   Rs.   15  lakhs   Rs. 1.00 lakhs -
  Class-7   Rs.      7 lakhs   -
  Class-8   Rs.      3 lakhs   -
  Class-9   Rs.      2 lakhs   -

 

B. Electrical Works
Category

Capable of Executing      Work of   Value

Earnest Money Deposit for Obtaining Exemption Remarks
  Class-A   Without Limit   Rs. 1.00 lakhs -
  Class-B   Rs. 25.00 lakhs   Rs. 0.50 lakhs -
  Class-C    Rs. 10.00 lakhs   Rs. 0.30 lakhs -
  Class-D   Rs.   7.50 lakhs   Rs. 0.20 lakhs -
  Class-E   Rs.   2.00 lakhs   Rs. 0.15 lakhs -

 

This deposit may be in the form of National Saving Certificate or interest bearing securities postal savings/bank pass-book, etc. Duly pledged for part or whole and will not be convertible to security deposit.

The Executive Engineers in-charge of work shall report telegraphically to the executive engineers who has issued exemption certificate when any earnest money is forfeited and the contractor shall make up that amount within ten days from the notice. In case of failure to do so his registration shall stand cancelled and this fact shall be circulated to all the officers of the Public Works Department/ Irrigation Department and other concerned Department.

The exemption certificate once issued to the contractor, registered in a particular class will be valid up to the validity period of that registration. If the registration is renewed, fresh exemption certificate from payment of earnest money with each tender may be issued to the contractor for renewed period of registration. The refund of lump sum amount of Earnest Money deposit if applied for by the contractor shall not be made prior to its validity period.

The contractor, upgaraded to higher category is not entitled to avail the concession payment of earnest money unless he makes payment of balance amount of deposit required for the new category and obtain fresh exemption certificate.

The amount of deposit when received in cash is creditable to the head "8336-Civil Deposit, P.W. Deposit".

The work of registration of contractors or their removal or Down gradation will be done by incharge of territorial Public Works Divisions at Executive engineer’s level, Public Works Circle Superintendent Engineer’s level, Public Works Region at Chief Engineer’s level and Public Works Department, Mantralaya at Secretary’s level.

7) Any contractor whose registration is rejected, cancelled or downgraded by an officer is competent to do so, may appeal against the orders to the Secretaries’ Committee at Mantralaya consisting of secretary, Irrigation Department & Secretary, Public Works Department.

8) A contractor registered in one division shall be allowed to tender for works in other division provided he produces a certificate of registration or renewal there of from the original division that he is a registered contractor in that Division and certificate is valid at the time of issue of tender forms.

9) If some of the partners of any registered firm desire to float a new firm and apply for registration by seeking benefit of experience gained and annual turnover by virtue of their being the partners in that firm having some percentage share to their credit, such benefit equivalent to their share can be granted to the newly floated firm for registration in appropriate class provided they retire from the First firm and produce retirement deed along with other required document to the registering authority. It should be further be verified that the classification of original firm does not get adversely affected as a result of withdrawal of a major partner. If any partner who desires to join another Company without retiring from original Company can be permitted subject to condition that he will not claim his experience gained for registration of this new Company.

10) For Registration of contractors from the other states all the documents and certificates of work done, solvency certificate etc. shall be sent to the concerned department of the other state for verification and certification and proposal shall be forwarded to Registration Sanctioning Authority after getting conformation report. No contractor may be registered or his registration renewed / Up-graded unless he has registered office in the state of Maharashtra and without full inquiry as to his stability in regard to – a. Financial status supported by a certificate of solvency obtained from the collector of  the District / S.D.O. of concerned district or a banker’s Solvency certificate. Banker’s Solvency Certificate should be obtained in the following form :

" This is to certify that to the best of our knowledge and information M/s / Shri ----------------------- a   customer of our Bank is respectable and can be treated as good for any engagement upto Limit Rs.   (Rs. In words)"

This certificate is issued without any guarantee or responsibility on the bank or any of its officer"      

i.  A solvency certificate shall not be accepted for the purpose of registration more than twelve months after the date on which it was granted.
    
 ii.  A Bankers certificate which bring out the financial soundness of the contractor to the extend required for  relevant category shall be accepted.     

iii.  A solvency certificate in the name of a firm need not be insisted upon if such a certificate  for the required   amount in the name of one or more partners, is forth coming and it is  made clear   in the partnership deed that all partners are jointly and severally responsible to meet all liabilities over and above the business of firm.

iv  A solvency Certificate issued by the Revenue Department and produced by the contractor from  outside Maharashtra State can be accepted for the above purpose. However solvency certificate issued by a Bank from a Branch of a Scheduled Bank located in Maharashtra only shall be accepted.     

v. The contractor shall produce Sales Tax Registration Certificate in Form II, Rule 4(1) as provided by Maharashtra State Sales Tax Act (Maharashtra Act No.XXVI of 1989. The Maharashtra Sales Tax on transfer of  property in goods involved in execution of Works Contract (Reenacted) Act 1989 ) from the Sales Tax Department of Maharashtra State.