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Procedure for Second Round of Allocation of TRQ under tariff head 7108 under India-UAE CEPA for FY 2025-26
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....ds from the Trade and Industry is clearly laid out in the Tender Document given at Annexure - I. The same may be accessed on the MSTC website. ii. The Total Quantity of Allocation is restricted to 80 MT in this second round of Allocations through the tender process. iii. The Hon'ble High Court of Delhi vide order dated 26.09.2025 = [2025 (10) TMI 633 - DELHI HIGH COURT] has disposed of the petitions directing the respondents to expeditiously review the TRQ Allocation for the FY 2025-26. The operative part of the Hon'ble High Court order is reproduced below "18. Necessarily, given that six months out of the current financial year have already elapsed, the respondents would be required to undertake a review of the TRQ allocation so as to utilize the quota for the current financial year. 19. Considering the facts and circumstances of the case, it would be apposite for the respondents to conduct the aforesaid review as expeditiously as possible and preferably within a period of four weeks from today. 20. While conducting the review, the concerned authorities shall duly take into account the grievances / apprehensions highlighted by t....
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.... of this Public Notice: The procedure and guidelines for the second round of Allocation of TRQ for imports under tariff head 7108 under India-UAE CEPA for FY 2025-26 are notified. (Lav Agarwal) Director General of Foreign Trade & Ex-Officio Addl. Secretary to Govt of India Email:[email protected] (Issued from F. No. 01/89/180/01/AM-22/PC-2[B]/Part-I/E-35248) Annexure - I Directorate General of Foreign Trade GOVERNMENT OF INDIA Tender Document For Second round of Allocation of Gold Tariff Rate Quota under India - UAE CEPA 1. Important Information 1.1. This Tender Document has been issued pursuant to the Public Notice No. 31/2025-26 dated 29.10.2025 read along with Trade Notice no. 16/2025-26 dated 29.10.2025 with the intent to carry out e-auction for allocation of Tariff Rate Quota for Gold under India - UAE CEPA (hereafter referred to as "TRQ"). All information provided in this Tender Document should be read together with the Foreign Trade Policy, 2023 (hereafter referred to as "FTP"), Handbook of Procedures, 2023 (hereafter referred to as "HBP"), Public Notices, and the Trade Notices issued by Directorate General of Foreign Trade (here....
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....ch Bidder shall bear all its costs associated with or relating to the preparation and submission of its bid including but not limited to preparation, copying, postage, delivery fees, expenses associated with any demonstrations or presentations which may be required by the DGFT/MSTC or any other costs incurred in connection with or relating to its bid. 1.9. In case the day of completion of any requirement is falling due, on a public holiday, the day of completion shall be deemed to be due on the next successive working day. The expression "public holiday" includes Saturday, Sunday and any other day declared to be a public holiday by the Central Government, as the case may be. 1.10. Each Bidder shall be responsible for any problem at the Bidder's end like failure of electricity, loss of internet connection, any trouble with Bidder's computer etc. which may cause inconvenience or prevent the Bidder from bidding in e-auction. 2. Definitions The words and expressions used herein but not defined herein shall have the same meaning as assigned to them in the Act or the Rules made thereunder. The following definitions apply to this Tender Document, unless the context oth....
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....eaning given to such expression in Clause 7.2 2.15. "Tender Document" means this tender document together with the schedules and documents referred to herein, including the Information Memorandum and any addenda to this Tender Document. 3. Introduction 3.1. The Public Notice no. 31/2025-26 dated 29.10.2025 stipulates for allocation of TRQ through competitive bidding/tender process in respect of Gold under India - UAE CEPA 3.2. In exercise of powers conferred by Section 5 of the Act, the DGFT has notified the eligibility criteria for filing an application for TRQ vide Public Notice no. 31/2025- 26 dated 29.10.2025 and other relevant provisions of FTP, 2023 and the procedures notified thereunder. The Bidders are encouraged to acquaint themselves with the same. 3.3. The e-auction would be conducted in accordance with the above-mentioned provisions of FTP and HBP and this Tender Document. 3.4. The Bidders are expected to conduct due diligence regarding the prevailing prices of Gold in the international market and familiarize themselves with all applicable Laws relating to import of Gold, its physical delivery etc. 4. The Tariff Rate Quota of Gold under India - UAE ....
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....DGFT shall endeavor to respond to the queries within the period of 3 days. However, the DGFT reserves the right to not respond to any question or provide any clarification, in its sole discretion, and nothing in this Tender Document shall be taken or read as compelling or requiring the DGFT to respond to any question or to provide any clarification. 6.8. Pre-bid conference(s) of the potential bidders shall be convened on the designated date as mentioned in the Trade Notice at a time and place specified by the DGFT. The DGFT may, at its sole discretion, choose to convene the pre-bid conference through virtual mode (or a hybrid of virtual and physical modes) subject to such conditions as may be notified separately by the DGFT. 6.9. A maximum of 1 representative of each potential bidder shall be allowed to participate, on submission of a letter, duly issued authority from the potential bidder and identity documents. The DGFT shall endeavor to provide clarifications and such further information, as it may consider, in its sole discretion, appropriate for facilitating a fair, transparent and competitive tender process. 6.10. The DGFT may also, on its own motion, if deemed neces....
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....7.2.6. The Excel-based Price Bid shall comprise 51 price buckets. The bidder is required to indicate the quantity he intends to bid against interested price buckets (the specific price per KG of Gold, in INR, that Bidder is willing to pay to DGFT for the allocated quantity of TRQ in that bucket). Bidders may choose to quote for any number of price buckets, as per their preference. All quantities must be entered only in whole numbers that are multiples of 5. The format of the excel based price bid is as follows: 7.2.7. The bidder shall download the Excel sheet available under the Financial Bid section. The bidder must duly fill in the required quantity details against interested price buckets (Each price bucket mentions the in the Excel sheet and save the file with the same filename before uploading it under the Financial Bid section. 7.2.8. After uploading the Excel sheet, the bidder shall click on "Final Bid Submission" to successfully submit the bid on the MSTC portal. 7.3. The Technically qualified bidders are those who have fulfilled the eligibility conditions and submitted the required documents evidencing the same in the technical bid. 7.4. The financial bids shal....
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....iled at Clause 11 of the Tender document. 8.3. In case the Preferred Bidder fails to submit the bid amount within the period mentioned above, the DGFT shall forfeit the Bid Security of the Preferred Bidder; and disqualify the bidder for further allocations during the current and the subsequent financial year. 9. Timetable The timetable of the tender process will be given in the Trade Notice issued by DGFT. The timetable may be amended by the DGFT through issuance of a subsequent Corrigendum. 10. General Conditions Regarding Tender Process 10.1. Submission of Technical Bid 10.1.1. The Technical component comprises the submission of documents required for technical qualification showing valid GST Registration of the bidder, valid hallmark registration of the bidder, valid IEC Number, valid MSME certificate (in case of Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises) and submission of remarks against technical commercial specifications. All requisite technical documents must be uploaded by the bidder strictly in accordance with the tender requirements. 10.1.2. Once the documents have been uploaded and technical bid submitted by the bidder, the bidder shall proceed to submit t....
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....T shall not be liable for any omission, mistake or error in respect of any of the information provided or on account of any matter or thing arising out of or concerning or relating to the Tender Document or the tender process, including any error or mistake therein or in any information or data given by the DGFT. 10.6. Verification by the DGFT and debarment The DGFT reserves the right to verify all statements, information and documents submitted by the Bidder in response to the Tender Document and the Bidder shall, when so required by the DGFT, make available all such information, evidence and documents as may be necessary for such verification. Any such verification or lack of such verification by the DGFT shall not relieve the Bidder of its obligations or liabilities hereunder nor will it affect any rights of the DGFT thereunder. 10.7. Bid Due Date and extension The DGFT may, in its sole discretion, extend the Bid Due Date by issuing a Trade Notice that is made available to all Bidders on the DGFT website. 10.8. Modifications/substitution/withdrawal of bids The Bidder may modify, substitute or withdraw its Technical Bid after submission, prior to the Bid Due Dat....
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.... 11. Bid Security 11.1. The Bidder shall furnish as part of its Technical Bid, a security of an amount of INR 1,00,000/- on MSTC portal. 11.2. Save and except as provided in this Tender Document, the Bid Security of Unsuccessful Bidders will be returned by the DGFT, without any interest, within a period of 4 (four) weeks from the date of declaration of the Preferred Bidder or annulment of the tender process as per the provisions of the Tender Document, whichever is earlier. 11.3. The Preferred Bidder's Bid Security will be returned to the bidder within a period of Four weeks from the successful payment of Bid amount to DGFT for issuance of TRQ Certificate for the allocated Quantity. 11.4. The DGFT shall be entitled to forfeit and appropriate Bid Security as damages, if the preferred bidder fails to deposit the bid amount, along with the TRQ application to DGFT, within the prescribed time. No relaxation of any kind on Bid Security shall be given to any Bidder. 11.5. The Bid Security shall be forfeited as damages without prejudice to any other right or remedy that may be available to the DGFT under the Tender Document and/, or otherwise, under, inter alia, if a B....
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....orming a cartel or arriving at any understanding or arrangement among Bidders with the objective of restricting or manipulating a full and fair competition in the tender process. 13. Other Provisions 13.1. Governing law The Tender process shall be governed by, and construed in accordance with, the laws of India. 13.2. Right of DGFT 13.2.1. The DGFT, in its sole discretion and without incurring any obligation or liability, reserves the right, at any time, to: (a) Suspend and/ or cancel the tender process and/ or amend and/ or supplement the tender process or modify the dates or other terms and conditions relating thereto; (b) Consult with any Bidder in order to receive clarification or further information; (c) Retain any information and/or evidence submitted to the DGFT by, on behalf of, and/or in relation to any Bidder; and/ or (d) Independently verify, disqualify, reject and/ or accept any and all submissions or other information and/or evidence submitted by or on behalf of any Bidder. 13.2.2. It shall be deemed that by submitting the bid, the Bidder agrees and releases the DGFT, its employees, irrevocably, unconditionally, ful....