One-Year Rate Contract for Medicine Supply

The National Institute for the Mentally Handicapped, a Central Government Ministry/Department, through its inviting authority, the Director, NIEPID, located at Manovikasnagar Secunderabad 500009, is seeking proposals for the "Supply of Medicines under rate contract for a period of one year." This is an Open Tender for Goods, categorized under Miscellaneous Goods, with a tender reference number and work description matching the title. The tender process will involve two covers: Cover 1 for Fee/PreQual/Technical bids in PDF format, and Cover 2 for financial bids in XLS format. Critical dates for this tender include a Document Download Start and End Date of 13-Oct-2026 03:00 PM to 03-Nov-2026 03:00 PM respectively. Bid Submission will commence on 13-Oct-2026 03:00 PM and conclude on 03-Nov-2026 03:00 PM. The Bid Opening is scheduled for 03-Nov-2026 03:30 PM at NIEPID Secunderabad. A fixed Earnest Money Deposit (EMD) of ₹20,000 is required, payable to Director NIEPID at Secunderabad, with options for EMD through BG/ST or exemption allowed. There is no tender fee. The contract type is a Rate Contract, with a bid validity period of 270 days. Interested parties are encouraged to download the tender documents, including the NIT Document (Tendernotice_1.pdf) and Work Item Documents (BOQ_977406.xls), to review the full scope of work and eligibility criteria.