Regret Letter — Tender 100/PROC/APIIC/1/2026

Date: 2026-05-12

To: M/s Cartel Beta Construction Pvt Ltd

4-7-89, Industrial Estate, Guntur-522001

Attention: Mr. R. Patel

Tender: District Hospital, Kurnool

NIT No.: 100/PROC/APIIC/1/2026

Dear Sir/Madam,

We thank you for your participation in the captioned tender. Your bid was found QUALIFIED on all 13 evaluation criteria per AP Standard Tender Document and CVC procurement norms.

Bid outcome

• Your bid: ₹82.41 crore (-3.05% vs ECV)
• Your raw ranking: L5

Following review of all qualified bids and adjustment per CVC norms on Abnormally Low Bids and the AP Standard Tender Document cartel-review provisions, the contract has been awarded as follows:

• Effective L1 (awarded bidder): M/s Comprehensive Standard Builders JV (Premier Coastal + Northern Engineering + Southern Surveys)
• Award amount: ₹79.90 crore

Your bid, while fully QUALIFIED, did not emerge as the effective L1 after the platform applied ALB-screening and cartel-review provisions. We regret to inform you that the award has been issued to the bidder named above.

EMD return + future participation

Your Earnest Money Deposit (EMD) will be refunded per the standard EMD return procedure within 21 days of the issuance of this letter, subject to no withholding orders.

We thank you for your continued participation in the AP procurement process and encourage you to bid in future tenders. The platform's full evaluation report (13-criterion breakdown + ranking + anomaly findings) is available on the procurement portal for your review.

Yours faithfully,

Procurement Authority

(Communication generated by SYSTEM)

Drilldown reference:

• ComparativeStatement audit_id: 39dab1fa65bfa1f7
• EligibilityMatrix node_id (your bid): 3d375303-7071-4137-83c5-1fd62431e668
• Effective L1 derivation rationale: per ComparativeStatement Part F