(1.) For upgradation, operation, maintenance and transfer of Jawaharlal Nehru Port Container Terminal (JNPCT) through Public Private Partnership (PPP), Jawaharlal Nehru Port Trust (hereafter "JNPT ", for short) on 23/8/2021 floated Request For Qualification (hereafter "RFQ ", for short) document under Tender No. JNP/TRAFFIC/MCB/PPP/2021/01. Applications were invited from interested parties to facilitate, inter alia, shortlisting of eligible bidders subject to national security clearance.
(2.) The bid process under the RFQ is a 2 (two) step process for selection of a bidder for awarding of the tender. The first stage involves a process to identify the qualified bidder and upon such identification, the second stage would commence with the participation in the bidding process by the qualified bidders comprising Request for Proposals (hereafter "RFP ", for short).
(3.) After the RFQ was issued, addenda dtd. 14/9/2021 and 19/10/2021 were issued by the JNPT. Inter alia, clause 2.2.6 of the RFQ was broken up into two parts and numbered 2.2.7 and 2.2.8.