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22/06/2026 at 15:17 (document time; IST).
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Supply of 24 Fibre Armoured Optical Fibre Cable
Metro · West Bengal02265056B
Written by TenderKart AI from the documents published when it was generated. Check the tender for later corrigenda before you bid.
22 Jun 2026
27 Jul 2026
All important dates as they stand after corrigenda: publication, pre-bid/clarification deadline, bid submission deadline, bid opening, and bid validity period.
22/06/2026 at 15:17 (document time; IST).
No pre-bid conference is required and no separate clarification deadline is stated; clarifications should be sought well before tender closing.
27/07/2026 at 14:00 (document time; IST). Original or revised bids may be submitted only up to this time.
No separate opening date/time is fixed. The electronic tender box will open only after the closing date/time, but Railway does not guarantee immediate opening.
90 days; a shorter validity makes the offer unresponsive and subject to summary rejection.
Tender value or estimated cost, EMD/bid security (amount, acceptable forms, validity), tender document fees, performance security, and key payment terms.
Tender document cost is INR 0.00 and Earnest Money is INR 0.00. No estimated tender value/rate is printed in the item table.
If applicable to the resulting order, SD is 5% of contract value for contracts above Rs.25 lakh and up to Rs.50 Cr., capped at Rs.50 lakh; above Rs.50 Cr., it is Rs.1 cr. It is due within 21 days of acceptance and valid for 60 days beyond completion of all obligations. Contracts up to Rs.25 lakh and the listed exempt entities/vendors are exempt; authorized agents/dealers do not inherit those exemptions.
The general bid document provides a 10% WBG only for items where the purchaser stipulates it in the NIT/purchase order. This tender's NIT does not expressly call for a WBG, so bidders should not price it as an unconditional bid-stage requirement without clarification.
Default payment is 100% after receipt and acceptance by the consignee against prescribed bills/documents. In deserving cases, up to 95% may be considered against a Gazetted Officer-signed physical receipt certificate and original inspection certificate, with balance after receipt and acceptance. Bills are submitted online in IREPS and paid by electronic transfer; LC is optional where applicable and, once selected, cannot be changed.
Every pass/fail eligibility and qualification requirement: experience and past performance, turnover/net worth, registrations and certifications, consortium/JV rules, and debarment or blacklisting conditions.
Railway reserves the right to procure the entire or bulk quantity only from RDSO-approved sources for UVAM Item ID 3100187. Approval status is reckoned on tender opening; at least 80% of net procurable quantity is reserved for approved vendors under the general clause.
Developmental sources may receive up to 20% of net procurable quantity; conditionally approved or unapproved sources are generally limited to 5%. Unapproved bidders must submit machinery/plant, testing facilities, QAP and technical-manpower credentials or their offer may be ignored.
For bulk order, the firm must show satisfactory supply of the same/similar item for at least 20% of tender quantity against a single order in the stated look-back period. Lesser performance may qualify only for a developmental order; no-performance firms must demonstrate technical and financial capability, including balance sheet and turnover.
Only manufacturers or their authorized dealers may quote. An agent/dealer must provide valid tender-specific OEM authorization; the principal's performance is counted. The OEM and its agent cannot both bid, and one agent cannot represent multiple OEMs for the same item.
The bidder and its constituents must not be blacklisted or debarred by Railways or any Government of India ministry/department on bid submission. False or forged qualification certification can cause summary rejection, EMD/SD forfeiture, termination and business banning up to two years.
A bidder from, or having specified technology-transfer links to an entity from, a country sharing a land border with India must be registered with the Competent Authority. The compliance certificate is mandatory; applicable registration evidence must accompany it.
Bid for at least 50% of tender quantity, quote in INR, and keep the full 90-day validity; failure on any of these is stated to cause summary rejection.
Udyam Registration Certificate is the only accepted proof for MSE benefits. If procurement value exceeds Rs.10 crore, Class-I/Class-II local suppliers must provide the prescribed auditor/accountant local-content certificate. BIS licence evidence applies only where the offered store/material is subject to the stated BIS/ISI condition.
What is being procured: the work, supplies or services, deliverables and quantities, locations, phases, completion or delivery timelines, applicable standards, and notable exclusions.
Supply 5.00 kilometre of 24 Fibre Armoured Optical Fibre Cable, PL Code 529023510014 / UVAM Item ID 3100187, with +/-5% quantity tolerance. The item is non-stock and evaluated itemwise/consigneewise.
Complete supply within 2 months, FOR destination, to Tollygunge Car Shed / Metro Railway / Kolkata. The listed consignee is SSE/T/Stores/KHG, Metro, West Bengal.
Cable must conform to Specification No. SPN/TC/110/2020 Rev. 0 or latest. It is 24-fibre monomode underground armoured cable suitable for direct burial and mechanized laying in duct on the Indian Railway telecom network; fibre is to ITU-T Rec. G.652 D or latest plus the cited TEC requirement.
Inspection is by RDSO-QA. Cable must be wound on compliant strong wooden drums, marked with prescribed drum/manufacturer/consignee/cable data, and each drum must carry the stated packing list; handling/laying precautions are supplied once per dispatch lot.
The tender-specific warranty is 30 months after delivery. Free replacement obligations apply to defects, subject to the warranty-period contradiction recorded separately.
The complete checklist of documents to submit — mandatory vs conditional, with any prescribed formats, proformas or annexures — plus how to submit: portal and mode, envelope/cover structure, digital signature requirements, signing and attestation rules, and physical originals with their deadline.
Submit one single-packet e-bid only through the IREPS electronic tender box. Fill the Techno-Commercial Offer and Financial Offer forms online; manual/post/fax/in-person offers and late submissions are invalid.
The e-bid and attachments must be digitally signed by the bidder's pre-authorized IREPS-registered person using a Class III certificate with Company Name from a Government-approved certifying authority. The digital signature confirms acceptance of all bid documents unless a deviation is entered in the techno-commercial form.
Put rates, discounts and all financial terms only in the nominated financial-rate fields. Financial terms in other fields or attachments are ignored.
No physical bid submission is permitted. The only post-award physical instrument contemplated is an applicable SD/BG delivered to the purchase office within the stated SD timeline.
Every corrigendum/addendum in order — what changed (original vs amended value), its impact, and the action for the bidder — ending with the values that finally apply.
The AI found nothing to report for this question.
Genuine conflicts within and across the documents (original vs corrigenda, clause vs annexure, tender document vs BOQ): both sides with citations, and which value prevails.
The NIT states 30 months after delivery, while Specification Clause 10 states free replacement within one year after delivery. The tender-specific NIT prevails over the general/attached documents under Clause 1.9, so bid on 30 months, but obtain written confirmation because the remedial wording remains inconsistent.
Only critical, tender-specific pre-bid queries that could materially change bid/no-bid, pricing, eligibility or contractual risk. Skip generic or obvious questions the documents already answer clearly.
Please confirm that the enforceable warranty is 30 months after delivery (not the specification's one year), whether free replacement applies throughout all 30 months, and whether any 10% Warranty Bank Guarantee will be demanded despite no express WBG requirement in the NIT.
Please provide the complete delivery address and confirm whether SSE/T/Stores/KHG is the receiving consignee at Tollygunge Car Shed; the NIT gives both labels but no street-level delivery address.
Commercial, legal and execution risks a bidder should weigh: liquidated damages and penalties, unusual or one-sided clauses, tight timelines, and payment or security risks.
The two-month delivery window is commercially tight. Delay attracts agreed LD of 1/2% of the delayed-supply value per week or part, capped at 10%; Railway may instead cancel all/part and forfeit SD. Subcontractor delay is expressly not a ground for time extension.
Where delivery extension is granted, LD applies and no post-original-delivery-date increase for taxes, duties, price variation or foreign exchange variation is admissible on late-delivered goods. This places inflation and tax-change exposure on the supplier during delay.
RDSO-QA inspection does not eliminate consignee acceptance risk. The specification allows rejection of the whole consignment for test/specification failure, and failed inspection/reinspection and actual test charges are payable by the supplier.
Cash realization follows consignee receipt and acceptance, while Railway may deduct LD and other liabilities under this or other contracts. Rejected pre-inspected goods cannot be collected until prior payment is deposited back or recovered.
A technically capable but unapproved/developmental bidder may receive only a small developmental quantity, while Railway reserves bulk/all quantity for RDSO-approved sources. Bid/no-bid economics should account for a potential 5% allocation rather than the full 5 km.
The inviting authority and relevant contacts: office, person, designation, address, phone and email — and which address receives physical submissions, if any.
Principal Chief Materials Manager, Metro Railway, Kolkata, acting for the President of India. Office: 5th Floor, Metro Rail Bhawan, 33/1 J. L. Nehru Road, Kolkata-700071. No tender-specific phone or email is printed.
The NIT is digitally signed by AMM/Con, Sushil Kumar Biswas.
Consignee designation: SSE/T/Stores/KHG, Metro, West Bengal; material is to be supplied to Tollygunge Car Shed / Metro Railway / Kolkata. No named person, phone or email is provided for the consignee.
No physical bid address applies because manual offers are prohibited. If post-award SD is applicable, it is to reach the purchase office; the general office address above is the only purchase-office address stated.