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Published on 03/07/2026 at 18:58.
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Western Railway · Mahesana, Gujarat, Ujjain, Madhya Pradesh07265199A
Written by TenderKart AI from the documents published when it was generated. Check the tender for later corrigenda before you bid.
3 Jul 2026
4 Aug 2026
₹20 L
All important dates as they stand after corrigenda: publication, pre-bid/clarification deadline, bid submission deadline, bid opening, and bid validity period.
Published on 03/07/2026 at 18:58.
No pre-bid conference is scheduled. Written specification/condition queries must reach the purchaser not later than two weeks before tender closing.
04/08/2026 at 11:00 hours; original or revised online bids may be submitted only up to this time.
No separate calendar date/time is stated; compliant electronic offers remain encrypted until opening after the stipulated due date/time.
120 days from tender closing; a shorter validity makes the offer commercially 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.
The exact tender value/estimated cost is not printed; the NIT only states that the procurement value exceeds Rs.10 Crores.
INR 0.00.
INR 20,00,000, payable online only through the IREPS payment gateway. It remains with the purchaser for the 120-day offer-validity period plus 45 days. Offers without EMD are summarily rejected unless a stated exemption applies.
For a goods contract above Rs.25 lakh and up to Rs.50 crore: 5% of contract value, capped at Rs.50 lakh; above Rs.50 crore: Rs.1 crore. The successful bidder must deposit it within 21 days of LOA and keep it valid at least 60 days beyond completion of all contractual obligations.
Either 100% after E-way bill challan, inspection certificate, acceptance and consignee Receipt Note/CRN; or 95% against the receipted challan signed by the Consignee Gazetted Officer plus inspection certificate, with the remaining 5% after acceptance and Receipt Note/CRN.
Bid on a firm-price basis only; PVC offers are unresponsive. Statutory tax/duty variation is admissible only for changes after bid submission within the original or last unconditionally extended delivery period, subject to the stated tax having been disclosed.
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.
The item is to be procured from approved sources. RDSO-approved vendors on U-VAM Item ID 3100187 are eligible for the bulk quantity (minimum 80%); unconditionally approved developmental vendors are ordinarily limited to developmental orders totalling up to 20%. Approval status is reckoned on tender closing, while later removal/suspension/banning is considered.
Only where there are not more than three Indian approved suppliers may an unconditional RDSO developmental vendor be considered for bulk order without quantity restriction. It must have satisfactorily executed one single PO from a ZR/PU/CORE/Railway PSU for 24- or 48-fibre OFC to the tendered RDSO specification, for at least 20% of the total tender quantity, during the preceding five years, supported by consignee acceptance evidence.
A bidder that is not registered/approved for the item must prove it is an established manufacturer with adequate technical experience, financial stability, plant/manufacturing capacity and a quality-control system. Evidence includes a recognised-bank/financial-institution report, the last three FY balance sheets/P&L, past-supply evidence and plant/QC details.
Participation is restricted to Class-I local suppliers. Because the procurement exceeds Rs.10 crore, the local-content claim must be certified tender-specifically by the Statutory/Cost Auditor for a company or by a practising Cost Accountant/Chartered Accountant for other suppliers, with UDIN.
An OEM should quote directly or issue one tender-specific authorisation to its agent/dealer. OEM and agent cannot both bid for the same item, and one agent cannot represent multiple OEMs for that item. For an agent bid, the qualifying past performance is that of the authorising OEM, not the agent's supplies for another OEM.
MSE benefits require a complete valid UDYAM certificate indicating social status. Traders/authorised dealers/agents are not eligible for MSE benefit; upward-reclassified bidders must prove qualifying MSE status within the three years before closing.
A bidder from a country sharing a land border with India, or having the stated ToT arrangement, is eligible only with registration by the Competent Authority and must enclose valid registration evidence.
The bidder must certify that it and its constituents are not blacklisted/debarred by Railways or any Government of India ministry/department on bid submission. False/forged qualification material can cause summary rejection and EMD forfeiture during evaluation, or termination and SD forfeiture after award, plus banning up to two years. Code-of-Integrity compliance is mandatory.
What is being procured: the work, supplies or services, deliverables and quantities, locations, phases, completion or delivery timelines, applicable standards, and notable exclusions.
Supply 2,894.30 km of 48-fibre armoured optical fibre cable, non-stock, for Indian Railways telecommunications, conforming to RDSO/SPN/TC/110/2020 Rev. 0.0. The cable is single-mode, for the 1250-1625 nm band, direct underground burial and mechanised laying in duct.
Delivery is FOR destination to ten Western Railway consignee points in Gujarat and Madhya Pradesh: Mahesana (29.80 km), Ujjain (110.50 km), Valsad/SSE Signal Store (23.00 km), Pratapnagar construction (780.00 km), Ratlam Exchange (1,016.00 km), Sabarmati (60.00 km), Pratapnagar Telecom-II (43.00 km), Valsad Telecom-M (38.00 km), Ratlam Signal Construction (494.00 km), and Rajkot Construction (300.00 km).
Complete on or before 30-JUN-27: 50% within three months from PO, another 30% within the next two months, and the balance 20% after 01.04.2027 but before 30.06.2027.
Inspection is by RDSO-QA/RDSO at the manufacturer. Cable must be supplied on strong wooden drums with sealed ends, drum stencilling, a packing list containing cable/test particulars, and one handling/laying precaution sheet per dispatch lot.
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 a single-packet e-bid only on IREPS (www.ireps.gov.in) by 04/08/2026 11:00. Manual offers are not allowed; no physical-original submission is specified for the bid.
Log in with IREPS credentials and Digital Signature; the electronic offer must be digitally signed. Complete every mandatory field in the Techno-Commercial Bid Details and Financial Rate Page forms. Enter deviations only in the designated technical/commercial deviation fields and financial elements only in the Financial Rate Page.
The digital signature confirms acceptance of incorporated documents. Bidder certifications declare that the signatory has read and accepted the tender, that submitted credentials are correct, and that the bidder is not blacklisted/debarred.
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 item schedule states 30 months after delivery, while the governing RDSO technical specification requires free replacement only within one year after delivery. The NIT expressly says the technical-specification warranty prevails over conflicting warranty clauses, so one year is the stated precedence outcome; bidders should nevertheless obtain written confirmation because the tender-specific item line says 30 months.
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 whether the accepted PO will state 12 months or 30 months after delivery, and whether any 10% warranty bank guarantee will be required. This materially affects product-risk provisioning and security cost because the item schedule and technical specification conflict.
Please confirm whether the tender-opening date will have not more than three Indian RDSO-approved suppliers for U-VAM Item ID 3100187, so that the unrestricted bulk-order route for qualifying developmental vendors will apply. Without this confirmation, a developmental bidder cannot assess whether it is competing for only 20% or potentially the bulk quantity.
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.
LD is 0.5% of delayed-store value per week or part, capped at 10%, against a staged programme ending 30-JUN-27. Developmental orders remain expressly subject to delayed-supply LD/general damages.
The purchaser may forfeit SD wholly/partly for default under this or another contract and recover loss from sums due under this or other contracts. Even an SD-exempt supplier can face damages equal to the otherwise-applicable SD.
Prices must remain firm through a delivery programme extending to June 2027. Statutory variation is limited to qualifying tax/duty changes; raw-material, labour, energy, finance and other escalation remains with the supplier.
The Railway may exercise a +30% quantity option; the item also carries +/-2% tolerance. Delivery is FOR destination across ten Gujarat/Madhya Pradesh consignee points, with transit risk, road unloading and post-delivery packing-waste collection on the supplier.
The manufacturer bears samples, test pieces and approved-laboratory costs where facilities are unavailable. Inaccurate routine-test records can lead to rejection of the complete lot, and specification failure can reject the whole consignment.
Payment depends on inspection and consignee acceptance/Receipt Note; under the 95/5 option, 5% remains outstanding until acceptance. Rejected paid material is subject to recovery before collection, increasing working-capital exposure.
The inviting authority and relevant contacts: office, person, designation, address, phone and email — and which address receives physical submissions, if any.
PCMM/STORES/Western Railway acts for and on behalf of the President of India. The tender is digitally signed by Dy.CMM-SALES, Nitika Gajraj.
PCMM, Western Railway, 4th Floor, Station Building, Churchgate, Mumbai-20, India. No tender-specific phone or email is printed. No physical bid submission is permitted or designated.