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Provision of 10 KVA AT in connection of Interlocking of Level Crossing gates in the section of ADSTE/BSB of Lucknow Division.
Northern Railway · Lucknow, Uttar PradeshTRD-16-SrDEE-LKO-2026~NR
Written by TenderKart AI from the documents published when it was generated. Check the tender for later corrigenda before you bid.
19 Aug 2026
14 Sept 2026
₹26.3 L
₹52,700
All important dates as they stand after corrigenda: publication, pre-bid/clarification deadline, bid submission deadline, bid opening, and bid validity period.
19 August 2026 at 19:21 IST.
Online bid submission starts 31 August 2026 at 15:00 IST.
No pre-bid conference is required; no separate clarification deadline is stated.
14 September 2026 at 15:00 IST.
14 September 2026 immediately after 15:00 IST; if that date is a holiday, opening moves to the next working day at the same time.
60 days from the date of tender opening.
Tender value or estimated cost, EMD/bid security (amount, acceptable forms, validity), tender document fees, performance security, and key payment terms.
₹26,34,282.05.
₹52,700. The tender conditions permit cash through the IREPS e-payment gateway or a bank guarantee from a scheduled commercial bank; the BG must remain valid for 90 days beyond bid validity.
Nil for the e-tender.
5% of original contract value, due within 21 days of LOA and before agreement signing; extension up to 60 days may be allowed with 12% p.a. penal interest after day 21. Initial validity is completion date plus 60 days.
5% of contract value. Bid security may be retained as part SD; balance may be paid in cash/TDR/irrevocable BG or recovered at 6% from bills. An SD BG must cover the maintenance period plus 60 days.
80% of item price on inspected material entering Railway custody; cumulative 90% after certified installation and testing; final 10% after successful completion and Engineer certification.
No PVC applies because the advertised value is below ₹2 crore; prices remain firm. The bidder may opt on IREPS at bidding stage for sight-LC payment, with LC costs borne by the contractor.
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.
Tender-specific technical eligibility and financial eligibility are both expressly marked N/A; no minimum similar-work experience, turnover, or net-worth threshold applies.
Pass/fail: bidder must hold and submit an attested copy of a valid electrical contractor licence issued by a State or Central Government; absence causes summary rejection.
Not permitted for this tender. The generic condition limits JV participation to tenders above ₹10 crore, while this tender is ₹26.34 lakh.
The bid must identify its legal constitution and submit the applicable attested constitutional documents and PAN. Sole proprietor, HUF, partnership, company, LLP, society, and trust document requirements are entity-specific.
Bidder and constituents must not be blacklisted or debarred by Railways or any Government of India ministry/department on bid date. False/forged information can cause rejection or termination, forfeiture of securities and dues, and business ban up to two years.
A bidder from a country sharing a land border with India is eligible only if registered with the competent authority and must enclose valid registration evidence.
If a bidder, partner/member/director is a covered retired gazetted Railway officer who retired less than one year before bid submission, required Government permission and full particulars must be disclosed; specified family/shareholder Railway employment must also be disclosed.
What is being procured: the work, supplies or services, deliverables and quantities, locations, phases, completion or delivery timelines, applicable standards, and notable exclusions.
Supply, erection, testing and commissioning associated with auxiliary transformers for interlocking of level-crossing gates in the ADSTE/BSB section of Lucknow Division, Northern Railway.
The price schedule is built around seven installations: 7 auxiliary transformers, 7 T-150 mast lots (7 MT), 7 foundations (49.99/50 cum), 7 drop-out fuse switches, 7 earth electrodes, related insulators, jumpers, earthing/bonding, signs and anti-climbing devices.
The AT schedule cites RDSO specification ETI/PSI/15(8/2003); mast/anti-climbing work cites RDSO drawing ETI/PSI/037. Materials must follow approved RDSO/CORE sources and Railway quality-assurance requirements.
Complete all work within 6 months from the acceptance letter/LOA; time is of the essence. Submit the detailed design/document schedule within 45 days and supplier/material list within one month of LOA; supply follows drawing/material approval.
Joint inspection/testing leads to provisional acceptance; contractor remains responsible for assets until CRS inspection/commercial use and handover. Warranty is 12 months from commissioning, including correction/replacement of defective work at contractor cost.
BOQ quantities are approximate and may vary; Railway does not guarantee work under every item. Contractor supplies all items except any expressly listed as Railway-supplied in Part-IV Annexure-4, and bears transport/loading/unloading to site.
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 only online on IREPS (www.ireps.gov.in) under the Single Packet System; manual offers are not accepted.
Bidder must register on IREPS and use a Class III digital certificate issued by a CCA under the IT Act, 2000.
Each tender page must be signed and dated; corrections must be attested. Supporting qualification documents must be self-attested/digitally signed. Legal instruments must follow the prescribed format and applicable stamp/notary/witness rules.
BG original is required if that mode is accepted, while other originals are produced when Railway asks. The tender also contains a conflicting clause requiring original constitution documents before opening; bidder should seek written clarification and keep originals ready.
Enter the quoted schedule-level rates and local-content percentage in IREPS; choose the LC payment option at bidding stage if desired.
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.
No tender-specific corrigendum, date extension, addendum or pre-bid reply is included in the folder; the final tender dates and values therefore remain those in the NIT/tender document.
Prospectively amended GCC eligibility/JV credential rules, bid-capacity form, extensions, quantity variation and PVC. For this tender, the material effect is that PVC applies only above ₹2 crore, so rates are firm.
Introduced/updated bidder truthfulness certificates and required the original bid-security BG within 5 working days before bid closing.
Updated powers of attorney/JV authorization and reduced false-document business-banning language to up to two years.
Finalized Annexure-V certification consequences: false/forged contents mean rejection/termination, forfeiture and possible ban up to two years.
Superseded ACS-2's five-working-day BG rule: original BG must reach the nominated official before closing, excluding the last bid-submission date.
Added contractor GST indemnity/refund liability and allows Railway to hold payments for GST non-compliance until records and ITC are verified.
Updated Tender Form (First Sheet) to recognize online/BG bid security, Startup exemption and 50% bid security for Labour Cooperative Societies.
Replaced the termination-notice proforma, providing 48-hour notice, rescission, debarment from balance-work tender, security forfeiture/PG encashment and ex-parte measurement procedure.
Expanded performance-security forms to include Insurance Surety Bonds and printed the prescribed surety-bond form.
Revised Clause 64 arbitration procedure, including ICA nomination/panel routes and allocation of arbitration fees.
Latest included GCC amendment: bid security is 2% for all works; PG remains 5%, additional performance security applies to sufficiently below-value bids; bid-capacity screening threshold becomes above ₹10 crore; ethics/prohibited-practice remedies are strengthened.
Tender remains due/opening 14 September 2026 at 15:00 IST, value ₹26,34,282.05, EMD ₹52,700, 60-day validity, 6-month completion, no tender fee, no JV/consortium, technical/financial thresholds N/A, valid electrical contractor licence mandatory; GCC-2022 applies with ACS-1 through ACS-11.
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 work title says 10 KVA AT, but the priced schedule specifies 25 KV/240V 05 KVA AT (7 numbers). No tender-specific corrigendum resolves this. The priced BOQ is the more specific procurement description for pricing, but written confirmation is essential because rating changes design and price.
Tender checklist/NIT says online EMD and portal instructions prohibit manual payment modes, while Clause 1.1.7 and Annexure-21 permit BG. Latest generic ACS-5 also governs original BG delivery. Until clarified, use IREPS online payment to avoid summary rejection.
Clauses 1.1.3.12/checklist say originals are produced at short notice when asked, but Clause 1.1.4.5 requires original constitution documents on or before closing and before opening. The specific constitution clause is stricter, so keep and deliver those originals before opening unless Railway confirms online-only treatment.
Clause 1.1.12.2 marks technical and financial eligibility N/A, but tender checklists still require Annexures 6, 13, 15 and 18-related credentials, with rejection language. The tender-specific checklist should be treated as a submission requirement even though no numeric threshold applies; submit NIL/actual forms and seek confirmation.
The table says 'Below 0-5% (Inclusive): Nil' and then 'Below5%: 5%', creating overlapping/duplicative bands and no clear rule for a quote more than 5% below value. No safe prevailing interpretation can be derived; written clarification is required.
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 all seven units are 10 KVA as the title states or 05 KVA, 25 KV/240V as the BOQ states, and issue a corrected BOQ/specification before bid closing.
Is a bid-security BG acceptable for this tender despite the online-only NIT? If yes, identify the nominated officer/full delivery address and confirm ACS-5's deadline (before closing, excluding the last submission date) instead of the tender document's older five-working-day wording.
With both technical and financial eligibility marked N/A, confirm whether Annexures 6, 13, 15, 18 and supporting completion/turnover credentials remain mandatory, or whether NIL forms suffice.
Confirm whether constitution originals must physically reach Sr. DEE/TRD before opening or are required only when called; provide the receiving desk/address and acknowledgement process if pre-opening delivery is mandatory.
Issue a corrected additional-performance-guarantee table specifying the exact APG for bids 0-5%, more than 5%, and other bands below advertised value.
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.
Contractor-caused extension attracts weekly LD: 0.01%-0.05% up to 25% extension, 0.10% from above 25%-50%, and 0.30% above 50%, capped at 5% of contract value. Railway may then appropriate SD and rescind.
Time is expressly essential, but work depends on traffic/power blocks. No extra payment is due for inadequate block duration, operational delay or Railway material delay; only reasonable time extension is contemplated.
Railway can enlarge, reduce, alter or omit work without compensation; quantities above variation bands are paid at discounted rates (98%/96%), while foundation work has no variation cap.
The 10 KVA title versus 05 KVA BOQ creates a major design, procurement, testing and pricing risk; bid only against a clarified rating.
Bid security can be forfeited for failure to submit PG, sign agreement in seven days or commence within 15 days. PG is 5%, SD is 5%, SD recovery is 6% of bills, and final 10% waits for successful completion certification.
Railway may hold payments for GST non-compliance/ITC failure; contractor indemnifies Railway and bears resulting interest/penalties. Contract rates must absorb applicable taxes and most later tax changes under the tender wording.
Twelve-month commissioning warranty includes site replacement/rectification at contractor cost; Railway may use rejected equipment while withholding energisation payment and may perform rectification at contractor risk and expense.
Short Railway-supplied material is recoverable at the highest of book/last purchase/market rate plus freight, incidental and 12.5% supervision charges; released material not returned within one week can be recovered from progress bills.
Purchaser may withhold money due under this contract for contractor defaults under other Government of India contracts.
The inviting authority and relevant contacts: office, person, designation, address, phone and email — and which address receives physical submissions, if any.
Sr. Divisional Electrical Engineer (TRD), Northern Railway, Lucknow, acting for and on behalf of the President of India.
Office of Sr. Divisional Electrical Engineer (TRD), DRM Office, Northern Railway, Lucknow-226001.
The tender does not print a named person, phone number or email. If a physical original is required, the documents refer only to the official nominated in the tender / the above Sr. DEE(TRD) office; obtain the exact receiving officer and address in writing before delivery.