Repairing of 11/0.433 KV, 750 KVA, Distribution transformer and DGA test of transformers for 03 years.

The firm must have a valid Electrical contractor License issued by any state with in India and shall upload documentary proof of the same, failing which offer shall be summarily rejected.

I/we the tenderer (s) am/are signing this document after carefully reading the contents.

I/We the tenderer(s) also accept all the conditions of the tender and have signed all the pages in confirmation thereof.

I/we hereby declare that I/we have downloaded the tender documents from Indian Railway website www.ireps.gov.in . I/we have verified the content of the document from the website and there is no addition, no deletion or no alteration to the content of the tender document. In case of any discrepancy noticed at any stage i.e. evaluation of tenders, execution of work or final payment of the contract, the master copy available with the railway Administration shall be final and binding upon me/us.

I/we declare and certify that I/we have not made any misleading or false representation in the forms, statements and attachments in proof of the qualification requirements.

I/We also understand that my/our offer will be evaluated based on the documents/credentials submitted along with the offer and same shall be binding upon me/us.

I/We declare that the information and documents submitted along with the tender by me/us are correct and I/we are fully responsible for the correctness of the information and documents, submitted by us.

I/we certify that I/we the tenderer(s) is/are not blacklisted or debarred by Railways or any other Ministry / Department of Govt. of India from participation in tender on the date of submission of bids, either in individual capacity or as a HUF/ member of the partnership firm/LLP/JV/Society/Trust.

I/we understand that if the contents of the certificate submitted by us are found to be forged/false at any time during process for evaluation of tenders, it shall lead to forfeiture of the Bid Security and may also lead to any other action provided in the contract including banning of business for a period of upto two year. Further, I/we and all my/our constituents understand that my/our offer shall be summarily rejected.

I/we also understand that if the contents of the certificate submitted by us are found to be false/forged at any time after the award of the contract, it will lead to termination of the contract, along with forfeiture of Bid Security/Security Deposit and Performance guarantee and may also lead to any other action provided in the contract including banning of business for a period of upto two year.

I/We have read the clause regarding restriction on procurement from a bidder of a country which shares a land border with India and certify that I am/We are not from such a country or, if from such a country, have been registered with the competent Authority. I/We hereby certify that I/we fulfil all the requirements in this regard and am/are eligible to be considered (evidence of valid registration by the competent authority is enclosed)

Tenderer/s have to deposit Earnest Money Deposit (EMD)/ Bid Security & Tender Document Cost (TDC)(if any) through Gate- Way payment of IREPS portal only. Cost of tender document is not refundable and should not be included with earnest money. Scanned copy of transaction ID/Receipts shall be uploaded alongwith e-tender. Payment of EMD / Bid Security or TDC in form of Demand Draft, Banker's Cheque, Cash Deposit Receipts or in Cash shall not be considered. (Railway Board's letter no 2015/CE-I/CT/5/1 dated 31st August 2016). Note- If the payment for TDC & EMD / Bid Security not made (if not exempted as per extant rules), offer will be summarily rejected.

Please enter the percentage of local content in the material being offered. Please enter 0 for fully imported items, and 100 for fully indigenous items. The definition and calculation of local content shall be in accordance with the Make in India policy as incorporated in the tender conditions.

The Railway Reserve the right to accept in whole or in part or reject any tender or all tenders without assigning any reason for such action.

For those conditions for which standard proforma have been given in document attached with tender for uploading of various information. The information should be submitted in these standard formats only.

Quoted Rates shall be inclusive of all statuary taxes like GST, building cess, any allowance, license fee, royalty charges etc. as legally leviable by State, Central Government and/or any other local body/authority.

GST, Income tax and TDS on GST will be as per extent rule.

For enactment of the Act, the tenderer shall be required to pay cess @ 1% (one percent) of cost of construction work to be deducted from each bill. Cost of material shall be outside the purview of cess, when supplied under a separate schedule item Railway Boards No. 2008/ CE-1 CT/6 Dt. 09-07-2008

The successful bidder shall have to submit a Performance Guarantee (PG) within 21 (Twenty one) days from the date of issue of Letter of Acceptance (LOA). Extension of time for submission of PG beyond 21 (Twenty one) days and upto 60 days from the date of issue of LOA may be given by the Authority who is competent to sign the contract agreement. However, a penal interest of 12% per annum shall be charged for the delay beyond 21(Twenty one) days, i.e. from 22nd day after the date of issue of LOA. Further, if the 60th day happens to be a declared holiday in the concerned office of the Railway, submission of PG can be accepted on the next working day. In all other cases, if the Contractor fails to submit the requisite PG even after 60 days from the date of issue of LOA, the contract is liable to be terminated. In case contract is terminated railway shall be entitled to forfeit Earnest Money Deposit and other dues payable against that contract. In case a tenderer has not submitted Earnest Money Deposit on the strength of their registration as a Startup recognized by Department of Industrial Policy and Promotion (DIPP) under Ministry of Commerce and Industry, DIPP shall be informed to this effect. The failed Contractor shall be debarred from participating in re-tender for that work.

The successful bidder shall submit the Performance Guarantee (PG) in any of the following forms, amounting to 5 percent of the contract value: (a) A deposit of Cash (b) Irrevocable Bank Guarantee (c) Government Securities including State Loan Bonds at 5 percent below the market value (d) Deposit Receipts, Pay Orders, Demand Drafts and Guarantee Bonds. These forms of Performance Guarantee could be either of the State Bank of India or of any of the Nationalized Banks (e) Guarantee Bonds executed or Deposits Receipts tendered by all Scheduled Banks (f) A Deposit in the Post Office Saving Bank (g) A Deposit in the National Savings Certificates (h) Twelve years National Defence Certificates (i) Ten years Defence Deposits (j) National Defence Bonds and (k) Unit Trust Certificates at 5 percent below market value or at the face value whichever is less. Also FDR in favour of FA&CAO/MCF-RBL free from any encumbrance may be accepted

GCC-2022 with up to date correction slip and Indian Railways UNIFIED Standard Specification, Relevant IS-CODEs are part of this tender document. In the Special Conditions of Contract "General Condition of Contract" shall mean General Conditions of Contract- April 2022 as contained in Northern Railway, Engineering Department, Standard Specifications shall mean " Indian Railways Unified standard specifications (works and materials) Vol - I & II".

Apart from it, instruction to tenderer & regulation for tender & contract, Special Conditions of Contract and Schedule of work including scope of work ( attached with tender document) are part of this tender document.

Dissolution of contractor's firm- If the contractor's firm is dissolved due to death or retirement of any partner or for any reason before duly completing the work or any part of it undertaken by the Principal Agreement, the partners shall remain jointly severally and personally liable to complete the whole work to the satisfaction of the Railway and to pay compensation for loss, sustained if any, by the Railway due to such dissolution. The amount of such compensation shall be decided by the Engineer and his decision in the matter shall be final and binding on the Tenderers.

Tenderer/s should submit their offer strictly in accordance with the terms and conditions of the tender document. Tenderer should not quote any deviation from the tender document and should not quote any conditions. Nevertheless, as an exception, if any unavoidable deviations or conditions are quoted by the tenderer/s, financial impact of each of such conditions / deviations on their quoted unit rates, in terms of Rupees per unit rate, shall be clearly mentioned by the tenderer in the tender offer. If any of the deviation / condition has no financial impact on the quoted rates, in such cases also, the tenderer must clearly mention its financial impact as 'NIL'. This is required for proper financial evaluation of such conditional / deviated offers. Conditional offers / offers with deviations, without quantified financial impact of each of the condition / deviation on the quoted rates, shall be considered as "incomplete" and shall be summarily rejected'.

Special condition for tax deduction In respect of works contracts value more than Rs. 5,000/- each, a deduction of 2% on the gross payment from each of the contractor's bills shall be made in terms of section 194(C) of the Income Tax Act of 1961 & 1991. Surcharge will also be deducted along with Income Tax as per extent rules applicable time to time. The Railway will advise/recover GST amount (if leviable in a particular state/case where the work is going on) from each bill while making payment to the contractors. The recovery shall be governed as per the guidelines & rates prescribed by the concerned authorities from time to time. Any Other taxes contractor shall bear in full all taxes and royalties levied by the State Government and/or Central Government from time to time. This would be entirely a matter between the contractor and State Government/or Central Government. Railway will recover the taxes and royalties through final bills if the contractor fails to pay the taxes and royalties to the Government.

Following details, inspection register and records shall be maintained by contractor. The Contractors shall maintain accurate records, plans and charts showing the dates and progress of all main operations and the Engineer shall have access to this information at all reasonable times. Records of quality assurance tests made shall be handed over to the Engineers representative after carrying out the tests. The following registers shall be maintained at site by the Contractors. (I) Site Order Register: The Contractors shall promptly acknowledge by putting his signature in the site order against any order given therein by the Engineer or his representative or his superior officers and comply with them. The Compliance shall be reported by the contractors to the Engineer in time so that it can be checked. (II) Labour Register: This register will be maintained to show daily strength of labour in different categories employed by the Contractors. (III) LOG book of events: All events are required to be chronologically logged in this book shift wise and date se. (IV) equipment's, machines and inventory of other main items registers shall be maintained by the contractor.

Applicability of Price Variation Clause- As per GCC Clause 46A Price Variation Clause (PVC) shall be applicable only to contacts having Contract Agreement value of Rs.5 Crore ( or as per latest guideline of Railway board) and more irrespective of the contract completion period.

PRICE VARIATION CLAUSE FOR ANNUAL MAINTENANCE CONTRACT OR ZONE CONTRACT:- Price variation clause of General Conditions of Contract shall not apply to a works contract which is either an Annual Maintenance Contract or a Zone Contract as per Railway Boards letter No.2013/CE/I/CT/O/10-PVC-Pt.I dtd.27.01.2015.

Disaster management- All the available vehicles and equipment's of the contractor can be drafted by the Railway Administration in case of accidents/natural calamities involving human lives. The payment for such drafting shall be made according to the rates as shall be fixed by the Engineer. However, if the contractor is not satisfied with the decision of the Engineer in this respect he may appeal to the Chief Engineer within 30 Days of getting the decision of the Engineer, supported by analysis of the rates claimed. The Chief Engineer's decision after hearing both the parties in the matter would be final and binding on the contractor and the Railway".

Emergency work- In the event of any accident or failure occurring in the execution of work/arising out of it which in the opinion of the Engineer requires immediate attention, the Railway may bring its own workmen or other agency/agencies to execute or partly execute the necessary work or carry out works if the Engineer-in-charge considers that the contractor(s) is/are not in a position to do so in time without giving any notice and charge the cost thereof, to be determined by the Engineer-in- charge, to the contractor.

Damage by accident/ flood/ tides or natural calamities- The Contractor shall take all precautions against damages from accidents, floods tides or other natural occurrences. He shall not be entitled to any compensation for his tools, plants, materials, machines and other equipment lost or damaged by any cause whatsoever. The Contractor shall be liable to make good the damage to any structure or part of a structure, plant or material of every description belonging to the Railway covered under the contract, lost or damaged by him due to any cause during the course of execution of work. The railway administration will not be liable to pay the contractor any charge for rectification or repair to any damage which may have occurred from any cause what so ever.

Price variation clause (PVC) in works contract is dealt with in accordance with in accordance with provisions of item 46A of GCC-November 2018. In order to simplify and enhance the pace of the works, it has been decided to remove the PVC clause in all works contract tenders having value less than Rs. 5 Crore. Authority item No. 8.0 of Railway Board Letter No. 2017/Trans/01/Policy dated 08.02.2018 ( or as per latest guideline of Railway board)

JOINT VENTURE (JV): Guidelines regarding for participation of Joint Venture firms in works tender are detailed in instructions to tenderer and guidelines for tender & contract. This clause shall be applicable for works tenders of value more than Rs. 10.0 Crore or as approved and communicated by Railway Board from time to time. (Authority Railway Boards letter No. 2002/CEI/CT/37/JV/Part-VIII dated 14.12.2012).

Security Deposit : The Earnest Money deposited by the Contractor with his tender will be retained by the Railways as part of security for the due and faithful fulfillment of the contract by the contractor. The balance to make up the Security Deposit, the rates for which are given below, may be deposited by the Contractor in cash or may be recovered by percentage deduction from the Contractor's "on account" bills. Provided also that in case of defaulting contractor, the Railway may retain any amount due for payment to the Contractor on the pending "on account bills" so that the amounts so retained may not exceed 10% of the total value of the contract.

Further, in case of contracts having value equal to or more than 50 crore (Rs Fifty crore) the Security Deposit may be deposited as Bank Guarantee Bond also, issued by a scheduled bank after execution of contract documents, but before payment of 1st on account bill. Provided further that the validity of Bank Guarantee Bond shall be extended from time to time, depending upon extension of contract granted in terms of Clause 17 of the Standard General Conditions of Contract.

Further, in case Security Deposit has been submitted as Term Deposit Receipt/Bank Guarantee Bond in full amount, the Earnest Money deposited by the Contractor with his tender will be returned by the Railways. Note: After the work is physically completed as certified by competent authority, Security Deposit recovered from the running bills of a Contractor can be returned to him, if he so desires, in lieu of Term Deposit Receipt/irrevocable Bank Guarantee for equivalent amount from Scheduled Bank, to be submitted by him.

Refund of Security Deposit: Security Deposit mentioned in sub clause (1) above shall be returned to the Contractor after the following: (a)Final Payment of the Contract as per clause 51. (1)of GCC-2022 and (b)Signature of Final Supplementary Agreement or Certification by Engineer that Railway has No Claim on Contractor and (c)Issue of Maintenance Certificate on expiry of the maintenance period as per clause 50.(1)of GCC- 2022 (ii) Forfeiture of Security Deposit: Whenever the contract is rescinded as a whole under clause 62 (1) of GCC-2022, the Security Deposit already with railways under the contract shall be forfeited. However, in case the contract is rescinded in part or parts under clause 62 (1) of GCC, the Security Deposit shall not be forfeited. (iii)No interest shall be payable upon the Earnest Money and Security Deposit or amounts payable to the Contractor under the Contract, but Government Securities deposited in terms of Sub-Clause 16.(4)(b) of GCC-2022 of this clause will be payable with interest accrued thereon.

All the terms and conditions shall be applicable as per GCC-2022 Indian Railways with latest correction slips. If any discrepancies available in the conditions in tender document, the conditions available in GCC-2022 with latest correction slip or latest guide line of Railway Board will be applicable.