Rehabilitation/Overhauling of bogie frame of WAP7/WAG9 Locomotives of ELS /TATA

The tenderer must have minimum average annual contractual turnover of V/N or 'V' whichever is less; where V= Advertised value of the tender in crores of Rupees N= Number of years prescribed for completion of work for which bids have been invited. The average annual contractual turnover shall be calculated as an average of "total contractual payments" in the previous three financial years, as per the audited balance sheet. However, in case balance sheet of the previous year is yet to be prepared/ audited, the audited balance sheet of the fourth previous year shall be considered for calculating average annual contractual turnover.

The tenderers shall submit requisite information as per Annexure-VIB (Format available in Document Tab), along with copies of Audited Balance Sheets duly certified by the Chartered Accountant/ Certificate from Chartered Accountant duly supported by Audited Balance Sheet.

The balance sheet and all other financial documents attested/certified by CAs to substantiate fulfillment of Financial Eligibility Criteria should be with UDIN, falling which the offer is likely to be rejected without any further reference.

As per Railway Board letter No. 2019/Elect(G)/165/1 Dtd.22.04.2020, the Financial eligibility criteria may be dispensed with in cases of bidders, who are either OEMs or sources approved by RDSO/ PUs for related works contracts. This exemption shall be extended to PUs approved sources also for various safety/vital items which were transferred to PUs .

(A) The tenderer must have successfully completed or substantially completed any one of the following categories of work(s) during last 07 (seven) years, ending last day of month previous to the one in which tender is invited: (i) Three similar works each costing not less than the amount equal to 30% of advertised value of the tender, or (ii) Two similar works each costing not less than the amount equal to 40% of advertised value of the tender, or (iii) One similar work costing not less than the amount equal to 60% of advertised value of the tender. As per Railway Board letter No. 2019/Elect(G)/165/1 Dtd.22.04.2020, the Technical eligibility criteria may be dispensed with in cases of bidders, who are either OEMs or sources approved by RDSO/ PUs for related works contracts. This exemption shall be extended to PUs approved sources also for various safety/vital items which were transferred to PUs. The definition of 'similar nature of work' is: "Manufacturing / Repairing / Rehabilitation/Overhauling of Co-Co High adhesion bogies of Electrical / Diesel locomotives."

NOTE FOR TECHNICAL ELIGIBILITY CRITERIA -: (i) Work experience certificate from private individual shall not be considered. However, in addition to work experience certificates issued by any Govt. Organisation, work experience certificate issued by Public listed company having average annual turnover of Rs. 500 crore and above in last 3 financial years excluding the current financial year, listed on National Stock Exchange or Bombay Stock Exchange, incorporated/registered at least 5 years prior to the date of closing of tender, shall also be considered provided the work experience certificate has been issued by a person authorized by the Public listed company to issue such certificates. In case tenderer submits work experience certificate issued by public listed company, the tenderer shall also submit along with work experience certificate, the relevant copy of work order, bill of quantities, bill wise details of payment received duly certified by Chartered Accountant, TDS certificates for all payments received and copy of final/last bill paid by company in support of above work experience certificate.

Explanation for - Eligibility Criteria: 1. Substantially Completed Work means an ongoing work in which payment equal to or more than 90% of the present contract value (excluding the payment made for adjustment of Price variation (PVC), if any) has been made to the contractor in that ongoing contract and no proceedings of termination of contract on Contractor's default has been initiated. The credential certificate in this regard should have been issued not prior to 60 days of date of invitation of present tender. 2. In case a work is started prior to 07 (seven) years, ending last day of month previous to the one in which tender is invited, but completed in last 07 (seven) years, ending last day of month previous to the one in which tender is invited, the completed work shall be considered for fulfillment of credentials. 3. If a work is physically completed and completion certificate to this extent is issued by the concerned organization but final bill is pending, such work shall be considered for fulfillment of credentials. 4. In case of completed work, the value of final bill (gross amount) including the PVC amount (if paid) shall be considered as the completion cost of work. In case final bill is pending, only the total gross amount already paid including the PVC amount (if paid) shall be considered as the completion cost of work.In case of substantially completed work, the total gross amount already paid including the PVC amount (if paid), as mentioned in the certificate, shall be considered as the cost of substantially completed work. 5. If a 1.1.1 bidder has successfully completed a work as subcontractor and the work experience certificate has been issued for such work to the subcontractor by a Govt. Organization or public listed company as defined in Note for Item 10.1 Para 10 of the Tender Form (Second Sheet), the same shall be considered for the purpose of fulfillment of credentials. 6. In case a work is considered similar in nature for fulfillment of technical credentials, the overall cost including the PVC amount (if paid) of that completed work or substantially completed work, shall be considered and no separate evaluation for each component of that work shall be made to decide eligibility. 7. In case of newly formed partnership firm, the credentials of individual partners from previous propriety firm(s) or dissolved previous partnership firm(s) or split previous partnership firm(s), shall be considered only to the extent of their share in previous entity on the date of dissolution / split and their share in newly formed partnership firm. For example, a partner A had 30% share in previous entity and his share in present partnership firm is 20%. In the present tender under consideration, the credentials of partner A will be considered to the extent of 0.3*0.2*value of the work done in the previous entity. For this purpose, the tenderer shall submit along with his bid all the relevant documents which include copy of previous partnership deed(s), dissolution deed(s) and proof of surrender of PAN No.(s) in case of dissolution of partnership firm(s) etc.

8. In case of existing partnership firm, if any one or more partners quit the partnership firm, the credentials of remaining partnership firm shall be re-worked out i.e., the quitting partner(s) shall take away his credentials to the extent of his share on the date of quitting the partnership firm (e.g. in a partnership firm of partners A, B & C having share 30%, 30% & 40% respectively and credentials of Rs 10 crore; in case partner C quits the firm, the credentials of this partnership firm shall remain as Rs 6 crore). For this purpose, the tenderer shall submit along with his bid all the relevant documents which include copy of previous partnership deed(s), dissolution deed(s) and proof of surrender of PAN No.(s) in case of dissolution of partnership firm(s) etc. 9. In case of existing partnership firm if any new partner(s) joins the firm without any modification in the name and PAN/TAN no. of the firm, the credentials of partnership firm shall get enhanced to the extent of credentials of newly added partner(s) on the same principles as mentioned in item 6 above. For this purpose, the tenderer shall submit along with his bid all the relevant documents which include copy of previous partnership deeds, dissolution/splitting deeds and proof of surrender of PAN No.(s) in case of dissolution of partnership firm etc. 10. Any partner in a partnership firm cannot use or claim his credentials in any other firm without leaving the 1.1.2 partnership firm i.e., In a partnership firm of A&B partners, A or B partner cannot use credentials of partnership firm of A&B partners in any other partnership firm or propriety firm without leaving partnership firm of A&B partners. 11. In case a partner in a partnership firm is replaced due to succession as per succession law, the proportion of credentials of the previous partner will be passed on to the successor. 12. If the percentage share among partners of a partnership firm is changed, but the partners remain the same, the credentials of the firm before such modification in the share will continue to be considered for the firm as it is without any change in their value. Further, in case a partner of partnership firm retires without taking away any credentials from the firm, the credentials of partnership firm shall remain the same as it is without any change in their value. 13. In a partnership firm "AB" of A&B partners, in case A also works as propriety firm "P" or partner in some other partnership firm "AX", credentials of A in propriety firm "P" or in other partnership firm "AX" earned after the date of becoming a partner of the firm AB shall not be added in partnership firm AB. 14. In case a tenderer is LLP, the credentials of tenderer shall be worked out on above lines similar to a partnership firm. 15. In case company A is merged with company B, then company B would get the credentials of company A also.]

Earnest Money/Bid Security : The bidders will have to make payment towards Bid Security through either in cash through e- payment gateway available on IREPS portal or as Bank Guarantee bond from a scheduled commercial bank of India or as mentioned in tender documents. The Bank Guarantee bond shall be as per Annexure-VIA and shall be valid for a period of 90days beyond the bid validity period. Manual/ offline mode of payment through Demand Draft, Banker's cheque, Cash Deposit receipts etc. shall not be entertained. The copy of e-payment receipt or copy of Bank Guarantee bond should be submitted as proof. The standard format of Annexure-VIA is available in Document Tab in ireps website.

Any firm recognized by Department of Industrial Policy and Promotion(DIPP) as 'Startups' shall be exempted from payment of Bid Security. The documents with declaration that "I/We am/are a Startup firm registered by ........................ Department of Industrial Policy and Promotion (DIPP) and my registration number is ................ valid upto ............... (Copy enclosed) and hence exempted from submission of Bid Security" should be submitted and uploaded. Copy of Registration certificate must also be attached.

Labour Cooperative Societies shall submit only 50% of above Bid Security with the declaration that " We are a Labour Cooperative Society and our Registration No. is .................... with.......................and hence required to deposit only 50% of Bid Security should be uploaded. Copy of Registration certificate must also be attached.

If the tender is accepted, this Bid Security will be retained as part security for the due and faithful fulfillment of the contract in terms of Clause 16 of the Standard General Conditions of Contract. The Bid Security of other Tenderers shall, save as herein before provided, be returned to them, but the Railway shall not be responsible for any loss or depreciation that may happen thereto while in their possession, nor be liable to pay interest thereon.

In case, submission of Bid Security in the form of Bank Guarantee, following shall be ensured: i.A scanned copy of the Bank Guarantee shall be uploaded on e-Procurement Portal(IREPS) while applying to the tender. The format of Bank Guarantee is available in Document Tab. ii. The original Bank Guarantee should be delivered in person to the official nominated as indicated in the tender document before closing date for submission of bids (i.e. excluding the last date of submission of bids). iii. Non submission of scanned copy of Bank Guarantee with the bid on e-tendering portal (IREPS) and/or non- submission of original Bank Guarantee within the specified period shall lead to summary rejection of bid. iv. The Tender Security shall remain valid for a period of 90 days beyond the validity period for the Tender. v. The details of the BG, physically submitted should match with the details available in the scanned copy and the data entered during bid submission time, failing which the bid will be rejected vi. The Bank Guarantee shall be placed in an envelope, which shall be sealed. The envelope shall clearly bear the identification "Bid for the ***** Project" and shall clearly indicate the name and address of the Bidder. In addition, the Bid Due Date should be indicated on the right hand top corner of the envelope. vii. The envelope shall be addressed to the officer and address as mentioned in the tender document. viii. If the envelope is not sealed and marked as instructed above, the Railway assumes no responsibility for the misplacement or premature opening of the contents of the Bid submitted and consequent losses, if any, suffered by the Bidder.

The tender must be accompanied by a Bid Security as mentioned above, failing which the tender shall be summarily rejected. All other terms and condition related to Bid Security Deposit is applicable as per GCC (April) 2022.

Please submit your bank details i.e.Name of the Bank along with Bank Branch Code, Account Number, IFSC Code, GST and PAN Number. Bank Mandate form should be uploaded as per attached format in document tab.

Tenderers are required to upload their Permanent Account Number (PAN) card.

Tenderer has to upload GST registration number and certificate.

Documents related Sole Proprietorship /Partnership Deeds / Company/ HUF/ LLP (Limited Liability Partnership)/ Joint Venture/ Registered Society & Registered Trust (which is applicable) and Power Of Attorneys, etc, should be uploaded. The tenderer shall clearly specify whether the tender is submitted on his own (Proprietary Firm) or on behalf of a Partnership Firm / company/ Hindu Undevided Family (HUF) / LLP (Limited Liability Partnership)/ Joint Venture/ Registered Society & Registered Trust etc. The tenderer(s) shall enclose the attested copies of the constitution of their concern, and copy of PAN Card along with their tender. Tender Documents in such cases are to be signed by such persons as may be legally competent to sign them on behalf of the firm, company, association, trust or society, as the case may be. All the related documents in this connection must be submitted by the tenderer as per the guidelines mentioned in Srl. No. 14 (a) to 14 (g) of GCC- April'2022.

(i) If it is NOT mentioned in the submitted tender that tender is being submitted on behalf of a Sole Proprietorship firm / Partnership firm / Joint Venture / Registered Company etc., then the tender shall be treated as having been submitted by the individual who has signed the tender. (ii) After opening of the tender, any document pertaining to the constitution of Sole proprietorship Firm / Partnership Firm / Registered Company/ Registered Trust / Registered Society /HUF/LLP etc. shall be neither asked nor considered, if submitted. Further, no suo moto cognizance of any document available in public domain (i.e., on internet etc.) or in Railway's record/office files etc. will be taken for consideration of the tender, if no such mention is available in tender offer submitted.

The tenderer whether sole proprietor / a company or a partnership firm / registered society / registered trust / HUF / LLP etc if they want to act through agent or individual partner(s), should submit along with the tender, a copy of power of attorney duly stamped and authenticated by a Notary Public or by Magistrate in favour of the specific person whether he/they be partner(s) of the firm or any other person, specifically authorizing him/them to sign the tender, submit the tender and further to deal with the Tender/ Contract up to the stage of signing the agreement except in case where such specific person is authorized for above purposes through a provision made in the partnership deed / Memorandum of Understanding / Article of Association /Board resolution, failing which tender shall be summarily rejected. A separate power of attorney duly stamped and authenticated by a Notary Public or by Magistrate in favour of the specific person whether he/they be partner(s) of the firm or any other person, shall be submitted after award of work, specifically authorizing him/them to deal with all other contractual activities subsequent to signing of agreement, if required. Note: A Power of Attorney executed and issued overseas, the document will also have to be legalized by the Indian Embassy and notarized in the jurisdiction where the Power of Attorney is being issued. However, the Power of Attorney provided by Bidders from countries that have signed the Hague Legislation Convention 1961 are not required to be legalized by the Indian Embassy if it carries a conforming Appostille certificate.

Tenderer is normally not expected to quote any special condition/Deviation or stipulation of his own rather is expected to submit his tender in accordance with the conditions and stipulations contained in this tender document. However, if the tenderer wishes to quote any special condition/Deviation and or stipulation or wishes to intimate the Railway of any matter of importance, he may do so through a letter which should be submitted on line during the submission of the tender as Annexure-E. Such stipulations and conditions shall be part of the contract agreement in case of acceptance of his tender only to the extent explicitly accepted by the Railway. The Railway, however, reserves rights not to accept any such special condition and stipulation made by the tenderer and may reject such tender as unacceptable without any reference to the tenderer; may ask the tenderer to withdraw any or all such stipulations before accepting his tender and, in the event of his refusal to do so, may not accept his tender. Deviation/Condition quoted by the tenderer anywhere except Annexure-E may not be considered as a deviation

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.

Incomplete tenders i.e. tenders without Earnest Money Deposit (EMD) and without other required documents specified above shall be summarily rejected.

Railway reserves the right to cancel the tender without assigning any reason thereof.

No interest will be payable by the Railway on the Earnest Money Deposit / Bid Security or any other payment made to Railways.

If the closing date happens to be a holiday, the tenders will be opened on the next working day at the same time.

Tender Opening will be done any time after the tender closing time. Tenderers are not required to be present during the opening. Railway reserves right to open the tender any time after the time of closing of tender.

The Tenderer s shall keep the offer open for a minimum period of 60 days from the date of opening of the Tender. It is understood that the Tenderer is / are permitted to tender in consideration of the stipulation on his / their part that after submitting his / their tender subject to the period being extended further, if required by mutual agreement from time to time, he will not resile from his offer or modify the terms and conditions thereof in a manner not acceptable to the DRM/Divisional Engineer of SE Railway, Should the tenderer fail to observe or comply with the foregoing stipulation, the amount deposited as Earnest Money for the due performance of the above stipulation, shall be forfeited to the Railway.

The tenderers shall not add any condition on their own either in his/their covering letter or anywhere while submitting their offer. Any such conditions if stated and if it is found in violation of the Railway's Tender Conditions, may lead to REJECTION of his/their offer. Railway reserves the right to REJECT such tender offer summarily without assigning any reason whatsoever.

RIGHTS OF THE RAILWAY TO DEAL WITH TENDER: (1) The authority for the acceptance of the tender will rest with the Railway. It shall not be obligatory on the said authority to accept the lowest tender or any other tender, and tenderer(s) shall neither demand any explanation for the cause of rejection of his/ their tender nor the Railway to assign reasons for declining to consider or reject any particular tender or tenders. (2) If the tenderer(s) deliberately gives / give wrong information in his / their tender or creates /create circumstances for the acceptance of his / their tender, the Railway reserves the right to reject such tender at any stage. (3) If any partner(s) of a partnership firm expires after the submission of its tender or after the acceptance of its tender, the Railway shall deem such tender as cancelled/contract as terminated under clause 61 of the Standard General Conditions of Contract, unless the firm retains its character as per partnership agreement. If a sole proprietor expires after the submission of tender or after the acceptance of tender, the Railway shall deem such tender as cancelled / contract as terminated under clause 61 of the Standard General Conditions of Contract.

If the tenderer expires after the submission of his tender or after acceptance of his tender, the railway shall deem such tender as cancelled. If a partner of a firm expires after the submission of their tender or after acceptance of their tender the railway shall treat such tender as cancelled unless the firm retains its character.

Care in submission of Tenders : Before submitting a tender, the tenderer will be deemed to have satisfied himself by actual inspection of the site and locality of the works, that all conditions liable to be encountered during the execution of the works are taken into account and that the rates he enters in the tender forms are adequate and all-inclusive to accord with the provisions in Clause-37 of the Standard General Conditions of Contract for the completion of Contract for the completion of works to the entire satisfaction of the Engineer.

Offered rates of each group of items shall be considered to include all Taxes, Octroi, cost of Labour, T &P, Machinery, Vehicles, Lift, Ascent, Descent etc. complete. No compensation of any account will be paid except the accepted rates.

Every possible fluctuation, in the rate of labour, material and general commodities and other possibilities of each and every kind which may affect the rates should be considered and kept in view before quoting the rates. No claim on this account shall be entertained by the Railway under any circumstances except the price escalation payable as per price variation clause, if any, provided separately in the tender documents

The Railway reserves the right to verify all statements, information and documents submitted by the bidder in his tender offer, and the bidder shall, when so required by the Railway, make available all such information, evidence and documents as may be necessary for such verification. Any such verification or lack of such verification, by the Railway shall not relieve the bidder of its obligations or liabilities hereunder nor will it affect any rights of the Railway there under.

(a) In case of any information submitted by tenderer is found to be false, forged or incorrect at any time during process for evaluation of tenders, it shall lead to forfeiture of the tender Bid Security besides banning of business for a period of up to two years. (b) In case of any information submitted by tenderer is found to be false, forged or incorrect after the award of contract, the contract shall be terminated. Bid Security, Performance Guarantee and Security Deposit available with the railway shall be forfeited. In addition, other dues of the contractor, if any, under this contract shall be forfeited and agency shall be banned for doing business for a period of up to two years.

CLARIFICATION OF BIDS: To assist in the examination, evaluation &comparison and prequalification of the Tender, the Railway may, at its discretion, ask any Bidder for a clarification of its Bid. Any clarification submitted by a Bidder that is not in response to a request by the Railway shall not be entertained or considered. The Railway request for clarification and the response of the bidder in this regard shall be in writing. However, if a Bidder does not provide clarification of its bid by the date and time communicated in the Railway request for clarification, the bid shall be evaluated as per the documents submitted along with the bid.

Tenderer should upload the scan copy of all documents relating to Eligibility criteria as mentioned in the tender document both technical and financial criteria (as the case may be) along with their offer, failing which their offer will be considered invalid and same shall be summarily rejected. (Ref:-DRM(Engg.)/CKP's letter No. WA/Tender/Policy/ 15 Dtd.18.08.2015)

The rate quoted by the tenderer should be inclusive of GST, all other Taxes, lead, lift, royalty, loading, unloading, Transportation, etc., as applicable and all other charges livable by the Govt. from time to time. Tenderers will ensure that full benefit of Input Tax Credit (ITC) likely to be availed by them is duly considered while quoting rates and ITC of GST if any shall be passed on to the Railway.

GCC-2022 (April) with up to date correction slip is applicable over for this tenders. It should be the duty of the contractor(s) to make himself duly informed if any correction and amendments of the said General Conditions of contract made upto date of these presents and no objection shall be taken by the Contractor on the ground that he was not aware of such amendments and corrections the said special conditions of contract of any of them.

General Conditions of Contract and specifications for materials and works are laid down in the Indian Railway/South Eastern Railway Model Schedule of Powers -2018 and Standard General Conditions of Contract-2022(April) and Correction Slip No. 1, 2, 3,4,5,6,7,8,9 and 10 with up to date correction slip as the same are binding on the contract and shall form part and parcel of the contract unless otherwise stated in the special condition and specifications in the tender papers. However, it shall be the responsibility of the contractor(s) before submitting his tender and again before entering into the said agreement to ascertain all amendments and or correction made to the said General Conditions of Contract.

The firm shall comply with all relevant statutes of Government including Contract Labour (regulations and abolition) Act 1970. Workmen Compensation Act 1923. Payment of wages 1936, Minimum wages Act 1948 and as per rate of minimum wages notified by the Govt. vide S.O-1994(E) dtd. 07/08/08, Employees State Insurance Act, Untouchables Act and other labour Laws as amended from time to time (WHEREVER APPLICABLE). The firm shall also indemnify the Railways administration against any claims/liabilities under these acts.

EPF and ESI registration would be mandatory (WHEREVER APPLICABLE) and documents towards EPF and ESI registration shall be submitted before execution of the agreement failing which contract will be terminated.

Tenderer has to upload details of work executed by them in the prescribed format for consideration to qualify of work experience criteria clearly indicating the nature / scope of contract, actual completion cost and actual date of completion for such contract.

(i) When work is tendered for by a firm or company, the tender shall be signed by the individual legally authorized to enter into commitments on their behalf. (ii) The Railway will not be bound by any power of attorney granted by the tenderer or by changes in the composition of the firm made subsequent to the execution of the contract. It may, however, recognize such power of attorney and changes after obtaining proper legal advice, the cost of which will be chargeable to the Contractor.

The scope of work may be increased/decreased as per requirement of Railway Administration.

Tender Documents containing Rate Schedule, Scope of Work, Payment clause, Penalty clause, special condition etc. is uploaded in document section for ready reference.

Condition mentioned in the all uploaded documents are applicable and binding in this contract.