SUPPLY AND FITMENT OF UPHOLSTERY FABRIC FOR SEAT WITH BACK REST CUSHION OF VANDE BHARAT

Supply to be as per tender specific scope of work and terms & conditions.

OEMs who have supplied the item to ICF (Perfect Techno, Pinnacle Industries, MV Mobility Ltd, Air Flow Ltd and TM Fainsa railway PVT ltd) or their authorized dealers are eligible for bulk quantity order. Preferably manufacturers should participate. Participating traders/agents must provide authorization letter issued by the OEM along with their offer. Authorization letter should preferably be tender specific. In case of general authorization letter, it must clearly indicate the validity period/expiry date. Offers with general authorization letter silent on validity period/expiry date will not be considered for placement of order and that offer is liable to be ignored. Authorization issued by OEM Indian office is also acceptable. Bidders must submit authorization letter along with their offer failing which the offer is liable to be ignored.

Tenderer to mandatorily give the parawise compliance for the scope of work attached. Bid without response or non-compliance are liable to be passed over.

1.EMD shall be 2% of the estimated tender value and shall be taken from all bidders for contract value above Rs. 25 Lakh subject to the applicable exemptions. For details please refer 2.0 Part A of Southern Railway Tender Conditions available under the mentioned link in the tender. 2.Authorized dealers are advised to remit the EMD amount for consideration of the offer.

Bidders are instructed not to indulge in any anti-competitive practices. As per the provisions of Competition Act,2002, Railways can make a reference to the Competition Commission of India for making an enquiry in case of suspected anti-competitive behavior by the bidders. 2) Collusive bidding, Bid Rotation, Bid Suppression, Complementary bidding, Market Allocation and Subcontracting arrangements fall under the purview of "Bid rigging" which would cause appreciable adverse effect on competition. 3) Competition Commission of India can impose heavy penalties such as: Penalty up to 10% of the average turnover for the last three preceding financial years upon each of such enterprises which are parties to bid-rigging and can even order the parties to cease and desist. In cases where cartel formation by the approved sources is suspected or the rates available from approved sources are adjudged unreasonably high, the purchaser reserves the right to place orders on deserving firms outside the approved vendor list, without any restrictions.

i ) The firm has to provide a warranty of 30 months for the material from the date of fitment. ii) In case of any remarks such as torn out, cracks etc., if any defect found, during the entire warranty period then the firm has to rectify the same at his own cost at workshop or at coaching depot premises.

Contractor must provide adequately trained manpower for proper and timely execution.

A full time supervisor must be present to monitor the quality for work. His mobile number and email id should be given to the concerned SSEs. The contract supervisor must be provided with a mobile phone and email id and shall respond promptly to Railway communication. His contact details shall be submitted to SSE/TRIMMING/PS

The contractor shall arrange sufficient manpower, tools, material to meet the targets.

If required the contractor shall increase workforce and resources to meet railways time bound requirements.

Penalty conditions are as specified in Clause 13.0 of the attached Scope of Work.

One number (1 No.) consists of 1,128 seats with backrests, and the coach-wise bifurcation is mentioned in the attached Scope of Work.

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 offers shall be evaluated based on the GST rate as quoted by each bidder and same will be used for determining the inter se ranking. While submitting offer, it shall be the responsibility of the bidder to ensure that they quote correct GST rate and HSN number. Purchaser shall not be responsible for any misclassification of HSN number or incorrect GST rate if quoted by the bidder.

All taxes, freight, packing, forwarding & other charges should be quoted in numeric only @ financial tabulation. If any make is available, it should be specified.

Goods and Service Tax (GST) shall be applicable as per GST act (Please refer Para 14.0 ( a to h) Part-A of tender condition. INPUT TAX credit benefit if any accrued should be passed on to the purchase as reduction in Basic Price, or else the following certificate should accompany the bill: A) It is certified that no INPUT TAX credit benefit has accrued on materials invoiced/billed for, that can be passed on to Purchaser. B) Firm should submit the Invoice/Bill clearly indicating the appropriate HSN and applicable GST rate thereon duly supported with documentary evidence. C) Firm should also give a declaration that any additional Input Tax Credit benefit, if become available to supplier, the same shall be passed on to purchaser without any undue delay.