Procurement of TCTT for Track machines

The manufacturer or his authorized agent/dealer having tender specific authorization will be technically eligible for bulk order: ( 1 ) Original Equipment Manufacturer (OEM) of Tamping Machines Or (2) TCTT manufacturer who has successfully supplied TCTTs equal to minimum 35% of the tendered quantity in last 10 calendar years and current calendar year to Indian Railways with satisfactory performance. Supplied tools which have completed average service life of minimum 2,50,000 insertions in a set (as defined in clause 11.0 of Technical Specifications), will only be considered as having satisfactory performance. As proof of satisfactory performance, tenderers should submit performance certificate(s) issued by Indian Railways. Performance of the supplied quantity in no. of insertions must be mentioned in performance certificate(s). Or (3) (i) TCTT manufacturer who has successfully supplied TCTTs equal to minimum 35% of the tendered quantity in last 10 calendar years and current calendar year to at least two operators on other world Railways with satisfactory performance. Proof of satisfactory performance should be submitted from such clients. Such supply and performance may be directly to world train operators or to the Tamping Machine OEMs or to any Operators of tamping machines in at least two different countries. (ii) Supplied tools which have completed average service life of minimum 2,50,000 insertions in a set (as defined in clause 11.0 of Technical Specifications), will only be considered as having satisfactory performance. As proof of satisfactory performance,tenderers should submit performance certificate(s) issued by the Train operators or by Tamping Machine OEMs or by Tamping machine operators. Performance of the supplied quantity in no. of insertions must be mentioned in performance certificate(s). (iii) Supply and satisfactory performance quantity, for adjucating the minimum eligibility criteria of 35% of tendered quantity, from at least two World Railways/ two different countries, will be counted as below: (a) By aggregating the satisfactory performance in Indian Railways and at least one other World Railway/foreign country, if any satisfactory performance is there in Indian Railways. Or (b) By aggregating the satisfactory performance in at least two foreign World Railways/ foreign countries, if no satisfactory performance is there in Indian Railways.

For the Tendered item,Trial order will be issued as per para no 1.4 of as per RDSO specification TM/HM/320 (Rev-3, July- 2019) i.e., New manufacturer who does not meet the eligibility criteria but who agrees to abide by the specification and has the Testing facilities as specified in the clause 13.0 and Quality Control System as specified in clause 14.0 respectively of the document. Offer of such new manufacturer shall be considered for the developmental order. Compliance as per para 1.4 must be submitted along with the offer.

Restrictions under Rule 144(xi) of GFR- 2017: a) I have read the clause regarding Restrictions under Rule 144 (xi) of GFRs.2017 on procurement from a bidder of a country which shares land border with India and as detailed in Tender documents. b) I certify that this bidder is not from such a country or, if from such a country, has been registered with the Competent Authority. c) I hereby certify that this bidder fulfils all requirements in this regard and is eligible to be considered. [wherever, applicable, evidence of valid registration by the competent authority shall be attached]. Note: If the tenderers are not agreeable to above declarations, they have to categorically mention about the disagreement in Techno Commercial Deviation.

Have you submitted a Bid security declaration as per Tender conditions ?

Have you gone through all the documents mentioned in description (Specification, Drawing, etc.) and all the documents attached along with the tender ?

Have you furnished tender specific authorization from OEM ? (if manufacturer is not quoting directly)

Have you furnished the clause-wise compliance on technical specifications?

Have you attached Udyam Registration Certificate, if available with you?

Have you indicated the complete name and address of the agents and details of the services to be rendered by the agents?

Have you furnished a performance statement?

I/We agree to accept Instructions to Tenderers for e-tenders, General Tender Conditions available at SOUTH CENTRAL RAILWAY STORESDOCUMENTS LINK.

I/We agree to supply the tendered stores at the rates quoted by me/us in accordance with the IRS Conditions of Contract and[or]special and [or]other conditions specified/attached with the tender.

"1) EMD submission is mandatory. For exemption and other details please refer para 13 of Instructions to Tenderer for e- tender. 2) Firms seeking exemption from deposition of EMD shall have to attach scanned copy of requisite documentary evidence in support of their claim along with offer, failing which the offer will be summarily rejected. 3) OEMs are not exempted from payment of EMD where the OEM has participated in the tender and requests to place order on their authorised agent."

Tender not accompanied with Bid Security declaration will not be evaluated.

Benefits available under PPP for MSME willnot be extended to Agent/Dealer.

Offers received in major deviation to the tendered delivery schedule maybe liable to be ignored.

Tender evaluation will be on "FOR: Destination" basis. Firms should quote Basic Rate, Freight Charges, Taxes and Other Charges separately.

"For the consignees for which the bidders choose to submit their offers, the offered quantity shall not be less than 50% of tender quantity consignee wise for the item. Any offer quoting less than 50% of tendered quantity consignee wise will be treated as unresponsive against that item. However, in case of developmental sources, the offered quantity shall not be less than 20% of tender quantity consignee wise for the item."

"Tenderers are required to quote financial terms and conditions strictly in the prescribed fields of the 'Financial Offer' Page of the e-tender form and nowhere else. Any financial terms and conditions such as rate, offered quantity, freight, any other charges, quantity linked discounts etc. indicated in other fields of the offer, or enclosed as separate attachments, will be ignored for all purposes. Further, rates quoted by the tenderers with quantity-linked discounts, even if mentioned elsewhere in the tender or in any uploaded documents, will NOT be considered for determining the inter-se position of the offers. In case, the tenderer quotes any rate/or any condition, which affects the all inclusive rate in the Financial Offer page, at any other place in the offer or in any document uploaded with their offer, then the rates mentioned in the Financial Offer Page will only be considered for determining inter-se ranking of the offer, unless otherwise specified in the tender document. The Purchaser also reserves the right to treat such offers as invalid, and the same are liable to be rejected."

"It is clarified that the bidders offering imported products will fall under the category of non-local suppliers. They cannot claim themselves as class1 local suppliers by claiming the services such as transportation, commissioning, training and after sales service support like AMC/CMC etc.as local value addition. Authority office memorandum dt 04.03.2021 of DPIIT circulated vide Railway Board Letter No. 2020/RS/(G)/779/2-part-1dt.17.05.2021. "

It will be responsibility of suppliers to upload clear/visible documents in support of their claim and no back reference will be made for submission of such documents.

Firm Shall submit Performance statement of last 5 years.

The Firm shall furnish the clause wise compliance on Technical Specifications, if applicable.

Firm shall furnish Tender specific authorization from OEM. (if manufacturer is not quoting directly)

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.