12V, 70AH VRLA battery for LHB coaches.

Railway reserves the right to procure full or bulk of the tendered quantity from RCF approved sources for the tendered item. Tenderer to upload current and valid RCF approval letter with the offer. The status of the firm shall be reckoned as on the date of tender opening and not thereafter, unless there is a case of downgrading /removal / suspension/ banning. For detail appreciation, Para-2.1 of special conditions of contract may be referred.

[a] Tenderers are hereby instructed to supply the tendered quantity to the respective consignee(s) as indicated in tender document. [b] If tenderers mention anywhere in its offer contrary to (a) above and/or mentions not to supply to some of the consignees, such offer may not be considered for ordering for such consignees where the tenderer has not agreed to directly deliver the stores without any back reference

Earnest Money EMD Clause :Tenderers are required to deposit Earnest Money online equivalent to the amount mentioned in the tender document. Tenderers not submitting Earnest Money should clearly indicate in their offer the reasons for the same, and failure to do so will be taken as unwillingness on their part to deposit the Earnest Money. B) Amount of EMD (rounded off to nearest higher Rs. 10 (ten)) to be taken in tenders, wherever applicable. a) It will be @ 2% of the estimated tender value up to Rs. 50 Cr. subject to maximum EMD of Rs. 20 lakh. b) EMD will be Rs. 50 lakh for tenders above Rs. 50 Cr. C) Exemption from Submission of Earnest Money: The under noted categories of tenderers are liable to get the exemption from deposit Earnest Money:- a. Firms registered with MSE for tendered item. b. Tender cases of value up to and including Rs. 25 lakh unless otherwise mentioned in the tender. c. Other Railways and Government departments. d. Indian Ordinance factories. e. PSUs owned by Ministry of Railways and PSUs for the group of items that are manufactured by them. f. Vendors registered with Railways for the trade group of the item tendered. g. Vendors appearing on the approved vendor lists of RDSO/PUs/CORE, subject to approval status being valid on the date of tender closing. h. Vendors registered with Railways for supply of medicine, medical equipments and consumables shall be exempted from submission of EMD for these items. i. In tenders issued against PAC, OEM in whose favour PAC has been issued shall be exempted from submitting EMD. KVIC and ACASH shall be exempted from EMD for items supplied by them. D) Offers of tenderers who do not submit Earnest Money, and are also not exempted from submission of Earnest Money shall be summarily rejected. E) The purchaser reserves the right to forfeit the Earnest Money Deposit if the tenderer withdraws or revises his offer within the validity period or fails to deposit Security Money in terms of Clause Para-9 of the Instruction to tenderers. F) No interest shall be payable by the purchaser on the Earnest Money if tender is cancelled by Railway administration and EMD returned. EMD of unsuccessful bidders and tenderers shall be released immediately after finalization of the tender. For detail appreciation Para-3 of instruction for tenderers may be referred.

The tenderers shall submit a copy of certificate stating that all their statements/ documents submitted alongwith bid are true and factual. Standard format of certificate to be submitted by the bidder is enclosed as Annexure-l.Non submission of above certificate by the bidder shall result in summarily rejection of his/ their bid, It shall be mandatorily-incumbent upon the tenderer to identify state and submit the supporting documents duly self attested/ digitally signed by which they/ he is qualifying the Qualifying Criteria mentioned in the Tender Document. It will not be obligatory on the part of the Tender Committee / Accepting Authority to scrutinize beyond the submitted document of tenderer as far as his qualification for the tender is concerned. [Note: The bidder shall be mandated to submit Annexure-l.]

Please enter the percentage of local content in the material being offered. Please enter 0 for fully imported items and 100 for fully indigenous item. The definition and calculation of local content shall be in accordance with the Make in India policy as per attached documents.

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.

This tender complies with public procurement policy (make in India) order - 201, revised date 16-09- 2017, issued by department of Industrial promotion and policy, Ministry of commerce, circulated vide Railway Board letter no. 2015/RS(G)/779/2/pt.1, dated 25/09/22.