TWSEJ Sleepers to T-8838

Special Eligibility Criteria

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   The tenderer (Concrete Sleeper Plant i.e CSP) must, fulfill all the following conditions to be eligible for placement of regular/developmental orders against this tender: 1) Concrete Sleeper Plants (CSPs) certified by RDSO for undertaking production of PSC Main Line sleepers or any other category PSC sleepers for IR will be considered eligible for placement of orders (regular or developmental as per status of RDSO approval/certification) against this tender. 2) Existing manufacturers quoting for supply from a new location after shifting their existing plant should have prior approval for supply from new location as per instructions of Railway Board vide letter No. 2004/Tk-II/22/11/5 dated 22.02.2006. Plants, which have already been permitted for shifting of location but have not shifted/started production from new location, even after lapse of one year or more from date of issue of permission letter, shall not be eligible to quote from old location. They will be eligible to quote from new location only if they have already obtained the RDSO certification of Plant at new location , before the date of tender opening. 3) Those plants will be considered "closed", which have not manufactured any type of sleepers (mainline, Turnout, special sleepers) for more than five years reckoning from the date of tender opening. Such plants will not be eligible for tender until and unless fresh RDSO certification/approval is obtained and placed on record. 4) The Firm should not be "black listed/suspended/banned" for business by Railway.

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   In Keeping with the Public Procurement (Preference to Make in India) Order, 2017, as amended, it has been found that there is sufficient local capacity and competition in supply of the tendered item of required quality and therefore public procurement of the item is restricted to Class I local suppliers only ( i.e. with minimum local content of 50% as defined in Railway Board letter No.2020/RS(G)/779/ 2/Pt.1 dated 25.09.2020 with latest amendments, if any) and the vendors who do not qualify to be Class I local suppliers should not quote in the tender as their offers shall not be considered for any ordering. In case any vendor who does not qualify to be a Class I local supplier for the tendered item participates in the tender it does so at its own risk and cost and Railways shall not be liable for any loss or damage caused to the vendor.

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   Being the estimated purchase value more than Rs 10.00 Crores, the bidder shall be required to provide a certificate from the statutory auditor or cost auditor of the company (in the case of companies) or from a practicing cost accountant or practicing chartered accountant (in respect of suppliers other than companies) giving the percentage of local content as per Public Procurement Order (Make in India) 2017, as amended from time to time. The bidders are advised to submit the said certificate along with their bids, failing which their offer will be summarily rejected. No reference will be made with the bidders for submission of such certificate after opening of tender.

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   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.

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Check List

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   Have you submitted a Bid security declaration as per Tender conditions?
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   Have you gone through all the documents mentioned in description (Specification, Drawing, etc.) and all the documents attached along with the tender ?
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   Have you furnished tender specific authorization from OEM ? (if manufacturer is not quoting directly)
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   Have you furnished the clause-wise compliance on technical specifications?
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   Have you attached Udyam Registration Certificate, if available with you?
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   Have you indicated the complete name and address of the agents and details of the services to be rendered by the agents?
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   Have you furnished a performance statement?

Commercial-Compliance

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   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.

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

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   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

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4. 4

   EMD submission is mandatory. For exemption and other details please refer para 13 of Instructions to Tenderer for e-tender. 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.

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5. 4.1

   Tenderers intending to supply PSC line sleepers from their existing RDSO certified/approved sleeper plants, can submit their tenders without Earnest Money. Tenderers willing to claim Earnest Money exemption on this account should upload documentary evidence of having valid RDSO certified/approved plant. The Tenderer should upload either of the following documentary evidence in support of their claim: (i) Latest letter of RDSO indicating approval/ provisional approval of layout plan of CSP. (ii) Latest Oversight Inspection Report of RDSO for the CSP.

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6. 5

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

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7. 6

   Please mention Bi-Monthly supply capacity of your firm for the tendered item.

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8. 7

   Benefits available under PPP for MSME will not be extended to Agent/Dealer.

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9. 8

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

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10. 9

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

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11. 10

    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.

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    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.

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    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 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-1 dt.17.05.2021.

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    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

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    Firm Shall submit Performance statement of last 5 years.

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16. 15

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

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17. 16

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

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18. 17

    At the time of execution of the project, for all contracts above INR 10 Crore, the contractor/ supplier shall be required to give local content certification duly certified by cost/ chartered accountant in practice. For cases where it is not possible to provide certification by Cost/Chartered Accountant at the time of execution of project, the supplier shall be permitted to provide the certificate for local content from Cost/Chartered Accountant after completion of the contract, within time limit acceptable to the procuring entity. In case the contractor/ supplier does not meet the stipulated local content requirement and the category of the supplier changes from Class-I to Class-II/ Non-local, a penalty upto 10% of the contract value may be imposed.

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    Documents to be attached/uploaded along with e-Bid: Scanned copy of the following documents should be uploaded along with the e-Bid. (a) Valid RDSO approval/provisional approval/certification/Oversight Inspection Report of CSP showing production capacity. (b) Any other document issued by RDSO indicating the monthly rated capacity of the CSP. (c) Any other document

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    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.

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   Payment Terms : : No deviation from the Payment Terms stipulated in the tender is permitted.