HEXAGONAL CASTLE NUT FOR BOGIE.

Special Eligibility Criteria

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   Railway reserves the right to place Bulk/Regular order on proven sources having satisfactory supply performance of TENDERED item to WR or Indian Railways in last three financial years, from the date of tender closing,including current year . Firm to submit performance in form of R note/ Inspection Certificate / Consignee Receipt and Acceptance Certificate (CRAC) etc. otherwise offer shall be liable to be ignored;

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   Where there are not more than three Indian suppliers categorized as Approved Vendor for a particular item, developmental vendors can be considered for placement of bulk order without any quantity restrictions. However, while considering such vendors, factors including past performance, capacity, delivery requirements, quantity under procurement, nature of item, outstanding order load etc. shall be considered in a transparent manner, subject to rates being reasonable. Quantity allocation among eligible vendors shall be based on pre-decided tender criteria.
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   The tender will be governed by Railway Board letter No.2020/RS(G)/779/ 2 dtd. 12/06/20 and 2015/RS(G}/779/5(Vol.l) dated 24/09/2020 & 2015/ RS(G)/779/5(Vol.III) dated 12.07.2020 for Public Procurement (Preference to Make in India). Since, 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 with minimum local content of 50% or more 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. THIS TENDER COMPLIES WITH PUBLIC PROCUREMENT (PREFERENCE TO MAKE IN INDIA), ORDER 2017- Revision Regarding issued by Ministry of Commerce and Industry order No. P-45021/2/2017-PP(BE- II) dated 16.09.2020. Tenders must furnish the information giving the percentage of local content. Please refer to para 1800 of WR bid document of INSTRUCTIONS TO TENDERERS FOR ELECTRONIC TENDERS AND GENERAL CONDITIONS OF TENDER Indigenous Purchases Version-14 of June 2024 attached with tender.
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   Those vendors who have been conditionally approved by vender approving agency(s) with 'General remarks' in vendor directory related to field trials, proto type approval etc. should submit clarification and latest status of their trials/approval duly supported by documents issued by concerned authorities. Based on that their offer will be dealt on merit.

Check List

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   Have you quoted in the prescribed performa ?
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   Have you furnished the statement of deviations [preferably nil] ?
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   Have you quoted price on the basis of free delivery to destination, indicating the break up ?
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   Have you quoted delivery period correctly and precisely ?
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   Have you kept your offer valid for 120 days.
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   Have you submitted authenticated copy of the document authorizing the signatory to submit offer and commit on behalf of tenderers ?
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   I/we hereby agree to supply the offered goods at a quoted rates as per IRS conditions of contract and other terms & conditions specified in this tender.
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   Have you submitted Earnest money ?
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   Are you MSE tenderer and seeking exemption from EMD, if so, Have you submitted required credential for tendered item?
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    It shall be the responsibility of the tenderers to quote correct HSN number and corresponding GST rate. Have you checked HSN code and have quoted corresponding GST rate.
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    Have you submitted self certification of local content requirement ?

Commercial-Compliance

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   Earnest Money Deposit (EMD): Earnest Money Deposit shall be as per para 0500 of Western Railway Bid Document (Indigenous Purchases), Version -14 of June 2024. EMD is compulsory and offers without EMD, except those exempted will be summarily rejected. In para 0502, (vii) is added as "Vendors registered with Railways for the trade group of the item tendered". Vendors (other than those appearing on vendor panels of approving agencies) seeking exemption from EMD, shall have to attach scanned copy of requisite document along with offer in support of their claim for exemption, failing which their offer will not be considered eligible for exemption from EMD. An authorized agent quoting on behalf of a manufacturer shall not be exempted from remitting EMD owing to any of the exemption claimed. Bidders claiming exemption shall also be required to sign the Bid Securing Declaration as follows: - " I/We certify that, my/our offer is eligible for exemption from submission of Bid Security/Earnest Money Deposit, in terms of tender conditions. In case my/our claim to exemption from submission of Bid Security/Earnest Money Deposit is not found valid as per terms of the tender, I/We understand and accept that Railways has unquestionable right to summarily reject my bid and my offer shall not be considered for ordering. Further, I/We hereby understand and accept that if I/We withdraw or modify my/our bids during the period of validity, or if I/We are awarded the contract and on being called upon to submit the performance security/Security Deposit, fails to submit the performance security /Security Deposit before the deadline defined in the request for Bid document/Notice inviting tender, I/We shall be debarred from exemption of submitting Bid Security/Earnest Money Deposit and performance Security/Security Deposit for a period of 06 (six) months , from the date I/We are declared suspended disqualified from exemption from submission of EMD/SD, for all tenders for procurement of goods issued by any unit of Indian Railways published during this period "

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   Security Deposit:SD will be applicable as per para 0600 of Western Railway Bid Document (Indigenous Purchases), Version -14 of June 2024 along with correction slips/amendments if any, before tender closing date. Bank Guarantee: As per proforma given in Annexure-5 of Western Bid Document (Indigenous purchase), version 14 of June 2024. Note:- Offers from firms not exempted and denying to pay Security Deposit will be summarily rejected
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   WARRANTY / GUARANTEE :As per Clause 1200 of the INSTRUCTIONS TO TENDERERS FOR ELECTRONIC TENDERS AND GENERAL CONDITIONS OF TENDER Indigenous Purchases Version-14 of June 2024 or latest with all corrigendums and amendments, if any along with all latest RB guidelines issued before the tender closing date. In the event of any conflict, Clause of the Technical Specifications shall prevail.
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   LD Clause: Recovery of Liquidated Damage (LD) shall be levied @1/2% (half percent) of the price of store per week or part of the week during which delivery is accepted and the upper limit for recovery of Liquidated Damages in supply contract is 10% (ten percent) of the value of delayed supply irrespective of delays, unless otherwise provided, specifically in the contract. Orders on developmental vendors shall be developmental orders and treated as such, specifically, with regard to applicability of liquidated damages for delayed supplies and levy of general damages as per Railway Board letter no- No. 2001/RS(G)/779/7 Pt 2 dated 25.06.2018.
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   GST COMPLIANCE:- As per clause 0906 of INSTRUCTIONS TO TENDERERS FOR ELECTRONIC TENDERS AND GENERAL CONDITIONS OF TENDER Indigenous Purchases Version-14 of June 2024 or latest with all corrigendums and amendments, if any, issued before the tender closing date shall be applicable.
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   Land Border Conditions: A bidder from a country which shares a land border with India will be eligible to bid only if the bidder is registered with Competent Authority as specified in Para 1810 and Annexure-7 of Western Railway Bid Document (Indigenous Purchases), Version -14 of June 2024. 1. "I have read the clause regarding restrictions on procurement from a bidder of a country which shares a land border with India; I certify that this bidder is not from such a country or, if from such a country, has been registered with the Competent Authority. I hereby certify that this bidder fulfills all requirements in this regard and is eligible to be considered. (Where applicable the evidence of valid registration by the Competent Authority shall be attached.)" 2. I have read the clause regarding restrictions on procurement from a bidder having Transfer of Technology (TOT) arrangement. I certify that this bidder does not have any TOT arrangement requiring registration with the competent authority." OR "I have read the clause regarding restrictions on procurement from a bidder having Transfer of Technology (TOT) arrangement. I certify that this bidder has valid registration to participate in this procurement."

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   OEM: Procurement from Authorized Agents/Dealers/Distributors etc. shall be as per para 0400 of Western Railway Bid Document (Indigenous Purchases), Version- 14 of June 2024. a) OEMs should quote directly preferably or an OEM can authorize and give Tender Specific Authorization (TSA) to its Agent / Dealer to quote on their behalf similar to proforma attached as Annexure-2. b) The Authorized Dealer/Agent should upload valid tender specific authorization, along with the offer, failing which their offer is liable to be passed over. c) Trader/Authorized Dealer should mention name of Manufacturer, make and complete address in their bid for inspection of material at OEM works. d) In a tender, either the authorized agent/dealer on behalf of the Principal/OEM or the Principal/OEM itself can bid, but both cannot bid simultaneously for the same item in the same tender. e).Further, against a particular tender, one Principal/OEM should not issue Tender Specific Authorization to more than one agent/dealer.Such offers will be treated as ambiguous offers, the bidder(s) or their Principal/OEM will have no right to lodge any claim. e) If an authorized agent/dealer submits bid on behalf of a Principal/OEM, the same agent/dealer shall not submit a bid on behalf of another Principal/OEM in the same tender for the same item/product and such bids will be summarily rejected.

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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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   Bidders must quote on FIRM price basis only as price is not subject to any variation. Offers quoted with Price Variation Clause (PVC) will be considered unresponsive and will be summarily rejected.

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   Validity of Offer: The offer should be valid for 60 days from the date of opening of tender. No deviation from the offer validity period stipulated in the tender schedule is permitted, Offers quoted with shorter validity shall be deemed as commercially unresponsive and shall be summarily rejected.