Appointment of Project Supervision Services (PSS) at various Construction Sites/ Sections in connection with the work of Design, Supply, Erection, Testing & Commissioning for upgradation of existing 1x25 KV Electric Traction system into 2x25 kV Electric Traction System in Mathura (Ex) - Dholpur - Antri (Ex) section of Agra & Jhansi Division of North Central Railway (195 RKM/606 TKM) between MTJ - DHO section in the jurisdiction of Electrical Traction Distribution Department of Agra Division (North Central Railway) (106 RKM-345 TKM)

The Bidder shall have received total income equal to 150 % of the estimated cost of the Project Supervision Services mentioned in item No. 2 of the KIT (para 1.1.2) from professional (consultancy) fees in the 3 (three) financial years preceding the Bid Due Date. For the avoidance of doubt, professional fees refer to fees received by the Bidder for providing consultancy and/or supervision to its clients

The bidder should submit the Audited balance sheets duly certified by the Statutory Auditors / Chartered Accountant stating its total revenues from professional fees during each of the past three financial years and the fee received in respect of each of the Eligible Assignments specified in the Bid. In case balance sheet of the previous year is yet to be prepared/ audited, the audited balance sheet of the fourth previous year shall be considered for calculating average annual contractual turnover. A self-declared certificate duly signed by Statutory Auditors / Chartered Accountant and the Bidder that the balance sheet of last financial year (i.e. FY 2024-25 or as applicable for the instance tender) has not been audited/yet to be prepared.

All forms verified/certified by Statutory Auditor or CA should have clear mention of UDIN number

For demonstrating technical capacity, the Bidder shall have, over the past 5 (five) Financial Years and including the current Financial Year preceding the Bid Due Date, completed or substantially completed one Eligible Assignment of value equal to or more than [35% of the estimated cost of the Project Supervision Services mentioned in item No. 2 of the KIT (clause 1.1.2)] (the "Technical Capacity"). For evaluation, substantially completed means that the Bidder has received at least 90% of the professional fees /agreement value towards undertaking such Eligible Assignment.

Availability and conditions of Eligibility for Key Personnel: The Bidder shall offer and make available all Key Personnel meeting the requirements specified in Clause 10 related to Manpower Deployment under the Terms of Reference of this RFP. If more than 25% of the Key Personnel proposed by the bidder fail to meet the eligibility criteria, the bidder shall be considered to have failed to meet the eligibility criteria with regard to Key Personnel. However, in case of failure up to 25% of Key Personnel to meet eligibility criteria, zero marks will be awarded to such Key Personnel during evaluation of technical score as per clause 3.2.2 and the bidder will have to replace such Key Personnel with eligible Key Personnel within a period of three (03) days from communication made by Authority in this regard. If the bidder fails to replace such Key Personnel within the aforesaid time, Authority reserves the right to reject the offer of such bidder(s) and proceed for opening the Financial Bids. Failure of Team Leader to meet the eligibility criteria as per Clause 10 related to Manpower Deployment under the Terms of Reference of this RFP shall result in summary rejection of the offer.

Eligible Assignment For the purpose of Technical Capacity and evaluations: The Project Management Consultancy/ Services contracts shall qualify as Eligible Assignment, (the "Eligible Assignment"), if:

The assignment is directly awarded to the Bidder by a Govt. Department / PSUs; or by a Public listed company having average annual turnover of Rs.500 crore and above in last 3 financial years excluding the current financial year, listed on National Stock Exchange or Bombay Stock Exchange, registered at least 5 years back from the date of submission of Bid by the Bidder to the Authority. In case of foreign assignment, work experience for only Government bodies shall be considered.

The nature of the projects for which the above Project Management Consultancy/ Services have been engaged for development and/or construction, falls under the following categories: (i) Any engineering project of railway / metro /Any SPV with Ministry of Railways /DFCCIL / multi modal transport hub / Airport /Regional Rapid Transit System (RRTS) / High Speed Rail (HSR) / monorail/ Railway electrification work; or (ii) Airport terminals (with or without related airport infrastructure works), ports, integrated check posts, and bus terminals ; or (iii) National Highway or State Highway or Expressway or similar Highway.

In case of any information submitted by tenderer is found to be false forged or incorrect at any time during process for evaluation of tenders, it shall lead to forfeiture of the tender bid security besides banning of business for a period of up to five years.

In case of any information submitted by tenderer is found to be false forged or incorrect after the award of contract, the contract shall be terminated. Bid security, Performance Guarantee and Security Deposit available with the railway shall be forfeited. In addition, other dues of the contractor, if any, under this contract shall be forfeited and agency shall be banned for doing business for a period of up to five years.

The Railway reserves the right to verify all statements, information and documents submitted by the bidder in his tender offer, and the bidder shall, when so required by the Railway, make available all such information, evidence and documents as may be necessary for such verification. Any such verification or lack of such verification, by the Railway shall not relieve the bidder of its obligations or liabilities hereunder nor will it affect any rights of the Railway there under.

The Bidder would be required to furnish all information specified in this RFP which includes physical submission of required documents in original at the designated office of Authority mentioned in KIT as per the provisions under clause 2.2.1 The Technical Bids of Bidders would be evaluated and only those Bidders that are qualified by the Authority shall be eligible for the 2nd (second) part of the Bidding Process comprising opening and evaluation of their Financial Bids.

Please submit your bank details i.e. Name of the Bank along with Bank Branch Code, IFSC Code, Beneficiary name, Account Number, Type of account, PAN and GSTN Number. Tenderer should submit documents related to Registration details, GSTIN along with other details required under CGST/IGST/UTGST/SGST Act, registered address, email ID and valid phone number.

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 rates are exclusive of GST. The rates quoted by the firm shall be excluding of the GST.

As per Railway Board Letter no. 2008/RS (G)/777/1 Dt. 29-05- 2017 All the bidders/tenders should ensure that they are GST compliant. The GST Act 2017 will be applicable as per extant policy as notified by Central/State Govt. and as amended from time to time. Railway Board guidelines issued in this regard will also be applicable and binding to the tenderer. Tenderers will ensure that full benefit to input Tax likely to be availed by them is duly considered while quoting rates. No compensation of any account will be paid except the accepted rates.

The contractor shall have the option to take the payment from railways through letter of credit (LC) arrangement. This option of taking payment through LC arrangement has to be exercised in IREPS by the tenderer at the time of bidding itself and the tenderer shall affirm having read over and agreed to the terms and conditions of the LC option. The option so exercised shall be an integral part of the payment through LC arrangement once exercised by the tenderer at the time of bidding, shall be final and no change shall be permitted, thereafter, during execution of contract.

Tenderer(s) should submit documents in support of Minimum Eligibility Criteria, Technical and Financial both, along with the tender. No document in support of minimum eligibility criteria will be accepted/entertained after opening of tender.

The tenderer/s shall keep them updated about any modification in tender notice and tender document, issued by Railway through newspapers, IREPS website or E-mail or any other means and shall act accordingly. It is the responsibility of the tenderer to check any correction or any modifications published subsequently in the website and the same shall be taken into account while submitting the tender.

An authorized representative of the Bidder(s) shall digitally sign the Technical and Financial Bid. The authorization shall be in the form of a written Power of Attorney, as per the format provided in Appendix-I (Technical Bid Form-4), accompanying the Bid.

Bidders are encouraged to submit their respective Bids after visiting the Project Site and ascertaining for themselves the site conditions, traffic, location, surroundings, climate, access to the site, site conditions, other factors having influence on the execution of the project etc., Applicable Laws and regulations or any other matter considered relevant by them.

While preparing the Technical Bid, Bidder(s) must comply with clause 2.6 of RFP document and for Financial bid clause 2.7 of the RFP document.

At any time prior to the Bid Due Date, Authority may, for any reason, whether at its own initiative or in response to clarifications requested by a Bidder, modify the RFP by the issuance of Addenda/ Corrigenda/Response to Pre-Bid queries as uploaded on the e-Procurement Portal and which shall be part of the Agreement to be executed between the Selected Bidder and the Authority.