Premium Bed Sheet

Special Eligibility Criteria

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   i. Bulk order will be placed on the manufacturer or its authorized agent. The Manufacturer firm must have satisfactorily executed at least one single purchase order for a minimum of 20 percent of the total tender quantity or multiple orders Totaling to 20% or more of the tender quantity of Zonal Railways/ PUs/ CORE for the tendered item [OR] for the items having same description, but of different sizes/ ratings/capacities during 5 previous financial years and current financial year up to date of tender closing. Purchase Officers can consider such firms for bulk order duly keeping in view the overall performance of the firm. ii. All other offers, who are otherwise not eligible for regular bulk order(s) due to their not meeting with the eligibility conditions mentioned in Para 2.2(i) above and provided they are able to demonstrate their Capacity-cum Capability to manufacture the tendered item, can be considered only for developmental order up to 20 percent of the net procurable quantity.For this purpose, they should submit along with their offer, documented past performance reports of same or similar items of equivalent rating or equivalent performance parameters, details of M&P, testing facilities, QAP (if available), technical manpower available with them, registration for same/similar item(s) with other Government agencies or PSUs etc. or any other details as may be warranted as per the technical specification and drawing. Such tenderers are to note that non submission of such documents as per Annexure shall be taken as their not having any such past performance and/or capacity, and their offer shall be Considered further as per extant rules and no back reference in this regard will be made to them.

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   iii. The onus of submission of requisite documents (such as copies of Receipt note/IC for stock items, or receipt & acceptance/IC for Non-stock items, or Capacity & capability credential, M&P required for manufacturing tendered item, T&P, Technical manpower, in house testing facilities, MSE credentials etc.) along with their e-offer regarding 'Bulk order' or 'Developmental order' lies with the tenderers. In case the tenderers do not submit the requisite documents as detailed above along withtheir e- offer, NR reserves the right to decide the tender on the basis of their past supply performance records of NR, as per IMMIS history sheet of NR, for the tendered item, in case of stock items, for the purchase orders placed by NR during preceding five years from the date of tender closing. In case of non-stock items, NR reserves the right to decide the tender on the basis of NR vendor performance available in IMMIS for the tendered item for the purchase orders placed by NR during preceding five years from the date of tender closing. No back-reference in this regard will be made with the bidder.

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   iv. Only Manufacturers or their authorized dealers/ distributors need to quote with Tender specific authorization from the manufacturers failing which offer will be summarily rejected. v. In case tenderers participates as an authorized agent, then the performance as required above shall be that of the Principal,authorizing the agent. It may so happen that the agent has credentials of past supply for a different Principal but this will not be considered as performance for placing bulk order in case of change of Principal.

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   In keeping with the Public Procurement (Preference to Make in India) Order, 2017, as amended, and in terms of clause 2.4.2, 2.4.5 and 2.4.6 of Instructions to Tenderers Rev. 1.21 of April 2024, Public procurement of this item is restricted to Class - I and Class-II local suppliers only. Thus, only class-I and class-II local supplier as defined under the public procurement (preference to Make in India) Order, 2017, as amended shall be eligible to bid in this tender. Offer from vendors who do not quality to be Class - I (Local Content :minimum 50% ) or Class-II (Local Content: minimum 20% but less than 50%) local supplier, shall be summarily rejected and, therefore, such vendors should not participate in the tender. In case any vendor who does not qualify to be a Class - I or Class-II local supplier for the tendered item participates in the tender, such a bidder does so at its own risk and cost and Railways shall not be liable for any loss or damage caused to the bidder on this account.
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   Previous supply to be considered for the same and similar items. Further, similar item to be considered as upgraded mill-made bed-sheet as per IS18739:2024. Otherwise the offer shall be summarily rejected .

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Commercial-Compliance

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   In terms of clause as per Para 2.4.3 of Instructions to Tenderers for Electronic tenders( ITT_Rev_1.21_APRIL_2024) regarding Restrictions on procurement from a bidders of a country which shares a land border with India, I, hereby confirm that I have read the clause regarding restrictions on procurement from a bidder of a country which shares a land border with India and I certify that I am not from such a country.

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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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   No Exemption for EMD will be given to firms except to those firms as mentioned in the Instruction to tenderers ( ITT_Rev_1.21_APRIL_2024 ). If the firms, other than those exempted, fail to submit EMD along with the offer, their offer will be summarily rejected.
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   As para 12.0 of Instruction to tenderer( ITT_Rev_1.21_APRIL_2024), for Contract above 25 Lakhs, Security deposit (SD) Performance Security for stores contracts will be applicable 5% of contract value.
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   The tenderers in their bids shall indicate the details of their jurisdictional assessing officers (Designation, address & email ID). Also tenderers are required to furnish the correct HSN code for the offered item along with their bid.

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   Tenderers must upload a Certificate for the offered item by OEM on OEM letter head which shall include following details: i. Name and address of the OEM. ii. Quantum of Local Content in the item offered by the OEM. iii. Details of the location(s) at which the local value addition is made. Otherwise the offer shall be summarily rejected .

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   Purchaser reserves the right to issue any Corrigendum to the tender up to five days prior to the due date of opening of the tender, excluding the date of opening. Tenderers are also advised, in their own interest, to regularly check, till the opening of the tender the website www.ireps.gov.in to see whether any such corrigendum to the tender has been issued or not and for submitting their e-bids or revising their e-bids.
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   Tenderers must upload a letter from OEM on OEM's letter head giving address of Manufacturers premises where inspection shall be done otherwise the offer will be liable to be ignored. This may be combined with letter of authorization itself.

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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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Other Conditions

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   Stage Inspection: Stage-1 Inspection-Yarn Manufacturing(Spinningstageforyarnqualitycontrol).TPI to verify that firm has manufacturing facility from start to finish (i.e. spinning, weaving processing). Stage-2 Inspection-Weaving stage (For construction quality control). Final inspection-To be done after the product is ready by TPI through NITRA/BTRA/SITRA/ATIRA/WRA lab
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   There will be 3 times Inspection by TPI. Two Stage inspection at OEMs in-house Lab and final Inspection at OEMs premises by TPI through NITRA/BTRA/SITRA/ATIRA/WRA lab. Railways may however also get the stage inspection done from NITRA/BTRA/SITRA/ATIRA/WRA lab through TPI.
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   It is the responsibility of firm that the material should be packed properly so as to reach at destination safely
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   Warranty/Guarantee - In case, there is a discrepancy regarding warranty period mentioned in specification/description and standard warranty clause as per IRS condition of contract, then warranty period mentioned in specification/description shall prevail
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   Sample clause : Sample Clause:- (i) After award of contract for feel, finish, shade/color , appearance and comfort, Successful Bidder shall get advance sample (free of any cost and any expenses whatsoever) approved from buyer before bulk manufacturing/starting bulk supplies. However, final material shall be inspected by inspecting authority as per tender specifications. Successful Bidder shall submit 5 samples for Buyers approval, within 07 days of award of contract. (ii) Buyer shall, as per contract specifications framework, either approve the advance sample or will provide complete list of modification required in the sample within 07 days of receipt of advance sample. (iii) In case, the sample is found to have major deviations/not conforming to the Contract specifications, the buyer at its discretion may call for fresh samples for approval before allowing bulk supplies or may terminate the contract after notifying the deviations to the seller. (iv) Unless otherwise provided in the contract, all samples required for test shall be supplied by the contractor free of cost. Where under the contract, the contractor is required to submit advance samples, any expensed incurred by the contractor on or in connection with the production of stores in bulk, before the samples have been approved unconditionally shall be borne by the Seller and he shall not claim any compensation in the event of such samples being found unacceptable by the Buyer/Consignee. (v) Seller shall be required to ensure supply as per approved sample with modifications as communicated by Buyer. If there is delay from buyer side in approval of advance samples- the delivery period shall be re- fixed without LD for the period of delay in samples approval.
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   Codal Life: : Codal life of AC bedsheet is 02 years.

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   Validity of Offer: No deviation from the offer validity period stipulated in the tender is permitted.