Zonal works for Horticultural work at B. R. Singh Hospital, Sealdah Station, Divisional Railway Manager's building office and sorroundings, B.C. Roy Institute, Sealdah colony, Belvedere Park, GM Bungalow, Judges Court, New Alipore Railway Colony, Alipore Railway premises (Burn Standard), Gholeshapur colony, Swimming Pool and Behala Sports Complex under Divisional Engineer(HQ)/Sealdah. [Zone No. 35 for the Period Ending 30.06.2027]

Item no 10.2 of GCC 2022: Financial Eligibility Criteria: The tenderer must have minimum average annual contractual turnover of V/N or 'V' whichever is less; where V= Advertised value of the tender in crores of Rupees N= Number of years prescribed for completion of work for which bids have been invited. The average annual contractual turnover shall be calculated as an average of "total contractual payments" in the previous three financial years, as per the audited balance sheet. However, 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. The tenderers shall submit requisite information as per Annexure- VIB, along with copies of Audited Balance Sheets duly certified by the Chartered Accountant/ Certificate from Chartered Accountant duly supported by Audited Balance Sheet. As per Clause 10.2 of Indian Railways Standard General Conditions of Contract'2022 with upto date correction slip. [Authority: Executive Director/Civil Engineering(G), Railway Board's letter No.2022/CE-I/CT/GCC-2022/Policy dated 14.07.2022]

SIMILAR NATURE OF WORK FOR THE ZONAL TENDER WILL BE - ANY CIVIL ENGINEERING WORK COMPRISING OF EXECUTION OF LANDSCAPING AND/OR HORTICUTURE WORKS vide item no.17 of Miscellaneous works of PCE/ER/KKK letter No.W(6)Similar Nature of work/Loose Dtd.08.11.2023.

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.

Para 5(3) ii. Part I of GCC shall be read as under: The original Bank Guarantee should be delivered in person to the official nominated as indicated in the tender document before closing date for submission of bids [i.e. excluding the last date of submission of bids] [Advance Correction Slip No.5 to Indian Railways Standard General Conditions of Contract, April 2022 vide Executive Director, Civil Engineering(G), Railway Board No.2022/CE-I/CT/GCC- 2022/Policy dated 20.10.2023].

The participating Bidder must submit self certificate [Annexure V & VA as applicable] duly downloaded from the link given in Submission of Document Verification Certificate or documents uploaded along with tender. [Advance Correction Slip No.3 vide Executive Director, Civil Engineering(G), Railway Board No.2022/CE-I/CT/GCC-2022/Policy dated 26.04.2023 and Advance Correction Slip No.4 vide Executive Director, Civil Engineering(G), Railway Board No.2022/CE-I/CT/GCC-2022/Policy dated 07.08.2023 ].

Maintenance period of contract - The Earnest Money/Bid Security deposited by the contractor will be converted into Security Deposit and will be refunded after six months of the date of completion of the work in all respect to the entire satisfaction of the Railway and on receipt of a certificate from the Assistant Engineer concerned.

All documents in support of fulfillment of eligibility criteria with respect to completion of similar nature of work for Technical Eligibility Criteria and Total contract value for Financial Eligibility Criteria should be submitted/ uploaded online in the website with scanned copy at the time of tender bidding with details showing in Annexure I, IV. No post tender communication, in any form will be made or entertained, after opening of tenders, in this regard. Railways may however call for the originals of the credentials for verification or any clarifications/confirmations on the contents of the documents submitted. Eligibility of tenderers shall be decided solely of the basis of the documents submitted along with the tender offers and any subsequent document whatsoever submitted in this connection would not be given any cognizance for finalization of the tender.

Payment through Letter of Credit is applicable for this tender as per Railway Board's letter no 2017/ACII/9/10 Pt I dated 20.02.2018 & 2018/CE-I/CT/9 dt. 04.06.2018 (Annexure B & C attached).

INSTRUCTION TO BIDDERS: A] 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 his obligations or liabilities hereunder nor will it affect any rights of the railway there under. B] In case of any wrong information submitted by tenderer, the contract shall be terminated, Earnest Money Deposit [EMD], performance Guarantee [PG] and Security Deposit [SD] of contract forfeited and agency barred for doing business on entire Indian Railways for 5[five] years.

Shramik kalyan Contractor[s] are requested to get themselves registered on Railways Shramik kalian portal at www.shramikkalyan.indianrailways.gov.in after issuance of letter of acceptance.

Contractor(s)/ Bidders are requested to refer to Clause 46A of Indian Railways Standard General Conditions of Contract'2022 with up to date correction slip for Price Variation Clause (PVC) in works contract. Item no 46A.1 of GCC 2022: Price Variation Clause (PVC) shall be applicable only in tender having advertised value above Rs. 2 Crores. [Authority: Executive Director/Civil Engineering(G), Railway Board's letter No.2022/CE-I/CT/GCC-2022/Policy dated 14.07.2022]

For further details related to 'Bid Security' Bidders are requested to please connect para no 23 of the tender documents.

Bidders are requested to refer to para no 9 of tender document [Para 41 & 42 of Part II Standard General Conditions of Contract for "Variations in extent of Contract" of GCC 2022]

In case Agency desires submission of Bid Security in the form of Bank Guarantee, then please refer to para no 23(3) of Instruction to Tenderers for e- tenders, chapter I for further guidance. [Clause 5.0 of Part I of GCC 2022]

Bidders may also upload any relevant document as deemed fit.

1. Normal period of zonal contract is from 01.07.2026 to 30.06.2027, if contract is awarded in between the normal period of zone then duration of contract period will be from the date of issue of LOA to 30.06.2027. 2. The schedule of quantity is approximate and may vary as per actual site condition and requirement. Any item/schedule of Delhi schedule of Rates -2023 [Vol.1]/ Delhi schedule of Rates [Horticulture and Landscaping] 2020/ER-USSOR-2021 of Engineering Department [whichever applicable] may be varied as directed by Engineer-in-charge to complete the work in all respect. 3. Indian Railways Standard General Conditions of Contract, 2022 with up to date correction slips is applicable over this tender. 4. The Price Variation Clause [PVC] of General Conditions of Contract shall not be applicable to zonal contract. 5. Delhi schedule of Rates-2023 [Vol.-1]/ Delhi schedule of Rates [Horticulture and Landscaping] 2020/ ERUSSOR-2021 of Engineering Department [whichever applicable] with correction slips as and when issued will be applicable during the currency of the zonal contract. 6. While quoting rate, the tenderer must take into consideration that the work will be done through work order. 7. The maximum value of each work order is Rupees five lakh. 8. The zonal contract is for the period ending 30.06.2027.

The Price Variation Clause (PVC) of General Conditions of Contract (GCC) shall not apply to Zonal Contract in term of Railway Board letter no.2013/CE- I/CT/O/10/PVC/Pt.I Dtd.27.01.2015.

GST has been considered during assessment of this instant tender. Tenderer(s) should quote rate inclusive of applicable GST.

Participants tenderer(s) are requested to go through the Railway Board letter no.2022/CE-I/CT/GCC-2022/POLICY/Pt.I(E-3320424) Dtd.13.03.2026 Indian Railways Standard General Conditions of Contract, April 2022 (Advance Correction slip No.11) which is enclosed in documents.