Appointment of Project Supervision services Agency for providing Project Supervision Services for various signaling projects of S&T Department in Rajkot Division, Western Railway

Financial Capacity: The Bidder shall have received total income equal to 150 % of the estimated cost of the Project Management 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. In case of Consortium, the Financial Capacity of only the Lead Member will be considered. Moreover, each member of the Consortium should have at least 25% of the Financial Capacity for the purpose of further evaluation for the eligibility of the Consortium.

Technical Capacity: 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. Provided further, that in case of a Consortium, experience of the Consortium as a whole or any of its constituent Members shall be considered

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: (a)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. (b)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; 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; or (iv)Commercial/Residential real estate project.

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 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.

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.

While submitting the Technical Bid, the Bidder shall, in particular, ensure that: (i)The Bid Security is submitted as per Clause 2.3; (ii)All forms are submitted in the prescribed formats and all the RFP, Corrigendum, Addendum and Reply to Queries, submitted by bidder shall be digitally signed by the bidder or his representative holding the Power of Attorney; (iii)Power of Attorney for Authorized Representative, (in case of Consortium by Authorized Representative of Lead Member of Consortium) if applicable, is submitted in the format provided at is executed as per Applicable Laws; (iv)Joint Bidding Agreement is executed and submitted as specified in Appendix-I Technical Bid Form-6 in case of Consortium. (v)The bid is responsive in terms of Clause 2.20.2; (vi)Failure to comply with the requirements spelt out in this Clause shall make the Bid liable to be rejected.

While submitting the Financial Bid, the Bidder shall ensure the following: i. Financial Bid must be strictly using the formats attached in Appendix-II. ii. No additional personnel/items/quantities other than that specified in the formats should be proposed by the Bidder. iii. Payment for the PROJECT SUPERVISION SERVICES shall be paid as per the remuneration rates for services in the financial bid submitted by them and in terms of the provision of this RFP. iv. The remuneration rates shall be increased as per the provisions under Clause 4.7 of the Agreement. However, for evaluation and award of the Bid, the quoted rates shall be considered without considering the increase in the remuneration rates. v. All the costs associated with the PSS shall be included in the Financial Bid. These shall normally cover remuneration for all the personnel, accommodation, air fare, travel, equipment, printing of documents, stationary etc. The Financial Bid shall be without any condition attached or subject to any assumption and shall be final and binding. In case any assumption or condition is indicated in the Financial Bid, it shall be considered non- responsive and liable to be rejected. vi. The Financial Bid shall take into account all expenses and all tax liabilities included for GST. Further, all payments shall be subject to deduction of taxes at source as per Applicable Laws. vii. There is no provision of Mobilization advance in this contract.

Site Visit and Verification of Information: 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.