Repair/Overhauling/Rehabilitation of Co-Co high adhesion bogies of WAG-9 class 3- phase electric locomotives.

FINANCIAL ELIGIBILITY CRITERIA: (a) 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 'M' of Instruction to Tenderer, along with copies of Audited Balance Sheets duly certified by the Chartered Accountant/ Certificate from Chartered Accountant duly supported by Audited Balance Sheet. The balance sheet and all other financial documents attested/certified by CAs to substantiate fulfilment of Financial Eligibility Criteria should be with UDIN, failing which, the offer is likely to be rejected without any further reference. O R (b) As per Railway Board letter No. 2019/Elect(G)/165/1 Dtd.22.04.2020, the Financial eligibility criteria may be dispensed with in cases of bidders, who are either OEMs or sources approved by RDSO/extended PUs for related works contracts. Exemption shall not be given to the authorized dealer with tender specific authorization given by the OEM and such dealer have to fulfill the required eligibility criteria as per clause (a) under Financial Eligibility Criteria above.

[Explanation for - Eligibility Criteria] is provided in Instruction to Tenderer.

TECHNICAL ELIGIBILITY CRITERIA: (a) The tenderer must have successfully completed or substantially completed any one of the following categories of work(s) during last 07 (seven) years, ending last day of month previous to the one in which tender is invited: (i) Three similar works each costing not less than the amount equal to 30% of advertised value of the tender, or (ii) Two similar works each costing not less than the amount equal to 40% of advertised value of the tender, or (iii) One similar work costing not less than the amount equal to 60% of advertised value of the tender. O R (b)As per Railway Board letter No. 2019/Elect(G)/165/1 Dtd.22.04.2020, the Technical eligibility criteria may be dispensed with in cases of bidders, who are either OEMs or sources approved by RDSO/extended PUs for related works contracts. Exemption shall not be given to the authorized dealer with tender specific authorization given by the OEM and such dealer have to fulfill the required eligibility criteria as per clause (a) under Technical Eligibility Criteria above. Note for Technical Eligibility Criteria: Work experience certificate from private individual shall not be considered. However, in addition to work experience certificates issued by any Govt. Organisation, work experience certificate issued by 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, incorporated/registered at least 5 years prior to the date of closing of tender, shall also be considered provided the work experience certificate has been issued by a person authorized by the Public listed company to issue such certificates. In case tenderer submits work experience certificate issued by public listed company, the tenderer shall also submit along with work experience certificate, the relevant copy of work order, bill of quantities, bill wise details of payment received duly certified by Chartered Accountant, TDS certificates for all payments received and copy of final/last bill paid by company in support of above work experience certificate. * Similar work implies "Manufacturing/Repairing/Rehabilitation/Overhauling of Co-Co high adhesion Bogies of Electrical/Diesel Locomotives."

[Explanation for - Eligibility Criteria] is provided in Instruction to Tenderer.

Bid Security : The bidders will have to make payment towards Bid Security through either in cash through e-payment gateway available on IREPS portal or as Bank Guarantee bond from a scheduled commercial bank of India or as mentioned in tender documents. The Bank Guarantee bond shall be as per Annexure- VIA of GCC April 2022 and shall be valid for a period of 90days beyond the bid validity period. Manual/ offline mode of payment through Demand Draft, Banker's cheque, Cash Deposit receipts etc. shall not be entertained. The copy of epayment receipt or copy of Bank Guarantee bond should be submitted as proof.

Any firm recognized by Department of Industrial Policy and Promotion(DIPP) as 'Startups' shall be exempted from payment of Bid Security. The documents with declaration that "I/We am/are a Startup firm registered by ........................ Department of Industrial Policy and Promotion (DIPP) and my registration number is ................ valid upto ............... (Copy enclosed) and hence exempted from submission of Bid Security" should be enclosed.

Labour Cooperative Societies shall submit only 50% of above Bid Security with the declaration that " We are a Labour Cooperative Society and our Registration No. is .................... with.......................and hence required to deposit only 50% of Bid Security. Copy of Registration certificate must be attached.

If the tender is accepted, this Bid Security will be retained as part security for the due and faithful fulfillment of the contract in terms of Clause 16 of the Standard General Conditions of Contract. The Bid Security of other Tenderers shall, save as herein before provided, be returned to them, but the Railway shall not be responsible for any loss or depreciation that may happen thereto while in their possession, nor be liable to pay interest thereon.

In case, submission of Bid Security in the form of Bank Guarantee, following shall be ensured: i. A scanned copy of the Bank Guarantee shall be uploaded on e-Procurement Portal(IREPS) while applying to the tender. The format of Bank Guarantee is available GCC 2022. ii. The original Bank Guarantee should be delivered in person to the official nominated as indicated in the tender document within 5 working days of deadline of submission of bids. iii. Non submission of scanned copy of Bank Guarantee with the bid on etendering portal (IREPS) and/or non-submission of original Bank Guarantee within the specified period shall lead to summary rejection of bid. iv. The Tender Security shall remain valid for a period of 90 days beyond the validity period for the Tender. v. The details of the BG, physically submitted should match with the details available in the scanned copy and the data entered during bid submission time, failing which the bid will be rejected vi. The Bank Guarantee shall be placed in an envelope, which shall be sealed. The envelope shall clearly bear the identification "Bid for the ***** Project" and shall clearly indicate the name and address of the Bidder. In addition, the Bid Due Date should be indicated on the right hand top corner of the envelope. vii. The envelope shall be addressed to the officer and address as mentioned in the tender document. viii. If the envelope is not sealed and marked as instructed above, the Railway assumes no responsibility for the misplacement or premature opening of the contents of the Bid submitted and consequent losses, if any, suffered by the Bidder.

The tender must be accompanied by a Bid Security as mentioned in Srl. No.1 to 5 above, failing which the tender shall be summarily rejected. All other terms and condition related to Bid Security Deposit is applicable as per GCC (April) 2022 and its latest corrigendum issued if any.

Documents related Sole Proprietorship /Partnership Deeds / Company/ HUF/ LLP (Limited Liability Partnership)/ Joint Ventute/ Registered Society & Registered Trust (which is applicable) and Power Of Attorneys, etc, should be uploaded. The tenderer shall clearly specify whether the tender is submitted on his own (Proprietary Firm) or on behalf of a Partnership Firm / company/ HUF/ LLP (Limited Liability Partnership)/ Joint Venture/ Registered Society & Registered Trust etc. The tenderer(s) shall enclose the attested copies of the constitution of their concern, and copy of PAN Card along with their tender. Tender Documents in such cases are to be signed by such persons as may be legally competent to sign them on behalf of the firm, company, association, trust or society, as the case may be.

If it is NOT mentioned in the submitted tender that tender is being submitted on behalf of a Sole Proprietorship firm / Partnership firm / Joint Venture / Registered Company etc., then the tender shall be treated as having been submitted by the individual who has signed the tender.

After opening of the tender, any document pertaining to the constitution of Sole Proprietorship Firm / Partnership Firm / Registered Company/ Registered Trust / Registered Society / HUF/LLP etc. shall be neither asked nor considered, if submitted. Further, no suo moto cognizance of any document available in public domain (i.e., on internet etc.) or in Railway's record/office files etc. will be taken for consideration of the tender, if no such mention is available in tender offer submitted.

All other requisite documents as mentioned in Srl No. 7 to 9 must be attached and submitted as per the condition laid down in Srl. No. 14 of GCC (April) 2022. Other terms and condition is applicable as per Srl. No. 14 of GCC (April) 2022 and its latest corrigendum issued if any.

Mandate form should be uploaded as per given format in Instruction to Tenderer.

Tenderers are required to upload their Permanent Account Number (PAN) card.

Tenderer has to upload GST registration number and certificate.

Tenderer should comply the clause no. 16 (Employment/Partnership etc. of Retired Railway Employees) of GCC 2022 regarding Employment / Partnership etc. of Retired Railway Employees. Non submission of this declaration by the bidder shall result in summarily rejection of his/their bid. Format for this declaration is attached as Annexure 'L' of Instruction to Tenderer.

The tenderers shall submit a copy of certificate stating that all their statements/documents submitted alongwith bid are true and factual. Standard format of certificate to be submitted by the bidder is enclosed as Annexure-H. In addition to Annexure-H, in case of other than Company/Proprietary firm, Annexure-H(A) shall also be submitted by the each member of a Partnership Firm / Joint Venture (JV) / Hindu Undivided Family (HUH / Limited Liability Partnership (LLP) etc, as the case may be. Non submission of above certificate(s) by the bidder shall result in summarily rejection of his/their bid. It shall be mandatorily incumbent upon the tenderer to identify, state and submit the supporting documents duly self attested/digitally signed by which they/he is qualifying the Qualifying Criteria mentioned in the Tender Document. The format is available in Instruction to Tenderer.

Tenderer should upload the scanned copy of all documents relating to technical and financial eligibility criteria & its compliance along with the offer, failing which their offer will be considered invalid and same shall be summarily rejected.

The rates quoted should be inclusive of all taxes and charges including GST. All the bidders/tenderer should ensure that they are GST compliant and their quoted tax structure/ rates are as per GST Law and in accord with the provision in clause-37 of the standard General Conditions of Contract.

If the date of opening happens to be a BANDH or Holiday, the tender will be opened at the same time on the following working day.

This tender is governed by General Condition of Contract-2022 issued by Railway with latest amendment and Special Conditions of Contract. The General Condition of Contract-2022 can be seen on Railway Board (Civil Engineering directorate) website www.indian railways.gov.in. In case of any discrepancy between Special Condition of Contract and General Condition of Contract, the Special Condition of Contract as laid down in the Instruction to Tenderer shall prevail.

Tenderer has to upload the scanned copy of Proprietorship certificate or Partnership deed etc. along with the offer.

Any firm recognized by Department of Industrial Policy and Promotion (DIPP) as 'Startups' shall be exempted from payment of earnest money deposit. Required document in this regard, if any, shall be uploaded along with the tender for exemption for payment of earnest money deposit..

Tenderer(s) shall submit along with his / their tender, the list of personnel / organization on hand and proposed to be engaged for the tendered work. Similarly list of Plant & Machinery available on hand and proposed to be inducted and hired for the tendered work, has to be submitted.

The contractors shall submit a duly filled up declaration as per Annexure 'K' - Tender Form (First Sheet).

SCOPE OF WORK: The tenderer shall carry out the work of 'Repair/Overhauling/Rehabilitation of Co-Co high adhesion bogies of WAG-9 class 3-phase electric locomotives', as per scope of work given in Annexure 'A' of Instruction to Tenderer.

CONSIGNEE: SSE/M6/TRS/ROU will be the consignee of work. Sr. DEE/TRS/ROU shall be the bill passing authority and Sr. DFM/CKP shall be the bill paying authority.

QUANTITY: 40 loco sets (i.e., 80 nos. of high adhesion bogies).

PLACE OF WORK: The work shall be carried out at firm's premises ,after due submission of indemnity bond. However, the requisite repair/rectification work, if required, may be carried out at ELS/ROU or at any other shed, as per requirement.

COMPLETION PERIOD: The total work shall be completed within 02 years (24 months) from date of issue of LOA. However, work shall be started within 15 days from the date of issue of letter of acceptance, i.e., as per requirement of Railways, firm should be ready to lift nominated bogies from ELS/ROUwithin 15 days from the date of issue of letter of acceptance. If firm doesn't start the work within 15 days from date of issue of LOA, penalty as per penalty clause shall be levied. Before commencement of the work, an inspection shall be carried out at the firm's premises by Sr. DEE/TRS/ROU or his authorized representative(s) to verify the availability of necessary facilities, infrastructure, and equipment as per the Scope of Work (Annexure 'E') furnished by the tenderer. In case the inspection report is found unsatisfactory, the LOA/Contract shall be terminated immediately. The decision of Sr. DEE/TRS/ROU in this regard shall be final and binding on the Contractor.

REPAIR/ OVERHAULING/ REHABILITATION SCHEDULE FOR BOGIES: As per Scope of Work.

INDEMNITY BOND: The successful tenderer shall furnish an indemnity bond (in the proforma as per Annexure 'J') for an amount of INR 20,46,764.28 per loco set (i.e., for 02 nos. bogie frames), during the currency of contract. The Indemnity Bond is required for any losses, damage to Railway materials arising out in consequence to the operation on his part or on the part of the staff as driver, cleaner or any other accompanying staff etc. whatsoever. The indemnity bond shall be executed on a non- judicial stamp paper of requisite value, certified by the Collector of Stamp Revenue to the effect that stamp of adequate value have been purchased, and shall be signed by the person(s) authorised by 'Power of Attorney'.

COLLECTION AND DELIVERY SCHEDULE: a) After submission of Indemnity Bond of requisite amount, the Railway's nominated bogie shall be collected by the firm from ELS/ROU, subject to the availability, and shall be delivered back to ELS/ROU after repair/overhauling/rehabilitation, at contractor's risk & cost. Transportation charges along with charges/manpower for packing, loading and unloading of equipment shall be borne by the contractor itself. b) Firm shall lift all the nominated bogies from ELS/ROU within 7 days from the date and time of intimation by the Railways. Delay in lifting the bogies shall attract penalty as per penalty clause. c) Lot size for each bogie lifting schedule shall be a minimum of 2 nos. bogies. However, the quantity of bogies to be lifted by the firm shall strictly be decided by Sr. DEE/TRS/ROU and the same shall be binding upon the contractor. d) Lot return duration after repair/ overhauling/ rehabilitation shall be within 30 days from the date of handing over/lifting of Railway's nominated bogies to firm. This stipulated delivery period shall be inclusive of all transit time, including onward and return transportation and joint inspections. e) Second/Subsequent lot shall be handed over to the contractor only after the first/previous lot has been returned to consignee at ELS/ROU by the contractor. f) The representative of Sr. DEE/TRS/ROU will have the liberty to inspect the repair/overhauling process at any stage and any lot at the firm's premises and issue any instruction that he may feel necessary and the same shall be followed by the firm. The firm shall offer reasonable facilities for inspection and testing. g) Railways will provide usage of crane facilities to the contractor for lifting of bogies inside ELS/ROU premises only.

MATERIALS: As per Scope of work.

RELEASED MATERIAL: Released material, if any, shall be returned to the (consignee) Railways.

TRANSPORT: As per Scope of Work. a) All the transportation cost, if required for execution and completion of work, including manpower/ charges for loading and unloading of materials as well, shall be borne by the contractor himself. b) All incidental arrangements for safe transport of WAG9 bogie frames will be the responsibility of the contractor/firm. The contractor has to avail fastest mode of transportation, so that the transit time between Electric Loco Shed, Rourkela and the contractor's workshop can be kept as minimum as possible. c) Freight, Transportation, Transit Insurance, packing and handling charges will be borne entirely by the contractor. d) PACKING: The contractor has to collect the bogie frames from Railways in properly packed condition. Special care shall be taken to prevent the damages of bogie frames during transit.

INSPECTION & TESTING: As per Scope of Work. Initial joint inspection shall be conducted at ELS/ROU shed premises, while the stage and final inspection shall be conducted at the firm's premises.

PAYMENTTERMS: a) All the claims for payment, i.e., contractor's invoices, shall be accompanied with relevant documents like joint inspection note (initial and final), guaranty/ warranty certificate, proof of purchase of material from source stipulated in tender conditions along with submission of material challan, etc. b) 100% Payment will be made after admissible deduction i.e., from the accepted amount. c) Part payment is admissible subject to quarterly basis. d) Delay in payment or non-payment of the contractor's bill will under no circumstances be accepted as an excuse for contractor's failure to carry out the work as per the terms and condition of the contract satisfactorily. e) Payment for Overhauling / Repair/ Rehabilitation of bogies of three-phase electric locomotives (WAG-9) shall be done only for the bogies which have been repaired/overhauled/rehabilitated successfully by the firm and are accepted by the consignee vide its final joint inspection note.

Security Deposit: The Security Deposit shall be 5% of the contract value. Further instructions are provided in Instruction to Tenderer.

Performance Guarantee: The successful bidder shall submit the Performance Guarantee (PG), amounting to 5% of the original contract value. FDR pledged in favour of 'PFA/ SER, Garden Reach, Kolkata- 43' or 'FA & CAO/ SER' may be accepted. Further instructions are provided in Instruction to Tenderer.

LIQUIDATED DAMAGE CLAUSE: As per Instruction to Tenderer.

SHRAMIK KALYAN PORTAL: i.Contractor is to abide by the provisions of various labour laws in terms of clause 54, 55, 55-A and 55-B of the Standard General Conditions of Contract. In order to ensure the same, an application has been developed and hosted on website 'www.shramikkalyan.indianrailways.gov.in'. Contractor shall register his firm/company etc. and upload requisite details of labour and their payment in this portal. These details shall be available in public domain. The registration/ updation in Portal shall be done as under: (a)Contractor shall apply for onetime registration of his company/firm etc. in the Shramik kalyan portal with requisite details subsequent to issue of Letter of Acceptance. Engineer shall approve the contractor's registration in the portal within 7 days of receipt of such request. (b)Contractor once approved by any Engineer, can create password with login ID (PAN No.) for subsequent use of portal for all Letter of Acceptances (LoAs) issued in his favour. (c)The contractor once registered on the portal, shall provide details of his Letter of Acceptances (LoAs) / Contract Agreements on shramik kalyan portal within 15 days of issue of any LoA for approval of concerned Engineer. Engineer shall update (if required) and approve the details of LoA filled by contractor within 7 days of receipt of such request. (d)After approval of LoA by Engineer, contractor shall fill the salient details of contract labours engaged in the contract and ensure updating of each wage payment to them on shramik kalyan portal on monthly basis. (e)It shall be mandatory upon the contractor to ensure correct and prompt uploading of all salient details of engaged contractual labour & payments made thereof after each wage period. ii.While processing payment of any 'On Account Bill' or 'Final Bill' or release of 'Advances' or 'Performance Guarantee / Security Deposit', contractor shall submit a certificate to the Engineer or Engineer's representatives that "I have uploaded the correct details of contract labours engaged in connection with this contract and payments made to them during the wage period in Railway's Shramikkalyan portal at 'www.shramikkalyan.indianrailways.gov.in' till ____Month,____Year."

WARRANTY CLAUSE: a) After each successful repair/overhauling/rehabilitation of bogie, contractor shall give warranty of 30 months from the date of delivery of bogie frames at ELS/ROU or 24 months from the date of commissioning in locomotive, whichever is earlier, against any failure out of faulty workmanship on the part of contractor or out of defective material used by the firm. b) If material supplied and fitted by the contractor within the bogie fails or any faulty workmanship is noticed during the warranty period, the same shall be rectified/replaced by the contractor at free of cost. c) During warranty period, if any failure occurs, the warranty-failed bogie frames shall be made good by the contractor free of cost and returned to the Railways, duly rectified, at the contractor's risk, within 15 (Fifteen) days from the date of receipt of warranty failure advise from Railways.This stipulated delivery period shall be inclusive of all transit time, including onward and return transportation and joint inspections. In case of delay, penalty as per penalty clause shall be levied. If it becomes necessary for the contractor to replace or renew any defective parts of the overhauled bogie frame during the warranty period, then the provisions of the above warranty clause shall also apply to the materials sore placed or renewed, i.e., for a period of 30 months from the date of replacement/fitment or 24 months from the date of re-commissioning in locomotive after such replacement or renewal, whichever is earlier. d) After certifying the bogie as fit at firm's premises, if any problem is experienced during assembling/ commissioning the bogie at ELS/ROU, same has to be rectified by the firm at free of cost at ELS/ROU within 24 hours of call from Railway's representative. In case of delay, penalty as per penalty clause shall be levied. e) During the aforementioned warranty period, cost of warranty repair which includes transportation ,packing and forwarding, material, labour, testing cost etc. if any arises, shall be borne by the contractor and Railways will not pay any additional amount in this regard. f) Tenderer shall give prompt and adequate service support while attending to the warranty obligations. In case locomotive fails in SER or in any other Zone/ Division, where attention of bogie is possible without lifting it from loco, the firm has to attend it at the nearest loco shed and joint note needs to be prepared in that respective shed only. g) The warranty will automatically get or be extended corresponding to the period during which the bogies are not in service due to failure of contractor in fulfillment of the above obligations, i.e., intervening period from the failure up to the rectification of defects by the contractor will not be considered, and as such, will be treated as waiting period. The decision of the Sr. DEE/TRS/ROU, in regard to the cause of failure and nature of rectification to be carried out by the contractor, shall be final and binding upon the contractor.

PENALTY CLAUSE: Fine/Penalty will be imposed for under performance against any clearance of the contract agreement. All penalties, wherever applicable, shall be deducted from the contractor's bills. For the purpose of penalty calculation, part of a day shall be considered as a full day. a) If firm fails to start work within 15 days from date of issue of LOA, penalty at the rate of 2000/- per day, shall be levied until the actual commencement of work. b) If firm fails to lift the nominated bogies from ELS/ROU within 7 days from date and time of intimation from Railways, a penalty of 1000/- per such bogie, per day, shall be levied, until compliance. c) If firm fails to return the bogie after successful repair/overhauling/rehabilitation to ELS/ROU within 30 days from the date of lifting from ELS/ROU, a penalty of 1000/- per such bogie, per day, shall be levied. d) On being informed of failure during the warranty period, the contractor shall have to return the same after rectification to ELS/ROU within 15 days from date of receipt of warranty failure advise from Railways. In case of delay beyond 15 days, a penalty of 1000/- per such bogie, per day, shall be levied, until compliance. e) After certifying the bogie as fit at firm's premises, if any problem is experienced during assembling/ commissioning the bogie at ELS/ROU, same has to be rectified by the firm at free of cost at ELS/ROU within 24 hours of call from Railway's representative. Any delay beyond 24 hours shall attract a penalty of 5,000/- per such bogie, per day, until compliance. f) If contractor's staff are found violating industrial safety norms, a penalty of 1000/- per instance, per person, shall be levied. g) A penalty of 1000/- per case shall be imposed against the contractor on any adverse remarks towards violation of stipulated conditions of tender. h) While working, contractor's personnel should not smoke or consume any liquor or be in a state of intoxication. In case if it is noticed any time that they are either smoking or under influence of liquor, a penalty of 1,000/- per person, per incidence, shall be imposed. The decision of Sr. DEE/TRS/ROU in this respect shall be final and binding upon the contractor and no claim in this respect shall be entertained.

LEGAL CHARGES: A fee of 200/- only per legal document executed before or after execution of the contract will be paid by the contractor for obtaining legal advice in law office. This amount will be received by this office in the form of money receipt issued by any cash counter of S. E. Rly. This amount will be deposited under allocation Z-652 or 93652-00.

TERMINATION OF CONTRACT: In case of failure on the part of the contractor to complete the work within the stipulated period or authorized extended period and breach of any terms and conditions of the contract by the contractor, the Railway administration reserves the right to terminate the contract without notice.

SUB-LETTING OF CONTRACT: The contractor shall not sub-let, assign or part with this contract nor shall take any partner or any other person / persons interested in the contract without the prior written consent of the Railway Administration. Any breach by the contractor in respect of the clause will entitle the Railway Administration without prejudice it's any other right or rights to terminate the contract forthwith.

POWER OF ATTORNEY: The tenderer shall submit "Power of Attorney" in favour of the person(s) authorized by you as per GCC 2022 and necessary corrigendum if any to execute and sign the agreement, legal and financial documents.

AGREEMENT: The successful tenderer shall be required to execute an agreement on a prescribed format based on accepted terms and conditions. Payment against bills shall only be eligible after execution of the agreement.

FORCE MAJEURE: As per Instruction to Tenderer.

OPENING OF TENDER: The tender will be opened on the schedule date and time at ELS/ROU.

VALIDITY OF THE TENDER: The offer shall remain open for acceptance for a period of 60 days from the date of Tender opening. Within this period the contractor/Tenderer cannot withdraw his offer subject to the period being extended further if required by mutual agreement from time to time. Any contravention to the above condition will make the Tenderer liable for forfeiture of his Security Deposit/EMD.

QUANTITY VARIATION CLAUSE: As per Instruction to Tenderer.

TIME EXTENSION CLAUSE: As per Instruction to Tenderer.

TERMS & CONDITIONS: a) No labour and transport shall be provided by the Railway for execution of work. b) Railways will not be responsible for any accident (fatal or non-fatal) or injury to any staff of the contractor, or any financial implications arising there upon. c) The contractor shall be liable to pay for direct losses / damages caused to the railways by him or his workmen knowingly/unknowingly while they are in railway premises working or not working. The amount of loss/damage shall be determined by the Senior Divisional Electrical Engineer, Rourkela. d) The contractor shall be responsible to ensure compliance with the provision of payment of Minimum Wages as fixed by Regional Commissioner, Ministry of Labour, Govt. of India from time to time. The rules made there under in respect of employees employed by him directly or through petty contractor, sub-contractor for the purpose of carrying out this contract. Necessary document should be produced before Railway Authority in this regard as and when to be called for. Recovery of statement EPF & ESI should be followed & deposited to the respective Central Agency. e) No liability of the Railways being accepted in the event of any untoward incident / accidents. f) Other terms and conditions are applicable as per latest General conditions of contract of South Eastern Railway.

As per Rly. Bd's letter No.2018/CE-I/CT/9 Dtd.04.06.2018, the contractor shall have the option to take payment from Railways through Letter of Credit (LC) arrangement. The details are furnished in Special Conditions OF Tender Documents uploaded in document section. (For the tender value equal to or greater than Rs.10 Lacs)

Bid Security : Bid security of requisite amount has to be submitted, or exemption can be claimed for its payment, as per Instruction to Tenderer.

Online BG verification through IPAS: The confirmation of BG through SFMS system became mandatory in accordance with para 10 of Annexure- VIA of IRGCC 2022, hence it shall be ensured that all BGs submitted in connection with aforesaid tender should be issued by Banks/ Branches through SFMS platform with input information as detailed in Instruction to Tenderer.

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 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 relief the bidder of its obligation or liabilities hereunder nor will it affect any rights of the Railway there under.

Before submitting a tender, the tenderer will be deemed to have satisfied himself by actual inspection of the site and locality of the works, that all conditions liable to be encountered during the execution of the works are taken into account and that the rates he enters in the tender forms are adequate and all inclusive to accord with the provisions in Clause-37 of the Standard General Conditions of Contract for the completion of works to the entire satisfaction of the Engineer.

Tenderers will examine the various provisions of the Central Goods and Services Tax Act,2017(CGST)/Integrated Goods and Services Tax, 2017(IGST)/Union Territory Goods and Services Tax Act,2017(UTGST)/respective state's State Goods and Services Tax Act (SGST) also, as notified by Central /State Govt. & as amended from time to time and applicable taxes before bidding. Tenderers will ensure that full benefit of Input Tax Credit (ITC) likely to be availed by them is duly considered while quoting rates.

The successful tenderer who is liable to be registered under CGST/IGST/UTGST/SGST Act shall submit GSTIN along with other details required under CGST/IGST/UTGST/SGST Act to railway immediately after the award of contract, without which no payment shall be released to the contractor. The contractor shall be responsible for deposition of applicable GST to the concerned authority.

In case the successful tenderer is not liable to be registered under CGST/IGST/UTGST/SGST Act, the railway shall deduct the applicable GST from his/their bills under reverse charge mechanism (RCM) and deposit the same to the concerned authority.

When work is tendered for by a firm or company, the tender shall be signed by the individual legally authorized to enter into commitments on their behalf. The Railway will not be bound by any power of attorney granted by the tenderer or by changes in the composition of the firm made subsequent to the execution of the contract. It may, however, recognize such power of attorney and changes after obtaining proper legal advice, the cost of which will be chargeable to the Contractor.

All the documents which are being uploaded should be self attested or digitally signed.

Conditional offers, offers with condition, conditional rebates will not be considered and will be summarily rejected

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 upto two 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 upto two years.

The tenderers shall submit a copy of certificate stating that all their statements/documents submitted along with bid are true and factual. Standard format of certificate to be submitted by the bidder. Non submission of above certificate by the bidder shall result in summarily rejection of his/their bid. It shall be mandatorily incumbent upon the tenderer to identify, state and submit the supporting documents duly self attested by which they/he is qualifying the Qualifying Criteria mentioned in the Tender Document

The contractor shall be responsible to ensure compliance with the provision of payment of Minimum Wages as fixed by Regional Commissioner, Ministry of Labour, Govt. of India from time to time. The rules made there under in respect of employees employed by him directly or through petty contractor, sub-contractor for the purpose of carrying out this contract. Necessary document should be produced before Railway Authority in this regard as and when to be called for. Recovery of statement EPF & ESI should be followed & deposited to the respective Central Agency.

Please go through the "Instruction to Tenderer" provided under Documents Tab carefully before quoting rates in the instant tender.

Contractors shall be liable to pay/refund the amount collect as GST to the Indian Railways along with interest and penalties, if any imposed by the authorities, in case GST input tax credit of Indian Railways is denied/ rejected by the tax authorities due to reasons mentioned below but not limited to: Wrong/ incorrect invoices issued by Contractor; No-filing of GST returns; Non- payment of GST collected from Indian Railways to the authorities; Any other non-compliance done by Contractor; General Indemnity: Contractor hereby agrees to indemnify and hold harmless the Indian Railways from and against any and all losses, including loss on account of Input Tax Credit and all losses incurred by the Indian Railways relating to or arising out of or in connection with any actual or threatened claim, legal action, proceedings, prosecution or inquiry by or against the Indian Railways arising out, directly or indirectly, of failure by the contractor to comply with the provisions of GST and related laws, or based upon or arising from any failure by the contractor. Retention money: Any payment liable to be paid by Indian Railways to contractor against the goods or services or both supplied by such contractor to Indian Railways shall be kept on hold in case supplier makes any non-compliance of any of the GST law provisions including non-reporting of invoices in GST returns. Such payment shall be released after proper verification of records and availability of ITC to Indian Railways as per provisions of GST Law.

Input Tax Credit, if any, availed by the contractor should be passed on to the Railway Administration, in course of operation of the subject contract.

Right of the Railway to deal with Tender: The authority for the acceptance of the tender will rest with the Railway. It shall not be obligatory on the said authority to accept the lowest tender or any other tender, and tenderer(s) shall neither demand any explanation for the cause of rejection of his/ their tender nor the Railway to assign reasons for declining to consider or reject any particular tender or tenders.

If the tenderer(s) deliberately gives / give wrong information in his / their tender or creates / create circumstances for the acceptance of his / their tender, the Railway reserves the right to reject such tender at any stage.

All other requisite documents as mentioned above must be attached and submitted as per the condition laid down in Srl. No. 14 of GCC (April)2022. Other terms and condition is applicable as per Srl. No. 14 of GCC (April)2022 and its latest corrigendum issued, if any.

The tenderers shall not add any condition of their own, either in their covering letter or anywhere else while submitting their offer. Any such conditions, if stated, which is found to be in violation of the Railway's tender conditions, it may lead to REJECTION of the tenderer's offer. Railway reserves the right to REJECT such tenderer's offer summarily without assigning any reason whatsoever.