Construction of Drain and Pathway in connection with the improvement and upgradation of various railway yards (i.e.RIG, JSLK, KDTR, BEF, SPGCL & ROB) under the jurisdiction of Assistant Divisional Engineer/Raigarh of Bilaspur division.

10.2 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-Y, along with copies of Audited Balance Sheets duly certified by the Chartered Accountant/ Certificate from Chartered Accountant duly supported by Audited Balance Sheet. ( Click here to download Format)

Each page of the copy of documents/certificates in support of Special Financial Criteria, submitted by the tenderer, shall be self- attested/digitally signed by the tenderer or authorized representative of the tendering firm. Self attestation shall include signature, stamp and date (on each page)

Note Explanation for clause 10 including 10.2 contractor may refer Indian Railways Standard General Conditions of Contract- April- 2022 (GCC- April-2022).

Credentials if submitted in foreign currency shall be converted into Indian currency i.e., Indian Rupee as per clause 10.5 of Indian Railways Standard General Conditions of Contract- April- 2022 (GCC-April-2022).

Bid Capacity : For tenders having advertised value more than Rs.10 Crore (As per ACS-11 of GCC-2022) wherein eligibility criteria includes bid capacity also, the tenderer will be qualified only if its available bid capacity is equal to or more than the total value of the present tender. The available bid capacity shall be calculated as under:- Available Bid Capacity = [A x N x 2] (-)0.33 x N x B Where- A = Maximum value of construction works executed and payment received in any one of the previous three financial years or the current financial year (up to date of inviting tender), taking into account the completed as well as works in progress. N = Number of years prescribed for completion of work for which bids has been invited. B = Existing commitments and balance amount of ongoing works with tenderer as per the prescribed proforma of Railway for statement of all works in progress and also the works which are awarded to tenderer but yet not started upto the date of inviting of tender. NOTE:- (a)The Tenderer (s) shall furnish the details of: (i)Maximum value of construction works executed and payment received in any one of the previous three financial years or the current financial year (up to date of inviting tender) for calculating A and. (ii)Existing commitments and balance amount of ongoing works with tenderer as per the prescribed proforma of Railway for statement of all works in progress and also the works which are awarded to tenderer but yet not started up to the date of inviting of tender for calculating B. In case of no works in hand, a 'NIL' statement should be furnished. The submitted details for (i) and (ii) above should be duly verified by Chartered Accountant. (b)In case if a bidder is JV, the tenderer (s) must furnish the details of (i)Maximum value of construction works executed and payment received in any one of the previous three financial years or the current financial year (up to date of inviting tender) by each member of JV for calculating 'A', and (ii)Existing commitment and balance amount of ongoing work with each member of JV either in individual capacity or as a member of other JV as per the prescribed proforma of Railway for statement of all works in progress and also the works which are awarded to each member of JV either in individual capacity or as a member of other JV but yet not started up to the date of inviting of tender for calculating 'B'. In case of no works in hand a 'NIL' statement should be furnished. The submitted details for (i) and (ii) above should be duly verified by Chartered Accountant. (c)Value of a completed work/work in progress/work awarded but yet not started for Member in an earlier JV shall be reckoned only to the extent of the concerned member's share in that JV for the purpose of satisfying his / her compliance to the above mentioned bid capacity in the tender under consideration. (d)The arithmetic sum of individual "bid capacity" of all the members shall be taken as JV's "bid capacity". (e)In case, the tenderer/s failed to submit the above statement along with offer, their/ his offer shall be considered as incomplete and will be Rejected Summarily. cntd..... ( Click here to download Format)

..... (f)The available bid capacity of tenderer shall be assessed based on the details submitted by the tenderer. In case, the available bid capacity is lesser than estimated cost of work put to tender, his offer shall not be considered even if he has been found eligible in other eligibility criteria /tender requirement. TENDERER'S CREDENTIALS (BID CAPACITY) should be read in conjunction of Indian Railways Standard General Condition of Contract published in April-2022 up to latest correction slip.

10.1 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 ofthe tender. (b) (i) In case of tenders for composite works (e.g. works involving more than one distinct component, such as Civil Engineering works, S&T works, Electrical works, OHE works etc. and in the case of major bridges - substructure, superstructure etc.), 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 each component of tender, or (ii)Two similar works each costing not less than the amount equal to 40% of advertised value of each component of tender, or (iii)One similar work each costing not less than the amount equal to 60% of advertised value of each component of tender. Note for b(1): Separate completed works of minimum required values shall also be considered for fulfillment of technical eligibility criteria for different components. (b) (2) In such cases, what constitutes a component in a composite work shall be clearly pre-defined with estimated tender cost of it, as part of the tender documents without any ambiguity. (b) (3) To evaluate the technical eligibility of tenderer, only components of work as stipulated in tender documents for evaluation of technical eligibility, shall be considered. The scope of work covered in other remaining components shall be either executed by tenderer himself if he has work experience as mentioned in clause 7 of the Standard General Conditions of Contract or through subcontractor fulfilling the requirements as per clause 7 of the Standard General Conditions of Contract or jointly i.e., partly himself and remaining through subcontractor, with prior approval of Chief Engineer in writing.However, if required in tender documents by way of Special Conditions, a formal agreementduly notarised, legally enforceable in the court of law, shall be executed by the main contractor with the subcontractor for the component(s) of work proposed to be executed by the subcontractor(s), and shall be submitted along with the offer for considering subletting of that scope of work towards fulfilment of technical eligibility. Such subcontractor must fulfill technical eligibility criteria as follows:- The subcontractor shall have successfully completed at least one work similar to work proposed for subcontract, costing not less than 35% value of work to be subletted, in last 5 years, ending last day of month previous to the one in which tender is invited through a works contract. ( Click here to download Format)

Note: for subletting of work costing up to Rs 50 lakh, no previous work experience of subcontractor shall be asked for by the Railway. In case after award of contract or during execution of work it becomes necessary for contractor to change subcontractor, the same shall be done with subcontractor(s) fulfilling the requirements as per clause 7 of the Standard General Conditions of Contract, with prior approval of Chief Engineer in writing. Note: For Substantially Completed Work :- Substantially Completed Work means an ongoing work in which payment equal to or more than 90% of the present contract value (excluding the payment made for adjustment of Price variation (PVC), if any) has been made to the contractor in that ongoing contract and no proceedings of termination of contract on Contractor's default has been initiated. The credential certificate in this regard should have been issued not prior to 60 days of date of invitation of present tender. Note for item 10.1: 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.

The tenderer in support of his/their claim of qualifying the laid down "Technical Eligibility Criteria" must submit Experience Certificate a s per 1.1.2 format prescribed in Annexure "W" duly self attested/digitally signed on each page (Self Attestation shall include signature, date & stamp of the tenderer).

The copy o f respective letter of acceptance/agreement for which experience certificate h a s b e e n produced i n Annexure-W m u s t be enclosed i n support o f "Similar Nature of Work". This document should be duly self attested/digitally signed on each page (Self Attestation shall include signature, date & stamp of the tenderer).

Tenderer has to submit details of employment/partnership etc. of Retired Railway Employees, as applicable, as per Para 16(a), 16(b) & 16(c) of Indian Railways Standard General Conditions of Contract- April- 2022 (GCC-April-2022) with all correction slips upto-date and as given in para 24.1 & 24.2 of "General Instructions to Tenderers for e-Tenders" attached with tender document. Tender submitted without the aforementioned sought information or tender submitted without a statement to the effect that no such retired Engineer or retired Gazetted Officer, as per Para 16(a), 16(b) & 16(c) of Indian Railways Standard General Conditions of Contract- April- 2022 (GCC-April-2022) with all correction slips up-to- date, is so associated with the tenderer, as the case may be, shall be rejected. The format for providing the aforementioned sought information is given in Annexure-J in the attached documents with the tender. ( Click here to download Format)

Each page of the copy of the documents/ certificates in support of Special Technical Criteria, submitted by the tenderer, shall be duly self attested/digitally signed by the tenderer (Self Attestation shall include signature, date & stamp of the tenderer).

Note Explanation for clause 10 including 10.1, contractor may refer Indian Railways Standard General Conditions of Contract- April- 2022 (GCC-April-2022).

Credentials if submitted in foreign currency shall be converted into Indian currency i.e., Indian Rupee as per clause 10.5 of Indian Railways Standard General Conditions of Contract- April- 2022 (GCC-April-2022).

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.

GENERAL INSTRUCTIONS TO TENDERERS For e-Tenders:-

E-tender have been invited for and on behalf of the President of India through website www.ireps.gov.in for the work mentioned against t h e tender notice number available in the website. Tenderers are required to bid online only in the above mentioned website. All Mandatory fields marked have to be filled in by the tenderer. No manual offer is acceptable against this tender. No Tender document i n hard c o p y w i l l b e sold against this tender. Please read the Instructions to Tenderers for e-tendering, Indian Railways Standard General Conditions of Contract- April- 2022 (GCC-April-2022) and Special Condition of Contract before filling the e-tender through online.

E-Tender forms are not transferable and the same is to be submitted with digital signature by the Tenderer already registered with the site.

T h e submitted e-tender forms w ill b e considered a s digitally signed by the tenderer as a confirmation from the tenderer that the tenderer has read, agreed and accepted all the conditions and attached documents referred in para 1.2 above as well as Schedule of Tender, Indian Railways Standard General Conditions of Contract- April- 2022 (GCC-April-2022) and Special Conditions of Contract.

The tender offer complete in all respect and with all documents i s t o be submitted online by e-tendering process through the website www.ireps.gov.in before t h e closing time/date o f this t e n d e r a s mentioned i n t h e N I T (Notice Inviting Tender). Tenderer can revise the bids any number of times till the closing time/date of the tender. No manual offers shall be accepted.

The Railway may, of its own o r i n response to any clarification requested/ suggested by any person including that from the tenderer, may modify this tender document at its sole discretion at least 15 days before the due date of closing of the tender as corrigendum.

Corrigendum as required may be issued at least 15 days prior to the closing of the tender. The corrigenda of this tender, if any, as issued time to time will be available on website at least 15 days in advance of closing of tender. The tenderers are requested to check the website before submitting their offer whether any such corrigendum to the tender has been issued or not and revise the offer if required accordingly. Failure on the part of tenderer on this aspect will be solely tenderers responsibility.

This document is the Standard Tender Document which consists of the General Instruction t o Tenderers, NIT (Notice Inviting Tender), Indian Railways Standard G e n e r a l Conditions of Contract- April- 2022 (GCC-April-2022), Special Conditions of Contract, Tender Schedules, Specifications of the works & various Annexures etc. All the above-mentioned documents taken together if not scored off, shall constitute the complete tender document here after referred to as "Tender Document" & have to be read together & acted upon accordingly. No part of the tender document can be relied upon or acted upon in isolation.

T h e Railway a n d t h e website w i l l h a v e n o responsibility for incorrect evaluation of cost and thereby incorrect cost of work and ranking of tenderers, if the schedule i s not filled correctly and unambiguously for each item. No claim or clarification o f a tenderer regarding applicability, inclusion or exclusion o f any element o f t a x o r d u t y o r a n y o t h e r change i n t h e offer subsequently (after opening o f the tender) will b e entertained. F o r this the tenderers are advised to read the Instructions, Indian Railways Standard General Conditions of Contract- April- 2022 (GCC-April-2022), Special Conditions of Contract and other Instructions carefully before submission of tender.

In case of any problem with the portal is faced while filling the e- tender, Tenderers are advised to contact with the Helpdesk of IREPS portal who will render all help and assistance related with the website and portal except that related with the details of the tender. Railway will not take any responsibility for nonparticipation in the e-tender online for the reasons related to the website and portal or server etc beyond the control of railways.

Railway and the IREPS website will not take the responsibility for any online payment made by the tenderer and debited from his/their account towards the Earnest Money due to wrong or mismanipulation or any reasons related with the IT o r found unsuitable for the tender etc. In this regard Railway and IREPS website will not entertain any claim or refund the paid amount. E- Tender Forms shall be issued free of cost to all tenderers.

All documents uploaded or information furnished in the website are digitally signed by the competent authority.

INCONSISTENCY BETWEEN THE DOCUMENTS

The Indian Railways Standard General Conditions of Contract- April- 2022 (GCC-April-2022), Standard Schedule of Rate SSOR), CPWD Specifications, Vol I & II and the USSOR [Unified Standard Schedule of Rates (Labour & Materials) & Indian Railway Unified Standard Specification shall be read with all correction slips issued thereto from time to time and shall form integral part of this tender document. In case of any difference, contradiction, discrepancy, with regard t o Conditions o f tender/ contract, Specifications, Drawings, Bill of quantities etc., forming part of the tender/ contract, t h e following s h a l l b e t h e o r d e r of precedence: (i) Letter of Award/Acceptance (LOA) (ii) Bill(s) of Quantities (iii) Special Conditions of Contract (iv) Technical Specifications as given in tender documents (v) Drawings (vi) Indian Railways Standard General Conditions of Contract updated with correction slips issued up to date of inviting tender or as otherwise specified in the tender documents. (vii) Indian Railways Unified Standard Specification (IRUSS) updated with correction slips issued up to date of inviting tender or as otherwise specified in the tender documents, if applicable in the contract. (viii) CPWD Specifications Vol I & II updated with correction slips issued up to date of inviting tender or as otherwise specified in the tender documents, if applicable in the contract. (ix) Indian Railways Unified Standard Specifications (Works and Material) updated with correction slips issued up to date of inviting tender or as otherwise specified in the tender documents, if applicable in the contract. (x) IR Specifications/Guidelines updated with correction slips issued up to date of inviting tender or as otherwise specified in the tender documents. (xi) Relevant B.I.S. Codes updated with correction slips issued up to date of inviting tender or as otherwise specified in the tender documents.

TENDERER S POSTAL ADDRESS

Address of tenderer: The address, email Id and Mobile phone, other phone nos. and other details given in the portal while registering will be considered as official address a n d all correspondences t o t h e tenderer will be m a d e in these registered m o d e s . All communication sent i n t i m e t o the tenderer by post at the said address shall be deemed to have reached the tenderer duly and in time. Important documents shall be sent by Registered Post. However, an undertaking has t o b e given i n the enclosed annexure b y uploading a scanned copy of duly filled in form in the portal.

THE SCHEDULE OF WORKS

The Schedules of Works is also available seperately in the website online and Rates are to be quoted online and submitted online duly signed digitally.

INSPECTION OF DATA

Drawings f o r t h e work c a n b e seen i n t h e offi c e inviting this tender on any working day during working hours. The drawings are only for the guidance of tenderers. Detailed working drawings, if required based o n the drawings mentioned above, will be given by the Engineer or his representative from time to time.

OPENING OF TENDER

Opening of e-tender online:- The e-tenders will be opened online using the IREPS portal. No representative is required to be present for opening of tender and taking notes of rates quoted and ranking as the complete details of rates etc. of all the bidders shall be available to the bidders in the website after the opening of the tender. In case of two packet system, technical bids will be opened first and financial bid will be opened in a subsequent date and time to b e notified/intimated t o those bidder whose technical bids are found acceptable. The tenderer must submit the documents in support of technical bids against eligibility criteria as mentioned in special technical criteria at para 4 and filled the financial bid on schedule.

In case the date of closing mentioned in the Notice Inviting Tender is declared a holiday/bandh/strike etc. on any account, the date of closing tender online will not be changed as the application in the website of IREPS does not permit submission of any offer after closing date and time of the tender. However, opening of tenders online will be on any convenient day after the closing date/time of tenders.

SUBMISSION OF DOCUMENTS IN SUPPORT OF ELIGILIITY CRITERIA, IF APPLICABLE:-

All documents in support of fulfillment of the eligibility criteria with respect to completion of similar nature of work for Technical Eligibility Criteria and minimum average annual contractual turnover for Financial Eligibility Criteria must be uploaded over the website www.ireps.gov.in with scanned copy in .Pdf format at the time of tender bidding with details in specified format (Annexure W & Y).

T h e tenderer shall submit along w i t h t h e tender document, documents in support of his / their claim t o fulfill the eligibility criteria as mentioned in the tender document. Each page of the copy of documents/certificates in support of credentials, submitted by the tenderer, shall be self- attested / digitally signed by the tenderer or authorized representative of the tendering firm. Self - attestation shall include signature, stamp and date (on each page).

T h e R ailw a y reserves t h e r i g h t t o v e r i f y a l l statements, information and documents submitted by the bidder in his tender offer, and the bidder shall, when s o required b y the Railway, m a k e available a l l s u c h 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 here under nor will it affect any rights of the railway there under.

In case of any wrong information submitted by tenderer, the contract shall be terminated. Bid Security, Performance Guarantee (PG) and Security Deposit ( SD) of contract shall be forfeited and agency shall be debarred for doing business on entire Indian Railways for 2 (Two) years.

Tenderer are advised to take utmost care while scanning/uploading the documents related to their eligibility. Railway administration will not be responsible for improperly scanned/uploaded document, corrupt file, illegible documents etc.

The tenderer should ensure that the information/documents, being submitted in support of claim of qualifying the laid down eligibility criteria, are prepared in prescribed formats duly signed by an official authorized t o d o so. Documents issuing authority must furnish a l l relevant information i n the prescribed format itself. Complete details of issuing authority should also be indicated in the document. Furnishing incomplete, illegible, vague information may lead to rejection of offer.

SUBMISSION OF COST OF TENDER FORM:

E-Tender Forms shall be issued free of cost to all tenderers.

SUBMISSION OF Bid Security: The Bid Security shall be deposited either in cash through e-payment gateway or submitted as Bank Guarantee bond from a scheduled commercial bank of India. The Bank Guarantee bond shall be as per Annexure-H and shall be valid for a period of 90 days beyond the bid validity period.

Tender must be accompanied with Bid Security of requisite amount as mentioned in NIT in A/c of P.F.A., S.E.C.Railway, Bilaspur deposited through Internet Banking or payment gateway only. i Any firm recognized by Department of Industrial Policy and Promotion (DIPP) as 'Startups' shall be exempted from payment of Bid Security deposit detailed above. ii Labour Cooperative Societies shall deposit only 50% of above Bid Security deposit detailed above.

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. ii. The original Bank Guarantee should be delivered in person to the official nominated as indicated in the tender document (i.e.Official Address mean: Sr.Divisional Engineer/East/Bilaspur, Office of the Sr.Divisional Engineer/Co-ord/Bilaspur, Near Titali Chowk, Railway Settlement Area, Bilaspur, Chhattisgarh-495004) before closing date for submission of bids (i.e. excluding the last date of submission of bids). iii. Non submission of scanned copy of Bank Guarantee with the bid on e-tendering 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.

SOUTH EAST CENTRAL RAILWAY TENDER FORMS (FIRST SHEET) ANNEXURE-I

I/We have read the various conditions to tender attached hereto and agree to abide by the said conditions. I/We also agree to keep this offer open for acceptance for a period of 60 (Sixty days) days from the date fixed for closing of the tender and in default thereof, I/we will be liable for forfeiture of my/our "Bid Security". I/We offer to do the work for South East Central Railway, at the rates quoted in the attached bill(s) of quantities and hereby bind myself/ourselves to complete the work in all respects within as mentioned in NIT of this instant tender (months) from the date of issue of letter of acceptance of the tender.

I/We also hereby agree t o abide b y the Indian Railways Indian Railways Standard General Conditions of Contract- April- 2022 (GCC-April-2022) with all correction slips up-to-date and to carry out the work according to the Special Conditions of Contract and Specifications of materials and works as laid down by Railway in the annexed Special Conditions/Specifications, Schedule of R a t e s w i t h all correction slips up-to-date for the present contract.

A Bid Security of Rs. (as mentioned in NIT of this instant tender) has already been deposited online/ submitted as Bank Guarantee bond. Fu l l value o f t h e Bid Security shall stand forfeited without prejudice to any other right or remedies in case my/our tender is accepted and if: -

I/We do not submit the Performance Guarantee within the time specified in the Tender document;

I/We do not execute the contract documents within seven days 10.3.2 after receipt of notice issued by the Railway that such documents are ready, and

I/We do not commence the work within fifteen days after receipt of orders to that effect.

( a ) I/We am/are a Start up firm registered by........................ Department of Industrial Policy a n d Promotion (DIPP) a n d my registration number is................ valid upto...................... (Copy enclosed) and hence exempted from submission of Bid Security.

We are a Labour Cooperative Society and our Registration No. is .................... with .......................and hence required to deposit only 50% of Bid Security.

Until a formal agreement is prepared and executed, acceptance of this tender shall constitute a binding contract between us subject to modifications, as maybe mutually agreed to between us and indicated in the letter of acceptance of my/our offer for this work.

TENDER FORM (SECOND SHEET) ANNEXURE-I

Instructions to tenderers and conditions of tender: -The following documents form part of Tender/Contract: