SET OF FASTENERS FOR SIDE BUFFER ASSEMBLY

Special Eligibility Criteria

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   Tendered item is reserved for procurement from-OEM M/s TVS/TUFF/DFL/UNBRAKO or their authorized agent/dealers or RDSO approved sources as available on UVAM for item for item ID: 3100249002 (SET OF FASTENERS FOR SIDE BUFFER ASSEMBLY) approval status shall be reckoned as on the date of tender closing and not thereafter,unless it is a case of removal/suspension /banning interms of para 0804 of Western Railway Bid document (Indigenous purchase version 14 of June 2024.But in case of removal/suspension /banning etc. after opening of tender such changes shall be taken into account while considering o%uE048ers. Minimum 80% of the net procurable qty. shall be ordered on the vendors appearing as Approved vendor in UVAM. Vendors appearing as Developmental vendor(without any condition) in UVAM will be considered up to a maximum of 20% of NPQ. However, this is subject to a condition that rates of developmental vendors are lower than the rates of vendors eligible for regular orders.

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   Procurement from (OEMs) manufacturers or authorized agent/dealer: Instructions and Conditions are as per Para 0400 of Instructions to Tenderers for electronic tenders and General Conditions of tender available at IREPS portal at link https://ireps.gov.in/ireps/upload/repository/railway/483/148/public/InstructionstoTenderersandGeneralConditionsofTenderIndigenousVersion14_2.pdf a] Either OEM should quote directly or OEM can authorize and give Tender Specific Authorization to its Agent / dealer to quote on their behalf. B] The authorized dealer should submit valid tender specific authorization, along with the offer, failing which their offer will be summarily rejected. C] Authorized dealer should mention name of Manufacturer along with complete address for inspection of material at OEM Premises D) Traders/Authorized Dealers/ Agents are not eligible to avail the benefits extended to MSEs under the Public Procurement Policy. E) Authorised agent quoting on behalf of a manufacturer will not be exempted from remitting Earnest Money Deposit (EMD) / Security Deposit (SD), owing to any of the exemptions applicable to the manufacturer represented by them.

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   EMD: As per Para 0500 of Instructions to Tenderers for electronic tenders and General Conditions of tender attached also available at IREPS portal https://ireps.gov.in/ireps/upload/repository/railway/483/148/public/InstructionstoTenderersandGeneralConditionsofTenderIndigenousVersion14_2.pdf Vendors registered with Railways and PUs for the trade group of the item tendered are also eligible for EMD exemption. The bidder seeking EMD exemption, must submit valid supporting document for the relevant category. Under MSE category, only manufacturers having UDYAM certificate are eligible for exemption from EMD. Traders are excluded from the purview of this Policy. UDYAM certificate should be uploaded for MSE benefits. Rly Bd letter No. 2020/RS(G)/363/1 dt 03.11.2022 is applicable.

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   The tender will be governed by Railway Board letter No.2020/RS(G)/779/ 2 dtd. 12/06/20 and No.2020/RS(G)/779/2/Pt.1 dtd 25.09.2020 for Public Procurement (Preference to Make in India). Since, there is sufficient local capacity and competition in supply of the tendered item of required quality and therefore public procurement of the item is restricted to Class I local suppliers only with minimum local content of 50% or more and the vendors who do not qualify to be Class I local suppliers should not quote in the tender as their offers shall not be considered for any ordering. In case any vendor who does not qualify to be a Class I local supplier for the tendered item participates in the tender it does so at its own risk and cost and Railways shall not be liable for any loss or damage caused to the vendor. THIS TENDER COMPLIES WITH PUBLIC PROCUREMENT (PREFERENCE TO MAKE IN INDIA), ORDER 2017- Revision Regarding issued by Ministry of Commerce and Industry order No. P-45021/2/2017-PP(BE-II) dated 16.09.2020. Tenders must furnish the information giving the percentage of local content. Please refer to para 1800 of WR bid document of INSTRUCTIONS TO TENDERERS FOR ELECTRONIC TENDERS AND GENERAL CONDITIONS OF TENDER Indigenous Purchases Version-16 of November 2024 attached with tender.

Commercial-Compliance

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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.

   Document optional

Other Conditions

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   Inspection shall be carried out by Third party Agency as per annexure attached. Inspection place is to be indicated by tenderer with complete address.
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   EVALUATION CRITERIA: 1) The inter-se-position of all offers received will be decided item wise/consignee wise revised spl. Conditions of tender. 2) Firm should offer their quotation consignee wise and also deliver the quantity consignee wise as per delivery schedule mentioned in tender condition. Offers for delivery location/schedule other than tender condition are likely to be passed over
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   Firms must quote Free at destination rates only. Mode of dispatch should be preferably by Road/Personal courier Service, The date of delivery at destination [consignee's end] shall only be treated as delivery date irrespective of F.O.R./ F.O.T. condition mentioned elsewhere in the contract /tender. Railway reserve the right to pass over such offers who do not comply
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   NEFT/RTGS Payment : Applicable As per clause 2900 Instructions to Tenderers and General Conditions (Indigenous), June 2024 attached with the Tende
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   GOODS AND SERVICE TAX : Applicable as per Para 0906 of Instructions to Tenderers and General Conditions of Tender Indigenous Version 14 of June 2024 attached with tender
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   MICRO AND SMALL ENTERPRISES(MSE) : Applicable as per Para 1700 of Instructions to Tenderers and General Conditions of Tender Indigenous Version 14 of June 2024 attached with tender
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   LD CLAUSE: Liquidated Damage (LD) shall be levied @ 1/2% (half percent) of the price of the store per week or part of the week during which delivery is accepted and the upper limit for recovery of Liquidated Damages in Supply Contracts is 10 Percent of value of contract irrespective of delays, unless otherwise provided, specifically in the contract
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   SECURITY DEPOSIT (SD): Applicable as per Para 600 of Instructions to Tenderers and General Conditions of Tender Indigenous Version 14 of June 2024 attached with tender.

   Document optional
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   Warranty: Warranty as per IRS condition of contract shall be applicable
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    Delivery: The delivery period shall be reckoned from the date of issue of PO /Letter of Advance Acceptance/ Letter of Acceptance as the case may be
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    Special Instructions: Technical and commercial deviations, if any, must be quoted in relevant column specified while submitting the bid. Any deviation in offer quoted anywhere else in the tender or in uploaded documents, shall be ignored and contract shall be placed after ignoring such deviations, which will be binding on the firm.
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    Single use plastic: Firm to note that single use plastic should not be used in packing, if material to be supplied otherwise it will be rejected. Collection of non-biodegradables old waste after successful delivery of the product/material from consignee place will be arranged by the supplier
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    Complete address of place of inspection(OEM premise) to be mentioned.

    Document optional
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    The purchaser shall be entitled and it shall be lawful on his part to forfeit the SD in whole or in part in the event of any default, failure or neglect on the part of the contractor in the fulfilment or any other contract with the purchaser or any part thereof to the satisfaction of the purchaser .The purchaser shall also be entitled to deduct from the said deposits any loss or damage which the purchaser may suffer or be put by reason of or due to any act or other default, recoverable by the purchaser from the contractor in respect of the contract under reference or any other contract and in either of the events aforesaid to call upon the contractor to maintain the security deposit as its original limit by making further deposits provided further that the purchaser shall be entitled to recover any such claim from any sum then due or which at any time thereafter may become due to the contractor under this or any other contracts with the purchaser. Wherever the supplies are to be delivered in more than one instalment/lot, each such instalment/lot forms a severable contract. In case of failure by contractor to meet deliveries for any instalment/lot, purchaser may cancel the contract for defaulted quantity by forfeiting SD commensurate to that instalment/lot. Apart from claiming damages from vendors, in case of failure to comply with the contractual obligations, railways shall record poor performance of the vendors for taking suitable penal action as per extant instructions
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    No Post tender correspondence for submission of additional documents shall be entered into/entertained after opening of Technical and/or Commercial offers. Even suo-moto post Tender Closing additional documents submitted by tenderers shall be treated as Null & Void. However, clarification on historical data/ shortfall information shall be submitted only in case of historical documents, which pre-existed at the time of the tender opening and which have not undergone change, since then. So far as the submission of documents is concerned with regard to qualification criteria, after submission of the tender, only related shortfall documents shall be submitted for.

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

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   Tenderers should quote firm price. No price variation will be acceptable