Straightened Spring Steel Round Rods (Peeled, Ground & Polished as annealed bars), to Size 40 mm Diameter x 3730 mm long.

Special Eligibility Criteria

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   [A] This item is reserved to be procured from RDSO approved sources only. [RDSO Sub Item ID:3100174002 as available on UVAM]. (a) Purchaser reserves the right to procure Bulk/regular/entire quantity from approved vendors/sources of nominated vendor/source approving agencies for the tendered item (as available on UVAM only). (b) (i) Offers received from tenderers appearing in the Vendor list of nominated vendor/source approving agencies for tendered item (as available on UVAM only) as 'Vendors for Developmental Orders' shall be considered eligible for Developmental Orders up to 20 percent of net procurable quantity (NPQ). (ii) 'Developmental Vendors' are only such vendors which are listed as developmental vendors on UVAM without any condition. (Authority- Railway Board's letter no. 2021/RS(G)/779/7 dt. 09.05.2025). (c) Where there are not more than three Indian suppliers categorized as Approved Vendor for a particular item, developmental vendors can be considered for placement of bulk order without any quantity restrictions. However, while considering such vendors, factors including past performance, capacity, delivery requirements, quantity under procurement, nature of item, outstanding order load etc. shall be considered in a transparent manner, subject to rates being reasonable. In such cases, the purchaser reserves the right to split the order quantity between one or more firms and Para 25.2 of Instruction to tenderers and General Conditions of tenders for supply contract [for indigenous tenders] shall be applicable. Such orders shall be treated as bulk orders. Indian Supplier shall be defined as follows: A supplier or bidder shall be considered to be from India if (i) the entity is incorporated in India, or ii) a majority of its shareholding or effective control of the entity is exercised from India, or iii) more than 50% of the value of the item being supplied has been added in India. (d) The status of the vendor (i.e. approved or developmental vendor) shall be reckoned as on the date of tender opening and not thereafter. However, cases of downgrading/removal/ suspension/ banning etc., after opening of tender, shall be taken into account while considering the offers. (e) The firms/tenderers who are not appearing in UVAM as Approved/Developmental Vendors of nominated vendor/source approving agencies will not be considered for ordering. However, such firms willing to participate, are advised to approach the concerned Vendor Approving agency for getting their name registered as approved/developmental vendor in the vendor directory maintained in UVAM.
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   [B] Instant tender is a LHB Coach Item & as per Railway Board Letter No. 2015/RS(G)/779/5(Vol.III) dated 24.09.2020, in addition to Eligibility Criteria as mentioned at [A] above, only Class I local supplier (self- certification by bidder as per PPP-MII order 2017, as amended), shall be considered for ordering of instant item. [C] In terms of Railway Board Letter No. 2015/RS(G)/779/5(Vol.III) dated 24.09.2020,in keeping with the Public Procurement (Preference to Make in India) Order, 2017, as amended, it has been found that 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 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 it's own risk and cost and Railways shall not be liable for any loss or damage caused to the vendor.

Check List

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   Have you attached any performance statements with your offer?
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   Have you quoted in the prescribed performa ?
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   Have you furnished the performance statement ?
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   Have you submitted the Bankers report ?
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   Have you furnished the details of equipment- quality control ?
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   Have you furnished the statement of deviations[preferably nil] ?
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   Have you quoted price on the basis of free delivery to destination, indicating the break up ?
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   Have you quoted delivery period correctly and precisely ?
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   Have you kept your offer valid for minimum 90 days.
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    Have you submitted authenticated copy of the document authorizing the signatory to submit offer and commit on behalf of tenderers ?
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    I/we hereby agree to supply the offered goods at a quoted rates as per IRS conditions of contract and other terms & conditions specified in this tender.
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    Have you submitted Earnest money ?
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    Have you submitted your GST Jurisdictional Assessing officer details with your offer.
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    Have you submitted self certification for the local content requirement for class-I local supplier/class II supplier as the case may be.

Commercial-Compliance

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   (1) DECLARATION IN COMPLIANCE OF OM OF MoF DATED 23.07.2020 : "I have read the clause regarding restrictions on procurement from a bidder of a country which shares a land border with India; I certify that this bidder is not from such a country or, if from such a country, has been registered with the Competent Authority. I hereby certify that this bidder fulfills all requirements in this regard and is eligible to be considered. [Where applicable, evidence of valid registration by the Competent Authority shall be attached.]" (2) If such declaration given by a bidder whose bid is accepted is found to be false, this would be a ground for immediate termination of contract and further legal action in accordance with law.

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   BID SECURITY DECLARATION TO BE SIGNED BY BIDDERS AVAILING EXEMPTION FROM SUBMISSION OF EMD: "I/we certify that my/our offer is eligible for exemption from submission of bid security/Earnest Money Deposit, in terms of the tender conditions. In case my/our claim to exemption from submission of bid security/Earnest Money Deposit is not found valid as per the terms of the tender, I/we understand and accept that Railways has unquestionable right to summarily reject my bid and my offer shall not be considered for ordering. Further, I/we hereby understand and accept that if I/we withdraw or modify my/our bids during the period of validity, or if I/we are awarded the contract and on being called upon to submit the performance/Security Deposit, fail to submit the performance security/ Security deposit before the deadline defined in the request for bid document/ Notice Inviting Tender, I/we shall be debarred from exemption of submitting Bid Security/ Earnest Money Deposit and performance security/ Security Deposit for a period of 6 (six) months, from the date I/we are declared disqualified from exemption from submission of EMD/SD, for all tenders for procurement of goods issued by any unit of Indian Railways published during this period."

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   THIS TENDER COMPLIES WITH PUBLIC PROCUREMENT POLICY (PREFERENCE TO MAKE IN INDIA) ORDER 2017 AS AMENDED FROM TIME TO TIME.The percentage of Local Content entered by the bidder in their techno- commercial offer for classification as a Class-I or Class-II Local supplier for the tendered item(s), in accordance with the Make in India policy, shall be deemed as their 'self-certification' of local content. In addition to this, unless explicitly stated otherwise in the offer, the bidder's manufacturing plants and facilities shall be considered as the location(s) where local value addition is carried out for the tendered item.

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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.

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   Validity of offer: Minimum 90 days. No deviation from the offer validity period stipulated in the tender is permitted.

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   Bidders are reminded to carefully go through Para 35.0 of Instruction to Tendereres and General Conditions of Tenders for Supply Contract_24 dated 04.12.2025(uploaded on IREPS on 08.12.2025) (included and uploaded along with the bid document) those pertaining to Code of Integrity, Misdemeanour and Penal measures. If two or more bidders are found to be sister concerns or affiliates (having common partner/director/promoter/ owner/holding company decision control etc.) the offers of all such sister concerns are liable to be rejected as per relevant provisions of Tender conditions. They are therefore earnestly urged to refrain from committing violation of code of integrity in general and conflict of interest and anti-competitive practices.

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   As a tenderer we hereby confirm that we have gone through Para 35.0 of Instruction to tenderers and General Conditions of Tenders for Supply Contract_24 dated 04.12.2025(uploaded on IREPS on 08.12.2025 and do hereby confirm that none of our sister concerns or affiliates (having common partner/director/promoter/owner/ holding company decision control etc.) have participated in this tender.