Provision of catering services (Tea Stall), General Minor Unit (GMU), No: TS/109/AKT/PF-1/2 at Akaltara (B/NSG4) category station, Bilaspur Division, for five (05) years.

For GMU at A1/A/B class stations the bidder must have minimum annual turnover of 3 times of Indicative License Fee in any one of the previous three financial years from catering business. The bidder would submit audited balance sheet and profit and loss account or Income Tax returns of previous three (3) financial years, i.e. 2022-23, 2023-24 and 2024-25, duly certified by the Chartered Accountant.

For GMU at A1/A/B class stations the bidder must have profit or loss+accumulated reserves + share capital of minimum Rs. 3 lakh in the previous three financial years.

The Bidder should be either an individual or sole-proprietor firm or a Company incorporated under the Companies Act, 2013 or a Partnership Firm registered under the Partnership Act, 1932. The bidder shall furnish self-attested copy of Government approved Identity Proof, such as AADHAAR CARD.

For GMU at A1/A Category stations, the Bidder should have a minimum of three (3) years of catering business experience.For GMU at B Category stations, the Bidder should have a minimum of three (3) years of catering business experience.The Bidder shall submit a copy of Articles of Association / Partnership Deed where catering / hospitality / food and beverage is covered under the Main Objects clause of the agreement.

Preference will be given to the bidder having domicile certificate for the municipality/district/state under which jurisdiction the station is falling as per the scoring criteria in the Techno-Commercial bid document. Self- attested Proof of domicile to be attached.

All additional mandatory requirements have been enlisted at Annexure A/2, Chapter 1 of Section B of the Bid document. This includes Permanent Account Number, GSTIN Registration, FSSAI etc.

Bids which satisfy the above criteria will be called "eligible bid". All eligible bids shall be evaluated in terms of the process defined at Chapter 3 of Section C.

There is no need to upload the entire document along with bid. Only Annexure A1 to A 8 (except A7) and Mandatory Form for NEFT, from this tender document is to be uploaded with bid along with related credentials of the bidder in support of his eligibility.

The proposed location may be affected due to ongoing or upcoming station development works. In such an event, the Railway Administration reserves the right to relocate the allotted site. The licensee shall be bound to shift the asset to the new location as directed by the Railway Administration at their own cost. No claim for compensation, reimbursement, or any other relief on this account shall be entertained. In the event of any dispute arising in this regard, the decision of the Senior Divisional Commercial Manager (Sr. DCM), Bilaspur shall be final and binding.