Provision of Three Phase 750V AC Supply arrangements to Standard Pitlines for maintenance of LHB Coaches at Erode-Electrical Arrangements.

The tenderer must have minimum average annual contractual turnover of V/N or 'V' which ever 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: VI-B along with copies of Audited Balance Sheets duly certified by the Chartered Accountant/ Certificate from Chartered Accountant duly supported by Audited Balance Sheet

As per Note (ii) of 5. Bid security Part I of Instructions to Tenderers(ITT) of GCC April 2022, "Any firm recognized by Department of Industrial Policy and Promotion (DIPP) as 'Startups' shall be exempted from payment of Bid Security detailed above". Bid security exemption cannot be claimed with Documents other than this and such offers will be summarily rejected.

Annexure VI B format of GCC April 2022 attested by Chartered Accountant has to be attached Mandatorily by tenderer along with Audited Balance sheet if the Advertised value of tender is Rs. 50 Lakhs and more.

Para 14 of Instructions to Tenderers of GCC April 2022 must be adhered by Tenderer and all the documents mentioned there has to be attached mandatorily according to the type of Constitution of business like Sole proprietorship, Company, LLP etc.

The tenderer must have successfully completed or substantially completed any of the following during last 07 (seven) years, ending last day of month previous to the one in which tender is invited: 1. Three similar works each costing not less than the amount equal to 30% of advertised value, or 2. Two similar works each costing not less than the amount equal to 40% of advertised value or 3.One similar work each costing not less than the amount equal to 60% of advertised value Note: Separate completed works of minimum required values for each component can also be considered for fulfillment of technical eligibility criteria for different components.

Similar nature of work is defined as "Works involving Supply testing installation testing and commissioning of outdoor/indoor substation equipments of 11 kV or above voltage.Authority CEGE Letter No:E.252/I/8/G Dt:02/08/2013

The tenderer should have a valid Electrical Contractor's License Grade "A" up to 33 kV issued by a Government Electrical License Board, or the Site Supervisor should possess the necessary A-Grade License up to 33 kV issued by a Government Licensing Authority to carry out works of appropriate voltage. Failing which, the offer will be summarily rejected. In case the validity of the electrical license expires after submission of the offer, the tenderer may upload the license renewal application submitted to the concerned statutory authority along with the expired license, and it will be considered for provisional acceptance. However, the valid renewed electrical license must be produced before commencement of work; otherwise, the agreement will not be signed. The electrical license shall be in the name of the firm, or in the name of an authorized person of the tenderer's firm. If the tenderer hires a licensed supervisor for supervising/overseeing the work, the tenderer shall submit: • The supervisor's Electrical License, and • An authorization letter for supervising/overseeing the work.

The Stores materials which are supplied by Railways shall be collected from SSE/E/Works/SA stores duly transporting the same to the site by own cost borne by the contractor only. The released Railway materials if any should be handed over to the maintenance concerned SSE/Power stores duly getting forwarding acknowledgement from SSE/E/Works concerned.

I/We also hereby agree to abide by the updated Regulations of Tendersand Contracts and General Conditions of Contract issued by theEngineering Department of Indian Railways along with correction slipsissued from time to time and to carryout the work according to the SpecialConditions of Contract and specifications of materials and works as laiddown by Railway in the Annexed Special Conditions / Specifications,Schedule of Work for the present contract.

All rates quoted in the tenders shall be deemed to be inclusive of CGST,SGST, IGST etc., payable by the contractor to the Government or anypublic body and no additional amount/rate or claim will be entertained onthis account by the Railways. Also no claim whatsoever will be accepted byRailways on account of revision of tax rates, new taxes of statutory natureby State/Central Govt.

The Contractor shall submit a statement to the effect that no retired Engineer or retired Gazetted Officer is associated with the tenderer as per Appendix-D. Tenders without the information above referred to or a statement to the effect that no such retired Engineer or retired Gazetted Officer is so associated with the tenderer, as the case may be, shall be rejected.

I/We hereby Confirm that the rates, rebates and/or other financial terms, if any, quoted by us in the relevant fields of the Financial Bid page will only be the ruling terms for deciding the inter-se ranking, and any such condition having financial repercussions, if quoted by us anywhere else including attached documents shall not be considered for deciding inter-se ranking

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.

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 tender open for acceptance for a period of 60 days from the date fixed for opening the same

I/We offer to do the work for Senior Divisional Electrical Engineer, Electrical General, Salem Division, Salem, at the rates quoted in the attached schedule and hereby bind myself/ourselves to complete the work in all respects within the period of completion stipulated in the tender document, from the date of commencement of work of the tender. The amount as stipulated in the tender document is herewith forwarded as Earnest Money. Full value of the earnest Money shall stand forfeited without prejudice to any other right or remedies in case my/our Tender is accepted and if :(a) I/We do not execute the contract documents as stipulated in performance guarantee clause of GCC 2022 as detailed in general instructions.(b) I/We do not commence the work within seven days after receipt of LOA/orders to that effect.

However, Railways shall have the right to incorporate any such condition quoted by us, in the contract, at their discretion, if contract is placed on us.

I/We have read the various conditions attached/ referred to in this tender document, and agree to abide by the said conditions.

All the tenderers/Contractors have to deposit full earnest money and tender document cost as stipulated for the tender, through online modes as permitted in IREPS application through multiple banks net banking, debit and credit cards only. On failing which offer will be summarily rejected.

The Tenderer should submit a copy of GST/PAN and NEFT Form.

Payment of EMD and Tender form cost should be made on line only.

GCC 2022- All GCC clauses (updated including with all correction slips on date) are applicable.

i)For all the tenders having advertised cost of Rs. 10 lakh or above, the contractor shall have the option to take payment from Railways through a letter of credit (LC) arrangement. (ii)This option of taking payment through LC arrangement has to be exercised in IREPS (Indian Railway Electronic Procurement System - the e-application on which tenders are called by Railways) by the tenderer at the time of bidding itself, and the tenderer shall affirm having read over and agreed to the terms and conditions of the LC option.(iii)The option so exercised, shall be an integral part of the bidder's offer.(iv)The above option of taking payment through LC arrangement, once exercised by tenderer at the time of bidding, shall be final and no change shall be permitted, thereafter, during execution of contract.(v)In case tenderer opts for payment through LC, following shall be the procedure to deal release of payment through LC:(a)The LC shall be a sight LC.(b)The contractor shall select his Advising/Negotiating bank for LC. The incidental cost towards issue of LC and its operation thereof shall be borne by the contractor.(c)SBI, New Delhi, Main Branch will be the nodal branch for issue of LCs based on online requests received from Railway Accounts Units for tenders opened in financial year 2024-25. SBI branches where the respective Railway Accounts Office has its Account (local SBI branch) will be the issuance/reimbursing branch for LC issued under this arrangement. The Bank shall remain same for this tender till completion of contract. The incidental cost @ 0.15 % per annum of LC value, towards issue of LC and operation thereof shall be borne by the contractor and shall be recovered from his bills. (d)The LC shall be opened initially for duration of 180 to 365 days in consultation with contractor. The LC shall be extended time to time as per the progress of the contract, on the request of the contractor. The value of LC to be opened initially as well as extended thereafter shall be finalised by the engineer in consultation with the contractor on the basis of expected progress of work.(e)The LC terms and conditions shall inter-alia indemnify and save harmless the Railway from and against all losses, claims and demands of every nature and description brought or recovered against the Railways by reason of any act or omission of the contractor, his agents or employees, in relation to the Letter of Credit (LC). All sums payable/borne by Railways on this account shall be considered as reasonable compensation and paid by Contractor.

(f)The LC terms and conditions shall inter-alia provide that Railways will issue a Document of Authorisation after passing the bill for completed work, to enable contractor to claim the authorized amount from their bank. (g)The acceptable, agreed upon document for payments to be released under the LC shall be the Document of Authorisation. (h)The Document of Authorisation shall be issued by Railway Accounts Office against each bill passed by Railways. (i)On issuance of Document of Authorisation, a copy of Document of Authorisation shall be posted on IREPS for download by the contractor. A digitally signed copy of Document of Authorisation shall also be sent by Railway Accounts Office to Railway's bank (Local SBI Branch). (j)The contractor shall take print out of the Document of Authorisation available on IREPS and present his claim to his bank (advising Bank) for necessary payments as per LC terms and conditions. The claim shall comprise of copy of Document of Authorisation, Bill of Exchange and Bill. (k)The payment against LC shall be subject to verification from Railway's Bank (Local SBI Branch). (l)The contractor's bank (advising bank) shall submit the documents to the Railways Bank (Local SBI Branch). (m)The Railway's bank (issuing bank) shall, after verifying the claim so received w.r.t. the digitally signed Document of Authorisation received from Railway Accounts Office, release the payment to contractor's bank (advising bank) for crediting the same to contractor's account. (n)Any number of bills can be dealt within one LC, provided the sum total of payments to contractor is within the amount for which LC has been opened. (o)The LC shall shall be closed after the release of final payment including PVC amount, if any, to the contractor. (p)The release of performance guarantee or security deposit shall be dealt directly by Railway with the contractor i.e., not through LC

Deployment of Qualified Engineers at Work Sites by the Contractor - TheContractor shall employ 1 No. of qualified Graduate Engineer for works Rs. 200Lakh or more and 1 No. of Diploma Engineer for works costing more than Rs. 25Lakh, but less than Rs 200 Lakh