Supplying, stacking and loading of 65mm machine crushed hard and durable track stone ballast as per Rly's specification for track ballast IS/RDSO-GE/0001:2023 including all lead, lift, taxes, royalties, duties etc. at Churhat Depot under DyCE/C/Sidhi.

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-B of Chapter-6 of tender document along with copies of Audited Balance Sheets duly certified by the Chartered Accountant/ Certificate from Chartered Accountant duly supported by Audited Balance Sheet, otherwise the offer will be SUMMARILY REJECTED.

Submission of Ballast Test Report: Tenderer shall submit the test report of impact value, Abrasion value and Water absorption value of track ballast as stipulated vide clause 3.1 of "Specification for Track ballast (IS/RDSO-GE/0001:2023)" issued by RDSO, from any of the laboratory as specified in tender document/ enclosed special conditions for each quarry indicating the name of quarry. The Test report should not be older than six calendar months excluding the month in which the tender is opened. Cash receipts shall not be acceptable in lieu of test reports. (Please attach the ballast test report). Offer/Bids submitted without ballast test report wiil be SUMMARILY REJECTED.

The tenderer shall also furnish an undertaking as stipulated vide clause No 3.2 of "Specification for Track ballast" (IS/RDSO-GE/0001:2023)" issued by RDSO, that the ballast supply at all times will conform to specification for track ballast as specified by Railway".

If Bid Security is submitted through mode of Bank Guarantee, then tenderer must submit the scanned copy of the Bank Guarantee (as per Specimen Format at Annexure-Q, Chapter-6 of Annexed Document) submitted towards Bid Security and the original bank guarantee shall be submitted/delivered in- person to the official /office mentioned under item no.-16 of Top sheet-1 (as per para-3 of Instruction to Tenderers (ITT) of Chapter-2 of tender Document) before closing date of submission of bids (i.e. excluding the last date of submission of bids). 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 above specified period shall lead to summary rejection of bid. In case of the Bid Security deposited through e- payment gateway, then the same should be confirmed by the tenderer.

Certificate as per the proforma enclosed vide Annexure-A & A-1 (as required) Chapter-6 of the Tender Document. The bidder on behalf of tender including its constituents must confirms and certify the provisions of Annexure-A on IREPS. Uploading of physical signed Annexure-A on IREPS portal has been discontinued. Further, in case of other than Company/Proprietary firm, Annexure-A-1 shall also be submitted by each member of a Partnership Firm / Joint Venture (JV)/ Hindu Undivided Family (HUF)/ Limited Liability Partnership (LLP) / when the partnership firm is in JV etc. as the case may be. Non submission of certificate A1, or submission of certificate either not properly filled in, or in a format other than the prescribed format shall lead to SUMMARILY REJECTION of the offer.

Tenderer shall submit details of works successfully completed or substantially completed during last 07 years ending last day of month previous to the one in which tender has been invited as per the format vide Annexure-F & F-1 (as applicable) of Chapter- 6 of the Tender Document along with work completion/experience certificate. Non-compliance with this condition shall lead to summarily rejection of the offer.

Tenderer shall submit the details of the constitution of Firm i.e. Proprietary Firm/Partnership Firm/HUF/JV/Company Registered under Companies Act- 2013/Limited Liability Partnership/Registered Society & Registered Trust etc. as per Annexure-C of Chapter-6 of the Tender Document. Tenderer shall also submit the mandatory supporting documents such as copies of Partnership Deed, Power of Attorney, Memorandum of Articles, Articles of Association, Authorisation, Certificate of Incorporation, Certificate of Registration, Deed of Formation, MOU of JV, copy of PAN card etc. as applicable under Para 14, 15, 17 & 18 of Chapter-2 of Tender Document. Important Note: - (a) In case one or more of the members of JV is/are partnership firm(s)/Proprietary Firm/HUF/Companies/LLP Firm(s)/Society(s)/Trust(s), the required documents of each individual member of JV shall be submitted along with the documents to be submitted on behalf of the JV, (b) non- submission of above documents (except PAN Card) or submission of incomplete documents shall lead to summarily rejection of the offer.

Tenderer shall submit Power of attorney duly notarized/authorization in favour of a single individual as per para-14,15,17 & 18 of tender form (second sheet) of SGCC and para 15 of Chapter-2 of Tender document.

Tenderer shall submit list of Plant & Machinery available on hand and proposed to be inducted and hired for the tendered work as per the format vide Annexure-D of Chapter-6 of Tender Document. Non-compliance with this condition is liable to result in the tender being rejected.

Tenderer shall submit list of personnel/organization on hand and proposed to be engaged for the tendered work as per the format vide Annexure-E of Chapter-6 of the Tender Document. Non- compliance with this condition is liable to result in the tender being rejected.

Tenderer shall submit the information/declaration regarding association of Railway Officers with tenderer(s) as per Annexure- H of Chapter-6 in terms of Clause 16 of Chapter-2 of tender Document. On non-submission of this information, contract is liable to be dealt in accordance with provision of Clause 62 of Standard General Conditions of Contract.

Tenderer shall submit list of court cases during previous three financial years as per Annexure-I of Chapter-6 of the Tender Document.

Tenderer shall submit list of arbitration cases during previous three financial years as per Annexure-J of Chapter-6 of the Tender Document.

Tenderer shall submit the Certificate of familiarization to the work site as per Chapter- 5 of the Tender Document.

Tenderer shall submit broad plan of execution of work as per Annexure-K of Chapter-6 of the Tender Document.

Tenderer shall submit details of other credentials/facilities as per Annexure-N, Chapter-6 of the Tender Document.

Tenderer shall submit your bank details i.e. Name of Bank along with Bank Branch Code, Accounts Number as appearing in the cheque book, IFSC Code and PAN Number, duly certified by the authorised official of the bank, to facilitate payment through ECS/NEFT/RTGS as per Annexure-O of Chapter-6 of Tender Document.

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.

Payment of Bid Security shall be accepted either in cash through e-Payment Gateway or as Bank Guarantee bond from a Scheduled Commercial Bank of India. BG shall be as per Annexure-Q, Chapter-6 of Annexed Document. No other mode of payment shall be accepted. Any firm recognized by Department of Industrial Policy and Promotion (DIPP) as 'Startups' shall be exempted from payment of Bid Security. Labour Cooperative Societies shall submit only 50% of the Bid Security.

In case the date of closing mentioned in the NIT Header of e- tender document 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 the following working day after the closing date/time of tenders.

Rates quoted by the tenderer in the relevant fields of the Financial Bid Page only will be the ruling terms for deciding inter-se-ranking and any condition having financial repercussions, if quoted, anywhere else shall not be considered for deciding the inter-se-ranking.

In case of any information submitted by tenderer is found to be forged/false at any time during process for evaluation of tenders, it shall lead to forfeiture of the Bid Security and may also lead to any other action provided in the contract including banning of business for a period of upto two year. (b) In case of any information submitted by tenderer is found to be false/forged at any time after the award of the contract, it will lead to termination of the contract, along with forfeiture of Bid Security/Security Deposit and Performance guarantee and may also lead to any other action provided in the contract including banning of business for a period of upto two year.

The tender shall be finalised based on submitted documents & no post tender correspondence shall be entertained. However, if any clarification is required by the Railway, the same will be sought from the tenderer which need to be provided by tenderer(s) within stipulated time failing which his/their offer(s) shall be dealt based on available information with Railways interpretation only.

While submitting offers the tenderer(s) generally commit mistakes in submitting the mandatory documents like Certificates regarding contracting experience, Audited Balance Sheet duly certified by the Chartered Accountant, Certificate in respect to true and factuality of documents, information in connection with evaluation of bid capacity, Power of Attorney, submission of tenders by authorised signatory, JV related documents etc. As such, the tenderer(s) should go through the tender document very carefully before submitting his/their offer and accordingly upload all the mandatory documents and other relevant documents as per the formats enclosed in the tender document. The tender shall be finalised based on submitted documents & no post tender correspondence shall be entertained. However, if any clarification is required by the Railway, the same will be sought from the tenderer which need to be provided by tenderer(s) within stipulated time failing which his/their offer(s) shall be dealt based on available information with Railways interpretation only.

Tenderers must go through the tender documents to ascertain and get themselves acquainted with general conditions of contract, e-tendering process and two packet bid system (as applicable). The tenderer must also go through the other documents such as special conditions, specification, drawings, scope of work etc. attached as documents on the website.

It is the responsibility of the tenderer to keep watch on IREPS website regarding Addendum/corrigendum etc (if any) to tender notice up to the date of Bid closing. No separate intimation/ information shall be given in Newspapers or through any other means.

Tenderers are advised to visit the site of work to ascertain all aspects of the site conditions viz accessibility, availability of approach road, nature of the soil, availability of material, labour, water etc. that may be encountered in course of execution of work.

No Advance payment shall be made for mobilization.

No advance payment against Plant and Machinery shall be admissible.

No advance/stage Payment will be made for supply of Cement and Reinforcement Steel. Cement and Reinforcement Steel shall be paid only after its actual use in work.

The quoted rates shall be inclusive of all taxes, levies etc (including GST and royalty) leviable by State/Central Govt. or by local authorities. The rate shall be inclusive of all sales / turn over tax, Service Tax including all other cess etc., on contract by respective State Govt.

Tenderers are requested to go through the enclosed Additional Special Technical Condition for works items included in tender schedule/Bid of quantities, etc.

Price Variation Clause (PVC) shall be applicable for Tenders having advertised value above Rs.2 Crores.