Square Tubes of size 20 x 20 x 1.6mm, 6 meters length

Special Eligibility Criteria

1. 1

   A) Railway reserves the right to procure bulk or entire quantity only from those firms: (i) which are Established, Reliable, Indigenous & Primary Producers of Steel, having Integrated Steel Plants (ISP), using iron ore as the basic raw material and having in- house iron rolling facilities, followed by production of liquid steel and crude steel, as per Ministry of Steel's guidelines, (OR) (ii) The authorized re-rollers of ISPs or authorized dealers/stockiest of ISPs (OR) (iii) OEMs registered/approved with BIS under the IS:4923 and having the valid BIS license. Copy of valid BIS license of OEM must be uploaded along with the offer otherwise the offer will be summarily rejected. B) The ISPs (other than SAIL, RINL, TISCO, ESSAR & JINDAL STEEL), Authorized re-rollers of ISPs and authorized dealers/stockists of ISPs should furnish along with their offer necessary documentary evidence of their being Integrated Steel Plants of the type as stated above and current & valid authorization from ISPs re- rollers/dealers/stockists of ISPs respectively. C) Offer from any other manufacturer/firm, who don't meet the above criterion, and offers from authorised agents/distributors (of manufacturers other than ISPs) and tenderers who don't submit authorization certificate from ISPs as re-rollers / dealers /stockists of ISPs along with offer shall be summarily rejected. D) Authorized dealers of BIS License holders OEM/Manufacturers must upload valid tender specific authorization from BIS license holder OEM and valid BIS license of OEM along with their offer. Tender specific authorization to be submitted preferably in the format attached in the annexure attached with the NIT. The verification of BIS license shall be done by the purchaser from BIS website. Tenderers not furnishing these documents along with their offer may note that their offer is liable to be rejected.

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2. 2

   A) 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 its own risk and cost and Railways shall not be liable for any loss or damage caused to the vendor. B) Provisions of latest Rly Bd letter regarding Public Procurement (Preference to Make in India), Order 2017 - Revision vide Lr. No. 2020/RS(G)/779/2/ t.1(E3322671) dt 20.08.2024 are applicable.

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Check List

1. 1

   Have you gone through the Instruction to tenderers and General Tender Conditions, etc., uploaded in IREPS by this Railway Having participated in the tender it will be considered that you have gone through all the conditions and the same are accepted by you.
2. 2

   Have you agreed to supply the tendered stores at the rates quoted by you in accordance with the IRS conditions of contract and in accordance with special and other conditions specified / attached with the tender
3. 3

   Have you ensured that while quoting the rates, you have clearly indicated the rate of applicable duties and taxes included in the prices quoted by you.Any variation in tax structure/rate due to introduction of ST, shall be dealt with under Statutory Variation Clause
4. 4

   Have you ensured that you are GST compliant and your quoted tax structure / rates are as per GST Law.
5. 5

   Have you ensured that you have not quoted/uploaded any commercial /technical deviations/financial term in place other than specified in the tender enquiry as the same will not be considered and will be ignored. Any contract placed after ignoring such financial / commercial terms at the place other than the specified in tender enquiry will be binding on you.
6. 6

   Please go through Tender eligibility criteria before submission of offer.
7. 7

   Please go through SCR Instructions to Tenderers and General Conditions of Tender on IREPS website which are applicable, before submission of offer.

Commercial-Compliance

1. 1

   Each tenderer should clearly specify essential technical and commercial parameters in a transparent manner. No deviation to such Essential Technical & Commercial conditions shall be permitted to the vendors in the electronic bid form. Offers with deviations in respect of any condition for responsiveness of offer shall be declared as Ineligible for award of contract.
2. 2

   Firm willing to avail benefits of micro and small enterprises, must submit documentary evidence of being micro or small enterprises for tendered item in the certificate issued by nodal agencies as per public procurement policy, failing which firms offers will be treated as Non-MSE firm. For detailed instructions refer Para 15 of General Tender Conditions attached with NIT and/or available as Public Document on IREPS website Goods and Services/SCR.

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3. 3

   If you are not a MSE or a consortia of MSEs formed by NSIC, please indicate percentage of sub contracts in execution of this tender that will be from Micro and Small Enterprise [in percent of order value] with further breakup of MSE owned by SC/ST. [Information will be provided in percentage terms with 6 fields, Micro owned by SC, Micro owned by ST, Micro owned by Others, Small industry owned by SC, Small industry owned by ST, Small industry owned by Others].

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4. 4

   EARNEST MONEY DEPOSIT (EMD) shall be deposited by all vendors for tenders with estimated value above Rs. 10 Lakhs subject to the applicable exemptions: (a) EMD shall normally not be called against Limited tenders with estimated value up to Rs. 25 lakhs (including single tenders, global limited tenders) and Open Tenders with estimated value upto Rs. 10 lakhs. If considered necessary, authority competent to issue tender may incorporate the condition to call for EMD even in such limited tenders, on a case to case basis. (b) MSEs irrespective of relevance of product category registered with the UDYAM (UDYAM Registration Certificate) will be exempted from payment of earnest money in terms of Rly Bd Lr. No. 2022/RS(G)/363/1 dated 21.09.2022. (c) Other Railways and Government departments in terms of Rly Bd Lr. No. 2004/RS(G)/779/11 dated 24.07.2007. (d) Indian Ordnance Factories in terms of Rly Bd. Lr. No. 92/RS(G)363/1 dated 08.04.1993. (e) PSUs owned by the Ministry of Railways and PSUs for the group of i t e m s that are manufactured by them in terms of Rly Bd. Lr. No. 2003/RS(G)779/5 dated 10.09.2004. (f) Vendors registered with South Central Railway for the trade group of the item tendered upto their monetary limit of registration. (g) Vendors appearing on the approved vendors list of RDSO/PUs/CORE (As available on IREPS/UVAM), subject to approval status being valid on the date of tender closing. (h) Vendors registered with Railway Board/SCR for supply of medicine, medical equipment and consumables shall be exempted from submission of EMD for these items. (i) In the tenders issued against PAC, EMD shall be mentioned in tenders as the EMD exemption is applicable for OEMs in whose favor PAC is issued but not to the authorized agent. KVIC shall be exempted from EMD for items supplied by them. Note: (i) There shall be no exemption to such bidders from submitting EMD and SD for all tenders published during the period of time they are disqualified as per declaration signed by them. (ii) If authorized agents participate on behalf of OEM/vendors appearing on the approved vendor list of RDSO/PUs/CORE, such authorized agents can%u2019t claim EMD exemption based on its own or its OEM/Approved vendors MSE certificate. (iii) OEMs are not exempted from payment of EMD where the OEM has participated in the tender and requests to place order on their authorized agent. (iv) Offers submitted without EMD will be summarily rejected.
5. 5

   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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6. 6

   MSE benefits are not applicable to authorised dealers or traders

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7. 7

   The bidder agrees to supply the tendered stores at the rates quoted by him in accordance with the IRS Conditions of Contract and [or] Special Conditions and [or] other Conditions specified/attached with the tender.

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8. 8

   Offer should be valid for 90 days

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9. 9

   Force majeure clause is applicable

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10. 10

    Failure consequences: In case the firm fails to execute the contract within the original delivery period, the purchaser will be entitled to impose liquidated damages for extension of delivery period. For any reason, if the supplier fails to supply goods as per the conditions of contract, as amended from time to time, Purchaser shall have the right to levy damages from the supplier for failing to comply with the contractual conditions, not by the way of penalty, an amount equal to 5% of the defaulted order amount. These damages shall be treated as recoveries outstanding against the vendor and dealt with accordingly

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11. 11

    Price Variation clause is not applicable for the tender

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12. 12

    l/we hereby understand and accept that if l/ we withdraw or modify my/ our bids during the period of validity, or if l/ we are awarded the contract and on being called upon to submit the performance security/ Security Deposit, fail to submit the performance security/ Security Deposit before the deadline defined in the request for bid document/ Notice Inviting Tender, l/ 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 l/ we are

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13. 13

    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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1. 1

   Validity of Offer: No deviation from the offer validity period stipulated in the tender is permitted. Validity will be reckoned from the closing date of tender.

2. 2

   Firms are expected to quote for a quantity not less than 50% of the tendered quantity. Offers received for quantity less than 50% of tendered quantity will be considered unresponsive and will be summarily rejected.