MIG MAG synergic and MMA inverter based Welding plant

Special Eligibility Criteria

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   Supply to be strictly as per specifications document uploaded with this tender.

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   Please refer Clause 0501 to 0504 of Section I of Bid Documents Part I of Document titled MIG- MAG Synergic and MMA Inverter Based Welding Plant with Air Cooled Torch -500 Amp and SPECIAL CONDITIONS FOR T&P PROCUREMENT BID DOCUMENT - PART II

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   Preferably manufacturers should participate. Participating traders/agents must attach authorization letter issued by the OEM or OEM authorized stockiest along with their offer. Authorization letter should preferably be tender specific. In case of general authorization letter, it must clearly indicate the validity period/expiry date. Offers with general authorization letter silent on validity period/expiry date will not be considered for placement of order and that offer is liable to be ignored. (please refer Para 3.4 of part B of "SR TENDER CONDITIONS").

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   Procurement of the item is restricted to Local suppliers with minimum local content of 20% (Class-I or Class-II Local supplier as defined in Railway Board letter No.2020/RS(G)/779/2/Pt.1 dated 25.09.2020 with latest amendments, if any) only and the vendors who do not qualify to be "Local suppliers" (i.e.), "Non- Local suppliers" with local content less than 20%) 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 "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. Offer of the firm shall be summarily rejected in case of non-compliance of above declaration. For more details, the tenderer shall refer Para 16.0 of Part 'B' of 'SR TENDER CONDITIONS' attached to this tender document.

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   EARNEST MONEY DEPOSIT (EMD) shall be deposited by all vendors for tenders with estimated value above Rs.25 Lakhs subject to the applicable exemptions. The Para 2.1 of the Part A of "SR TENDER CONDITIONS" with regard to EMD exemption is superseded as below and the conditions mentioned here below will prevail over that of in Para 2.1 of the Part A of "SR TENDER CONDITIONS" attached to this tender document: EMD amount shall be mentioned in all tenders irrespective of the nature of tender as per the EMD amount mentioned in clause 2.3 of Part A of "SR TENDER CONDITIONS" or as decided by the purchaser under the policy. There shall be no exemption from submission of EMD for any tender or by any tenderer subject to provisions under clause 10.4.3 of Part A of "SR TENDER CONDITIONS" except following : (i) EMD shall normally not be called against tenders with estimated value up to Rs.25 lakhs (including single tenders, global limited tenders) except cases where competent authority incorporates the condition to call for EMD. ii) Public Sector Undertakings (PSUs) a. PSUs owned by Ministry of Railways and b. PSUs for the group of items that are manufactured by them. iii) MSEs REGISTERED UNDER UDYAM REGISTRATION SHALL BE ELIGIBLE FOR EXEMPTION FROM PAYMENT OF EMD irrespective of relevance of product Category for which they are registered with UDYAM. However, traders/distributors/sole agent/works contract are not exempted from payment of EMD as they are excluded from the purview of the policy. iv) Other Railways, Indian Ordinance factories and Govt. departments. v) In exceptional cases, where EMD exemption is specifically incorporated in tender conditions. vi) Vendors registered with Southern Railway for the trade Group/trade groups of the tendered item . vii) Regular and development vendors appearing on the approved vendor lists of RDSO/PUs/ CORE etc., for those specific item for which they are on the approved list, subject to approval status being valid on the date of tender closing. viii) Vendors registered with Railways for supply of medicine, medical equipments and consumables shall be exempted from submission of EMD for these items. ix) In tenders issued against PAC, OEM in whose favour PAC has been issued shall be exempted from submitting EMD. KVIC and ACASH shall be exempted from EMD for items supplied by them. In case of submission of Earnest Money Deposit in the form of Bank Guarantee, please refer Annexure- 6 of "SR TENDER CONDITIONS" for the Proforma for BG.

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   All the tenderers shall have to submit clause-wise compliance of specification mentioned in Bid documents Part I & Part II and drawings enclosed along with this tender or product catalogue for the make and model offered should be submitted by the tenderer, spelling out deviations, if any, to ascertain technical suitability. An offer, whose technical suitability cannot be ascertained, may be liable to be ignored.

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   INTER - SE POSITION OF OFFERS WOULD BE DETERMINED BASED ON THE total value of the offer that will be calculated based on i. The cost of the basic welding plant. ii. Cost of the concomitant accessories according to tender specifications. iii. Cost of any other accessory which in the opinion of supplier is essentially required. for making the welding plant fully functional. iv. Cost of charges viz. installation & commissioning etc. v. Consumables as per clause 4 of section V with breakup of individual items as applicable. vi. Cost of Preventive Maintenance for 2 years after Commissioning. v i i . Duties and taxes as quoted by the bidder, insurance and freight. It is mandatory to quote for AMC, Spares and Service Charges post Warranty Period in the format vide Annexure K in Section VI, though it will not be taken for inter-se ranking.

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   Firms have to quote cost of Basic machine, concomitant accessories/equipment, essential spares, optional accessories, essential services, AMC service etc. It is mandatory to submit offers against all these items, otherwise offer will not be considered for inter-se ranking. However, please note that cost of optional spares & Services shall not be included in the basic price of the machine for inter-se ranking.

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Check List

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   Have you quoted cost of Basic machine, concomitant accessories/equipment, essential spares, optional accessories,essential services, AMC service, training etc. It is mandatory to submit offers against all these items, otherwise offer will not be considered for inter-se ranking.
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   Have you attached documents to prove your eligibility and past performance as per tender requirement?
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   Have you attached certification of Local content from statutory auditor/ Cost Accountant?
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   Have you quoted warranty oblications as per tender requirement?
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   Have you quoted delivery period correctly and precisely?
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   Have you uploaded Annexure A as in Section VI, complete in all respect?
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   Have you submitted all supporting documents required?
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   Have you read the Security Deposit (SD) condition at Para 10 of Part A of "SR TENDER CONDITIONS" attached with this tender document and uploaded relevant document for seeking exemption from submission of SD? If not, are you ready to pay Security Deposit?
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   Are you coming under MSE status given as per guidelines issued by Railway Board for purchase preference vide letter No. 2010-RS [G] -363-1 Dt. 05.07.2012 or latest. If yes,have you attached valid documents (UDYAM Registration Certificate) towards being MSE?
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    Have you furnished the statement of deviations?[preferably nil]
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    Have you quoted the discount if any in the specified column only in IREPS?
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    Have you furnished Bank account details such as Name of the Bank and address, account no., MICR, IFSC code and type of account to facilitate EFT payment?
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    Please check our website before submitting offer, whether any corrigendum to the tender has been issued or not.
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    Firm to indicate make-model-brand offered, if any.
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    Have you kept your offer valid for 120 days?

Commercial-Compliance

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   In case of road delivery, the date of delivery at destination [consignee's end] shall only be treated as delivery date irrespective of F.O.R. / F.O.T. condition mentioned elsewhere in the contract / tender.

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   Tenderers may note that their Offered delivery schedule should clearly indicate the starting time, quarterly rate of supply and finishing time. For offers with vague delivery schedule like -02 to 12 months- or like -06 to 10 months-, Delivery Period shall be given as per the requirement best suited to this office within the quoted range.

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   The bidder confirms that rates and other financial terms quoted in relevant columns of financial bid will only be ruling terms for acceptance, and such terms quoted anywhere else should be ignored.

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   Whenever tender is floated with purchase restriction from sources approved by nominated authorities and there exists a suspected cartel situation by approved sources or the rates available from approved source/sources are adjudged unreasonably high, despite fair efforts as permissible, the purchaser reserves the right to place orders on firm(s) outside the approved vendor list, without any restrictions.(Please Refer para 4.0 of part B of "SR TENDER CONDITIONS" document attached to this tender document for further details.)

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   HSN CODE 8515 [a] All the bidders/tenderers should ensure that they are GST compliant and their quoted tax structure/rates are as per the GST Law. Firms must indicate its GST registration number along with their offer. [b] In case the successful tenderer is not liable to be registered under CGST/IGST /UTGST/SGST Act, The Railway shall deduct the applicable GST from his/their bills under Reverse Charge Mechanism (RCM) and deposit the same to the concerned tax authority. [c] The firm should indicate the tariff code (HSN Code) for claiming GST for the tendered item. [d] The offer shall be evaluated based on the GST rate as quoted by each bidder and same will be used for determining the inter-se ranking. While submitting offer, it shall be the responsibility of the bidder to ensure that they quote correct GST rate and HSN number. [e] It shall be the responsibility of the bidders to quote correct HSN number and corresponding GST rate. The Purchaser shall not be responsible for any misclassification of HSN number or incorrect GST rate, if quoted by the bidder. [f] Wherever, the successful bidder invoices the goods at GST rate or HSN number which is different from that incorporated in the Purchase order, payment shall be made as per GST rate which is lower of the GST rate incorporated in the Purchase order or billed. [g] Vendor is informed that she/he would be required to adjust her/his basic price to the extent required by higher tax bill as per invoice to match the All inclusive Price as mentioned in the Purchase order. [h] Any amendment to GST rate or HSN number in the contract shall be as per the contractual conditions and statutory amendments in the quoted GST rate and HSN number, under SVC.

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   Please refer para 15.0 of part - B of "SR TENDER CONDITIONS" attached with this tender document for details regarding "BENEFITS OF MSE AS PER PUBLIC PROCUREMENT POLICY".

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   For "Public Procurement (Preference to Make in India)" policy, please refer Para 16.0 of Part- B of "SR TENDER CONDITIONS" attached to this tender document.

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   Bidder shall accept the following declaration [Land Border condition] by quoting "YES" against 'Conf. allowed" or "Complied" column for compliance of Office Memorandum of Department of Expenditure, Ministry of Finance OM No. F.No.6/18/2019-PPD dated 23.07.2020. If such certificate given by a bidder whose bid is accepted is found to be false, this would be a ground for immediate termination and further legal action in accordance with law. "I/WE HAVE READ THE CLAUSE REGARDING RESTRICTIONS ON PROCUREMENT FROM A BIDDER OF A COUNTRY WHICH SHARES A LAND BORDER WITH INDIA. I/WE CERTIFY THAT THIS BIDDER IS NOT FROM SUCH A COUNTRY OR , IF FROM SUCH A COUNTRY, HAS BEEN REGISTERED WITH THE COMPETENT AUTHORITY. I/WE 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.)''

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   1) Bidders are instructed not to indulge in any anti-competitive practices. As per the provisions of Competition Act,2002, Railways can make a reference to the Competition Commission of India for making an enquiry in case of suspected anti-competitive behavior by the bidders. 2) Collusive bidding, Bid Rotation, Bid Suppression, Complementary bidding, Market Allocation and Sub-contracting arrangements fall under the purview of "Bid rigging" which would cause appreciable adverse effect on competition. 3) Competition Commission of India can impose heavy penalties such as: Penalty upto 10% of the average turnover for the last three preceding financial years upon each of such enterprises which are parties to bid-rigging and can even order the parties to cease and desist.

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    a) FOR : DESTINATION. BY ROAD. Accordingly, the firms are advised to quote on "FOR DESTINATION BASIS BY ROAD" AND OFFERS WITH DEVIATIONS ARE LIABLE TO BE IGNORED. b) Door delivery shall be made to the consignees along with Delivery Challan Postal Address of the Consignees is: SSE/Wagon Production, Southern Railway, Golden Rock - 620 004, Tamil Nadu, India. Southern Railway GST No. 33AAAGM0289C1ZQ.

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    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 and/or Service 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 Security Deposit of the defaulted order amount. These damages shall be treated as recoveries outstanding against the vendor and dealt with accordingly.

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    Tenderers to acknowledge having read and also accept the "IRS CONDITIONS OF CONTRACT", "SR TENDER CONDITIONS", "SPECIAL and OTHER CONDITIONS" specified in this tender document/attached to this tender document.

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    SECURITY DEPOSIT shall be taken from all vendors for contract value above Rs.25 Lakhs. SECURITY DEPOSIT is 5% of total value of contract subject to MAX Rs. 50 Lakhs for contract value above 25 lakhs and up to Rs.50 Crore. Subject to the applicable exemptions. SECURITY DEPOSIT from successful tenderers should be received in Purchase Office within 21 days from the date of communication of acceptance with respect to the purchaser. There shall be no exemption from submission of Security Deposit for any tender or by any tenderer except following: a) The Store contract cases of value upto Rs.25 (twenty five) lakh, b) Other Railways and Government departments in terms of Railway Boards letter No. 2004/RS(G)/779/11 dated 24.07.2007 c) Indian Ordinance Factories in terms of Railway Boards letter No.92/RSS(G)/363/1 dated 08.04.1993 d) PSUs owned by Ministry of Railways and PSUs for the group of items that are manufactured by them in terms of Railway Boards letter No.2003/RS(G)/779/5 dated 10.09.2004 e) In tenders issued against PAC, OEM in whose favour PAC has been issued shall be exempted from submitting SD. KVIC and ACASH shall be exempted from SD for items supplied by them. f) Vendors registered with Railways for the trade group of the item tendered shall be exempted from SD for orders valued up to their monetary limit of registration. g) Vendors appearing on the approved vendor lists of RDSO/PUs/CORE subject to approval status being valid on the date of tender closing h) Vendors registered with Railway for supply of medicine, medical equipments and consumables shall be exempted from submission of SD for these items. (Please refer Para 10.0 of Part A of "SR TENDER CONDITIONS" enclosed to this tender document for further details on this clause).

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    (a) Free Delivery to consignee. Supply of machine shall be made as per the Milestone chart given in Sl .no.7 (Delivery schedule chart) of Technical specification enclosed. (b) Bill Payment: After successful completion of purchase order, firm has to submit the BILL ON-LINE through IREPS Portal only for payment. In this regard, the following documents have to be uploaded based on the CRN (R-Note) issued by Railway (a) Invoice, GST declaration( i.e. SELF DECLARATION regarding Aggregate Annual turnover in a financial year: Less (or) More than 50 Crores / Less(or) More than 100 Crores/Less (or) More than 500 Crores. If more than 500 Crores, e-invoice is required to be uploaded.), RNote, NEFT MANDATORY. (b) Warranty/Guarantee Certificate, RITES certificate, Test report, Dealership certificate (or) proof of purchase from authorized dealer, calibration certificate, Commissioning Report whichever is applicable.

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    SPLIT CLAUSE: Pre-decided Quantity Splitting clause is applicable as per the para 5.0 of Part B of "SR TENDER CONDITIONS" attached to this tender document, in order to ensure timely availability of material through placement of orders on multiple sources.

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    Packing Instructions: Use Re-usable Steel Cage (or) Wooden box (or) Gunny Bags (Jute Bags) (or) Carton Box (or) Polythene Bags>50 micron only and Use Railway Parcel Transportation. Please refer Para 1400 of Section I of Bid Document Part I.

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    Option Clause: In terms of Railway Board lr. no. 2021/RS(G)/779/5 dt. 04/03/22, the purchaser shall be entitled to vary the total order quantity upto + 30% anytime within the delivery period (including extended delivery period and even at the time of ordering) by giving suitable notice on the same price and terms and conditions, even if the supply of original ordered quantity is completed before the last date of scheduled delivery. The + 30% option clause can be operated in one or more than one instalment as long as the total variation in quantity does not exceed the limit of 30% of ordered quantity. For operation of (+) 30% option clause, the increase in quantity with respect to the order quantity can be done by giving suitable delivery schedule for the enhanced quantity and the tenderer shall be bound to accept the quantity so ordered on the basis of his original offer. In case letter of acceptance were issued for multiple consignees with the same all inclusive rate, then option clause will be operated up to 30% of the letter of acceptance quantity for any of the consignee. For details see para 2.4 to 2.6 of Part B - Tender conditions of SR Tender Conditions attached.

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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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   I/We have carefully gone through the IRS conditions of contract (included and uploaded along with the bid document) particularly Para 2500 pertaining to "Code of Integrity, Misdemeanor and Penalties". I/We hereby certify that no other sister concerns or affiliates (such as having common partner/director/promoter/owner/holding company decision control etc.) have participated in this tender which can give rise to a conflict of interest or fall under anti-competitive practices. We understand that the offers of all such sister concerns including ours are liable to be rejected as per relevant provisions of IRS terms and conditions. I/We, affirm that we shall abide by the Code of Integrity in general, with specific reference to conflict of interest [Para 2502 (e)], anti competitive practices [Para 2502(c)] and obligation to proactive disclosures [Para 2503]. I/We understand that we are fully responsible for the above declaration and it shall not be the Railway's responsibility to verify the same. I/We are aware that we shall be liable for all consequences of violation of Code of Integrity, if detected, at any stage.

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   Validity of Offer:-120 Days, No deviation from the offer validity period stipulated in the tender is permitted.