Procurement of GFN-66 Insulating Liners as per RDSO Drawing No. T-3706.

1. This item is reserved for procurement from sources approved by RDSO. The Railway reserve the right to order entire or bulk quantity on RDSO approved firm. The status of the firm will be reckoned as on the date of tender opening and not thereafter. But, in case of downgrading/removal/ suspension/banning etc. after opening of tender, such changes shall be taken into account while considering the offers. 2 . Where there are not more than three Indian Suppliers categorized as Approved Vendor for a particular item, developmental vendors can be considered for placement of bulk order without any quantity restrictions. However, while considering such vendors, factors including past performance, capacity, delivery requirements, quantity under procurement, nature of item, outstanding order load etc. shall be considered in a transparent manner, subject to rates being reasonable. Quantity allocation among eligible vendors shall be based on pre decided tender criteria. Such orders shall be treated as bulk orders.

Traders quoting on behalf of RDSO approved vendor must enclose tender specific authorization from the OEM along with the offer. This should be uploaded as an attachment to the offer. Bidder to quote with Bid specific authorization directly from OEM otherwise offer will be summarily rejected without any back reference and no representation will be entertained. The OEM's authorization certificate should be on company's letter head and must contain the full name, designation, active e-Mail address & Mobile number of the authorized signatory along with company's stamp. Without these the authorization certificate from OEM will not be considered as valid and offer will be summarily rejected without any back reference and no representation will be entertained. Buyer can seek the authentication of valid authorization certificate from OEM, if required.

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 own risk and cost and Railways shall not be liable for any loss or damage caused to the vendor. Requirement of a vendor to be a Class- I local supplier for this item shall be a mandatory condition in addition to other qualifying/eligibility criteria/conditions.

Have you read and accepted tender conditions?

Have you furnished the statement of deviation[preferably nil]?

Have you attached any performance statements separately?

Have you submitted authenticated copy of the document authorizing the signatory to submit offer and commit on behalf of tenderers. Other conditions will be as per attached tender document.

Have you quoted delivery period correctly and precisely?

Have you quoted Mode of dispatch on FOR destination basis for free delivery at destination with rate structure clearly indicating the basic rate, GST and freight etc, up to destination [consignees premises].

Have you quoted the discount if any in the specified column only in IREPS?

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?

Have you submitted certificate from CA for more than 50% local content.

Have you quoted correct GST rate and HSN code Number as per SECR General Tender Condition-2019?

GSTIN No. of SECR:- Madhya Pradesh- 23AAAGM0289C1ZR, Maharashtra- 27AAAGM0289C2ZI, Odisha- 21AAAGM0289C1ZV and Chhattisgarh-22AAAGM0289C1ZT. 2. Please mention HSN Code invariably along with the tender.

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 SECR General Tender Conditions 2019 and Correction Slip no. 002. Firm should also mention the place at where such value addition has been made.

Earnest Money Deposit (EMD) :- (i) EMD:- Firm shall submit EMD amount @2% of the estimated value of the tender rounded off to nearest higher Rs 10/-. Please read carefully correction slip no. 001 of SECR General Tender condition 2019 regarding Earnest Money Deposit which is applicable in this case. (ii)Please note that submission of EMD is exempted only to those firms who are registered with UDYAM for tendered item / Indian Ordinance Factories/Other Railway and Government Departments/PSUs owned by Ministry of Railways and PSUs for the group of items that are manufactured by them. Firms appearing on the approved list of RDSO for the tendered item shall be exempted for submission of EMD subject to approval status of the firm being valid on the date of tender closing. The Firm registered with PCMM, South East Central Railway/ Bilaspur for the trade group of the tendered item shall also be exempted for submission of Earnest Money Deposit according to the monetary limit of registration. Firm shall clearly indicate their registration number along with monetary limit of registration, if any. Tenderers must upload/submit valid documents for the exemption of EMD along with their bid. Note: If any tenderer neither submit EMD nor uploaded valid documents for exemption of EMD, then their offer will be summarily rejected.

Purchase Preference to MSEs:- Micro and small Enterprises who want to avail benefits under MSE policy are advised to submit UDYAM certificate only. Certificates such as NSIC, DIC, UAM will not be considered and firm will be treated as non MSE firm. (Authority: Railway Board letter No. 2022/RS(G)//363/1 Dtd. 21.09.2022).

Security Deposit: - The successful tenderer will have to deposit security money @ 5 % of contract order value (rounded off to nearest higher Rs 10/- ) within 14 days of issue of letter of acceptance subject to the exemption as mentioned in SECR General Tender Conditions 2019 and correction slip no. 001,004 & 006 of SECR General Tender Conditions 2019. The security money has to be deposited in any of the forms mentioned in the SECR General Tender Condition 2019. 2. Tenderer are advised to read carefully SECR General Tender Condition 2019, Correction Slip No.001, 004 and.006 issued regarding revised EMD & SD which is applicable in this case.

Warrantee Clause: Applicable as per IRS conditions of Contract and the conditions mentioned in tender documents.

PVC applicable as per enclosed Annexure-A. Any offer with different PVC formula or quoting rate of different base month will be summarily rejected. PVC will be applicable within original currency of contract.

The offers shall be evaluated based on the GST rates as quoted by each bidder and same will be used for determining the inter se ranking. While submitting offers; it shall be responsibility of bidder to ensure that they quote correct GST rate and HSN Number.

Offers with conditional approval by vendor approving agencies will be summarily rejected. Bidders must ensure that they have got their prototypes, gauges etc. approved for tendered item. after placement of order firms request for DP extension on such grounds will not be considered and PO will be cancelled.

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.