Southern Railway: Phased Array Ultrasonic Testing (PAUT) of FB welded joints executed by mobile FB plants at site using RDSO verified PAUT weld tester in Chennai, Salem, Tiruchchirappalli and Madurai divisions of Southern Railway for a period of Two year

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-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.

1. Firm shall have RDSO verified PAUT weld tester. 2. Firm shall have RDSO certified USFD operators for weld testing by conventional UT method as described in IRS-T-53. In addition to above, the operator should have competency certificate issued by OEM after completing requisite training for operation and data analysis of Phased Array ultrasonic weld tester. 3. Firm shall have RDSO verified Quality Assurance Plan (QAP) for ultrasonic Testing of FB welds by Phased Array ultrasonic weld tester. 4. The PAUT weld tester proposed to be used by firm on IR network should be in service on some other Railway network for USFD testing of Flash Butt (FB) welds and should have carried out USFD testing of at least 5000 FB welds with satisfactory performance. Firm shall submit a certificate of satisfactory performance of USFD testing of 5000 FB welds in this regard. 5. Original Equipment Manufacturer (OEM) firms shall be eligible to participate in the tender. However, in case the OEM firm is not located in India, any Authorized Indian service provider or representative can participate in the tender. 6. Data analysis cells/centre shall be set up for backend analysis of recorded ultrasonic testing data generated during testing by PAUT Weld testers. Tender (OEM/OEM's Authorised Indian Service Provider or Representative) shall collaborate with Railway to operationalize these data analysis cells/centre as per the instruction of Railways. a. Concerned team members of Zones to upload & share regularly PAUT testing data of welds with these data analysis cells/centre. For uploading this data, corresponding authorization will be given to concerned team members accordingly. Data to be uploaded and shared in suitable cloud storage or servers. b. The ownership of this data & all related results/reports etc. will remain with Indian Railways. These data of ultrasonic testing (reports, recording) shall be kept & preserved as per guidelines. Suitable safety protocols & protection for stored data should be ensured. Admin rights of this storage system will remain with Railways. Tenderer (OEM/OEM's Authorised Indian Service provider/Representative) will not utilize or share this data/reports etc. outside IR, without the approval of Indian Railways. c. Undertaking from concerned tenderer (OEM/OEM's Authorised Indian Service provider/Representative) will be required to provide required support/facilities for operationalizing these data analysis cells/centre. A certificate shall be given by concerned tenderer (OEM ) communicating details of trained manpower, data analysis software features and related capabilities available with them to ensure the smooth & effective functioning of these data analysis cells/centre. d. As a part of eligibility criteria, tenderer shall submit documents (above undertaking & certificate) duly specifying the details as mentioned above. Note: For tenders for works of USFD testing of Rails/Welds the minimum technical eligibility criteria has been dispensed with. ( Ref: RB Letter No.2017/Track-P/9(2) Vol.III dated 07.03.2019). However Valid QAP shall be available as on date of tender opening and the same shall be uploaded along with offer. Validity of QAP shall be ensured throughout the contract period. Offers without valid QAP will be summarily rejected.

Please furnish list of Works completed in last seven financial years ending last day of month previous to the one in which tender is invited giving Description of Work, Organization for whom executed, approximate value of contract at time of award, Date of award and Date of Completion. Date of actual Start, Actual Completion and Final value of Contract shall also be given.

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.

Whether the cost of tender form is submitted in hard copy if uploaded as a scanned copy in website.

Whether the cost of EMD is submitted in hard copy if uploaded as a scanned copy in website

The earnest money deposited with the tender of successful tenderer will be retained as part of security deposit which will be 5 percent of the value of work awarded. The balance amount of security deposit will recovered on account bills of the work @ 10 percent till it reaches up to 5 percent of the value including earnest money.

a). The successful bidder shall have to submit a Performance Guarantee within 30 days from the date of issue of Letter Of Acceptance. Extension of time for submission of Performance Guarantee beyond 30 days and up to 60 days from the date of issue of Letter Of Acceptance may be given by the Authority who is competent to sign the contract agreement. However, a penal interest of 15 percent per annum shall be charged for the delay beyond 30 days, i.e. from 31st day after the date of issue of Letter Of Acceptance. In case the contractor fails to submit the requisite Performance Guarantee even after 60 days from the date of issue of Letter Of Acceptance, the contract shall be terminated duly forfeiting EMD and other dues, if any payable against that contract. The failed contractor shall be debarred from participating in re-tender for that work.

b). The successful bidder shall submit the Performance Guarantee PG in any of the following forms, amounting to 5 percent of the contract value: i A deposit of Cash ii Irrevocable Bank Guarantee iii Government Securities including State Loan Bonds at 5 percent below the market value iv Deposit Receipts, Pay Orders, Demand Drafts and Guarantee Bonds. These forms of Performance Guarantee could be either of the State Bank of India or of any of the Nationalized Banks v Guarantee Bonds executed or Deposits Receipts tendered by all Scheduled Banks vi A Deposit in the Post Office Saving Bank vii A Deposit in the National Savings Certificates viii Twelve years National Defence Certificates ix Ten years Defence Deposits x National Defence Bonds and xi Unit Trust Certificates at 5 percent below market value or at the face value whichever is less. Also, FDR in favour of FA&CAO free from any encumbrance may be accepted.