ELASTIC RAIL CLIP(ERC) MK-V WITH FLAT TOE FOR 60KG UIC/52KG RAIL SECTIONS DRG: (RDSO) RDSO_T_5919_ Alt_2 SPEC: (RDSO) IRS/T-31-2025 Sixth Revision

Railway reserves the right to procure Bulk [minimum 80% of Net Procurable Quantity] from Approved vendors of RDSO for Elastic Rail Clip (RDSO Item ID: 3100558) having prototype approval for ERC Mk V to Drg. no. T5919. Offers of developmental vendors of RDSO for Elastic Rail Clip (RDSO Item ID: 3100558) having prototype approval for ERC Mk V to Drg. no. T-5919 can be considered for developmental order up to 20% of NPQ Para 2.5.1 of Integrated Bid Document of ECR (IBD v3.0) may be referred to for details.

Offers of Approved/Developmental vendors of RDSO for Elastic Rail Clip (RDSO Item ID: 3100558) whose prototype has not been cleared for ERC Mk V to Drg. no. T-5919 till closing date of the tender will not be considered for any order

Offers from Authorized Dealers : Bidders participating as authorized dealer and their OEMs to please note and comply para 2.2.1 and para 2.2.2 of Integrated Bid Document ver. 3.0.

Minimum Quoted Quantity : Minimum Quoted quantity by a tenderer should not be less than 50% of RDSO certified rated production capacity as mentioned in UVAM for period of 2 years i.e. minimum quantity to be quoted by a tenderer should not be less than (2 x0.5xcertified production capacity per annum by RDSO as in UVAM) OR 50% of the tendered quantity for Approved vendor (10% of the tendered quantity for developmental vendors) whichever is lower

Local content declaration : This tender is reserved for Class-I local suppliers only and the vendors who do not qualify to be Class-I local supplier 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 their own risk and cost and Railways shall not be liable for any loss or damage caused to the vendor. The minimum local content for the local supplier of the above item, to be categorized as Class-I local suppliers shall be 50%. The bidder claiming status as a Class-I Local Supplier shall submit, along with the bid, a certificate indicating the percentage of local content, issued by the statutory auditor or cost auditor of the company, in the case of companies, or by a practising Cost Accountant or practising Chartered Accountant, in the case of suppliers other than companies. In case bidder is not able to submit the said certificate , they can also submit self certified local- content certificate with the bid and are allowed to submit local content certificate issued by the statutory auditor or cost auditor of the company, in the case of companies, or by a practicing Cost Accountant or practising Chartered Accountant, in the case of suppliers other than companies, before or during of execution of supplies /project. For detailed instruction in this regard, Railway Bd.'s letter dated 20.08.2024(Copy enclosed) may be referred. If the actual local content does not meet the stipulated requirement and consequently the suppliers category changes from Class-I to Class-II/Non- Local Supplier or from Class-II to Non- Local Supplier, a penalty of up to 10% of the contract value may be imposed, without prejudice to any other action permissible under the tender conditions and applicable rule.

Purchase preference to MSEs : To avail benefits and preferential treatment extended to Micro and Small Enterprises (MSEs), bidders are required to enclose Udyam Registration Certificate only. Traders/dealers are not eligible for such benefits. Para 3.0 of Integrated Bid Document of ECR (IBD v3.0) may be referred to for details.

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.

"The tenderers in their bids shall indicate the details of their jurisdictional assessing officers (designation, address & e-mail ID)"

Liquidated Damage (LD) and General Damages (GD) : LD and GD will be as per para 14.0 of Integrated Bid Document ver.3.0.

EMD & SD : All bidders except those who are exempted from submitting EMD/SD as per para 5.0 & 6.0 of ECR Integrated Bid Document ver3.0 (copy attached), shall be required/shall agree to submit EMD/SD as per tender. Offers submitted by bidders without EMD who are not eligible for exemption shall be summarily rejected. Tenderers claiming exemption from submitting EMD/SD, shall be required to sign a bid securing declaration as per Annexure-A (copy enclosed).

Offers from Authorized Dealers : Bidders participating as authorized dealer and their OEMs to please note and comply para 2.2.1 and para 2.2.2 of Integrated Bid Document ver. 3.0.

Purchase Preference to MSE : MSE bidders whose bids are technically suitable and quote a price within price band of L1 + 15% shall be allowed to supply a portion of the requirement by bringing down their price to L1 price, in a situation where L1 price is from other than a MSE. Such MSEs can be together ordered up to 25% of net procurable quantity. A minimum of 4% of the net procurable quantity within the 25% of quantity earmarked for MSEs will be from MSEs owned by Scheduled Caste/ Scheduled Tribe (SC/ST) Entrepreneurs. In the event of failure of such MSEs to participate in the tender process or meet tender requirements and L-1 price, 4% of procurable quantity earmarked from MSEs owned by Scheduled Caste/ Scheduled Tribe (SC/ST) Entrepreneurs will be met from other MSEs. A minimum of 3% of net procurable quantity, within the 25% of procurable quantity earmarked for MSEs will b

Bidders claiming to avail benefits and preferential treatment extended to Micro and Small Enterprises [MSEs] should necessarily enclose Udyam Registration Certificate. For availing MSE benefit including upward change in investment in plant and machinery or equipment or turnover or both and consequent re- classification, bidder may please refer para 3.0 of Integrated Bid document ver 3.0 ( Copy enclosed).

This is a tender for supply of goods. Authorized dealers participating in the tender will not be eligible for MSE benefit

Place of manufacture and inspection : For UVAM vendors, place of manufacture and inspection of item will be as mentioned in UVAM.

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.

The bidder should note that the Rates and other financial terms quoted in relevant columns of financial bid will only acceptable and taken for evaluation, such terms quoted anywhere else shall be ignored. Firms should quote technical and Commercial deviation only in the relevant para which will otherwise not be considered. .