Supply and display with the maintenance of live indoor and outdoor fully grown potted ornamental plants, seasonal flowers of different varieties on monthly hiring basis within the Railway premises/campus of South Eastern Railway Head Office, New Administrative Building, Office rest house, BNR Officer club, New transit accommodation and Other nominated location for one year within the jurisdiction of AEN/Settlement/GRC.

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 and '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. In this case in Annexure-VIB, as mentioned below in clause 1.2, certification from CA is required mentioning that the balance sheet of last Financial Year is yet to be prepared/audited.

The tenderers shall submit requisite information as per Annexure-VIB, along with copies of Audited Balance Sheets duly certified by the Chartered Accountant/ Certificate from Chartered Accountant duly supported by Audited Balance Sheet. ( Click here to download Format)

The balance sheet and all other financial documents attested/certified by CAs to substantiate fulfilment of Financial Eligibility Criteria should be with UDIN, failing which the offer is likely to be rejected without any further reference.

The tenderer must have successfully completed or substantially completed any one of the following categories of work(s) during last 07 (seven) years, ending last day of month previous to the one in which tender is invited: (i) Three similar works each costing not less than the amount equal to 30% of advertised value of the tender, or (ii) Two similar works each costing not less than the amount equal to 40% of advertised value of the tender, or (iii) One similar work costing not less than the amount equal to 60% of advertised value of the tender

Defination of Similar Work :- "SUPPLY, INSTALLATION AND MAINTENANCE OF INDOOR/OUTDOOR WELL DEVELOPED ORNAMENTAL POTTED PLANTS." Special Condition (a) Three completion/performance certificates of different Departments/Ministries (from where the firm has worked for three (3) years continually) duly obtained from Head of Department/ Ministries. (b) The Nursery shall be registered with Government Authorities for at least five years under Department of Labour and must submit/upload the copy of registration certificate and documentary proof for ownership of Nursery.

Work experience certificate from private individual shall not be considered. However, in addition to work experience certificates issued by any Govt. Organisation, work experience certificate issued by Public listed company having average annual turnover of Rs 500 crore and above in last 3 financial years excluding the current financial year, listed on National Stock Exchange or Bombay Stock Exchange, incorporated/registered at least 5 years prior to the date of closing of tender, shall also be considered provided the work experience certificate has been issued by a person authorized by the Public listed company to issue such certificates.

In case tenderer submits work experience certificate issued by public listed company, the tenderer shall also submit along with work experience certificate, the relevant copy of work order, bill of quantities, 1.2.1 bill wise details of payment received duly certified by Chartered Accountant, TDS certificates for all payments received and copy of final/last bill paid by company in support of above work experience certificate

Explanation for Eligibility criteria: 1. Substantially Completed Work means an ongoing work in which payment equal to or more than 90% of the present contract value (Excluding the payment made for adjustment of Price variation (PVC), if any) has been made to the contractor in that ongoing contract and no proceedings of termination of contract on Contractor's default has been initiated. The credential certificate in this regard should have been issued not prior to 60 days of date of invitation of present tender. 2. In case a work is started prior to 07 (seven) years, ending last day of month previous to the one in which tender is invited, but completed in last 07 (seven) years, ending last day of month previous to the one in which tender is invited, the completed work shall be considered for fulfillment of credentials. 3. If a work is physically completed and completion certificate to this extent is issued by the concerned organization but final bill is pending, such work shall be considered for fulfillment of credentials 4. In case of completed work, the value of final bill (gross amount) including the PVC amount (if paid) shall be considered as the completion cost of work. In case final bill is pending, only the total gross amount already paid including the PVC amount (If paid) shall be considered as the completion cost of work. In case of substantially completed work, the total gross amount already paid including the PVC amount (if paid), as mentioned in the certificate, shall be considered as the cost of substantially completed work. 5. If a bidder has successfully completed a work as subcontractor and the work experience certificate has been issued for such work to the subcontractor by a Govt. Organization or public listed company as defined in Note for Item 10.1 Para 10 of the Tender Form (Second Sheet), the same shall be considered for the purpose of fulfillment of credentials. 6. In case a work is considered similar in nature for fulfillment of technical credentials, the overall cost including the PVC amount (if paid) of that completed work or substantially completed work, shall be considered and no separate evaluation for each component of that work shall be made to decide eligibility. 7. In case of newly formed partnership firm, the credentials of individual partners from previous propriety firm(s) or dissolved previous partnership firm(s) or split previous partnership firm(s), shall be considered only to the extent of their share in previous entity on the date of dissolution / split and their share in newly formed partnership firm. For example, a partner A had 30% share in previous entity and his share in present partnership firm is 20%. In the present tender under consideration, the credentials of partner A will be considered to the extent of 0.3*0.2*value of the work done in the previous entity. For this purpose, the tenderer shall submit along with his bid all the relevant documents which include copy of previous partnership deed(s), dissolution deed(s) and proof of surrender of PAN No.(s) in case of dissolution of partnership firm(s) etc.

8. In case of existing partnership firm, if any one or more partners quit the partnership firm, the credentials of remaining partnership firm shall be re-worked out i.e., the quitting partner(s) shall take away his credentials to the extent of his share on the date of quitting the partnership firm (e.g. in a partnership firm of partners A, B & C having share 30%, 30% & 40% respectively and credentials of Rs 10 crore; in case partner C quits the firm, the credentials of this partnership firm shall remain as Rs 6 crore). For this purpose, the tenderer shall submit along with his bid all the relevant documents which include copy of previous partnership deed(s), dissolution deed(s) and proof of surrender of PAN No.(s) in case of dissolution of partnership firm(s) etc. 9. In case of existing partnership firm if any new partner(s) joins the firm without any modification in the name and PAN/TAN no. of the firm, the credentials of partnership firm shall get enhanced to the extent of credentials of newly added partner(s) on the same principles as mentioned in item 6 above. For this purpose, the tenderer shall submit along with his bid all the relevant documents which include copy of previous partnership deeds, dissolution/splitting deeds and proof of surrender of PAN No.(s) in case of dissolution of partnership firm etc. 10. Any partner in a partnership firm cannot use or claim his credentials in any other firm without leaving the 1.3.1 partnership firm i.e., In a partnership firm of A&B partners, A or B partner cannot use credentials of partnership firm of A&B partners in any other partnership firm or propriety firm without leaving partnership firm of A&B partners. 11. In case a partner in a partnership firm is replaced due to succession as per succession law, the proportion of credentials of the previous partner will be passed on to the successor. 12. If the percentage share among partners of a partnership firm is changed, but the partners remain the same, the credentials of the firm before such modification in the share will continue to be considered for the firm as it is without any change in their value. Further, in case a partner of partnership firm retires without taking away any credentials from the firm, the credentials of partnership firm shall remain the same as it is without any change in their value. 13. In a partnership firm "AB" of A&B partners, in case A also works as propriety firm "P" or partner in some other partnership firm "AX", credentials of A in propriety firm "P" or in other partnership firm "AX" earned after the date of becoming a partner of the firm AB shall not be added in partnership firm AB. 14. In case a tenderer is LLP, the credentials of tenderer shall be worked out on above lines similar to a partnership firm. 15. In case company A is merged with company B, then company B would get the credentials of company A also.]

Tenderers are required to upload copy of Permanent Account Number & Mandate Form

All Correction Slips issued by the Railway Board from time to time shall be applicable to this tender. The attachments may be read carefully.

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 rates quoted by the tenderer and accepted by Rly administration shall hold good till the completion of work and no additional individual claim shall be admissible on any account including for variation in prices

All works are to be done as per direction by the Engineer-in- charge or his authorised representative.

The Railway will not be responsible for compensation towards contractors due to unforseen reasons.

No compensation toward any accident what so ever will be paid by railway.

The work will be executed under supervision of Railway Engineer- in - charge or his authorized representative at site.

The Contractor should be make available all the necessary tools, plants and equipment for execution of the above work at site during execution of work.

The Contractor with the help of his Engineer or Diploma holder , as the case may be , shall make necessary Drawings, sketches, plotting, peg markings etc. as desired by the Engineer-in-charge. No extra cost shall be claimed on this account.

Railways shall not be liable to any loss or injury to contractor's staff and indemnifies Railway Administration from such losses / claims what so ever arising out such losses or injuries.

All necessary deductions will be made from the billing amount.

No any interest will be paid by Railways on delay of payment