Wood based resin impregnated

Special Eligibility Criteria

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   Bulk procurement will be made from the sources approved by ICF for item ID: 2300161 and Sub Item ID: 2300161001 (i) The approval status in Vendor Directory on UVAM shall be reckoned as on the date of tender closing and not thereafter, unless it is a case of removal/ suspension/ banning. ii) Minimum 80% of the net procurable qty shall be ordered on the vendors appearing as Approved vendor on UVAM portal online as on tender closing date. Vendors appearing as Developmental vendor in RDSO vendor directory will be considered up to a maximum of 20% of NPQ. However, this is subject to a condition that rates of developmental vendors are lower than the rates of vendors eligible for regular orders. Note: Total Developmental order quantity will not be more than 20% of the net procurable quantity. Vendors having conditional approval on UVAM shall not be eligible for order of any quantity. In case 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 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 without any quantity restrictions. Note:-If the work address indicated in the offer is different from what is indicated in the approval certificate issued by the respective vendor approval agency, then such offer will be treated as if the same has been received from an unapproved source.

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   Procurement from Authorized Agents/Dealers/Distributors: Procurement from Authorized Agents/Dealers/Distributors etc. shall be as per para 0400 of Western Railway Bid Document (Indigenous Purchases), Version- 14 of June 2024. a) OEMs should quote directly preferably or an OEM can authorize and give Tender Specific Authorization (TSA) to its Agent / Dealer to quote on their behalf similar to proforma attached as Annexure-2. b) The Authorized Dealer/Agent should upload valid tender specific authorization, along with the offer, failing which their offer is liable to be passed over. c) Trader/Authorized Dealer should mention name of Manufacturer, make and complete address in their bid for inspection of material at OEM works. d) In a tender, either the authorized agent/dealer on behalf of the Principal/OEM or the Principal/OEM itself can bid, but both cannot bid simultaneously for the same item in the same tender and such bids will be summarily rejected. e) Further, against a particular tender, one Principal/OEM should not issue Tender Specific Authorization to more than one agent/ dealer. Such offers will be treated as ambiguous offers, the bidder(s) or their Principal/OEM will have no right to lodge any claim and such bids will be summarily rejected. f) If an authorized agent/dealer submits bid on behalf of a Principal/OEM, the same agent/dealer shall not submit a bid on behalf of another Principal/OEM in the same tender for the same item/product and such bids will be summarily rejected. g) In case tenderer participate as an authorized agent, then the performance as required above shall be that of the Principal, authorizing the agent. It may so happen that the agent has credentials of past supply for a different Principal but this will not be considered as performance for placing bulk order in case of change of Principal. h) Traders/Authorized Dealers/ Agents are not eligible to avail the benefits extended to MSEs under the Public Procurement Policy. i) Authorised agent quoting on behalf of a manufacturer will not be exempted from remitting Earnest Money Deposit (EMD) / Security Deposit (SD), owing to any of the exemptions applicable to the manufacturer represented by them
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   The tender will be governed by Railway Board letter No.2020/RS(G)/779/ 2 dtd. 12/06/20 and 2015/RS(G}/779/5(Vol.l) dated 24/09/2020 & 2015/ RS(G)/779/5(Vol.III) dated 12.07.2020 for Public Procurement (Preference to Make in India). Since, there is sufficient local capacity and competition in supply of the tendered item of required quality and therefore public procurement of the item is restricted to Class I local suppliers only with minimum local content of 50% or more 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 its own risk and cost and Railways shall not be liable for any loss or damage caused to the vendor. THIS TENDER COMPLIES WITH PUBLIC PROCUREMENT (PREFERENCE TO MAKE IN INDIA), ORDER 2017-Revision Regarding issued by Ministry of Commerce and Industry order No. P-45021/2/2017-PP(BE-II) dated 16.09.2020. Tenders must furnish the information giving the percentage of local content. Please refer to para 1800 of WR bid document of INSTRUCTIONS TO TENDERERS FOR ELECTRONIC TENDERS AND GENERAL CONDITIONS OF TENDER Indigenous Purchases Version-14 of June 2024 attached with tender.

Check List

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   Have you quoted in the prescribed performa ?
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   Have you furnished the statement of deviations [preferably nil] ?
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   Have you quoted price on the basis of free delivery to destination, indicating the break up ?
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   Have you quoted delivery period correctly and precisely ?
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   Have you kept your offer valid for 120 days.
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   Have you submitted authenticated copy of the document authorizing the signatory to submit offer and commit on behalf of tenderers ?
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   I/we hereby agree to supply the offered goods at a quoted rates as per IRS conditions of contract and other terms & conditions specified in this tender.
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   Have you submitted Earnest money ?
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   Are you MSE tenderer and seeking exemption from EMD, if so, Have you submitted required credential for tendered item?
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    It shall be the responsibility of the tenderers to quote correct HSN number and corresponding GST rate. Have you checked HSN code and have quoted corresponding GST rate.
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    Have you submitted self certification of local content requirement ?

Commercial-Compliance

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   Earnest Money Deposit (EMD) for stores Tenders:1.1: EMD shall be submitted by tenderer as specified in tender schedule, along with their online offer. There shall be no exemption from submission of EMD for any tender or by any tenderer except those exempted following:a] EMD shall normally not be called against Limited Tenders with estimated value up to Rs. 25 Lakhs (including Single tenders, Global limited tenders) (b) Micro & small Enterprises (MSEs) registered for the tendered item(c) Other Railways and Government Departments(d) Indian ordinance Factories(e) PSUs owned by Ministry of Railways and PSUs for the group of items that aremanufactured by them in terms of Railway(f) Vendors registered with Railways for the trade group of the item tendered(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 Railways for supply of medicine, medical equipments and consumables shall be exempted from submission of EMD for these items.(i) In tenders issued against PAC, OEM in whose favour PAC has been issued shall be exempted from submitting EMD.(j) KVIC and ACASH shall be exempted from EMD for items supplied by them.1.2: Offers submitted without EMD shall be summarily rejected.1.3 EMD amount will be as (Rounded off to nearest higher Rs 10 (Ten)(i) For Estimated value of tender above Rs. 25 Lakhs and upto Rs. 50 Cr. EMD will be @2% of the estimated value of the tender subject to Max. Rs 20 Lakhs(ii) For Estimated value of tender above Rs. 50 Cr. EMD will be Rs. 50 Lakhs.1.4 All vendors exempted from submission of EMD as per above paras, shall be required to sign a bid security declaration in IREPS as followsI/we hereby understand and accept that if I/we withdraw of modify my/or bid during the period of validity, of if I/we are awarded the contract and on being called upon to submit the performance security/Security Deposit, fail to submit the performance security/Security Deposit before the deadline defined in the request for bid document /Notice Inviting Tender,I/we shall be debarred from exemption of submitting Bid Security/Earnest Money Deposit and performance security/Security Deposit for a period of 6 (six) months, from the date I/ we are declared disqualified from exemption from submission of EMD/SD, for all tenders for procurement of good issued by any unit of India Railways published during this period.

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   WARRANTY :- RDSO Specn. No.- C-9407 (Rev-3) of February-2007, Amend. No.-4 of September %u2013 2019
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   Security Deposit:SD will be applicable as per para 0600 of Western Railway Bid Document (Indigenous Purchases), Version -14 of June 2024 along with correction slips/amendments if any, before tender closing date. Bank Guarantee: As per proforma given in Annexure-5 of Western Bid Document (Indigenous purchase), version 14 of June 2024. Note:- Offers from firms not exempted and denying to pay Security Deposit will be summarily rejected
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   LD Clause: Recovery of Liquidated Damage (LD) shall be levied @1/2% (half percent) of the price of store per week or part of the week during which delivery is accepted and the upper limit for recovery of Liquidated Damages in supply contract is 10% (ten percent) of the value of delayed supply irrespective of delays, unless otherwise provided, specifically in the contract. Orders on developmental vendors shall be developmental orders and treated as such, specifically, with regard to applicability of liquidated damages for delayed supplies and levy of general damages as per Railway Board letter no-No. 2001/RS(G)/779/7 Pt 2 dated 25.06.2018.
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   GST COMPLIANCE:- As per clause 0906 of INSTRUCTIONS TO TENDERERS FOR ELECTRONIC TENDERS AND GENERAL CONDITIONS OF TENDER Indigenous Purchases Version-14 of June 2024 or latest with all corrigendums and amendments, if any, issued before the tender closing date shall be applicable.
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   Land Border Conditions: A bidder from a country which shares a land border with India will be eligible to bid only if the bidder is registered with Competent Authority as specified in Para 1810 and Annexure-7 of Western Railway Bid Document (Indigenous Purchases), Version -14 of June 2024. Note:- In compliance of restriction under Rule 144(xi) of GFR-2017, bidders must submit the self declaration certificate as specified in Annexure-8 attached with Western Railway Bid Document (Indigenous Purchases), Version -14 of June 2024, reproduced below:- "I have read the clause regarding restrictions on procurement from a bidder of a country which shares a land border with India, I certify that; This bidder is not from such a country. OR If from such a country, has been registered with the Competent Authority. I hereby certify that the bidder fulfils all requirements in this regard and is eligible to be considered." (Tick whichever is applicable, and also where applicable, evidence of valid registration by the Competent Authority shall be attached) If the bidder fails to give above mentioned declaration along with the offer, then it will be considered that the contents of above declaration have been read and unconditionally agreed and accepted by the tenderer. If the tenderer are not agreeable to this declaration they have to categorically mention about the disagreement in Techno Commercial Deviation.

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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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   Validity of Offer: The offer should be valid for 120 days from the date of opening of tender. No deviation from the offer validity period stipulated in the tender schedule is permitted, Offers quoted with shorter validity shall be deemed as commercially unresponsive and shall be summarily rejected.