Provision of Bonds due to different Engineering CTR, TBR, TRR, TFR, FS+TWS+CMS, SEJ/Glued Joint renewal & removal of DFW (O&R) in LJN Division of N.E. Railway.

WORKS CONTRACT - Financial Eligibility Criteria for Tenderer is as follows for the tender value above 50 lac - 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 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.

WORKS CONTRACT - Financial Eligibility Criteria for Tenderer is as follows for the tender value above 50 lac - 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 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.

WORKS CONTRACT - No Financial credentials are required for tenders having value up to Rs 50 lakh.

The tenderer 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.

Furnish the List of Work completed in the last three financial year giving description of work, organization for the time of award, date of award and date of schedule completion of work. Date of actual start, actual completion date and final value of contract should also be given.

Furnish the list of work in hand including description of work, contract value and approximate value of balance work yet to be done and date of award.

Documents to be Submitted Along with Tender: - The tenderer shall submit documents as per clause 14 and 15 of Part-I of Indian Railways Standard General Conditions of Contract, April- 2022 or (latest version).

This tender complies with Public Procurement Policy Order 2017 dated 15/06/2017.

Margin of Purchase Preference: The margin of purchase preference shall be 20%.

The local supplier at the time of tender, bidding or solicitation shall be required to provide self certification that the item offered meets the minimum local content and shall give details of the location(s) at which the local value addition is made.

In terms of Para 3(a) of Public Procurement (Preference to make in India), Order 2017-Revision as amended (Annexure-II of Part-I, Chapter-I), Railway Board has reviewed and considered that sufficient local capacity and local competition exist for all the material/items used in Railway Electrification as they are indigenously manufactured and supplied except short neutral section assembly which is an RDSO approved item. It has, therefore, been decided that in respect of these items only Class I local suppliers shall be eligible to bid and supply, irrespective of the purchase value. It has been further decided that the minimum local content for the local supplier, of the above item, to be categorized as 'Class-I local supplier' shall be 50%.

Please furnish the list of personnel, organization available in hand and proposed to be engaged for the subject work.

Furnish the list of plant & machinery available in hand (own)and proposed to be included (own and hired to be given separately) for the subject work.

Please Submit your bank details i.e. Name of the bank along with bank branch code, Account Number, IFSC Code and PAN details.

Status of the Firm and Related documents such as affidavit, registration, partnership deed, power of attorney etc.

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.

Rates are inclusive of all taxes / octroi, license fee, royalty charges etc. legally leviable by state, Central Government and/or any other local authority.

Income Tax, Cess and any other tax will be recovered as per extant instruction on the subject.

Advertisement Period - Time during which all information pertaining to tender shall be available but offers can not be submitted. i.e from tender publication date to till sixteen days prier to opening of Tender.

Offer Submission Period - Fifteen days prior to opening of tender, during which tenderers can submit their offer.

Tenderer shall submit the documents regarding status of firm along with offers. It is further made clear that partnership firm shall have to attach copy of the latest partnership deed along with latest affidavit certifying the currency of the deed. Similarly, proprietorship firm should also submit the relevant certificate along with latest affidavit regarding currency of the certificate.

It will be obligatory on the part of the contractors in these favour the contractor is awarded to employ civil Engineers Graduate/Diploma holders for the duration of contracts as under (Rly Bd. Letter no. 2012/CE-I/ CT/O/20 dated 10.5.13):- 1. One Qualified Graduate Engineer when the cost of work to be executed is Rs. 200 lakh and above. 2. One qualified Diploma holder Engineer when the cost of work to be executed is more than Rs. 25 lakh, but less than Rs. 200 lakh. Technical staff should be available at the site whenever required by engineer- in-charge to take instructions. Contd.

In case contractor fail to employ the Technical staff as aforesaid, he shall be liable to pay a reasonable amount not exceeding a sum of Rs. 40000/-(Rupees Forty thousands only) for each month of default in case of Graduate Engineer and Rs. 25000/- (Rupees twenty five thousands only) for each month or part thereof for the default period in case of Diploma holder. The decision of engineer-in-charge as to the period for each the required technical staff as not employed by the contractor and as the reasonableness of the amount to be deducted on this account shall be final and binding on the contractor.

STAMP DUTY :- Stamp duty shall be payable @ Rs. 70/- per thousand on security deposit if it is in the form of NSC/FDR and if it is in the form of cash it will be @ 125/- per thousand on thousand on security deposit . Till finalization of the special leave petition by the supreme court , Before execution of contract agreement , Tenderer will have to deposit the stamp duty of Rs. 100/- along with an affidavit " if an order shall be passed by supreme court in above Special Leave Petition in favour of Govt. then tenderer will have to deposit the balance stamp duty in addition to Rs. 100/- against the appropriate head of the deptt.

Tenderer will ensure the genuineness of the stamp papers / stamps being utilized. It will be the responsibility of the party entering into agreement with the railway for its genuineness

Contractor is to abide by the provisions of Payment of Wages act & Minimum Wages act in terms of clause 54 and 55 of Indian Railways General Condition of Contract. In order to ensure the same, an application has been developed and hosted on website 'www.shramikkalyan.indianrailways.gov.in'. Contractor shall register his firm/company etc. and upload requisite details of labour and their payment in this portal. These details shall be available in public domain. The Registration/ updation of Portal shall be done as per para 55C of GCC 2022:

WORKS CONTRACT - The successful bidder shall have to submit a Performance Guarantee (PG) within 21 (Twenty one) days from the date of issue of Letter of Acceptance (LOA). Extension of time for submission of PG beyond 21 (Twenty one) days and upto 60 days from the date of issue of LOA may be given by the Authority who is competent to sign the contract agreement. However, a penal interest of 12% per annum shall be charged for the delay beyond 21(Twenty one) days, i.e. from 22nd day after the date of issue of LOA. Further, if the 60th day happens to be a declared holiday in the concerned office of the Railway, submission of PG can be accepted on the next working day.

In all other cases, if the Contractor fails to submit the requisite PG even after 60 days from the date of issue of LOA, the contract is liable to be terminated. In case contract is terminated railway shall be entitled to forfeit Bid Security and other dues payable against that contract. In case a tenderer has not submitted Bid Security on the strength of their registration as a Startup recognized by Department of Industrial Policy and Promotion (DIPP) under Ministry of Commerce and Industry, DIPP shall be informed to this effect. The failed Contractor shall be debarred from participating in re-tender for that work.

WORKS CONTRACT - The successful bidder shall submit the Performance Guarantee (PG) in any of the following forms, amounting to 3% of the contract value:- (i)A deposit of cash; (ii)Irrevocable Bank Guarantee; (iii)Government Securities including State Loan Bonds at 5% 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 Deposit Receipts tendered by all Scheduled Banks; (vi)Deposit in the Post Office Saving Bank ; (vii)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% 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.

Works Contract: The Bid Security deposited with the tender of successful tenderer will be retained as part of security deposit which will be 5 percent of the contract value of work awarded. Security Deposit may be deposited by the Contractor before release of first on account bill in cash or Term Deposit Receipt from Scheduled Bank, or may be recovered at the rate of @ 6 percent of the bill amount till the full Security Deposit is recovered.

Works Contract :- This contract shall be governed by the provision of GCC (General Condition of Contract) April 2022 edition with up to date corrections thereto or latest edition.

Works Contract: Security Deposit will be recovered by the Contractor from running bills at the rate of @ 6 percent of the bill amount till the full Security Deposit is recovered, as per rules.

Tenderers will examine the various provisions of the Central Goods and services Tax Act 2017(CGST/Integrated Goods and Services Tax Act.2017(IGST)/Union Territory Goods and Services Tax Act,2017(UTGST)/respective state's State Gods and Services Tax Act (SGST) also as notified by Central /State Govt & as amended form time to time and applicable taxes before bidding. Tenderers will ensure that full benefit to Input Tax likely to be availed by them is duly considered while quoting rates. Offered rates of each group of items shall be considered to include all Taxes, Octroi, cost of Labour, T P, Machinery, Vehicles, Lift, Ascent, Descent etc. complete. No compensation of any account will be paid except the accepted rates.

Additional conditions or stipulations if any must be made by the tenderer/s in a covering letter with the tender. The Railway reserves the right not to consider conditional tenders and reject the same without assigning any reason. Only those additional conditions, which are explicitly accepted by the Railway, shall form part of the contract.

It is responsibility of the tenderer that they ensure to see any corrigendum of the tender to check the corrigendum on the website from time to time.