LOW MAINTENANCE LEAD ACID BATTERIES 75 AHIN PP-CP CONTAINER FOR ELECTRIC LOCOMOTIVESCONFIRMING TO RDSO SPECN. NO.PE/EMU/SPEC/0014- 2000 REV (0) WITH AMENDMENT 1&2

Bulk purchase will be made from those sources who are appearing as Approved Vendors of RDSO Item ID: 3100306 as available on U-VAM. Wherever, Approving Agency has assessed the capacity cum capability of the firm and has cleared the source as Developmental vendor for placement of developmental order, developmental order up to 20% of NPQ may be placed on such sources subject to their name appearing as Developmental Vendors of RDSO Item ID: 3100306 as available on U- VAM. The status of the firm shall be reckoned as on the date of tender opening and not thereafter. But in case of removal or suspension or banning, after opening the tender, such cases will be taken account while deciding ender and thereafter.

Bidder to quote with Tender specific authorization as per Railway Board Guidelines directly from OEM.

Where 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 without any quantity restrictions. However, while 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. Quantity allocation among eligible vendors shall be based on pre-decided tender criteria. Such orders shall be treated as bulk orders.

Earnest Money Deposit (EMD) :- Firm shall submit EMD amount @2% of the estimated value of the tender rounded off to nearest higher Rs 10/- . As per SECR General Tender Condition-2019 upto latest Correction Slips regarding Earnest Money Deposit which is applicable in this case.

Price Variation Clause (PVC): The quoted price shall be subject price clause (PVC) based on HZL basic price for lead 99.99 % purity of Chandariya Lead Zinc Smelter at the rate Rs.2,14,200 dtd. 21.09.2026 per MT exclusive of all duties and taxes also after considering all discounts offered by M/s HZL. The basic price will vary at the rate of Rs.3.01 per battery Nos exclusive of all duties and taxes for every increase/decrease of Rs.100.00 of HZL basic price. The date of offer for inspection will be considered as a date for computing PVC calculation. The price of lead prevalent one month prior to the date of offering the material for inspection will be considered for computing the PVC. One set consist of 10 Nos of battery. THE BASIC PRICE OF LEAD EX CHANDERIA SMELTER SHALL BE TAKEN INTO ACCOUNT WITHOUT REFERRING TO ANY DISCOUNTS MENTIONED IN THE HZL CIRCULAR. The tenderer should submit offered rates with above base price only. Offers with ref. to any other date will not be considered and will be summarily rejected.

Have you read and accepted tender conditions?

Have you furnished Bank account details such as Name of the Bank and address, account no., MICR, IFSC code and type of account to facilitate EFT payment?

Have you quoted correct GST rate and HSN code Number as per SECR General Tender Condition-2019?

Have you submitted authenticated copy of the document authorizing the signatory to submit offer and commit on behalf of tenderers. Other conditions will be as per attached tender document?

Have you quoted delivery period correctly and precisely?

Have you furnished the statement of deviation [preferably nil]?

Purchase Preference to MSEs:- Micro and Small Enterprises who want to avail benefits under MSE policy are advised to submit UDYAM certificate only. Certificates such as NSIC, DIC, UAM will not be considered and firm will be treated as non MSE firm. (Authority : Railway Board letter N o . 2 0 2 2 / R S ( G ) / 3 6 3 / 1 dtd. 21.09.2022). If you are not a MSE or a consortia of MSEs formed by NSIC, please indicate percentage of sub contracts in execution of this tender that will be from Micro and Small Enterprise (in percent of order value) with further breakup of MSE owned by SC/ST.(Information will be provided in % terms with 6 fields; Micro owned by SC, Micro owned by ST, Micro owned by Others, Small industry owned by SC, Small industry owned by ST, Small industry owned by Others) .

Unloading of material at consignee's Depot is to be done by the supplier. Offers with deviation to this clause will be summarily rejected.

a)The 'Class-l local supplier'/ 'Class-II local supplier' at the time of tender, bidding or solicitation shall be required to indicate percentage of local content and provide self certification that the item offered meets the local content requirement for 'Class-l local supplier'/'Class-II local supplier', as the case may be. They shall also give details of the location(s) at which the local value addition is made. (b) In cases of procurement for a value in excess of Rs. 10 crores, the 'Class-l local supplier'/ 'Class-II local supplier' shall be required to provide a certificate from the statutory auditor or cost auditor of the company (in the case of companies) or from a practicing cost accountant or practicing chartered accountant (in respect of suppliers other than companies) giving the percentage of local content. (c)The bidder shall give self- certification for local content in the quoted item (goods/works/services) at the time of tendering. However, at the time of execution of the project, for all contracts above INR 10 Crores, the contractor/supplier shall be required to give local content certification duly certified by cost/chartered accountant in practice. The certificate should have valid UDIN mentioned in certificate. Such certificates shall be required to be submitted by the contractor/supplier to the purchaser before dispatch of first supply. In case the contractor/supplier fails to submit local content certification duly certified by cost/chartered accountant in practice before dispatch of first supply or the category of the supplier changes from Class-I to Class-II/Non-local or from Class-II to Non-local, a penalty up to 10% of the contract value shall be imposed. However, contract once awarded shall not be terminated on this account.

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.