Outsourcing of AC coach Electrical attendants (ACCEA) for escorting, operation, and troubleshooting of AC plants in AC coaches of trains maintaining at primary base depot's in Thiruvanathapuram Division of Southern Railway for a period of two years.

T1- Annual Turnover: The bidder should have an aggregate financial turnover not less than 1.5 times the advertised Bid value during the last three previous financial years and in the current financial year upto the date of opening of the tender . The audited balance sheet reflecting financial turnover certified by chartered accountant with his/her stamp, signature and membership number shall be considered.

T2-Liquidity: The bidder should have access to or has available liquid assets, lines of credit and other financial means to meet cash flow that is valued at 5% of the estimated bid value net of applicant's commitments for other contracts. The audited balance sheet and/or banking reference certified by chartered accountant with his/her stamp, signature and membership number shall be submitted by the bidder along with bid. Banking reference should contain in clear terms the amount that bank will be in a position to lend for this work to the applicant/member of the Joint Venture/Consortium. In case the Net Current Assets (as seen from the Balance Sheets) are negative, only the Banking references will be considered. Otherwise, the aggregate of the Net Current Assets and submitted Banking references will be considered for working out the Liquidity. The banking reference should be from a Scheduled Bank in India, and it should not be more than 3 months old as on date of submission of bids.

The bidders shall be required to submit an undertaking certifying the truthfulness of all the documents submitted or uploaded along with the tender. This shall be mandatory for all bidders. In case the bidder fails to submit the undertaking or submits an improper undertaking, their offer shall be summarily rejected. The format of the undertaking is enclosed. ( Click here to download Format)

Tenderer has to submit declaration regarding "Employment / Partnership etc.of Retired Railway Employees", without which the offer will be summarily rejected. ( Click here to download Format)

The tenderer should have satisfactorily completed* in the last three previous financial years and the current financial year up to the date of opening of the tender, one similar single service Contract, for a minimum of 35% of advertised value of the bid.(Clause 2.6.1.1of GCC for services 2018) similar nature of work have been defined below. *completed service contract includes ongoing service contract subject to payment of bill amounting to at least 35% of advertised value of the bid. Value of successfully completed portion of any ongoing work up to the last day of the previous Month of tender submission will also be considered for qualification of work experience criteria. (Clause 2.6.1 of GCC for services 2018)

Definition of similar nature of work : Escorting, Operation and Troubleshooting of Power cars over Indian Railways OR Escorting, Operation and Troubleshooting of RMPUs in AC coaches over Indian Railways/Metro Railways OR Annual / Comprehensive Maintenance Contract of RMPUs along with control panels of AC coaches running over Indian Railways/Metro Railways OR Annual / Comprehensive Maintenance Contract of AC package unit (Centralized, Cassette, Multi (VRF) types) in Indian Railways / Metro Railways / Central Govt. / State Govt./ PSUs of Central Govt. or State Govt. / Public listed company , Private Company , Trust having annual turnover of Rs.500 crore and above.

Bidders are required to submit EPFO challan /bank account statement in support of available manpower (duly submitted to EPFO) in respect of the previous four quarters preceding the date of opening of Bid should be submitted in support of their qualification. (Size of Workforce)

Number of years in operations - Company establishment certificate and company's work order copy/agreement copy/completion certificate etc. are to be uploaded for the proof of operation. Years shall be counted from the date of agreement of the work.

All the tenderers/Contractors have to deposit full earnest money and tender document cost as stipulated for the tender, through online modes as permitted in IREPS application through multiple banks net banking, debit and credit cards . All documents related to Partnership deed/Joint venture/ Consortium/ MOU, duly signed by the notary public, should be uploaded failing which offer will be summarily rejected.

I/We also hereby agree to abide by the Indian Railways Standard General Conditions Of Contract, with all correction slips up-to- date and to carry out the work according to the Special Conditions of Contract and Specifications of materials and works as laid down by Railway in the annexed Special Conditions of contract , General Instructions and conditions , explanatory notes of schedule of work and Annexures.

I/We hereby Confirm that the rates, rebates and/or other financial terms, if any, quoted by us in the relevant fields of the Financial Bid page will only be the ruling terms for deciding the inter-se ranking, and any such condition having financial repercussions, if quoted by us anywhere else including attached documents shall not be considered for deciding inter-se ranking

However, Railways shall have the right to incorporate any such condition quoted by us, in the contract, at their discretion, if contract is placed on us.

Manual submission of EMD and cost of tender form cannot be entertained/Considered and hence no need of uploading the scanned copy of financial instruments

Whether GST registration available or not?

The contractor has to submit the EPF Code as per the EPFO Act and also has to submit a statement in this regard before signing the contract agreement.

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 has to fill in his quoted rate against each item in the Bid rate / Unit rate column. The bidding rate is Rs./ unit, the bidder has to quote his rate for the individual item only

Subsequent to the enforcement of GST Act, the modifications to Para-(a),clause 6, part I of Indian Railways Standard General condition of contract, July 2014 vide Railway Board letter No: 2017/CE/CT/4/GST(a) of 23/6/2017 is as detailed below: Clause No.6 - Care in submission of Tenders: (a)(i) Before submitting a tender, the tenderer will be deemed to have satisfied himself by actual inspection of the site and locality of the works, that all conditions liable to be encountered during the execution of the works are taken into account and that the rates he enters in the tender forms are adequate and all inclusive to accord with the provisions in Clause-37 of the Standard General Conditions of Contract for the completion of works to the entire satisfaction of the Engineer. (ii) 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 Goods and Services Tax Act (SGST) also, as notified by Central/State Govt & as amended from time to time and applicable taxes before bidding. Tenderers will ensure that full benefit of Input Tax Credit (ITC) likely to be availed by them is duly considered while quoting rates. iii) The successful tenderer who is liable to be registered under CGST/IGST/UTGST/SGST Act shall submit GSTIN along with other details required under CGST/IGST/UTGST/SGST Act to Railway immediately after the award of contract, without which no payment shall be release to the contractor. The contractor shall be responsible for deposition of applicable to the concerned authority. iv) In case the successful tenderer not able to be registered under CGST/IGST/UTGST/SGST Act, the railway shall deduct the applicable GST from his/their bills under reverse charge mechanism (RCM) and deposit the same to the concerned authority. The contractor is liable to pay the taxes as stipulated in the GST Act and Rules and also should furnish the details of GST to deduct from the contractor's bill.