TRD related work in connection to the work of "Construction of S&T service rooms at 07 non-interlocked LC gates under the jurisdiction of DEN/East & DEN/Central".

Tenderer should have valid HT (33KV) electrical contractor's license issued by state/central govt. Supporting documents self-attested should be submitted along with tender papers. The tenderer has to upload the HT supervisory license if the contractor license is not reflecting as HT. If tenderer do not upload valid HT (33KV) electrical contractors license, the same offer of tenderer will be summarily rejected.

I/we the tenderer (s) am/are signing this document after carefully reading the contents.

I/We the tenderer(s) also accept all the conditions of the tender and have signed all the pages in confirmation thereof.

I/we hereby declare that I/we have downloaded the tender documents from Indian Railway website www.ireps.gov.in . I/we have verified the content of the document from the website and there is no addition, no deletion or no alteration to the content of the tender document. In case of any discrepancy noticed at any stage i.e. evaluation of tenders, execution of work or final payment of the contract, the master copy available with the railway Administration shall be final and binding upon me/us.

I/we declare and certify that I/we have not made any misleading or false representation in the forms, statements and attachments in proof of the qualification requirements.

I/We also understand that my/our offer will be evaluated based on the documents/credentials submitted along with the offer and same shall be binding upon me/us.

I/We declare that the information and documents submitted along with the tender by me/us are correct and I/we are fully responsible for the correctness of the information and documents, submitted by us.

I/we certify that I/we the tenderer(s) is/are not blacklisted or debarred by Railways or any other Ministry / Department of Govt. of India from participation in tender on the date of submission of bids, either in individual capacity or as a HUF/ member of the partnership firm/LLP/JV/Society/Trust.

I/we understand that if the contents of the certificate submitted by us are found to be forged/false at any time during process for evaluation of tenders, it shall lead to forfeiture of the Bid Security and may also lead to any other action provided in the contract including banning of business for a period of upto two year. Further, I/we and all my/our constituents understand that my/our offer shall be summarily rejected.

I/we also understand that if the contents of the certificate submitted by us are found to be false/forged at any time after the award of the contract, it will lead to termination of the contract, along with forfeiture of Bid Security/Security Deposit and Performance guarantee and may also lead to any other action provided in the contract including banning of business for a period of upto two year.

I/We have read the clause regarding restriction on procurement from a bidder of a country which shares a land border with India and certify that I am/We are not from such a country or, if from such a country, have been registered with the competent Authority. I/We hereby certify that I/we fulfil all the requirements in this regard and am/are eligible to be considered (evidence of valid registration by the competent authority is enclosed)

(i)The tenderer shall clearly specify whether the tender is submitted on his own(Proprietary Firm) or on behalf of a Partnership Firm / Company / Joint Venture(JV) / Registered Society / Registered Trust / Hindu Undivided Family (HUF)/Limited Liability Partnership (LLP) etc. The tenderer(s) shall enclose the attested copies of the constitution of their concern, and copy of PAN Card along with their tender. Tender Documents in such cases are to be signed by such persons as may be legally competent to sign them on behalf of the firm, company, association, trust or society, as the case may be. (ii) The Other documents to be submitted in support of the above asper Clause No. 14 (ii) ofGCC-2022. (iii) If it is NOT mentioned in the submitted tender that tender is being submitted on behalf of a Sole Proprietorship firm / Partnership firm / Joint Venture/Registered Company etc., then the tender shall be treated as having been submitted by the individual who has signed the tender. (iv)After opening of the tender, any document pertaining to the constitution of Sole Proprietorship Firm /Partnership Firm /Registered Company/ Registered Trust/Registered Society / HUF/LLP etc. shall be neither asked nor considered, if submitted. Further, no suo moto cognizance of any document available in public domain (i.e., on internet etc.) or in Railway's record/office files etc. will be taken for consideration of the tender, if no such mention is available in tender offer submitted. (v) A tender from JV shall be considered only where permissible as per the tender conditions. (vi) The Railway will not be bound by any change of power of attorney or in the composition of the firm made subsequent to the submission of tender. Railway may, however, recognize such power of attorney and changes after obtaining proper legal advice, the cost of which will be chargeable to the Contractor.

a)i)Should a tenderer i) be a retired Engineer of thegazettedrank or any other gazetted officer working beforehisretirement, whether in the executive or administrativecapacityor whether holding a pensionable post or not, intheEngineering or any other department of any of therailwaysowned and administered by the President of India forthe timebeing, OR ii) being partnership firm / joint venture(JV)/Registered society / registered trust etc have as one ofitspartners/members a retired Engineer of the gazetted rankorany other gazetted officer working before his retirement,OR iii)being an incorporated company have any suchretiredEngineer of the gazetted rank or any other gazettedofficerworking before his retirement as one of its directorsANDincase where such Engineer or officer had not retiredfromgovernment service at least 1 year prior to the dateofsubmission of the tender THEN the tenderer will givefullinformation as to the date of retirement of such Engineerorgazetted officer from the said service and as towhetherpermission for taking such contract, or if theContractor be apartnership firm or an incorporated company,to become apartner or director as the case may be, has beenobtained bythe tenderer or the Engineer or officer, as the casemay befrom the President of India or any officer, dulyauthorized byhim in this behalf, shall be clearly stated inwriting at the time ofsubmitting the tender. Annexure-1 of thetender document tobe uploaded otherwise the offer will besummarily rejected. ( Click here to download Format)

The bidder shall submit copy of PAN card(s) & GST Registration certificate.

The tenderer shall produce a statement along with the bid asfollows: "No retired Engineer (retired within one year prior to thedate of submission of tender) or retired gazetted officer(retiredwithin one year prior to the date of submission of tender) ofRailways is associated with the tenderer". Standard format ofthe statement to be submitted by the bidder is enclosed asannexure-A. Non upload of the statement by the bidder shallresult in summarily rejection of his/their bid. ( Click here to download Format)

Should a tenderer or Contractor beingan individual,have member(s) of his family or in the case ofpartnership firm/company / joint venture (JV) / registered society/registered trust etc. one or more of his partner(s)/shareholder(s)or member(s) of the family of partner(s)/shareholder(s) havingshare of more than 1% in the tendering entity employed ingazetted capacity in the Engineering or any other department ofthe railway, then the tenderer at the time of submission oftender, will inform the authority inviting tenders the details ofsuch persons. Annexure-2, Non submission of the annexure theoffer will be summarily rejected. ( Click here to download Format)

The tenderer whether sole proprietor / a company or a partnership firm /registered society / registered trust / HUF / LLP etc. if they want to act through agent or individual partner(s),should submit along with the tender, a copy of power of attorney duly stamped and authenticated by a Notary Public or by Magistrate in favour of the specific person whether he/they bepartner(s) of the firm or any other person, specifically authorizing him/them to sign the tender, submit the tender and further to deal with the Tender/ Contract up to the stage of signing the agreement except in case where such specific person is authorized for above purposes through a provision made in the partnership deed / Memorandum of Understanding /Article of Association /Board resolution, failing which tender shall be summarily rejected. A separate power of attorney duly stamped and authenticated by a Notary Public or by Magistrate in favour of the specific person whether he/they be partner(s) of the firm or any other person, shall be submitted after award of work, specifically authorizing him/them to deal with all other contractual activities subsequent to signing of agreement, if required. Note: A Power of Attorney executed and issued overseas, the document will also have to be legalized by the Indian Embassy and notarized in the jurisdiction where the Power of Attorney is being issued. However, the Power of Attorney provided by Bidders from countries that have signed the Hague Legislation Convention 1961 are not required to be legalized by the Indian Embassy if it carries a conforming Appostille certificate. The tenderer should have to submit Power of Attorney along with his offer stated above.

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.

E-tender have been invited for and on behalf of the President of India through website www.ireps.gov.in for the work mentioned against the tender notice number available in the website. Tenderers are to bid online only in the above mentioned website. All Mandatory fields have to be filled in by the tenderer. No Manual offer is acceptable against this tender. No Tender document in hard copy will be sold against this tender. Please read the Instructions to Tenderers for e-tendering, General Conditions of Contract, Special Condition of Contract before filling the e-tender through online

E-Tender forms are not transferable and the same is to be submitted with digital signature by the Tenderer already registered with the site.

The submitted e-tender forms will be considered as digitally signed by the tenderer as a confirmation from the tenderer that the tenderer has read, agreed and accepted all the conditions and laid down documents as well as Schedule of Tender, General and Special Conditions.

NIT PERIOD IS SPLITTED AS UNDER-

Advertisement period- Time during which all information 3.1.1 pertaining to tender shall be available BUT OFFERS CAN NOT BE SUBMITTED

Offer Submission Period - 15 (Fifteen) days prior to opening of tender during which TENDERERS CAN SUBMIT THEIR OFFER

The tender offer complete in all respect and with all documents is to be submitted online by e-tendering process through the website www.ireps.gov.in before the closing time/date of this tender as mentioned in the NIT (Notice Inviting Tender). Tenderer can revise the bids any number of times till the closing time/date of the tender. No manual offers shall be accepted.

The administration will not own any responsibility, if website is not opened for downloading/uploading the tender documents due to any technical snag.

False/incomplete statement: Any statement / declaration made by the tenderer while uploading tender or submitted later as specifically required in the tender, if proved wrong or false or incomplete or such as to withhold any information relevant to the award of the tender, at any stage of the tender or in the event of his tender having been accepted, at any stage the contract, shall render his/their tender(s)/contract(s) liable to be cancelled/rescinded, in addition to the following:

If such statement is found at the tender stage, his total Earnest Money / Bid Security shall be forfeited.

In case such a statement is found at the contract stage, the 4.2.2 conditions/rights available to the Railways under Clause 62 of the G.C.C. shall be applicable.

In addition to above, action of banning of business may also be taken against such tenderers including prosecution under law.

If the tenderer(s) deliberately gives / give wrong information in his/their tender or creates/create circumstances for the acceptance of his/their tender, the Railway reserves the right to reject such tender at any stage.

The Railway may, of its own or in response to any clarification requested/suggested by any person including that from the tenderer, may modify this tender document at its sole discretion at least 15 days before the due date of closing of the tender as corrigendum.

Corrigendum as required may be issued atleast 15 days prior to the closing of the tender. These corrigenda of this tender, if any, as issued time to time will be available on website at least 15 days in advance of closing of tender. The tenderers are requested to check the website before submitting their offer whether any such corrigendum to the tender has been issued or not and revise the offer if required accordingly. Failure on the part of tenderer on this aspect will be solely tenderers responsibility.

This document is the Standard Tender Document which consists of the Instruction to the Tenderers, NIT (Notice Inviting Tender), Indian railway standard General Conditions of contract, Additional Special conditions of the tender, Tender schedules, Specifications of the works & various Annexure etc. All the above mentioned documents taken together if not scored off, shall constitute the complete tender document hereafter referred to as Tender Document & have to be read together & acted upon accordingly. No part of the tender document can be relied upon or acted upon in isolation.

In case of any problem with the portal is faced while filling the e- tender, Tenderers are advised to contact with the Helpdesk of IREPS portal who will render all help and assistance related with the website and portal except that related with the details of the tender. Railway will not take any responsibility for non- participation in the e-tender online for the reasons related to the website and portal or server etc beyond the control of railways.

Railway and the IREPS website will not take the responsibility for any online payment made by the tenderer and debited from his/their account towards the tender cost or Earnest Money due to wrong or mis manipulation or any reasons related with the IT or found unsuitable for the tender etc. In this regard Railway and IREPS website will not entertain any claim or refund the paid amount.

All documents uploaded or information furnished in the website are digitally signed by the competent authority

Opening of Tender

Opening of e-tender online:- The e-tenders will be opened online using the IREPS portal. No representative is required to be present for opening of tender and taking notes of rates quoted and ranking as the complete details of rates etc. of all the bidders shall be available to the bidders in the website after the opening of the tender.

In case the date of closing mentioned in the Notice Inviting Tender is declared a holiday /bandh/strike etc. on any account, the date of closing tender online will not be changed as the application in the website of IREPS does not permit submission of any offer after closing date and time of the tender. However, opening of tenders online will be on any convenient day after the closing date/time of tenders

The railway and the website will have no responsibility for incorrect evaluation of cost and thereby incorrect cost of work and ranking of tenders. If the schedule is not filled in correctly and unambiguously for each item. No claim or clarification of a tender regarding applicability, inclusion or exclusion of any element of tax or duty or any other change in the offer subsequently (after opening of the tender) will be entertained, for this the tenders are advised to read the instructions, General Conditions, Special Conditions and other instructions carefully before submission of tender.

The Railway reserves the right to verify all statements, information and documents submitted by the bidder in his tender offer, and the bidder shall, when so required by the Railway, make available all such information, evidence and documents as may be necessary for such verification. Any such verification or lack of such verification, by the railway shall not relieve the bidder of its obligations or liabilities hereunder nor will it affect any rights of the railway there under.

In case of any wrong information submitted by tenderer, the contract shall be terminated Earnest Money Deposit (EMD), Performance Guarantee (PG) and Security Deposit (SD) of contract forfeited and agency barred for doing business on entire Indian Railway for 02 years.

No post tender correspondence shall be entertained after closing of tender even suo- moto post tender letters of the tenderers shall be treated as null/void.

For all tenders having advertised cost of Rs.10 lakh or above,the contractorshall have to submit the option to take paymentfrom Railways through a letterof credit (LC) arrangement. Thetenderer shall affirm having read over andagreed to the termsand conditions of the LC option. The option of takingpaymentthrough LC arrangement, once exercised by tenderer at thetime of bidding, shall be final and no change shall be permitted,thereafter, during execution of contract. (The tenderer have tosubmit the option to take payment from Railway through aLetter of Credit arrangement).