Zonal Contract for Civil Works in the SSE/Works/South Section under the Jurisdiction of the Sr.Assistant Divisional Engineer (HQ), Visakhapatnam [Sr.ADEN/HQ/VSKP], South Coast Railway, for the Contract Period Ending 30.06.2027 .

Financial Eligibility Criteria: The tenderer must have minimum average annual contractual turnover of V/N or V whichever is less crores; 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 per 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. The tenderers 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.

Technical Eligibility Criteria: The tenderer must have successfully completed any of the following during last 07 (seven) years, ending last day of month previous to the one in which tender is invited: Three similar works each costing not less than the amount equal to 30% of advertised value of the tender, or Two similar works each costing not less than the amount equal to 40% of advertised value of the tender, or One similar work each costing not less than the amount equal to 60% of advertised value of the tender.

Note: - Work experience certificate from private individual shall not be considered. However, in addition to work experience certificates issued by any Govt. Organization, work experience certificate issued by Public listed company having average annual turnover of Rs 500 crore and above in last 3 financial years excluding the current financial year, listed on National Stock Exchange or Bombay Stock Exchange, incorporated/registered at least 5 years prior to the date of closing oftender, shall also be considered provided the work experience certificate has been issued by a person authorized by the Public listed company to issue such certificates.

In case tenderer submits work experience certificate issued by public listed company, the tenderer shall also submit along with work experience certificate, the relevant copy of work order, bill of quantities, 1.1.1 bill wise details of payment received duly certified by Chartered Accountant, TDS certificates for all payments received and copy offinal/last bill paid by company in support of above work experience certificate.

Definition of Similar Work :- Construction/repairs/maintenance of any Civil Engineering Works.

Special Mandatory Condition on Similar Nature of work forTechnical Eligibility Criteria :Tenderers has to submit thecertificate duly mentioning the certificate to be taken for eligibletechnical qualification. If the tenderer does not mention itclearly, the offer may not be considered for technical criteria ofeligibility. If the credentials submitted by the tenderer fromcombined nature of work, which is not specifically matching forthe similar nature of work stipulated by the Railway for thetender, the tenderers should enclose the work completioncertificate in support of Technical Criteria of Eligibility clearlymentioning the completed value of the similar nature of workfrom the certificate of the combined work duly enclosing the billcopy. Also, in a separate covering letter, the completed / paidvalues of items covered for similar work in the credential ofcombined work should be submitted duly mentioning thereference of similar nature items from the bill copy enclosed. ForExample, if the similar nature of work stipulated for a bridgerebuilding work is "Execution of works of construction ofbridges/rebuilding of bridges or regirdering of bridges/launchingof slabs under the running track" Against the similar nature ofwork, if thecredential submitted by the tenderer is related toroad work combined with bridge works, they should submit thecredential with clear cut completed/paid value of the bridgework from certificate issuing authority along with a coveringletter by the tenderer with last paid bill copy stating the paidvalues of items covered for bridge work in the credential ofcombined work duly mentioning the reference of bridge relateditems from the bill copy enclosed. If the bidders failed to enclosedocuments as per these guidelines, the offers shall beconsidered as invalid and summarily rejected"

Annexure-V(A) (if applicable) should be filled in and submitted inthe given Commercial compliances for declaration that the Firm/HUF / JV / LLP is not blacklisted or debarred by Railways or anyother Ministry / Department of Govt. of India from participationin tender on the date of opening of bids, either in individualcapacity or as a member of the partnership firm or JV in whichhe was / is a partner/member. Concealment / wrong informationin regard to above shall make the contract liable fordetermination under Clause 62 of the General Conditions ofContract. Note: If the certificate of Annexure-V(A) has not beensubmitted separately as per the same content in the givenformat of enclosed general conditions, the offer shall besummarily rejected.

All mandatory documents as per Provisions contained in Clause- 10, 14, 15, 16, 17 & 18 of Part I of General Conditions ofContract - 2022 as applicable are submitted.

Whether EACH PAGE of the copy of documents/certificates insupport of credential is self-attested/digitally signed bytenderer/authorized representative with signature, stamp &date.

Whether all the documents related "Mandatory Requirement" asapplicable, according to GCC along with all corrections slips fromtime to time and mentioned in the tender documents areenclosed with the tender.

Whether the Tender Form (First Sheet) in the tender documentsis properly filled and submitted along with tender.

The tenderer(s) should submit the BID SECURITY in acceptableform i.e. only through net banking or e-payment gateway orsubmitted as Bank Guarantee Bond from a ScheduledNationalized bank of India or as mentioned in the tenderdocuments. The Bank Guarantee Bond shall be as per Annexure-VI(A) and shall be valid for a period of 90 days beyond the bidvalidity period. (NOTE: For submission of Bid Security in the formof Bank Guarantee, all the procedures mentioned at Para-5 BidSecurity (3) (I) to (VIII) of GCC should invariably be followed.)

Employment/Partnership etc. of Retired Railway Employees: (a) Should a tenderer i) be a retired Engineer of the gazetted rank or any other gazetted officer working before his retirement, whether in the executive or administrative capacity or whether holding a pensionable post or not, in the Engineering or any other department of any of the railways owned and administered by the President of India for the time being, OR ii) being partnership firm / joint venture (JV) / registered society / registered trust etc. have as one of its partners/members a retired Engineer of the gazetted rank or any other gazetted officer working before his retirement, OR iii) being an incorporated company have any such retired Engineer of the gazetted rank or any other gazetted officer working before his retirement as one of its directors AND in case where such Engineer or officer had not retired from government service at least 1 year prior to the date of submission of the tender THEN the tenderer will give full information as to the date of retirement of such Engineer or gazetted officer from the said service and as to whether permission for taking such contract, or if the Contractor be a partnership firm or an incorporated company, to become a partner or director as the case may be, has been obtained by the tenderer or the Engineer or officer, as the case may be from the President of India or any officer, duly authorized by him in this behalf, shall be clearly stated in writing at the time of submitting the tender. b) In case, upon successful award of contract, should a tenderer depute for execution of the works under or to deal matters related with this contract, any retired Engineer of gazette rank or retired gazetted officer working before his retirement in the Engineering or any other department of any of the railways owned and administered by the President of India for the time being, and now in his employment, then the tenderer will ensure that retired Engineer or retired gazetted officer had retired from government service at least 1 year prior to the date of his employment with tenderer and in case he had retired from service within a year then he possesses the requisite permission from the President of India or any officer, duly authorized by him in this behalf, to get associated with the tenderer. c) Should a tenderer or Contractor being an individual, have member(s) of his family or in the case of partnership 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) having share of more than 1%in the tendering entity employed in gazetted capacity in the Engineering or any other department of the railway, then the tenderer at the time of submission of tender, will inform the authority inviting tenders the details of such persons. Note: -If information as required as per 16.a), b), c) above has not been furnished, contract is liable to be dealt in accordance with provision of clause 62 of the Standard General Condition of contract.

The tenderer whether sole proprietor / a company or a partnership firm / joint venture (JV) / 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 be partner(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 Apostille certificate. (The tenderer should have to submit Power of Attorney along with his offer stated above).

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 as per Clause No. 14 (ii) of GCC-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.

The tenderers shall submit a copy of certificate in case of other than Company/Proprietary firm, Annexure-V(A) shall be submitted by each member of a Partnership Firm/Joint Venture(JV)/Hindu Undivided Family (HUF)/Limited Liability Partnership (LLP) etc. as the case may be. Non-submission of above certificate(s) by the bidder shall result in summarily rejection of his/their bid. Note: If the certificate of Annexure-V(A) has not been submitted separately as per the same content in the given format of enclosed general conditions, the offer shall be summarily rejected.

The Tenderers have to fill in the details in TENDER FORM FIRST SHEET attached in the Documents Column and upload the same. Non-compliance with the conditions set forth therein above is liable to result in the tender being rejected. (Please Click on Tender Notice No. to go to Documents Column for "TENDER FORM FIRST SHEET").

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.