Reliability of S&T cables and EC socket repairing work in ITR-CWA-NIR-GGGS-MFR- BTC section of Nagpur Division of SECR.

SGCC clause 10.2. Financial Eligibility Criteria: 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 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.

SGCC clause 10.1 Technical Eligibility Criteria:(a)The tenderer must have successfully completed or substantially completed any one of the following categories of work(s)during last 07(seven) years,ending last day of month previous to the one in which tender is invited:(i)Three similar works each costing not less than the amount equal to 30% of advertised value of the tender,or(ii) Two similar works each costing not less than the amount equal to 40% of advertised value of the tender,or(iii)One similar work costing not less than the amount equal to 60% of advertised value of the tender.(b)(1) In case of tenders for composite works(e.g.works involving more than one distinct component,such as Civil Engg. works,S&T works,Electrical works,OHE works etc.and in the case of major bridges substructure, superstructure etc.),tenderer must have successfully completed or substantially completed any one of the following categories of work(s) during last 07(seven) years,ending last day of month previous to the one in which tender is invited:(i)Three similar works each costing not less than the amount equal to 30% of advertised value of each component of tender,or(ii) Two similar works each costing not less than the amount equal to 40% of advertised value of each component of tender,or(iii)One similar work each costing not less than the amount equal to 60% of advertised value of each component of tender. Note forb(1):Separate completed works of minimum required values shall also be considered for fulfillment of technical eligibility criteria for different components.(b) (2)In such cases, what constitutes a component in a composite work shall be clearly pre-defined with estimated tender cost of it, as part of the tender documents without any ambiguity.(b)(3)To evaluate the technical eligibility of tenderer,only components of work as stipulated in tender documents for evaluation of technical eligibility,shall be considered.The scope of work covered in other remaining components shall be either executed by tenderer himself if he has work experience as mentioned in clause7 of the Standard GCC through subcontractor fulfilling the requirements as per clause7 of the Standard GCC or jointly i.e.,partly himself and remaining through subcontractor,with prior approval of Chief Engineer in writing.However if required in tender documents by way of Special Conditions,a formal agreement duly notarised,legally enforceable in the court of law,shall be executed by the main contractor with the subcontractor for the component(s) of work proposed to be executed by the subcontractor(s),and shall be submitted along with the offer for considering subletting of that scope of work towards fulfilment of technical eligibility.Such subcontractor must fulfill technical eligibility criteria as follows:The subcontractor shall have successfully completed at least one work similar to work proposed for subcontract, costing not less than 35% value of work to be subletted,in last 5 years,ending last day of month previous to the one in which tender is invited through a works contract.Note:for subletting of work costing up to Rs 50lakh,no previous work experience of subcontractor shall be asked for by the Railway. In case after award of contract or during execution of work it becomes necessary for contractor to change subcontractor,the same shall be done with subcontractor(s) fulfilling the requirements as per clause7 of the Standard GCC with prior approval of Chief engineer in writing.

Note for Item 10.1: Work experience certificate from private individual shall not be considered. However, in addition to work experience certificates issued by any Govt. Organisation, 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 of tender, 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, bill wise details of payment received duly certified by Chartered Accountant, TDS certificates for all payments received and copy of final/last bill paid by company in support of above work experience certificate.

The tenderer shall submit along with the tender document, documents in support of his / their claim to fulfil the eligibility criteria as mentioned in the tender document. Each page of the copy of documents / certificates in support of credentials, submitted by the tenderer, shall be self- attested / digitally signed by the tenderer or authorized representative of the tendering firm. Self- attestation shall include signature, stamp and date (on each page). Credentials required to be submitted by the tenderer mandatory along with tender document : 1) "The tenderers shall submit a Certificate stating that they are not liable to be disqualified and all their statements/ documents submitted alongwith bid are true and factual. Standard format of the Certificate to be submitted by the bidder as mentioned in Submission of Document Verification Certificate. Non submission of Certificate by the bidder shall result in summarily rejection of his / their bid. And it shall be mandatorily incumbent upon the tenderer to identify, state and submit the supporting documents duly self-attested by which they / he is qualifying the Qualifying Criteria mentioned in the Tender Document. It will not be obligatory on the part of Railway to scrutinize beyond the submitted document of tenderer as far as his qualification for the tender is concerned." a) 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. b) In case of any wrong information submitted by tenderer, the contract shall be terminated, Bid security, Performance Guarantee (PG) and Security Deposit (SD) of contract forfeited and agency barred for doing business on entire Indian Railways for 5 (five) years

Defination of Similar Work :- (i) MACLS Outdoor Signalling works like Cable trenching & laying/location erection and wiring/point machine installation or replacement (including power operated siding points)/signal foundation and erection/track circuiting/double distant/ BPAC installation/Axle-counter installation/installation of sliding barrier/conventional earthing etc. (OR) (ii) Installation or Modification of PI / RRI/ El / IBS/ABS /LC interlocking work (OR) (iii) Miscellaneous Signaling Maintenance works(OR) (iv) Telecom work of trenching, laying, jointing and termination of Quad/PIJF/OFC cable.

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 tenderer has to opt for taking payment through letter of credit (LC)as per Railway Board's letter no. 2018/CE-I/CT/9 dated 4.6.18.

Tenderers are required to quote their Permanent Account Number in the tender document.

Tenderers are required to upload their GST registration certificate

Tenderers are required to upload ESI & EPF registration certificate

The maintenance period for the instant work tender shall be-12-- months from the date of completion of the work.

"For all supply items of the work tender Schedule, Inspection: (I) RDSO/RITES: If value of item in work is more than Rs.5 Lakhs. (II) Consignee: Subject to procurement from RDSO Approved venders (If any), If value of whole item in work is less than Rs. 5 Lakhs or as per extent policy. (III) Critical item as mentioned in RDSO vender directory will continue to be inspected by RDSO.

" PVC clause not applicable" in all Work Tender documents of S&T Deptt. Open line Works Contracts."

3. Certificate of satisfactory performance which is the basis of payment. The certificate of satisfactory performance will be issued by representative of Sr. DSTE/Nagpur/SECR.

4.The repaired equipments will carry repairing warranty for a period of six months from the date of handing over of the sets to consignee. In case of same failure of the repaired cards within warranty period is noticed then firm has to repair again the same equipments/cards free of cost. with warranty for a period of another six months from the date of handing over of the set to consignee

A)General :1)The contract will be govern by the general conditions of the contract & special conditions of contract as applicable to S.E.C.Railway.2)In case any contradiction between general condition of contract & special conditions of contract, special conditions of contract will prevail over general conditions of contract.3)Consignee of the work:- SSE/TELE/EAST/GONDIA.4)Sr.DPO/NGP's Letter No. P/R/NGP/Policy/Contract Labour/09 Dated 02.09.2009 for implementation of contract Labour (R&A) Act should be observed.5)The contractor has to submit two contact number for fault reporting & passing other necessary information's6)The rate quoted by the Contractor should be inclusive of all types of taxes , duties etc.7)The contractor to display the following information's on steel board of size not less than 1m x 1m at all project sites for better appreciation of the project to railway officials and to the public as well. Name of the organization / Railway. -(1)Name of the project.(2) Approx. cost of project. (3)Expected date of completion.(4) Name and address of the contractor.(5) Address of engineer-in -charge.(As per Railway Board's no:-2014/CE-I/CT/)/21/1,dt:-10.11.14.)

B)Materials : 1The Railway may issue certain materials from the Railway store to expedite the work, if the contractor due to unavoidable circumstances will delay the same in supply or if the material is not included in the items to be supplied in this tender but required during execution of the work. 2)Materials to be supplied by the contractor are to be supplied to consignee at his depot. The contractor has to load, unload & transport the materials required for work from the store depots of the division to the work site . 3)The contractor shall furnish guarantee certificate of materials/equipment supplied by him for a period not less than one year after commissioning or as per policy of the OEM which ever is higher.

C) Inspection : 1) Inspection of materials : The materials/equipments to be supplied by the tenderer shall be inspected by RDSO/RITES /Railway's Representative before dispatch of the materials as specified against each item in the schedule .The cost of inspection ,and transport to the respective work site shall be borne by the tenderer.If required by Railway Engineer,these materials/equipments shall be subjected to the further inspection at the work site also and the cost thereof shall be borne by tenderer .However inspection will be carried out by the representative of Sr. DSTE/NGP/SECR if specifically not mentioned against the item. 2) All the tools / instrument required for execution & inspection will have to brought by the contractor on his own cost. 3) The equipments/materials as per RDSO specifications are to be procured from the RDSO approved sources only. The guidelines stipulated for stores procurement will hold good for procuring these items from RDSO approved Part I and Part II sources, where both sources are available. The major/bulk procurement should be done from RDSO approved Part I and only educational orders should be placed on RDSO approved Part II. Present stipulations states that maximum 15% of the total quantities can be procured from RDSO approved Part II source. The items so procured from RDSO approved Part I and Part II firms in 17:3 proportions should strictly match in their specification, size, quality, configuration so that they are interchangeable/replaceable. The equipments/ materials as per RDSO specifications can be taken fully from RDSO Part II approved sources only if there are no Part I RDSO approved sources for the same.

D) Payment & Penalty : Some items in which "Supply, installation,& commissioning....etc." are clubbed, the full payment of these type of items will be released after successful installation and commissioning. However , 60% of the payment shall be released on receipt of the complete material. These types of items will be consumed as per the site requirement during execution of the work and the payment will be released accordingly. (1) Only 80% of the accepted rate of the material supplied shall be paid by the railway on acceptance of the materials by consignee and submission of a certificate of receipt of material in good condition by the consignee. (2) Balance of 20% payments shall be paid after installation & commissioning of the supplied material. However, if due to any circumstances (which are not on account of the contractor), the entire work is not getting completed and the Railway is satisfied that the balance work will be delayed due to some circumstances which are beyond the control of the contractor and the contractor is willing to close the contract, full payment against completed activities will be released irrespective of completion of entire work.3) Imposition of token penalty for delay in the completion of work :- The existing clause 17 (B) of GCC provides for recovery of liquidated damages from the contractor for delay in completion of work. It has now been decided that the competent authority while granting extension to the currency of contract under clause 17 (B) of GCC may also consider levy of token penalty as deemed fit based on the merit of case. 4) The contractor shall take utmost care while carrying out the works including excavation so as not to cause any damage to the existing railway underground cable. JPO no:- 17/2013, dt:- 24.6.2013 issued by SECR/HQ for "undertaking digging work in the vicinity of U/G signal, electrical & telecom cable" shall be followed strictly. In case the contractor due to damages cable fault of his personnel, then contractor is liable for penalty. Penalty to be imposed per location basis for damage to the cable. Imposition of penalty shall be as (i)For damage of Quad cable & signal cable Rs. 1.0 lac (ii) For damage of OFC cable Rs. 1.25 lacs (iii)For damage of both OFC & quad Rs.1.5 lacs (iv) For damage of electrical cable Rs. 1.0 lac ( Railway Board's L.no:- 2003/tele/RCIL/I pt-ix,dt:-24.6.13).

(E) Contract Labour (R&A) Act, 1970 ProvisionsThe following provisions of Contract Labour (R&A) Act- 1970 shall be followed strictly.(i) The payment to the contract labourers should be made through bank/cheque.(ii) Identity Card should be issued to all contract workers.(iii) Necessary steps should be taken to deduct Provident fund from the payment made to the contract labour and ensure that the same is credited to their Provident fund account.(iv) Medical facilities from ESI, if applicable

(F) Coverage of all construction workers under the ambit of Employees Provident Funds &Miscellaneous provisions Act 1952The tenderer has to ensure the following:- 1.That all workers employed in the construction work in railways establishment are registered under UAN. 2.Compliance in respect of construction /other contractual workers deployed by them through contractors/sub contractors. 3.Compliance of construction workers engaged through contractors/sub contractors, it is necessary to not only ensure separate ECRs containing provident fund account number of their workers, but also copies of wages/salary register and attendance register. 4. Remittances of provident Fund and ECR should be verified from EPFO website before releasing the bills to avoid manipulation /misappropriation of provident fund dues by contractors /sub contractors. 5.Mention PF account number and UAN number on identity card of each worker including those engaged through contractors/sub contractors. 6.UAN number of all workers has to be activated by contractor so that the workers can get their e- passbook and even know about deposit of provident fund by the contractor last month along with PF balance just by giving a missed call from their registered mobile number.

G.The Contractor shall cordon the working area in colony and station premises at the time of work.

H. The Contractor shall clear the debris, left over material from site after completion of work,and then only final bill will be released.

I. The contractor shall take utmost care while carrying out the works so as not to cause any damage to the existing Railway underground and other cables. In case Cable isdamaged by the contractor due to fault of his personal, he is liable for a penality as per SECR's JPO No.SECR/S&T/Policy/959 dt.16.07.12, for the loss caused to the Railway. His work isalso liable to be stopped till such time he takes measures which are certified to be satisfactoryby the executing supervisors.

J. (3) In terms of provisions of clause 26A.1 to the General conditions of contract (GCC) , and R.B. letter No. 2012/CE- I/CT/O/20 dt. 10.05.2013 contractor shall employ following Qualified Engineers during execution of the allotted work:- (a) One Qualified Graduate Engineer when cost of work to be executed is Rs. 200 lakh and above ,and (b) One Qualified Diploma Holder Engineer when cost of work to be executed is more than Rs. 25 Lakh, but less than Rs. 200 Lakh. (4).Further in case the contractor fails to employ the Qualified Engineer , as aforesaid in para 3 above, he ,in terms of provisions of clause 26A.2 to the General conditions of contract , shall be liable to pay an amount of Rs. 40,000 and Rs. 25,000 for each month or part thereof for the default period for the provisions ,as contained in para 3 (a) and 3(b) above respectively.