Front Carrier Plate for Balanced Draft Gear and Confirming to Material Specification : RDSO/2011/CG-03(Rev-3)and RDSO amendment letter no. CG-WI-4.2.1.1(vER.1),July 2024

Special Eligibility Criteria

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   EARNEST MONEY DEPOSIT : 1) Tenderers are required to deposit Earnest Money equivalent to the amount mentioned in the tender document. Tenderers not submitting Earnest Money should clearly indicate in their offer the reasons for the same, and failure to do so will be taken as unwillingness on their part to deposit the Earnest Money and such offers without requisite Earnest Money will be summarily rejected. Tenderer not falling in the exempted categories as mentioned in the subsequent para shall submit the Earnest Money only through Payment Gateway Facility on the IREPS Portal. Earnest Money shall be accepted only via the online system as available on IREPS portal. No other mode of the submission of Earnest Money is acceptable except in case of Global Tenders. 2) There shall be no exemption from submission of Earnest Money for any tender or by any tenderer except following: (a) Limited Tender Cases (including Single Tender and Global Limited Tender) of value limit up to Rs. 25 (Twenty-five) Lakh. (b) Micro & Small Enterprises (MSEs) registered with agencies mentioned at Para 2.4.1 (i) of Instruction to Tenderer attached with the Tender. (c) Other Railways and Government Departments. (d)I ndian Ordinance Factories. (e) PSUs owned by the Ministry of Railways and PSUs for the group of items that are manufactured by them. (f) Vendors registered with Northeast Frontier Railways for the trade group of the item tendered. (g) Vendors appearing on the approved vendor list of RDSO/PUs/CORE, subject to approval status being valid on the date of tender closing. (h) Vendors registered with Railway Board/Northeast Frontier Railways for supply of medicine, medical equipments and consumables shall be exempted from submission of EMD for these items. (i) In tender issued against PAC, OEM in whose favor PAC has been issued shall be exempted from submitting EMD. KVIC shall be exempted from EMD for items supplied by them. 3) If authorized agent participates on behalf of OEM, such authorized agent can not claim EMD exemption based on its own or its OEMs MSE certificate. 4) Offers of tenderers, who do not submit Earnest Money, and are also not exempted from submission of Earnest Money shall be summarily rejected. The Purchaser reserves the right to forfeit the Earnest Money Deposit if the tenderer withdraws or revises his offer within the validity period. The Purchaser also reserves the right to forfeit the Earnest Money deposit, if the Bidder fails to deposit Security Money in terms of Clause-12 of the Instructions to Tenderers.

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   QUALIFYING REQUIREMENTS OF TENDERERS : i) The Railway reserves the right to order either the entire or the bulk quantity on the RDSO Approved vendors (Item ID 3100211). Status of approval of tenderer shall be reckoned as on the date of tender opening and not thereafter, unless it is a case of downgrading/ removal/suspension/ banning. ii) The quantities to be ordered on Approved Vendors will be decided considering factors which include past (supply as well as quality) performance, capacity, delivery requirements, quantity under procurement, and nature of item, outstanding order quantity etc. and the tender conditions. iii) Vendors approved for developmental ordering shall be eligible for developmental order of up to 20% of Net Procurable Quantity [NPQ] in regular tenders. iv) Where there is no approved vendor for an 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. v) Authorized dealers/ distributors need to quote with Tender specific authorization from the approved vendors/developmental vendors/manufacturers, failing which offer will be summarily rejected. While issuing such authorizations the approved vendors/developmental vendors/manufacturers must ensure that these authorized dealers/distributors are in a position to raise inspection requests on IREPS.

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Check List

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   Offers validity : The offer should be kept valid for 120 days from the date of opening of the tender.

Commercial-Compliance

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   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.

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   Firm must be GST registered with concerned statutory authorities, otherwise offer will be summarily rejected. All the bidders / tenderers should ensure that they are GST compliant and their quoted tax structure rates are as per GST Law. In case the successful tenderer is not liable to be registered under CGST/IGST/UTGST/SGST Act, the Railway shall deduct the applicable GST from his/her/their bills under Reverse Charge Mechanism (RCM) and deposit the same to the concerned tax authority.

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   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.

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   Payment Terms: No deviation from the Payment Terms stipulated in the tender is permitted.

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   Validity of Offer: No deviation from the offer validity period stipulated in the tender is permitted.