Developmental Tender for Roof Line insulator

Special Eligibility Criteria

1. 1

   Firms must upload with their offer details of equipment/quality control, machinery and plant, QAP, ISO, credentials for item/similar items and other documents in terms of para 2.13.2 of BLW Tender Document Revision year 2022-23 along with corrigendums(copy attached) to substantiate their capacity to develop this item.

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2. 2

   As this is a Developmental Tender the offers from CLW approved sources of tendered item as appearing in UVAM shall not be eligible for any order. The status of the firm shall be reckoned as per approved vendor list of available on IREPS UVAM portal & as valid on the date of tender opening and not thereafter, unless it is a case of downgrading / removal / suspension / banning. Vendor Directories available in other forms (manual or online), if any, shall not be valid.

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3. 3

   This tender is governed with the Public Procurement (Preference to Make in India) Order, 2017, as amended, it has been found that there exists sufficient local capacity and competition in supply of the tendered item of required quality and therefore public procurement of the item is restricted to "Class-I Local Suppliers" only. Therefore, only Class-I local supplier shall be eligible to bid and supply, irrespective of the purchase value. It has been further informed that the minimum local content for the local supplier, of the tendered item to be categorized has Class-I local supplier shall be 50%. The vendors who do not qualify to be Class-I local suppliers should not quote in the tender as their offer shall not be considered for any ordering. In case any vendor who does not qualify to be a Class-I local supplier for the tendered item participates in the tender if does so at it's own risk and cost and Railways shall not be liable for any loss or damage caused to the vendor.

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4. 4

   This is developmental tender.

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5. 5

   The bidder must fulfill the eligibility criteria as per Annexure attached for consideration for ordering. [Note:-Firm should carefully read eligibility criteria of the tender as detailed in Annexure].

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Commercial-Compliance

1. 1

   Please indicate [Y/N] whether you are interested in availing the benefits available to Micro and small Enterprises [MSEs] of their participation in Govt. If yes, Please attach the requisite registration certificate specifically for the tendered item for the same application issued by appropriate agency. Please note that in absence of the requisite certificate uploaded /submitted along with the offer, such benefits may not be extended.

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2. 2

   If you are not a MSE or a consortia of MSEs formed by NSIC, please indicate percentage of sub contracts in execution of this tender that will be from Micro and Small Enterprise [in percent of order value] with further breakup of MSE owned by SC/ST. [Information will be provided in percent terms with 6 fields, Micro owned by SC, Micro owned by ST, Micro owned by Others, Small industry owned by SC, Small industry owned by ST, Small industry owned by Others].

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3. 3

   Material to be procured from OEM or their authorized dealers / distributors. [For details kindly refer Para 2.13.3 of BLW Tender Documents Rev. Year- 2022-23 along with corrigendums.(copy attached)].

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4. 4

   Offers from authorized agents will be considered only if they submit tender specific authorization from the manufacturer, failing which their offer will be ignored summarily without making any further reference to them. (Details as per Para 2.12.6 of BLW Tender Document Rev. Year- 2022-23 along with corrigendums(copy attached).

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5. 5

   Do you agree to supply the tendered stores at the rates quoted by you in accordance with the Tender condition, Special tender conditions [if any] and IRS Conditions of Contract?

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6. 6

   If an agent submit bid on behalf of the principal/OEM, the same agent shall not submit a bid on behalf of another Principal OEM in the same tender for the same item/product. In such cases both the bids of that agent will be summarily rejected. (Details as per Para 2.12.7 of BLW Tender Document Rev. Year-2022-23 along with corrigendums).

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7. 7

   Do you confirm unqualified acceptance of Inspection clause mentioned in SOR? Bidders may please note that in case of non acceptance of inspection clause or acceptance with any deviation /rider, the offer is liable to be ignored. [In case it is neither confirmed nor denied, it would be presumed that bidder has accepted this special condition of SOR. Bidders shall clearly mention inspection agency .

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8. 8

   In a tender either the Agent on behalf of the Principal /OEM itself can bid but both cannot bid simultaneously for the same item/product in the same tender. In cases where both principal /OEM and their agent participate in bidding for same item/product, any or both the bids shall be liable to be rejected. (Details as per Para 2.12.8 of BLW Tender Documents Rev. Year 2022- 23 along with corrigendums (copy attached).

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9. 9

   Manufacture or their sole selling agents may note that an agent can represent only one firm in a tender and any manufacturer cannot submit two offers against a tender through different sole selling agents or one directly and one through sole selling agent. In such a situation both the offers will be rejected.

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10. 10

    The firm shall pass on (as per section 17 (1) of CGST/SGST Act) any reduction in tax rate on supply of goods or any benefit of input tax credit to the Railway through a commensurate reduction in price without any undue delay. To the above effect the firm should give declaration that all the benefits accruing on account of change in tax rate and any additional input tax credit (ITC benefit) shall be passed on the Railway.

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11. 11

    Earnest Money - A. All bidders shall be exempted from submission of EMD who submits bid securing declaration in the format given below : I/We hereby understand and accept that if I/We withdraw or modify my/our bids during the period of validity, or if I/We are awarded the contract and on being called upon to submit the performance security/Security Deposit, fail to submit the performance security/Security Deposit before the deadline defined in the request for bid document/Notice Inviting Tender, I/We shall be debarred from exemption of submitting Bid Security/Earnest Money Deposit and performance security/Security Deposit for a period of 06(Six) months, from the date I/We are declared disqualified from exemption from submission of EMD/SD, for all tenders for procurement of goods issued by any unit of Indian Railways published during this period. B. The firms who are not submitting above bid securing declaration they will have to furnish Earnest Money along with their offers as per clause 1.21.2 of BLW tender document Rev. Year 2022-23.

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12. 12

    SD:-Successful tenderer shall have to deposit SD (Security Deposit) as per Clause No.1.22 to BLW Tender Document Rev. Year 2022-23 to be read along with corrigendum-2 dated 23.05.23 (copy attached). As this is a DEVELOPMENTAL TENDER therefore there is no exemption for submission of SD for this tender.

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13. 13

    Commercial deviations if any are to be necessarily indicated at the nominated column on the offer form under heading Deviations. Uploaded documents should have reference at nominated place on the offer form failing which uploaded documents may not be considered for evaluation of the offer.

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14. 14

    Bidders shall submit a self declaration certificate giving the percentage of local content.

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15. 15

    The vendors can submit a revised commercial offer any time before the stipulated date and time of submission of bid and in such a case, the last revised offer submitted shall be considered valid. Tenderers must note that only last Revised offer, which is deemed to supersede all previous offers shall be tabulated.

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16. 16

    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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17. 17

    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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General Instructions

1. 1

   Unless otherwise specified, this tender is governed by BLW Tender Document Rev. Year-2022-23 along with corrigendums (uploaded with this tender), other Documents enclosed with this tender and also by latest version of IRS Conditions of Contracts. These are attached with the Tender and also available on website https://www.ireps.gov.in.
2. 2

   Technical or commercial deviations if any are to be necessarily indicated at the nominated column on the offer form under heading Deviations.
3. 3

   Drawings/Specifications is attached with the tender and also can be downloaded from BLW Website https://www.blw.indianrailways.gov.in.

1. 1

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

2. 2

   PVC : Not applicable. Offer received with PVC will be summarily rejected.