Request for Proposal (RFP) for Appointment of General Consultant for Office of the Chief Administrative Officer/Construction, Eastern Railway/Kolkata.

Financial Capacity: As per Clause 3.1.2(B) of RFP document, The Bidder shall have received total income equal to 150 % of the estimated cost of the any Consultancy Services mentioned in item No. 2 of the KIT (Clause 1.1.1) from professional (consultancy) fees in the 3 (three) financial years preceding the Bid Due Date. For the avoidance of doubt, professional fees refer to fees received by the Bidder for providing any consultancy services to its clients. In case of Consortium, the Financial Capacity of only the Lead Member will be considered. Moreover, each member of the Consortium should have at least 25% of the Financial Capacity for the purpose of further evaluation for the eligibility of the Consortium. Relevant Clauses of RFP document shall be applied.

Technical capacity: As per Clause 3.1.2 of RFP document, For demonstrating technical capacity, the Bidder shall have, over the past 5 (five) Financial Years and including the current Financial Year preceding the Bid Due Date, completed, or substantially completed one Eligible Assignment of value equal to or more than [35% of the Estimated cost of the Consultancy Services mentioned in item No. 2 of the KIT (Clause 1.1.1)] (the "Technical Capacity"). For evaluation, substantially completed means that the Bidder has received at least 90% of the professional fees against original agreement value towards undertaking such Eligible Assignment. Provided further, that in case of a Consortium, experience of the Consortium as a whole or any of its constituent Members shall be considered. Relevant Clauses of RFP document shall be applied.

Eligible Assignment: As per Clause 3.1.3 of RFP Document: For the purpose of Technical Capacity and evaluations, the Any Consultancy Services contracts shall qualify as Eligible Assignment, (the "Eligible Assignment"), if: (a)the assignment is directly awarded to the Bidder by a Govt. Department / PSUs; or by a 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, registered at least 5 years back from the date of submission of Bid by the Bidder to the Authority. In case of foreign assignment, work experience for only Government bodies shall be considered. (b)the nature of the projects for which Any Consultancy Services* have been engaged for development and/or construction, falls under the following categories: (i)Any project of railway / metro /Any SPV with Ministry of Railways / DFCCIL / Multi Modal Transport hub / Airport / Regional Rapid Transit System (RRTS) / High Speed Rail (HSR) / monorail; or (ii)airport terminals (with or without related airport infrastructure works), ports, integrated check posts, and bus terminals; o r (iii)National Highway or State Highway or Expressway or similar Highway (iv)Commercial / Residential real estate project. Relevant Clauses of RFP document shall be applied.

Evaluation of Technical Bid will be done as per clause 3.2 of RFP document. Relevant Clauses of RFP document shall be applied.

Refer to Clause 3 of RFP document for Conditions of Eligibility of Bidders, Technical Capacity, Financial Capacity, Availability and conditions of Eligibility for Key Personnel, Eligible Assignment, Evaluation of Technical Bid, Shortlisting of Bidders, Evaluation of Financial Bid, Combined Techno-Financial Evaluation (QCBS), Selection of GC. Relevant Clauses of RFP document shall be applied.

The Bid Security shall be deposited either in cash through e- payment gateway or submitted as Bank Guarantee bond from a scheduled commercial bank of India or as mentioned in tender documents. The Bank Guarantee bond shall be as per Annexure- 5 of RFP document and shall be valid for a period of 90 days beyond the bid validity period. In case, submission of Bid Security in the form of Bank Guarantee Bond, following shall be ensured: i. A scanned copy of the Bank Guarantee bond shall be uploaded on e-Procurement Portal (IREPS) while applying to the tender. ii. The original Bank Guarantee bond should be delivered in person in the office of CAO/Con/ER before closing date for submission of bids (i.e. excluding the last date of submission of bids). iii. Non submission of scanned copy of Bank Guarantee bond with the bid on e-tendering portal (IREPS) and/or non- submission of original Bank Guarantee within the specified period shall lead to summary rejection of bid. iv. The Tender Security shall remain valid for a period of 90 days beyond the validity period for the Tender. v. The details of the BG, physically submitted should match with the details available in the scanned copy and the data entered during bid submission time, failing which the bid will be rejected. vi. The Bank Guarantee shall be placed in an envelope, which shall be sealed. The envelope shall clearly bear the identification "Bid for the Request for Proposal (RFP) for Appointment of General Consultant for Office of the Chief Administrative Officer/Construction, Eastern Railway/Kolkata" and shall clearly indicate the name and address of the Bidder. In addition, the Bid Due Date should be indicated on the right-hand top corner of the envelope. vii. The envelope shall be addressed to the officer and address as mentioned in the tender document. viii. If the envelope is not sealed and marked as instructed above, the Railway assumes no responsibility for the misplacement of BG Bond.

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.

CORRIGENDUM NOTICE ON IREPS: [I]Railway may modify the tender document by issuing online corrigendum through "www.ireps.gov.in" 15 days prior to the tender closing date. For the purpose of CORRIGENDUM in the tender, NIT period is splitted as under: (a) ADVERTISEMENT PERIOD: The time during which all information pertaining to tender shall be available but offers cannot be submitted (b) OFFER SUBMISSION PERIOD: 15 days prior to closing of tender, during which tenderers can submit their offer.

Applicable for the tenders with eligibility criteria: The offer of Tenderer(s) who do not enclose Work Experience Certificate & Financial eligibility Certificate with requisite details, and supporting documents along with their Tender to establish their credentials shall be summarily rejected, even though they are working contractors or contractors on approved list.

Tenderer(s) shall note that conditional/alternate offer will not be considered and will summarily be rejected, even though such condition makes them as the lowest tenderer.

Bidder should ensure minimum 70% payment of accepted rate or estimated rate as mentioned in tender document and NIT, whichever is higher, towards each personnel. Necessary supporting documents are to be produced by the agency along- with each On A/c Bill to the executive for verification. Payments of on A/C bills shall be made only after the proof of the same in previous bill.

Rate quoted by tenderer shall include all other taxes except GST as applicable.

There should be a muster roll to be created in the concerned offices. Payment to the GC personnel will be made on the basis of number of days of service rendered.

The GC contractor should ensure payment to the GC persons immediately within first two days of the following month after rendering their complete month of service without waiting for payment of their bill of previous month from Railway.

The GC contractor should produce the proof of payment after first payment after first month. Failure to prove so shall lead to penalties plus stoppage of further payment. In case of such failure, the GC personnel who are engaged shall be paid directly by Railway being principal employer deducting the same from the bill of GC contractor.

Attestation of documents may be self attested or attested by a Gazetted Officer.

Bidders are advised to carefully read the terms and condition of RFP document in detail before submitting their offers.

Payment of GC will be made based on actual requirement and not on the basis of maximum number as mentioned in THE RFP document as well as NIT.