PRICE AGREEMENT FOR MANUFACTURE AND SUPPLY OF Metal Liner for use with ERC Mk.-III flat toe on concrete Sleeper for 60 kg rail to RDSO Drg. No.T-3740 to alteration-7 with latest alteration if any, conforming to IRS Specification:T-56- 2025 (revision 1) with latest amendment, if any as on date of opening of tender.

Special Eligibility Criteria

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   A] The tenderer must have supplied any variant of Metal Liner to this Railway or any other zonal railways. Documentary evidence (such as R/Notes, RITES Inspection Certificate, Complied PO etc.) must be furnished along with the offer evidencing the execution of such purchase orders. AND [B] The tenderer with satisfactory past performance as mentioned above for supply of the any variant of Metal Liner for a qty. of 35 percent or more of the tendered qty. against a single/Multiple contracts (Cumulatively) during the last three financial years and current financial year prior to and excluding tender opening date may be considered for placement of bulk/regular order.

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   If past performance level is lower, then the offer may be considered for placement of developmental order not exceeding 20 percent of the net procurable quantity. Tenderers, who have no past performance as above, may also be considered for developmental orders. For consideration of such developmental orders, such tenderers must enclose along with their offer, details of M&P testing facilities, STR & QAP, Technical manpower available with them, Past performance details, financial status and MSE/UDYAM registration certificate.

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   In case of bidder being an authorized dealer / agent, credentials of OEM will be considered. For Authorized dealer, tender specific authorization from OEM has to be uploaded with bid, offers received from authorized dealers without tender specific authorization summarily rejected.

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   Railway reserves the right to distribute the tendered quantity amongst the firms depending upon their performance and manufacturing capabilities. The Railway's decision in this regard shall be final and binding.

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   The above eligibility criteria shall supersede any contrary eligibility conditions mentioned elsewhere in this tender document and enclosures.
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   In Keeping with the Public Procurement (Preference to Make in India) Order, 2017, as amended, it has been found that there is 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 ( i.e. with minimum local content of 50% as defined in Railway Board letter No. 2020/RS(G)/779/ 2/Pt.1 dated 25.09.2020 with latest amendments, if any) and the vendors who do not qualify to be Class I local suppliers should not quote in the tender as their offers 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 it does so at its own risk and cost and Railways shall not be liable for any loss or damage caused to the vendor.

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   Being the estimated purchase value more than Rs 10.00 Crores, the bidder shall be required to provide a certificate from the statutory auditor or cost auditor of the company (in the case of companies) or from a practicing cost accountant or practicing chartered accountant (in respect of suppliers other than companies) giving the percentage of local content as per Public Procurement Order (Make in India) 2017, as amended from time to time. The bidders are advised to submit the said certificate along with their bids, failing which their offer will be summarily rejected. No reference will be made with the bidders for submission of such certificate after opening of tender.

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Commercial-Compliance

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   EMD submission is mandatory. For exemption and other details please refer para 2 of Part A of SCoR Bid document. Firms seeking exemption from deposition of EMD shall have to attach scanned copy of requisite documentary evidence in support of their claim along with offer, failing which the offer will be summarily rejected.

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   I/We agree to accept Instructions to Bid document available at SOUTH COASTRAILWAY STORES DOCUMENTS LINK.

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   I/We agree to supply the tendered stores at the rates quoted by me/us in accordance with the IRS Conditions of Contract and[or]special and [or] other conditions specified/attached with the tender

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   Please mention Bi-Monthly supply capacity of your firm for the tendered item.

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   Benefits available under PPP for MSME will not be extended to Agent/Dealer

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   Offers received in major deviation to the tendered delivery schedule maybe liable to be ignored

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   Tender evaluation will be on "FOR: Destination" basis. Firms should quote Basic Rate, Freight Charges, Taxes and Other Charges separately.

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   For the consignees for which the bidders choose to submit their offers, the offered quantity shall not be less than 50% of tender quantity consignee wise for the item. Any offer quoting less than 50% of tendered quantity consignee wise will be treated as unresponsive against that item and the offers are liable to be rejected. However, in case of developmental sources, the offered quantity shall not be less than 20% of tender quantity consignee wise for the item.

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   Tenderers are required to quote financial terms and conditions strictly in the prescribed fields of the 'Financial Offer' Page of the e-tender form and nowhere else. Any financial terms and conditions such as rate, offered quantity, freight, any other charges, quantity linked discounts etc. indicated in other fields of the offer, or enclosed as separate attachments, will be ignored for all purposes. Further, rates quoted by the tenderers with quantity-linked discounts, even if mentioned elsewhere in the tender or in any uploaded documents, will NOT be considered for determining the inter- se position of the offers. In case, the tenderer quotes any rate/or any condition, which affects the all inclusive rate in the Financial Offer page, at any other place in the offer or in any document uploaded with their offer, then the rates mentioned in the Financial Offer Page will only be considered for determining inter- se ranking of the offer, unless otherwise specified in the tender document. The Purchaser also reserves the right to treat such offers as invalid,and the same are liable to be rejected.

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    It is clarified that the bidders offering imported products will fall under the category of non-local suppliers. They cannot claim themselves as class1 local suppliers by claiming the services such as transportation, commissioning, training and after sales service support like AMC/CMC etc.as local value addition. Authority office memorandum dt 04.03.2021 of DPIIT circulated vide Railway Board Letter No.2020/RS/(G)/779/2-part- 1dt.17.05.2021.

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    Please mention the "Place of Inspection" for Third Party Inspection. It may be noted that offers received with Place of Inspection other than the approved Work Address, as reflecting in the UVAM Vendor Directory for the tendered item, may be liable to be ignored, confirmation against this clause will supersede deviation quoted elsewhere. Also, if Place of Inspection is other than the Address on which PO will be issued, firm should mention the same in the Offer. Any delay in supply of material due to this will be on tenderer's account.

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    It will be responsibility of suppliers to upload clear/visible documents in support of their claim and no backreference will be made for submission of such documents.

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    Firm Shall submit Performance statement of last 3 years.

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    The Firm shall furnish the clause wise compliance on Technical Specifications, if applicable

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    Firm shall furnish Tender specific authorization from OEM. (if manufacturer is not quoting directly)

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    SECURITY DEPOSIT (SD) shall be 5% of total value of contract and shall be taken from all vendors for contract value above Rs. 25 Lakh subject to the applicable exemptions. For details please refer 10.0 Part A of South Coast Railway Bid document and clause 3.4 of IRS Conditions of Contract 2025. In case of submission of security Deposit in the form of Bank Guarantee, please refer Annexure - 5 of South Coast Railway Bid document.

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    [a] All the bidders/tenderers should ensure that they are GST compliant and their quoted tax structure/rates are asper the GST Law. Firms must indicate its GST registration number along with their offer. [b] 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/their bills under Reverse Charge Mechanism (RCM) and deposit the same to the concerned tax authority.[c] The firm should indicate the tariff code (HSN Code) for claiming GST for the tendered item. [d] The offer shall be evaluated based on the GST rate as quoted by each bidder and same will be used for determining the inter-se ranking. While submitting offer, it shall be the responsibility of the bidder to ensure that they quote correct GST rate and HSN number. [e] It shall be the responsibility of the bidders to quote correct HSN number and corresponding GST rate. The Purchaser shall not be responsible for any misclassification of HSN number or incorrect GST rate, if quoted by the bidder. [f] Wherever, the successful bidder invoices the goods at GST rate or HSN number which is different from that incorporated in the Purchase order, payment shall be made as per GST rate which is lower of the GST rate incorporated in the Purchase order or billed. [g] Vendor is informed that she/he would be required to adjust her/his basic price to the extent required by higher tax bill as per invoice to match the All inclusive Price as mentioned in the Purchase order. [h] Any amendment to GST rate or HSN number in the contract shall be as per the contractual conditions and statutory amendments inthe quoted GST rate and HSN number,under SVC

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    Whenever tender is floated with purchase restriction from sources approved by nominated authorities and there exists a suspected cartel situation by approved sources or the rates available from approved source/sources are adjudged unreasonably high, despite fair efforts as permissible, the purchase reserves the right to place orders on firm(s) outside the approved vendor list, without any restrictions.(Please Refer para 4.0 of part B of SCoR Bid document attached to this tender for further details.)

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    Failure Consequences: In the event the firm fails to execute the contract within the stipulated delivery period, the Purchaser shall be entitled to impose liquidated damages for any extension of he delivery period. Further, if the supplier, for any reason, fails to deliver the goods in whole or in part in accordance with the contractual terms and conditions (as amended from time to time), the Purchaser reserves the right to recover damages from the supplier, not as a penalty, but by way of compensation, equivalent to the value of the security deposit for the entire contract value. Such damages shall be treated as outstanding recoveries against the vendor and shall be dealt with accordingly. Bidders should note the clause 13 of IRS conditions of contract 2025.

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    Offers from allied /sister concern firms: In case of RDSO approved allied/sister concern firms, only one of the allied/sister concern firm is eligible to participate in the tender. If more than one allied/sister concern firms participate in the tender, offer of all the allied /sister concern firms will be ignored.

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    Firm has to supply material anywhere in SOUTH COAST RAILWAY . It may consists of more than one Consignee .Therefore, Firms are advised to quote single average freight as the stores are to be delivered to each of the Consignees directly. The complete address and quantities to be delivered to each of the Consignees & the bill passing/paying officers will be given in the Purchase/Supply order.

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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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General Instructions

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   Procurement of Raw Materials:- The raw material required for the manufacture of the tendered material shall be procured from approved sources if specified in the (1) RDSO Drawing and/ or (2) RDSO Specification and / or (3) RDSO Manual/ Code for the tendered item and / or (4) Inspection methodology as specified for the tendered item.
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   Tenders submitted online through IREPS only will be considered. All corrigenda to this tender will also be issued online through IREPS and bidders are advised to keep a watch for such corrigenda, if any and quote their bids accordingly.
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   For detailed instructions refer to, Bid document attached with NIT and/or available as Public Document on IREPS website, Goods and Services/South Coast Railway.

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   I/We have carefully gone through the IRS Conditions of Contract - 2025, particularly Clause 20 pertaining to "Code of lntegrity: Misdemeanours and Penalties" and the provisions regarding Code of lntegrity, Obligations for proactive disclosures, Misdemeanours, Penalties for misdemeanours . I/We hereby certify that no other concerns or affiliates (such as having common partner/director/promoter/owner/ holding company decision control etc.) have participated in this tender which can give rise to a conflict of interest or fall under anticompetitive practices. We understand that the offers of all such sister concerns including ours are liable to be rejected as per relevant provisions of IRS terms and conditions, and enclosures. I/We, affirm that we shall abide by the Code of Integrity in general, with specific reference to conflict of interest, anti competitive practices and obligation to proactive disclosures. I/We understand that we are fully responsible for the above declaration and it shall not be the Railway's responsibility to verify the same. I/We are aware that we shall be liable for all consequences of violation of Code of Integrity, if detected, at any stage

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

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

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   Price Variation Clause: No deviation from the Price Variation Clause stipulated in the tender is permitted.