"Supply and Erection of 25 kV Feeder wire & Burried Earth conductor (BEC) for 2X25 KV Traction system of MTJ Yard Area in Mathura - Palwal section of Agra Division of N.C. Railway in connection with raising of speed to 160/200 kmph on New Delhi - Mumbai route"

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 of GCC of Works of April 2022, along with copies of Audited Balance Sheets duly certified by the Chartered Accountant/ Certificate from Chartered Accountant duly supported by Audited Balance Sheet.

The tenderer must have successfully completed or substantially completed any of the following 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 each costing not less than the amount equal to 60% of advertised value of the Tender. Similar Work: "Design, Supply, Erection, Testing & Commissioning of 25 kV/2x25 kV, 50 Hz, AC OHE Work"

The tenderer shall clearly specify whether the tender is submitted on his own (Proprietary Firm) or on behalf of a Partnership Firm / Company / Joint Venture (JV) / Registered Society / Registered Trust / HUF etc. The tenderer(s) shall enclose the attested copies of the constitution of their concern, and copy of PAN Card along with their tender. Tender Documents in such cases are to be signed by such persons as may be legally competent to sign them on behalf of the firm, company, association, trust or society, as the case may be.

Following documents shall be submitted by the tenderer:

Sole Proprietorship Firm: An undertaking that he is not blacklisted or debarred by Railways or any other Ministry / Department of Govt. of India from participation in tender on the date of opening of bids, either in individual capacity or as a 1.1.1 member of the partnership firm or JV in which he was / is a partner/member. Concealment / wrong information in regard to above shall make the contract liable for determination under Clause 62 of the General Conditions of Contract.

HUF: (i) A copy of notarized affidavit on Stamp Paper declaring that he who is submitting the tender on behalf of HUF is in the position of 'Karta' of Hindu Undivided Family(HUF) and he has the authority, power and consent given by other members to act on behalf of HUF. (ii) An undertaking that the HUF is not blacklisted or debarred by Railways or any other Ministry / 1.1.2 Department of Govt. of India from participation in tender on the date of opening of bids, either in individual capacity or as a member of the partnership firm or JV in which HUF was / is a partner/member. Concealment / wrong information in regard to above shall make the contract liable for determination under Clause 62 of the General Conditions of Contract.

Partnership Firms: The tenderer shall clearly specify that the tender is submitted on behalf of a partnership firm. The following documents shall be submitted by the partnership firm, with the tender: (i) A notarized copy of partnership deed. (ii) A notarized or registered copy of Power of Attorney in favour of the individual to tender for the work, sign the agreement etc. and create liability against the firm. (iii) An undertaking by all 1.1.3 partners of the partnership firm that they are not blacklisted or debarred by Railways or any other Ministry / Department of the Govt. of India from participation in tenders / contracts as on the date of opening of bids, either in their individual capacity or in any firm in which they were / are partners. Concealment / wrong information in regard to above shall make the contract liable for determination under Clause 62 of the General Conditions of Contract.

Joint Venture: A. In case one or more of the members of the JV is/are partnership firm(s), following documents shall be submitted: (i) A notarized copy of the Partnership Deed, (ii) A copy of consent of all the partners or individual authorized by partnership firm, to enter into the Joint Venture Agreement on a stamp paper, (iii) A notarized or registered copy of Power of Attorney in favour of the individual to sign the MOU/JV Agreement on behalf of the partnership firm and create liability against the firm. B. In case one or more members is/are HUF, the following documents shall be enclosed: (i) A copy of notarized affidavit on Stamp Paper declaring that he who is signing the affidavit on behalf of HUF is in the position of 'Karta' of Hindu Undivided Family (HUF) and he has the authority, power and consent given by other members to act on behalf of HUF. C. In 1.1.4 case one or more members of the JV is/are companies, the following documents shall be submitted: (i) A copy of resolutions of the Directors of the Company, permitting the company to enter into a JV agreement, (ii) The copies of MOA (Memorandum of Association)/AOA (Articles ofAssociation) of the company (iii) A copy of Certificate of Incorporation (iv) A copy of Authorization/copy of Power of Attorney issued by the Company (backed by the resolution of Board of Directors) in favour of the individual to sign the tender, sign MOU/JV Agreement on behalf of the company and create liability against the company D. All the Members of JV shall certify that they are not blacklisted or debarred by Railways or any other Ministry / Department of the Govt. of India from participation in tenders/contract on the date of opening of bids either in their individual capacity or as a member of the JV in which they were/are members.

Company registered under Companies Act 2013: (i) The copies of MOA (Memorandum of Association) / AOA (Articles of Association) of the company (ii) A copy of Certificate of Incorporation (iii) A copy of Authorization/Power of Attorney issued by the Company (backed by the resolution of Board of Directors) in favour of the individual to sign the tender on behalf of the company and create liability against the company. (iv) An undertaking that the Company is not blacklisted or debarred by 1.1.5 Railways or any other Ministry / Department of Govt. of India from participation in tender on the date of opening of bids, either in individual capacity or as a member of the partnership firm or JV in which the Company was / is a partner/member. Concealment / wrong information in regard to above shall make the contract liable for determination under Clause 62 of the General Conditions of Contract All other documents in terms of explanatory notes in clause 10 of GCC 2020.

LLP (Limited Liability Partnership): If the tender is submitted on behalf of a LLP registered under LLP Act-2008, the tenderer shall submit along with the tender: (i) A copy of LLP Agreement (ii) A copy of Certificate of Incorporation (iii) A copy of Power of Attorney/Authorization issued by the LLP in favour of the individual to sign the tender on behalf of the LLP and create liability against the LLP. (iv) An undertaking that the LLP is not 1.1.6 blacklisted or debarred by Railways or any other Ministry / Department of Govt. of India from participation in tender on the date of opening of bids, either in individual capacity or as a member of JV in which the LLP was / is a member. Concealment / wrong information in regard to above shall make the contract liable for determination under Clause 62 of the General Conditions of Contract. All other documents in terms of explanatory notes in clause 10 of GCC 2020

Registered Society & Registered Trust: The tenderer shall submit: (i) A copy of the Certificate of Registration (ii) A copy of Deed of Formation (iii) A copy of Power of Attorney in favour of 1.1.7 the individual to sign the tender documents and create liability against the Society/Trust. All other documents in terms of explanatory notes in clause 10 of GCC 2020

Before submitting a tender, the tenderer will be deemed to have satisfied himself by actual inspection of the site & locality of the works, that all conditions liable to be encountered during the execution of the works are taken into account and that the rates he enters in the tender forms are adequate and all inclusive to accord with the provisions in Clause - 37 of the Standard General Condition of Contract for the completion of works to the entire satisfaction of the Engineer

Credentials of Tenderers: The tenderers shall provide satisfactory documentary evidences acceptable to Railway (certificate from private individuals for whom such works are executed / being executed will not be accepted) along with the tender to show that:

They have an established technically competent and adequate staff organization to ensure that the services required under this tender can do satisfactorily. The Tenderer shall provide the list of personnel available in hand and proposed to be inducted for the subject work along with the offer.

They have sufficient equipments; plants and machinery to meet the obligations under the contract and to complete the work contract all within the stipulated time schedule and accepted by him. The Tenderer shall provide the list of equipments, plants and machinery available in hand and proposed to be inducted (own and hired basis separately) for the subject work along with the offer.

The Tenderer should also give details of advisory or technical collaboration with original equipment manufacturer in consultation with whom equipment has been designed and / or whose specifications are utilized in manufacturing of the equipments being supplied.

The Tenderer should submit the details of all similar works done in the past.

The Tenderer should submit the attested copies of the certificates obtained from the agencies wherever the works have completed successfully. These certificates should indicate the details of installation and successful commissioning of the similar type of equipments executed by the Tenderer.

The Tenderer will submit, along with offer list of work in hand indicating description of work, contract value, approximate value of balance work yet to be done and date of award of work.

They have adequate financial resources to meet the obligations under the contract. They have to submit the report from recognized bank or financial institutions.

Period of completion- The Railway expects that contractor should be able to complete the work in all respects within 12 months after contract is awarded. Which may be extended in the interest of Railway.

Payment condition:- Running payment may be released subject to the satisfactory physical progress of the work at site. All Taxes will be deducted from the payment by the Railway as per extent rule. This being a work contract, rates should be inclusive of all tax/surcharge liabilities. Payment of work will be made through EFT/ECS/LC as accepted by the Railway.The rates shall remain unchanged throughout the contract period. No octroi is payable. However, a certificate may be issued to the effect that material is for Railway use.

a) Payment of on account bill for the Tendered work will be arranged by the Sr. Divisional Electrical Engineer, Traction Distribution, North Central Railway, Agra in charge of the work through the associate accounts officer. i) PAYMENT FOR SUPPLY ITEMS - 90% of the accepted cost of material supplied will be paid when the materials are supplied subject to furnishing of Inspection certificate and receipt order by the nominated consignee. Balance 10% of the cost of the material supplied, shall be paid after completion / commissioning of the entire work. ii)PAYMENT FOR EXECUTION ITEMS - For items other than supply, 90% on account payment will be on the basis of measurements recorded and the balance 10% payment of the item shall be released after completion / commissioning of the entire work. iii)PAYMENT FOR MIXED ITEMS WHERE SUPPLY, INSTALLATION & COMMISSIONING ARE INVOLVED ITEMS - 80% of the accepted cost of material supplied will be paid when the materials are supplied subject to furnishing of Inspection certificate and receipt order by the nominated consignee. 10% will be paid after installation of particular item. Balance 10% shall be paid after completion / commissioning of the entire work. b.Wherever the Central / State Government makes it obligatory for the Railway to deduct any amount towards any tax the same will be deducted in addition to the income tax from Contractor's bills and remitted to the concerned authority.

Tenderer may carefully note that their contract agreement for this work is liable to terminated at any time later, in case any of the information furnished by them is found untrue or any adverse points come to lights subsequently. The decision of railway in this regard shall be final and binding.

Penalty, for delay in execution of work beyond the completion period will be levied and recovered from the payment due to the contractor as per the condition mentioned in Para 17-B of General condition of contract (GCC) except when the extension in completion period is granted by Railway for genuine reasons to be given in writing by the contractor as per the condition mentioned in Para 17-A of General condition of contract (GCC). Such an extension should be obtained before expiry of period of completion. If the progress of work is not considered satisfactory by Rly. contract may be terminated with forfeiture of security deposit

Shramik Kalyan portal

Contractor is to abide by the providers of wages act & minimum wages act in terms of clause 54 and 55 of Indian Railways General condition of contractor. In order to ensure the same, an application has been developed and hosted on website www.shramikkalyan.indianrailways.gov.in contractor shall register his firm/company etc. And upload requisite details of labour and their payment in this portal. These details shall be available in public domain. The registration/ updation of portal of portal shall be done as under. (a) Contractor shall apply for onetime registration of his company/firm etc. in the Sharmikkalyan portal with requisite details subsequent to issue of letter of Acceptance Engineer shall approve the contractor's registration on the portal within 7 days of receipt of such request. (b) Contractor once approved by any engineer can create password with login ID (PAN No) for subsequent use of portal for all LOAs issued in his favour. (c) The contractor once registered on the portal shall provide details of his letter of Acceptance (LOA). Contract agreements on shramikkalyan portal within 15 days of issue of any LOA for approval of concerned engineer. Engineer shall update (if required) and approve the details of LOA fitted by contractor within 7 days of receipt of such request. (d) After approval of LOA by engineer, contractor shall fill the salient details of contractor labours engaged in the contract and ensure updating of each wage payment to them on shramikkalyan portal on monthly basis. (e) It shall be mandatory upon the contractor to ensure correct and prompt uploading of all salient details of engaged contractual labour & payments made thereof after each wage period.

While processing payment of any "on account bill" or Final bill or release of Advance or performance Guarantee /Security deposit contractor shall submit a certificate to the engineer or engineer's representatives that I have uploaded the correct details of contract labours engaged in connection with this contract and payments made to them during the wage period in Railway's shramikkalyan portal at WWW.shramikkalayn.indianrailways.gov.in till ... month ... year.

Please submit your bank details i.e.Name of the Bank along with Bank Branch Code, IFSC Code, Beneficiary name, Account Number, Type of account, PAN and GSTN Number.

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 shall hold the offer open up to 45 days within which period the tenderer cannot with draw his offer subject to the period being extended further if required by mutual agreement from time to time. Any contravention of the above condition will make the tenderer liable for banning from submission of bids in any Works / Service Tender issued by Indian Railways for a period of 12 months from the date of such banning done on e- platform IREPS. It is understood that the tender document have been sold/issued to the tenderer and the tenderer is being permitted to tender in consideration of the stipulation on his part that after submitting his tender, he will not resile from his offer or modify the terms and conditions therefore in a manner not acceptable to the Sr. Divisional Electrical Engineer/ Traction Distribution/Agra of the North Central Railway.

It shall not be obligatory on the said authority to accept the lowest tender and no Tenderer/tenderers shall demand any explanation for the cause of rejection of his/their tender.

If a Tenderer expires after the submission of his tender or after the acceptances of his tender, the Railway shall deem such tender as cancelled. If a partner of a firm expires after the submission of their tender or after the acceptance of their tender, the Railway shall deem such tender as cancelled unless the firm retains its character.

The authority for the acceptance of the tender will rest with the Sr. DEE/TRD/Agra, North Central Railway who does not bind himself to accept the lowest or any other tender nor does he undertake to assign reasons for declining to consider any particular tender or tenders.

The successful Tenderer/Tenderers shall be required to execute an Agreement with the President India acting through the Sr. Divisional Electrical Engineer/Traction Distribution/NCR/Agra of the Railway, for carrying out the work according to the general Conditions of Contract and Specification work and Materials of North Central Railway.

The special condition of tenders and contracts & the General Condition Contract should be considered a part contract agreement documents. Where the provisions of these conditions are at variance with the general conditions of the contract, the special conditions shall prevail.

The General Conditions of contract will mean the General Condition of Contract as amended and/or corrected from time to time and obtaining at the time of accepting of the tender and at the of execution of the agreement. It should be the responsibility of the contractor before submitting his tender and again before entering into said agreement to ascertain all amendment and/or correction made to the said general conditions of contract.

SECURITY DEPOSIT:- The security deposit the rate which are given below may be recovered by percentage deduction from the contractor's "on Account" bills. Provided also that in case of defaulting contractor the Railway may retain any amount due for payment to the Contractor on the pending "on account bills".

Unless otherwise specified in the special conditions, if any, the security deposit / rate of recovery / mode recovery shall be as under:- a) Security Deposit for each work should be 5% of the contract value. b)The rate of recovery should be at the rate of 6% of the bill amount till the full security deposit is recovered. c)Security Deposits will be recovered only from the running bills of the contract and no other mode of collecting SD such as SD in the form of instruments like BG, FD etc. shall be accepted. towards security deposit. The security deposit, however, shall be released only after the expiry of the maintenance period of one year and after passing the final bill based on "No Claim Certificate". No interest will be payable upon the Security Deposit or amounts payable to the contractor under the contract.

Performance guarantee (PG): The successful bidder shall have to submit a Performance Guarantee (PG) within 21 Twenty one days from the date of issue of Letter of Acceptance (LOA). Extension of time for submission of PG beyond 21 (Twenty one) days and up to 60 days from the date of issue of LOA may be given by the Authority who is competent to sign the contract agreement. However, a penal interest of 12% per annum shall be charged for the delay beyond 21(Twenty one) days, i.e. from 22nd day after the date of issue of LOA. Further, if the 60th day happens to be a declared holiday in the concerned office of the Railway, submission of PG can be accepted on the next working day. In all other cases, if the Contractor fails to submit the requisite PG even after 60 days from the date of issue of LOA, the contract is liable to be terminated. In case contract is terminated railway shall be entitled to forfeit Earnest Money Deposit and other dues payable against that contract. In case a tenderer has not submitted Earnest Money Deposit on the strength of their registration as a Startup recognized by Department of Industrial Policy and Promotion (DIPP) under Ministry of Commerce and Industry, DIPP shall be informed to this effect. The failed Contractor shall be debarred from participating in re-tender for that work.

The Performance Guarantee should be submitted in favour of Sr. DFM/NCR/Agra

The successful bidder shall submit the Performance Guarantee (PG) in any of the following forms, amounting to 3% of the contract value: (i)A deposit of Cash; (ii) Irrevocable Bank Guarantee; (iii)Government Securities including State Loan Bonds at 5% below the market value; (iv) Deposit Receipts, Pay Orders, Demand Drafts and Guarantee Bonds. These forms of Performance Guarantee could be either of the State Bank of India or of any of the Nationalized Banks; (v)Guarantee Bonds executed or Deposits Receipts tendered by all Scheduled Banks; (vi)Deposit in the Post Office Saving Bank; (vii)Deposit in the National Savings Certificates; (viii) Twelve years National Defence Certificates; (ix)Ten years Defence Deposits; (x)National Defence Bonds and (xi)Unit Trust Certificates at 5% below market value or at the face value whichever is less. Also, FDR in favour of FA&CAO (free from any encumbrance) may be accepted. (c)The Performance Guarantee shall be submitted by the successful bidder after the Letter of Acceptance (LOA) has been issued, but before signing of the contract agreement. This P.G. shall be initially valid up to the stipulated date of completion plus 60 days beyond that. In case, the time for completion of work gets extended, the Contractor shall get the validity of P.G. extended to cover such extended time for completion of work plus 60 days.

The value of PG to be submitted by the Contractor will not change for variation up to 25% (either increase or decrease). In case during the course of execution, value of the contract increases by more than 25% of the original contract value, an additional Performance Guarantee amounting to 3% (three percent) for the excess value over the original contract value shall be deposited by the Contractor. On the other hand, if the value of contract decreases by more than 25% of the original contract value, Performance Guarantee amounting to 3% (three percent) of the decrease in the contract value shall be returned to the Contractor.

The performance guarantee (PG) shall be released after the physical completion of the work based on the "Completion Certificate" issued by the competent authority stating that the contractor has completed the work in all respects satisfactorily. The security deposit shall, however, be released only after the expiry of the maintenance period and after passing the final bill based on "No claim certificate" from the contractor.

Whenever the contract is rescinded, the security deposit will be forfeited and the Performance Guarantee will be encashed. The balance work shall be got done independently without risk & cost of the failed contractor. The failed contractor shall be debarred from participating in the tender for executing the balance work .If The failed contractor is a JV or a partnership firm, then every member /partner of such a firm shall be debarred from participating in the tender for the balance work in his / her individual capacity or as a partnership firm.

The engineer shall not make a claim under the Performance Guarantee except for amounts to which the President of India is entitled under the contract (not withstanding and /or without prejudice to any other provisions in the contract agreement) in the event of: (I) Failure by the contractor to extend the validity of the Performance Guarantee as described herein above ,in which event the Engineer may claim the full amount of the Performance Guarantee. (II) Failure by the contractor to pay President of India any amount due, either as agreed by the contractor or determined under any of the clause / conditions of the agreement, within 30 days of the service of notice to this effect by Engineer. (III) The contract being determined or rescinded under provision of the GCC. The Performance Guarantee shall be forfeited in full and shall be absolutely at the disposal of the President of India. New clause 42(4) to Indian Railway General Conditions of contract (Ref: Item -9 to Railway Board's letter no. 2007/CE-I/CT/18, dated 28-09-2007 and item no. 2 to letter no. 2007/CE-I/CT/18 pt. XII. Dated 31-12-2010)

Variation in quantities: The procedure detailed below shall be adopted for dealing with variations in quantities during execution of works contracts: 1.1. Individual NS items in contracts shall be operated with variation of plus or minus 25% and payment would be made as per the agreement rate. 1.2. In case an increase in quantity of on individual item by more than 25% of the agreement quantity is considered unavoidable, quantity of that item may be operated in excess of 125% of the agreement quantity subject to the following conditions:

Operation of an item by more than 125% of the agreement quantity needs the approval of an officer of the rank not less than SG / JAG Grade, i)Quantities operated in excess of 125% but upto 140% of the agreement quantity of the concerned item, shall be paid at 98% of the rate awarded for that item in that particular tender. ii)Quantities operated in excess of 140% but upto 150% of the agreement quantity of the concerned item, shall be paid at 96% of the rate awarded for that item in that particular tender. iii)Variation in quantities of individual items beyond 150% will be prohibited and would be permitted only in exceptional unavoidable circumstances with the concurrence of associate finance and shall be paid at 96% of the rate awarded for that item in that particular tender. a.The variation in quantities as per the above formula will apply only to the Individual items of the contract and not on the overall contract value. b.Execution of quantities beyond 150% of the overall agreement al value should not be permitted and, if found necessary, should be only through fresh tenders or by negotiating with existing contractor, with prior personal concurrence of PFA and approval of General Manager.

In cases where decrease is involved during execution of contract: a)The contract signing authority can decrease the items up to 25% of individual item. b)For decrease beyond 25% for individual items or 25% of contract agreement value, the approval of an officer not less than rank of S.A. Grade may be taken, after obtaining 'No Claim Certificate' from the contractor and with finance concurrence, giving detailed reasons for each such decrease in the quantities. c)It should be certified that the work proposed to be reduced will not be required in the some work.

The limit for varying quantities for minor value items shall be 100% (as against 25% prescribed for other items). A minor value item for this purpose is defined as an item whose original agreement value is less than 1% of the total original agreement value. No such quantity variation limit shall apply for foundation items.

As far as SOR items are concerned, the limit of 25% would apply to the value of SOR schedule as a whole and not on individual SOR items. However, in case of NS items, the limit of 25% would apply on the individual items irrespective of the manner of quoting the rate (single percentage rate or individual item rate). For the tenders accepted at Zonal Railways level, variations in the quantities will be approved by the authority in whose powers revised value of the agreement lies. For tenders accepted by General Managers, variations up to 125% of the original agreement value may be accepted by General Manager.

Opening of e-tender online:- The e-tenders will be opened online using the IREPS portal. No representative is required to be present for opening of tender and taking notes of rates quoted and ranking as the complete details of rates etc. of all the bidders shall be available to the bidders in the website after the opening of the tender.

In case the date of closing mentioned in the Notice Inviting Tender is declared a holiday/bandh/strike etc. on any account, the date of closing tender online will not be changed as the application in the website of IREPS does not permit submission of any offer after closing date and time of the tender. However, opening of tenders online will be on any convenient day after the closing date/time of tenders.

Whenever a Railway employee's family proposes to take up a contract work in Railway, proof of intimation to Railway authority regarding proposed quoting for the work by Railway employee family member needs to be enclosed with the offer. The definition of family will be as defined in item No.2(c) of Railway Services (Conduct) Rules, 1966- means of family.

The Railway administration reserve the right to reject any tender either in whole or in part without assigning any reason whatsoever. The final acceptance of the tender shall rest with the competent authority of Railway who reserve the right to accept or reject any tender without assigning any reason thereof and does not bind himself to accept the lowest tender only.

Tenderers are advised to go through the tender booklet for detail condition, scope of work and other technical conditions/specification, maintenance schedule, all penalty conditions, make list, earthing drawing, approved/likely source of material related with the work before submitting their offer.

The Tenderer/Tenderers shall quote his/their rates with reference to each item and must tender for all the item shown in the attachment schedule. The quantities shown in the attached schedule are giving as guide and are approximate only and are subject to variation according to the need of Railway. The Railway accepts no responsibility for their accuracy the railway does not guarantee work under each item of the schedule.The percentage amount should be quoted in figure as well as in words and % above/ below/ at par should be written in the specified space. If there is any variation in percentage amount specified in figure and words, percentage amount specified in words will be considered as correct. If % above/ below/ at par is not specified tender offer will be considered % above'.Absolute amount should not be specified and rates/cost should be specified

INSPECTION OF MATERIALS / WORK: As indicated in General Conditions of Contract that shall be adhered to by Tenderer.