Painting and Stenciling of Wagons

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

The balance sheet and all other financial documents attested/certified by CAs to substantiate fulfilment of Financial Eligibility Criteria should be with UDIN, failing which the offer is likely to be rejected without any further reference.

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:- 1)Three similar works each costing not less than the amount equal to 30% of advertised value of the tender, or 2) Two similar works each costing not less than the amount equal to 40% of advertised value of the tender, or 3) One similar work each costing not less than the amount equal to 60% of advertised value of the tender.

Work experience certificate from private individual shall not be considered. However, in addition to work experience certificates issued by any Govt. Organisation, work experience certificate issued by 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, incorporated/registered at least 5 years prior to the date of opening of tender, shall also be considered provided the work experience certificate has been issued by a person authorized by the Public listed company to issue such certificates. In case tenderer submits work experience certificate issued by public listed company, the tenderer shall also submit along with work experience certificate, the relevant copy of work order, bill of quantities, bill wise details of payment received duly certified by Chartered Accountant, TDS certificates for all payments received and copy of final/last bill paid by company in support of above work experience certificate.

Definition of Similar Work: - "Painting on Railway Rolling Stock i.e. Locomotives/ Coaches/ Wagons/ DEMU/ MEMU in Indian Railway/ Govt. PSUS/Rolling Stock Manufacturers".

Mandate form ECS/NEFT payment is uploaded in Document Section of this tender. This should be filled and submitted, duly certified by the Bank, along with the bid.

Security Money will be recovered from the progressive bills @ 6 % of the bill amount till it reaches 5% of the contract value in terms of clause 16. (1) of IR Standard GCC April 2022 or as applicable as per IR Standard GCC April 2022 amended/revised/modified/corrected from time to time.

Rights Of The Railway To Deal With Tender: The authority for the acceptance of the tender will rest with the Railway. It shall not be obligatory on the said authority to accept the lowest tender or any other tender and no tenderer(s) shall demand any explanation for the cause of rejection of his/their tender nor the Railway to assign reasons for declining to consider or reject any particular tender or tenders.

Declaration regarding association of the tenderer with serving/retired Gazetted Railway Officer(s) is uploaded in Document Section of this tender. This should be filled and submitted along with the Bid.

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.

Tenderer must have GST registration certificate. GST registration certificate copy should be submitted.

The Contractor shall be responsible for deposition of applicable GST to the concerned authority.

The advertised value of this tender is inclusive of Goods & Services tax (GST)@ 18%.

If rates of existing GST or cess on GST for Works Contract is increased or any new tax /cess on Works Contract is imposed by Statute after the date of opening of tender but within the original date of completion/date of completion extended and the Contractor thereupon properly pays such taxes/cess, the Contractor shall be reimbursed the amount so paid.

If rates of existing GST or cess on GST for Works Contract is decreased or any tax/cess on Works Contract is decreased / removed by Statute after the date of opening of tender, the reduction in tax amount shall be recovered from Contractor's bills/Security Deposit or any other dues of Contractor with the Government of India.

PAN details should be submitted.

For all the tenders having advertised cost of Rs 10 lakh or above, the contractor shall have the option to take payment from Railways through a letter of credit (LC)arrangement as per RB's letter No.2018/CEI/CT/9, dated:04.06.2018copy of which is enclosed in Document Section.

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- VIA 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, following shall be ensured that a scanned copy of the Bank Guarantee shall be uploaded on e-Procurement Portal (IREPS) while applying to the tender.

In case, submission of Bid Security in the form of Bank Guarantee, following shall be ensured:

The original Bank Guarantee should be delivered in person to the offrcial nominated as indicated in the tender document before closing date for submission of bids (Le. excluding the last date of submission of bids)

Non submission of scanned copy of Bank Guarantee 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.

The Tender Security shall remain valid for a period of 90 days beyond the validity period for the Tender.

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.

The Bank Guarantee shall be placed in an envelope, which shall be sealed. Theenvelope shall clearly bear the identification "Bid for the ***** Project" 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. The envelope shall be addressed to the officer and address as mentioned in the tender document. If the envelope is not sealed and marked as instructed above, the Railway assumes no responsibility for the misplacement or premature opening of the contents of the Bid submitted and consequent losses, if any, suffered by the Bidder.

Any firm recognized by Department of Industrial Policy and Promotion (DIPP) as 'Startups' shall be exempted from payment of Bid Security detailed above.

Labour Co-operative Societies shall submit only 50% of Bid Security.

Bank guarantee against bid security has to be submitted in favor of FA&CAO/South Eastern Railway.

In case the tenderer withdraws his offer within the validity period of his offer or fails to undertake the contract after acceptance of his tender the full bid security shall be forfeited. If the tender is accepted the amount of bid security will be retained and adjusted as security deposit for the due and faithful fulfilment of the contract. The bid security of the unsuccessful tenderers shall save as here-in-before provided be returned to the unsuccessful tenderers within a reasonable time but the Railway shall not be responsible for any loss or depreciation that may happen to the security for the due performance of the stipulation to keep the offer open for the period specified in the tender documents or to the bid security while in their possession nor be liable to pay interest there on.

The successful bidder shall submit Performance Guarantee (PG) amounting to 5% of the original contract value and Additional Performance Guarantee, if applicable as per Clause 16(4)(h) of IR Standard GCC April 2022 (as amended/revised), in any prescribed form within 21 days from the date of issue of Letter of Acceptance, valid up to the stipulated date of completion plus 60 days, so that the contract agreement can be executed. In case of extension of Date of Completion, the contractor shall submit extended/fresh Performance Guarantee before expiry of the existing security. The Performance Guarantee shall be submitted in favour of FA&CAO/South Eastern Railway.

The Contractor shall comply with all applicable provisions of the Code on Wages, 2019; Industrial Relations Code, 2020; Occupational Safety, Health and Working Conditions Code, 2020; Code on Social Security, 2020 and all other applicable labour laws, rules, notifications and amendments issued from time to time. The Contractor shall ensure valid registration/licence, payment of wages, EPF, ESI, Bonus, safety provisions, welfare measures, maintenance of statutory records and returns, registration and regular updation of workers on e-Shram Portal, Shramik Kalyan Portal and any other digital labour compliance platform prescribed by Government/Railways. The Contractor shall submit all statutory compliance documents as and when required and shall indemnify the Railway Administration against any liability arising out of non-compliance of labour laws. Any violation shall constitute a breach of contract and may result in withholding of payments, recovery from dues, imposition of penalties and/or termination of contract.

BOOK OF REFERENCE: General Conditions of Contract, April, 2022, hereinafter mentioned as IR Standard GCC April 2022. There will be an overall binding of Indian Railways; IR Standard GCC April 2022; herein after or elsewhere mentioned as IR Standard GCC April 2022 amended/revised/modified/corrected from time to time, irrespective of before or after opening of this e tender, upon the tender or contract along with the Advance Correction Slips of Indian Railways Standard Conditions of Contract, April-2022.

Before submitting a tender, the tenderer will be deemed to have satisfied himself by actual inspection of the site and 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 entered in the tender form are adequate and all inclusive to accord with the provisions in clause-37 of the IR Standard General Conditions of Contract for the completion of works to the entire satisfaction of the Engineer. If the tenderer has any type of query related to tender, he/she/they can get it clarified from the office of Dy.CME(Wagon)/KGPW before opening of tender. After opening of tender no query will be entertained.

The intending tenderer is advised to study the tender papers carefully and also acquaint himself with the nature of work and the matters pertaining thereto. Submission of tender shall be deemed to have done after careful study and examination of tender papers with full understanding of implications thereof. Drawings/Specifications are available with RDSO. The tenderer may purchase the same from RDSO/Lucknow.

Engineer/Consignee shall mean Dy. Chief Mechanical Engineer (Wagon) as defined by IR Standard GCC for Works 2022.

The Inspecting officer/Inspector means Engineer or his authorized representative to inspect the work on his behalf.

This tender is governed by General Condition of Contract-April- 2022 issued by Railway with latest amendment/correction slips and Special condition of contract. The General Condition of Contract-April-2022 can be seen on Railway board [Civil engineering Directorate] website www.indianrailways.gov.in. GCCApril- 2022 is uploaded in Document Section of this tender. The special condition of contract is uploaded in Document Section of this tender. Wherever the terms of GCC contradicts the Special condition of Contract, in such case Special condition of contract will prevail. Tenderer must go through these conditions before quoting this tender

In the event of any tenderer whose tender is accepted shall refuses to execute the contract documents as herein before provided, the Railway may determine that such tenderer has abandoned the contract and there upon his tender and the acceptance thereof shall be treated as cancelled and the Railway shall be entitled to forfeit the full amount to bid security and to recover the damages for such default.

The tenderers shall keep the offer open for a minimum period as mentioned in NIT from the date of opening of the tender, within which period the tenderers can not withdraw their offer, subject to the period being extended further if required, by mutual agreement from time to time. Any intervention of the above condition will make the tenderer liable for forfeiture of his bid security/security deposit for due performance of the foregoing stipulation.

The tenderer whose tender is accepted shall be required to appear in person at the office of Dy. Chief Mechanical Engineer (Wagon)/KGPW/SER, or if tenderer is a firm or corporation, a duly authorized representative shall appear (there would be no need for appear in person if agreement is signed digitally) and execute the contract agreement within seven days of notice from Railways that the Contract Agreement is ready. Failure to do so shall constitute a breach of the agreement affected by the acceptance of the tender. The Contract Agreement shall be entered into by Railway only after submission of valid Performance Guarantee by the Contractor. In such cases the Railway may determine that such tenderer has abandoned the contract and there upon his tender and acceptance thereof shall be treated as cancelled and the Railway shall be entitled to forfeit the full amount of the Bid Security and other dues payable to the Contractor under this contract. The failed Contractor shall be debarred from participating in the re-tender for that work.

The Railway reserves the right to verify all statements,information and documents submitted by the bidder in his tender offer, and the bidder shall, when so required by the Railway, make available all such information, evidence and documents as may be necessary for such verification. Any such verification or lack of such verification by the railway shall not relieve the bidder of its obligations or liabilities here under nor will it affect any rights of the railway there under.

In case of any information submitted by tenderer is found to be false forged or incorrect at any time during process for evaluation of tenders, it shall lead to forfeiture of the tender Bid Security Deposit besides banning of business for a period of upto two years.

In case of any information submitted by tenderer is found to be false forged or incorrect after the award of contract, the contract shall be terminated. Bid security, Performance Guarantee and Security Deposit available with the Railway shall be forfeited. In addition, other dues of the contractor, if any, under this contract shall be forfeited and agency shall be banned for doing business for a period of upto two years.