Comprehensive Annual Maintenance contract (CAMC) for Omega Make Lifts available at Salem division for a period of Three years.

The firm should be Original Equipment Manufacturer for Omega make Lift and Escalators

I/we the tenderer (s) am/are signing this document after carefully reading the contents.

I/We the tenderer(s) also accept all the conditions of the tender and have signed all the pages in confirmation thereof.

I/we hereby declare that I/we have downloaded the tender documents from Indian Railway website www.ireps.gov.in . I/we have verified the content of the document from the website and there is no addition, no deletion or no alteration to the content of the tender document. In case of any discrepancy noticed at any stage i.e. evaluation of tenders, execution of work or final payment of the contract, the master copy available with the railway Administration shall be final and binding upon me/us.

I/we declare and certify that I/we have not made any misleading or false representation in the forms, statements and attachments in proof of the qualification requirements.

I/We also understand that my/our offer will be evaluated based on the documents/credentials submitted along with the offer and same shall be binding upon me/us.

I/We declare that the information and documents submitted along with the tender by me/us are correct and I/we are fully responsible for the correctness of the information and documents, submitted by us.

I/we certify that I/we the tenderer(s) is/are not blacklisted or debarred by Railways or any other Ministry / Department of Govt. of India from participation in tender on the date of submission of bids, either in individual capacity or as a HUF/ member of the partnership firm/LLP/JV/Society/Trust.

I/we understand that if the contents of the certificate submitted by us are found to be forged/false at any time during process for evaluation of tenders, it shall lead to forfeiture of the Bid Security and may also lead to any other action provided in the contract including banning of business for a period of upto two year. Further, I/we and all my/our constituents understand that my/our offer shall be summarily rejected.

I/we also understand that if the contents of the certificate submitted by us are found to be false/forged at any time after the award of the contract, it will lead to termination of the contract, along with forfeiture of Bid Security/Security Deposit and Performance guarantee and may also lead to any other action provided in the contract including banning of business for a period of upto two year.

I/We have read the clause regarding restriction on procurement from a bidder of a country which shares a land border with India and certify that I am/We are not from such a country or, if from such a country, have been registered with the competent Authority. I/We hereby certify that I/we fulfil all the requirements in this regard and am/are eligible to be considered (evidence of valid registration by the competent authority is enclosed)

I/We also hereby agree to abide by the updated Regulations of Tenders and Contracts and General Conditions of Contract issued by the Engineering Department of Indian Railways along with correction slips issued from time to time and to carryout the work according to the Special Conditions of Contract and specifications of materials and works as laid down by Railway in the Annexed Special Conditions / Specifications, Schedule of Work for the present contract.

All rates quoted in the tenders shall be deemed to be inclusive of CGST,SGST, IGST etc., payable by the contractor to the Government or any public body and no additional amount/rate or claim will be entertained on this account by the Railways. Also no claim whatsoever will be accepted by Railways on account of revision of tax rates, new taxes of statutory natureby State/Central Govt.

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.

I/We have read the various conditions to tender attached hereto and agree to abide by the said conditions

I/We also agree to keep this tender open for acceptance for a period of 60 days from the date fixed for opening the same

I/We offer to do the work for Senior Divisional Electrical Engineer, Electrical General, Salem Division, Salem, at the rates quoted in the attached schedule and hereby bind myself/ourselves to complete the work in all respects within the period of completion stipulated in the tender document, from the date of commencement of work of the tender. The amount as stipulated in the tender document is herewith forwarded as Earnest Money. Full value of the earnest Money shall stand forfeited without prejudice to any other right or remedies in case my/our Tender is accepted and if :(a) I/We do not execute the contract documents as stipulated in performance guarantee clause of GCC 2022 as detailed in general instructions.(b) I/We do not commence the work within seven days after receipt of LOA/orders to that effect.

I/We hereby Confirm that the rates, rebates and/or other financial terms, if any, quoted by us in the relevant fields of the Financial Bid page will only be the ruling terms for deciding the inter-se ranking, and any such condition having financial repercussions, if quoted by us anywhere else including attached documents shall not be considered for deciding inter-se ranking

However, Railways shall have the right to incorporate any such condition quoted by us, in the contract, at their discretion, if contract is placed on us.

I/We have read the various conditions attached/ referred to in this tender document, and agree to abide by the said conditions.

All the tenderers/Contractors have to deposit full earnest money and tender document cost as stipulated for the tender, through online modes as permitted in IREPS application through multiple banks net banking, debit and credit cards only. On failing which offer will be summarily rejected.

The Tenderer should submit a copy of GST/PAN and NEFT Form.

Payment of EMD and Tender form cost should be made on line only.

GCC Services-2018- All GCC clauses (updated including with all correction slips on date) are applicable.

i)For all the tenders having advertised cost of Rs. 10 lakh or above, thecontractor shall have the option to take payment from Railways through aletter of credit (LC) arrangement. (ii)This option of taking payment through LCarrangement has to be exercised in IREPS (Indian Railway ElectronicProcurement System - the e- application on which tenders are called byRailways) by the tenderer at the time of bidding itself, and the tenderer shallaffirm having read over and agreed to the terms and conditions of the LCoption.(iii)The option so exercised, shall be an integral part of the bidder'soffer.(iv)The above option of taking payment through LC arrangement, onceexercised by tenderer at the time of bidding, shall be final and no change shallbe permitted, thereafter, during execution of contract.(v)In case tenderer optsfor payment through LC, following shall be the procedure to deal release ofpayment through LC:(a)The LC shall be a sight LC.(b)The contractor shallselect his Advising/Negotiating bank for LC. The incidental cost towards issueof LC and its operation thereof shall be borne by the contractor.(c)SBI, NewDelhi, Main Branch will be the nodal branch for issue of LCs based on onlinerequests received from Railway Accounts Units for tenders opened in financialyear 2024- 25. SBI branches where the respective Railway Accounts Office hasits Account (local SBI branch) will be the issuance/reimbursing branch for LCissued under this arrangement. The Bank shall remain same for this tender tillcompletion of contract. The incidental cost @ 0.15 % per annum of LC value,towards issue of LC and operation thereof shall be borne by the contractorand shall be recovered from his bills.(d)The LC shall be opened initially forduration of 180 to 365 days in consultation with contractor. The LC shall beextended time to time as per the progress of the contract, on the request ofthe contractor. The value of LC to be opened initially as well as extendedthereafter shall be finalised by the engineer in consultation with the contractoron the basis of expected progress of work.(e)The LC terms and conditionsshall inter-alia indemnify and save harmless the Railway from and against alllosses, claims and demands of every nature and description brought orrecovered against the Railways by reason of any act or omission of thecontractor, his agents or employees, in relation to the Letter of Credit (LC). Allsums payable/borne by Railways on this account shall be considered asreasonable compensation and paid by Contractor.

(f)The LC terms and conditions shall inter-alia provide that Railways will issue a Document of Authorisation after passing the bill for completed work, to enable contractor to claim the authorized amount from their bank. (g)The acceptable, agreed upon document for payments to be released under the LC shall be the Document of Authorisation. (h)The Document of Authorisation shall be issued by Railway Accounts Office against each bill passed by Railways. (i)On issuance of Document of Authorisation, a copy of Document of Authorisation shall be posted on IREPS for download by the contractor. A digitally signed copy of Document of Authorisation shall also be sent by Railway Accounts Office to Railway's bank (Local SBI Branch). (j)The contractor shall take print out of the Document of Authorisation available on IREPS and present his claim to his bank (advising Bank) for necessary payments as per LC terms and conditions. The claim shall comprise of copy of Document of Authorisation, Bill of Exchange and Bill. (k)The payment against LC shall be subject to verification from Railway's Bank (Local SBI Branch). (l)The contractor's bank (advising bank) shall submit the documents to the Railways Bank (Local SBI Branch). (m)The Railway's bank (issuing bank) shall, after verifying the claim so received w.r.t. the digitally signed Document of Authorisation received from Railway Accounts Office, release the payment to contractor's bank (advising bank) for crediting the same to contractor's account. (n)Any number of bills can be dealt within one LC, provided the sum total of payments to contractor is within the amount for which LC has been opened. (o)The LC shall shall be closed after the release of final payment including PVC amount, if any, to the contractor. (p)The release of performance guarantee or security deposit shall be dealt directly by Railway with the contractor i.e., not through LC

Deployment of Qualified Engineers at Work Sites by the Contractor - TheContractor shall employ 1 No. of qualified Graduate Engineer for works Rs. 200Lakh or more and 1 No. of Diploma Engineer for works costing more than Rs. 25Lakh, but less than Rs 200 Lakh

The bidders/tenderers should ensure that they are GST compliant. Quoted rates are inclusive of applicable GST as per GST ACT -2017 amended from time to time and as detailed in Special Conditions - General (under TAXES clause).

Tender Offer should accompany with the scanned copies of required Documents and Annexures mentioned in Tender Documents such as Power of Attorney, Partnership deep, Joint Venture and originals of the same (on Stamp Papers) should be submitted on requirementof the office.