Supply of air bellow duct set, Each set of air bellow ducts consisting of : 01 no of supply air bellow duct, 02 nos. of fresh air bellow ducts & 2 nos return air bellow ducts. The bellow ducts should be made of meta aramid/para aramid fabric with silicon rubber coating on both sides and the Metallic frames at both ends of the ducts i.e. RMPU side & coach shell side, shall be as per RDSO Specification No. RDSO/PE/SPEC/AC/0197-2020 (Rev.-1) & RDSO drawing No. RDSO/PE/SK/AC/0069- 2004 (Rev.3), Suitable for use in RMPU of LHB type AC Coaches.

Special Eligibility Criteria

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   Railway reserves the right to procure bulk or entire quantity from the RDSO approved sources of Bellow Duct of LHB AC RMPU mentioned in the specification of main assembly available in the link/hyperlink of RDSO Item ID-3100018 for RDSO item Sub ID:3100018001 of U- VAM (Roof Mounted AC Package Unit for LHB variant AC coaches) or any other RDSO approved sources for tendered item. Note: Vendors approved by RDSO with quantity restriction of 25% of zonal requirement for monitoring performance for a minimum period of six months, the total order quantity (taken together) on such vendors shall be restricted to 25% of NPQ. Such orders shall be treated as Regular/Bulk orders.

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   Firms who are participating as an authorized dealer of RDSO Source, are instructed to indicate name and address of manufacturer works and submit the TENDER SPECIFIC AUTHORIZATION letter from their manufacturer on their letterhead along with the tender. Non- submission of valid OEM TENDER SPECIFIC AUTHORIZATION letter will make their offer invalid and offer will be summarily rejected.

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   Developmental vendors are only such vendors which are listed as developmental vendors available on IREPS Vendor Directory (U-VAM) of the item ID/sub item ID applicable to this tender WITHOUT ANY CONDITION (i.e. without any condition regarding prototype approval or field trials approval conditions/remarks). Note : Please also refer the other conditions related with implementation and applicability of eligibility criteria that are mentioned in Para 1.2 of general conditions of tender in section-II of NWR tender condition (SBD).

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   Bidders are requested to comply the requirement as per para 3 of SBD for Earnest Money Depost (EMD) falling which offer shall be summarily rejected. Bidders are seeking Waiver or exemption from payment of EMD shall have to attach scanned copy of the requisite document evidence in support of their claim. All bidder who are exempted to submit EMD as per Clause 3.1.1 of Section-I of NWR Tender document, are required to sign Bid Security Declaration as mentioned in clause 3.1.5. Submission of offer by such exempted bidders will be considered that they have signed the above bid security declaration. Bidders who are not exempted to submit EMD and bidders who are under disqualification for EMD exemption as on date of tender opening, are mandatorily required to submit EMD (online) as mentioned in Tender NIT. (Note: Please refer Para 4 in section-I of NWR tender condition (SBD) for applicability of MSE benefits).

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Commercial-Compliance

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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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Other Conditions

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   INSPECTION CLAUSE : Inspection by TPI only. NOTE : The TPI (Third party inspection) agency is auto-assigned by system, so firms are advised not to mention/quote specific name of particular TPI/TPIs or firm are advised not to quote deviations such as visual inspection or consignee inspection or inspection against GC/TC/WTC etc., otherwise it will be considered as deviation in INSPECTION CLAUSE & such offer shall be summarily rejected.
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   SD Condition: Security deposit will be applicable as Clause 12 of Section-II of NWR tender conditions.

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   Micro and Small Enterprises firms:- Benefits preferential treatment to Micro and small enterprises shall be applicable as per para 4 of section-I CONTAINED IN nwr SBD attached with the tender. Therefore, bidders are required to submit Udyam registration certificate along with the offer. Bidders not submitting the required document will not be eligible to claim benefits extended to MSE firms.

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   Tenderer should mention in their offer: - 1. Name of manufacture with complete address. 2. Place of inspection be indicated with complete address, option for inspections at godowns/outstation/multiple places be strictly avoided, and preferably be permitted only at manufacturers place.

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   In accordance with Para 5.8 (b) & (c) of section - I of NWR Standard Bidding document (SBD) Version - January-2026, since the value of procurement is in excess of Rs. 10 crores, the contractor 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. The certificate should have valid UDIN mentioned in certificate. Such certificates shall be required to be submitted by the contractor along with each online bill in IREPS. The supplier must include 'PO number & PO date', name of item, name of firm, local content percentage, and details of the location(s) at which the local value addition is made, in the certificate. In Case the contractor / Supplier does not meet the stipulated local content requirement and the category of the supplier changes from Class-I to Class-II / Non-local or from Class-II to Non-local, a penalty in the form of deduction of 10% of the contract value shall be imposed. However, contract once awarded shall not be terminated on this account.
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   In accordance with Para 5.8 (a) of section - I of NWR Standard Bidding document (SBD) Version - January- 2026," Bidder shall, at the time of bidding be required to indicate percentage of local content and provide self-certification that the item offered meets the local content requirement for "Class-I local supplier"/ "Class-II local supplier".

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   Offer with any deviation from INSPECTION CLAUSE mentioned in tender will be SUMMARILY REJECTED.

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   Validity of offer is 90 days. If any deviation submitted by the firm in validity of offer then their offer shall be summarily rejected.