Running Contract for Manufacture and Supply of PSC Mono Block Main Line Sleepers to RDSO Drawing No.T-8746 for BG (1673MM) valid for 2 (Two) years.

Special Eligibility Criteria

1. 1

   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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   The tenderer (Concrete Sleeper Plant i.e CSP) must, fulfill all the following conditions to be eligible for placement of regular/developmental orders against this tender: 1) Concrete Sleeper Plants (CSPs) certified by RDSO for undertaking production of PSC Main Line sleepers or any other category PSC sleepers for IR will be considered eligible for placement of orders (regular or developmental as per status of RDSO approval/certification) against this tender. 2) Existing manufacturers quoting for supply from a new location after shifting their existing plant should have prior approval for supply from new location as per instructions of Railway Board vide letter No. 2004/Tk-II/22/11/5 dated 22.02.2006. Plants, which have already been permitted for shifting of location but have not shifted/started production from new location, even after lapse of one year or more from date of issue of permission letter, shall not be eligible to quote from old location. They will be eligible to quote from new location only if they have already obtained the RDSO certification of Plant at new location , before the date of tender opening. 3) Those plants will be considered "closed", which have not manufactured any type of sleepers (mainline, Turnout, special sleepers) for more than five years reckoning from the date of tender opening. Such plants will not be eligible for tender until and unless fresh RDSO certification/approval is obtained and placed on record. 4) Minimum Quoted quantity by a tenderer for a plant should not be less than 50% of RDSO certified rated production capacity for period of 2 years under consideration i.e minimum quantity to be quoted by a tenderer should not be less than or equal to = ( 2 X 0.5 X12 X monthly certified production capacity by RDSO). Offers quoting for less than specified Minimum quantity or tendered quantity (whichever is lower) will be summarily rejected. 5) The Firm should not be "black listed/suspended/banned" for business by Railway.

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   Restrictions under Rule 144(xi) of GFR-2017: a) I have read the clause regarding Restrictions under Rule 144 (xi) of GFRs.2017 on procurement from a bidder of a country which shares land border with India and as detailed in Tender documents. b) I certify that this bidder is not from such a country or, if from such a country, has been registered with the Competent Authority. c) I hereby certify that this bidder fulfils all requirements in this regard and is eligible to be considered. [wherever, applicable, evidence of valid registration by the competent authority shall be attached]. Note: If the tenderers are not agreeable to above declarations, they have to categorically mention about the disagreement in Techno Commercial Deviation.

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4. 4

   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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Check List

1. 1

   Have you gone through the IRS Specication for PSC Sleepers - T-39
2. 2

   Have you gone through the Special Conditions of Contract for Sleepers
3. 3

   Have you gone through the General Tender Conditions
4. 4

   Have you gone through the Schedule of Technical Requirement
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   Have you gone through the Instructions to Tenderers.
6. 6

   Have you gone through the Instructions for placing Supply orders against Contract ?

Commercial-Compliance

1. 1

   I/We agree to accept General Tender Conditions available at SOUTH CENTRAL RAILWAY STORES DOCUMENTS LINK.

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2. 2

   I/we agree to supply the tendered stores at the rates quoted by me/us in accordance with special and other conditions specified/attached with the tender.

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3. 3

   Offer should be valid for 180 days.

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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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5. 5

   At the time of execution of the project, for all contracts above INR 10 Crore, the contractor/ supplier shall be required to give local content certification duly certified by cost/ chartered accountant in practice. For cases where it is not possible to provide certification by Cost/Chartered Accountant at the time of execution of project, the supplier shall be permitted to provide the certificate for local content from Cost/Chartered Accountant after completion of the contract, within time limit acceptable to the procuring entity. 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, a penalty upto 10% of the contract value may be imposed.

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   Delivery Schedule:- a) Supply to be completed within 6 months from the date of PO. b)The rate of supply mentioned in the tender is tentative, and the actual rate of supply will be specified in the Supply Order based on requirement of this Railway and/or RDSO specified capacity of the firm.

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   Documents to be attached/uploaded along with e-Bid: Scanned copy of the following documents should be uploaded along with the e-Bid. (a) Proof of authority from Firm in favour of signatory of tender for digitally signing and submitting the tender document. (b) Valid RDSO approval/provisional approval/certification/Oversight Inspection Report of CSP showing production capacity. (c) Any other document issued by RDSO indicating the monthly rated capacity of the CSP. (d) Year wise supply performance of CSP in last Five Years indicating closure and rejections details if any (e) Any other document

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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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1. 1

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

2. 2

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