Supply, Installation and commissioning of Aerosol based fire detection & suppression system cartridges, one Number consisting of cartridges 1) 1 No. of cartridge of minimum 10gm in electrical panel of ICF type SG Non AC coaches as per technical parameters as per Annexure G1 of RDSO Specification no. RDSO/PE/SPEC/AC/0192-2018(Rev.1) or latest. Makes: which have been enlisted in the bill of material for fire suppression cartridge vide RDSO letter no EL/7.1.108/MSSBC dated 17.09.2021 or Makes : which have been enlisted in the Bill of material for Fire Suppression Cartridge after 17.09.2021 to till tender opening date. These shall be installed in SG Non-AC coaches. All necessary modification, clamping arrangement including bracket pieces& accessories required for fixing & installation of these items shall be with the scope of supplier. Note : Location of Aerosol Fire catridge in the Electrical panels shall be as per drawing mentioned in RDSO letter no. EL/7.1.108/MSSBC/Main dt. 17.07.2023.

1) Bulk procurement will be made from RDSO approved source of Aerosol based fire detection and suppression system in the list of Bill of materials vide RDSO Letter no. EL/7.1.108/MSSBC Dated. 17.09.2021 or acceptable makes which have been enlisted in the Bill of Material for Fire Suppression Cartridge (RDSO L e t t e r no. EL/7.1.108/MSSBC Dated. 17.09.2021) after 17.09.2021 to till tender opening date. Approval letters from RDSO shall be submitted along with offers, without which the offers shall be summarily rejected. 2 ) The tenderer with past performance of satisfactory execution of contracts to SC Railway, or Other Zonal Railways/Pus for supply of the same / similar items for a quantity of 20 percent or more of tendered quantity against a single contract during last three years prior to, and excluding tender opening date may be considered as responsive to SC Railways requirements for placement of bulk and regular order. SIMILAR MEANS Aerosol based fire detection and suppression system CARTRIDGES of any capacity. 3) Tenderers are requested to submit the past performance report such as Copies of R Notes/CRAC/Proof of acceptance of material by consignee etc. along with their offer; failing which offer will be summarily rejected without making any back reference. 4) In case, the tenderer participates as an authorized dealer, then the performance as required above shall be that of Principal (OEM) authorizing the agent or bidder for the same OEM. It may so happen that the agent / dealer has credentials of past supply for a different Principal / OEM, then it will not be considered as performance. For Authorised dealer, tender specific authorization from OEM has to be uploaded with bid. 5) If tenderer is other than firms mentioned in RDSO Bill of Materials, tenderer should submit TENDER SPECIFIC AUTHORIZATION from the firms mentioned in RDSO Bill of Materials, failing which offer will be summarily rejected without making any back reference. 6) Firm should submit compliance for technical specification as per Annexure G1 o f R D S O SPEC: RDSO/PE/SPEC/0192-2018 (Rev-1). O ff e r s without compliance will be summarily rejected.

SECURITY DEPOSIT (SD) / PERFORMANCE SECURITY FOR STORES CONTRACTS: There shall be no exemption from submission of Security Deposit (SD) for any tender or by any tenderer except following: a) The Store contract cases of value upto Rs.25 (Twenty- Five) lakhs. b) Other Railways and Government Departments in terms of Railway board letter No. 2004/RS(G)/779/11 dt.24.07.2007. c) Indian Ordinance Factories in terms of Railway board letter No.92/RSS(G)/363 /1 dt.08.04.1993. d) PSUs owned by Ministry of Railways and PSUs for the group of items that are manufactured by them in terms of Railway board letter No 2003/RS9G)779/5 dt.10.09.2004. e) In tenders issued against PAC, OEM in whose favour PAC has been issued shall be exempted from submitting SD. KVIC and ACASH shall be exempted from SD for items supplied by them. f) Vendors registered with Railways for the trade group of the item tendered shall be exempted from SD for orders valued upto their monitory limit of registration. g) Vendors appearing on the approved vendor lists of RDSO/Pus/CORE (As available on IREPS/UVAM), subject to approval status being valid on the date of tender closing. h) Vendors registered with Railways for supply of medicine, medical equipments and consumables shall be exempted from submission of SD for these items. Note:Apart from claiming damages from vendors, in case of failure to comply with the contractual obligations, Railways shall record poor performance of the vendors for taking suitable penal action as per extant instructions. (Ref:i) For Point Nos (b) (c) & (d) as per Rly Bd Lr.No. Rly Bd Lr.No. 2018/Trans Cell/Stores Procurement dt. 02.01.2019. ii) For point No.(a), (e) to (h) as per Rly Bd Lr.No. 2004/RS(G)/779/11Pt. Dt.23.12.2019) NOTE: There shall be no exemption to such bidders from submitting EMD and SD for all tenders published during the period of time they are disqualified as per declaration signed by them.

MSEs registered for the tendered item are exempted from EMD. However, traders/distributor/agent/Authorised dealer participating on behalf of OEM/Approved vendors are not exempted from EMD. For other details please refer Para 15 of GTC dt.23.02.23.

Firm should provide the details of Place of Inspection.

It shall be the responsibility of the bidders to quote correct HSN number and corresponding GST rate.

Delivery schedule Should be indicated as per nature of the items.

I/We agree to supply the tendered stores at the rates quoted by me/usin accordance with the IRS Conditions of Contract and [or] special and[or]other conditions specified/attached with the tender

I/We agree to accept General Tender Conditions available at SOUTHCENTRAL RAILWAY STORES AND INSTRUCTIONS TO TENDERES.

For GST conditions, tenderers are requested to refer the General Tender Conditions / Instructions to tenderers.

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.

This tender complies with public procurement policy (make in India) order-2017, date 15-06-2017., issued by department of Industrial promotion and policy, Ministry of commerce, circulated vide Railway Board letterno.2015/RS(G)/779/5dated03/08/2017and27/12/2017.

I/We hereby undertake not to withdraw or modify or impair or derogate from the bid in any respect within the period of validity of this bid/tender. I/we undertake that the information/documents furnished in this bid are not false,misleading or forged. On later date any documents/Information furnished by me/us is found misleading or forged or false, we shall bear the responsibility for the same and we are liable to be prosecuted and penalized as per law of the land.

Bidders are advised to bring any deviation(s) clearly in the technical deviation statement. In case, these deviations are not indicated in the technical deviation statement, it will be presumed that offer is as per the tendered specification in all respect. Any ambiguity shall be to the disadvantage of the bidder.

The tenderers in their bid shall indicate the details of their GST Jurisdictional Assessing Officers (Designation, Address & email id). In case of a contract award, a copy of Purchase Order shall be immediately forwarded by Purchaser to the GST Jurisdictional assessing officer mentioned in Tenderer's bid.

There shall be no exemption from submission of EMD for any tender or by any tenderer except following: (a) Limited tenders with estimated value up to Rs. 25 Lakhs (including single tenders, Global Limited tenders) & open tenders with estimated value up to Rs.25 lakhs- unless specifically mentioned otherwise in the tender. EMD amount will be 2% of the estimated value of tender (b) Micro and small Enterprises (MSEs) registered for the tendered item. (c) Other Railways and Government (d) Indian Ordinance Factories (e) PSUs owned by Ministry of Railways and PSUs for the group of items that are manufactured by them (f) Vendors registered with Railways for the trade group of the item tendered, up to their monetary limit of registration status being valid on the date of tender closing (g) Vendors appearing on the approved vendor lists of RDSO/ PUs / CORE, subject to approval status being valid on the date of tender closing (h) Vendors registered with Railways for supply of medicine, medical equipments and consumables shall be exempted from submission of EMD for these items, subject to valid registration on the date of tender opening (i) In tenders issued against PAC, OEM in whose favour PAC has been issued shall be exempted from submitting EMD. KVIC and ACASH shall be exempted from EMD for items supplied by them. For details bidder to refer SCR Instruction to tenderers document.

If exemption is not allowed as per conditions incorporated in the Instructions to Tenderers, then required amount of EMD must be paid. If the offer is without EMD and exemption is not applicable as per these conditions then offer will be summarily rejected.

The successful firm should submit 5 % of Purchase Order value rounded off to nearest Rs.10/ (ten) as a SECURITY DEPOSIT (SD) for the due fulfilment of the Contract ( preferably FDR ). The firm should deposit SECURITY DEPOSIT (SD) with in 21 days after issue the letter of acceptance (LOA). No extension of time for submission of SECURITY DEPOSIT (SD) shall not be granted. The SECURITY DEPOSIT (SD) will be released only after completion of warranty/guarantee as per Tender Conditions. SECURITY DEPOSIT (SD) to be drawn in favour of Sr.DFM/SCR /VIJAYAWADA. Validity of SECURITY DEPOSIT (SD) shall be warranty period plus 3 months. If firm is submitting SD in the form of BG, between validity expire date and claim expire date of BG should be 01 year. SD to be submitted to Senior Divisional Material Manager, DRMs office Compound, South Central Railway, Vijayawada - 520001. Mobile No.9701373009.

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.

Delivery of the material & documents if any, to be sent to the Consignee only. For payment details firm should contact the consignee only. Consignee details:- Designation: Sri DOMA VENKATA RAMA KRISHNA, SSE/E/TL/BZA. Contact No.: : 9701373321. Bill Passing Officer : SR.DEE/M/BZA. Bill paying officer:----SR.DFM/DIVISION/BZA.