Mobile UTS Thermal Ticket printers

Special Eligibility Criteria

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   a) The Past Performance: The OEM or OEM-authorized bidder should have satisfactorily executed at least one single Purchase Order/Work Order for the same or similar Category Products for a minimum of 20% of the tendered quantity, to any Central/State Govt. Organization/PSU (including Zonal Railways/PUs/CORE), during the previous three years, the said period of three years being counted with respect to the date of tender closing. A copy of the relevant single contract (proving supply of the said quantity) is to be submitted along with the bid. In case of bunch bids, the category related to the primary product having the highest bid value should meet this criterion. A Table showing Fulfilment of Experience Criteria is provided at Annexure A. b) Mandatory documents to be attached in support of the above past performance are copies of the Purchase Order/Work Order along with the supporting credentials as per CR Stores standard eligibility criteria - Para 3.4.2 (ii) above, i.e. Receipt Notes/proof of acceptance of material by the consignee, and/or an Inspection Certificate with self-declaration that the supply has been accepted by the consignee. Where the order involved installation and commissioning, a Purchase Order/Work Order execution certificate, and a Satisfactory Working Report post installation & commissioning, issued by the Gazetted Officer of the consignee, shall additionally be enclosed; the same shall not be insisted upon for supply-only orders where, by their nature, no installation / commissioning or working report arises. c) Similar Nature of Work:- For Ticketing Printers for use at UTS / PRS /TTE Lobby / Parcel Depots / Station Management Console / Portable Thermal Printer (M-UTS Printer):The Supply, Installation, Testing, Commissioning, and/or Maintenance of Heavy-Duty Dot Matrix Printers, Thermal Passbook/Ticket Printers, Receipt Printers, Barcode/Label Printers, or Industrial Line Printers to any Zonal Railways / Government Department / Public Sector Undertaking (PSU).

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   The order of precedence for various tender documents shall be as under:1.NIT 2. Special Condition of contract 3. Central Railway Bid Document 4.IRS condition of contract. In case of conflict, in any condition between the above documents the conditions mentioned in lower numbered documents shall prevail; for eg. If there is conflict between NIT & IRS conditions then condition mentioned in NIT will prevail, it being numbered 1, whereas IRS condition is numbered 4

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   Public Procurement (Preference to Make in India) Order,2017, latest revision (clause no.5.0) of CENTRAL RAILWAY BID DOCUMENT (Updated) JANUARY-2024, it has been found that there exists 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 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 eligible for any ordering. In case any vendor who does not qualify to be a 'Class-I Local Suppliers' for the tendered item participates in the tender, if 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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   A) In case the make/model of equipment is new to Indian Railways: UTS/PRS Application Compatibility: In case the quoted make and model is new in Indian Railways, the OEM / Supplier should furnish a valid certificate issued by CRIS for UTS/PRS Application compatibility. New vendors must strictly adhere to the technical and data-security protocols established by the Centre for Railway Information Systems (CRIS). This CRIS compatibility certificate is a documentary compatibility verification and does not constitute physical sample evaluation by the purchaser at the tender stage. So that the requirement does not foreclose new entrants, such a bidder may apply to CRIS for the certificate through the channel, documentation, testing arrangement, fee (if any) and timeline notified by CRIS; the tender shall allow adequate time to obtain it, or permit its submission at the first- article/ pre-bulk-production stage where the timeline so warrants. B) In case the make/model of equipment is already in use in Indian Railways: a UTS Application compatibility certificate from a Gazetted Railway Officer of the Railway is to be submitted, along with a copy of the relevant P.O.; the authorization Letter from the OEM is to be verified. C) A bidder and OEM declaration of Non - blacklisting is provided as Annexure B. D) The bidder should be a System Integrator (SI). For this purpose, System Integrator means an entity that supplies, integrates, installs, tests and commissions the complete equipment (hardware, OS/image and application integration) as a single responsible vendor. A self- declaration for the same should be given by the bidders authorized signatory. A proforma declaration is provided at Annexure C The specific information indicated against each section must be provided. Offers which do not contain the information sought might be considered unresponsive and become liable for rejection. E)In the Offer, a copy of the tender document with specific comments against each clause of the document should be submitted. Descriptive clauses should be marked noted/agreed. F)Letters, Certificates, Technical documents asked in the tender document shall be submitted alongwith bid. Failure to which bid will be summarily rejected. G)All the required documents along with a summary of these documents are to be submitted by the bidder by uploading on IREPS website along with the bid. Non- compliance would render the offer(s) liable to be summarily rejected/being ignored. H)The bidder must specify item wise compliance to technical specifications as per on their letter head. The make & model of the sub-components Thermal ticket printer should be clearly stated. In case, make & model is not specified, the bid may be disqualified.

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   A)In case the bidder is not an Original Equipment Manufacturer (OEM) then the bidder should enclose documentary evidence of back-to-back agreement with Original Equipment Manufacturer to provide support for the sub-components including availability of software/firmware upgrades during three years warranty period and two years Comprehensive Annual Maintenance Contract and hardware spares must be available for 05 years from the date of commissioning. Railway reserves the right to visit the manufacturing unit of Original Equipment Manufacturer to ensure genuineness of quoted make & model of any sub- component. A Tender specific Declaration of OEM and Bidder shall be attached along with the bid. B)All the declarations attached along with bid shall be Tender Specific Declarations/Authorizations else offer will be rejected. C)The bidder shall quote the Comprehensive Annual Maintenance Contract (CAMC) charges separately for the 4th and 5th years on the bidder's official letterhead. Failure to submit the CAMC rates for the 4th and 5th years, the bid liable to be summarily rejected.

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Check List

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   This is an e-tender. Manual Offers/Bids for this tender will not be accepted under any circumstances, only electronic Offers/Bids shall be accepted.
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   Have you furnished the statement of deviations, if any?
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   Have you mentioned MAKE/BRAND of OEM
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   Have you indicated the HSN code of your offered product
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   Have you kept your offer validity as per "Condition for Responsiveness of Offer"
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   Have you indicated the percentage of Local Content in the relevant column
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   Have you attached relevant document for MSE if you claimed benefits and preferential treatment as MSE firm
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   Have you submitted CA certificate for the Local Content claimed, if you claim to be a "Class I Local Supplier/Class II Local Supplier"

Commercial-Compliance

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   Goods & Services Tax (GST): As per Clause 9.0 and all sub clauses of CENTRAL RAILWAY BID DOCUMENT (Updated) JANUARY-2024. All tenderers to quote correct HSN code and corresponding GST rate for the item/items quoted. Misclassification in HSN code, if quoted by any bidder, shall be dealt as per Clause 9.0(iv) of Section II of CENTRAL RAILWAY BID DOCUMENT (Updated) JANUARY-2024

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   In case the successful tenderer is not liable to be registered under CGST/IGST/UTGST/ SGST Act, the Railway shall deduct the applicable GST from his/their bills under Reverse Charge Mechanism [RCM] and deposit the same to the concerned tax authority.

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   The Bidder agrees to supply the tendered stores at the rates quoted by him in accordance with the Standard Governing Conditions of this tender

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   The bidder confirms that Rates and other financial terms quoted in relevant columns of financial bid will only be ruling terms for acceptance, and such terms quoted anywhere else should be ignored. [Denial of this condition is not recommended]

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   Participation by Manufacturers is preferred. Agents/Dealers participating in a tender on behalf of manufacturers must provide Tender Specific Authorization (TSA) issued by the OEM. Bidders must upload above authorization letter along with their offer failing which their offer will not be considered as an offer from that manufacturer and the make. i) In a tender, either the authorized agent/dealer on behalf of the Principal/OEM or the Principal/OEM itself can bid, but both cannot bid simultaneously for the same item in the same tender. Further, against a particular tender, one Principal/OEM should not issue Tender Specific Authorization to more than one agent/dealer. Such offers with different terms against a particular product, if treated as ambiguous offers, the bidder(s) or their Principal/OEM will have no right to lodge any claim. ii) If an authorized agent/dealer submits bid on behalf of the Principal/OEM, the same agent/dealer shall not submit a bid on behalf of another Principal/OEM in same tender for the same item/product

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   Bidders shall also give Declaration as below:- I/We agree to pass on such additional input tax credit as may become available in future under GST scheme, in respect of all the inputs used in the manufacturing and/or supply of final goods/services on the date of supply by way of reduction in price and advise the purchaser accordingly

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   All bidders shall confirm declaration as below in terms of Clause 5.15 of Section II of CENTRAL RAILWAY BID DOCUMENT (Updated) JANUARY-2024 in compliance of restrictions under Rule 144(xi) of GFR- 2017:- a) I have read the clause regarding restrictions on procurement from a bidder of country which shares a land border with India. 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. (Where applicable, evidence of valid registration by the competent authority is attached). If the bidder fails to give such declaration, as above, then it will be presumed that the contents of above declaration have been read and unconditionally agreed and accepted by the tenderer. If any tenderer is not agreeable to this declaration they have to categorically mention about the disagreement in Techno-Commercial Deviation.

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   Firms claiming to be "Class I Local Supplier" or "Class II Local Supplier" on the basis of self-certification of "Local Content" are required to provide a Certificate from the Statutory Auditor/Cost Auditor of the Company (OR) a practicing Chartered Accountant/Cost Accountant certifying the percentage of local content in the product offered in terms of Clause 5.5 of Section II of CENTRAL RAILWAY BID DOCUMENT (Updated) JANUARY-2024, failing which their offer will not be considered as an offer from a "Class I Local Supplier/Class II Local Supplier" and will be dealt with accordingly. If not uploaded with bid, such certificate should be submitted at the earliest.

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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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    Vendors claiming to avail benefits and preferential treatment extended to Micro and Small Enterprises (MSEs) must necessarily upload relevant documents with their offer in terms of Clause 4.0 of Section II of CENTRAL RAILWAY BID DOCUMENT (Updated) JANUARY-2024. Vendors claiming MSE benefit, despite upward reclassification, must upload relevant MSE document.

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    Bidders to submit details of location(s) where local value addition is made. In case no details are furnished, it will be presumed that works address(es) of manufacturing in India are the location(s) of local value addition.

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    Note to Bidders: Bidders are advised to carefully review the contents of the Undertaking/declaration prior to signing, as the submission of false information could lead to rejection of the bid.

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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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   Validity of offer: Validity of offer should be 90 days. Offers quoted with lesser validity shall be deemed as commercially unresponsive and shall be summarily rejected.