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Special Eligibility Criteria

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   i.The Railway reserves the right to order either the entire or the bulk quantity on the ICF Approved vendors against UVAM ICF Item ID 2300085. Status of approval of tenderer shall be reckoned as on the date of tender opening and not thereafter, unless it is a case of downgrading/ removal/ suspension/ banning. ii(a). Vendors approved for developmental ordering against UVAM ICF Item ID 2300085 shall be eligible for developmental order of up to 20% of Net Procurable Quantity [NPQ] in regular tenders. ii(b).Vendors approved by any centralized vendor approving agencies for developmental orders with condition of prototype approval and/or field trial, may be given developmental order for 5% of Net Procurable Quantity [NPQ] within or outside NPQ. However the total order on developmental firms will be limited to 20% of the NPQ.

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   iii. Where there are not more than three Indian suppliers categorized as Approved vendor for the tendered item, developmental vendors without any conditional approval can be considered for placement of bulk order without any quantity restrictions. However, while considering such vendors, factors including past performance, capacity, and delivery requirements, quantity under procurement, nature of items, outstanding order load, etc. shall be considered in a transparent manner subject to rates being reasonable. Quantity allocation among eligible vendors shall be based on pre decided tender criteria. Such orders shall be treated as Bulk Orders. A Supplier or bidder shall be considered to be from India if (i) the entity is incorporated in India, or (ii) a majority of its shareholding or effective control of the entity is exercised from India, or (iii) more than 50% of the value of item being supplied has been added in India. iv. Where there is no approved vendor for an item, developmental vendors without any conditional approval can be considered for placement of bulk order without any quantity restrictions. However, while considering such vendors, factors including past performance, capacity, delivery requirements, quantity under procurement, nature of item, outstanding order load etc. shall be considered in a transparent manner, subject to rates being reasonable. Quantity allocation among eligible vendors shall be based on predecided tender criteria. v. Authorized dealers/ distributors need to quote with Tender specific authorization from the approved vendors/developmental vendors/Manufacturers failing which offer will be summarily rejected. While issuing such authorizations the approved vendors/developmental vendors/Manufacturers must ensure that these authorized dealers/distributors are in a position to raise inspection requests on IREPS.

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Commercial-Compliance

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   In cases of Contracts/POs for a value 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. Such certificates shall be required to be submitted by the contractor along with their 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. For severable contracts or in case of part supply, a penalty in the form of deduction of 10% of the value shall be imposed commensurate to that lot only. This penalty of 10% on the contract value will be over and above the liquidated damages & other deductions/penalties if any applicable in the contract. However, contract once awarded shall not be terminated on this account.

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   (i) In terms of clause 4.0 of the Instructions to Tenderers for E.tenders, NR ITT_Rev_1.21_April_2024 & its applicable correction_Slips, Bidders not failing in the exempt category for furnishing EMD, are required to Mandatorily furnish the requisite EMD along with their offer, Failing which their offer will be summarily rejected. (ii) In terms of Clause 12.0 for E.tenders, ITT_Rev_1.21_April_2024 & its applicable correction_Slips successful bidders unless failing in the exempt category for submission of S.D. are mandatorily required to submit Security Deposit at 5% of the value of Contact value.

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   Bidders are required to submit a duly signed certificate as per clause 2.4.3 of NR ITT_Rev_1.21_April_2024 & its applicable correction_Slips for compliance to the conditions regarding restrictions on procurement from bidders from countries sharing land borders with India. The format of certificate is mentioned below for ready reference of bidders. I have read the clause regarding restrictions on procurement from a bidder of a country which shares a land border with India; (a) I certify that I am not from such a country; or (b) I am from such a country and have been registered with the competent Authority I hereby certify that I fulfil all the requirements in this regard and eligible to be considered. Evidence of valid registration by the competent authority is attached. NOTE1: Bidder is requested to please Strike out clause(a) or clause(b) whichever is not applicable to bidder while submitting above duly signed certificate . NOTE2. Bidders , who are not from such a country which shares land Border with India, should select YES in the Complied column. However, in case, the bidder is from a country sharing land border with India, should select NO in the complied column.

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   In keeping with the Public Procurement (Preference to Make in India) Order, 2017 as amended and in terms of clause 2.4.5 of Instructions to tenderers for e- Tender, NR ITT_Rev_1.21_April_2024 & its applicable correction_Slips. Public Procurement of this item is restricted to Class-I & Class II local suppliers only. At the time of tender bidding the bidders shall be required to indicate percentage of local content. The bidders should mandatorily indicate percentage of local content in their offer in IREPS.

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   The tenderers in their bids shall indicate the details of their jurisdictional assessing officers (Designation, address & email ID). Also tenderers are required to furnish the correct HSN code for the offered item along with their 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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General Instructions

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   Bank Account details for the purpose of payment shall be taken as appearing in the profile of the vendor in IREPS. In case, there is any change in the bank account details, vendors are advised to update their bank account details in their IREPS profile.
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   (Details of Bank account of PFA/SAB/NR for submission of S.D. is State Bank Of India, New Delhi, Account No. 30788224089,Name of The Branch-New Delhi Main Branch ( 00691 ), Name of the Account Holder: Northern Railway ( HQ ) ( R e c e i p t Account), IFSC Code- SBIN0000691

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   FOR : Destination, Offers for delivery of consignment of one consignee at premises of another consignee shall be treated as commercially unresponsive and such offers shall be summarily rejected.

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   MODE OF DESPATCH: By Road Transport on freight pre-paid and door delivery basis.

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