Lubrication of curves by contractor's own gauge face lubricator including its maintenance for period of five years under Jurisdiction of Senior Divisional Engineer (West) - Ahmedabad. (Phase-II).

(Clause 2.6.1.2 of GCC for service contract- 2018) Financial Standing: The Bidders will be qualified only if they have minimum financial capabilities as below- (i) T1- Financial Turnover: The bidder should have an aggregate financial turnover not less than 1.5 times the advertised Bid value during the last three previous financial years and in the current financial year upto the date of opening of the tender The audited balance sheet reflecting financial turnover certified by chartered accountant with her stamp, signature and membership number shall be considered.

(ii) T2-Liquidity: The bidder should have access to or has available liquid assets, lines of credit and other financial means to meet cash flow that is valued at 5% of the estimated bid value net of applicant's commitments for other contracts. The audited balance sheet and/or banking reference certified by chartered accountant with her stamp, signature and membership number shall be submitted by the bidder along with bid.

Banking reference should contain in clear terms the amount that bank will be in a position to lend for this work to the applicant/member of the Joint Venture/Consortium. In case the Net Current Assets (as seen from the Balance Sheets) are negative, only the Banking references will be considered. Otherwise the aggregate of the Net Current Assets and 1.1.1 submitted Banking references will be considered for working out the Liquidity. The banking reference should be from a Scheduled Bank in India and it should not be more than 3 months old as on date of submission of bids. In Case of JV firms overall liquidity of JV firm shall be assessed by arithmetic sum of liquidity of all members of JV.

Past Experience of Similar Services (Technical Eligibility criteria): Board (MI), in concurrence with Finance Directorate, has decided to dispense with the Minimum Eligibility Criteria as given in General Conditions of Contract for Services for Service Tender of "Track Based Lubricator". However, Financial Eligibility Criteria as given in the Standard General Conditions of Contract for Services will remain unchanged as per the Railway Board letter No: 2023/Track-I(P)/RDSO dt: 17.02.2023 & 12.03.2024. The tenderer has to submit the documents related to RDSO approval for "Automatic Gauge Face Lubricators on curves (Electronic type)".

Only RDSO Approved / Development Vendors for Track based Lubricators can participate with this tender. Copy of approval certificate with validity date is to be submitted along with the tender.

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.

Where there is any conflict in conditions/Specifications contained in various parts, order of precedence will be as given below

Any foot note given by the Railway in the schedule of quantities and rates.

Description of item in the Schedule of Quantities and rates.

Special Specifications

Additional Special Conditions/of Contract.

Standard Specifications.

Stamp Duty is applicable as per Stamp Act with latest amendments as applicable in the State.

Payment of Royalty Charges

All taxes, royalty charges, etc. of whatever nature in connection with the work including extraction and supply of rubble stone/stone ballast/sand/moorum earth or any other material used on the work shall have to be borne by the Contractor. The Contractor will be required to obtain a royalty clearance certificate from the concerned Revenue Authorities/Collector and produce the same to the Engineer after completion of the supply but before release of the final bill.

Royalties and Patent Rights: (a)The Contractor shall defray the cost of all royalties, fees and other payments in respect of patents, patent rights and licenses which may be payable to patentee, licensee or other person or corporation and shall obtain all necessary licenses. (b)The contractor shall indemnify, the Railway or any agent, servant or employee of the Railway against any action, claim or proceedings relating to infringement use of any patent or design any alleged patent or design rights and shall pay any royalties or other charges which may be payable in respect of any articles or materials or part thereof included in the contract. In the event of any claim being made or action being brought against the Railway or any agent, servant or employee of the Railway in respect of any such matters, as aforesaid, The contractor shall indemnify notified thereof. Provided that such indemnify shall not apply when such infringement has taken place in complying with the specific direction issued by the Railway but the contractor shall pay any royalties or other charges payable in respect of any such use.

Final bills of Ballast supply contracts are to be passed on submission of Royalty Clearance Certificate by the contractor from the concerned Revenue Authorities/ Collectors.

SPECIAL CONDITION FOR TAX DEDUCTION

In respect of works, a deduction of 2% from each of the Contractor's bills shall be made in terms of section 194(C) of the Income Tax Act of 1961 & 1991 and as per instructions issued from time to time (Surcharge will also be deducted along with I. Tax as per extent rules).

The Railway will deduct sales tax if leviable in a particular state where the work is going on, the gross amount of each bill while making payment to the contractor(s). The recovery shall be governed as per the guide lines & rates prescribed by the concerned State Government.

Any Other taxes The Contractor shall bear in full all taxes and royalties levied by the State Government and/or Central Government from time to time. This would be entirely a matter between the contractor and State Government/or Central Government. Railway will recover the taxes and royalties through final bills if the contractor fails to pay the taxes and royalties to the Government.

DETAILS OF INSPECTION REGISTER AND RECORDS ARE TO MAINTAINED BY TENDERER ARE AS FOLLOWS:

The Contractor/s shall maintain accurate records, plans and charts showing the dates and progress of all main operations and the Engineer shall have access to this information at all reasonable times. Records of tests made shall be handed over to the Engineer/s representative after carrying out the tests. The following registers will be maintained at site by the Contractor/s.

Site Order Register: The Contractor/s shall promptly acknowledge by putting his signature in the site order against any order given therein by the Engineer or his representative or his superior officers and comply with them. The Compliance shall be reported by the Contractor/s to the Engineer in good time so that it can be checked.

Labour Register: This register will be maintained to show daily strength of labour in different categories employed by the Contractor/s.

LOG book of events: All events are required to be chronologically logged in this book shift wise and date wise.

Cement & steel registers shall be maintained by the contractor.

DISASTER MANAGEMENT "All the available vehicles and equipment's of the contractor can be drafted by the Railway Administration in case of accidents/ natural calamities involving human lives. The payment for such drafting shall be made according to the rates as shall be fixed by the Engineer. However, if the contractor is not satisfied with the decision of the Engineer in this respect he may appeal to the Chief Engineer within 30 Days of getting the decision of the Engineer, supported by analysis of the rates claimed. The Chief Engineer's decision after hearing both the parties in the matter would be final and binding on the contractor and the Railway".

EMERGENCY WORK In the event of any accident or failure occurring in the execution of work/ arising out of it which in the opinion of the Engineer requires immediate attention, the Railway may bring its own workmen or other agency/agencies to execute or partly execute the necessary work or carry out repairs if the Engineer-in-charge considers that the contractor(s) is/are not in a position to do so in time without giving any notice and charge the cost thereof, to be determined by the Engineer- in-charge, to the contractor.

DAMAGE BY ACCIDENT/ FLOOD/ TIDES OR NATURAL CALAMITIES The Contractor shall take all precautions against damages from accidents, floods tides or other natural occurrences. He shall not be entitled to any compensation for his tools, plants, materials, machines and other equipment lost or damaged by any cause whatsoever. The Contractor shall be liable to make good the damage to any structure or part of a structure, plant or material of every description belonging to the Railway covered under the Contract, lost or damaged by him due to any cause during the course of execution of work. The Railway Administration will not be liable to pay the contractor any charge for rectification or repair to any damage which may have occurred from any cause what so ever.

INCLUSION OF LETTER OF CREDIT AS MODE OF PAYMENT For all the tenders having advertised cost of Rs 10 lakh or above, the contractor shall have the option to take payment from Railways through a letter of credit(LC)arrangement. (Railway Board's letter no. 2018/CE-I/CT/9 dated 04.06.2018)

CHANGE IN ADDRESS: Any change in the address of the contractor shall be forthwith intimated in writing to the Railway. The Railway will not be responsible for any loss/ inconvenience suffered by the Contractor on account of his failure to comply with this.

Care in Submission of Bids :- Before submitting a Bid, the Bidder shall be deemed to have satisfied herself by actual inspection of the site and locality of the services, that all conditions liable to be encountered during the delivery of the Services are taken into account and that the rates she enters in the Bid forms are adequate and all-inclusive to accord with the provisions in Clause- 4.42 of the General Conditions of Contract for the delivery of services to the entire satisfaction of the Manager.

The General Conditions of Contract for Services January 2018 updated with correction slips issued up to date of inviting tender is applicable in this tender.