Installation of 1.2 MTPA Universal Rail & Structural Mill at Bhilai Steel Plant, Bhilai..

• The bidder should fulfil the following eligibility criteria: A-1. Technical Eligibility Criteria 1. The bidder (sole or consortium) should have carried out design, engineering, supply, erection/ supervision of erection, commissioning/ supervision of commissioning of following in the last 15 (fifteen) years, either under the same or different work orders as on the date of NIT. • A Universal Rail Mill of at least 0.7 Mtpa capacity (Universal mill means rolling through horizontal as well as vertical set of roller) “And” • Inline/ Online Heat Treatment Facility for head hardening of rails (Online means Heat Treatment Facility directly on the path of rail movement to Cooling Bed. Inline means Heat Treatment Facility on a diverted path from the path of the rail movement to Cooling Bed) “And” • Universal Structural / Section / Beam Mill of minimum capacity 0.4 Mtpa, capable of producing HE 700 (Min) Beams Design would mean basic data and basic engineering. The above Universal Rail Mill, Inline heat treatment facility and Universal Structural / Section / Beam Mill should be in operation and giving satisfactory performance for a minimum period of one year during last 10 years prior to the date of NIT. Self-attested photocopies of following documents shall be submitted by the bidder in support of the above criteria clearly mentioning the parameters asked for: i) Work order/ any other letter of award of work/ Contract document/ Purchase order issued by the client for Para A-1, S.No.1 mentioned above. ii) Commissioning certificate/ Performance certificate/ Completion certificate/ Final acceptance certificate/ any other documents issued by the client showing completion of the job, corresponding to para A-1, S.No.1 mentioned above. iii) Client’s letter confirming satisfactory performance, corresponding to para A-1, S.No.1 mentioned above. The bidder should submit an affidavit stating that the eligibility documents furnished by them are genuine.

• 2. In case the bidder is in a consortium: a) One or more of the consortium members (maximum three consortium members are permitted) can either individually or together, fulfil the criteria of Para A-1, S.No.1 above. b) The responsibility of design, engineering, supply, supervision of erection and supervision of commissioning should be taken up in the responsibility matrix by the respective members who fulfil the criteria as per Para A-1, S.No.1. c) For taking up the remaining jobs of para-A-1 (Erection and commissioning jobs), the respective members should have either experience as per para-1 or experience of erection and commissioning of any project in any Steel Plant Project of value not less than Rs 500 crores. d) Leader of Consortium shall be the technology supplier and having minimum 20% of job or share of work in value terms. Technology supplier shall be the member of consortium fulfilling the experience of design / engineering as mentioned in Para A-1, S.No.1. Bidder has to submit Notarized copy of Memorandum of Agreement and Responsibility Matrix indicating percentage of scope of work to be carried out by each member in value terms of total contract value. Self-attested photocopies of the following documents showing experience as per the responsibility matrix for each member of the consortium, as applicable, should be submitted by the bidder in support of the above: i) Work order/ any other letter of award of work/ Contract document/ Purchase order issued by the client as mentioned above. ii) Commissioning certificate/ Performance certificate/ Completion certificate/ Final acceptance certificate/ any other documents issued by the client showing completion of the job; corresponding to above. Each member of consortium should submit an affidavit stating that the eligibility documents furnished by them are genuine. OR A-2. Technical Eligibility Criteria To promote self-reliance in Indian Iron & Steel Sector by incentivizing the adoption, development & scale up of Indigenous Technologies across all stages of Steel manufacturing, following clauses will be applicable for eligibility: 1. Bidder can participate as indigenous technology provider. In cases where technology and proof for earlier basic engineering, supply and commissioning is available with bidder (indigenous technology provider) but does not match the present capacity requirement, following conditions will be applicable: 2. The bidder should have carried out basic engineering, supply and commissioning of following in the last 15 (fifteen) years, either under the same or different work orders as on the date of NIT. • A Universal Rail Mill of at least 0.4 Mtpa capacity (30% of proposed capacity of 1.2 Mtpa) “And” • Inline/ Online Heat Treatment Facility for head hardening of rails “And” • Universal Structural/ Section/ Beam Mill of minimum capacity 0.4 Mtpa (30% of proposed capacity of 1.2 Mtpa), capable of producing HE 700 (Min) Beams.

• i) The bidder should have experience of detailed engineering of following in the last 15 (fifteen) years, either under the same or different work orders as on the date of NIT. • A Universal Rail Mill of at least 0.9 Mtpa capacity (75% of proposed capacity of 1.2 Mtpa) “And” • Inline/ Online Heat Treatment Facility for head hardening of rails “And” • Universal Structural/ Section/ Beam Mill of minimum capacity 0.4 Mtpa, capable of producing HE 700 (Min) Beams. Following documents shall be submitted by the bidder in support of above: a) Documentary proof (self-attested copies of Work order/ any other letter of award of work/ Contract document/ Purchase order/any other relevant document issued by the client) to establish above experiences. b) Commissioning certificate / Performance certificate / Completion certificate / Final acceptance certificate / any other documents issued by the client showing completion of the above work. c) Notarized copy of Memorandum of Agreement/ MOU/ comfort letter / any other documents for tie ups with the vendors The bidder should submit an affidavit stating that the eligibility documents furnished by them are genuine OR 3. Bidder can participate as indigenous technology supplier. In cases where technology is available but no reference for earlier supply is available with bidder (indigenous technology supplier), following conditions shall be applicable: i) The indigenous technology supplier should have done detailed engineering for at least 6 out of the following 8 equipment/system (matching at least 75% of the features) of the proposed URSM project a) Bloom / Beam Blank charging system b) Breakdown Mills c) Rail straightener d) Cooling Bed for rails / structural e) Hot saw for rails / structural f) Roller table for rails / structural g) Straightening machine for structural h) Rail / structural finishing area ii) The indigenous technology supplier should have done detailed engineering matching 100% of the following critical features in the process flow of the proposed project. 1) Tandem Mill for Rail Mill 2) Inline/online heat treatment facility for rails iii) The bidder should have demonstrable tie ups with the vendors for engineering and supply of (Qualification of Vendors) • Walking Beam Reheating furnace • NDT equipment for Rails • Breakdown & Tandem Mills for rails / structural • Rail straightener • Cooling Bed for rails / structural • Hot saw for rails / structural • Roller table for rails / structural • Straightening machine for structural • Rail / structural finishing area The vendors should have previous experience of completing supply of above items in a Rolling mill and documentary evidence to be provided by the vendors. iv) The bidder shall provide demonstrable evidence of technology availability by fulfilling at least one of the following criteria: • Granted Patents: Submission of patent certificates or documentation evidencing ownership of patented processes and equipment designs. • Acquired Technol

• Following documents shall be submitted by the bidder in support of above: a) Documentary proof (Self-attested copies of Work order/ any other letter of award of work/ Contract document/ Purchase order/any other relevant document issued by the client) to establish above experiences. b) Notarized copy of Memorandum of Agreement/ MOU/ comfort letter for tie-ups / any other documents for tie ups with the vendors The bidder should submit an affidavit stating that the eligibility documents furnished by them are genuine OR 4. In cases where no Indian technology is available, a foreign technology supplier satisfying technical qualification criteria of Design, supply, supervision of erection & Supervision of commissioning, as per Clause A-1,S.No.1 and committing to transfer technology, including training and handholding to an Indian CPSE (including the procuring entity), within three years, shall be eligible to bid and shall be considered as deemed class – 1 supplier irrespective of percentage of Domestic Value Addition. 5. Consortium bidding is allowed. Bidder has to submit Notarized copy of Memorandum of Agreement and Responsibility Matrix indicating percentage of scope of work to be carried out by each member. Each member of consortium should submit an affidavit stating that the eligibility documents furnished by them are genuine. B. As per Domestically Manufactured Iron & Steel Products Policy-2025 (Revised in May 2025), the minimum domestic content (%) of Capital Goods* should be 45 %. (Except for the case where foreign Technology Supplier satisfying A-2, S.No.3 of Technical Eligibility criteria) * For the purpose of this project, capital goods shall mean supply of plant & equipment including technological structure and refractories as defined within the project scope. Bidder shall i) Self-certify the local content as per form-1 pertaining to Appendix-A and Appendix-B as defined in the DMI&SP policy, at the time of bidding. ii) Provide a certificate from the statutory auditor or cost auditor of the company (in case of companies) or from a practising cost accountant or practising chartered accountant (in respect of suppliers other than companies) declaring that the capital goods (Appendix-B) to be used in iron & steel industry are domestically manufactured in terms of the domestic value addition prescribed. (Refer DMI &SP Policy dated 26.05.2025).

• C. Financial Eligibility a) The average annual financial turnover of the bidder during the last three consecutive financial years ending 2024 shall be at least Rs.1000 Crore. (Rupees one thousand crore only). b) In case of consortium bidding, Minimum Turnover requirement for each consortium member = Rs. 1000 Crore (or equivalent in foreign currency) × % of scope of work in value terms of total contract value declared in Consortium Agreement (MoA). c) The bidder (each member of the consortium; in case of consortium bidding) shall submit audited annual financial reports for last three (3) consecutive financial years ending 2024 in support of the above. d) Net worth of the bidder should be positive in the financial year ending 2024 as per the Audited annual accounts. For consortium bidding, net worth of each member of the consortium should be positive in the financial year ending 2024 as per the Audited annual accounts. e) A technology shall be deemed to be Indigenous technology if, at least 51 % of the entity's equity is held by Indian residents and the IPR is owned or co-owned by an Indian entity or licensed exclusively to them and the core engineering, R&D, and project execution capabilities reside in India. In support of this, the bidder shall submit certificate from authorized agency. f) Documents submitted in support of financial eligibility wherever certified by the CA members of ICAI (The Institute of Chartered Accounts of India) from 01.07.2019 onwards, shall contain the Unique Document Identification Number (UDIN).