Ballast dressing, cess cleaning and other miscellaneous work for upkeep and tidiness of railway track Under ADEN/DPS in the jurisdiction of under jurisdiction of Sr. DEN(south)/CKP. (2nd Call)

Financial Eligibility Criteria: The tenderer must have minimum average annual contractual turnover of V/N or V whichever is less, where V= Advertised value of the tender in crores of Rupees, N= Number of years prescribed for completion of work for which bids have been invited. The average annual contractual turnover shall be calculated as an average of "total contractual payments" in the previous three financial years, as per the audited balance sheet. However, in case balance sheet of the previous year is yet to be prepared/ audited, the audited balance sheet of the fourth previous year shall be considered for calculating average annual contractual turnover. The tenderers shall submit requisite information as per Annexure -VI B, along with copies of Audited Balance Sheets duly certified by the Chartered Accountant/Certificate from Chartered Accountant duly supported by Audited Balance Sheet. Format of Annexure VI B is attached with document tab for reference.

Date of inviting tender shall be the date of publishing tender notice on IREPS website if tender is published on website or the date of publication in newspaper in case tender is not published on website.

The balance sheet and all other financial documents attested/certified by CAs to substantiate fulfillment of financial eligibility criteria should be with UDIN (Unique Document Identification Number), failing which the 1.1.1 offer is likely to be rejected without any further reference. (Authority: Chief Engineer/Works/SER/GRC's letter no. CE/G/Arb&Cont. Mgt./Tender Circular/Pt.I/317, dated 11.03.2025)

(a)The tenderer must have successfully completed orsubstantially completed any one of the following categories of work(s)during last 07 years,ending last day of month previous to the one in which tender is invited:iThree similar works each costing not less than the amount equal to 30% of advertised value of the tender,oriiTwo similar works each costing not less than the amount equal to 40% of advertised value of the tender,oriiiOne similar work costing not less than the amount equal to 60% of advertised value of the tender.b(1)In case of tenders for composite works(e.g.works involving more than one distinct component,suchasCivil Engineering works,S&T works,Electrical works,OHE works etc.and in the case of major bridges- substructure,superstructure etc),tenderer must have successfully completed or substantially completed any one of the following categories of work(s)during last07(seven)years,ending last day of month previous to the one in which tender is invited:(i)Three similar works each costing not less than the amount equal to 30% of advertised value of each component of tender,or(ii)Two similar works each costing not less than the amount equal to 40% of advertised value of each component of tender,or(iii)One similar work each costing not less than the amount equal to60% of advertised value of each component of tender.Note for b(1):Separate completed works of minimum required values shall also be considered for fulfillment of technical eligibility criteria for different components.(b)(2) In such cases,what constitutes a component in a composite work shall be clearly pre-defined with estimated tender cost of it, as part of the tender documents without any ambiguity.(b)(3)To evaluate the technical eligibility of tenderer,onlycomponents of work as stipulated in tender documents for evaluation of technical eligibility,shall be considered.The scope of work covered in other remaining components shall be either executed by tenderer himself if he has work experience as mentioned in clause7of the Standard General Conditions of Contractor through subcontractor fulfilling the requirements as per clause7of the Standard General Conditions of Contract or jointly i.e,partly himself and remaining through subcontractor, with prior approval of Chief Engineer in writing. However,if required in tender documents by way of Special Conditions, a formal agreement duly notarised,legally enforceable in the court of law, shall be executed by the main contractor with the subcontractor for the component(s) of work proposed to be executed by the subcontractor(s),and shall be submitted along with the offer for considering subletting of that scope of work towards fulfilment of technical eligibility.Such subcontractor must fulfill technical eligibility criteria as follows:The subcontractor shall have successfully completed at least one work similar to work proposed for subcontract, costing not less than 35% value of work to be subletted, in last 5 years,ending last day of month previous to the one in which tender is invited through a works contract.Note:for subletting of work costing up to Rs 50lakh,no previous work experience of subcontractor shall be asked for by the Railway.In case after award of contract or during execution of work it becomes necessary for contractor to change subcontractor,the same shall be done with subcontractor(s)fulfilling the requirements as per clause7oftheIRSGCC,with prior approval of Chief Engineer in writing.

Please Note that No Technical and Financial credentials are required for tenders having advertised value up to Rs 50 lakh. Hence tenderers need not required to submit any Technical and Financial credentials for tenders having advertised value up to Rs 50 lakh. (Authority- Railway Board's Letter No. 2022/CE-I/CT/GCC-2022/Policy, dtd: 27.04.2022)

Work experience certificate from private individual shall not be considered. However, in addition to work experience certificates issued by any Govt. Organisation, work experience certificate issued by Public listed company having average annual turnover of Rs 500 crore and above in last 3 financial years excluding the current financial year, listed on National Stock Exchange or Bombay Stock Exchange, incorporated/registered at least 5 years prior to the date of closing of tender, shall also be considered provided the work experience certificate has been issued by a person authorized by the Public listed company to issue such certificates. In case tenderer submits work experience certificate issued by public listed company, the tenderer shall also submit along with work experience certificate, the relevant copy of work order, bill of quantities, bill wise details of payment received duly certified by Chartered Accountant, TDS certificates for all payments received and copy of final/last bill paid by company in support of above work experience certificate.

Explanation for Eligibility Criteria- 1. Substantially Completed Work means an ongoing work in which payment equal to or more than 90% of the present contract value (excluding the payment made for adjustment of Price variation (PVC), if any) has been made to the contractor in that ongoing contract and no proceedings of termination of contract on Contractor's default has been initiated. The credential certificate in this regard should have been issued not prior to 60 days of date of invitation of present tender. 2. In case a work is started prior to 07 (seven) years, ending last day of month previous to the one in which tender is invited, but completed in last 07 (seven) years, ending last day of month previous to the one in which tender is invited, the completed work shall be considered for fulfillment of credentials. 3. If a work is physically completed and completion certificate to this extent is issued by the concerned organization but final bill is pending, such work shall be considered for fulfillment of credentials 4. In case of completed work, the value of final bill (gross amount) including the PVC amount (if paid) shall be considered as the completion cost of work. In case final bill is pending, only the total gross amount already paid including the PVC amount (if paid) shall be considered as the completion cost of work. In case of substantially completed work, the total gross amount already paid including the PVC amount (if paid), as mentioned in the certificate, shall be considered as the cost of substantially completed work. 5. If a 1.2.1 bidder has successfully completed a work as subcontractor and the work experience certificate has been issued for such work to the subcontractor by a Govt. Organization or public listed company as defined in Note for Item 10.1 Para 10 of the Tender Form (Second Sheet) of GCC APRIL 2022, the same shall be considered for the purpose of fulfillment of credentials. 6. In case a work is considered similar in nature for fulfillment of technical credentials, the overall cost including the PVC amount (if paid) of that completed work or substantially completed work, shall be considered and no separate evaluation for each component of that work shall be made to decide eligibility. 7. In case of newly formed partnership firm, the credentials of individual partners from previous propriety firm(s) or dissolved previous partnership firm(s) or split previous partnership firm(s), shall be considered only to the extent of their share in previous entity on the date of dissolution / split and their share in newly formed partnership firm. For example, a partner A had 30% share in previous entity and his share in present partnership firm is 20%. In the present tender under consideration, the credentials of partner A will be considered to the extent of 0.3*0.2*value of the work done in the previous entity. For this purpose, the tenderer shall submit along with his bid all the relevant documents which include copy of previous partnership deed(s), dissolution deed(s) and proof of surrender of PAN No.(s) in case of dissolution of partnership firm(s) etc.

8. In case of existing partnership firm, if any one or more partners quit the partnership firm, the credentials of remaining partnership firm shall be re-worked out i.e., the quitting partner(s) shall take away his credentials to the extent of his share on the date of quitting the partnership firm(e.g. in a partnership firm of partners A, B & C having share 30%, 30% & 40% respectively and credentials of Rs 10 crore; in case partner C quits the firm, the credentials of this partnership firm shall remain as Rs 6 crore). For this purpose, the tenderer shall submit along with his bid all the relevant documents which include copy of previous partnership deed(s), dissolution deed(s) and proof of surrender of PAN No.(s) in case of dissolution of partnership firm(s) etc.9. In case of existing partnership firm if any new partner(s) joins the firm without any modification in the name and PAN/TAN no. of the firm, the credentials of partnership firm shall get enhanced to the extent of credentials of newly added partner(s) on the same principles as mentioned in item 6 above. For this purpose, the tenderer shall submit along with his bid all the relevant documents which include copy of previous partnership deeds, dissolution/splitting deeds and proof of surrender of PAN No.(s) in case of dissolution of partnership firm etc. 10. Any partner in a partnership firm cannot use or claim his credentials in any other firm without leaving the 1.2.2 partnership firm i.e., In a partnership firm of A&B partners, A or B partner cannot use credentials of partnership firm of A&B partners in any other partnership firm or propriety firm without leaving partnership firm of A&B partners. 11. In case a partner in a partnership firm is replaced due to succession as per succession law, the proportion of credentials of the previous partner will be passed on to the successor.12. If the percentage share among partners of a partnership firm is changed, but the partners remain the same, the credentials of the firm before such modification in the share will continue to be considered for the firm as it is without any change in their value. Further, in case a partner of partnership firm retires without taking away any credentials from the firm, the credentials of partnership firm shall remain the same as it is without any change in their value. 13. In a partnership firm "AB" of A&B partners, in case A also works as propriety firm "P" or partner in some other partnership firm "AX", credentials of A in propriety firm "P" or in other partnership firm "AX" earned after the date of becoming a partner of the firm AB shall not be added in partnership firm AB.14. In case a tenderer is LLP, the credentials of tenderer shall be worked out on above lines similar to a partnership firm. 15. In case company A is merged with company B, then company B would get the credentials of company A also.

Date of inviting tender shall be the date of publishing tender notice on IREPS website if tender is published on website or the date of publication in newspaper in case tender is not published on website.

Defination of Similar Work :- Execution of P. Way works on running line.

If a tender is accepted on the quoted rates of bidder which is below the advertised tender value, an additional performance security shall be submitted by the bidder as below: (i) If Bid quoted in % of advertised cost is below 0 - 5% (Inclusive), then an additional performance guarantee (in %) will be Nil. (ii) If Bid quoted in % of advertised cost is below 5%, then an additional performance guarantee (in %) will be 5%. (Authoirity : Advance Correction Slip No. 11 to IRSGCC April-2022)

Following is the checklist for submission of documents while submitting the tender. :-

(I) A certificate as per annexure - V(A) enclosed in document tab. (II) Fulfillment of Standard Technical and Financial Criteria as per tender documents wherever applicable as per Tender Documents.

For Sole Proprietorship Firm: All documents in terms of Para 10 2.1.1 of the Tender Form (Second Sheet) of IR Standard GCC April 2022.

For Partnership Firm

The tenderer shall clearly specify that the tender is submitted on behalf of a partnership firm.The following documents shall be submitted by the partnership firm, with the tender:(i) A notarized copy of the Partnership Deed or a copy of the Partnership deed registered with the Registrar.(ii) A notarized or registered copy of Power of Attorney in favour of the individual to tender for the work, sign the agreement etc. and create liability against the firm.(iii) An undertaking by all partners of the partnership firm that they are not blacklisted ordebarred by Railways or any 2.2.1 other Ministry / Department of the Govt. of India from participation in tenders / contracts as on the date of submission of bids, either in their individual capacity or in any firm/LLP in which they were / are partners/members. Any Concealment / wrong information in regard to above shall make the bid ineligible or the contract shall be determined under Clause 62 of the Standard General Conditions of Contract. (iv) All other documents in terms of Para 10 of the Tender Form (Second Sheet) of IR Standard GCC April 2022

For Company registered under Companies Act-2013

Following documents shall be submitted by the tenderer:Company registered under Companies Act2013: (i) The copies of MOA (Memorandum of Association) / AOA (Articles of Association) of the company (ii) A copy of Certificate of Incorporation (iii) A copy of Authorization/Power of Attorney 2.3.1 issued by the Company (backed by the resolution of Board of Directors) in favour of the individual to sign the tender on behalf of the company and create liability against the company. (iv) All other documents in terms Para 10 of the Tender Form (Second Sheet) of IR Standard GCC April 2022.

Joint Venture (JV): The tenderer shall submit documents as mentioned in Clause 17 of IR Standard GCC April 2022 (Wherever Applicable)

Following documents shall be submitted by the tendererRegistered Society & Registered Trust: (i) A copy of Certificate of Registration (ii) A copy of Memorandum of Association of Society/Trust Deed (iii) A copy of Power of Attorney in favour of the individual to sign the tender documents and create liability against the Society/Trust. (iv) A copy of Rules & Regulations of the Society (v) All other documents in terms of Para 10 of the Tender Form (Second Sheet) of IR Standard GCC April 2022.

Following documents shall be submitted by the tenderer: LLP (Limited Liability Partnership): (i) A copy of LLP Agreement (ii) A copy of Certificate of Incorporation (iii) A copy of Power of Attorney/Authorization issued by the LLP in favour of the individual to sign the tender on behalf of the LLP and create liability against the LLP. (iv) An undertaking by all partners of the LLP that they are not blacklisted or debarred by Railways or any other Ministry / Department of the Govt. of India from 2.5.1 participation in tenders / contracts as on the date of submission of bids, either in their individual capacity or in any firm/LLP or JV in which they were / are partners/members. Concealment / wrong information in regard to above shall make the contract liable for determination under Clause 62 of the Standard General Conditions of Contract. (v) All other documents in terms of Para 10 of the Tender Form (Second Sheet)of IR Standard GCC April 2022.

Following documents shall be submitted by the tenderer: HUF: (i) A copy of notarized affidavit on Stamp Paper declaring that he who is submitting the tender on behalf of HUF is in the 2.5.2 position of 'Karta' of Hindu Undivided Family (HUF) and he has the authority, power and consent given by other members to act on behalf of HUF. (ii) All other documents in terms of Para 10 of the Tender Form (Second Sheet) of IR Standard GCC April 2022.

Declaration regarding Retd Railway Employee as per Para 16 (a), (b) & (c) of IR Standard GCC April 2022.

The tenderer shall clearly specify whether the tender is submitted on his own (Proprietary Firm) or on behalf of a Partnership Firm / Company / Joint Venture (JV) / Registered Society /Registered Trust / Hindu Undivided Family (HUF) / Limited Liability Partnership (LLP) etc. The tenderer(s) shall 2.6.1 enclose the attested copies of the constitution of their concern, and copy of PAN Card along with their tender. Tender Documents in such cases are to be signed by such persons as may be legally competent to sign them on behalf of the firm, company, association, trust or society, as the case may be.

The Bid Security shall be deposited either in cash through e- payment gateway or submitted as Bank Guarantee bond from a scheduled commercial bank of India or as mentioned in tender documents. The Bank Guarantee bond shall be as per Annexure VIA and shall be valid for a period of 90days beyond the bid validity period.NOTE- Bank Guarantee for Bid Security shall be Acting Through DRM/ENGG/CKP and Beneficiary shall be FA & CAO/S.E.Rly/Garden Reach/ Kolkata.

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.

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.

The Contractor will fill up and update the details of Contracts, Contractual Labour employed by him/her and related details as required by Railway on "Contract Labour Management Portal" or any other portal or in Register - as Directed by Engineer-in- Charge for which no extra payments shall be made.

Letter of Credit as Mode of Payment in Works Tender or Service Tender has been introduced as per Rly Board's letter no. 2018/CE-I/CT/9, New Delhi, dtd: 04.06.2018 (Documents are attached in uploaded section named as Conditions for LC Credit)). Tenderers are advised to see the uploaded section carefully for availing LC Credit at the time of bidding in IREPS Portal.

Retd. employ :- declaration regarding employment/ partnership etc. of retired railway employees. as per Clause 16 of IRSGCC APRIL 2022. Format is attached in document tab.

Mandate form should be uploaded as per attached format in document tab.

The Bid Security shall be deposited either in cash through e- payment gateway or submitted as Bank Guarantee bond from a scheduled commercial bank of India or as mentioned in tender documents. The Bank Guarantee bond shall be as per Annexure VI A and shall be valid for a period of 90 days beyond the bid validity period. The tenderer are advised to upload the Bid Security in case of BG as per Annex VI A for BID SECURITY uploaded in document Tab. Also,the original Bank Guarantee should be delivered in person to the official nominated as indicated in the tender document before closing date for submission of bids (i.e. excluding the last date of submission of bids).Non submission of scanned copy of Bank Guarantee with the bid on e-tendering portal(IREPS) and/or non submission of original Bank Guarantee within the specified period shall lead to summary rejection of bid. NOTE- Bank Guarantee for Bid Security shall be Acting Through DRM/ENGG/CKP and Beneficiary shall be FA & CAO/S.E.Rly/Garden Reach/Kolkata.