MDU Division Twin single line between KON & MDU stations with EI arrangements at KON and MDU stations - Electrical power supply, Wiring & Installation and Lighting arrangements

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The Tenderers are advised to visit the site of work in their own interest and acquaint themselves with the site conditions and expected quantum o f work and assess all the site specific difficulties to be experienced while executing the same and the rate shall be arrived duly considering all the facts above and quoted in the tender. Any representation at a later date specifying the site difficulties shall not be considered.

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(i)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. (ii)This option of taking payment through LC arrangement has to be exercised in IREPS (Indian Railway Electronic Procurement System - the e-application on which tenders are called by Railways) by the tenderer at the time of bidding itself, and the tenderer shall affirm having read over and agreed to the terms and conditions of the LC option.(iii)The option so exercised, shall be an integral part of the bidder's offer.(iv)The above option of taking payment through LC arrangement, once exercised by tenderer at the time of bidding, shall be final and no change shall be permitted, thereafter, during execution of contract.(v)In case tenderer opts for payment through LC, following shall be the procedure to deal release of payment through LC:(a)The LC shall be a sight LC.(b)The contractor shall select his Advising/Negotiating bank for LC. The incidental cost towards issue of LC and its operation thereof shall be borne by the contractor.(c)SBI, New Delhi, Main Branch will be the nodal branch for issue of LCs based on online requests received from Railway Accounts Units for tenders opened in financial year 2018-19. SBI branches where the respective Railway Accounts Office has its Account (local SBI branch) will be the issuance/reimbursing branch for LC issued under this arrangement. The Bank shall remain same for this tender till completion of contract. The incidental cost @ 0.15 % per annum of LC value, towards issue of LC and operation thereof shall be borne by the contractor and shall be recovered from his bills. (d)The LC shall be opened initially for duration of 180 to 365 days in consultation with contractor. The LC shall be extended time to time as per the progress of the contract, on the request of the contractor. The value of LC to be opened initially as well as extended thereafter shall be finalised by the engineer in consultation with the contractor on the basis of expected progress of work.(e)The LC terms and conditions shall inter-alia indemnify and save harmless the Railway from and against all losses, claims and demands of every nature and description brought or recovered against the Railways by reason of any act or omission of the contractor, his agents or employees, in relation to the Letter of Credit (LC). All sums payable/borne by Railways on this account shall be considered as reasonable compensation and paid by Contractor.

(f)The LC terms and conditions shall inter-alia provide that Railways will issue a Document of Authorisation after passing the bill for completed work, to enable contractor to claim the authorized amount from their bank.(g)The acceptable, agreed upon document for payments to be released under the LC shall be the Document of Authorisation.(h)The Document of Authorisation shall be issued by Railway Accounts Office against each bill passed by Railways.(i)On issuance of Document of Authorisation, a copy of Document of Authorisation shall be posted on IREPS for download by the contractor. A digitally signed copy of Document of Authorisation shall also be sent by Railway Accounts Office to Railway's bank (Local SBI Branch). (j)The contractor shall take print out of the Document of Authorisation available on IREPS and present his claim to his bank (advising Bank) for necessary payments as per LC terms and conditions. The claim shall comprise of copy of Document of Authorisation, Bill of Exchange and Bill.(k)The payment against LC shall be subject to verification from Railway's Bank (Local SBI Branch). (l)The contractor's bank (advising bank) shall submit the documents to the Railways Bank (Local SBI Branch0.(m)The Railway's bank (issuing bank) shall, after verifying the claim so received w.r.t. the digitally signed Document of Authorisation received from Railway Accounts Office, release the payment to contractor's bank (advising bank) for crediting the same to contractor's account.(n)Any number of bills can be dealt within one LC, provided the sum total of payments to contractor is within the amount for which LC has been opened.(o)The LC shall be closed after the release of final payment including PVC amount, if any, to the contractor.(p)The release of performance guarantee or security deposit shall be dealt directly by Railway with the contractor i.e., not through LC.