Carrying out Final Location Survey, Geotechnical studies, preparation of drawings, preparation of detailed Project Report (DPR) and EPC tender document and other preliminary activities for preparing detailed estimate on actual realistic cost of rehabilitation/modification of existing Delhi-Mumbai Railway Line & proposed 3rd & 4th Line works affected from submergence of the proposed Doongri Dam under Modified PKC ILR Project as Deposit Work (27.50 Kms.).

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-B of Chapter-6 of tender document along with copies of Audited Balance Sheets duly certified by the Chartered Accountant/ Certificate from Chartered Accountant duly supported by Audited Balance Sheet, otherwise the offer will be SUMMARILY REJECTED.

Bid Capacity: - For tenders of advertised value more than Rs. 10 Crores, the tenderers who meet the Minimum Eligibility Criteria will be qualified only if their Available Bid Capacity is equal to or more than the Total Bid Value of the Present Tender. Available Bid Capacity shall be calculated as under: Available Bid Capacity = [AxN x2]-0.33 x N x B Where, A=Maximum value of construction works executed and payment received in any one of the previous three financial years or the current financial year (up to the date of inviting of tender) taking into account the completed as well as works in progress. N= Number of years prescribed for completion of work for which bids has been invited. B=Existing commitments and balance amount of ongoing works with the tenderer as per prescribed proforma of Railway for statement of all works in progress and also the works which are awarded to tenderer but yet not started up to the date of inviting of tender. The tenderer(s) must furnish the details of all existing commitments and balance amount of all ongoing works including works which are awarded to tenderer but yet not started and also works for which letter of acceptance received up to the date of inviting of the tender as per Annexure G (in case of no works in hand, a 'NIL' statement should be furnished) and available Bid capacity calculation as per annexure G-1 of Chapter -6 of tender document. These statements should be submitted duly verified by Chartered Accountant. In case, the statement is submitted without verification by Chartered Accountant, the offer shall be considered as incomplete and will be SUMMARILY REJECTED.

For Maximum value of construction works executed and payment received in any one financial year i.e., Value- "A" considered for calculation of available Bid capacity shall be duly certified by CA supported with audited balance sheet and in case balance sheet is yet to be prepared /audited than it shall be supported by Form-16A issued by client (duly certified by CA) and/or payment received under relevant section for contractual payment of Form-26AS generated through TRACES of Income Tax Department (duly certified by CA). Value of "A" not supported by duly certified audited balance sheet/Form- 16A/Form- 26AS by Chartered Accountant WILL NOT BE CONSIDERED FOR BID CAPACITY CALCULATION.

(a)The tenderer must have successfully completed or substantially completed any one of the following categories of works during last 07 (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 the tender, or(ii) Two similar works each costing not less than the amount equal to 40% of advertised value of the tender, or (iii)One similar work each costing not less than the amount equal to 60% of advertised value of the tender.(b)(1) In case of composite works (e.g. works involving more than one distinct component, such as Civil 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 works during last 07 (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 to 60% 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. contd. .................... Next Box

Contd. ................ from Previous Box.(b)(3) To evaluate the technical eligibility of tenderer, only components 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 clause 7 of the Standard GCC or through subcontractor fulfilling the requirements as per clause 7 of the Standard GCC 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 50 lakh, 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 clause 7 of the Standard GCC, with prior approval of Chief Engineer in writing.

Note for Technical Criteria: 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.For such work experience certificate following details shall also be submitted: - i) Details of Average Annual turnover of the public listed company in last 3 financial years excluding the current financial year, (company should be 500 Cr and above) issued by Chartered Accountant, ii) The copy of the documents regarding listing in the National stock exchange or Bombay stock exchange with details of status of listing as on date of opening of tender, duly self-attested ,iii) The copy of the document of incorporation/ registration of the Public listed company (should be at least 5 years prior to date of closing of tender), duly self-attested. Iv) The copy of document regarding Person Authorized by the Public listed Company to issue such certificate, duly self-attested.

Defination of Similar Work :- Any Civil Engineering Survey work involving survey for deciding alignment of a Railway line or a Highway or an Irrigation Canal.

If Bid Security is submitted through mode of Bank Guarantee, then tenderer must submit the scanned copy of the Bank Guarantee (as per Specimen Format at Annexure-Q of Chapter-6 of Tender Document) submitted towards Bid Security and the original bank guarantee shall be submitted/delivered in- person to the official /office mentioned under item no.-16 of Top sheet-1 (as per para-3 of Instruction to Tenderers (ITT) of Chapter-2 of tender Document) before closing date of 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 above specified period shall lead to SUMMARILY REJECTION OF BID. In case of the Bid Security deposited through e- payment gateway, then the same should be confirmed by the tenderer.

Tenderer shall submit certificate as per Annexure- A & A-1 (as required) of Chapter-6 of the Tender document. However, if the bidder on behalf of tenderer including its constituents confirms and certify the provisions of Annexure-A on IREPS, the uploading of physical signed Annexure- A on IREPS portal is not mandatory. However, Partnership firm/Joint Venture (JV) / Hindu Undivided Family (HUF) / Limited Liability Partnership (LLP) etc. shall also submit a certificate as per Annexure-A1. Non submission of the certificate A & A1, or submission of certificate either not properly filled in, or in a format other than the prescribed format shall lead to SUMMARILY REJECTION of the offer.

Tenderer shall submit details of works successfully completed or substantially completed during last 07 years ending last day of month previous to the one in which tender has been invited as per the format vide Annexure-F & F-1 (as applicable) of Chapter- 6 of the Tender Document along with work completion/experience certificate. Non-compliance with this condition shall lead to SUMMARILY REJECTION of the offer.

Tenderer shall submit the details of the constitution of Firm i.e., Proprietary Firm/Partnership Firm/HUF/JV/Company Registered under Companies Act- 2013/Limited Liability Partnership/Registered Society & Registered Trust etc. as per Annexure-C of Chapter-6 of the Tender Document. Tenderer shall also submit the mandatory supporting documents such as copies of Partnership Deed, Power of Attorney, Memorandum of Articles, Articles of Association, Authorization, Certificate of Incorporation, Certificate of Registration, Deed of Formation, MOU of JV, Copy of PAN card etc. as applicable under Para 14, 15, 17 & 18 of Chapter-2 of Tender Document. Important Note: - (a) In case one or more of the members of JV is/are partnership firm(s)/Proprietary Firm/HUF/Companies/LLP Firm(s)/Society(s)/Trust(s), the required documents of each individual member of JV shall be submitted along with the documents to be submitted on behalf of the JV, (b) non- submission of above documents (except PAN Card) or submission of incomplete documents shall lead to SUMMARILY REJECTION of the offer.

Tenderer shall submit Power of attorney duly notarized/authorization in favour of a single individual as per para-14,15,17 & 18 of tender form (second sheet) of SGCC and para 15 of Chapter-2 of Tender document. Non-submission of Power of attorney duly notarized/authorization as per above paras of SGCC/Tender document shall lead to SUMMARILY REJECTION of the offer/Bid.

Tenderer participating as Joint Venture (JV) firm shall submit MOU for Joint Venture (JV) participation as per annexure-L of Chapter-6 of the Tender Document along with other mandatory documents of constituent members as stipulated. Non- submission of above documents or submission of incomplete documents shall lead to SUMMARILY REJECTION of the offer.

Tenderer shall submit list of Plant & Machinery available on hand and proposed to be inducted and hired for the tendered work as per the format vide Annexure-D of Chapter-6 of Tender Document. Offer submitted without these details shall be liable to be rejected.

Tenderer shall submit list of personnel/organization on hand and proposed to be engaged for the tendered work as per the format vide Annexure-E of Chapter-6 of the Tender Document. Offer submitted without these details shall be liable to be rejected.

Tenderer shall submit the information/declaration regarding association of Railway Officers with tenderer(s) as per Annexure- H of Chapter-6 in terms of Clause 16 of Chapter-2 of tender Document. On non-submission of this information, contract is liable to be dealt in accordance with provision of Clause 62 of Standard General Conditions of Contract.

Tenderer shall submit list of court cases during previous three financial years as per Annexure-I of Chapter-6 of the Tender Document.

Tenderer shall submit list of arbitration cases during previous three financial years as per Annexure-J of Chapter-6 of the Tender Document.

Tenderer shall submit the Certificate of familiarization to the work site as per Chapter- 5 of the Tender Document.

Tenderer shall submit broad plan of execution of work as per Annexure-K of Chapter-6 of the Tender Document.

Tenderer shall submit details of other credentials/facilities as per Annexure-N, Chapter-6 of the Tender Document.

Tenderer shall submit bank details i.e. Name of Bank along with Bank Branch Code, Accounts Number as appearing in the cheque book, IFSC Code and PAN Number, duly certified by the authorised official of the bank, to facilitate payment through ECS/NEFT/RTGS as per Annexure-O of Chapter-6 of Tender Document.

For tenders having advertised cost of Rs. 10 lakhs and above: - If tenderer desired to take payment through Letter of Credit (LC) arrangement then tenderer shall exercise the option at the time of bidding itself and shall affirm having read for and agreed to the terms and conditions of LC option. For details refer Clause-7 of Chapter- 4 of Tender Document.

Tenderer shall enter the percentage of local content in the material being offered. Please enter 0 for fully imported items, and 100 for fully indigenous items.

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.

Payment of Bid Security shall be accepted either in cash through e-Payment Gateway or as Bank Guarantee bond from a Scheduled Commercial Bank of India. BG shall be as per Annexure-Q of Chapter-6 of Tender Document. No other mode of payment shall be accepted. Any firm recognized by Department of Industrial Policy and Promotion (DIPP) as 'Startups' shall be exempted from payment of Bid Security. Labour Cooperative Societies shall submit only 50% of the Bid Security.

In case the date of closing mentioned in the NIT Header of e- tender document is declared a holiday/bandh/strike etc. on any account, the date of closing tender online will not be changed as the application in the website of IREPS does not permit submission of any offer after closing date and time of the tender. However, opening of tenders online will be on the following working day after the closing date/time of tenders.

Rates quoted by the tenderer in the relevant fields of the Financial Bid only will be the ruling terms for deciding inter-se- ranking and any condition having financial repercussions, if quoted, anywhere else shall not be considered for deciding the inter-se-ranking.

Tenderer participating as JV shall refer the guidelines under Clause-17 of Tender Document and relevant clauses of IR-SGCC 2022 regarding participation of Joint Venture Firms in Works Tender and documents to be submitted.in case the required documents for JV firm are not submitted the offer/Bid will be to SUMMARILY REJECTED.

(a) In case of any information submitted by tenderer is found to be forged/false at any time during process for evaluation of tenders, it shall lead to forfeiture of the Bid Security and may also lead to any other action provided in the contract including banning of business for a period of upto two year. (b) In case of any information submitted by tenderer is found to be false/forged at any time after the award of the contract, it will lead to termination of the contract, along with forfeiture of Bid Security/Security Deposit and Performance guarantee and may also lead to any other action provided in the contract including banning of business for a period of upto two year.

The tender shall be finalised based on submitted documents & no post tender correspondence shall be entertained. However, if any clarification is required by the Railway, the same will be sought from the tenderer which need to be provided by tenderer(s) within stipulated time failing which his/their offer(s) shall be dealt based on available information with Railways interpretation only.

While submitting offers the tenderer(s) generally commit mistakes in submitting the mandatory documents like Certificates regarding contracting experience, Audited Balance Sheet duly certified by the Chartered Accountant, Certificate in respect to true and factuality of documents, information in connection with evaluation of bid capacity, Power of Attorney, submission of tenders by authorised signatory, JV related documents etc. As such, the tenderer(s) should go through the tender document very carefully before submitting his/their offer and accordingly upload all the mandatory documents and other relevant documents as per the formats enclosed in the tender document.

Tenderers must go through the tender documents to ascertain and get themselves acquainted with general conditions of contract, e-tendering process and two packet bid system (as applicable). The tenderer must also go through the other documents such as special conditions, additional technical conditions, specification, drawings, scope of work etc. attached as documents on the website.

It is the responsibility of the tenderer to keep watch on IREPS website regarding Addendum/Corrigendum etc. (if any) to tender notice up to the date of Bid closing. No separate intimation/ information shall be given in Newspapers or through any other means.

Tenderers are advised to visit the site of work to ascertain all aspects of the site conditions viz accessibility, availability of approach road, nature of the soil, availability of material, labour, water etc. that may be encountered in course of execution of work.

No advance/stage Payment will be payable for supply of Cement and Reinforcement Steel. Cement and Reinforcement Steel shall be paid only after its actual use in work.

The quoted rates shall be inclusive of all taxes, levies etc (including GST and royalty) leviable by State/Central Govt. or by local authorities. The rate shall be inclusive of all sales / turn over tax, Service Tax including all other cess etc., on contract by respective State Govt.

Tenderers are requested to go through the enclosed Additional Special Technical Conditions for various items included in tender schedule/Bid of quantities, etc.

Price Variation Clause (PVC) shall be applicable for Tenders having advertised value above Rs.2 Crores.

ELECTRONIC REVERSE AUCTION (e-RA) will be applicable for tenders having advertised value more than Rs. 50 Cr.

No Advance payment shall be made for mobilization.

No advance payment against Plant and Machinery shall be admissible.