Design, supply, erection, testing and commissioning for up-gradation of existing 1x25 KV Electric Traction system into 2x25 KV Electric Traction system in between Champa-Raigarh (81 RKM/324 TKM) and Champa-Gevra Road (46 RKM/92 TKM) (Total: 127 RKM/416TKM), section of Bilaspur division over SECR."

1.2 Financial Eligibility Criterion: 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 tenderer shall submit requisite information as per Annexure-IV, along with copies of Audited Balance Sheets duly certified by the Chartered Accountant/Certificate from Chartered Accountant duly supported by Audited Balance Sheet. Financial Eligibility Criteria (For Joint Venture Firm): The JV shall satisfy the requirement of "Financial Eligibility" mentioned at para-1.2 above. The "financial capacity" of the lead member of JV shall not be less than 51% of the financial eligibility criteria mentioned at para-1.2 above. The arithmetic sum of individual "financial capacity" of all the members shall be taken as JV's "financial capacity" to satisfy this requirement. Note:- Contractual payment received by a Member in an earlier JV shall be reckoned only to the extent of the concerned member's share in that JV for the purpose of satisfying compliance of the above mentioned financial eligibility criteria in the tender under consideration.

1.3.Bid Capacity: For tenders having advertised value more than Rs.20 Crore wherein eligibility criteria includes bid capacity also, the tenderer will be qualified only if its available bid capacity is equal to or more than the total value of the present tender. The available bid capacity shall be calculated as under:- Available Bid Capacity = [A x N x 2] (-)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 date of inviting 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 tenderer as per the prescribed proforma of Railway for statement of all works in progress and also the works which are awarded to tenderer but yet not started upto the date of inviting of tender. NOTE:- (a)The Tenderer (s) shall furnish the details as per Annexure VI of tender document:- (i)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 date of inviting tender) for calculating A and. (ii)Existing commitments and balance amount of ongoing works with tenderer as per the 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 for calculating B. In case of no works in hand, a 'NIL' statement should be furnished. The submitted details for (i) and (ii) above should be duly verified by Chartered Accountant. Bid Capacity for Joint Venture Firm:- The JV shall satisfy the requirement of "Bid Capacity" requirement mentioned at para-1.3 of NIT. The arithmetic sum of individual "Bid capacity" of all the members shall be taken as JV's "Bid capacity" to satisfy this requirement. (b)In case if a bidder is JV, the tenderer (s) must furnish the details of (i)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 date of inviting tender) by each member of JV for calculating 'A', and (ii)Existing commitment and balance amount of ongoing work with each member of JV either in individual capacity or as a member of other JV as per the prescribed proforma of Railway for statement of all works in progress and also the works which are awarded to each member of JV either in individual capacity or as a member of other JV but yet not started up to the date of inviting of tender for calculating 'B'. In case of no works in hand a 'NIL' statement should be furnished. The submitted details for (i) and (ii) above should be duly verified by Chartered Accountant.

(c)Value of a completed work/work in progress/work awarded but yet not started for Member in an earlier JV shall be reckoned only to the extent of the concerned member's share in that JV for the purpose of satisfying his / her compliance to the above mentioned bid capacity in the tender under consideration. (d)The arithmetic sum of individual "bid capacity" of all the members shall be taken as JV's "bid capacity". (e)In case, the tenderer/s failed to submit the above statement along with offer, their/ his offer shall be considered as incomplete and will be Rejected Summarily. (f)The available bid capacity of tenderer shall be assessed based on the details submitted by the tenderer. In case, the available bid capacity is lesser than estimated cost of work put to tender, his offer shall not be considered even if he has been found eligible in other eligibility criteria /tender requirement. NOTE:- Date of inviting tender shall be the date of publishing tender notice on IREPSwebsite.

1.4Credentials if submitted in foreign currency shall be converted into Indian currency i.e., Indian Rupee as under: The conversion rate of US Dollars into Rupees shall be the daily representative exchange rates published by the Reserve Bank of India or entity authorized by RBI to do so for the relevant date or immediately previous date for which rates have been published. Where, relevant date shall be as on the last day of month previous to the one in which tender is invited. In case of any other currency, the same shall first be converted to US Dollars as on the last day of month previous to the one in which tender is invited, and the amount so derived in US Dollars shall be converted into Rupees at the aforesaid rate. The conversion rate of such currencies shall be the daily representative exchange rates published by the International Monetary Fund for the relevant date or immediately previous date for which rates have been published.

1.1Technical Eligibility Criteria: The tenderer must have successfully completed or substantially completed any one of the following categories of work(s) during last 07 (seven) years, ending last day of month previous to the one in which tender is invited: Three similar works each costing not less than the amount equal to 30% of advertised value of the tender. OR Two similar works each costing not less than the amount equal to 40% of advertised value of the tender. OR One similar work costing not less than the amount equal to 60% of advertised value of the tender, Similar nature of work for the purpose of eligibility criteria under 1.1 above shall mean: (i) Execution of 25KV/2x25KV Electrification work OR (ii) Execution of 25KV/2x25KV feeder wire work OR (iii)Execution of 25KV/2x25KV OHE modification work OR (iv)Execution of 25KV/2x25KV OHE up-gradation work OR (v)Execution of 25KV/2x25KV OHE maintenance work OR (vi)Execution of 25KV/2x25KV OHE AMC work OR (vii)Execution of 25KV/2x25KV OHE rehabilitation work OR (viii)Execution of 25KV/2x25KV OHE replacement work i.e. catenary wire/contact wire/feeder wire/ATD/ cantilever assembly OR (ix) Execution of 66 KV or higher voltage overhead Transmission line work OR (x)Execution of 66 KV or higher voltage Sub-Station work. (As per Electrical/HQ Letter no. Elect/SECR/243/tender policy/4362 Dtd:22.03.2)

Note for item-1.1: (i)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. (ii)Work experience certificate from private individual shall not be considered. However, in addition to work experience certificates issued by any Government Organisation, work experience certificate issued by Public Listed Company having average annual turnover of Rs.500 Crore and above in last three 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. Offers submitted by Joint Venture are permitted. Eligibility criteria for Joint Venture Firms: Technical, financial eligibility and Bid capacity of the JV shall be adjudged based on satisfactory fulfilment of the following criteria: Technical Eligibility Criteria: The technical eligibility for the work as per para 1.1 above, shall be satisfied by either the 'JV in its own name & style' or 'Lead member of the JV'. Each other (non-lead) member(s) of JV, who is/are not satisfying the technical eligibility for the work as per para 1.1 above, shall have technical capacity of minimum 10% of the cost of work i.e., each non- lead member of JV member must have satisfactorily completed or substantially completed during the last 07 (seven) years, ending last day of month previous to the one in which tender is invited, one similar single work for a minimum of 10% of advertised value of the tender. Note:- (i). Value of a completed work done by a Member in an earlier JV shall be reckoned only to the extent of the concerned member's share in that JV for the purpose of satisfying his/her compliance to the above mentioned technical eligibility criteria in the tender under consideration.

Explanation for clause 1 including clause-1.1 to 1.4 - 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 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-1.1 above, 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 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.

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