Co2 Gas for welding to IS: 307-2024 or lCo2 Gas for welding to IS: 307-2024 or latest, Grade I, having purity 99.7% Min. Co2 by volume, in Firms returnable Cylinder

Special Eligibility Criteria

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   The tenderers must submit valid License issued by PESO for Compressed Oxygen Gas gas along with their offer, otherwise offer will be summarily rejected. {Note :If the attached license has recently expired, but is still operative due to ongoing renewal application, then necessary documents from petroleum and explosive safety organization must be attached and purchaser decision on this matter will be final and binding.

   Confirmation required
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   Preferably manufacturers should participate. Participating traders/agents must provide authorization letter issued by the OEM. Authorization letter should be tender specific. Bidders must submit authorization letter along with their offer failing which the offer is liable to be ignored.

   Confirmation required
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   Railway reserves the right to place order for up to 20 percent of Net Procurement Quantity as developmental order in deserving cases. Firms who are otherwise not eligible for regular bulk order(s) due to their not meeting with the eligibility conditions mentioned in Para mentioned above can be considered for developmental orders provided they are able to demonstrate their Capacity-cum-Capability to manufacture the tendered item as per clause 3.5 of Central Railway IMPORTANT TERMS and CONDITIONS OF TENDER (Updated) JANUARY 2024.

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   In keeping with the Public Procurement (Preference to Make in India) Order 2017, latest revision, it has been found that there exists sufficient local capacity and competition in supply of the tendered item of required quality and therefore public procurement of the item is restricted to " Class I local suppliers " only and the vendors who do not qualify to be Class I local suppliers should not quote in the tender as their offers shall not be considered for any ordering. In case any vendor who does not qualify to be a Class I local supplier for the tendered item participates in the tender it does so at its own risk and cost and Railways shall not be liable for any loss or damage caused to the vendor.

   Confirmation required

Check List

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   This is an e-tender. Manual Offers/Bids for this tender will not be accepted under any circumstances, only electronic Offers/Bids shall be accepted.
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   Have you furnished the statement of deviations, if any?
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   Have you mentioned MAKE / BRAND of OEM
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   Have you indicated the HSN code of your offered product?
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   Have you kept your offer validity as per "Condition for Responsiveness of Offer"?
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   Have you indicated the percentage of Local Content in the relevant column?
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   Have you attached relevant document for MSE if you claimed benefits and preferential treatment as MSE firm?
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   Have you submitted authenticated copy of the document authorizing the signatory to submit offer and commit on behalf of tenderers ?
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   Have you carefully reviewed the contents of Undertaking/Declaration the regarding non-participation of sister concerns or affiliates in this tender as submission of false information/declaration could lead to rejection of the bid.
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    Have you quoted price on the basis of free delivery to destination, indicating the break up ?

Commercial-Compliance

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   I/we certify that I/we the tenderer(s) is/are not blacklisted or debarred by Railways or any other Ministry / Department of Govt. of India from participation in tender on the date of submission of bids, either in individual capacity or as a HUF/ member of the partnership firm/LLP/JV/Society/Trust.

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   I/We declare that the information and documents submitted along with the tender by me/us are correct and I/we are fully responsible for the correctness of the information and documents, submitted by us.

   Confirmation required
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   I/we the tenderer (s) am/are signing this document after carefully reading the contents.

   Confirmation required
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   I/we understand that if the contents of the certificate submitted by us are found to be forged/false at any time during process for evaluation of tenders, it shall lead to forfeiture of the EMD and may also lead to any other action provided in the contract including banning of business for a period of upto two year. Further, I/we and all my/our constituents understand that my/our offer shall be summarily rejected.

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   Bidders must agree to furnishSECURITY DEPOSIT as applicable @5%as per Clause 24.0 of Section II ofCENTRAL RAILWAY BID DOCUMENT(Updated) JANUARY 2024. Bidders(except approved vendors for tendereditem/items) claiming exemption frompaying SD must upload requisitedocument towards such claim,alongwith the offer. Offers from firmsdenying to pay Security Deposit willbesummarily rejected

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   We the tenderer(s) also accept all the conditions of the tender and have signed all the pages in confirmation thereof.

   Confirmation required
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   Goods & Services Tax (GST): As per Clause 9.0 and all sub-clauses of CENTRAL RAILWAY BID DOCUMENT (Updated) JANUARY 2024. All tenderers to quote correct HSN code and corresponding GST rate for the item/items quoted. Misclassification in HSN code, if quoted by any bidder, shall be dealt as per Clause 9.0(iv) of Section II of CENTRAL RAILWAY BID DOCUMENT (Updated) JANUARY 2024.

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   Commercial-Compliance : Earnest Money Deposit (EMD) shall be as per Clause 23.0 of Section II of CENTRAL RAILWAY BID DOCUMENT (Updated) JANUARY 2024. EMD is compulsory and offers without EMD, except those exempted, will be summarily rejected. Vendors (other than those appearing on Vendor Panels of Approving Agencies) seeking exemption from EMD, shall have to attach scanned copy of requisite document alongwith offer in support of their claim for exemption, failing which their offer will not be considered eligible for exemption from EMD. An Authorised Agent quoting on behalf of a manufacturer shall not be exempted from remitting EMD owing to any of the exemption claimed. Bidders claiming exemption shall understand and declare as follows: I/We certify that, my/ our offer is eligible for exemption from submission of bid security/ Earnest Money Deposit, in terms of the tender conditions. In case my/our claim to exemption from submission of bid security/Earnest Money Deposit is not found valid as per terms of the tender, I/we understand and accept that Railways has unquestionable right to summarily reject my bid and my offer shall not be considered for ordering. Further, I/we hereby understand and accept that if I/we withdraw or modify my/our bids during the period of validity, or if I/we are awarded the contract and on being called upon to submit the performance security/Security Deposit, fail to submit the performance security/Security Deposit before the deadline defined in the request for bid document/Notice Inviting Tender, I/we shall be debarred from exemption of submitting Bid Security/Earnest Money Deposit and performance security/Security Deposit for a period of 6 (six) months,from the date I/we are declared suspended disqualified from exemption from submission of EMD/SD, for all tenders for procurement of goods issued by any unit of Indian Railways published during this period .

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   I/we hereby declare that I/we have downloaded the tender documents from Indian Railway website www.ireps.gov.in . I/we have verified the content of the document from the website and there is no addition, no deletion or no alteration to the content of the tender document. In case of any discrepancy noticed at any stage i.e. evaluation of tenders, execution of contract or payment, the master copy available with the railway Administration shall be final and binding upon me/us.

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    The tenderer undertakes by submitting the bid against this tender to have carefully gone through the uploaded conditions as Annexure B along with the tender pertaining to ''Code of Integrity, Misdemeanour and Penalties. The tenderer further undertakes as below: ''I/We hereby certify that no other sister concerns or affiliates (such as having common partner/director/promoter/owner/holding company decision control etc.) have participated in this tender which can give rise to a conflict of interest or fall under anticompetitive practices. We understand that the offers of all such sister concerns including ours are liable to be rejected in terms of relevant provisions of IRS terms and conditions. I/We, affirm that we shall abide by the Code of Integrity in general, with specific reference to conflict of interest [Para 2502 (e)], anti competitive practices [Para 2502(c)] and obligation to proactive disclosures [Para 2503].I/We understand that we are fully responsible for the above declaration and it shall not be the Railway's responsibility to verify the same. I/We are aware that we shall be liable for all consequences of violation of Code of Integrity, if detected, at any stage''

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    I/we declare and certify that I/we have not made any misleading or false representation in the forms, statements and attachments in proof of the qualification requirements.

    Confirmation required
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    In case the successful tenderer is not liable to be registered under CGST/IGST/UTGST/SGST Act, the Railway shall deduct the applicable GST from his/their bills under Reverse Charge Mechanism [RCM] and deposit the same to the concerned tax authority

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    Bidders shall confirm and certify on the behalf of the tenderer including its constituents as under: : Description

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    I/we also understand that if the contents of the certificate submitted by us are 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 Security Deposit and may also lead to any other action provided in the contract including banning of business for a period of upto two year.

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    I/We have read the clause regarding restriction on procurement from a bidder of a country which shares a land border with India and certify that I am/We are not from such a country or, if from such a country, have been registered with the competent Authority. I/We hereby certify that I/we fulfil all the requirements in this regard and am/are eligible to be considered (evidence of valid registration by the competent authority is enclosed

    Confirmation required
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    LAND BOARDER : All bidders shall confirm declaration as below in terms of Clause 5.15 of Section II of CENTRAL RAILWAY BID DOCUMENT (Updated) JANUARY 2024 in compliance of restrictions under Rule 144(xi) of GFR 2017:- a) I have read the clause regarding restrictions on procurement from a bidder of country which shares a land border with India. b) I certify that this bidder is not from such a country or, if from such a country, has been registered with the competent authority. c) I hereby certify that this bidder fulfils all requirements in this regard and is eligible to be considered. (Where applicable, evidence of valid registration by the competent authority is attached). If the bidder fails to give such declaration, as above, then it will be presumed that the contents of above declaration have been read and unconditionally agreed and accepted by the tenderer. If any tenderer is not agreeable to this declaration they have to categorically mention about the disagreement in Techno- Commercial Deviation

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    Vendors claiming to avail benefits and preferential treatment extended to Micro and Small Enterprises [MSEs] must necessarily upload Udyam Registration Certificate with their offer in terms of Clause 4.0 of Section II of IMPORTANT TERMS and CONDITIONS OF TENDER (Updated) JANUARY 2024. The vendors/bidders who fail to submit UDYAM registration certificate number shall not be able to avail the benefits available to MSE

    Confirmation required
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    Procedure of accountal of gas attached with the tender shall be applicable. ( Click here to download Format)

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    Loading and unloading of empty and full Compressed Oxygen Gas cylinders into the Lorry/Truck shall be done by the firm itself for which no extra payment will be made to the agency. Full CO2 gas cylinders shall be stacked properly during unloading as per the instructions of Workshop Supervisors.

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    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.

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    Participation by Manufacturers is preferred. Agents/Dealers participating in tender on behalf of manufacturers must provide tender specific authorization (TSA) letter issued by the OEM. Bidders must upload above authorization letter with their offer failing which their offer will not be considered as an offer from that manufacturer and that make and shall be dealt accordingly. i) In a tender, either the authorized agent/dealer on behalf of the Principal/OEM or the Principal/OEM itself can bid, but both cannot bid simultaneously for the same item in the same tender and such bids will be summarily rejected. Further, against a particular tender, one Principal/OEM should not issue Tender Specific Authorization to more than one agent/dealer. Such offers with different terms against a particular product, if treated as ambiguous offers, the bidder(s) or their Principal/OEM will have no right to lodge any claim. ii) If an authorized agent/dealer submits bid on behalf of the Principal/OEM, the same agent/dealer shall not submit a bid on behalf of another Principal/OEM in same tender for the same item/product and such bids will be summarily rejected.

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    S.No.Description : I/we the tenderer (s) am/are signing this document after carefully reading the contents

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    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.

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   RESPONSIVENESS

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   Important terms and conditions Jan-2024 Validity of offer: Validity of offer should be strictly for 90 days as stipulated in the tender document, Offers quoted with lesser validity shall be treated as commercially unresponsive and shall be summarily rejected